Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-06-16
LITERARY NOTES.

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| tion OF his experiences with doctors
and others who offered to do him good.
| Everybody will laugh over II. The
well and the i'll, the doctors drug
| gsts, nurses and all others Interested
in the healing arts will enjoy the fun.
| II is an odd book of adventure. The
big game is health and the efforts to
| capture 1t take the hunter through
some strange experiences. The fol-
| lowing subjects are treated: The
Regular Physician, Turkish and Elec-
trio Baths. The Advice of Friends
and Patent Medicines, The Liver Pill,
| The Hot Spring Water Cure, Osteo-
pathy, The Stomach Specialist, The
Penetrative Ointment, The Orthope-
die Surgeon, Cataphoresis. Static
| Electricity and the Vibrator, The
Consulting Surgeon and the Consult
ing Physician, Homeopathy, Christian
Science, Personal Magnetism, Clair
voyance and Herbs.
In the Cosmopolitan for June there
Is an article on '"rhe Paintings of the
Paris Pantheon" by Alder Anderson.
| II is illustrated with dozen beauti-
| full engravings which will be greatly
appreciated by the reader. as they
are copies Of famous masterpieces and
the work is we'll done. In the same
number series Of articles entitled
| Great Industries OF the United
States" is begun. The first article
Is devoted to Glass Making and the
many illustrations help 10 give good
idea OF the work
or special timellness is Ray stan
nard Bakers discussion OF "The vi
tally of Mormonism" Tne June Cen
tury's leading article. Few aspects
OF the yirile civilization Of the West
are today charged with deeper inter-
| est and Significance for the American
people, Mr.. Baker declares, than the
| great factor of MormOnism. In his
| Well-known terse, vivid, compelling
| style Mr. Baker sets forth the actual
conditions found In Cache Valley, an
irrigated settlement lying In both Utah
and Idaho. There are characteristic
illustrations by Il. l.. Blumenschein.
II. +. Foster contributes another OF
his prison stories to the June Nc
Clure's, in "The Red Ribbon" and
corking good story 1t Is. Mr. Foster
tells the story OF a girls heroism and
convicts reformation for loves
sake, Of pathetic faith and devotion,
and final rejoicing In the good for
tune for which both have prayed and
sacrificed. IL is helpful, healthful.
as well as most absorbing.
In the Atlantic Monthly for June.
Ray Morris, editor of the Railroad
| Gazette, treats Trolley Competition
with Railroads, "-analy2ing the OPP
purtunties and problems of the in
t..s ,.lNA oil t.l. 49,.
| petition with the steam railroads.
| Colonel Higginson in his remlnis-
cences this month writes of Butter
flies Chose beautiful but noiseless in
sects) In Poetry,-with passages
from his own early outdoor notebooks
and quotations from famous butter
fly" poem.
One of the most Accordingly inter.
esting true stories that has appeared
In print for some time Is published
in the June Success" 1t Is entitled
THE Wreck Of the Edna" and IL
from the pen OF r. jenkins Hams.
Iahe well-knOwn writer OF sea stories.
who In this instance wildly describes
the exciting experiences recently UNI
dergOne by him and Mrs. Hams, and
two sailors and little stray dog.
who, while bound for southern wa
tors in n small boat, encountered n
terrific hurricane off the coast OF
! Cape Hatteras.
The most delightful series OF
Around the Word" pictures appear
ing from month to month In The De-
| lineator shows In the June number
n fine view of the situation of Hong
| Kong; as well as the curious tumble
Of wheelbarrow transportation at the
boat landing, Tientsin; the shipping In
500 Chow Cree, Shanghai; and real
istic scenes in various temples, shrines
and pagodas In China and India.
People generally never tire OF such
| glimpses into the life and character
OF far.away peoples, but not very Of
| ten Is the presentation so generous
and SO vivid as that given in these
| photographs. The personal touch In
the running commentary from the
bride who thus chronicles her unique
honeymoon, Is all that Is required to
complete the charm Of the series.
St Nicholas Magazine has always
| felt that IL appealed more or less to
sensible older people as well as to
boys and girls: but not every day do
| its editors get such letter as came
recently from a subscriber who had
taken two copies ever since the mag
azine was started, and who writes.
II find nothing better for restful read
ing at the age Of eight-six."
The Middle West, "the heart of our
| country" is the subject of an admir-
able paper In the June Harper's by
Henry LOOMS Nelson. Mr.. Nelson
points out many salient differences
between the Middle West, the East,
and the real West" He describes
the status Of women in the Middle
West, and paints an attractive pic
ture Of social conditions there. Mr..
| Nelson Is an accomplished student OF
| American affairs. social and political.
| He Is professor of political science in
Williams College.
Important political articles, init
mate personal sketches and an expla-
| nation of a charming village life form
| part Of suggestive contents of the
| June Worlds Work. Judge Alton b.
| Parker's life as political manager.
| jurist, and democrat Is admirably
| presented by VI. G. Cuniff in first
hand study. Henry Norman, M. p,
| the well-khown traveller describes
remarkable visit to the Russian I'm
| perial treasure house in "The Gold
Reserve OF Russia"
Country Life in America points out
that the dropping off of young fruit
| Is not due 70 insect pests, as 1t is
popularity supposed More often 1t Is
because of the fact that many vari-
cites of fruits are not selfsterile and
! the blossoms require the contact of
/ Tho nnllpn nP other Vnrtnfiac