Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-31
PUBLICATION NOTES.

The war in the far east is continu-
ally developing new and startling
phases, the proper portrayal of which
the Interested public eagerly awaits.
That enterprising illustrated paper,
Leslie's Weekly, is fully supplying the
needs of the hour with letters and
pictures from the best special cor
respondents and artists in the field.
The current number Of this publica-
ton anticipates all rivals in reproduc.
ing the first actual photographs which
have reached this country of scenes
and incidents connected with the terri
BILE two weeks fighting around Lao
yang. These fill two pages, and in ad.
dition William Dinwiddie, the famous
war correspondent, contributes group
of photographs illustrating the vict2ri-
GUS progress Of the Japanese toward
the above named city, together with a
forceful analysis of the causes of Rus
sian defeats. On another page are
pictorially presented the pitiful suffer
ings of the wounded in the great con-
f!c;.
The Metropolitan ,Magazile for Nov
ember is special election number
and contains two articles on the
presidential candidates. Judge Park
err, an Appreciation" is from the pen
of the Honorable w. Burke Cochran
and is strong presentation from a
statesman's viewpoint Of the qualities
of leadership displayed by the demo-
cratic candidate. Alfred Henry Lewis
in his article, Roosevelt or Parker"
weighs the claims Of the two candi-
dates as he sees them and draws a
very positive conclusion. His estl-
mates of the two men. and of the con-
ditions under which they have become
the leaders of the opposing parties are
stated With the picturesque force
which usually characterizes Mr.. Lewis
writings. A more literary and philo-
sophical view of the candidacy is
taken by e. s. Martin, who contributes
a paper entitled opportunity and the
President
The November number of 1.-The
Twentieth Century Home" is superb
" illustrated magazine, and it's con-
tents, for interest and variety, are on
par with the artistic side of this
new and popular periodical. Some
prominent features are Some Fancy
Dress Balls in London" Electricity as
an Aid to Housekeeping, "Women
Who Toll" and "The Homes of George
Eliot" This is not taking into &C.
count the fiction, which includes
charmingly illustrated story by Flor
ence Wilkinson entitled "The Gypsy
Queen" as we'll as stories by How
ard Markle Hoke. Tom Mason and
Harriet Prescott Spofford. '"The
Twentieth Century Home" is primarily
a magazine for women with large inter-
ests in life, who endeavor to make
something Of themselves, and there
fore it gives considerable attention to
| means of commercial activity within
and outside the home. This month
we note at least four articles of this
nature, "Why Women Fail in Bust
| ness" by Elizabeth M. Gilmer; els
Work Inimical to Beauty?" by Mrs.
Wilson Woodrow; artistic Bookbind-
ing Tor Women" and "A Woman's
Farm"
Undoubtedly the article in the Nov
ember Cosmopolitan" which will at
tract the most general discussion is
General Corbin's account of the Third
Battle of Bull Rum" as he terms the
recent military maneuvers near Man
assas, Virginia. General Corbin de.
claresI that the United States never
has been peaceful nation" and in
Inmates that reliance upon the national
| 5uoAu as dI ~ CoOAL Sdu1LCu lihC
leaning on a broken reed. He advo.
Gates change to United States volun-
teers, under the control of the federal
government. Another article which
will be read with a great deal of gen.
eral interest is on 1.-THE Tendencies of
the Am erican Stage" by Daniel Froh'
man. Richard lie Gallienne contri
butes a most interesting feature to
the number. In the well-known meter
of the Ruhaiyat he has written pow
erful argument entitled "Omar Repent
ant" against the evil of drink. No
temperance sermon or pamphlet will
make the impression conveyed by
these musical quatrains. Lovers Of
the automobile will read Werner q