The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-09-18


tanning features that VIII interest
every member in the family. The
beautiful cover design Is by George
Gibbs and Is followed by The Cner.
ub" poem by Burgess Johnson with
Then comes the editorial why Won.
en- Are So"
A reliable speedometer OF progress
Is Popular Mechanics with its authen.
tic illustrations and terse accounts of
all developments in science and me.
chanics. The September number is
especially attractive for its numerous
views of flying boats.
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In the course of profound study,
Life After DEATH" in The Century
Magazine for September, Maurice
Mnterlinck, the philosopher, author
of The Blue Bird" tells of an inter.
esting case Of transmigration of II
soul r ht-n Hr
The September issue OF Outing Is
the big annual fall shooting number.
IL is edited throughout for the man
who hunts-big game or small. J..
Alden Loring, member OF the Roose.
welt African Expedition, has a most
interesting account on the Ways of
the African Elephant.
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The September number of Serb.
ner's Magazine has most distinguish.
ed list of contributors, which includes
Henry van Dyke. Theodore Roose.
Nnlt AIuartnn uNhpr,ne Nal
son Page, Mrs. Wharton and John
IGalsworth. s...., ..a.
Woman's World for September feat.
ures the first installmcnt Of new
story of adventure by Jacques F'u-
trclle, with drawings by Franklin
Booth. This serial is announced as
the last piece of work done by Mr..
Futrelle, whose brilliant career was
ended with the lost Titanic,
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The September Woman's Home
Companion is an Advance Autumn
Fashion Number and is full Of inter
esting clothes intelligence" collect,
ed from every quarter Of the globe
and presented at the moment when
1t Is needed in the home.
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Whether Dr. Cook reached the pole
or not continues to be live subject
in spite of attempts OF pro.Peary men
TO end the controversy with a sneer
As time goes on, this quarrel, II not
lsettled by proofs procured by Arctic
travellers, will more and more engage
the attention OF historical geographic
IerS. and the discussion will pe the
more intelligent by reason of being
lrelieved of much OF the bile and ven
ON which now poster it. A valuable
addition to Its literature has beer
lcontrimited by Edwin Swift Balch, oil
philadelphia, noted writer on polar
and kindred subjects on the North
Pole and Bradley Land" ..
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An autumnal harvest OF rich read.
ING will be found In the September
| Hppincotts, which is undoubtedly
Eone of the best issues of this sterling
publication ever gotten out. Its con
tents are not surpassed by those OF
lany of the other monthly magazines
! The September American Maya
zine contains the first of new series
OF articles by Peter Clark MacFar
lane entitled Those Who Have Come
Back" This series is to include the
true story OF number of down and
cutters" who at forty pulled them,
selves together and made IA success,
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The September issue Of the Greater
! Red Book Magazine includes no less
/ than fifteen snort stories by the star
writer's of America, as well as two
serial novels of the utmost import.
ance, The Passionate Friends" a
novel by II. G. Wells, and What Will
People say" a remarkable story OF
the swift.paced New York life of to.
day, by Rupert Hughes.
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Four distinct advances have been
achieved by scientists In their fight
against malaria, says VIII Branan In
| September Technical World Maya.
zine. First came the discovery OF
quininc. Although II was formerly
the custom of practitioners TO give
| quinine In moderate doses which we're
distributed over long period of time,
the tendency nowadays Is to give the
patient from twenty to forty grains a
, day--marking the second step. Tile
I third discovery was that Of the para
site itself The fourth and last step
In advance was that OF DR.. Bass, who
reported the cultivation of malaria
plasmodia in vitro as early as Novem.
Der, 1911.