Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-12-25

The January .ScribRsr opens with . com
piete and spirited account OF the ." United States
Llfe-saying Service the text OF which Is writ
ten by Capt. J. II. Merryman, Inspector Of
United States Revenue Marines the drawings,
which are remarkable for their yigoT aud cor
rectness, are W an artist new 10 Scri6RsT.
Mr.. VI. j. Burns. and effectively represent the
methods and hard.hips OF the brave pairOlmen
OF the coast, whose peris, as reeountsd by
Capt.. Merryinan, possess a decidedly roma ntic
interest. The efficiency OF the service Is fully
set forth In figures.
A Toll 10 this paper deals with the me an. for
the destruction OF life, viz, American Arms
aud Ammunition by Col. W. {. Church Of
the Army and Nary Journal. The object OF
this paper Is TO set forth the remar kable extent
TO which Europe Is using American material
Of war. Numerous illustrations exhibit The
principles Of the different arms, machinery,
cartridges, etc.
Another paper is Mr.. +. =. Roe's third paper
liant illustrations by w. II. Gibson, including
pictures Of = large number OF varieties, in
which the distinguishing features are carefully
preserved, the berries being drawn lite SIZE.
The paper on the technical methods Of the
srt-schools Of the metropolis, printed q year
ago In lScriGRer, is now supplemented By AN
account OF young Artists Life in New York.
by Mr.. W. II. Bishop. The illustrations are
full Of incident and BohemianisD. and are con-
tributed by the Salmagundi Sketch Club.
a Nun Hlusuhttu paper Is ne -tCaulius OF
Louisiana, more familiarity called Cajuns-a
simple people, having much In common with
their congrners described 10 Longfellow's
poem. The writer is Mrs. X. L. Daniels, and
the artist, Mr.. A. c. Redwood.
The lsst-naned paper will throw some side
light upon Mr.. Cables novel The Grsndissi-
mes" which in this number exhibits that writ
er at bis best. the dramatic interest being
pecialy strong. Mr.. James's Coincidence"
comes TO happy conclusion with strong and
interesting installment. The Midwinter num-
Der Of Scrt6Rer will contain the first Part Of
NJ. Burnetrs new novelette,, LOUISIANA
named from one Of her characters. Two short
stories In the present number are "Thirza,"
BY Mrs. Julia Schayer, and "A Personal and
What Came Of IT, by Mr.. Barbour I. Lath-
rop.
"A Revolutionary Congressman on Horse
back by Col. T. W. Higginson, gives ex-
tracts from the journal OF William Eilery, VI.
c., in ITS. which shows in q humorous way
some of the difficulties Of getting TO the seat OF
government q century ago. The second paper
from the journal of Henry j. Raymond deals
with the disastrous Fredericksburg campaign
Of 1923. Mr.. Raymond was with the Army
OF the Potomac sfter the first defeat. and his
memoranda shed new light on the causes Of
BurnsiJe's failure. Lincoln, Hooker, McClel-
Ian, jefferson Davis, Smith, Franklin, wads-
worth. and others are also mentioned interest.
inely in these extracts.
The poetry Of the number IL contributed by
X. IL. stoddard t'Hymn TO the Sea-, julia
Ward Howe, X. W. Glider, Henry Terrell,
and Julie X. Wetherll.
DR.. Holland, in his department Of Topics
discusses British and American Farming"
aud "Fiat Money and under the caption
"From Country to City," replies TO typical re-
quest for Information about the prospects for
| young men in New York. In "Home aud So
ciety,r the second paper on the General Prin-
cipies Of Cookery deals with "Stewing and
Making Soups" and there are practical hints
about decor alton. 'sCulture and Progress"
contains an important review Of AFnold's
"Lizht Of Asia with . vocabulary for the use
Of the reader; besides notices OF the Dickens
| Letters" TsylOr's ''Studes In German Lit
| ersture," Farrar's Lille Of st. Paul." recent
fiction, etc. 1.-THE Worlds Work" includes
sccouni, of"New Drawing Apparstus, !" New
| Tube-cleaner.' "Steam Pavement-sammer,"
Electric Balance New Uses for the Ffexi-
bic Shaft" "New Method Of Obtaining Tenn
porary Blast," etc. ''Bric-a-BrHc" has . hu.
moro9s character sketch and the usual variety
q uaeollaDeeus vesse.