Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-04-26

"a . aAilGaptAN SNuafl L Utlps w afu mas
written for the May Forum an article dis
GUESSING the question. is Faith in Future
Life Declining, !" based largely on the evi
dence given by the letters She has received
about Gates Ajar," during the twenty
years or more since 1t was published
With the end OF the present academic
year, President Eliot of Harvard will com
plete his twenty -ifth year of service and
President Charles F. Thwiug OF the West
ern Reserve university, himself Harvard
man, has written for the May Forum an
aprrecistive review of his long admins
tration Of Harvard.
The latest addition to "Harper's Black
and White Series" is a comedy of the blue
and the gray is a comedy Of the
war-a story If love imperilled hut finally
Triumphant, a litile book called This
Picture and That, Of which 1t may be CON
fidently predicted that it will make friend :,
for itself and new friends for IT. author,
Brander Matthews
:" 'AN 4ho1 LhAhtNl bl lhf fhENHA. fl-
ward Atkinson writes The True Inter
probation Of Farm. Mortgage Statistics, :"
explaining in full for the first time the re-
suits Of the census investigation SO far
from proving disaster, these statistics
show great thrift aud prosperity The re-
markable fact is brought out that twenty
one per cent Of mortgages on real estate
in the whole Union is on property in and
adjacent to New York City.
Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt has
written letter on The Common Sense
Of Civil Service Reform. which will APP
pear in the May number Of n Ceniurg
He expresses the wish that the plain,
sensible people OF the country. those who
are Interested in decent politics, and not
in otiice mongering ami office jobblng
would make some Of the Congressman
who declaim against the ciyil->er,!ce law
understand that it j. not safe always TO
psnder 10 stupid Or dishonest voters.
In addition 10 review OF the Cleveland
administration by * Governor Russell
tdem OF Mss>ac husetts and senator Gull
lum rep. Of Illinois, the May Forum "! III
contain discussion of unusual oppof-
tEneness and point at time when
armies Of tramps are marching toward.
" ashlngton-of she question whether the
State should give aid % The unemployed.
by DR.. Stanton Cit Of New YORK. who
fsyors State aid, and BY Mr.. j. McGregor
Means, VINO arguc- thAt State all mean.
socialism
How it happened that the naiiona. Capt
tol was built with - back 4, the city IL
Washington : told incidentally Ia an
article entitled The Congressional
Library" by Mamie Belle Maury. in
HIrper's Wtek'g for April 81 The same
number contains an article by " Hamilton
Gibson. the naturalist ana artist, with
drawings, and. under the title. The
Wealth Of the United States" much in
/ formation supplied by J X Upon. Of the
United States census bureau. Fiction Il
represented In strong short story en-.
titled "A Drop 81 Blood. by MsArteu
Martens, and the nrst iu,ts.ment II 4
new short serial By George Barrett author
~ HipPolyte") entitled Golden Beak. 4
the scene ot which j. laid In Japan.
ne Century for MAY viii hs,e 4 story
= the capture ~ Tie s.ave->lip cora. II
the last SLAYER taken by the United states
from the pen Of Msjpr Wilburn Hall. who
was her prize captain. Msjor Hall. who
j. now the American consul at Nice. va. a
"Ht pa III oh>'f!.ali'h. which
.t..t az" T. vac "Fa' sui a
1' iA'fe oo9 OF twenty one
- "a p,"N,u III clAI-e 81 her.
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'lA'eS' ms voyage was an eventful
o'ie a "e uHH nor "h'v the elements 10
Cohtehu WIN. PM sickness among the
gre" anu an lncipient mntiny When he
landed WIN ms prlAe in New York and
ieaIheu o. me outbreak OF the Rebellion.
III tniT" Up NJ olthmiSsion and cast hi>
!p' win the Confedefacy- AT the end OF
We war ne 'o0h service under thT hhediye
y ESi Pl, ne captain OF the SLAYER
e'Sapea from Inc constellation. to
Which ne was transferred, at Sierre Leone.