The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-11-30

Three hundred and thirty illustration s
and 200 terse articles combine to make
the December number of the Popular Me-
chanics Magazine one of extraordinary in
terest. The legal execution of man-kill-
ing elephant. which occurred recently in
the State of Tennessee, is depicted on the
magazine cover. The illustrations cover
a wide range of subjects, including the
aerial tramway over Niagara whirlpool,
the destruction of z ,ppelin IN mid air
by an aeroplane; the new bridge joining
North and South Portland. Me, New
York's street-car strike; ingenious ad-
vertising methods and devices, etc.
Among the war pages is photograph of
one of the British armored tank" cars
about which there has conferred so much
interest.
Following the recent dispersal of the
centennial commemorative exhibition of
relics of the first American yacht, Cleo
patra's Barge, which was built in Salem
in 1916, the Peabody Institute of Salem,
where the collection was on view, has
issued a catalogue of the pictures and
articles shown, with the announced pur-
pose of retaining public interest in the
ship. The catalogue gives d very inter-
esting description of the famous voyages
of the yacht, particularly of the one
which was popularity supposed to have
been made by the owner, Capt. George
Crownlnshleld, with the purpose of rescu-
ing Napoleon from St. Helena. Many
| illustrations of the relics and of the ship
itself are given in the catalogue. Pea
body Institute, Salem.
The Christmas number of the Wom-
ans Home Companion is filled with good
Things. 1t is almost a fiction number,
| for there are fine stories by such well
known authors as Eleanor Hallowell AT
bolt, who begins the first part of a two
part novel; Mary E. Wilkins Freeman,
Elsie Singmaster, Margaret Widdemer
and Mary Heaton worse. The special
articles are interesting, especially the
one by Arnold Bennett, called "Who is
Producing for Amateurs" gives many
valuable hints, and Deciding What to
Make" is also helpful. Then there are
the various departments which have de-
voted themselves to Christmas advice
and suggestions. The fashions, cooking,
picture section and all the others are
filled with suggestions and plans for
Christmas.
Number Three of the Fourth Volume
of Sprague's Journal of Maine History,
published quarterly at Dover, Me-, is at
hand and is one OF its most interesting
and attractive issues. In it is valuable
historical paper by Archie. Lee Talbot of
Lewiston, which was read before the
Maine Historical Society, May "a, 1916,
entitled, Robert Bayley, the First
Schoolmaster in Falmouth (Portland)
Maine, and Some of His Descendants"
an article by Prof. Windsor P. Daggett
of the U. of M. on the "Songs of Thomas
Shaw" of Standish, an early Maine
poet; papers on Teaching Maine His
tory in the Public Schools" read before
the Teachers Institute in the Foxcroft
Acaden y, May 10, 1916, by Hon. VIM. B.
| Kendall of BoWdoinham and Editor
! Sprague; a letter from Hon. Charles E..
Oak o. Bangor on the Waldo Patent and
other historical items equally as import
ant.
The December Wide World Magazine
is an especially interesting number, full
of thrilling and instructive stories of ad-
venture, travel and sport. There are
many articles dealing with life in Canada
and the great Northwest and these should
| dPp0ol oClODkly " 11ICiiSoh ICoucIo
Frar els j. Dickie tells the story of Cam
ada's Last Frontier" while Day Allen
Wiley describes the defensive organiza-
ton which has been built up in our great
forests to guard against fires. AS most
people are aware, half the battle of pre-
serving our timber from the devastating
flames consists in getting to work prompt
ly, and to this end lookout stations have
been established on every point of want
age, linked up by telephone with ''rescue
stations" while forest rangers patrol all
dangerous areas. The article is magnif-
Gently illustrated. my Seven Years. I'm.
prisonment in Prussia" is an absorbing
statement by the unfortunate victim, M
Paul Chorenne, a French engineer who,
some years before the war, was arrested
on suspicion of being spy.
Living IN History, by Agnes Repplier,
the leading article of the November
Atlantic lis stirring challer ge to those
Americans who, while the destiny of the
world is being decided on the battlefield
of Europe, profess to mental neutra'