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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-22

to the ranges. where it was found Ghat
the projectiIes had penetrated the saha
to depth of over eighty 1eet, tnee "
the first volley all falling WITHIN al ara
OF about 600x450 feet, AMI shose lily sne
second within an area OF about 4VAooo
feet. After the discharge OF each ,aiso,
a gunner who was stationed on hnolA
near by during the firing noted ens looa .
tlon OF each projectile, all OF Wnlci wele
discharged. The marking was o'he SO
that the aim of each mortar. wh1o was
carefully recorded, could be precisely
determined, and the facts advantageous
ly used for reference after survey ,! 1le
ranges shall have been made to fac!ltate
the preparation of charts for gunance
hereafter. The Lower Bay and is ap-
prOaches have already been "chartd" by
ranges, SO that the position OF any ship
having been determined by cross barring
and parallax, the mortars may be urned
upon her by the use of the chart. which
will show the precise section in Which
she floats.
HOW THE BIG GUNS WORKED.
In an interesting exhibition of 6lO-
inch, breech-loading rifed gun, mmnted
on Gordon disappearing carriage,
solid shot which was projected about
five miles at pointblank range ricocletted
four times, throwing up immense vol
umes of foaming water. The shot
weighed SIS pounds. and charge Of 270
pounds of powder was used. A false
parapet Of light lumb Der, which was ex-
perirnentally used to shield the gnners
from smoke after the discharge. worked
satisfactorily.
A fifty-ton twelve-inch rified beech
loading gun in the lit battery, tnined
at an elevation of ten degrees projected
solid shot weighing 1000 pounds about
eight miles across the bow of the out
ward bound French Liue steamship La
Touraine, but high in the air. Its splash
on striking the water could be seen with
the naked eye, the day being bright and
clear, and it's shrek was weird and
startling, as was also that of the shot
from the ten-inch gun. The charge OF
powder WAS 40 pounds, or about thirty
pounds less than the maximum charge.
The maximum effective range OF this
guns is about eleven miles. Many ot the
officers had never seen gun thus mount
ed. The ease with which the steam lift
elevated the gun, the carriage AMI the
platform filled with officers, of total
weight OF fully 10 tons, till the nuzzle
of the gun was saveral feet above the top
of the escaped parapet of solid masonry
forty feet thick, was viewed with won
der, and received many favorable COM
ments.
The only improvement suggested by
the officers during and while afte.ward
discussing the excellent exhibition was
that it would be better il the machinery
by which the mortars are operated should
be worked by power instead of by hand,
and it was believed that this singh de-
feet will soon be RENE died. Grizzle1 and
famous veterans of the Civil War en-
phatically declared that they hoped never
to be subjected to bonn bardment such
as the mortars were capable of bestowing
upon an invader, and expressed the
pinion that the new battery will prove
to be genuine Gibraltar of defence for
this port should any foreign power or
powers ever try to "let slip the dogs of
Warn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-22

April 10Th, at j. G. Budd's store, every
thing in the store including show cases,
fixtures &c, being sold at auction. A.
S. Littlefeld. of Rockland assignee. MIR.
Budd informs us that he will soon open
up business at the old stand.
MIR. Lewis Pool recently appointed
road master of Wiscasset & Quebec r.
r. has resigned. We hear no one men
u oned as his successor.
The recent storm caused a great many
washouts on the Wisscasset q quebec
and quite a large crew are making re-
pairs. Business on this railroad Is daily
improving.
Standish.
Steep Falls, April 19.-Mrs. S. H..
Cousins. who has been confined to the
house the past week with the grippe, is
more comfortable.
The heavy rains caused the Saco river
to rise Sunday, and Monday morning
the water was very high. Tuesday night
it was thought the saw mills would all
go, but all are safe now. 1t took the
penstock from A. f. Sanborn & Co.'S.
mill and damaged all the mills to great
extent. 1t will take a long time to get
them in running order. The water as
fallen three feet Wednesdaymorning.
Although Step Falls has suffered by high
water its damage is slight compared to
West Buxton, which has our sympathy.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
A CHASTITY DISEASE.
Different Doctors Give 1t Differ
emit Names.

The Result Always the Same. - Speedy
Death. Until Recently, Considered
Hopeless. Now, New Methods. Sal
walton.
Nothing is more alarming than diseases
of an ulcerous nature. A continual gnaw-
ing away Of life-generating tissue, until a
vital spot is reached, an artery is severed,
or from sheer weakness death ensues.
Especially in Gastritis = ulcers of the
stomach = is terrible. suffering expert
enced. The symptoms, though not at
first alarming (seemingly slight attack
of indigestion), gradually become worse,
so that no notlrishment can be retained
on the stomach, and unless the trouble
causing ulcer produces death by perfora-
ton, the patient
Dies of Starvation.
In Consumption, where the ulcers attack
the lungs, the termination is very similar,
as it is, in fact in any of the wasting dis
eases to which are given various names,
according to the organs affected.
By the methods of physicians of to-day
thousands of lives are being saved in cases
that few years ago were considered hope
less. The first step now taken to effect a
cure is to make new blood and tissue, give
the patient strength, and keep him G on
the gain by administering Bovinine.
Bovinine is not a medicine, but greatly
concentrated extract of the most vital ele-
ments of lean raw beef. The life-main-
tanning qualities of this wonderful prepa-
ration are simply marvellous. Dr. A. M.
Cook, of New Castle, Pa, states that he
maintained life in his wife. while suffer-
ing from gastric ulcers, for three weeks
without giving her anything through the
mouth, injecting Bovinine instead.
With such results as this, it is not to be
wondered at that Bovinine is Endorsed by
physicians everywhere, and has become
recognized as the greatest factor in saving
life, fastening recovery from sickness, and
warding off disease, ever given to man.
AP.EUSH & CO., 1d9 Fesn ST., Eostor
NEW ENGLAND GEANTS.
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SOUTH PORTLAND.


Mr.. Fred Osgood. formerly of South
Portland, has moved his family back to
South Portland into the house of Mr..
Jordan, corner Dyer and Front streets.
There will be case of cruelty to ami
mails tried tomorrow afternoon in the
Young Mems rooms. Mr.. Peter Little
john has now entirely recovered from
his recent illness.
Mr.. Bla1sdell, Of Portland, has moved
his family into one of the Plush Mill
cottages.
South Portland is RED hot bicycle
town as may be readily seen from the
large numb of young, old, crippled
and otherwise, who indulge every after
noon in their favorite spcrt
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WATCHING THE SHOT.
Each pit was served independently at
intervals Of about two seconds, thereby
greatly reducing the concussion, butsprac-
tically dischargipg the entire sixteen
mortars simultaneously. The mortars
were trained at an elevation of 60 de-
grees. The range of the first volley was
down the beach, a distance of 5000
yards, as nearly as the topography made
it convenient" Charges OF sixty pounds
of brown prismatic powder were used.
The defamation was almost deafeninq
despite the precautionary use of cotton
and fnger-tips. AS the projectiles as
cended they could be seen distinctly,
and when at an attitude OF over one mile
they resem bled flock of wild ducks on
the wing, Their whizzin2 was barely
perceptible during their ascent, but as
they sped downward with frightful mo-
mentum it was more plainly heard. The
second salvo was with a charge of
twenty nine pounds of SUPERINTENDENT
powder at 5000 yards range, and the
effect was similar to that OF the first
volley, though, of course, much modified
The proiectiles were of cast iron used
only in practice, weighing 1000 pounds.
and costing 20 cents pound, or 5000
each, making total cost of IS. zoo fo1
sixteen. The powder required for two
such salvoes is 1,424 pounds, which al
rs cents pound would cost $3.50, an ag-
gregate cost of So, $50 for the ammunition
/ used in making the mortar exhi bition,
which was warmly aud unanimously
praised even Big the Oldest and most ex
perienced officers
After the mortar practice the entire
party proceeded by the military railwa,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-22
RATES OF POSTAGE.

On First Glass Motter.-The rate 0
postage on matter of the first class is as
follows:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-22
DEERING.

The Deering Shakespeare Club will
meet with Miss Margarets Cheney, Not
Maple street, Monday evening, April 90.
No postponement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-04-22

HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills,
Biliousness, Indigestion, Headache
A pleasant laxative All Druggists.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
RANSOM'S DILEMMA.

Everyone who knows the gentle, genial
and always courtly Mr. Ransom, nf
North Carolina, sometime Senator of the
United States, will sympathize with that
gentleman in his peculiar dilemma, which
leaves him out of office, unable to get the
salary due him since his appointme mt
last February, to say nothing of his humil-
1asing reflection that he has been pla wing
the exalted role OF minister tn the i'm
portant sister Republic of Mexic,, while
he has not at any time been legally
eligible to the office.
To one of Mr.. Ransom's proud and sensi-
tive nature such q condition Of things
must be peculiarly distressing, but there
seems to be nothing to do but to accept
the fiat of Solicitor General Conrad that
the ex-senator cannot legally hold the
office, or draw his salary for the time he
has acted as minister, because the salary
of that office was increased $1,000 per
annum by Senate OF which he was a
member
The law is perfectly clear on the subject,
as was told exclusively in The Times this
morning in the strange story of Mr..
Ransom's discontinue The strangest
feature of it all is that the President should
have SO biundered in nominating the Sena-
tor, and that none of the Senator's voting
for his confirmation thought OF the ap-
plication OF the law t0 Mr.. Ransom's case.
The administration, however, should
not lose the sesvicss of 20 courtly and
The evening times., 1895-08-17
ELECTRICAL WORKERS.

The Information that the National Broth
erhood of Electrical Workers have practi-
cally decided to hold a national convention
here next November. as stated in The Times
this morning, illustrates n. growing recog-
milton OF the fact by nearly all such organiza-
tioiis that Washington Is the place of places
toshold their conventions.
The Knights OF Labor have transferred
their headquarters and the printing office
of their organ 10 this city, and other similar
bodies are discussing q movement in the
same direction. They realize that il any
thing is TO be gained from the national legis-
lature they can assist ut its Accomplishment
more effectively here than If they tried 10
reach out and touch Congress from another
city.
Thus, also, the national conventions of
workers In all branches OF labor will have
more far-reaching effect if held here than
they could possibly have in any other city
of the country, and that more especially
when the conventions are held during the
sitting of Congress-. Tie electrical work
ers have taken wise step, which others
should promptly follow.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
Electioneering at Sea

Perhaps Lord Courtney eau claim the
credit OF having accomplished the most novel
electioueering feat in the present contest.
In the course OF his campaign he arranged
to address the Fishermen at Port Wrinkle,
but on arriving at the little village, accom-
panied by his wife, he found that themen had
put out to sea. Mr.. Courtney was for leav-
ing the electors i a peace; his wife courage
ously suggested pursuit. Both Immediately
himpedintoa boata nd were rowed alongside
the fishing smacks. There, on the crest of
the waves, he delivered a speech to the sons
of the sea. An element of the b,nIesque
was natural to the situation, especially
when the fishermen asked questions and
tried 10 carry vote of confidence in the
enterprising candidate. Mr.. Cour they
was rewarded by seeing q Radical elector
tear UP his opponents address in disgust
aud drop 1t into the sea.-Manchester, eng
land, Courier.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
TO sEcRETARY LAMONT.

Fully enough has been exposed in regard
to the tyrannicaI acts and otherwise often
sive conduct of Lieut.. Birkhimer to warrant
the Secretary OF War in reviewing the work
of the military court which convicted Pri-
vate GIL and in reconsilering his own ap-
proval of ii.
Doubtless, however, Secretary Lamont
will do no such thing. Nomatter how great
the provocation which induced Gill to strike
his superior officer, no matter how un-
manly hts failure to do 20 would have been,
it is to be assumed that the thing called dis
cipiine must be supported and enforced in
the old way and the really innocent pun
ishnd, while the really guilty escapes.
The Secretary can modify the sentence,
however, without in any way impairing
discipline by encouraging privates TO give
their officers blow in the face. even when
that is deserved. The law has been enforced
Discipline has lost none of its majesty and
will lose none II the Secretary will an
nounce a very considerable modification
OF Private Gill's sentence.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
Fun in Prose and Verse.

That's what 1 call downright extrava-
cancel" exclaimed Shawtey, as he opened
the letter and looked at the little bill which
the writer desired to have paid. That's
what call downright extravaganza. The
idea Of throwing away two cents on postage
to send this TO me. without mentioning the
paper and envelope. Boston Transcript
In popping the question he did prefer
Todo 1t In manner firm andsteady,
He did not go on his knees TO her
For she was on his knees already.
Life
The Clerk of the Court-H Bandicelh 10
charged with committing violent assault
OIL the person Of
Justice of the Peace-Here, I am II. Bandi-
celli; 1 acquit myself. Next case.-Le Rirs
There's no use in talkin;
Good ridin' beats walkin'-
The same as cash money beats talk;
But II trains shouldn't stop,
Or your fortune should drop,
Just thank God you're able to walkI
Atlanta Constitution.
Enamored Youth-May 1 hope 10 find q
place in your heart?
Lady Love tim de sieclel-If you hurry
up There are only few choice locatioDa
left-Tid Bits.
He walked the stream the livelong day
With rod and reel and fly,
And then went home and dreyeledin
One long, luxuriant lie
Philadelphia Record.
Rastus ito Liza, who has pretended to be
unified" eDey amt no use you turnin
yo' back, honey, kase sees you smilin' des
de same.-Life.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
TAKE THE TIMES WITH YOU.

Summer Outings VIII Not Be En-.
1oyed Unless 1t Goes Along.
The summer tide of pleasure and
health-seekers has set ia toward
mountains, springs and seashOre.
No plans for the seasons outing
will be complete unless The Times
is included among the necessaries.
Men and women may go from town
to leave care behind, hut those who
would keep their finger on the pub
lie pulse. or bo a breast of the worlds
happenings, or, indeed, who need
golden link between themselves and
the whirligig of time-these must
have The Times sent daily to their
sylvan OF seaside retreat.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
ANOTHER LEXINGTON OUTRAGE.

ANU L HEX EShlNu loN w lhAoE1.
The Evening Stars trolley line, whose
president, Mr.. NewbOld, is, according to
our esteemed astral contemporary, in
clined to do the fair thing all around, is
at II again discussing employees, and, as
far as can be learned, solely on account
of the fart that they belong to the Pro-
tective Union.
Conductors Sisson and Rcichard. who
were discharged from the company's SER
vice this morning, are the latest victims,
and their story is told in The Times
local columns. They were thrust out with
out warning, all explanation of reasons
was refused, and they could not at once
even get back from the company the SIS
which they were each forced TO deposit
when they were engaged.
To say that such treatment is heartless
is to use too mild a term. Even employees
who arc dismissed for iDefficiency OF mis-
conduct are worthy of more kindly usage,
and It docs not appear that any charge
Of.this kind could be made against SissoIs
or Reichard. Both appear to have been
competent and faithful.
The proprictors OF the Star are large
stockholders in the lexington aud Belt
lines, which are part of a system by means
of which the great Elkins-Widener syn
dicate intend to in troduce the deadly
overhead trolley upon crowded streets
of the city. II these enterprising stock
holders do not Possess sufficient influence
or disposition to lead them to honestly
fight the trolley and keep 1t outside the
city, they should at least suggest to the
local management that their brutal treat
ment of union employees is offensive TO the
Evening Star in its brilliant champion
ship of the cause of labor.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

Subscribers to "The Times" will
confer u favor by promptly reporting
any discourtesy of collectors, OF neg.
lect of duty on the part of carriers.
Complaints either by mail or In per-
son Will receive prompt attention.
The morning Edition should be de.
lvered to all parts of the city by $50
O'Clock u. m.. Including Sunday. The
Evening Edition should be In the
hands of Subscribers not later than
$50 p. IN.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
. A Contented Lover,

Oh, uaught care for the smooth, white
sand,
Nor the surf OF the sounding sea;
Content am l at home to dwell
With Sue-for company.
I do not long for q trip abroad
Nor . sail on the ocean blue;
I'm satisfied with an arm-chair wide
Enough for me aud Sue.
The mountains, lakes and daIes and dells
For me possess no charm;
The city street 20 me seems meet
+ II Sue bsugs on my arm
Vacation trips I laugh. To- scoxR,
AT summer htlnts I 5eer;
The town b GOOD enough for me
So long as Sue IL here.
Life.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
Purely Personal.

Capt. George w. Girdon. oue of the most
prominent navigators in the country, died
| at his home in Chicago yesterday, aged 81.
He was for twenty years chairma n of the
local board Of United States steam vessel
inspectors.
| Prince Hohenlohe,, the German Chan
cellor, discourages official luxuriousness.
| Everything about his ow n desk in his office
is as inexpensive as would be the case in a
plain merchants counting room. The sole
indulgence the prince permits himself is an
endless consumption of cigars
A volume of Letters and poetry by Deaf
Stanley, edited by Mr.. Prothero. who wrote
| his life, will soon be published by Murray
Lord and Lady William Beresford, the
latter formerly the Dowager Duchess OF
Marlborough, have been fishing for salmon
in Norway. They paid $4,000 for salmon
! stream aud caught two fish. 49,
Daniel Scheeue. who, it is said, once
saved the life OF the old Emperor of Ger
many. has applied to the poor authorities Of
Denver for assistauce.
Speaker Crisp's father and mother were
actors, and his elder brothers az well One
OF the Speakers earliest recollections is
seeing hisfather play Armand Duyal to his
mothers Camille.
In Harlem Samuel Knoe pei, years old,
fell from a fifth-story window last week
into q baby carriage standing on the sitle-
walk. Sammy was unintured.
II. Louis Coulon. q lawyer, residinx IN
Montlacon, France, began shaving when he
was 12 years old, owned q beard a foot
long by the time he had reached IA, and it
now measures nearly eight feet In length.
The Countess Giennoti, second lady of
honor in waiting on the Queen OF Italy, for
some years worked in Newark, NJ j., as q
cigarette-maker.
John /. Blair, the New Jersey railroad
king, who has over $25, 10000 invested
in Western railroads, boasts that he has
never bought a road merely for speculation
and that none Of his money has been made
by bulling or bearing stocks.
A strong effort has been made at several
times TO get ex-President Harrison into one
or more OF the colonial or revolutionary war
societies now springing up in the country,
but he has not yet filed his papers for ad
mission to any one of them.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

thorough diplomat The President owes
It to himself and 10 MI Ransom to find
another situation to which the law in
question dos not nbpiy. A first class.
mission, with its rat salary of $i7, 800 a
year may not be within reach, unless Mr..
Eustis becomes persona non grata to
France, but there are other places and
offices which win welcome the ex-senator
with open arms
The evening times., 1895-08-17
Mary Eiien Wear. Fine Clothes.

'.who b that stylish-appearine woman
you Just spoke to-" asked an Atchison wO-
man. When informed thas the woman was
Ms. Lease she was much surprised and
rived considerably about her lovely bonnet
and fashionable gown. Hn. Lsass has al
ways dressed well, but somehow people ex-.
pect to see q woman Of ridiculous appear
ance.-Atchtson Globe
The evening times., 1895-08-17

The contractors for the erection OF the
new Postoffice building have actually
determined to come on from New York
to see whether it is Incumbent upon them
to try to prevent the falling and killing
and manning of their workmen. To take
such trouble in such a cause is SO unusual
that it is worthy of remark
The evening times., 1895-08-17

wharf, 'Where b the earbage Officer
n this tia board Of health4, Say, where
do you got the money for witness. fees? =
These are but . few samples. We are
also expected to know n the Commissioners
are In; and IL not :, why, not. We manage
10 fnl In the remaining time In the issuing
OF hcepses."
The evening times., 1895-08-17
Ny Lady's Looking Glass.

A picture fair as ever came
From painters brusla thc looks upon,
Clear mirrored In this, amber Frame
Wrought years ago by Sheraton.
Yet love has so o'ermAstered me
And brought me to tais craven pass,
l tremble for what she may see
When she draws near her looking glass
STIR -
Not lest the sight shossftEmake her vain
; My spirit Nurses di&btitent,
For though she gaze ahd gaze again,
Yet this were time discreetly spent
But eyer my unquiesIslttam =
WIN that old parabletadduce
OF one who sea uned the silver stream,
Audlost his heart witnfsss excuse.
-kkdhlall Gazette.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
Downing in "Hclena. :"

Robert Downing will open his season
aud also that OF the Ora nd Opera House on
Monday, September 2. with n grand pro-
duction of Victoria Sardou's roma utic
play, Helena" Rehearsals will COM
meuce on Monday next.
The evening times., 1895-08-17
what a Biu Corn Crop Means.

The prospect for the greatest corn crop
ever grown in the United States means q
good deal even to people who do not knw
that cornbrcad Is one of the most useful
articles In a scientific diet. 1t means
cheaper meat for one thing. Cheaper corn
brings down the price OF pork, and as
pork falls beef Is apt to fall with it.-New
York World.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

When Senator Stewart moves out to that
Prince Georges County farm, he viii for
get all the ills that silver has suffered lis
tening to the music Of his own gee, haw,
whoal
The evening times., 1895-08-17

1.-THE Washington Times" is a MEM
ber of the ROchdale Cooperative So
ciety.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

So many words beginning Yith B are
applicable to Birkhimer, that one il al
most tempted to be alliterative.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

The net result of the work in the
political contest in Pennsylvania is an
increased show OF hands for Matt Quay and
a decrease for Benny Gilkeson.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

tor Ransom's cuffs will probably be known
no more at the court OF the City of Mexico.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

The recording angel will have to add a
Holmes victims continues to increase.
The evening times., 1895-08-17

Even Dartmouth students are not sarewd
enough 10 slip through tho neshes Of the
law