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The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03

1T will be seen. that during the thirty
one years under consideration the eX
change power of gold for the principal
agricultural products, taken together,
has remained substantially uniform,
while the same power of silver has mean
while decreased 30 per cent. III one can
understand this statement, he will infer
very properly that gold has not appre-
clated in its purchasing power to any
considerable extent since the discontinue
ance of the use of silver, and that any
assumption to the contrary is fallacy
derived from the Imagination, or a mis-
statement of facts"
Our correspondent assumes that be-
cause gold will purchase more of certain
staple products now than in 1878, and
because silver will purchase about the
same quantity therefore gold has ap-
This phenomena could be explained
just as well by the assumption that gold
had remained constant and silver and
the staples referred to have all fallen
in value. Now silver certainly has been
exposed to conditions which invariably
That is to say the demand for it has
been greatly diminished by the discorl-
tinuance of its use as money metal in
all the nations of Europe and in the
United States. and the production of it
has nearly trebled. Is it reasonable to
suppose that under these circumstances
it has remained constant? Is not the
fact that it VIII today buy as much
cotton and wheat as it would before it
was surrounded with conditions that
would almost inevitably cause fall in
it's value the strongest kind of proof
that the reason that it purchases as
much wheat and cotton as it did in 1878
is that those articles have also fallen in
value.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03
SPEED OF A CANNON BALL.
How 1t Is Measured by Simple and Ger
tain Process.

How to measure the velocity of a pro-
jcetile in its flight from gun seem to
the uninitiated difficult problem, and
yet it amounts to little more than just
the division of certain space passed
over by the time which it has taken to
do this, both space and time being deter
mined by measurement and apparatus of
the simplest character, say Casselr's
Magazine for April. Somewhere in the
path of the projectils are placed two
wire screens, each formed of the simple
frame across which wire runs back
and forth, forming part Of an electric
battery circuit, in which an accurate
time piece is also interposed. AS the
projeotile, on being fired from the gun
passes through the first screen, the cir
cult OF which it is part is broken. and
the clock work is started. the index
originally pointing to zero. On passing
through the second screen the projectile
interrupts the second circuit, with the
effect of instantly bringing the clock
mechanism to stop. knowing then the
exact distance between the two screens,
usually several hundred feet, it follows
that by dividing it by the number of
seconds or the fractions of a second
marked on the clock dial, representing
the time which has elnpsed during the
passage OF the projectile from screen to
screen, we obtain the mum ber of feet per
second which the projeotile was travel
ing. Nothing much simpler could we'll
be devised, the whole secret of satisfac-
tory measurement lying in the accuracy
of the time determination, in which
even so small tn ing a. small fraction
OF a second becomes factor of the ut
most Importance Exchange.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03
YOU AND KIM MBERLY."
Senator Stewards Sarcastic Letter to the
President.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 9. Under a
Washington, DC, date the Journal this
morning prints lengthy ard extremely
caustic letter written by Senator William
NJ. Stewart of Nevada to President Cleve-
land and which has been mailed to the
Chief Executive. The letter, which
deals principally with the Presidents
foreign policy, is in part rs follows:
"When last wrote you did not sup
pose that would be called upon so soon
to renew my ngratulations for your
conspicuous bravery in promoting the
policy of the mother country. The joint
success of yourself and Lord Kim e.ly
in planting the British flag and extend
ing British rule over Nicaragua is ad-
mired and applauded by every loyal sub
jeot of the queen, and will secure for you
the love and respect of all true English
men.
"The people of the United States will
view with much satisfaction the pre-
parations which you and Lold Kim herly
are making to present the claims of Brit
ish and American subjects who, in the
interest of the mother country conspired
to overthrow the Repu blican government 4
of Hawaii. The fact that che conspira-
tolls were unsuccessful aggravates the
crime Of the repu bile in maintaining it's
constitutional government, and furnishes
you and Lord Kimberly ample justifca-
tion for demanding impossible repara-
tion to make an excuse for planting the
British flag and extending British rule
over the only remaining outpost in the
Pacific where military estab blish ment by
an unfriendly power would menace the
commerce of the United States
The object lesson of your broad and
comprehensive craftsmanship is already
Instructive. When you have fully Sc
cured the protection of England for your
sea and coast on 10th oceans and the
construction of the Nicaraguan canal at
the expense of the United States for the
benefit of Great Britain your economy
will be appreciated.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03

We publish in another column letter
from a correspondent tending to show
that the purchasing power of silver as
measured by the two staple prod ucts,
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03

cotton and wheat, has remained practical
ly constant since 1870, while the purchas-
ing power of the gold dollar has appre-
ciated. To show that there is another
side to the question we publish below an
extract from an article on the fall of
produce by Mr.. Upton, the former assls-
tant secretary of the treasury. Mr.. Up
ton examined the repors on prices and
wages made by subcommittee of the
finance committee of the Senate in 1898,
with the following result
Ihe9 committee carefully computed
tha average prices per annum of the nine
principal agricultural products, barley,
corn. cotton. hemp, oats. meat, rye, TO-
nacco and wheat, since 1860, and, after
giving to each product it's weight in pro-
portion to its yield, combined and tabu-
lated the average values in gold of
these nine products for every year from
1860 to 1891, that of 1850 being represent
ed by 10G. Below will be found this
tabulation for every fifth year, to which
| have added the gold value of the
bullion in silver dollar, that the depre-
citation in the value of silver may be
stlikingly shown:
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03

The South Carolina Bourbons having
grown tired Of bulldozing and cheating
the colored voters have concluded to call
a constitutional convention which shall
adopt qualifications for the suffrage that
shall exclude all such citizens as they
think undesirable. In order that the
convention should not miscarry they had
laid down qualifications for representa-
ton in it which would keep out
every member of the class they want
disfranchised. But an unexpected OBJ
stacle has been met with at the start.
The federal circuit judge Golf has grant
ed preliminary injunction restraining
the state officers from proceeding any fur
ther in the matter of the election of dele
gates to the convention. Gov. Evans
threatens to disregard the injunction,
but if it be made permanent,- that
question is yet to be settled-it is not at
all probable that that doughty gentle
man will put himself in active hostility
to the United States government.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
MAINE STATE PRESS.
Subscription Rates.


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months; S1.5o quarter; so cents month.
The DAILY is delivered every morning by
farl1er anywhere within the city limits and at
Woodfords without extra charge.
DAILY (Not in advanced, invariably at the
ate OF 81 2 year.
MAINE STATE PRESS (Weekly) published
very Thursday, So per year; 81 for six months;
10 cents quarter; 20 cents for trial subscrip-
1on of six weeks.
Persons wishing to leave town for long or
hort periods may have the address OF their
laper changed as often as desired,
Advertising Rates
IN DAILY PRESS S1.5o per square, first
teek, rs cents per week after. Three inser-
ions or less, S1.o0 per square. Every other
lay advertisements, one third less than these
ates.
HALF SQUARE advertisements S1.oo per week
hstweek; half price each succeeding week,
"a Square" is a space OF the width OIL col
mn and one inch long.
SpeciaE Notices, on first page, one third adj
litional
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The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03

Senator Morgan is reported as saying
that he does not think for a moment
that the canal project will be. endangered
by the present state of things in Nicara-
qua or by any other complication that
may ever be raise there. II belieye,n he
says, "that Congress at it's next session
will, if nothing shall be done meanwhile
by the authorized powers now in author
ity. effectually and finally stop the ag-
gressions of Great Britain, and absolute
ly prevent her gaining foothold at this
most important point on the American
continent. Congress, in my opinion, will
cneckmate the whole game. Congress is
the American people; it is backed by the
sentiment of the people, and I think I
know today pretty nearly what the SEN
timent of the American people is on the
subject of foreign aggression. There are,
say, 275, 200 people in the city of Wash
ington. presume 100000 of those people
can and do read the newspapers. They
therefore know all the essential phases
of this present case, and / doubt if 5000
of those people-no, hardly 1000-do not
today feel within them burning indig-
nation against the present situation; a
strong desire to do something to drive
this intruder from American shores.
think that Washington is fair sample
of otker American cities in this regard. /"
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03
FRIDAY, MAY 8.
ARBOR DAY.
state of maine.
Proclamation by the Governor.
1 hereby set apart.
FRIDAY, THE TENTH DAY OF MAY
a. S ArIoor Day.

l recomme nd that the day be observed in
the planting of trees, shrubs and vines, in
the adornment of public and private
grounds, parks and ways; thus rendering
the homes of our people and our Common
wealth more beautiful and attractive.
Heaven and earth helps him who plants a
Tree
And Ills work it's own reward shall be-
Given at the Executive Chamber, in All
gusta, this INVENT y-third day OF
April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety
five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the one hun
dred and nineteenth.
HENRY B. CLEAYES.
By the Governor, -
NICHOLAS FESSENDEN,
Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03
THE DAILY PRESS

Can always be found at the periodical
stores of:
John Chisholm, 100 Congress street.
A. B: Merrill, 247
n. G. Fessenden, 526
i. A. Libby. 56o ="
F. A. Jelison, 935 Congress street.
G. DaSilya,s 221 Spring street.
j. ]. BeardWorth. 81 India street..
i. Fl. Erskine 43 Middle street
j. W. Peterson, 2 Exchange street.
H. G. Todd. Cor. Commercial and Park
W. A. Golden. 7e Exchange street.
Westnan & West, 90 anu 95 Commercial
street.
Miss Norah Pearl. 100 Bracket street.
John H. Allen, 3S11a Congress street.
Dennet& Co. the Florist. GAS Congress street
G. ]. Hodgson, se1a Portland street.
I. M. Glendening, Long Island.
F. L. Brackett. Peaks Island.
E. L. Littlefeld, 1S9 Congress street.
M. A. Parker. Libby'S Corner.
II. c.. Berry. 937 Congress street.
Forest City News Co.. 422 Congress street.
Mrs. Bradbury. cor. Spring and Bracket
streets.
Mr.. Wyer, 4s Portland Pier.
John Cox 23 Monument square,
A. A. Sweetser, Cor. Dow and Brackett st.
Z. j. Farrell 219 York.
bennett, the Florist. 563 Congress street.
Also at the new stands in the Falmouth
Preble and United States hotels, and Grand
Trunk and Union Depots. Ii can also be OBJ
tanned OF Chisholm Bros, agents on all trains
OF the Maine Central, Grand Trunk and Port
land s. Rochester railroads and ofagents on any
of the Boston trains.
The PRESS can also be found at the following
places out side the city;
Auburn-J u. Haskell.
Augusta. T. Pierce,
Bath-John 0. Shaw.
Berlin Falls, n. He. S. Clark.
W. 7. Bardsley. Ist
Bridgton--A. w. ingalls,.
Brunswick-F. P. Shaw.
Cape Elizabeth-Dyer g. Jose.
Cumberland Mills-H. &. Starr.
Camden-Fred Lewis.
e J. H. Gould.
Cornish-E. L. Brown.
Deering-N. j. Scanlon.
Damariscotta-E. w. Dunbar
Fairfeld-E. H. Evans
Farmington-H: ?: White s. Co.
Fryebmg-A. C. Frye.
Green's Landings. w. Fifeld.
Gornam-L ! Lermond: NJ :.,.. p. c.
Kennebunk-J H. OTIS:
Kennebunkport-C. E. Miller.
Livermore Falls-C. Newman:
Lewiston-Chandler & Winshlp.
hfmsrisk@s. hHns iislans-hVgnsS (! Grsat: Bros
Mechanic Falls-F l.. Merrill.
North Stratford N. HI. G. Huchtins.
Norway-F. p Stone,
Richmond-Geo. E. Ames:
Rumford Falls-H L. EuIott
- &C. A. Clifford.
Rockland-Dunn & Carr.
" A. J. Huston.
Sanford-F I'll. Wingate.
Skowhegan-Bixby& & Buck.
South Portland-J: I; Merrlman.
South Windham-J. W. Read.
South Paris-A. ID. Sturteyant
South Paris-F A. Shurtleff.
South Waterboro-G. G. Downs.
South Portland-A. Campbell.
Saco-H. B. Hendricks " 20.
f. l.. Preble.
South Bristol-N. W. Gamage.
Thorilaston-E. Walsh.
Vinal HaveE-A. B. Yinal.
Waidoboro-Geo. Bliss.
Watervile-W. D. Spalding.
Westbrook-W. B. Boothby.
Woodfords-C Chapman & Wyman.
Varmouahville-G Howard Humphrey
Persons having any difficulty in ohta,n,,..
papers at any of these places will confer afavns
bv reporting the matter at once to this oas OF
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03

The proposal to dedicate Confederate
monument in Chicago on Memorial day
is naturally enough causing great deal
of Indignation on the part of veterans Of
the Grand Army of the Republic. To
glorify treason in Northern city on the
day specially set apart for tributes to
those who lost their lives in putting
it down signifies altogether too much
forgetfulness of the war, its causes and
it's results.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03

TNHE annual meeting of the Home for
4 Aged Men will be held at the Home
Ihursday evening, May eth at $50 O'Clock.
Il. Il, EMERY. Secretary. my2dlw
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03

W ere taken from the light, the full pos
session of every faculty seemed to return,
and. with a below of fright the calf
broke from his hands and ran away at
full speed. The animal had undoubtedly
been the victim of species of hypnotism
and the moment it's gaze was diverted
from the object that fascinated it the
spell was broken and the calf ran away.
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03
GOING TO CHURCH

An active, intelligent church member, male or
'emale, wanted to represent US for special
work. Splendid inducement to right party No
capital needed. Reference required Good
Day. State age and previous occupation. also
lalne Of church and denomination. Address
Globe Bible Publishing Co., 723 Chestnut ST.,
Pa. ap30d6t
The Portland daily press., 1895-05-03
$I50,OOO
First Mortgage 4 IL per cent
20 YEAR GOLD BONDS
Portland Railroad
Company.

Deliverable and payable on or before
June 1st, 1895.
Price los and interest yielding net
return of about A per cent? subject to
advance without notice.
These bonds are dated May 1st. 1898,
payable without option twenty years af-
ter date, with interest at Al per cent
per annum, payable semi-annually on
the first days of May and November; !;
principal and interest payable in United
States gold coin of the present standard
of weight and fneness.
Of the total authorized mortgage,
S1S0.000 bonds are already outstanding,
and $22O,OOO will now be issued for
equipping the whole system with cleo
tricity; of this $22O,000, we shall receive
for delivery $3.50, 900 on OF before June
1st, which are advertised herewith; we
shall offer no move of the bonds until
August, 1895.
The charter of the Railroad was
granted in 1850, and is perpetual. This
mortgage is first lien on all the fran
chises, rights and property Gncluding
real estate and equipment) situated in
the Cities of Portland, Deering and
Westbrook.
The length of track is 20.14 miles,
making the bonded indebtedness less
than $50, 900 per mile.
The earnings for 1894 were as fol-
lows:-
Cross s2o7 h5o %
Exnenses and taxes 1ee g1o Is
oN '' ----r----- ,---..e
Net s37 572 40
Interest 900 "a
'
Surn,ns sas ON os
80 oOso
IL VIII pc noticed J!fst, tna1 1he operat-
ing expenses, winch lncluaed new cars,
:ss:: Fl; $ s:s +: !;
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-08
MIX Making.

While the milk is being elaborated
by COW the ends of the cells, which
line the inside of the milk ducts and
vcsicles III her udder, seem to enlarge.
Zach one forms small globule, and
when this is perfected it drops off into
the serum of the milk. Each bud or
globule so formed is globule of fat;
from them is made all the butter from
cows milk. These tiny buds of fat
seem to grow on the surface of the
cells, partly by the destruction of the
cells and partly by the conversion Of
some of the substances of the COW S
blood into fat. They trickle down III
and with the milk, and are held in sus-
pension i'll it, not i'll solution, as are
the other solids III it. They. mostly
come during the latter part of the
milking, probably because they do not
move so quickly or easily as the liquid
part of the cows milk. The fore milk
is thinner than the strippings, because
the glObuleS of fat do not free them
selves from the internal Innings Of the
milk ducts so quickly as the liquid Of
the milk.
The condition of the cows blood and
her nervous system very largely affect
the quality of the milk she gives. Bad
feeling, foul water or the absence of
salt will induce in the cow a condition
in which she will not yield good milk;
a similar condition with its consequent
effects may be caused by neglect, eX-
posture, abuse or excitement A COW
has peculiarly delicate organization,
and must be handled with kindness,
and any man who abuses a COW beats
out the profit, for she will pay him back
by giving less milk and that Of poorer
quality. The globules of fat are so
numerous that in thimbleful Of milk
there will be found millions of them.
1t is estimated that there are one thou
sand millions Of them i'll every cubic
inch of milk From these specs of fat
the butter is made. To get them out
of the milk is the task Of the butter
maker. They are too small to be
strained out with the smallest sieve.
Fifteen hundred of the largest of them
placed side by side like row Of mar
bles would not measure more than one
inch. If milk be left at rest they rise
to the top because they are lighter than
the liquid in which they float. The
heavier parts of the milk are drawn
down by the force of gravitation, and as
the serum of the milk, composed Of
water, casein, sugar, albumen, etc,
moves downward it displaces the cream
globules and forces them toward the
top.-Farm and Home.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-08
A FEMALE DESPERATE.
A Missouri Woman the Leader of IA
Gang of Robbers.

Ava. Mo-, May 3O.-Sheritf Han
cock with his posse captured the rob-
bers who held up A. r. Turney, a
storekeeper at Rome, this county, one
night last week, and arrived here with
them last night They were captured
near Leadville, Ark. One OF the bold
thieves, and the one who appeared to
be the leader of the gang, turned out TO
be a woman. Her name Is Lydia BrlS-
ton. There were three of them who
committed the robbery, the BrlstOn
woman being dressed i'll men cloth
ing. She ordered Turney around i'll
true highwayman style, punched HIM
with her pistol and cursed him because
he did not have more money, terrorlz-
ing him until ne hardly knew whether
he was on foot or horseback.
Sheriff Hancock recovered $50 OF the
500 taken and both of the horses and
saddles The three thieves were Ben
Trott, recently released from the state
prison; John Briston, brother OF the
girl, about IS years old, and Lydia
Briston. Lydia Briston is rather
comely girl about 22 years old, who is
well known to the police and officers OF
Springfield, Mo, and to the citizens of
this town, where she worked at one
time, as a loose character and mem
Der of the demimonde. When seen by
a correspondent she refused to talk
They will be taken to West Plains,
where they will be confined III jail at
that place until court meets.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-08
Guatemala Has Made Reparation.

New York, May pa special to
the Herald from Guatemala says:
Although the castigation Of Argyle,
an American citizen, was not ordered
by the Guatemalan government, the
latter has acceeded cheerfully and fully
to the demand for reparation made by
Minister Young. Ample compensation
has been made by President Barrios for
the punishment inflicted upon Argyle
and two others by the prison guard.
Minister Young will leave here for the
United States next Tuesday.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-08
A SHOCKING DISCLOSURE.
Feature of New Religion Es'"ohshe"
at Omaha.


Pittsburg. June 3.-The commercial
Gazette this morning publishes spe-
cial from Omaha, Neb., stating that
Rev. John Morrow, formerly OF Pitts
burg. has established a new rehglon
there. The principal feature OF 1t Is
that all members of his church worship
in nude condition. A Mrs. Christen-
sen. of Omaha, who is Il member OF the
church. gave out the information CON
corning the new sect. She claims
Morrow has 200 followers in that city.
Services so far have been held at the
homes of various members, and III each
case all the participants We're naked
Morrow is now said to be III Peoria.
He is we'll known in Pittsburg. He
was ordained us United Presbyterian,
Int was dismissed from that church ON
account of his faith cure beliefs. Later
he was bible instructor at the Bethany
home here. a faith cure institution.
While there he edited IA paper known
as the Faith of God. He was removed
from there because he was III the habit
of kissing the sisters.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1895-06-08

San Francisco, May 31.-Lord
Sholto Douglass, the youngest son of
the Marquis of Queensberry, who has
gained 50 much newspaper notoriety of
late through his anxiety to marry Lor-
eta Adds, an actress who is now star
ring in this city, has been made de-
PENDANT in civil suit When Doug
lass was arrested at Bakersfield on a
charge of insanity he gave his note for
1925 to law firm whom he engaged
to defend him. He says the lawyers
were of no assistance to him i'll secur-
ing his release, and he does not con-
slider that he owes them ANYTHING.