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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-09
ARRANGEMENT Of
TRAINS
IN EFFECT JUNE n, 1896.

>ss-'"'' IN EtFtCI JUNE II, 1885.
LEAVE Portland, 1856 A. M: Augusta.
COR zoo 4. NJ; Arrive Lagrange Las 7.s5 a <.
NJ; BiownvilIe. $40 A. NJ; Katahdin
IRON Works. $50 4. M: Norcross, sos x.
i m sheF m m l9g NM M Island Fla Falls
Masardis, 1905 p. NJ: Ashland. 1890 P. NJ:
Houlton, lbs a. NJ; Bridgewater, i2.15 A.
Nj PPresque Isle, ~ r NJ; o. Caribou.
Dover and Foxcroft. 7.5s A. NJ; Guilford.
S Vile a. q M; MonS9 Insd s5 z ~ A. M Green
l2.08 2. NJ; Waterville, 1.3s P. NJ; Bangor.
go p NJ Arrive Brownville. 4.53 P. NJ:
Norcross, 5,42 T. NJ; Sherman, 6.32 p. M:
Island Falls. S.54 P. M; Houlton. 7.4o P.
LEAVE Bangor, 600 A; n; Arrive Do
925 A. NJ: Mt Kineo. 100 A. III.
LEAVE Bangor. $50 +. NJ.
ARRIVE Dover and Foxcroft. 7n P.
ton. 7ss P. NJ: Greenvilie. SIS ?. NJ.
LEAVE Greenville. SO A. M: Monson
Junction, 613 A. NJ; Guilford; 627 A.. M:
Iron Works, 6.10 A. NJ: Brownville. 7.05
a. NJ; Lagrange. IA a. NJ.
AIRRIyE Bangor. 800 A. M; Water
P f5If igI4 q a p M N Augusta hn A. NJ;
;, LEAVE Fort Fairfield. 40 A. NJ: Car
tt4ou; Lo5 a; NJ; Pressure Isle, 7.32 A. NJ:
Masardis, 742 A. NJ; Smyrna Mills. $50
A. NJ; Island Falls, Gas A. M: Sherman,
1907 a, NJ; Norcross, 1857 A. NJ: Brown
Vile ll.50 A. NJ: Arrive Bangor, 1.2O P.
N. Waterville, 3.l3 P. NJ; Augusta, 147
p NJ; Portland. 5.35 p. NJ.
LEAVE Caribou. l2.l0 A. NJ; PresQue
Isle, 1898 p. NJ; Fort Fairfield, 1215 P.
NJ. Bridgewater, 1.23 P. NJ; Houlton, 2.15
2. NJ Ashland. HOO a. NJ; Masardis los
p. NJ; Smyrna Mills, 2.20 p. NJ; Island
Falls. $40 p. NJ. Sherman. 3.31 P. M;
Norcross, As p. M; Brownvile, 5.23 p.
NJ; Lagrange. 5.5T p. NJ: Greenville, $50
F.. NJ; Monson. 4.27 P. M: Guilford, 5.O7
2. NJ; Dover and Foxcroft. 5.25 p M;
Sebec. 5:4G p. NJ: Arrive Bangor. 72O P.
NJ; Waterville, 1000 p NJ; Augusta, 10.5l
p. M: Portland, l.40 A. NJ.
GEO. NJ. HOUGHTON,
Gen'l Pass. and Ticket Agent.
=. W. CRAM,
v. p. and General Manager.
Bangor. June Is. 1895 julyl3dtf
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-09

Constipation is the cause of all SORTS
OF serious disorders of the blood.
strong cathartics are worse than use
less. Burdock Blood Bitters is natures
own remedy for troubles Of this sort.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-09

Robert McGregor. 2.1712, leads all the
sires OF the 2.20 trotters. he having four
to ms credit: Katar McGregor, 21S1k.
Maud McGregor, 2.1sA, Biddy Nc,
2.lS1a, ad Corie McGregor 219A.
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Condensed Testimouv

Chas. b. Hood. Broker and Manufac-
turers agent. Columbus. Ohio, certifcs
that Or. Kings New Discovery has no
Prop. st. James Hotel. FIT. Wayne, Ind.
testifies that he was cured of a Cough of
two years standing, caused by La Grippe,
by Dr. Kings New Discovery b. f.
Merrill. Baldwinsville. Mass, says that
he has used and recommended it and
never knew it to fail and would rather
have it than any doctor, because it al
ways cures. Mrs. Hemming 200 T., 9th
ST. Chicago. always keeps it at hand and
has nc fear of Group. because 1t instant
" relieves. Free Trial Bottles at Chas.
*. Partridge's Drug Store.
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Another rain like that of Sunday anc
the Democrats of Waterville will have
| to buy a new flag. Monday morning
| the Bryan and Sewall banner was slit
almost from top to bottom, beside be-
| ing well started across the top, next
| the rope.
| The work of laying the rails for the
Maine Central double track has been
completed to a point below the Great
Works station, and the road bed is be-
ing ballasted. To allow room for the
| laying of the double track near the hill
on the main road leading into Great
Works, the street is being wdened.
Five looms have just been added TO
the mills equipment, or two have been
added, and three put in to replace some
taken out at Abbott's mill, Dexter. The
mill is now running all the time there
is and although the margin is decidedly
marrow the improved machinery great
|, aids in producing the goods al a low
cost.
The Machias Union says that when
Prof w Nj Munson, of the state col
lege. was in Cherryfeld. recently he Wis
tied the plains ad obtained quantity
Of BURBERRY shrubs for the purpose of
experimenting on the project Of cult
waiting this berry. The service which
Prof. Munson is rendering to the horti-
cultural and fruit growing interests Of
the State is very great, and hrs work
upon the general fruit committee Of the
State Pathological society is being car
ricd forward in an intelligent and pains
taking manner Prof. Munson has just
returned to his chair at Orono. after
having spent a year in special studies
at Cornell University.
The p. &, A. have been making some
substantial Improvements on the Moose
head branch and have built substan-
tial watering tank 16x2t. to replace a
much smaller one at the junction. 4
windmill was also built, to draw the
water from the lake into the tank
The tank and mill are both solidly built
or. granite piers The railroad has a
large crew Of men at work ditching the
roadbed between Greenville and Mon
son junction and this week will double
the CREW and commence to ballast the
entire roadbed The gravel for ballast
will oc taken out of a pill just outside
"t GicenVille by the company's new
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Snch heids OF corn were never seen in
eastern Name as thls year The sweet
cora factories are Just beginning 10
i"itie tHc cans N the work Of filling,
ana the talk the packers make about
the crop IN sight Is worth hearing. says
INC Bangor CommeGCla The pref |
tlest held Of sweet corn / ever saw,
says IA gentleman of large experience |
IN the business. rs that of Hosea |
i,achiiI IN torIhna. There IS solid |
i acres q 1t and 1t IS just immense
Gun N STOCK anu ear. The Corinna |
i&cl'rE VIII take It's product this week.
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They begin to soothe and absorb the
pain and soreness the moment you APP
ply one. Hop Plasters. The cure is
permanent and pleasing. Your medi-
cine dealer will supply you.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-09
By True 1r
- Merit Only
can any article attain such a
high standard of favor among
thepeople as that enjoyed by

For years no other soap
in New England has ever
approached it either in sales
Oh quality. 1t has proved its
value over all substitutes. 1t
is soap, all soap, and nothing
but soap.
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Railroads and Steamboat.
BANGOR Z AR0OSTO0K R. R.

Pullman Buffet Parlor cars between
Caribou and Bangor on trains leaving
Caribou at 705 A. II. and Bangor. at IN
2. M
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-09-09

We are sorry to learn of the illness of
Mrs Rebecca Partridge.-E Cove. +
Colburn ana D. Givens have recently
spent a week al Pemaquid.-A T.. Boggs
was IN town Sept. Al. d. Cooper has
gone into business in the stove line
Everett Trask has been in Boston the
past week on 4 business and pleasure
trlp.-our high school commences under
the instruction of Fred Donnell, Sent
n1-ifert Piummer was in town the I'd ana
81; Is the guest of Miss Blanche Marson
oAhce and Mrs. A. p. Doe of Davenport
ONO. who have been visiting friends in
town nave returned home.-Mrs. Henry
cooper ana two children have been away
on Two days visit.-Geo Boggs ana
i Freq MSaney attended the fair at Lew
l ,sr ia st week..Miss b. NJ. Marson has
beeh suffering from a severe cold and
lung trouole:-Miss BERTHE Moody Of
MontNille IS visiting relatives and friends,
IN Town. Miss Moody is a former resi-
dent OF this place having gained a host
OF trends both old and young who thor
onshly appreciate her. and value her
kind words and sunny smile to the fmIl-
est eNtent,-The recent rains have been
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motives even now are built as fiat as
turtles.
A good many disappearing electric
boats have been constructed, and there
is no doubt whatever that New York
harbor can have the benefit of some
very good ones when the time arrives.
A French boat of this class has re-
manned under water with two men
eight hours at a depth of 80 feet. The
American Baker boat of 75 tons has
remained sealed up, on the surface and
below IL two hours and three quarters,
and travels on an even keel far under
water, turning readily right or left.
The only trouble in this work Is the
difficulty of seeing very far ahead be-
low water. but these Jboats would be
able to do considerable damage and
often escape unseen. The use of stor-
age batteries enables them to travel
silently on the surface until near their
mark, and recent experience has shown
that even an ordinary torpedo boat can
get over the danger line before her big
opponent is aware of 1t.
Electric launches, for regular work,
would be very useful at Sandy Hook as
an arm of defense, in addition to those
above enumerated. They would handle
troops and stores in enormous quanti-
ties. but silently and obscurely. I have
travelled over the whole harbor in one
With lne uJIlOSl ease anu safety. Elec-
trio search lights would point their
long fingers of revealing light at the
approaching enemy, and the Boughton
telephotos would enable us to signal
for miles in the picturesque phraseolo-
gy of varicolored incandescent lamps
at the Flagstaff head. Fiske electric
range-finders would help us measure to
an eXactitude the distance of the en-
emey's ship of which we wanted to
make a target. SO far as the land
forces on guard are concerned, IL has
been said by leading foreign military
authority that the army with the best
system of electric signaling wins. The
land of the telegraph and telephone, of
Edison's system of telegraphing to and
from a moving train, and of Tesla's
communication without wires is not
likely to be second in this respect.
Thomas Commerford Martin.
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the batteries, so that the long line OF
ships begins to enter the channel Now,
a dozen or more of lean, long pointed
craft moving under the water draw
away from the shore. No human being
Is on them. Some are driven by cleo
trio engines, supplied with current by
wires leading to dynamos on the land;
others are propelled by carbonic acid
gas. and are only steered by electricity
through cables which they lay behind
them as they move. They will run at
high speed for miles. Any one of them
touching ship infallibly sinks her,
for the head of each is filed with dy-
Mantle.
Or perhaps a column of black smoke
(Which seems to rise out of the water
ttself) close to the land suddenly dis
appears and the sea is scarcely trou-
bled by the swift progress beneath 1t
of the Holland submarine boat. so feet
in length, a warship in herself. driven
by electric motors. and rushing unseen
to the attack, delivering torpedo after
torpedo, or finally crashing her ram in
TO the enemy's unguarded ribs. far be-
low the water line.
Meanwhile the position finders on the
harbor fonts are showing simultane-
ously to the whole Gordon of fortifica-
tions the exact location of the ships
upon which the fire of all the batteries
is now concentrated. If smoke cuts off
the view from one battery, another
may have clear sight, and the tele-
graph conveys knowledge of the exact
position of the ships from those who
can see to those who cannot.
AS the vessels penetrate the outer
harbor new difficulties confront them.
The whole roadstead Is planted with
submarine mines, placed at exactly
designated places. A system of cleo
trio wires connects these with the gov
erning switchboard and electric. batter
les in the forts. They are so placed
that ships going through the channels
must pass over them.
When the position finder shows that
a vessel is finally in the tolls, the OBJ
server in some far-diStant bomb-p proof
touches key, and the hidden volcano
is set loose. Nor does the blackness of
night serve as a shield. The powerful
beams of a dozen electric searchlights
may be converged upon the vessel so
that every mast and every rope stands
out like silver.
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The Subm urine BodF 'GrrnMo1l' al WORK.

seconds, and the high-power guns will
open fire with their a-mor- piercing
steel shells. IL the great armor-clads
withstand this, unscathed, and come
still nearer. the curious coughs of the
dynamite guns will begin. The huge
tubes will be trained by instantly
working electric motors; the odd cigar
shaped projectiles Will soar slowly into
the air, carrying certain destruction TO
any vessel which one OF them may MT,
or. IL failing TO strike. hurting aloft
great geysers of foam. There is no de-
law in this firing; not only will the
electric motors quickly move the guns
responsive to a touch. but the propell-
ing charges of the powder guns Will be
ignited by the pressing OF the button
controlling the electric primers. and
the electric fuses in the shells filed
with nitro gelatine or gun cotton Will
detonate them the instant the ship is
struck or the moment after suomer-
sion.
But perhaps the attacking vessels
are pouring in 4 return fire. sileneing
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answer. We have some powerful guns
which shoot in nearly straight lines,
over long distances, and others which
throw projectiles over still longer dis
tances high into the air, and so drop
them upon the enemy. But IL is of no
use to throw things at a warship UNI
less we know the distance of the YES
sci from us and in what direction she
is moving, or, in brief, where she is;
otherwise we cannot train and elevate
the guns so as to make the shot and
shell go to their target. Hence, as soon
as the invading fleet appears on the
horizon, the observers on the shores
will direct upon it their electric range
and position finders. and the position
finders will show the location of the
vessels upon a chart representing the
harbor and outlying waters and will
indicate their position and speed of
movement. Then the mortars can be
accurately placed and will begin
ITO toss Skyward their hail of shells
AS the ships draw near. Ctheir bearings
having been got,) the range finders
will measure their distance every few
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ingenious inventions of Lieutenant
Fiske OF the navy, who also devised
the range finder, and of Lieutenant
Lewis OF the army)-vitaily necessary
as they are, so necessary that the prac-
ideal efficiency of all our guns depends
upon them, and which really constl-
tute the only new application of cleo
trfcity in the whole category-we have
but three, all in the harbor of New
York.
SO not only can electricity do no
wonders for u.s. but we cannot at the
present time avail ourselves of the
plain and obvious applications of 1t to
military purposes which we know.
a part of the money which congress
proposes to expend in terrifying the
seacoast should be devoted to the plac-
ing of these electrical devices in practi-
cal condition for use at once. A re-
serve battalion OF electricians should
be organized and drilled in the hand
ling of them, and arrangements should
be made with the great electrical work.
shops Of the country which will insure
not only a present, but a continuing,
supply of every needful appliance.
Finally, the red-tape tangles at Wash
ington should be ruthlessly cut, as a
step TO inducing inventors to work Wig
orously for the betterment of the ex-
listing instrumentalities If not toward
finding new ones.
The present official tendency is to
hamper and harass the man who comes
to the government with a new idea I'm
military and naval devices-especially
If 1T be electrical-to the point of de-
spair and disgust. He is treated as a
claimant instead of as a benefactor.
There is probably no better remedy
than the placing of civilian members
men conversant with the world and its
affairs-on every board charged with
the trial and acceptance of new inven-
lions. 1t is not so much zeal that we
want, but more common sense.
Park Benjamin.
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people in a FOOLS paradise with respect
10 a potent factor I'm the national safe
guards, which is distinctly Injurious.
1t Is time TO put wonders. present
and prospective. out of sight and TO
deal with facts. II is necessary to un-
derstand that we cannot make arti1-
cial thunderlyolts. that we cannot shake
ships to pieces by induced vibrations in
the cosmic ether. and that we cannot
send disintegrating currents to them or
even drag them upon rocks or shoals
by the attraction of powerful electro
magnets. In short, we cannot do with
electricity anything that is wonderful
because occult or mysterious at all;
nor anything indeed of which the laws
are not just as certain and familiar 10
the people whose bread and butter de-
ponds on their knowing them as are
the rules for making bread or Weighing
butter 10 che other people who keep
bake shops OF groceries.
IL electricity can help Us to protect
our seabcard cities. we want TO know
how II Is % do 50 and what We have
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mines. dynamite guns. dirigible torpe-
does, trolley forts, disappearing boats
and navigable balloons. All of these
can be readily operated from the Long
Island or Jersey shores. so that. to be-
gin with, the invader would be held
off at more than arms length.
Submarine mines are simply anchor
ed and submerged torpedoes controlled
at practically any distance from shore
by electrical apparatus. which sends
the current through the wire, and fires
the fuse or effects a release. The oper-
ator on land, guided by various meth
DDS, discharges the mine at the right
moment: and there are also electrical
methods which cause the simultaneous
discharge of guns trained upon the
same spots as those which the mines
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to do in order fully to utilize II, and
this without any muddling of II with
wizards" or wonders"
Observation-Disclosures It may be-is of
no use except through its operation,
and the machines which 1t drives or
controls are what we depend upon.
These have to be designed, built and
tested. and kept ready. just like all
other structures that men make. That
requires time. They cannot be sug-
gested one day and used the next. 1t
has taken 20 years to bring the tele-
phone to its present imperfect state,
and so years TO develop the still more
imperfect electric light. and one of the
most important of all the military uses
of electricity (the firing of explosives)
has been known and practiced for a
century and a half.
If, now, a foreign fleet should appear
off harbor, say New York, what are
the known applications of electricity
which we can use? That is the Ques-
ton which 1 propose briefly here to
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The Electr ic Balloon.

through which passes the current
which enables the operator on shore
TO make IL dodge like a dexterous foot
ball player. Dynamite is slowed away
at the business end. and the fuse ia
also fired by the guiding hand on shore.
At Willet's Point, in 1891. one of these
torpedoes, loaded with 500 pounds of
dynamite, was manipulated at a speed
of 20 knots an hour for miles. The
English, in 1892. tried one of them by
maneuvering IL from the deck of a
steamer in motion, when IL ran out
actually 1000 feet of cable in a shade
over minutes. and was de to twist
and dive like an eel. a batch of these
would be ugly customers, no matter
how thorough might be the man-of-
wars protection of torpedo netting.
Only so horse power in electric current
is required to propel one of standard
size. and If 500 horse power, or even
1000 horse power. of electricity We're
put behind one, IL would rush on its
prey several miles off. with a liberal
ton or two Of dynamite, and with abso-
lutte certainty of delivering the goods.
The machinery on shore which oper-
ated IL could operate an endless sue
cession II II were necessary.
Trolley forts are a feature worthy of
consideration in coast defense. 1t Is
not new to iron -clad a locomotive and
car, and run them over a track, but it
would be new to adapt the light and
simple trolley to a system of movable
patrol forts. each covering several
miles of coast, and each equipped with
as heavy a gun as could be mounted
on a big truck of broad gauge. Dyna-
mite shells can be fired from such a
trolley fort at any point along 20 miles
of coast, the power house being located
midway. All the machinery for firing
dirigihle torpedoes could also be ham
died comfortably on such a trolley fort.
The recoil even of the big artillery is
easily provided for. II the road were
shorter very weighty pieces of ord
nance could be moved thus up and
down a mile or two of earthworks or
masonry. There are electric motors on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad to-day
hauling loads of 1.2O0 20 l. 500 tons at
several miles an hour. and they could
certainly tow around a fort and artil-
lery weighing less than a quarter OF
that. The same trolley road would be
available at all times for moving
troops and transporting supplies. and
in times OF peace for lifeboat service.
one OF dhe best defenses for New York
Is a military trolley road on each shore
at Sunday Hook. The track can be
depressed and the wire put low at the
side. Laying and repair are both re-
| markably easy and some electric loco
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ELECTRICITY In WAR
Distinguished Engineers Present Plans
for Applying This Power.
TROLLY FORTS, BIG BULLETS
ATorpedo Propelled by Electricity
That Chases a Ship at Speed
of 90 Knots and Destroys
Everything II Hits.

Copyright. 1896. by Bachelor. johnson &
Bacheller).
The defenses Of New York harbor
must necessarily be placed in the vicin-
ity of Sandy Hook, as there are guns
afoat which could at that distance
lombard Brooklyn or Manhattan ISL
and, and convert their tall buildings
into holes In the ground. II is obvious
ly desirable, should any foreign war
arise placing this country on the de-
fenslve. to keep the floating enemy at
long range, and, while holding him
there, assume the offensive manner
that will either diminish his fleet or
cause Ii to retire. Can electricity do
anything by its marvellous fexibility
and adaptability to insure the safety of
the great city, and keep the harbor in
violate.
II is believed by those who have
studied the subject that electricity Of
fers resources OF great value for such
a moment OF national need. and that
six of its weapons alone might prove
adequate. These six are submarine