The Portland daily press., 1901-01-16

common ilsat, but an inventor OF an In
strumsns called an ''infrasoops'' thinks
he has made &c possible. The instrument
ia adAptsd to the sighting OF q rifle In
such way that It is possible 70 take 40.
curate aim and fire over the edge Of q
wall or trench without any part OF the
body becoming vislbls to the enemy. For
this q temporary stock is attached 20 the
rifle whish forms q new butt for the
shoulder. bringing the original butt 70
the level OF the head, and the sight line
Is reflected TO the new level OF the eye.
It has bsen tested In south Africa, and
IL said to have been found practical.
Capt. Smedley ID. Butler has war
record which will soon equal that OF
winstan ChurchiIl, and he Is only ~
years old. He has served In the Spanish
American and Philippine wars, and In
the march to Pekin at the battle OF Tien-
tsin he was shot while carrying q wound
ed private to place OF safety. Inc
private died beside him after they wer g
both brought In. With his wound I'M
healed, Butler went ON TO Pekfn, taking
part in ali the fighting. There he was
again wounded, but refused to 60 to tfe
rear, ana was chosen to carry massage
60 Minister Conger. After this Butler
had a severe siege OF typhoid fever. This
boy2captain 10 o son OF Congressman
Butler OF Pennsylvania, and 10 now In
Washington.
General Huidekopsr, who commanded
the Bucktails at Gettysburg and lost an
arm there, has teen for long time en-
aged In the construction of relief map
of the battlefield, which he has at length
oompisted. 1t is made with absoluts
Geographical accuracy, on a horizontal
scale of six hundred feet 10 the inch and
a vertical scale of one hundred feet to the
inch, showing every elevation and de-
preston In an area OF fifteen square
miles, every hill and valley and water
course, the roads, the woods, the houses
that figured In the battle, every point es-
sential 60 the understanding OF the milf
tary movements. No such map exists OF
any great battlefield, and its Importance
TO the military student and to the general
reader is obvious. The modelling Of this
remarkable bas relief has been labor
OF love with General Huidekoper.
When theAlarquis ofLansdowne was COVER
nor general OF Canada he was called on
20 make q speech to some French Cana :
dams. With all Its loyalty to the English
connection, this little bit Of transported
France adhsres very rigidly to many
things French, and especially TO the
purify OF bno TeuCH bouBuS-sAb loabbb - ~
was spoken In the eighteen century. Few
viceroys have ever ventured accordingly
to leave the safe security OF the English
tongue, and It was with some trepida-
ion that the French Canadians heard that
Lord Lansdowne was going to deliver
speech TO them in their own language.
But he had scarcely uttered the word
"Ihessieurs' when the whole audience
burst into cheers; they recognized at
once the accent OF the true French
tongue, the accent only possible to man
OF French blood, and one who had spoken
French as his mother tongue.
The Duke of Manchester and
his friend, Lord Lambert, returned
from Ravenswood. the Louisiana
plantation OF Mrs. yznaga, to
Natchez, Miss Sunday. The return
from Ravenswood was made overland in
a farm wagon. The distance Is thirty
eight miles, and 1t was rough riding all
the way. Owing to the heavy rains dur
Ing the past week Mill bayou, about
eightsen miles form Natchz, was flooded,
and the men had TO stand on the wagon
seats. The duke caught severe cold,
and is now laid up in his private car
under the care OF physician.