Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-20
M.xlMs AUTOMATIC GUN.
rhe Most ingenious anu
weapon of War Yet Invented

rbe Most ingenious and pes,r"''
We.pon OF War Yet Invented
The Maxim automatic milraiileuse'
and the Maxim gun with other hahie''
is certainly the most ingenious anu 'no
wiclxedest of all the curious weapons
of warfare recently invented. mo
inventor first won prominence III col
nection with an electric hght' anu
then. among other things, turned ms
attention to means for killing people
LEGALLY. Up to this time only sma''
GUN, forty-five caliber, | believe mas
been made. but it is the intention 10
| manufacture them up to the size "a
| six-i,ch cannon, which will antomatic-
ally fire about six hundred ROUNDS l"
| minnie. This, Of course. has been eX-
ceeded by the Calling and other guns
CARRYING very small properties out
| these. compared with the Maxim are
cumbersome to operate. require more
attendants. are much heavier ana lar
loss accurate One man can operate
The Maxim gun. or one woman, or one
| child for that matter. and after setttiis
II going the gentleman gunner eau
stroll AWAY while his gun is engaged
in killing few hundred people. or the
lady gunner can sit behind Il bullet
proof. with which the weapon Is pro-
vided. and continue her crochetlng
The gun has heavy breech. IN
which the automatic mechanism Is
chiefly concealed. Into the side oi
this breech passes n belt cont mig
the ammunition. that is like nothing
else so much as the belts worn By
.portsmen which hold their car
tridpes This belt may be made
to hold any number OF car
l,r;dpes. The number is only limited
by the length of the belt. They may
be carried in box beneath the gun,
or they may be run out to the gun
from an iniprovised factory indoors
while the weapon is being used IN
street fight. aud the belt made simply
endless by concealed workmen. Inc
gunner sits on IL seat at the rear OF the
gun behind his bullet-proof If he de-
sires to use one. When he wants to
NOW down an army in few minutes
he simply waits till the aforesaid
army gets into position favorable 1of
his pleasant work. Then he pulls d
= crank which fires the first cartridge
and the work of the automatic ma
| chinery begins The explosion of the
/ Il parojl hlrl
throws the empty shell out of the
/ breech, brings another shell into place
and fires it, The recoil of that explo
: sion does u similar service. and 50 OF
, to iniinity. 1t is murder in perpetual
y, motion The gunner may now leave
his post, sneak around to the flank o
the enemy and watch with intense
satisfaction the deadly operation o
his weapon, or, as was suggested b,
"a high officer of the navy, he may g
II to his club and indulge in dinner IL
Il courses and II bottle of champagne
re while waiting for the gun to exhaus
e its ammunition. Now isn't that JUS
o the sweetest thing in the shape of
n killing apparatus of which you have
y ever heard.
t. One form of Mr. Maxim's inventio
r. contains a gentle message to eXcitabI
II and revolutionary mortals, 1t
Is called the riot gun and is ligh
n. little affair that can be transported i
II. ones arms with enough ammunition
drive any ordinary mob out of tn
is streets or out of existence. 1t is cur
;, GUS how all of the most recent inveI
a tions in this line look toward cel
" tainty of riotous mobs. Since whe
did the inventor turn prophet Wei
this riot gun can be worked at tn
rate of ten murderous shots per SCI
II ond, with the gunner all the time COZ
II cealed and in perfect safety, even fro
oy IL mob armed with guns or pistols pr
y vided that some mob does not conclu(
re- to make Il rush and capture gun al
il gunner 1t seems to be expected |
to inventors like Mr., Maxim that model
he mobs will stand in the streets to
be shot down without acting either {
,at the defensive or the aggressive, ~
in that they will not stand around sa
n,s corners with bombs, or blow up
,er burn ii city in their frenzy Howev
Of this may be, he has done all he can
,an the way Of Il gun for mobs. This |
-, tie weapon can carry ammunition wi
:. it to clean out a street at one roun
and in II few seconds, and it can be o
Grated from walls or windows with
'"S great facility as in the open sire,
W. With twist of the wrist it can
'SS turned up or down on the point of
ny carriage. and nude to kill directly b
lie low or above the gunner without e
a dangering the life or limb of tt
devotee of the fine art of murder.
Washington Letter,
nm. The different forms to which pri
10 besets its victims afford an amusi
,od study Girls who work in shops cat
d. school books or II music roll to Il
49, from their place of business so Il
they may be mistaken for school cir
though their hours are certainly
those of the average pupil. Perh;
'e they hope to be taken for special $
1ents. The librarian of the Mere
nod tile library tells me that it is a &C
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