Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-28
GATLING AND HIS GUN.
A REPORTER DISCOVERS THE Sc
cREr or THE DOCTORS SUCCESS.

The story OF TIE tlrst Naie OF bH iN"""s
Guns-Gen. RIPLEY hid Sot Want Them.
bu, nn,i.r Did-Tea In Competitions
Win the Hewitssr.
The man who chats with Dr.. H. J. Cat.
ling, Of Hartford fof an hout Or even half
m bout comes 10 know the secret % the
success which the famous uaillng gun has
achieved The nun j., of cpurse, q good
one, but H. excellence alone j. not the
thug that has created a demand Tor u In
every civilized country In the world. n
may rather H. said that the irresisli bloness
Of H. Inventor has forced the sale ~ TIL.
great exterminatot. A person cannot taik
with Dr. Calling Eve minutes without ne.
qnlrlng an inclination To- draw biz wallet
aud buy NJ many ~ the Calling guns ~ lac
ran psy for. and fthe doctor affects people
In this way whom he talks NJ with no other
wish than 10 entertain them what cannot
he do when he means business when he
goes a.gunniugi
The doctor IL y year. old with snow
white hair and whiskcfs, hut he can talk
~ fast, ~ smoothly, a. cnteftainlngly, ~
pcrsuasiveiy ~ ever. and be is-.to uHc q
good OLD Connecticut phrsse-''ns keen A.
brisr" Tall. arniRht. gracefully pro-
pofiionel aud u easy carriage he I. also
on Interesting aud pleasing lier.on 70 look
upon.
GOOD evening. Doctor said reporter,
WIN few evenings apo encountered tho
KUN man IN the Office N the Hotel Nor.
inandie. The dociornspondci with warm
grasp N the hand aud "well. WE'LL | am
very Riad 10 sec you. Come In here and sit
down, he said, and he led the way 10 tho
reading room
Hnur. 4 s..4A Ia . ...s...a .eN.t .........t..l
10 10 u report ~ an Interview with Dr.
UatlinR. The newspaper ald that the doc.
tor was tall. thin. bcardlca- man. with
snow white hair. ag,d NJ. Now. as am
but n years old aud haven't shaved for
forty YEAR. would have been justified Ia
branding that newspaper story a. false,
but didn't; Just let u 70. No, don't
believe In living machines, and hnva never
hHd anything 20 do with experimentation
undertaken Ia the hope ~ utiing ono up.
nutLEn norunr riEu
1--WE devoted myiclf almost exclusively
10 the Calling gun. The lint Gatling guns
made built In Cincinnati There were
ak Of them. and they were no sooner nicely
mnie thsn they were nearly destroyed by a
IRE. along with all my patterns. Then |
went 10 the indianapolis Type Foundry
and placed an order for thirteen guns, aud
these, ~ soon NJ they were done put In
the charge Of man named McQuecncy
aud sent him Oh 10 Washington 20 sell
thom. When he got 10 baltimore he left
all the guns except one. That one he took
along ~ q sample.
Gen. Ripley was at the head of the
bureau Of ordnance. lie refused absolutely
60 look a. the gun. we don't want any
new tangled guns. he said. The old muk.
4
whit Gen Scntt wub the battle OF Iundys
lane with aud We don't need anything bot.
ter now. There's nothing like handling a
rninrod In the fsco u the enemy 20 givc
men courage and nerve. No, sir, we don't
want anything better than wove got now
"McQueency started Tor home In disgust.
At Baltimore he met Ten. Builer. who was
fastening 10 the font. lilo showed the
general the new gun and tho general said,
What do you ask for the lotf
"a Thousand dollars ,plauc.' snrwercd
Mt. MrQuecney.
~ viii take thcn.' said the general,
the whole outfit, and give you a voucher
for them lie did IL, 800, although hc
hadn't any authority TO make The pur-
ehnsc.
"Weil, iIutler took the guns south with
him aud used them Ia his next fight. The
Confederaies didn't know what 10 make ~
them. What kind N guns have you got
here one u the prisoner. asked, that load
all night and IRE all dnyP
when the war was over my friends
told me 10 drop tho gun business. but |
wouldn't ! went 10 Washington and
nskcd for another firing Ripley wasn't
them any more. In his place there was
a wideAwhks man, Gen. Dyer, a man who
wanted 10 keep up with tho times, and
he showed great Interest In tho Gatling
gun. Through him. ultimately, 1 obtained
an order for the trial OF tho gun, with can.
lister cartridges, In competition with how.
isers, at Fortrcs. Monroe.
uAyE rAcn MAN A DOLLAR
when got down Ia tho place " trial
found that some u the officers had put IN
job on mo They didn't want my guu 10
do letter work than the huwit1ors, which
were regular arm OF the service found
that 10 work my gun they had assigned a
lot OF plantation dArkics, raw recruits lust
Ia from the farm, who didn't know any
norr hhput q gun than horse docs about
hls uncle. For the working Of the how
itIe> they Ind Hct apart number Of picked
mcil protested. aid wanted a meas.
arahly fAlr deal,
Give mo an hour said. to drill these
darkies'
That wasn't much time, but n was bet.
ter than nothing. They gave mr the hour.
aud immediately ertabhahcd school OF
gnnnery aud BEGAN the work of educating
my crew Just before the opening Of tho
trihl gave each dHrky n dollar, aud I said
10 him, Now, do your beat; this dollar ia
Just Ia begin on
Il tell you those fellows worked like
heroes. bent tho howiizsr. four TO one.
aud the report went on 20 Washington To
That elect. Soon after gut an order for
10 guns, aud that was the first good order
had ever rcclyrsl. Since that time have
sold the gun all over Europe. aud should
have made great deal Of money out Of IL
u each OF the several governments ordering
had stuck 10 one callber The many changes
IN lhe caliber which We have been com.
P,led 10 make have been very expensive.
haven't doubt that we have thrown
away patterns aud machinery which cost
~ NJ lrnst ssOl0op, changes Ia callbcr hAv-
ing made the patterns aud machinery ob.o.
lete and yaluelcss.
Now, don't 20 down 10 tho Office aud
write me up a whiskerless nonogenarlan,"
said the doctor, a. the representative babe
him good evening. "a rather like my
Mhlskcr., you know, because they save mo
the trouble VI shaying and a. 10 tho aye,
" you put II NJ -, whero Il belongs, YOU
make Il quite ~ bad "a want IL TO bc.n--
New York Times.
Hopeful individuals have spent mora
money In drilling Tor oil wells than il
now invested In all tho iron mdnstri.
Of tho United States The sum total