The rustler., 1891-08-07


/ signed. and that Il should have been
accepted instead Of the Ieam statue,
which how adorns Farragut square.
However, political influence was strong
/ ~ in favor of the wuman's work. which
was accepted and DR.. Stone gave his
model 30 the Naval museum.
In n glass ease are pieces Of the
I Egyptian oheiisk. commonly called Gle
| opatra's Needle, which now stands In
Central park. New York. These pieces
Of the cement. foundation, steps and
steel clamps are just as they were
| placed In position - u. C., aud were
presented 20 the museum by Lieut.
Com. Henry II. Gorringe, who super
intended the removal of the obelisk
from Egypt. and managed its erection
In the beautiful park Of the metropolis
Of the coast.
A small mortar. about fourteen inches
In length, captured by the French
fleet from the british at Yorktown
when Lord CORVALLIS surrendered the
last Of the bclligcrcnt forces Of his mai
esty at the close Of the revolutionary
war, stands silent and pigmy.lilSe be-
side the original Gatling gun, the worst
deuth-dcaler ever invented for close
quarters. Near by Is the telescope gun,
invented during the civil war, but which
never proved effective. At the muzzle
| of .his gun are half dozen steel rings
To catch and hold the smoke 10 prevent
the enemy from taking accurate aim at
the gunncrs. There Is also "A hand
a. =. q
sixteenth century, which was captured
at Tripoli in 1904 by Commodore De-
catur. Two funny-looking blunder-
busses, one captured during the Mexi-
can war and the other during the revo-
lutionary war both Of them ilintlocks.
stand upon a table, in the center Of
which is n bronze bust Of llotchlSiss. the
modern inventor There is also u splen-
did ilintloch revolver. with long rifle
barrel and excellent stock, manu-
factured in 1913. This was the first re-
volving gun ever manufactured in
America. In 1861 L. Nugent invented
self-firing revolving gun, and in 1882
Gatling invented and brought into ac-
tion his improvement. The Nugent had
Il self-loading hopper ut the breech.
into which hundred cartridges could
be poured. and as the crank was turned
the cartridges dropped into place, were
discharged and the empty shells fell
upon the ground.
Near by the Nugcnt and Gatling guns
Is piece Of oak, twisted and shivered
as in an awful hurricane or cyclone. It
was formerly n long strong spar bear
ing q dynamite torpedo AZ the apex.
The torpedo boat ran against an OBJ
struction and the shivercd spar was
one of the results of the explosion In
case beside the spar are all sorts Of
submarine torpcdoes some of them
mounted on spars to be sunk under
water, as river and harbor distractions
Any vessel striking one of them would
surely 60 To the bottom almost instant
ly.
The original penetrating explosive
shells were hollow iron balls filed with
powder, with percussion caps TO OK
plodc upon contact. A later invention
is the thrce-ringed she'll that is, three
iron shells in one, the smaller rings
being surrounded by larger ones, each
filed with powder and all connecting.
SO that their explosion would make
many more fragments, and therefore
become more destructive of human life.
On exhibition in the she'll case is a fac
similc Of the projectilc which de-
stroyed the confederate ram Albemarle;
an iron monster which had been con-
sidcrcd invinciblc. There are also
fragments of an inccndiary shell. filled
with composition similar to Greek fire,
intended to be exploded against houses
and scatter fire throughout belea-
gucrcd city. A skilled workman was
drawing the fuse Of this shell, holding
it under water meantime to exclude the
air, when by accident little edge of
the fuse arose above the water.
Instantly, by contact with the air, the
shell exploded and the workman was
literally blown and burned TO atoms.
All these and many other wonderful
things were shown to me by Jared
Mundcll, a man who has been in the
service since he was seven years OF
age, having enlisted as a drummer in
the Marine band in ls47. During the
civil war he was soldier in the
Fifteenth New York engineers. lie has
been in charge of the Naval museum
for seven years, is familiar with the
history of each trophy and relic, and is
= therefore a valuable man for the posi-
ton. lie is quiet but entertaining
I gentleman, and one of the most ac.
! commodating men ! have ever met
, with in such place. While conversing
and explaining the histories Of the OBJ.
jects Of interest, he is continually al
work, polishing gun barrels, brushing
dust off of cases, and, like n house.
keeper solicitous of the appearances OF
every relic, diligently engaged in keep.
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