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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-11

There arc several we'll authenticated
n-9ouuts of knife swallowing. az di.tIn.
griahed from .ho sword swallowing
feat. Of itinemnt iuegier4 lu the Eiln.
hur8h Philosophical Journal b. reported
tho caso Of an American sailor john
Cumming. who swallowed at different
periods within the space II two years
about tity clasp knives When he was
twcniy-threo years OF age he was oii
shore with some Of his comrades 40
havre, wner, he witnessed the fois. VI
y conlurcr who pretended 90 swallow
knives Whom he returned 90 his shin
he swore that he could swallow kuiyet
aa easily ug Che Frcnohman had. aud, Boz.
Ing CHALLENGED, took hig own knife and
swallowed DO Il' ihcn offered TO swal.
low aIl tho kiye they wonli bring him.
aud eventually swallowed thror.
This feast hC Hfiorwurl performed soy.
ornl umr, aud iu Boston. .u 1906. ho
s"allowsi iu ono evening uo tower than
fourteen knives. after which hs was
taken no ~ tImt ho had 60 b, removed O.,
Charieaiowu hospital lio was after.
wand ial'en By the English shin Isis f,r
tmuggling. aud ou De. 4. isJi. boo swsi.
lowed twelve knives, which terminated
bis carcr after long aud terrible 90.
nc's. lic dind in March. 1901. 30 OK.
uume agony, nc Guy'k Do. pifal.
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The village OF Blamey IS IN N, south
OF Ireland, about four nile. from Cork.
hlarnoy castle WIS built By Counacs
MacIalthy, tho Strong, fourth lord OF
Must3uy, about the middle Of tho
Fifteenth century Ghs ruins OF the
famous old fortress aro visited by thou.
sands Of tourists every year. This Is
largely ON account OF tradition Which
has been attached for some eonturlc. 10
ono OF tho stones used ia building the
castle. This stone Is said 20 communi.
cato TO tho tongue that touches Il tho
El't o. gentle, Eliminating speech. and
mat has given rio 10 tho arcusation
when any ono Is Of particularly swaot
accent that ho or sho hns Kissed tho
BlarHcy ouc.'-Dgtroit FREQ Press
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me m.Nnklng igiard FOR foe and We.
Feisa occlw on neatly every battlefield
ana among well trained troons. but prob
hniy the confusion Of identity never ertia
went 70 the eNirCme that il did with Cha
hoy.eea nc iiulI Run.
ine nest encounter of the regiment WI,
~ Nilliamsburg on the Peninsula. MAY d
~ u was then In Con. llo1kcr's Ill.
VISION Of the Third Army corps. and helped
hpt Illtle 20 make the ssnguna repufn.
,!lh oi tighiinR Zoe" CO that field. Tho
tnet was again ~ the fore front on Skin.
hi.'h uutl' ahd i1r i've hours. In a roltin I
quo we men p'ppcrol away At the Con.
ieuer'ie Fuhncu, sileucing four cannon
IN one tlouut Tie ranks Of tho rrvi.
meht were well spread out, bat Il lost 10
The nest affair ot the regiment cot
y " Killed. This was Ok Grove. Ia
front Of Richmond. June O.. teGa. and IL
smother action seldom heard OF ~ ttfs
date although % was tue beginning of do
seven Days battles. Gen. MeCiolI4n
ord'rri daylight attack on tho Confcisr.
uto uuir1tts, covering Rn elevation which
he wanted for his batteries. Tho First iol
OF 10 itH own brigade and wa. rraiu do.
rnycd ~ rkirmhhcfs. Tho aifnir was A
spirited one. consisting Of assault. and
tyuuietns .1uliH, aui cost the rcsimrgt
thillcl onirght,5 moriaily wounded and
% wounded aud recovered.
AZ Glendale Va, June %. tho sixth n
we rsFcn Days, The REGIMENT fourbt with
" brigade, aud was brought In. ucar tho
ilo'e VI The action, 10 stem the Con foderate
ad'ahcc A division Of the Fifth c1rps
.Mcthlls) had advanced upon the enemy
Too boldly anil Lost Go, game. aud Hooksra
trnpps were ordered iu ~ is supp8rt
some confusion iu tho different orsinirl.
lions resulted, and tho First mi,t9ak soma
Confederate REGIMENTS Tor Fcderals. and
advanced within fatal ransl OF thelr
m'nkob blio1 the error was noticed.
Tue Killed and wounded numbered N.
Tho killed and mortnlly wounded nun.
ocrcd ~ among thcm Mai. Charles u.
The action at Glendale closed the frat
year " service ~ che regiment IL. ll....
thus iar were about DO killed and wound.
ell Tie BILLED aul died " wounds mum.
hrfcd 11, SGT IL had not beon In "a s.nsls
hl.lo oi Nfgl' magnitude. a. Nnlyofn
hiil, july ], l.i9, 10 was but tl'ghtly en-.
gigcl aud Loot only m1n killed.
The SECOND yetrof nght.ns bsgan with
Second hull hun. The regiment rruHiBrI
in liooker's division and was among do
l''olH 81 McC.o.lau's army that hnsicnrl
70 Tue font from Alexandria 20 succor
Gen Pope's command on tho ola battle
ground nt MnuTHfrL ON tho 9lth Of Au.
gust The brigade 20 which IL belonged waa
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Thoro 90 much curious amusement "a
hc hHd iu tracing whore Oh, foodatull
wo usl and tho domestic animals ,yo end
or ne. originally cmue from. Professor
Max Muller, 1IIng through mssci.
cnco OF words, hud- tIat tho goose WAS
dome Heated very early, or %. least come
bird liio To-
Coco ia English gu.e IN German;
dropping che IS According 10 tho laws al
language, tho word becomes auscr lu
Latin aud cousp1ul.ugly u Greek.
with tie asriria that marks tho Dlrlm.
ma was dropped, and so bacl. to ana In
tho san'cuL our prehistoric Sau.crit
aucoaiors Of tho Indian fable lands. had
gccsc. Professor Muller. therefore, con.
oludcs birds resembling them clo,,ly
though Thousands Of ycau 90, name ha5
remained, varying only according TO tho
known laws Of the change Of pronuncia.
ton, and probably Tho Th.ngston
throughout behind tho uame Such il
tho antiquity OF guas.--Sow York Even.
Ing sun.
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head Of the liz Of Fighting Troopsrs. viii
The lirt Michigan. first New York Drn.
roona, First Vermont aud First New Jsr.
Hey holding, respectively. the second. Gftb
sixth and seventh places. OF the t,vept y.
one states represented In tho "l11.n oloves
chow 90 least one organization sfaudipg
hrst IN the state In the order u formation,
aud Of the eleven. f1ur have two Fir.ta. ami
onc, Michigan. has thrco, that Is. the First
infantry. First shnrpshooiors and r,f.t
cavalry. Tho First Massachusetts ana p,t
make o single brilliant stroke during ii,
thrcv years u sprvicc. but won h. Lopora
by average work, the kind that tells In tbt
end ~ long pull and q strong pull. and
q pun altogether" makes an army irrrsi.t.
iblu hrtt aud last
The regiment was promptly orgnuisel
for three mouths on iucaiu's nrt cllI
aud although it was rlt1inrd In boston FOR
local protection while other militia com.
mands hurried 70 the front In April. isii.
u was the int thrc yc1r@ regiment that
Icit Massachusetts Tor the scat % war. and
probably the ilrst thrco years regiment N
united states volunteers IN tho service
The nucleus 81 tho regiment WIS tho F.fst
hnlIitln' bolnugiuY In and around Boston.
Tue synonym. by which the separate com.
Nf'''" ANffaA N"AAA N'N'HfNl 10 MNNN MNM|NnNNNN
when they assembled in tho frglm.ut4i
barracks smack u the times when b.fb
sounding nantes were supposed 10 render
warrior lnvingihlr Boston c0ntrihuirIths
Independent Boston fusllrcr. tho North
End True Blues The National Guards and
the hcA1ulor Guards, R0Vhury. tho Ctv
Guards and Chadwicks lIrht Infantry.
East bolion. tho Union Guards. souih
Boston, the Pulaski Guards, aud Chelsea.
the Chelsea Volunteers. one cumpluv
only a, faced the torrla of war without
hplsting "fotioh." u Jared but ut.i,
worse 10 the Hght, however. than some Of
tho Others, aud, ln falt. u the f1rinldab,,
hhmci h.d any virtue 40 al, they wrrs
equally effective. The losses IN Killed In
the several oompanic averaged . Dor cent.
The lowest waH : per. cent aud tho high |
cot 70
The lIst az the end O, tho service was a,
4ollptgat
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/ ofdercd % charge up slope Into a wood
/ ttlt screened Goo enemy from view. Tho
advance Was calamity done. and af.ar mass.
Ing thc wool without nrug a shot they
met tue enemy bchluh q railway pmhHuk.
inuut that served a. u hrrlstwurk.
lhis Hue was carried 10y short, Sham
light, in which hlyoncts and clublptd gun.
were freely used. A second lge met the
same flic, but th.rd lay beyond, and
dashlus upon this The brigade formed too
flr ahead aud was nearly ovcrp1wors,l.
The hsht lasted but few minutes. and
tho lirit had 70 Killed and fatally hurt. IL
WIS tho first desperate charge Of the rrFl.
meat In "a great battle. aud tho reputation
made on tEg asirm,ah line aud iu casual
encounters was galiautly sustained.
lockers division did not take part IN
The battles he Maryland that followed -sc.
ond Ban Run. AZ Frderiol.sl lu u,.
crmlyr, The first bad thrive men kiIlrd. AZ
Chancellupulle, tho u.ght NJ May g. aud
on sunday May o. 1853 tho regiment rls
ihtl close action with s'oauNhll jacksoua
troops, aud with sons show M reason
ollims % have caused tuc death Of that DO.
do1uiab.c Confederate llplkcrs old dlyl.
t..n was 90 the uma commanded by Grn.
Hiram G.. Berry. On Che evening uf tho
al'hi.orJieksun'h mon had broken through
the Eleventh corps line. they were brought
w WITH - round turn at tho Third corp4
position. herrya division lay directly la
their path and tho First regiment law DO.
nina a hastily constructed breAstwurk on
the plank road which intcrsectcl both lilo
Union and Confederate lines. jackson
was out on that road ahead " Nj, picket.
when ho received his death wound. IL wa,
dark and Identity was uncertain. but A
party N homomon riding from the Con.
iedernir liues approached tho works II tho
regiment and was Cred upon, when IL
quickly retired to its own. Under circum.
hthncra Ike these jackson was wounded,
aud tho hour and the place given By Con.
iclerntoa who Wrro there agree with tho
stat mnnts 81 tho Masslchusutts men.
on the Sunday morning following Jack.
sons men, under new loadorship, attacked
the Third corps desperately. Gen. Hefry's
division lost heavily. aud the general was
liliud IN tho brave attempt 60 hold hnck
the rncny and gain time Tor concentration
Of che Union troops 10 meet the crisls. Tho
First lost 70 killed and MORALLY wounded.
~ wounded aud recovered and 4Omlsslng.
The mi.siug At Ch1nccllouylllc, as a rule. |
were killed
Gettysburg was the last great hght OF /
the rg.mout. although IL was engaged nt |
the Wilderness aad Spott-ylysuia, May, .
leDL ~ Gettysburg 10 was again on th1 |
tklrmish line, and lay along tho Emmltts- |
burg road on the right flank OF slcklc.' |
Thlrl corps during tho famous attack by |
longitrcct, July2 Itwa. 10 Humphrey |
division, where tho fighting was prolonged |
and severe, and lost QJiu Killed and wound. |
ed. The death list was ~. The total Killed /
aud wounded In regiment during thre,
yeam u service was ga
iloRGE l.. KIfMEh
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This l. a fair record all around, and q.
wa made Ia good, steady fighting, with
10 dlsustcrs 10 swell the list ln particular
companies. The baptism Of blood came la
IN action seldom heard of az this date
lilnckhnrn's Ford, Va, July -, 1891. Tho
regiment lost 10 killed outright and NOR.
tally wounded. OF thcfo " fell on tho
hklrmhh line out u two companies. q
and u, o Killed IN each. Blackburn Fond
was an accidental collision ON the bank. of
liull Run three days before the battle II
Ilull Hun. While tho Union army WA
marching 10 meet the Confederate la
their camps on Manassas plains. a small
force wns sent ahead on the direct road TO
mi lead the enemy While tho main body
made duiou. 90 strike the flank. The
tir-t Massachusetts, belonged To the hri.
EAh1 ln advance and was pushed up 10 tho
eastern bank oi tho crg.h. when tho Con.
icituics had ouiposta with strong reserves
on the western bank.
The lint man killed was Lieut.. W. u.
Smith, Of Company q, aud the mnnurr
of his death illustrates tho way the nghs
was carried on 40 that stage. The Aiassa-
ehusctts mon wrru clothed la their militia
gray, mud az a distance were not dlstln.
guishnble from the enemy There wefa
other Union regiments In the same plight,
notably tho Eighth New York. Now. In
sham battles 10 school, and on tho train.
ing ground, II the sides got mixed up lt h
all right Tor q man 10 inquire Of another
whose hand Is against him which party
he Is with before the pounding begins, aud
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''''' ~ sf'A'N'Ts Naluuru hN Deacon.
DE- Harmon Jones tells o. good story
which actually occurred in tho early
feiilemcnt OF lua county. During thaa
days Che Usage Indians prowlcd around
IN These woods. aud BEARS plnthc.s ana
wild cats wuru plentiful. Il was the
custom 60 carry % gun most ryUrywhrf.
ln,ro WIS always a few who clriuI
their 'url 90 church ou Sunday morn.
ing. Gao Sunday Rev. stephen Ham
was Preaching down ON Llu.uo. twas
way back iu Tao 500. WAlc the Roy.
Mr. Ham wJs closing hig sermon with A
Ied hot cNhpriation be- saw a deer pasi
ih' window. lic stopped PREACHING.
told lia audience 90 kpgp stal. picked mo
un old ride and went ont uud killed tbg
tccr, Ha completed bis sermon while a
couple Of the daacons skinned tho decor.
d. Jones went homo with ono of tho
deacoas % d.Eaor, aud ruys Doc mower at,
better yoni.on in Dis lie. Dlek Is NOW
ioNoniy'scycn yoin old. and has been a
practig.nf physician aud drup.i,t To-
hiiy'ihre year. ITO puciicCl medicine
N East 81 Louis ioury years aud in Paris.
No., seycn years. Ho thoolde,t drug.
ct IN tho county, and came here whom
THIS country was a wllgmess.-Fultol
(MJ.) Gazette.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-11

Botel nuts, tho produce Of tho Area
palm aro chiefly used as a masticatory
by tho native OF tho east, They are too
small to DO applied TO many ornamental
n'e8' but arc occasionally employed by
tho turner aud wrought into different
kinds of fancy shaped beads for bruce.
lots, small rosary eases and other llttle
fancy articles, In tho Museum OF Eco.
nomio Botany, Mt Kew, there Is % walk.
ing stick made " these nuts, sliced,
mounted or supported on an iron center.
--Chambers Journal.
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Tho small black foap nuts, or kernels
OF shmndus slpoulria, take fno pol.
ish, aud ure threaded os necklaces. 70.
sarles, bracelets and other ornamental
The Quandung nuts OF Australia nro fr,.
quently strung rs necklaces aud bruce
lets aud also mounted " scarfuius
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All camel drivers declare that when
they take oil and muHlo the numorou,
bellswith which The animals aro adorned.
IN iravcrsing "a region infested by rob.
bors, the creatures know why il g. douo.
and stop 30 lightly that thcy can pass
nnlicard witaia a few yards OF con.
eealod enony.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-09-11

Victor Hugo sold ono Of his earliest
novels Tor 800 francs, or sixty dollars,
aud for "Lcl Nj rabies" forty ycnls
hter, received 5lOl,OOD. Archibald CLAW.
enng Guntgr, Now Yorl, author,whoso
first works not only did not bring siyty
dollars, Int We're actually rejected, hga
received, 70 far, from Dis sales Of "Alr.
Potter Of Texas" which might be said 10
DO his "l.cs Miserables,' Sllj,O New
York Advertiser.
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1Rsrin name ana
nrst In station
would ntnsamot
% n number Of
Union regiment,
that have place
among the Fight
ing Thpe Hun
drci Dse First
Maine Heavy nr
ullcfy leads them
Rll In tho higho u
numerical loss
sustained IN one
charge, and thu
Eint hiunesotaIn
the highest pr
ccntaru Of los 90
one engagement
The Fiut Maine
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A ftoueeuiior IN sullivan, Me-, has
filed an order Tor stone Of very unique
dimensions for tho Vanderbilt swim.
ming pool AZ Bur Flsrbor II consists Of
thirteen pieces VI granite cut on q circle
10 form the coping Of the wall, They arc
0 feet long, feet wide and II inches
thick, and arc beautiful SAMPLES VI the
superior sullivan granite
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tsMsNT NOTICE.
Lucky utIur rnmwHp Location Of
urImIarU Of UusuUH iafk
Iig. Utah

y rOTiClEIEui DiNtN THAT At
un lln riAhf AuauHI lHl. ~ HIIl inEr
fIiy, UiaHftrHturuf. Noe I.uf Two cents
rtr chase wed or lNr capital stock Of
itg Cuuiuai ryhI'r tn Doe secretary With
Iu tniftF fim tHf above date, At $50, u
Main strct lake Dty, tiah. Any stock
Upon Wits nsFrs UHut rHwaHs unpaid
Nuu4tHf 4lrFtisru fUI colo at public Nurs
i.nn. aui ipnymcn. made Uri.rc, Will
boz HulIonlat day n. october, lHils % iu1
hUul OF lIucl a. co.. no iur company z
Hmrr, i.ou 10 Constitution luliiHs, rlii
latrtIiv. iiD Day tt'I.I I,ut .HHr. ,nH,
together ypsis ui a1!rIuHina nui expense
of talp.
t.etfL WTsfru CuHrisr,
WI UNNlue. tHfe'HrTt
Hrsdened end Wet street, salt lA.l
tTItls
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Anilu accordance with law aud An order "
the Hoard nf nuca tore, made o. Tho I'M day
~ hprll, 1871, 90 mIar shares o. each phferl
OF Ftnri af uay uO necessary viii De- sold ~
the once Of tho Company Ia salt iHfr Cay. on
FRIDAY tho gtu tul ~ June, 1871, az . ius 70
nay tie dslirQueHt aHHftsmCnt together Win
Inc cust % nuteHisInr nd expense u ISLE.
y-urdot OF the Hoard Of uifcciUra.
D.. ~. UORN, Acting coz.
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A CAPITAL WAR RECORD.
The FIRST MASSACHUSETTS, voLuN
TIERS IN sklRNlsH AND BATTLE.

II Rushed to Arms when sumter Wa,
Asaniied and Put In Three Year. O.
Solid Work with the Army Of ihs 20
tomac.
Copyright, is1l, BY American Pre-. A.,osia
ton. Book rights rc.crvcdJ
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"a NNNN A|NNN 70 ".. .MNN III T.
i1ufniUg Of Utah.
In nc male Isialo OF jane Madison.
uCcCn 90.
NrO1tC HEREBY GtNUN THAT
N Iuss Maiden. uIuIHtHiIl, Of
lie cstitlmea Mllf,n, dpUr4tuI. has
rendered tticmrnt, and lIrf lu snid
court, hf HrrUuui OF her admin
istraiion J estate 7ut Uuuuun Tor
luatdIsutf The DO due of said CfiIiH
rmnnH tfunt tufIt.r1 thereto, Hnd
that 1hufh ist DDS oi urtaIcr A.u. i.ait
o. i1 o'rl0n.. 90 thy Court Room Of alI1
r1ufi. In UNITY tuurl lluu e.. salt Lake
tiiy AMI q Utah 1airiOV haH been dolly
appointed judge of fIiu rIur, Tor % ~
friilrmant1 nrruuuI uuu ItInr Hl.i
rstit1u fFIhuuIH, 100 Winch time aud
place aus Interested boz aaii ratatu may
hrpH az cause, 81 Un thrru hr, why
fhii ncuotuld uof De- settled and ap.
proved an. dlsirIluuu made as lfayc
Tor
dated stsr suh. i1i.
q. E. ALLEN,
.Cltrt 1f tht Probate Court
ryC. f.us. hcuuiU uu
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"wE ARE MASSACHUSETTS MuS."
doubtless tho soldiers on both sides a,
Bull Run supposed the snmn way would
he taken In war 10 get out Of dilemma,
and that the cry "shinny on your own
hlde,N or words TO that effect, would secnra
fair play. Lieut. Smith was diminishing
ahead with his mon when he ran upon
some follows Ia gray, and Ia O spirit Of
Ia.rutss offered word before tho Blow
WHO are your be- called out
WHO are your was tho reply.
hnssachusctts men, ssli he.
u was one sided interview, aud tho
touihcrners having tho best OF h followed
h up with yolley Of bullets. Smith fell
dead
The unfortunate circumstance Of color
nearly caused Hdisaster In the First littls
later on. Tue regiment remained under a
CALLING lro couple of hours, the enemy
lying well concealed from Union view.
Support. were ordered To tho front and a
Michigan regiment rushed Into the post.
tiop Of the Fiut Massachusetts, and seeing
the men Ia gray lcyelod their muskct, 10
open firo. An officer o. tho First promptly
ran toward tue newcousDaud said, "Who
are your"
We are Michigan mrn."
We'll, We are Massachusetts men, don't
Atsp
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In the Pi1uat. Boo drf f.r salt IA g
lIufniUy Of Utah.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-04-14
A PREAoHER ADM1REs TIE NUDE.-Rev

A PREACHER ADMIREs THE NUDE.--Rev.
Howard MacQneary. lately suspended from
the Episoopa! ministry, is not opposed so
the nude in art. SIT is absurd" he eeid,
Ito cay that the representation of the nude
10 art is demorszing. The object of art is
to present the real oeanly or ugliness Of ma
ture To the question, Why should we ad-
mire the nude 10 art unless we adnire the
Jude of the model?' I should answer that
1t is not the nude, but the correctness of the
artists work that we admire. don's sd-
mire the piciur of the nude simply because
1t ia nude, but because OF the correctness Of
the drawing and painting. AS for the scanti-
nees of attire OF women in the drawing
room, I will ssy that while I'll admit that
all do not dress according to my taste, [
don't feel like condemping. 1t all depends,
1t seems to me, upon the woman who does
the dressing. II she is pure woman and
has beautiful neck sud arms, see no res
CON why she shouldn't wear gown to ex-
hibit those cbarms."
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Ready for an Invader

At .he Washington Board of Trade ban
gu &c 10 honor of the Patent Centennial on
Friday plight. Acting Secretary OF War
Grant responded to the toast, "Patents 10
the War Department" The Acting Score
tary of War dwelt at some length on the
rnmors of war with Italy, and emphatIcally
scouted the statements that this country
would bs In even tenn porsry danger. he
said within the last few dsys much has
been said about the powerful n avy and the
helvy guns OF European nation, and fear
has been expressed that such heavy anna
ment might enter the barber of some OF our
larger cities. $50 lar as the army is concern
ed we would gladly let them come. LIST
them come Ia If they want to; they would
go no mare out forever. So perfectly and
effsctnaliy has the work OF destruction been
planned and carried out that within sur
prisingly short time there can be placed be-
meath the waters surface an indefinite num-
ber of destruotiyes, and those can be 30 ar.
ranged that the vessels passing over them
will cause explosion sDd their own ruin or,
they may be so arranged that the vessel
may pass over them unharmed and arrange
themselves 10 line of battle ready for attack,
and then by single touch on the shore-it
may be from the hand of email child
there will come instantaneous explosions all
along the line sufficient to destroy in an in-
slant of time the largest feet finding room
In one OF our harboie.
There is also ready and waiting for any
foreign invader the pneumatic Gym
amite torpedo guu, wholly an American IL
venton. 1t is veritsbie innovation, 10
that COMPRESSED air Is used in place OF gun
powder to prcpsl the prcjectle. Charged
With high exolosives,t is capable of hurting
tremendous macs of dynamite through the
air and against vessel causing its complete
destruction. Again, II the work of destruc-
ticn is not already complete. We will plant
on shore 10 safe positions, groups OF mortsrs,
sixteen forming a group, from which the
most destructive explosives can be at once
hurled high in the air, and go nicely is tt Q
propulsive force, distance of range and othtr
considerations taken into calculation, that
they may be made to drop with wonderful
accuracy upon the offending vessel. 1t will
do more than pierce the joints of the vessels
armor; these huge and destructive missiles
| will drop upon the upper deck, penetrate
the ship, explode and destroy it.
"These things are not mere theories in
| the minds Of the American inventors, nor
| do they exist simply 10 the models in the
Patent Office, but they exist in terrible real.
uy, and any nation beiligerently inclined is
| respectfully invited to test them.
with the best Of guos and small arme,
! and all the equipments of war, with all the
appliances and inveotions for moving troops
and concentrating armies. with an effective
force of more than 8 1000 600 of ssalwart no sn
ready for the field eusI aimed and supported
by NJ ore than 60 600 600 loyal hearts, among
whom are the mothers and daughters of the
nation, our army is in7nctble to any force
that can be brought against IT,"