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HNTs9 In the event of any unpleasant
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III sT;jNL aChlNOlO ON, D.C., teb =, 1897. -
HNTE9 In the event of any unpleasant
~ A:N ness with a foreign power, a new
dynamite projectile has recently been in
vented which would cause the warships
of the opposing nation considerable in
convenience, to say the least.
1t is sneli, the most remarkable fea-
ture of which is that ii contains frozen
dynamite and will not explode until it
pierces the object at which it is fired.
Another entirely new feature OF this
destructive missile is slow burning fuse
sufficiently insulated from the charge to
prevent premature explosion while the
shell is traversing the designated dis
tance. Just what can be accomp plished
and the terrific amount of damage which
would result TO an enemy by means of
this new addition to our armament can
be slightly pretended by a glance at
the accompanying illustration, which is a
photograph of a target after experiments
with the shell charged with dynamite.
The target was of steel, inches thick,
but the explosion OF the projectile was
suffici mt to turn back the edges of the
holes into jagged wreath. The inventor
of this new type of proiectile is James K.
Bakewell, patent attorney of Pitts
burg, Pa.
There is nothing new in the shape of
the shell, Mr.. Bakewell states, but he is
now working on a different suyle from
that OF the ordinary shell in use at present
When the party gathered for the expert
ment it was not without some misgivings,
all being familiar with the danger OF
handling dynamite under any condition.
The Hotchkiss six-pounder, a rapid-fre
gun, rested on a recol mount The large
three-inch steel target was placed exactly
100 yards distant from the firing place.
The cartridge nsed had been reduced, be-
ing charged with only 700 grammes in
stead of the full service char!e of $40
grammes. This test was to establish
standard of com parison. In this instance
a common armor-piercing steel she'll was
used. 1t was loaded with powder simply,
and fused. As the party felt assured they
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THIS COW PUZZLED SCIENCE
.Hkd Hardware Shop in Her Stomach
People Wondered What Made the
MIL
Milk | aste Of Iron

"Why, the best four-yearold COW on my
place, to be sure, and all you send me
back is the skeleton of cow" was the
energetic reply.
"HoId on a minute" said the butcher;
lust see what you sent me inside that COW
before YOU talk about skeleton" and with
| that he brought out peck measure filled
with a varied assortment of hardware
such as was never produced from The
stomach of any COW before.
Mr.. Risler carefully looked over the COL
lection, and after Identifying the paddock
and stray piece of chain as some OF his
own property which had been missing fol
some months he handed the mass oi
metal back to the butcher, with the re.
mark: "Well, was lucky to get even q
skeleton if the cow had to take care of all
that stuff. But where did she get it? !
guess that explains the iron taste in the
milk-and small wonder"
1t certainly did explain to certain ex-
tent the peculiar taste OF the milk, but an
explanation as to the manner in which
the cow came to swallow such a mass OF
metal is still agitating local scientists and
medical men of Locktown and vicinity,
who cannot understand how, in the fl irst
place, any animal could possibly swallow
such heterogeneous mass and survive,
and IN the next place, how it was possible
TO continue an apparently healthy exist
ence under such circumstances.
There is. so far as is known, no record
of any similar perfor nance ever having
been accomplished by cow or any other
animal. Small stones and even pieces oi
metal have been found in the stomach oil
animals, but for such a mixed mass to be
found in any ones stomach is without
precedent.
The only theory hich has any posi-
bility is that the cow had a perverted
her mouth thinking they were good to
eat. They passed into her first stomach
with her regular food in the ordinary and
natural way. There they remained while
the food of the animal was eventually
diges ed in the ordinary way. Had the
foreign articles been expelled by the first
stomach OF the cow the chances are that
she would have strangied, while as it was
they were practically of no inconvenience,
and only prevented the animal from be-
coming fat, form of bloat taking its
place, which accounts for her well-fed ap-
pearance, while as matter OF fact she
was, so far as meat was concerned, as thin
as a razor backed hog.
So if you notice taste of iron in your
milk tell the milkman to change the cows
feed.
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operation. The number has since been in
creased to twenty-six, and there is a call
for four more, while all the more lately
purchased Libraries are supplied with
forty volumes instead of thirty. Dunn
County has Is. 600 inhabitants outside of
the city OF Menomonie. which has large
public library. The people take a GEM uine
interest in the libraries and use them to
the extent OF their opportunities, and it is
said that the good influence of we'll
chosen reading is already perceptible.
Similar experiments are being made in
other counties OF Wisconsin on a smaller
scale. In two counties where there are
large Polish settlements the demand for
books on American history and politics is
especially encouraging.
Senator Stout's experiment, though
gratifying in its results does not. of
course, establish precedent for the way
in which such Libraries are to be mad q
available to the people. 1t is not every
county, or even every State, that is fortu-
nate enough to possess one citizen who
has both the means and the wealth to
make such a venture. Wisconsin, how
ever, has already system OF free Libraries
founded under a law passed two years
ago. which created free-library commits
sioh. The travelling libraries may be
brought under this law by means OF an
amendment to include them, and the
friends of the plan are working for this.
OF the value of the plan there is no longer
any doubt. Furthermore, system so
well adapted to Wisconsin must be equally
valuable in any neighboring Western
State. The subject has been agitated in
Minnesota, but never, so far as we know,
with any definite result.-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
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agreea bic than other wise, and dairy ex-
perts: who have analyzed the fluid said
that there was trace of iron in the milk, :,
but they could not account for its pres
ence there. The wiseacres of the neigh
borhood decided that it must be because
. there was more or less iron in the water
the COW drank.
She was in appearance the fattest and
sleekest ot all the heru. Her glossy sides
shone like those of well-kept racehorse.
There was every indication that the COW
would make prime beef and she was ac-
. cordingly sent to the slaughter.
Never was the old saying that ''thinps
are seldom what they seem" better Illus
trated than when this same cow, metamor-
phosei into beef, was returned to Mr..
Risler
Like every honest American farmer he
. objected to being defrauded in any man.
ner and when he saw the beef which the
butcher sent he very promptly made a
most vigorous protest.
Whereas, he had sent away an appa-
rently healthy, fat and well-fed COW, he
received In return beet which would
throw discredit upon a maverick.
There was hardly meat enough to cover
the bones. What little there was was
. h9rous and as full of muscle as that OF
trf widest steer which ever came over
Il drive. healthy yearling would give
Petter proportion of meat, and Mr.. Ris-
Ier lost no time in setting out to investi-
gate.
Alter patiently listening TO the many
reasons given by Mr.. Riser as to why the
meat sent him could not nossiblv be that
OF the cow which he had sent to the
butcher. that phlegmatic individual
asked. what did you send me anyhow
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TNOCKTOWN, n. j., Feb. 2, 1897
"IEk Nlnety-two pieces of hardware were
%f discovered in the stomach of a COW
belonging to John Risler, a well-known
farmer living near here, when it was
killed the after part of last month.
So extra ordinary is the case generally
regarded and so many requests for verif.
cation have poured in on Mr.. Risler that
he has made affidavit enumeratin. the
articles, which reads in part as follows:
This Is an exact statement of what was
taken from my cows stomach: One two
penny wire nail one fourpenny nail, two
sixpenny nails, eleven eightpenny and
four threepenny cut nails, five fnurpenny
nails, one fvepenny wrought nail, thirty
nine pieces of nails, two one-inch screws,
three pieces of wire, three stones, one hoe
ring, one-half threshing machine spike,
paddock and piece OF chain. In all
'ninety-two 1922 different objects were
taken from the stomach.
"Some of them showed that they had
been there for many months, if not years,
while others hal apparently been swal-
lowed quite recently"
A COW which thrived and grew fat upon
a diet OF shingle nails padIocks and small
O. pieces OF steel-link chain is certainly an
animal whose gastronomic achievements
are worthy of chronicling.
Tender green grass, rich meadow hay or
even q delectable bran mash had no at
tHctions for this Jersey when any odd
tNsces of hardware were obtainable. Her
p1eference seemed to be for such unusual
things as spikes, screws, nutheads and
pieces of wire.
In only one respect did this cow differ
from any other Of her species. She gave an
excellent quality of milk and more than
the ordinary quantity, and how she came
TO develop a digestion which for its ability
TO assimilate almost anything as never
been equaed is a marvel as yet unex-
planned by scientific men.
Ostrjches and goats have heretofore been
the.only creatures reputed to be able to
exist upon long continual diet of mis-
cellaneous hardware, but for varied as
sertment of unusual articles which can
be taken into the stomach, and the ami
NAL apparently experiencing no incon-
venience, this New Jersey COW has estab-
Iished record.
&c How she came TO acquire her peculiar
taste and where she managed to pick up
such odd pieces of metal no one has as
yet been able to explain. She might still
be making 8 living hardware-store of her.
self had not her owner decided to convert
the living animal ito beef for winter and
spring consumption by his family.
When few days ago Mr.. Risler decided
that one of his cattle must be sacrificed in
order to supply the family with meat he
looked around among his numerous AMI
mails, and without hesitating selected this
particular COW as the victim for the
butcher.
1t. was ore of the best he owned, and
such milk as she gave could not be equaled
in the entire State. There was peculiar
taste to the milk. Not an unpleasant, but
a sort OF iron taste, which was rath r
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FROZEN DYNHMITE MISSILES
The New and Effective War Projoctile IS a
Shell Filled With the Powerful TX
plosiVe after Freezing

! cept that the frozen dynamite was substi
tuted for the powder used in the first
shell. Exactly ffty-tive grammes of dyna-
mite were used. At the signal the trigger
was pulled. The shock OF the firing was
| extremely severe, as the gun is what is
known as a very high powered one. The
mass of dynamite was so small, however,
| that 1t could not be estimated to what ex-
| tent larger masses could resist the firing
| shock.
| When the party had recovered from the
shock and proceeded TO examine the result
they found the target pierced in the lower
left-hand corner. a short distance from the
edge. The shell, as IN the previous IN
stance, had pierced the target com pletely.
The point was protruding an inch beyond
the rear surface. The burr around the
hole was turned back enough to fully
demonstrate the power of the missile.
The face of the plate or target was consid-
erabIy SCARED from the pieces of shell
carried forward. Altogether it proved to
the party the absolute practicability of
the patent projectile for the purposes IN
tended.
In the third round full service
cartridge of $40 erammes, was. used.
The initial velocity attained was call
culated to be 1850 feet per second.
The amount of dynamite in the charge
was increased to 72H grammes. AS
before the shell had no fuse. The shock
and explosion did not vary much from the
preceding one The shell struck the tar
get IN the upper right hand corner, mid
way between the center and the angle.
The point and shoulder of the shell were
lost IN the backway CT the target and the
plate was again SCARED by the pieces car
ried forward.
The fourth round was a repetition OF
the preceding one, except that the shell
charge of frozen dynamite was increased
to Sc grammes. The effects were about
the same, as can be seen where the shell
struck in the lower right-hand corner.
In the fifth round the projectile failed
TO perform its mission, but exploded Just
after leaving the gun. This was due to
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travelling JoWn Libraries.

Senator James H. Stout of Menomonie.
Wis, in establishing travelling libraries in
Dunn County at his own expense has done
a service to Others than those Immediately
benefited, for he has given the plan prac-
tical trial that will go far toward securing
its adoption elsewhere. When he made his
first contribution to the plan sixteen libra
ries of thirty volumes each were put in
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they were of sufficient moment to attract
the attention of military men all over the
country. A prominent army officer in
this city expressed the opinion that the
projectile would play an important part
in future naval and military affairs.
81 watched the tests with interest,"" he
said, "aud the satisfactory re- ults OBJ
tanned I think would warrant their being
carried out on much larger scale. I
hope the United States will be the first to
adopt the invention.
Mr.. BakewelI has spent many years in
the study of high explosives. He has
been retained as counsel in some of the
best-known giant powder cases in this
country and IN Europe.
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THE GUN THAT FIRES THE NEW PROJECTnE

were working on perfectly safe ground
in this case there was no hesitation in
pulling the trigger OF the Hotchkiss.
The gunner's aim was excellent. The
shell pierced the target almost exactly in
the center. The difference in effect on
the target between the powder shell and
the frozen dynamite proiectiles following
was very marked, as is shown by tae
illustration. The hole where the shell
penetrated the steel is mparatively
clear and clearly cut, while the remainder
are considerably torn and turned by the
explosion. The initial velocity of the
missile was measured at 1850 feet per Sec
ond. When the party repaired to the tar
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get the point OF the shell was found to
project fully three inches beyond the rear
surface OF the plate, while the base was at
least an inch from the face of the target.
The fuse had blown out of the shell.
The preparations for the second round
were gone about with more caution.
This was IN reality the beginning of the
experiment, as the frozen dynamite was
used. The gunner did not relish the idea
of standing too near the piece, so a line
was attached to the trigger, and he stood
some distance in the rear, with the re-
mainder of he party, to be safe from re-
coil or premature explosion.
ALI the firing conditions were precisely
the same as those in the first round, ex-
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| the fact that the dynamite had been sub
mitted to the freezing process only about
half the time of the others.
For the sixth and last round castiron
shell was Used, on account of the larger
shell chamber, alIoWin a greater charge
OF dynamite. This time lie grammes were
used in the charge. There was decidedly
good explosion following the contact with
the plate and the target was thrown down.
The shell being of castiron, however, was
powerless against the steel plate, and only
a splash marked the spot where it struck,
somewhat more pronounced than if the
shell had been charged with powder.
This concluded the experiments, but
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-10

William Jenkins, oolared charged with
horse stealing was removed from Marlboro
jsil on Saturday by Constable J. II. Howard
and placed behind the bars Of the Charles
county jail.
Master Robert Horney, this village,
brought to this office on Monday a very pecu-
liar looking apple, it resembled a pear in
every respect and would be taken as such had
it not been pulled from an apple tree.
Mr.. Richard 7 wheatley Dentsvlle, who
received painful fall in bis barn last week
was in this village on Tuesday Since his
fall Mr. Wheatley has had to use crutches and
is yet unable to put his injured foot to the
ground.
The base ball season is nearing its close
and great interest is being manifested in the
result Of the national league games. As to
who will win the pennant, no one as yet eau
say, but at present Baltimore is in the lead
and the prospects are she will stay there.
Teachers are requested by the Secretary Of
the Board of School Commissioners when or.
dering books from the depository to toward
their receipts with the requisition in order
that it may be signed and left with the book
depositor, otherwise orders will not be filled.
The steamer Manchester was libeled Monday
by Mr. ]. R. Cation attorney for J. Agnew
and Co, for coal furnished the boats on that
line. The suit was entered in the United
States Court at Washington. She was tied
up at Mount Vernon by Deputy Marshall
Glow. 1t is thought that bond will be
given and the boat released.
A horse owned BY Mr. Allen D. Eskle, of
Rohrersyille, died last week from the effects
Of buggy whip which he swallowed some
time ago. la October 90 when the horse was
choking some one placed horseshoe in the
animal mouth aud with long buggy whip
pushed the obstructiop down he throat
while u #. Of the whip was bitten of and
swallowed by the horse.
Special sale next Tuesday -Lasl sale OF
Masons Jars this season quarts SOC. half gall
Ions T9c. quart cans for tomatoes 34c. doz
jar lubbeTs, 34c. doz. ladies unlaundred shirt
waists lac. ready made aprons &C. dozen
large parlor matches 74c. canton hannels SC
yd. jelly tumblers 29c doz. all colors of
yorsted dress goods &c. I'd The Wolf
hungry for trade, leader of low prices.
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Newburg Items.

On Thursday of last week the young people
Of this place enjoyed straw ride to Chapel
Point
A certain young man of this town keeps
rather late hours, chatting with "Katydid' .
Miss Katie Goshen Of Washington, is a
gueat of her cousin, Mrs. W. R. Clark.
Miss Lula Goode, who was on visit to
friends in Virginia, has returned for a short
stay with her cousin, Mrs. Charles Clark.
Miss Bette Dutton, is visiting friends in
Washington city
A certain young man rear this place re-
ceived a fall from broken buggy, but being
near bed of roses, would imagine it quite
pleasant.
Mrs. NJ. A. Taylor, of Washington city, Is
the guest of Mrs. Charles Clark, this village.
The revival meetings will begin at Good
Hope Church, Sunday the 9th inst
One of Washington's fair bellies, returned
home on Thursday last, deeply regretted by a
young mechanic of this place, ''Faint heart
never grows weary"
One of the merchants of this place has a
small package of Goods" which the girls
yutnN -.
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CObey-smuv..

Married August end at the parsonage OF
Christ Church, Navy yard, by Rev. Dr. Johns
Miss Ellie NJ Smoot and Mr.. William r.
Uobey The bride is the youngest daughter
of the late Mrs E. L. Smoot, of this county,
and recently resided iii La Plata The groom
who is an industrious and energetic Young
Washingtonian is engaged in the grocery
business and is the second son of Mrs. Laura
T. and the late John F Cooley, and the grand
son of Mr.. Joseph Price formerly ofNanjemoy.
The marriage was very quiet owing to the
bride being in deep mourning aud was wit
messed by only immediate relations. The
brides dress was simple white organdy with
white ribbons and she looked extremely
sweet The groom wore the convention.
al black and looked very handsome and hap
py. For the present the couple are house
keeping at 1916 sth st. y. W. where they
will be pleased to receive their friends
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She Keeps Her Vow.

Mrs. Louisa Williams, of San Lendro, Cal ,
walks for quarter Of a Rile oyer stony
road on her knees once year To keep her
VOW Two weeks ago she accomplished the
feat for the seventeenth time. Seventeen
years ago she prayed that her husbands sight
might be restored She vowed that if her
prayer was answered she would walk on her
barred knees from her house to the church once
a year. Her husband regaiaed his sight and
the woman kept her VOW
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-09-10

Last Monday being the first Monday in
September, was by an act of Congress of the
United States celebrated and known as Labor 5
Holiday. The Governor of the State by vir-
tue of his authority vested in him under
Article 10, Section of the code may declare
the aforesaid day legal holiday and recon-
mend it's observance by the general cessation
of business, Governor Lowndes did declare
Monday a legal holiday and it was observed
principally by the city labors, but was given
little heed on the part of the country people
who are too busy at this season of the year to
lose moments work Banks and many Other
public offices were closed on that day.
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Orphans Court.

Orphans Court met Tuesday pursuant to
adjournment with Judges Marbury and
Edelen present. The following business was
transacted
Letters testamentary granted Mrs. T. ".
Hill, administrative of Elizabeth Lois Coils.
Her bond was approved and ordered to be re-
corded.
First and final account of Bernard Mudd.
administrator of Dominic Nudd, filed and
passed.
Letters of administration d b n granted
Mrs. T. Y. Hill upon the estate of Edward [.
Coils and notice given to creditors and sent to
paper.
Court adjourned to meet Tuesday, Septem-
Der 2lst
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The Maryland AgriicuI-
turaI College.
COLLEGE PARK, MD
COLLEGE PARK, MD.
MARYLAND ,SchooI of EscAuoloev
Four courses I Agricultural. Classical,
Of Instruction Scientific, Mechanical.

Each Department supplied with the
most modern and approved apparatus.
Practical work emphasized in all depart
ments. Graduates qualified at once to
enter upon their lifc's work Boarding
department supplied with all modern
improvements: Bath Rooms. Closets.
Steam Heat and Gas. Books, Room,
Heat, Light, Washing, Board, NJ dical
attendance. S154 for scholastic year
S. caution money on entrance Sc for
material for each practical laboratory
A 100 page catalogue, giving full par
ticulars, sent on application Daily
sauitary inspection by physician to the
College Attention is called to the short
course of tea weeks in Agriculture.
Particulars sent on application Term
commences Sept. 10Th. Early applica-
ton necessary for aduittance
r. w SYLVESTER,
President NJ A. C.
Aug l-bm
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The heavy tax that the tax payers OF South.
err Maryland have 10 hesr annually Is iargely
due TO the expense OF running the Circuii
Courts Lets hear from the new nominees on
the subject Of lessening the burdep by short
ening the term Of the said Courts and if there
lie one of them who win promise this reform
in good faith not a political promise take
bis scalp.
The above is a clipping from our paper
taken from the Marlboro Gaztte. It is an
incorrect quotation, since it leaves out the
word not between will and promise, thus,
destroying the entire sense Of the piece.