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ostensiby devoted Mnora's father professor the discovery of antdote to the virus of the cobra
 "All d-n rot" said Herkomer to the little iron gray that was carrying him gallantly "AIinoras clean out of his boots by Jove and he chuckled to him. self he thought of the bally both the and the professor would kick when they learned how the
 As he logged home from parade morning, Herko- mer brought his pony up alongside of Surgeon Thorny-
 Come over and have breakfast with want to have talk with you, old man. he said.
 The preliminary of the talk an account of what had happened the night before the advent of the thing with the spectaces for he Thonycroft even as Damon and Pythias in the olden time. his chair closer Thornycroft, and then want tell what is the matter with me-"
 Thornycroft shot suspicious professional look over the physical of his friends exterior searching for touches of liver" sun" "Burmah head 'pegcts other unique complaints indigenous to that land
 Its this" said Herkomer thoughtfully, II woke up peculiar tinglng sensation through every nerve body, though poison coursng through veins Sitting in chair beside my bed was the igure of
 'I spoke it. thinking that the bearer had fallen
 "fhe figure did move. I got up and struck match lighting a which stood the table: dis lodged bottle of soda in my fumbng about for match and rolled off striking the cement floor and exploding with report like
 "Stin the figure did not It must be the bearer thought only could sleep through such jolly
 when I turned light of the candle the face sleeper what do you suppose saw, Thornycroft? eyes brought close into the surgeons face gpped Thornycrofts wrist till his fingers seemed eating the flesh
 and the number of his mess,' answered the other careessy knocking the ashes off the end of his cheroo notice of his friends chaf dead and cobra cinging my arm!
 ''fiver both" sighed Thornycroft mentally.
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wounds within this zone are of pecu liar and terrible nature. The orifice of entrance is small, but sometimes rag ged, and the opening where the bullet leaves the body is wide and jagged, with muscular shreds hanging to it. The channel left by the bullet is conf cal, and its sides are torn and crushed, as if something had burst within them. If bone is struck in this zone then the wound is much more terrible and its exit frightful in size and appear ance. At times from such a wound fragments of bone and tissue are hurl- ed thirty to forty feet.
 Now this zone of awful explosive eff feet extends, as determined by Dr. La Garde, from the muzzle of the gun to distance of $50 yards in the case of the small bullet and only to 250 yards with the large .45-inch bullet. How ever, this explosive effect did not occur when the small bullet struck only the muscular parts of the body, in which case it made a clear cut hole through the cadaver.
 The small bullet beyond $50 yards did not shatter bone so much as the soft, large bullet. If the small bullet was not turning end on it generally per- forated the bones with little or no splintering. It goes so fast and turns so rapidly that it, as it were, punches a hole through the muscle or bone, whichever it may strike. This zone is
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one of perforation, and the wounds in it are not as severe as in the first zone and the zone of confusion.
 The alta zone in the small bullets extends from a distance of two thou sand to three thousand yards. In this zone bullets have lost their force and have tendency to bruise rather than penetrate. The smaller bullets, of course, penetrate further than the large, soft ones. Sometimes the small and long bullets, if turning end on, merely bruise the flesh and penetrate far enough to remain in the flesh.
 These experiments refuted the idea quite common in Europe that wounds from the new bullets are terrible as compared with the old, large bullets. In fact, it was shown that hardened bullet of small caliber should, on hu- manitarian grounds, be adopted. If the bullet is hardened, but has no tensile strength, then the wounds when bones are struck will be terrible, since such bullet would break up and each sep arate piece become a projectile. Some experiments made abroad were with such bullets and upon horses, whose bones are very hard. In consequences, the results were often appalling and misleading
 It has been a mooted question whether a man struck in a fleshy part of the body by a small bullet would be disabled. When a bone is struck, either
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moving he would only increase the danger to both.
 With the SnuouS movement MinOra had risen from her and gently swaying body soft cadences of the chant and fe gided toward the
 My God. keep back" Herkomer groaned, scarcely moving his lips Stand back and wait till he goes
 But the chant continued, there were the inter- Jected two English words keep still!'
 Before Herkomer could remonstrate further there was the flash of white arm, rustic of the soft Iolds or lnoras muslin dress and he his feet to see the cobra being held arms length firmly grasped by those slender fingers close up it's ugly
 Wait please" she cried, stepping back as Herkomer advanced toward her with evident taking snake rather tomtom has just driven the door
 She still holding the repusive creature at arms length as the professor the cemented steps calling TOT the bearer to come and his toDee.
 He stopped short when he observed the grewsome him, stopped short until activity by his daughters voice asking to be relieved of her terrible captive.
 an instant the professor had the cobra by tail and calling N1inora to let quickly, he swung him and holding him thus, carried him pack the
 Overcome by the reaction, the brave girl sank chair she had risen from and gave way a
 Of course, there could only be one reward for such galanry if the term may be applied to women's brave deeds. "V e. was out of the question: besides. the before the advent of the cobra.
 Love made her brave,' unused the major, his Burma rattled him the metallic road of the any way, and blood will tell. God! stood there and never fnched. with that devil in her nands' And swept the sweet face he talked her love of the love that had been in his mind for before the appearance of that sinister visitor.
 With Jesuitcal complasance HerkOmer began feel deuced glad that the cobra had precipated him the opportunity it all on single throw of fathers great friend Count Rubftino a bad second
 Count Rubitno was dlettante amateur scientist,
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point. A tackle fastened to the roof of the gallery held the cadaver and permitted it's easy movement. A good marksman then fired upon the desired portion of the body-for instance, the upper bone of the arm. The bullets, after passing through the body, were stopped by sawdust in barrels, placed directly in rear.
 After the firing was finished the bull lets were dug out and the effects Of the passage through the cadaver upon them were noted as well as the effects of the bullets upon the body. On the base of the bullets numbers were 1m> pressed, which corresponded with the shot fired, so that it was easy to iden- tify the bullet which made each wound. The sawdust would not deform the bullets, hence any change in their form was due entirely to the passage through the human body.
 range of fifty-three feet, because the shooting had to be accurate. Dr. La Garde wished to note the effect of these bullets upon nearly all the bones and many of the tissues of the body. It takes very good marksman to hit a man at 5000 feet and it would take much better one to hit a man at that distance in the exact spot he wished for instance, in the leg. As the supply of cadavers was limited, it was impos- Sible to get up a row of them at dis tance of a mile or so, to be hit by chance shots in any part. Hence a distance of fifty-three feet was select ed and the charges of powder reduced as before stated, to give the bullets the same velocity they would have had at the actual distances simulated. The bullets used were the old style .45-inch
 soft lead Springfield and the new style | 30-inch, hardened lead with a coating
 of German silver. Two small caliber
 rifles were made especially for use in 1 these experiments.
 |. The details of the wounds made in
 the f1rings and the effects upon the | bullets were very minutely reported by l Dr. La Garde. The more important of
 these will perhaps, interest the gen. eral reader, who, no doubt has read many conflicting articles upon the eff fects of small caliber bulletsl The H. lustrations are from photographs taken | by Dr. La Garde.
 It is we'll known that at different dis 1 tances from the muZzle of a gun the
 effects from bullets fired from it are not at all the same. These different 1 distances are grouped together into | "zones,' each zone containing all dis | tances where the effects from the bull lets are practically the same The first
 of these is the zone of explosive effect | Dr. La Garde reports that the
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Could f
 He SpangoH Fet See the CooaBeng

| HE lights from the Gymkhana club stream
 ing across Hapin road and the drone of the band
 lazily the open, Altering itself through
 the octopus limbs of the big banyans. and the
 lake of with which professor had filled the
 pound. That the professors hobby-roses. That
 and snakes-only the snakes real business, the for pleasure But both tnrtved equally well in Rangoon, jacqueminot and the capeIlo.
 It paradise, this land where the cabbage, and the hooded devils out of the jungle of their be dssected So thought Professor Conti
 But the professor at the gym now, and the drowsy music, ebowng and jostlng the struggling light they crowded through the Kush-KuSh tatIIeS, ming ling with the small talk with which Minora Cont beguiling the they there, she and the major, waiting the of the professor. the Tharawady plate she saying, she suddenly and seadied herself does when 10foot of ones
 The light which streamed from the drawing room, showed the sudden paling of her cheek Parian marble was not more white than that set face. lips even, if you value your lfe.'
 Herkomer looked straight into the great eyes of the girl and they told him of the danger, of the horror than her wokds had done
 Keep perfectly continued and do interfere with me in way"
 Yes, a cobra!" the lips whispered Do not move"
 From the direction of Minoras eyes Herkomer knew that the hooded demon the high chair
 Surely it the light of inspiration which the of this strange girl, she broke low Italian chant weaving her slender back and forth back and forth
 movements Great beads of precipitation stood forehead-not his proximity to the hated thing but because of the grand cool showing, and the risk she running in drawing attention of the viper to herself
 She's going to hypnotZe the beast" he thought He knew she could do too: the face told him that Tt seemed cowardly sit allow woman 10 face the snake but her command keep perfectly had been as much entreaty command and he felt by
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with large or small bullet. the man is, of course, disabled but with flesh wounds the result is doubtful. There Is no question that the small caliber bullet will not so effectually stop man when hit in a f1eshy part of the body as the old-fashioned large bullet. In the Dahomey war the small bullets of the French, striking the natives in almost vital spots, often did not stop them in their wild onward rush.
 In the English service two men were accidentally shot with small bullets. One man mile and third from the firing point was hit in the f1eShy part of the thigh. He did not fall nor did he realize that he was seriously in- jured. The second man was but one hundred yards from the gun, the bull let passing through the thigh clear of the bone. He did not fall and did not suffer much of shock. In either case the result would have been very seri- ous with the large lead bullet, the shock from which would surely have knocked the men down.
 Now, if these bullets will not stop men, much less will they stop horses when in a charge. In order to have them do this various means have been proposed, such as having point not covered by the hard jacket, then when the bullet strikes it will spread out in a sort of mushroom shape and produce a wound terrible enough to stop man or beast.
 On the score of humanity, the small, hard, undeformable bullet Is greatly superior to all others, but if it will not stop a man in his runs forward or a horse in the wild gallop of the charge this bullet will have to be modified, for war at it's best is terrible thing, and in no sense is it humane. Certain things are not permitted in modern war; as for instance, the poisoning of drinking water or the using of chain ed cannon balls. These would make the rigors of war too severe, and, if at tempted to-day, all civilization would
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IMITATION or. NEW AND OLD STYLE BULLETS.

rise up in horror and suppress the of fender.
 But the main object of battle is to permanently disable as many of the enemy as possible, and if one of the modern bullets will not do this in it's present form then, in spite of the cries Of all the humanitarians, it will be so changed that upon striking a man in a serious part that man will be rendered hors du combat a least during the re- mainder of that battle.
 A number of inventors have lately claimed to have made coats of some unknown materials which will effectu- ally protect the wearer from all dis agreeable effects when hit by one of these small bullets. There is no doubt that such a garment would prove ex- tremely satisfactory if it would do what its owners claim for it. However. when it is remembered that one of these bull lets will cut clean hole through a piece of .2-inch steel the claims of these men seem absurd.
 A garment to resist successfully would, of whatever material construct ed, be too heavy and cumbersome to wear in the field. In the future, as in the past, a good pile of dirt will be the best and most easily obtained protec- ton. In the late civil war the soldiers at first thought a man a coward who would get behind tree or dig hole in the ground for shelter, but now all is changed and soldiers are taught to take advantage Of everything that will give the slightest protection.
 By considering the results of Dr. La Garde's experiments the reader must conclude that such instruction is much more essential than to teach soldiers the niceties of drill upon the drill grounds.
 It is also apparent that the man who yields such weapon as our modern small arm is much more important than he who was armed with the battle-ax Or flintlock of our forefathers. Conan
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NO MAP OF THE UNITED STATES

NO MAP OF THE UNITED STATES
 "The school children of the Bermudos know nothing of American history z says a New York woman who has i11st returned from Hamilton "One daW stopped and talked with a bright little colored boy on the street. The Bermude negro, you know, is superior in intelIi- gence to the Southern negro of tbis country. He has neither the thick IinS nor the fiat nose of our American neerro His superiority is accounted for by tba fact that he has in his veins the hlooG or the Indians captured in King Philin,s war and taken as slaves to the BerS boy. the
 England
 Who rules England?
 Queen Victoria
 Where are the United StatesY
 South of Canada
 And do you know who is tha prac, dent of the United States?-
 res m: George Washington
 When l had visited one of the ljttla schools at Hamilton I did not wonder that Washington was the only Ameri- can President the boy had heard of. On the walls were maps of every important country Tn the world but our own. and round that the teachers said as littIa oI the United States as they could ,..s> New York Sun.
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of s sn the s s5s 15'S@ my my foot bleeding where had stepped on peSe o% S do you Si make Of that? he triumphanty he hned aG ab6u S2u oT @afd h 0f amet ter than cure ii in this Country take run up Oar may % yoa M the m aoT 8 of hee dags of robbery by who sends us these ar ae s9e next 5 i'm % ske hm up d Da h S | @ 54s 21s sus an,ts ven and that's the deuce of it. he added paintvey; I can't make it out When man is well and sees things its-it's the
 te tS1 had ss Rs ast on m it I Tdtas ho ss ss all RS 5 onohg Sa e h rod did @ o DaT eeng He was in happier place ana % doTs Gned rdn nto Not but what the hot chinook winds which blow from
 It was Count Rubitino who always started these er s ea o he and consequently judge of such matters.
 ing faeSo 299 did lS eRss Sow ha br h he M you'd M hs @ and I what Mn9ra o said that put things right it a5 truthully at and through him bowling over his jealous like s whipped l4I 6saf5s .,,as ant o nssao n bed He had 4 grown accustomed to seeing it. What was bed kicking it; idea was incongruous this gave E up nSsi and Sighed resignediy
 s f S bg about m no % G ESng se @ h sat tight and waited for the thing to happen would
 1t was greWsome but much in India is grewsome so he e had % ae h dd of that order much he far greater puzzle to him s.s was Minora herself n T d hn he 9sf 6 he % e then to 1 that these m fits p bear by the he made bold question her. but aa fm a ee th n e
 M @ e Life w wh musg old wreck the of bronze Buddha I'll nave to get her
 he a @ little and it all settled for anty the alight the top Of his curly black head a1G sss M ?S common sense argued for the majors M was tree, the exception trifing allowance, barely large ha en0gn Wn % R @ mnh asnsa p m p intuition whatever other alias he masqueraded under way they were both right 0s'i0 u ~ anu Tor once Ill q bshlnd semstSias raIsat 5' 3a sssn sa thsz Gths evening Mno6a putting 1 her white @ hand shadow that he did notice how set and white it silly fSn make o bc M then @ te shan happier if yoS sen you about this can't marry you without telling first won't"
 Look here, Minora," said the major, turning her he could look her face, objection your confession is purely selfish You see, let confess all side, without unloading of my sins into ears and exchanged experiences well, we'll fancy the would appear saint S Ss2 a Bs sushas5 m R a5 ask you question, which may not, then we'll call the whole thing off"
 'I will answer she said quietly, "oniy-only-"
 Well, has it anything to do with the count, you going tell me?
 "No"
 Then I can't possibly listen"
 And the chance the on-went on for two weeks longer and it ur the wedding day.
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T YER since the modern small arm was invented military authorities " have been discussing the effects
 /of it's small, hardened bullet, pro-
 pelled at immense speed, upon
 the human body. It was easy enough to discover that at ten yards it would go clear through two feet of seasoned white oak; at 200 yards through 31a feet of poplar or 0.2 inches of steel or 03 inches of wrought iron; at 2000 yards through four inches of deal plank, and at $500 (nearly two miles) that it would still have sufficient force to pass through man! All this was easy, but how to find out it's effect upon the human body was quite a diff ferent and a very much more difficult matter.
 It seemed that it might be necessary 10 await a great war between nations equipped with the modern small arm before this could be fully determined. Much was expected from the war which recently agitated Chile. The insur- gents, who proved the victorious party, were partially armed with the Mann licher-one of the best of the recent
 
 geons went upon the fields of battle to treat the wounded and discovered the effects of the bullets of the Mannlicher upon the wounded
 The results seemed so much at vari- 4hce that finally it was decided by our Chief of Ordnance to order a series of experiments and find out exactly what might be expected from these small and hardened bullets. At his request Dr. La Garde, of the United States army, was, some time ago, sent to the Frankford Arsenal to direct these ex- periments. Lieutenant Benet, of the Ordnance Corps. was detailed to assist him in this important and difficult work The report of their extensive experiments has just been issued and is very interesting.
 The experiments were made in a shooting gallery with reduced charges of powder. Lieutenant Benet accur- ately figured out the charge of powder necessary to give the same velocity at fifty-three feet as a full charge would give at 5000, 45OO, 36OO, 24OO, 150O, 1050, 75s and 300 feet. A cadaver was placed fifty-three feet in front of the firing
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Doyle truly says that We stand or fall. by the man who holds the gun.
 For the colonel rides before,
 The major on the flank.
 The captains and the adjutants
 Are in the foremost rank
 But when it's Action front!"
 And fghting'S to be done,
 Come one, come all, you stand or fall
 By the man that holds the gun. No country has better material to mt behind it's guns than the United States So long as this is true it's future is as- sured, no matter whether war comes soon or late.
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IT WILL KILL
 AT TWO MILES.

is small of but execution remarkable It
  made cadavers officers
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. YER since the modern small arm l
 N was invented military authorities |
 N have been discussing the effects !
 /of it's small, hardened bullet, pro-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
Military Appointments,

Saturday the Governor appointed
and commissioned, j. A. Conboie OF
Virginia City, Paymaster General ol
the Nevada Militia, vice John J.. eros
by, who has left the State; also +. n.
Sad'er of Carson, aide on the Govern
Or staff with the rank Of Colonel, vice
Co boie, promoted,
Adiutant General Galusha appointed
" y. Peters OF Carson aide on his staff
,ith he rank of Captain. q. +. san
ders WIS commissioned Captain Of com
pany f., at tlko.
The people of Elko raised 1927 80 by
subsc ription last Saturday, for the
purchase of a stand Of colops for Com
pany L. This company has offered its
services to Gov. Sadler and would 90
almost to a man. They have shown
great progress for new recruits in drill.
Lieutenant n. /. Morgan of Virginia,
who was recently convicted by Court
Martial OF disobeying orders and dis
missed from the service, has applied to
Gov. Sadler for pardon, which was at
onoe granted, He desires to enlist again
for actual service.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-04-30
TUESDAY.

IL Is reported that Moro Castle fired
on n feet and was answered by our
warships. Secretary Long positively
denies the report.
The little boat MangroYe has captur.
cd the big Spanish steamer, Panama,
carrying a large cargo of supplies for
the Spanish. This Is the richest prize
so far taken. She was brought to Key
West This morning.
The Newport has just brought in two
pfizes-a schooner and a sloop.
4 war loan Of 800, 600, 900 viii be ar
ranged in New York to-day. The bonds
are already taken.
A Havana dispatch says Blanco cahles
he does not need the ~notilla, but can
use the Spanish squadron of war ships.
He has issued Q proclamation urging
S~paniards to be brave lii repelling the
invasion of the American troops.
4 Hong Kong dispatch says the Amer
lean squadron sails for the Philippine
Islands to-day.
The Insurgents are pressing Manila
and a massacre Of the Spaniards Is
feared. a
Lieut.. Fremont has landed at Ma
tanzas and dispatched a message to Co.
mez with instructions for him to expect
the United States troops.
The Cannondore which vas reported
to have been captured by the Spanish
has been spoken west of the Azores.
800 marines left Hampton Roads on a
transport this morning going south.
Wild enthusiasm was manifested on
board tho vessels Of the feet ct hec de-
parture.
The Spanish squadron is still taking
supplies at Cape Verde islands. 1t
is believed that they are bound around
the Cape of Good Hope for The Philip
pine islands.
Governors of the different States are
making prompt and gratifying respons-
es TO the call for volunteers.
KINGSTON, IRELAND, April 26:-
The mail steamer ireland, said TO have
been purchased by the United States,
has been forbidden to sail.