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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
TWO DIVORCE CASES.
Mrs. Ella NJ. Watson a Candidate for
the Second Time.

Mrs. Ella NJ. Watson a Candidate for
the Second Time.
Ella M. Watson has brought suit for q
judicial separation from Charles P. Watson.
1t is not the first time that Mrs. Watson has
asked the court to separate her from her hus-
band. They were married sixteen years ago
and there Is a child aged fifteen, by the first
marriage.
Three years ago Mrs. Watson sought for
and obtained divorce from Watson, but
they met and made up again ard were mar
ried for the second time in March last
This last venture was not very lasting for
they separated in May A. Mrs. Watson ac-
cuses the defendant of cruelty and also brings
the statutory allegation against him.
Mary A. Schultz got Ter decree and the
custody of the child in her suit for divorce
against William e. Schultz. The case was
heard some time ago, but Judge Brill only
filed the order yesterday. 1t carries no all
mony and permits the husband to visit his
child at stated times.
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PLAYED WITHOUT LIGHTS.

DAMS Orchestra Gives Concert
Under Difficulties.
About thousand people gathered at Como
Park last evening to listen to the Danz con-
cert.
The evening was most pleasant, and the
crowd proved very appreciative.
The arc lamps failed to burn. owing To g.
short circuit on the line. 1t was accordingly
found necessary to change the programme
after dark. The national airs which were
crowd was we'll satisfied.
The symphony orchestra will give a con-
cert each evening this week. TIE programmes
are changed nightly, and are arranged to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
PURGED OF CONTEMPT,
But Alfred DufOur Is Still to- Stand
Trial for Drunkenness.

Alfred Dufour. the sixteenyear-old
boy who failed to appear In the mu-
nieipal court several days ago to testi-
fly in the case of Charles ,BaZille, the
saloon keeper at Eighth and Sibley
streets, who was arrested for selling
liquor to minors, was a prisoner before
Judge Orr yesterday; on the charge Of
contempt Of court. IT,
Young .Dufeur was locked up week
ago for drunk enness. He claimed Ba-
lille had sold him liquor and was re-
lille upon his own recognizance pend
ing the saleonkeeper's- arrest. He fail
ed to appear and Bazille was dis
charged
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

tor both represented to the board that they
ploy. each an additional clerk at the rate
Of t7b month. The roads and bridges COM
mittee will kill both Of the propositions.
made providing, for tho expenditure Of $1,7b0
on various county roads. The board will
meet again mott Monday at O'Clock
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
FOR WIFE-BEATING.
CharIes Wilson, of L'Orient Street,
Sent t0i the WOrkhOuse.

Charles Wilson, living at 533 Torrent
street, will spend the next sixty days
at the workhouse for beating his wife.
He celebrated the Fourth by filing up
on whisky and when he went home
Monday night, INDUCED his temper in
maltreating his wife.
Mrs Wilson testified that her hus-
band had thrown her to the floor,
damned her against the wall, and that
when she finally escaped his abuse, he
followed her into the yard and dragged
her back into the house.
Wilson could Offer no defense to the
charge and Judge Orr sent him to the
akeSide for two months.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
Total

The suit against the city for the payment
OF the $4,000 bridge bonds voted to help
build the belt line bridge at Inver Grove has
been decided against the city by the United
States circuit court of Appeals at ST. Lou g.
The payment of the interest ($1S 600 of which
the bonds were issued illegally.
Contracts have just been closed by the stock
yards company, for three years, for space to
feed OCO sheep per annum, and application
for more space is at hand. Thrty-one new
sheep barns are being put up now on the
new fill below the yards
The teachers for the South St Paul schools
next season have been engaged as follows:
Superintendent-Lee Galloway
Simon School-Miss Mary McAuliffe, Miss
Julia Feeney.
:. Lincoln Schedules Effe Herring, Miss
Cora Day, Miss Elizabeth Wood, Miss Louise
Snyder.
Stickney School-Miss Flora Horn, Miss
Agatha O'Keefe, Miss Persie Edgar, Miss Jes-
sic L. Smith.
Riverside Schedules Julia O,Brien Miss
Louise Fitzgerald.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
Petty Police Court Notes.

A. F. Olson was tried in the police court
yesterday on the charge Of larceny and SEN
fenced to the workhouse for thirty days. He
stole a bundle of newspapers from in front
Of the store Of John Bodine. 1855 Payne ave-
nue..
w. 8. Smith, arrested for violating the BIZ
cycle ordinance, failed to appear for trial In
the. municipal court yesterday, FORGETTING 81
bail.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

Mo-. g. Smith, st. Joe, Mo-; Peter Evans
Sioux SoHnn City, e. j. Henbach ABERDEEN Mike
Thomss Glendale a. A. 81 Weed aof
Yakima, Wash; H. w. Kelley, Jamestown.
D cL .e1 H. scOhm. chataeld; J.
Wa1ssr Chicago & chrsla sw ntar F. farm
ington; T. W. Burns. T. F. Kennedy, Stew
artville.
MERCHANTs'-A. J. stickman. Chi ago;
oI H. MGKgsck Pine City, Lieut. p
6 tunbeSg Il Little 0F Fans s;rasn & a ra
Grand Forks; w. H. Pyott, Seattle; H Stone
and family, Benson; e; B. H. Stevens. Maus-
Hope a, N D.; r W. Pratt, Boston; N. ..
Brown. Fairfax; George A. Du Toit, Cha ska
c. w: Gray, Clinton; e. J. Kinney, DIVA on
pa; T. 2: Lyons, SUI, s11perior; G; A Lindiey,
and wife, Kansas City; E. c. Colledge, Down
ing; w. W. Brown, Calais, Me-. H. F. Quick,
R. L. Jaynes and wife. Chicago; W, w. Dun
rose; S. NJ. Barr, Philadelphia; o. w. Hau-
gen, Sleepy Eye; ]. Wallace and wife. Iowa;
P. S: Dundall, Algona, ]. A. Gullickson, Blue
Earth City; J; Taylor and wife, Mrs. Sweat
ing, Altoona; Mrs. Ream. Mrs. Gum, Butte;
Mrs. Buchanan, Mrs. Devereaux, Shell
Lake; H. X. Dedendorf and wife, City of
Mexico.
INTERCOLLEGIATE ]. Smith, Chicago;
e. P. Mccullough, New York. Pearson Wei.
ler MacEsy Weller MI vUss Mr. and
and Mrs. G. N. Williams, Brainerd; John
A. Calkins, West Superior; Arthur B. O'Neil,
Rayield; B. c B. Parker vi La Crosse; A. G.
RYAN-E. v. Meeks, New Haven; Mrs. s.
A. Meeks. New Haven; J. D. Wolpert Will
mar; R. ~. Hqrd, Spokane; William S s. Ney,
Chicago; A. L. Stoughton, Chicago; M. r.
Newman, New York; Charles Holbrook, San
Francisco; C. H. Graves. Duluth l III, J; Il. Up,
H. E. Skinner, Chicago; W. F: Walsh, New
York; c. c. Miller, Chicago; W. P. Bellen-
M. kohn, Chicago E. R. Nash. Boston; H.
]. P Dolan, Anaconda; W. W. Law. Ana,
ccnda.
watts. Breckenridge; H. z. Carpenter, city;
p. p. Evans, N. Gonnnally, Moor lts; Miss s
]. Wheeler, Moorhead; o. Bruggold, Spo' ane;
Mrs. Sherry. Stephen, Mimi; A. B. colman,
Marathon, 10; L sinske; Fon du Lac; T.
son, Melrose; O.. Tharaldson, Starbuck: ]. F.
Henry, Devils Lake. A. Gauthier and wife,
Hubert, N. H: Jaeoby, Cedar Falls; C.. R.
ander Ruedger. Jackson; VIM. R. TRAY 9,
Seattle; G; ". Rowel S; A. Fanley North
Branch; T. Coonly, Helena; H. Obershaw,
Fort Yates; w. D. Nickel and wife, San Fran
cisco; NJ. Caho. Miles City; John F. Pryor a. d
wife, San Francisco; A. Glbertson. Salem,
Charleston, ILL.,; Mrs. B. F. Stone and chill
dren, Seattle; Mrs. A. Burger, Walla Walla.
Louis Kahn. San Francisco; l.. P. Wrey,
Sandy Lake, Pa; VIM. Roberts, New York;
Mrs. Nolan and child, Tacoma.
WINDSOR-C. Lambert Chicago; G. A.
French, Duluth; w. S. Russell Grand Forks
F. P. Nash. Grand Forks; E. E. Corliss
Fergus Falls D. D. Berry, Chicago; T. c.
Lewis, st. Louis; F. w. Root, st. Louis; F.
P. Maher Chicago; G. F. Carlson, Aberdeen;
tin Mrs. George McGill, Owatonna; Ed Rever.
Mankato Mrs. A. H. Reed. Big Stone City:
Mrs. Schmitt. Milwaukee,: G. c. Harvey,
Cateau, Mont; D. H. Stinson, Austin; j. A.
Newsalt, Owatonna; ]. c. Gordon, Chicago;
s T. Littleton. Casson.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
DEATHS.

LEONARD-At Inver Grove, Dakota county.
Tuesday morning, July 5, 1898, at $3.50 a, m.
Annie, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Funeral Thursday morning, Iuiv 1ses
Services at st. Patrick's church, Inver
Grove, at 1870 o'clock. Friends invited to
attend. ~
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

Mrs. Rudolph Schiffman has been appoint
month for the Day nursery. Mrs. A. L.
Moore will take her place during the last
two weeks. There were 381 children cared
for during June.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
IN A SOCIAL WAY.
How the Fair Sex Occupies These
Sultry Summer Days.

The people Of the First Burr Street and
Woodland Park Baptist churches will en-
Joy an excursion down the river Thursday.
The boat leaves Jackson street at O'clock
in the morning.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
UNCONSCIOUS FOR HOURS.
=. H. DOak BADLY Hurt in a Runa-
way Accident.

8. H. DOak BADLY Hurt in a Runa-
way Accident.
S. H. Doak, driver in the employ
Of the Michigan Buggy company, was
seriously injured in a runaway acct
dent ON the Smith avenue bridge yes
terday morning. He was thrown from
the wagon and struck with great force
upon his head, being rendered uncon-
scious and sustaining bad scalp
wound.
Several witnesses Of the accident
tried to revive the injured man with
out surcess, when he was taken to the
city hospital in the central patrol
wagon.
Last evening Doak had recovered
consciousness and the hospital author
tiles said he was not dangerously hurt.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
which. after a couple of years, becomes
source of considerable profit"
AT THE HOTELS.

AsTORIA-F. ]. Foster, Seattle; M. A..
Lavine, st. Cloud; M. l.. Holiday, st. Joe,
Mo-; G. Smith, st. Joe Mo-; Peter Evans,
Sioux City; e. J. Heinbach, Aberdeen Mike
Forum, Saltwater l.. A. Mathews, Duluth ;
H. w. Thomas, Glendale; A. B. Weed, North
Yakima, Wash; H. w. Kelley, Jamestown.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
SOUTH ST. PAUL NEWS.
New Bank Closes It's First Year
With a Fine Showing.

The first years business of the Sock Yards
bank Is just closed and shows a gratifying
business A semi-annual dividend of per
cent has been declared. and the earnings for
the year have been nearly 20 per cent en- the
capital stock. Cashier Flanagan gives out
the following statement:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

Building permits were issued yesterday for
repairs and additions to church and buildings
OF the Sacred Heart parish, at Sixth and
5000
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
If You Want a Refri7erator

Call at 1874 East Seventh street, and see the
finest on the market. Lined with white en-
amel. clean and sweet.
-Bohn Manufacturing Company.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

Five per cent allowed on semi-annual
water bills. low service. u paid on or be-
fore July 9Th.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

held in Pittsburg September next Three new
members were initiated, increasing the num-
Der to 123.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

Captain and Mrs. French entertained al
cards at the Ashland Monday evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

Mrs. Ernst Albrecht, accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. e. G.. Krahmer and Master
Clarence Krahmer, left Saturday evening for
a four weeks trip among the leading East
ern summer resorts
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
Sacred Heart Plans.

Read about Hotel Empire New York. on
Gated.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

The board of the School of Fine Arts meets
evening.
Miss Helen Schleck, Of North St. Paul. has
gone for a two months visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. F. G. Fischer, of Fort Pierre, S. D.
Mrs. P. H. Mullins, of 700 Burr street, is
visiting relatives at Hastings and Wabasha.
Miss Marion Craig has returned from Mil
waukee to spend few days at her home, 1872
Marshall avenue.
Miss Harriet Hale leaves today for the
East.
Miss Anna Roach, of Grove street. has
returned from three weeks visit with reia-
tives at Prior Lake.
Mrs. William Pitt Murray is at Lake
Phalen for the summer.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
MARRIED.

MARRIED.
SoscS~NoSo~@o~~~~--~~~~S
TT-WHITE-Ma-ried, July 4, 1898, at
Prescott, Wis, in Calvary Episcopal church
Cara M. White and Charles L. Jett.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

CLARENDON-M. H. Cohm, Chatfeld; j.
P. Alexander, Elston, s. D.; P. NJ. DAILY,
jamestown, NJ D.; T. ]. SWAIN F. 8.
Walker, Chicago; G. Christian Eltar, Farm
fngton; T. W. Burns. T. F. Kennedy, Stew
artville.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06
POLISH SINGERS ARE HERE
THEIR CONCERT AT MOZART
HALL WAS DELIGHTFUL

Today Their Ninth Annual Conven.
ton Will Open at Jarosx's Hall
Tho Singers Represent Various
Cities Where There II q Large
Population Of Polish Ancestry
About Forty Are In Attendance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

Miss Edith Ivens of Selby avenue, left last
evening for visit in New York.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-06

METROPOLITAN-Mrs. ]. Smith, Chicago;
E. p Mccullough, New York; Pearson Wei
Ter, Mackey Weller, Milwaukee,; Mr.. and
Mrs. c. T. Parker, H. Vogel, Duluth; Mr..
and Mrs. G. N. Williams, Brainerd; John
A. Calkns, West SUPERIOR Arthur B. O'Neil,
Bayfield,; B. B. Parker, La Crosse; A. q.
McDonough GlendiYe. Mont.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-07
WRECK ON THE F. c. AND p.
Engineer Amos Roberts Dead and
His Fireman Badly Injured.

Jacksonville, Fla, May Ga wreck oc-
Cured on the Florida Central and PENN
sular at the western limits of jacksonville
about clock this evening.
Train No. ran into an open switch and
collided with lumber train.
Engineer Amos Roberts had both legs
crushed, and died from his injuries.
Jadson Sewall, the colored fireman, had
his right leg crushed and it win probably
have to be amputated.
Mail Clerk Montgomery was slightly in
jured about the face and shoulder.
None of the passengers were seriously
injured.
The prompt action of Engineer Roberts
in reversing his lever and putting on the
brakes when he realized the danger pre-
vented a worse accident. He showed great
nerve and remained conscious till within
few moments before his death. DR.. Bur
roughs, the railroad surgeon, did every
thing possible to aid him, but without
avail.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-07

almost certain of death. A tiny torpedo
boat may wipe 100000 warship off the
sea and send $50 men TO the bottom, but
the likelihood that anyone on board the
former will live to brag of the destruction
Is very scant.
The great ram Katahdin has been COM
pared TO bee, for it is said that she will
Immediately lose her own life after insert
Ing her sting. This is expected to occur
as a result of inabiiA to back out after
inserting her ram, or of smashing in her
own bow. Furthermore, she could be read
lily torpedoed by her adversary within a
distance of 600 yards. After one bold
stroke, her career would probably be end
ed, and all on board would go to the bot
tom. The full complement, except the
captain, would be sheltered inside during
an assault, and there would be little
chance of escape
In actual battle the crew of the dyna-
mite cruiser Vesuvius would embark on
their hostile errand with many chances to
one against safe return. She carries an
enormous supply of dynamite, and a
Spanish projectile correctly aimed would
explode this, leaving no trace of the YES
sci or its crew above water She will
either hurl dreadful death at her enemies
or suffer more severe destruction herself
perhaps both
~ SiCN VI tile new t1Olldn0 Su DnarIne
boat, should that fish of steel be brought
into service against SPAIN would embark
upon warlike mission with little or no
nope of returning. Those who would vol
unteer to man her would be five of the.
bravest men in the navy, willing to sacri-
nee their lives without murmur. The
little craft would prey only upon the larg
est or hghting vessels. II would 90 out
under orders to sink one at any risk. TAX
Ing the broad military view. her loss
would simply mean that five yankees had
exchanged their lives for 500 Spanish souls
that several thousand dollars of our
money had taken several millions of
SPANS to the bottom with It,
Although safe from shot and shell dur
Ing the Fighting proper, the great army
of men employed as stokers and firenen
In the great f1reroons of our warships are
practically sure of death when the great
fighting machines are rammed or torpe-
doed. With few exceptions, all of those
shut down below the protective decks--the
men who are the Drawn of the vessels
rather than the brains-may abandon hope
when they feel the floors under them sink
Ing irto,the deep
Perhaps the safest of our naval vessels
to fight in are the monitors of the Puri-
tan class. They are the stanchest fight
Ing vessels aloat and it is believed to be
well-nigh impossible to sink them. In
war with Spain they will be used for coast
defenses.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-07
1-S--------------7-
WEALTH IN NINE DEBRIS.
tune Out of the "TaiIingsv of an
Abandoned Mine.

Abandoned Mine.
From the San Diego Sun.
There are some men in this world who
have to toll for mere apology of living
and then there are others. One of these
latter is Mr.. Luce of Cargo Muchacho.
Luce's experience reads like romance.
For twenty years he had knocked about
the coast, on the desert, in thesmountains,
prospecting and mining. and had finally,
by hard work and the closest economy,
managed to scrape together a few hun
dred dollars.
One day on the shores of the Colorado,
some twenty miles north of Yuma, he met
an old Mexican, who told him of deserted
mine some ten miles back from the river
and seven miles north of Hedges. Luces
interest was aroused. and he visited that
mine, to find there an abandoned twenty
stamp mill which had pounded away for
many years and finally shut down. He
then learned the story, The mill was on
leased ground. The lessee had mined the
property on shares and had done fairly
well, although the ore was not entirely
free milling. One day the vein "pinched
out" The mining man was sure he had
simply lost the lead, and that ii was there
all right, but the owners refused to put
tired of living on the desert he threw up
the whole business and left.
Luce examined the property and discov-
cred that there was a small mountain of
tailings. the accumulation of years, piled
up behind the mill. He tested these tail
ings with cyanide. Then he measured the
pile roughly and estimated there was over
10000 tons of the stuff there. That night
he wrote to the president of &he company
L.. ii
per ton for the tailings on a basis of 100,-
900 tons. The president read the letter,
looked surprised, and called the directors
together. They read the letter, looked
wise, tapped their foreheads Significantly
and laughed TO each other.
This poor fellow Luce should be called
goose" said ope.
Deserts proved too much for him-prob-
ably gone daft" observed another.
Not one OF them thought those taillngs
were worth anything, and they had almost
entirely forgotten that old mine out on the
Colorado desert. But they answered tn =
letter, telling Luce to go ahead.
This was in April of last year. On recoip.
of the letter Luce Immediately erected
cyanide plant, costing him about 500 of his
own and his friends money. Then he hired
fifteen Mexicsns and Indians and began
work on those tailings. The other day some
representatives of the mine company were
returning from San Francisco, and. pass
dng through the desert, they thought they
would visit the mine.
How are you?' said Luce. "Glad to sec
you. BY the way, we might as well fix up
our little accounts now as at any time,''
and so saying he threw the astonished
Gothamites a check for $4,000. Then nc ex-
planned that in the nine months he had
been running the cyanide plant ne had
cleaned up $45,0'a, and that there was plon-
~ OF tailings in sight to net him 100000
within three years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-07
Firm Against Tobacco.

From the Boston Evening Transcript
The United Presbyterian general assem-
bly, Of the United States, which meets in
Omaha, Neb., June "a, is to act upon q
resolution directing that no minister shan
engage in home mission work as benef
GARY of home mission funds, nor shall anv
one be employed by the general Assembly,
or board of home missions in adrninistra
tive or clerical capacity, and who is to h.
paid for his services from funds oontri,
uted for home missions, who is addic+oo
to The use OF tobacco in any form, Tbis
resolution is in accordance with the as as
tion OF the general assembly in 1870, when
It was voted that the use of tobsnoa
Is demoralizing in its tendency. and sboT,G
be discountenanced by all who profees ~
Christian name" in 1879. when il was re- 70.
solved that mo student addicted 10 ~
use of tobacco in any form be era,,.'1, lLis
by the board" This resolution VIZ sl1
affirmed in 1885, 1888 and 1895. % re-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-05-07
THE LIFE OF A GUN.
DeleteriOus Effects of the CrystaIIi-
zatiOn of Metals by COncussion.

cation of Metals by Concussion.
From the Washington star.
The life Of a gun is one OF the most
Unsatisfactory things about it, remarked
an ordnance officer in discussing the war
tquestion, land, though a number of OK
periments have been made in connection
herewith. there is no absolute certainty
as to results. A general rule has been ar
rived at which Is thought to be on the
safe side of the matter, and that Is that
the modern steel guns should not be fired
more than 100 times. After that, 1t matters
not what the emergency may be, 1t is safer
to dismantle the gun and send 1t back 10
the shop than to risk firing it, for the
explosion Of gun is a decidedly and ex-
tensively dangerous occurrence to all in
its immediate locality.
The firing of a gun causes the steel to
crystalline, and thereby become brittle es
a file So far as has yet been discovered,
there is no remedy for it. 1t is not exactly
total loss after q gun has become dead,
for the steel can be used for thousands of
things in the way of bolts, braces and the
like for New York and for repairs. AS is
generally known, a modern gun is an ex-
pensfve affair, running from $4,000 way
up. 1t is equally expensive to keep Ii in
operation, the cost for each cartridge sent
from it being over $1,000, which does lot
include the putting of the gun on its en-
placement or taking 1t down. for the thou
sands of dollars necessarily expended In
paying salaries and subsistence of the Of
ficers and men who operate it,.
This capitalization of the metal is one
of the mysteries of the science of ord
nance. The gun could be revivifed 20
some extent by heating it to a white heat,
and allowing 1t to cool off slowly, but the
treatment is not exactly satisfactory or
even approximately certain as to results.
1t has been said of us, as OF other ma
lions, that if we kept every gun we own
in actual firing operation for even TWEEN
ty-four hours, the powder and shell bill
would bankrupt us, and there is some
truth in it. This Capitalization of the met
al is not confined to guns, however.
1.-THE same thing occurs in the journals
or axles used on the railroad cars 1t is
for that reason that careful railroads put
on new axles every five or six years. In
Europe there are laws upon the subject,
though it is custom with US. In Germany
Ii is unlawful to use an axle on passen-
ger cars more than four years. though the
limitation on freight cars is not so rigid.
As with the oft-fired gun, the steel in the
journal becomes so brittle, by the crystal
lization. in consequence of it's use, that IL
Is liable to snap into a dozen pieces any
time after its life is ended"