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PlunRer Interposed Between Powder
and Bullet.
tard the escape of gases of explosion,
thereby avoiding the violent and sud
den displacement of air at the muzzle
of the gun. The explosive is con-
tanned in the rear of a shell. with the
piston in contact with the front face.
The projectile is inserted In the END
of the cartridge, and is forced outward
by the movement of the liquid con-
tanned in the shell in advance of the
piston. The liquid mentioned by the
inventor is water and the cartridge Is
made of the proper size to contain
sufficient quantity of the water to NIL
the barrel when the piston Is driven
forward, thus exerting steady force
behind the bullet until it emerges
from the muzzle. To accomplish this
in safety it is necessary to increase
the strength of the breach to over
come the enormous force OF the ex'
pAnsion.
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Especial Letter.

shipped off to the detention island,
where they stay until all possibility
of further outbreak of disease has
ceased. Meanwhile their ship has
been scru bbed and secured again. and
finally a clean crew in clean ship
are sent on their way, regenerated II
not rejoicing.
Large crews on passenger steamers
cannot well be disposed of in this
fashion. but are shipped direct to
,SwinebuIne island. where the hos
pitfalls are located, and where bigger
disinfecting plant is ready for them.
Thence the well ones are taken over
to Hoffman island, where there ars
great brick dormitories for their ac-
commodation. Here | was shown
collection of cultures of different as
sorted diseases. sufficient to have
wiped ont the population of New York
city in about three weeks had they
all been disseminated. Asiatic cbol-
era, bubonic plague, typhus fever, yell
low fever smallpox and diphtheria
were all growing here cheerfu1ly and
industrially in little tubes of gelatin
solution. under e doctors eye.
From time to time the effect OF
few of these troubles is tried on 81 me
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-19
,s.d,c,,e D,.pen,,ne Device.

1t is obvious that for administering
medicine to a patient especially one
too i'll to be served by means OF
spoon or where a definite quantity OF
fluid is frequently to be given, the
device shown in the drawing Will
prove particularly useful. 1t COM
prises both cork and medicine drop
per, and is capable of adjustment to
vary the quantity of fluid to the re-
ouired amount. The rubber bulb has
its lower walls thickened and an open
ing is provided for the insertion OF
the tube. The interior wall of the
opening IS nodded with a thread to
co-operate with corresponding
thread on the head of the tube. The
upner end of the tube extends into
the bulb to serve as an abutment or
stop to limit the depression of tne
bulb. BY twisting the tube to the
right or left while the bulb is held
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-19

ally-is like charity in that it hides
much. 1t does not follow, however,
that because the mantilla is thick OF
closely drawn about the head and face
the features beneath are homely-far
from 1.-THE reverse is just as likely
to be true.
One thing which strikes the Amerl'
can visitor to Cuba at once is the uni
formity in dress among the women.
They apparently all dress alike. just
as their ancestors did. Black is the
prevailing color, and the American
girl longs to eniiven it by a dash
of cherry or crimson or even white.
but the custom of wearing colors Will
be of slow growth among Cuban wo'
men-the arbitrament of years OF Gus
tom forbids innovations such as this.
The Cuban senorita will go out with
face chalky white from magnesia, and
with lips of stage carmine, but wear
colors, oh, no!
The decollete costume and ball dress
of America and the continent are not
1.-The thing in Cuba, for only on mos!
formal occasions does the senorita
appear in low-cut sleeveless evening
dress. But these dresses are cut mod
estly and moderately low. On the av'
erage society occasion she wears
simple gown, and graceful bare arms
and dimpled neck are not shown for
the edification of the masculine guests
Such 10 the Cuban girl an odd com
pound of fire and ice; conservative
and convention bound, yet an arrant
firt: graceful and languishing, yet
! when occasion requires it, Joan
dare; a butterfly at heart; moth
in dress; a witching fascinating wo-
! man when in years child.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-19

Various electrical devices, including
Tommasina's electro-radiophone and
Fenyi's coherer, have been used 1or
studying distant thunderstorms. Inc
new apparatus of J. J. Landerer con
sists Of telegraph line of 800 yards,
running north northeast, which is put
to earth through the water pipes OF
Tortosa and Joined to very sensitive
salvanometer. A great advantage is
the showing of the direction OF the
discharge. A lightning flash In the
distance gives slight shock, fol-
lowed by a greater one, and the small
deviations are always in the same dl-
rection during the same storm, the
discharge proceeding from north to
south in storms taking place east OF
the meridian and from south to north
in storms in the west. One storm re-
corded was as far away as MaJorca,
distance of $50 miles.
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On the summit of Mount Zugspitze.
in the Bavarian Alps, more than 5000
feet above sea level, there is an i'm
portant meteorological observatory.
which is occupied all the year, but in
winter is cut off from communication
with the lower earth because storms
destroy the telegraph and telephone
wires. A wireless installation has
been made there now, connected with
a postoffice in the valley, three miles
away, and the observer is thus made
independent of the storms as the wind
has no effect on the ether waves thar
carry his messages.
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height, for she proved her selfsacri-
ficing spirit and withstood abuse and
revilement with the spirit of mar
tyr.
The bellies of Cuba run to either one
or the other of two extremes-they
are either surprisingly lovely or un
speakably homely. There seems to be
no happy medium between these two
extremes. There are very few senior
itas whose countenances will pass an
examination according to American
standards of beauty. but then, you
know. American standards are not
world standards in this respect.
But nearly every Cuban woman has
q fine forehead. glorious dark eyes
and a luxuriant growth of glossy
black hair. of which the senorita is
very proud, and to the care of which
she devotes hours daily But the man
tilla-a gauzy affair of black lace usu'
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Adjustable to Size of Dose.

rigid, the distance between the abut-
ment and top of the bulb may be d.
minished or increased accordingly. If
a definite amount of fluid is required
the tube is first properly adjusted, SO
that the expansion of the end of the
bulb after contraction will inauct the
right quantity of medicine into the
tube. discharging it as soon as a sec
ond depression of the bulb takes
place. BY adapting the device to be
kept in the bottle containing the med
icine it not only serves as stopper,
sut also keeps the dropper clean and
tree from dust and the communicating
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-19

While it is not probable that De-
larey is deeply read in military his
tory. nevertheless the strategical
movements which Immediately pre-
coded the blow which the Roer general
was recently able to deliver with SO
great effect on Lord Methuen's column
resemble in a very striking degree the
operations of Napoleon in the country
between the Seine and the Marine in
1914. Says the United Service Ga
zette: The whole attack appears to
have been carried out in complete &C
cordance with the principles laid
down and inculcated in the recognized
textbooks of minor tactics. These, it
may be presumed, Delarey has never
studied, and therefore the fact that
act only did he fully appreciate the
possibilities of the existing circum-
stances but was able to turn them to
the fullest account is striking dem.
onstration of the Unborn ability OF
the Boer general"
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WORK. OF INVENTORS
PENNSYLVANIA MAN CLAIMS TO
HAVE NoISELEss GUN.
statnary Carving Machine That Accu-
rately Reproduces Original sculpture
New Apparatus Designed for tho
study of Distant Thundcrstorns.
A Noissless Gus.

A Noissless Gus.
The inventor has lately been turn
ing his attention to eliminating and
rendering unnecessary the very aru-
cles which were before considered abb
solutely essential in order to perform
certain kinds Of work. Thus we have
the wireless telegraph, the horseless
carriage, smokeless powder, etc. and
now comes the noiseless gun, invented
by Joseph E. Bissell of Pittsburg, Pa.
The illustration shows a general
view of the gun and also section pre-
senting the details of construction IN
a manner to be better understood. In
general terms the invention consists
of the interposition of a movable body
or piston between the explosive or
proiectile. serving to prevent or re-
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trustfuI horse or vagabond dog, or in
nocent. unsuspecting guinea pig, with
the idea Of producing an anti-toxin
or a virus to be used for incubation
The pig may die, but science lives in
his death and the state is saved.
With regard to the efficiency of the
work done at quarantine in prevent
ing spread of disease, there can be
little doubt, although it is entirely
possible for case of contagion to slip
by in spite of the vigilance of the in
spector. The value of the work is as
much in its moral effect on ship cap
tains and owners as in the immediate
acts of inspection. The captain who
is allowed to proceed with only
casual looking over knows very we'll
that If he deceives the doctors on the
present trip it will very probably be
discovered later on, and then his lot
will become a hard one. AS a result
the ships officers themselves are apt
to come up to the scratch if they
have any illness on board. The three
doctors take turn in boarding." as it
is called, and there is seldom any seri-
GUS attempt made to elude tbeiE >1g-
ilance. An6 the qaGraiAine station Is
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air of the sick room. Harris Conner Of
Philadelphia. Pa, Is the inventor.
Reducing r.n,.,,e Acid.

Tanalum has been known hitherto
as more or less pure powder, with
a density Of about 1850. BY heating
ten minutes in a very powerful cleo
trio arc, NJ. Henri Moissan has sue
ceeded in reducing tantalic acid with
powdered carbon. and has obtained
the metal in a fused state. 1t has a
brilliant metallic appearance and a
density of 1919. 1t is very hard
easily scratching glass and quartz
has a crystalline fracture, and is in
fusible in the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe
Certain reactions class it with the me
talloids rather than with the metals
proper.
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and her black eyes are used with
deadly effect upon the senors as
matter of course. She plays with
hearts just as the American girl plays
with dolls-and at this age means
Just as much by it. For the Cuban
girl Is brought up under system
of espionage and chaperonage winch
is the strictest in the world.
She is dainty creature of airs and
Eraces, the educated Cuban senorita;
she delights in playing catchy Span
ish airs upon the pianoforte; she
dances La Guiana" like foam
heeled fairy. With her fan she can
run through the whole gamut of fir
tation. and while there may not be
sermons in Cuban running brooks,
there are three-volume novels in the
folds of her mantilla.
She f1irts delightfully."-. so tbs said.
but then, you see, the sharp-eyed du-
emma is always somewhere in the
Newfoundland not so far back.
either. The duenna is always around
in Havana, and, as general thing.
reaps the benefit of all the converse
ton. for a visitor must visit. talk to
and do everything but make love to
the duenna. They might even make
love to this inevitable hanger-on were
not so much of personal sacrifice in
volyed. The duenna is no beauty, for
Cubans lose their good looks early.
But all Cuban girls are not butter
dies. Some of them teach school, 9th
ers are Interested in charitable work
and run soup kitchens and visit hos
pitfalls. others are as active and pro-
xressive as the average American girl
Her reputation for idleness and ire
sponsibility suffered a sad blow when
the Cuban rebellion reached Its
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painting, scarcely yet slowed down
from her race across the Atlantic.
and still steaming in the frosty air.
Our snuffy little tug danced and
bobbed over the crisping waters till
we bumped against the icy sides OF
the kronprinz Wilhelm. Then with
roar of greeting from her captain we
climbed up tricky rope ladder to
her decks.
The first and second cabin passen-
gers are never inspected on these
ships unless illness is reported, so the
captain led us forward at once to the
way that goeth down into the bowels
of the ship. where we awaited the
steerage passengers who were to pass
in review.
Here was the immigrant for you,
pure and simple. Here one observed
the raw, unlimited American at first
hand. A little select sample of Babel
came pouring up out of the steerage-
ways. 1t gave one the oldest Sensa-
ton to see these strange people, such
a swarm Of them, huddled out from
those lower circles of the steerage in
ferno. blinking in the unaccuStomed
daylight. There were Polacks, Bo-
hemians, Hungarian Jews, Germans.
Plattdeutsch and Tyrol Italians.
There were some in rags and some
in tags, and some-literally-in vel
vet gowns. All were jolly and laugh
ing and goodnatured, but this was
especially true of the Bohemians. The
motley of dress was as striking as
the medley of tongues. Very notice
Oh WI n
dressed comparatively well in dis
tinctly American styles. These were
all of foreign birth, but they had lived
in this country before, and were now
returning from a visit to their old
homes. The difference between these
and their fellow immigrants was most
striking.
They were all a pretty decent-look-
ing set, for the most part and the
men especially seemed we'll built and
active, intelligent fellows. l was told
that the better class of emigrants
from the continent are to be found on
the North German Lloyd steamers
A large part of those on the Wilhelm
were Hungarians, Hungarians who
claim Abraham as their father, how
ever. They were fairly well clad.
Wnen peSL-Snlp comes into port
the inspectors visit it. and if it is a
small vessel they take care of it then
and there. The Wadsworth runs
alongside. the sick are carried down
to the hospital in a tug, the crew go
aboard the Wadsworth with all their
dunnage, and the ship is thoroughly
steamed with sulphuric acid gas or
formaldehyde by means of pipes
which are run on board from the gen
orators.
Meanwhile the crew are put through
a process that greatly surprises their
skins. They are steamed and disin-
fected, and run under hot and cold
showers. until they feel that their
bones have all been taken out and
scrubbed. Their clothes are boiled
unless injured easily. Their good
clothes and other belongings are put
into the big ovens and kept there sew
eral hours at a heat just below the
melting point of buttons. Then these
reiuvenated garments find their own
ers again, and the honest tars, who by
this time have reached a stare .,
| ehAstened and saapy exhilaration, arr
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Makes Reproduction from IN Original.
tracing or cutting tool at the top. This
cutter is driven by a flexible shaft as
shown, and the operator has only to
model gradually as the cuttings are
removed from the copy, finally redu-
cling the latter to the point where the
tool will no longer operate at any por-
ton of the stone. with the tracer in
contact with the corresponding por-
ton of the original. when the repro
duction will be found complete.
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California. the city's fight against
contaglon becomes of national in
terest. Under the guns Of Fort
Wadsworth. far down on Staten isl
and, New York harbor. lies the quar-
antine station. with its patrolling tugs
and it's batteries of scientific appli-
ances. ready to grapple with invisible
foes. 1t was my good fortune to be
guest there some weeks ago, and
found ii good fun to be quarantined
when the process is not compulsory.
Sitting at breakfast on the morning
of my arrival we were disturbed by
a hoarse honk from the tugboat at the
wharf. That meant that a liner had
arrived and was ready to be boarded.
We babe breakfast hasty goodbye,
buttoning our coats as we hurried
down to the slip. There in the ofhng
lay a great North German Lloyd liner.
that doomed up, big and black and
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-19

A huge air cushion, eighty-three feet
in height and made of steel, is a new
safety device being installed for the
elevator in the tower of the city hall
in Philadelphia. 1t will sustain enor
nous pressure, and, instead of resting
on a foundation, is hung from the
tower walls.
The Jennings daily record. [volume] (Jennings, La.) 1900-1903, 1902-06-19

E. II. R. Green, president of the
Texas Midland Railroad and son of
Mrs. Hetty Green, has been awarded
a patent on a system of wireless teleE-
raphy which is to be put into operss
ton on his line.
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wickedness is a plant that Is most
'tikely to die IL we cease to water u.
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It'll an epidemic of
smallpox raging on
the other side and
1000 immigrants
landing at New
York in one day who
might carry the dis
ease from Maine to
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The Cuban Senorifa .
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{ Special Letter.

~ UBA, 1.-The Pearl of the An
!: !:
TILES is blessed with many
charming daughters. grace
full, dark-hfred, liqu,o-eyed
girls, whose o q IL t t b
glances could penetrate the
hardest heart. Now that
the sword of warfare has
been laid aside, the fan and the man
ella Of the dainty Cuban bellies are
the deadliest weapons known on that
fair island in the summer seas. and
many an American will surrender at
discretion to them. The Cuban senor-
tia is factor in Cuban reconstruc-
nm not to be overlooked-if she
knows 1t.
The Cuban senorita is woman be-
fore the American girl ceases to be
Q child, for at fourteen years OF age
she is an adult in everything but
years. She is in society by that time,
The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1902-03-01
The GEM CITY GUARDS.
Meeting Called to Perfect the Organiza-
tiOn OF Military Company
for gOeOrrp.

All who have signed the roll of
the proposed military company
aud all who wish to do so are re-
quested to meet at the court
house at 8 o'clock Monday even
ing. This meeting is called for
the purpose of making final ar
rangements for the organization
of a company of the national
guard in Socorro. Captain Mat
thews will be present and make
full explanations concerning the
company and its objects.
1t is hoped that everybody will
come out and give the boys en-
couragemeut and support. 1t
will be a credit to the city to
have crac,. military company
and fine armory. San Miguel
band will be present to lend a
martial air to the occasion.
Lunch will be served during the
evening and the boys will be
given jolly start on their mill
tary career.
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of the Interior Department are
fully complied with and that the
reserve is properly protected.
Among the we'll known sheep
owners noticed at the meeting
were Messrs. M. Cooney, Abran
Abeyta, Solomon Luna, +. G..
Bartlett, Frank A. Hubbell, Man
uel S. Pine, Ignacio Arragon,
John Fullerton, Jesus Pine, O.
M. Sakariason, Melquiades ARA
gou, Beruabe Chavez, Florencio
Sanchez, Jose Maria Dull, L. p.
Garcia, Juan Garcia, Juan Abey-
ia, Eliseo Gutierrez, Leopoldo
Madrid, Amado Arragon, Jose
Garcia, and Epifanio Baca.
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Improremonts at Blaraschl,s.

Biavaschi is determined to
keep pace with all competitors.
He will soon begin the renova-
tion of his place. When the
process is completed, his patrons
may expect to see handsome new
bars and the rooms decorated
with new paper and paint. He
will also open a first class res
taurant first door north of the
Arcade and a lodging house of
the same quality in the rooms
above. Competition is the life
of business and John Biavaschi
expects to continue to do his
share of the business.
The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1902-03-01
Death Of Miss Jessie MeCnIstlon.

Miss Jessie McCuistion died at
the home of her mother in this
city Friday, February 21, after
seven months illness. Funeral
services were conducted at the
Presbyterian church Saturday
morning by Rev. Matthieson in
the presence of many relatives
and friends. Deceased was born
in Missouri "a years ago and
came to New Mexico in early
childhood. Her mother, four
sisters, and one brother mourn
her loss, her father, Thos. Nc
Cuistion, having died in Magda-
lena five years ago.
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Mrs. F. A. Jones closed her
work yesterday at the private
school she has been conducting
for several months. The school
will be continued by Miss Stelle
Ramsey, who is an experienced
teacher.
The worst wind storm of the
season prevailed this vicinity
Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day. There was slight rainfall
Wednesday in the valley. The
Magdalena mountains received
new layer of snow.
E. A. Clemens, secretary of tn c
cattle and horse protective asso-
citation, was in town Monday.
Mr.. Clemens felt greatly encour-
aged by the interest and enthusi-
asm manifested at the recent
meeting of the association at
Magdalena.
County Assessor Benz. Sanchez
has just completed the poll tax
list for 1902 and forwarded lists
to the clerks of the various school
districts of the county. From
this source it is learned that there
are in the county 3410 persons
from whom poll tax is still due.
J. E. Coon died at his home in
Owego, N. Y, February p, aged
20 years, of the effects of All at
tack of the grip. Deceased was
the eldest brother of A. ID. Coon
of this city, who was expecting
to make him a visit in the near
future. This is the second broth
er Mr.. Coon has lost in about
year.
Ray Morley, who for a number
of years lived on his mothers
ranch near Datil, has been elected
coach of the Columbia football
team at a salary of S., 900 a year.
He is to graduate from Columbia
this year with high rank. While
distinguishing himself in the
classroom he has also earned the
reputation of being the best half
back in the United States.
Rev. d. G. Shepard left this
morning for Globe, Arizona.
Rev. Oliver Gornall, who has been
assisting Rev. Shepard in a series
of meetings at the Methodist
church, has leased the Wilcox
house in the west part of the city
and he and his family, including
his mother and sister visiting
from Johnstown, N. Y, will re-
main in the city for a month or
more.
The high wind that prevailed
for three days in this city did
but little damage compared with
what was done in some locali-
ties. The smoke stack at the
Illinois Brewing company's plant
was blown down and the west
chimney on the high school build
ing suffered the same fate. Rus.
sell Howell was Obliged to dismiss
the pupils in his room Thursday
as they became terrified at the
shaking of the building under
J the force of the wind.