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! Rirhn,ona. Va. Feb. 20. 1905. ss
VI SALES. Es#B
& Broad Street Bank --A5 IA 2s s$ 3fS 5
t5 Virginia Centuries At ~ "
a. ~ - 800 ms pi''s' IN
~ sTATE sEcunITlEa5 ni.. .s=xsd
North Carolina Az, ], INIo. !. lOt
Va. e e 50 Il nnl r., iasi:. s1s:
CITY Sc cERITIES. II 2l5
RichnoEd City, 10sls ~. az
RAJ LRoAD BONDS 5s f@i 3 III
Atlantis and Char. lst Isl 1907 los 1850
s L dart M ass z ,na 81 50 ST. lS
81 GEORGIA Pacific ist ~, c. 1929 5
Ca. 50. SondF Fla. istR 81 y y
Georgia and Ala. Con. 5s. Is l3...... ll3 800.
NJ and w ny 4s. 1906. 49,. 100 q.
M and W. Pocah ontas q: 50
I,Ict and Meek 49, 1s g g,
wes,ern 'taee is Is
+ Fl Al i. Con. list is. 1850. &. .,...... 90 Of
q RAILROAD STOCKS. Par.
Il Atlanta ana Char;otte. ]. 1855 =. Y
Atlantic coust Line 700 Il.
Atlantic Coast Line ptd 100 10 So.
Atlantic Coast Line com. 100 12e .,.HS
4 Chesapeake ana pho. 10 u
A Norfolk and Western com. .......lo0 S!ls a...a
seaboard A, Linz lfd. 100 IS 4 5s 80
Seaboard Air Line com. ...........lW is 1Sx
s LA. Il, .,iSD TRUST co. STOCKS,
& Bnnk of aiiehn,ond. lH "
American National ..,...........,..1O0l2 AZ 8 l2j
broad Street Banis. ~. Is . 4
Il CITY 100. 81
ltlst National ,oy 2s
Union Bank OF Richmond 40 l61 ~.
n INSURANCE COMPANIES. X. rs
Virginia Fire and Marine .......25 4, -.
MISCELLANEOUS.
x Xs'csa cd HaSs%s fa p ss
y a - g.
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RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET.
% Y Richmond, Va, Feb. %, H 1919
i9}55fi '5{g Is i{eg oIrr,s, rInNc 4stE&g3 ~

l,onsberry Gear: lots) \. .sl.eo @sls2
Mixed car lot 81 !. !. 20 @ Leg
shortberry Gear lata) ...... 3. 1.20 @ leg
va. bag asa iots o l.l
White Va. bag Iots !. !. 4. Z. {. 81 ~ IS
IL NO q ,giit (car$!lots) +. y. 81 % 62ls
No. 8 Nhito (car lots) lts@ SO
No. 2 mixed Gear lots) .....,... Sir q SO
No.ss3 mixed Gear lots) &. $500. 81 q 5lM
OATS. y al 5st !.
No. mixed Gear lots) !. &. l5ls0 80
No. 81 mixed Gear lots) l#a IS " $i
No. q white chr let 81 .,.......... S61aR 81 /.
. NO 8 white Gear lots) SO % 36H
Winter seed , :, I. 40 % Is
RYE so q IS
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AIR LINE RAILWAY
Al, ANTlC COAST LIN Z

m ms LEA v n AlOINIyDAILY-BYRD.
t.A''HNNNii' -. "a STREET. STATION " n IN
5t5 EF EECrIYEl SUNDAY Jan ST Il RI q
q .o5 4. MA, g. i. Express to all polnt
& q ,on x a, = M--Petersburg and Norfolk. 393
,,yy,,gS I, H Petersburg and NJ. and w. West rs
i; 6S i, II. -petsrsp burr and and, Norfolk & Al
55,iiS a. Al -Potersburg Local AL Xxi ~
9;ss M"FlSraa an and sS Wss' IAd'an Lin
3, ,n SsIM n. Petersburg and n, and ". West.
VI ky < Ma ARRIVE R1CIIAlO Np--pAIlll,
a;c n; $50 AN 7;ia 40 .S;ss .A
n. 70 p NJ; Z 40 p, &. e:is p. ii,
!. ,rMIi.,isnl Sunday, 5.sSnnday only.
Z ENSVp'r III S. CAMPDEt.L,i DIV, Pass Agt
-, = CRAIG. Gen. Pass. AIT az
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est. sales OF futures were estimated a. ~
bhles. I'M Il. . IS. 4, {, ,.ro
S s Sa1.s 81 saaan SIS shH XIV
iIsc year. FOR $40 eek (estimated ~ 03g bales
against Inst ,yeek and s,.s1l last ysag;
. ssss p afss's gains, 81 isst 81.
n "a III futures opened ~ steady and closed
s'eaos' open HIGH. Low. Close q 2:
E ma9ss4 ; III; VII ss:
May s. !, 4 49, q
3 Mns 81 rs 81
August o. Z g g : az - III
September i 7.sa 7 1.ss 7si
n nsselaSsf ,S9 ~
$ s,ot cotton closel ulet. points, lowe e
rnidding uTlanis. MY p1
Aales, 200 bales ysf3J zsB
M NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 2s;-tsoI,isuSSiE :
Spot cotton quiet ana weak. but not aquoouAtpts
ElnWsr SALES. ,so5 bales. Including t3o 70 ar
rive ana so ouotations un6aan ils 9s7s
81 Mnal'ts o cared with closing
spending to disappointing a,.a i,'e
decline at New York On the I. uht ., ,a nv
ssc,ians m nr,ees readily recovered
had made UP all tho ioss en- = aG
shors sn !, Il, fnE,her
w Ibav',rsre & points higher than Saturdays
mali and 40 points above the opening. this ,
level prominent shorts entered the rimg nma
sanding 3priccs down ~ points lower tl i me
iighesi figures Of the session es.'na ::
receipts for tomorrow ut New t 1n
m Ike trading May opened ut IS. sold up H o 9
7ss declined ana !, ilnalls lRr9y pots
nhoye lie lowest OF tho day, the list showing
net losses Of glsda1 points. q. (. 3 ~ a.
Cotton futures quiet \, az
IN: june 4s I July. Z. ~ s ugst
60 Sc ptenber Octobe - .'s ss
75I Soyninbcr, 1.5iI 40; peecmper. 900 '0o'
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:aah auo.ations wero as io!lows: SLoEKE Il

Caan auotations Wfrg a. NJ,
.i.OsT1is; No rcd, sLiSis ri eo,ss.S corn
s4i,sc.: No.s|a ycllow. u. No. oa IS, &c.,;
No.Se white,- s2ss {. No. viii e. 81 No. "
rye, g. Good feeding barley.3 3sc. fair
10 choice mailing. 14sc.s no. u haxsred 81
Nc. mort hwestern. 81. ee,s Mess pork per
barrel. 81. G.al2 s5; lard. per 100 pounds s672Gp
Is. 70 short ribs sides (loose). ss.6eI6.75 short
clear sides (boxed). ss.75alSs7. Whlskey, basis
of high wines. $les. Glover. contract grade.
$las15$ Butter-Eirn |; screanertes. IA 3Sc. Z;
dafrles. l3 s4araoc. Cheese Firm at 1aals lsc
Eggs-Easier a t mark, cases included 90 lla7c.;
irsts. &c. !; prime frsts 29c:; extras. 3lcs.s
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BALTIMORE STOCK MARKET.
III BALTIMORE NJ .. gs Feb 20. Scaboari Air
3I.inc conlmcn, 17.spls1s; do. preferred. USE
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.CLYDE STE ANdSHIp.
!, COMP NY'S III

917.I ri ~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~ a VI <
CHM 81 Nj IA SuttIl4li LINZ
Freight received and delivered daily at g;
and O, Rwy, Co.'s 9Depot, Seventeenth and
AGENT, Va. Nay. Co.'s Wharf. Rockets, y
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] co s., !, y, I; Oil MA * 4;

NEW u DIRK + ebs e o0.--Cot tonseed oil hrme
with good trade. Prime crude. r. o. b.. mills
100. prime summer yellow, Gre7iac.; Off sum
mers yellow, nominal; prime white, Ge9c.
prime winter yellow, g II
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CHICAGO. ILL.,, Fob, cA1yTLE-.Ise,
cepts, $1,000 head. Market loc. lower, I, Good
sig5.Us stockers and feeders 81; 5odl4 a.; gan.
neTs, Sis5la,75; cows 81. Is bulls,
heifars, s2dd. 90; calves, ilogs,-R Re,
ceiptsl AZ, 900 head, Market steady, Mixed and
butchers. $a,70Qp4.a7,s; good Ito choice. heavy,
rough heavy q lgnl,
Rocalpts, e5 900 head, Market steady. Lambs
weaker Good to choice wethels, S. 6sa6, lo;fal y
TO choice; mixed, sa60Gi5 nat re an.hs SdfI
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m q p Richmond, Fredericks.
~. a01 H. burg - r otomac r. II.

=, -, : L. DufSs tSflNOLOl1nC H.S III ~
lII y Leave KicllnloIld- N OiJll ward. NJ
AZ a:5S -. N. Daily Byrd ST.. ThroueA. M
s:4S 4. A. I3 aIy-Main St. (. Through
- 4 II hDally e sxSfps NGSPaayB a
eonmo adW4fi s < Days--Elba Asiland Ao-
& 81 s'so s a. q, Through u -
3ls: :os, n1sod.n--Week ST Through.
s S:S s 5 AZ Md'--Raily--Mainf ST., Through,
e c. leE land AZ.
III n M'apa 3 r hEoush.
c C., M,mWfek Days--slr Ashland SAc<
1 h,,r Ms1.-NYeel Days-Bysd st. Fredericks>
IL i .as RourS modation. 5
la aa' e. ~ M;-Iysek yrd 81 Through.
5ls Bas. ST, b9hr Ss1ana
so Bbysa s. 4ssf ssSSsh
90 b P;l M1.D'a i Ma Through Az
91 y :10 E N Main ST. Through
Ley P;ij MI g :. rongh
MOTT Imam Sleeping or Parlor Cars on I
a. tioave 20 Trains except raj ma arriving RICH
;5o a.. week days nd local accom-
,a Time 6 4. arrivals and
s M r. RSEh Sss sgnR sn RTAzk M.s
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M No Ki5i.ito ok ! Weston 4 1

LEAVE RICHMo ND8 DAILY. y ~ 9$$
y 900 a.. NORFOLK LIMITED. h Arrives y
Norfolk II 30 "a. n. Stops only at Petersburs.%
sVayerlyS and Suffolk. S bS%
s8 0 05 Al. M.--CHICAGO8 EXPRESS XIII BUFFET
ParlorE Car Petersburg to- y Lynchpurs and \
Roanoke Pullman Sleepers Roanoke 10 EColum.Ss
bus, Blu eneld to- Cincinnati; also Roanoke 10 II
x knoxville, and Knoxv! lilo ]; to SAIemph ls.5 CAFE 4
Dining Car Roattokes to- illlamspn, wv.
willie, LynchbErg and Roanoke. &Ss
N 800 F. M 10 CIIAN lore LIN ITED.aA r-S
9rives Norfolk 100 T. NJ. Stops only at Peters
Sburg. Navery nnl g Suffolk. s Coniiec cts with
3steamers to Boston. Provldenco. N ew7 as ork.
Baltimore and washington.
- Fl Norfolk md all sta lions east
4 0 80 Ps NEW ORLEANS SHORT LIME
Pullman Sleepers r Richmond to- sLyncib burg ana
Roanoke, Petersburg to East Rad ford, Lyncli-
burg to- Cha ttanooga, Me lnphls and New US
leans. CAFE Dining Car. s1i
S:so; p, MIST. 10 us ExPREss.5 Pri imsus
Sleeper Petersburg to Roanoke and Roar okeS to-
Trains arrive from the wes - A,
u' otrics NO. SIS East Main Street
W. B. IEN LII, z e, II HOSItElY
Fff3 GEN. Pass Agt. Dist. Pays
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CATTLE MARKETS.
RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET
49, EIe,nlnsE a -lininnl Stock Va I1lS \ .tls


9 Richmond, Va. Feb 70, u 90. \
Fl Tile cattle market IL active and stronger and
&10aDI5c. higher on all grades except very COM
axe; common 10 fair. butcher steers. ~ ic;
good heifers, 4G4Ac.; extra, shade higher:
medium to good, 3N GI4ct common, light helfers.
3I3Hc.; Tat dry cows, good, 3is 3A c; common
TO fair, 21sGB &c; DID, rough and inferior COWS,
4 a4eNc. 8; veal calves. 6g7lsc.; fresh cows.
$o0dp45.. si sfsi Z; !5 25j}
d Light run or hogs. Very best selected hogs
sold from 54oYs 4c, fair kinds $40 NO.; ipughs,
541ilsc. * N 4 q 81 i,3E . S4 " Z
ma nd for all grades Good TO hest sheep, az %
&C.,; common to medium Ad5c.: top lambs.
TIC; fair to good, 6G6 lkc,; small, thin tall
Prospects soel on all kinds Of stock for
next market. +! Z n. Ii sBi H
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NEW YORK, FEB co. -B fil1N l2s--,Re ce!pts.
Ana mead, SteSrs loweri bulls and cove Arm
four cars hold OVER Native steers ~ 50dl5.el
bulls I SsaiSo; COWS. sI70aloO. calves-Re-
celpts SIS head. Market higher, Yenls, ssap
1000: barn yard alyes, TsHa, ~ no westerns Y
iio,: country dressed, 6dpllo sheen and
Lambs Receipts soy bead, Market 4, very .,s;
s7 lambs, $500 $50 culls, 90. Hogs
Receipts. ! 1889 head. Market steady state
and Pennsylvania hogs $3.50 %,
Union STOCK ~ RDS, Pl'IT'SIa y re-. Pas,
Feb. 90 ATTI.Il-l Receipts fair; market SLOW
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! RICHMOND D, STOCK MARKET.

Rirhn,ond. Va, Feb 20. 1906 ;t s
i5t SALES. ;5S
"a Broad Street Bark-a5 a q. 58l Vi S s
Virginia Centurissfg at ri. =
" Virginia ga rolInaS Chemical Co. prcferred-6
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
PILLOWS OF WHISKY.
Ingenious Tricks Resorted to for Eva
sion Of the Law.

A good many stories are told of the inge-
MUS tricks resorted to by moonshiners in
disposing of Illicit whisky. Perhaps the
most common is one used by the natives
1t is to leave a jug and a half dollar on
some particular stump or log. The next
move is to go away for a short time, and
on returning the half dollar will be gone,
but the jug will be covered dnsidel with
mountain dew"
Mr. Burton Holmes, the celebrated trav-
e!er, tells the following experience he had
once In the mountains of Tennessee:
Il had Joined a camping party near the
small town of Jellico which Is on the
state line between Tennessee and Ken
lucky. Some one in the party suggested a
a trip up the mountains TO get pine needles
or balsam pillows from the mountaineers
who sell them to the few tourists that reach
this wild region of the Blue Ridge. 1t was
after several hours of hard climbing that,
a full half mile off the trail, we saw. our
first cabin. We all went over and after
several wheops and calls our efforts were
rewarded by a woman coming to the door.
We asked If she had any pine pillows for
sale, and instead of answering. she slowly
and with great care, looked us over. L
could see that her inspection more or less
satisfied her, but she said she didn't know
she would have to see:' and, turning, she
went back into the house.
almost Immediately we could hear a
hurried conversation that was being car
ried on in very low tones. and in a surpriS-
ingly short time a man appeared and asked
what kind of pillows We were looking for
mems or women'sT Not a little surprised
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
CHAPTER XVII.
The Profits of a Fraud.

There is one mistake which a dishonest
man Is curiously prone to make in his deal
ings with other men. He Is not conscious
of the possession of scruples himself, and
consequently he regards the exhibition OF
them in other people as either clap-trap or
weakness. He does not of course, adver-
tise this conviction; on the contrary, he may
be heard, more than occasionally. to prate
or his honor or of his conscience, or de-
precatingly of his inconyenient fastidious-
ness, according to his judgment OF which of
these fanciful virtues is likely most to inn
press his nearer. But all this Is only his
homage to appearances, mere jargon OF
make-believe which he uses because 1t Is
profitable. He knows quite well that In his
own case, honor, conscience. fastidiousness
are all for sale, il a suitable price Is offered.
He has pous half-belief that few mis-
guided saints exist who do not sell these
things; but he has never met one of them.
He never even expects to meet one of them
and, therefore when by any chance he does,
he Is apt to be disastrously out in his reck-
oning.
Harvey Wiseman honestly believed that
Eustace had merely been holding out for
a higher price, that he had, in fact, re-
fused the first offer with scorn. because he
expected to be able 10 force bigger one.
Charaoteristicaliy. perhaps the distfller was
inclined to respect this In his adversary as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

fire. II the recorod Of February last Is
kept up and we have no guarantees that II
will not be, the. destruction OF property
equals half as much again as We build!
New York averages 67O0 fires a year;
Chicago, 4.10U. We burn up three theaters.
three public halls twelve churches. ten
schools, two hospitals. two asylums. two
colleges. six apartment houses. three de-
partment stores. two jails. twenty-six ho-
tells. no ffathouses and nearly 1900 homes
every week Of the year.
I'VE may say that every person who lives
or has business in buildings Is more or less
such broad terms. it is estimated that 3d.
600 lives are daily endangered: that is there
are that many people who are directly ex-
posed to fire. people who escape from burn
ing buildings. etc.-lives that are In I'M
minent peril. The Russo-Japanese war.
where the losses are appalling. shows no
such average Of lives directly exposed to
destruction.
what has been done to prevent all this
terrific loss? The two things to do are to
build all new buildings nearly rreproor
as 1t Is possible for science to make them.
and the other Is to safeguard the old build
tngs that they will be little of an ele
ment of danger as possible. Very much
could be done in the latter direction, much
more and at far less expense than the mere
providing of water and beautifully equipped
fire departments. AS far as regards the
construction of new buildings, little. dis
couragingly little, has been done. In all
this country there are but 5000 buildings
that may rightfully lay any claim to the
term fireproof. Most of them are fireproof
only as regards their structure; everything
else than the steel frame and fireproof tile
floors and partitions may be destroyed in
most of them. And or these there are LOW
in Greater New York. 29S in Chicago, 285 in
Boston, 1866 in Philadelphia, and so on down
the line with cities as important as Detroit
having but eight.
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you hear me tell you to go?"
The man went. There was a moments
silence. Then Harvey dropped into a chair
and went off into chuckles of uncomfortable
merrtmeut.
It's Ike a scene from one of the old
Plays he exclaimed, delightedly. Don't
YOU think | should have been an actor?
I've made that worm think that mean 1t
all! oh. it's Harvey Wiseman that's the
fine actor wasted! Did you ever hear of
Satan reproying sn?''
Fustace was interested and amused
Don't you mean Ii all?' he asked
Lord, no! OF course, he would betray
me II he thought | was losing and that
he could get out with thousand. / never
expected anything else If he had had
any quickness he might have retorted
that | once sent a certain letter to the
admiralty"
This time Eustace was genuinely sur
prised. The dtstiller was, palliating the
gauger's treachery by comparing 1t with
his own! Had the man no shame at all?
Not but what that was slap at an
enemy. Wiseman went on, while his
was a stab in the back of a partner.
There is a difference. of course"
But only of degree. eh?' said Eustace
drily. II agree with you, naturally; but 1
am surprised at your-shall We say?-can-
dor?"
"Oh," said Wiseman. I'm not "a saint
nor is Black; nor are you'll We've all got
knives 10 grind. I'm waiting to hear what
yours Isl
Eustace gave him keen look. He was
beginning 10 understand,
Then he asked, the object OF your-er
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
NEWS AND GOSSIP :.
IN REAL ESTATE

The extension of 14th street northwest is
progressing rapidly, and as II goes on the
eyes of reaf estate men are turned more
and more often to the pretty country
through which tse new street is TO pass.
Practically the wcoIe two miles from Ly-
decker avenue northward is graded, and
this portion of tie work will be entirely
completed at the end of the fall working
season If the work goes on without inter
ruption.
6 r. MulIIn and G. Mcdonald contract
ors for the north and south end of the
work, respectively, are working toward each
other, and about the only part of the
line of the projected street that they have
not touched is that a the old Osborn farm,
about one mile TO the north of the present
end Of the street.
this season. 1t Is contemplated TO DO
this next spring. The street will be one of
the finest of the macadamized class in the
District of Columli ia. 1t Will have width
of 10 feet between building lines. The
present line of asphalt extends to Whit
Hey avenue, and from there to Lydecker
avenue. a distance of one square, the mac
adam is now found. The remainder will be
finished in manner similar tC this block.
The extension of the street Is changing
The face o. he land as ii proceeds. A num-
Der Of dwellings that have stood for many
years. notably the Osborn house, which is
said to be 80 years old, have had to be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17

That included the Baltimore fire, but, then,
that total was only s15,OO0,OOO more than
the 1903 loss. This year bids fair to equal
II not exceed, that figure. The avera ge
daily loss for the year 1904 was $3.50 COO
We went to much trouble and expense dur
ing the month of February of this year to
gather accurate statistics as to all the fires
occurring. even in the most remote dis
tricts. believing that the insurance reports
and fire-department records so far depend
ed upon were far from absolutely COM
plete. Ten days were selected at random
for the test and during those ten days in
February there were 1,315 fires totaling a
loss of S14, SOJ.SO0. or one and -one-h half
million dollars a day. (The record for Feb
ruary, 1904, the time of the Baltimore fire.
averaged S1,251 eco per day. On one day
during that period of ten days, February
p, 19o5 there were 165 fires, doing a dam
age of 81 015,1G0.
AT a most liberal estimate we erect
about 81 100000 worth of buildings a day
the country over Note how that figure
compares with our fire losses. Great as
is the building boom everywhere, we are
scarce replacing the property destroyed by,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-17
Primitive Breech-
Loading Cannon

sss-5sSS
- course, the Chinese had breech-
loading guns before any one else.
They always have something before
any one else, and then forget about
it till they are reminded by a modern in
vention They are using wheelbarrows to-
day instead of automobiles. but the chances
are that they will dig around in the rec
erds Of the Ming dynasty pretty soon and
prove that Confucius rode around in a
four-cylinGered car while the residents of
Paris were still wearing breech clouts. How
ever that is beside the mark.
There were breech-loading cannon used
IN the conquest of Mexico by Cortez, and
the proof of the fact is in the museum at
the navy yard where there is one of these
strange old guns which was captured by
our troops when they took the -, City Of
Mexico
The gun is not quite four feet long, and
has three-nch bore. 1t is made OF bronze
and has the arms of Spain cast between
the trunnions, rather where the trun-
Mons ought to be, for the gun has none
but is mounted by spike in the bottom
stuck into a wooden support. The interest
ing feature of the old weapon is the
breech-loading mechanism About one
third of the circumference of the breech is
cut away, and the opening thus left is
fitted with breech block with handle on
top exactly like a fiat iron. The breech
block is hollow and contains the charge of
| powder. When it is slipped into the breech
| the nose of the hollow block fits snug up
against shoulder in the bore of the gun
and the whole is held In place by heaYy
metal key.
| 1t is a crude but ingenious affair. The
| charge must have been half a pound or a
pound of powder, and the gun ought to have
| been good for high angle fire of about 200
yards. Probably the smoke and flame of the
piece scared the Indians worse than the
| proectiles hurt them. And If that was the
| case, it was avery humane sort of weapon.
x x
The gun was cast in Spain in 1890, and
| may have been used In some of the last
| fights against the Moors before it was
shipped to the new world. There is a
somewhat similar breech loader even older
than the one at the navy yard in the mu-
scum at Fort Monroe. and there Is another
of Chinese make, rather Korean, in the
Naval Academy at Annapolis.
The guns all work about on the same
principle OF course, If there were num-
Der of extra breech blocks they could be
loaded in advance and fired quite rapidly
that is to say, rapidly for the age in Which
the gun was used. 1t should be mentioned
that the charge was fired by match ap-
piled to the touch-hole in the breech plug.
| There probably was an awful flare back of
smoke and gas from the breech unless
was used it was of some perishabe ma
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Col. Britton's Work.

teriaI. for there is no trace of it about the
gun now.
These are not the only breech-loaders on
record either, in the early days. The BrG-
ish Museum has breech-loadlng gun mace
about 1000 that has a screw breech block.
The man who made 1t did not use an in
terrupted thread, but otherwise it Is not
very unlike the blocks used on guns now.
There is another gun dating back to the
sixteenth century that has breech mechan-
ism almost identical in principle with the
drop block of the Hotchlliss today.
But perhaps the most. remarkable of all
Is the fact that there was a rapld-1re gun
Invented as early as 1917. 1t was never de-
yeloped or generally used, but worked with
a breech attachment not unlike the cham
Der of an old cap-and- ball revolver. Any
number of chambers could be used and
kept loaded as the gun was being fired
There was crank arrangement for turn
ing the cylinder and firing the charges very
much like the modern Calling.
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