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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

the point B. The shell, when 1t starts
makes an angle with the horizonta,
plane, and then curves gradually away
downward from the line of fire. II
may easily be understood that the re
lation between these elements may be
embodied in a mechanical device. and
Deport's apparatus, which has long
been known, enables the aiming to be
done automatically.
|. This Is in essence a telescope whose
mounting is adjusted to the gun itself
The relative movements of the diff.
ferent parts are so calculated that II
the telescope Is pointed at B, the gun
takes the direction Az. After it has
been fired, the gun r~ecoils; 1t takes
always three to four minutes to aim
it again and fire a second time.
For a long time experts have been
studying the adaptation of the brake
to cannon Of large caliber.' These
brakes. which are generally hydro
pneumatic, absorb the energy of re-
coil and prevent great movement; the
gun, fastened to the piston of the
brake, runs into a receptacle connected
with the carriage. Is
FINALLY we must bring our efforts
to bear on the operation Of loading. A
shell for a gun Of $40 millimeters
(about 10 inches) weighs $50 to 200
Kilograms 1880 to 4O pounds) or
more, and is difficult to handle. In
recent armor-clads, electric elevators
and leaders have been Installed, and
these perform all the necessary opera
lions, being veritable maryels Of mech.
anism.
"Without going farther, we may say
that at Havre a gun of "a centimeters
Go inches) has been fired three
times a minute, instead of once every
three or four minutes-a remarkable
result.
"Thus we may fire in one minuts
three shells at a vessel in sight, and
this Is all that we ought to expect,
for 1t is incredible that the same gun
should keep on at this rate, sending
Is shells in five minutes. etc. The
use of great guns is accompanied with
numerous delays, due to the necessity
Of cleaning, cooling, etc.
"Rapidity of fire has e been de.
layed, in certain marine guns, by an
extremely curious fact. Tie breech.
block of these pieces is so we'll made
and so closely adjusted that 1t refuses,
1t would appear, to close when en-
crusted with the residue OF the powder
so that it must be completely washel
out at every discharge. Thus we have
learned by experience that the adj
iustments at the breech of a good rapid.
fire gun must be left very loose. to the
great scandal Of good workren at our
factories.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

house, with walls of brick, and the
cellar has a cemented floor and is pro-
vided with coal bins, storeroom, etc.
The frame is of hemlock aud spruce
timber, balloon style. The exterio.
walls are sheathed and covered with
two-ply paper and cypress beveled sid
ing. The main roof is covered with
heavy cypress shingles dipped in
Single stains.
The piazza columns are of turnni
whitewood painted. The windows ex
cept those of the cellar and attic, have
outside blinds of clear white pine, With
rolling Stats, and are hung with
wrought iron angle blind hinges. The
exterior is painted with two good eoa's
of white lead and linseed oil paints
any desired colors. The fancy glass
shown is loaded.
The floors are laid with clear, mar
row North Carolina pine boards. blind
nailed. The interior walls are lathed
and plastered with hard patent plas-
ter, sand finished. The principal
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

shortening this time have been adopt.
ed, SO that a gun of medium size may
now be fired once a minute or %oftener,
and these devices are now being ap-
piled to guns Of the largest size, such
as are used in coast Notifications.
The following paragraphs have been
translated by the Literary Digest, from
an article on the subject in La Nature.
Says the writer.
The importance OF rapidity Of fire,
which has not been far extended in
the case Of large calibers, is especially
great at sea, where we must concen-
trate the greatest possible weight of
metal, In a few minutes, on a vessel
that Is passing at a good rate Of
speed. The difficulties are Of various
kinds: The slowness of aiming the
gun. the recoil, and the weight Of the
projectile, which retards loading.
IL Is known, in fact, that a piece
pointed at q sends its ~projectlle to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

,~Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Formerly Ed
itor Of "Peck's sun" Author Of
"Pcck's Bad Boy" Etc.l
Copyright. 1905, by Joseph Il, Bow!es)
Say, old geeZer," said the Bad Boy
to his uncle as he settled himself on
on4 OF the groceryman's cracker boxes.
Il never wrote you about our trip
across, did l.. Well, | tried a dozen
times to write, but the sea was so
rough that part of the time the table
was on top of me and part of the time
was>on top, and | was so sick | seemed
to have lost my mind, over the rail
with the other things supposed to be
inside of me.
"Oh, old man, you think you know
what seaslckness is, cause you told me
once about crossing Lake Michigan on
a peach boat. but lake sickness is easy
compared with the ocean malady. |
could enjoy common seasickness and
think 1t was a picnic, but this salt
water sickness takes the cake. | was
sorry for dad, because he holds more
than | do, and he is so slow about Civ
ing up meals that he has paid for, that
it takes him longer to with
nature, and he groans SO, and swears
some. | don't see how a person can
swear when he is seasick on the ocean,
with no sure thing that he will ever
see land again, and a good prospect of
going to the bottom, where you got to
die in the arms of a devil fish, with a
shark biting pieces out of your tender
loin and a smoked halibut waiting
around for his share of your corpse,
and whales blowing syphons of water
and kicking because they are so big
that they can't get at you to chew
cuds Of human gum, and porpoises
combing your damp hair with their
fine tooth comb fins, and sword fish
and sawtooth piscatorial carpenters
saving off steaks.
Gee, but it made me crawl. | once
saw a dead dog in the river, with bull
heads and dog-fish ripping him up the
back, and | kept thinking | had rather
be that dog, in a nice river at home.
with bullheads that | knew chewing
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20
WHY Men Die Fast.

Col. Bent Murdoch, who Is a gooi
Liver himself, hasn't any sympathy with
the high liver who goes to rack. So
called big men-statesrnen, warriors,
professional and business men-go all
10 pieces in an hour" says he And the
.yhy and the wherefore? They know.
We know. Everybody knows, and yet
nobody cares. The world says, let them
die, there are plenty left. The man who
stuffs like a pig, drinks like a fish and
loafs like a hobo will collapse. The man
who lives fast dies fast. No getting over
that proposition. While the one VINO
lives nationally, sanely, lives long and
dies slowly and peacefully. Too many
people are burning the candle at both
ends. But then WHY preach, why prate,
why refer to It? They are not missed
and there would be no place for them
should they come back.-Kansas City
Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20
Adaptability of the Japs.

When Lord Elgin visited Japan and
insisted on making the shotgun a present
of a yacht and also insisted on arrang-
ing a treaty with him on behalf Of Eng
land, he noted the extraordinary thirst
for knowledge and ~qulckne5s in learn
ing which distinguish the japanese.
Withfn a week a raw Japanese crew had
learned how 10 manage the shognn'a
new yacht. The Japanese commission
qrs even took pains to Initiate the
cheers which their guests gave after din
ner when the queens health IVES drunk,
as O as they understood that when
you in the west wish TO honor a pefaon
especially, you roar ard shout after yous
meals"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

come out the same way 1t went In. Dad
found a widow woman who looked
back at him kind of sassy, when he
braced up to her, and when the ship
rolled and side-stepped, he took hold
Of her arm to steady her. and she said
maybe they better sit down on deck
and talk it over, so dad found a couple
of steamer chairs that were not In use,
and they sat down near together, and
dad look hold Of her hand to see If
she Was nervous. and he told me !
could go and play mumbletypeg In the
cabin, and | went In the cabin and
looked out Of the window at dad and
the widow. Say. you wouldg't think
two chairs could get so close. and dad
was cure love sick, and 20 was she.
The difference between love slck and
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

F+' N4N'fFA AMIN
and 20 show you that the estimation in
which l. am held by our people, is
worth millions to you, and you can
point with pride to your father
Il said rats and dad said he
wouldn't wonder If the boat was full
of rats, and then we stood on deck,
and watched the objects of interest
down the bay. AS we passed the
statue of Liberty, which France gave
to The republic, on Bedloe's island, dad
started to make a speech to the pas
sengers, but one Of the officers of the
boat told dad this was no democratic
caucus, and that clicked him off, but
he vas loaded for a speech, and | knew
it was only a matter of time when he
would have to fire It off, but | thought
when we got outside the bar, into the
ocean, his speech would come up with
the rest Of the stuff, and | guess 1t
did. for after he began to be sick he
had to keep his mouth shut, which was
a great relief to me, for | felt that he
would say something that would get
this country into trouble with other
nations, as there were lots of foreign
ers on board.
II heard that ]. P%ierpont Morgan
was on board, and | told everybody |
got in conversation with that dad was
P%ierpont Morgan, and when people be-
gan to call him Mr.. Morgan, | told dad
the passengers thought he was Nor
gan, the great fnancier, and it tlckled
dad, and he never denied 1t, Anyway,
the captain put dad and | at his own
table, and he called me Little Pierp,"
and everybody discussed great finan-
cial questions with dad, and everything
would have been lovely the whole trip,
only Morgan came amongst us after
he had been seasick for three days,
and they gave him a seat opposite us,
and with two Morgans at the same ta-
BILE it was a good deal like two Uncle
Toms in an Uncle Toms Cabin show,
so dad had to stay in his stateroom on
account of sickness, a good deal.
Then dad got to walking on deck
and flirting with the female passen.
gers. Say, did you ever see an old man
who was stuck on hisself, and thought
that every woman who looked at him,
from curiosity, or because he had a
wart on his neck. agd watch him get
busy making EN- believe he Is a young
and kitteny thing, who is irresistible?
Gee, but it makes me tired. No man
can mash, and make eyes, and have a
love scene, when he has to go to the
rail every few minutes and hump his
self with something in him that Is
knocking at the door of his palate, to
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20
Wonderful Boy.

give got a kid at home who is a
wonder" said the proud father to his
bachelor friend. The bachelor turned
in disgust, and was walking away
when the proud father overlook him.
Il was reading to my wife about
Witzhof, when the kid spoke up. Say,
pa he said, when a man has two wives
is 1t a case Of bigamy?
eyes ! told him.
"'Well, say, pa, when a man bias
one wife, is 1t a case Of monotony?'"-
N. Y. Sun.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20
GREAT RAPID-FlRE GUNS.
Efforts Which Are Being Made to In
crease the Efficiency of the Big
Coast Defense Guns.

The "rapid-fre' guns are often con-
fused by the layman with machine
guns" which pump out a stream of
bullets rs fast as they can be fed
into the weapon. The fire of a rapid
fire. gun is only relatively rapid"
The term is applied to guns of con
siderable caliber, which can normal.
ly be discharged only at intervals Of
several mi2utes, owing to the neces-
sary work of aiming, loading, cleaning
and co oling. Various devices for
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

roon1s and halls have nodded plastat
cornices and centerpieces. The ba h
room and kitchen walls are laid off In
neat tiles on plaster, with three coats
of paint and two of enamel. The din
ing-room is wainscoted with panele |
w~ainscoting four feet six inches high.
The interior woodwork is of cypress
thoroughly kiln dried. The stairs arc
of quartered oak, with turned oar
newels, rails and balusters. The into.
rior woodwork is filled, rubbed, var
nished. rubbed and vanished again
The rooms are fitted with fancy papeg
borders.
The kitchen contains an up-to-date
range. with gas attachments, etc. The
sink and tubs are of porcelain with
open plumbing. The bathroom has 4
porcelain roll rim bathtub, a porce-
lain syphon jet and a water closet
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20
SLIGHT Pretext.

A goyerness in Germany named
Kathe Schmidt wrote her rame IN a
visitors book Of a hotel just below the
81 SIGNATURES Of the king of Saxony and
+tvo prineesses. She Is being prosecuted
&c lese majesty.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

with attached seat and oak tank. Tn.
hardware is all of real dark bronze,
with light cherry knobs, roses ami
escutCheons.
Tic house is piped and wired
throughout for gas and electric lights
and contains combination fixtures
This makes a convenient and at
tractive home for either city OF
country.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20
The Limit.

There's nothing that makes A
would-be society woman madder than
to find her name left out Of the re-
port Of some swell function she at.
tended"
UNLESS it's y find besides that her
rivals naine is in"-Philadelphia
Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

Copyright, 1903. by Dennis & Gastmeyer.
Architects, 2so Broadway, New York;
Tine dwelling shown in the accom-
panying illustration is designed to cost
$500. 1t has every modern improve.
ment, including a steam heating sy5-
ten. There is a cellar under the entire
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

The BAD Boy Tells the Groceryman
About Their Trip Across-They
Are sea-sick-Dad Meets q widow
and Loses His Hear and Pocket
BooS-He Appropriates a Steamer
Chair and Quarrels with the Owner
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20

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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-20
BY HON. GEORGE w. pEcK.

- 0'WN' "EFV1FWt W I|NF
,Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Formerly Ed.
itor Of "Peck's sun" Author Of
"Pcck's Bad Boy" Etc.l
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02

One of the most unique n inter
esting features of the Japanese plan
of campaign is the Importance of the
tasks assigned to the doctors. Maj.
Louis Livingstone Seamon of the Unit
&c States army says in his recently
published book: 1.-THE medical officer
is omnipresent. You will find him in
countless places where in an Amert-
can or British army he has no place.
He is as much at the front as in the
e He is with the screen of the
scouts with his microscope and chemi-
Gals, testing and labelling wells so that
the army to follow shall drink no con
taminated water. When the scouts
reach a town he Immediately insti-
tutes a thorough examination of it's
sanitary condition and if contagion or
infection is found he guarantees and
places a guard around the dangerous
district. Notices are posted so that
the approaching column is warned
and no soldiers are billeted where
danger exists. Microscopic blood tests
are made in all fever cases and bac-
THEOLOGICAL experts, fully equipped,
form part of the staff of every di-
visional headquarters.
"The medical officer also accompa-
MES foraging parties and, with the
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02

Though the days of the long tricks
over trackless wastes of South Africa
are past, life in this country still has
little diversities peculiar to ITSELF"
writes a correspondent. For in
stance, a farmer named Long was re-
Gently troubled by q leopard that had
been destroying his cattle. The ma.
tives surrounded it one day in the
long grass and sent for the white man
TO kill it. While searching for the
brute in the tangle of vegetation Mr..
Long came across him sooner than
he expected and the leopard got the
jump on him. There was a fierce
struggle and the white man was a good
deal torn up. One of his negroes got
in a lucky shot and killed the leopard
just before the latter got at the mans
throat.
"Odd things happen in the mines,
too, once in a while. A miner named
Wonacott recently passed through a
most exciting experience at Dutoit-
span. He had charged four boreholes
with dynamite in the usual way and
then endeavored to signal to the en-
~gine-driver, but failed to establish
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
Disturbances ii, Poland.

Warsaw, POland.-Great anxiety was
caused III all circles. by the situation
here. The assistant to the Governor
General. who was interviewed. frankly
admitted that the Government was at
q loss to know what to do.
Employees OF the WarSaw-MIava sec
ton of the Nistula Railway have
struck. cutting off the last direct line
Of communication with Germany. Only
very circuitouS routes were left OMEN.
The strikers are resorting to violence.
They have destroyed the great switch
board station outside The city and cut
a number Of telegraph wires.
Alarming reports were current con-
corning the intentions and nlans of the
revolutionary party. The strike agita-
ton is spreading in every direction.
and bank clerks. journalists. office SER
wants, printers, preSSmen, drivers, sta
tionary engineers and mechanics in
general are all threatening to strike.
The Vienna Railway was completely
ut n standstill and there appeared to
be no hope of a speedy settlement of
the difficulty. The directors had a long
session, but were unable to find q So
luton.
Western Poland was completely cut
off from communication with Middle
and Western Europe, except by tele-
graph. Nc mails are arriving or de-
parting, the authorities apparently
preferring to hold the mails rather than
send them by circuitOus routes. Com
mercial interests and private indiyid-
ualS are much incOHvenienced.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
Oddities Of South Africa

communication. He concluded, how.
ever, that everything was all right
and he lit the charges, expecting tc
be hauled up in the bucket. His sec
ond signal not being answered, he be
gan to climb the rope in a hurry tc
get away from the dynamite. He was
too slow and the conclusion of the
discharge knocked him off. He fell
into the bucket, where he remained
until all the charges had exploded. He
was only slightly hurt.
And there was a curious incident
near Harding recently. A native was
riding along a pathway at sunrise
when he saw the head and arms Of q
man sticking out of the ground, the
arms waving wildly in signal of dis
tress. The fellow was imprisoned in
an ant-bear hole and wah half dead
When he was resuscitated he told how
he had been coming back on foot from
johannesburg with some friends when
he was taken i'll. His friends thought
he was going to die and stuck him in
the ant-bear hole and deserted him
When he recovered he prosecuted his
friends and they went to prison"
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
When the Worm Turned

Hers was the modern mania for "beauti-
flying things;
She went in strong
For the Chinese gong,
And statues without wings;
Her walls were hung with draperies of
curious design,
And her pictures rare,
Arranged with care,
On no particular line;
And all her friends who saw the place,
Declared that it was "Fine!"
Her husband was a business man, on
Just plain comfort" bent;
He furnished the mum"
And let her run
The place., without dissent;
Great stacks of beaten brass she
bought, and sticks of scented punk;
In his secret soul
Each brazen bow
He classified as unk
Although he never told her 50.
He didn't have the spunk!
And then the Sanitation craze pos
sessed her for a while;
She routed germs
In medical terms
That My made him smile;
She ''sterilized" the whole darn place
and everything they ate,
Such rules observed
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
Thorough Work Of Japs

commissariat officers, samples the va
rious foods, fruits and vegetables sold
by the natives along the line of march,
long before the arrival of the army. If
the food is tainted or the fruit is over
ripe or the water requires boiling,
notice is posted to that effect, and
such is the respect and discipline OF
every soldier, from the commanding
officer to the file in the ranks, that
obedience to it's orders is absolute.
The medical officer is also found in
camp lecturing the man on sanitation
and the hundred and n details OF
personal hygiene-how to cook and
to eat and when not to drink or to
bathe-even to the pairing and cleans
ing of the finger nails to prevent dan.
ger from bacteria.
Long before the outbreak of hos
tilities he was with the advance
agents of the army, testing provisions
that were being collected for the
troops that were to follow. AS a con.
sequence of these precautions he is
not found treating thousands of cases
of intestinal diseases and other con.
tagion and fevers that follow improper
subsistence and neglected sanitation
diseases that have brought many
campaigns to disastrous termina.
fiOnco
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
FOUL PLAY
Coachman Of Wealthy Recluse Who
Perishes in House Missing.

C0achman OF wealthy RecluSe VINO
Perishes in House Missing.
Montclair. \. J.-Mrs. Hannah B.
Ross, an old and wealthy rec.use, lost
her life in the burning of her house,
No. 149 High street, Montclair, ear
the West Orange line, early a few
mornings ago. Her coachman, whose
name is unknown, is also supposed to
have persisted in the flames, but until
this fact can be established the death
of Mrs. Ross is surrounded by mystery
that points to foul play. The fire in
Mrs. Ross house spread to three adj
joining dwellings. One was vacant,
but the other two were occupied by
James H. Peck and Edward MyerSon,
who, with their families, had barely
time to gather 4 few personal effects
and save themselves. The firemen
We're helpless because of a lack of
water pressure due to a break in the
main.
Mrs. Ross was the widow of Theo-
dOre A. Ross, Secretary of the Grand
Lodge of Odd Fellows, and came from
Baltimore to Montclair two years ago
and purchased the house where she
met her death. She was fond of ami
mails and devoted one room to the care
of birds, parrots and other pets. AL
though Seventy-seyen years of age and
lame. as the result of partial paralysis,
she lived alone with one or two SER
wants.
The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1905-03-02
Too Large For Railroads.

Savannah, Ga, Special.-The eques-
trian statue of General Nathan Bed
ford Forrest, the great Confederate
cavalry leader, has not arrived at
Memphis as enormously stated, but IS
in the railway yards, having arrived
last week by steamer from New York.
whence it was received from Paris,
where it was cast. The statue was
not sent by rail from New York. It
is more than thirteen feet high in its
crate and the railroads would not re-
ceive it, being unable to transport 1t
through tunnels. 1t is said that the
road that received it here may hnd
it impossible to get it under bridges