Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-11-09

you finally get sour. and II the string
IL cut, Il is all over rs soon as the
yeast is exhausted. You talk about
the expense OF target practice. Why,
nowadays n navy, to be any good. has
to be able to hit a fly with l6-inch
shell, on the turret OF battloship
seven miles away. with heavy sea
on, and the only way Is to keep shoot
ing. and then when war comes the
enemy will keep of the grass. See?
"You would like to have our navy
like the Russians. tied up to save ex-
pense, the sailors ashore, drunk, and
the gunners 80 full of vodka that they
are cross-eyed. and when the whistle
blows, and they come aboard to get
acquainted with the ship, they be-
come seasick, and can't hit q single
cruiser, but have to walt till the en-
envy gets into fiocks. like a boy shoot
ing ducks. Look at those little japs
Their eyes are put In slanting, and
you would think they would shoot
around q corner. but when hey get
braced behind a gun. and take aim,
and pull the dingus. the rolling mill
that they fire at the enemy hits 1t In
the solar plexus, and anybody that Is
alive when the explosion comes jumps
overheard and browns. So we want
to be ready for any enemy that comes
along, cause you don't know what mo-
ment some nation is going to mix"
But what's the use Of keeping
shooting at q mark all the time, ly the
army fellers?" said the old man, with
q tired look. Now, when the rebel
lion broke out, we didn't know how
to shoot. but we got there. just the
same"
Eyes, in about five years you got
so you could hit a confederate regi-
ment, II II stood still, but you couldn't
hit anybody on the wing" said the
bad boy. They issued guns to you,
and you looked them over as though
they were to be cut up into teaks,
and fried, and when you were sold now
to shoot. and fired into the air.
the old gun kicked you over. and
kicked you after you were down. and
broke rib, and dislocated q shoulder.
When you got out of the hospital you
wanted to be detailed as company
cook. or nurse in the hospital, and they
could never get you near a gun again
for years, and when you did shoot
again at the enemy, you pulled the
trigger with your eyes shut. and run
away from the recoil, and never hit
rebel, and 1t took eight carloads OF
lead to kill one man. Now 1t 8 diff
ferent, and the little guns the army
uses don't kick, and they shoot a little
bullet three miles, and when the lul-
let hits a man he is paralyzed until
the battle is over, and you cave got
to pick out spot on a man, and hit
1t, or be fined by the sergeant. That
is what 1t means to be up to date with
an army or a navy. You got to hit
the bull's-eye, and not the surround
ing country. The time for hunting
elephants with bird shot has passed,
and you got to blow 'em up with dy-
Mantle, see?
1.-THE boy who can hit fly on the
wall with bean shooter is the COM
ing soldier, and you old jays that sit
around and kick about expense Of
teaching our army and navy to hit
things they cannot see without tele-
scope ought to be sent to an asylum
for incurables."
Nov that you and your dad have
travelled all over Europe, and kept
your eyes and ears open, what do you
think is the best place for a man to
60 who is tired of his own country.
and wants to settle down somewhere
and enjoy peace, and quiet, for the
balance of his life, without work, and
no feeling that he is liable to wake
up some morning and find that lie Is
in the midst of a war. What coun-
try would you advise an elderly man
to 60 to, who wants to get away from
trouble, and just enjoy every day Of