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The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

word said
Now, until you again that command :Sence!"
you will hear only two words:
Commence firing"
Rumbng from below. With grating crash the au
tomato drops in the ammunitionhost and the
shelcar climbs its grinding. steady to the top Sud
denly realize that the machine is working OF its
accord. You movement on the part of any
set 1t going. Except for that umpire who, like
the fookiller will doubtless time
get really business there the turret contains but
officer midshipman and he is with the other gun;
all here are enlisted The officers aloft spot
ranges with intricate instruments and delicate adjust
About the itself the men and the machinery
automatically, drilled to precision Their last
ito it easy" consequently they
work like buttons in shirt.
The plugInan pulls open the breech; the hoistman
car; loader completes the passage
open breech with ring of pounded brass; the boy
ripper jerks down his lever and the huge SHE'LL nearly
half a ton weight. drops its all final resting
place. The rammer holds down his long release
cable gripmar throws back his lever. and the smooth
forces the shell up till its soft copper rim
takes" the rifing of the gun (When shell is
properly placed" in this wayf its collar does not
"take"-it will surely be miss And II the powder-bags
placed wrong end to there is grave danger of
hang-fire, and hangire is than mss-fre-
almost bad s a hareback-and a bareback. every
knows is what, probably did up the Georgias
ret One Of these shells is about the size Of three
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19
THfRf is eS0nT7Hly6 UNSPfAKA6LY SUBLIME m THE
FULL L-GPOtyV CPY or a GPfAT GUN

ing quick flush of woman's race ihe
snap Of "Silence," cuts like whip.
AS though paralyzed. the action of the turret dies
The loader pauses inserting the brass con-
nectngtray the hand of the rippe falls from Its lever
sghtseter slips from his headdress. the hoistman
up front of the umpire; the open breech Oh
gun thnnest cirrus froth like the hrst
wreath of smoke a choice Pinar del Rio
The umpire points sterny below. 1t is he who mas
called The hoIstman and the leaders climb down the
hose pick up lghtbrown chunks that look
like broken sticks of horehound candy. pierced WIN
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19
sealed tube has been substi.

will it be until sealed tube has been substf
tuted.
The umpire is only too well aware of this danger as
he critically every the The utter
silence still prevails. The has been once fired and
is being loaded the second time; the first minute
has not passed, and still not word.
The second shot is fred Again the easy unbeiev-
able recoil Less than anywhere in the ship do feel
II here the trunnion of the 'Tis always In
storm-centers is the calm; in the OF the acorn
dwes the As Disrae said. the only Joy in being
prime minister lies in the certainty of your knowledge
that nothing is happening the inside Here. in the
ethal chamber the of destruction. pre-
vail only silence and quiet.
third and fourth time the smooth recoil. The
works with delight of a Geneva clock. vastly
complicated but of a single purpose and single
thought. up with a single gun Sepa-
rated by skin of steel is its mate When that speaks
the turret jerked the barbette and the gun
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

companions In the sne
trainers. ponters o
boistman tripper ammer and pugma 49,
the other ousder-he Is l
umnire. he wears the commssoeu
oMcer he to keep .nine
straight to omit the bursting Of powoeroHs
and asso overspeed faith there let this umpire '
the piot of >.Aa.
The rpper is a slight of perhaps is years Netn
he to stand there ana
null the lever shell its following powdepag
breech In undershrt pair
smile the word He was caught
Minneapolis whittier he mad come
freshf the - sro,.
Far up ON the encased in leather hades
locked the telescope that pro
He might be diver with hat
the speakingtuoe trail
a. Ee erasps a chauffeur his seernggear
and moves easily barbete the 130on turre Below h
his sights They might be
the slope Of that sleek
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

this the turretcrew the Georgia went to
death, and that has found out how it
happened; that in precisely the way the Mis-
souri, burned to death 20 men. and that not that
steel escaped.
Credit: ID The face of the umpire Stop-wach in
hand, stands behind the breech looking down into
the powder magazines. You know he is there pre-
recklessness. Though these firing
against time he will let them do nothing foolhardy;
If he twill be the side of caution. (2) The
knowledge that thousands OF times like this have
been fired from turrets like this-and all
alive. You do not enter railway trains timidy be-
dozen people killed a year before
five thousand miles Yet. when you enter the
turret of 12inch gun
They lock you up. There is escape You stand
there nervousy by the runnon and somehow 1t is not
like factory railway coach street or
things built to kill presently these fellows
going to touch electric spark which will loose
enough anxious and determined gas drive $50
pound shell 10 miles and it completely through
protect you.
Yet there you are. Thing before you you
can reach out and pat it on the shiny, cold haunch
II 1t wobbles spring breaks trunnion has mis-
takenly got itself rusted rifle
accommodate the SHE'LL you will be fit brother for a
detected cockroach If there is bareback you have
the slightest possible chance of hold your
over your face, breathe hur yourself under the
barrel and into the handling You may break
a few bones but If the burning gas gets to no more
per cent of your skin you VIII live; that is
how the single midshpman who escaped from the
Georgia saved himself Yet tell how that
gas gets in its work. Sometimes it burns away the
flesh and never touches the cothing again. 1t snges
on all hair and never touches the hesh; again. II
burns the clothing ON clean ana ieaVes you heo put
safe
Sol They have locked you up in this steel cage
The others reason here. With them II Is
work duty II killed they die nobly get brass
tablets in the wall with their names inscribed. PEN
sions 60 to families. the newspapers call them
heroes. you die they will cut on your obscure tomb:
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

On the other side the
pointer, with his assistant.
also rides pickaback. Here
is the eye for which this
whole ship was built: here
the nerve and quickness for
which the 10000 tons. the
seven millions of dollars.
the five years of making.
have spread their august be-
ing. His accuracy may sink
a warship; his weakness
ruin a nation. To find him
and his like half a million
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

= %SS> "The Fool
Who Looked
on Forbid
den Things"
We are on the range. Some one
calls, "Starting-buoy." and you know
that in another minute this double
twisted, original imitation of billy
blue hell will commence. You reflect
that a blast pressure of IL pounds to
the square inch will kill man. You
know that the pressure on the air
near the muzzle Of this gun whose
breech you are beside, when 1t is
fred, is several tons to the square
inch. You remember that only few
years ago a green sailorman stood on
side 16 feet, that some one called TO
him to lie down Just as the gun was
fired. that he was in the act of lying
down when 1t was fired. but that the
suction of the air going with the
shell drew his head from his body
and broke his neck. This does not
add to the pleasure of your situation,
for you can easily reach out there
pat that cold haunch.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

AMILIARITY, It's said. breeds
contempt; but / have an extreme
respect for a Pinch gun on a
battle-ship. The very last thing
care for in that connection is
either familiarity or contempt.
The men who work it, who some
day will fight with it-let those
men explain how innocent such
gun is, how facile its manage
ment, how bland its temper, how
exquisite its adjustment. Not /.
Listen In those mon a whila and
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

is pulled
FIR O m it's
e q u ! libri-
um. This
is the back
lash. After
every shot
the trainer.
W ith "A
quick twist
of h $
W h e Q 1.
subtly nb-
serbs the
backlash.
For the
fifth time
the shutter
opens. the
grind as
cends. the
I r | . per
pauses to
flip his le-
yer, when
Silence!"
The tone is
raised. 1t
has anger.
C o ncealed
but glow
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

The The umpire his sop.wach
gasp little book which defines
this foolery
this will put five shots
mile quiet
namethe bay of the Magdaene
gides like steel through flesh
guncaptain, of the leaders, speaks!
sslencei" precedes and closes vital
in command
Of death
that command "Slencei"
stepped TO him, without
blow face with gnarled
carried the welt a week; by
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

of the ammunition hoist
directly above the maya
zines the navy has fought
one of its sternest inter
nal wars and the war Is
still far from finished:
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| ~ |
|allIliilIl)

will believe that it is less dangerous
inside the turret while big gun being fired than it
is to cross Broadway at Twentyhird street Perhaps
1t is, but prefer Broadway
And yet the fascination! A great gun has for the
imagination the potency of evil itself Emblem force
symbol of destruction it stands serene majestic
round its muzzle gather all the forces races
struggles through march hate pain grief
ambition, power and DEATH
"The torpedo" said the captain of a battle-ship
me one night at dinner lis less of expert
ment toy. 1t would be practically impossible for
to sink big ship. The only thing l really
of is 12+nch gun"
The next day went into the afterturret when the
ship the range in full sympathetic
cord with the captain stood beside the breech of
Of those guns while dropped four shots target
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19

on the voice of
his index finger.
and he gro W 9
a N x 1 8; his
W h o g b e ! n &
p rs it's e ] I
along the wheel
to a resolution
Of that terrible
pro b | e m. An
hour, a minute.
five seconds. a
week-how much
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19


hand ready to clap it my face in case OF
accident. cursing the curiosity that led me to
that lethal chamber. Then the wonder of it
came over me-the silence of the gun-crew; the
steathy leap of the rifle barrel. like the spring
Of a grasshopper; the quiet. dull report which
scarcely trembled that stately moving fortress;
the sour-egg smell of the nitrocelulose stmulat-
ing the nerves; the sweet sick subtety of ether
lulling the overwrought brain.
When they shut the steel door that Gagged us
in slipped into funk and until the first shot
fired my gone. The sides of my
courage account footed up
Debit "a Imprisonment in oval case the
shape of coffin. the sides formed of solid steel
nine inches thick and the top of steel just as
solid and five inches thick; (2) filing quarter
of that case the back third of Pinch rifle bar
rel. ready for action; (3) below an open chute
with steel car bringing the shells and powder
from the magazines still farther below; (4) the
stern, silent faces of the gun-crew. which exactly
resemble those faces seen at places of execu-
ton; 70 to 100) memory-the knowledge which
you cannot fight away that in Just such a situ-
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19
EXPLOSION ~
OFA TWEZNf.-zycH SHEZ I.

dollars has been spent in
single month. In three minutes
now he can qualify and have $40
a month added to his pay for a
year. For we have penetrated
to the very viscera of wars ma
ture. Here is the man behind the
gun. He does the trick. His eye
searches the telescope sight, his
left hand turns the wheel that
raises and depresses the muzzle
of his gun.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-08-19
EFFECT OFA T1YfZNF -//yCH
eSHEZL UDON THE ARf7OR-P PZ ATE {
OFA HJtSSIAN CRUISER

time he knows not-has passed, and
still that fimsy canvas throws forth its
sinister challenge to be hit. But the
1.f hIa tnlescnna Inust rlaca
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-01
state IaN Higher.

This years total state tax bud
get calls for a total of 50, 929, 5l4.
"A which is 81, 944, S67.O7 more
than asked for last year. The
growth OF the state and increase
in different institutions make a
bigger demand for running eX-
penses each year. More money
was appropriated for different
causes by the last Legislature
than ever before in the history
of the state. The money to be
raised this year is for 63 differ
ent funds, whereas last year the
number was So. When the in
creased expense Of running the
various state institutions is taken
into consideration, and the in
creased expense incurred in run
ming the last legislature, it will
be seen that the expenses Of run.
ming the state have not increased
as fast as the active and indus
trial activities would Indicate
Van Buren, county's proper.
ton of the state tax TO be
raised this year is $58, 151.15,
Last year it was S4l, I09.62. The
aggregate of real and personal
property in the county, as equal
lied by the state board Of equali-
zation for the years 1906. 1907,
1908, 1909 and 1910 is ST., 900, 900.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-01
Feeding Farm Hands.

Every farmers wife knows what ire
mendous appetites farm hands usually
have; but while they eat we'll they
work well, too.
Here's a good suggestion about feed
ing farm hands. Give them plenty
of Quaker Oats. A big dish of
Quaker Oats porridge with sugar and
cream or milk is the greatest break
fast in the world for a man who needs
vigor and strength for a long days
work. The man that eats Quaker Oats
plentifully and often is the man who
does good work without excessive ia
tigue. There is sustaining quality
in Quaker Oats not found in other
foods, and for economy II is at the
head of the list. Besides the regular
size packages Quaker Oats is packed
in large size family packages, with
and without china. 5
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-01
Deafness Cannot be Cure d

by local applications, as they canno:
reach the diseased portion of the ear,
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by an intiamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachian Tube When this tube is 10
famed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result and
unless inflammation can be taken out
aud this tube restored to its normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness caused by catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure Send for circulars free
f. J. CHENEY Il CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, Toe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa
ton.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-01

ATTORNEY GRANT FELLOWS
of Hudson is the latest candidate
to announce himself as being
willing to accept the Office of at
torney general of the state.
There will probably be a lively
campaign for this important of
flee. 1t is generally understood
that Attorney Chas. E. Sweet of
Dowagiac is in the race, and also
ex-senator William Brown of
Lapeer. 1t is yet early, and there
will be others before the cam
palgn takes on definite form and,
besides, the present incumbent,
Attorney John E. Bird, may de
eide that he would like another
term.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-01

FRIENDS of Hon. Chase r.
Osborn are endeavorlng to force
him to enter the gubernatorial
contest. He hasn't yet, however,
given his consent Should he
do so, there will be at least
four candidates for the highest
honors within the gift of the
people of the state Hon F. H
Kelley, Justice Robert E. Mont
gomery, and Amos Musselman
are already active candidates.
The genial pat" however, has
"drawn the pole" at the COM
mencement of the race, and the
more candidates there are en-
tered, the greater will be his vic
tory at the primaries.
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La ceHCe.

Mrs. Hiram Mentor was called to
Grand Rapids, Monday by the seri.
Gus illness 10 A Mentors family, four
OF the family are suffering with typhoid
fevor
Mrs. May Hayward returned to her
work in Chicago on Monday after visit
ing her parents for two weeks.
Mrs. Frances Chapman was in Kalama-
zoo, Morday.
James Bray brooks Sr is very sick and
not much hope is entertained for his re-
covery.
Mrs. Preston fell on the sidewalk last
Friday and had to be carried home, her
knee was badly bruised but there were
no bones broken.
Hugh Hoard, Gilt Rowlee and Charlie
Whteman were in Kalamazoo on Fri
day.
Mrs. Nina Barnes and son visited her
mother 10 Paw Paw over Sunday.
Dr. Crowel was in jackson last Fri
day and Saturday.
Miss Onalee Stevens went to Ypsilanti
last Friday to attend school, tier mother
accompanied her as far as Kalamazoo
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-01

ATTORNEY GENERAL Bird has
made a ruling that "Malt Elk
tract and Hop Tonic" are on
the Forbidden" list in local OPP
ton counties Druggists must
have prescriptions for the above
mentioned articles before sales
can legally be made. He has not
yet given an opinion on lemon
extract, but it is anticipated that
extracts will soon be added to
the list.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-01

The days become a second
longer in every 100000 years =
but the flight of time is so rapid
that few would have noticed this
fact if it had not been called to
their attention.
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WHAT A WOMAN WILL NOT DO

There is nothing woman would not do to re-
gain her lost beauty. She ought 10 be fully as
Jealous in preserving her good looks The herb
drink called Lanes Family Medicine OF Lanes
Tea is the most efficient aid in preserving beau
ufu skin, and will do more than anything else to
restore the roses to faded checks AT all drug
gists' and dealers. Csc.
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THOSE foreigners who prate
about the impetuous haste OF
Americans, might have occasion
to revise their opinions if placed
in the position of the country
newspaper man trying to collect
his subscriptions.
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THERE will be one advantage
in the aeroplane any how. We
won't have to keep on the look
out every minute to keep from
being run over.
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The only side Of the money
question we hear is the one the
Goddess of Liberty is on. The
other side don't talk.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-01

TEXAS pretends to be prohi'
bition state, yet a man down
there breaks loose, and tries to
run Joe Bailey for president.
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THE cold nights of the past
week have caused our minds 10
turn to the coal bin, and heavy
underwear.
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WANTED-SUcCEss MAGAZINE wants an ener-
getc and responsible man or woman in Paw
Paw TO collect for renewals and solicit new sub
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CANT President Taft's swing
around the circle be extended to
take. in the new territorial po-
session-The Pole.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Display advertising, rates furnished on appli'
cation.
Classified advertising, three lines or less, 2b
cents. All over that number, cents per line
extra.
Gard of thanks, 25 cents each.
Obituary, poetry and resolutions, cents .
tine.
Notices Of births, deaths or marriages will be
printed free as news matter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1909-10-01

Now we hear there is to be a
combination of the tobacco and
paper trust. Tobacco and paper
make a bad combination.
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No more free lunches in Mich
igan. Thus, one by one, as the
demagogue remarks, does the ul-
innate consumer lose his priv
legeS.
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The Amateur Laundress.

IF | were YOU" he said, as they
started out to dinner, I'D get me an
other washwoman. That dress of
yours is very badly ironed. What's
the matter?" for suddenly he saw a
tear in the eye Of the impecunious
girl
Il ironed II myself" said she.
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IF You Have Any Doubt

Of the merit of Dr. Bells Pine Tar Honey
one bottle will remove that doubt and
your cough at the same time. Look for
the bell on the bottle. 1t IS the genu-
inc, m
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BOYS! GIRLS COLUMBIA BICYCLE FREEl
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ITO be or Not to be"

constantly coughing depends on whether
or not you use DR.. Bells Pine Tar Hon
ely. A few doses wi ! stop that cough. IN
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Power OF Environment.

1t is a true proverb that If you live
with a lame man you will learn to
halt-Plutarch.
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AUCTIONEER.

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ALWAYS at His Elbow.

1t costs the devil little trouble to
catch a lazy man.-German Proverb.
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PIANO AND ORGAN LESSONS.

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w ementary and advanced work. Studio p ".
Kalamazoo street, Paw Paw CIT.
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Beware Of the Usurer's Tolls.
Goethe: To borrow on usury brings
sudden beggary.
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CLASSIFIED LINERS.
WANTED.

WANTED Young calves TO veal.
JoHN HARRISON,
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Entered In the postofice at Paw Paw, Michigan
Assecond class mail matter
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ironed IT myself" said she.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-12-21
10 Lad mladles, Football Team.

Annapolis. Nd. Dec. 1S.-At q meet.
ing of the members OF the naval acad'
envy football team. Henry Mex. Clay.
of Ardmore. Pa, was elected captain
OF the football team for next season.
Clay has played halfback on the team
for parts Of three seasons past and
was the regular occupant of the posi-
ton during the West Point game OF
1908 and during most Of the season
nj 1000
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OhOIlOCU
r Y E
1913 Gal.
$500 Gal. a full qts. So

Pendleton Whiskey $3.50 per gal.
Only sold in jugs.
Corn Whiskey $3.50, 81, $3.75 per gal.
1 full ats. 81, $3.50 and 81. Virginia
Apple Brandy 81. 30, -. 50. 70 per gal. ;
4 full qts. 50, $3.50, s..