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The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

Joplin ..................0 900 o3o ol0--i
Des Moin.s ,...t...-.....' '0lO llO 900
gart. YnrksY. French 2, errors, NtutE.
Hamilton. Kruger. Mcbstmou. Andef
son. Naf1. hons run. iockey, three base
hit H0gart. two base hit. fernch, sac.
rifles hiiA Coffsy. Iiashrook stolen hAaes,
stutz cofisy, French. Anderson, Left on
bases Joplin 7. pea Moinea s,tuck out
OF MARKS 8. hit BY pitcher, Cofteyi earned
fuHn, Joplin g. pss Moines q double
riAy Marks 10 Eruug.r 20 Yorhey, um-
rlres. DAILY and Titzpatrick. time. is.
HEEnAn GAME
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0maha

phlannihh wy
omaha ,,,...,''.. 49, ,o.b ous e9k-iN
Summaryi Runa Pitt, Moeiler. Lindi'
more 3, Darringor. Graham, Harper'
Gisiason 2. weidon ;, Platte ,, I.slivelt ?.
Lee g. Haney, Mason 2. LinglA Kopp; er-
Glslason, weidsll, Platte :; earned runs
Omaha H. Oklahoma city : three base
hit. rlatte two -hahe hlis. Naney. Lee.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

Earned runs--rulsa 3, ST. Joe I.
Base on bnlls---Stcwart I, Adams.
Struck out.--Stcwart q, adams 4.
Left on bascs---Tulaa Z, st. Joseph n.
Two bnsc bits---NcNnnus. Three
base hiis---BurIsc, NCManus, Cicvr.
land, Conroy. Double playH--hclIc-
her To Conroy, Ticrncy Ia Wuffli To
McNInnuA. Connolly to E'"ruy, Me-
Donald to Conroy, Sacrifice hiie---
Ticrncy. Jmpircs - Luzon aud
Becker.
Becker. Timc--i.2S.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

-bstIei fOT HaIiey IN ninih7
fBatted for Harper In ninth.
Cleveland ................? ?O2 0i0 ooo--S
Boston ,.....,....,.......l 100 o0c 1902
summary; Runs. Jameson. Chapman.
Speaker J, Hooper Harper. error. Scott
two base hits. Speaker. Wood ?, O'Neih
2. Wit. three. base hit Hooper: double
play Gardner to Johnston TO Speaker.
bases on balls. off Morton I, off Harper
1. struck out, by Morton ..
Yankees Easily Win.
NEW YORK, July i7.-New York bat
ted three Chicago pitchers hard today and
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

PHILADELPHIA. July t7.--St Louis
and Philadelphia split even In double
header today. the visitors winning the
first game TO . and the Athletica the
second 10 1.
The score
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

CHICAGO July i1.-Foweil's double
followed by Picks single in the ffth In
ming scored the only run Boston needed
today TO defeat Chicago by / TO q. Wat
Hon. obtained by waiver from Pittsburgh.
held the Cubs 10 three hits.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

summary. Runs Speaker ?. Wood
Wsmbsganss. O'Seill. Schang. Ncinnis,
errors smith wsmbsganss two. base hits.
O'Setli, caldwell. Gardner. Mcinnis. three
base hitH Msnosky. Foster, home run.
wood stolen bases, wamhSganss Foater
double plays. Wood TO o Neul Johnston
10 Chapman to johnston bases on balls,
of Caldwell s, Oft Jones 4, struck ont,
BY Caldwell 8 hy Jones
SECOND GAME
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

'Batted TOT kIITlfer IN HeNehth.
Boston Observation-Disclosures 900 oin 00o---i
Chicago .................00 900 900 900
Summary: Run, Powell. errors Mann,
Boeckel 2? Maranvile; two base hit,
Powell double play. Pick TO MaraaVille
20 Holke. bases on balls. OF Alexander 2.
off Watson 6; struck out by Alexander
7, by Watson I.
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Bfootlyr
- lIlal
Clnelnnsti


tBatted for Allen in ninth.
Brooklvn .............020 0ol 900 Z
Cincinnati ...............0 col 0oi 00o--2
summary: Runs. Griffith. konetchy.
Kildur. Rath. Groh. errors, Olson, Rath
three base hit. Neale. stolen bases Rsth.
Roush: double play. Roush 20 Daubert
base son balls. off Ring 7. of Cadote ?,
off MamauN . struck out. by Rims B.,
by Cadore l. by MAmaun 2.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18
Easily Keats Waugh.

Roster Easily Reats Waugh.
FORT WORTH. Texas. July IL
Kid Roster ot New Orleans easily
defeated Bobby Waugh of Fort
Worth here last night IN l2-
round bout before n capacity crowd
in tho chamber Of commerce.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

.P,ttcd for Davis In eighth.
rhundelphlN ..,...-t. 9on nov ~
summary, Runs Tohin walker. welch
Thomas: errors SEVERED. Dugan, Thomas;
base on balls. oN paw. !, struck out
by Perry I. by sothoron J.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

Milan. Harris errors. Young 2. bush two
base hits Milan. Rice. McBride; three
base hits Rice Bush. double play Shanks
10 Charity; bases on balls of Zachary
2 Oft Thmke .: struck out. by Ehmke
6. by Zachary ..
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

'Uafted TOT IaNan N bIhth -
fhhauelpnih .sss.ss.....s uVU VVU uUl--l
ST. Louis .................Oo 900 900 000-6
summary. Run, Stengel; error. {.
Smith. two-base hits. Paulette, Meusel,
wheat, Heathoote. stolen bases Lebour.
veau. wheat. Fournier; double plays.
Fletcher to Miller 20 Paulette Schupp 30
Hornsby; bases on balls, off Smith .. Oft
schupp I; struck out, by Smith ,, by
RiNey 2, by Schupp 5.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-07-18

aBattcd for stewart In ninth.
Tulsa .........3 3O2 600 0O0---5
81, Joseph ..,.... 900 00t 0O0--i
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10
Hot Water a Sovereian Remedy.

Edmund Burke, the celebrated Brit
ish statesman whom every high school
boy has occasion TO know through his
famous speech on Cancellation, was a
believer In the hot water theory of
therapeutics. For whenever Burke
found himself indlsposed he ordered
a kettle of hot water TO be kept boil
ing, of which he drank large quanti-
ties, sometimes as much as four or
five quarts In a morning, without any
mixture or infusion. according to an
old copy Of the Dublin University
Magazine. He would pour u about
a pint as hot as he could bear, and
drink it with a spoon, as If it had
been soup. Warm water, he said,
would relax and n%auseate. but hot
water was the finest stimulant and
most powerful restorative in the
world. He not only partook Of this
sovereign remedy himself, but pre-
scribed it to every patient that would
listen TO him at all.-Kansas City Star.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10
Where Dan Failing decides
to spend his last six months
and who he really is, are in
teresting features of the next
installment of The Voice of
the Pack"
GRO BE CONTINUEDJ
FIRST VENTURE OF Upton
Friend Tells How He Took Chance
With Patrons Of a Rundown
Grocery.

Dr. J. II. ostrander, n personal friend
of Sir Thomas Upton, told recently for
the first time the story of LiptOn's lnl-
tial business venture, an exchange
states.
Llpton's first business venture was
an event In one little corner Of Glas.
gOw. lie bought for n few pounds n
sorry old rundown provision shop that
had changed hands n score Of times;
everybody had failed. II was in n
ncighborhood where profits were mea.
ger and housewives close traders, and
where sharp practice and Indifferent
ethics ~precluded credit. So when Lip
ton announced that he would trust any
decent ncighbor once all foresaw his
doom.
Upton. however. did not mean that
he would carry accounts 30 days. for
az this period five such accounts would
have swamped him. As he himself put
1t: "In misfortune I will carry any de.
cent chap till Saturday night. will
be "A friend 10 you In spite Of prevail
ing business rules; but If you break
faith with me you will lose a friend
and I will lose my business" Thus he
put them on their honor. And 1t won;
won because sympathy and fellowship
dominated the boy and excited like at
tributes in others.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10
HIS DEBT TO ESKIMO WOMEN
Life Of Famous Churehman Of the
Yukon Saved by the "Muck.
locks" They Had Made.

That Hudson Stuck, noted archdea-
con of the Yukon, who died recently.
should for Is years have escaped the
death from freezing and hardships
which he risked a hundred times a
year, may have been due to a speclai
protection of Providence. but In n
case at least, he owed his life to the
strong teeth of Eskimo women, accord
ing to a Seattle dispatch.
He told this story himself the last
time he was In the States. 1t nap
pened just when the first thaws were
setting in one spring. An Indian run
ner brought him m urgent call Tor
help from the missions on the kuyu-
kuk, far north of the Yukon, q call
that could not wait until the rivers
were open and the days of dangerous
travel past.
So the archdeacOn started from
Fairbanks or foot, with n Indian
and IA dog train. They followed the
Tanana to the Yukon, reaching me
great river at shutdown, and striking
out across the ice OF a sharp diagonal
which heightened the crossing to f1ve
miles. 1t had been biting cold nde
the lee of the shore, and on the I'M
sheltered river DIR. Sucks thermome-
ter registered SO degrees below zero.
Four miles of ice we're behind them
when trouble began. First there was
a vast grooming of the river and thln
cracks zigzagged away from them In
all directions.
Experience told them that the strong
currents below the northern bank
were at work again after their win
ter's rest. AS they turned back to-
ward the stronger footing behind
them, the ice broke sharply at their
feet, and before they could throw
themselves fiat they were wet to the
thighs in the chilly water.
Fortunately N section of the Ice
within reach held firm and they
were on their feet again In an instant,
knowing that their only hope against
death by freezing In that terrific cold
was a four-mile ace to shore and a
brushwOod fire.
"We could never have won that
race" concluded the a~rchdeacOn, IF
dry feet and the circulation pumped
to them by the tremendous effort of
our running hadn't helped us. Other
wise we should have frozen to death
on the first mile. Our lives were saved
by our leather mucklo,ks, the high
native boots whose seams have been
rhewed to a watertight pulp between
the teeth of the Eskimo women"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10

you've got the money. II you haven't
enjoy yourself all YOU can for about
six months"
Dams voice had been perfectly cool
and sure when he replied. lie had
smiled n little, too. He was still rath-
or proud of that smile. six mouthsi
Isn't that rattle. shortr"
Maybe "A whole lot shorter. | think
that's the limit
There was the situation: Dan Fail
ing had hut six months 10 live. He
began TO wonder whether his mother
had been entirely wise In her effort to
keep him from the rough gaines" of
the boy, of his own age. He realized
now that he had been mn underwcight
all his lifc-that the frailty that had
thrust him to the edge of the grave
had begun In his earliest boyhood. But
it wasn't that he was born with ply
steal handicapS. He had weighed a
full ten pounds; and the doctor had
told his father that a sturdler little
chap was not to Doe found in any ma
ternity bed la the whole city. But his
mother was convinced that the child
WAS delicate and must be sheltered.
Never ia all the history Of his family.
80 far as Dan knew. had there been a
death from the malady that afflicted
him. Yet his sentence was signed and
sealed.
But lac harbored no resentment
against his mother. II was all in the
game. She had lone what she thought
was best. Ami he began TO wonder
in what way he could get the greatest
pleasure from his last six months Of
life.
Good Lord" he suddenly breathed.
81 may not be here to see the snows
Dan had always been partial
TO the winter season. When the snow
lay all over the farm lands and bowed
down the limbs Of the trees. il had
wakened a curious flood of
feelings in the wasted man. Ii seemed
to him that he could remember other
winters. wherein the snow lay for end
less miles over an endless wilderness,
here and there were strange,
tracks that could be fol-
lowed in the icy dawns. But Of course
il was just n fancy. He wasn't IN the
least misled about IL. He knew that
he had never. in his lifetime. cen
the wilderness. of cOurse his grand
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10
Farm Women's lono Hours.

The Kansas Industrialist remarks
that an extensive survey made by the
United States Department of Agri-
culture shows 90 per cent of the farm
ONE do the family washing and
than half of them are still using
the dashboard. S%ixty-one per cent of
the farm women carry water an aver
age Of forty feet. Ninety-two per cent
do the family sewing and mendlng,
and a large majority do the family
baking.
The farm woman's work day aver
ages eleven and one-half hours, the
survey shows. The department is CO.
operating with state colleges Of agri-
culture in an effort to bring about bet
ter conditions for women on the farm,
especially more home conveniences. As
a result of this work a thousand farm
kitchens were remodeled last year.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10
DUES FOR 1921 ONE DOLLAR
New Members Pay SIPS, Which In
cluoes National Assessment for
the Coming Year.

National dues Of the American L.
gion for the year 1921 have been fixed
at 81 per capita. according to a recent
announcement of national headquar-
tiers Of the Legion.
The dues for bOna-fide new members
joining the Legion prior to December
81 will be- sl.25. which will pay the ma
fional assessment Of such members
until December 81. 1921.
Robert y. Tyndall. national treas
urer. has announced that the national
dues shall be due and payable to the
national treasurer on January /. 1921.
and that all members whose dues have
not been paid on or before February
-. 1921. shall be considered delin-
ouent.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10

verely wounded by shell fire. Mr.. En-
cry was prominent in Legion circles
in his home state from the early days
and was one of the Legion committee
that drew up the bill, passed later by
the house, that would give a bonus to
all service men.
Thomas Goldingay began his career
as Il sailor before the mast. Later he
was mate of the first steel ship ever
built In the United States. After CIV
ing up the sea he wandered through
the United States and finally located
in Newark, y. ]. In 1894 he vas one
of the men who organized the naval
reserve of New Jersey and became
commanding officer Of the Newark di-
vision, with the rank Of lieutenant. He
saw service in Cuban waters in 1898.
In 1902 he entered business in New
ark. During the World wal he had
the grade Of lieutenant, senior grade,
and served as gunnery officer on the
L. s. s. Massachusetts. He has been
Sidl' uhJulHil VI tHt AllltiitdH itSloil
or New Jersey.
Claudius G. Pendlll was born in
Marquette, Mich. He was graduated
from Michigan university in 1913. He
is engaged In business In Racine, Wis.
He enlisted May 3. 1917, ms an appren-
tice seaman in the United States navy
and received a commission as ensign
May /, 1918. He was assigned to the
L. $. s. Oklahoma as signal officer and
served In foreign waters from the sum
mel OF 1918 to December of that year.
He was elected commander of Keno
Sha tWis.) post in January, 1920.
James G. Scrugham was born in Lex
ington. Ky. lie was graduated from
the University of Kentucky in 1900,
and received a degree of mechanical
engineer In 1906. Since 1914 he has
been dean of the engineering college
Of the University Of Nevada. In 1917
he was made state engineer of Nevada.
He was commissioned major of ar
tillery in December, 1917, and assigned
as production engineer in the ord
nance department at Washington. lie
served as commander of the Nevada
department from May, 1919, until Au-
gust. 1920. and has been a member OF
the national executive committee. His
home is In Reno.
T.. ]. Winslett Is n native Of Dade-
Vile. Ala. lie prefaced his service in
the Legion by taking part In five ma
ior operations with American, French
and British troops. He was wounded
ia action. and was attached TO the
general staff. He attended the first
Of the Legion in Paris. and on
return TO Alabama organized five
posts. His activity In his own state
vas recognized at the Cleveland con-
ventlon by the support Of all sections
IF the South in his candidacy for vice
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10
BOOK ONE
Repatriation.
1.

pan Failing stepped out of the ele-
Nator and was at once absorbed in
the crowd that ever slIrged up and
down Broad street. He was just one
of the ordinary drops of water, not
an Interesting, elaborate, physical and
chemical combination Ia be studied
on IN" Slide of n microscope. He
wore fairly passablc clothes, neither
rich nor shabby. He was n tall man,
hut gave 10 impression of strength
because of the exceeding sparcneSs Of
his frame. As long ~ he remained
III the crowd, he wasn't important
enough Ia be studied. But soon he
turned off, through the park, and
StraiEhtway found himself alone.
The noise and hustle of the crowd
never loud or startling, but SO contin-
nous that the senses are scarcely
NOR" aware of them than of the beat
ing Of ones own hcart-suddenly and
utterly died almost mt the very border
Of the park. The noise from the
street seemed wholly unable to pcne-
trate the thick branches of the trees.
lie could even hear the leaves whiSk-
ing and flicking together, and when n
man ran discern this. he can hear the
of a mountain lion on a trail
at night, of course Dan Failing had
never heard a mountain lion. Except
on the railroad tracks between, he
had never really been away from
in his life
AT once his thought went back to
the doctors words. They were still
repeating themselves over and over
in his ears, and the doctors face was
still before his eyes. Ii had been a
kind face; the lips had even curled In
Il little smile of ENCOURAGEMENT. But
doctor had been perfectly frank,
entirely straightforward. There had
been no evasion in his verdict.
I've made every test he said.
They're pretty we'll shot. OF course,
can "a TO some sanitarium, If
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10
GH0
AMI :|2ICAM
copy foi THIS department Supplied by
the American Legion News S~ervice.)
AMONG MISSING SERVICE MEN
Are Made by Relatives and
Friends Of Soldiers.

1t was when the First division was
leading in the allied cOunter-attack of
July IS, 1918. that Urban BergerOn, q
private, Company +, Twenty-sixth in
fantry, was slightly wounded. He was
evacuated to a field hospital and his
relatives learned he was doing well.
Since that time, however, they have
heard nothing. Anyone with infOrma-
ton should address X. T. Hill, Mena-
sha, Wis.
Other cases Of missing men that
readers may be able to clear up are
MAURICE L. LEASURE, NJ. G. Co.,
loist Inf, reported mortally wounded near
Verdun. October IS. 1918. Address Frank
Leasure. lOl Sheridan avenue. Mans
field, O.
oSCa.l w. OLSON. pvt, Co. G, 10Th
Inf, reported wounded on morning Of No
vember II in Argonne Forest. Address
his brother. c. F. Olson. Princeton. Neb.
HARLAAD G. PFANTZ, pvt, Co. ID.
io2nd Inf. reported missing in action Oct.
N, 1918. Address the adjutant of Harland
G. Pfantz post. American Legion. State
Center. la.
f''' III - avn pNlI w. ~ "'ti
Inf. reported severely wounded, Sept. %.
1918; later reported dead; cause and date
Of death still undetermined Address
Mrs. Jessie Highley, $40 East Second
street. Coffeyville, Kan.
LEON BURR. pvt. 30Sth Inf. reported
killed October. 1918; later reported alive
by comrades. His mother. Mrs. Eta
Burr, los lakewood venue, Syracuse, n.
y, wants news.
ELMER r. CHARLSON, pvt, Co. 6,
Send Inf. reported gassed Sept. %, 1915.
Later notice said he was killed In action.
October Is, 1918. Address Mrs. Elmer F..
Charlson, Ada. MINI.
ERNEST c. LINDOP. Co. G, s64th Inf,
killed. When and where never
reported. His cousin, Miss Petra Hansen,
22 \. list St, Tacoma. Wash, desires
particulars.
JOHN ROBERT GALLIGAN, L. S, S,
Finland, reported lost overheard from his
ship, February 8, 1919, His father, John
II. Galligan. Il. +. d. /. Homer city, Pa.
to hear from his sons shlpmates.
RUTH q. MORGAN. 55th Nurses Unit,
was last heard from ON her way to
France in August, 1918. Il. b, Bauman.
l.. b. 1864, Flemingsburg, Ky. desires in
formation as to her fate.
FRANK ORRIs PIERCE. sgt, NJ. G.
Co, 18th Inf. last heard from Sept,
1918. Was wounded near Cheppy. sept.
Is, taken to first aid station near there
and all trace of him then lost. Mrs. w.
J. Pierce, II. Il. 3, Bronson, Kan, de-
sires Information.
SWAhTINE II. L. OLSEN. pvt. co. b,
Inf, reported MISSING in action
Sept 80, 1918. known to be in hospital In
March, 1919. His last letter was dated
iune, 1918, Address Mrs. Sophie Olsen,
Box 81, Elk. Mendocina Goa, calf.
EDGAR II, ENGLISH. VI, G.. Replace
rent I'm. 9Th Marines, reported killed in
action November J., 1915; later reported
seen ~unwounded November 10. 1918. Ad-
iress his sister, Mrs. Frederick Ryan,
church St, Newark, y. J.
JOHN j. MURPHY, ca. +. l0lst Inf.
admitted to base hospital No. 6, Novem-
Der ., 1918, Returned to duty, December
;. Nothing further heard from him. Send
Information to Leo \. S~pillane. state
Boston. Mass, care American ie-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10
Peaceful SAM
TURNS BERSERK
Mild hammered Chicago Tailor
Has Interesting Encounter
With HoId-Up Man
IS TAPPED ON HEAD
Then, o Boy! Just Drop Below and
Read Of the Divers and Sundry
Things This Caveman Did to
Those Burglars.

Chicago.-For so many years that
an immutable institution, Samuel
Goodman has been plying his needle
and pushing his tailor's goose In the
little shop at 8 East Congress street.
Gazing at the bumped figure, squat
ting crosslegged on the old, worm
eaten Notwithstanding new aftini-
ties for widowed button holes, snip
ping a frayed cuff, rehabilitating a
shiny elbow-the compassionate philos-
Opher would have seen a symbol or
the crushing pace of modern civiliza-
ton. And would have observed that
Mr.. Goodman was far-very far-re-
moved from our jungle forebears of
prehistoric times. :
Two Husky Callers. |
peaceful Sam" as his customers
call him with %patronizing geniality,
received two callers one night-husky
young men, who leered as they closed
the front door and asked:
SWELL, what have you gOt?"
Mr.. Goodman uncrOssed his legs.
climbed down from the work bench.
smiled alphabetically, bowed. and.
raising his arms to a level with his
breast, palms up, thumbs horizontal.
shrugged his shoulders and said:
"Ah, my friends, l have some fine
wOOlens In the window. ! will make
you a suit with two pairs of pants for
$35."
Don't kid us. old top" said one of
the visitors. "We want your jack.
Put 'em up" and he prodded Mr..
Goodman with a revolver.
Mr.. Goodman's eyes popped. His
knees knocked. lie trembled as with
ague.
Don't shoot, my friends. | will
give you everything"
The visitors laughed. 1t va a good
joke, so good that the n with the
gun deftly turned 1t about in his hand
and raped Mr.. Goodman jovlally on
the head. The old man staggered. A
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-12-10

Firearms are said to have been first
used in European warfare In the Four
teenth century. The first weapon of
this kind that passed into general use
was the hand gun, which was of very
rude construction. 1t consisted of a
simple iron or brass tube, fixed in Il
straight stock of wood. An improve
ment was made in the reign of Ed
ward ", when Il cock was affixed to
the hand gun to hold the match which
was brought down to the printing by
a trigger, whence the term matchbox.
Then came the wheel lock and about
1850 the firelock or flintlock. 1t was
the weapon of Ma~rlbOrough's and
W%ellington's armies and became known
rs "Brown Bess.' In 1884 the per-
cusslon cap, invented by Rev. Alexan-
der John Forsyth, was successfully
tested at WoOlwich. In 1899 the flint
lock muskets were altered to suit the
percussion cap. The percussion mus
ket of 1912 continued in use In the
British army until partially superseded
by the MIME rifle In 1851. and alto
gether by the Enfield rifle In 1866,
and since then the bre~ech-loading,
magazine rifle has been perfected.