Capital city courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1893, December 06, 1890, Page 3, Image 3
CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, DKCEMUKR 6, 1890. v zmiiss Alice Isaacs OMAHA, LATE WITH STERN BROS., NEW YORK LATEST NOVELTIES --IN- Millinery Very Lowest Prices. In Hie Htoro or lie limn A Delrlics, 1518-20 Eamam Street OMAHA. NOW IN NEW QUARTERS ! Lincoln Trunk Factory 0 st- 1133 st- Where ivc will he glad to see all old friends nnd customers nnd as many new ones ns can get into the store. C K. WIR1CK, SUCCESSOR TO WIRICK & HOPPER. WESTERFIELDS Palace Bath Shaving PARLORS. Ladies - and Children's - Hair - Cutting ASI'SU.AI.TY. COR 12 k () STS., NEW HURR HL'K Leading PHOTOGRAPHER! UNCLE SAM'S ARMA.MKNT IT CAN BE INCREASED TO ALMOST ANV PtlOPOfUIONS. Ja.t nt I'rrnrot, llnvti-vrr, tlm United Htnti-s In Nut Hpt-lltllliif Mneli .Money 011 i:ilolv noil Dt'uitly Vi-iimiii. IlFiiiiri'i' In ('nan of IIiiicrijiMicy. IVipj rluht liy AmcrlcAii 1'n.w Akmh'IaIIoii Notwlt liHtvindliiK the many American In volitions relating lo ordnance nutdoilurliiK tho last quarter of a century, tho army of tho United States is very poorly equipped with weapon, Isith largo and small. This condition in not In tho least due to tho In activity or tho policy of tho ordnance de partment, hut exists ls-caiiso of u lack of appropriations. It happens that tho economical policy linn Is-on n wise one, for tho United States lum not needed any nuns of Into with which to defend her dlKUit, and during tho last twenty-llvo ears such Improvement have hecu niado In hiiiiiII arms and cannon that thorn which might have Ihi'H made or purcliased ten or HI'HINOKIIXD AND SMOOTH IIOHK (IUN3. fifteen enrs ago would now lie ohsoloto. Tho country, thcreforo, I nut lieon saved tho expense of experiment, nnd hns hail the good luck not to have had Its unarmed eon ditlou taUen advautiiKO of. When tho war closed In IKrt." tho gov ernment had on hand vast supplies of arms and ammunition. During tho con llict tho Springlleld muzzle loading rlllo was tho chief Hinall weapon in use and proved very effective. Ilutidredsof Invent on were nt work during that period on- 1 deavoriugto perfect a magazine gun. It j was not used much then, and it has not wen adopted by tho American army yet. Hoards of ordnance began illsciiHsiug guns In 1808, and in 1870 tho modified Hprlnglleld title was adopted as tho Hinall arm for the Infantry and cavalry. The old muzzle loading weapon was alt ens 1 into a breech loader, and that is about, all tho change madu up to date. The government still hiw thousands of the old "muzzle loaders," and these are for Halo to all who care to buy nnd will go through tho for mality of writing to tho chief of ordnance nt Washington nnd applying for permls hion to purchase. In reply tho applicant will receive nn order on tho nearest ord nance storekeeper to Roll at t each tho number of guns ho may wish Various 'Grand Army posts are equipped in this way, which lias also nerved many farmers to provide themselves with weapons. Tho old smooth boro Springfield makes a lino shot gun nnd carries with great force nnd necurncy. During tho war tho Held artillery used chiefly the Rodman three inch rifles and the twelve pound bronze. Napoleons. These guns are Htlll in use, nnd the ten batteries that Is, two companies to each of the five artillery regiment in tho iiriny are now Hitpplied with these hajuo guns The Inst congress appropriated fJO.OOO for the pur chase of machine guns, nnd such an appro priation has been made annually for.sov cral years past, so that about Hoventy-llvo Hitch guns each one costs about $1,000 tg&yc&tt. Fine Hllst Cabinets 3 imt iloon rates to students. Call and Special see our work. Studio, 1214 O Street. Open fioui 10 a. 111. to I p. 111. bunclays. J. S. EATON, Physician and Surgeon Office : 116 S. Eleventh St. Telephones: Office 6S5. Residence 502. LINCOLN, NICli. ' Sptcialitt. l'rnutlee Limited to Diseases of the Nervous System, Heart and Blood UKKKKKNCK.S: Hon. Win. lA.'ese, Attorney Ooncrnl. Hon. T. I.. Nerval, Associate Justice. Jones' National Hank, Kuuurd. Citizens' National Hank, Ulysses. Ofkick: IKS! O Htreot, LINCOLN, NKH. I.mlleit Uso Dr. I. Due's I'crloilleiil l'llls from Paris, France, liuit positively re lieve suppressions, monthly dcriiiiKCinenlg nnd Irregularities eausi'd by cold, weakness, shock, auumlii, or general ncnuiiH debility, Tho Inrgo proportion of Ills to which ladles and misses nro liable Is the direct resiM of a dleotilcreil or irregular meustriiatlo'i. Hup proslnus continued result In blood poisoning and iinlek consumption. VI r'cknKo or!l for (). rM-nv until- .in iixciip, 111 iiiiiu. iifiit 7.. ... 1... 11 11 ui.. 1.. .1-......1... n 111 Lincoln treo by II. I Hhcrvvln, ilniKKlst O LINCOLN ?a- - r-? Mimtytti AMI INHT1TUTK or I'KNMASSIIir, Hliortliiinil, mill Typewriting. U tho Is it anil lariet Colin,'!) In lliu Went. M htuilenU III iillrnilniici- hut jt-iir. MllJi'iiU prt-punsl ior tiiiHlnnui In from .lloU monlln. KxhtIi'IusiI tai-ulty ri-monul timlriK'llini. lwnultfill lllunlrutril cntnliiKiie, cnlli-ipt Journal, and nevlmeu. or H'nmiinhlp, M-nt fns) liy aililrt iuIiik ULI.IIIIUDOi: & KOOSK, Lincoln, Neb. m Tickets HIUFJKUV m TJ ON SALE TO .LL Principal Points EAST, WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH AT 1044 O STREET. E. B. SLOSSON, City Passenger A gent TIIK (1ATI.I.SO MAC1IINK OUN. have la-en bought ami issued to these light batteries' and to several artillery companies of state militia. Neither the magazine rillo nor the ma chine gun has ever been thoroughly tested in actual war, though tho Turks nt I'levnn had several thousand of the former. The mitrailleuse which the French used against the (ic minus was of course a machine gun, hut its effectiveness was Inconsiderable compared with that of the weapons of to day. Some time ago, wlillo on a visit to Hartford, I went out to the Colts' armory on the Invitation of Dr. Out ling, the In veutorof the arm which hears his name He showed me how rapidly ho could fire the gun. How fust that wns I can't htglu to say, but bullet followed bullet ho quickly that there seemed no appreciable space be tween the discharges. He placed a three inch plank of oak against the target and begun firing at it, moving the gun so that each bullet struck just next to where the preceding one had entered. The board, some twelve inches wide, was cut cleanly neross, just as though a etosscut saw had been drawn through it. Then to show how accurately the weapon could bo used the inventor aimed it at a certain point on tho board. Ho llred sev eral shots, and when we examined the target then; was only one little hole just large enough to admit the first bullet fired. The doctor, who, by the way, has the most kindly face I ever looked upon, smiled sweetly and asked whet her I thought u regiment could charge a battery of such guns. "It would kill every mother's son of th m," he milled. This remark sounded very grim and bloodthirsty. Hut Dr. (7at ling counts himself a philanthropist, for he holds that the more horrible war is niado the less war there will be. It Is not necessary In the new order of things for the America'! government to make the Mime preparations for equipping its fotres with small arms and with ma chine guns as in the case of heavy guns to Imi mounted in forts and used aboard ships The plants owned by private concerns In the United States are now siilllclcntl) large to enable them 10 supply vast quantities of material upon short notice. Hut in the case of heavy guns the republic has not had until recently plants with facilities for making these monstrous instruments uf warfare. Congress hasappioprialed ample sums for this purpose, and theie are now A III AM (HAS!' (,t S building and liaxe alicadv ixc.i built can li'Hiof hea caliber ami enormous mugo Nearly all of the big guns nir mounted upon American fmts are long out of dalo and useless, except lor Ihiug salutes and drilling the men In the handling of artll ler. .Many of the smooth bores hue luul rilled tubes shrunk into them, and in that way the range nnd penetrating pnwer hat- Ixhui Increased Hut even thus Improved they would lie Inadequate In nw of war. Not only has there been a great rovuln Hon In gun making, lnt the explosives 11 seit 11-0 In man) Instances much different from tfn old fashioned kinds, When tho war wii over the i'overninent had n vnst iunutlty of (Niwiler on hand This lasted for twenty threo years and was used up In target practice, the Indian wars, llrlug snlutes etc , wlillo 11 great deal not suited for military work wns employed by the en gineers for blasting. The supply some time ago ran so low that salutes and other purely ornamental usos of the material were omitted. It has never been the ens torn of the government to keep very largo stocks, and the consumption of the war time stores was deliberate Instead of ac cumulating powder, It Is the pulley of the ordnance department lo gather great (uantltlesof niter and Issue It to contract ors when necessary. No private powder maker could afford to keep 011 hand the amount of niter likely lobe needed in time of war Kxperlmeuts have been and are fondant ly Itclng made with tho new smokeless powder, from which so much Is expected At the Hprlnglleld armory this cxiIosIm has been tried very fully with small arms, nnd the results are satisfactory as to I lie grent velocity produced, but this velocity and the absence of smoke nro at the ex iieiiHc of tho pressure on the barrels of the guns, If it turns out that the smoke less powder, In ease of rapid firing, bursts the weaM)iis It is likely to Iki more danger ous to friends than foes. If the pressure exerled Is constant, nnd if tho explosive proves to have the advantages which the (lermans claim fur it, tho guns could of course Imi strengthened. With tho infantry nnd cavalry armed with magazine guns, the light artillery supplied with machine guns, the forts do fended with great cannon which send missiles accurately from live to ten miles, nnd all of these using n powder which makes no smoke to betray the situation of nu enemy, the whole tactics of war will luiMi to be changed. Hut In talking with arm) men I have failed to lltul a single one who would say that ho wns looking forward witli any Interest to the practical test In actual warfare of these recent In ventlons In the art of killing. J No. (I11.MKU Si'i:i:i). GENIAL "MRS. PARTINGTON." tCT) '. r4M7Pfl w&ffmm. mis' srj 'hi .' ? 7 sO Till) Stoiy of Ills l.iri 11 Uuilllltly Told by Himself. Among hundreds of similar autographic treasures that have eoino nt various limes Into my keeping is a letter which was not written for publication, but fiom which I am i m pel led to transcrilH) certain passages. At my ear nosi souciin- -a Hon Mr. Shllla- 221 .. . . i'r-r. bcr, who Hied the , 5JJy outer nay, in mo su m me r of I860 jotted iiownsotne r i sim.i..iii:u. personal tcollcctlous of a life that was full of events, Concerning my lequest lie writes: "Like the charity scholar learn lug the alphabet, I am a litll.) in doubt whether It will pay to go through no much to get so little, hut your friendly wish must not he slighted." Ho then ami thus blithely continues- "I was Isirn, is tho old family record de clares, July 12, 1811, In the ancient town of I'ortsmouth, N. II., and no Is'tter or falter place could have been selecte 1 for the pur pose. My schooling was desultory ami Im perfect until, at half past Ifi years of age, I became an attachment of the press The Palladium and Advcrthcr, prlutisl at Dover, N. II., for which paper I worked upward of two years. It succumbed to disastrous fate, nnd my t egrets went with It." During the yenrs I8J11 mid I KM Mr. Shll labor was associated with tho local press of his native town. He then went to Huston and finished his trade us a book printer "In 1KB," hesnys, "I became free, and nil my energies were devoted tosustnluiiigthe proud position of a 'jour ' "In Octolwr, I Mr), bleeding at the lung" caused mo to voyage to Demararu, In HrL Ish (itiiaua, where I reiualiied until .Jul), ISW, n subject of William IV at.d or Vic toria, helping to print the government (iii.ette. When testorcd to health I sailed back to Now Kuglmid and got married, the wisest net of my life. Hook printing not being remunerative, in 18-10 I associated myself witli The Hoston Hast, in which of lice I continued uninterruptedly for ten j ears. The 'Partington' papers were com meiieed (In 1817) for my own niuusemeut Their success in Tho Host led mo to other efforts, made anonymously. "In 1830 I found myself (like the young partridge which hides its head under 11 leaf, thinking Itself unseen) very widely known. In fact, my name had n celebrity. There were new duties to perform. I had a new position to maintain nnd new pow ers to exercise " Mr. Sliillaber had contributed to The Saturday Kveuiug Oa.ette and other lit ciary periodicals, and in partnership with Chatles G. Ilalpiue (afterward famous as "1'rlvato Miles O'Heilly") he started The Carpet Hag, a gloriously short lived satlrl cat newspaper. It wns In 18.M that he pul llshed "Tho Life and Sayings of Mrs, Part inglon and Others of the Family." The initial sales of this volume exceeded :U),(KJ 1 copiesl Its author had leturned to The Bos ton Post In 18.VI, and for three years did local reporting for that daily. In IW; Col William W. t'lapp offered him the associate editorship of The Saturday Kveuiug tin wtte, which Mr. Shlllnber accepted, nnd another genial comradeship of ten jears ensued. When, in INK), Col. Clapp sold Tho Gazette Mr. Shillaber's regular active connection with the press terminated However, up to the time of his death he did his full share of literary work for man) noted join mils IIi.niiv C'i.ay Ll'M.nh How Hid Money Ciimes In, "The worst money we get," said a treas ury olllclal at Viuhltton rurcntl),"coini from the west and uoithwest. when the people hnve little use for pocket Isioks, but ram their current- into their pockets regardless of the con se quences. Our best mono -that t he least damaged - comes from New Limlnlid, where the people seem tube orderly and (areful. Wo get mure muney for redemp Hon in good times than In bad, and mon In midwinter and midsummer than in tin spiiiigand fall. These facts ate attribu table to the greater use the people have for curieiu) In the seasons of the ) ear which are nn t miive iinninen Inllv Forty pi r cent "I the money mines in from New V01 k 1 it v banks and 7.1 or ''O per cent, of it ionics i 1 ..in the banks of lli eight sub trensiir) It ii". of llostou, New Vork Phlla ilelphla, Uihago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, New Orleans and San Fianclseo. On Mon da.vs we get the worst money of tho week, for it is 011 'hat day that we chielly hear fiom the remote country banks, which haven habit of holding to their currency till it is in pictt) had shape." 11 OLD FASHIONED DANCES. Published thro:fi The .Unrrinin Press Assaciution, 1. CONNlMARA.-JIjr. 7rm..i ,- ihgut. Uy LENA FOSDROOKE. VINh', -:rl-i -i-l-,:-l ;.I..- I i -.iS.i. .- . , .:., , "m. 15 - .-;' m m ' : U 1. ip" (f -m-Tmgt-mmfmm --c?- : i I 11 iaiICZjli!liillEEil: IMlL.imk&L .l&Pm, i. c. 2. TRIP IT MERKILY.-Country Dnnce. 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