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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1898)
Jpppfpt I: 10 Hifc edUkittfc. If- k $ i-ry k 'THE MAN BEHIND THE GUN." One of ihc. most interesting' iBungB in connection with the naval battles of ih'iB war, and one of the things that lias caused -the most oomtaent here anil in Europe, is the fact that the superior marktananshSp of the American sailor, which, bas been typi fied in "the saying, "The Man Behind the Gun." It is interesting' to heanr from com manders and officers in command of guns on our different ahSps the reason for this. The .method on. our ships when approaching- the enemy is to fire a small calibre gun; and, as with the use of 'telescopes, the direction, can always be obtained at once, the only difficulty is to find the elevation. This is obtained1 by first firing' short of the object, and then, as the shot strkes the water, gradually raising' the gun until the enemy is struck. With the small calibre rapid-fire gun; this is a matter of only two or three shots, and the range is obtained' in! less than a minute. The moment any one firing one of the small guns secures the range, it EBBBBbHbIL 4kisHssssHv LatBBBBBBBBBBBr-' B"BBBrBMr aSlBBBBBBBBBBBBH.sSE'LBrS''' VtBBBBaTsaBBKV V A I . J rOS. 1 A.ND 2. IIOI.JX iUDE IN THE iOW V.T SPASI.Il SIIFU.K. is telegraphed or telephoned -to every gun on the ship, and wltla- the mag nificent machinery for firing the large guns, it is only a few seconds when every weapon of different sizes on board the shsp which' can be aimed at the object is sending shot and shell of all descriptions straight at the mark, with the consequent result that it is practically impossible for the gunners on' the enemy's hhip to stay at their guns. As a result, our ships were seldom hit. Nevertheless, when- they were once struck, -the irightfue execution done by these shots shows what might have happened to our fine battleships if -the good American, behind the gun bad not known, and done his work so weTL The illustrations we produce from Harper's Weekly show -the damage done by a Spanish shell which, struck the Iowa above the water-line and, af ter passing through the side of the vessel, crashed into the forward tur ret, Picture No. 1 was taken' from the inside of the Iowa looking, tout, and No. 2 shows the hole made in: the turret. Ficsue. He (readlnc the paper) It certainly Is very dlmcult to please, a woman. She What make you think so? He Mr. You of Wabash, Minn., locked Us wife la the house; Mr. Potts C Pekta, WU., locked his wife out of tke house, am now both women art ; far dlvoree. FIRST OF AERONAUTS. Naaetartf Sail la Air Bator Wm Mad. Elghty-lve yean ago there died la Paris, Blaacaard, the flm Ban to fjala celebrity as a balloonist, says the Nw York Mail and Express. He was bora in 1738 an Before the balloon was la Tented he had navigated the air In an atmospheric machine of his own inven tion, which was propelled with oars and which attained a height above around of aboat eighty feet Blanch ard made his first ascent in a balloon at Paris, March 2, 1784. On January 7, 1785, he crossed the English channel In a balloon, accompanied by Dr. Jef fries. Under the circumstances it was feat of great daring. The aeronauts the trip ended cast away everything but the basket under the balloon, and were about to cut It away when they were carried over the town of Calais and finally dropped in a forest The officials of Calais gave Blanchard a dinner, presented to him papers of cltl senship in a gold box, gave him 81,200 for his balloon and a pension of 8125 yearly. The king of France also pen sioned him. Blanchard boasted that he had risen 13,000 feet higher than any aeronaut of his time. He made sixty ascensions, the last one causing hls death. His wife continued the Business after him and was killed by a fall from a balloon in 1819. Albert of Saxony, a Dominican monk, is credited with having formed the first correct Idea of building balloons early in the fourteenth century, but his ideas never took practical shape. While the scien tists were working on the question la 1783 the brothers MontgolfieT, paper makers, near Lyons, made and sent up the first balloon on June 5. This bal loon was made of linen, was 31? feet in circumference and rose 1,600 feet It was filled with heated air. About three months later Prof. Charles sent up his Balloon, called a "Charliere." It trav eled some miles from the starting and fell in a village. The peasants re garded it as a living monster, and fsU upon It with pitchforks and flails and tore.it to pieces, to the loss and disgust f lis owner. The first living things to leave the earth in a balloon were a sheep, a hen and a duck. They landed safely ana the sheep was found grazing. The first ascent in a hydrogen balloon was madt by Prof. Charles In Paris. DecTl. 1783, TO OMAHA EXPOSI MODERN WOODMEN LOW KATE TIOX FOR DAY. On September 21 and for trains ar riving in Omaha morning of Septem ber 22, the Great Bock Island Route will sell round trip tickets to Omaha, September 23, from points where one way rate to Omaha is $6.00 or less, at rate less than one fare for the round trip. Minimum round trip ;t.-.te to be $1.00. This is a splendid opportunity to visit the Omaha, exposition at a low rate and you should not fail to make the trip via tiie Great Rock Island Route. For rates and full information apply to ticket agent, or address JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. A., Chicago. a OMraagUT t-p-tvdate periodica fcr women, win enter upon its thirty-first volabe In 1898. 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