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Show V k Tin: vi ;r.MsoN He Invented llic Gun Thai Helped Tame llic Froiiliei m;w. i;i'nmson. 1: 1 i taii Iri-l- v AtVO v. T hr lioinutii r e A Vnr n v i ' , I vx" ; A 1 V ' -- t. 1 11 r. X, r U' ' v . V &f J7. Va 7yv bam ue Colt ! 1 1 I 41 ( 5 ikw- ,, N i, . i ! t , i i ii ' I1 y t - M,- i X . . 'i i , f y ' . i ! - r , . ' " II. . , .. 111.. ! n i ' c de ! i , , t n W C .11 he " I i I ' II P! f , e I . . I V v I , i f .C - i ' C- ') I .1 v. .1 : : i i . ' ! i , ci' II e i a . , I . iV.ii ' 7 ' Seymour? i a i : k , - t oi J "X I , - sKINS THUS H A '1 mi in v ;::-- l KlKV ) :v' s Ily n? vJ I. t 4 '' V ' ! ! - . 'v y: i A' ; f f r um olil ) - Aprain-- t - is - . Orient; Winning kc v By ELMO SCOTT WATSON nt u n Dse.i; the man fa whom Tin r." u; Maker the Incredible Career "f Samm Jack Rohan nnl iullihi! fiy Harper and Hr. rfiets .Ilf tt r ag w .1' 'h re.i Will'll WAS patented just jrt!itlon ia of Its kind Msi.tr. , Miensoful lirejirm i. (VnniHtcd wltli Samuel's Colt's revolver aie One of them Is that this weapon. whi. h w.t,:i of the Wild West," was prodm e.1 hy a name of .a . gj parts of the Hast. The ether is that it. an li.sini had Its real geim-i- s at so.,. peM of a wlhl land. 1'! t s.miiiel Colt was Itorn In llartfer.l. Conn, Jnlv t ; r Cm Ills of Chr'.stephcr and at all (Calilwell) !.! lfi ef the Veteran Calilwell. (,f M ij John ami therefeie h W))S t he daughter ef a sohlier f.reiirms against pro.ifilv ha j ejmiiees sons early in!, res; in gi i. h to do with her vve Ore. ii OiM, Who Are You? . - i c, ' ..' "i i i , "' . h w ' i NO UPSETS - The proper treatment for a bilious child C.iJt ellt ti lilltn ef Know ledge. "ilu' "( n In It mast of his spare time rending fin l""er IioM -found C"iisider.'llde S'ieltl!!. I n T. e )al : ,i 1 extended Iieeollllt ef the W"lU fi i a i nloii, iru enter" ef the steamtiont i.s, ril'lne jjit jrnlxattie battery tuid far in.ihintr poinpewder. liven iimre lmportaiit, however, w sto,. he spent ilnrln? his errands to the where, neeonlins to his bion'rtipher, er:i her luir rel philosophers weighed tin destiny of tin republic. The outstanding doings of the Itev.dti tion were still being discussed. ITom men who had the story from their fathers when It wins fresh new; from the reeolleetions of ohl men who had been on the ground, Sam hoard the legend of the shooting of General Fraser, nt Saratoga, hv Tim Murphy, nnd of other marvelous deeds Murphy had performed with Ids with Intelligent double barreled rifle. Wide-eye- THBf knick-knack- 1 he duns ! the time the voyage was over he had a v or' ;ng model of bis revolver, complete in every and satisfactory in performance. Upon return home he showed bis invention to his r, who caught his son's enthusiasm, prom-tfinance the making of two revolvers and to pay for obtaining the patents if they worked a s ecessfully as Sam said they would. I box ever, the gunsmiths whom Christopher engaged to make the revolvers looked upon id. a as boyish nonsense and -i thoroughly Also, they wanted to charge so much for Heir work that the elder Colt's enthusiasm and he decided not to waste much money on !:,e funs. So he engaged an ordinary me-e- . .m.c to do the work. He turned out a crude F- e cf v. orkinanship which wa3 far from be-a fiifhful reproduction of young Sam's idea. rt.u.t was that one of the revolvers wouldn't t a end the other burst at the firt shot kscouraged by this experience, young Sam j s father that he would never rest until be i'H s ured a competent gunsmith, who could I fiHirg nnd d.dieate adjusting nec-!- " a revolver, and had given his invention 'I- ;!. So he went back to work in 1.1s e i if, hopirg to save enough mney earr.'ngs to ei: ploy a man who cog! I ;f fvilvtr ns It should be made. Rut It yo.irs I.ef .re he was alle to get to Lire Join Fearsoa, skiied Hy - -.I o t- 1 k ' - t: -e af.r - fa-;v- s I'. I 1 ;. T7 iT 111 A cl rj'ivn; i! iir 7 smaller (jinmiitii h'tuurrow; les; cadi hmr, need no iulp at all. v.ulil mother knows the reason her i tuid .slops pl.ix ing, eats little, is h.ud to manage. ( virAipation. Rut what a pity ro few know the sen ,ib!e way to m t tilings right! The ordinary laxalivrs, of even ordinary flrengih, must Le carefully regulated ns to dosaee. A liuiJ lixatixe is the answer, mothers. The answer to all your worries over constipation. A liquid can Le viramrcd. The time ran bo exactly suited to any nge or need. Just reduce the dose each time, until the bowels arc moving of lhar own ucrord and need no help. This treatment will succeed with any child and unlli ami adult. The doctors use liquid laxative. Hospitals use the liquid form. If it is best for their me, it is best for home use. The liquid laxative most families use is Dr. Caldwells Syrup lepbin. Any druggist has it. ANY The Cavalrij Cluu'xjc r rrj Texas Arm. -- The if With- pj vif Ik i Seymour MihOTUM Kin.: Iltiiry mi tt.e vii. kiiuh.cii fell nf blilie for gill. lilt i olidllCt HH i pictures shown above, from Rohans Aims Miker the Incre.lit le C.ueer of Celt," courtesy, Harper and Brothers, tun. of (In. furies vT Original'' to the War ib irlini nt their valm ns Another significant weapons for our aohliers event at about this time was Colt's meeting with (apt. S.nii H. Walker, n famous Texas Ranger loader, who had come t Washington with A to arm tin Admission delegation of frontier-meof the new Republic of Texas as a state in tie federal I'nion. Up to this time Colt had been making n .21 caliber revolver but out of Ids conference In New York witii Walker came tin .11 caliber Walker-Col- t which soon became a favorite weapon on the southwest frontier. A few years later this gun became even more significant In Unit part of the country. R.V the time Texas was admitted to the Union In 11 1.1 war between Mexico and the Unlied t Folk sent a Stales was inevitable. force under (Jen. Z.nhary Taylor to the Rio Grande to protect the new state against its former rulers, the Mexicans. When a dctach- incut of American cavalry was ambushed by a Mexican patrol, its commander, a Captain Thornton, was the only man who escaped nnd lie bad shot his way to freedom with a brace of Colt clu'-ivcl- y . n Carbine Fre-dden- Frontier Six Shooter mechanic, to set up a gunshop In Ilaltimore and begin making samples of his revolvers. lie also Interested bis father In the project again and the result was a trip to Europe where he secured patents on his weapon In England, Prussia and France. Returning to America he borrowed $S00 froi his father and went to Washington where on February 2'), ISfiO, his historic patent was granted. Then he set about organizing a corporation to manufacture and market his weapon and on March 5, 1S3G, the New Jersey legislature chartered the Fatent Arms Manufacturing company" of Paterson. Rut despite this triumphal culmination of the young lankee's efforts to create the impossible gun, his future path to success was a rocky one. There were quarrels with his relatives over the management of the company in which they had Invested their money, there were all sorts of financial troubles, struggles with competitors, lawsuits over patent Infringements and other difficulties for this pioneer industrial enterprise. To the student of the history of American business and Industry this new biography of Samuel Colt is Interesting because It shows that he was the first of the great American Industrialists. Colt, not the modern motor car manufacturer, conceived and first utilized standardized machine production, division of labor and the assembly line. He was one of the first, if not the first, large-scalemployer to assume responsibility for the of his employees. Colt showed the he way to the modern promoters of wars was the precursor of the modern munitions kings a pioneer In the art of playing one nation against another to Increase his sales. Equally Interesting Is the part which his weapon played In the military history of this country and more particularly in the history of the frontier. Unable to convince "moss backed brass hats in the War department that hi.? revolver and his revolving rifie were superior to the horse pistol smooth-bormusket and single-sho- t to which they were devoted, he next tried to get the Navy department to adopt them. Hut again he was unsuccessful. Then the panic year of 1S37 almost wiped out his business. Rut an Indian war saved him the war with the Seminoles In Florida. Gen. Thomas S. Jesup. quartermaster general of the army, was In charge of operations against the Seminoles and his second in command was Col. William S. Harney, a fine field officer, who regarded Colt's Invention with great favor. Harney realized that the revolvers were just the arms nee, led In the peculiar type of war waged by the Indians. The tactics of the Seminoles were era. pie. They would lie In ambush for the f deral soldiers and make a feint attack, drawing the fire Then, while the from the sirgleshot soldiers were reloading they would ewana over them with the main In fian force an I cr.rihiate them. Hroq.3 armed with guns sfiictirg six times would Le a sad surprise to the Indians and Colonel Harney was soldier enough to know It. w .s aide to sell a cori JeraMe As a it an I Harney an bis cf nut .her guns to J.-v nr j roved o the r sut'.f.'S ia ti e e ... g mu-ket- a. re.-u- 1 '- - iii. i iii : lin iignin- -' Id klie, li. I .iicr ( s nf (lie king s urnl-- ii mi, I'.an-liere- Colt" Attachment well-bein- . icboN at for Ids unusual prunes., lit (lie lainuii.s "Hiltle uf the t Spurs, lie was made a Knight lie attend by King Henry ed tlie King at tin Field nf Iii (Tntli of Gul l, where the ineeling uf Henry took plan, an incident and raneis o so famous In English luslnry. He when attended tin king at Canterbury, JlnijsTur i Tiiirles V was received In England John Seymour married Margaret Wentwurlli, daughter of Sir Henry Wentworth, vvlm claimed descent from a great min medievu' dynasties of Europe. Their mui, Edward, became a powerful noble and I.ord Protector of England, ili.s rise to fame was lnotisiric ; kniglitisl la 1123, created Viscount ncaiichainp ; governor and captain of the Mio of Jersey; chan of North cellor nnd chamberlain Wales; In 11fi7 created earl of Hertford and later, Knight of the Garter; In l.M.T lie was made Isml Great Chamberlain of England for life. Ills great grandson, Richard Key niotir, came to America, settled In Hartford, Conn., where he Immediate ly became nctlve in the affairs of the colonies. He was a founder of Nor'ill ii Old Model Navy Pistol, - f All gun. Thus was the germ of the Idea planted In the Yankee hoy's mind. It developed a little farther a year later when he went to work in his fathers textile plant at Ware, Mass. There he had access to various chemicals and the opportunity to borrow tools of all kinds froin the millwrights. Expanding upon the idea of Tim Murphy's double ri fie, he bound four barrels together and tried to make them revolve so that each, in turn, would come under the lock and fire. Hut more often than not all four fired at once so he had to give it up as a bad job. Next be was apprenticed to a Captain Spaulding of the brig Corlo which was sailing from Heston on a voyage to Calcutta, India. Young Sam wasnt especially thrilled over life as a sailor but he did enjoy watching some of the s old salts carve odd little out of wood. While be bad been employed in the textile factory at Ware, he had made the acquaintance of a young mechanic named Elisha K. Root who ail explained to him the value of making working drawings and then wooden models of some of the tilings he was trying to invent. Watching the sailors carve, Sam remembered Horn's advice about models and set about learning to carve. He acquired considerable proficiency, but when the voyage was half over he was without any Idea on which to construct a model, says Rohan. Rut one day in the Indian ocean a real Inspiration came to him. Standing idly watching the steersman, he noticed that, regardless of which way the wheel was spun, each spoke always came directly in line with a clutch that could be set to hold It, He watched for a long time and finally caught hinixelf visioning holes In the rim holes which successively came in alignment with a stationary aperture which the young inventor's imagination identified as the bore of a pistol. The revolver was conceived! Sam had found use for. l is leisure. With the jackknife that cost less than a dollar, he started to whittle out the foundation of a fortune which was to run into T0 RCUEV1N3 h : impossible mr$ I - Interest, the lad .often listened to speculation as to the casualties that might tune been indicted had the whole Continental army been nrmed with like weapons. If some nation could Invent a gun that would shoot five or siv times without reloading, that nation would rule the world, In the optnion of the Glastonbury military observers. Ilut of course the thing was Impossible. Sam, listening mouselike us he waited for the storekeeper to put up his order, missed nothing of what was said. Analyzing the discussions at his leisure, he discovered that ltohort Fulton and several other Inventors had accomplished things deemed until they were done. lie concluded that the local forum's opinion on repeating firearms might not, after nil, lie Infallible. lie decided he would he an inventor and create the t n- - revolv ers. General Taylor was Impressed by tills fact and asked for more Information about these weapons. Capt. Sam Walker of the Rangers, who was guarding Taylor's lines of communications, told the general that the only thing wrong with the revolvers was that there were not enough of them. Thereupon Taylor sent Walker to Washington to make known this need to the Iresl-deiand the result was nn order on Colt for 1,000 of his revolvers, vvhidi he at once supplied. More than that be put over as clever a publicity campaign as any modern press ngent ever thought of doing. It was not the, sales of his revolvers to the It army that made Sam Colt, says Rohan. was the manner in which he capitalized the victories of the Americans over nutnerically-supe-rloforces. The revolvers In use at Itesaca de la Falma, Monterey and Ruena Vista were few and far between. Rut those few, when Sain Colt got to spreading the story around the world, accounted for the defeat of the Mexicans. And the latter, glad of any excuse for their humiliation, cheerfully corroborated his claim! If the Mexican war gave Sam Colt Ids first real start, the War Retvveen the States sent his enterprise booming toward the pinnacle of success. Ihe extent of that conflict soon called for production of the new weapon on a bigger scale than ever before. In 1SGI t He Colt factories turned out nearly 7U,0oJ revolvers. The next year production jumped to more than 110,000. Rut the inventor did not live to see the amazing success of the thing which he had whittled out lie died .January of wood on tiie brig Corse. 10, 1CG2, but others carried on his work. When the war ended and Americans set about to conquer the last frontier, Colt's invention became lncreasing'y important in that conquest. It hung at the hip of virtually every horseman of the plains whether Texas Hanger, trooper in the United States army, cowboy, frontier marshal or outlaw. It harked in cavalry charges against the of the Comanche, the Sioux and wild the Cheyenne; its roar was heard in many a frontier dance hall and saloon in the cow towns on the Texas cattle trails. It became cot only a synonym for a certain type of firearm and a common name, but it also became a symbol of the reign of law in a lawless land. Julge was judge, j iry and executioner and a Colt of the man's hfe dopes Jd upon the 1 1 1 I I I al-- folk. Conn. Most of the Seymours In this coun try can trace to this Richard urnl thus back to the English family. it r tribe-mie- 'draw.' fid years after Sam Colt That era ended J me event was s'gr.Jf.cart of its cMe. died. Into the little town of (ofTcyviiie, Kan., one . When one of day In lkf'2, rode the InMon-iever battles fought In the the i.ette-- t s' net West was over, the H.iitoi.3, ln- -t of the ha he n wipd o.L The Will I an fit git-West was m m re. Ir.r; i niiy, auc r.g the weapons fair. In tie s trie's of ( .Tey viile that wliir-? 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Herlous trouble may bo brewing and you cannot afford to take a chance with anything less than Creomul-Elo- n, which goes right to the seat of tho troublo to aid nature to soothe and heal the Inflamed memn branes as the phlegm Is loosened and expelled. Even If other remedies havw failed, dont be discouraged, your druggist 13 authorized to guarantee Creornuision and to refund your money if you are not satisfied with results from tho very first bottle. Get Creornuision right now. (Advd germ-lade- THE j ? Dont be diacouraged I Make op your mind to try and have the fresh akin you admire in others I Thousands have found the secret in Cutirura treatments. So simple, too I The Soap cli-ar- , soothes and cleanses the Ointment relieves and helps to heal. You'll marvel at the dilference Cuticura makes. Buy Cuticura at your druerist's. 8oap 25c. Ointment 25c. k'KEEi sample of each on request. 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