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Show A BUSY ARSENAL the machines 400,000 little leaden WHAT THE FRANKFORD PLANT IS slugs, the bullets. DOING TO PREPARE FOR. WAR. Daily 400,000 of these little brass tubea run under a funnel filled with powder and get their share of the With Peace Reigning Supreme and No deadly compound. Daily the lead and the brass and the powder and the Sign of a War Cloud, Ammunition are assembled and turned out cap Out Is to Being Turned Enough complete messengers of death. Daily Carry On Many Wars. they go out Into the world to MaRecently Philadelphia held a peace nila, Hawaii, every place where an and arbitration conference, the men American soldier, marine or sailor who are laboring for the abolition of who carries the standard rifle Is. The daily output of the arsenal, yon war coming from all quarters of the may reason out without much trouble, country to tell of the progress towards is enough to equip each soldier of an the time when all disputes between army of 100,000 men with four cartridges each. One weeks output would be suff- icient to carry death to the whole pop- ulation of Philadelphia if less than one in every two bullets fired found Its mark. Every day 250 pieces of shrapnel, the projectiles for guns of the field artillery, ranging from the three-incto the seven-incgun, are turned out from the arsenal. These guns also have their play time on the big rifle range. In time of peace the government prepares for war. Those in charge of the arsenal know all about the But they are peace conferences. obeying orders from the war departh h ment. The arsenal has been employing its addition to its force for the last three months, In order to give employment to those who would otherwise have no means to buy bread and meat. An appeal was made to the war department by some business men of Philadelphia a few months ago asking that the government give the arsenal as much work as it could. Of course, the arsenal manufactures other paraphernalia of war, such as the sights for artillery pieces, instruments for the control of the fire of these pieces, projectile the fuses themselves, and other things which do not strike one at first sight as having the deadly power that the bullets have, although they are a part of the death business. There are few soldiers in the arsenal, not a fourth the number of The shops civilians employed there. of civilians. But officers are in charge of the ordnance department of the army preside over it. Col. Frank Heath has been the commander since 400 COL. rtfANK U-J-A. nations would be settled by an intemar tional tribunal, and no longer would recourse be had to death dealing engines of war, and odd and incongruous as it may seem during each day of that conference the Frankford , arsenal made 400,000 cartridges to go into the standard rifles carried by the soldiers of the United States in this and other lands. The arsenal is still at work along the same lines and will continue so at least until July, 1909. It never turned out so much work before and is now employing 400 more persons than ever before. Daily there rain down from the machines of the arsenal 400,000 little brass tubes the cases of the cartridges. Daily there rain down from NO HAIR-SPLITTIN- But, argues the exasperated who has been haled before the country justice, you havent the shadow of a reason for arresting and trying me- Why, man, my machine was standing stock still. Absolutely motionless! Even the constable will tell you that. still The automobull was all right, acknowledges the constable, but its engine was runnin full blast, an it sounded just like they do when they go 40 miles a hour. But my machine was not moving! Judge, this is prepos The evidence is all against you, coldly decides the justice. Twenty dollars and costs. This is not the time or place for idle auto-mobilis- t, - fuse-setter- MRS JONES' ECONOMY. LOVE'S LOGIC. Maria," said Mr. Jones, upon one of his worrying days, it seems to me you might be more economical. Now, there's my old clothes. Why cant you make them over for the children instead of giving them away?" Because they're worn out when youve done with them, answered Mrs. Jones. Its no use making over things for the children that wont hold together; you could not do It yourself, smart ns you are. Well, grumbled Jones, I wouldnt have closets full of things mildewing for want of wear, if I was a woman, thats all. A penny saved is a penny I know tiom looking In your yr Why Adam lout hi parndiao; I know, from lUtrnlng to your tong. Why Troy wn fought for, ten years Ions:; earned. That was in April. One warm day In May Mr. Jones went prancing through the closets looking for something he couldnt find, and turning things generally inside out. Marla, he screamed, where is my gray alpaca Made it over for Johnny." Ahem! Well, wheres the brown linen one I bought last summer?" Clothes-bag!mumbled Mrs. Jones, who seemed to have a difficulty in her speech at that moment. "Just made it Into a nice one. Marin, asked the astonished man I know-- , wheneer tourh your hand I Why Antony betrayed hi hind. You frown, and I jure.-lvfull well Why Dante took the path of hell And why he elimlx-to heaven I eo When you have deigned to sntlle on me! e d Yet Eve wa foolish all her life. And Helen wa h fatthhwife; And Cleopatra n for her. We know what sort her moral wtre. love would seem Yea, The figment of ft poet dream. So you, more wise, more pure and mors Divine than all these dame of yore I It so slra nice you've made me, then, A bigger fool than all those tm-nCleveland Leader. - ? KIND. dust-coat?- " " in a subdued voice, "would you mind telling me what you have done with my silk hat; you havent made that over for the baby, have you?" Oh, no, dear, answered the wife, cheerfully; "Ive used that for a hanging-basket. It is full of plants and looks lovely. Mr. Jones never mentions the word economy, or suggests making over he has had enough of It. Artist I shall not mind if I live till I become famous. WOES OF THE CULTIVATED. Friend I shouldnt mind living a couple of centuries myself. s, Bugs and Kisses. Patience We were sitting on the front stoop, and Jack said every time he saw a lightning bug he was going to kiss me. Patrice Good for Jack! But I told him every time I saw a lightning bug I was going to make him stop. I know the rest of the story. You kept your eyes closed the whole evenYonkers Statesman. ing. Before that he was in command of the proving station for the testing of the big guns of army and navy at Sandy Hook. Before that he was an instructor at West Point, from which he was graduated in 1868. 1900. On the Honeymoon. The Bridgroom Ah, darling, I can see the lovelights in your eyes. The Bride Dont be silly, George. These Realistic Babes. There is nothing in my eyes but cinWillie was decidedly realistic and so , Mrs. Wigs Your daughter seems to ders. Chicago Daily News. very fond of hearing Bible stories read aloud that, as soon as he could be suffering from the heat. MORTIFICATION SET IN. Mrs. Digs No; shes just home read, his aunty gave him a copy of the Bible written especially for chil- from college, and shes prostrated by the family grammar. dren.' Not long afterward he was heard Opposites Cause and Effect. howling in despair. Every one ran to They say that there is more crime see what had happened. They found committed in hot weather. him with his new Bible open. Yes; heat seems to conduce to Willie, Willie, tell us what is the wickedness. matter? ied him. re day! A-an- d h-h- is is dead! And God burman knows n-n- o are t-t- o th-th- is Judge. Early Opening. The summer season is opening earlier this year that usual. What makes you think so? I just had a letter from my daughThe Finale. she says that there are already ter It seems to me, said the Indian fourand charming young men at the sumchief, as he watched the white mans mer resort. Detroit Free Press. encroachments, that all my property very soon will be a mental reserva- thats strange, that a close cause should lo9se prinatmosphere Baltimore American. ciples. Now The Mean Thing. She (eyeing the refreshment booth) Dearest, while we are waiting for-thtrain, dont you think it would be a good idea to take something? He Yes, darling; and since it is such a beautiful moonlight night, lets take a walk. Baltimore American. e The Philosopher of Folly. Habit is a wonderful thing, obI serves the Philosopher of Folly. As It Looks Now. tion. Judge. What are you stretching that new suppose the reason some of these Wall street men are trying to own Umpire Its no fun to have the fans barb wire fence for? A Sign. call is has told earth that the you rotten! somebody It begins to look now as though The honeymoon is about over when s Rooter is water. No, I should think it would the husband begins to kick about the I might catch a few balloonists with them it make you feel mortified! Cleveland Leader. meals. Washington Star. it Washington Star. three-fourth- . |