Show THE WONDERFUL MAXIM QUIT GUN the following description of the maxim gun taken front from an account by dr glenry at field of a visit to the inventor contributed to the evangelist new york october logli Is 13 reproduced here for the powerful and vivid impression pres slon it gives elves of maxims Alax ims remarkable engine of destruction ills mr maxims special pet his dally daily Is the marvelous marve loua gun eun that does not ire fire single shots but literally rains bullets as the elements in their fury rain hailstones it la a light affair to look at having the appearance of a small brass cannon mounted on a tripod and aimed and worked by one man who sits behind it on a saddle like that of a bicycle from which he can point it up and down with as a s much ease as it if it were a pistol or swine it 11 to the right or left as an enemy approaches bioni one or another quai ter rut but how Is the gun loaded ali ah hero here la Is the beauty of it it loads itself the originality of the hie lineation bleg in this that it utilizes the recoil so that as the cartrie cart cartridges rid ge s are strung on a belt that carries from to too rounds L very every kick of the gun throws out the exploded cartil cartledge dge on one side of if the gun and 0 on I 1 i the other thi throws aws the next cartridge nto into I 1 place so that the discharge Is incessant you have only to press presa tho the button and the gun does the rest As long as you keep your you r finger on the button the firing goes on the gun em throwing eleven mlkle bullets a second a minute but riot not so BO fast I 1 hear some one 3 aay y who has made a study of firearms nr earms dont you know that this incessant etring would heat the gun so that it would explode and do more destruction it the rear end than at tho the muzzle oh 11 yes gentle critic I 1 know all this i ind n d am glad you spoke of it as it gives me occasion to point out one more c con on til vance Vanee ot of this marvelous machine chat steel barrel through which an in assant hash flash streams like a continuous streak break of lightning melting or exploding everything near it passes through water ater it Is fill all the while imme immersed ased in water vater that Is encased incased in what Is called the water jacket so that the gun like EL a good soldier keeps cool while doing its ita most deadly work T thus h u s 1 it t la t that h t the h e m man a at t t the h e g gun u n Is m master a s te r 0 of ls t the h e asit situation u a tt and d n need e e d n not 0 t run away even it he ha la Is attacked by a regiment unless it comes up upon on him by surprise and takes him at close quarters or some villainous sharpshooter picks him oft off before he gets to business let the regiment keep at a respectful ful distance and give the brave fellow a chance and he will lay them low by hundreds and indeed let the enemy bo be ever so numerous it the alicy they will only stand up like men to be shot t at he will mow down halt half a dozen regiments while he be Is smoking his el cl garl par |