THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY EVENING, .1 JULY ' 22, 1903, EDITORjIclL COcTWcTWENTolND TIMELY BY f - sr ' .. v t sfc JW TATT V TATTDMAT DAILY JOURNAL ; : ;Ti Cr S.' JACKSON TOPIGS Jfoutntaf LEGEM DS OF MALHEUR CAVE (By Paul De Laney.) AROUND THE CORRIDORS JOURNAL PUBLISHING B COMPANY, Proprietors. Arfdrets! THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, Fifth and Yamhill Sts., Portland, Or, CITY OFFICIAL PAPER. AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Entered at the Postofflce of Portland, Oregon, for transml: .ton through the malla a second -cla j matter. Postage for single copies For an 8. 10, or 12-page paper, cant; 16 to 28 pages, 2 cents; over 28 pages, 3 cents. TELCPHONESi Business Office Oi gon, Mnln 800: Columbia, 70S. Editor!' Rooms Oregon Main 250. SUBSCRIPTION RATES i Terma by Carrier. Tilt Dally Journal, one year IS.Ci The Dally Journal sis months 1.60 Tho Dally Journal three months 1.30 The Dally Journal by the week 10 Terms by Mall. The Dally Journal, by mall, ont year..4.C9 The Dally Journal, by mall, six months. 2.25 The Dally Journal, by mall, three months 1.26 The Daily Journal by mall one month. .50 The SemNWeekly Journal. The Semi-Weekly Journal eight to twelve pages each Issue, all the news and full toarket reports, one year 11.60. The Vckly Journal. The Weekly Journal 100 columns of read ing each Issue, Illustrated, full market re ports, one year, 11.00. orders and small Remittances Should be made by drafts, postal notes, express mounts are acceptable In on and two-cent postage stamps. THE JOURNAL, P. O. Box 121. Portland. Oregoa Religion, whether natural or revealed, has always the same beneficial influence on the mind. In youth, In heilth and prosperity It awakens feelings of gratitude and sublime love, and purifies at the same time that It exalts. But It Is in misfortune, In sickness, lh age, that Its effects are most truly and beneficially felt; when sub mission In faith and humble trust In the divine will, from duties become pleasures, undecaylng sources of consolation. Then It creates powers which were believed to be extinct; and give a freshness to the mind which was supposed to have passed away , forever, but which is now renovated as an immortal hope. Sir Humphrey Davy. NOT POLITICS, BUT HON EST GOVERNMENT. The crusade against official waste, mis management and Inefficiency which is now in progress in this city and county deserves the hearty support of every public spirited clt Izen. If the campaign for honest business methods in the conduct of public affairs is to be productive of adequate and lasting re suits. It must have the cordial co-operation and endorsement of the people. In Its efforts to unearth the frauds that have been pereptrated upon the taxpayers under former county administrations, and to expose county officials, past or present, who have i been derelict in their duty, The Journal has been actuated solely by the desire to serve the interests of. the people. There Is no politics' In the demand for honest govern ment Democrats and Republicans alike are Interested in obtaining it. The Journal knows no political party or faction in the . campaign for reform which it Is waging. , Every public official whom it finds worthy of censure, whether he be Democrat or Re publican, will be unsparingly exposed. It is with pleasure that The Journal gives i credit to Judge Webster , for the vigorous course he has pursued In bringing to book - the tax shirkers and tax eaters, and for Tils efforts to. recover for the county the money dissipated through the waste and extrava gance of former officials. The work which le being done by Judge Webster deserves the commendation of every citizen of Multnomah County, irrespective of political affiliations. His insistent demand for economy and busi ness methods in the conduct of the county's affairs is already bearing Valuable fruit. He has shown himself the fearless enemy of the grafters and the boodlere who have bo long preyed upon the community, and he has braved powerful opposition in the fight which he is waging in the taxpayers' behalf. The Journal cares nothing about Judge Webster's political faith. It matters not with what party or faction he is identified. The Journal believes him an honest man, who is conscientiously striving to do his duty. Until there Is convincing reason to believe that he has departed from this course, this pa pec will give him its hearty support. Every public-spirited citizen of Multnomah County should do the same. THE CHILD LABOR LAW. A recent issue of the Portland Labor Press contains some pertinent comments upon the attitude of the Oregonian toward the child - labor lawr-Says the Press: -' "The attitude recently taken by the Ore gonian antagonistic to the Initiative and referendum and child labor law has con vinced the people that the Oregonian either pretended to be sincere when It advocated these measures over a year ago", or that It is pretending now in its attacks against them. Its ' assault . upon the child labor law es pecially seems unwarranted. The Oregonian knows full well that the intention of the law and its promoters never anticipated the In dulgence of children in idleness, and the Child labor commission does not so construe it. The Oregonlan's solicitude of the com munity's weal in keeping little children at work to prevent them from becoming crim inals appears to be considerably strained. The act was framed, urged and passed as a means of preventing a system of child labor that for years has cursed the South and some Of the Eastern states. While Oregon has been comparatively free from this abuse, yet the commission has found several instances where It does exist, and expects to find more. $o the law did not pass any too soon." The urgent need of a child labor law in Oregon Is presented at some length and the editor- remarks in concluding: "The child labor law In this state Is an exceptionally good one, and Its enforcement Should be encouraged rather than dis couraged and ridiculed by the Oregonian or any Other newspaper. We do not believe the reform school er penitentiary will have to be enlarged because a child labor law Is In,, effect in Oregon." YOU NEED A VACATION. What Is the matter with you? Tou look sour,' and If one didn't know you, one would conclude by your looks that you are the owner of an unfit disposition. But that isn't the case. Tou are a very decent sort of a chap by nature. The best nature In the world, however, won't stand too much abuse. You're worrying. Business Is a bit dull. Half a hundred things have "gone wrong" things that couldn't be helped. And you have worried and figured and fussed, 'till you've become actually savage. You feel miserable Inside and out. There Is nothing like an unsatisfied heart to make the body 111. And, incidentally, you are making other people unhappy. Not Intentionally, to be sure; but it's so vastly easier to make trouble unintentionally than with a pur pose. Well, quit worrying. Take a vacation. Not necessarily a long one. A week, or even four days will put you. far to the good. You "can't get away," eh? Well, Just go away. That's the way to settle the argument. Ten .dollars to a dime youll find everything all right when you get beck, and you'll wonder why you didn't try the "change cure" before. Go out into the country. Drink God's laughing sunshine. Fill your tired lungs with the sweet breath of the morning, when the dew lies wet on the grass. Treat your town-dulled eye- on the soft radiance of sunsets, when fire-blush kisses the distant hill. Unclose your ears to the symphonies of God's choir, when the song-birds sing In the boughs. Lift your haggard brow to the cool of a summer breeze, clean with the smell of the pines. Let the peace and the wide, fresh beauty of nature steal upon your wearied brain. , ,Rest! x Lie around. Spend a few days In looking at the world out of the eyes that Nature gave you. Lay aside the dimmed spectacles of care. Unstrap the pack of worry from your back. Get the stiffness out of your shoulders, the pain out of your head, the unrest out of your heart. Take a vacation! Try It! Why, man, you're all run down! Malheur cave Is situated near the South Fork of the Malheur River In Harney County. Our party started out from A. Venator's place early In the morning. The cava Is about six miles from Venator postofflce. Miss Hattle Bartlett, a Harney County school-teacher, nnd two of her pupils, Helene and Eunice Venator, and two guides, H. G. Landreth, W. J. Benham and the Journal representatives, made up the party. , ' . " We came to a level valley covered with lava rocks which was surrounded by tall rlmrocks, except where the river penetrated the wnilsj The entrance to the cava is so obscure that the two guides, one of whom had explored the cave and the other had Visited It, passed by It several times without finding It. But a small monument of rocks soon disclosed the place and we stepped down Into an old channel like that of a river, at the north end of which a dark doorway opened beneath a pile of boulders. Large torches had been provided by wiring woolen goods on to iron rods and these thoroughly saturated with coal oil made light as bright as day. We found immediately at the entrance a cavern 60 feet wide and 20 feet from floor to celling. It was shaped from the beginning as to the end like the interior of a large railroad passenger coach, the walls, floor and celling being of solid rock. We went a due northerly course for 100 yards or more and then turned a perfect right angle to the east, the cave keeping Its uniform size all of the way. A few hundred yards out we came to heaps or rocks In the center of the floor which compelled us to hug the walls In order to continue our trip. An occasional drip of water from tha roof above gave an uncanny sound In the front and rear as we passed along. Long lines of white marked the walls horizontally which showed the presence of lime rock in tha place. At a quarter of a mile distance we were warned not to proceed too hastily ahead of the light as we might run Into the lake which lay ahead of us. This warning did not save several of the party from wet feet, as the water Is so clear that It cannot be seen until disturbed by the visitor. Since the discovery of the cave many years ago, thla water has remained the same depth winter and summer and has always been clear as crystal. It remains for some one versed in the sciences to explain the phenomenon. The lake Is not fed by any visible fountain and there Is no visible outlet. A small boa,t lies anchored near the water's edge, and one of an adventurous spirit may wade out to this boat, enter It and row on for a quarter of a mile farther, where the water becomes of an unknown depth and the cave comes to an abrupt end. There are theories about the water being retained by constant absorption of the air coming In contact with the water. Then there are others who think that it is connected with a larger subterranean body of water. But the Indian legends connected with the history of the lake were most Interesting to me. One of these legends makes It the former abode of all of the animals of the world nnd the other makes It the former abode of the water Imp or water devil. The latter was taken advantage of by the Indian women who threatened their children, when they did not obey, with giving them to the water Imp. It was believed that this evil spirit made his abode In the water In the subterranean lake, and that he slipped out at night and conveyed the children to this place where he feasted upon them. In fact It was believed that he feasted on men and women, too, and all of the tribes In that section lived In mortal fear of the water devil. The Indians feared the very neighborhood of the place and shunned It. The death of a member of the tribe was laid to this monster and his special province seemed to be carrying away and feasting upon children. Another legend is thai It was the former abode of ell of the animals of the world; that at one time all of the animals now upon the earth -were confined to this cave. Most of the Indians of the Pacific Northwest looked upon the coyote as a god and not as an animal. The grey wolf they looked upon as the greatest of all gods. It was through these gods that the animals were released from the cave. The grey wolT, or great god, used to feast on the animals of the cave. He kept a great stone at the entrance of the cave and when he became hungry he would go and remove the Stone and eat such animals as appensed his appetite, and closing the door again he would confine them there until he was hungry again. The coyote, or small god, also became hungry. He knew that the great god was living pretty high, by some means, and watched him. He saw the grey wolf remove the stone from the cave and then saw him come forth with his stomach well filled. 'It Is my opinion," says M. G. Hall, super' Intendent of the Northern Pacific Express Company, . "that the police department of this city, has been maliciously ' slandered. However, I have only recently thought so. On Monday I returned home from a visit to Seattle, reaching the Union Depot at 1:80 o'clock in the' morning. It was an un seemly hour to walk to my residence unac companied and alone, as the saying goes, but I collected all my nerve and boldly stepped out Into the Inky darkness. With fear and trembling I proceeded On my way, every moment expecting to be. accosted by some ruffianly highwayman. But no such person age made his appearance. I was greatly re lieved when at last I reached home, and discovered that I still had my watch in my pocket. For this reason I believe the police are not so bad as painted," "The other day I read a story In the newspapers of the dieting of men on bread and water,'' said Police Captain Charles Grltzmaeher this morning. "That recalled to my mind a tale of our own in the old days. Away back in the later '70s or the early '80s when I was Jailer of the city prison, we had an Influx of hoboes, and the more we sen tenced to good board and good lodging the greater the population of our building In creased. One day we decided to put them on bread and water and we kept then on that diet Tor a week. But that period hap pened to come In the dead of winter and the prisoners did not like the bill of fare. So when the door was left open one night theyi took their departure and they were never seen afterwards, or at least we never had to charge the city for feeding them.". this stats in tha mining world and local min ing men are greatly pleased at the announce-' ment. It ' offer an unusually good oppor tunity to advertise the mineral wealth of the stats, as there will be representatives pres ent from every stata in tha union which pays any attention to mining. , , The delegates from Oregon will be asked to pay their own expenses to' and from the convention, bu$ they will enjoy such distinc tion as comes from the nature of the office. " V ' A peculiar method has been used In Spo kane to aid tha striking "hello" girls. A. C. Long, of Spokane, tells about It. Tho girls," he says, "went out canvassing the clt with blank orders to the company to take out their telephones. They secured a large number of these and then sent a committee to the officers of the corporation wltli the orders in reserve. The company made no concessions and then the delegates sprung about 00 withdrawal blanks. . This made them weaken and when another bunch of 300 blanks were handed, In they were willing to talk terms. The girls were still hustling for withdrawal orders and I think by that means they will win their strike." i- So soon as the great god had closed the entrance to the cave and made his de parture, the coyote god approached the place and with a herculean effort removed the stone. But there were more animals than he expected. Anxious to escape they rushed out pellmell for liberty, and the great god came upon the scene Just in time to see If alt of his storehouse of animals made good their escape. Since that time they have scattered all over the world, and we owe what good has resulted therefrom to the treachery of the coyote god. HOW TO ADVERTISE THE FAIR Chinatown was all agog yesterday noon. The merchants of the "town" were running hither and thither, swearing strange oaths and waving their arms in windmill fashion. From the second stories of the rice and tea shops peered the bright eyes of the ladles and children of the neighborhood. And all this commotion was caused by a country woman driving down Second street in a one horse shay, with a box of very live ducks in the rig with her. The necks of the feathered beauties were rubbering from out between the bars of their cage, and every drake's son of them was singing as loud as he could. In the eyes of the Chinese, this was music most lovely. Feasts of roast duck and gin passed before their minds, and a score of merchants rushed for the rig and made offers for the barn-yard birdies. They were sold to a portly prince, who, after the purchase was made, lit his pipe and proudly told his cousin, "Chan geete mee songea soy ha tong hlghe rtlysby," or words to that effect. Three delegates will represent-- Portland at the American Mining Congress which Is to be held In Deadwood, S. D, from Sep tember 12 to 20th Inclusive. Mayor Wil liams Is In receipt of a letter from the of clals of that organization asking him to ap point three delegates to represent the State of Oregon at the Congress. This Is regarded as a signal victory for hoi Capt. Gammons, of the American ship C. Sargent, known personally by nearly everyone In St. Johns and to all shipping people in Portland and Astoria, spins a yarn of how a bally mate and a bleedln captain mistook a stovepipe for a fog-horn. Capt Gammons was second mate of the ship wi the stove-pipe. At the time the inclden happened, it was his watch below, but he stayed on deck Just to enjoy a bit of tha breeze. They were off the South African X Coast, and the weather was stormy. Sud denly, there came a deep groaning sound from the starboard bow. The man on tha look-out sung back: "Fog-horn on the starboard bow, sir." "All right," answered the mate. About this time the wlnd was shlftmg every few minutes. Soon the noise came from the port bow. This seemed queer to the mariners. In a little while,, the groan seemed to come from the starboard quarter, then it would be dead ahead, and then would suddenly Jump from one bow to the other. The Captain waa wild, and the mate was rushing around like a ' mad man. They thought they were sailing Into an unknown sea, with dangers on every side. All hands were called on deck, and every bit of canvas taken In excepting the for'sall and the fore and main topsails. But the groans still haunted them The 'men were almost crazed with fear, and the captain had said good bye to the ship. The skipper of the Sargent finished the yarn as follows: "I felt creepy myself, but thought I would wander around the ma ffc deck and listen. Ai I walked forward, I stopped by the galley to listen to the nigger cook-jy-ay. And he waa Just reeling It off. Then R heard the fog horn groans. After listening to a few of them, I discovered that they were caused by the shifting winds blowing over the galley's stove-pipe." Even If we don't have hotels enough to ac- I It would be unkind to remind the Sheriff at this time that an ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure, r --.jj-- t - r - ' commodate all the visitors to the Lewis and Clark Fair, we have plenty of trees for them to roost In. The steady growth of the Pacific Coast as shown by summaries of the progress of Its largest cities published in The Journal yesterday, is a gratifying demonstration of the faith that Eastern capital has In the vast empire of the West. A Chicago man who told his wife that her coffee was "not like mother used to make" Is In the hospital. SheTjroke a stove-lid on hla head and he changed bis mind. '?- The Journal has asked the opinion of a number of Oregon newspaper editors as to the best time and method of advertising the Lewis and Clark Fair. Following are some of the replies received: . How to effectively advertise the Lewis and Clark Fair, throughout the whole country, and accomplish this object with reasonable economy, Is no easy matter to determine. Ad vertising through the dally press of the cities and the weekly press of the country dis tricts throughout the union would be the most effectual, but would be altogether too ex pensive to be thought of. Perhaps the best plan would be to solicit the co-operation of the great transcontinental railway lines which would be beneficiaries of the Exposition; prepare appropriate literature, duly authenticated by the Exposition board, and place it In the hands of the railway companies for distribution. Under such an arrangement the advertising matter could be prepared and distributed at stated periods from now on till the meeting of the Fair. I believe the railway companies would heartily co-operate in this way with the Exposition management. The press of the whole Northwest should engage In an active campaign of support for the Fair. They should co-operate with the Board in every way possible to properly advertise the same, and to Impress upon the pedple of this section the Importance of lending everything within their power to make it the success that it should and doubtless will be. First of all, the matter of preparing exhibits representing every Industry of the Coast should be energetically pushed, and receive the hearty support of every county in the district; or I should say, the people of every county. A hearty compliance in this re spect, coupled with the exhibits which 'the management will doubtless succeed in pro curing from outside districts and from foreign countries, will certainly mean the success of the Exposition. VINE W. PEARCE, Editor North Yamhill Record. The Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis next year will afford Oregon the opportunity of a lifetime to advertise her Lewis and Clark Fair. If our exhibit at St. JUmis Ja what it should be, its excellence will attract the thoughtful attention of people from all over the world. Our state attendants upon these exhibits should be well posted on Oregon, courteous and obliging, never tiring In enlarging upon the state's resources. The truth well told is far better than exaggerated stories such as leaked out of the Oregon exhibit at Buffalo.' The truth Is sufficient. We don't have to lie about Oregon. AU advertising matter of Oregon for distribution at St. Louis should be handed out personally Dy our representatives, to people who express a genuine Interest In Oregon. This advertising matter should not be bulky rather let It be light, compact and catchy well illustrated and tastily printed. It should deal with climate, crops, resources, facts and'flgures. There should be a smnll book descriptive of each county. Then there should be separate pamphlets devoted to mining, agriculture, horticulture, fishing, sheep, stock. forestry, etc. The specialist In any line would not be compelled to weight himself down with literature that did not especially Interest him. And In all of these pamphlets of the several counties and of the different subjects, the Lewis and Clark Fair should be heralded In words whose meaning cannot be mistaken. Respectfully, C. B. IRVINE, Editor Salem Sentinel. Replying to your query as to how best to advertise the Lewis and Clark Fair will say that In my opinion it con best be kept before the people of the Middle, East and West by the Judicious use of half-tone pictures showing to the observant eye the natural beauties of our Oregon scenery. In traveling through other states recently it was a great, surprise to me to see the scenery of other states so lavishly displayed before the eye of the public on each and every possible occasion, and to see nothing at all of anything from home. Colorado and Utah's points of attraction were handed you In circulars, dropped upon you through envelopes and letter-heads, stuck before you In window frames, and every other possible place of vantage, but never a sight of anything from Oregon! California and Washington were not a whit behind in trying to show off what they have to lure the tourist within their borders. The papers and litera ture of all kinds were filled to overflowing with write-ups and pictures of other states, but It was impossible at news stands or street hawkers to get even an Oregon paper daily or weekly. This is where I consider that the Fair .will fall down the lack of advertising. My plan to remedy this evil, and which all who have traveled much know to exist, is: Let every newspaper -in Oregon donate say 100 extra copies each month filled with Fair literature, and send the same to selected lists furnished them by the Fair management. These sample copies might be printed on a superior grade of paper at very little extra cost, and half tones Inserted. I think this would prove a most effective means of adver tising the Fair and the state at large, aid much in improving the tone and make-up of our country papers, andshow thart we are all loyal to the enterprise which the state and Portland has undertaken. Yours fraternally, V. P. FISKE, Editor Oregon Woodman, (Dallas.). BIGGEST MAN IN THE WORLD. "Tough luck!" lamented the ETggest man In the world yesterday. "Here I am In the biggest city of the Western Hemisphere, and yet I can't go out on the street to have a look at New York without attracting so much attention that It deprives me of all pleasure." Submissively he folded his hands,, each of which measures a foot from wrist to finger tip, crossed his knees and swung pendulum fashion a foot on which was a No. 22 rus set shoe. It'as stifling In his apartment at the Vanderbnt Hotel, in East Forty-second street, and by the time he had slid his hand kerchief around his No. 21 collar, he had to start all over again to cool off. His name is' Edward Beaupre. He is 22 years old, his height is 8 feet 2H Inches and he weighs 267 pounds. His title of "biggest man in the world" is undisputed. And he's still growing. Within the last two years he has shot up three and a quarter incites. - Beaupre was born o French-Canadian parents in the settlement of Willow Bunch, Northwestern Territory, about 20 miles from the Montana boundary. His father Is a well-to-do ranchman, and Edward has come East to see the sights. He says he has found traveling disagreeable, because only a little more than half of him can rest com fortably In the Pullman sleepers. He likes the West'better than the East, because dls tances are on a bigger scale out there, and an eight-foot-something man out on the plains doesn't show up so big until one gets close to him. Beaupre weighed nine pounds when he was born. He was Just like other babies until at the age of three he began to grow with remarkable speed. His parents are of normal size. He was six feet four when nine years old. Now It takes 13 yarfis of cloth to make him a suit of clothes. He has two brothers and four sisters, none of whom Is remarkable for size except one of the boys. aged nine, who Is five feet eight and growing at a rate at which he will soon catch up to his big brother. Beaupre wears a No. 10 hat He has lived all his life on a ranch and Is in perfect health, mentally and physically. Six years ago, before he got too big to ride horseback, he came a cropper while hunting and factured his Jaw. The bone enlarged and could not be reduced. Except for this mis fortune he Is fair of feature and symmet rically built. His appetite calls for no more than the average-sized man eats.- He has been unable to get a comfortable fit in beds since arriving in New York and has to tem porize with two chairs stationed at the foot board on which to rest about two feet of legs. New, York 'World. 'HOWLERS." A correspondent of the London Globe sends some very fair specimens of "Howlers" perpetrated by board school children and collected by a board school master. On the nature of gases, "An oxygen has eight sides." In natural history, "A cuckoo Is a bird which does not lay Its own eggs;" "a mosquito Is a child of black and white par ents," and "a blizzard Is' the Inside of a fowl." In geographical study we get the fol lowing: "The equator -is a menagerie Hon running round the earth and through Africa;" a "meridian Is the place Where they keep the time" and "the Inhabitants of Paris are called Parlsltes." Among answers wj have heard before Is that of the child who declares "Izaak Walton was such a good fisherman that he' Was called the Judicious Hooker." Chicago News. Wantanno Why did Mrs.' Enpeck speak in such a rasping tone to her husband. ' Dusno She was simply filing ber answer. Baltimore American. ' ' ' - v AMERICANS SHOOT WELL. There is something here in the United States something in the air, the soil, the water, the conditions of life which differ entiates the American, physically and ment ally, from each and all of the racial ele-, ments that are blended In him, and one of the expressions of that difference is his gen eral superiority In marksmanship, it is a great thing for a national trait. It breeds much respect abroad, and when war comes it Is very comforting to us to know how ,well our boys can shoot. New York Amer ican. A GOD WASN'T POSTED. George had been taught to believe that If he wanted anything verymuch he must pray for it. He was anxious to have a bicycle, each night he would add to his prayers tti? request that one be sent him for his birth day. Upon awakening on the eventful morning he saw beside his crib a three wheeled machine. Thereupon he turned over on his pillow and cried: "Oh, Lord, don't you know the difference between a bicycle and a tricycle?" Phila delphia Ledger. WHAT A PITY 8HE SPOKEI "Noah," exclaimed the grand old sailor's wife, "what are you slapping at?" "Confound that mosquito," he answered. I'll smash it yet; you see if I don't "Henry W. Noah, what do you mean? Have you forgotten that we have only two mosquitos In the ark?" New York Herald. The first of the new 18-lnch guns was sat isfactorily tested at Sandy Hook with a charge of 642 pounds of powder and a 2,400 pound shell. The powder chamber pressure was 38,000 pounds to the square Inch and the muzzle velocity 2,306 feet per second. Gen. Crosier said afterward: "When a gun has handled the largest charge of smokeless powder ever put Into a gun, as this one has it is safe to say that is an absolute success"