Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1920 — Rock Cannon. [ARTICLE]

Rock Cannon.

When the island of Malta was uader the rule at the Knights of Malta .they defended their sovereignty with cannon bored tn the rock. Each one of these strange weapons contained an entire barrel of powder, and as It was not possible io vary the aim of the cannon fifty of them were made ready, | facing various directions from which the enemy might approach. When the fame of these arms iff defense became known to the world the idea was conceived of transporting rock to the summits to serve the same purpose but the scheme whs imprao ticable.