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PROPOSALS FOR TIES SALE OF ORDSANCF
AND ORDNANCE STORES.
ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT.

ORDINANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT.
g., WASHiN6ToN.D ID. u, October II, leo
until o'clock D m. on SATURDAY. the 18th day
OF october, f7l, Tor the purchase of the following
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, viz:
30 Breech Ioading Muskets, caliber g, with
lICO Balls Repeatirg Carbines, caliber 50. with
$500 Gallashers Carbines, adapted for Spencer
4OCO Maynards Carbines, with 500 rounds of Am.
munition per gun.
1000 Pa'mer's Carbine., csliber Al, with Ammun-
ten.
5000 Remington Carbines, csliber n, with Ammu-
milton.
200 Warmers Carbines and Ammunition
27C0 Joslyn Carbines and Ammunition caliber 3,
1000 sets Carbine Announcements. serviceable
Blakesley s ard other patterns.
20 C5 sets Infantry AccouteIments.
DloO S'arrs Revolyers, csliber A., with Ammu-
5000 Rogers and spencers Revolvers, caliber a,
with Ammunition.
lo-GO Remington Army RevoIvers, caliber n, with
5000 Pistol Holsters
5000 Cavalry sAbers.
loo Spencer Rifes.
1900 sets Horse Equipments.
fIELU ARTILLERY.
~ batterie' OF Field Artillery, complete, with
Bids will be entertained for any one or all If the
foregoing lots the bids to specify the price offered
Tor the arms with ammunition Tor accouterments by
themselves The bids for artillery will DO for bat
teIies complete, with ammunition much for a
terry Of Parrot inch guns, for batteries and am
munitioD separately.
The privilege reserved by this Office of rejecting
any or all bids which may net be deemed sufficient
or satisfactory. A margin Of % per cent. must be
paid at the time Of the ward, and the residue pom
delivery at the stores All the stores to be
at the city OF Hew York within thirty days after the
oc2)6t Chief of Ordinances
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The European Situation.

Again We have a rOSe-coiOred report Of the
condition of the French forces. According t.
this report the French army now consists Of
as GOO men within the eaceiHts of Pari-: of
$1,000 men, tor the most part regular trosps
with Marshal BazaiDe at Metz aud Thionville
and of 10000 regular troops outside of Paris
and Metz. Besides these the government has
distributed arms to So, 900 men throughout the
provinces says this veritlble report, which,
II should be added, is from French sources By
the same authority we ave informed that the
German army in France numbers on paper"
ESQ geo men, and of these $1,000 men are ii for
duty.
Bat this encouraging statement for the French
side proves too much. If the French thus ont
number the Germans, they have got them Just
where they want them, and have only NOW IN
turn TO and wipe out their adversarie1 off hand.
So long as they fail to do this. or to undertake
il, We NAV assume that the German army has
been surrounded very much as was the
Tartar who declined to come into camp with
bis csptor. The history OF the war thus far has
SHOWN that the Germans have fewer men asoD
paper than the French, and IL would be M ,st
surprising II the state of things has been wholly
reversed now, so that the victorious German
armies are men Of straw and the lately dis
organized armies opposed to them have become
solid. effective forces.
That the shattered French armies will make
an obstinate resistance on the defensive, bac ked
up by fortifcations, there can be 10 doubt, but
we shall not in this war see any French force
strong enough to take the field against the
grand German army before Paris. Sorties
having certain degree of success may be
made, and the city will be defended, doubtless.
with distinguished gallantry, but the result an
only be to procrastinate the war, not t, drive
out the firmly planted invaders.
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WHAT NExT?-Tbe developments OF the past
year have shown the likelihood that AL the
great railroad lines and interests of the country
will at no distant day be concentrated in the
grasp of few men, less than half dozen. or
these railroad autOcrats, Commodore Wander
bilt will, il he lives, be perhaps the head. But
Vanderbilt not content with being railroad
king, Is looking out Tor new worlds to conquer
His latest achievement in this direction is in
getting control of that vast monopoly the
Western Union Telegraph Company. He has
gobbled up the majority Of the stock for himself
and family, and is now making the fur fly In the
way Of rotating officers and cutting of sinecure,
Well, the concern might be in worse hands th an
Nsndereilts; but it is not a satisfactory vie to
see all these great interests m which the public
are concerned getting year by year into the
grasp OF a few strong willed wealthy men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-20

The lNsURRECTIoN IN MARrINIQUR-I,ater
advices from the French Island of Martinique
show that the result of the negro resurrection
tnere on the I'D ult. was the burning of about
twenty sugar estates and the killing OF several
respectable planters. The incendiary bands
were composed of idle and worthless persons.
Inc governor, who is an experienced soldier
speedily suppressed the emeute, and many of the
persons concerned In 1t tied to escape 10 the
neighboring English island of st. Lucia, but
were prevented. In about six DAYS after the
outbreak me insurgents, who were estimated to
number about 400, were entirely dispersed
captured and some of them killed. Eugene
Lacatlle. the principal ringleader was captured
on the LIST or October. On the Sd inst. the volun-
teers that had been called out were disbanded
ana the prisoners were under trial by military
commission. The island is now quiet.
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hAiLRoAD CASE DECIDED.-The Circuit
Court is still in session. On Thnr,dav evenina
the cases OF b. & p. X. X. Co. VS. GrsfSon III.
Isaac, and the same vs. James Isaac's heirs, oc-
cupled tne attention OF the Court. In these
cases objections had been filed to the inonisi-
lions returned to the Court. At the CONCLUSION
OF the arguments, His Honor Judge Brent.
delivered the opinion of the Court, set ing aside
misrepres anted the law and failed to allow the
actual value of the land on the day of the
inquisition, from whatever cause arising and to
estimate the damages resulting II the land
owners from the condemnation of their land:
and ordered new jury to be summoned in each
case.-Ndrlboro Gdzetts,
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Government Securttfes'


Ibt bdshrs, Broksrs' and Conlnss-cIa! TsIsravsI
EeNs johnson a Co., Qnote stocks and bonds ip
nome and foreign markets as follows:
NEW FORK, Oct. D-First Board-U. 8. IS, 1881
coupcn l3 Eos, 1862, coupon ll25S aSs 1854 con
pon, ~ As, 1888 coupon, l'2iS: Dds, new 1865,
COUP Iluts 2s, lS61, coupon. HOS 52Ds, 1858 cou
pon, llOss 10 4Os, coupon, IO6sl Currency 6s Ill.
harip1sa, do prefd:- :; Canton. Is Cumberland,
- western Union Telegraph. 4l1s; Quicksilver,
.; Pacific Mail, "a Boston Water Power, IS:
Adams Exp 81: Wells, Fargo 90. Exp., 37I2 :
american EXP. 81 Uni ssltPs Exp, IS do ,pf'd
NY; Central and Hudson, s27s; do do Scrip,
s.; Erie 221s do prefd. 46h: Harlem, 1877: Read
rig lCO; Michigan Central, I'D Lake Shore and
NMichlgan southern. 9sis; Illinois Central, lbs;
Gleveiand and PittsDurg, 1861; Northwest, sl,s
% prSf d. 500: Union Pacific X. R., 25s New Jer
sey Csntrsl; log ; Rock Island, liiZs; Milwaukie
sra: Wabash and Western. 5iI6: Cleveland, Co.
s sn'bus Cincinnati and lnds.. 81; Fort Wayne,
~: alton and Terre Haute, %; Chicago 4 Alton
IFS; Chicago Alton. prefd, ll41i; Ohio and Mis-
ss-lpp Certihcftes, 34; Tennessee State G's, old,
va tennessee State SIS. new, 60if Virginia State
os, Old 63; CeAIral Pacific Bonds 9OiS; North Oar
olna Ss, old, IS; do. new. %: Missouri 6s. 81;
Vol chicago and Ind. Central Is; Union Pacific Ia
Bonds, S3'4, of d. Gold. 1l27ssll3S. Market steady
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N WEST WING DRY HALL
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct IL Is7O

L..
IT. NOTICE is hereby given. that the TAXES FOR
LEE IEah $50, levied upon the real and per-
sonar properly In the city of Washington District of
Columbia will be payable on and after October lJ,b
Ioao discount OF ten per cent. will be allowed
nn, All payments made thereon prior to November
Igth. ls1O- Also, q dircount of FIVE per cent from
NoyeiI Der 9Th TO December 10th, $50
PERSONS upon whose property there Is special
TAX ana deslrous OF pay the same will state at
the time ef applying for the general tax bill
ANY person or persons general tax which amounts
20 the cum OF Two huddred and fifty dollars net can
pay one NTH OF said tax in certc ates of Indebted
ness Of the Corporation Of W Washington, d G.
No attention will be paid to lCcai letters request
ing TAX blli neither can bills be made before
alter ONCE hours. The Collector is comp slled to
adopt this course in consequence Of the late law re
q1tring distribution of the funds daily
Persons calling Tor tax bills will please present
last receipts which will greatly facilitate tha
ties spply ing. -
All checks offered in payment for taxes m., II be
drawn.
On the LIST Of February, ISL, the books will be
closed and all taxes due and unpaid will DC adver-
tised for sale. IA BOSWELL,
cclo Nt hep 6ChronI City Collector.
Tome TO MASONIC TEMPLE TO TIE
S GERMAN FAIR Every Evening this we ak
ana Wis Howe Sewing Machine for only % cents
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The New York money market continues TO
work easily at five and six per cent. The asking
rates at the bar k VIII - institutions are poor
i seven per cent. while on the other hand nm
employed balances are lett with the lie Ming
dealers IN so reTDment bonds as low as 70 At per
cent. he shipments Of Currency 70 the nth
tOtlLueS on moderate scale. Choice com.
mtTeial paper in the open market passes att to
-. per cert. The government bond IN ARK II is
i'm, bat without fCa'ure
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OUR EARTH-QUAKE TC-DAY.-How are Won,
Pacific Slope: just twig our earthquake to-
day-just a. good a shake a. you can scare a D,
This earth quake Gems u have bccn felt owe
a vast area-eertainly through TIE North aud
West and Canada. Very likely it extended
through the South, but the telesraphers are 50
slow down there, that they wont report IL until
tomorrow or next day. Elsewhere will be found
the exciting details OF its titanic pulsations.
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A census taker in a rural district of Nissouri
reports two pairs of twins born in the last three
years TO happy couple named woodbine
4 nus 10 at last found Mr.. Fisks fsvorite pllce
where the Woodbine te.a-eth."-N T. Com
neTcidl.
Let the Commercial take heed before il Is for
ever too late. a great criminal who lately
ended his career on the galiows confessed th 1t
the first It, p in his downward course was a piece
OF Pun-ic islth whereby he undertook to prove
to contdinr friends the existence of amin Al life
tsbGy koSS, otherwise eAaos) before the creation.
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11n Mississippi, sixty.one out of every one
write.
~One hundred Chinese are to be added tn
the population of the city of Oswego in the
spring, to BE employed as wharf iaborers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-20

The "hub-ites" are enthusiastic over Miss
Glyn and her Shskespearian readings. She
comes from Boston in this direction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-20

General Bornside's fussy attempts to nego-
tate peace between tie European belligerents
amounted to n.r.
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A & A r d
The undersigned offers his services in the capacity
q GLskEtOPflST,a and GENERAL BUStN ISo
A6EN r. ard most res pectfuly solcits the pat -un-
age OF the business and Professional public.
Legal and other papers neatly and correctly
Charges reasonable.
Refers, by permission, to-
Latimer 4 Cleary, Auctioneers and Commission
Merchants. llth and Pa avenue
Lincoln Willard, Attorneys, &c, 7th and sts.,
l.. Stanton, Attorney at Law, st., near 9TH.
Hon. w. Townsend. NJ G.,
Y. ii. Painter, ESQ.
VIM. ID. Wise, ESQ
Orders left at or through P o., care of Lincoln a
WILLARD, Room 10, Federal Block. } or Latimer &
Cleary. will be promptly responded to.
Small EdroTs Thankfully Recstpsf."
H. BAKER.
oc2-6t Residence, 2l9 A., st B. W,
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" BOYDS
w ASHlNGTON, GEORGET0WN, ANDALEX-
- ANDRIA DIRECTORY FOR 1871,
VIII be issued promptly by lst January next The
canvasSers are now out colectir the nfor ms ion
Heads of houses will please leave list Of all proper
persons at the house, thst canvassers obtain
the necessary Information. 1t is particularly re-
quested that due be used in spelling and giving
first nfTe1 in full.
N. h Il have no connection with the advertising
sheet known as Boyd's Office Directory, which has
rode into some fame on my name.
WIN. ii. BOYD, Publisher.
ocsD-lw Goa n street N w
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-20

ICadetship Whittemore is q candidate for
State Senate in South Carolina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-20

NATTAN's CRYSTAL DISCOVERY,
FOB THE HAIR,
Is warranted to restore gray hair to Its original
color in from three to ten days, prevent the hair
from falling, and cure dandruf and scurf in about
two months 1t is also an excellent dressing for the
hair giving brash dry and wiry hair an elegant and
glossy appearance. 1t contains nothing poisonous,
ard is as clean and clear water. Everybody can
use it with perfect confidence.
The fact that some three thousand bottles have
been seld in town within few moths is proof of its
entire success.
ID ard D streets N. ".
Liberal discounts to the trade. oclstr
TNOTICE.-A meeting Of the BOARD OF
~ IRADE will be held n THURSDAY EVEN
from Brig General Mytr. Chi.f OF Bureau of Storms
and Signals. full and gpnc,ua attendance i,
OcE-it IRepublican and Chroniciel ''''1H'
TIHE kEGULAR MONTHLY MEETING
r,s1tN1 the ;, YOUNG ,aI MEMS CHRISTIAN ASs0-
18Th instant, at ~ o'clock, in LtncoIn Han
short Addresses will be delivered, giving personal
SRI s'iiry s E ibf Ai,o Sr
Nm MN EALLANTYNE, Ii. BEARD, and q. G.
The meeting is free to all ocl4u
~NOTICE.-An UNREDEEMED PLEDGES
eI hspd Tor 5s sale at 5 s SoLDsTEiN CO .
Pennsylvania, avenue. Oc I3Im
TC0ME TO MAsONIC TEMPLE TO TIKI
w GERMAN FAIR Every Evening this week
JIG THE COMMITTEE ON TEACHERS will
meet at the Female Grammar School Room OF the
oetcSsf 30 dyslsesE on to s saaniae
applications for teacherships in the Public Schools
ssss are to present
not necessarily entite the holder to an app,ntmsnt
day al b order SSEE lie SccSS82 n ff9l'
~NAYORs OFFICE, CITY HALL,
RGIc. TO Gisss 81 f III
sYLyANIA AVENUE, BErWEEN isr
sihAt srR MEfr w AsP 18th
We. the Con missioners for the paving Of Pennsyl-
u be reset 70 the
Grade; and the psvements laid accordinsly, IS re-
auired y ac o. ,ss corporation Of Washington, ap
',U,u EaERY, prest Of Board oonr..
,s.g :.s ,Ss, S g e
tendance 10 loci tisl.I S. ". I sSGAS, Il ID.
HT.s r. g.
sHuction In German viii be commenced at the
WASHINGTON BUSINESS COLLEGE
on OCTGBkR 3, $50, BY d. L. sELkE. teacher OF
FL ss ApP,ics.0ps will ss received =,
residence OF the teacher If Eth street. between
and y.
Private classes in German and French can be
formed at the teachers residence, 1t moderate
rates. sef9-ly
Ne MINEbAL WATER0,
FRENCH GLASS SIPHONS
SOLD At
AILBURN's DRUa sTORR,
s3l 18TH STREET. OPPOSITE rnrAsulY.
vrr0AAh SODA, kIssiNGEN, vICHY, sELr.
AEk, sARATOGA, BRDFORD AND RIM
LIZA WATBks. Oh DRAUGHr ALL fHR
se6-tr
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fHK NATIONAL INrELLIeKHcHI
Weekly Conservative Organ.

Est at Washington .isco. removed 70 New York lap
SPECIAL TeIesraphU Nsscsyrop tas scAok Obssfrp
Ts Greaf Ne,rspapc Jcr HO~seAoid asd fa,H.
os per year in advance. p. q. orders are safest
ALEX. DELMAR, Editor and Proprietor.
IN Sos y res1vsy, New Hort
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10y VIM. l.. WALL & CO., Auctioneers,
- New Marble Building,
Stores No. 900 900 Penn sv., cor. 9Th 81.

We are now receiving from the manufacturers a
YER large and hands some assortment of CAB a
lNET FL RNlTURE Of all descriptions, to VI
which We invite the attention n buyers, rs t<S1
~ are OF excellent workmanship, which has
fully invite the attention Of buyers before purchas
ing elsewhere. VIM. l.. WALL x Co,
Cc.Ot Auctionesrs
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SWHO Is 1T THAT DON'T LIKE GOOD

HU Is TT IHAT DON T LIKE GOOD
W. g. Johnson, Wholesale BUTTER and
PROVISION Dealer, 024. corner 9th aud L. sts.,
is daily receiving choice
DAIRY BUTTER,
to which he calls the attention Of the trade grt Gerry.
en- ar housekeeptrs, which will be Sold at the
IoWtst prices. oc20 lmr
I'HlS Is TO GIVE NOTICE, That the subscriber
4 has obtained from the Supreme Court of tJe
District OF Columbia, holding special term, Ie,-
ters OF q. the personal ate of
BETSY ROBINSON, late of Washington COUNTY
a'ore deceased All persons having claims
exhibit the same, with the vouchers thereof 10 the
srbCcriber, on or before the l1th day of October
next; they may otherwise by law be excluded from
all benefit OF the said estate. Given under nv hand
this llth day Of October. 1870.
MARY M. TURNER,
oc2Oth wv AdmnstratI. * W a.
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LOST AND FOUND.

LOST AND FOUND.
Il OsT-A SEALED RING with the initial on the
IL stone. The finder will return 1t to els 18th
street, where he will be suitably rewarded oc2 Ct
STRAfED AWAY From MY PREMISES OC.
~ tober 10, a small COW, faWn color, With
tmall white spot in her forehead. Five dol N IL
LAYS rewtrd viii be paid for her recovery, or ~
Information leading to the same. B III. slime
METZ, No. 1929 street or 1897 Pennsy lvania
avenue, oc903t
STRAYED.-On Sunday last, TWO COWS left my
- pr,mises; one a small white buffalo COW
the other very dark grey v it'll the ends ofQ ~
her horns sawed on Any person giving infor- III
mat on TO the recovery of the will r, ceye a
suitable reward mRS. JONES, No. 20s south
street, Capitol HILL ocIg 3tr
rAME TOTHE SUBsCRIBERs-One white and
- red COW; white stripe on her front - =,
shoulder; also, white stripe around her foreSl lFS
leg; white spot ON the right and left flank: aNA
white spot on her forehead in The shape of seven.
straight horLs The ewDer is requested to come for
ward and prove property, pay charges and take her
away. JANE WILLMAN, corner of 18th ~ and
MARY iand avenue, No. 40. OcI9 2tr
REWARD-Straye or stolen on the 18Th
.O.I inst, one light red and white buffalo &,
COW. The above reward will be given for El lES
recovery or any information concerning her xW.
CHARLES 4. NELSON,
ocl8 81 Corner 9th and streets, Navy Yard
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BELLEVUE, LA,
Saturday, September 8, 1870.

THE WAR.-Nothing impor-
tant from the war. Russians
slowly advancing on Paris.
French making Herculean eff
forts to meet them. The
French seem to have recovered
from their panic, and seem de-
sirous OF trying a great battle.
A victory to them would re-es-
tablish, somewhat, their pres
tige, and cause them to retain
their present boundary. A
great victory to the Prussians
before the walls ofParis would
complicate European politics
greatly, unless they would be
willing to give up all their adj
vantages except their repu-
tation.
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Oh! it is hard to take to heart
the lesson that such deaths will
teach, but let no man reject it,
for it is one that all must learn,
aud it is a mighty, universal
Truth. When Death strikes
down the innocent and young,
for every fragile form which he
lets the parting spirit free, a
hundred virtues rise, in shapes
of mercy, charity and love, to
walk the world and bless it.
Of every tear that sorrowing
mortals shed on such green
graves, some good is born, some
gentler nature comes. In the
Destroyer's steps spring up
bright creations that defy his
power, and his dark path be-
comes a way of light to Heav-
en-.
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THE BOSSTER BANNER.
". H. seAxLASD, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
IT L BINS

The Bossier Banner will be issued every
Saturday morning. Subscription, per an
nun, Three Dollars-in advance. 81 so for
six months $lfor three months =
Advertisements inserted at 81 per square
of ten lines or less. first inscrtion--J0 cents
for each subsequent insertion
Cards of one square, or less-$l2 per
anuuna Six inonth--$7 so. Three months
s.
Announcements of Candidates for Office
$l0
P Obituary notices, when exceeding a
square, will be charged as advertisements
Ege All articles published for the benefit
Of parties or individuals, at their own solic-
itatioa, win be charged for as advertise
mentsi s4
ET Editorial notices, or any matter oc
eupying space outside ofrcgular advertising
columns, charged at the rate of 25 cents per
line. sEfs
gY " B. Proceedings and resolutions
of public and political meetings, &c, charg-
cd as advertisements.
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THE MORTALITY OF PHILA-
DELPHIA.-Over six hundred
deaths in this city recently
This is a startling fact. There
is no prevailing endemic, and
yet the mortality is truly alarm
ing. What is the cause of the
increase of deaths? The ex-
haustive character of the wealth
er. Day and night the system
is subject to a heavy drain of
the life principle. There is no
release from the inroads made
in this direction. In the sun
life is parched and shrivelled
by the heat; in the shade the
air seems like a blast from a
furnace. Under such a COM
bination of circumstances it is
no wonder men and women
succomb and passed away, with
little, if any warning. The
mortuary record speaks trum-
pet-tOngued in favor of care,
prudence, tenn p crane &c and
cleanliness on the part of all
classes of citizens.-[Age.
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War.

With our progress in human
tiles, there are some classes of
civilization that are difficult to
reconcile to the theory of JUS
tice and right that we so much
boast of. To kill the most men,
at the longest distance, and at
the cheapest rate-this is the
whole art of war and, at the
same time, one of the most i'm
portant problems in every gov
eminent. Springfield muskets,
needle guns, chassepots, me-
trailleurs, rified cannon, bullet
syringes; steel-pointed bolts,
canister, case, and shrapnel-
these are the pets Of govern
ments and nations; these are
the subjects on which chemists
and mechanicians spend years
OF patient study and expert
ment, in the hope of adding
some improvement that will
increase their destructiveness
No invention is more highly
esteemed than one for Staying
men on the field of battle, sink
ing ships in the ocean, or de-
molishing defensive fortiica-
tons, and no other is so
certain to yield wealth to the
inventor. We protect the lives
Of men by careful laws and by
the enforcement of hygienic
rules, only to slaughter them
by hecatombs, in an hour, in
battle. We spend years and
even ages of patient labor and
skill, in accumulating wealth,
to destroy it with fagot and
sword.in a moment of fury
We build cities and sack them;
we build ships and sink them;
we plant and till fields and de-
vastate them; we take millions
OF men from peaceful labor aud
happy homes and train them
to Slay and be slain. All this
is war, and as long as the prac-
tice of it continues, we shall be
akin to barbarians and beasts.
1t is impossible to deny that
mankind has made, and is still
making advancement in the
arts that give comfort, ease and
beauty to life; but until nations
have learned to settle disputes
without strife. one-half our
boosted superiority over the
ignorance of the past will be a
mockery. ........