The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-24
Chances of Death IN War.

finances OF OGdII1 III Wv dl.
No doubt many newspaper read
ers have seen the statement that it
takes a mans weight of lead to kill
him in battle, and they may have
considered it to be merely rhetori-
cal hyperbole, suggested by the fact
that comparatively few out of the
whole number of shots fired in heat
of. battle take effect
Marshal SAKE, says an exchange,
first made the assertion which forms
the basis Of the above, when he said
it would take rs pounds of lead and
thirty three pounds of powder to put
each of the enemy in the long trench.
Wild and visionary as this may seem,
it appears that there was more truth
than poetry in the remark. With all
the improvements which have been
made in the art of war since the days
Of SAKE, Cassendi, the French saw
ant proves that the great marshals
philosophical remark still holds good.
At the battle of Solferino, accord
ing to Cassendi's carefully deduced
calculations, a comparison Of the
number of shots fired on the Austrian
side, with the number Of killed and
wounded on the part of the enemy,
shows that 100 bullets were cxpend-
ed for each man wounded, and
200 for each man killed. The av-
erage weight of the ball used was
thirty grains, therefore. it must have
taken at least 126 Kilograms, or 227
pounds of lead, for each man killed.
Yet Solferino was a most import
ant and bloody battle. In the Franco
Prussian war the slaughter caused
by the needle gun among the French
soldiers shows how much superior
that gun is to the French Carbine;
yet with that deadly weapon 1900
shots we're fired for every soldier de-
stroyed in the enemy's ranks. Veri-
ly there was good foundation for Be-
gert's ungrammatical remark: "War
is awful, but the noise is awfuller.
"These are the husks that the
swine didn't eat, . as the sexton said
when he swept the peanut shells out
of the lecture room after the church
fair.
The hen of the United States was
worth to this country on her own
personal account last year $500, ooo,-
900, according to the bureau of in
dustrial statistics.
The United States Supreme Court
has affirmed the judgment of the
California Circuit Court generating
Deputy Marshal Nagle for the shoot
ing Of Judge Terry, at Lathrop, Cal,
last August
Just draw line straight and let
the friends of compulsory educa-
ton" stand on one side and those
who favor ignorance on the other
We are now pretty we'll along in the
nineteenth century.
On and after July 1st no person
not a citizen Of the United States by
birth or naturalization can own any
real estate in Illinois. This will af-
feet the title of more than I 900, 900
acres now held by aliens. Nebraska
also has such law
When the editor is writing, do not
bother him with talk; if you haven't
time to take seat, go out and take
a walk; do not rudely lean behind
him, of his subject making note, nor
stand and view your visage in the
shoulders of his coat.-Ex.
The Bennett law merely requires
that every child of school age shall
be required to learn something of
the English language. AS to train
ing in all other tongues parents are
left free to exercise their own judg-
ment without let or hindrance.
Senior Carlos MARTINEZ Silva, Del
egate from the United States of
Colombia to the Pan-American Con-
gress, recently wrote TO Rollo Og-
den, the translator of Maria, as fol-
lows: "Your success has been brill
liant. congratulate you very
heartily, and | congratulate myself
also as a Colombian.
Copies of the Constitution of the
United States have been distributed
by the thousands throughout the
Brazilian Empire. By such means
is the Provisional Government edu-
eating the people in Republican in
stitutions, and wien the time for the