The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-03-14

THE SCIENCE OF KILLING.
Immense improvements Of Late in the
Cory Art.

Immense Improvements OF Late In the
Cory Art.
There is one branch OF scientific ex-
pertinent that is almost unequal to the
demands upon it, although new dis
aoveries in that line are being an
nounced every day, says the Boston
Advertiser. This branch is in the di-
rection Of securing new methods and
materials for military and naval uses in
destroying armies and navies. The
range of experiment is wide one and
takes Ia all departments Of physics and
chemistry. New metal is being forged
for guns on the one hand and for arrnor
on the other and almost every improve
ment Ia ono direction is followed sooner
or later by discovery in the other.
But, besides the regular methods al
ready In use. IL is to be expected that
the next great war between civilized
nations, If the world shall be SD I'M
fortunate as to have one, will witness
the employment OF some military
means which will be moro or less novel
to modern warfare
The use ofsmoheless powder is one OF
sbc novelties with which the world is
already more or less familiar by descrip-
ton. but it Is not 50 well known that
the war department of England is
now experimenting with grenades,
which are intended to work in just the
opposite way, and TO produce such huge
auan titles of smoke as viii hide the mil
Gtary operations OF large force of
troops. As q prccsution against such
warfare modern armies may be obliged
10 employ the Illuminating bombs now
being manufactured by the Italian war
Department. One Of the latter weapons
can be caused to explode with q bril-
1iancy of one hundred Thousand cam
dies. Il win be moro difficult, however,
TO find an adequate specific against the
snelinfte bombs now ready for use IN
the French army. At a recent TRIAL Of
these bombs, which explode and set ct
liberty a highly poisonous gas, a single
one was fired at vessel which carried
sheep and goats, and not zone animal
escaped death. These weapons are evil
IDENTIFY of dangerous character and
tend TO make war even more terrible
I1sAd& IL LIDO OSSa AL ti<C puoo. IL
been suggested that 1t would have
been more humane to use, instead Of
tho poisonous nelinite, some less pow
erfnl drug, which might fulfill the cx-
act meaning as well as the spirit of tho
pugihstic phrase, putting the enemy
to Sleep" but as yet the experiment
has not been tried.
In addition many chemists are en-
gagged on the problem Of finding some
high explosive that can be transported
and fired from a cannon with danger to
the enemy alone. The naval mechanics
OF the world are attempting to find the
best type for Submarine weasel for
torpedo work. Other mechanics, like
the Anglican-Auerican inventor. Max
I'm, are at work on flying machines with
a reasonable prospect Of success. The
war department of this country Is ex-
perimenriag with war balloons, and
viii have an interesting exhibit Of its
new BALBOA trains" at the Chicago
exposition. Small balloons with auto
matio cameras arc 20 be used in taking
''srap shots" a. the enemy from above.
In fact. the improvements which have
already been made in military methods
are SO numerons and interesting that it
seems certain that the next great war
viii be rs different from those which
have preceded it az the great rebellion
in this country was from the wars of
tho Roses or Che great crusadeA