The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-05-15
ing. The vilsainous little machine with

IT'S revolving shotted canvas is mount
cd on a tripod which, too, weighs but
twenty-five pounds. Thus, gun and
mounting aggregate only fifty pounds.
This is astounding when it is remein-
bered that it can kill with one bullet
fifty or sixty men per second. 1t can
project 600 bullets per minute, and does
all the work itself, firing and reloading
Itself with faaltless accuracy and hid
eous certainty THE enormous utility
of a weapon of this SORT" says an Eng
fish writer, especially in such little
wars as Britain is compelled to under
take on the borders of her possessions
in India and Africa, is too obvious 10
require comment.
General Niles, as commanding gen.
eral of the army, has just been called
upon to decide a somewhat delicate
question in which military discipline
was mixeI up with moral and senti-
mental considerations. AS Is we'll
known, the ARMY authorities regard
soldier married as a soldier marred, eS-
pec!aly If the soldier is private, and
comma nding officers have often gone
so far as TO refuse permission TO wed
10 the men under them Recently a
! chaplain out in Fort Assiniboine, in
! Montana. Joined in the bonds of matrI-
| mony a private stationed there and a
| young woman who was working as
domestic servant for the family of one
Of the officers. No permission for the
| wedding had been granted, and none
had been asked. Next day the post
commander reprimanfed the chaplain
severely, declaring that his act was un-
authorized and improper. The chap
lain resented this, and appealed to The
adjItant general. from whom the case
went to General Miles for final action
In rendering his decision, General
Miles says: The course of the chap.
lain appears to be fully warranted by
law and regulations. White the objec
ton to soldiers marrying is well recog
nized. IT is not prohibited by law Of
regulations, and the military authori
ties are not. therefore, warranted i'll In
Jervening."
What is called ''hygienic. house
has just been built by, a Dutch physi
elan, and illustrates rather forcibly tn
possibility of preventive measures be
ing worse TO undergo than several ma
adies. The walls of this extremel,
; modern and scientific dwelling ar
, made ofpara.lel plates Of ground gas
several inches apart, with n concel
trated solution of alum or salts OF sod
between them. These plates are IKE
in metal frames, by which they az
built together The roof is not trans
lucent, and is made of materials whlc
are impervious to heat, thus keepin
out the sunshine and holding in III
: warmth of the rooms. The house
entered by an underground door,
which stair leads. The air also e.
: tiers underground, and passes throug
a microbe filter of cotton wool and 81.
cerine. 1t circu-ates through the room
= by means of gratings, and escapes III
u der the roof. The house is heated !
the sun. except when stove as 1ou1
/ TO be necessary. The salt solutions D
l. tween the panes absorb the heat l
II day and give it forth at night. In sui
: mer the air is cooked by its passa:
> underground, and tempers the tropic
u warmth of the climate. The inuml u
l. ton inside is diffused from all parts
+ the walls, but there are no window
,. out Of which the inhabitants can loo
J. and 1t is difficult to see how they W
l. be able to endure life in a pace so he
- rjliy wholesome-and duh.