The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-10-31
GERMANY'S WAR WEAPON.
In Anssthelic Bomb That Puts The Up
posing army to Sleep Instantly.
IT FILLS THE AIR WITH 'YAPOR.
IL Can be Fired Mt Safe Distance fro"
Powerful ProjectlIe Into the Enemy's
Ranks--would Save Much
lBloodshed.

The action Of King Menelik In sending
an Ambassador to Russia bearing gifts
Of fruit and gold, and messages OF love
and esteem. has set the French and
Turkish powers at rest regarding the
fpt,ra movements OF that monarch. But
IT has made Germany feel uncertain.
The Germans are always first in war
and last in peace. Their record. a glor-
lous one. is that OF cleverness in warfare
and undying enmity. They are fine friends
and firm foes. In no country has war
fare reached quite the high stage 81
DEVELOPMENT which it has attained in
Germany. The most powerful battleships
and the greatest guns ever built have
zone into the Kaisers realm.
Not content with all these. Germany
has now called in her medical force TO
assist her I'm tho devices Of war Ger
many. the home of medicine. has be-
come the originator Of war weapon.
which. working as it does. upon the hui
man system, will prove the most for
midable ever projected upon field OF
battle
II this new weapon proves as success
ful as the German chemist who invented
10 SAYS It will, it may convert warfare
into peace. To be more plain, IL may 90
away with all wars and unite nations
by methods which are wholly pacific.
AN ANESrHETIC BOMB.
This weapon is q bomb that can ne
fired from any large projectile. The pomo
is OF thin material. only strong enough
IN hold the light material confined I'm II.
on being fired from the gun, u HES lii,o
the air until Il reaches considerable
height where II explodes and sends It's
contents down upon the enemy.
Inside the bomb there Is strong anes-
tbetic mixture. which acts upon the
senses like Chloroform. IL puts the
enemy 10 sleep. and the soldiers over
whom the spray falls drop TO the ground
"a though under the influence OF n hyp-
motto spell. The strongest can only stag
GER a moment under the influence OF IT'S
odor.
The anesthetic does not kill II simply
stupefies. The soldier falls 10 the ground
and lies there unconscious for q period
varying from five TO fifteen minutes.
Then he rises feebly and staggers around
deathly sick. but alive ana awake me
strongest man cannot recover his equili-
brium under an hour after partaking or
the gas and tho average soldier, weak
ened by hunger and exposure. would be n
wreck for n day; his nerve gone, ana
his power lost.
The bomb mixture IS n secret, but II is
nrobabla that IL contains either chloro-
form or ether, and possibly both. II
may also have n dash Of cocaine. 'lhese
are compressed to the greatest extent
and the bombs are filed with them. the
largest sized bombs are used. ana they
are fired as close 10 the enemy as possl-
L. fy,.Nu
and the air is filled with heavy ahes-
thetic vapor.
ARMIES PUT TO SLEEP.
Tho possibilities Of this mode Of war
fare are too bewildering to contemplate
II the German army were able TO put
the army OF England 10 sleep. 1t could
walk over the Frustrated bodies OF the
Unfortunate soldiers and capture city
after city and stronghold after strong
hold. They could project bombs INTO
Tngland's warships. and, While captain
and crew were lying senseless, could
board them and place the English sailors
In chains. II would offer infinite pos
sibilities for the capturing Of prisoners.
and would enable the army 10 take the
entire REGIMENT and walk into the enc
my's quarters.
II is an admitted fact that most wars
would be avoided could the heads or the
Governments discuss the situation with
out heat. with this big and powerful
woapon I'm the background governments,
knowing the fate i'm store for them
might be brought TO terms without the
aid OF arms. and Sd the anesthetic bomb
would be a missile OF peace.
The progress Of anesthetics IS one OF
the most interesting studies OF medical
history. IT IS only within the memory
of the Oldest living generation that people
were made drunk before being operated
upon. There was no known drug that
would put the senses to sleep without
lniuring the body. Then came laughing
gas that comedy Of anesthetics. After
wards came ether. and then came the
admiration OF chloroform and ether TO
the cone. Anesthesia is now the common
est Of medical phenomena. and Is In such
constant use that even the layman does
NOT hesitate TO employ it. The idea oil
adaptlnc Il 70 the army IS not difficult
one M all. Tho novelty lies in the thought
: which IS certainly new.
IL Is no more remarkable 10 consider
the use OF this bomb than 10 spend thous-
ands experimenting with gun powder
| and II the German chemists carry & &c
full perfection there is a big life-saving
| .,r~-ftffffrs for a.