The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-08-01
BEATS A BOOMERANG,
THIS BULLET JUMPS OVER A MAN AND
HITS HIM IN THE BACK.

Person VIII Not Be safe From an Eusmv
Standing on tho Opposite Side of House
If the Claims Of Young English In.
ventor Are True.
The man who flatters himself that he
is safe because he is behind a house
when another man is firing off gun
at the other side, had better get rid of
that ridiculous notion once and for all.
For young inventor claims to have
discovered a wonderful new way of
making bullets; and if the new bullet
meets with that popularity which Ito
remarkable abilities appear to warrant
1t won't be quite safe to be in ball
loon while an effort is being made to
fire down a well. In short, the new
bullet will. even If 1t does only half of
what is claimed for it, upset all old
fashioned notions Of the laws govern
ing the flight of projectiles.
Arthur Chalk of Church Place, High
street, Mapping, is the young inventor
In question, and he yesterday told
Daily Mail reporter that this new bull
let of his would go around corners,
suddenly shoot up in the air and de-
scend point first on top of a town or
anything, or fly round and round and
then jump back and kill off an enemy
at the back Of the man who fred it.
i am but eighteen years of age,"
said Mr.. Chalk, modestly, land l am
confident that have invented a bullet
mat Will revolution!ze fighting. What
claim, and am prepared to prove, is
that with my bullet can hit an object
that is round corner or on the other
side OF block of houses. There Is alb
soiutely no doubt about the accuracy
OF the aim. Surprising now, you
wanted to hit something that was
round the corner Of a mountain. When
you had found the distance between
your gun and the mountain you would !
nx your bullet to alter Its course at !
certain moment. Then you'd fire,
and the man round the corner would |
be sorry.
Or, say you wanted to hit an enc
my ship lying on the other side of one
or your own. That would be the
easiest thing imaginable, You woujd
Just Tx your bullet to go straight for A
OIL then soar upward for awhile. and
theh rush down point first on ton Of
the doomed vessel.
Il tell YOU my bullet will 20 anv
way and do anything you may wapt If
to, and I've written to the war Office
to say so.
Up to now the only communication
have received in reply is the usual
'tereotyped acknowledgment; but the
patent office people-he did not men.
ION names-have valued the invention
Al Iloo,C0O, and have told me that If
5 'he most marvellous invention of the
present age
snail wait for further commun.
ea''oh from the war Office, and if I do
lot near from them l shall offer NV
INVENTION to foreign government. or
curse l would rather the new bullet
ecame the property OF the English
o'erhment, but want to know soon"
Mr. Chalk is modest and very earn.
81 inventor. and when he mentioned
IA. ne mad tried one Of his bullets in
ED. and that the projectiIe obediept
MS wish, had circled in the air abont
We times and had then fallen behind
lm' he did so with the air of Young
Ian VINO is calmly confident that he !
as thought out great thing But q,
lie method by which he alleges ha oh
llhs these unusual results. no hint can
extracted from him. That is the ',
'efet he hopes to obtain those e15o. {