Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

New York Journal: eff liver I wanted
to &C to war;" said Mr.. Dooley, IAN 1
niver did, tn desire has passed firm me
iv late. Ivry time l read iv tn de-
sthructive power iv modhern explo-
sives col chills chase each other up an
down me spine."
Whats this here stuff they calls lyd-
dite?' Mr.. Hennesy asked.
well, tbs tn divvel's own medicine"
said Mr.. Dooley. Compared with lyd-
dite joynt pOwdher is soothin' syrup, an
We cud leave tn childher play baseball
! with a can iv dinnymite. IT'S as sthrong
as Gin'ral Crownjoy's camp tn day iv
tn surrinder. an almost as sthrong as
tn politics iv Montana. TIL men that
handles it is cased in six inch armor
TIL gun that shoots it is always blown
up be tn discharge. Whin this deadly
missile flies through tn air tn threes
ar're withered an tn little bur-rds falls
dead firm tn sky. fishes is kilt in tn
rivers and tn Telephone wires don't
wurruk.
TIL keen eyed British gunners an
correspondents watches it in it's hellish
course an turin their faces as it falls
into tn Boer trench. An oh! tn sickly
green fumes it gives off. JUS like pizen
FIR potato bugs! There is a thremen-
jous explosion. TIL earth is thrown up
FIR miles. Horses. men an gun ar-
redges ar-re landed in TIL British camp
whole. TIL sun is obscured be Boer
whiskers turned green. Tn heart in tn
correspondent is made sick be tn sight.
an be tn thought iv tn fearful carnage
wrought be this Unread destroyer in TIL
ranks iv TIL brave but misguided Dutch
men. TIL mex day deserters from tn
Roer ranks reports that they have fled
fr'r n fh' 10 NY tAA1ir,' n lln;p1y 49, ,ca
bic to stand the scenes ~ horror. They
announce that tn whole Boer ARMY is
as green as wall PAPER an TIL Irish bril-
gade has sthrnck because We cant tell
their flag firm TIL flag ~ tn r-rest ~ tn
Dutch. TIL Fr-rinch gin'ral in command
Nv tn Swedish corps lost his complex
ion an has been stint to tn hospital, an
Mrs. Gin'ral Crownjoy's washin' what
was hangin' on tn line whin tn bonn
bardmint comminced is a total wreck.
which no amount iv bluein' will sa
Tn deserters also report that nanny iv
TN Beers ar-re ~outspannin'. trekkin',
loogerin', kopejein' an veldtin' home to
pe dyed, fr It's not known whether lyd-
d1te is a fast color or will come out in
tn wash.
In spite " their heavy losses tn
Bocrs kept up a fierce fire. They had no
lyddite. but with their other divvlish
explosives they wrought thre-
lHehJOuS dalnaGe. Fer some hours shells
burst with turr'ble precision in TIL Boer
camp. War man who was good at fig
ufes counted as nanny as forty-two
thousan eight hundred an Swim burstin'
within a RADIUS iv wan fut. Ye can i'm
aglne tn horrible arnage. Colonel c.
T.. f.. Is. l.. NJ. N. O.. p. Hetherington-
Casey-Higgins lost his cyeglass tin times,
TN las time almost swallowin' it, while
ye'er faithful correspondent was rinder-
ed deaf by tn explosions. Another Irish
rig mint has disappeared, tn Twelve
Ihousandth an Eighth. Dublin Fusi-
Tiers. Brave fellows: it's SUSPECTED they
mistook TIL explosion iv lyddite FIR a
Pathr'rk's day procession an whit acrost
to take a look at it.
"Murdher, but It's dreadful to r-read
ABOUT. We have ta change all our con
options Nv warfare. Wanst tn field was
r-fed. now tbs Il br-right lyddite green.
Wanst a man wint out an died FIR his
country. now they sind him out an lyd-
dite dyes him.. What do / name? TITS
a joke made. I'll not explane it to We.