Show FUTURE ahn war is made so terrible that in it without man can no iong kutal of one or both of the contending forces then the problem of war will be solved there is a possibility of war being made i forcible that man cannot engage in P Wearon earing that point but of course the m be triad before this rule will wor and it will be tried let us tell you a vengeance some of these days the sciences for mans destruction in warfare anre becoming so compile that the future wars will be the mos dis ast erous tho world hs alvr known ii waged between civilized nations no longer will powder and lea t mow down the angry forces but instead glycerine and dynamite will reap destruction st As an example we m y rw er to a test made lait thursday in drw york of dynamite arn made by a company in new york for the british government weighs with carriage about eighty tons and about forty tons alone it is fifty feet in length and has an inside diameter of fifteen inches and was built at a cost of nearly the dynamite is thrown for miles by means of compressed air several tests were made but an injunction was secured against the company using dynamite on account of its tremendous forea so instead a composition of sand and iron was employed so mixed as to be equal in weight to dynamite the birst shot threw pounds over a thon saad yards and the best shot threw a pounds over two miles tho terms ft agreement with the british govern ment was that the gun should throw pounds of dynamite in an eight inch shell a distance of yards ahe feat was more than satisfactory it was surprising and the ann was at once accepted A gun of such force is terrible to contemplate if a few ounces of this mighty explosive can wipe out of existence the largest building erected by man what must not one hundred pounds do if directed toward some city two or three shot fired into a compact city like new York city for exam pie would leave hardly a vestige remaining after the shots were fired under these circumstances it can be imagined what horrors will then be connected with war it will have assumed such tremendous force that it will almost be impossible for man to engage in it speed the day |