| Show THE SMOKE BALt A military device for tac the baay in the sham feht at portsmouth in honor of the emperor william an ad ao affected by the fumes of the smoke ball which was ased to raise a clou dof impenetrable obscurity under which they could advance that the monad to steep their hands to their noses to avoid suffocation alb is now proposed that the smoke ball shall ro ceivia further development it has oo 00 somo military men chati instead of halt suffocating their own troops it would be better to follow the example of the chinese pirates with their stinkpots and asphyxiate the enemy A vienna scientists scientist 1 has accordingly invented aboab of such power and vir every one who is within a certain radius of it when it explodes is devices such as these would soon modify the art ot war and probably tho next development will be an bomb whose fumes those of the other it is said that many years ago a sobero based on the throw lc of poisonous gases ov fira trao t of country wad iu aar trie pur in the face army but the agen tey employed was 0 o in its effects that it nas not and was records ottha jj |
