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Show lttiOLUTiox i Jiouruv Mtltlaltl. In AM exaggerated and rather lurid atory called' Cicitr'iTowtr,"Ignatlui Donuilly, advocate of the llaconlau theory ai to tbo true author of Bbaket-pearo'i Bbaket-pearo'i worki, attempt to deacrlbo tlte condition of tha world a hundred yean hence. It li tho reverie of the picture drawn by llelltmy In "Looking Hack-ward." Hack-ward." Among other thlngt detained det-ained It a new method of warfare. It comliti of death-dealing boraU dro ped from air ihlpa, tome of which contain dynamite aud others an ex-plosive ex-plosive poison which, by the vapor It emits, kllli all who breath th. noxloui conimnd. Thl. li, perhaps, one of tho moit feasible Ideal set forth In the itory. The teudeucy of modern Invention li largely In the direction of destructive Implement! and conlsltlons. Tha linking of vestula taken by thu Insurgent In thu Chilian revolution has attracted much atteutlon In naval aud military circlet, because of the luccc. In tho use of torpedott iiion Ironclad cst)li. Thu Jltaiioi Jioafadui wat mnkby ono of thoao projectllce, fired from n gunboat In Cat lera Hay, 13 alto w 111 tho monitor Jfuasca. The Interest arouied by Hill event It natural, Itihowi that the atrongest Ironcladi are not Invulnerable. The Llanm J, 10 ifurf j wa. tho flue.t and itauuehest iel In tha Chilian navy, anl that expeuslvo production of modern skill and Ingenuity ha. been 4 nt to Iho bottom of tho 104 by n ilinple explosive projected from a gunbosll Ko aooner It ono forml labia method of attack and defence dovltcd thau another It brought forth wbkh renders It futile, an I destruction lilt, self deetroyed, while Insecurity follott to nation. nu I their armlei and mvlet An I iiRlliholllur ho dlaoovered a meant of throwing toriiedoe ly n Iillr.lity exiloslv. Into the air, to deK.nl anl destroy whatever they tiucu. It li a ne.v rruelllng agent, which can tie adapted at small erinniv to uunou now In use, and without thu dinger attached todiiamito and t;uniowdrr at nt I resent handled with such ord-nxueu. ord-nxueu. Willi tho progreti made In thq tcliucoof chtuilitry, tmd the mcml. Uei which brli through thu nniiuUc-t nniiuUc-t ire of new viet.l. and loll leiuinU of Marfan, II U qulto llbely'that tho iuilh?di of modurn ntta--k and drfi um will I tfur. loug bo coin) lettly ruvolu tlonltid, Aud If th. iword aud the bayonet are not convrrted Into tha plowiharo and tho pruning hook, they will brcomo uselru In I attle, and deadly atsxulta wilt not only bo made from a rlliUncr. but with 1 rojectllr. nnd compound! that will slay by wholesale whole-sale an I elm Illy th. ait of human demolition. An epoch of war will precede tht era of peace predlctr-l ly Inspired tag aud much eel will bo cleared out of thewayly violence berora th. reign iifiiiilverealrlghteoiiinera can be Inaugurated. In-augurated. And It Kxmi a though tho meant to accomplish that preparatory prepara-tory work are being Lrought forth ai rut at they can U ullltred for tb. Decenary Dec-enary work of horror. |