Show A TERRIBLE INVENTION An intensely interesting story was published in ina a California paper some years rears ago of a man who had prepared a compound which would burn water how the he the writer went with the inventor outside of San Francisco saw him him put a little of the compound in ina a small smaIl lake saw the lake suddenly burst into flume flame and speedily the lake was consumed The inventor said he lie could do the same thing with the worlds world's great oceans how overcome with the horror of the thought the writer of the story persuaded the inventor inventor inventor in in- to board an overland train with him and when rounding Cape Horn he had pushed the inv inventor in in- v off the cars and down the precipice precipice killing killing him lim to save the world from flom destruction Well we are not quite sure that Hiram Maxim should hould not be 10 lured hired aboard some sonic train and und pitched headlong from some Cape Horn lIOLu lie ile announces now that he has invented a muffler for his long range magazine rifles which practically makes the firing of ot the guns noiseless lie He tells how easy it would be beor for or a few skirmishers with the mufflers attached to their heir guns to kill a a. line of pickets with ith no one oneto to be beable beable beable able to tell from what direction the missiles came Think what hat the canaille could do with guns equipped with the muffler arid and firing smokeless powder We Ye arc are satisfied that some sonic Cape Cap Horn is due Hiram Percy Maxim J |