Show an en enne ine of dath death it 13 strangely true that the perfection ot of of war will do more to bring about universal among nations than any other human agency in former days the soldier had bad a chance for or his life and an opportunity lor for boner honor naw his individuality Is 1 largely lost behind machlus and single prowess count counts fur for almost noth ita fatona will soon bo be onaria u n ab ia to go to nar war because of the mane loua butchery that it involved involves glance for a mo meat at the wonderful maxim gun as dr henry it bield of bo he evangelist portrays it in describing a visit to the inventor effs iffs 1 mr maxims special pot pet his dally ia is the marvelon marv eloi t i gun that does not fire single shots but literally rains bullets bu lleta as the elements in their fury rain hailstones it is 1 a light affair to look at having tho the appearance of a small 11 brasa brass cannon I 1 on a tripod and aimed and worked by ono man who sits site behind it on a r addle like that of a bicycle from which be he can an point it 11 up or down with as much case ease BB as it if it were it to to the right or left aa as an enemy approaches from oae one or enother quarter but how 13 1 the gun loaded ah ahl there is 1 the bettty of it it loads itself tho the originality ut of the favor invention alon lies ilea in this that it utilizes the recoil so that w w the partridges cartridges arc are strung on a belt that carries from a hundred and fifty to four hundred rounds every kick of the gun throws out the exploded cartridge on one side aide of the gun and on tho the our throws the next cartridge into place eo to that the discharge Is 1 incessant you have only to press the button and the gun docs does tho the lest As long iong aa as you keep your finger on the button the firing goes on the gun throwing eleven maule bullets a second a minute but not quite eo so fast I 1 hear some soma ono ona bay who has made the st study udy of fire arras arms don t you know kno that this 9 in cerniant Fiant firing would heat beat tho the gun eo to that it would explode and do more tie destruction st at the rear end than at tho the auzle 0 gentle critic I 1 know all tola this and am glad you spoke ct of it as it givel mo me occasion to point out one more contrivance of this marvelous raar machine that steel barrel through which an in coset flash streams llico alho a continuous streak ot of lightning melting or ine ing everything near it passes through datert it la to all the while immersed in water that Is encased lu in w Is 1 called I 1 tho he water lacket jacket so that the gun liko like a good soldier keeps cool coal while doing ite its most deadly work th s it Is in that the man at the fan ran Is aster of at the situation and nead not a run away even it be he 13 1 attacara attack fj ra by a regiment unless it comes upon him by surprise turp rlee and takes him at close clone quai quarters or somo villainous sharpshooter picka picks him off of before ho he gets to business let tho the regiment keep at a ui di dia tane stane and give the brave fellow a chance and ho he will lay them low by hundreds cal indeed let the enemy bo ever sa numer numerous oui it they will only stand op up linemen men to be shot at he be will mow maw dowa halt a dozen re regiments while no 13 1 smoking his cigar |