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Show ,l'A "MECItANIQAL HOOTlin.- I tr Clfnlat OwainiMMla Mirle WMlb II H..U4 ,. n,,,,,,,,,,,! i i7 From tat New Orleans Times-Democrat. "All sorts ot freak devices tjste lwea sebmltted to tho govern-jaenl govern-jaenl since the beginning of the war," HM an stater lately on department Ittly M WaahlniitLn but the queer-a queer-a ot the lot was undoubtedly the iseehanicsl hwitrr ou ntter beard Pit. of court but you would If you Bad been uhm half a mile ot the war offre atmut a month ago The Mfrjtrr Is the Intention ot an lnwa Dtlrman snd runslsts of a wooden tub" abunt the site i f a 4 Inch section of a boloina sausage Stretched tosi the aperture la a piece of perforated rawhide and when blown Into It tmll a strange and blood-chilling howl something absolutely Indeacrlb-able Indeacrlb-able In words a aort of croaa between be-tween the ahrlek of a buzz aaw when It strikes a nail and the lower reglater of an adult steam calliope It Is the aort ot noise 1 Imagine a hippopotamus hippopot-amus might make during an atuck ot membrinoua croup Hut the scheme of the Inventor waa really not so bad He pointed out In hla letter that the yell p ayed a very prominent part In all military operatlona. Tha demoralising effect of the 'rebel yell' was freely sdmlttcd by all Northern generals during the civil war and history his-tory has repeated Itself In the recent csmpalgns. It waa tbe yell ot tbo Rough Itlders as they went up San Juan hill that arared the Spaniards out of their trenchea and the Kanaas yell hat spread moro terror among the Filipinos Fil-ipinos than all the Oatllng guns put together From these facts he argued very logically that a mechanical hooter, hoot-er, nuimentlng, magnifying and aup-plemrntlng aup-plemrntlng the natural voice would greatly lacreare tbe efficiency ot our troops A company on a charge, suddenly sud-denly hooting In chorus, would strike acmy nooung in cnorus, wouiu sinai dismay Into the hearts of the bravest foe. An American soldier humping and hootlog over a rice field would caste any rlllplno alive to Immediately Immediate-ly lose Inttreat In the sicred causa of freedom and scoot for the far end ot the nrchlpelsgn. At lesst such waa the claim ot the Inventor and after hearing the machine tried I am Inclined to agree with him A clerk was Instructed In-structed to return the sample and say that In the opinion ot tbo department It would be a cruel and Inhuman wespon and n violation of the rules of civilised warfare aa laid down In lbs conference of The llarue You may think thla Is a fstry tale, by the way, but It Isn't It's cold fsct" |