THE DAILY

War in The

Particulars of the Struggle in

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}ered bya projectile in thirty seconds, ily | of Chent r almost less time than a man could = from one room to another, they sry) Ty lieve it

PIK RORD 2 BLACK And yet it is the simple truth, no means represents the full possi— ur Imaginary projectile had reached its destination, two or even three, oth- | ers might be following it in its flight,

‘ould probably refuse positively to be. | y } if ° c ~ + IN | bi uties of modern ordnance. Before —> i « en | ll fred from the same gun, and the

they were told! range of half a mile.—Tit-Bits.

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- parc t they describe (or more exactly a te | parabola) would take them a few thou- . , Sand feet over the highest mountain in | es : > - | Great Britain.

S. S. City of Ghent will sail fiom Chak | The explosive shell fired from these = rallye FB gence “ Oche luring guns has a killing capacity of 200 men; Pitsenteste Beer ‘Side, ee wee re so tnat a single gun, if every shell did bury, Agicbat, Canso, Isaac Harbor, Salmon | !t5 full work, might easily dispose of iver, Sheet Harbor, returning will leave , the enemy at the rate of 1000 a minute. a es Aa ee Salter came The projectiles of some of our modern ccc odations. Saloon amidships. Specia — ~T. so heavy that owes ite « % ceights will * given this season | men could scarcely lift one of them;

x inforp «! on apply to and it would take the united strength | W W CLARK. | of ten meu to carry the powder which Ch’‘Toan May ¥i lp proj els them. There is at least one sg gun in existence which carries a pro-

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re sty 'iectiie weighing more than ina ton over “ Ses was & range of twenty-one miles ; so that if +

\ it were fred at Ctantennid it might | °° ‘coe eivas Dly knock down the Bank of io % ‘ | England’ | The penetrating power of one of | these enormous projectiles is almost ih | more wonderful than its range or speed i | ,surment A short time ago an experi— a} ' ment was made in America with a 16-- at | ee mites a carrying a srojectile a in. callbre gun a. J —_ >, ‘weighing alittle over three-quarters a > i! ] ” oa ae ar was af p ,olaton. ite tatget at which it . Al we | aimed was a composite one, consisting | 3: al aye Sie | of 28in. of iron and steel arm ~ back- j aii ito wall. | Tip ied by 20 ft. of oak, § ft. Hite we 1}

! rrft. of concrete and a brid k wall 6 fr. t thi k, making a total thickness of over | 4. The projectile pierced this for- 1 mi abs e target toa depth of 43 ft, out ! of the 44ft., and had it been fired ata | closer range would urnésubtedly have gone clean through. it.

| The projectile Jeft thé muzzle with a |

Decernaber Rargains

“~e-~Yonu will never vet the chance again.

| velocity of 2000 miles an hour, a rate | of speed which would have carried it | fromsLondon to Milan in half an hour,

| and round the world iin less than twelve ‘hours and a half. The momentum of

ber 20 : $15 50 | such a projectile is, Ifbelieve, roughly in Der o Ure wos S19 5 @ H’. hlend 21 00 thi it of a train weighing 200 tons, tray- 8 Ya.nps0n $12.00 MMi elling at the rate of sixty miles an > Tea Pota 950 | hour. ve Wash Bowls lbc Of cours ams of that sige afé use- “yg £ rh > pt PT tot siZco al ue ' es —_— ™ 5 : > . Buy ear * | S885 tat { aihp died purposes. Few, i

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° =? will & QO}, } tt ‘ nt at ih carry p" O jec tiles weighing ve {I rc es. ; | and the 4.7 quick- ae with pate bluejackets have done such

t s ao ~ _ , ‘ work have a pr ojectile < 45\bs. caly, OSrS with a range.of alt" “uncer s:x mules.

: yf id al d ss aS 0 cS has cl range ‘ f con-

b The modcra nfl | sider rably over two miles, and it would a: A rr. SO BT quite possible to killa man at Char- = ing Cross with a rifle fired at the Reval kixchange. locity cf the Manser hullers, such as are use war in South A/‘rica, th at at a2 range they wculd probal ily go right»

Ay, of tie gtins used in the Boer war} g over 100 1BF,,

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and Lee-Metford -d in the present close

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: ' “isadva ace | throughfa dozen men plsced one behurd } U ndet disadvantage,

* i oz P AA, ot “6 | the other, cr through half a dozen men j so! sae is to win, a! ‘ eG ae © i hed ‘his'confidence.

| pk: 1ced at intervals of, say, 50 yards

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that “Like so many British victories, designs fer phe to work

Mod The old the British infa: tnd renown have diminished hy so called easy over b lack and colored foes face the most acer fortiiidable a White fve

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4. Grant strength to those who mourn

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; reumatiom of the face Uric Acid J eft in the blood . y dings dered kideags South Africa. | res ul nerve tev . ogianil i MODERN PROJECTILES membered, can be fired from the same | : eye over the forehead, and —___ rifle at the rate of over 100 a minute. acress the cheek to the The Bank of England Demolished by As Lord Roberts has said, if even one | side of the nose. The a Gun Fired at Gravesend out of every twenty bullets placed one | dmtati tet thease i ofthe enemy hors de combat, our | : Rho ai ee ied w people outside the service have army, small as it is, would be as pow-— 7 tae * » is like- any adequate idea of what a modern erful as all the armies of E urope under Loe the anus mig gun is cay able of, said an army existing conditions

officer of considerable experience in re- Our bullets might be made more de-

Yod 1? cent wars, If they were told, for m—_ structive still if ie were composed of 1 ee li siance, tna some of the ¢ guns used in tungsten a metal which combines the eee _ S udan campaign could send apro- hardness of steel with a weight 5° per

Kid OR6 © " i Lie rom Shi phe rd’s Bush across the cent. greater than lead. A tungsten | = « f xtreme length of Lond n, and drop it bn] Het has twice the penetrating power | Pills to the East India docks, distance ! of a ile of lead at the same range,

i of between nine and ten miles, they! and has been known to bore a hole ee would probably open their eyes wide | through a steel plate 21% in. thick at a

Hymn For Usein Time of War. “Exsurgat Deus.”

1. Let God arise to lead forth those Who march to war: Let God arise, and all his foes Be scattered far!

2. So Israel prayed, and Thou, O Lord, Wast with him then; Be with us now, who draw sword For war again.

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Thou our soldiers courage high When foes are near,

To strive, to suffer, or to die, Untouched by fear.

today Their loved ones lost, Yea, those who give their best, nor Stay To count the cost.

Fight Thou for us, that we may fill Thy courts with praise; Then teach us mercy, still The -fall’n to raise.

teach us |

Yet more and more, as ages run, Bid warfare cease: And give to all bereath the sun

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} ; i as €XIS ts today, | ° | too, with rachite and deel Ww ith as murh Ponfidence and inental veterah troops in«the Penin | ula or Bélgitim a century ago. They

ays, ind Europe will note the fact. It

af the Boers left him no choice but to attack them directly in front, and this he did with such determination and

superior force having

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Liord Methven did, attacked trusting to the the result has |

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Show tha 25 percont. cf men and women avffer ime to: Lures ot tchin x piles, Invesiiga tion prove that Dr. *. W. (wase's Viutment } bas nevir set failed = enre itching pies, and all of these men And “Omen ent uld end t heir suff dings at ence Ly uting it. Scorés of thodsavés have been cureu by thia tr atmeént Every body can hee ued in the same way.

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