A NEW BULLET.
A German chemist has a new kind of bullet whicji,, h's* srges, will, if brought into general use, greatly diminish, if not altogether removft the horrors of war. The bullet is of a brittle substance, breaking directly it comes into contact with the object at which it is aimed, ft contains ai jpjpwerlul anaesthetic, producing instantaneously complete insensibility lasting for twelve hours, which, except that the action of the heart continues, is-not to be distinguished from death. A battle field were these bullets are used will in a short time be apparently covered with dead bodies, but in reality' merely with the prostrate forms of soldiers reduced for the time being to a state ofujnconsciousness. While in this condition they may, the German chemist points out be carefully packed in ambulahcip waggons and carried off as prisoners. Whole cities may in like manner he reduced to helplessness ; by; means of shells charged with the same com-
pound. . The anaesthetic bullet is also strongly recommended to the burglar and - to the householder, no risk of hanging being involved by its use.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 804, 28 November 1882, Page 2
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183A NEW BULLET. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 804, 28 November 1882, Page 2
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