Infernal Machines and the Rise of Deadly Inventions
Special Correspondent reviews the evolution of weapons and explosive devices from ancient siege gear to modern powder and nitro compounds. It chronicles key incidents and inventors, noting how assassination and warfare advanced faster than defense, with examples from Paris to Cawnpore and figures like St Regent and Nana Sahib, ending with a cautious forecast that internal machines may doom despotism by mid-20th century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentham
Archimedes
Hippocrates
Almoktader
Cesar Borgia
Frankfort-on-the-Main
Bath Haus
Old Free Town
Negroponte
St. Regent
Darapski Palace
Havelock
Nana Sahib
Cawnpore
Moscow
Chamber of Deputies
F. L. Oswald
A Dear Old Spot Revisited
Special correspondence recalls a vanished New England tradition as shinney fades from a frozen pond. The narrator reflects on skate legends, a red skater, and a dog chasing a ball, laments the loss of shinney and the old pond's memory, feeling homesick for youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenswoop
Long Pond
R. K. Mungirrrick
Notable centennial of historian Edward Gibbon's death
Special correspondence from Boston recalls the death of Edward Gibbon on January 16 1794 at age 57 after a surgical operation. The centennial tribute notes his youth in England Lausanne and Oxford influences his work The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and his lifelong shifts in religious views. Mentored by Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
London
Edward Gibbon
Gibbon
Catherine Porten
Oxford
Lausanne
Switzerland
Pavilliard
Susan Curchod
Mme. Necker
Mme. de Stael
England
George Coleman
Eudoxus
Agnes
Liskeard
Lymington
Board of Trade
Lord North
Paul Mentor
The Worst Air and Its Two Dense Strata
A scientist notes the city’s worst air lies near the ground and at about 99 feet high. The mid height marks the typical plume discharge from factories and urban sources. Malaria risk is similar on dry slopes above marshes as in marshy areas.
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Py TS Johnson & CO
Custom House St
Mast
H. Hallett & CO
Portland
Maine
McLean
Dr. J. H. McLean
St. Louis
Phaeton
Morgan
Buggy & Cart
Frazer Diznse
Ochester Business University
Keystone Watch Case Co
Philadelphia
Dri Ree
Felix Oswald
Felix Orsini
Paris
Alexander II
Business Directory
T. Neill
Hoffman Block
Samuels Bros
Liberty
Second Streets
Bate &, Thompson
Atitosalys Ali Lat
Beaty Block
A. A. Davis & Go
D. 1. Ball
Thompson
Norman Davies, M. B
Liberty Street
Warren, Ps
W. W. Freeman
Watertine
C. Mealeis
RW. Stuart
D.D.S
Third St. Warren
Boeschlin
Wilbur and Lehnar
Hazeltine Building
Liberty St
Frank W. Whitcomb
Third Street
Near
W A. Greaves
Eniscopsl Church
Wong
Warren
Warren Lodge Hall
G Smith
First National Bank
Second Street
Golden Horse Shoes
Abe Revere
L.gleason
D.A.V
W.N.Y
P.B.B
Kodak
Guy. Ball
PENN
COL S
E. A. Colewan
Hickory St
Allen & Sons
Alten Block
Corner Second and
Liberty Streets
Orren C. Allen
Samuel G. Allen
WM. Harrison Allen
HS Townsend
Fourth Street
Court House
Humphrey & Nemoyer
Water Street
Episcopal Chrred
Pennsylvania Railroad
Sheffield
Harrisburg
New York
Sunbury
Lancaster
Baltimore
Washington
Washington T
Pullman
Eric
Williamsport
Erie
Kane P
Pullivan
Kave
Renovo Aily
Ridgway
Versong Desirsun
Lerragn
The
Buffalo Co-Operative Brewing Co
John H. Gray
Carver House
Warren, PA
Davis
Plete
Pate
American Tobacco Company
Lizzie Sayles
Hofman
Samuels’ Bros
Water St. Ly
Garfield
Wyman
Conarro
C.&e.bartsch
Diamond
Warre
the Ledger
Job
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