Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1918 — New Boomerang Bullet [ARTICLE]

New Boomerang Bullet

The discussion of the war is heard everywhere. ‘ Even negro janitors find time while shoveling on the coal to talk about it, says a New York news letter. Two of them were discussing the wonderful inventions brought about by the war. “The man Edison Is some boy,” said one of the negroes. “How's that?” Inquired the other. “Why he’s done gone and invented a magnetized bullet dat can't miss a German, if it sees his steel helmet.” “That’s what I calls some invention,” exclaimed the other. “But dat ain’t all what that bullet can do,” continued the first speaker. “Whenever that bullet don’t hit nothin’ it comes straight back to the American lines. “Dat so?” asked the second janitor, with some doubt. “How do they manage to keep them there cornin’ back bullets from hittln’ our own men?” “Well, mah frien’, didn’t ’splaln that,” answered the first one, “but you can betcher life that man Edison has got dem bullets trained. You doan ’spect he’d let ’em kill any Americans, do you? No, sir. He’s just got them fixed so dey will come back and fall around our gunners’ feet”