, 1879-07-26
BIZ NAIL,
WHIT 4 KKurr GUN CAN 20.
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L short time ngo some rery remarkable rc~
suits we're optatned during scrics Of expert
meuts made With 4-centtmcter gun uauufac-
turet b. Herr Krupp at Essen. 9rhc piece itself
Weighed 1900 kllogrammes. or rather less tnan
IS tons, aiid with charles Of between GO und Is
ki!oerammes {132 to III pounds Of powder In
nartcd 10 project!les weighing from 1856 to 1G0
kilogrammes (B00 to 3so pouudsl lnuzzle ro-
]octty OF Bo4 meters, Or 2,04a feet per second.
Tho cncrgy OF the projectile was therefore a,050
.mctcr,toos; while TIC gun ttsclf, although
Weighing only IS tons, proved itaelf to
be more Apowertul weapon than the
English scrvIcoss 85~ton gun. or tho French
27-cnntimeter 23-ton guu. Altogether, tic
performances Of the gun weso 90 satisfactory
that 1t was determined TO continue the expert
1ncnts; and, accordingly, last month several
more rounds were fired from the same ptoce. A
she'll, specially designed tot employment against
iron armor, mud weighing 10 less than Els kI1o-
gEammes, or 413 pounds WAS nsed With charge
| Ut is kilogrammeB {115 pounls) Of powder,-0r
with charge some 5o pounds larger thhn tic
servicu liatteEtn. charge Of the EuEtsh aS-ton
gun,-when 1nuzzlc velocity Of 5lo meters, or
1,Ul9 feet, pur second was obnl,ed; the energy
OF the shot bcts consequently =, YOU n,etcr-tons,
Or 101 1ncter-kilogramtnes Tor every kilogranltun
| ii metal Ia the gun Itself IT. Is, perhaps, not
too much to saJ tnat any nstillerist who tnlghta
| few years ago hare predicted the attainment OF
such result would have been regarded as a
/ v!slonary enthusiast.
BAD 8TATH or AFFAIRS IN SIBERIA.
Dttudtch 10 Luna0H ItnIes.
BERLIN, July 9,-rha town Of frkutsk, In 81
IBERIA, is burning. The couGagration broke out
simultaneously In tho centre and Oh tic out
skirts Of the town.-a likely proof that tho Gu
lamtty Is tho work Of inccndiarles. Tho task Of
cxtLngusshing the flames was much h!udered bY
tile circumstance that, when needed, Tic fire.
engines were found to bo standing on the other
side Of the Apgora River. Tie Gear, according
to trustworthy telegram from St. Petersburg.
has announced his intention OF contributing
10000 rubles from bis pirate purse towards
relieving tho sufferers by this cEuat dis
nstcr. 1rkrssk, the Capital Of the province Ut
tho same name In East 8iberla, Is The scat Of a
Dishop, md, lying near tho Chinese from
tier, Is a prominent mart for the tea Ialc with
Russia. Perhaps, however, | ought to say II
once wns so for the latest Go'os to 1!a,l, In oou
Of tboso pcssla,ist articles wilirn t,aro made It's
cotumns such very melancholy reading OF latc.
draws most luguprlous p!cluru Of the state of
Industry aud commerce IN Siberia Formerly
Tho tea-trailo between China and Russia WAS
one OF Tic most profitable branches OF its transit
commerce, but, einro permlssion Waa ElTcn to
bring the cxhilnrasing herb into nussa by sea-
carriage By land has alnlost entirely ccascd.
Besides, the extension of tho Russian railway
ssstem castwsrls to Orenburg has tended TO
destroy tho caravanscrai trutiU OF Western 81
boris With the districts Of Contra! Assa. Tho
tur:trade, too, from cauass minute'y I described
natural riches Of the country arc tk!ue, wool,
: ctc., but there arc few Or no industrial cstab:
, ltahmeuts To work Up these raw materials, and
Tartar merchants Of European Russia and
Bokhara. VINO chiefly used tn carry 90 tho fur
t1ade IN Siberia by way Of barter, nov sell n,eit
goods for gold aud silver. causing sensible
In nit fkoTr
| It Was strictly forbidden to carry metallic money
ac1oss the frontier. Public instruction, more
| over, In ssbcEta, says TIC outspokeo 14os, Il
n state 20 dsploraols y to tlefy ialses9atlon ION
. tho number Of schools Incredibly small. Only
, Two or three pct thousand Of the mala sox cat
read md write, Wills atnnng women the dbpro
Il tan to l.lend thls 1n1nEntabIe state Of things
but tho encouragement offered is too small X
tempt efficient teacllets, doctors, and other nee
I essnry officials to quit tue comparative confost'
beginning Of 1873 theEe existed In the whole Q
siberia only about 300 schools, with lb,00t
q pupils, and, though tLe ,nncblngr, r,
st,usas elementary a Sas psepaF''Gi5y ~ iasyets n
y sn.i mosers, tie Government talks Of fouudiu,
r University at Tonsk.-a proceeding whlc'
Q can only be compared to the building u u!
a Ad1, therefore, 10 thls hypcrboroan gnoranc
- | ot tic nattYo population the fcEtncntt1g ee
" ment Of crime annually introduced into sioerl
by tho enormous number OF conYtcts bansfIe'
which NhisM, like a1 uprooted and casIn"a
weod. Will tatten md flourish agaIn, UNI! where
i, in disastrous coulagsatous, !lko that whica! ha
just burnt down tas greater part o. a':as !EkatsK
. are much moro likely prioEl to have resa''e'
tc from arBou than tron acctlent.
Yu1NqH ALEXANDRIA nRohpT1DN IN nuLaAHlA
VIENNA, July 0.-prlnce AIeKa,'deF's 1scep
r. ton In YaFux seems to hayo bHen eYorstnln|