, 1880-09-15

tho saine TIM Of goods, 1t ts, In Tho majority
Of cases. pretty sure evidence that ttlcru Is
same fraud ln the goods or TINT they are'of
poorer quality. y irst-cfnss store must matit-
lain Its reputation, ai,i tllore Is no way In
which It ca,l be done except by keeping first
class goods, nn1 II iirst-class goods will lust
longer than seconl-elass guolls thcro Is no
economy tn buying tho latter merely because
they arc cheap.
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A TERRIBLE ENGINE OF DESTRUCTION.
:Ihe experiments OF scleil'fic inventors 1T
tho Improvement tatla strengthening OF pro-
lee''!es .fo rap'a's 'ell"lhR 10 rea'.ee l'o
poss'oa'tt'es oi naval "allaFe, IL ''ot !" "e'u'
al'y 10 away Win IL ahose1hes. lhe ca1-
sirue.aois a'1a shceess III tllo '!''''1os a"1,ne
our WIT Ut tl1o l'eot'''oh forever c''ue'a
wooaeil scsse's rs agehts u WIZ floih '''s
polht improvements III afh'or a''.l ordnance
nave peei 80 lapl'' tl'a1 coast ae'ehses t'''o
peco'ne oi ill'lo Fal"o ngalhst Vessels "i't,so
lso'lc'ao aflhor ca1'hot 10 plereco even ny
t''o "ea'ies1 ARMSTRONG guns ana "nlc''
eu''i'oa pa sEnN even W l1e hcp'lesL olo"s
OF .''o n'ast powerful fa"'s' o"lns !" tne'r
"a'1t-1'6'le eo'aI"tt'"e'ltS' Ae"'"st sue"
vesseis Us na'e l1'e,y pee'' constructed 'os
u'o H"s!sn a''u A".'!"" uo'e'.'ae1ts ~
coast aeichse con'u hn'ttai1 Hseit.
10 uAset t''.s ulo 'o'leuo sss'e,n nus
beeh l'nptoseu upon W11 's eMecl1Ve.
Io s,os, % - n.,,,r , ,"a',o ,,roa,,,n,o % no,inat
tnnno ,v.,v,,rs,i ,,aasa,o n,u,,, - ~" o."n
thcso powerful 'csseis' owihg 10 tto CON-
parattyely short railgc OF tho torpctt0cs, tho
rreat reststnnre of Tim watcr thrnuel, which
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usine- vrrv oxnn.iyo .nnt c,,n,horeomc cn.
"'r ~ ,,,
rffrctetl tv comurcgsctl air.
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pho t0rpeo eo ao roo'e,n nov, however, a
Cal't. Ericsson III Ills Initial experiments,
"'u =. s..o .' F.. aoon w i,''''.' ~,
PROVE success'a'' ~ "o.llu 'l'host sce1n 10 40
1asal Wnfiafe, anu rct'uef even tho moIl-
strous floating batteries Tint hnye re-
Gently beeii constructed Ill Eulopo Ut
tcrly va!ue'ess Tor any destructive pur-
poses. The New: York Times eoll-
tains so'uo details Ut Capt. Ertcsson's inycil-
linn flint nre nf preot intrrcqt IN lila co,,noc,
t[oit. Tlle problem upon which ho lias been
stut1yinr wns Ia construct n torprtlo cxt,ln-
sIye Of such power Tint tho shock Of thu coll-
cussion ALONE shall be sufficient to sink any
,.nsa,,t ~, ,,,.,ta. ,.,-,, - H. sa',.,s,s.."'
vessel, no mater HOW IL IL constructed. AS
tho 1lrst steb iii Ills cxucru,cuts.- Cnnt. Ertcs-
sa,, .,,,,o,,'.I .,,a t,,ns as ,,'a.,t..t."'
soH tohee4sco l1lc ltse" ~ substituting RuA-
powder for compressed mir rs tho rropelltng
ro"et u 'ie lo'pcuo thf"'eh t'o "M1e!'
Ills ttTSt experiments were made OIL tho uNd-
son River antl In 4 soluewhnt crude nlanner,
and, rs tic bottom Of the river was very soft,
his torpcdoes. though nineteen feet III
length, went SO far out Of sight III
thu MID that they could not bu
recovered. .lle then transferred his expert
lnenls to Sandy Hook. whore the llard buttouu
helped to mako then, n success. Subsequent
ly tho Secretary Of the Navy placed fifteen
l.cl gun ut Ills disposal, and with this le has
continued Ills GyUCrtntE1If1 until tim results
Justify all his expectations. This torprtfo
itself Is ten feet in length, fifteen inches In
diameter. md weighs 1.asl Mounds. rho cx-
ploslye whtci1 It cnrrics nj It's 1,pnd Ia charge