Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1894-05-27

fired two shots Mt the tailor while the
latter was incased in his bullctproof
coat, and rs Dove sustained absolutely
no injury the Russian ambassador pro-
nounccd himself satisfied with the cN-
pertinent. The experiments before
Count von Schouvaloff began with Il
thorough test of the new rifle in use in
the German army. From u box of car
tridEeS one was selected Mt random,
n the rifle was fired ut Il block of
solid oak, which was pierced by the
small stecl-likc bullet. After the shot
mt the block of oak Dove dressed him
self in his bullct-proof coat and
offered himself rs Il target. While
the rifle wa being aimed at the tailor
the spectators were strung to an cS-
IRENE state of $ and in
stinctivcly closed their eyes III antici-
patton of seeing Dove killed upon the
spot. But after the report of the rifle
rang out and the tailor was seen
standing apparently unhurt there was
Il feeling of immense relief among ull
present. DOVE evidently noticed the
state of excitement produced by the
experiment, for he smiled, nue. To iAC
relief of the ~onlookcrs. and said: II
feel nothing" \ second shot was then.
fired directly at the ~tailor's heart. but
il had the All effect aS the first; the
tailor was absolutely unhurt and both
bullets were found Embedded in the
bullct-proof coat, which covered hi
breast and body in,thc manncr wl!ic.,
it is proposed 10 adopt for soldier,
leaving the arms and legs. rs well a.
the head, without protection.
Then commenced n series of expert
ments which We're even more intcru,.-
ing than the first. \ horse was COW
cred with Il bullct-proof coat. Cor It
is proposed that he cavalry OF the
future is to be protected by the wu.:-
derful material invented by tn" t.;
of Mannheim. In this case q mum. =
of shots were fred in quick succ.-siDa
at lie animal while it was quietly caT-
ing oats from n Manager Tho liur@c. u
well-trained cavalry mount, started
slightly ut the first shot, apparently.
however, only disturbed by the uuv.:.
pcctcd report Of the rifle. Then ot.r.r
shots were fired as quickly as po2si''''
some of them striking almost III 4. O.
same place rs previous bullets, bu, tlr
horse continued eating as ii nothing
extraordinary was happening. y navel
- aAN ''AH Hs.HHh e.
ments asked Herr Dove if his huii,t-
proof armor could be applied to war
ships, and he was assured by the in
ventor that n ship protected by his
bullct-proof material could stand IL
pounding from all the warships in the
world without sustaining any ~consil-
cradle damage. OF course this Is OH.
Herr Doves theory, but rs he seem
to have carried out his theory in r.
gard to the bullct-proof coat for sol
dicrs it does not seem unlikely that l!,
may be able to carry out his theory Ia
regard to protecting warships.
The new garments described a. look
ing like ordinary army clothing mate
r ! 90 rcgisting secret substance be-.
.ir 'l'ith the outside cloth. The
@. IN the nature OF a brCu.t-
.. tened to the side but-
- .i0ldicr's uniform. - /,
r:l i,3.u 81 in actual warren, "a. !
weigh; about six pounds. Ec.r.4,:,.
tativcs Of several foreign government,
have beer making strong efforts to oh.
tain Herr Doves secret, but IL is said
that these efforts have failed. and pa
triotic Germans express the desire
that the German government should
secure Herr Doves secret, so that the
bullct-proof coats may be used by the
German army alone. 1t is said that
three million marks have beer offered
20 Herr Dove by the German govern
mcnt for his invention, or, us an alter
native, n hundred years guarantee of
the monopoly of supplying the German
government with the necessary num-
Der OF c%uirasscs ut the rate of twelve
marks apiece.