Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-09-12
BULLET-PRO0F CLOTH.
Tho Law -ntion of n German Tailor
1-oeto Expectations.
By It's AID Sold er WIN lie Rendered
lmpervinuS to bullets The In
ventor submits to Hazard
GUS Experiments.

/ Experts in military affairs, not only
in Berlin, Int throughout Europe, are
dieus iar tie recent experiments made
Wit the ballct-proof coat Invented by
Herr Dove, tae Mannheim tailor.
/ There seems to be no longer any doubt
/ that Doves invention IS most val
u&blc one, and that he was justified In
refusing The prineely offers made to
him by firms Of army contractors aud
4 others who ere DESTROYS of purchasing
/ his rights. The Russian ambassador.
! Count ven Sehouvaloif, at the Russian
embassy, Gays the Washington Star,
! fired two shots at the tailor while The
! latter was incased in his bullet.proof
cont, and rs Dove sustained absolutely
no injury the Russian ambassador pro
nduneel himself satisfied with the eX-
pertinent. The experiments before
Count Won Schouvalof began with IA
thorough test OF the new rifle in use in
the German army. From p box Of ear
trilres one was selected at random,
ami the rifle was fred at a block OF
solid oak, which was pierced by the
small steel-lile bullet. After the shot
at the block of oak Dove dressed him
self in his bullet-proof coat and
offered himself as a target While
the riae was being aimed ut the tailor
the spectators were strung to an ex-
treme state of nervousness and in
stinctiYely closed their eyes in antici-
patton ef seeing Dove killed upon the
spot Tut after the report OF the rife
rang out and the tailor was seen
standing apparently unhurt there was
a feeling OF immense relief among all
presoat. Dove evidently noticed the
state Of excitement produced by the
experiment, for he smiled, much to the
relief of the on}oo5crs, and said: II
feel nothing" A second shot was then
fred directly at the tailor's heart but
it had the same effect as the FIRST; the
tailor was absolutely unhurt and both
bullets were found imbeaaed IN Che
bullot-proof coat, which covered his
breast and body in the manner which
it Is proposed to adopt for soldiers,
leaving The arms and legs, us well as
the head, without protection.
Then commenced a series OF expert
ments which were even more interest
ing than the first horse was COW
cred with bullet-proof eoat, for it
is proposed that the cavalry Of the
future is to be protected by the Won
derlul material invented by the tailor
OF Nidnnheim. Ia this case number
OF Shot vere Grcd in quick succession
at ,L4 animal while il was quietly cat
ing ohts fsom Il ranger Tho horse. a
welltrainel cavalry mount, started
sli"lltly at the first shot apparently,
kow4ycr only disturbed by the uneX-
pected report of the rife. Then other
shots were fired as quickly as possible,
some of them striking almost in the
same place as previous bullets, bat the
horse continued eating Is if nothing
extraordinary was happening. 4 naval
officer who WIS present at the expert
ments asked Herr Dove il his bullet
proof armor could be applied to war
ships, and he was assured by the in
ventor that ship protected by his
bhllet-proof material could stand a
pounding from all the warships in the
world without sustaining any consid-
cradle damage. OF course this is only
Herr Doves theory, but as he seems
to have carried out his theory in re-
gard to the bullet-proof coat for sol
diers it does not seem unlikely that he
may be able 70 carry ont lis theory in
regard to protecting warships.
Thenew garment is described as look
ing like ordinary army clothing mate
rial, the resisting secret substance be-
placed beneath the outside cloth. The
garment is in the nature of a breast
plate and is fastened to the side but
tons of the soldiers uniform. Il is
only to be used in actual warfare and
weighs about six pounds. Represen-
tatives of several foreign governments
have been making strong efforts to OBJ
tain Herr Doves secret, but it is said
that these efforts have failed. and pa
triotie Germans express the desire
that the German government should
secure Herr Doves secret. so that the
bullet-proof coats may be used by the
German army alone. 1t IS said that
three million marks have been offered
% Herr Dove by the German govern
ment for his invention, or, as an alter
native, a hundred years guarantee of
the monopoly of supplying the German
government with the necessary num-
Der of cuirasses at the rate of twelve
marks apiece.
Tor the Protection OF birds.