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Show The 1nc Hilly lkaly," of Newark. N. ,)., fell a vieii'ii to n;.tnV ingenuity. Mr. llealy wao a ha;d-:ve:ivit)c ai.d in-. in-. du.-liiou.- 1 uvular, and it wa.-, while in , pur.-uit of hi,- vocoii .n thai he k-t hi.- life. A foundry h:.d hem Tobkd oi ; bra.-,-, work before, and the prtj riilor had .:t a trip-cun to ci:.;rd the drawer where the lim-hcd work w kip:. Knowing noihi:. of thi.-, Mr. lkal made his u-uai vi.-it, and was foui: dead next day, baiiy perforated w.tL buckshot. Wonderful Improvement in Fire-arms. "That's a pretty solid piece of oak," said general Lopget, the eommLioner of pensions, picking up n stick sixteen inches thick, through which there was a small and remarkably remarka-bly clean cut hole, "That hole was made by a riile ball, and alter making the hole as you sec it here, the small ball went through eight pine planks, in all nine inches thick. The oak, you see, has a knot; when the ball came to that it was turned about ten degrees from a straight line, and thence went straight on and through tho pine." This illustrates one of tho most recent re-cent and, at the same time, most wonderful improvements in firearms. The rifle from which the ball having such wonderful force was fired, is supplied sup-plied with extra chambers ranged along the barrel, which are loaded and explode ex-plode one after the other, as the ball, having received its first impulse, passes them. It is estimated that a ball shot from one of these rifles would go at least 2 miles, if it met with no obstacles. obsta-cles. Experiments with heavy artillery operating upon this principle have been made in England, and the results indicate a probability of extensive changes in the construction of large guns. Fx. |