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Show OUR CUNS AND CUNNEf. , The Th'ii ol the Flrtt Target rraetlee ot tho Crolurr rtilladelphle. Washijmtom, Oct. 23. Piagrams of the first targer practice on tho new cruiser Philadelphia have Just reached the navy department. The practice wa at Gardner's Bay, October 4th, with 6-inch, 8 inch and 1-inch rapid tire guns, and the testa were remarkable. re-markable. At one range, 100 yards sixty of the sixty-two shot lodged in an exact vertical line extending extend-ing twenty feet above the water line, which mean that every one of them would have hit ao ordinary war vcol In vnrv nearly the same place. A the ship and gun were new, this t' rat trial Is regarded a a satiefwtory demonstration demon-stration of the quality of our ordnance and ability of our gunners. |