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Show BREAKS FORCE OF THE WAVES. Matressea ar Klrueg T..lh to I' rotor ro-tor 1 ocean nearhea. At many ot the favorite seaside sum mer resorts In thla country th beaches ar from time to tlms ravaged by wild storms, and hitherto no adequata method of protecting them agalnit turh onalaughta haa been discovered. A a rcault III cottager may awaks any morning and find that the pleaaant strand on which they strolled during th previous evening ha, during th night, been eulen away by Hi hungry wave. Now, however, an ingenious Inventor has devleed a method for th protection of such beaches, a method which, ho Is confident, will prov effective. ef-fective. It consists of a number of mattresses, which uro formed of fibrous muterlal nnd which aro held together by meana of warps and bar. The mat-treaeee, mat-treaeee, thu connected, are luld on the beach, tho warps and bara being placed In aiioli a miinner that th lung, fibrous fib-rous covering I kept stiff ami Immovable. Immov-able. As a further safeguard, however, stronger fastenings are placed here and tli. ire, and by means of these the mattrcasea are anchored firmly to the beach. The nmttreesea are arranpij lengthwise In the direction of the aW rent, and the wnipa and bars ar ar rauged diagonally. Tho object ll to break tho force nt'the waves and pro vent them from wreaking their full fury on the bench. Kxperlinents, It Is said, prove that a protection of till kind la useful for audi a purpose. |