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How They Are Fashioned Gen. While’s Plueky D

Ai Woolwich

SHELLS AND CONTENTS WIN HIM A PEERAGE

An Interesting Account of The Nation Did Not Forgive

The Manufacture of Eng- land’s Arms

Xever inthe history of England has

the subject of artillery been so univer- lan

sally discussed as at present. It is gen- reli

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The Failure to Rescue Gordon

orally recognized tnat the weapons which must bepei-formed without tiin

which the War Odice has sent out to i,-hi South Africa are unsuitable and insuf- res

ticisnt tor the wort in hand, and the re- Ge on; it will be equally stern in re

verses which have attended the advanc- sen

of the British forceare attributed in a not relieved speedily.

great measure to that fact. Everybody is talkig guns and gunnery; and. un- der the circumstances, some particulars about the making ol held pieces and the place where they are made, will

lot be wilhtht ilttoreet.

The guns for the British navy and

armyareturned ont at the Royal Ar- senal. Woolwich. There also our ammunition is made, from the smallest ride cartridgi tothehuge shell fired

by the 110 inn gun.

Pains ps nt thing demonstrat°s more

strik ingiy the mignt of tw British Em-

pire than a visit to the Wo ilwich Ar~ senal.Something like 18,000 mei are em-

ployed there. many of them at the pre-

sent crisis working night and day. '1`he wages biil amounts to a million and a

worth of guns and ammunition are turned out in the twelve months Per

the place can be afforded by stating the

u tion according ti desi 'ns h

iyliyatson have been completed fel? l\Ir.L§.' area mu be larger’

The export apple trade has uct been.

satisfactory this sesson,,and the fault l seems to be not so much with the fruit i

handling it lt seems impossible to get Liinadian dealers to properly prick and

suggests that the British dealers will have to tate the business into their own hands if they wisn to make money out

would supervise the packing and selec tion of the best fruit, and thus ensure the shipment of ,sound carrying stock in place of the inferior trash that is often sent forward and loosely packed to de moral ze the Lnglish market and de preciate the value of better fruit _ Toronto World

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grade apples The lrade Bulletin

ol Canadian apples In tna' event they

arconi's Wireless Telegra-'Be-is all

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ef of Ladysmith an imperative duty

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I mon" J ' instantly relieved by Bentley’s Lim '

rmo\,Jan 10-General White’s gal Experts say the Distant Shore vgill bs mem

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runs between the factories. All trains lreiirst, second and third class an they carry everybody, from t‘ie super

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The story of his heroic defence can~

“nude” or the vmting Commmdep not fail to have a strong tonic effect

half annually, and three million pounds __

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in-Chief to the youngest apprentice lad. it.LL's'rlu'rt:s nitviztorii nur.

In a sense. the arsenal illustrates the

hops the best idea of the magnitude of -~ /@ ,¥

upon the British army and the English

ple. General White, there is little

doubt, is destined for the peerage in consequence of this splendid exploit, following as it does, many gallant sor-

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here and there the visitor may see greet piles of obsolete weapons. that in their thy seemed the deadliest things in war-

tence of Ladysmith. He is the her.: of the nation.

gqmgaim of im-.P img, §he|;1d same imuzzleloader this machine was erected

el the guns now in South Africa have

forthe purpose of welding the great

fare. New they are merely small ’

been added to those rubbish heeps_? That is a questiont for future settlement.

From its eailiest days the Wrolivich

Arsenal seems to have suffered from lheexoessive economy of Chancellor# of the Excheguer. Its snnils show if this country had been suddtnly plunged into war between the years 1870-80 a decisive defeat of the Biizish arms would have been inevitable; for parsimony on the part of the gentleman who kept the national purse had re- suited in the store of cartridges be- comming so reduced that at one time it was found necessary to transfer half a million rounds from the northern de- pots to London to meet immediate wants!

This sttte of affiirs was pointed out

ioa well-known Cabinet Mi iister. The danger of it. the ccitainty of defeat if war broke cut, were diltted upon.

“Gentlemen” the Minister"-replied.

“are there not lamp-posts in Pall-mall ? And when that defeat comes the popu- llcewill mikea big edart to util ze them!"

Did he mean that t‘ie lamp-poets

Would be converted into cannon. or :hat *U0 populace would take refuge up lieth :'

Such then, is one of the ditiiculties

“lttheadmirable staff at Woolwich lrsenal have to deal with. But they lhemselves in days gone by nod_ded lore than once. Look at the mortar. Page. It was forged in 1855 with a

toits being used in the Crimea.

has a bore of 86 in. The shells

oits capacions maw When of trial came the monster

mend. Theguntsnow used

the arsenal fi-r merely GOUOIIUVU

it would wrtlilly INK'

been »f ~nv use.

The gigs-tie steam hammer shown

feed it were so enormous that spec,

appliances had to be kectcd to hoist “kevin mmu“.d_ i. the 'mhz 0| g

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c ls of iron, and it has a striking energy of 1.000 tons! White-hot iron used to melt under its pressure like butter before a fire.

OF STEEL AND WIRE.

Now our most modern heavy guns

are made of ateel and wire. The latter is wrapped round the inner tube, and really forms one of the skins of the guna. In the case of a 12 in, gun no less than 100 miles of wire are used, and, although the most ingenious con- trivances are employed. this wrapping process could not be completed in ‘less than three weeks if the men worked night and day ! This wire has to bear a strain of over ninety tons to the square inch !

Another illustration at the worts

show how a 6-in. gun-the class that is being sent out to help in the reducirg of Pretoria-is °-turned.” To watch the process one would imagine that the ponderous steel tube were nothing more than wood. and that the thin strips which ily before the lathe were more ly shavings. At one time the lady visitor to Woolwich would invariably pres- ented by some clever, enterprising sp- prentioe with a bracelet made from the chips of steal. The boys used to occupy their leisure time in fashioning the orn- aments. Bnt now they have no leisure time. In their way they she yery busy helping to wipe that fsomething off a slate,” and the lady visitcr must perfor-

ce forego the souvenir.

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Another very interesting process-

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apparatus ought tobe is service over. a number of other lppliaaee

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and is used mainly for stezring pur

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There is nothing especially new in

the resort to telephony. Tue American

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eating features are presented by one of the instances of telephone in South Attica just described in the despatches.

After arriving on the field of battle at

Elandslaagte, Gen French saw the necessity of promp: reinforcements. In his army were several telegrsphers,who were provided with portable telephones batteries and incidental apparatus. A regular telegraph line pisses in the vicinity of Elandslaagte. Gen I-`rench’s men tapped one of the wires of this line. The first step was to establish an elect~ ric connection with the overhead wire. This was done by suspending thereon, by a metalic hook or clip at the top of s light. portable stick. one end of en~ other wire. The latter extended down- ward to a box containing a tslezrsph key and sounder, two or three cells of battery. and a convinentf combination of teisphone transmitter and receiver. To make the apparatus work it was further necessary to run the lower end of the hanging wire into the ground. Thvs a regular '-circuit” was formed, the earth affording a return route for the comet. Either a telegraph key or a telephone could be used, according to th}\cn'nvenience of the operator.

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ad. The are _themngh up-to-date, n the mattir of guns und znrnllnitton nd even the surgeons are nsiii" new means of developing X rsys. war odice has negotiated will l0l‘o0it'e bn l

siness representatives for wireless egraph outfits, and by this timethe

are not necessarily of wer havkpeeen put to use

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this kind is the employment of a steam

plough for digging _flelohem The plough-share a pruning hook 'are particularly typical 'oline itll lld spirit of peace, bitt now, forthe lrst time in history, the former implement has become a military weapon. The steam plough ie not in itself any novelty.lt has been.used for years on a large scale in the Western States, where the great wheat and corn crop of the country are raised. - It is also well known in other parts of the world where agriculture is conducted on the fi `* wholesale plan.

The particular plough need in South .__

Africa was designed by Col.Templer, of

the Royal Engineers, and diders only uAm”‘.;“-‘

in tr.iling details from that with which . .Q . t' the wheat-grower breaks up the surface mmf] “'“'="m of the feitile prairie. The superiorit 7

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manifest that one wonders why i’t was na “ k

never 'thought of before. A three i

wheeled~‘traction engine," such as is gm`:;?|u||¢.'||P*|‘

employed in hauling heavy wagons and in u "ha" . from town to town cr in operating it Nu 'N .uw intinerant threshing machines,drags the sm m 'M “I im"

steam plough ot Cnl.Templer through B J°o*..*

the soil. Two of tae wheels are large ww’

and broad. and the third, out in front. carries onlyasmall parjtof the load

ticular-ly in the dissemination of 'orders 32:5 'nhl' I" from headquarters and the receipt of “mb ug" reports from subordinates during ne m ' action. It is not at all likely that the in. Po” h

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