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Also to experiments carried out by the English proof house guardians, resulting in their finding that Schultze gunpowder gives less rending force than black No. 4.

Also to Messrs. Curtiss & Harvey themselves, for in a pamphlet recently issued they give, as resulting from their experiments, the rending force of Schultze as less at the powder chamber than their own No. 4. black. And finally I refer to the large and increasing body of users of Schultze gunpowder over the world, including Miss Annie Oakley who is using Schultze regularly in her performances at London) and ask how long would these depend for pleasure and profit upon an explosive, were it one-tenth as uncertain a compound as Dr. Carver would try to make us believe.

I need hardly say how sorry we were to hear of the accident to Dr. Carver, and glad to know of his recovery.

I cannot quite understand this accident; but I am told it resulted from a delayed ignition in the cartridge, which, consequently only exploded as the gun was being opened. On this matter I would say, such an accident could only be possible to one who can use a repeating gun with Dr. Carver's rapidity; but that, as Schultze gunpowder is regulated by Eley's ordinary primers, which are, I believe, a little stronger than the American primers, it is possible there may have been a little delayed ignition with an American primer, to obviate this the cartridge inventors are now experimenting with a view to produce a primer equal to Eley's in strength, and with which any delayed ignition will be impossible. R. W. S. GRIFFITH,

Superintendent Schultze Gunpowder Co.