Where the waterproof dress and breastplate join, a water-tight connection is made by means of studs, brass plates, and nuts.

When a diver is under the surface there are at least 720 inches of armor exposed. At 204 feet, which is the greatest depth ever reached, there was a pressure of 66,960 pounds, or over 33 tons! A suit must be well secured to stand this.

The diver's life depends upon the air supply being regularly kept up. If the pump stops but a minute, instant death will result from the outside pressure of water on his body. The men entrusted with working the pump must be absolutely reliable and pay strict attention to their duties.

The air compressor, or hand pump, is shown in the cut. It is double-acting; each stroke supplies a given quantity of compressed air which is forced through the air-hose. By referring to the gauge the man at the pump can tell just how many pounds pressure is being supplied. The apparatus is as perfect as human ingenuity can make it, in view of the life at stake. If it fails, the signal is immediately given for the diver to cut loose and come to the surface.

Unless the air-hose is in thoroughly good order the pump will not be of any use. It must be perfect and free from even a pin hole. It must also be flexible, or at any minute it might break. It must also be of proper hardness outside, yet free to bend. This is obtained by using flexible wires inside, which are covered by canvas and Para rubber.

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The Dreyfus Case

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IN last issue some earlier features of the Dreyfus case were given. The balance of the story follows:

M. Beaupré declared that a revision of the case was imperative, and said he had become convinced that Major Count Ferdinand Wal

sin Esterhazy was the real criminal, and the man who had written the famous bordereau.

He gave the reasons why it seemed Developments in the impossible that Dreyfus could have

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committed the crime.

These reasons were drawn up by M. Manau, the Public Prosecutor. They are as follows:

One.-The Henry forgery.

Two. The changing of the date of the bordereau to August, instead of April.

Three. Contradictions of the handwriting experts. Four. The absolute identity of the paper upon which the bordereau was written with Major Esterhazy's letter paper.

Five. The sentence, "Am starting for the manoeuvers," which could not have been written by Dreyfus.

Six.-Police report withheld by the Court Martial. Seven.-Lieutenant Colonel Henry's weeping confession in Bertulus' office.

Eight. The Panizzardi dispatch.

Nine. Official documents proving that Dreyfus had no relations with foreign embassies.

Ten.-A document demonstrating that Dreyfus never confessed guilt.

M. Manau in his speech before the Court declared that the guilt of Esterhazy had been established and urged that a fresh trial be granted the accused man.

The addresses of these two men made a great impression on the French people. The most rabid of Dreyfus' enemies did not find a word to say in the presence of the carefully considered opinions of two men such as the President of the Civil Division of the Court of Cassation and the Public Prosecutor.

Maître Mornard, the counsel for Mme. Dreyfus, having made a speech which was practically a repetition of those made by the other lawyers, the case was closed on June 1. The President of the Court announced that the sentence would be delivered at an early session of the Court.

The verdict was expected on Saturday, June 3.

The famous Dreyfus case, which has caused so much and such bitter feeling in France, has been brought to a close; or, perhaps it is wiser to say, the first part of it has been brought to a close by the decision of the Court of Cassation.

On Saturday, April 3, the Court decided that sufficient fresh evidence had been brought forward to grant a new trial.

It is the rule of the Courts of Appeal that permission cannot be granted for the revision of a case which has once been judged, unless the persons who make an appeal can show that they have certain new facts to bring before the Court, which, if proved to be true, would tend to show the innocence of the accused person.

In the Dreyfus case the judges decided that the