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The first three are propelled by the energy resident in compressed 

 gases ; the Howell by the energy stored in a heavy fly wheel, which 

 also, by acting on the gyroscopic principle, serves to maintain the 

 direction imparted to the torpedo as it is launched. The Hall, 

 Whitehead, and Howell are launched from tubes or guns by means 

 of light powder charges, and are independent of exterior control 

 after launching. The Patrick is launched from ways, and is con- 

 trolled from the shore or boat by a wire through which an elec- 

 tric current may be sent to its steering mechanism. The charges 

 are quite variable, but the war heads of the larger torpedoes con- 

 tain as much as five hundred pounds of gun cotton. 



[To be concluded. '\ 



A PARADOXICAL ANARCHIST. 



By Pruf. CKSARE LOMBROSO. 



"TTT^HILE I have had the privilege of making several indirect 

 ^ » studies of anarchists by means of the data furnished by 

 legal processes, the journals, and the handwriting of the subjects, 

 I have only rarely been able to examine one directly and make 

 those measurements and craniological determinations upon him 

 without which any study can be only approximate, or, we might 

 even say, hypothetical. I had, however, an opportunity a short 

 time ago to observe a real anarchist in person, and study him ac- 

 cording to the methods of my criminological clinic. The results 

 have been singular, and it seems to me that they should cast some 

 light upon the dark world of these agitators, and especially upon 

 the phenomena of the strange contradictions presented in their 

 life; manifestations which jurists and police officers, intent only 

 on achieving the judicial triumph of a conviction, consider and call 

 simulations and falsehoods. 



He was a fellow who had caused a great excitement, during the 

 crowded days of the exposition at Turin, by saying that he wanted 

 to kill the king. In fact, he gave himself up to the police, saying 

 that the anarchists of Alexandria were seeking the assassination 

 of the king, and had written him a letter directing him to arm 

 himself, but that he, wishing anything else than to commit regicide, 

 had surrendered in order to denounce the scheme. There was no 

 real basis of criminal intent, but our police put him in prison, 

 and there I found him. 



His physiognomy presented all the characteristics of the born 

 criminal and of the foolhardy and sanguinary anarchist. He had 



