The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-04-28
AN GENIUS.
The Useful Inventions ofthe Esteesned CIT
lien, stub Smith OF AriRoua.

Aue tseu0I huSeUtbO0n Oh tine Eat0D1ne0 Clt-
lien. ssub Smith Of Arizona.
From the New York Tribune.
The inventive talent of the Hon. Stub
Smith of Hanging Horse. Arizona Terri
tory, Is again brought prominently before
the public in the columns Of the Garden
Of Eden Busx Sdw, q weekly newspaper
printed and published In the city Of Hang
ing Horse. The name Of the Hon. Stub
Smith may not be familiar TO manyo OF our
readers, but I'm Arizona he has achieved a
more than local reputation by his genius
for mechanical invention. He IL a man
Of great force Of character also, as indeed
his title of Honorable, itself shows he
never In point Of fact, having done any.
thing TO give him a. legitimate claim to IL
but he early insisted on II as being but a
fitting tribute to his abilities, and Il Is now
universally accorded him. At first, 1t il
true, there were ill-advised persons who
laughed at this title and refused to recog.
nize il, but the prejudice i'm Hanging
Horse against being buried In that distant
region, far removed from friends and
early associations, was SO great that all
opposition soon ceased.
Stub Smith I'VE may safely omit the
title at his dIstance) began his inventive
career with his Centennial Corrugated
Bowie-knife Handle" This was very sue.
cessful-that is, he liked IL himself, and
as his inventions are all for his own pri-
vste use, and no for sale, this was sui.
flcient. The corrugated handleg gave him
a much firmer hold on the knife, and he
demonstrated its superiority over the old
style several times. But the sphere OF
usefulness of the bowie Is limited at the
best, and Mr.. Smith turned his attention
to firearms, as presenting a broader field
for his activities. Ii Is here that the Hon,
Stub Smith has achieved fame.
But Stub Smiths latest and greatest in
vention has just e perfected. Mr.
Smith has long noted with regret the
amount of time wasted in drawing the
weapon from the belt, and he has remed
led Il. He attaches the revolver to his
belt at his side with a rivet, so that II
turns freely in a perpendicular plane. II
is exactly balanced, and the slightest
touch causes the muzzle to swing
up or down. Ordinarily the bar
foor about 10 feet in advance of Mr.
Smith. A string runs from the weapon
under the honorable Rentleman's clothing
and down his sleeve, and is attached &c
his little finger, the slightest movement OF
which causes the weapon to swing to q
position SO that the barrel il exactly hor,
izontal and points straight ahead. As II
touches this position the whole six cham
bers are automatically discharged IN
rapid succession. The Hon. Stub Smith
has named his new creation 1.-THE Pan
American Waterloo" He wear one OF
them o m either side, and Coroner Horse
shoe Robinson is buying Homestake gold
mining stock through a st. Louis broker
We might observe that we Americans
lead the world in mechanical invention
and hat Yankee ingenuity is bound e
show itself under all circumstances, but |,
would seem to he superfious. We shall
however. thank our valued contemporary
the Garden Of Eden BuzE Sd,c, from which
many of the facts concerning the Hon
Stub Smith were obtained, and express
the hope that its able editor may continue
in his present friendly relations with this
most distinguished citizen.