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Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

Ing position Is seldom used In skirmish-
ing, but the only one allowed at 200
yards in known-distance firing. At SEQ
yards, in the latter style, the sitting POI
sition is obligatory, at 500 the prone or
sitting, and at 600 yards the marksman
may fire as he pleases.
The most noted rifle shot in the world
at the present time is Gustav thinner
man, who recently returned from Ger
many with a record of victories and col.
lection of prizes unexampled since rife
shooting first became an art. Mr.. Zim-
norman, through the New York Herald,
gives some hints that will prove valuable
to those who have an ambition to &C
quire proficiency In target shooting.
Said he:
"The first thing for man to learn
when he begins rifle shooting is caution.
Next he must learn how to stand. This
is one Of the most important things con-
nected with the art. / always stand
sQuarely ON my legs. / brace myself
with my feet about twenty inches apart.
stand as would If expected man
was going to run into me and try and
throw me to the ground. do not face
the target, but stand SO that my left side
is nearest to the bull's-eye. When I
take aim turn my body above the waist.
That is all.
"Every man has his own way of hold
ing the rifle when he takes aim. Some
men support the barrel. almost at arms
length. Others bunch their backs up
and screw themselves into double knot
found cary in my practice that could
do the best work by keeping myself close
together. keep my right arm as near
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04
THE PEARL BUTTON SCARE
[Chicago Inter. Ocean.

-
We are happy to relieve the appre-
hension OF those who dread great in
crease of price upon pearl buttons by
testimony furnished by dry goods house
whose eminence and responsibility can
not be questioned. The latter clause of
the following letter was submitted to
Marshall Field & Co. g house for expla-
nation:
OCTOBER 2S.--Will the Ia,ter Ocean answer
Tomorrow and tell all Its readers about the
tariff on pearl buttons as to the cents ex :.
ira over the old. III it means 2 cents per line
or CROSSE Also state what schedule, and the
rise Ii any, musical instruments come under
There is quite dispute over pearl buttons
and the enormous rise, also musical instrn-
ments. Respectfully, W.P. II.
Musical instruments are not men,
toned In the new bill, and there are di-
verse opini0na as to what effect this
silence may have; 1t may have the effect
Of admitting them duty free. or of keep
ing duties at the old rates; but ii does
not seem possible that it can have tho
effect OF increasing duties. Several
large manufacturers and dealers have
assured the people, through the columns
of the Inter Ocean, that there will be no
increase OF prices on account of the new
tariff. Certainly there ID no increase az
yet, nor Is there the slightest ground for
any immediate increase.
Az to pearl buttons, the eminent flrr,
Of Marshall Field Il Co. talked thus 10 !
reporter. IS
!, A line button ineasuree OF one fortieth
Qf 90 inch e the standard oi measure.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04
BLAINE'S BATTLE CRY
WHY HE URGED UNUSUAL
EFFORT.

1t Ii the Democratic Desire to Make At
Appear that the Tariff Is Curse,
when III Really is BLESSING CONNER
Cial Disaster.
Mr.. Blaine has the boldness of vet
Gran, which is different and more val
liable, though not a nobler, quality than
the ardent courage OF a young recruit.
The veteran discerns the odds against
him and goes to battle conscious OF the
possibility of failure, but has determined
to achieve success as though the odds
were for him. Mr.. Blaine's knowledge
of political war informs him, and he SO
informed his hearers in Philadelphia,
that the second congress i'm the admins
tratlon OF every president, from the
time OF John Quincy Adams to that OF
Abraham Lincoln, with one exception,
was in opposition to the policy of the
administration.
The republican party has become
aware-indeed, many conservative demo-
Gratis have become aware--of tho ex-
ceptionally great danger which attends
a democratic majority in the next con-
gress. The tariff is fixed fact. No
democratic majority In the next house
can repeal the new law. But demo-
cratic majority may be able to prevent
the country from enjoying that large
measure OF prosperity which the new
purposes to bring, and the beginning OF
which it already has brought.
The democratic desire and intent to
create commercial disaster is plain. For
weeks and months its press and speakers
have done all that in them lay to create
depression of trade. The columns of to-
days, yesterdays and to-morrow's DEM
ocratic newspapers have BEEN are and
will be full of predictions and assertions
of hard times. And this in face of the
testimony of all merchants that trade is
unusually brisk, the experience of all
purchasers that prices are unusually
low, and the testimony of the highest
commercial authority that money Is so
unusually plentiful that the volume of
payments made during the month of Oc-
tober, the first month of the new tariff
law, has been greater than ever was
known in any month of the existence of
the United States.3@
Mr.. Blaine reminds his hearers that
democratic ascendency in one house OF
the national legislature may change all
this. It can not repeal the new tariff,
but it may destroy confidence in it's per-
manency. 1t may check that flow OF
capital toward American manufacturers
which already has set i'm with such force
as to make last months trade the great
est ever known in the United States. 1t
may check that increased manufacture
of American goods which is sure to re-
suit in decreased prices for the products
of American factories. 1t may curtail
that demand for American labor which
now is brisk, and daily is growing brisker.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

man III MS WHO SGaG0
uses naturally. But advanced civiliz-
alton has tendency to destroy this art
of expression and substitute augulari-
ties for gracefulness in sitting, walk
ing and speaking. Delsarte studied
what position and gestures meant,
formulated the laws which govern ex-
preston, and arranged q system OF
gymnastics, which are practiced by
pubic speakers and by those who
want to be natural and graceful in all
their movements. This is Delsartism,
and it is this which Edmund Russell
and his brilliant wife teach, having
learned the secret from Delsarte HIM
self.
He carries on q campaign against
tight waistcoats and shoes, high coll
lars, top hats. and other excrescences
of civilization, because, as he claims,
these things interfere with naturalness
of expression, and, consequently, Del
sartism.
Delsarte, in studying the mechanism
of the human body, found that all
parts should move in harmony with
each other, but how can movements
of the body be graceful and harmoni-
GUS after passing through the hands OF
the tailor? It is all Strengthened and
stiffened up. Our clothes destroy the
motion of the body. The ridiculous
high collar ties up one of the most
important organs of expression, as the
neck is the bridge which carries
the expression begun at the head to
the body. The Tightening of clothes
on our chest interferes with expression
and makes your soldiers look like me.
chanical automatons. Contrast the
manly, and graceful form of the Orien.
tai warrior, with his flowing bournous,
his dramatic ornaments, with your
cramped and stiff soldiers, who give
us curious example of an active and
passive nervous rigidity.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

shooting as conducted oil that occasion.
While many of the national guardsmen
are remarkably clever with the rife at
known distances, their failure to coin-
pare faYorably with the regulars hi skir-s
mish firing is responsible for the differ
ence in the general average. This
difficult style of shooting depends alto
gether on the skill OF the marksman,
speed and action being necessary to sue
cess. Thus a marksman high on the list
in known-distance shooting, In which he
is allowed his own time for aiming and
sight-adj can easily drop out of
sight in single skirmish run.
This style of shooting seems queer and
pretty to the onlooker, who first hears q
bugle call and then sees a double line OF
soldiers march from the brush. Those
In the front rank carry muskets The
troop marches forward about a hundred
yards, when, at bugle call, the step is
changed to double quick" Another
hundred yards having been covered, the
bugle sounds again and the soldiers halt
suddenly. The front rank drops to the
ground some upon their back, some
prone upon their stomachs, and others in
sitting posture Then an intermittent
line of putting smoke curls from the
SLlulUS UdiEciS. SuOTbs eEtpUI 70 ring Oul
and the song of the bullet is re-echoed
through the bluffs. After lapse of
thirty seconds the bugle sounds again,
the men jump to their feet, go forward
another 200 yards and again drop into
their clumsy positions. The sharp re-
ports are heard again and again. Two
hundred yards farther on the same tao
tics are repeated, and finally the
marksmen approach to within 200
yards of their imaginary foes. There
the firing Is more rapid and the
targets are scarcely visible through
the rising cloud of smoke. When
the bugle sounds again the troopers once
more jump to their feet and retrace their
steps on the run. At each distance re-
treating they are halted and turned to
the targets to split the dummy figures ut
the base Of the bluff. In all ten halts
are made und forty cartridges fired by
each competitor.
To the ordinary marksman the targets
would be novelty. There is no bulls.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04
ment used III determining the size of

ment used III determining Tie size 81
buttons
Z. One gross tli4Y buttons 81, say
twenty lines would pay q dttyof tsOx21Sl
SO cents per gross, and an additional
duty OF 25 per cent ad yaiorenl.
n The present duty is practically d pro-
hibition. No pearl button factory of
any size has heretofore existed In
America. Marshall Field & Co. say
they use more buttons each year than
are manufactured iii the whole country.
Since the adoption Of the Mckinley bill
they arc informed OF various new fac
tories but have not as yet received SAM
pies of their productions The present
tariff has also had the effect Of
producing two substitutes for the inn
ported Austrian pearl button. These
are a nickel button which meets every
requirement. and is infinitely more DUR
able and costs about the same as the
pearl button under the old tariff. The
other is vegetable ivory, which Is also
superior to the pearl and costs a trifle
more.
The great advantage possessed by a.
pearl button over the cellnloid and bone
buttons has been that it would pass
through wringer and not break and
also withstand heat. The celluloid melts
on the application of hot iron, and the
bone is too brittle to pass through q
wringer. The new nickel and vegetable
ivory buttons stand both tests, and will
prove in every wise materially superior
to the pearl.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04
HOME AND FOREIGN PRODUCTS
GSt. Louis Globe.Democrat.]


The campaign just closed has had q
good effect in the way of calling popular
attention to the fact that we are not de-
pendent upon foreign countries for
nearly SO many products as the enemies
of protection would like to make it ap-
pear. If the average citizen will think
q moment about the articles that he is
in the habit of buying, he can see that
very few OF them are imported. Under
the impulse given by the present tariff
system, manufactures have been estab-
lished which are really supplying us
with about everything that we need.
There are things like sugar, tea
and coffee that we are Obliged to send
abroad for, but in the line of manu-
featured goods we are practically indie
pendent of the rest of the world. There
is no necessity for the majority of the
people to purchase products upon which
duties are imposed. They can get all
that they require for general subsistence
and convenience in the list of domestic
products that the tariff does not touch.
That is what they are doing all the
time. Clothing, furniture, carpets,
hardware, and most other indispensable
articles, are all produced here, of good
quality and at low prices, and the
man who buys foreign goods in prefer
ence has only himself to blame if the
tariff thereon is a burden to him. Tt is
possible for nine people out of ten TO
escape the tariff entirely, in other words,
and yet not dispense with any of the or
binary comforts of life.
This aspect of the matter deserves far
more consideration than it usually re-
ceiyes. The most of the talk about tar
iff exactions is pure assumption and de-
ception. This form of taxation is the
easiest to bear that could be devised, as
the case now stands. The amount of for
eign produce in common use is not large
enough to justify any such clamor
as has been raised this year
about the duties levied upon them.
If we do not want to pay for
imported goods, the privilege of buying
domestic articles suitable for every pur-
pose Is always present. In many In
stances the home product Is the better
Of the two, and in all instances it is good
enough, We buy numerous things that
bear European labels when in fact they
are made In this country; and it is our
/ own fault that we are thus imposed
upon, The dealers provide what their
customers prefer and II we choose to
demand q foreign brand when the do
mestic article is quite as desir-
able, we must expect to have
the latter sold to us under false pre-
tense at an exorbitant price. Any
honest merchant will tell you that so fan
as all goods of general consumption are
concerned, this country produces them
of sufficient excellence and in ample
measure, Ii we insist upon having the
foreign article simply because tits foreign
and not because it has any greater intrin.
sic value, then we mustpa the increased
price, of course; but the necessity fal
that sort Of thing is limited, and The
tariff question should be discussed with
this important fact always in sight.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04
A New Complication.

The Massachusetts politicians were
obliged to figure on a new complication
at this election. 1t is law passed last
winter requiring every candidate for Of
flee to file an itemized statement show
ing in detail all the moneys contributed
or expended by him, directly orsindi-
rectly, by himself or through any other
person i'm aid of his election. y
That would be little awkward in
some cases, but the law is not yet strong
enough to prevent the use of money.
The candidates must make this statement
within ten days after the election. There
is nothing In the statute requiring a man
to make public any intention he may
have for reimbursing friend for ex-
pense money kindly advanced during
the heat of conflict or of whacking up o
specified sum to his county or state CEN
trail committee Immediately after the
statement has been flied.
The intention of the law is good, but
like great many other good laws, it is
found to be practically a dead letter
Lincoln Journal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

to the body as possible, elevating the el.
bow as little as / can, and support the
barrel with my right hand, guiding the
barrel with the forefnger. In some gal
leries the beginners are taught to sup.
port the barrel with the thumb and fore
finger. This is very vice for indoor work,
but when a man is in the open and faces
a stiff wind he will find that he needs
more support than that. Never practice
in the gallery what you do not intend to
follow out of doors. That Is rule that
you will do we'll to cut out and paste in
your hat.
"After you have taken aim pull the
trigger. Don't give 1T jerk. Don't
think that you have q twenty-pound
weight to move, and put all your muscle
into the movement. Make steady,
continuous pressure. no harder at the
beginning than it is at the end. After
a while you will find that you can throw
your rife directly in range without q
conscious effort, and can shoot for
hours together without getting tired.
When you have ached this point shoot
ing becomes pleasure"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

Kerr has worn a regulation uniform four
times as long, and although but 43 years
of age, has grown bronzed and gray in
actual work upon the field, The per-
lection in small-arms firing which each
has reached has not been the result of
great practice but of much study and en-
pertinent
Captain Kerr is the only soldier who
ever became distinguished marksman
I'm his first year. At the close of 1887 he
wore no less than five medals, two more
than were ne essary to distinguish.
When Captain Kerr entered the mill
tary academy Charles 81. Muir was six
years old. He was born on ia rm near
Erie, Monroe County, Mich, undivided
his time as boy between handling a
pitchfork and wrestling with his books at
the little village schoolhouse. Young Muir
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04


big cartridges are held between Che
narksmari's teeth. The thumb OF the,
right hand pulls the trigger, the breecl'
.is thrown open with the fingers
the shell extracted and d fresh one
put I'M place, and the breech locked with
marvellous speed
In the asaw-backs position the feet
are crossed and the knees elevated. III,
the x thus formed the barrel IL placed,
u sight easily taken, and the rifle held
firmly In place. While firing apronep
the marksman lies full length upon his
chest and stomach, with his feet spread
wide apart, and the shoulders are slight.
ly elevated upon the elbows. The sit
ting position Is used at the shorter
ranges. The knees are elevated and the
barrel is held in the left hand, which is
supported on the laft knee. The stand
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

eye to aim at, no encircling rings to
grade the merit of the shots. Three
black figures are grouped together at
each target number. These manikins
are made Of canvas, paperc black, and
each represents the life-size figure of q
man. One is crouched close to the
ground, in height not over two feet.
Next to this figure is one up
right, five feet ten inches high,
and the third is in kneel-
ing position. The difference in size
is made to correspond to the difference
in the scores. A shot which perforates
the smallest figure counts five; one
striking the kneeling figure is scored as
four, and bullet sent through she stand
ing figure is reckoned as three points.
Each marksman is provided with forty
cartridges. which he must fire during
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

no way of getting the rope Off except
the ends are released or the handker-
chief united.
You soon explode this idea, however,
for, after making one or two rapid
movements Of your hands and arms,
you throw the rope off and exhibit your
wrists still tied.
Wonderful as this all seems it is
very simple and requires but little
practice. The accompanying illustra-
ton explains it clearly. The part oil
the rope marked "a is rolled between
the wrists until it works up through
the handkerchief and forms q loop,
through which you pass one hand, and
then BY giving the rope smart Jerk,
nc will easily come off.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

The Japan Gazette records plucky
feat by an Englishman resident of
Yokohama. The Englishman, who was
in Toxic, desired to return to fulfill an
engagement in Tomioka. Having been
told of the stoppage of the trains by
storm he engaged a jinrikisha and ar
rived at about 4 o'clock in the evening
at the river Rokugo. The river was
swollen and muddy, and no boats were
there for the conveyance Of passengers.
After waiting by the side of the water
for some time the Englishman dis
charged his jinrikisha, stripped, and
having tied his clothes on his back,
jumped into the current, notwithstand-
ing the advice of the pystanders. A
Japanese who had also an important
engagement, and whose pluck was SUI
perior to his strength, followed suit,
and was being overcome by the current
when the Englishmsn turned back to
his assistance and took him ashore on
his back. This is said to have taken
place before scores of eye witnesses.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04
she win Not he Familiar.

What strikes the pilgrims from other
lands, writes Philadelphia Press cor
respondent, is the predominance Of
women in Boston, Women everyW here
i'm the restaurants, behind the lunch
counters, in the shops, in the offices,
women seem to be doing all the work.
/ don't find any fault with this arrange
ment. They are more civil than The
men. / only wi b they could become
street car conductors. Probably they
may some day. Down here at Nantas-
ket Beach you find the Same abundance
of the fair sex. They preside at the pop
corn booths with all the dignity of long
lineage and great mental development.
Foreigners from New York or Chicago,
ignorant of the customs of the country.
sometimes make an effort to be pleas
ant with these young ladies. The re-
suit is always disastrous to the for
eigners.
"I'll wait upon you, but I'll not be
familiar with you'll"
That's the shibboleth OF the Boston
serving lady.
was much amused at the attempt
of one of these foreigners just men
toned to bestow small fee upon one
of these young women. She drew her
self up with all the hauteur OF family
pride for no doubt her name was Win
throp, or Adams, or Hancock, or Wins
low-and then she remarked;
Excuse me, sir, we are literally re-
warded for our services by the corpor-
ate lessees of the beach, and, conse
quently, the offer of any gratuity is en-
tirely supererogatory act Then
turning to small boy, she murmured
Johnny, accept the gentleman's
nickel.
We keep him for that purpose, Ii
order not to offend those who may be
strangers in Boston. 81
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

eighth in class of forty-five four years
later as secynd lieutenant, and received
his commission in the Seventeenth In
fantry. Lieutenant Muir was first sta
toned at Devils Lake, N D., where his
talent as marksman first became noted
among his comrades. Two years ago he
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

THE first white woman that ever
penetrated the mysteries of the Olym
pic Mountains has just returned from
an extended trip accompanied by her
husband, Phil Hamilton, and twenty
others, says the Seattle Press. The
party entered the range from the head
Of Quilcene River, this county, crossed
over the divide, and descended down
the Press Valley to the Elkwa River,
thence to Port Angeles. While in the
Press Valley the party Distinctly heard
subterranean noises, which indicated
internal disturbances. Large bands Of
elk and deer were frequently seen, and
several exciting bear fights were in
dulged in. Mrs. Hamilton rode the en-
tire distance on horseback.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04
THE HALT AT sKIRMIsH FIRING.

der. Among his neighbors was General
roe County. Muir was one Of the nine
in 1880 for appointment to West Point,
came out with flying colors and by Con-
gresham Edwin Willis was sent to the
military academy in 1881. He graduated
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

THEY are talking of @hay-palaces" and
acorn palaces" as features of the Chi
cago worlds fair. There will be moth
ing startling about such structures to
Americans of 1892, but they will offer
Columbus q new sensation If be should
happen to drop in.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1890-12-04

BARON NoRDENsKIoLD, the great Nor
wegian arctic explorer. is sanguine OF
the success of the projected expedition
to the north pole. He believes the dis
covery of the pole may furnish the key
to MANY unsolved problems.