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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-27

way, take a good aim, but when the come
to press the trigger they shut their ewes and
dodge. | have broken Il good MANY mon of.
this failing, but have known cases that
were lncurable.
III sighting IL revolver draw the two sjohts
ana bulls eye on n line. Some men do
this as they raise tho freurm. George.
Byrd and William NJ. Chase follow this
rule, and 1t has been adopted by the ma
jority of experts. N
But there is still n very respectable num-
Der who take aim i'll lowering the reyolvar
plerro Lorillard and Frank II. Lord belong
to this class. s
before telling vol about fancy shooting
icy me say a few words about tbs men VINO
follow Tho general directions have mid
down above. To my mind, ana think tha
records Will bear me ont. the American ,e-
volver shots are the best in tho world. sneh
marksmen as Pierre Loriilard, William M.
Chase, Ira Paine, Major Pryor, H. W.
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OppOrtunfty.
Opportunity.
Master O" human destiny am /,
Fame. love and fortune IN my footsteps

opportunity
Master of human destiny am /,
Fame, love md fortune on my footsteps
wait.
Cities and fields / walk. penetrate
Deserts and seas remote, and passing by
Howell and mart and palace, soon or late
KNOCK unbidden once at every gate.
If %sleeping. wake; If feasting rise before
turn away. 1t IL tho hour OF state
And they who follow me reach every state
Mortnls desire, and conquer every foe
Save death; but those who doubt or hesi-
tate
Condemned to failure. perjury and woe
Seek mo in vain and uselessly implore;t8
answer not, and | return nc more.
Jso. J.. lsoAh.s'
But fail ye not in thisr respect,
Seize every opportunity to travel
Over the Chicago, Milwaukee ~ st. Paul
railway. w#Nz
This Is the advice OF
Gro. H.. HEAFFoRD.
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, III.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-27

firearms. People ut large have NO idea Of
the carelessness with which ignorant men
handle all kinds OF firearms, particularly
revolvers.
Since opened my shooting-1allery in
Barnum's old museum, on Broadway and
Ann street, in 1865, I have taught thousands.
Some of my pupils are now thu best pistol
shots in the world. But during this entire
time | have seldom seen a day that | did
not have to tell some man how TO hold his
pistol so that an accident might not occur.
There is the nervous man. who fidgets
with his pistols, and points it first at one
man and then II another without meaning
to do 50.
The nervous man is bad enough, but the
absent-mindsd noaH, who points his revolt
yer at you and forgsts all about it until a
second or 80 after he haR blown your head
off, is much worse.
Ihe worst of all pupils. though. is the
man-who-knows-it-all. Perhaps his grand
:, father may have owned an old musket, and
he thinks he knows as much about firearms
as if he had been born and bred in an arse
nal. | always look out for that man, and I
would advise you to do the same.
- q "hA dEOIueS dEuuHlnEtd
with revolvers the more careful he becomes.
Therefore, in explaining here the proper
way to shoot the pistol, | put at the head
of my advice the best method OF handling
the weapon before it is aimed at the ia get.
1t is wonderful why more accidents do
not occur than are recorded, when you stop
to think that a man can buy a pistol in any
hardware shop, from a clerk whose knowl-
edge OF weapons is confined to the cost
mark on the boxes, and that he carries this
tirearm way with him, totally ignorant of
its use.
In the first place the best revolver in tar
get shooting is of American make, forty
four caliber, army pattern. The regulation
indoor range is twelve, twenty-five, fifty or
seventy-tye yards; and outdoor, 100 yards.
The target is a standard decimal with a
bullseye one and one-eiRhth inches in
diameter. Round bullets should be used
and light charges of powder when bnt be-
ginning practice and up to twenty yards.
When q man walks up to the counter on
which the weapons rest and picks up q re-
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volver, let him be careful to catch hold of
the barrel with one hand and the handle
with the other and, before he does anything
else, open the pistol and see whether or not
its is loaded.
Never take another mans word that your
pistol is not loaded. Bear this in mind.
After you nave satisfied yourself that
your revolver is empty. fit it to you hand.
But don't point it at any one during this
experiment. / have seen more than one
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TO SHOOT A REVOLVER.
-
Veteran Teacher Records the Achieve
ments of Some Of His Favor
GYM tie Pupils.
Careless Man With a Gun More
Dangerous Than a Live
Rattlesnake.
Best Make of Revolver to Purchase-Don't
Point = Pistol at Any One
Position.
Written for THE HELENA INDEPENDrNr.l

Ob1I N1LDLh-
sleeve never said 4
truer thing than he
did one day on the
bench in sentenc-
ing a man for
shooting some one:
81 am o afraid
OF a revolver in tho
hands OF a careless
man than I amSof
alive rattlssnake.''
And 10 is every
an who has had
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Copyright
.Bucklen's ArnteA salve.

UuCKT80H AYMIGK S&IV6.
Tho best salve in the world for outs,
bruises, aorss, ulcers. salt rheun. fsvsr
sores, letter. chapped hands, chilblains,
ooTna and all skin .tuptions, and positively
sures piles or no pay required. It is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction. or money
refunded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by Z. 3. Hale 4 Co.
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This is no advertising dodge, but mean business, as prices
quoted below will prove. All whskcs are quoted at Eastern
prices and are subject to change monthly. Nows the chance for
dealers to buy strictly pure WHISTLES lat Dstllers' prices in large
quantiies) and save freight. Will sell in quantities to suit, from
one barrel to limit Of stock. The following goods in stock:
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

We are always glad to pick up any
Items relating to the eminent Stradiva-
rius and his fiddles. There ia dispute
pending in the cburt Of sessions, Eds
burgh, upon the merits of which we
would not breathe a syllable, even though
we had an opinion to breathe: but, in the
course of a prold nged inquiry, some in
teresting details have come out. The
plaintiff is a wholesale fish salesman.
Music has always been associated with
the sea and oftd n with fish. The story
OF Amphion recurs TO every mind. The
plaintiff bought a 'Stradivarius" seven
years ago, which he now repudiates
upon the ground that several inches of
the rim are not genuine.
In support of his grievance various cX-
perts have been called, who enlightened
the Edinburgh Jury upon things in gen
eral connected " it'll Stradivarius. They
have learned in particular that he was an
eccentric gcnills" who never made tid-
dies lone after another all affke"-this
information, We should think, must have
been rather eml Iarrassing than sustain
ing to the good men in their responsible
position. As for the particular instru-
ment in question, its belly was made by
Stradivarius, and the varnish on the back
was impaired by the same immortal
hand. About the other parts or limbs
we are not infor med, excepting "thc left
side top" which emphatically twas not
that of Strad. Another expert de.
nounced the libe rites so often taken with
this grand name II must be very poor
specimen and badly "doctored that sells
for less than CLEO. The population OF
Edinburgh have already picked up a
great deal of miscellaneous information
about fiddles in the course of the trial. -
London Standard.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
Poor I'M. sInhnn.n NIII.

] often Say that poor people must be
foudcr Of their children than the wealthy
are Of theirs. There is such poignant
interest ia Il chilli who will have "a face
a sea uf troubles, Poor litt!c Alphonso
XIII must be invested in his mother
eyes with an interest of that kind. being
the pOsthumous son Of viyour Of a bad
constitution. who, having used himself
up AT the are Of 20, died Of galloping
consumption. 4 Spanish deputy told me
Hast October that the poor little boy had
no chance OF a long life and that it would
hc rather misfortune if he grew up.
The nervous system was SO bad that the
doctors were afraid of having him
bathed in the sea. A shock of any kind
might knock it 10 pieces His mother
comes Of the most epileptic branch OF
the imperial family Of Austria.
Poor little Alphunso has, said the dep.
uty ! quote, icshless little legs, with
bones no thicker than "A chickens. They
bend under the weight of an abnormal
ly big head, which points to hydroee,
phalus. Altogether the conformation of
the little monarch i a thing rather for IN
anatomical museum than to bear tire
weighty trappings of regal state. Ills
mother IS always in ear shot of him and
the doctor handy to her. A corkscrew
stair communicates with his and her
bedrooms, and there is a speaking tube
close 10 his bed, SO that were anything
the matter with him the nurse could al
once tell her and the doctor The king
two sisters promise 10 he winsome, and
have fairly good constitutions, though
their flesh is slow 10 heal. Mercedes, To
whom told you so early rs November
Spaniard5 here were beginning To make
up rs shown in 'homagcs' Of French
toys, still nurses dolls. They noticed on
the sands Of San Sebastian what a weak
ling the poor brother was, and jumped
To the conclusion that the crown would
soon drop down on the head Of his eldest
sister. She and Theresa are very pretty
and CHEEKY. Mercedes il very like the
queen Of the Belgians. who was never
either one or the other. Her majesty is
an aunt of Queen Christiana. Mrs.
Crawfords Letter in London Truth.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
Preaching Against Fortune Teller..

The Rev. Father Wall. rector OF St.
Pauls cathedral, scored the people of his
parish yesterday, particularly the mar
ried women, ON the practice of patroniz-
ing fortune telers aud wizards who read
the past, present and future.
"Wheu = person visits n fortune teller
to ascertain his fortune. he goes to find
out what God alone, aud no one else.
knows. When you give TO fortune
teller your presence, and make him or
her believe that they have a fureknowl-
edge of seeing the inside view of the
future, You adore him and make him be-
lievo he has power not given To the
devil. II YOU think he can peer into the
future you make him the equal Of God
Therefore You have strange gods before
Him, and Violate the first commandment.
I'VE find youths. young girls, and -.
pecially married women. making prae-
tice Of this sin. If you deliberately visit
a fortune teller you are INDUCING in a
mortal sin. II you 20 out Of pure
thong il is not So bad, but il Is
a sin nevertheless. Ii is the same thing
as going t. "a idol and giving your heart
To 1t. This is idolatry Of the worst kind.
| would like to impress on your mind
that fortune tcliers compose the worst
characters in the community. One class
of the business Il fortune telling and the
other Is the seduction and ruin Of youth.
To my own personal knowledge know
Of persons who have been ruined by
consulting these people. warn all per.
sons Of the congregation, and hope You
will extend this knowledge, that It il
mortal sin against the first command
ment. Avoid them and their nefarious
business, for the designs they have on
the morality Of youth. r-Piusburg Dis
patch.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
QUESTIONING euNco NEE.
How Detective Met Them After Lons
search of Twelve Years.

search Of Twelve Years.
pardon me gentlemen he said, taking
off his hat aud bowling to the four men whc
stood near an entrance To the postofiice, u
would like To ask you a question" and he
looked cautiously around him
Are you bunco mem" he added, In
mystifed voice.
"What do you meanSr asked one Of the
four sharply, pushing back his silk hat and
looking dangerous.
Now, please don't get mad | don't
want to hurt any ones feelings But you
have been pointed out to me thousand
times as bunco men. Are you real bunco
men,
See here, my man, you'll get into trou.
BILE II you waste much time around here
one answered, toying with bis cuffs as ii
eager To take them off for action.
Il asked you not To get mad, pleaded
the stranger, reproachfully, and dipped a
bit of thread of his shining sleeve I'm
in earnest about It. Are you bunco menu
Are we bunco mem" was the stern an.
swer Eve are gentlemen, and
| well, are you bunco gentlemen, them
amt particular about that"
81 say we are gentlemen, and II you in
suit us again III smash every bone in your
ugly little body"
Don't get mad, gcntlemen. for heavens
sake don't get excited" he cried, patheti
cally. II would like to know. They say
YOU are" he added, in tone OF apology
What do you want to know forf''
II want to know"
"WhySn
well" he said lowering his mild voice
TO tragic whisper and looking AT then
with appealing eyes, IL am detective"
"OhN' four voices replied cheerfully, 81
you are a detective that's different How
do we know You are detective. thought
"Oh, | am"
Have You your badge"
"IIere IL is
well, well, my dear man, why didn'
, you say so before As long n you are
detective we don't mind telling you tina
we are bunco men"
"Real hunco menu"
yes"
"Why>" he said, and an envious sigl
slipped from his lips.
You see, he explained, II have been OF
the force twelve years and have never ar
G rested u bunco man | don't suppose
: hesitntingly, that you would let me arres
: | yous"
Not To any great extent"
a 1T would ht. a great favor TO me, wonl
make great reputation for me"
Couldn't think of IT,
Not even ones"
G "Nary a one"
a "Thnk of it, he urged in mild voice
!, Il have not even seen or heard Of one be
i ing arrested in twelve years
Sorry. but we can't accommodate you
Times too precious. Expect "A train In nm
minute"
. "Wcll," said the detective. sorrpwfully
L iii you won't, suppose you won't" an
II he started 10 80 away.
{ He suddenly turned and asked: Wei
Z look here, II you won't let me- arrest 20
!. will you take me IN with you and max
:, me n buucU man.
- - detective n bunco man!' shouted
y derisivc chorus "Iuu would ruin the pr,
i frs-ion" and the veteran detective sadl
q turned away. New York Tribune
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
View jersey. school Fund.

New Jersey has a school fund Of
81, 000, 900, aud does not know what to do
with it. Ii can not be used for anything
but the public schools, and not very
much Of it is allowed to go there. only q
part of the annual income being avail
able, 80 jealousy has the state constitu-
ton guarded its saeredness. Meantime,
it is piling up every year, and the COM
missiuners are at their wits end To find
an investment for ii. The original idea
was Ia have a fund large enough to en-
tirely support the public schools through
out the state, but that, it is said. would
take $50 000, 900; and, besides. IL is gem
orally believed that it is better for the
school system TO have the local schools
directly provided for by local taxes.
People take more interest in something
tley have 10 pay for. Exchange.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
Mr.. Van derbIlt's Picture.

There seems Il certain confusion as to
the Venetian picture by Turner which
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt has purchased
That he has bouk ht it and paid the SPLEEN
did price of Hundred thousand dollars
for it there is no doubt, but we may re-
ceive with very large grain of salt the
rumor that the millionaire was ambitious
of acquiring Meissonier's "Rixe, which
Is one of the ornaments OF Windsor, and
that he actually offered the queen half a
million dollars for it, The fact that the
rumor came around 10y way of Paris is
sufficient reason for fighting shy of it.
The art Of taking" originated in Paris.
where II had already attained colossal
grandeur before the first American jour
nal had been pr nted at Boston
Whichever Of the Grand canal pictures
by Turner Mr.. Vanderbilt has bought he
has got good cine. Turner understood
Venetian color, and had peculiar pro
cess OF his OWL, taken from the early
Flemish school and made his own by
the extraordinar ~ manner in which he
applied it-for Hendering the exguisitely
luminous atmos pheres Of the Queen Of
the Adriatic." 4 md he was trle--as true
as any mortal can be in the ever vary.
ing, eyanescent giories Of sea aud sky.
Ruskin hit il " hen he said of Turner.
after accusing him Of ''exaggeratinr mi
he saw" that the foundation of ali he
did was truth. The vivid and warm
colorings OF ma ure he painted with the
deepest reds ane yellows; the grays lac
attempted to inI iiate with blues OF too
strong tint; yet the whole gas true ia
principle, both b general and in particu.
lar.-Cor. Boston journal.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
0n an ocsan Grr,hnnn.l.

First Oflicer-Capt Risquett. there IS a
dense bank OF fog right ahead. and the air
has grown ten degrees colder IN the last
five minutes We arr now running at
three-quarters speed. What snail do
Capt Risquett-G Go ahead at fun speed II
we hit anything it's all over with Us. but
II we scrape through with only bump or
two 1t will he a great advertisement for
the line, and I'll be presented with hand
some Testimonial by the passengers As
mark Of their regard for my skill and cool
ness. let her 20 for all she's worth
Jester.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

Hello. Uncle Nose. (" said colored boy
on Pennsylvania avenue. ''rcadin' de pa.
pahf"
Yes. sab. datIs what Is, said the ven.
cradle negro. as he adjusted his spectacles
and shook fold out of the Journal that
he held.
'Hez yoh nosu ssed dat yoh hez II up side
DOWN.
'Hnm-er-yatsendeed; yer hsz ter know
er heap bout readin' fob 70 kin do dat. ~
Washington Pest
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

The danger Of cutting ice before it has
attained a thickness of eight inches or
more is great, and numbers of horses
have been lost by their breaking through
the lee while working the plows Old
icemen say, however, that by putting a
slipuoose around the animals neck be-
fore it goes under the ice, the work Of
getting it out is not great. The action
Of the moose stops the animals breath
ing, and soon causes the body TO become
inflated with wind SO that it will float ON
the surface, when it is easily hauled out
upon the ice.-Boston Record.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

A ropemaking firm in England Is manu-
featuring new type II rope called the
anticorfsssiye and sell lubricating wire rope.
The core and all the wires in the strands
are said 10 be cnlted with composition
called giissantolnr, which fills up the in
terstiets Of the rope and makes il imper
yious 10 currosion. The lubricant also
makes the rope more flexible New York
Times
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

What tune is that band playiugf" asked
the tidgety man on the outskirts of the
crowd
"Where Did You Get That HAITI replied
the one addressed.
Never you mind where got itti retort-
ed the other flereely III you can't an
swer a civil question I'll fnd some one who
can. Chicago Tribune.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

Toms little cousin, Mabel, described
graphically her sensation on striking a
dtmpled elbow on the bed carving. "Oh.
myi' she sighed; mamma, I've strucked
my arm just where it makes starr In my
fingersf'-Jewish Messenger.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
A Daring MeiI,nd Of Attack.

The natives In some parts OF South
America are bold and reckless enough to
give them some chance Of lighting the ALI.
gator In the water. They dive under it and
plunge long dagger into its belly, aud
after few struggles tha hated monster
turns over on its back and dies New York
Tribune.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
A Family Resemblance.

Batchell TO happy father)-Congratula
You, old man, on the news arrival. Whom
docs he look likeg
Father remembering the visitors com
mentsl-He looks like all his relatives on
both sides Of the family Bazaar.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

"You are not as liberal as you were be-
fore we'were married, George. You used
TO order two portions Of strawberries and
cream, and now it's only one"
well, that's proper. We used to be
two. but we are one now. amt we2'--Chat
ter
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18
A Wan stree, Item.

Mr. Dueats-I heard that you took
dyer In Wall street lately What did you
clear2
Mr.. Strapped-My bank aoeount.--Esw
York Herald.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

Mr.. Ferguson-Mr. Slumshy is such a
good man! Don't you think 50. my dearf
Miss Sharpe Yes: too good to be true
Boston Post
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

A towel. wet at one end and pinned
around the neck, will cure sore THROAT
New York journal
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

Giles-What did Terwilliger say about
the twinss
Merritt said it was one too many for
him.-Life
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-09-18

Guest mot AT the bier stubep-This vie
nerwurst smells, landlord
Landlord-of course 1t does. The violet
smells Acknowledgements Blatter
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-05-07
LANSING WILL LOSE 1T.
J. L. Patterson VIII Move His Furnaes
Company to This City.

]. L. Patterson VIII Move His Furnace
Company TO This City.
j. l.. Patterson OF Lansing. proprietor
OF the Lansing Furnace company, 10 in
the city, and was engaged with Secre-
.ary kinsey OF the improvement beard
yesterday. Through the influence OF
Mr.. Kinsey and the board Mr.. PAtter-
son has decided to remove his works to
this city. and will complete the transfer
between now and June /. He will cni-
ploy between twenty and thirty men
and viii manufacture hot air furnaces
and combination heaters. His business
10 increasing rapidly, and 1t
was IN order to have the super
Tor shipping facilities Of Grand Rapids
tina, he decided to make the change.
He will rent buildings for the present,
but SO soon rs tho firm is settled will
begin the erection OF large brick fac
tory. The Lansing Furnace company
was the frat institution approached by
the improvement board after its orgs u
izatiou. The product of this new adGi-
ton to the city's industries will iiud :
large local market ID Is claimed and the
board IS to assist them IN placing their
goods throughout the northwest.
The directors of the board held .
meeting TO hear n report ct the results
OF Mr.. kinssy's recent visit among
eastern manufacturers. The secretary
reported 4 list OF firms and the ccnal-
ton under which they could be in-
duced to come here and he WAS instructed
tn corrcepend with . stated number Of
:hc mostdesirable Institutions. Secretary
Kinney aud I. NJ. Turner were author
lied to cotsr personally with the Niles
knitting Works company, with refer
snce to moving its plant to this city.
George l. Quimsy and A. w. Furger-
son were elected to fill vacancies on the
board OF directory. d. q. Littlefield Of
Albany, N. Y, was present, and talked
about forming company here TO man
ufacture his west shore range stove, OF
which he is the patentee.