The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-05-31
WORDsMANSHIP
somo Remarkable Fsats AGO IN nllshsd BY
strong Mon.

Some Remarkable Feass Acc ON nlished BY
Strong Mon.
Fsats Of swordsmanship, such ~ cutting
through triangular bara of lead or catcasssl
Of sheer. are performed with special weap-
ons; and on this subject. and that Of sword
blows generally, Mt. Henderson, The we'll
known professor Of swordsmanship. and
for many years connected with Angeles
school of arms. haa some interesting facts
TO relate. says the London Globe. Though
NO longer quite 20 young ~ he WAS, he ia
still active and hearty. and must have been
IN his primo . very powerful Man. weighing
100 pounds. He has in his time. At one
stroke. cut through two sheep ono carcasa
inside The other; and In a similar manner
through two and thtes. quarter inches Of
solid lead.
Especially made cuirass much thought of
% ths time by tho duke OF Cambridge.
whom tested by the redoubtable Henderson
was cut clean through. Steel plates six
severed a. one blow BY the same strong
arm. These exploits were oil accomplished
| with a sword made for him by the old Arm
of wilkinson. II is called "Exealibur."
and weighs but four pounds. 1t Ia per-
feotly plain. sliRhtly curved, has a hilt
psred to perfection. Mr.. Henderson was
present at the battle of Chi llisnwallah In
lS49 and can testify to some remarkable In
stances Of a keen swo:d. Towards the tor
mination of tho fight. a. the British troops
we're alowly retiring, . sikh challenged BY
gestures and defiant attitude an lrish sol-
der to leave tho ranks and engage in single
right through the sikh, who. though
mortally wounded. iustantaneouslv with
his razor-edged tulwar cleft his opponents
head In two, as far down a. the base Of the
neck, both falling dead AT the same instant:
After this engaoemsnt a sikh was found
yet holding his hand up to his head. and
whom the surgeon bade him lower his arms
he fell dead on tho spot. with half his
skull gone the entire upper part having
been cut clean through.
Elephants are completely disabled by one
which almost sewers the huge hind leg, bit.
ing deep into the bone. This feat Ia varied
by slashinR off the trunk. leaving II dang
ling only by a piece OF skin. A Ghoorka
has been seen BY the late Laurence Oil
plant to behead \ buffalo with a single
blow OF his cookrie. And Sir Sam
to WELD during his African explorations
the BABY an elephant rife weighing
twentv-two pounds, once Glove q wild bear
with his big hunting knife almost in halves
as il Was making = Anal rush, catching 1t
just ehind the shoulder whore the hide
and bristle are at least q span thick. Sir
Walter Scott relates how the earl of Angus.
with his huge sweeping brand, challenged
an opponent TO fight. and at a blow chopped
asunder his thiRhbone, killing him on the
spot. There is a story current in Australia
that q Lieut.. Anderson, in 1852. during an
encounter with bushranRers, cut clean
through the gun barrel Of his adversary
with his sword. And at Kassassin it is
rslated that ona Of Arabi Pasha'a eoldierR
WAS severed in two during the midnight
charge. But in the opinion Of experts this
Is very improbable. even had the new rsRu-
lation snbsE been then in use.