Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1893-07-28
ONE STROKE OF A swopn
Some of the Wonderful ro.,
Ia Times OF Peace s,,,i a.. o'or'ne'

some Of the Wonderful F.,,. -,
In Times Of Peace aud W. 'Or'ned
fcats Of swordsinansbln sr.,
cutting through triangular ~ d,
iedd or carcasses OF sheen. aro y
formed with special weanons ~ yer
thls subject and that of swor,it ,l W
s1eueIaly Mr.. Henderson, the wei,
known professor Of swordmansb ~
ana ior many years connected witt
Angeles School Of Arms. has rol IL,
some interesting facts 10 n writnr WY ~.
the London Globe. Though ma r..
quite 50 young as he was. he IA IN,
active and hearty and must I'm .''
zen N ms prime a very powerfm
man, weighing 100 pounds. lie bs a
IA MS time, at one stroke cut tbron~t
Two sheep, one carcass inside -
other, and in a similar nam,
through two and three-Quarters incbos
OF solid lead. A specially made an
raSS much thought of at the lin -.
the Duke ct Cambridge, when tested
oy the redoubtable Henderson was
cut clean through. Steel plates
70 the inch and ordinary pokers ba,c
ueen severed at one blow bv the SAM
STRONG arm. These exploits were II
accomplished with a sword made TO-
MN by the old frm of Wilkinson r.
IS called "Excalibur, and weighs bnt
lour pounds II is perfectly plain
slightly curved, has hilt sometbing
IKE naval cutllss, and is temrnrei
to perfection. = W
Mr.. Henderson was present at tbo
battle OF Chilianwallah in 1910. .nd
san testify to some remarkable in,
stances Of the powcrof a keen sword
Toward the termination of the fyht
as tho British troops were slowly r..
tlrlng, sikh challenged by his cost-
ures and defiant attitude mn Irish
soldier TO leave the ranks and enpaga
10 single combat. One thrust fr7m
MS bayonet went right through tho
SIKH, who though mortally wounded.
instantaneously with his razor-edged
tulwar cleft his opponents head in
Two as far down as the base OF tn,
neck both falling dead at the same
instant. After this engagement ],
sikh was found sitting on the ground
apparently unhurt yet holding his
hands up to his head, aud when the
surgeon babe him lower his arms he
fell dead on the spot, with half bis
skull gone, the entire upper part hav.
Ing been cut clean through. Ele.
phants are completely disabled bv ono
blow from the Arabs two-handed
sword, which almost sewers the huge
hind leg, biting deep into the bone
This feat is varied by slashing off tho
trunk, leaving it dangling only by a
piece OF skin. A Ghoorka has been
seen by the late Laurence Oliphant I'd
behead a buffalo with single blow of
his cookrie, And Sir Samuel Baker,
a man powerful enough to WELD dur
Ing his African exploration the
baby" an elephant rife weighing
TWENTY-FIVE pounds, once GLOVE wild
boar with his big hunting-knise al
most in halves as it was making a
mai rush, catching it just behind the
shoulder where the hide and brstles
are at least a span thick, Sir Walter
Scott relates how the Earl of Angus.
with his huge sweeping brand, chal-
lenged an opponent TO fight, and at
blow chopped asunder his thighbone.
killing him on the spot. There is a
story current in Australia that
Lieutenant Anderson, in 1852, during
an encounter with bushrangers, cut
clean through the gun barrel OF his
adversary with his sword. And at
kassassin it is related that one of
Arab Pasha's soldiers was severed in
two during the midnight charge. But
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