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r^ .'^*- r : '< :?i THE PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY v» s . -AT- I ; . St.TM^OIS FALLS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, N. Y. /* TEBMS---S1.00 PER Y^AR, ' . STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. < > ' AH letter's nna communications tboald bo ad> < dritMrd t o HOWELL & AIDR1CB, Editors and Paft:isliers fit. Hcffi.H Matin, K. I'. VOL. r. ^ WHO KNOWS? Who of us know ' ••' \ How oar next neighbor fares! How of the woes anil many cores That rise like mountains in thoir way! , And who of us can Say I ,• We know of that largo world wo never see, Tb» world of poverty? Who of us know | i\>w much oi.pain a smiling face conceals, How^ttt^e of tho^gunlight evor steals Into the U^es or tboso whrrseKn the happiest I The one who makes us merry with the Jest, May he not carry in his heart so free A wound he does not wish the worid to seel Who of unlove, i And lovlAg, cherish but the onipty name, And feedjoax hearts on naught; the flame That burns so brilliant and so bright, That lights our path as do the fctar3 of night, Goes out as quick as heaven's lightning flashes And leaves us—ashes 1 — George Witmot Harris. -t> The Versailles Locket —*—4- Devoted to Local News and Home \Interests. :* HT. REGIS FALLS, N ring-tray. \If you arc interosted it rings, examine the>c. I have some odd forms here. I don't expect you to buy, sir; but I am an enthusiast in my trade and if any one likes to look, I like to stow the goods.'* And, inlfact, it was a'feature of Fon- taine's aagpeious policy that he tried to have every 1 customer sec as many of hi$ wares as possible. Mr. Barton glanced incuriously over the tray. 1 \Pve sden acres of rings,The replied, with a curling lip. And he continued to button his gloves. \Is there anything I can show 3 011 that you aro interested in?\ continued Fon- taine, politely, replacing the tray. \Family plate, tableware, children's or ladies' ornaments \ Mr. Barton had faced towards the door. He turned about with feeble curijosity to ask: ^What have j ou in the way o^ ladies' ornaments?\ Fontaine led lis customer to k show cose glittering with bracelets, combs, pins, and other bijoutry. \The variety has been a little \broken \ a BY WOOD ItlFF CIIAIIK. .(Reginald Fontaine owed his prosperity largely to personal skill as a workman, •nu to correct tastes. In part, also, his Success wan the result of economy, and that sound judgment which led him when once he had saved a little money to rent the principal turner store in town and advertise briskly. And part was due to his name, which had an aristocratic sound. Fontaine was a young man of fine ad- dress, with a knack of apt aprparel/and he quickly became the leading jeweler. II|s credit waajexccllcut'from the start. Ha bought diicrectly of the manufacturers, won ami held the popular retail trade, and in five years rose .to a good commercial position. On(<^ScjMember morning' a strange 1 r asked for Mi'. Fontaine at his store, a gen- tleman of foreign accent and appearand, handsomely attired, with irVarewd, ener- getic face. He was salesman for a French manufacturing firm, who solicited trade direct with American retailers. His prices seemed high, although his wares were original in pattern, and the stones of superior purity and lustre. In fact, it was a grade of jewels more costly titan Fontaine had yet carried, and it appeared doubtful if his quiet town would justify such expensive investments. Accordingly he declined to buy. The stranger retired, hut in 1 a half-hour returned ai Ljaiu. He had macle inquiries at the banks, and satisfied himself of the jeweler's responsibility,. He now offered to leavoa few articles on commission) for the puqjcsc of introducing ^his styles. Fontaine welcomed this proposal, and S ave the required receipts, obtaining a ozen very hunc.some gold breastpins, bearing ruby, sapphire, and emerald ! in uniouc seitiugs, and a cosily locket. ' He exulted over the brilliant additions to j his exhibit, which would at least lend •dot to the stock and add to hi* repute. i The locket especially was, a potable ac- j Cession, and ho gave it a conspicuous , S late-glass shplf of his corner bhow win , ow. It was oval in form, of fiolidgold. j adorned with delicate has-relief work and ^dainty enamel. It was bt]udd!cd with a j cluster ctf live diamonds pu each side. : Theso diamonds were clear and vivid, ) uniform in size and quality, and of ra-i diant depth. I \We ought to give that lock< t a iwutfe,\/. •aid Jean Fontariie, as he at nod by the | window, admiring it. Jean was Ke.gi- • Hold's brother and chief tlerki a skillful j and competent assistant. [ *! \8uppose we label it former property : Of Marie Antoinette,\ suggested Regi- nald, who was wont tounakc I free vise of hisimajpxmtiou. i tl ^6 f [hoT^ replied the more prosaic' Jead. \We can't ascribe historical <ptal- ities. In \poks too new. Wc\ might call ' it 'A Congo Souvenir,'or 'Toe Tonquin Trophy.]\ • '•; Iiegintdd demurred. « # • |, \Not bnc in ten of our customers will | know it, is French, or even understand j such a name. They will think it was made in Connecticut, unless we state the con- trary. I will have a little placard printed, naming it the 'Versailles Locket,'and an- nouncing maself as 'timporter. , , Accotdin^ly. next dayaf prarcd a deli- i C*to advertisement in olaek-and-white: \The Versailles Locket.—Our own Im- portation.—Direct from France.—Genu- ine Diamonds. — Fine Hold. — Hand Graven J—Price, f.'l.OOO. ' Time poised. Tin: ladies of the town came, examined and admired the lockjut. Christiiias wint by, and still the jeyel lay in i s satin bed upon the platc-glliss shelf unsold] The breastpins were token, but the] lockj-t proved too expensive for Fontaine's (liitrons. Twenty live bundled dollars was the sum he sbiodi accountable for to 1 he French manufacturer in juy- ment f;)r this locket shouhf he nuik'a sale, aid although in conjldential 110- mente he offered it to epeeinl customers at twenty-seven hundred, no one profiled by th^s liberal discount from the set mice. |E\ery night the locket was CIT#- hllly pat away in the burglar-proof com- partment of his huge iteel vault, and every moruinjg its plush l>ox was restored to the show-sfielf, but the jewel seemed likely to remain) as an advertisement until the traveling saleman reappeared to claim it. One day a gentleman came in and left nisgoll watch for repairs. This was a tall, majestic person, whom Fontaine had often «ccn of late upon the streets, wear- ing a heavy seal kjn cap and a melton ulster, with collar and cuffs and pOckct- laps ol seal fur, aud clad throughout in costly itle fere nee to fashion. His cratch was heavily chased, aud v^ry valuable. He WHS particular to take a receipt in the name Of F. F. Barton, and departed abruptly, without so mucufcs recognizing in Rer inald Fontaine the proprietor of the premises. At the appointed time Mr. Barton re- turnee' for his wutch. Fontaine in person waitc( on Jihn, and noticed the massive signet ring worn by his customer, the pny.x monogram of which seemed cracked. Mr. BSrton threw down a fifty-dollar bill with sin indifferent air, and i<ffthererh*TTp the chjange without appearing to take count bf it. He hooked the golden loop of his icavy chain into its buttonhole, re- stored the wnteh to his pocket with an ftir of puti'fart,i<.;i, and turned away. \I ftte that your signet is broken,\ said Reginald Fontaine, respectfully. \A 'little,\ repliod Mr. Barton, draw- \orihis fleece-liped glove. *I am now taking orders for signeta. Should you wish to have the stone re- placed! at any time, I canjave it du- plicated with precision j^B^asonahle COit.\ The visitor bowed at ht^BW'd on his Other ^love, and T vft*~ TT ~^^ m \It lstnh^loom inffij^^Bf.snd was cracked a century ago. j^^^g-could rfpUctH.\ \ ^bjtutap, of 00 4i«ir Vt '%•» by our Christinas sales \No matter, I need not he began. troub \There e you, ' is noth* interrupted Mr. Barton, ing here that I wish.\ \It is the best assortment in to^nl\rc torted Reginald Fontaine. \Very likely. But I came frdm Paris Only six months since, and shall return in the spring. I think I cai*afford until that time before I buy.\ ' \Vith some warmth Fontaine the show-window and' caught locket. He put this before his Scornful visitor. 1 \Hero is something you have never seen excelled in Paris or elsewhere.\ • Mr. Bartdn looked at the locket in si- lence, lie drew off his gloves and took up the jewel. He examiued it minutely, and said, at last: \These arc genuine brilliants?' \Guaranteed true diamonds.\ \A very handsome affair—very hand $ome. This camo from France?\ f \Versailles. It is a masterpiece, sir, known as the Versailles Locket.\ \What is the price?\ -> \Three thousand dollars.\ Mr. Barton inspected it cloiely, and laid it dowu at last with manifes . change of beaming. He looked at Reginald Fontaine more cordially, and said, in an insinuating tone: \ \I presume you would srujdet a little for cash?\ \Jean! Jeanl What is the mjattcri Where is the locket?\ . The locket 1 Jca* sprang up. J Hi* lethargy departed, lie understood, and tottering toward his, brother, fell sense- less at his feet. ' . * 1 * ' .. * ' * * Ten days later the French salesman re- appeared. In vain Reginald Fontaine re- counted these facts and urged delay until the swindler was cap ,ured and thellockct recovered. The Frenchman ' only shrugged 4nd listened, aud at the end re- peated: \Settlement IT' I Fontaine at last drew a checa\ for the amount of his indebtedness, and the Frenchman disappeared. Time passed. -No trace was found of Barton nor his lovel] wife. One day; in New York, Reginald visited the Rogues 1 Gallery at Police Headquarters. He saw many faces there nofl in the collection ol his hornet offlrtats-jamong these, F. F. Barton, amd the French salesman who had comnjiissioned t le locket! Although the poli e could not explain this coincidence and scouted his conclu- sions, Fontaine always believed himself the victim of a dou >lc conspiracy; that the knavtjs traveled the globe with ample capital, otic placing jewels stolen abroad in the hands of responsible dealers in small American tow us, the other follow- ing to recapture 1 he prizes, and the original qonspiratorj returning to demand payment 'or the losji. Burwlile he ncVer placed hand or eyes again upon tlu| French sidesman, he had the sitisfactioitof adding lus testi- mony to) the catalogue, of evidence to wuit flew to up the UJntHst JS! K1FLE SH 3nliroud;uk .Jlcnis Y., SATURDAY. MARCH 19, 1887. NO. 2. ALL KISDf? OF^ JOB PRINTING _ SUU A> ,v Carclfi, Letter-Head*. Sote-Hradv, mil-Head*, Statements, Envelopes, Handbtll*. Posters, *«., NEATLY AND PRONJlTLY EXECUTED AT THE LOWEST LIVING PRICES Foil CASH. We ftollcit the pa(rcr.a£c of (Le public md itrirt to mcru ihc name. OWING TARIOUS WAYS OF] HANDLING HULKS DE6CUICED. Th > Old Kent neky St y 1) and Its Mod- ern Modifications-Offhand Shot ing—Moth >ds of the Flainsna »n. u In tle H palmy days ofl Crcedtr.oOr no man wis better known on the range than Jim cinlin, tho riflema». He Was a coach for the .teams an<: instructor for individual shooters, havi og acquired by lifelong practice and stuly a great deal of valuable knowledge c oncerning rifles and ammunition, and hop* to use them. The veteran has lyiven shooting, but still tal about handling fir'-arms. \What cau you tell ab and principles of offhanf was aske<l ! gets up to the right elevation, although a 1 jj un( ] t r few shoot on the drop. That is the style j target practicee iss too gi of shooting adopted by the. beat offhand handling of the weapon riflemen of the worid—the American front- iersmen of the past— and I have taught it for a crreat many years. An old Ken- 1 tueky methed of shootXiff at the word was t^> hold th£ rifle butt against the shoulder, muzzle pointing vertically to the ground, keep the eye fixed upon the mark, and raise the rifle, with the butt as a pivot, quickly to the line of sight. The plainsmen of to-day hold a rifle differently, but they shoot under some- what different conditions, and no doubt t lfeir style te best adapted to their needs. Tlrny extend the left arm to full length without rigidity, and £rasp the barrel well out toward the muzzle. This givea better control over the barrel in shooting at moving objects^ and the principle is Up long-range the same as in trap shooting with a scat* 8 instructively ~ ** >ut the methods •hooting?\ he r. Barton at a later day, and of seeing hjm consigned to prisoul The Versailles; Locket, jhowevcr, never reap- peared, lnut Mr. Reginald Fontaine con- cluded Chat his exijcrien™ was worth tho two thousand five Hundred dollars which it eost him. He dials no more with un- known fprcign rnjamifaeturers, neither docs he j trust valuable jewels among Htranffcrfii—Fratik\Lci(lie , i. h A Cjifl|racterist|c or the Tlinkitft. The Tiliukits, wlritcs Lieut. Schwatka, ip tho Independent, [never understand the meaning of a joke, (and if it is of a practi- cal natur(j they are feure to get quite ar^gry; and if it is not, it ijalls as flat on their na- ture as tlie reading of last year's almanac. They will sopietin.es \guy\ each other a little, at pi persoiu I mishap, as slipping down in the mud, Talliug in the water, or lat price , something similai thereto, bu| beyond this theyfnever go, or seem to understand. \I might, a very Utile,\ returned: the : Any adventure thsthas a funny character to it, and that wc would dub \11 good joke,\' rolls oir of t lieir intellect likd water off A duclc's back, u » A whitje man, llviiig in Sitka, did a great dea|l of hunt ng to while away tho time; nnjl to increase his score among the ducks wlkieh he sought, the most abun- dant of ahl game tlereabouts, he sent East and bought a nunilx:r of (luck decoys. These ware placed in the-water where he knew thpse water fowl were generally plentiful, and they were left until they nad succeeded in decoying some of the birds abdut Uii'tn. The/ came uiidci tho observation-of a }<nwg T'linkit hunter, who rap to his house aud got an old worn-out shot-gun, aud theu he com- menced the not very difficult task of crdwling upon the decoys, needlessly keeping nit of big at behind the logs and brush of the beach until, at tho water's edge, he; was about forty yards away, and this afternoon. My wife wishes top^'iCand safe.ly hidden behind a big drKt-Btump. Is unable to k>ave ttw hoUJ. I cant promise , He th^n [proceeded to let tlie dozen do- you thtit she will buy; but, as you liketoshow CO y H ^avb a riugiilg discharge from Ix^th your ware*, I would be jSl<'«.s«>»l w have j* A,k . 1 . .re _ s»it'init , yiel<H > ket t > her. \YoursJ » F. F. BARTOS jeweler, now speaking coldly in his turn \Well I'll see. I'll send my wife around to look lit It. 8he likes such toys, but whether sne will buy or not is a^iiite uncertain. Luckily forme,shc hns mo\ey of her Own. For my part*, three Ipmuui .dollars is too much to put into a jewel \What is your business, Mr. Barton?' inquired Fontaine. t 'importennf oil painthigs. lain also ''cotninissionrA by wealthy peon e to buy works of art abroad, and usual yjnakc a trip once a year, Am here now~:o receive a shipment from Antwerp. My wife and I are. stopping at the Desplaineu House.\ He laid down an embossed caul, neatly engraved with h : s name and Inuring h» cr*>t. bo\vt.-d and sauntered out! Three days later a messengoix CAme to Reginald Fontaine with this not^ \DF.AR HIR; 1'leaso briuK the locket to Roi.m ,'&L, X^splaines Houso, at two o'clock Reginald Fontaine thought a moment. Theu his dignity asserted itself. He called his trusty brother,and stowed him the note. \Jean. I'll let \W-wait on t ieso peo- ]>le. fck4l the locket if you oan. Get twenty-seven hundred if you can't do any better. Take good cars of ^the locket.\ _ J A porter fled Jean that afternoon to Room 24, and knocked upon the door. . \Enter said a voice within. *\ Jean went in. A lovely youn^ woman, richly clad, wjth pale face an J languid air, reclined iu an easy -chair, before \her on a centre table was a—tray of wine- glasses. Mr. Barton stood opjosite, and still upheld a newly opened bottle from which he had just poured a tii y glass of dark wine. He bowed to Jean. \You arc from the jeweler's^* \Yes sir.\ •'Step forward, if you please • The porter went out and dosed the door. Jean handed forth tlie locket, which Mr. Barton passed to his wife. \How beautiful I\ She held it to the light and jt critically. \Had you not better take t examined lis now?\ ird Jean. \ she said, \ urtofl. He bg said Mr. Barton, proffering hc^- tho gtyiss of wine. tthe took it, and looked\ t \Perhaps this gentleman suggestively. \ Certainly,\ replied Mr. poured out two more gloBse one toward Jean. \Will sir? It is port./ Do .yo wine?\ , Jean was very temperate m(l unused to liquors. But here were HRouplo, evi- dently of high social rank^lpcustomed, no doubt, to the foreign use'of wine. It might give oftepse to refuse, and bargains often hang on trifles. He rcsfxmdcd barrels that pearly] tore his shoulder off, and set hia cars to ringing like buzz-saws, but that* of course, had> no effect on the wooden quckn, much to*the young.man's astonishment. v He wasted a great deal of ammunitioa before tpe truth dawned on his mind. Now an JAuieriean boy, under similar cir- cumstances, would have crept back to tho brush, hiding closer to the ground than before, and after, getting well out of sight, would have taken particular pains to have forgotten till about it as soon as possible. Our Sitka youth, on the con- trary, was in a rag:•', and he lost no great amount of time ini hunting up the ownei of the decoys, and. despite the hitter's im moderate laughtek which only arigcrc< him the more, he Insisted on being pah for the ammunition he had expended or the wooden ducksj and was so pcrsistcn in his demands, that the owner paid it t< get rid of him; and which thoroughly set tied the case, for the Indian had no shanv 1 or modesty as to tpc part he had acted ii 1 the adventure. o.\;> KK.vrUtK. \1 can begin• by telli »g how tip stand while shooting,\ he rep ied. Some men spread their legs and bn cc themselves as though they were al>out t > meet the charge of a bull and try to b' op him, but the right way is to balance the body easily upou both feet and ?.ve no muscles drained or rigid. Tl\: Kentucky style A offhand shooting wui the right thing, md hasn't been iinnrov sd upon. Let us ro back to the ola or ginal \ Kentucky hooters of the Daniel Boone type and ee how they shot, for t icy were the first ccuratc riflemen in th< world, and rifle i hooting may be said to have been born i a the back wood's. I ere is a genuine Kentucky squirrel rifle. The barrel is f >rty inches long—ten i ichcs longer than t .K; sporting rille of to h\y—and there is 1 letal euough in it for 1 crowbar. The \ hole piece is four feet eight inches in 1 :ugth amnveighs about twelve pounds. The stock runs the wh< \^ length of the t arret, same as a musk< tj, and there is a t mss box in the b*.^ for patches. It t ikes a strong man to 1 bid such a gun to t is shoulder offhand, Lccausc the barrel i so heavy forward. Old Kentuck didn't liold it that way when ie could find any- t ling to rest it upon. |*When he wanted t) draw a 1/cad on a redskin he looked f >r a log or a sapling [to rest the barrel against. Powder wasi; powder in those c avs, and it didn't payjjto waste a shot. When there'.was no sAnling handy, the Kentucky, hunter ro uo use % of his r luirod. Ho always hi d a hickory ram- Ddthat he whittled out himself, and vaa as proud of its \wr ect shape and fin- i b as a fisherman is of]hie fane*- bamboo f y rod*. He would tale tbe ramrod out c ud hold it iu his le/t Hand, with one end cgainst his hip, so as up make a brace to flopport the weight of Ihc rifle and steady lis arm. He would clo some pretty tine 1 booting at short rang*. Tho, Kentucky 1 ifle carried a ball 32- 00 of an inch in < iameter, the size of < ur modern thirty-- 1 wo-calibre, and was loaded with not over 1 ixty grains of powdel, and twenty rods vas considered pretty good range for ac- :urate shooting with it offhand. In load- ng, a lineu patch waaused to cover the jail and take the grooyes, and as there ter gun. Dr. Carver shoots in this way, and tic demonstrates that the extended arm enables tlie shooter to follow a mov- ing object better with the muzzle, and change the line of sight more quickly and accurately. !In firing from horse- back the advautage of this stvlo aro ap- parent. The nearer the left hand is to the m 1177.1 e, the less doviation docs any accidental or unavoidable movement of the hand arm make in the aim. If tho left hand is close to tho trigger guard, a movement of half an incn there will move the muzzle an inch and a half at least. \The German method is radically dif- ferent, from the American. Go to a sch uctzenfest aud notice how the chaps in Kossuth hats and green aprons handlo their rifles. They aro great fellows for shooting with a rest, but they do not get down to offhand work. The German balances his rifle on the ends of hit left thumb and lingers with his elbow resting on his loft hip. The left foot is advanced and the body bent backward u little to give tlie hip-rest for the elbow. The right hand barely grasps the stock, but the arm is relaxed and very little power is exerted by the muscles to press the butt against the shoulder. A hair trigger is used, and a mere touch fires the rifle. The Germans do some good shooting, but you can't call that sort of think hold- ing u rifle. It; is simply balancing tho piece and touching the trigger, and it would be impracticable for sporting and quick shooting. Sometimes a German all couditions. The object of | actic i t e\ v e facility in the j not simply to make dents in the centre of an iron plate, ! and the best practice is that which comes nearest to the real thing. j •\Shouting at the word is first-Tate I practice. It trains the eye and the hand j to v»ork together and gets the forefinger inU> the habit of pressing the trigger at | : u>.t the right moment. Grasp the rifle j i the Kentucky manner or in Dr. Gar i vcr's style, holding the hutt just below tLo elbow, and keep the eye fixed upon the I mark. If you can shoot with both eyes ' open, 60 much th..* better. At the word '. 'Fire !' bring the butt to the shoulder ! quickly and .raise the barrel until the i sights at#in line with the mark, pressing j the!trigger as soon as you see them in j line. You must shoot after the word | 'Fire !' and before the counter finishes j counting three like the tick of a clock. > With practice the rifle will come into po- sition instantly, the eye will telegraph to Jthc forefiner that the aim is right, and the finger will press the finger unceri- Jmoniously. Men who practice this 6tyle tot shooting can do more accurate work atjthe word than in taking deliberate arm, and they will fire when the counter |Riys 'One.' \Another good plan is to take a re- peating rifle—a Winchester, for example ,— and try to put as many shots as possi- ble into the bult's-eye as rapidly as the ^un cau l>c fired. Try for a6curacy-first and rapidity by degrees. If is well to vary the mark and not shoot at a round black bull's-eye all the time. Fire at swinging balls, suspended bullets, white objects, things of irregular shape and neutral color, and then have somebody loss up balls or blocks of wood and shoot them on the wing. It is not so difficult t04b.it glass balls in the air as some people fancy. That kind of shooting, as ]>er- formed in the shows, is nothing but a fake. Tljc ball is throw* from an old- fashioned, Bogardus tra^J *'\ b>sscs it easily and on just the sofcx<-~- > ve every time. The shooter draws f^Jsad on a certain point on the screen, and when the ball comes into line he leU her go. Mor« than that, these fake shooters don't use bullets. Here is one of the Wild West atyle of Winchester cartridges. You se« it is a brass shell filled with bird shot. That kind of ammunition Is made in large was but little friction, smooth and had a low the ball came out trajectory at short courteously, and sipped the svfcet port to the quick bottom of his glass. , \ Take a scat here,\ said tie lady. Jean accepted a large easy chair by her side. She turned her briglif, dazzling eyes upon him, \ Tou are certain these a^e real dia- monds?\ \ Warranted genuine, m^dam,\ turned Jean., His voice sounded thick n • I Bread in Sweden. At Falun, writes a Qlobc-Democrat cor- respondent, wc found the average Swe- dish inn, with a cheerless dining room, where each table was piled high with knackbtod, enough on each table to feed twaaty soldiers. The knackbrod is a na- tional ^ institution and a sign surer than any sigty ]K>st or frontier stone to tell one that he (is in Swedjen. It is made of rye or barlejy flour, mijxcd with potatoes and i.nd pushed j quantities of caraway seeds; is baked in join us, ; thin slujets a foot )n diameter, with a hole I like sweet in the puddle, and through this hole tb^o 1 market women run a string and carry it around for sale. In the bread market at Stockholm t^icy fasten these strings of knackl>rod to their shoulder yokes iu piles that rejach from ^hc yokes nearly to the groundf, To an unappreciativo palate it tastes quite as much as it looks like dog range. Elevating Big its were unknown then, and the shooting with flat sights was virtually point blink, but anywhere inside of fifty yards it was qnsafc for a squirrel to show his h< ad to a Kentucky rifleman. It was nee issary to clean the rifle after every shot, iccause the powder in those days was apt jto foul tlie barrel and cause a ball to stUk halfway down in loading. In great emergencies, two or three snots might be \ red without clean- ing, but it was dang* rous to risk more than that, as a stuck oullet would delay the shooter longer thj.u cleaning would. The squirrel rifle was 1 great and famous weapon in its day, and made a record in the early wars, but i . was unnecessarily long and heavy, lighter arm. pally gave way to a ears, a strange oppression rose rc- to his own into his brain* the world \seemed rocking upon end lets waves, and the lady and the locket apiicarcd to float away— away * * * * * When Jean awoke, twilight filled the room with fantastic shadow*, and rays from the street lamps fell flickering on the walls. ' » , He knew he was in a place he had seen before, but all was so unwonted, and the languor that.lay upon him was so deli- cious^aud enchanting, that h< felt sure he was in a dream from which lie hated to awakxn. ; • Even the loud knocking at (the door failed to rouse him to realhy, and when he heard his brother's voicefc rying out in alarm: \ Jean! Jean!\ it on! y stirred his wrath, as if summoned at an unwelcomo hour. Then followed silence^ and he sat mar- veling at tho luxurious surroundings, and the mystery of his presence here. The turning of 4 key was followed by the quickjntrance of the hotel clerk and ^^ntaine. The jekoler darted his brother and clasped his >ked into his dilajted eyes and id orltd biscuit and is toucher than anything else the human teeth ritniggleJtyitli, Besides the kdackbrod, tpe Swedes 'offer you many varieties of sjweet bread full of car- away >seeds, and with the morning coffee givp you plates of |thesc fancy kickshaws, nut never any plain white bread, and the coffee at Falun was something to make one shiver with disgust. , t T ' DEll tOnUKTZEW KOKHIO. . . rifleman has a handle about six tocher long which ho attaches to the under side of the rillo just forward of the ^uaid. The end of this contrivance rests in the pttlm of his left land, and in that way he gets a better hip rest without bending his body so much, and at the same time S iises the barrel to the level of his eye. f course some Oennan riflemen shoot iu the American way in this country, but the method I have described ia peculiar- ly German, and is adhered to by schuet- zen corps as a rule. I i \The approved military style bf hold- ing a rifle comes nearer to the Kentucky than any other, the principal difference being that the right elbow is pot raised higher than the shoulder. The left hand may be anywhere forward of the lock- plate, but the best position is ai the punt where the gun wil( balance on the palm of the hand. It is better forward than back of that point. If the point of sup- port is too far back, the weight of the tarrel is increased by leverage, and a totally unnecessary amount of strength pasted in resisting the tendency of the barrel to drop. The extra strain upou the muscles is liable to cause unsteadiness a|nd trembling, arid a very little move- ent of-the arm will spoil the aim. The erman style would not do for a sol- icr ot alt. Slaving a gun that kicks ke a mule, he must follow the Kentucky idea of holding it firmly agaiust his shoulder with his right hand and fore- arm. I From the four methods described, Which contain all the main principles of Off hand shooting, there are innumerable J ariations depending upon individual otions and habits. Some shooters sup- rt the rifle with the thumb and fingers f th-; left hand under the trigger guard, »me stick their left elbows out<on a level ith the barrel, and some get themselves lpto all manner of awkward and strained ttitudes. During the last tea years a ce of tk'get shooters has been devel- oped in this country, and the real, prac- tical rifle shooting has been neglected. TKXAS KANGhK. quantities at the factories for these phe- nomenal riflemen. Carver actually shot bullets his first season, but it was unsafe, and he adopted the shot cartridge finally. No man with a bit of sense ip his head would fire rifle bullets round as Buffalo Bill pretends to do. He might kill some- body a mile off after smashing a glasi ball in the air. Thc-e wonderful feats of 6ho/>ting glass balls frenn horseback with a rifle are actually performed with bird Rhojt that scatter oveiLg space of several feet. Any fair wiug\_2£ couldn't help smashing the balls.\— New York Sun. Proposed Grant Memorial Bridge. The Boston Herald illustrates and de- scribes a grand bridge which it is pro- posed to erect across the. Potomac at Washington as a memorial to General Grant. Monumental character is given tojlhc bridge chiefly by its two central piers and the towers arising therefrom. These piers are 160 feet apart iu the clear, and between them is a draw span for th» passage of sailing vessels., When opened, the leaves of this draw fold upward anc! back into recesses provided in the towers, in «uch a manner a 3 to mar in the lea&t possible degree the appearance and effee' of the towers. These two towers, simi TEMPERANCE. Stimulate. * Ton cannpt boa^t of moral jo^rr t To tread tho path of sin. And not inherit for your dow^r, Tho taint that othcu-s vrin. Yon cannot clasp the charred ncal, * And wiu no blackened stain, The sink of vice i« not the jroal \Where virtw can remain. • The very atmosphere of erim* Bears parasitic hroath; » And they who brtatbe tho fotid sLmo Inhale th<* seeds of death. Tis written on each pallid faoe Defrauded of ite bloom, And in each slow and falt<»rin£pace, , The tippler's early doom. There's no such word as stimulate; Ijr drink 13 to destroy, —,' To ml the human haort with hats And rob the soul uf joy. -_ No matter where tho demons Wife, fc In palace or in cot, In KporkUufl.wine, or Donrbon tid<», 'Tis suu and beaw;: ' — Emitxe Clare, in National Bulletin. i- What Oiifi Abstainer Did. We oft^n sec figures which tcil ho-^ much a man wastes if he smokes and drinks for a lifetime, and the amount w.hich he might save by abstaining. Hera is a practical and very forcible illustra- tion of these facts. A gentleman* Mho lives in the small town of Poole, ip England, has offered to give $\5 toward the establishment of a free library iu the town, in honor of Queen Victoria's approaching \jubilee.\ lie writes as follows to the Mayor of Poole: \I have been a householder in the town of Poole about twenty-one years, and luwe abstained from the use of in- toxicating liquors for a longer ]>eriod. It is an established fact that the average expenditure in England on alocholic drink is about $22 per h*ad per annum. During my married life my housohold has averaged six persons. Tho sum of $22 per annum, for each of these persons for twcr\ty-one years, with compound in- terest,' amounts to about $5,000, and with this sum I am very pleased to offer to ercqt a suitable buildiug and present it'to the town for the purposaof a free library, reading-room, and, if possible, a school of art. The town will thus benefit by my abstinence, and I am|an additional gainer in being saved headaches and hoartaches innumerable, which follow in the train of driik.\ The question naturally arises, if one abstainer can do so much as this, what great results might not be gained by a nation who repudiated the evils caused by the liquor trofllc? If the money now KpcnrfTin drink could be devoted to sucji wnAhy purposes, wr need no longer envy thAlicSdibrarics of Paris.— Golden Argot?/. ua r^lvrn 1 id I v Qdw to Polush Cows' Horns. . Fire^ boil the horn to remove tho pith, if it has been freshly taken from the ani- mal ; b it if it is aq old, dry horn the pith may 1M dried out, and boiling is not necessf xy; but it nfay be laid in hot water for a short time to make it soft. Then scrape joff all th<* roughness with a coarse, file, a knife, or a piece of glass. When the rough spots urp removed rub around the horn Avit.li bourse sandpaper, then with a finer kind. After thij«, rub the horn lengthwise jwith a flannel cloth which has been dipped in powdered pumice, stone or rotten stone, and moist] euced in linseed oil. This rubbing should] contin ie till all the- sandpaper marks art removed, than give a final rubbing with 1 clean (ianneiclotb, and lastly with a piec< of tissi 10-paper/— Inttr- Ocemn. A r4ovcl' adfvertUing scheme was re centlyi introduced by a merchant i^ Cartage, 111., A. series of prodigioui boot^raoks were painted leading from each lido of the public squa^^ hi 1 establishment. The •chen^s^^^Md; worked to perfection,J^^^^^^^d)r teemed curious enou tracks to their dsst agaiust. the ball of vour right e3 - e in ^he right hand dl against tho should presses, not pull*, t tncky method of the rou/'/Je in liu FORTY RODS F )ll A TURRET. ' \Now we get down o the Kentucky stylt ' of shooting with a n odern sporting rifle, j The flust thing is to itand erect, feet neat 1 together, body east jr balanced. Grasp ' the fore end betweex the left thumb and t the forefinger at a p dnt just a trifle for- j ward of where the ri Ie will balance. The right hand grasps tht stock so that the f barrel, hand, wrist |cd forearm are in iinc, tho same as !) holding a pistol* liaise the butt to the shoulder so that the curve will just fit, n< It resting the lower point of the butt .ago inst the shoulder as some do. The rifle then falls into the palm of the left han<. and the ends of the ringers just touch tl e right side of the barrel. You don't < jaw the rifle toward you with the left ha id at all, but merely support its weight, with the elbow in a vertical line cxactl r under the barrel. The right elbow is njsjfdas high as the top of the ear when pu. drop your cheek our thumb, bringing ie with the frights. >ws the rifle firmly 4T CREEDMOOR. M'*t of these bull's-eye hunters never ehfot » f nnythiog alive, and do not un- derhand the use of a rifle in killing game. It is all very well to stand beforo a target, aim until you get tired, take the gun from your shoulder' and rest, and then try it again, and, by taking a min* utc or two for cac;h shot, make a good score, but of what use is it? That kind of practice will never enable a man to nit a running deer. A bear wouldn't wait, for a fellow to go through the motions of aiming two or three times. A rifla is a weapon and it is made to kill with, z If not used to kill cither animals or men, it ^ .u i- a ~ i becomes a mere plaything. To kill game , and the ^finger | or gfcoot goldierf in Uttlet » ^n wan ts 3 trigger. The Ken- ^ flre kkl and accurately, and to do king aim U to raise ^ he must hoW tho ^ 0 ^ a potion and shoot when l* ^ w jy gj^ j^ p* best control ovar lar in general outline, rise from the piers to a height of 165 feet above the deck 01 the bridge and 2\i0 feet above .the water. They are, to be of granite, quarry faced and massive, iptendeU to express, as frr as possible in their general design, the character of General Grant. The towers are pierced for the roadway by an arch- way equal to it in width apd of properly proportional height. From the btfdgc. therefore, these towers will have the ap- pearance of triumphal arches of magnifi- cent proportions. Above and about these ! arches, and emplaced Upon the towers< j are to be suitable allegorical designs and j inscriptions. Provision will be mado. aiso r for the employment of memorial I stones or other objects which may be I dedicated for the purpose to the memory 1 of General Grant or in commemoration of ( the restoration of the Union by countries, j States, or societies. Beside these princi- l pal towers, smaller ones are designed to { be erected on the other main piers of the j bridge suitable to accompany and lead up J to the main central features. The roacf- j w£y of the bridge proper is supported on ' steel arches, springing, just above high water lime, from granite piers. These arch spans vary in width, being 240 feet next tnc central towers and 120 feet to- ward the shores. The bridge is*\planned with a roadway forty feet in width, and sidewalks ten feet in width, all to be paved wifh asphalt. This will make the entire width sixty fcflt, and furnish ample accommodations for the 4jreat*:st crowds that will ever wish to cross it, even on Decoration day. ; The drawbridge will only have to be opened for the passage of sailing vessels, as there is a clear height of fifty feet l*>- neath it and beneath the adjacent arch spans, and thus arpplf bead way for steam- ers, barges, tows, etcV As it is plaaned to be constructed ol simple m without any attempt at ornam depending for its beauty and c upon its grandeur of design, St 6afe to asrume that the cost wil excessive. IDLENESS is th* dead lows ail virtues, a«- sepulcher of » living man* Twelve Presidents. Tho IIon.,E. C. Delavau secured the signatures of a number of the Presidents of the United States to a» declaration agaipst ardent spirits as a drink. In 1862 Mr. Delavan wrote as follows: \The cer- tificate of twelve President* I deem inter- esting as well as instructive. When I obtained the signatures of the first three,' about thirty years ago by a personal visit to each, the movement against alcohol as a beverage w|* confined to distilled spirits; then tpe impression was general that fermented drinks were safe in mod- eration, but science has since settled the question .that alcohol is exactly the same poison in what are termed fermented drinks as in distilled; that, indeed, in both it is formed by fermentation, and that thete. would be no impropriety in calling all kmds of drinks ardent spirits. Pure brandy is distilled from wine, and should l>e called distilled wine.\ The following is the declaration, with the sig- natures: 1. -.;•-• PeiiiK sitisnV.l fmm observation and expert- tn«>\ as well «H from medical testimony, that ardent spirit, as a drink, is not only n\»edless but hurtful, and fhnt th« entire disr** of it would U'jul to prftnioto th»*bealth, the virtne, and the happiness of the community, we hereby ejepress our conviction that shouM tho citizens of tlie Unikxl States, and es>-<- cially the young- mep, discontinue entirely th« use of i t they would Dot only proui<>U« their own pci>*>nal lierWit, but tho good ».»f our country and the world. .TAMTJ* MADISON, Z. TAYT.-OR, ANLKKW JACKSON, MTLLAKD FimroKX , JOUN yuiNCY ADAMS, JAMKS K. POLK, M. VAN BUREN, JAMKL BUCHAXAX, JOHN TTLER. * ABRAHAM LINCOLN, ¥UAXBXTX PiERcn, AKDRKW JOHNSON. ! - Buffalo Courier. —j No \Ltccnae\ Wanted. Wo want no kind of license of the traffic. The license is the civil cloak of respectability that has kept the intqui- tqiK business in countenance to this hour. I T\fc c fnr the license system, the devil's LYIEIfl STATE. - Mx. Beeclicr's Body Viewed in Cburch by Many Thousands. A Private Funeral, an J Public Ser- vices in Plymouth Church, /\ The people of Brooklyn throng\*! on Thars lay to *ee the dead faoe of Henry Waxd beechcr in greater nuir.\^ers than ever assanV bl«»d to sos his living form or to listen to hfc aioquant words. For more that twelve hour* ' 1 doable column filod past th* cof- an in which ho lay in state rn mouth Churcfc. and it wns estimated -that 4o,f*>) persons pawyj throu^u tho church in that time Tw only fciire of mourning in tb»j vicinity or ths church was a national fla^ at half-ma*:* In deron fence to ti^.' w istjws of Mr*. Ikwle^r th; re wa» no black us*'.Miitiier f ii • exterior or '.h* ir terior of ilx- ch>irch, bat w.Uim it was abun- dantly dt'corat^d »nth llowers and plauti. The universally avcepu-d l>ai^eaof mourn- insr. however, werr- displavaii e^erywher* *<ls; in ih»- city. The Bixx>l;;vn City H-ui, ('4>uit House, \lXth K'^un-nl Axmorv and ptber public. l)inl>uu£S wc:* drnjwd Ui\black thousauds rf t\p^„ (1<)'*ml At half mast. ual jv.rij-Mts of 'Sir. BivchT with plMiitiful. |ptrn;ttirfr • • pur{#l** aud bjiGk. were dohpuiyor! in ivan)e.\«»u> t>h\f> wnnln - >vs. 1 Th»* private fuLi»M*:U.wa^ conducted in ton pouri'iy rain nt V&) A. * at the tiome of • Colonel Henry B. B*Tb<«iv at Hicks and I ('lark strv*;*. Uti^re hit- tataer HPent thj Jat«r y(yirs ot h;s hfo whou in Brooki.vTi. Av an early hour peoplo drawn by cunuaitv ass«n\b:*vl in the vicinity. The 13U» K •Kim'iit. .V.K.' Ktrou+r, tind**r einnmaad of :>:««! Facku«ir, niar.-hud f n,m tac HaiM»oo >'hic» Annoi-y and f'»rru«l wi lui»< in 13ick* <*treet, to obc<»i\t tb^ tKviv of it.«< lat/* chaplain to tb» rburcu. Th»> ^wortl-hi.t^ of toe offtoerb, tl»e flu*^ and the baud instrument* wiere drvs.scd ut ciupe. l>ui uo other tign of j conventional mourning aj^oared. While th* ' nvunest waiu«l,,the privat\ funeral 9er^'^OM • for the-family were cooduot««d in tho parkvr I where the IXKIV Liy in the plam but nch col- 1 tin. Only the relatives and two or thn«j to* j Uniate fiends, weix' ]»n«ifnt Many beaut.fn* Kornl tributes wvrv nrrangoii about tfcu , c<^!m. j I)r. Ibtll rc.iil the I'roUistant Epii»jopa5 W- vkH> and a ^uewt^t com^»*>l of Ireorgv W«r- reru-ath, Mr*. \VVorTenrulh. MJ-K l^A&ar Htud weli and Mr. t'impiu saai^: ''Beyond the Knuiing an 1 the \Wwping ,\ and two o;Uerb of Mr. Beechcr'* favorite liymus Ilr. Hall mode a t»rief aldj'««ss. ' At the < lo«> of the sen ice a fareweU look was taken at the laiv in calm rep<*e by tl*e widow, children, granichil Iron, brothers nephews, nioci-s and iricnds prtjsent. Wuen the eomn was el(».-»»-Hi it waft U»roe bv tiic undertaker's assivumts an 1 guarded by Mjiht Hej-K^ani* of t'.ie regiment out of U>e houwf and i»ast the rank.s ol tae t^»l<Uorv to tbe Iviarse. which M^MI in front of th- Alausim HOUM\ To theinu«;c of nmrtUxl dr procession ]<iM0*l down Hi'ks au«i—flra^ stnyts to the church door. Company f 1 f? b» Plymouth C-ouipanv; fonnetl tho guard '^ honor, and tx-hmd th«'in were a doz**n war veterans, including (Jv.neral James McL^er, of the I uion .Winv. and (iener»U C \W. <j. > Mct'iiy, or th\f <):ite<lerat« Araiy. At the chun-n the regim -nt jiresented arms I whii*« tho eortiii was iranhferred froui tho 1 hearse to th*» editioe whitiier lienry Wan! Befv-her went M> often to S|)eak tr ' gathered thousands. While the Iwdy waa borne down the aisle. G«»neral H. C. King played B»i.»UK>ven\ funorml ! march on the organ. The cofhn was placed i directly in front of tlw 1 pulpit on a k>v* plai- funn, thr front j».*wh haviii^ t>«ec reiueNed St* make r«K>in foi tuu pass.n^ olthe ]>-°i''|« The whole interior of thf chaJfrT wii» HAauti fled wjth flowers, gr<>wmg plant* aui «^ar* gr^en«v The Ve*.«ch'*r lam;ly pjw wa* fiUed •witb floral d> signs. Laurel wroatlis *w hung l*-«--ide the cofun. wm^e upon it wars. rua^l«*ii hair ferns, lilu«-of-the-vai»ey an <4 * w rone^. A large criwl had gathered at the churcfc long l^f< >re t!•<• do »:\s wnre opened In a snort time tho p>)|»> w\-re allowed tr« nie info V* church aud vi«*w th* g;*oat proacliej » body From Lfv>n to well \:i into the evening the procession wa* nnbn>ken. As ^m of .the tody guard* \compute J ik &irty ; ]\ersnns passed th*- cjtfin evo?y niir^it* an<l mort- than 4'.'.^\ must have wnlk^i »y* thiring the day. Thf church «»; cl<*»^1 aS 7 p. u '. but the c^o^vd outside was th^n ao larg** it was deci.ied to or»en tlie do<irs a^att^ and they were k«r>t open nntii 10 r M. A.\ evening a steady stn*«m <1 p«opi« through the church and b\ the bitu those wlio viewed th«- remains wvut? George, the i.ib«>r agitator, uni Kw ] »r Ulvnn. Atu^r 10 1. v four, seulrie* placed on giiard in the church.and tbi> watr: W.14 HiiK-ve i every t wx> hours unU^ V ocioyA Friday morning. Kj*uiay morning the ]mbli«- funeral wff*v1e«i were (xmductwd in rij*mouthJ.'iiurcr. ly » ; Dr. Hali, alter which th^ or»ngr.^ration mg tlM'n the pubhc were aga.ii attmiv t*> view the remains ontai 4 r. Thousands more availed tberr.Heh-ea t ie opf»ort unity for a last look at Mi. B Mayor Whitney had requMrtou the Brooklyn, bv pro -lamrtU AI. to . pla-esof bu in'ss, and the { ^eneraHy observed. Th« Waw* ioad«i by the Mayor, att at 1 lytuouth Chu ch m a ^0^ funeial in 1'lvmouth Churr 1 * ateo held durit g tho day lyn churche*, t..e Firrt B }*rwbyterian Cii urcl^ Uf the Sands Street M- — the doors of hlvmasOb ubureb to the nublu:. whiia Uiochiki^Q ai ths ISuu«la v sciio jls, in 0*asr*^ °f tendoits and Uv.< IKJCJ Tlu- cii frch was \\.t$\ f>r\a U;ne. ani wh» :\'^i he fiiner.U excrv'is^ 0%\ wwi' over. The family and *a aloni« T*cc»rp;*i~i«« J. th»i ichuLinSjtiO OJ'TKJU ry «^n .Sa:^id*»\ .a »nua3j. was piaood in tuu public ^uoaivmsj *i ^ J- r3nait MUSICAL MD DEAMATO long parliament on earth would have been cro now prorogued by the avenging Cromwell of righteous indignation. Wc claim that the license system itself is un- constitutional, snd a foul blot on om- National and State escutcheons, and, \wjth arms to strike, and souls to dare,'' -wo propose to wipe it out. — Thoma* A. Pevlsom, IkX>. Temperance Note*. \ Pnm Small Rays that in five years the South will be whd for Prohibition. Of the 53,400 arrest* made by4he poiirc department of Philadelphia lasf^-car 29. 3V2 had direct whisky relations. , Canon Farrar \ays . **DnBk hst^b^r, to tho world a curbc intolerar^i^/*?' tent, and irlcrminablc in yv^ma^ Governor Bodw^ hqnKs of Maim posits durh aV THE New York Academy be<»n sold at auction for S^njJ THE \Lux J 3 and adunt abto r~- FOCKTKE-N C- Mahdibj musu* '•! Pari*. -jr OAVAWW, the ^ ti. • t70,(J\Hi for tha tiif ^ v- s > just c)osed. • i \z. ' C *^. JOHN GILBERY. ~* \*. 'OL**? Seventy -seven yo^ tho stage 6ity-iu> In Brooklyn liwi^ taking the piaoe < .-f . theit are over th;r: y Mits. \LASUTnv's her New York h eight carriage, ai MRS. NOAH, a living In Itoch year, and i.a at a booAut WlLLIA Mad. son jua' ^__ . , .yJHS AVS M w^r baalth. A ^HM entreat** *»l»nr for ( h and foe •s.- N* \p \
