| Show I 1 ie i i IF I 1 shooting ging ting f as waw wan e 4 b W there wag was a competition at wl wimble m bi e don on thursday the of last month which casts some light upon the problem of what might be done against an advancing army by british riflemen one private glikes a and nd ahrea others fired the soper rifle for rapidity and accuracy together again against bt a squad using the snider bulder lying on his bis back with his bis knees klees for a rest the accomplished gilkes discharged no leastman less leas than ninety beven seven rounds intro in two minutes and a half which is about two shots every three seconds scoring this swiftness notwithstanding 13 bulls eyes 38 bentres centres and 44 bouters outers only two bullets in all missing the tarnet target here is a marketan marksman mar keman who in so brief a time could apparently slay or wound at least fifty enemies out of a hundred at grape shot range and certainly no could accomplish a similar result conceive what havoc might be wrought upon a foe by a body of five hundred such men provided with the soper or a similar piece and hidden bidden about in tha thiB abundant cover of english foeldi I they would sting an enemy to death with perpetual shots from invisible muzzles and except upon such places as the south downs in ID Eu england giand gland and some commons nothing hostile could advance unless in skirmishing order and froni from cover to dover cover simply making a small arithmetical SUM we calculate that the 2500 competitors peti tors for the queens Q teens teena prize could tire fire with such a weapon no as the soper shots in three minutes targets of course differ considerably advancing enemies and a great deal 0 of f that lead would be lost but war has not yet witnessed such an effect as aa the 66 scoring part of those bullets bulle f could accomplish ex brigham young the hon W H hooper and others haqq obtained from the controller wilen diler odthe of the rieney cu currency permission to organize the deseret Nati national onal oual bank in salt lake city utah with a capital of T the lie D deseret ser et bank now in operation thore there will wilt be merged with the national bank whatsoever we bestow let itte given with a cheerful countenance a man must not give with his hia hand and deny with his heart |
