Life — July 18, 1912 — page 39: what you’re looking at

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jeeporreee: Sse Ses SL a Sth § RIDGEFIELD, CONN. 250 acres in. Ridgefield, Conn., on high ground, magnificent tract of diversified land, hill and dale, meadow and forest. An unusual opportunity for a man of means to a y place, or suitable for Easily dev a . Inthe nei EUENNE ENN SNE NS claim for work, labor and services, had allowed his temper to get the better of him, and he had planted a colony of American skunks in the shaft of the Aladdin That is the reason we left the Aladdin mine and no one jumped it. We had not done the necessary work in order to hold it, but when we went out there the following spring we found that no one bad jumped it Even the rough, coarse miner, far from civilizing influences and beyond the reach of social advantages, recog- nizes the fact that this little unostenta- tious animal plodding along through life in its own modest way, yet wields a wonderful influence over the destinies ° ° 401 Self-Loadin§g Rifle. Gf Dias, 50. the. Mecdin ming mas nt This is the hardest hitting recoil-operated rifle ne aet tee ioe made. The 200-grain bullet which it shoots the claim if it assayed as well as we said strikes a blow of 2038 pounds. Think of the purchaser. ‘The assay of the Aladdin penetrating, knock-down force behind each shot showed up Ney sich indeed: Farsabows it delivers. One shot from it will bowl over the to we mallee bales But we never gol biggest game; but for emergencies there are four the “money. for when the aasiyer got more cartridges in the magazine, which can be fired as fast as the trigger can be pulled. As no manual operation, save pulling the trigger, is required to reload this rifle, it is easy to shoot it accurately with great rapidity. Its self-loading, hard-hitting features, coupled with its handiness, strength and simplicity of operation, make it an ideal rifle for big game hunting. Are You a Member of our great big Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Nature-Loving Nation al Sportsman Brotherhood ? pot, now's the time to Joln. don't have ta. “ride the goat” oF “go to lodge.” The lodge comes to you once every month In the shape of a 160 pase richly Mus- trated magazine, crammed from caver to cover with a wealth of toteresting stories and Information about guna, fishing tackle, camp outfits, the best places to go toget fish and game and a thousand and ‘one valuable “How t 8 for sportsmen. The NATIONAL SPORTSMAN Magazine ts the lodge where thousands of brother sportamen from allover the coun- try gather together once a month and tell of their experiences with, rod, dog. rife and gun. ‘The annual dues of the National ‘Sportsman Brotherhood are $1.00 (ho Inltlation fee charged), and 0 recelpt of this amount we will enter your name on our mailing list so that you willrecetve the magazine These Rifles Are Sold Everywhere. Ask Your Dealer To Show You One. IT HITS LIKE THE HAMMER OF THOR home he casually assayed his apparatus and found that his whole outfit had been salted prior to the Aladdin assay makes a mighty good well. The water is cold and clear as crystal. If tood in Boston instead of out there north- fo Spertaman Brotherhood emblem tn Lapel Butt or a Wate WATIONAL SPORTSMAN BROTHERHOOD 98 Federal St., Boston, Mass. I do not think our expert, Buck, would salt an assayer’s kit, but he was charged with it at this time, and he said he would rather lose his trade than have trouble over it. He would rather suffer wrong than to do wrong, he said, and so the Aladdin came back on our hands It is not a very good mine if a man wants it as a Source of revenue, but it crn Colorado, where you can’t get at it more than three months in the year, it would be worth one hundred and fifty dollars. The great fault of the Aladdin mine is its poverty as a mine and its isolation as a well —Remarks by Bill Nye. Copyright, 1886, by Edgar W. Nye. Reprinted by permission of the M. W. Hazen Co. comicbooks.com