. Illustrated almanac of fashion. . Olbs. Desiccated pota- toes .... IJ H Shake em Out.—The New York Sha-kers are, by the State law, exempt fromall military duty, and as they form thepopulation of the town of New Lebanon,N. Y., a difficulty has arisen among making out the cj^uota for each town,these non-combatants are not consideredexempt by the Government officers, whichmakes them shakers indeed. Under thisstate of things, they were told they mighthire substitutes; but they concluded theycould not hire men to kill. If some-body does not preserve the ship of State,Shakers and all other
. Illustrated almanac of fashion. . Olbs. Desiccated pota- toes .... IJ H Shake em Out.—The New York Sha-kers are, by the State law, exempt fromall military duty, and as they form thepopulation of the town of New Lebanon,N. Y., a difficulty has arisen among making out the cj^uota for each town,these non-combatants are not consideredexempt by the Government officers, whichmakes them shakers indeed. Under thisstate of things, they were told they mighthire substitutes; but they concluded theycould not hire men to kill. If some-body does not preserve the ship of State,Shakers and all others will go to the bot-tom, and as their comfort and safetydepends on the maintenance of the laws,we do not see why they should be men do not procure their winter cloth-ing before cold weather sets in, we shallall be shakers. This can be done bypatronizing Chas. Stokes & oneprice, under the Continental. the Continental Hotel—C. Stokes, E. T. Taylor, W. J. Stokes, Proprs. 12 CHARLES STOKES & ILLUSTRATED. ©@v© ©noire (FURNISHED BY CHAS. STOKES & CO., 824 CHESTNUT STREET.) AMERICAN ARMY RIFLES. The rifle-muskets in our regular armyhave their grooves with a twist of oneturn in six feet, and decreasing in depthfrom breech to muzzle. This makes ihecartridge a little stiff to leave the muzzle,but its shooting is more accurate on thisaccount. The ball has three groves aroundthe cylindrical part and no wedge or cap-sule is used inside. Tlie weight of theball is 730 grains : the charge of powderis 70 grains. The barrel of the rifle-musket is 40 inches long, and entire, withbayonet, inches. The army rifle(not the rifled musket) is 33 inches long;with bayonet the weapon is incheslong. The total weight of the riflc-musketis pounds; that of the rifle withbayonet, pounds. The United States rifles are fired Avith-out patches. The rifles and rifle-musketsof our armj compare favorably with thoseof the Europeans. They are like thoseof England ; the
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