Show novel shooting feat an interesting experiment in freak rifle ride shooting was described recently by an english officer 1 I have fired an ordinary wax candle through four deal boards placed a toot foot apart he said 1 I used six inches of wax was candle and thirty three grains of pot tiler with the usual wads wad 9 the shot was demoi ed by cutting oil off tile top halt balf inch of the case and a candle weighing one and a quarter ounces was inserted I 1 fired at a range of about live five yards each plank was perforated there plenty of pieces of 0 dry wax on nil all the boards but the first when fired against planks placed immediately back to back the candle went through tile first and was brought up by the solid weight of wood of thoo tb other kotlier three major liard eastle added that a certain gamekeeper won ion ninny many bets by shooting candles candies through a spade |