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Show mmm SA wo pdttn f I 4 TRAP AND WING SHOTS main object A our party." Joha Sumpter said be jouM Just like to see some of those quail shots go SOME RECENT RECORDS BY out with Annie Oakley. "Why, she kills quail while you are getting your THE MARKSMEN. gun to the shoulder. 1 saw her kill three birds witbln twenty feet of her kotrk of OB Old Timor-T- ho gun, and twice 1 shot at her bird after Attala Torgrt I'liBUipluB Uoklr; lu she had killed 1L I tried to shoot tlio Hold Hornco Yuuug'o Kotnldo quick, but she was ahead of me. Tho VOBb party have gone on a trip for deer, bear, turkeys and other game which are found in the mountains forty miles M'MUR-CH- Y ARVEY of Syracuse, from Hot Springs, and if Annie Oakley does not kill N. deer it will be because e Y., the t r, We wish tho (- is now none come her way. yj Life. lots success. of party Sporting traveling repre sentative of an eaatern arms com Young Won Ihu Match. pany. Mr. McMur- Horace Young and A. Vincent," of Prince Philadelphia, shot a fifty-bir- d match thy, or as he la recently on the grounds of the KeyMac, known among hit stone Shooting league at Ilolmesburg intimate fritnus, Junction. The day was bright and enjoya the peraonal friendship of more clear and a good lot of birds were furthe United nished. Both men shot far below their aponeuien throughout States than any other man that we average and it was a poor exhibition know of. Ilia reputation aa a trap of pigeon shooting. When one man hot la well known, as he haa taken missed the other was pretty sure to part H) the largest tournaments held follow suit, and it was an even race in thla country from Maine to Cali- all through, the men tlelng on thirty-thre- e fornia. He la a fine shot at inanimate kills out of fifty birds shot at. targets or liv- - birds, and equally skill- In the shoot-of- f birds at twenty-fiv- e ful at game in the Held. His record Young killed twenty-tw- o and won, as of 97 out of 100 Blue Rocks thrown at Vincent had four birds scored against unknown angles made at Syracuse, him, two falling dead Just over the N. Y., on July 2 of this year won for line. The match was at fifty birds, him a beautiful gold medal on which thirty yards' rise, fifty yards' bounthe words U. S. Championship at dary, Hurlingham rules, for (100 a Traps" are inscribed. His record at side. A large crowd witnessed the Rochester, N. Y.. last year was a good match money and considerable one. For three days' shooting he made F. Henry acted as changed hands. an average o over 95 per cent and referee and Joe Learning pulled traps. won first prize. At Parkers shoot at Detroit in September of last year he Four Killed 10 Straight. won first average for four days, deThe Emerald Gun club of New York counthe best shots in this feating held their regular monthly live-bir- d try. He has won first prize In several hoot at Dexter Park, L. I., and drew live bird events of considerable importance so far as this season, and when- out the usual large attendance. Twonever he participates In a match lands pretty near on top, always endeavoring to show by actual demonstration that his gun Is equal to the very best. Harvey McMurchy's position at the score is a most natural one, being perfectly graceful and with that ease of manner that always attracts the attention of all other shooters. He is a line appearing fellow, and his gentlemanly and courteous manner adds friends to his list wherever he goes, and the wonderful popularity of the gun which he sella among the best class of trap hooters and sportsmen in this country is almost entirely due to the clever representative. Trl-Sto- to yf old-tim- trap-shoote- Charles Dutchy Smith. We present a likeness of Charles Smith of Plainfield, N. J., known among shooting men as Dutchy." Mr. Smith won the championship at targets thrown under expert rules on the grounds of the Endeavor Gun club, at Marlon, N. J., some time ago.. He out of fifty, but was broke thirty-eigh- t tied by the ramous Captain John L. Brewer. In shooting on the tie Dutchy shot Brewer out easily and won the handsome cup given by the powder company. Mr. Smith is a man of considerable flesh, but it does not hurt his shooting ability. He Is a very Jolly fellow and makes every one happy when he attends a meeting of trap shooters. He presents a fine appearance when walking down the ' score, with a beautiful oil painting on the back of his shooting blouse, which plainly shows the business that he is engaged in. Mr. Smith was one of the freaks in Tom 'Keller's celebrated freak show which followed the circuit a season ago and posed as the living skeleton or boneless wonder or something af that sort. Ho always attraota plenty f attention wherever he goes, and is a German comedian of rare attainments. Dutchy attends most of the big tournaments in the east and sometimes travels a considerable distance to participate In a match at targets or live birds. He is equally proficient as a marksman on either of these flyers and is often among the top men. At the last shoot of the HARVpY M'MUnCHY. members and one visitor, J. S. S. Remsen, participated in tbe club event. Tbe birds were very good flyers and the scores were hardly up to the usual mark. The men shot in two classes, with different handicap, and the point system used to equalize the kill. Four men killed straight These were Gue Greiff. Geo. Loeble, Thomas Short and L. J. Clark. Before the hoot began J. Lott ahot at fifteen selected birds and killed fourteen, the fourth bird falling dead out of bounds. en M'Alplit Dpfpats WliiNtnn. George S. McAlpin of. the Cartel et Gun club of New York defeated J. L. Winston of the Austin Powder company of Cleveland, Ohio, in a match at 100 live birds at Westminster Kennel club grounds at Babylon, L. I., tlic other day. McAlpin had three birds fall dead out of bounda, and Winaton had four fall in the same manner. Me- -. Alplns best run was twenty-si- x straight and Winstons thirty-siAfter losing the first bird Winston killed thirty-si- x straight and McAlpin lost three, but on the fiftieth round the New Yorker was one bird in the lead. At the seventy-fift- h round he still led by one bird, but on the last twenty-fiv- e' be lost a bird out of bounds and Win-sto- n allowed two to escape, one, however, falling dead over the line. Both men stood at thirty yards, with fifty yards boundary. SKETCHES OF WESTEhN LIFE Mails on fllna Rocks. H. E. Doten, challenger, won the Doten cup at the range of the Andro- scoggin Gun eiub the other afternoon. There were ten contestants. Frank Cain, winner of the first contest, was unable to compete. The scores were as follows: Doten, 16; Morse, 14; Wheeler, 13; Josslyn, 13; Littlefield, 12; Nason, 11; L. Keys, 8; Godfrey, 5; O. P. Keys, 3. Each man shot at twenty-fiv- e targeta Bessemer Won First. The first of a series of five monthly shoots at live handicap pigeons under the auspices of the Herron Hill Gun club of Pittsburg, Pa., took place on the club's grounds at SMITH. CHARLES Davla Island the other day. The ''Umax Gun club at Fanwood, N. J., hooting was excellent and the birda s. Each man shot at twenty-fiv- e Jr. Smith won the trophy by breaking birds and the entrance fee wan $20 tar- iWty-thre- e out of twenty-fiv- e each. Bessemer got first money all to .to. himself, as he killed hla entire twenty-fiv- e birda Upson of Cleveland waa Annie Oakley In the Field. and there may be a match present ; We have received from Frank E. hoot arranged between him and W. 8. Butler, manager and husband of AnKing for 31.000. nie Oakley, a copy of the Hot Springs (Ark.) Daliy News, giving an account From Bn Eastern Lncoi Magnate. of a quail hunt in which Miss Oakley Pat Powers, president of the Eastern killed 'more than her share of the the most prosperous minor orLeague, The consisted beauties. party brown in the country, in a recent ganization W. E. Frank Hughes, of Messrs. Geo. Four of the clubs in Interview said: Butler, and John 8umpter, Jr., accommy League made from 9.',0Q0 to 915,000 and Annie Mrs. Hughes panied by last year, and none of them did worse Oakley. They spent a day in the field than break even." birds, of which and bagged sixty-thre- e To the little lady killed twenty-eigIn n Raw Linn, a local reporter she said: Had wo all has given up playing Lukens we Pitcher would we as well ought as shot have bagged at least 100, and as It ball, and la traveling with a wholesale house of Phlladelpula. He is Just as was, had our dogs shown a little better form we would have made a much popular la his line as he was In playlarger score. However, wo had a great ing ball, as a more perfect gentleman deal of sport which after all was tbs never stepped on a ball field. first-clas- DANISH GIRLS. Tim Tlio Deserted C'aiup. Here, close beside the mountain stream. The rude, deserted cabins stand, Where eager men from every land Once dreampt a brief, auriferous dream. Disordered, strewn for far and wide. The bouldery plica their work attest, Close to their place of troubled rest Work sud surceasing side by side. A sense of gold seems In the air; The empty rose receptacle. Still exquisite, exhales its smell, The essence of Its yellow glare. The ghost of that rich, rumored time Still charms in some diluted way. And bids the curious wanderer stay To dreum, and steep his soul in rhyme. When are the first who madly swept The famous richest bed-rock- 's cream? Some linger in their autumn dream Soma dead but few their treasure kept Here stood the gilded gambling-rooUnreckoning, from every laud, The luxuries sultans might command Were brought to be thut treasure's doom. And Magdalena of mad, mock mirth False radiant ones, were gathered here. And riot reigned till that seemed near Which brought the deluge on the earth. That golden mist dissolved dew; Those days are dead, and all is still. But, hark! The pines, on yonder bill, Sing as they Bang ere '62. 's A Letter. This world haa become but a very small place, yet it la not every day that the fact is so forcefully demonstrated as it was to a certain doctor of whom a western paper tells. Thla doctor bad under bis care in tbe bospltal a cowboy from one of tbe ranges of northern Montana, who, when be became convalescent, one day walked Into tbe doctor's house to thank him As for his services and say good-bha was about to leave the otliee tbe cowboy remarked Doctor, I understand that you are soon to set off on a trip to the other side of tbe water, and tbnt before you return you intend to visit Scotland. If such Is the cam I should like to give you a letter to some friends of mine. The doctor replied that he did Intend to visit Scotland and that he should he pleased to tain charge of the letter. Thereupon th cowboy sat down, wrote a brief let-to- r, sealed it up. and addressed the envelope to let ua say the Duke of Crage at a castle In Scotland. When Lw handed it to the doctor that gentleman looked at the address rather dubiously and then asked, in a voice that iras possibly a little cold, la thla an acquaintance of yours? "Well, yes," replied the ranch rider. X think it quite probable he will remember me. He la my father, and I hall be glad to have you call on him and tell him I'm getting along all right." The doctor took the letter, and whn he left for the old world had very intention of cultivating the acquaintance of tbe Scottish nobleman, as he had already cultivated ' the of his son. ('ow-llny- y. geu-bnm- an CARLYLE AND TAINE. Maids. From what one hears of the Danish girl she baa all the privileges open to one qf ourselves, says the New York Ledger. If she wishes to study at tba university she finds herself free to take up any branch she may choose, and medical, mathematical and scientific honors fail to her share quits as frequently as to her brothers. As among us, too, teaching seems to be the most universal employment for women who wish to earn their own living. Yet there are so many daughters of rich families who teach simply aa a pastime, with no remuneration, that the pay is very small and not at all in proportion to tbe services they give. They are well up in the English literature of tbe day, distinguish themselves as artists, authors and musicians, found schools and asylums for various charities and manage them as successfully as the women in other countries. Designing and painting pottery, wood curving and burnt woodwork are among other accomplishments, and muny women have taken up photography and started out as professionals. But in spite of all their professional work, Danish women do not degenerate in the art of housekeeping and good cooking. Within the Inst few years they have become interested in the outdoor games o popular in England, and tennis, golf, cricket and football are fast gaining ground. The craze for bicycling seized them some time ago and they are already expert riders, for the level country favors tho sport. Rome of the Danish girls are accomplished horsewomen and they are never quits so pretty and graceful us when- they are skating, which is a general amusement for fully Uirce months in the for the year. Unfortunately of the national Danish costume, English fashion has Invaded nearly all classes of society and the high-- ;, olnted rap, bright-colore- d skirt, embroidered apron and rorsrlet are very seldom seen now. In tbs arrangement of tlieir hair, however, they remain constant (o their qld custom of brushing it smoothly back and then twisting it Into a tight knot at the back of the bead. A Danish girl in good noddy makes her debut at 16, when she Is confirmed. If she ia tyit married at 22 she is left out of all parties and .amusements, tln showing that the prejudice against old maids still obtains among these otherwise enlightened people. plctur-eBquene- ST.ORY OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE WILLIAM STF.INWAY. tv lieu (inly Twelve Yeais Old II Waa an Aeroui- Mulrluu A Member of the I'ruk.lau Academy Honored by etl Rurally. 1LI.1AM Tho Idonllst nod tho Materialist. In discussing the question of how history is to be written, by the Idealist or the materialist, a writer in the Quarterly Review draws the distinction between Taino and Carlyle: There are writers the late M. Taine waa a brilliant example of them -- who make of history a mere department of physics, as the Germans would say; for whom the annals of the world are nothing more than a record of necessitated transform' atlon and movement, and its sages, saints and heroes mere puppets, "lm potent pieces In the game" played by Natural Selection. There are others Carlyle may serve aa their spokesman who tell ua: "Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished In this world. Is at the bottom, tbo history of the great men who have All things which we worked here. see standing accomplished in the world are properly the outward material result, the practical realization and embodiment of thoughts that dwelt in the great men sent into the world. Now, the difference between these two srhools has really Ita origin In the old controversy between free will and determination. The school of which we take Taine as a representative ia strictly necessarian. It holds that the political organism which we call a nation develops according to laws as absolute and undeviating as those which govern the growth of a physical The school to which Carlyle belbnged and which professes what Mr. Herbert Spencer derisively rails the great-ma- n theory practically accounts of will as the only reality and does noj sufficiently realize that freedom of volition Is limited and conditioned. elnereine-Naturgeschichte- 1 Butorinas Y, n, Fifty-secon- ss 0 gg ( 2v,.- - ''i1'', .v,,-. SMOOTH ARTICLE. How Ho Got tlio Job of Falling Vp Ktnrm IliMim. tho Had opportunities farored he might have been a general or a diplomat but as It is he goes about the city with a little box of tools' under bis arm, and does all the odd Jobs of repairing that he can secure, says the Detroit Free Press. His voice is as mellow as a lute and on occnslous he Is mellow himself but only to a degree that seems to sharpen his gifts as a promoter of his own interests. After gaining access to the home o( a lady on Woodward avenue he felt that his ultimate purpose was more than half accomplished. Ills bow would have passed in the court of St. James, while his tones would have inspired confidence in the dark. He forestalled any impression that he might be after food or clothing by telling how famously business bail picked up with him luce the election. The rascal had noticed a picture of McKinley in the front window. My husband and two sons helped bring about tlffi good result, said the lady, graciously. Your two sans!" he interrupted, i with a look of the utmost incredulity. Then he made tbe compliment perfect i by maintaining that incredulous look and saying nothing more. While the glow of pleasure was In the matron's face, he said that he knew it was out of season, but he thought ha might be permitted to trim the trees when the time came. He waa promptly given the ronlract and made an en- , try of It In an account book Issued free j for advertising purposes. Rising as though to leave, he casually announced that there would be an arctic blizzard within the next twenty-fohours Ho knew that It was coming and that It would be one of the worst, for U.J rheumatism in his right shoulder was a barometer that never made a mistake. And our s'orm doors are not up, said the good woman, anxiously. Well, inadiini, he announced slowly, while looking at a cheap watch that had not been running for a year, I'm pressed with work, but you must be protected from this blizzard," and he did tbe job. To get it was tbe sole object of his nu.klng a call. For the next five days It was clear as a bell and unusually warm for November. : ; j j WILLIAM STEINWAY. th Royal Prussian Academy of Flea Arts at Berlin, and in the same year the grand gold medal was bestowed upon him by King Charles of Sweden. He was also elected a member of tbs Royal Academy of Arts at Stockholm June 13, 1892. Emperor William II of Germany bestowed upon him tbe order of the eagle, third class, the highest distinction e'cr conferred by that country on a manufacturer. April 15, William Sleinway was elerted 1894, honorary member of tbe Royal Italian Academy of St. Cecilia of Rome, the oldest and most renowned academy of tbe old world. Air. Sieinwsy was always active In public affairs. In 1871 he was an active member of the committee of seventy appointed by tbe cltlxens of New York to proaccme the Tweed ring. In 1888 be was a member of tbe national dem-- i ocrstlc convention which nominated Mr. Cleveland for the second tjpie. Mr. Stcinway was one of the committee sp pointed to secure the World's Colum. blan Fair for New York city. Ha opened the subscription list with $50,-00When congress finally decided that the fair should be held in Chicago his patriotism and liberality were exhibit--j ed by a subset iption of $25,000. In the presidential election of 1892 Mr. Steln-- j way was one of tbe democratic elect-- i for the state of New York and he was unanimously elected pros! dant of the electoral college at its meeting in Albany. Mr. Steinway was a member oi the original rapid transit commission. 0. A curious romance of burglary and filial affection ia told in tbe French newspapers. It has generally been supposed to be almost impossible to escape from the French penal settlement at Cayenne, and that tbe perils to he confronted in the forests, both from animals and natives, not to talk of starvation, appalled the convicts to such an extent that they never even thought cf attempting flight This theory has ust received a severe shock, tha description of no less than thirty recently escaped convicts having been circulated to the police by the minister of tha interior. One or two have already been captured In France. Among these a eertaln ret It jean, who is accused of new misdeeds. Ietitjean escaped from Guiana some time ago, for no other reason, he said, than to come and embrace his old mother, who lives at BagnoleL He was arrested, but, in deference to public opinion, which was impressed by his filial affection, he was set at liberty and allowed to remain in France. A fortnight ago a robbery took place on the Boulevard Diderot, in Parts, and by tracing back the stolen roods four persons were arrested. They were nil carrying knives, and knuckledusters and revolvers, made a most desperate fight for tbelr liberty. Once In prison, however, they confessed they belonged to a large gang whose chief was Ietitjean. Hence the latter's arrest. CIGAR AS A SOCIAL FORCE. Bright Young Man !( on Tem-hlaHU I al her to bumkr. That adage about tbo child being father to the man receives an odd Interpretation by a young man who Uvea In Oak I'ark. He tliinka it means that tbe child should run things and make the 'old man stand around. Thla bright young man lives with bis father In bachelor apartmeuta. It chanced that the old gentleman led an exemplary lift in his younger days and had never learned to smoke. The son, however, being thoroughly up to the times. Is very fond of hla cigar, and many a colloquy ensued. When tha father came home to find the rooms redolent of cigar smoke he would argue with his son that It was no nice way to do, and that he should reaped tbe feelings of those wbo objected to smoke. "But, father, objected the young man, you must recognize the fact that the cigar is a great social factor. Fat tier, you must learn to smoke. It la an accomplishment of every gentleman, and you should not overlook It. Tbe next day he brought home a box of cigars and a pipe for hla father, and the old gentleman, who haa spent fifty years in thla vale of moke without knowing the comforts or aolace of tobacco, began industriously to learn to smoke. After three trials he gave it up and confessed his defeat.' Ilia son smoked up all tha cigars and the pipe was given to an irreverent young man who laughed at the story. ITrvrlHnd's Krw Homo. The bouse in which President Cleveland will live after his retirement from public life Is a picturesque old mansion in a pretty part of Princeton, N. J. The house Is not one which any one would suppose would be occupied by a man of Mr. Cleveland's wealth. It Is a large, roomy structure, with an appearance of age that it does not deserve. It la built of stuccoed brick and brown atone in tbe old colonial style. Ita dimensions are 30 feet wide by 45 feet deep and two stories and a half high. Three sides of it are surrounded by porches. Through ita middle runs a wide, hall, at tbe right of which is the staircase. The flooring of the half is in hard wood, but there are no other hard wood floors In the house. The rooms, fifteen in number, are all very large, and the ceilings of the first are 12 feet high. One-ha- lf floor la given up to the parlor. Tbe house was built in 1854 by Commodore Stockton, a line deg' widen t of Richard ur A Kntiil ArinilMltofie The earnest looking man in the hotel office laid down his paper. He had been reading of a lynching and there waa a fine glow of Indignation on his face. Human life," said he to tha man next to him, Is held at too cheap a rate. Too cheap a rate, sir." Right you are. my friend, right you are," aid the other man In tones of Here you can go eager acquiescence. and put five, ten or twenty thousand dollars on your life in our company at rates so cheap that I almost blush to Progress of tha Indian. Don't scalp me," yelled the trapper mention them to you. Allow me," ha when tbe Indian got him down. My continued, digging Into bis pockets dear sir," answered the chief, you are and bringing out a handful of circulars, to offer you a few leaflets which will evidently not aware of the progress civ illzatlon has made among the red chll elucidate-- " dren of the forest. We merely adverBut the earnest man was fleeing at tise to remove superfluous hair." Bos- that very moment. Cincinnati ks Transcript STEIN-Wx- the piano manufacturer, died In New York recently of typhoid He waa fever. taken nick four weeks previous and was thought to bs progressing toward recovery until he suffered a relapse. William Steinway was born in See-benear Brunswick, Germany, March 6, 1S36. His father, Henry Engleliard Stcinway, was a piano manufacturer of that town Mr. Stcinway was educated in the schools of his native town, learning English, French and music. At 14 years of age bo waa an In 1849 Mr. Stein-way- 's expert musician. father sent his son Charles to this country to ascertain the possible field for a piano business. Tbe report was favorable, and in June, 1850, tho elder Stein w ay moved hla family and business to New York city. Tbe business at first was limited to the manuNine facture of one piano a week. years later the Steinways built their present factory. Fourth avenue, from d streets. In to Fifty-thir- d 1972 additional factories were established at Astoria, L. I. lu March, 1865, Charles and Henry, Jr., died, and Theodore, giving up the business in Germany, came to New York and assumed a share in the business. William became the head of the firm In 1889. In IXtiT. after the dose of the Taris exposition, William Steinway was unanimously elected a member of ed A H Is Found Ways Asaln. AsiultlmL j Two Schools of THE ERRING BURGLAR. GREAT IN HIS LINE. Frejuillrs Against Old x. Dram ht MM MIS9M9MrMM9MN ' j i j Danuta IlluKt ration Wos Poor. While traveling in Switzerland, the elder Dumas one day arrived In a lonely village with only one inn, at which the famous novelist was compelled to put up for the night. When the land lord, who only spoke German, came to inquire what he would take for supper, Dumas tried, but In vain, to make him understand that he wanted some mushrooms, and was on the point of giving up, with a bad grace, all hope of enjoying his favorite dish, when be bit updn the Idea of taking a piece of charcoal and tracing on the wall what purported to be the correct outline of a mushroom. The landlord went out, and Dumas was congratulating himself on the success of his happy expedient, when a few moments afterward he heard the Swiss .vr.ing up the stairs The mushrooms could hardly have been prepared In so short a time, but this thought did not occur to our great novelist. The footsteps came nearer; there was a knnrk, and In walked the landlord with an umbrella, THE STOCKTON MANSION. Stockton, who bought the laud from William Penn. It was owned lately by Mrs. Slidell, who, when she left for Europe's month ago, told her agent to ell It for 140.000. The Clevelands will reside in Princeton from October to June and intend to spend the warmer months at Buzzards liny. llall t'alaa and Itanklu, Hail Caine, tbe uoilist, says: "Mr. Rusklns works were to me from the first of my reading a great stimulus to thought and I think a great impulse to moral endeavor. The author himself also, at a very early stage of my TraHle Through tha SI mod. aa a man of letters, gave me great lire A statistician says: 12,000 vehicles, and encouragement. A year or including 3,000 omnibuses, pass through help I visited him at his house In two ago In the and the Strand, London, day, the narrowness of the street causes Conlston, and there lives in my memoeach of their 63,000 occupants to waste, ry now tha pleasantest recollections of Mr. and noble personality. average, three minutes. Tho a beautiful total waste of time equals 3,150 hours; Two Kemsrkablo Words. the money value of which, at the very It Is said that there are only two moderate rate of one shilling an hour, words in the English language that Is I1C7 per day, or nearly 50,000 par contain all the vowels In their order. BUDUM They are abstemious" and fteetleea on Sn |