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Show j Swell Shooting. A Gentleman Does Excellent Shooting Shoot-ing Here Thursday. C.ipt. Cal Callison, representing the Peters Cartridge compaii, gave an cxhlbtlon of expert shooting west of the city Thursday afternoon, which provcrija maivcl toall who witnessed It At lint, lumps of coal were thrown into the ah and smashed every time with a twenty-two ritle bullet; apples and base balls wcie also experimented upon Iron washers were tossed up and upon examination the Inside edges were found to be mar- riwl. shmvlllL' Mint, Mn li.ill timl n.nvcnfl thiough the center of them In some Instances when they were thiown up cdgew.is he would shoot the edge of the washer. The most romaikablc feat was the hitting of a long twenty-two twenty-two cartridge thrown in the air. With a short twenty-two, Callison exploded ex-ploded the cartildgc thus thrown up, hitting it square on the cap. "Hushing the can''was done by throwing throw-ing one up and hitting It live times with a shot gun before It could light upon the ground. A new '11 caitridgo penetrated a granite kettle at a distance dis-tance of 200 yards. This caitridge Is used by the government for militia piacticc. It Is called "Pope's armory." The entertainment was highly appreciated appre-ciated by all present, and It Is certain that no such shooting was ever seen bcfoic in this country |