Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1890, Page 13

E-_ : id 13 holds good. The change of condition in the land In particular places is the chief cause of the diminution of various sorts of game. Pin- nated grouse. commonly called the prairie chicken, are netted and trapped by the thou- sand, manyare killed by coming in contact with the electric wires, as well as shot ine rtsmanlike manner, yet if they still had their nestiug places in the prairies their num- bers would not be perceptibly reduced. ON THE PRAIRIES, The prairies have been broken up, and when they now make their nests in the fields of the farmer, their nests are nearly all broken up and destroyed by the plow in the spring. Where parts of the prairie are left for pastur- age the farmer burns these patches over late in the spring under the mistaken idea that it im- proves the young grass, This cute up the eup- ply of grouse, and seriously reduces the number each year. Many of the best snipe grounds have been drained and some even thickly built over, and the brakes and thickets where once the woodcock abounded have been cut up and cleared away. A love of shooting is rapidly spreading among farmers in the west, and many of these mistakes are likely soon to be rectified. as they really should be the most effi- cient preservers of the game. Wild pigeons have entirely disappeared. This is easily ex- plained by the fact that the male birds go away to feed in a body and are followed by the females. The latter are anattended and whole flocks have thus been killed by netting them in the breeding season. The same is also true of the male birds, TO LEARN TO sHoor. To begin at an early age the practical ac- quirement of the art of shooting birds on the wing is a good thing, but any one who is able to walk abroad and carry a gun may attain fair Proficiency in it. The number of men whose hervous temperament is sach as to prevent this are very few indeed. Many have the ndtural gift of shooting and, with abundant practice, induced by their love of the art, become dead shots, By following proper’ methods and practicing much any one may become a good shot. Whenever convenient parents should let their sons learn to shoot. There need be no apprehension that an accident will occur, be- cause the handling of guns prevents accidents instead of causing them. Two of the most im- portant things to success in the field are the loading of the gun for the different varieties of game and handling it when the bird is found and takes wimg. Avery common error is to use shot of a large size, with too much of it and too little powder. As long as the gun will burn it there is no danger of putting in too much powder, but the timid man cannot be made to understand this. HOW TO HANDLE A GUN The Great Wing Shot Gives Advice to Sportsmen. WEALTHY OUTDOOR SPORT. Champion Bogardus’ Enthusiasm — Good Health and Strong Nerves for the Whe sheots—Ssome Good Hunting Grounds—How to Lead and Fire. ‘Written for Tux Evexrxo San. (Copyright) 7 UST at present there seems to be » well-developed boom in one of the best and healthiest of out door sports, a manly sport, a knowledge of which is all too rare with Americans. I refer, of course, to gunning. The visit of the American riflemen to Europe | and the prospect of a great game season may be the causes of this. Any one who knows how to handle a gun will agree with me that there is no sport like it, Ihave followed the art of shooting—I call shooting an art—for forty-two years, and now, . age opg . I can think of nothing more likea badly atthe age of fifty-seven, I am as enthusiastic 1 d a wecllens its over the sport as I ever was, There is no sport so readily acquired or any accomplishment 0 | deception exasperates the owner. A gun for a valuable when a fair degree of proficiency has | P°Y should not be so heavy as to tire him in been obtained. Aside from its ease of attain-|*TYiNé 1; neither should it be a mere toy. ment no other form of sport is more manly and | §. 90d serviceable erticle, such as will inspire PS his confidence by killing when held right, is neve more enjoyable and conducive to good | the kind to choose. In buying a gun for a boy health and strength than the vigorous exercise | of fifteen, who is fairly robust, a double-barrel necessary to a day's shooting in the pursuit of | breach-loader is preferable to the single-bar- all kinds of gam ‘housands every year hunt | Tel; although for a weak youth the latter the game which is found in such great abun-j answers the purpose much better. ‘The first dance and variety in our vast extent of terri- | thing to learn, having provided the gun, is how tory, and the number of persons who follow | to handle it properly. He should be able to the exhilarating and robust sports of the field | bring it up to his shoulder as ciean and well as are every year increasing. if it was loaded, This exercise should be con. z tinued until he is able to manage the gun wi SNe OF See eens as great ease and facility as his bat while play- flock every year to our shooting grounds, than | ing base ball. A cardinal principle of this ex- which none better can be found in the world, | ercise is that under no circumstances should end fill their bags in the most artistic manner. | the muzzle of the gun be allowed to point at Once enjoyed, sport of this kind is not lightly | ™42, woman or child, whether loaded or un- abandoned. There is the unalloyed pleasure of | loaded, in the house or in the field, or, in fact, meeting old friends; the zest that friendly | @8¥Where. When the young man handles the rivalry imparts to the sport; the confidence | 849 well unloaded, the next thing is to load. which the consciousness of skill begets—all BEGIN WITH LIGHT CHARGES. these things give an elasticity tothe mind and} For @ breech-loader either the metal cases nerves and work the true sportsman up to such | e if he does not wish to use them # high pitch of pleasurable excitement that the | &F P&PCt cases, i ; duliqua dias duper cad the erivations or more than once, may be used for his car- “roughing it” are merrily cast aside, Around | tridges. They should be loaded lightly. If they are not, and the gun should kick, the youth or young man is very apt to fail into the bad habit of closmg both eyes when he puils the trigger, thus preventing him from ever be- coming a good shot. He should stand upright, with bis’ left foot in advance, and the right a little back to steady him- self when he brings the gun to his shoulder as if to deliver fire. At first the cartridges should be loaded with three or three and one-half drachms and an ounce of No, 8 or 9shot. With these he may retire to a field, or some other safe place, and put upa target of paper a foot square against a tree or wali. ‘Then retiring about sixty feet, he may loatthe gun, bring it up to his shoulder, with the left Land extended to the end of the stock, being careful to keep his flager from the top of the barrel so as not to interfere with the sight, taking aim along the top of a single. and along the rib of the gun if double-barrel, and when he has taken aim, pull the trigger. TAKING ADK, Itis natural for the beginner to shut his left eye in taking aim, and this is proper. I have heard men say that it is best to shoot with both | eyes open, but I do not agree with them. Even in suap shooting most good shots instinctively shut the Jeft eye at the instant of firing. After shooting the youth should load again and then examine the target to see how many shot he | put into it, and try again. The object of this is to get a good, quick aim and to fire on the | instant, with the gum firmly held and braced | against the shoulder. Too long a time should | not be taken im aiming. It is much better to fire on the instant of taking aim. After the | consumption of alittle powder and shot the | young man will find that he can hit the target | every time with the center of the charge. This | is the way to kill and he is now ready to begin on birds, CAPTAIN BOGARDUS. | the crackling and sputtering logs of the camp | fire the trophies of the day are proudly exhib- | ited. Wha’ ‘ace for indulging in reminis- cence or st lling’is that quiet spot! Lo- cated on the banks of a stream amid the great spreading trees, what a place of calm recrea- tion and repose! The observation of the habits of the game, the sagacity and patient endur- ance of the dogs and the pleasant diversity of the landacape are ali sources of infinite enjoy- ment. The art of shooting swift-fiying birds, or “little birds.” as the quail. plover, snipe, wood- cock, &e., were once derisively called, is of comparatively recent origin, and at the begin- ning was practiced only by those who came | here from Europe after having acquired their | skill there. ‘hose who lived on the western | man can get within twenty yards of larks. prairies and other places where game abounded ‘at rhes to be; Vhen the b could kills buck or fat turkey with the rifle, | ~se re Goodto begin on When the bird ; | has risen, and no one should fire at one sitting, other large sizes. Powder and shot were dear, | Atier Uying his, hand successfully on larks, ‘The use of the pointer and setter was practi- | *¥8™P blackbirds, swallows and so on, he cally unknown, and the men who used good | Wil be fit to go out with the dogs after game guns aud swail shot in the pursmit of small | bits | 4 boy, who can bring down one-third game were not favorably regarded. It was not | Out sr every three ac fone aealowat po believed that the game was worth the powder, | 0”! f) Guvry taree aan id a to say nothing a€ ail abaut the shot. ‘The abot: | geatly advanced to go into the feld atter game, ae nentanlled the “equaw gan” by Indians | sithough it may seem like boasting, when I I ia | say that can shoot game birds on the wing BOGARDUS AS A BEGINNER. ‘as well as any man who lives or ever did live, T began to shoot at the age of fifteen. At | Years of experience, shodting many months that time Iwas a big, strong lad. Iam now | each year, have enabled me to arrive at as quite six fect tall, powerful, sinewy and maus-| ™Uch certainty as men usually attain in any SHOOTING BIRDS. By exercising a little care the young sports- cular, and have always enjoyed good #t. What I shall now relate may be found health. J possessed, as I believe, the natural | Useful to old sportsmen as well as instructive gifts which will enable a man in time and with | © Young ones, proper opportunity to become a first-rate field | shot; that is, 2 quick, true eye and steady nerve. | rhe game in Albany county, where I was born, | . : ebiefly consisted then of woodcock and ruff | ™*4° in the field are at birds which fly across grouse, rather difficult birds for young begin- | the sportsman or go quartering off from him, ners. In the fall of 1856 I moved West, settling | 8nd most of the misses that occur are owing to oa the Sangamon river, near Petersburg, lil. | the failure of the shooter to hold forward 1s was a veritable paradise for a sportsman. It | enough so that the center of the charge will be was a broken, swampy country, Deer and tur- | upon the bird wheu the shot reaches him. The heys abounded, and there were vast numbers | ceuter of the flight of shot should reach the of quail, snipe, pinnated grouse and immense | line of his flight just where he will be when the flocks of di and geese came every spring | line of the shot intersects his line of flight, not and fall. There was hardly a man there who | where he was when the aim was made. Ata could kill a snipe or quail except myself, and | fast flying crossing pigeon I hold from eight to the natives used to come out and see me shoot. | ten inches ahead; at a quartering bird from Une of the most famous hunters of the region | three to four inches, Ata bird going straight laughed when he saw me loading with No. 8| away close to the ground I hoid right on; if shot for the first time. “hat won't kill | rising, Ishoot high. At au incoming bird I noth n’, stranger,” said he, “You can’t stop | shoot right at the head and rarely fail to kill, quail with enything lighter than No. 1 shot, | In applying these principles im the field the UoF prairie chickens ‘cept BBs.” He changed | kind of game, the distance and the season of his opinion when he found I could kill ten to | the year must all be taken into account. Lis one. The Sangamon country was and is a| Probably the greatest shooting contest that «rand place for game. ever occurred was between myself and Aubrey G00D HUNTING GROUNDER Coventry for 5,009 at the Polo grounds, The variety of ducks includes the mallara, | Brighton, England, August 6, 1878 which I consider the finest duck we have in the gp egrets | Fi west and futly equal to the canvasback in the | _ We each had 100 birds, thirty yards rise, I fall of the year, when they come on, large and | defeated my opponent by a score of 79 to 78. fat and glorious in plumage, from the wild | Over $100,000 changed hands on the result. rice fields of the British territories in the far | The book makers asked me to pame my own northwest. I moved to Elkhart, in Logan | price if I would lose, but I told them 1 was an county, where I now reside. in 1853, It « | American sportsman and would win if I could. grand place for game at that time, and is now | Three of my most noted achievements (and to jate in the fall, when the pinuated grouse pack | equal which I have a standing wager of 10 to 1 sud partially migrate. Toany one who can | for any amount) are the following: I killed in afford the expense and has the time to spare | succession at Dexter Park, Chicago, July 21, there need be no trouble im finding good | 1469, 100 single birds, tame doves. I kilied 99 place to shoot. Of the eastern states I know | birds out of 100, single, 30 yards, 80 yards fall, very little, but quail are more numerous in | from five ground traps, English rules. at Coney most of the coutities of Ohio, Indiana, Iilinois, | Island July 2. 1880. 1 broke 5,500 glass balls in Kentucky, lowa, Missouri, Wisconsin and Min- | 7 hours, 19 minutes and 2 seconds, out of 5,854 nesota than they have ever been before. Michi- | shot at, in Madison Square n, New York, kan and northern Indiana are famous for snive | December 20, 1879. The challenge is still and duck; as are also Tilinois, Towa, Missouri | open. eod Minuesota, But perhaps the best general shooting is to be had in northeastern Missouri | and some parts of lewa. There, besides grouse, quail, water fowl, &c., the hunter may succeed ia bringing down a deer or knocking over any number of wild turkeys. EXTINCTION OF Game. ‘The principal cause of the rapid extinction of big game is due to the fact that the country is rapidly being settled and the game is being | tance, which I think is very much better. I driven off. Still in the western country there | should advise the American militia to adopt is plenty of it. I usually go down every fall | that style, because it wil! be found more use- to the Indian terri aad the south of Kan- | ful in the field in actual warfare. sas and find deer, turkey and all kinds of game| I expect to make a tour around the world plentifal enough. Last winter I took a trip | next spring with my three sons, Edward, Peter tarough Washington state and Oregon ai | aud Henry, and if the saying be true, “There although Isawan abundance of big game, I | never was a man so but what was not there at the right time of the year— the fall—to get any of it. In regard to the dis- sppearance of smali game the same reason ON THE WING, It is a well-known fact that one-half the shots stronger one,” I shall re lad to Champion Wing Shot SEALS WORTH A WAR. —— A Glance at the Situation of Unole AN INTERESTING SUBJEOT. —_—._— The Piracy Must Stop er the Werla Will Have to Go Without Seal Skine—Some 7 HE United States gov- ernment must stand by its guns in this fight consent to throw away the $7,200,000 which considered that the Suns cyto —peltry product of the Pribyloy Islands do at present represent the only value to ourselves Of this great sub-arctic region. Experts familiar with the situation stated toa Stan reporter the other day that but for the protection exercised by this coun- try over these seal fisheries they would be en- tirely wiped out end the animals practically exterminated within five years at the utmost, As it is, since 1884 pirates in the waters of Behr- ing sea have alarmingly diminished the supply of amphibian pinnipeds on which the world almost wholly depends for a most valuable sort of furs. The law permits that 100,000 seals be slain annually at the rookeries referred to for commercial purposes, and it is seen to very carefully that this number shall not be ex- ceeded; but no precaution has been taken suf- ficient to prevent marauders in British bot- toms from carrying away each year 30,000 un- authorized seal skins by a rhe ane It this meant merely the killing of 30,000 seals it would not matter seriously. These pirates ap- proach within thirty miles or so of the islands and shoot the seals as they approach the breed- ing grounds or disport themselves in the waters. Owing to the fact that when a seal is struck with a bullet or with buckshot it dives at once and swims away under water, not more than one seal is secured out of every ten slaughtered in this way. Thus the 30,000 skins obtained represent the massacre of 300,000, Unfortunately, most of these are cow seals, either with young yet unborn or after food for their puppies left on shore. The females de- stroyed in this manner leave fully 200.000 pups unprovided for, and the latter inevitably die for want of food, It isasimple matter there- fore to calculate what,is undoubtedly the fact, that the 30,000 seals killed each year by ma- rauders signify a loss of half a million an- nually to the rookeries on the Pribylov Islands. Already the diminution in numbers occasioned by this cause has been so serious that the seal killers on the islands have been obliged to let go many of the creatures for breeding pur- oses which they would have been glad to kill. Fo understand the situation fully it is neces- sary to consider the fact that these rookeries have during recent years been conducted in as orderly @ manner as are cattle ranches, So many of each sex have been killed each year with painstaking regard to the maintenance of the equilibrium of sexes, 80 as to secure the best results in breeding. At present there are too few bull seals to keep the rookeries in properly supplied condition. Most fatal of all the destructive methods adopted by the pirates is that of setting gill nets in calm weather, HOW ENGLAND I8 INTERESTED. Now, it is worth remembering that England is jointly interested with the United States in this seal industry, While this country is con- cerned in it as a producer of raw material, Great Britain bas a stake not less important as # manufacturer of furs. It is estimated that in the city of London alone 20.000 people are alto- gether fee pees by the business of preparing Alaska seal skins for market. If the two uations can agree to protect this industry it can be if- definitely preserved; but if marauding is to be permitted at the presens rate of goings on, the wiping out of the seals is merely an affair of a generation, A century ago the shores of Terra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands and the west coast of Patagonia swarmed with millions of fur seals, but they have simply been wiped out of existence by the ruthless butchery of com- mercial persons, so that there are ouly a few seattered specimens left in existence. At this writing there are but three small colonies of fur seals remaining, besides those of the Pribyl ov Islands—one in the Russian Behring sea, another off the mouth of the Rio de Is Plata in South America, and the third 100 miles to the south of the latter river. ° . THE SEAL ISLANDS, In discussing this very unique subject it will be as well ¢o say something of the Pribylov Islands and their inhabitants, amphibious and otherwise. The seal is just about the purest example of an amphibian imaginable, inay- much as it lives in the-water and yet is obliged to come up on land for the purpose of repro- ducing its species, Not until almost exactly a century ago were the islands in question os covered, lor the simple reason that the whole area of waters in Behring sea thereabout is one almost perpetual fog bank. For hardly half a dozen days in the year does the sun shine there, and the incessant drizzle serves both to keep the animals moist and to protect them from observation. ‘The islands, called respect- ively St. Paul's and St. George’s, are just north of the Aleutian chain and are separated from each other by a space of sea thirty miles wide. They are small and nothing of any account grows upon them, the few hundred resident Aleuts depending aimost wholly upon the seal fishery for their livelihood, The fishing season does not last longer than six or eight weeks, but the pay ix so large thut each person engaged in it earns from $300 to $600 for that length of service. A matter of traditional right this is largely, the ancestors of these same folk having held the privileges for many gen- erations back. Six miles northeast of St. Paul's Island is Walrus Island—a flat ledge of lava 100 yards wide and a quarter ef a mile long. This is the most interesting spot known to the natu- ralist of the presen’ day. Landing upon the ledge one may walk among myriads of screa: ing water fowl, which literally cover the entire surface of the island, brooding over their eggs. ‘They have no fear of man, and the observer who does not object toa screeching tumult can sit down among them and make his own observations of nature at close quarters, The natives gather tons of theve birds’ eggs for food. But as to the seals: we THE ARRIVAL OF THE SEALS. About the first day of May the advance guard of male seals arrives at the island, and they swim shyly about, as if doubtful about landing. ‘A month later they come by thousands from the ocean depths, and then ensues the fight for sition on the rocky shores of the islands. ‘The first comers fight those who come next, and so on, the object being to keep a place on the water line. To maintain such a situation on the water's brink no small amount of prowess is necessary. The holder of such a status can only keep his place by fighting in turn ever mewcomer. If is no unusual thing fora bull seal to be obliged to fight fifty battles before establishing his claim to a front seat on the surf. No creatures appear more barmless than seals, and yet they are ad ferocious in such combats, seizing one another with their teeth and inflicting dreadful lacerations, It is no un- usual thing for both bull seals, equally matched in contlict, to die of their injuries. Often the wounds are aggravated by the sand that blows into them, and in such cases the seals form into small gatherings upon the beach, termed by the natives “‘hospitals,” and either die or re- cover, as the case may be. THE OUTSIDE PLACES on the beach are necessarily the most desirable, for the reason that those occupying them have the best chance to welcome the female seals when they arrive a few days later. It must not be supposed that the female seals land for the purpose of joi the males; on the contrary, they would probably avoid doing 80 were it not that they are about to bring forth their young, for the bull seals are very Unceremonious welcoming their gentler sex. When & female arrives she is promptly seized by the neck by the most favorably situated bull seal and de- posited on the r him, This ation of feminine up by other bull seals and a fight ensues, ofte: @ most oaks come during which female is jeri d around in ® most pai manner, though she is so amiable that a a she utters no Those bull 22red i Li L | i Be fire rr = | Hu ? ! af over the Alaska seals or | leave the “during the course of an hour in the House, but ‘the islands the females which are about fcr like « large sum, and yet such fortanes are swallowed sta gulp in the whirlpool of the They are the “bachelor seals,” which, not be- ing as much as six years old, are unable to con- tena with the full-grown bull seals, and there- fore make no atte: full-grown bulls occurs, unless exhibit an undue and re; recosity. Paths for their use are Yore by the Rail-grows 8 by which they can make their way to the interior of the island, and they are not inter- fered with unless they attempt to make ad- vances toward a female seal—in which case and without more ado succumbed to the inevit- him for killing they are driven like so shi bazaars Altman, Mac; rich, to the native village two or terse aailouney O'Neill ou others a ervsd — mana by the clapping of bones together and the dollars is nota huckleberry. waving of cotton cloths, Terrified in this way, the seals are driven along the road, pe mitted to stop at intervals and cool , lest injure the fur, and when they errive at the butchering grounds they are knocked on the heads by gangs of natives with hickory clubs five feet long. Their skulls are very thin and the blows render them insensible, so thet they may be easily dispatched with butcher knives. As quickly as they are killed they are skinned and the pelts are salted down, after which the skins are ahipeed in bundles of two in kegs to England. Itehould not be omitted to state that there are no reptiles of ts sort, musqui- tues or house flies on the Pribylov Islands, al- though those objectionable [ped nearly everywhere else are not even rate — though mice have been brought in ships and have —— gated enormously. Cats, too, have been ported and have increased to a mos} astonish- ing extent. Feeding upon seal flesh they have grown much shorter and thicker of body than ats in this part of the world; their have become abbreviated and they have multiplied beyond counting. So serious has the night con- cert problem become on the Pribylov Islands that periodically the natives make raids upon the cate, with the result of tem; ily dimin- ishing their numbers, It is that a night upon St. George's or St. Paul's is one of inces- sant and inexpressible cater THE KILLING AND SEINNING of the seals is altogether performed by native Aleuts, who age paid 40 cents a skin for their work. From the fat of the seal an oil is obtained which affords a most brilliant and beautiful light. The seal skins are taken to London in their salted state and are there delivered at an establishment which is one of the two gr fur markets of the world, the other being at Leipsic. To these two emporiums all the furs of the world are brought by the ‘oducers and sorted out by experts according quality and colors. Once a year each of the pagel gg establishments has an auction sale, to which fur buyers come from everywhere. All the furé are catalogued, so that a merchant can procure any number of any sort of skins, pecan matched, without seeing them at all efore he makes the purc All the seal skins of the world go to the London emporium, because nowhere else then in England is the art of Li. ratan Merry understood, In the British metropolis there are many big fac- tories, employing thousands of workmen, devoted to this industry. TREATMENT OF SKIXA, To begin with, the crude dry-salted seal skin is taken and cleansed of salt and dirt, after which it is atretched perfectly smooth upon a marble slab withthe skin side up. Then » planing machine is used to pare down the skin to one-third of its original thickness. As the skin comes from the animal it is with long gray and white hairs. These hairs have their roots deep in the skin, and the plane cuts off the roots, so that the long hairs are readily re- moved witha stiff brush, leaving the under coat of downy fur which is so beautiful. Next the skin is tanned in the ordinary way, and finally it has to be dyed. For this latter purpose the brown- ish fur is covered with a layer or rather liquid paste, which contains the dye. Several suc- cessive applications of this paste have tobe made before the desired shade is obtained, and the greatest skill is required in the process. It pare better for dealer to send a seal skin to don to be dyed than to have it done here, because of the risk of spoiling it. The art isa trade secret most carefully kept and handed down in the craft from father to son generation after generation. Last of all the skin is cleansed from the dye paste and 1s then ready for market, The seal is a very tamable and affectionate animal; in intelligence it is nearly if not quite equal to the dog. Its cousin, the sea lion, is most useful to the natives of Behring sea, who make boats from its skin, waterproof’ clothi from its intestines and oil pouches from its stomach walls. Its whiskers they send to Sen Francisco, where they are sold for a cent apiece to the Chinese, who use them to pick their opium pipes and in certain mysterious relig- ious ceremoniais, THE ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL WIXS, For some weeks the grass has been growing, to the shame of those responsible for this par- ticular crop, on the excavation blasted out of the rock at 59th street and 9th avenue, where the Roosevelt Hospital had begun the founda- tions of a new operating theater made pos- sible by the bequest of $350,000. This le; had been left to the institution by one its best friends, and no one dre: that the item ld be contested, but on the last day of the year during which the be- quest could be stopped the lawyers happily 8p) ceyt = veto, which pily now ap} to ut temporary, on the carrying out of the philanthropic project. It was announced on Wednesday that the m4 have relinquished their claim and that the hos- pital will get the money and proceed with the work. This secures to New York the finest sur, megsten a en Jpn — of work in the world, and it ring to see aor out of ite the city will not bec! advantages in this direction, even if we must lose the glory and advantage of the Tilden li- brary. BETALIATION TALK IN EUROPE, I was talking today with a gentleman who has just returned from Europe, after a careful examination of the outlook for American trade as it may be studied in the great industrial centers of Great Britain and the continent. He says that the feeling the United States on account of the = tariff is exceedingly bitter, and if the McKinley bill passes in ite present there will unquestionably astrong effort ‘at retaliation. These views.were not given to him for buncombe, but were the utterances of leading manufacturers and merchants, more especially in textiles, in connection with business negotiations, They did not question the rightof this country to put an embargo on foreign commerce, but they said that motives of self-preservation would compel them to defend their own interests; that if America deliberately said it would not trade with foreign nations in cer- tain important lines of goods, it was necessary to meet such a pol- icy by the exclusion of our own products from their marketa, This feeling is particularly strong in Germany, which has an immense stake in the dry goods market of this a Such centers of the textile industry as Crofeld and Chemnitz would suffer extremely under the MoKinley bill. The same is true of the inh textile trades, though these are not quite so dependent on the American market as are some of the German centers. ‘The feeling is scarcely less intense in France and Italy, but is hardly so well organized. MRS. BENNET'S IMPATIENCE. Itis strange how quick tempered and up- reasonable some ladies are. Here, for exam- ple, is Mrs, Kate Bennet of Brooklyn, who has fust brought a suit for separation from her hus- band, simply because, asshe alleges, hestabbed her in the breast, kicked her in the stomach, hit her with his fists, throw knives, lamps, gob- lets and other household furniture at her, pees. her with a bed slat and knocked out er teeth, Having exhausted the furniture upon her it seems that he also exhausted her “patience, and she asks the court to sanction her contention that marriage, the circu we @ failure, and that abe prefers henceforth to goitalone. Itisa pity that Mrs. Bennet had not the genius for conducting her end of family infelicity which marked the wife of Prof. John L. Sulli- van, who, it may be remembered, applied for a divorce from her some years ago on the ground hat he lived im terror of physical harm from er. THE EXPLORER OF DARKEST AMERICA. While the world is yet ringing with plaudits for Stanley, and every one is wishing him hap- piness with his bride, the great American “Pathfinder” yields to nature and pays the common debt. There was quite an impressive gathering at the church on 40th strect, where Gen. Fremont’s funeral was held on Wednes- day. A number of old forty-niners and of the -catuaed Ont eee veterans of the war paid their last respects to man who, erba) more than WORK OF THE JAW. any other explorer, developed the wealth and the power of the great west. Had it not been for the time of the year and the intense heat the funeral services would have been much more elaborate, As it was, the company which gathered was orongaly representative and it was one that time will soon make it impossible to convene again for any reason. The number of grizi eld veterans, each with a romance which makes tame the toilsome conceits of the story-book writers, impressed all who were present. The heroic age in America has not yet passed away, but the ranke of those who are identified with the exploration of the west, with the Vag tgusing d agitation and wrote conduct of war, growing painfuily thin. Sturdy old “Tecumseh” still leads the van, and is indefatigable in his attendance on all these and handsome one-armed Gen. Howard can also be depended nu} to be present; but faces were missed who, a few years ago, would have been at the funeral of Gen. Fre- Severe Labor Undergone by a Man Who Makes a Speech. It may look like a very easy thing for a mem- ber, having his speech written, to deliver it it is not such an easy thing as it Jooka The average speaker gets a deal of athletic exer- cise in the course of an hour’s speech, There are some members in the House who can stand and read a speech without lifting » hand ex- ceptto turn the pages, and almost without changing position, and there are others who can talk all day without getting tired; but the average speaker perspires as if he were sawing wood. An off-hand speech of ten minutes does not count, but the man who throw his arms in the air as if whir! Indian clubs, hammers his desk like a” blacksmith and dances all around the place for an hour or more is taking very violent exercise. Experi- ence has taught some of them that it is not safe to make such a speech without taking extra bbe Hoa against cooling off too quickly aft- erwar I know several members who take extraor- dinary precautions, writes a correspondent of the Pittsburg Chronicle, They do not speak often, They know for weeks forehand that they are ta speak, and after all preparations are made for the speech iteelf and the day comes for the effort they have a servant briag THE WESTERN UNION PIBE. The sensational feature about the fire in the Western Union building today was the paraly- sis of the trade of the city. The fire, as it were, touched the very nerve center of the continent and the city was as heipiess as if an enemy bad invested it on every side. Fortunately monop- oly has not done quite ite perfect work, so that there was one line out of town which could be used to communicate with the country at large. It was heaven's meroy that the fire came when itdid, Had it been an hour earlier or there must have been ares aaat Although the building is tiously called Rar ay x, when once went up ins smoke was > out of every window and life inside building was The few operatives that happened to be in the up- per stories were rescued from the outside, and only by the coolness and bravery of the fire- men, Heway R. Exuiot. The Bonnie Breast Knot—An Irish Bal- lad. “My colleen with the dark locks, my colleen young ts E & ef & ! 8 r [ I i t i i j é j iH zy § 4 acxshla, shall sail as well as J; may Sutter, the waves msy Hi § z : i | i Hy i? i F EB e é fi ik 3] f F F ! I : ae a Thaveloarned, | 424 there wan pe ameng them, one dulled soldier SS eee ns G| "> Sesraay mo tere ATTRACTIVE HOMES. Good Ideas for Increasing the Charms of Summer Life. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR HOUSE OR ROOM DECORA. TION—PRETTE AND CONVENIENT DESIGNS LIGHT FURNITURE—TEA TABLES AND COPTER winter's necessary changes will be most un- welcome. In furniture, then, all staffed and uphoistered pieces are thrust out of considera- tion. Instead are the light and graceful rattan or wicker, the pretty end less expensive reed and the substantial kind with sist backs rockers. which is an excellent thing in its way, and quite attractive a its looks. This ryle Comes in regular sets for sitting room use an would be most suitable for either indoor or piazza wear. The bamboo furniture isas pretty as anything could be for summer rooms and is made in many pretty shay ‘There are more novelties in bamboo and odd, fanciful shapes than in either wicker or other light furniture. PRETTY CONCEITS. Such pretty divans, corner chairs and tables are shown that it is better not to see them, if they are only to be resisted after being seen. The 5 o'clock tea tables and the dear little Turk- Bamboo, however, like rattan, is not cheap, butis well made and often artistic in design. The grille in all dimensions is something rather new in bamboo and is reasonable enough in Price to be obtainable by moderate purses. 4 cottage bed room set of three pieces, bed, tab! and dresser, is marked @25. The dresser, how- ever, is a small glass hung high with light shelves below, ted by an easel back. Of course there is no drawer room in such « piece of furniture and no wash-stand is in- cluded, 8 small table could be used asa er ita or un- Boo folios and wall and as the bam- now fancied these small pieces will fit in anywhere, They are much used on piazzas and sitting roome—any lounging piace, in fact—as catchalls for ine and news it, as well as the roll of embroidery when indus- try flags. AN ARTISTIC WALL PAPER has been—not invented, but discovered—for covering the walls of summer cottages, or for concealing the ugly walls of old houses which are used only for the summer season. Like many another artistic “find,” it bad its origin in wiost prosaic fashion. The very inartistic mame of this same is butcher's paper—the “ginger colored stuff.” 2s it has been aptly called. This yellowish tone is said to be an excellent background for pictures and prints of the kind usually hyng in tempo abodes, as well as the light draperies affected likewise in such places. sty’ is stained to resembie the different woods FOR A SNUGGERY. This is an idea which might be imported also for certain rooms in winter homes. There is generally some small apartment called by the various names of “snuggery,” “den,” or maybe “smoking room” or “study,” which is some- times furnished with the left-overs from the rest of the house, — a room might ae red with this easily gotten paper, an Chane of sain striking design, be really effective. I remember once sesing a room which was papered = dark. — wrapping , with v ide frieze. and ii was very pretty and the cost but a trifle. A very original scheme for summer arrange- ments came out ina paper recently. The car- pets on the floors were to be covered over with unbleached muslin. The furniture was to have covers made of cheese cloth pinned on over seat and back. a par ep to —— large pictures, cabinets an 6 over mantels, sovell os piano, while pink mosquito netting ets. ghastly-ghostly looking house, it also seems very impracticable indeed, are men or boys, if not both, and generully children, After a few days’ running and tramp- ing over these white floor cloths I think a re- turn to the dark and at least clean-looking car- ts would be arelief In a certain Quebec Soeching house I know there were strips of white linen laid on the floor over the carpet, making little clean white paths to bed, bureau and lounge, which were very inviting on a warm day. These, however, were 60 easily re- moved that they were constantly kept, fresh, which could not be the case where double- width sheeting was used. This was what was recommended in the article spoken of. NOVELTIES IN EMBROIDERY. A few novelties in the way of embroidery come to me which may be suggestive to sume readers, Yachting toilets have anew touch iven them by having on the skirt, blonse and fere sleeve a monogram or single initial with an anchor fora background, These are made of bullion andathread to match the gown. They are called anchorgrams and are expensive little whims. It takes a good workman to make them, but with the demand comes the supply, and in some places the decorative art societies have them for sale or to order, @2 being asked apiece for them, thus making $6 for the set. They make 4 jaunty finish to these in every way “fetching” costumes. Among the pretty little odd bits of embroid- ery for summer work are small tidies to put on the cane back or rattan chairs. big’ vd a little color if no cushions are used, and these are generally gotten rid of with the advent of warm weather. Tied on to the chair back with three or four bows of gay ribbon they are a decided acquisition. Duck, heavy linen or momie cloth is the best material to use for them. At the bottom they may be fringed or edged with linen lace as one fancies. An: emall design is suitable for them, and linen floss is good for working them. One of the prettiest designs, however, is one that was shown some years ago at a decorative art society and was worked in crewels, which were then the sbades was worked in rage. Olive in several ringing from the at the close lines two zephyr, in color, and where they crossed, catching them down with yellow crewel, the little but quite thickly SS cially grace: of pale biue ribbon it very much sets off the pretty wicker chair it adorned. COLOR OF EYES FOR EMBROIDERY. was to be over chandeliers and side gas brack- While it seems to me this would make a} For Williamsport, In most families RAILROADS. (Caarnake ax omo RalLwar. Schedule tm Effect May 18. ‘Trains leave Caton Depot, J 2087 for SeGace tars Of ha Seto ey ae ob 11:10 p. F. 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