Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1895, Page 24

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This was-not only the first race for the cup by sloops, but there were also held, for the first time, a series of trial races to determine who should defend The Hildegarde, Mischief, Gracie and Pocahontas participated in these; the last mentioned being built for the purpose. ‘The Mischief, owned-by ¢. RyRusk; was’ select- ed, and, on November 9, she defeated the Atalanta by 28 minutes 19 seconds over the inside course. The Gracie wept oyer the ground, too, ana-“wedtth# "Mischief by 11 minutes 23 seconds. On the second ‘ly, dver the leeward and windward course from buoy 5, the Canadian Was worsted by thé Mischief to the extent of 38 minutes 54 seconds... The..Gracie was 5 minutes 38 seconds behind the Mischief. The Genewtits atténipt. It was Sir Richard Sytton:s ,entter- Ge- nesta, designed by J. Beaver-Webb, that gave our yachtsmen'a“sca¥és bat that’ very fast vessel met one g. little faster, and the cup was still safe. It was in 1885 that she came over from England and met thé Purl- tan, a Boston boat, which was designed by the late Edward’ Burgess, who was then only known as an architect, of.small heats. The Puritan, however, served to make Bur- gess famous the world over as a model maker, and she algo was the means of in- treducing into yachting»history.one of ‘the mest liberal and gentlemanly and courage- ous sportsmen whose name ever adorned its pages—Gen. C. J. Paine. He and Mr. J. Malcolm Forbes, another Bostofifah Who has since done much for yachting, were the principal _members~of the syndicate that built the Puritan. Sy Meantime, the iron Priscilla ‘was con- structed on plans laid out by A. Cary Smith, the popular. New., York designer, and paid for with New York money, and the new boats went in the trial races with the Gracie and the Bedouin, the latter being an out-and-out cutter from designs by John Harvey, an out-and-out English- man. The Puritan and Priscilla were the largest sloops that éver had been built in America. The former had a load water line length of eighty-oné feét’“one inch, and the latter three inches, eighty-one feet of the Genesta. . ,,, There were threé trial races, and the new boats had them all, to,..themseives. ‘The Priscilla won one, but the Puritan defeated her twice, and was selected to defend the cup. The Puritan-Genesta match consisted of best two out of three races, and was a veritable test of the centerbcard sloop against the dee-keeled cutter. The first date was September 7, the same as this year, but after the yachts started it was seen that theré’ woult’ not Be énough wind to carry them over the course of twenty miles to windWard"ind feturn from the Scotland lightship within the, time Umit, ae the ence is Called off. m the next day the | an,fouled the Genesta at the start apes the cut- ter’s bowsprit off. =, Sir Richard Sutton’s Courtesy. The committee promptly and properly tuled the Puritan. out, and informed Sir Richard Sutton that he had the privilege of sailing over thé’ coiirsé alone. Sir Richard refused. ta .do.this, saying that he wanted a race and not a walk- over, by which sportsmanlike decision he made warm admirers, g On September 11 ‘they made a third at- tempt, but were again frustrated by a dropping of the wind. On September 14 they sailed over the,N. .¥.. ¥. C. course, from Owl's Head, Bay Ridge, Long Island, out around the Sandy.Hook lightship and back, a distance of about thirty-eight nau- tical miies. The Puritan won by 16 minutes 19 sec- onds, after allowing Genesta 28 seconds. The Genesta sprung the cap of her mast on this day. It was on September 16 that the Genesta gave the New Yorkers a fright. The race was twenty miles down the wind and a beat back. A god, fresh wind was blowing at the start, and it increased so much that the Puritan had to take in her club topsail be- fore she got home. The cutter beat the centerboard 1 minute 21 seconds on the run out, and on the beat back the Burgess boat, splendidly handled by Capt. Joe Els- worth of Bayonne, N. J., just managed to cross the finish line 1 minute 38 seconds ahead, corrected time. ‘Fhe Genesta won the Brenton’s Reef and Cape May cups from the schooner Daunt- less before she returned to England. In 1886 the Boston people built the May- flower, and in her Mr. Burgess turned out even a better sloop than the Puritan. The cutter Galatea, owned by the late Lieut. William Henn, R. N., and designed by Beaver-Webb, was the challenger, and she had her turn at being beaten in two straight races. The trial races in 1886 were contested by the Mayflower, Puritan, Priscilla (which had been improved since 1885), and the At- lantic, a sloop designed by Phil. Elsworth, Joe's ‘brother, and paid for by a party of Brooklyn, N. Y., capitalists. The May- flower was easily the best of the quartet, and she successfully defended the cup. Thistle and Gualaten Beaten. On September 7, again over the inside course, she defeated the Galatea by 12 min- utes 2 seconds, and two days later, in the open, twenty miles to windward and re- with -the: Mayflower was needed: to show the new boat’s superiority. It was the same old “two straight,” net- withstanding the certainty with which the Scotchmen entered the contest. There ws, Cc. O. Iselin. it may be said incidentally, more money wagered on this race than any previous one. ‘Well, on the inside course on September 27 the Volunteer won by 19 min. 23 sec., and two days later the positive Scotchmen, in a 20 miles to windward and return race, in the open, were thrashed by a good two miles, or 11 min. 49 sec. In 189 the Earl of Dunraven, through Secretary Richard Grant of the Royal Yacht Squadron, began negotiations for a rmtch, but the two sides could not come together on terms and the proceedings fell through. The Coming of Valkyrie II. Two years ago, however, Lord Dunraven built another yacht on Watson lines, which was the second of the name Valkyrie, and brought her over after the cup, having come to a thoroughly amicable understand- ing about sailing regulations with the com- mittee. s The events of 1893 are within easy recol- lection, ané memorable will they always be. Capt. Cranfield. Everybody:remembers how four big single- stickers were built to-compete for the hon- or of defending the cup. Of course Gen. Paine was at the front with the Jubilee, a boat that had bad luck with her rigging from the very start of her career. One New York syndicate, headed by Mr. Archibald Rogers, and including the Vanderbilts, F. A. Sehermerhorn, John E. Brooks and J. Pierpont Morgan, produced the Colonia. Another body of New York yachtsmen, including‘Mr. C. O. Iselin, Commadore.E. D. Morgah, the Belmonts and others, chip- ped in to build the Vigiant. The Colonia was a keel boat made of VALKYRIE. turn from Scotland lightship, the Burgess creation won by 29 minutes 9 seconds. The Scotch steel cutter Thistle was the next challenger to take a walloping. She was designed by George L. Watson of Glas- gow, who has drawn the lines of all the recent hunters of the cup. Vice Commo- dore James Bell of the Royal Clyde Y. C. organized the syncicate that furnished the necessary funds. The size of the challengers had been grad- ually increasing, and the Thistle had a load water line length of 89.46 feet. Her building was carried on with the greatest possible secrecy, and after being launched on the Clyde she defeated the Genesta and Irex in home waters by a good margin. Her owners were very confident when they sent their ship over the Atlantic in 1887. Gen. Paine authorized Mr, Burgess to turn out a boat that would outsail the Mayflower, if possible, and the now great naval architect gave his attention to pro- ducing that result. He succeeded, as usual, and gave us the Volunteer, with a water line of 85 feet and 10 inches. The Volunteer proved to be a wonder in windward work, and but a single trial race 3 ‘The weather is likel¥ to be cooler tomorrow. _ _ Will 100 “er Of a a i i i i he oh ° Frank Libbey & Co., “Everything That Enters Into the Construction of a House,” Lumber & Millwork, oth & N.Y. Ave. ONE DOLLAR Buy BOARD! Not the very best boards, but suitable Seeedenhentontontegectontentoaseeseese te ~ 4 4 3 for fencing, sheathing and all ordinary pur- $ poses. They are gang-sawed, of even thick- $ ness, and one Jength. Red-heart boards, ’tis z true, but the finest red-heart you ever saw. $ We want you to see these “dollar-per-hun- 3 dred-feet” boards, and if you are too busy to $ call we will send a couple down for you to $ look ‘at. “Seeing is buying—that is the rea- - son we want you to see them. Just another $ evidence of our enterprise and under-selling $ abilities” ; i $ KS z : $ $ s Ay mcrites PRO SEO SHEET OSES ° steel. The Vigilant was a center-boarder made of Tobin bronze below the water line and steel above. These two were designed and built by the Herreshoffs at Bristol, R. I, a firm which had sprung into promi- rence through the performance of the Wasp and Gleriana, smaller boats. The fourth candidate came from Boston and was called the Pilgrim. She was of the ballast fin type, and was owned by the Messrs. Adams, Mr. R. Suydam Palmer and others. Everybody remembers, too, that the Vig- ilant was selected to defend the cup after several glorious trials, ard that she beat Valkyrie II three straight races. The last one was, however, very close. In fact, it was only the second really ex- citing race that ever took place for the cup, the Puritan-Genesta event, above de- scribed, being the other. The series of five races began on October 5, but there were a couple of ‘‘no wind” days before the match was completed. The first race, won by the Vigilant, was fifteen miles to windward and return, when she was victorious by 5 min. 48 sec. The second race was triangular, and the margin 10 min. 35 sec. The third and decisive con- test, on October 13, was a beat down the Long Island coast and a run home in a strong wind. The Valkyrie rounded the outer mark 1 min. 55 sec. ahead of Vigilant. On the run before the wind the’ Vigilant managed to overhaul the cutter, and finally won by the small difference of 40 seconds, the American having had to allow Valkyrie 1 min. 33 sec. YACHT MEASUR: ‘MENTS. Valkyrie Gives the Defender Twenty- Nine Second# Allowance. The measurements) of the yachts De- fender and Valkyrie were made known in New York last evening. According to Mr. Hyslop, the New York Yacht Club meas- urer, the Valkyrie must allow the Defender 29.10 seconds, This is much less than most yachtsmen supposed. Last night the re- gatta committee decided to throw off the tenth of a second, making the allowance exactly 29 seconds. The measurements follow: val- fender. kyrlo. Length on load water lime.-....... 88.45 88.85 Length from after end of main boom to forward point of measurement.181.79 186.02 Length from fore side of foremast to forward point of measurement. 73.55 78.94 Length extreme of spinnaker boom.. 78.38 78. ngth main gaff 6494 59: ngth topmast 57.42, ont + 49.54 55.98 Height upper side of main boom’ to topsail halyard block. 5 29.80 Sail area as per rule. 111298 114/14 Sailing length as per rule 2100.86 101.48 Must Not Race to Sandy Hook. Inspector General Dumont of the steam- boat inspection service has sent the fol- lowing cautioning telegram to the agents of the steamers Richard Peck and the City of Lowell, who, it was stated, arranged a race between these vessels in New York harbor today: “Hope newspaper report is untrue thay the ‘Richard Peck’ will have a competitivs trial of speed with the ‘City of Lowell,’ going and returning fromm the yacht races today. If true, will be a very dangerous proceeding, crowded as the bay and har- bor will be with excursion steamers. At- tention is called to the provisions of sec- tion 6344, Revised Statutes, which will be enforced if an accident should occur because of such competitive speed test.” LESS INTEREST IN LONDON. British Hopes Pinned om Valkyrie I LONDON, September 7.—In the course of an article on the international yacht race, the Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon says there is less interest in the race at New York today than in the Earl of Dunraven’s previous attempt to win the America’s cup; but, despite any rash or unfair criticism which may have been uttered in the excite- ment of the moment, these competitions tend to unite the two nations more closely. The love of sport for sport’s sake is char- acteristic of Americans as well as of the English. All gratitude is due the Earl of Dunraven. If he should be beaten again it would only be another incentive to him and to others to try again. T. P. O'Connor's Sun, in its issue today, fays that over the claim of Americans to be ranked as sportsmen of the purest water there hangs a cloud. It is only necessary, the Sun says, to glance over their methods to be satisfied that they are most dangerous opponents. ‘The Chronicle says this morning: “If Val- kyrie III does not hoist the winning flag today or on Tuesday, we shall probably never build a yacht that will do as well in the dry air of American waters as in the moist winds of Albion. Yet we may be sure that the rivalry now established will not die.” ——>—__ STREET CAR FENDERS. Commissioners Determined That the Regulations Shell Be Complied With. The Commissioners are determined to see that the street railway companies comply with the fender regulations. ‘Today an inspector was sent out by the engineer department to make an examina- ticn of the several street car lines, and re- port ct once whether the regulations have been strictly complied with. While nearly all of the roads have equipped their cars with fonders, they have not observed that requirement of law. which provides that there shall be no obstruction between the body of the car and the surface of the tracks. In fact, it provides for a free space of fifteen inches, so that in case @ human being steps under the front fender there will be no obstruction in the way of the wheel guards to injure the body. It is understood that there are a number of companies that have not complied with this requirement, and immediate steps will be taken to compel a strict compliance therewith. —S AGUIRRA RELEASED. Sanguilly Will Be Granted a Civil Trial Soon. The State Department received a cable- gram from Consul General Williams at Havana stating that Aguirra had been released by the Spanish authorities and that Sanguilly would be granted a civil trial soon. This was welcome news to the department, as the case of these two United States citizens imprisoned in Cuba has dragged tediously for months. Consul General Williams was active in seeking protection for Aguirra and Sanguilly, so much so that he offeneded the former Span- ish minister, Muragua, who requested his recall. Later the State Department made very energetic representations at Madrid and Havana. These first bore fruits in the concession that Aguirra and Sanguilly would be given civil and not military trials. The release of Aguirra and the prompt trial of Sanguilly will secure everything for which the United States has contended. z A ee THE LETTER CARRIERS, They Vote for Pensions and Elect Officers. At yesterday's session of the letter car- riers in Philadelphia the bill for pension- ing the letter carriers, which is the pet scheme of the Chicago delegation, was reperted from committee, with a favorable recommendatic The bill will be presented at the next sessicn of Congress, and pro- vides for the payment of a pension to all carriers who are Injured in the service, and the retirement of carriers on half pay after tventy years’ service. The money ts to be obtained by deducting 2 per cent from the so-aries of active carriers each month and 1 per cent from the pay of retired carriers. The tellers reported the following officers elected: Richard F. Quinn, Philadelphia, president; James Orkison, Fall River, vice president; John F. Victory of Washington, secretar, Alexander McDonald, Grand Rapids, Mich., treasurer; William F. Ellis, Samden, N.J., sergeant-at-arms; Charles H. Cutler, Boston, chairman, and V. B. Gon- zaies, New Orleans, member of the legis- lative committee. — ——_ ++ ____ CLEVELAND THE MAN. He is Certain to Be ‘ominated. Chauncey M. Depew was interviewed in London by. the New York World corre- spondent upcn President Cleveland. “Cleveland,” he said, “is as certain to be the democratic nominee as the national convertion is to meet. Whitney could not be elected. He knows it, and he is too shrewd a man to sacrifice himself.”” “What about the third term idea? “That has no real influence with the mass of the democratic party. They don’t re- gard him as a Caesar nor fear Caesarism from his continued administration. It was different with Grant and with Jackson, and even with Washington. They were strong individual characters. Cleveland has per- suaded his party, at least, that he is only the mouthpiece of the best desires of the people, with no prsonal purposes or even personal ambitions. “Either h2 has extraordinary luck in ac- cidentally doing the right thing, or he is really a great statesman. I confess I am not sure in which aspect I regard him.” —_—_+«+_____ Wreck of a Freight Train. Owing to the unusually heavy freight traffic over the W. and O. branch of the Southern railroad it has been necessary for some days past to divide the regular freight train into two sections. The first section of the south-bound freight passing Falls Church at 10 o'clock Friday night stopped for instructions and was telescoped by the second section, seriously injuring Miles Harlow, one of the brakemen. Dr. Geo. B. Fadeley was summoned, and after considerable effort succeeded in restoring him to consciousness and it is thought he will recover; several of the other train hands were more or less injured, but none seriously. Some were thrown from the train and alighted several yards distant. This is the most serious wreck that has oc- curred on this road for several years. The wrecking train was telegraphed for imme- diately and a large force of hands cleared the track as soon as possible. There were only two cars demolished. One was loaded with hay and the other was empty. The conductor, Mr. V. A. Payne, had his knee split and was removed to Alexandria in company with the other ones who were more seriously hurt. The track was clear- ed by 5 o'clock. ———- Monday’s St. Asaph Entries. First race, five furlorgs, selling—Par- venue, Imp. Velvet Rose, Flakewood, Luray, Repetition, Mayor B., Melinda, Prosper, Zamacraw, Delia M., Gov. Fifer, 102. Second race, two-year-olds, selling, four and a half furlongs—Cadiz, 112; Young Griffo, 103; Elves, Mario, 100; Rapids, Car- perter, 97. Third race, six and a quarter furlongs, selling—Marksman, 102; Paymaster, Tear Drop, Redowac, Capt. Jack, Tom Brennan, Maj. McNulty, Benefactor, 100; Hazel, Chink, Dutch Ledy, 97. Fourth race, seven furlongs, selling— Ponce De Leon, 104; Gray Forest, 100; Pu- litzer, Adjourn, Caraccus, Galety, 95. Fifth race, four furlongs, se’ ng—Ronald, 105; Tim Flynn, Salisbury, Ciiterion, Lady May, Imp. Savant, Western Star, Court- ney, Jewel, Misery, 102. Sixth race, six furlongs, selling—Manola, 114; Eonda, Clansman, Belle of Fermoy, 90; ‘Renaissance, 98; Syd ees Delegates Elected. At the regular meeting of Encampment No. 111, Union Veteran Legion, the follow- ing comrades were elected as delegates to the national encampment, U. V. L., to be held at Buffalo, N. Y¢, on October 16, 17 and 18, viz.: Quartermaster Fred. K. Sparks, Officer of Guard Chas. E. Hooks and Maj. Herbert Ray. Col. James R. Fritts, Com- rade E. H. Ripley and Capt. F. A. Fields were elected alternates. STAR, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1895-TWENTY PAGES. LEAVING SEA GIRT Few of the Washington Riflemen Remain~There. _seeetagsinatas WILL REUNITE NENTHONDAY EVENING Three Medal..of Honor Men With —— cee awe * LIEUT. _ HUTTERLY’S eomepennon = SCORE Special From a Staff Correspondent. SEA GIRT, 'N.’J., September 7.—Compar- atively few-members ofthe big detachment of the Washington marksmen that left home a week ago can now be found at Sea Girt, for the meeting -is almost over. By early evening there will scarcely be half a dozen ‘in camip, ‘the reWWafnder being scattered along the~neighboring. coast, or else on their way to Washington. Lack of funds on thé part Sf the brigad@ and other material considerations argued.against hold- ing the entire team_at Sea Girt until Mon- day noon, so"it wiis-decided-to-permit the organization to temapgrarily disband, with the understanding that it should reunite in Washington “Motiday ~ everring- The last. of the travelersis scheduled to arrive at the Pennsylvania depot shortly after 8 o'clock Monday-evening, and there and at that time those who have elected to stay over, as well as those who have been ordered to-stay; wiit-be feined by the others, whom business reasons compelled to return to their occupations. Only the bri- gade team, principals and alternates, will parade as a separate organization. The engineer corps team, winner of the New Jersey regiment interstate“ trophy, cannot, because all the members of the engineer team are also members of the brigade team. This is the Wimbledon cup day, and just now it appears as if the weather was gcing to be a trifie.more. frisky, than it has been at any time during the week, for a light rain is falling steadily, and there is probability of the coming of one of these fogs which ‘will render shooting ex- tremely difficult, if not impossible, at the longer ranges. peer The department of rifle practice match, @ mid range competition ‘for inspectors of rifle practice, will also be settled today. The Pre ’s Match. a good showing in the President’s match for the military championship of, the United States, but ncne of them could’ do'wWhat Sergeant Dickey did--last--yeay, when he walked away with all the honors and the biggest Part of the money. “” ™ tee This time the-champlonship moved to New York, it being captured by Sergt. William Boyle of the twelfth New York, whose score in. the_second and concluding stage, seven shots by each ‘at 100 and 6v0 yards, aggregated sixty-tive. Sergt. Hud- dleston of the first Massachusetts was sec- ond, with sixty-four while,F. L. Graham of the D. C. engineer corps took third place, with-stxty-three. - The only other local man who finished among the’final prize winners was Private W. W.,Cookson of company A, engineer corps, Who had fifty-eight to his credit. Three .Medal-of-Honor Men. Not frequently does it happen that three medal-of-honor men attend the meeting of any rifte association, but there were three ” One’of these was Col. Cecil Clay, the commanding_officer of the second D. C. He emptied his right sleeve in winning ‘his Tiédal;'und ata it at Fort Har- rison in 1864, ..No officer in the Union serv- ice during all the four years of inter- necine ‘strife afd anything more deserving of congressional consideration than did Col. Clay in the assault which his bravery did so-much -toward making famous. Another of the wearers of the coveted bronzé—an@ héwas’one¢ of the most popu- lar men on the range throughout the en- tire miséting““Was' Capt. ‘Matthias W. Day of the ninth United States cavalry. He was the first officer to receive the medal for services rendered in Indian campaigns. The particular act of heroism which brought about his decoration has been de- picted in The Star. Briefly, it was the rescuing from Indians of a trooper of the ninth cavalry in the midst of a heated engagement with Apaches in Las Animas canon in 1879—a deed that-would have won him the Vic- tora cross had he been in the British serv- ice, ant thé -Victo¥ia “Crossis harder to get than it would be now to secure a thousand medals"of Rutior, for, during late years, the medal has bee sheap ed by promiscuous and unwarranted distribution. The third, megalist, at,Sea Girt was Pri- vate Austin of the first Georgia cavalry. He was a seventh United States cavalry- man in the fight at Wounded Knee, S. D., in the winter of 1890, and conspicuous gal- lantry in that bloody fight gained him the distinction of which he is properly proud. All three of the medalists are expert shots: Col. Clay necessarily less so than either of the others, because he has to do his shoot- ing with an arm and a quarter instead of two arms. Lieut. Hutterly’s Great Score. Everybody 'in'calttih Has been talking alt day of the wonderful skirmish score made in the regimental interstate match by Lieut. A. O. “Huttérly’ of thé engineer corps. It would be a remarkable feat to put nine- teen shots out of twenty in the bull’s-eye from known distances, but to put them in on a skirmish rup.is sa extremely difficult that when it is accomplished riflemen find it difficult to suitably express their admira- tion for the person that does it. A diagram. of Lieut. .Hutterly’s target shows the position of each hit. It is here- with appended: “~“Engineer Corps Scores. A comptete score of the engineer corps team—victors in the interstate regimental match—will be of interest to District of Co- lumbians generally. It demonstrates the possession of superior skill by the repre- sentatives of the engineers, and is some- thing of which every District rifleman at Sea Girt is very proud indeed. Individual 200 = 500 Astrum. 2d run. total. . Skirmish.Skirmish. 39 45, a1 8S 263 .41 3.88 83 253 40 “ 99 90 278 2 41 46 78 92 237 Appleby -..2.. 40 “4 86 89 259 Cook-rye-ey-- 89, 45, 0 85 259 The following order has been issued by Capt. John S. Miller,~who is In command of the first battalion during the absence of Maj. Ross: “The first, battalion will assemble at the armory, in full dress National Guard uni- form, Monday evening, September 9, at 7 o'clock, for the purpose of receiving the victorious rifle team of the District of Columbia National Guard. “Captains will exercise every effort to parade full companies.” ¥ SMITH GOES SHOOTING He Regales His Wife With Accounts. of His Mighty Marksmanship. Then Comes the Sad Sequel, as It Us- ually Does in Cases Similar te His, Mrs. 8. Sampson Smith wondered what in the world her Hege and lord was bring- ing home with him last Monday night when her expectant eyes first observed his fa- miliar figure careening around ihe corner of 15th street. There was a queer-looking canvas-covered contrivance in his hand, and a bag of leather, with what looked like a section of fishnet on the outside of it hanging from his shoulder, and bearing down upon it as though the receptacle con- tained something mighty heavy. Mrs. Smith was sure it was nothing for herself or for the baby, and her curiosity was simply on edge as Smithy came lumber- ing up the steps, his jolly face creased with smiles and a general atmosphere of pleasant anticipation pervading nis sur- roundings, “What in the world are thos2?” queried Mrs. Smith, after the kisses, as she pointed oe freight he had deposited on the hall able. “I’m goin’ huntin’,” remarked Smith, with his customary disregard of final g’s. “Goin’ down on the marsh early in the mornin’, he continued. “I borried Bill Jonese’s gun an* game bag, an’ got me some ca’tridges comin’ home. I tell you, darlin’, we'll just feed on reedles and orto- jan for a whole week.” _ Mrs. Smith immediately quaked with nervous tremor. She pictured in an instant in her ready mind’s eye how S. Sampson would get mixed up with his gun and be brought home to her a little neavier than when he departed, despite fragments of him that were scattered over the big marsh. But Smith was equal to the emer- gency, as he had been on lifferent but somewhat similar occasions before. He ex- Patiated upon his well-known care and wis- dom in looking out for himself, and then went on and copiously recited nis many ex- perlences with a shotgun, and the slaugh- ter he had indulged in among birds and beasts"in the times gone by. By 7 o'clock he had calmed her fears, and by 9 she was preparing enough lunch for him to take with him next day to feed four hired men and a hunting dog. Right graciously did she kiss him when he started off at day- break next morning in a cab he had en- gaged to take him over to the Eastern branch, and when breakfast was over she loyally carried out his instructions and went to Sister Lizzie’s and Aunt Harriet’s and sick Mrs. Tooder’s, and told them Sampson had said not to get any meat for next mornin’s breakfast, as he was going to send them some reed birds and ortolan when he got home at night. The Return. It was dark when S. Sampson Smith re- turned to his Q street home. He had gone in a cab, but he came back in a double team. He winked with portentous meaning at the driver as the equipage drew up in front of the house, and the Jehu smiled significantly in return. Mrs. Smith and Sister Lizzie, who had come to get her birds in case there were not enough to go all the promised round, ran down to meet and greet the tired Nimrod. They were de- lighted at his safe return, and overjoyed at the game he had brought. Seven dozen reed_birds! ‘Two dozen ortolan!~ Two summer duck!!! There was a pecifllar aroma about the ducks that Sister Lizzie remarked upon, but S. Sampson cheerily informed herthat there was nothing unusual about it. Sister Lizzie took some reedies and ortolan. “Aunt Harriet and Mrs. Tooder were sent bunches of both, and then S. Sampson Smith sat him down and proceeded to regale his wife with the story of his day's sport. She had always been sure her husband was more skillful than any one else in anything he undertook, and now she was delighted to find that he was simply unerring with a gun. He told her how he killed this one coming in and that one whirling down close to the water and going through the wild cats to the right. “You oughter seen me paralyze those ducks, darlin’,” he ejaculated, with swell- ing pride. “They came at me from both sides, and I shot one from my right shoul- der and threw my gun across and downed the other from my left shoulder. Dog, if I don’t think I'll join that Capital City Gun Club and help teach those fellers to shoot good enougk to win a cup.” All the week S. Sampson Smith afred the incidents of his day on the marsh. The birds had been delicious, Mrs. Smith thought. She grew hungry for more. She concluded she'd give S. Sampson a surprise for his Sunday breakfast, so this morning she tripped daintily down to the fish and game merchant she favored with her cus- tom. She ordered a dozen reed birds and a dozen ortolan. “You and Mr. Smith seem to be mighty fond of marsh birds,” remarked the genial dealer, as he gave her the change. “Why, what makes you say that?” she queried in surprise, having never bought anything but fish from Mr. Silver before. “Nawthin’,” responded he, preserving his ratio, “only I thought so, seein’ your hus- band took all of ‘em I had on hand last Guedes evenin’.” Neighbors will probably hear sti sounds in the Smith residence tonight. S. Sampson Smith will have bacon, frieq, for his Sunday breakfast. ———.——__ Not Mercenary. From the Indianapolis Journal, She—A penny for your thoughts. He—“TI have none for sale. I am a free thinker.” Who Is It? © _ Even if you do not know him you * © must acknowledge he knows and. ap- preclates a good hat, for he buys ‘em * 5. Stinemetz2™ Son, Hatters & Furriers, 1237 Pa. Ave. Agency for Knox Hats. se5-3m1,20 e « J.Q. CROSBY Of the Treasury Writes: DR. JORDA! 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