Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1895, Page 7

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WALKER SONS, 205 10TH 8 . t Lining, Felts, Five Brick and Clay, Asvestos, aints, Brushes, Lime, Cement, two and three: piy Roofing Material. eel } Mi z. N.W., CAR- DEFENDER. RACES FOR THE CUP (Continued from Sixth Page) the Canadian boat by 19 minutes 9 seconds. The Canadians made another attempt to capture the cup in Iss1, when the Bay of Quinte Yacht Ciub of Lelleville challenged rboard sloop, called the Ata- lanta, which was also }utlt and sailed by Captain Cuthbert. ‘his was not only the first race for the cup by sloops, but there were also held, for the time, a series of wial races to determine who should defend it. ‘The Hildegarde, Mischief, Gracie and Pocahontas part the last mentioned being b: - The | Mischief, owned by J select- | ed, and, on Noveinber {f, she defeated the Atalanta by 25 minutes 19 seconds over the inside course. The Gracie went over the ground, too, and beat the Mischief by 11 minutes 23 ‘second. “ On the second day, over the leeward and windward course from buoy 5, the Canadian Was worsted by the Mischief to the extent ot seconds. The Gracie was 5 minutes 38 seconds behind the Mischief. The Gene a’e Attempt. It was Sir Richard Sutton’s cutter Ge- nesta, designed by J. Beaver-Webb, that gave our yachtsmen a scare; but that very fast vessel-met one a little faster, and the cup was still safe. It was in 1885 that she came over from England and met the Purl- tan, a Boston boat, which was designed by the late Edward Burgess, who was then only known as an architect of small boats. The Puritan, however, served to make Bur- gess famous the world over as a model maker, and she also‘was’ the means of in- troducing 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 Bostonian who se done much for yachting, were inal members of the syndicate that built the Puritan. Meantime, the iron Priscilla wes con- structed on plans Iaid out by A, Cary Smith, the popular York designer, and paid for with New York money, and the new boats went in the trial races the Gracie and the, Bedouin, being an out utter from designs by John Harvey, an out-and-out English- man. The Puritan and Priscilla were the largest sloops that ever had been built in America, The former had a load water Une length of eighty-one feet one inch, and the latter one of eighty-three feet three inches, so constructed to meet the eighty-one feet of the Genesta. ‘There were three trial races, and the new boats had them all to themselves. The Priscilla won one, but the Puritan defeated her twice, and was selected to defend the eup. The Puritan-Genesta match consisted of best two out of three races, and was a veritable test of the centerboard 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 there would not be enougan wind to carry them over the course of twenty miles to windward and return from the Scotland lightship within the time limit, and the event was called off. On the next day the Puritan fouled the Genesta at the start and snapped the cut- ter’s bowsprit off. Sir Richard Sutton’s Courtesy. The committee promptly and properly ruled the Puritan out, and informed Sir Richard Sutton that he had the privilege ef sailing over the course alone. Sir Richard refused to do this, saying that he wanted a race and not a walk- over, by which sportsmanlike decision he made warm admirers. On September 11 they made a third at- tempt, but were again frustrated by a dropping of the wind. September 14 tkey sailed over the N. ¥. ¥. C. course, from Owl’s Head, Bay Ridge, Long Island, cut around the Sandy Hook lightship and back, a distance of about thirty-eight nau- tical miles. 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 o1 Bave the the latter September 16 that the Genesta few Yorkers a fright. The race was twenty miles down the wind and a beat back. A good, 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. The 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 catter 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 Mryflower, 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 Galatea Beaten. On Sepiember 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,” not- withstanding the certainty with which the Scotchmen entered the contest. There w1s, C. 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 wWitdward and return race, in the open, were trashed by a good two miles, or 11 min. 4) sec. In 1889 the Eaylof Dunraven, through Secretary Richard ,Grant of the Royal Yacht Squadron, began negotiations for a rmtch, but the tio sides could not come together on terms and the proceedings fell through. The Coming ef Valkyrie II. Two years ago, however, Lord Dunraven built another yacht on Watson lines, which was the second of tlte name Valkyrie, and brought her over after the cup, having come to a thoroughly amicable understand- ing about sailing regulations with the com- mittee. The events of 1898 are within easy recol- lection, and memorable will they always be. Capt. Cranfield. Eyeryhody 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 hoat that had bad luck i y start of her ding the . Johr E. jorgan, produced the Colonia. Another body of New York yachtsme: including Mr. C. 9. Iselin, Commodore E. D. Morgan, the Belmonts and ethers, chip- ped in to build the V4 ‘The Colonia was a Eee! beat 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 nayal 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 ; The weather {s likely to be cooler tomorrow. Will Square of eet ‘100 for fencing, sheathing SDI POE EO REED ey dred-feet” boards, and sSeateets Seotee ate abilities. eed Seeendeeseeent “Everything That Enters Into 2. Fe ta is is is ee te 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 Frank Libbey & Co., Lumber & Millwork, 6th & N.Y. Ave. a ee ee eS ONE DOLLAR Buy BOARD! Not the very best boards, but suitable and all ordinary pur- poses. They are gang-sawed, of even thick- ness and one length. Red-heart boards, ’tis true, but the finest red-heart you ever saw. We want you to see these “dollar-per-hun- if you are too busy to eeSeofonteeges tony Seehenteadeedeateeten tne fees ieee the Construction of a House,” sefeete ata ected steel. The Vigilant was a center-boar made of Tobin bronze below the w and steel above. These two were di and built by the Herreshoffs at Bristol, R. L, a firm which had sprung into prom! 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 ra The last one was, however, very clos 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 see. The third and decisive con- test, on October 1, as 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 MEASUREMENTS. Valkyrie Gives the Defender Twenty- Nine Seconds 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: De- + Val- fender. Ikyrie. $8.45 88.85 Length on load water lnc. Length from after end of m: to forward point of measurement .181.7 Length from fore side of foremast to forward point of measurement. Length extreme of spinnaker boom. 186,02 4 Height upper side of’ main boom to topsail balyard block. 125.48. 129.80 Sail area as per rule. 112.2 1ig.14 Sailing length us per 101.49 Must Not Race. to Sandy Hook. Inspector General {Dumont of the steam- boat inspection serpice has sent the fol- lowing cautionfi plegram to the agents of the steamers Ricard Peck and the City of Lowell, whogit Was stated, arranged a race between t&esagvessels in New York harbor today: @ % “Hope newspaberjeport is untrue that the ‘Richard Pepe will have a competitive trial of specd sitigthe ‘City of Lowell,’ going and returning*from 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- tlon 5344, Revised Statutes, which will be enforced tf an accident should occur because of such competitive speed test.” LESS INTEREST IN LONDON. British Hopes Pinned on Valkyrie itl. LONDON, September 7.—In the course of an article on the international yacht race. the Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon sava there is less interest in the race at New Yerk 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, says that over the claim of Americans to be ranked as sportsmen of the purest water there hangs a cloud. = is only necessary, the Sun says, to glance over their methods to be satisfied that they are most dangerous opponents. pas ‘The Chronicie says this morning: “If Val- kyrie III does not hoist the winning fas 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 Shall 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- tidn of the several street car lines, and re- pert at once whether the regulations have been strictly complied with. While nearly all of the roads have equipped their cars with fenders, 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 sp of fifteen inches, so that in case 2 hi.man 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. SS AGUIRKRA RELEASED. Sanguilly Will Be Granted a Civil Trial Soon. The State Department received a cable- gram from Consul General Williams at Havand stating that Aguirra had been released by the Spanish authorities and that Sanguilly would be granted a elvil trial soon. This was welcome news to the depariment, the case of these two s imprisoned in Cuba Williams protection for Aguirra and Sanguilly, much so that he offeneded the former Spaz ish minister, gua, who requested his recall. Late: State Department made entations at Madrid t bore fruits in the a and Sanguilly land not military tris of Aguirra and the prompt ial of Sanguilly will secure ever r which the United States has contended. : — THE LETTER CARRIERS, They Vote for Pensions and Elect Officers. At yesterday's session of the letter car- riers in delphia the bill for pension- ing the letter carriers, which fs the pet scheme of the Chicago delegation, was reported from committee, with a favorable recommendation. The bill w the next sicn of Congress, a of a pension to all ment z lin the service, and is cent from the ch month and t from the pay of retired ¢ rs. reported the following officers Quinn, Philadelphia, Orkison, Fall Riv Jchn F, Victory Alexande irman, B. nd V. B. Gon. 8, member of the legis- ———— AND THE MAN. Mr. Depew Says He is Cerinin to Be Nominated. Chauncey M. Depew was Interviewed in London by the New York World corre- spondent upen President Cleveland. “Cleveland,” he “is as certain to be the democratic nominee as the national coayertion is to meet. Whitney coujd not be elected. He knows it, and he is too shrewd a man to sacrifice himself. “What about the third term idea?” at 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. ither ha has extraordinary luck in cidentally doing the right thing, or he is CLEV! really a great statesman. I confess I am not sure in which aspect I regard him.” —_—_-e+_____ Wreck of a Freight Train, Owing to the unusually heavy freight traffic over the W. and ©. 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 Niiles 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 scrious wreck that has oc- curred on this road for several years. The sg train was telegraphed for imme- and a large force of hands cleared soon as possible. There were two cars demolished. One was loaded with hay and the other was empty. The conductor, Mr. V. A. Payne, had his knee split and. y removed to Alexandria in company with the other ones who were more seriously hurt. The track was clear- ed by 5 o'clock. —_—. Mondny’s St. Asaph Entries. First race, five furlongs, selling—Par- Imp. Velvet Ré Flakewood, Repetition, Mayor B., Melinda, Prosper, Zamacraw, Delia M., Gov. Fifer, 102. Second race, two-year-olds, selling, four and a If furlongs—Cadiz, 112; Young Griffo, Elves, Mario, 100; Rapids, Car- penter, 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 Lady, 97. Fourth race, seven furlongs, selling— Ponce De Leon, 104; Gray Forest, 100; Pu- litzer, Adjourn, Caraccus, Galety, 95. Fifth race, four furlongs, selling—Ronala, 105; Tim Flynn, Salisbury, Criterion, Lady May, Imp. Savant, Western Star, Court- ney, Jewel, Misery, 102. Sixth race, six furlongs, selling—Manola, 114; Eonda, Clansman, Belle of Fermoy, 99; Renaissance, 98; Syde, a S Delegates Electe At the regular meettng 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 1S, viz.: Quartermaster Fred. K. Sparks, fficer of Guard Chas. E. Hooks and Maj. erbert Ray. Col. James R. Fritts, Com- rade E. H. Ripley and Capt. F. A. Fields were elected alternates, LEAVING SEA GIRT Few of the Washington Riflemen Remain There. WILL REUNITE NEXT MONDAY EVENING Three Medal of Honor Men With the Marksmen. LIEUT. HUTTERLY’S SCORE Special From a Staff Correspondent. SEA GIRT, N. J., September 7—Compar- atively few members of the 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 camp, the remainder being seattered along the neighboring coast, or else on their way to Washington. Lack of funds on the part of the brigade and other material considerations argued against nold- ing the entire team at Sea Girt until Mon- day noon, so it was decided to permit the organization to temporarily disband, with the understanding that it should reunite in Washington Monday evening. The last of the travelers is 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, will be joined 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, becouse 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 trifle more frisky than it has Leen at any time during the week, for a light rain 1s 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. The department of rifle practice match, a mid range competition for inspectors of rifle practice, will also be settled today. The President’s Match. The District boys made a good showing in the President's match for the military championship of the United States, but nene of them could do what Sergeant Dickey did last year, when he walked away with all the honors and the biggest part of the money. This time the championship moved to New York, tt being captured by Sergt. William Boyle of the twelfth New York, whose score in the second anf concluding stage, seven shots by each at 100 and GW yards, aggregated sixty-tive.. Sergt. Hud- Gleston of the first Massachusetts was sec- end, with sixty-four, while F. L. Graham of the D. C. engineer carps took third place, with sixty-three. The only other local man who finished among the final prize winners was Private y. 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 rifle association, but there were three of those distinguished individuals*at Sea Girt this year. One of these was Col. Cecil Clay, the commanding officer of the second D. C. He emptied his right sleeve in Winning his medal, and did it at Fort Har- rison in 1864. No officer in the Union serv- ice during ail the four years of inter- necine strife did anything more deserving of congressicnal consideration than did Col. Clay in the assault which his bravery did so much toward making famous. Another of the wearers of the coveted bronze—and he was one of the most popu- lar men on the range throughout the en- tire meeting—was Capt. Matthias W. Day of the ninth United States cavalry. He was the first officer to receive the medal services rendered In Indian campaigns. he particular act of heroism which brought about his decoration has been de- picted in The Star. Briefly, it was the rescuing from Indians cooper of the ninth cavalry in the of a heated engagement with -aches in Las Animas canon in 187)—a deed that would have won him the Vic- toriz cross had he been in the British serv- ice, and the Victoria cross is harder to get than it would be now to secure a thousand medals of honor, for, during late years, the medal has been cheapened by promiscuous and unwarranted distribution, The third medalist ag 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 distimetion of which he is properly proud. All three of the medalists are expert shots: Col. Ciay necessarily less so than elther of the others, because he has to do his shoot- ing with an arm and a quarter instead of two arms, Lieut, -Hutterly’s Grent Score. Everybody in camp has been talking all day of the wonderful skirmish score made in the regimental interstate match by Lieut. A. O. Hutterly of the 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 run is so extremely dificult that when it is accomplished riflemen find it diMicult 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 - with appended: = ee Engineer Corps Scores, A complete score of the engineer corps team—victors in the interstate regimental match—wiill 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 200 600 Ast run. 24 run. total, Wetherald.... 89 45 vi a ame Young. 41 3 86 83 2538 Hutt 40 “4 99 20 2 Carleton... 22 41 46 78 92 251 Appleby. 40 “4 86 89 259 Cook. 88 od 90 85 259 tener eee ol 564 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 recelving 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 to His. Mrs. S. Sampson Smith wondered what in the world her liege and lord was bring- ing home with him last Monday night when her expectant eyes first observed his fa- miliar figure careening around -he corner of 15th street. There was a queerlooking canvas-covered contrivance in his had, and a bag of leather, with what looked like a section of fishnet on ihe 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 curivsity 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 thos>?” queried Mrs. Smith, after the kisses, as she pointed * to the freight he had deposi! table. “I'm goin’ huntin’,” remarked Smith, with his customary disregard of_final g's. “Goin’ down on the marsh early in tha mornin’,” he continued. “I borried Bill Jonese’s gun an’ game bag, an’ got mp some ca'tridges comin’ home. I tell you, Garlin’, we'll just feed on readies and orte> lan 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 brought home to her a little neavier than when he departed, despite fragments of him that were 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 coplously 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 don the hall gun and be |: Scattered over the dig — she kiss him when he started off at day- — break next morning in a cab he had en- gaged to take im over to the Eastern branch, and when breakfast was over she loyally carried out his instructions and went to Sister Lizzie’s and Aunt Harrict's and sick Mrs. Tooder’s, and told them Sampson had said not to get any meat for hext mornin’s breakfast, as he was going to send them some reed birds d 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 siniled 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, andsoverjoyed at the game he had brought. Seven dozen reed birds! Two dozen ortolan!! Two summer dick There was a } ar aroma about the ducks that Sisier zie remarked upon, but S. Sampson cheerily informed her that there was nothing unusual about it. Sister Lizzie took sonte reedies and ortolan. Aunt Harriet and Mrs. Tooder were sent bunches ©” goth, and then S. Sampson Smith sat aim 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 dewn close to the water and going through the wild oats to the right. 1 “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- Ger and threw my gun across and downed the other from my left shoulder. Dog, if I don’t think I'l join that Capital City Gun Club and help teach those fellers to shoot good enough to win a cup.” All the week S. Sampson Smith aired the incidents of his day on the marsh. birds had been delicious, Mrs. & thought. She crew hungry for more. 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. “y you say that?” she queried in surprise, haying 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 Chewsday evenin’.” Neighbors will probably hear strange 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—“I have none for sale. I am a free thinker.” ld Who Is It? * Even if you do not know him yon °* ¢ must acknowledge he knows and. ap- preciates a good hat, for he buys "em * * © or 5. Stimemetz 2%4 Son, Hatters & Furriers, 1237 Pa. Ave. Agency for Knox Hats. 8e5-3m1,20 MR. J.Q. CROSBY Of the Treasury Writes: DR. JORDAN: Previous to taking treatment of you I was trou. Wed for several years with deafness of the left ear, accompanied with singing or noise in the car. When I had finished a course of treatment with you some time ago you had restored my hearing and stopped the noise In my head, since which time I have had no recor: ce of the trouble, and be- Neve I am permanently cured. Yours truly, 3. Q cRosby, 939 B st. nw, 1421 F Street N. W. Office Hours: 9 to 11 a.m., 2 to 4 and | setaétuze Oto 8 p.m. 6