Evening Star Newspaper, June 20, 1896, Page 16

au THE EVENIN G‘STAR, SATURDAY, 2 JUNE 20, 1896--TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PISTOL PRACTICE Advocated as a Medium for Recrea- tion and Exercise. CONTINUAL SPORT FOR BOTH SEXES Some Practical Suggestions and Rules by an Expert. THE KIND OF BEAD ges HAT PISTOL- soooting as a sport 1s not sufficiently well understood to secure {it a place among the recogniz- ed games played by men and women is not because it lacks adaptability. On the contrary, pistol- shooting properly practiced, and in the form sometimes adopted by crack shots, will prove in every way recreative, especially if the shooter practices, with either hand in turn, for thereby the mus- 3 are—now the right side, now the ‘eft so brought into play, that a stimulating exercise fs had without any of the wear and tear common to greater physical ef- fort. Men who have little opportunity, little in- wrong position. clination and little time to go in the pur- sult of sheer exercise oftentimes find that some kind of game proves highly attrac- tive. Taking a beginner whose physical :ondi- tion is good, we will find that in an unac- customed performance, especially one re- quiring steadiness, the muscles are not un- der control, and that when he holds his | shooter fires one shot at a clean white pistol at arm’s length his aim is but a | “miserable shake.” To correct this he shall stand in a proper position: he shall stand squarely and equally balanced cn both feet; and if he will adopt low heels or none at all, all the better. should be taken up at twelve yards from a large, white target in a good light and ver- tical—the round black three-inch bull's cre in the center of the white fleld and on a; level with the shooter's head. Now, in- stead of standing at any convenieat angle | | @ man who was by and breaking your heart to hit the bull, stand squarely at right angle to the tar- get—your feet comfortably apart, but not much spread. It is, of course, your shoot- ing-arm shoulder and side that are toward the target. This being the case, put the stock of the loaded pistol snugly in your grasp. just so that when the arm is held at length the pistol will be a continuaiion of line, as shown in figure II. The Shooting Arm. Having the pistol surely grasped, lay the trigger finger inside the trigger-guard, but not on the trigger, and then extending the | shooting arm upward at an angle of say forty degrees, bring it down full length to @ level with your target just below they “bull” and draw your sights. By thus ex- tending the shooting arm and bringing it down to position instead of up to it, the supporting muscles act more steadily be- cause of the release of the motor nerves and the straight arm will oscillate only from the shoulder inst#ad of trembling throughout, ‘This is the prime essential to deliberate aim shooting with the pistol; the various Pesitions other than the straight-arm be- ing good only as compared to still more in- ferior ones and nowhere the result of sound reason and skilled practice. It 1s obviously an impossibility to hold anything absolute- Jy motionless off-hand; and the object be- ing to direct one’s pistol truly at the in- stant of its discharge, we have found by experience that this is more often doze in the straight-arm-position than in. ny other. Substantlating this is the remark- able fact that nobody has done, even from a dead rest, any shooting that equals the best done by experts in the straight-arm Posttion. ‘The other arm rests at ease, usually be- hind the back. By feeling the handle of your pistol as in complete touch to the ir side of your hand—and supporting it by the “spur” to the entire release of your trigger finger, it will be possible to: press the trigger gently and firmly almost to the peint of letting go. Good shooting is done orly by steadying the pistol “through the shot.” Le. sc holding it that during the ischarge Its direction is actually true. By fixing the attention time and again on this feature and by accustoming the nerves, muscles and mind to its close operation, {t will come to be appreciated and ‘corre- spondingly well played. The steady pness-,| ing of the trigger will be most readily ac- quired through the use of a heavy pull. I ‘Practiced much with a 44 revolver—the itrigger pufl of which was nine pounds— and have to say that although I had hon- estly, assiduously practiced with Ught- trigger pistols and revolvers during tho eight years before this, I learned with the {Reavy trigger most nearly how to hold my ‘gen. § Having placed my beginner into position, \Snd taking {t for granted that he will find At easter to draw sight with one eye than ge two, I find myself constrained to pass it highly important feature by and not His position | as it does in other positions. | i | | | | | irsist, as I should and otherwise would, on bis keeping both eyes open. The Kind of “Bead” to Draw. So, therefore, let us proceed to the kind of a “bead” to draw. The sights best adapted to all-round shooting are the plain notch and pin-head. The wide rear sight herewith shows to advantage in all close shooting. The sight itself is an inch wide and so made and placed on the pstol that its upper edge establishes the leveling of the piece. Rear sights that are too nar- row or curved or otherwise differ from the “level line” hendicap good shooting. On this rear sight a true half circle notch is made exactly in the middle; and so reamed out from the front that its edges are sharp and thus cut clear to the eye. ‘The bead being properly drawn, it presents to the shooter the appearance shown in figure 2. Just as the straight arm comes down to position immediately under the bull's-eye, draw a deep breath, stretch the diaphragm and, with the lungs thus comfortably full, hold steadily without straining mind or muscle, and “press the trigger at the su- preme moment. ‘The duelling code in America called for twelve measured yards where pistols were used. It was therefore altogether natural that when gentlemen took an active in- terest in pistol practice the old-established | distance would be adopted, even though the shooting at-one another was no longer centemplated. ‘At twelve yards, therefore, in this coun- try there has been very considerable prac- ice, and records made here in deliberate aim matches are probably the best made anywhere, any time, at this distance. ~ Seme Remarkable Scores. Muzzle-loadng, large caliber, smooth- bores, practically identical wth our grand- fathers’ duelling pistols, were used twenty years ago, and although excellent shots hke them and, at from twelve to twenty yards they shot well, if carefully charged, still they were soon enough superseded by a pistol made especially for target prac- tice. I have seen the following scores made at twelve yards: Wrong Kind Elevation rig practical Pistol-shooting Sixty consecutive shots in a bull’ black on white 1% inch. Twenty-two ordinary clay pipes broken consecutively. Four common playing cards split (each card being so arranged that its edge was directly towards the shooter.) Five ordinary carpet tacks driven and five postage stamps hit, consecutively. Three doubles consecutively; i.e. -eye, the pasteboard, the bullet making a clean-cut hole into which he breaks with the next shot. And at sixteen metres (the French dis- tance) nineteen shots in a bull’s-eye ls inch. This equals the best pistol shooting of France during the past forty years. Also at fifty-flve measured yards, three hundred and fifty consecutive shots on a nine-inch “‘bull."" I have also seen excel- lent shooting at the word of command; some of the most attractive being done by no means a first-class especially in matches those matches requlr- deliberate-aim shot, and more especially ing much shooting. SKIN In Shooting. \- There is nothing more utterly falacous than the widespread notion that the deadly cowboy gets a bullet unerringly where he wants it by flopping hs revolver towards the object as if it were a stick from the end of which he propelled a green apple or potato. Frontiersmen do shoot “on the drop,” as it is caiied, and we are credibly informed that they not infrequently stop one another forever in this particular fash- fon, but that does not make, never can make them or any man expert at hitting little targets. A man's body or even a man’s head presents < huge mark as cor.- pared to the objects fired at and hit by the best deliberate-aim shooters, and is further- | More some hundreds of times the size of targets used by the best snap-shots in New York and the east—snap-shots who come into positon and shoot just as quickly as the liveliest cowboy of them all. The main difference is that the habitual murderer gets his gun out of the leather (so at least we are told) and, without prelimnary, bangs away, while with us conformity io the rules of positon remains essential and the shooting game is played more as a true sportsman’s recreation, because hap- Right Kind of Bead to draw. ty Right Kind of Elevatin, because it is practicable at ‘@ moment's notice. hazard doings have been already eliminated therefrom. Skill is one thing—scientific skill is more; for scientific skill is possible only to rome one familiar with various phenomena re- lating to the performance in hand. Scien- tific skill invests the individual with ability to proceed further in a given direction, to do better what is diflicult, and, assuming it to be within his scope, the scientifically skillful becomes, with practice, Teasonavly sure of his performance. Oftentimes we hear it said of an individual who is notably adroit: ‘‘He has the krack of doing things.” Than this there is perhaps no more uni- versally implied ignorance. Nothing that is really difficult to do is done by knack, any more than it is done by nonsense. Among difficult performances pistol shoot- ing. takes a foremost place. If it is diff- cult indeed to do excellently well, and, al- though the premises here implied that no one does it well by knack seems some‘imes upset by Tom, Dick or Harry doing sheer wonders at it, still Tom, Dick and Harry soon or late all come down together unless they find out why thelr good shooting is 00d and also why their oif shooting is off. A Case in Point. My friend Ea. Denning, a fine pistol thot, onco told me of an old Sioux experience shooting ducks, an account of which will not be out of place here. The Sioux in question hed on various occasions evi- denced his sportsmanlike Gisposition—he undertook nothing in the nature of hazard, other than with the clearly indicated in- | tention to faitly win his game. Although fixed ammunition was by no means plenty with him, it was not this fact nor any dangers of immediate starving that brought the old Indian to careful shooting, but it was his unquestioned devotion -to sports- manship. On a pond of about 100 acre: extent were five ducks, and the Indian, after indicating his desire to get two, took up his rifle, and, putting a cartridge in it, tossed the belt to Denning and made to- ward the water. The Sioux occupied three mortal hours In maneuvering to make his shot. He made it finally and killed two of the ducks with a single bullet at nearly 100 yards. Stranger and more wonderful things have happened, certainly. The Japanese do as well with an arrow shot from a seven-foot bow and at even greater dis- tances, but there is nothing done that 1s more remarkable than what comes of doing for the sake alone of the performance. Denning assured me that it was his fixed belief the old Sioux would have done the same sort of thing whether his friends were his audience or not, for it was the charm of making good his chances that inspired him throughout and that even at the childlike game of tossing shells (a kind of miniature quoits played with empty cartridge shells) the same old Sioux in- variably won—usually owning all the empty shells in camp that were worth having. Our present subject calls for the intell!- gent exercise of far more than mere knack and willingness to shine; it entails train- ings of kinds that will keep the nerves as we may say superconscious and that will keep the muscles from rigidity. Nothing is more fatal to fine pistol shooting than the practice of gripping the piece as in a vice—pistols shot from a vice never shoot as straight as the mob expects. When the shooter finds that his scores do not come up to lively expectations, let him look into himself. Constantly deter- mine during the making of each und every shot where the trouble lies; see if at one time it is uncontrolled flinching, or at an- other the jerkings of the trigger, or what not? fvery one will find that, only in the Proportion of their intimate consciousness of the progressive stages of each shot made can they come to he reliable shooters. a HIGH-FLYERS ON MARS. Possibility of 1 Race of Semi-Angels Living There. From the North American Review. If the attraction of the earth were less powerful our winged trites might have re- celved a much greater development. In virtue of the unquestionable principle known as “the struggle for existence,” thes? winged creatures, dominating all others, would have bcen the strongest. Progress would have been effected along this line. The svperior race, the human race, would have been a winged race. These simple considerations, which it may be easy to extend much further, are enough to convince us that our human form is essentially terrestrial, and that the inhab itants of Mars cannot resemble us. They are different. Upon Mars, for example, one might sup- pose, withcut scientific heresy, that the re- markable lightness of their bodies may have developed the winged race more high- ly in the direction indicated, and that the inhabitarts of this plaret may have re- ceived the privilege of flight. Does this amount to saying that, for this reason, they must recessarily have the form of birds? No. The bats, are they not mammals which suckle thelr young? Is it saying, then, that we must imagine them under this form? Not at all. May they not rather be like dragon fies flutter- ing in the air above the lakes and the ca- nals? As to this point we can imagine every- thing and prove nothing. It is even highly probable that the reality is something ab- solutely different from all our terrestrial conceptions. On the one hand the lightness of ihe Martian beings is favorable of their winged constituticn. On the other hand, how- ever, the atmosphere is hardly well fitted to sustain them. But still we recall that terrestrial zoology furnishes instances of birds which are very heavy, such as con- Gers and the vultures, and these are just the ones which fly hizhest in the most rare- fied regions of our atmosphere; they have been observed even above the summits of the Himalayas, the Andes ard the Cordil- leras, at elevations of from meters (27,000 to 30,000 feet), where they can still soar freely, thanks to the enor- mous spread of the!r wigs. Nor must we lose sight of the fact that a human being weighing 70 kilograms (134 pounds) w weigh no more than 26 kilo- grams (56 pounds) if transported to the globe of Mars. PRIDE IN BIG CALVES. Increase of Cycling Has Injured the Clothing Trade. From the New York Press. Charles F. Reichers, president of the United Garment Workers, who has just | returned from a western trip, declares that there is a great depression in the clothing trade throughout the country, due to the great number of bicycle riders who wear knee trousers. According to the doctors, men’s legs are becoming less scrawny with the use of the bicycle, and, as the masculine element is proud of a bulging calf, there is no doubt but that knee breeches will in time supersede the hideous trousers. What's so rare as a day in June! and what so brave as a pair of shapely calves! A few years ago a feeble attempt at the renaissance in respect to full dress was made by the young swells of the uptown clubs, but it failed dismally. There was reason for the failure in the ridiculously attenuated legs which the proposed return to knickerbockers would have disclosed. But bicycles now have worked a change. Mr. Reichers says: “The cheap and shoddy bicycle suits will soon go, and will give way to rich and fanciful costumes. Many manufac- turers are thinking seriousiy of putting large quantities of knee breeches on the market next season to take the place of the unsightly and unserviceable trousers Reger Williams’ Watch. ‘R. N. Saunders in Springfield Republican. Regardiess of the fact that it has been more or less in use for over 250 years, that encient timepiece, Roger Williams’ watch, is in an excellent state of preservation, and at present a thorough cleaning is all that 4s necessary to put it in running order. The only sign of past ill-usage and cxternal disrepair is at the hour hand, which some- how, in recording the trying hours and hard times through which it has. passed, has lost its tip. The watch, which is of tilver, is somewhat larger than the urdi- uary gentleman's watch in style at pres- ent. It ts open-faced, and the double cases, into the inner of which the works are hing- €d, are perfectly plain. The face nas two dials, on the upper and smalier of which the hours and minutes are recorded, and on the lower, which inters2cts the other and covers a large porticn of the face, the sec- onds are marked by a very large hand. The disproportionate size of this hand is suggestive of the importance which many of the old philosophers placed on the smali- The works are peculiar and of English make, and the neine plate bears the words ‘Richards, London;” the number is 8,757. The cases have the 014 “sterling” Hon nnd anchor with the initial ““&” stamped on the inside, and one of the distinctive marks which confirms proof of former ownership is a deeply cut ““W” on the inside of the other case. ‘To the watch is appended a closely woven brass chain which secures at one extremity a bunch of old seals—one, a cornelian, whose impression makes the relievo of a bear, the sign of the Narragansett tribe: an. other leaves the likeness of Roger Williams himself; a_third, of steel, the likeness of Governor Winthrop, and the fourth, which is of flint, was the private seal of Phoebe Waterman, a granddaughter of Roger Wil- liams. The watch and the seals form a collection over which one may spend an hour full of the — interest. The au- thenticity of the Telics is beyond question, as they have come down through the fam_ ily in a line unbroken from Roger Williams to their present owners, his great-zreat- granddaughters, Misses Avis and Mary Wil- hams Jenkins of Hudson, N. Y. The Value of Hypnotism. From the Cleveland Loader, “I can’t understand how it is that young Swiftleigh manages to dress so well. Cer- tainly his salary doesn’t warrant it.” “Oh, that’s easily accounted for. He's a hypnotist.” “But what has hypnotism te do with a man’s clothes?” “Why, every time he wants a new sult he makes his tailor believe that he’s going to pay for the-ald ones.” 000 to 9,000 | SALTING § ‘ZOCAL GOLD MINB. # Colorado Mizie/ Methods Applied to a New York; Soda Fountal From the New ka World. With the advént of spring, gentle spring, comes the o1 lght on the soda water fountain, the strget buttermilk man end corner lemonade. Sometimes the onslaught comes just beféré spring, and the weather has nothing to“dé with it. That was what happened on 3d avenue one cold day re- cently. eal A man tn that heighborhood had a new soda water stand°for sale. It seemed to be in the right place for generous patronage, but the rent jwas coming due and the weather was uncertain. But how is a man to dispose of a sbda water stand that has few or no customers? The proprietor found a solution. He had a gold mine without any gold: he would do a3 others had done in a similar situation in the far away re- gions of Colorado—he would “‘salt it.” Now, “salted” claims are worked off on confiding purchasers every day in New York. if the claim happens to be a non- paying saloon customers are hired to come and patronize it during the selling season. That is to say, they are furnished the financial wherewithal to come in every now and then and to bring their friends in and buy drinks. There are plenty of customers to be had in this way. When it is a non- paying restaurant or junch room, the “salt- ing" process is worked the same way. A cleverly “salted” place can in this way be shown to be doing a guod run of business. Of course, 2s soon as the sale is made, the business falls off at once, when there is nothing left for the new proprietor but to lose money, shut up, or “salt” the place for some other “tenderfoot.” There are places in this city which have been “salt- ed” half a dozen times. Our enterprising soda water man con- tracted with some twenty or thirty chil- dren of both sexes in his neighborh70d to buy soda water at his stand for one week, putting out about a peck of pennies and nickels in the investment. His youthful customers were to come in so many times a day and hand this boodle in for the ef- fervestent stuff, so the loss would, all, be only the cost of the material, is not much. Barring the fact that some of these youngsters were inclined to blow in everything the first day, things weat all right. But the weather had not been taken into account; it turned cold. To the evi- dent astonishment of the “tenderfoot” the run on the fountain continued unabated in fact, grew stronger and more france. He couldn't nd why anybody should of such a veritavle gold mine While he was c a small but knowing six-year-old c: and sai me in sir; 1 want some more pen. es.” “Pennies? Pennies queried the nervous of course! You didn’t give with, me as much as you did the rest, anyhow!” That stand is still for sale. es Lending Up to It. From the Detroit Fr ress. He had been taking as many of -his meals down town as possible, and happening in caly at odd intervals, as a mar always does when there is work around the house that he might do in connection with the spring cleanirg. “Orlando,” she said, “I hay> been brush- ing the moths out of your military uni- form.” “I'm much obliged, I'm sur. “Ft reminded me that I hadn't heard y say anything about your rifle practi some time. rot?” of course.” for Yon are keeping it up, are you deal by this time? “Improved? Well, I should say se. I can hit the buli's-eye at 20 yards more times than any other man in the company “That's splendid. I wish 1 could see you do it. But, of course, you wouldn't want me following you around everywhere.” “Perhaps it wouldn't be best.” Tl tell you what you migkt do” “What is it?" | “You might come home early tomorrow afterncon and let me see how many times i> succession you van hit the head of a car- | pet tack with the hammer, It seems sim- ple, but you know, dear, you used to have a great deal of trotble doing even that. and I should so like to sec how you have im- proved!” soo Conversation Alphabets. From the Chicago Record “Did you ever hear of the girl who made up a conversational alpnabet?” asked the girl in blue ore morning, after we had come to be really acquainted. obliged to entertain a great many sirang- | ers, and, as she was not a ready talker, she made a little catalogue of subjects to talk about, and under each topic arranged thoughts aad fancies of her own. She kept adding to it, a littl: at a time, till she had a variety of topics and could be bright and entertaining about any of them.” “And did she begin at the beginning and inflict the whole collection, in alphabetical order, upon each victim? And what did she do if she met him a second ume?" No; she tried cne topic and then an- other until sh> found something that would make her companion talk. This is the true secret of being entertaining, don't you think so? Of course she exercised her dis cretion, and chose topic: able to the victim smiling about “It reminds me of a dcctor trying new remedies on his patients!” ever mind. I am gcing to try it my- that seemed suit- And now what are you —— Get Him Into Jail. From Up-to-Date. Seedy Sam (to teller at bank)—‘“‘Ken yer change this here ten-dollar bill for me? Fine-lookin’ feller give it to me down th’ street; said he thought maybe it would get Mme out of town.” Teller (cheerfully)—‘It will; it’s a coun- terfeit.” cee Where the Disgrace Came In. From Vanity. Mrs. Bigwad—“It must be terribly em- barrassing to be as poor as the Joneses— they never give anything to charity.” Mr. Bigwad—“But we don’t, eithe Mrs. Bigwad—“Well, they can't say that it is because we haven't got it to give.” A Visit of Condolence, From Fliegende Blatter. tating | proprietor. “What for?’ “What for!" exclaimed the child, con- | temptuously. “Why, to buy soda water | “And you must have improved a great ! “She was | {much ease as those who can see. Superior Merit. REMARKABLE CURATIVE PROPERTIES OF A NEW REMEDY FOR INDIGESTION AND STOMACH WEAKNESS. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, a new preparation for the cure of dyspepsia and the various forms of in- digestion and stomach trouble, owes its great suc- cess as a cure for these troubles to the fact that it is prepared for disease and weaksess of the stomach and digestive organs ONLY and 1s not recommended or advised for any other disease. It fs not @ cure-all, but for any stomach trouble It is undoubtedly the SAFEST, most tensible remedy that can be advised with the prospect of a perma- nent cure. It is prepared in tablet form, pleasant to taste, composed of vegetable and fruit essences, pure pepsin and Golden Seal, every one of which acts effectively in digesting the food eaten, there! resting and invigorating the weak stomach; REST is nature's cure for any disease, but you cannot rest the STOMACH unless you put into thing that will do its work or assist in the di tion of food. ‘That is exactly what Stutrt’s Dys- “psia Tablets do, one grain of the digestive prin- ple contained in them will digest 3,000 grains of meat, eggs or similar wholesome foods. ‘They will digest the food whether the stomach ix in working order or not, thereby nourishing the body and rest- ing the stomach at the same time, and REST and NOURISH: fs nature's cure for any ness. In persons ran down in flesh and appetite these tablets bufid up the strength and increase flesh, because they digest flesh-forming foot, w some- the weak stomach cannot do; they ine flow of gastric juice and prevent ferm: acidity and sour wat isings. Stuurt’s Dyspepsia Tablets can be found at all drug stores at 50c. per package. CRIPPLED, BUT LIVELY. exe, but He C: Take Care of Himseli From the New York Wosld, It is a well-known fact that nature makes partial amends for the loss of one faculty by strengthening those left to us. The loss of sight is fullowed by an extra- ordinary acuteness of the sense of sound. There are several blind men well known about New York who thread the crowded sections of Brcadway h apperently as They go about fearlessly, ignoring the of cable cars, trucks and trolleys without even the assistance of the tralitional dog, trusting wholly in the sound of the staif avement. a cripple who haunts the vicin- ity of Tist street and Ist avenue, propelling nimself on a crude little board’ on wheels by means of his hands. His withered limbs are twisted up beneath nim, ureless | from birth. his powerful azms take the place of both legs and feet. He can roll along through the crowded thorough- feres, cross the streets and dodge the trucks and trams with as’ elerity and certaint He is known to the en- tire neighborhood, and bi practically tne boss of the wary seem to have much respect for his judgment on incir various affairs, and he is consult ften as a Tammany leader. Scm the street urchins attermpt to ta. rties with him. ‘They never do twiee. He has a way of suddenly hop- ping off his board on his hands, with a leap like that of a kangaroo, und grab- bing a boy by the leg and shaking all the courage out of him, which has carned him Une respect of the kno ones. He can whip a man twice his size and weight. All he wants is to get his cnemy within reach, and it is done. Being bigh- strung and quick-tempered, his fighting qualities have been frequently tested. The young roughs of the neighborhood are in deadly fear of those arms. There is not much sympathy wasted on that you may readily Left-Handed Animals. From Popular Science News. There seems to be evidence that some ani- mals at least are left-handed, Parrots grasp 2nd hold food with the left claw. Livingstone stated that hons struck with the left paw; he taught that all animals are left-handed. David S. Jordan, who has been shaking hands with parrots to verify this observation, firds that the left-handed habit may be indyced in parrots frpm the fact that in offering one’s finger for the parrot to grasp it is usually that of the right hand. The parrot therefore puts his left claw forward. df the left finger be of- fered the parrot will put forward the right | foot. He says, however, that there is ap- parently a small preference for the left foot, but this he accounts for on the ground that left-fcotedness is most always in- duced in parrots from the fact that those who offer the finger or food to the par- rot ustally do so with the nght hand. Repetition of this process, it would seem, tends to make the parrot more or less left footed. “Good Order” Society in Jail. From the Maysville (Ky.) Bulletin, A rather remarkable state of affairs ex- ists in the Maysville jail. There are about twenty-five prisoners now contined there, some of them awaiting trial for the worst of crimes. These prisoners have formed a “good order” society, and organized a mock court to punish offenders. Fred Bass, who shot and killed Orth Gambia, was chosen judge, and Laughlin, who killed his wife and niece near Augusta, is sheriff. They have adopied laws against spitting on the floor, boisterous conduct, using vile or profane language, etc., and these are strictly enforced. Offenders are whipp: with a strap. Garrett Breckinridge, awa’ ing trial for murder, is the executioner. Jailer Johnson says the society has effected @ remarkable improvement in the conduct of the prisoners. The noise they formerly made greatly annoyed a young lady who very sick at her home on 4th street, Just south of the jail, and Mr. Johnson told them this, and his complaint result- ed in the organization of the society. The society details two of its members to clean up cells each day. See et Miss Nightingale. From the Chicago Tribune. Florence Nightingale was seventy-six years old on May 15. Born in Florence, she was named after her birthplace. Her father was William E. Nightingale of Em- bly Park, Hampshire, and Lea Hurst, Der- byshire; and Florence, the younger daugh- ter, was, with her sister, Frances Parthen- hope, who married Sir Harry Verney, and died in 18W, bis co-heiress. Besides the historic part’ Florence Nightingale played in the Crimean war, she will always be known as the friend and supporter of the Governesses’ Institution in Harley street, London, and as the writer of many valus- ble books on nursing. The testimonial fund of £04k” contributed by a grateful country after the Crimean campaign in honer of the “Lady with the Lamp” Miss Nightingale ded over for the founda- tion of @ nurses’ training and employment institution. Delicate health has made Miss Nightingale live quietly for many years, but she has ever been at work for the good of others. —+e+-— rdly Knew Himself. From London Judy. “Why, you're a rew man—they you out of all reccgnition.” “Y-e-e—he, he—es, the first time I looked in the glass I only krew myself by my voice.” ve shaved Mr. A. H. Cramsby of 158 Kerr street, Memphis, Temn., writes that his wife had cancer which had caten two large holes in ber breast, and which the best physiclans of the surrounding country treated, and Pronounced incurable. Her grand- motLer and aunt had @ied of Cancer ‘aii when told this, the most emineat specialists of New York, under whose treatment she was placed, declared he case was hopeless. AN treat T™ment having fafled, she was given up to die, 8. 3. 5) was recom mepded, and, astonishing as it may Seem. a few bottles cured her sound and well. Our treatise on this disease will be sent free to any address. SWIFT SPECIFIO CO., este, (Ga. cripple, | RAILROADS. RAILROADS. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. Station a2 ae ‘ANIA Apes ‘and Observation Oars Hartiabirg to fsteag, Cimcinnati Todt St. Louis, Cleveland and Toledo. "Buffet lor Car to Harrisburg. 10:30 AM. F. LIXE.—Pullman Buffet Parlor Cor to Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car, Harris- burg to Pittsburg. salman uilet° Parlor “Car to tarrisbaes- = r) fet to “ Flecping aud Dining Cars, Harrisburz to St Loufs, Cineinuata, Luisvilie. and Chicas. 1:10 PM. WESTERN EXPRESS.—Pullman Steep. {oR Car to Chicago and Harrisburg to Clevela: a F to Chicago. 7:10" PAC. "SOUMMWESTERN EXPRESS.—Pollman Sleeping and Ding Cars to St. Louis and Sleep- ing Car Harrisburg’ to Cincinnatt. 10:40 P.M. PACIFIC EXPRESS.—Pullman Sleep- Car to Pittsburg. ‘50 A.M. for Kane, Canandaigua, Rochester and Magara Falls daily except Sunday. 10:30 A.M. for Elmira and Renovo, daily, day. For Lock Haven week dars and’ Wilt: Jamsport Sundays, 3:40 P.M. 10 PM. for Willlamsport, Rochester, Buffalo and Niagara Falls daily, exeept Saturday, with Sleep- ing Cac Wastington to Suspension Bridge via But- falo. 10:40PM. for Erte, Canandaigua, Ro-bester, Buf- falo and Niagara Falls daliy, Sleeping Car Wasb- ington to Eluilra, rok PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK AND THE AST. 4:00 P.M. “CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED. all Parlor Cars, with Regular at 7:60 «Dh (ining Car), and Auington) A.M; 12:45, 3:15, 4: 11-36 P.M.” Om Sunday, 7:00 (1 9:00, 11:00 isang Car from HEB, 3:16, 4:20, 6:40, 10:00 and 11 Pa ia only, Fast Express, eye. oto week-dagi, 2 P.M. daily. For Boston, without’ change, A.M. weekdays, and 3:15 P.M. daily. Atlantic City (ig Delaware Kiver Bridce, 111-rail route), 3:15 P.M. dally: (vin Market Street Fer- 39:00, °11:00 ‘A.M. and 13-45, M. Adlantic Casst Line. Express for Richmond, peints on Atlantic Const Line. 4:30 AM, 3:46 P.M. @atly. Richmond and Atlanta, 8:40 °P.M. daily. Richmond only, 10:57 A.M. week da: Acegmmodation for Quantico, 7:4 2: dany, ana 45, 10:57, 5:00, 5:37, t 6:43, 10 and 10: ner Fifteenth and s, and ation, Sixth and B streets, where orders can be left foc the checking of buzgage to destina- tion from hotele and residences, S.M. PREVOST, JR. woop, General Manager. General ‘Pass. Agt. my20 BALTIMORE AND O3110 RAILROAD. June 15, TS96. Leave Washington from Station ‘corner of New Jersey avenue and © street por Chicago and Nurthwest, fhuled Limited 8:05 p.m. ‘Louis ji (isburg and Cleveland, Express am. and K40-pin = Springs, Cumberland, Deer Park, Park, Uakiand and Grafton, Fast pam. on aud Staunton, 11:30 a.m. chester and way stations, 15:30 p.m, For Luray, Natural Bridge, Roanoke, Knoxville, Chattanooga’ Memphis and New Orleans, Pem., dail jeeping Cars through. F » 3:45 p.m. datiy. eck days, 5-00, 6:30, 3 x9:30 ints, week days, 33, 880, Sa a.m., 1:15, 5:35, nd was points, 29:00 ins stopping at prin- 30 p.m. For Bay Ridge, week 18 a.m. and 4:25 p.m. Sundays, 9235 a.m., and From Bay Ridge, week’ dare, 6:15 and way 50, 3:00, 4 am, ¢:i5 cipal stations only. S315 p.m. Sundays, 8:00 and 8:15 p. ROYAL BLUE LINE FoR NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA. AN trains Mumisated with Pinisch Nght. For Philadelphia, New York, Boston and the East, week days, 7:00, 7:05. 8:60 (10:00 a.m. Din- ing Gar), 12:00, 12:35, 5 Sar), 8:00 Car “open at "10:00 ing Car), (9:00 a.m. Dining Car), 3:00 6:05. Dining night; Sleeping Car open for pas- m4. sengers 10:09 p. Buffet Parlor Cars on all trains. For Atlantic Cits, 10:00 a.m., 12:00 noon. Sun- days 12:35 p.m. aDaily. Sunday only. Except Sunday. xExpress train. Bazeage called for amd checked from hotels and residences by Union Transfer Company on orders left at ticket offices, G19 Pennsylvania avenue borthwest, New York avenue and Fiftecuth street, and at De WM. B. CHAS. 0. SCULL, Jes. Gen. Pass. Agt. SOUTHERN RaILWaY, PIEDMONT alt LINE: Schedule im effect June 14, 1898, AM] trains arrive aod leave at Pennsyivania pas- senger station. 8:00 A.M.—Daily.—Local for Danville. Gcunects t Mana: for Strasburg, daily except Suiday, and at Lynchburg with the Norfolk and. Wester, daily, and with the Chesapeake and Ohio dally for the Natural Bridge and Clifton Turge. 11:15 A-M.—Dails.—THE UNITED STATES PAST MAIL. Carries Pullman Buffet Sleepers. New York ington to Jacksonville, burs with Pallman Sleeper tn nd Hot ings, Knoxville and Chattanooga, Tenn harlotte with Pullman Sleeper for August also Pullman Sleeper New York to New Orleans, via Montgomers, connecting at Atlanta with Pull: man ‘Sleeper for Birmingham, “Memphis and St, 4:01 P.M.—Local for Front Rosal, Riverton apd Stresburg, dally, except Sunday. 421 PM Dally Tocal for Gharlottervilie, 10:43 P.M.—Daily.— WASHINGTON AND SOUTH- WESTERN VESTIBULED LIMITED, composed of Pullman Vestivaled Sleepers, Dining Cavs and Day Graches, | Pullman Sleepers New Nork’ to Ashe ville and Hot Springs, via Charlott w York to Memphis, ria Birming- ‘ork to New Orleums, vin Atinata mind Montgomery. Vestibaied Day Coach Washington to Atanta. Southern Railway Diaing Car Greensboro joutgomery. ATAS ON WASHINGTON AND OHIO DIVIS- ION leave Washington 9:01 a.m. dally, 1:00 p.m. and 4:43 p.m. daily, except Sunday, and 6:25 p.m. Sandars only for Round Hill, 4:32 'p.m. daily, ex- cept Sunday. for Leesburg, and 6:25 daily for Hernden, “Returning, arrive at Washington 8:26 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. daily. and 3:00 p.m. daily e1 cept Sunday, from Itound HM. 7:06 a.m. daily, cept Sunday, from Herndcn. a.m. daily, er- cept Surday, from Leesburg. rouzh trains frwm the south arrive at Wash- 42. a.m. . daily. saas Division, ‘Sup dar, and 8:40 a.m. duiy from Charlottesville. ‘Tickets, Sleeping Car reservation and informa- tion furnished at offices, 511 and 1300 Pennsylvania avenue, and at Pennsylvania railroad passenger station, ‘W. H. GREEN, General Supt. I, M. CULP, Frame Manager. A. TURK, Gen. Pass. Agent. L. S. Brown "Gen. Avent Pass. Dept. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY. TEROUGH THR GKANDZST SCENERY AMERICA, ALL TRAINS VESTIBULED, ELECTRIC LIGHTED, STEAM HEATED. ALL MEALS SERVED IX DINING CARS sT4- TION SIXTH AND B STREETS. Schedule in effect May 17, 1806, 2:20 P.M. DAiLY—Ciwcinwati aud St. Louts Spe- eial— Solid train for Cincintatl — Pullman sle~pers to Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville, Indiavapolis ail St. Louis without change, Connects at Cov- ington, Va., for Mot Springs. Parlor cars Cin- cionati to Chicago, 1g EM. Dally FF. V. Limited Solid trata for lociunati. man fo LExmgton vod Loulerille| withecr changer Pelt. man Sleeper to Virginia Hot Sprit without change, Tuesdays, Thursdays apd Saturdays. Daily convection for the = Observation car, Sleepers Cincinnati to Chic and St. Louis. 10:57 AM., EXCEPT SUNDAY—Via Bichmond for Old Point’ and Norfolk. Only rail line. 2:20 P.M. D*iILY—For Gordonsville qilg, Stauton and for Richmond, datty, Hescrvations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio offices, 513 and 1421 Pennsylvania avenve, 1110 F at. nw., and ax the station. H.W. FULLER, General Passenger Agent. STEAM CARPET CLEANING TO HAVE YOUR CARPETS THOROUGRLY cleaned send postal or telephone ALBERT KAIT- LERT & CO.,"Incproved Steaw, Carpet Cleaners; Address office, 1720 Pa. 5 rks, 1085-67 28th st. Moth M. NEWMIER, 4 aplG-tt MEDICAL NO FEE UNTIb CURED. ” Dr. Leatherman, ist Yn ail forms of epecial diseases. arocele, Varicocel le and Stricture cared, Consultation free. Hours, 10 5; Tue Se ee TSS 602 F N.W. 1m? Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Railway, From Station, 133 St. and Pa. Ave. FOR ALEXANDRIA’ sDaily, except Sunday.) , 6:30, 7, 8 9, 10, 1) 12 1, 2 3, 4,5, 6, 5, 9. 10, 11, 12 p.m. SUNDAYS—¥, 10, 11, 12 a.m. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 0 ANDRIA. (Datly, except 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 am. 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 10. 11 ‘p.m, SUNDAYS 9, 10:2 4:10, 5.10, 6:10, MOUNT ‘VERY ails 1,2, 3 p.m. VERNON AND WAY STATIONS. Pally, except Sunday p.m. FOR ARL 10, 11, MA 35 am. 10:50 pm. WNT VE GEO. R. PHIL Gen. Pass. Ag OCEAN TRAVEL. Anchor ‘Line UNITED STATES MAIL 81) Gen. Manager. OF ROME, 260 nid upward. $10 S in, $50 and $30 and $35. DUARTS AT LOWEST CURK or G. W. MOSS, DROUP, "925 Pa. ?ANADIAN uishipe sailing fry 1 Javan asx» Chin ETAERLANDS LINE. From New York to Kotterdam via Bou! Frarce, 8% hours frow Paris or La 3 #2. 00; second cabin, $85 00, to Gi 1 Oto app Broadwa incton, D. C.G. : ave; EF. DBUOP & SON, 925 Pi CRANE, PARRIS & ©0., Ebbitt Mouse. mil0-tuah&s-11.tt American Line. New York-Southampton (London-Parts) Twin-screw U.S. Mull S Sailing every VW 24. St. Louis. Jane 24, 10 am St t.Jduly ork-July 8, 10 am St. Louis. Red Star L Sorth River. re, 6 Bowling Green, . W. MOSS, Agent, 921 Penn. ave. __ HOTELS. ‘This list appears on Saturday, HOTELS OF THE WORLD. Booklets and Hotel Pocket Guide Gratis at the HOTEL TARIFF BUREAU, @ Firth ave., New York. 86 Regent st., London, 248 Rue de Rivoli, Paris. HOTEL INFORMATION FREE. (A. P. means American Plan; E. P., Buropean.) ALBANY, N.Y..Stanwix Hall, E.P., $1; A.P., $3 up ASBURY PARK, N. J.....Caleman House, A.P., 34 Hotel Brunswick,now open,A.P.,88 to $5 - West End Hotel, open June 2), AP., $4 ++++--Hotel Columbia, A-P., $3 to $5 (Largest) Ocean Hotel, A.P., $4 ae. Hotel Lafayette, AT, $3 up ATLANTIC CITY....The Rudolf, E.4&A.P., $3.50 up @eading Hotel, directly on beach, grand sea view.) ATLANTIC CITY,N.J. The Garden Hotel. EP.,$2 up QMost magnificent Hotel on Atiantic coast.) ATLANTIC CITY. The Algonquin, E.P..$1; 4.82 do. Desworth Hotel, BALTIMORE, MD. ‘The Stafford, do ‘The Carrollion, A. P BOSTON, Mam. Hotel Vexdome, AP, $5 a Copley Sq. Hotel, ~American # $1 up Columbia, now ope $4005 BROOKLYN, N.Y Hotel SUGeorge,EP.$1; AP_$3 do..<J. W. Blake) Carendon Hotel, EP. $1.50 BUFFALw, AD. do. AD, $8 to CAPE M. . $1; AP_$3 up do. rine Villa, AP, $3 to $6 do. Hotel Lafusette, AP. $8 to $4 do. Windsor Hotel, A’, $3 up torla Hotel, AP, $3 10 CINCINNATI, Ohio. .Grand Hotel, E.P., $1; A.P., 68 OOLD SPRING HARBOUR, N. ¥......The Glenada -The Mannatwuket, AP. ‘50 minutes from New York, tel. Open all year. AP, $4 . J.-Hotel Wasbington, E.P..§1.50 N.¥..W.W.Lrowa) Lake Ho., AP., $3.50. ad Fort Wm. Henry Hotel, AP., $4 do. The Sagamore, AP, $4 do. Marion Honse, A.P., $3 up do. Hundred Island House, A.P., $3 MINGTON SP $1.50 POUL, England ....Comp:on Hotel, AP., $3 Hotel Cecil, E. -The 4angham, E. -Hotel Metrepale, do. - LONG BEANCH, do. Atlantic Hotel, AP. MALVERN, Eng...The Abtey Hotel qolf), AP, $4 MANCHESTER, Mass, MILWAUKEE, Wis Htl.Mtister,E. P.$8.50 NARRAGANSETT PI w Mathewson, AWP.8 8 us, AL, $4 10 $6 ‘The Massanit, A, $3 to $4 do. Revere House, a.P., $3 and $3.50 MEW HAVEN, Conn... Hotel Majestic, AIP, $3 up (New, palatial, roof garde ¥ LONDON,Conn, Fort Griswold Bouse, (W.Leland,jr.),Qcean House, nel Aquidneck, A.P., The Brunswick, do. The Plaza Hot d0.(W.F Leland) The Windsor, <W. Jobuson Quinn) The do. (E11th st.) Albert do. do. 5, Ea, 81 up AD. $5.59 NIAGARA FALLS. Caiaract Hoase OCEAN CITY,N3. Brighton, AP, $2.50 up OCEAN CITY, Md.....Atlantic Motel, A., $8 up OCEAN GROVE, N.J..."The Ariiugton, A.P., $83 ap PAKIS, France. -Hotel Continental, E.P., do. rand Hi PHILADELPHIA, -Continental Hotel, do....The New Lafayette, E.P., $1; AP. $3 do. The New Walton, E.P., $2 -Aldine Hotel, AP., $3.60 do. +-Hotel Hanover, A.P., $2.50 up RICHMOND, Va The Jefferson, A.D, $5 up ROCHESTER, ~The Livingston, A.P- do... ew Osburn House, AP., $2.50 SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.Grand Union Hotel, $4 up. AP. ao. SAUSALITO, Cal. nlted States Hote Hotel El Monte, SAYBROOK POINT, Conn..Feuwick Hall, a P., § SPRING LAKE BEACH, N.J.Monmouth H.,A.P.34 ST. LQUIS,MO.(frep'f) Southern Hotel, A.P.,83 to § g -{fireproof) ‘The St. Nicholas, EP., $2 -Murray Hill, A.P., $4 Arlington Hotel, A.P., § -The Shoreham, ormandie, do ‘The Raleign, E.P., $1.60 up de. Ebbitt House, AP. $4 Page, EP., $2; Ar. $ hens THE RALEIGH, Cor. Penn. ave. and 12zh st. EUROPEAN PLAN. A SLUTELY FIREPROOF. An clegant restaurant for gentlemen and indies. Also a luxurious cafe for gentlewen. Prive’ diving rooms and banquet balls. Prompt service; first-class ‘cuisine. Special atteution given to ties after the theater. 5-tt T. 3. TALTY, Manager.