Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1898, Page 9

THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1898—16 PAGES. SH. B. WILLIAMS &e., 7th and D Sts. well New Fall >signs Parlor Suites. in ng such “cheap a cor buy It we are it is worthless and then t weiss at a higher these grades of g their low price: ct $14 $18 Er Mequette ell S-plec Im pestry Parlor 5 $22 Rich New 5-piece Tapestry G5e.5 Wa D +04 B. Williams, 7thé& wil Red-flag prices outdone] Wheels | absurdly priced. , ind mn Bic this I we'll * TAPPAN & 1 atu OLF. are all the down- . Here date © for t —esve: the “link: eadily maybe we ean tell you thes to ke bad. alford’s 2 stores, and also “477” Pa. Ave. ae ee eee eeereeereeeeeoces . . . ° . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e eocccecen ececccce pan Gere Lovers of will find at our establishment the largest and most complete erbibit of Fine China choice articles in } Porcelain and and ae | Crystal Glass to be found anys whete. Fifth Avenue and 30th St., Rew Vork. selT-s&w2m in the method its growth. . all-wool, fast-color fabrics— reliable workmanship—perfect - treatment and low e you are! to order as low as $15.50, rs guarantee goes with London” shrink all our thod employed only by 1 tailors. Send for sam- eli-me: ent guide. ngs till 9. e. N.W. o aoe wsaLy LLGLULY r works of reference. als of this city. Write Sleeping Machines. From Tit Bi ments have h some curfous “sleep machin > will some! sult from fatigue of the »yes. Looking at tree: er objects as we rush along in the frequently dus off." ous gentleman has produced a It is a bex sur- panels, on» above volving horizontally in oppo- The are studded ors that throw upon the retina a ting flood of twinkling light. ailar edfect is produced by staring at ball placed high above th» head, go ne slight strain ls caused by staring m mad> levices recently in the shape of mes re- er apparatus for causing drowsiness d of clamps for squeezing the arter- ding to the orain. The clamps re- main in position for less than half a min- ute, and by that time the suff-rer from in- scmnia has been placed in a state of som- polence by the decreased flow of blood to the brain. Stili another method is to arrange an electric battery in th> bed so that a mild electric current acts upon the spine. eee The Meddler.—advt, LATE SPORTING NEWS Senators Scheduled for a Double Header Today. RAIN STOPPED YESTERDAYS GAME Training Plans of the Local Team for Next Spring. AGAIN CHAMPION —— BOSTON Today's Schedule and Weather. hington at Brooklyn—cloudy. timore at Boston—rain. Priladelphia at New York—cloudy. Pittsburg at St. Louis—cloudy. he Clubs. Clubs. 3, Philadelphia Pittsburg... {eos | Louisville $ Brookly nington. ~ Louis. Clubs. Boston. Chic New York. The Washingtons and Brooklyns endeav- i to pull off another game yesterday at rooklyn, but rain stopped the contest in the third inning, with the score 1 to 0 in the Grooms. Both clubs were playing well when rain came. Freeman had executed a sensational catch in right field favor of and Win Mercer had already made two safe hits, bunts s ully placed along the third-base line. In going down to second aft making the second safe hit Mercer turned his ankie in exactly the same way as did Selbuch some weeks ago, the bag The sprain is quite re ene and Mercer will hardly be in the game again this season. Jake Gettman Was immediately teiegraphed for from the oklyn grounds and he left for that city last night. Reitz has recovered from his attack of “Charley horse’? and went along with Gettman, the latter going: into center, the former resuming his old posi- tion, and Wrigley will be given another chance at short. While playing the sec- ond bag the szilor boy had not an error against kim. ‘Two games will be n today. ng under his toc Philadelphia, 4; New York, 3. The Phillics mde a great finish yester- day on their own grounds with the New Yorks, making four runs in their last turn at the bat and winning by 4 to Rusie ani Piatt pitched good ball for their clubs, bu: the former's support was the best. R. H. E. 0000000044 0 4 oo0o01101003 10 2 Boston, 4; Baltimore, 2. Eight thousand spectators attended the second game of the series between Boston Raitimore in the former city yester- he Heaneaters winning by 4 to 2. The y thrown ball by Mc- fi is given as the hed his use for the usual fine game. R. 0 3-4 00001012 -000001 +0 Break at Chicago. Two games were played at Chicago yes terday between the Louisvilles and phans,” the latter losing the first game by 4 to 2 but winning the second by 4 to 1. Dowling pitched splendidly for the Colonels in the first game, but Tayior, the new man from Mil did better for the Chic gos in the s holding the visitors down to one hit. -r was spiked and forced out of the second game and Dahl Right Fielder Green made a home run in each game. FIRST GAME. H. HE: 10001000906 ame | 2000020004 n 0 SECOND GAME. RB. H. Ey -0 0 103.4 6 3 -0010001 1 2 St. Louis, 7; Pittsburg, 3. The game 1t Louis yesterday went to the credit of the home club, the Pitts) ucgs suffering defeat by 7 to 3. Tha Pirates made four runs in the eighth inning, but the St. Louis club could not play out their half and the game went k to the sev- enth, which gave the victory to the Browns R. H. E sburg -100002047 10 4 St. Louis -0102040x7 10 3 Base Ball Briefs. The Senators begin a series in Philadel- phia tomorrow. Yesterday's defeat robs the Baltimores of almost their last chance to win the cham- pionship. The birds will have to win every ame rem¢ ton will to be play pl The three games «* in their schedule and Bos- ve to lose six out of ten games 1 to land the Orioles in first h Boston next Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday will be the last in Washington for thi: The probabilities are t every game will be placed under the head of “Ladies’ Day. resulting in a cordial farewell to the Se tors ager Irwin has given it out that he mble the Washington players in h 15 and immedi- Thomasville, Gz son y 1, and should ase the Senators will work in which to get thei 1. During this ( be tried out thorough: club oy in Washington be In the position they will 1. barring accident the newly acquired § n, was tied with Doug- in the first basemen lit, when he Those posted avis to be one of the ague. for » that the s open before rove to six week on the youngsters w: and when the Players wi Ma urth among the t one point below verages, with .054. nt are the only two second d him in stick work Smith stands seventh among the third basemen, lewling such good players as Clingman, McCormick and Collins is the only man in that position that is ahead of him in the batting aver- age: Gettman must have done right field to be at Donovan, th pretty well in id ahead of Pats burg whirlwind, in the averages. {tman'’s percentage {s while Donov: s only 922 to his credi If Manager Irwin can teach Jake to “bunt' Mercer will have to hustle to hold on to the center garden. Cunningham's record of eleven straight tories is the pitching record of the sea- son. Nichols pitched nine straight, then a te, and followed that up with seven more victori Algie McBride, although a left-handed batter, has not hit a half dozen hits into right field this season. He has done the bulk of his hittimg to left and center fields. This is a queer record for a left-handed batter. Next year McBride will be a tower of strength to the Re He has had enough hard luck in the way of accidents and sickness this season to escape trouble next year. ur of the Interstate League champions vill be in the bix league next season. They will be Frank and Bates, with the Cleve- lands; “Tacks” Lattimer, with the New Yorks, and Rosebrough, with the Pitts- burgs. Dayton, Ohio, is pretty busy fur- nishing the big league with talent. Platt and Flick of the Philadelphias hail from the gem city. The National League meeting, which will occur in New York city the 4th of next month, promises to be an interesting one in the matter ef deals and trades. From surface indications there will be a number of players .exchanged this fall. That Cin- cinnati will be in the thickest of the trading mart is evidenced by the statements of President Brush and Captain Ewing that the Cincinnati club is always on the mar- ket for a trade. There may be nothing in /the rumored trade for Jack Taylor of the St. Louis team, but Taylor himself thinks the deal will come to an issue at the annual meeting. Now comes the story that Rusie is to be traded to the Cleveland club for Wallace and Burkett. This may be so, but | it strikes one that Rusie must be very valu- able to “stand off” in a trade two such fine players as the Clevelands’ third baseman and the club's champion batter. It is more than likely that Rusie has played his last season with the New Yorks, but it is hard to say where he will land. ‘It wouldn't be such a strange thing if Big Amie wound up with the Cincinnati club. President Brush has a warm spot in his heart for the hoosier pitcher, and it is a good bet that Rusie would rather play in Cincinnati than in any other city in the league.—Cincinnati Tribune, RIFLE SHOOTING. Match Between the Marines and D. C. Natienal Guard in Prospect. Major Reed of the marine corps, in speak- ing of the splendid marksmanship displayed by the marines who first landed in the cam- paign against Santiago, said that the skill was due to the training they received un- cer the system adopted by the District National Guard Captain Harrington was in command of a detachment of marines at practic on the range at Ordway when he received his orders to proceed with them to Santiago. Having gone through the campaign on land and sea, they do not Pprepose to rest on their laurels, but are meking arrangements to continue their practice, and in addition to the small arms firing it is proposed to place in position at Ordway some rapid-fire guns up to six- pounders, which will be equipped with sub- caliber appliances so that the men may be thoroughly drilled in handling the pieces as well as improving in markmanship. The officers of the corps are so well pleased with the record of their men in practice during.the past year that they are contemplating issuing 2 challenge for a friendly match with a team from the National Guard, to take place the latter part of October. Major Bell is under the impression that he may be able to get to- gether a team, although most of the mem- bers of the brigade team are out of the service. So far as the practice of the pres- ent season is concerned it cannot be sald that the prospect cf a winning team is very encouraging, yet when it is known that there is a chance of gaining glory he has hopes that interest will revive and the proper material found to sustain the repu- tation of the Guard. In this connection he expresses the hope that the members of the Guard who are connected with the Ist Regiment of Volunteers will go to the range and fire thetr scores, while the op- portunity offers. Guns and ammunition are there, and it is thought that those who were too weak heretofore to stand an after- noon's shoot are now in a condition to do go. The trains leave at 12:58 and 2:01 o'clock p.m. each Wednesday and Satur- day, stopping at the range. It would be well for members of the Guard who are ambitious to fill places on the proposed team to take advantage of every occasion offered to obtain practice. It will not be a difficult matter to pick out the men fitted for team work, as z record of all scores made is carefully preserved. District Tennis Cracks. The opening games in the lawn tennis tcurnament for the championship of the District were played yesterday on the ccurts of the Bachelors’ Club, M street be- tween Connecticut avenue and 17th strect. The scores were as follows: L. W. Glaze- breok defeated E. E. Whitney, 60, 6-4; C. R. Wilson defeated H. C. Coburn, 6-2, 6-2; N. T. Wilson defeated C. R. Hills, 6-0, 6-3; J. C. Davidson defeated P. H. S. Cake, 6-1, 62. Intercollegiate Tennis. The seventeenth onnual intercollegiate tennis tournament began at New Haven yesterday afternoon. All the Yale men were defeated In the singles, going down before the Harvard men, with whom they were matched. The matches resulted as follows: Whitman of Harvard defeated Dodge of Yu 6-1, 6-4. Ware of Harvard defeated Allen of Yale, 60, 6-4 F Little of Princeton defeated Wagner of Cornell, 6—3. 6—1. Davis of Ha rd defeated Hackett of Yale, +6, 6-3, 6-4 Little of Princeton defeated Alexander of Princeton, 6—3, G1. Auchincloss of Cornell defeated Linen of Princeton, 7-5, U—13, 6-3. Through the Shenandoah. Frank Godden, Jean J. Crandall and How- ard Fisk, who have been touring through the Shenandoah valley on their wheels, have returned to the city. During the trip they experienced excellent weather and found the roads in good condition. Their objective point was Natural Bridge. At Newmarket a stopover was made for two days and the Luray caverns visited before ecntinuing the journe Wilson No Match for Farrell. The fight between Jack Farrell, colored, of Wilmington and Kid Wilson, white, for- merly of Kansas, but now of this city, at Highlands last night was a disappointment to the large crowd in attendance. Wilson was taller and heavier than Farrell, but was no match for the colored boy in pugi- listic skill, The latter soon took his me: ure, and was steadily beating him into in- sensibility when Wilson resorted to all sorts of foul tactics, including kicking, strangling, etc. The colored boy fought fairly notwithstanding these tactics, and would certainly have knocked Wilson out {f the referee had not finally stopped the fight on a particularly flagrant foul by Wil- son in the fourth round, and awarded the fight to Farrell. In the preliminary bout Fletcher Wright got the decision from John Henson, hletic Club. The Old Glory A. C. held its second an- rual meeting at 908 L street southeast and elected the following officers: Thos. Knoxe, ident; Phil. Kolher, vice president; L. H. Davis, secretary, and Z. Hourske and W. dfeldt, assistant managers. President Knoxe will in all probability put a basket ball team in the field this year. The fol- lowing will be the line-up of the foot bail eleven: pt. Randalle, center or le: end; Hill, center or left end; Hoursk®, left guard; Gatley, left tackle;’ Niedfeldt or King, right guard; Byrd, right tackle: Plume, right end; Moore, left end; S. C. Grau, right halfback; Nolan, left halfback; —>_—_ One Way to Get Married. From the London News. Archduke Heinrich of Austria, it is re- lated in the Kolnische Zeitung, desiring to marry Miss Leopoldine Hoffmann against the will of the emperor hit upon the ex- pedient of arranging for the “passive as- sistance” of a priest, who dared not cele- brate a marriage under pain of the em- peror’s anger. So the archduke gave a banquet, to which he invited the priest. After the soup had been served he rose in his place, on which the guests expected a toast. But the archduke pointing to Miss Leopoldine Hoffmann, pronounced slow! and solemnly the words: “Most reverend, this is my wife.” Miss Hoffmann imme- diately afterward rose in her turn and said: “This is my husband.” According to the theory of “passive assistance” in Germany and Austria these words spoken before a priest rendered the marriage of the pair valid and sacramentally concluded. The emperor was said to be extremely astonish- ed, but could do nothing, for the church says: “What God has joined Jet no man put asunder.” 0+ A New Bullet. From Chambers’ Maguzine. It is not altogether pleasant reading for a man of humane disposition to learn that the war office has adopted a new bullet, on the ground that the ordinary Lee-Metford missile is not deadly enough. Although the Lee-Metford has a terrible long range, it does not disable an enemy as effectively as is thought desirable, men being known to have gone on fighting after half a dozen such bullets have gone through their bodies. Such a bullet, too, has been known to pass through two or three men consecu- tively, penetration being its characteristic rather than shock. The new bullet has the same diameter (.303), length and weight as the Lee-Metford, with a nickel case filled only partly with lead, the conical end being left empty. Its action on entering the body is to open out and lodge there; and it is spoken of as the ‘“‘mankilling bullet” in contradistinction to the piece of lead which it supersedes, which is known as the “man- penetrating bullet.” This new and ghastly messenger of death is being manufactured at Woolwich at the rate of two million rounds of ball cartridge per week, and it has been used for the first time in the Sou- dan expedition, SPORT PROSPECTS A Great Time Coming for Gun and Dog Lovers, QUAIL EVERYWHERE PLENTIFUL Indications of Illegal Shooting in This Section. POINTERS OF VALUE Only a short four weeks must elapse be- fore the real shooting season of 1898 be- gins, and for the first time in many years there is ardent and eager anticipation among the votaries of the double barrel and -the sporting dog. This is due to the fact that there is an unusual abundance of quail in all sections of the country where Washington sportsmen follow their pleasure. For the well-to-do men who have plenty of leisure North Carolina is the favorite hunting grounds, and inquiries made by The Star have resulted in excel- lent reports being received from that state, particularly in the territory near the coast. Reports from Rocky Mount, clear down into the Scotland Neck country, are to the effect that quail were never more plentiful and that they seem to have al- ready attained their growth, owing to the early breeding this year, while there are seemingly countless second coveys that will assure steady shooting later on. The agents of the Atlantic Coast Line at the various stations in the shooting territory have been instructed to promptly answer all interrogatories regarding the birds, the accommodations for gunners and dogs, and to supply all other information desired by sportsmen, and this enterprise will doubt- less be taken advantage of by many who wish to have good sport and plenty of it. In Virginia and Maryland. ‘To those who have not unlimited time and means at their command Virginia and Maryland will afford fine shooting this year. It will be remembered that quall shooting was legally prohibited in Virginia during the seasons of 1896 and 1897, and the consequence is that the covers of the old dominion were never so thickly popu- lated with birds. The lands in almost every part of the state, however, are rigidly post- ed, but gentlemen sportsmen will find no difficulty in securing permission to shoot. From Maryland similar good reports come, ard the same condition regarding posted land also holds good there. In Montgom- ery, Prince George's, Anne Arundel and Howard counties the number of coveys is said to be remarkable. The writer recent- ly, In trying a brace of young setter dogs, started four big coveys of birds, nearly full grown, in two adjoining stubble fields with- in the period of an hour and a half, and another, bigger than any of the rest,’on a sumach hillside within 200 yards of the two stubbles. In the five coveys there were probably between eighty and ninety birds. Their fights were unpsually short, and they singled well along twell-covered branch bottoms, while one flock scattered in af open piece of woods. A rare day’s sport could have been enjoyed in this small area without difficulty. A Talk With the Veteran, Old veteran William Wagner, who prob- ably Keops better nosted on came conditions tran any other man in this neck of the woods, was visited this morning by The Star reporter. “Everybody seers to be confident of splsndid quail shooting this fall,” said Mr. Wagner. “Men who gave it up seven or eight years ago, when birds began to grow Su scare, are showing the vim and vigor cf their old days again. I have sold more Bcod guns in the past two or three weeks than I hav> for ten years at the same time of year, and from all over Virginia, Mary- land and the south I am getting unusually large orders for shells. This is the very best indication of the prospects for good sport. Maryland is a favorite ground for our lecal shooters, and I think every on2 of them should provide himself with a copy of ths compendium of the general and local game and fish laws of that state, compiled and issued by the Maryland Game and Fish Protective Association. It includes a synopsis of all the laws, including thac of 1898. The proceeds from the book are all devoted to the protection of fish and game in Maryland. A number of copies were sent to me to dispose of at twenty-five cents each, and I'll be glid to help the good cause along. Of course, there’s no profit in it for anybody. “There's no doubt,” contiaued Mr. Wag- ner, “that quail are now being shot in the District, and sold here, and also in nearby Maryland and Virginia. There should be some deputy game warden: appointed and put at work. If the pothunters know some- body is out watching to caich them they'll keep themselves and their guns at home. The fact that game wardeas were put on the Eastern branch before the ortolan and reed bird season opened thi:s year made the law better observed than t ever was be- fore.” Laws in Maryland. A persual of the book issued by the Maryland Game and Fish Protective Asso- ciation shows the laws governing quail, rabbit, pheasant and wcodcock in the Maryland counties contigucus to Washing- ton to be as follows, togetaer with license fees where required: Frederick county—Quail, pheasants, rab- bits, closed season from January 1 to No- vember 1. Unlawful to transport any game out of county under a penalty of $50. Anne Arundel county—Quail, pheasant and rabbits, closed season December 25 to November 9, inclusive. Unlawful for non- residents to shoot, but lanc owner may ex- tend privilege on his own land. Calvert county—Quail, closed season from January 11 to November 1. Carroll county—Closed season, quail and pheasants, December 24 to November 11, inclusive. Charles county—Quail, closed season, De- cember 24 to November 1; rabbits, January 15 to October 1 Howard county—Quall, pheasant, wild turkey, rabbits, closed season December 25 to October 31, inclusive. Montgomery county—Quail, closed season from December 15 to November 1; rabbits, February 1 to September 1; wild’ turkeys, February 1 to November 1; pheasant, Feb- ruary 1 to September 1. Prince “George's county—Closed season. quail and rabbits, December 24 to Novem- ber 1; unlawful for non-residents to shoot without license. St. Mary’s county—Closed season, quail, December 24 to November 1; rabbits, Janu- ary 15 to September 1; unlawful for non- residents to shoot’ without obtaining li- cerse. = The general staté law of Virginia permits the shooting of quéil from November 1 to January 15, but the statutes in many coun- ties vary. 4 . In Alexandria county the open season be- gins October 15 an@ closes January 15. The same is truo of Fauquier. In Loudoun the open season is from October 15 to January 1, and in Culpeper and Fairfax, November 1 to January 15. : Deputy Wardens at Work. Major Sylvester, Whois game warden of the District, was informed by a Star re- porter this afterncon of the fact that quail were being killed in the District. “Any one killing’ or having in their pos- session any quail ‘in the District before the season is open had better look out for themselves,” said Major Sylvester. “There are already three deputy game wardens patrolling the preserves in the District where quail are known to be, and they have instructions to arrest any one violat- ing the law. If any’ game dealers are selling game out of season they will find the law will get them. I am determined to stop this illegal business in the District, and I am confident I will succeed. <= The Genuine Horsford’s Acid Ph e Always has the name ** on the label. NEVER SOLD IN BULK. CENTRAL PARK’S SQUIRRELS. “Cock-Eye” Fights Cyclists if They Neglect to Feed Him. From the New York Herald. Near the 72d street entrance of Central Park, on the west side, are two shady ar- bors which are much frequented by wheel- men and wheelwomen. In the vicinity romp and scamper three score or more squirrels. They are very tame, and the cycle folk have made great pets of them. The customary uniform of knickerbock cap and golf hose, or abbreviated skirts, according to the sex of the cyclist, has b come associated in the minds of the squir- rels m or less directly with peanuts and other delicacies which appeal most sinc ly ty their voracious appetites. If you wear such a garb and will rap on the back of a bench in the arbor with a nut, prestu! a furry swarm comes bounding and leaping over your shoulders and across your lap, clambering up your knickerbockers or skirts, and, in fact, invest you from every strategic point. They stand on no ceremony. Once you have prodiced a supply of good things to eat, they sit upon their hauffehes and fail to like the fearful little gourmands they are. As long as you cater they will fulfill their part in the gastronomic arrangement, unless Interrupted by boisterous spectators or frightened by children, who seldom re- sist the temptation to chase them. But there Is one among them which pos- sesses an appetite of remarkable avidity, and which is far bolder in communicating his needs to the cyclist than any of bis kind. He is large, old and gray, and has but one eye, a circumstance which has earned for him the sobriquet of “Cock-eye” from the frequenters of the arbors. How he lost the optic is a matter of conjectur2, but the theory is this predatory rogue has met with well-merited retribution while endeavoring to steal the eggs from under a mother robin redbreast. Unlike others of his ilk near the arbors, “Coe! " needs no invitation such as ex- pressed by the rap of a nut on the back of a beach to insure his presence and gastro- nomic works. He is usually awaiting the com’ng of a cyclist in a high state of im- patience, and having discovered that wel- come person from his lofty eyrie, down he swoops precipitously to be regaled. Now, “Cock-eye,” being exceeding saga- cious and a shrewd observer, knows that peanuts are kept in pockets and that pock- ets are to be found at the sides of jackets. So he does not wait for his host to pro- duce the edible, but impudently di in and secures a bountiful supply himself. Some he pouches, but he is generally too greedy to make much of this wise provi- sion for the future. He prefers to sit on the cyclist’s knee and eat and eat and eat until his little sides fairly distend and cre- ate in the mind of his host the fear that he will come to an end by spontaneously exploding. Ifa cyclist is so neglectful of ‘‘Cock-eye” as to come to the arbor without an ample store of nuts, then woe vetide him. “Cocx- eye” will explore his pockets as ual, without waiting to be asked, and finding his search fruitless, will show his displeis- ure and resentment and administer con- dign punishment. He will scold and noisily chatter, acd then, having worked himse!f into a most ungovernable rage, he begins to scraten, striking his vicious little claws in the cyclist’s hands, or, if they are dis- creetly hidden, will tear his knickerbock- ers. This rude behavior he continues until the ire of the luckless cyclist is roused, and he peremptorily dismisses his assail- ant, or untii the little vagabond becomes exhausted by the excess of his fury. Many wheelmen who have forgotten to Prepare a feast for “‘Cocx-eye” bear the Scratches of his angry rebuke, and to pro- tect themselves from additional injuries now would as soon think of visiting ihe arbor without their clothes as they would to neglect the propitiatory peanut. ———_+e-______ CHARACTER IN THE ARMY HAT. A Soldier's Origin Often Identified by His Headgear. Brom the St. Louis Glcbe-Democrat. When the recruit gets his new campaign hut he notes its glossy gray surface and is loath to crease its tall crown for fear of “spoiling it.” For the first four or five days he wears the hat “straight up from the rim,” as the boys say, without crease or indentation. It is surprising to discover the almost limitless shapes into which the felt domes and rims can be shaped by the men who idle away hours in their tents. With the aid of a dash of water the 87 cents’ worth of felt with which every man is charged can be made to remain in almost any position desired. Of course, there is un accepted style for everything which the soldier has learned to recognize as “regu- lation.” «For infantrymen the regulation is a simple creace in the crown with a straight rim. Regulation for the cavalryman is for his hat crown to be pulled out to a point with three little hollows in the felt made by his fingers in making the point. The would- be “funny man’ of the regiment is the one who wets his hat, then pulls it out to a sharp point, possibly attaches a bit of bright ribbon to it, and struts down the company street for his comrades to laugh at him. It is the “dunce cap” style, and much affected by the men who become prisoners in the guard house. If it is desired to find truly artistic and fantastic styles in campaign hats you must visit tie band quarters. There is something eccentric about the army musician, any- a if he doesn’t wear eyeglasses and all hair he has a hat caleulated to arrest attention. Perhaps the crown is sunk in at the top, and then the edges looped up at intervals with bright-headed pins or brass tacks. Again, the crown may be so arranged that it represents the bat- tlements of a castle. Fanciful letterings in India Ink, pieces of tinsel and bright pins or buttons embellish the headgear, and these embellishments are only removed un- der threat of grave discipline when the men appear at guard mount or other occasions of ceremony. The eastern man has a style which, over some casts of countenance, give the men a dogged look, but on others a rakish look. His is the style of turning the rim up be- hind and down in front. To the men of the 8th New York, many of whom came from that mystical place called “The Bow- ery.” it gives a look of what a young lady from Chattanooga said was “really—well— well—really devilish, you know, and no other word will express it.” Some “bad eyes" have gazed out from under the edge of the down-turned rim. As a type distinctly different from that of the effete easterner is the man from the far west, perhaps a member of Grigsby’s cowboy regiment. He has a way of pulling his hat far down over his eyes and looping up the rim at the side or behind with a pin or the bright brass souvenir medals which are hawked about the camp so Industrious- ly. The campaign hat in shape and appear- ance shares the feelings of Its wearers. When the soldier goes to dress parade the hat shakes out the creases and takes on a dignified “full-dress” look. When a man goes out on a policing detail, picking up sticks and digging trenches, the hat takes unto itself indentations and creases, as though it, too, felt the indignity of being put at such humble, disagreeable tasks un- der the guise of “soldierin’.”. When the soldier feels happy and gay his hat sets high on his head, showing much of his fore- head. If depressed and homesick, the hat crowds down close about his head, often depressing his ears outward. After a trip to the city and a liberal patronage of the illicit distillers who hover about the camps the hat wobbles all over the head. It never comes down over the eyes, but aiternates between one ear and the other, or slides clear back on the head, until the rim rests on the nape of the neck. After a soldier walks three or four miles along the dusty government roads here dust and perspira- tion make a sorry figure of him. The hat. too, gives up the struggle of keeping up his per- sonal appearance. The rim droops and the crown falls in erratic shapes. Some time the sed band will chant to the old campaign at. ———_——-2-_____ GOOD GUNNERY THE THING. The English Navy Not on the Plane It Ought to Be. . From the Condon Graphic. Certainly the most convincing lesson of the Hispano-American war was of the sv- preme value of good guns well serve?. If experience did not teach that common sense would, and Englishmen, who won mainly by good gunnery in the old wars, should need the lesson least of all. It is, therefore, extremely disappointing to find the recant return of the prize firing of the fleet up to June 30 genenally unsatisfac- tory. The most surprising thing is the di- versity between the results. Evidently on gome statiors and on some ships much greater attention is paid to seeing the am- munition well expended ‘than on others. The China station gives the most satisfac- iF es === The Services o | First-Class Dentists to be Had for 4 Usual Prices. A genuine innovation certain to be welcomed by people whose teeth have heretofore gone unattended to by reason of the average ||! dentists’ high prices. Our offering of high-class, skilled and guar- ||| anteed dentistry at half price is possible because of a co-operation || of specialists. Each has a department in charge. 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They are satisfied, after Sestengengengogondontentntntententtiete, = twenty years’ experience, that they can build, and are building, the $ best wheels in the world—the AMBLER Bicycles. New Rambler Prices for 1899 Are Fair: 427 per cent. The highest percentage of all $40.00 for 28-inch Wheels. : $45.00 for 30-inch Wheels. $75.00 for Tandems. “The New Standard Prices for Highest-Grade Wheels.” oSonlodtoetoahonsresoatentonsntcoesonseecertos see coicederncnigen Sostoecoatet eteetontentontonten Catalogue Free. 1325-1327 147i ST. N. W. Call and see 1899 Samples. Retetententerteeton : > 2 429 Rebertsor & Co.” 3 3 DOWN TOWN 8 21 Wash. Circle Cycle Co.” Py : 03,285 3 AA AAA AIG tery report. In the channel there ts no | off the summit of Storm King mountain rize firing at all, and the prizes are Rwarded for the stecesses at the rerular target practice. The biggest ‘guns made only 21 per cent of hits, and the 12-inch into the American Rhine. When the an- imal strack the water the spray was sent many feet in the air, while the waves near- ly swampedhis boat. was made by the 4.7-inch (36 per cent) at the prize firing target. The Anson and the Benbow never hit the target at al! with their heaviest guns, and the Benbow, Col- lingwood. Rupert and several more failed with other guns. Many, too, made less than 10 per cent of hits—the Hood w'th her big guns and the Royal Oak Sans Pareil and many more with their 6-inch quick- firers or breech-loaders. ‘This is extremely unsatisfactory, and it remains to be explained why such results are possible when the Iphigenia can make 77 per cert, the Grafton 59 per cent and the Nile. Phoebe, Barrosa and Pique give re- sults almost as good. The form of the re- turn is not altogether satisfactory, and in regard to targets and propellants does not afford the clearest means of comparison, though the broad fact shines out that a reform in the matter of firing is imperative. Alarmists may make too much of the bad firing of the fieet. It is not so bad as some have represented, but the prize firing re- turn is not a pleasant study when one has lately been reading French sneers at our The mountain 1s fully 2,000 feet above the level of the river, and Fisherman Titus be- eves that the cat committed suicide. “I was fishing for bass,” said Mr. Titus, “when I heard a peculiar cry, and, looking up in the air, saw something failing di- recly over my head. I rowed quickly cut of the danger line, and then the object struck the water with a great splash. My boat rocked on the waves, while the spray ascended many feet in the air. After 9 long time the object came to the surface, and I discovered that it was an old wild cat. The head was crushed in from contact with the water, and I'll bet my last doiler that the animal didn’t have a sound boxe left in his bedy. ‘The ladorers on J. Pierpont Morgan's big esiate nearby say that wildcats frequentiy leap from the-summit of the mount the river. Scmetimes they turn semersaults in the long descent, and sel- dom rise to the surface. ——- +e+____ A Connecticut clergyman on a recent gunnery. Admiral Sampson knew what he was doing when he ordered those apparent- ly fruttiess bombardments. He was giving his guns’ crews the best possible training, and the effect was seen when Admiral Cer- vera made his fatal bolt from Santiago, at- though Commodore Schley’s secretary re- ports that the American fire was not so overwhelmingly superior after all. —___+ e+ —__ ‘Wild Cat's Last Bath. According tc the story of a fisherman of the name of Titus, he saw a wildcat dive Sunday gave out the following notice: “The regular session of the Donkey Ch tl be held. as usual, at the close of lub w this Members will line up just Outside the church Aoor, SS ee ee