SCENES AT THE NATIONAL RIFLE TEAM MATCHES
T t>o(Qcn;A dotr.ni tbe markers behind tbe butts at the national rifle team matches at Camp Perry, O..
■ i made » L:ia bring was in prog:-#.*- cm the right is seen the stone and concrete wall, backed by 14 feet
*t * nib that protects u*- markers • -m r\ ipg buMeis; on the left are the targets. These represent the outlines
naa Siag proas, the •• ro being just visible over the wall to the marksmen. As each shot strikes the tar
ts r* sstered by tbe markers, the total bits being signalled at the end of the series or volleys. The tar
si* of steel tbe “men- oa them being dark on a white background.
orporal t; a Lloyd of the tinned States Marine corps wras a prennnent contestant iu the matches He
■he 1*11 Pr fleet's mavb prize bj a score of 281 out of a possible 300. In slow, rapid and skirmish firing.
TRAVEL IN AIRSHIP
Service Opens in Germany With
Scheduled Rights.
BtpfWfntjMtw Claim That Aerial
Trtpa Are Qutte free From Dan
ger Mi Hava Many Ad cart
age* Over Rail Rides.
r»*R — Tbo Hamburg Americas
aa It will book passengers for ea
cor**oaa aa tbe Zeppcila airship
slrhoabeo fraat Baits Hades to differ
•** Mama la tbe Black forest and <be
‘•'•'T af tbe Kblae aa far as Wrtssea
I Ft and Waertb.
Tbe manager of tba Pan* off re of
a tlaaibsrg Asefleaa n*« «pi»ir..
*’ baa eoatpacy. although taring so
:al coamimoa with tbe Zeppelin
■w naay. ba* catered tato as irra&fe
amt ahcrrky paasmcers for tba alr
***** trip* may resarva aaata ta tbe
r-boakco a The rartaaa oSeaa of tbe
Berrbwrylamcn Use Tbe bead
<*oar-er» of tbe bumaese m at Baoea
Mm.
1 an -• y of tfiaerwy Is a feature of
- 'rtpo. a different procram being
ig-atsM every week. tboagli passes
w* •<* always circa a ride through
"•* maaaimi. forest or rlrer scenery
-iwd. too. mill plays aa importaat
'a btriadabi tbe deatlaatloa of
w >..bo-abea. ttd if at tbe tax mo
• aa saaoaared trip has to be
• -**1 * aepprcaoed altogether,
'bo*' oho base booked passages may
•vtber base their moary bark or aeieci
» meter ricvdoa la tbe week's pro
-rem HnMdts tbe ordinary advertised
-r-oriims rbe company can arrange
ter taoet. longer trips for parties suS
' catty Ulgt
Tbe »rSwdhea. shirk has a length
'f HI wtsCrra. has three catdiu. two
far 'be crow ef atwe persons—all bs
al men—and a central cabin for pas
sengers. Stability is obtained by means
of pi-ace When the airship is in mo
•loo no rocking is felt. The cabin is
. comfortably, uot to say luxuriously,
fitted in mahogany, and accommodates
I Zi persons who sit facing the same di
J rection. There are large observation
.windows, and the geenral aspect of
j the cabin is that of a first-class saloon
‘ on a railway train or an ocean liner.
■ An excellent restaurant chef presides
j over the kitchen, and cold meals are
! served absurd
The Sohwaben makes an average
speed of 34 kilometers an hour with
Its three engines developing 375 hoi-se
power. If necessary. H could remain ;
| in the air for 12 to IS hours. traveling j
! from SW to l.OoO kilometers, according
to the direction or force of the wind.
“Naturally." added the official, "it is
not the company's intention or idea
that the airship service should com
pete with trains or steamers. The
time has certainly not come for that.
Bat there is no reason why airship ex
i 'unions. sm li as those organized from
Baden-Baden, should not become gen
I end. They are quite free from dan
j ger. and they give passengers a novel
and delightful experience Few who
try It will not agree that aerial travel
has many charms and advantages
! over locomotion by train, steamer or
automobile In none of the latter can
the traveler obtain sn< h comprehen
sive views of scenery as he can from i
*u airship."
Blind Man Rides Bike.
i;|ir;cgfl«!d. Mass—Herbert Putnam j
of Springfield. Vt. who is totally j
bi nd, rode into the yard of his sis- i
ter. Mrs Gertrude Lampman of West I
Springfield, on a bicycle, haring made |
the alp of IX miles in eleven hours '
, He was accompanied by Carlton !
. !as-!iia. who led the way.
MAN’?. CHARACTER ON A BAG
Continental Porter Judges Traveler by
Little Marks Made on Luggage
for Benefit of Others.
Paris.—The manner In which the
traveler has his character written on
his luggage for the benefit of porters
and hotel servants is thus described
by one of the latter. Little scratches
on the bags are made after the trav
eler has given a ”tip" and these marks
are understood by all porters and oth
er employes.
A horizontal line on the right hand
top corner of the bag means that the
owner gives very small “tips" and
should be boycotted when possible.
A diagonal scratch on the lower left
band corner signifies “exacting and
disagreeable." A cross in the lower
right hand corner means ‘'exacting,
but genercus." and small vertical
marks near the lock, “very generous.”
A curved mark on the left band up
per corner signifies “Inexperienced,
has not traveled much.”
FRANCE JOINS WAR ON FLY
Scientists Declare Against Little In
sect That Spreads Oisease—Warn
ings Accepted Seriously.
Paris.—France la about to join In tho
campaign for the extermination of the
housefly.
Several scientists have recently
made statements to the effect that the
fly is one of the most potent spreaders
of disease, particularly during an epi
demic. As the cholera scare hasn't
subsided, these warnings are being ac
cepted seriously, with the result that
some plan for popular warfare against
flies may be evolved.
M. Laveran of the Pasteur'institute
and M. Thiery of the municipal labo
ratory are among those who call the
attention of the public to the dangers
of disease carried from person to per
son by the fly.
US£ OF TOBACCO IS BARRED
Tkn to (to total cry at the Gelted
too Start rorporaria. wfclrfc is
mmttf »«r» tot toeo tirtrtej for up
lift iaaf tta tbMnatfl at •arkmeo
r :toanmg tto MM at tto America
itatt* mofnr (to am corpora (too
to maktog tatorra a camratond arU
eM 1 anat rtrttot tour* to tto Pitta
Tto Sraa Mae »*t made at in
art to*. tto laat Mto at tto Amertru
Briber raaarar'a treat to«<j«ry. No
«en M»t toaa (tort ttero for
> to aaiirauf (tot oflto-tola to order
(•waa naatk •«: refrain from
to ifadgirg to »Mmm durtoc office
H to tojonme to tto btaitk of
Tfcto ta (to mrmumamt of tto alert
trust, which in more ways than one
has taken ip certain social and liv
ing problems among its employes.
The example of the American Bridge
company has been followed in various
Carnegie mills, and there has been lit
tle or no protest from the men against
the ruling
The point has been stretched in fa
vor of one class oi workmen, machln
i*** who do brass work, and iron
tedders will b~ permitted to chew to
bacco. Chewing tobacco is said to
be a preventive against certain infec
tions resulting fresi inhaling fine
brass cuttings and dust in foundries.
SECURES PERMIT TO COUGH
New Yorker. Victim of Asthma. Hopes
to Be Free From Further Denver
Folic* interference.
Denver. Colo.—Ole Skinden, a victim
| of asthma, who came here for bis
i health from New York, appeared be
i fore Doctor James and requested a
, permit to cough in Denver streets.
He says that when be sits on the
• cert and begins to cough the first po
Mceman who comes along arrests him
and sends him to jail in the ambu
lance, charging him with disturbance
of the peace.
Doctor James Issued an order au
thorizing him to cough on the street
and told him to have the captain of
police O. K. it.
Hereafter when Ole begins to cough
hell have his permit handy to shove
in the face of the first cop who dis
turbs his peace.
Chased by a Whale.
Avalon. Ca\—F. M. Reed of Okla
homa City and Captain Walker or the
launch Leonaya had a thrilling experi
ence when a whale pursued them five
miles, apparently after the flying fish
the men were using as bait for tuna.
The men were trolling about five
miles from shore when the whale first
appeared dangerously near the craft.
Becoming alarmed the boatmen and
angler decided to start shoreward.
They were followed to within a halt
mile of the beach by the whale. Fear
ing tbat the launch might be wrecked
by the whale if the flying fish were
pulled aboard, the bait was cast adrift.
Baby Pacifier Is Invented
v«.<
ml -tm
Mr * -i
an*~ *1
wilt i
MT**
The "Bib? PaoiOer" was Invented
by the father of Its sole user. A min
ing man. tired from the tolls of the
day. and not relishing long tramps
over carpet by night, hit mechanical
genius found a penacea for restless
children.
Mothers of families at this beach
have descended in a swarm on the
Efferson household In an endeavor to
, copy the “quieter."
Hornets Break Up Baptism.
Oiwell. lad.—A ceremony of bap
! Usm was broken up by yellow Jacfc
| eta. While the preecber was leading
i several women Into Flat creek, and
| the church choir on the bank was
j singing, two neats of hornets were
! stirred up Doxens of persons were
1 stung Many rushed headlong into
the weter. Several persona were stung
so badly they bad to go to bod. The
I baptism was a eequel to a revival at
the Vincent Baptist church.
HARVARD GOES TO HARVARD
First Time In 275 Years Youth Bear
ing Founder’s Name Will Enter
University—From London.
Boston.—For the first time In Its 275
years the name of Harvard will appear
on the student rolls next fall at Har
vard university.
Lionel de Jersey Harvard of Lon
don. a descendant of the family of the
founder of the university, will become
a member of the class of 1915 He is
descended from a second cousin ot
John Harvard, who died in 1638.
The discovery of the young man is
traced to a letter written by Edward
Everett, then president of Harvard uni
versity, to George BancrofL minister
to Great Britain. When it was found
financial reasons prevented Lionel
from entering Emmanuel college In
England, Harvard men became inter
ested and took steps to have him en
ter Harvard.
The Main Attraction.
Popular approval wouldn't Be as
much sought after if it didn’t carry a
salary-—Atchison Globe.
COOK SATURDAY FOR SUNDAY
Many Dishes May Be Prepared That
Will Not Lose Their Savor by
Being Kept a Day.
In meats, fillet of beef, roasted
boned breast of veal, cooked in a
casserole without liquid and basted
with fat occasmnally. brisket ol
corned beef or a pickled tongue, boll
ed, may be served hot, on Saturday
and the remainder set aside to serve
cold, on Sunday. Veal loaf may be
cooked on Saturday. At least one
hot vegetable should be prepared or
Sunday. Spinach cooked on Saturday
may be pressed In to a bowl and serv
ed on Sunday with French dressing
Old potatoes, pared and soaked some
hours in cold water, may be cooked
on Saturday. What are left may be
heated quickly in boiling water, drain
ed, pressed through a ricer. seasoned
properly and beaten with a little hoi
milk and butter to a snowy mass
Thus, in less than ten minutes, a diet
of mashed potatoes can be served
as g6od in every particular as if frest
cooked.
In sweet dishes blanc mange. Ba
varian creams, boiled custard with oi
without snow eggs, floating island,
strawberry or apricot tarts, ready fot !
Ailing, fruit in jelly, as prune, rhu j
barb or lemon jelly; the latter served j
with sliced bananas, are among the
many simple things that will keep in
good condition in a cool place over j
night. •
DEVICE FOR BAKING P01 TOES
Invention That Seems of Real Value
Is the Work of a Tennessee
Man.
The potato baker I made consisted
I of two pieces of sheet asbestos. 18 in
long, Vi in. thick and 4 in. wide. Ovet [
; these pieces I placed a piece of tin, 18
: in. long. 1H4 in. wide, turning it over
, from the top and lapping on the hot- j
I tom. Through the pad there were 1
I
Asbestos Pads with Nails Protruding.
driven several nails on the points ot
which the potatoes could be impaled.
The handle was made by folding a
; strip of tin over several times and |
; driving brads through the end of the i
j pad. Potatoes baked on this device !
j 'ook through and through and are
; very mealy.—Contributed by Joseph
, H. Noyes. Murfreesboro. Tenn. to Pop
: tlar Mechanics.
! - i
With the care of the relrigerator
! ihe thought must always come that
butter and milk take on the flavors ot
ill that they come in contact with and
should be kept in the Ice chamber
ilone and covered carefully at that. ,
The cream cheeses are susceptible to :
strong flavors and have to be care
fully protected. Wrapping in paraffine
j paper is often an effective protection
; for delicate food from strong odors,
j If the dry staples used dally in tbe
I kitchen are kept, as far as possible, «n
j glass bottles, they will retain their j
flavor and freshness twice as long. '
< The wide-mouthed preserve jars are
I handy to label and use for the pur
pose in the pint, and even tbe halt
I pint size.
If the kitchen utensils in tbe hear
ler graniteware are placed in a large
receptacle and boiled in soda water
for five or ten minutes once or twice
* week. It will remove every particle
3f grease from within and without and
keep them sweet and wholesome
Quince Honey.
Pare and core 5 quinces and put '
be quinces through the fine food chop
per. Put the skins and cores in kettle
io boil in one pint of cold water.
When they are tender strain the li
jutd off and add cold water to make
t pint of juice, then pour that juice
nto a preserving kettle with five
1 pounds of fine white sugar. When
■ iissolved add the quinces (that have
i been through the food chopper!, and
lfter they begin to boil just boil hard
| 'or 15 minutes and put into tumblers.
• This makes several tumblers of a
! most delicious dainty, and it is very
1 ?asy to do.
» ,
Attractive Decorations.
Little pink curls of shrimps gar
| aish fish attractively laid in circles or
half circles with small bunches of par
5lev between each.
Tomato or green pepper cups made
by sqpoping out these vegetables in
cup form with or without a handle
across the top transfigure a plain let
tuce salad that is secured within them
Game may be decorated with red -
currant jelly cut in wee cubes or stars
| jf tart orange with little bunches of
I parsley between.
Green foliage make the best deco
! ration for fresh fruits.
Meat Patties.
Take a pound or so of fresh round
steak, cut off the fat and run through
meat chopper. Separate Into small
^ patties and in the center of each
! place a pinch of salt and small pinch
' of pepper. If fond of onions, a small
! shred of onion, also, fold the meat
i over so that seasoning is in center,
i Dip each patty into beaten egg. which
! also has been seasoned, then into
cracker crumbs, and fry In hot fat un
til nice and brown on both sides. Gar
nish with parsley.
Apple Dumplings.
Apples, peeled and cored, cup sugar,
roll out the paste thin, cut Into eight
squares of four Inches, lay on each
in apple with sugar in apperture made
by removing core; wet four corners
of paste and brhig them to top of
apple and fasten. Sift sugar over
them; lay oa baking sheet and bake
la hot oven IS minutes; Serve with
fiard sauce.
--- - - . ■ ---
They Sized Each Other Up
How Samuel J. Tilden Met Thomas B.
Reed at Session of Committee
That Was Investigating the
Presidential Election.
The first congress which was or
ganized after the Inauguration of
President Hayes adopted a resolution
providing for an investigation of the
manner in which the presidential elec
tion of the year previous was con
ducted in the states of Louisiana and
South Carolina. The purpose of this
investigation, although not the ac
knowledged purpose, was to discover
whether returning boards in either or
both of those states had been bribed
tc make returns in favor of the Re
publican electors of those states.
Clarkson M. Potter was the chairman
of thBj committee. He was the elder
brother of Rev. Dr. Henry C. Potter,
who afterwards became bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese of New
York. He was a lawyer of some dis
tinction and a man of unusual charm
of personal character.
This committee held several ses
sions at the Fifth Avenue hotel in
New York in the winter of 1878. Sam
uel J. Tilden, the defeated Democratic
candidate for president, for whom nev
ertheless a plurality of the people had
voted, was subpoenaed as a witness to
appear before this committee. Some
of the Republican members of the
committee were anxious to test Gov
ernor Tilden's knowledge as to wheth
er or not cipher dispatches, so called,
containing improper propositions, had
been sent by some of those who were
managing the Democratic campaign to
the returning boards of South Caro
lina and Louisiana.
Mr. Tilden appeared before the com
mittee in response to the subpoena
one afternoon. He stood beside the
chair of Mr. Potter, one hand resting
upon the back of the chair. The ex
pression on Governor Tilden’s face
wes extremely stern. Of course he
commanded the intensest Interest on
the part of every member of the com
mittee, some of whom had never be
fore seen him. Slowly, with penetrat
ing although almost furtive look, he
glanced from one member of the com
mittee to the other as though trying
to measure them. At last his eyes
fell upon the Junior member of the
committee; and the defeated presi
dential candidate seemed to be fasci
nated. or at least intensely occupied,
with the conduct of that young man.
This youngest member of the com
mittee sat at the lower end of the
table, his chin resting in the palm of
one hand He fixed upon Governor
Tilden a strange, curious glance, with
something of quizzical suggestion, and
there seemed to play about his lips
the faint flicker of a smile. And so
these two men watched each other,
each apparently being oblivious to the
presence of any other person.
I was sitting a little to the rear of
my friend, the late Congressman Wil
liam M. Springer of Illinois, who was
a member of the committee. He turned
to me and said:
“The governor and Reed are meas
uring each other up.”
The young man at the end of the
table was Thomas B. Reed, at that
time at the beginning of his first term
as a member of congress.
During the entire giving of the tes
timony by Governor Tilden Reed main
tained the same peculiar attitude, his
chin upon the palm of one hand, and
that half whimsical light in his eyes,
which had come to him when Tilden
first took his place beside Chairman
Potter. It was upon Mr. Reed during
all the questioning and cross-ques
tioning tnat the eyes of Samuel J. Til
den were fixed. And Reed, in that
strange, nasal, drawling tone, which
he could use with skill when be de
sired to annoy or confuse or bewilder
anyone, asked Governor Tilden two 01;
three questions. They were leading
questions, and there seemed to be to
some members of the committee a
lurking tone of almost insolence iD
them.
After the committee had adjourned
for the day Mr. Reed said to Mr.
Springer, “If you had put that man
into the White House you would have
nothing but ice and intellect there”—
as pat a summing up of Samuel J.
Tilden as was ever made.
So, also, after the committee bad
adjourned for the day. Governor Til
den said to Clarkson M. Potter:
“At the foot of the table sat the
man who is to be the leader of his
party. He has more personal power
I than all the other members of tho
| committee. You will find, in the
j course of a few years, that he will be
I the master in the house of represen
| tatives and will become the leader of
, his party. He is the man against
whom you should concentrate your
i strength and of whom you should be
ever watchful.”
A few years later Thomas B. Reed
was the big man on the Republican
side in the national house of repre
sentatives.
(Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Metal McKinley Valued Most
He Believed Tin Was of Greatest Im
portance to This Country in the
Way of Its Possible Devel
opment.
“I sometimes think that the great
est schoolmaster, both for an Ameri
can business man and for a member
of congress, is a tariff bill when It is
under consideration, either by the
ways and means committee of the
house of representatives, or by the
house itself in committee of the
whole.”
It was in 1882 that this statement
was made to me by William McKin
ley. who at that time had been for six
years a member of congress and had
already become prominent because of
his mastery from the protectionist
point of view of all questions relating
to the tariff. A tariff commission had
been appointed in 1S82 whose duty it
was to report to congress a revision
of the tariff. It was while Mr. Mc
Kinley was discussing some of the dif
ficulties that this commission would
be compelled to meet and overcome
that he made the remark to me which
is quoted above.
“It is impossible for any man faith
fully to follow the hearings before the
Led Booth to Play Hamlet
- - — - - - ■ ■ - -
Great Tragedian’s Resemblance to
the "Melancholy Dane" Was Noted
by His Father When Edwin
Was Young Man.
One of the famous American the
atrical managers of yesterday was
William Stuart, who died in the early
eighties of the last century. Twenty
years before that he had been man
ager of what was then unquestionably
the leading theater of America—the
Winter Garden in New York city.
There appeared almost all of the lead
ing actors and actresses of the time,
mong them Edwin Booth, whose pro
ductions of "Hamlet” and other
Shakespearean plays upon the stage
of the Winter Garden, beginning in
1863, were "famously successful."
Stuart, who was supposed to have
fled from Ireland on account of po
litical troubles and whose real name
was understood to hmve been Edmund
O’FTaherty, came to be an intimate
friend of Edwlu Booth, and from him.
one day in the evening of his life. I
heard the story, as Stuart had heard it
from Booth's own lips, of the manner
In which the first suggestion that
Booth play Hamlet came to him.
“Booth has always been a somewhat
difficult man to have personal Inter
course with,” said Mr. Stuart “for
there is a tinge of temperamental
melancholy about him which some
times strongly influences him. making
him frequently dreamy”. Yet numer
ous times, when I was a manager. I
found myself in delightful conversa
tion with him.
“I remember that one afternoon
when he was about half through his
extraordinarily successful engage
ment at the Winter Garden, an en
gagement In which he duplicated his
wonderful Philadelphia success as
Hamlet. I found him in a somewhat
reminiscent mood and asked him if he
had always, from the time he went
upon the stage, had ambition to play
the part of Hamlet. He bestowed upon
me that singularly fascinating and
beautiful smile which he reserved for
those who had his confidence, and
then ‘old me that it was his father
who first suggested to him that he
play Hamlet.
“ 'It happened in this way.’ Booth
said. ‘I was standing in the wings of
a theater In San Francisco where my
father was playing, and 1 with him. I
think about the year 4S53. I was
dressed for the part I was to assume
when my father passed by. Just as
he had got by he turned, came back
and looked at me steadily for more
than a minute. I wondered If I bad
made some mistake in dressing for
my part. I knew that something was
on his mind by the way he looked at
me.
“‘At last he said to me: “You look
like Hamlet; you wouldn't have to
make up much for the part. Why
don't you study it and play it? It is
more than half the part of Hamlet to
look 1L“
“ Then my father w ent on. nor did
he ever again allude to the subject.
But be had dropped a seed in my
mind. I began to study the part of
Hamlet and the entire play. After a
time I thought I understood it and was
certain that when the opportunity
came I could play Hamlet as well as
look the part'
“How well he played It" said Mr.
Stuart “you may judge from the fact
that l happen to know that Booth re
ceived from his Philadelphia and New
York representations of the .part a lit
tle over ninety thousand dollars, and
all because his father, when Edwin
Booth was still a young man. thought
that the son looked, so like Hamlet
that he would need to make up very
little for the part."
(Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
1 Rights Reserved.)
ways and means committee, or to
serve upon that committee, without
learning more of the material re
sources of the United States, whether
they are developed or latent, or what
the possibilities of development are
than could be learned by him in any
other way.” continued Mr. McKinley
“If I have any special information
which qualifies me to speak with some
authority upon the resources of the
United States and their development
and their chances of development, it
is due wholly to the fact that I have
made a careful study of the tariff my
chief work, especially since I have
been a member of the ways and
means committee. I will illustrate
what I am saying to you by asking
you a question. It is this: What, do
you think, is the most valuable min
er&l—valuable In the sense of the
greatest possible development—to the
United States?”
“Do you mean to Include the prec
ious metals. like gold or silver?" 1
asked.
“No. because gold and silver are ol
especial and exclusive importance be
cause they are the basis of oui
money.”
“Well. then, of course. I should saj
that iron Is the most valuable.”
“I have my doubts about that.” Mr
McKinley replied. “Of course, iron is
of the utmost importance for the de
velopment of our industries, and foi
our railroads; we have, however
plenty of iron. On the other hand the
metal which, in my opinion. Is almost
as valuable and important as iron to
this country, is one of the few min
er&ls which the United States does
not produce in any commercial quan
tity. Can you guess now what it is?'
1 shook my head.
“It is tin." said the man who was
to be the framer of a tariff bill, who
was to write the tariff plank in twe
national Republican platforms, and
who was to be elected president upor
a protection tariff plank. “The world
now largely depends npon the use ol
tin for no small part of its food. With
out tin food could not be put intc
packages so that armies can be fed
wherever they are; without it pros
pectors who are exploiting our re
sources and explorers could not be
assured of their daily supply of food
Without food, what is an army, whal
the ability of the men who are build
ing railroads across deserts, o>
through the great forests and mountair
stretches of the west? Tin cans, tin
cases, humble tin receptacles of all
sorts—what an Important part they
play in every day life. In the average
kitchen of the Republic? Yes. my ex
perience In the school of tariff making
has led me to the belief that this hum
ble metal, which nature has denied
the United States, may be compared
with Iron Itself so far as its material
importance to this country is con
cerned, and though I do not care to
say this publicly at this time, some
day I shall do so.”
Seven years later, as chairman ol
the ways and means committee of the
house. William McKinley framed the
tariff bill that bears his name in his
tory. Probably the most striking sin
gle schedule in It—and unquestiona
bly the schedule that caused the
greatest popular discussion—was that
which placed a duty upon tin plate.
(Copyright. 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Vintage of 1911.
The hot summer will bring us one
blessing, the best vintage recorded
for years. The heat has not only
helped to mature the grapes thorough
ly in all the wine districts but it has
destroyed most of the obnoxious in
sects. The quantity will be that of an
ordinary good year. The champagne
people look forward to a vintage that
will surpass tn excellence that of 1S93.
and the Burgundy wines will be re
markable. The Bordeaux viticultur
ists also anticipate a rich quality for
this year, with a bouquet that will
compare favorably with the best.
The south is quite Enthusiastic, and
announces that Its “ordinary" will be
fit to be drunk by millionaires.—Lon
don Telegraph’s Parts Letter.
Proof of It.
Mrs. Dresser—But, George, you
surely don’t consider yourself a finan
cier?
Mr. Dresser—Certainly I da How
do you suppose I've kept from paying
your milliner’s hill for so long If Cm
not a financier?—The Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
Something New in Sport
Fly "Swatting” Has a Charm of Its
Own Which the Hunter Will
Appreciate.
Fly hunting is without its literature,
yet it Is almost the only form of hunt
ing that keeps the hunter amused in
bis own home. It is always available;
the game is plentiful, and it is one of
the few sports in which it is a virtue
to be a game hog. Since the amount
of strength required la small, the
game is open to young and old and
to members of both sexes. Poise is
the matter of most importance, and
any one who is proficient enough
with a swatter to strike down a fly on
a swinging window cord or tip one off
the shade of the gaslight without shat
tering the mantle need feel no hesita
tion about going In for billiards. For
success in wing-shot swatting an ex
traordinary sharpness of the eye is
essential, for wing-shots only stun the
game, and unless the hunter’s sigh:
can follow it to the floor to strike a
second time with wonderful quick
ness the score is lost Flies raised In
a fly hunter’s rooms become as wary
as wise old crows, and when a house
has been hunted for a few days a con
siderable amount of nature study en
ters into the sport. At the same time
the eye must be trained to detect
shams or much time may be wasted
creeping up to swat a small rip in the
cloth of the window seat. Don’t swat
flies near sharp edges of tables or
chairs where a blow will bend the
wires. Scare your prey into the open
follow Its flight and bring it to earth
In some more advantageous hunting
grounds. And always remember, an
animal clever enough to walk upside
down on a celling Is not to be de
spised for hunting purposes just be
cause It doesn’t weigh as much as a
duck.—Comer’s.
Charity that begins at borne sel
dom gets over the neighbor’s *»«-k
fence.
