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A GREAT STORY TELLER.


william wIikis Collins. Recently stricken
with Paralysis.
Wilkie Collins-his full name Is viii.
tam Wilkie Collins-whose severe illness
was recently reported from London. Is
the eldest son Of the late William Col.
lins, who was a member Of the Royal
academy and well known a. q painter Of
rustic scenes. Wilkie Collins was born
in London in January. 1924. His mother
was sister Of Mrs. Carpenter, one of
tho best female portrait painters Of the
time. He attended q private school, after
which he spent two years In Italy with
his parents and was then articled for
for four years to firm in the tea trade.
He had no taste for commerce, however,
so, soon after serving his apprenticeship,
he took up the study Of law. He was q
student at Lucoln's Inn when his father
died. His earliest literary effort was q
biography Of his father, with selections
from his journals and correspondence.
published In two volumes in 1S4S.
From that time Mr.. Collins devoted him.
self entirely to literature, and publish
ed successfully "Antonina, or The Fall OF
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After the civil war, through the efforts
Of Mr.. George w. Wingate, a lawyer of
New York, a club was organized, with
Col. Church, of The Army and Navy
Journal, as its president. The state
legislature appropriated $4,000 for the
purchase of range, and the organiza.
ton was thus made a state affair. The
committee in charge Of the purchase Of
a range selected q section Of land on
Long Island belonging TO man named
Greed, and called it Creedmoor, after its
former owner From that time to date
the organization has prospered, and
many notable contests have taken place
there.
The cable dispatches from Europe show
that the American team is holding its
own remarkably well and doing such
shooting as to win praise not only from
Americans but from English people as
well.
The team now in England is captained
by Maj. James p, Frost, who holds a
record at mid-range that has never been
equaled in the United States.
This team holds the military and naval
championship Of America and the inter-
state championship. In 1857 a team
composed Of nearly all the present MEM
bers won the Hilton trophy, of which a
cut is here given, with the grand score
If ,0o6 points
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A IIuIIdinH l. Their Monument.

While many q. A. II. posts in all parts
Of the country have been busy raising
money for and dedicating granite and
marble shafts to the memory Of those Of
their comrades who fell in tho late civil
war. there has been n movement started
and completed at GAINESVILLE, o., for
a monument finer than them all. This
is the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
hall, which was dedicated July 4. The
real credit for this splendid $4,000 me-
mortal is due to Col. Fred Geiger, John
II. Drake and w. o. Munson, who short
ly after the close Of tho war conceived
the idea Of erecting a lasting monument
10 the valor. patriotism and endurance
Of Muskingum county's soldiers, living
and dead.
Consequently they set to work and
raised the sum Of $4,000 with the origi-
nal idea Of erecting granite shaft The
sum was not sufficient for the purpose
contemplated. The money, however.
was put at interest, and formed tho
nucleus Of the fund for the erection OF
the Memorial building. In 1889 the idea
Of erecting hall was formulated. and q
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ARMY AND NAVY CHAMPIONSHIP EMBLEM.
ly large enough to admit ball tho size
Of a small pea. In those days every boy
was taught to shoot as soon as he was
old enough to understand the manage
ment Of the gun.
In Switzerland. the home of the expert
chamois hunter, the rifle of former days
was short, heavy bored gun, calculated
to kill at quite distance. The French,
in their fights with the Arabs, used a
rife, as they needed q weapon that
would reach their swift adversaries at a
distance further than the guns Of the
latter would carry. The rifleman of the
army was instructed how to shoot before
being allowed to fire at target.
In 1850 national rifle association was
organized in England and Wimbledon
was purchased for q shooting ground.
British volunteers began shooting in
earnest, and as time sped by wonderful
progress was made at the targets. The
skill of the British riflemen attracted the
attention of the Swiss. The hardy noun
tain men were not slow to select a team
Of riAemen from the most noted noun
tain shots in the little republic. Towards
the middle of the summer the contest
took place. 1t was u hot struggle, but
the British finally won. At later date
they visited the Swiss on their home
grounds and administered another de-
feat. The reports of the great doings Of
the Prussian needle gun in the hands Of
men disciplined to use it kindled do
sire in the hearts of Americans to emu
late the deeds Of the Prussians.
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him to 60 into the dark room" That
odorous place he evidently regarded -
the seat Of q black and uncanny art, and
nothing would he have to do with Il.
Red Cloud and his picturesque brethren
do not have to pay for the photographs
which they get In Warrington. Mr..
Bell makes each Of his Indian subjects .
present Of . dozen cabinets, a. he can
well afford to do. since there Il . very
good sale for these photographs, particu.
larly In Europa England alone buys
Thousands every year, and now orders
are beginning to come In from Paris.
Perhaps the Buffalo Bill rage In the
French capital may have something to
do with this.
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dobD ntElsNt.ANp NlilisD.
the west coast numerous deep "fjords"
break out towards the sea - immense
ravines. one might say--and as the vast
icy mass reaches these the great iccbergs
break of. slide down into tho ocean and
float away, even down to tho Newfound-
land banks
On this narrow belt around the ley
plateau, between the "fjords," live the
Esquimaux and tho few Danish people,
both native and immigrant. In favora-
ble seasons good crops Of potatoes and y
few other vegetables can be raised. and
there Is good grass. but no grain Ia pro-
duced. The south end Is in tho samo
latitude as the north Of Scotland. and
In July and part OF August the weather
Is called hot. This means that the di-
rect rays Of tho sun are powerful, but
the vast field Of ice 10 near prevents the
air from becoming heated. The sky Is
OF dazzling blue and tho sunshine upon
the ice peaks and many shaped icebergs
produces marvellous effects.
The Danes as yet show no sign Of de-
generacy; there, as in all other northern
regions, one finds the tallest OF mankind
living next to the shortest. As one goes
north In Europe he finds tho average
height Of mankind greater till he passes
little beyond the line where grain Is
grown. then he goes suddenly from
Norwegian to Laplander. Similarly In
America the tall blonde British Cana
dian and almost gigantic Cree and Chip
pewa give place at once to dwarfish
Esquimaux. In this Danish belt are the
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NhD SLOOU.
camera, the "finest" negative ever taken
was that Of an American Indian. Among
presidents, senators. orators, supreme
court Judges and foreign ministers the
face and head Of Red Cloud stand forth
conspicuous as the most interesting and
artistic study. Old Red Cloud Is now at
his home in Dakota, almost beyond the
frontiers Of civilization, trying his best
to get from the government a good and
reasonable price for the lands Of his
people, but his photograph. standing in
the show window Of Bells shop, Is one
Of the best known pictures in the national
capital.
Occasionally Red Cloud comes down
here to sec the 'great father, but he no
longer wears the picturesque dress in
which We sec him In this picture. Now
he wears full suit of ''store" clothes,
40 do all of the Indians who come here.
In fact, this photograph gallery contains
good evidence Of the evolution Of civili-
cation among our Indian tribes. Chief
Operator Dodge has framed set Of pho
tographs which show at glance the
rapid progress made by Indian chief.
tains in the requirement Of European
dress and customs.
The first stage is represented by such
noble and picturesque heads as those of
Red Cloud, Lean Wolf and Rushing
Eagle. A few years ago all the Indians
who came to Washington on business
with the government wore in travelling
common blankets, skin leggings, moe
casinD and shirts, Their "full dress" of
war bonnets, head feathers, ETC., they
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CHURCH OF sUKKERTopPEN.


hamlsts Of Godhavn, Jakobshavn, Eyed
esminde, ,Sukkertoppen and Julianehaab,
the last the largest, the metropolis Of the
country, containing eleven good Danish
houses and forty cabins. In Sukkertop-
pen |, cathedral for that country
very commodious wooden church. In
Julianehaab IL the finest dwelling In
Greenland.
The Danes Of Greenland are Danish
still, just as the Icdanders are Norwegian
still. But as there are only few hun
dreds Of the CORNER. they have not main
tanned that lively intellectual spirit
which is the glory OF Iceland, and Of
Greenland literature there Is practically
none. The people are, however, gay,
courteous aud acute. They have the
music of Europe and its dances. initiate
the fashions at great remove, and look
eagerly for the latest news. The wealth
of the country is In fish and seals
chiefly, The seal is everything to the
Esquimaux, as the reindeer is to the
IAplander. Its flesh is his food, its oil
his light, and its skin his dress. OF its
bones, teeth and tendons he makes many
useful implements, and the traffic based
Oh it brings him his few luxuries.
Near Julianehaab are the ruins Of the
colonies founded by the Normans in the
Sixteenth century. but Of the old his
tory Of Greenland little Is known. The
first modern discoverers gave 1t the
name because all the southern coast was
OF an emerald green when they saw It;
but in midwinter it Is also green's dark
and sonaber green from the dense ice
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RUSHING EAGLE.

One Of the perquisites Of fame is free
photography. Presidents, judges, sena.
tors, congressman, get their pictures
without price. Bell, Prince, Jarvis and
other leading photographers here are
constantly sending out invitations to
public men to come for a sitting. As
rule the subjects yield readily, but occa-
sionally an obstinate man resists dozen
solicitations Just now Mr.. Bell Is try
Ing TO get Postmaster General Wana-
maker before the camera. Wanamaker
has had but one photograph taken Of
himself In a dozen years, and says he
will not have another for dozen more.
Yet BELL may get him. He was three
years In getting a sitting from Mr..
Cleveland, but after the late president
had broken the ice and seen his pictures
he became positively fond Of the counter
felt presentment of himself and ordered
prints by the score.
Bell & Prince have enjoyed u practi.
cal monopoly Of the sale Of Mrs. Cleve.
lands photographs from original mega.
tives. Mr.. Bell says the sale Of Mrs.
Cleveland's pictures has exceeded in
numbers that of any other person In
America, and probably that of any other
person in the world. just. after the AZ.
sassination of Lincoln and Garfield there
was a tremendous demand for their
photographs, but for four years the sale
Of Mrs. Cleveland's picture has contin-
ued almost without interruption. To
this day orders are received not only
from all parts Of the United States, but
from Canada, Europe and even South
America. No one is competent to esti-
mate the number sold. but it must run
up into tho millions.
81 firmly believe" says Mr.. Bell, zone
photograph Of Mrs. Cleveland has been
sold for every family in the United
States"
Since her marriage Mrs. Cleveland has
probably had greater number Of sittings
than any other woman in America, posi-.
bly, excepting few actresses. Bell has
had from her twenty-seven sittings,
and Prince about twenty. In nearly
every case Of new sitting 1t was made
at the urgent request Of Mr.. Cleveland
or Of friends who desired to have her
picture iR a certain costume or position.
Mrs. Cleveland was very good natured
about it, and, while not at all afflicted
with vanity, was willing to sit as often
as she could by so doing give pleasure to
her husband, her friends or the public.
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his combination costume, and has al
ready ordered four dozen prints from the
negative to distribute among his friends
At Lower Brule. His son, teacher at
Hampton college, and a very bright
young man, is also proud Of the picture
and orders a new supply of prints two or
three times year,
The fourth stage of evolution, com
plete European dress, Is well shown by
the photographs Of American Horse and
Standing Bear, and Of grim old Stand
ing Cloud This veteran warrior was
20 fond Of the product Of the pho,
tographer's art that he used to spend
hours at time in Bells gallery, gaz.
ing with undisguised admiration at
the thousands Of pictures on the
walls and watching with great in
terest the sitting" In the operating
room. He was particularly fond Of
the photographs Of Indian chiefs, and,
knowing the location Of the large drawer
in which they are kept, used to come in
day after day, bringing along one or
another Of his Indian friends to pass a
pleasant hour looking the pictures over.
As rule, the Indian in Il photograph
gallery refuses to display any curiosity
or interest He is not willing to have It
appear that he is tyro in the art. bat
tries hard to assume an air Of indiffer-
ene born Of long experience. Standing
Cloud is the single exception to this rule
known to the traditions Of Bells gallery,
wherein several hundred Indians have
been photographed. Inquisitiveness
shines out in the old fellows face as a
predSminating characteristic, and one is
not surprised to hear that while his com
panions were sitting grimly In corner
Of the gallery smoking their long pipes
and occasionally grunting out some hall
expressed comment, Standing Cloud was
moving about inspecting everything and
asking the interpreter no end Of ques.
tionA. Notwithstanding his great curl
asity. however. nothing could induas
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A GREENLAND HOUSE.

churches, and that all the Danes and
most Of the civilized Esquimaux have
some education. A good deal Of our ig.
norance is due to the peculiar policy of
the Danes, who very early had their
claims OF exclusive right guaranteed by
treaties with other nations, and have
since excluded others from any share In
the trade.
Their reasoning Is peculiar aud not
without force They say that wherever
indiscriminate trade has been allowed,
the valuable fur bearing animals have
been wastefully slaughtered add the abo.
rigines sexterminated; they purpose to pre-
serve the seals and Christianize tho Es-
quimaux. And TO their credit 1t must
be said that they have done both. The
Esquimaux in the Danish territory are
as numerous as ever and far more com.
Portable. The prohibition does not ex.
tend to scientific investigation, and last
year Charles Rabot. the French writer,
made the complete tour of Danish Green.
land on Danish transport vessel. To
report, including the facts herein stated.
The remarkable fact about Greenland
Is that all tho central plateau, q region
nearly three times as large as France. Is
covered by one immense glacier. ever
moving slowly on towards tho south,
whether by tho rotary motion Of the
earth OF alternate expansion and con-
traction by the seasons--for the short
summers are very holland ever grind
fuU tho rocks oa n unyaa n,rt e,yar "a n
the south end of Gree inland and much of
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MILE SHOOTING.

Interest Therein Greatly Stimulated by
the International Contests.
The interest excited in the interna.
tioual shooting competition brings up
the subject Of rifle shooting In general.
Many, no doubt, think rifle shooting an
old institution in America. whereas to
one acquainted with its development 1t
is known to be an outgrowth of compara-
lively recent years. In bygone days,
when Kentucky and Ohio were opened
to the settlers, they used a very heavy,
clumsy weapon weighing from fourteen
to sixteen pounds, and with bore hard.
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the 18th OF June the representatives Of
the people In the states general organized
for q general reform; the king COM
n,anded them to disperse, and % the
famous, bloody Revolution began. July
la the people of Paris formed the Ma
tional Guard, under command Of Lafay.
ette, and took possession Of all the arms
and arsenals in the city. July IA they
stormed and captured the Bastile. These
are the glorious days Of July" Of which
20 much 10 said
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Columbus touched its coasts In 1lo0,
Ojeda and Vespucci explored It in 1899.
the Spaniards began to found settle
ments there In 1920, and at the begin.
ming Of this century it was an extremely
rich and valuable colony. In 1s0o-io
1t won independence, as did most Of
Spanish America, Gen. Simon Bolivar
being the national hero. In 1921 a con-
stitution was adopted and q republic set
up. In 1s29-30 New Granada and Ecua.
dor seeded and soon after tho civil
troubles began, and from 1s4e to 1859
there was general In armed opposition
TO the president nearly oil the time. In
the latter year the renowned Antonio
Guzman Blanco got control, and induced
the congress to declare him dictator
until peace could be restored and now
constitution adopted. His first meas
ures wero 30 good and his control %
energetic that he was hailed - the
saviour Of the country" and was
elected president under the new consti-
tuition.
Then he displayed an ability much like
that Of Brigham Young--a mingllng oe
audacity, cunning, Gattery and an ap-
pearanco OF yielding only to gain hls
ends by indirection. Under the consti.
tuition the president may not succeed
himself In Office, may not have two con-
secutive terms, but is eligible for re-elec-
ton after an interval. Guzman Blanco
has therefore filed the presidential chair
every alternate term during the last nine
teen years, and between times has placed
In power dummy or mask, who was
entirely subject to his will.
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LEAN WOLF.

brought along tied up with thongs, to bs
donned on all state or ceremonial occa-
sions, such as a visit to the White House,
the Office Of the secretary Of the interior,
or the photographers.
The second stage is shown in such faces
as that of Little Beaver, who had donned
the white mans waistcoat, laundried
shirt, trousers, collar and necktie, but
who was unwilling to give up his blanket,
his single head feather. the fantastic
adornment Of the two long braids and
his raven hair.
The third stage is represented by court
" old Medicine Bull, a Lower Brule Sioux,
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X o m o; q II o.
M O n CO Of the
Fifth Century"
1850; "Ramblcs
Beyond Rail-
ways; or Notes In
Cornwall Taken
Afoot," 1851, and
many other tales
and sketches. The
later productions
Of his pen are
"The Queen Of
II earts." 1859;
s.rl,a Wn,.ua To-
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TWO MOONS

TWO MOONS. AMERICAN HORSE.
The supreme justices are all photo
graphed in their gowns Usually they
come to the gallery in carriages, bring
ing their gowns with them, but shortly
before his death Chief Justice Waite
surprised everybody by walking in with
his black gown rolled under his arm, q
feat which his even more Democratic
successor has initiated.
Almost without exception the faces
displayed in this national gallery are the
faces of living men, and Of men who are
prominently before the public eye. 1t is
strange how completely the famous man
Of one day Is forgotten the next. The
faces Of Logan, Arthur, Grant, Sheridan,
Garfield and Hayes have disappeared
from view. All the great statesmen OF
the rebellion and reconstruction era are
without places on these long walls. The
public, particularly the picture buying
public, is potoriously fckle, and the
photoeysph dealer fnds no nrnat In dis
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" u . ga We u p
everything but
his blanket and
moccasins. H g
took on the over.
coat, the collar
and even the light
walking stick Of
his white friend,
but no entreaty
could prevail on
him to abandon
tne SOIL ana easy
footdress which
he had worn all
his life for the
stiff boots or
shoes of civiliza-
tion. Medicine
Bull Is very
proud Of his pho
tnpraph taken i'm
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AvOYAGE TO GREENLAND.
CHARLES RAeoT oevoTes A SUM-
MER TO THE STRANGE REGION.

The Danes Guard II Jcaiousiy, Though
No Othsr Nation Cares Tor 1.-THE pso-
pie Highly civ,iired-No Grain Pro-
ducsd and but Few Vegetables.
Greenland, though near the American
continent, is still 50 little known TO US
that It Is q surprise to learn that there is
paper published there. with some fairly
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Mr.. Hobbs-I see that Newport, Pa.
farmer has hairless calf ON exhibition
What remarkable freak that is
Mrs. Hobbs - Remarkable! Why,
you're bald headed yourself. John
Minneapolis Tribune.
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A BL0ODLESS REVOLUTION.
oUzMAN eLANco NO LONGER OWNS
VENEZUELA.

Rajas Paul, the President In Name, -
Now President In Reality, ana 0rses -
the Rejoicing Thsrsat-- Career q ~
Two Men.
They have had another revolution b
South America. A few years go this
would not have passed for news, Uos since
the Chili-Peruvian war things have been
unusually quiet in that end Of DE conti-
nent, and this last upsettfng was m vens-
Euela, where GusmaA BlsAsO lone main
tanned the 'order Of Warnw." Now ho
Is an exile, and the people are delighted,
but other politicians are ansey hecauso
he got away with the msasy. - ps-
culiar nature Of his reign can ooly b
understood BY reviewing NE previous
history Of Venezuela.
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An Cniucky Title,

Jones-Tm writing new book which
shall call "The Prince Of Fools"
Byown-An sutohiogyspLy. --.--.~
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AN EPOCH IN HISTORY.
II WAS MARKED eY JULY "a, A
HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

0hers IL Not Now Any serious Dissent 70
the View That the French Rsvoiution
Made for the General Bettermsut Of
Mankind.
The i4th Of July has ut last reached
the dignity Of great national day Of
commemoration. A century has passed
since the common peopleo Of Paris stormed
and captured the Bastile. Their first at.
tempts to commemorate the day were
while the revolutionary spirit was sill
in the ascendant; after that came the era
Of reaction, when praise Of the man Of
l7So-9S was treason, then another era Of
the revolutionary spirit in amilder form,
then the era Of quiet federation with
sarcasm and snoering, and at last gen.
eral recognition Of tho fact that "Bastile
day" was indeed one Of tho great days In
the history Of nations
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She-Did you give the waiter auy-
thing, lover
Hell didn't My motto y mo quar-.
tsS."-Nsw York Sun