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SOFT AS CHEWINc-cUM.

Now and then one finds . person who
understands railroad human nature, IS
exhibited by the gatemen in the depots.
Their orders are to pass no one in with
out q ticket, and it Is the easiest thing
in the world for them to wave back old
age, youth, beauty and any body else
who wants to pass in to meet . friend
expected on that train. One of the sur
liest officials ever saw has . gate In
the L. 4 N. depot in Cincinnati, and
have, seen him turn stih1y away from
desperate men, weeping women and
bowling children. To every protesta-
ton he had but one answer:
Cant pass 'thout ticket"
The other day while was watching
him little blue-eyed woman came glid-
ing into the throng waiting at the
gates. OF the two tenders she selected
this one to operate on. although any ono
could have seen that the other had the
biggest heart After several people had
been turned away she slid forward In .
graceful way and inquired:
beg pardon. sir, but an / speaking
TO the president of the road?''
NO. ma 'amv' he stammered, thrown
on his beam-ends by the query.
'Ah! you look 50 much like him. Are
you the superintendent"
mo, ma'am-not exactly"
''Then you must be the manager?"
''Hardly, ma'am."
"Dear me! but how could the people
be so mistaken" she went ON. "Half
dozen Of them said you were one Of the
high officials, and am 80 disappointed
to find you are not Perhaps, though,
you have the general managers powers
when he is not here?"
What is it, ma'am?"
my sister will be in on the $50. and
I 90 want to 60 inside the gates and
help her with the children. As you
must have the authority Of the manager
in his absence, make bold TO-"
Certainly. ma'am; walk right in
he interrupted.
''YOu are so i'd"
Don't mention it."
"But all leading railroad men are
ever courteous" she said ~ parting
bit of taffy, and then she made bee
tine down the depot
We turned to look at the gateman.
and the change was surprising. He had
braced up until his height WAS increased
by four inches, his chest was thrown out.
and he was standing as stin ~ Crow
bar while man pounded him on the
back and offered to lick the stuiilng out
of him IL he would come on the perch.
The little woman Of all had found his
weak spot.-N. Y. Sun.
scotch Diansrs for . Ceat.
They manage dinners for poor children
= trife more economically in Edinburgh
than elsewhere. In Edinburgh 1t Is
found possible to supply for half penny
. wholesome meal of vegetable broth
and bread. Scotch children thrive ON
the various savoy thick soups OF many
ingredients for which the cuisine OF tho
country is celebrated, and unfortunately
soup Of any kind. clear or thick, u rare
lv prepared in the home Of the English
noor. Solid meat bread and potatoes
form the staple diet In too many
cases in England bones are only re-
| earded Is useful to the rag and bone
| man; in Scotland such waste is rare
even among the poorest-Chicago
| Journal.
Anxious to Sell
i Mia H9~E1imav (Uho vrAnta IN 0et n
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copyrighted 1890, by the Author

CHAPTER V.-''THE MEASEsT NAN. -
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every now and then dropping on all
fours, when the woman would scold him
| and hit him with a stick. A man lay on
| the ground, propping his head on his
| hands and smoking q pipe. Occasionally
he would give some gruff direction to the
woman.
Cecil surmised that the only white man
visible, who was rubbing some kind of
liniment on a horses shoulder, must be
the often quoted Cobbs. He had expect
ed a giant, but here he stood, only
round -shouldered little thin man, IN
shabby Jeans, with a dropping black
mustache and a restless, merry black
eye.
Ally hailed him ioyously: "say,
Cobbs!"
Cobbs might have answered had there
not appeared very curious interruption.
Down the steep bank a big mule came
leaping and stumbling and galloped up
to the wom2-n and bear.
The mules rider was an elderly man,
short, but very strongly built, whose
gray hair was long enough to blow in
the wind, and whose sallow face was
clean shaven. He wore SLOUGH hat and
a suit of cheap clothes, but whole and
passably clean. There was nothing
striking in his appearance except the
look of fury IN his face. AS he rode he
dashed his mule with a cruel thorn tree
branch. He refined in the beast. In q
loud tone he demanded, it might be Of
the woman, it might be of the man:
"Where ye put my boy?''
The woman began volluble dis
claimer of having any boy, but the man
interrupted her. awe don ia steal no
bows. y said he. ''There ben a half
starved boy coma here, get somefn to
eata. We no keep him, Mista Daw-
sey -
Quick as fash the man had jumped
from his mule and darted round the tent.
A shrek met him.
The woman and man exchanged
chances. There was a touch Of pity in
the woman IS.
The man muttered something in
Italian. Only Cecil understood that he
said, ''No use. 1t would get US into
trouble. -
Almost instantly Dawsey reappeared,
dragging after him the same forlorn lit
tie boy whom Cecil had seen the day be-
fore. The man was flashing the child
savagelY with the thorn branch. He
seemed beside himself with rage.
The child hung Imply on his arm, not
struggling, neither crying, his wild eyes
glancing desperately about him. All at
once those despairing eyes fell on the
children. As if animated by new
strength, the fierce little creature
wrenched his head free and with sw lift
movement, like a rat, sank his teeth
into the arm that held him.
The pain made Dawsey relax his hold.
Before his free fist could clench and
strike, the boy was flying across the
Z" slash. -
TO BE CONTINUED.
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| favorlte neioe She said | could have 4
| birthday party. She proposed it and she
| was going to give me a cake and send to
the Rock for ice cream; truly, store Ice
| cream, you know, not frozen custard,
| like Aunt Cinda makes. She got heaps
| of money, so she don't care. And, If
! you please, after the plumb lot of 'em
| get here, she up and begins dying and
| then l bad to send every one of 'em home
and the doctor came and-and ALLY s
voice was ohoked at the dire climax
''Vance and Judy had just got the ice
cream out of the mould, you know, {
| fetch it in and they set it down to make
| haste, get her medicines and propick
round for her, and that fool Vance set it
| down on the stove and it plumb melted!
| Urr! like Cobbs a heap better. Cobbs
| says he don t want to die till he must,
and then he II be dead long enough
''Who is Cobbs?' said Cecil.
J Sally explained that Cobbs had been
| their fathers orderly during the war and
was now the plantation s blacksmith.
But his gifts were not confined to the
| forge, she explained. Having been ap-
preuticed to butcher he made admira-
BILE sausage meat, and having served a
winter in confectioner shop, he knew
how to freeze ice cream. He was also
their carpenter and mended tinware.
"There ain t anything in this world
Cobbs can t do if he sets his mind on it > -
declared Ally stoutly, "say, there no
school, let's go and see him.
Cecil was ready enough for the walk
and the three sailed forth in search of
Cobbs.
He was not at the smithy. The helper
told them that he had gone to see a sick
horse (Cobbs was likewise a horse doc
tori at the gypsy s camp.
To the gypsies camp, accordingly they
followed Cobbs, walking along the high
bank overlooking a cypress slash.
The canvass wagons, the jaded and
rough-coated horses, the blazing camp
fire, and group of tawny black haired
children with enough bits of scarlet and
yellow to make their rags picturesque,
very soon told them the location of the
camp.
A little to the right a drowsy looking
muzzled bear was being led up and down
by chain in the hands of the woman.
He walked WretchedlY on his hind legs,
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moving targets, the first quail that raises
before you is pretty sure to escape. The
sound of its wings will probably so
Frightened that you will will stand with
your mouth open and staring eyes until il
has disappeared. Then you Will wonder
why you didn Il shoot.
Even after you have learned to control
your nerves you will find it very hard at
first to hit your bird, because you will
forget to aim ahead of it if flying across
your line of sight, or above if rising, or
below it if flying downward. This max
ing allowance for flight can be learned
only by practice. No rule can be laid
down for it. Usually in beginning you
will make too much allowance. Il is
when shooting at strOng-fiying water
fowl that the need of making great al
lowance is most urgent; but even then
the allowance is not more than ten or
twelve feet in forty yards.
In hare shooting it is necessary to cal
low for running by aiming a trife
above the game when it Is running
straight away from you. This is because
your line of sight is above it as you
stand.
The shotgun requires the very best Of
care in order TO do good work. 1t must
be kept perfectly clean and must always
be loaded to suit its ''hablt - as call
it. By this I mean that each gun has q
capacity or quality for shooting a certain
load best, and any other load will lessen
its effectiveness. By a little expert
menting You can find out the load that
best suits your piece.
Garry your gun on your shoulder with
the muzzle elevated and the hammer
down, save when you are expecting
game TO rise, then you may hold it
at ready, - which is as follows: Cock
both barrels, grasp the stock with the
right hand, as in firing, and sustain the
barrels at an upward angle in the left
hand, just in front of and across the
breast, the breech-heel q little below the
right elbow. This gives perfect
of action when the game rises perfect
freedom OF action when the game rises.
Moreover it is the safest position in which
to carry the gun, both for yourself and
your companion, if you have any.
Never be in hurry with gun, no
matter what the apparent emery ency; II
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trigger. In trial of skill he killed
forty-one quails before missing one, and
that, too, in bad sassafras cover, where
the birds rose out of most difficult places.
How had he become so proficient? To
such an inquiry I should answer: 'He
always kept cool and always looked at
his bird. - Really this thing of looking
at your bird, simple as it may seem, Is
the largest part of successful shooting
on the wing with the shotgun. The
shooter who looks at his gun when about
to fire is never a brilliant marksman.
While you are bearing this rule in
mind let me tell you how to- aim q shot
gun. 1t is q very simple thing when once
you have mastered 1t.
Lift the weapon with both hands, the
right clasping the stock just below the
guard, the left supporting the barrels.
Look with both eyes steadily at the OBJ
ject to be shot at, and at the same time
bring the mid-rib of the barrels straight
under the line of vision of the right eye.
Pull the trigger instantly. Never attempt
to sight along the rib, but SIMPLY be
aware that the gun is directly under your
line of aim. SO soon as you are able
to point your weapon without looking di-
rectly at it you may be sure that the
worst is over, and that you will be a far
shot after little practice.
When you are ready to go into the field
to shoot game you must keep well in
mind the following rules for handling
your gun:
l. Never let the muzzle of your piece
point at any person.
2 Alwas carry your gun with the muz-
Zle pointing away from you.
3. When climbing a fence. put your
gun over first, after taking out both the
shells.
4. Never drag a gun toward you.
Nearly half the accidents that have
happened to boys from the handling of
guns have been owing to the neglect OF
the fourth of the above rules.
Most boys know that it is considered
unsportsmanlike TO shoot at any bird
when it is not flying, or any hare or rab-
bit that is not running. 1t is the law of
''polite shooting that the game must
have fair chance to escape, especially
when the shotgun is used.
Target practice is well enough TO train
the shooter in aiming, but there Is no
way of learning to shoot game save going
into the field and banging away at it.
No matter how much you have fred at
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tainers, and there were real battles
fought within riding distance where men
had been killed, and duel and ghost
and beautiful distracted lady her hair
down figured in the legends. Altogether,
Cecil was good deal cheered; life was
not going TO be so commonplace, after
all. He was amused at the plantation
store, he thought the old gin picturesque.
II 9 was battered by Alan and Sally S
obvious admiration.
Its not half so bad, though every
thing awfully shabby thought Mas
ter Cecil, condescendingly.
But this morning-how bare the big
room looked! Its careful neatness could
not hide the weather blotehes or the odd
old wall papers, the sunken bricks of the
fireplace, the clumsiness of the iron
fire-dogs, the lack of furniture. There
were prints from illustrated papers,
tastefully enough framed in glossy ma
nills paper with brass tacks, grouped on
the wide expanse of wall. The prints
we're well chosen, the effect was pretty,
but the young critic could tell at g glance
that they were wood cuts and not etch-
ings; hadn t he brought q fine Van Elten
to Mrs. Seyton and explained 10 Sally
what a bemarqe proof was? I fear Mr..
Seyton himself did not know before.
He was aroused by Vance trundling in
g bath-tub and depositing q streaming
bucket of water on the carpet, with q
cheerful responsibility as to the result
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breech and fore part of the stock, all of
which were rude but singularly effective
representations of birds and other
animals. The locks were beautifully
engraved and the barrels were as bright
as silver. 1t was of Spanish make, and
had been brought from Mexico in the
time of our war with that country. The
original stock, however, had been re-
placed by the homemade one which
l have described. The barrels were
thirty-fou inches long and about equal
IN bore to our slxteen-gau pieces. I
mention this gun on account of the
young man who used it, for he was the
surest wing shot that I ever saw pull
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WE ALL.

lF YOUTHFUL LIFE AND ADVENTURE IN ARKANSAS.
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BY OCTAVE THANET.
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HOW TO HANDLE A SHOTGUN.
Advice to Boys by Veteran spOrtsma

BY MAURICE THOMPSON.
[Author of Marion and His Boy Hunters
etc.i
Copyrighted 1880 by the Author.I
The first good shotgun that ever saw
was double barreled, f1int-locked one,
whose stock had been made out Of a
curly-maple root, and whose mountlngs
were of pewter. It was a clumsy af-
fair. but its barrels were as good and
as fine as any that 1 have since seen. 1
remember very well the carvings of the
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THE CAVALRY OF THE UNITED STATES.
BY Capt. Charles King, U. 5. !.
copyrighted, 1880, by the Author

IT is not an easy
matter TO lay before
the youthful reader,
in this department
and in one shor.
article, a description
of the cavalry of our
little army, but it IS
called for and tn
attempt m u st bs
made. How much
would I prefer 70
have the boys all to-
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HERE was no longer
any stifening of the
joints OF converse
ton. Both the young
S ey to n s. tongues
were for running at
once. They ratified a
fusillade of question
and comment on their
father, who between
his answers contrived
10 help Cecil TO a new
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is the deliberate and cool sportsman that
is quickest and surest. Remember that
what is done as habit is done perfectly,
and all that you have to do to make a
crack shot Of yourself is to learn to fire
habitually by the most approved rule.
When bird rises before you, the first
thing to do is to get your eyes fixed
steadily on it, and the next thing is to
bring your gun to bear on your point Of
aim by a single motion, while at the
same instant you fire the right-haud
barrel. If you miss, move the gun again
by steady but swift movement to the
new point of aim, and fire the left
hand.
Now, boys, remember and be careful:
for the gun is good friend to the prudent
and cautious shooter, but a terrible
enemy to the careless and imprudent one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-31
A CLASH IN NORTH DAKOTA
The Opposing Candidates for Congress
Having o Hot Time Of It.

There was clash between the johnson and
Hansborough forces in the North Dakota re-
publican convention yesterday. Immediately
after the call to order Mr.. Standish Of Nelson
county. one Of Mr.. Johnson's friends. offered a
resolution. In substance it demanded that the
credentials committee report at 2 pm, and
that if its report on contested counties was not
complete the convention was to hear the evil
dence relating to the contests. Mr.. Cochran
Of Grand Forks offered substitute that the
committee be urgently requested to report at
o'clock. Mr.. Cochran claimed that the
Standish resolution was unprecedented. This
brought Mr.. Standish to his feet in white
heat. His remarks declared openly his belief
that the Credentials committee was packed
in the interest of Hansborough and that the
johnson candidates would be cheated out Of
their rights. Judge Francis of Burleigh county
spoke on the question at great length. He de-
clared that the republican party was greater
than either Hansborough or Johnson. He stood
for fair play, he said, and in closing favored
the substitutes, but said that if the committee
did not report quickly he would be in favor Of
taking unfinished contests out of the commit
tees hand After further debate the johnson
leaders agreed to the substitute, which pre-
vailed A recess was then taken.
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A Petition.

To The Senate and House Of representa-
tires in Congress assembled:
The undersigned, citizens of the District
Of Columbia, earnestly protest against the
passage Of Fl. r. bill s243, knot0n as the
Atkinson 6ill, Without substantial amend
Bsent.
In its stead tre ask for legislation ,ohich
shall
FIRST, sare life and limb and reduce
an obstruction 10 trade and traUel on re-
DaoriHg death-trap grade-crossings l0ithin
the city limits, wherever such renaoral is
practicable.
SECOND, enlarge freight facilities by
giriR0 the railroad poacer Of condemnation
trifhin the city east Of Sd street teest and
south Of the present tracks.
THIRD, increase the beauty of the can't
tai BY reBloring surface tracks from 9Th
street and the mall, either relieriag the
park entirely Of railroad occupation, or
sinking and cSceriH0 from vieD the dis
figuring tracks across IL. U the station is
20 be permitted 10 remain on tie park tce
ask that 9Th street be cleared Of tracks and
utdttae tracks On the mall be hidden from
sight and rendered easy and safe 10 be
crossed And in this eTent zoe also ask
that the road be required TO make ade-
q'tdte compensation for its valuable priv
tieges upon the mall by remOring grade
crossings and decreasing the killing and
nlaHg!iHg Of the people on its surface
tracks.
In local railroad legislation IRE ask thai
consideration shall be giUeH, FIRST, 10 human
life, Rert TO trade. merit to the city's beauty,
a Ig,.f D. a. 81
the Tditrodd's illegal acts, aad the pro-
posed grataitOas confirmation Of its un-
authorized use Of public property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-31
A COOLER VIEW.
F1orida's Governor CoNnsels Agafns!
the Proposed Boycott. Z

Gov. Fleming Of Florida, in An interview -
the boycott against the north. says: The
passage of the force bill, which would evidence
hostility toward the south, at which it is aimed
by northern republicans, would do more to an
tagonize the sections than anything since the
reconstruction period and, fear, would retard
the progress Of the south by serious political
disturbances. But the suggested boycott,
which, if successful, would interrupt the mutual
relations Of trade between the sections and
strike blow at our friends at the north a. well
as our enemies thore; would increase sectional
feeling to an extent which would be most un-
fortunate for the whole country, and such a
revolution in our business relations would, in
my opinion, operate injuriously to both sec.
tons. If the force bill should pass we must
meet it calmly and dIspassionately and adopt
prevent as far possible the injuries which 1t
is intended to perpetuate.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-31
TOO MUCH STAGE REALISM.
Actors in a Mimic Contest Wound Each
Other With Bowie Knives ,M

Miss Kate Pierson and company are playing
a weeks engagement at the Sterling Opera
House, Birmingham, Ala. Tuesday night a
scene was enacted on the stage with more real
ism than the bills demanded The dual scene
in the first act was between Messrs. Bittner
and Pierson, who fought with regular bowie
knives, which were exceedingly sharp. In the
first encounter Mr.. Persons finger was slit
and MIR. Bittner's left arm was badly gashed.
The actors were so much interested in their
work that it was not until the last act that
either knew he had been cut.
In the final act Pierson stood over Bittner,
who was lying prone in death on the stage,
and, while delivering his speech over the
victim, drop OF blood from his finger fell
into Bittner's eye, making it difficult for the
latter to keep still and be as dead as his part
demanded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-07-31
CITY AND DISTRICT

g wealthy London merchant gives the
secret of his business success as follows: II
always feel happy when 1 am advertising, for
then know that, waking or sleeping, have
strong though silent orator working for me;
one who never tires, never makes mistakes, and
who Is certain to enter the households from
which, il at all, my trade must come" To
secure the services Of such an agent as this
shrewd merchan: referred to. advertise In The
EVENING STAR II is read by everybody In
Warrington
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FATAL FALL FROM A ROOF.
Mr.. w. w. Pywell, the Slater, Dies Of
His Injuries.

Mr.. ". W. Pywell Of 1415 sth street northwest
was fatally injured at the corner of 18th and G
streets southwest yesterday afternoon by fall
ing from the roof. He was o slater, engaged in
roofing the three-story building on the corner
mentioned and it is supposed that the heat Of
the sun overcame him, for he was seen to reel
on the scaffold before he fell 1t was about 2
o'clock when the accident occurred. When he
was picked up it was found that his head and
chest were crushed. Drs. H. H. Barker, G.. r. L.
Cole, r. Middleton and H. Bohemian were sum-
moned. but saw that the case was hopeless and
that all they could do would be to alleviate the
suffering Of the injured man. He was taken to
his home and died about o'clock pm.
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ADDRESS)

Low RATES TO DEER PARK AND OAKLAND
During the present season the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company will sell excursion
tickets from Washington TO Deer Park. Noun
tain Lake Park and Oakland for the Friday
night and all Saturday trains each week at rate
Of 50 for the round trip. The tickets will be
valid for return passage until Monday follow
ing day Of sale. Tickets to Berkeley Springs
and return will be sold under similar condl-
tions at IS. 80 for the round trip.