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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09
BIRDS ON THE WING.
How Sportsmen Practice Shooting
Live and Clay Pigeons.
GLASS BALLS NO LONGER USED,
The Manufactured Article is Almost as
Good as the Field Article.
EQUIPMENT FOR AN AMATEUR CLUB
WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcu.1

WRITTEN FOR THE DIsPATcu.1
For the busy man who loves the sound of
d gun, yet who can only indulge in shoot
ing excursion once or twice year in the
season, it is standing regret that his lack
of practice between seasons puts his hand
out of trim for the birds. Trap shooting,
which has taken hold of the public fancy to
a very large extent in recent years. affords
the opportunity for practice so greatly de-
sired
Trap shooting vas, until few years ago,
confined almost wholly to professionals, and
very few amateurs were sklllful enough to
be ranked as experts. Now, however, there
are clubs in every big city, and some of the
amateur sportsmen would not make at all
bad showing even by the side of such dis
tinguished shots as Bogardus, DR.. Carver
and other noted guns of the trap and hunt
ing field. The glass ball, formerly so popu-
lar in matches at the traps, is now quite a
thing of the past. Where live pigeons are not
employed under the Nottingham Club rules,
which govern all matches shot with live
birds, the artificial clay pigeon is the uni
versal substitute. The glass ball was dis
carded for the reason that its brittleness
made it liable to break at the slightest con-
tact with the shot. and twas even a question
whether, under certain conditions, actual
contact was necessary to shatter it.
FLY LIKE LIVE BIRDS.
So many Improvements have been made
recently in the manufacture of clay pigeons
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

guns for trap or wing shooting has passed
away. A good, hard hitting gun with Damas-
Gus steel barrels. English walnut stock, check
cred and engraved, can be bought for $50
and upward.
THE LOAD ALLOWED.
In loading for trap shooting, for 70
gauge gun, three drains of powder and two
wads are put back of or ~ ounces of No.
6, s or 10 chilled shot, according to wind
and distance.
Under the rules of the National and
American Association, which have been re-
vised within the last few weeks, any weight
gun is permissible, but it must not be over
ten-bore in caliber. The powder charge is
unlimited and the charge of shot for ten-bore
guns is fixed at II ounces. Each contest
ant must shoot at three or more birds before
leaving the score. In doubles both traps
are sprung simultaneously and each con-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09
R0MANCES OF GREAT MEN.
Marriages of Ex. Governor Long, of Massa-
chuscfts, and Senator Hawley.
g;.a Hrundv Ir ia rnrroapondan,o

Marriages of Ex-Governor Long, of Massa-
chusefts, and Senator Hawley.
Miss Grundy, Jr. IS Correspondence
A curious romance of the last Congress
was that OF Ex-Governor Long, OF Massachu-
sets. He went away from the House one
day, and short time later telegram ap-
peared in the newspapers saying that he
had married school teacher who had been
instructing two of his children. She was
pretty and accomplished, and Washington
society highly approved of the match when
its members came to know her.
1t was the same with the match of Senator
Hawley, whose pretty English wife is now
one of the leading ladies in Washington So
ciety. Mrs. Hawley was the daughter of a
prosperous English squire. She had the
theory that every woman should have
career, and at an early age she turned her
attention to nursing. She was chosen di-
rectress of the nurses to GO with General
Wolseley's army in the Zulu war, and her
success was so great that she was awarded the
Victoria order of the Red Cross.
She came to America to reform the man.
agement of the Philadelphia hospital. and
it was during one of her trips across the
ocean that Senator Hawley met her. He
fell in love. proposed and was married and
she now presides over the Senator's house
here.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

that the natural action of the bird is now
simulated with remarkable fidelity and
practice at the inanimate birds is considered
Just as good for the marksman as though he
were shooting at live pigeons. A great
many clubs use the artificial birds exclu-
sively, the most prominent in the East being
the German Gun Club, OF New York, and
the Southside Club, OF Newark, N. j. The
favorite birds are the Ligowsky clay pigeon,
with clay tongue; "the Bat, which may be
thrown from clay pigeon trap or a regular
bat trap;,the American clay bird, which is
exceedingly hard to hit, but when hit is
easily broken, and the Standard and Key
stone. both of which are fac SMILES of the
blue rock pigeon. One of the birds formerly
used had a paper tongue, but it was found
that in wet weather this would become limp
and refuse to work. The most reliable have
clay or a wooden tongue. The best clay
pigeons, when bought in quantities for the
use of clubs, cost about cents each.
From pecuniary standpoint, it is a very
different thing when live birds are used. In
the season pigeons cost about % cents apiece;
but in winter the price runs up to 60 cents
and even higher. In some recent big
matches the birds cost an average of So
apiece, and in a match between DR.. Knapp
and Major Floyd Jones not long ago several
hundred birds were killed, costing 81 each.
WHERE THE PIGEONS COME FROM.
The pigeons for these contests come from
different parts of the country, but the best
are from Baltimore, where the famous blue
rock breed is raised. The blue rock is
small bird; hard, firm and heavy for its
size. A great many gunners who have not
had much experience in live-bird shooting
make the mistake of selecting big birds un-
der the impression that they are the strong
est and the fastest flyers. Experts. however,
will pick out the small, firm bird. as they
know by experience that they will fly faster
and are in every way better suited for the
traps.
In shooting either at live or artificial
birds a good deal depends upon the weather.
Windy weather has an effect both on the
fight of live birds and the artificial ones.
If the day be hard and cold and pretty
windy. the live birds get up wilder and the
clay ones naturally sail faster with the
wind. All matches at artificial birds are
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Cana dn's Governor. General

Lord Stanley, of Preston, the Governor
General OF Canada, is broad-shouldered, pa
trician-mannered, and 40. He wears a
closely-cropped black beard; is devoted to
a cold tub, and has taken kindly to toboy-
gaming. BE is not brilliant man, but he
is eminently respectable. He is also the
father Of eight children and will one day be
Earl of Derby and one of the richest men In
Europe.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09
Mrs. ChnndIer's Washington Residence.

One Of the finest residences in Washing
ton is now being erected on the corner of
Sixteenth and K streets. It will cost in the
neighborhood of s10O, 900 and it will belong
to Mrs. Zach Chandler. Senator Eugene
Hale will be one of the inmates of it, for
Hale is Mrs. Chandler's son-in-law and he
gets his great fortune with his wife.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09
Don't Be Too Big q Gun.

Detroit Free Press.
While everybody wants to be big gun,
nobody should want to be 110-ton big gun.
Seven or eight have been cast for various
navies, and those which haven't burst when
fred have kicked the ships pretty we'll to
pieces. No more of them will be cast.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
TRUSTING PLACE OF LAZARUS

TRUSTING PLACE OF LAZARUS AND
ZAHARA
Winter came on drearily in Judea that
year. There was more rain than usual and
early frosts. The poor houses OF the people,
ill-prepared, as isso apt to be the case in hot
countries, for cold weather, presented sod
den and shivering faces to the gray and
scape, wherein rock and ridge and noun
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09
FORCE OF PLANT GROWTH.
An Olive Tree Tint Has Displaced a Stone
Weighing Tons.

hu OitHc Lro6 1nnt Has Displaced Stone
Weighing Tons.
Youths Companion.l
The amount of work which plants do in
breaking up the rocks and forming soil in
not understood by careless observers, and by
those who do not observe at all. A curious
instance OF the effect OF vegetation in lifting
stones is seen in one of the fragments of the
Cyclopean wall of Leucadia. An olive
tree has planted itself, or has been planted.
close to the wall, and its roots and two of
the principal branches have pushed their
way through some little creyice, or through
the grouting between the stones.
In growing they have succeeded in dis
placing the gigantic stones OF which the
wall was built. and one stone, about three
feet long, 80 inches wide and IS much deep,
is altogether removed from its original
position in the wall, and, in the course of
years, has become built into the tree. and
raised at least a foot higher than it was
originally placed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

shot from three or five traps set level, five
yards apart, in the segment of a circle or in
a straight line, and numbered consecutively.
These traps should throw the birds from 40
to 60 yards. The puller stands six feet be-
hind the shooter and pulls at the latter's
command. If he pulls too early the marks
man can refuse the bird, and he is then en-
titled to another. In single bird shooting
the rise is regulated according to the gun
used, and runs from 13 to Is yards; in
doubles 1t is from II to 16 yards. With
singles one barrel only is loaded at a time.
POSITION OF THE MARKSMAN.
Position has good deal to do with sue
cess in trap shooting. Although the marks
man in ali except the National Association
clubs may assume any standing attitude he
pleases, he will find most of those of his
own choice ungraceful and Ineffective. The
late Ira Paine used to stand with the stock
of his gun resting on his right hip and the
barrels raised to an angle of 45o ready for
the word.
Boz ardus invariably held his gun below
the elbow, with the barrel slightly raised,
according to Nottingham Club rules. DIR.
Carver's pose is unique. His left arm, is
held perfectly straight, the left hand grasp
ing the barrel far forward and the stock of
the gun near but not pressing the chest be-
low the armpit. The position officially
adopted by the National Association and
approved by the best clubs, is to have the
stock of the gun held lightly below the
armpit, little higher than the elbow, the
barrel raised to level with the chin, the
head erect and the feet squarely placed, with
the left foot advanced. This position calls
for the least change before the shot is
actually delivered.
Another important consideration is the
gun. Eastern experts, while using variety
of guns, differing widely as to weight and
bore, have about concluded that the lighter
the gun the better. The day OF heavyweight
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09
WHAT BELLAMY'S BOOK BROUGHT.

II
ers Thrice That Sum.
Boston Globe.
Edward Bellamy, the author, is in poor
health. Readers of Looking Backward"
will regret to hear this, and those who are
personally acquainted with the modest ex-
FOUNDER of nationalism will feel az still
keener sorrow.
How much do you suppose Bellamy has
made thus far on his famous book? just
$4,000. How much the publishers? Just
$4,000.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

testant shoots at three pairs, firing at two
birds while both are in the air. The rise for.
1O-bore guns is 80 yards, for bore % yards,
for IA and 16-bore 26 yards. The rule as to
ammunition is the same as for clay birds.
There are clubs in number of States afili-
ated with the American Association, and all
Shnnt tn I'm Loo
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

glanced within. Curiosity and youth take no
long time to decide. Lazarus bent, and en-
tered, and softly closed the secret door be-
hind him. Soon the passage became high
enough for him to stand and walk, 1t was
ih excellent condition, and showed signs of
requent use. Down, down it went. The
adventurer reflected. Did it lead to sheol?
He heard frequent sounds of rushing water,
but the passage was dry. After descending
and winding for a time, the avenue began
to lead up. The air was fresh and cool
Could 1t be that it led to the tomb of David?
A thousand conjectures arose in the i'm
agination of Lazarus as he toiled stub
bornly up the steep ascent. Soon steps
helped him. Then another block of stone
barred his way. 1t had reached the mys-
terious end. He drew a breath and pushed.
The light of the hot sun greeted him. He
was in the midst of deep shadows. He
looked and half-grown clusters of grapes
smiled at him. With cautious step he
parted the twining vines. He looked upon
a well kept terrace. Opposite was the
temple. This was the terrace of Annas.
the High Priest Above frowned the
palace.
Lazarus examined this sstrangely-protected
entrance curiously. He took quick and
careful note of its location. He quietly
returned, replaced the stone in position, and
walked back as swiftly as the unequal way
would allow. Once only he stopped that
was when heard the rush as of torrent
above him. He did not look up, but only
wondered where the water came from and
whittier it went. Had Lazarus but raised
his hand he could have felt a brazen disk
that divided the waters from the passage by
no more than the width of thumb. A
hundred cubits further ascent, and he
cautiously emerged from this impressive
corridor. His discovery was undiscovered.
He kept his cousel; as the subterranean pas
sage did her own. The secret never passed
his lips; nor did the mystery deeply con-
Germ his curiosity. The agitatei nature Of
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-09

So many Improvements have been made
recently in the manufacture of clay pigeons
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-05-01
ghe daily Eight.
N-~-OO~-~O-O---~-- -~-~~------~-~-~-~---~
THURSDAY, MAY l, 1890.
Government Hcights.

over one hundred and fifty lots have
been sold i'm this addition since the begin
ming of the year. mostly to actual settlers.
There are still about as many more that
will be sold soon at the rate they are GO
ing. Among TN" advantages which com
mend them to purchasers are as follows:
They are over one hundred feet aOoN"
the city.
There are no railroads to cross in going
and coming.
There are graded streets to the city.
There is no mud in the direction Of these
lots.
They are within two miles of tn" center
OF the city.
in six blocks.
These lots have all fine drainage, con-
SeOuently there are no Stagnant ponds or
mudholcS in the cicnity.
The prevailing winds for nine months Of
the wear come from the southeast conSc-
oupntlv reaches these lots before entering
the city.
blown from the city over any of these lots.
They are i'm a good neighbOrhoOd with
houses of nice people in all directions.
The beautiful military grounds are just
to the north. and a view of the parade
grounds can be had from any OF these
lots.
The growth of the city is in that dircc-
ton. and i'm a very short time all OF thcS"
lots will be in active demand Tor building
sites.
There is no other portion Of the city
now offering better and more inviting
prospect for the outlay Of money than in
this direction.
This fine property is yet in the reach of
all seeking to place som" money with
view of realizing a sure and handsome re-
turn in the next few months.
ANY one desiring to examine these lots
and surroundings can do SO by calling on
the undersigned. who is always ready and
willing to show them to purchasers.
For further particulars call on James
V. Dignowity. at M"ngcr hotel, next to
barber shop.
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The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and neighbOrs
alking about it. You may yourself be one OF
the many know who from personal experience
ust how good a thing ii is. If you have ever
tried it, YOU are one of its staunch friends, be-
cause the wonderful thing about il is, that
when once gwen a trial, DR.. Kings New Dis
cOvery ever after holds place in the house
If you have never used ii and should be afiiict
ed with a cough, cold or any Throat, Lung or
Chest trouble, secure a bottle at once and
tive tia fair trial. 1t is guaranteed every
timeor money refunded. Trial bottles free
address Thompson X Co. s drugstore
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Meteorological Forecasts for May.

meteorological Forecasts for May.
DR.. Irl r. Hicks in Word and Works
The disturbance originating the
last of April will reach its climax
about the lst and I'd of May. 1t will
be very warm between April % and
May 4, not covering the whole coun-
try at the same time, of course, but
starting in the west, and causing a
high temperature, by turns, over the
whole continent in its progress to the
east. Storms OF much energy will
result after the same progressive or
der, with a very cool wave following
in their wake and reaching the At
lantic about the night of May 8. The
reactionary movements will be CEN
trail ON the 9th, touching the 9Th and
eth in their eastward progress with
rising, high temperature and storms:
The regular fall of temperature will
follow, in all probability reaching the
fIOst line in the north about the 9Th,
9TH or Sth.
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TEXAS STATE NEWS.
SELECTED FROM OUR EXCHANGES
AND STATE SPECIALS.

AldnSdN county IdnuS.
The contractors are making money in
BcCViIlC.
All the bottom lands at Columbus are
under water.
DWhimcy has a crop of measles. Whoop-
ing cough and humps.
James SmothcrS is killed by freight at
Pilot Point. while trying to beat his way.
Every creek. drain and pool in PaIo
Pinto county is full Of water.
The BrazoS river is still rising at Bryan.
The Red river is still booming and in Il
very damaging condition.
Base ball: Houston 9. Galveston /.
Fort Worth /. Austin ).
NavatoSa-haS doubled its population in
the past five years.
The State University catalogu" shows
3O1 students.
Large stock shipments go out from
Edna.
Factory Park. Galveston. opposite the
cotton mills is being filled up.
The streams are assuming their normal
proportions at Victoria.
There is great danger Of all the stock
being drowned in tn" Navarro bottoms.
Mr.. Patrick is discharged in Laredo as
there was no prosecution against hlm FOR
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Mrs. Brandcnhurg. the old lady who
was assaulted near DrmSom by Il negro,
has Identified him in court.
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telegraph Once IN galveston. has painted
III OILS seen" from llaWIrl
The artoSan well at the Galveston cot
ton mill. though going slowly. is down
UJ3 feet
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Shllo's consumption Cure.

No. l. This is beyond question the most sue
cessful Cough Medicine we have ever sold, a
few doses invariably cure the worst cases of
Cough, Group and Bronchitis, while its won
derful success in the cure OF Consumption is
without parallel in the history of medicine.
Since its first discovery it has been sold on a
guarantee, a test which no other medicine
can stand. If you have Cough we earnestly
ask you to try it. Price 10 cents, 80 cents and
81. If your Lungs are sore, Chest. or Back
lame, use ShiLO's Porous Plaster.
Sold by Kalteyer 4 Son. 10 ly
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Extraordinarv Zone Scratchlng.

Herbert Spcrry, fremont, III , had eTys;pe
las in both legs. Confined to the house six
weeks He says: "Whcn ! was able to get
on my legs, had an itching sensation that
nearly run me crazy. scratched them raw
to tho bones Tried every hing without re-
lief ! was tOrmcntCd in this way for two
years then found Clarkc's Extract Of Flax
PapiOn) Skin Cure at the drug store. used it,
and it has cured me sound and well
Clarkc's Flax soap has no equal for bat b
and toilet Skin cure 81. Soap . cents. For
sale at +. Kateyer X Son. 3ti-G r:}J
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SAN ANTONIO. APRIL = ISyU.

SAN ANTONIO. APRIL ). lSgO. Seal
ed proposals. in triplicat". will b" received
here until /? o'clock noon. gOlh meridian
time. May ). $3.50. and then opened for
furnishing Fuel. Forage and Straw. dur
ing fiscal year commencing July !. 1890. at
at posts i'm Department of Texas. Pro-
po>aiS viii b" received at tn" sam" tim"
10y tn" QUart"rmaStcr at each post for
furnishing the supplies required by that
post only. Preference given to articles Of
domestic production. conditions Of quail
~ and price including in the prize" Of for
rigm productions the duty Ih"rrOm being
equal. Th" United states reserves the
right to reject amy and all proposals. All
information furnished ON application to
this office or to QUar1"rma>t"rS at III" va
riouS posts. Envelopes containing pro-
po>aI> should b" marked: "ProposalS for
and addressed to tn"
undersigned or to the respective post
quartcrmastrrS. GRO. II. WEEKS. Deputy
Quart"rmaStcr General. L. :. Army thief
QUHrtCrmdSlur. > ct
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Oh, What a Cough,

NO.4. VIII you heed the warning. The sig
ma perhaps OF the sure approacn Oh 'ha 1t
yourself if you can afford for the sake of
saving 50 cents, to run the risk ard do nothing
for it. We know from experience that Shi-
lOh's Cure will cure your cough. IT never
fails. This explains why more than million
bottles were sold the past year, 1t relieves
Group and WhOOping Cough at once. hOthCrs
do not be without it. For lame back, side or
chest, use ShilOh's Porous Plaster. Sold by
kaltcyer X Son. 2-lEly
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PIMPLEs.ON THE FACE

Denote an impure state of the blood and are
looked upon by many with suspicion. Acker's
Blood Elixir will remove all impurities and
leave the complexion smooth and clear. Thore
is nothing that will so thoroughly build up the
constitution, purify and strengthen the whole
system. SO'6tr RAGLnAND & Co. (5(
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Preston's "Hed-Ake."

p. b. Bishop OF 42l Ave. f, San Antonio,
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