The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-06-20
To KIN q Canvas-Baclr-

The only proper way to kill canvas
back ducks Is to shoot them on the
wing as they fy over you- III you are
muT you viii have lots of sport and
you viii not burt the ducks. Yon wiiI
blaze away 1t them rs they Hy toward
you. which Is precisely what -
lover of the species would bes< like
Won to do. unless Fou are generous and
are disposed 70 divide your bag So
long as you shoot them in this way
only rare accident will enable you 70
do any harm to the beautiful creatures.
They wear 3 breast-plate of feathers
which is practically impervious 70 shot
II your are sportsman you win let
them fly over you. and shoot them 10
they recede.
''The fact that the ducks fly high aud
are very swift OF wing renders it
difficult to kill them on the wing 81 all
and as very few men are really good
shots resort is had by the majority %
such blind shooting as il permitted
Batteries are, of course, forbidden. and
so are sneak-boxes erd the like But
it is permitted to the half-skiIled sparts-
men to build blinds of reeds along the
shore and to shoot from behind them
when the ducks approach within range
In this sort OF shooting very little harm
would be done but for the fact that the
canyas-back is beset with q curiosity
surprising that of women.
..If he sees anything in motion on tbs
shore which he does not understand, no
consideration or prudence viii restrain
him from padding toward it. regard
less of all danger, and the duck shoot
ers take advantage of this by training
little dogs to run about i'm IN frisky,
absurd fashion in front of the blinds
when ducks are in sight As soo1-zs
the ducks see what IS going on the
whole flock makes for the shore. and
the sportsmen can shoot af what range
they will
French Military Forces
An intelligent officer at the arsenal
In conversation said that France to-day
had 500. 900 fully equipped soldiers in
i active service at home; within seven
DAYS /, 200. 900 could be put in the field.
and within three weeks totSl of p
( 500. 900 men could be had for effective
war service. This seems like big fg-
uring on paper. but from the large
bodies of soldiers located in every VIII
lage and hamlet wherever You 60 iE
doesn't seem like boasting- There
seems to be q general impression that
trouble may arise from Italy at any
moment; therefore France is prepared
to rush a torrent upon her shores
Four heavy iron-clads are lying in the
outer harbor, several others inside the
docks, with six or eight steel cruisers
all ready for their crews A feet OF
sixteen frst-class war ships. and about
twenty torpedo boats could be reported
ready for sea from Cherbourg zlone
within twenty-four hours notice The
yards at Brest and other stations are
said to be equally prepared. showing
that France must have a powerful
navy. not old-fashioneI ships. but oi
the latestimproved batteries and speed
steel cruisers recording twenty knots
and Cherb0ssrg Letter.
A Curious Calculation.
Justice, London paper. has beer
giving the results of some curious cal
culations. which. If correct. will make
q fellow little cautious about guessing
on the size of crowd and offering e
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