The morning call., 1893-12-03
crdedly clear and forcible light that the
officers of the club will have no difficulty
in seeing through it and rendering quick

cidedly clear and forcible light that the
officers of the club will have no difficulty
in seeing through it and rendering quick
decision.
1t is said that A. Cummins was arrested
by some of the constables of Contra Costa
County recently for trespassing upon
preserve which was not enclosed by
fence that the law requires to make tres
passing misCemeanOr. He was fined
small sum by country judge. after which
he took the case to a higher court in Mar
tlDeZ and won an easy victory.
Frank Jones, a well-kDOwn Stevenson
street sporting man, met with great sur
prise few days age. Jones went hunting
with friends intending to remain few
days in the rural districts. The party was
well provided with all that makes the inner
man feel good on camping trip. Jones,
however, lei; very grum when he discov-
cred, when far away from home, that he
had forgotten his hair-dye and wondered
what his friends would think upon his re-
turn ifsthey should see his beautiful
coal-black locks and midwinter bang
looking as hoary as the hair on
the back OF silver fox. He Immediately
| telegraphed tD his brother Bob to send
him the bottle that contained the dye. but
instead of the fluid that Frank anxiously
expected in poste haste, he received a
remedy for dandruff 1t appears that his
brother got the wrong bottle from Third
| street tonsorial artist in his haste 20 meet
the first train leaving for the hunters re-
treat. the result was that Frank had to
relinQuiSh the hunting trip and return
quickly so as to avoid too much Dotoriety
should he have remained in the hunting
district long enough for the dye, which
had kept his hair in the color OF Its youth
full appearance, from fading and thereby
exposing that natural silyery color which
has been the work of the hands OF time.
LII is said that Ii. Huber has sold his
pointer dog, Duke of Vernon. The Duke
is certainly having strange experience.
A cores pOndent OF an Eastern exchange
gives the following as way OF making
shotgun shoot like rife: Take one of
your shells loaded with small shot and cut
just between the wads over the powder,
leaving very small part of the shell uncut
on both sides, sufficient to safely prevent
the shot part of the load from falling apart
from the powder part. Ii your gun is a
cylinder bore this load may be fred with
perfect safety, and you will find that the
front part OF the shell, wads, shot and all.
will 90 like rifle ball. l tried the expert
meDt at some old railroad ties at exactly
sixty steps, and the whole load seemed 10
ball and entered the tie TO depth of at
least an inch. II may have been the surface
of these ties from exposure mad become
soft, but again tried the same load (No. s
shop at a one-inch pine BOARD, and hole
was made as thoroughly as would rife
ball. the piece of the shell remaining in the
plank. l invariably carry two of these
shells in the upper lefthand pocket of my
shooting vest, and | firmly believe they
would be very effe ctive at full 200 yards. /
have had 10 opportunity to test the style
OF wound they would make upon an ami
nal, but believe they would make fright
full hole. besides giving terrific shock. In
full choKe-bore guns l would not advise
the experiment. but in moderate choke
and cylinder bore guns there is no dagger
to the shooter"