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allowed to, carry of the targets which are
here reproduced. For women VINO had never
do badly; in fact. Sir. ConlIn gave them much
more enthusiastic encouragement than that .
at sis 66nns S Saiiers and Sp some 81 targets
have aehieysd the distinction Of being pre-
served among the aTc shi AS sS0n 1h,d
her rifle easily she is quite competent. aceord-
Ing 10 Mr.. Conln. TO become, 10 target shoot
ladies'. whose maiden efforts the reporter was
permitted 70 witness were quick to learn.
reed only strength aud practice to make them
oh. think it's nns." said she Of the dan.
4 y east take ss ny a'i ssb yGS YsSS
find II much easier to hold your ride u you do"
Do you intend to go in for huntingr the
reporter ventured to inquire
No. indeed r they exc claimed in breath;
90 / think the fun ia in the shooting and being
able to MT something: aud not In killing any
Well. but alter you get so you can hit the
bulls,eye every time you'll want something
What il we 90 b, said Miss Dancing Eyes
but she caa shoot better than most men"
A. they went out OF tho door hT. Conlin
smiled at the repotter. 49,,
Gus is at the bottom Of II. Well. It'll do them
good little rifle practice is good for any
American girls champions Of everything II
they keep on. Here's target young lady
made IN here with a revolver. she's the best
amateur shot, i,.r a lady. l. ever saw Wish
could give you her name. but don't dare to.
Those two girls said they wouldn't do any
hunting: but all women aren't like them. There
year and | shouldn't wonder II this gallery
would. make a lot more. because it's the only
place OF the kind where society women can 20.
Aud they're, the only kind that have timst to
go hunting"
Two Colunbia College boys came IN At this
moment aud the reporter came away bearing
the young woman's tArgsts with him and
within himself on the fact thai
WomRn's sphere" Is widening. not only In
university training, but also In ranges where
the young Idea Is taught TO shoot
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wAsH1SeroN,s HAox-rRIcYoLE
Propelled by Big Negro. It Carries Passsa-
E-rs and Luggage.


E-rs Aad Luggage.
Cycling. for profit as we'll as pleasure. Is per-
haps more practised In Washington than in
any other city In the country and 1t has some
odd developments that strike the visitor with
both surprise and amusement The smooth.
asphalt-paved streets and pArk-liks roads re-
ducs the labor OF proDelling q cycle to mini
mum. and one sees bicycles and tricyclss
with all sorts OF attachments and ar
rangements for the carrying OF packages
which in worse paved and less crowded cities
would call for the services OF q horse and
carrying their kits OF tools. even TO pals Oh
paint and small plumbers stoves. balanced on
man surprised a visitor recently and amused
the residents BY padding along Pennsylyania
and aft on his safety bicycle. Groceries and
family supplies are delivered Dy bicycle.
with seats for passensers : protected By an
road dseets. in sharp eonpsttioS with viii the the
hacks. This machine was strongly but lightly
wheels, one en- either side and a smaller
wheel In front. IL was nTopellsd BY power
In front Of him was broad wide seat. afrord-
ing ample room for two persons. and in front
Of that over the small wheel. Vas platform
awning was rugged over the whole concern
Ike buckbo4rd cover. The negro, who was
makes a good living conveying passengers
between the dspots and the hotels. Some
times be takes visitors on a tour OF the
city, for which purpose the machine seems
particularly well adapted as the passengers
have an upobstTuetsd view. while the
driver" delivers his Descriptive. grafton
shout Eashihgton. Us celebrities snd abodss,
b. leaning down and backward. at the risk OF
numerous collisions, as the carriage drivers
differently from an ordinary tricycle.. and the
driver" said 1t Was not At all hard 10 propeL
even with a big load. IL steeTsd perfectly ana
would turn In almost It's own length
There seems here 20 open vista OF possible
pleasure to people who enjoy riding. but who
cannot afford to keep a hoFss and carriage and
will not trua1ls 3 cycle. Why shouldn't the
citizen Of modest means keep HE landau
him around the park In it7 The idea Of such
= dsyslopmsRI Of the bicycle u not At all pre-
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THE AMATEUR ACroi

smaller anyhow" and imm ediately every girl
shoes. Every small particle OF dust was
fiecked of In jifiy; An this time the sheet
Feminine brains were busy with such thoughts
as: Il wonder II Algy will know those OLD
:. Anyhow. my feet arc smaller than. hers
I think ri wiggle my foot SO he'll know"
fair creatures arranged behind the sheet with
their feet in line. and then the expectant
panse of unbroken white frtnged with feet
large feet small feet. wide feet. narrow feet.
tribe. others were pisnted firmiyuail we're
mysterious looking. With critical gaze the
young mon hold back. unwilling to make frat
sired partner be not chosen. At one end OF the
sheet appeared two feet not mates. and upon
posed OF an odd number Of feet This further
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balls dance M and down on lots OF water. I
never could keep my steps from lingering a.
went By. But now am as safe from their fss-
cinations as II were heart whole and fancy
free In the direction Of shooting galleries. I
can go to one every day II like"
When the reporter asked her to explain she
directed him to the Manhattan Athletic Club
building. at Forty-flfth street and Madison
avenue. on In q corner OF the basement be-
yond the bowling alleys and the plunge and
the Turkish baths. the reporter found the gall
lery. as secluded one as the most retiring
feminine mind could desire. It Is presided
over By James y. Conlin. who has had shoot
Ing gallery ever since he opened one In 1884
at Barnum's old American Museum. at the
corner Of Broadway and Ann street But he
has never had one like this before. Not day
passes that fashionable young women do not
1t certainly does seem like the den" OF .
man whose fad was Workmanship. for. at the
Ts the two S MsS b are mot "
nous shots. with groups Of cardboard targetss
showing records o. brilliant shooting. and
which IS conlins wortshop Hacks Of ' tool;
to the door and =" window through which the
occupant can see sny one coming down the
rack holding half a dozen rides. and on the
opposite side are two ranges. one q PASSAGE
way Twelve yards long. ana the otner An en-
closed range 125 feet long. The wall at the
end OF the short range Is covered with targets
and laying cards. aud all around tho arch are
clay pipes, swinging balls. and other small OBJ
jects. This is the range used By most ladies.
especially the beginners.
There are several fashionable bowling clubs
which M Get in the basement OF the clu house,
and II has become quite tho custom for the
members to stroll into the shooting gallery In
the course OF the evening. The ladies who
are thus introduced to q rife and target are
sure to come again. ana Mr.. Conlin Is becom-
ing quito ladies' man. He Is q genial man.
with a iatherly air which Is very encouraging.
Two young women came in while the reporter
was there. They had never frsd a rife be-
fore and had never been inside shooting
gallery. They found It. SO they said. simply
You shoot first" said one OF them. her eyes
dancing SO that the reporter could not for the
life OF him help wondering how they would
ever keep still long enough to take aim
No. you'll" said the other
NO. your" insisted the fret one.
All right" she said. holding out her hands
for the rifle.
Mr.. Conlin showed her how to hold It. and
she got the position very well. 1t was ~
calihre. and as It weighs only i've pounds. 10
easily handled. After n few shots. however.
the weight, light as It was began to tell on the
unused muscles OF the young women. Each
OF them fred ten shots. and tho reporter was
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Gola AlIsIaE 10 Scum Aa.rI...

Statistics Just published show that gold
Mining in British Guiana Is making cons
siderable progress In 1882 the quantity OF
COLA exported ives 1871 .425 ounces. aud In 1888
the output was l42.OOg ounces, so lar ali the
Eo ,1 hA5 oesn o6taihsa ~ al9Elsl washing.
rssis in the northwest district on the Barlna
ana also on the Demerara rivers About half
the OUTPUT for 1873 was obtained from one dfs-
triet. comprising tho potaro River ConaWaTuf
and other tributaries OF the EssequibO River
which district alone gives employment 10 up
ward OF 5000 men. The Government has
sanctioned a railway 10 connect the DsmSrar1
ssd bastsasisS I,vsIa 30 ss to GVOle rs EASaaS
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WOMEN AS TARGET SHOTS
IN SHOOTING GALLERIES THEY nm
VAB TIE SCORES or MFN.

sons sanpie snots-Ths Rihs Gets HssvA
After Tims-TarRe,s Made the Firrt
Time She TrIed Her Hand st TIE
What II one Of the new fields" for women
should be the duellinR fleld7 1t isn't so Inns
probable as II seems Women are learning t.
shoot The old theory that woman will turn
pale and shut her eyes and omen her mouth In
sdueals when you put a revolver into her hand
is about as thoroughly exploded as the caps
she has used at the shooting gallery.
Shooting gallery To be sure. Woman,
lovely. timid woman. Is sighting" her rise
with her dovellke eyes and pulling the trigger
with her dainty fingers. A Sun reporter has
found out all about It It was In this way. A
pretty girl was hoard to say the other da1.
One by one am tasting what used to be
forbidden joys" She breathed deep siRh Of
enjoyment rs she said this. Talk OF womAn's
suffrage" she went on. "0f course ] want
that. but never wanted to vote half so much
as have yearned to 10 to . shooting gallery,
I've seen those anurinR places where painted
eats chase each other over the roof Of =
painted house. while little white paper birds
1utter at the end OF their strings and glass
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FEMININE FEET ALL A-ROH
Nothing More Had These April 1st YounE
Men 20 Aid Their Search FOR Part.ers.

Men 90 Aid Their Search for Partuers.
1t is not often that twenty OF moro shapely.
daintily clad feminine feet are arraysd to-
gether for the especial edi6cation OF the ap-
preciativs masculine ere. It 10 also an infre-
ouent occurrence that arrays the shapely fem
mime feet without even so much as one other
glimpse OF the fair owners Again. It 10 ca
tremely rare that any young knight should be
called upon to distinguish his Dulcinea del
Toboso from many others simply By the
length or width Of her foot or tho arch Of her
instsp. Yet this was the task imposed upon
the swains Of Jersey City Heights last
Monday night There was meeting Of the
" Penny Day Society" Of James Methodist
at 80 Lincoln street As many games Of a first
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Her bowling party numbered about twenty
members. Among the interesting features Of
the occasion. aside from the knocking down OF
the ten pins. were the pretty flowers sent down
from the greenhouses at IrvinRton, and the
dainty supper served By Sherry.
In order to be able TO bowl when che is at her
country home. Mics, Gould has had bowling
son. The building stands apart from the
houss. on the lawn which slopes to- the
and low. with dormer windows and low.
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DOOMED 10 DISBELIEF.
Capt. FAIioa's Experience Was so Remark.
able that 1t Is Useless. 90 Tell OF Il.
From d. wa.atugson E,~'Ds ssa,

From de washiagion Esa'ng Ssar.
No one can ever believe the truth OF an in
ctdent In my life." said Capt. Webb Fallon. an
old seafarer who runs q whaleback on Lake
Superior now and Is seeing the sights OF the
capital for few days There are half a
dozen men scattered over the world. though
who can vouch for iL
Just after the war was second mate OF
the Franklin Pierce. Boston boat that was
engaged In the sugar trade with Cuba. She
was big three-nAsted schoonerand remark
ably seAworthy In the spring OF 1867 We
were on our way South when bowling storm
came along almost before we knew II. Just
like skirts on elothesline. We pitched and
rolled the worst ever saw. and all OF sudden
slant a million tons OF water seemed to hit our
decks l was standing near the mainmast
and nd. before could grab nything away went.
thing else on deck that wasn't nailed and
when came TO my senses the coop was near
around for the Franklin Pierce. but she Mas
nowhere In sight The storm increased in
thing under the water raising It up ali the
time and rode waves on that coop that
Would have swamped the Great Eastern, 1
80 rec exon rd been tossing about for over an
hour when big black mass seemed TO come
same moment i felt the water fairly lump n n
der me and was thrown forward asst out OF
coop and away l went buried in water Then
struck somsthing hard, and grabbed thing
death. IL was rope. The water left me and
] opened my eyes. but closed them again as
sells deck, and lay there and waited. The
storm went down almost As suddenly as It
came IN Gentlsmen. as stand here found
had been washed back on TO the Fierce"
, As Capt Fallon concluded a procession OF
limp men started sOlemnlY in the direction OF
the bar. and waited for him to say the word
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place q charming. and comfortable appear
ance: For cool nights and days 10 provided a
fireplace almost large enough to roast the
traditional OK the andirons, bellows. and va
rlous parAphernalia necessary TO every well
regulated fireplace are OF wrought iron. In ar
tistic devices.
Another feature OF the bowling alley IL the
yerands, on the river side: i extends from
handsome with its heavy pillars The build
ing II 100 feet long, the towers or terminal
rooms being 80 feet in depth. The alleys
themselves are the regulation length.
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a Year. work or ,hs Fas;sur Ii.urs,s.

The annals OF the PastsuT Institute for the
year 1873 have Iust been published. They
for hydTophObia, and that only OF them died
Of thar disease, OF the number mentioned.
eignsrs. Among the foreigners were a. span
iards. 30 Grssks. - Eng!ish. y Belgians. ~
EgFptians. IL British suh'scts from India. o
PAsteuF commenced 10 practise his inoeaa-
tons against hYdrOphObia I = $50 persons have
81 tie disease.
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rounded towers 1t either end, II presents 4
very picturesdue Appearance The first floors
Of the towers are finished as reception rooms,
while above they are open pavilions-a sort on
ROOF ardeps-approachsd BIZ means OF winding
stare on the exterior OF the building.
The alley proper has an arched roof from
which hang three chandeliers for use By night.
the dormer windows lighting IL by day. The
reception rooms have VERY large windows and
upon the river Japanese rugs and chairs,
settees, and tables, all Of willow, give the
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nornrre az 1hYtrsroN.

IRE lnstAstss Ausy where lstss Hsisa
Gouis ana Fritnds Upset. the Tsn FIns
Miss Helen N. Gould takes her athletics In
the form Of bowling Every Monday evening
during the past winter. with party Of friends.
abe had possession Of the bowling alleys at the
Berkeley Ladies' Athletic Club Of which. by
the way. she IL one Of the Vice. Presidents.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-08
Retter Than a steam Fo-horn.

while travelling through South
ern California few years ago." said
Matthew l. Gregory OF Minneapolis.
IL came across an interesting Curl
osity known as the whistling we'll.
1t was on farm and had been dug q
number Of years previous and aban-
doned, as no water had appeared. A
short time after it had been dug it
was noticed that strong current of
air kept rushing in and out OF tho
well. and a fiat stone with hole in
the center was placed over it. Into
this hole whistle was fastened,
which changed its tune as the air
was drawn in or blown out, and 1t
was soon found to be q reliable
weather barometer. In pleasant
weather the whistle was silent, but
il storm was brewing its approach
was heralded by the warning shrioks
of the whistle us the air rushe.l In
and out OF the we'll. When the
storm passed the current OF air
changed and the faithful whistle told
the story by its changed tune. st.
Louis Globe Democrat
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-08

w. ID. Gordon, of. Midland, was re-
nominated state representative by &C
clamation at Gladwin.
The Populists of Muskegon and
Ottawa counties have nominated David
Bertech, of Holland, for state senator.
A jackson carriage maker is maxim g
what he says is the first carriage in
the state with pneumatic tires and ball
bearings.
The black knot, as well as the yell
lows, is very prevalent in Kent county,
and the authorities are going to take
action against fruit growers who don't
destroy diseased trees.
Grand Rapids supplies its school
children with free pens, slate pencils
and other incidentals. For next year
10000 slate pencils, 10000 erasers, 25,-
600 tablets, ETC., have been provided.
Will Gould is a good-looking young
man of Paris township, of Kent county.
lie won pretty girls affection, and
all his Jealous rivals got together, pelt-
ing him with rotten apples Will got
mad, shot at them, and now he IL sum.
moned before police court
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-08
nIarengo Caught In tho Flames.

CHIPPEWA FALLS. Wis, Sept a.
Forest fires are still raging in this
vicinity. The little village Of Marengo,
situated at the junction of the Duluth,
South Shore & Atlantic railway, in
Ashland county. was entirely de-
stroycd by fire yesterday afternoon;
also the long bridge which crosses the
ravine over the Central road at that
point No lives were lost Fires
are raging in swamps and marshes
along the Omaha road between this
city and Spooner The mayor received
a dispatch from Cadott. situated
twelve miles east of this city on the
Wisconsin Central railway, rsking for
assistance. The telegram states that
the village was entirely surrounded
by forest fires and unless assistance
was sent at once the village would be
destroyed. A fire engine with n crew
of men and n quantity of hose left
here twenty minutes afterthe dispatch
was received
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-08

lying uncovered In the sun The
people are destitute of everything.
They need food. shelter. clothing,
and medical attendance. In addition
TO forty-seyen bodies at Sandstone
there arc twenty at Kettle River
Junction. All the settlers in the vi.
entity are probably burned to death.
0'Neill Bros had twelve camps in the
woods near Sandstone and all these
are burned Most of the inmates,
however, are believed to have escaped
with their lives
There are about eleven homeless
families still at Mission Creek, but
they have provisions for about twenty
four hours Brook Park. two miles
west of Hinckley, is burned, and there
are about 125 people there, many of
whom are in need of immediate relief
At Sandstone there are forty uniden-
titled bodies, many of them burned so
badly that Identification will be i'm
possible.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-08
For Value Received.

King Milan OF Servia once went to
the hotel OF distinguished lady
who was giving bazaar for the ben.
eft Of the poor children Of Paris. As
soon as the king appeared upon the
scene, she advanced toward him with
q splendid silver salver in her hand,
on which was beautifully emblazoned
the family arm. On II lay pretty
little bunch OF violets. "How much.
madamep" asked the king. Twenty
four louis, sire." was the soft re-
Spouse. Milan paid her the sum sho
asked with courteous bow. took
the salver from her hands. placed
the bouquet in his button-hole and
walked oil with the tray under his
arm -Argonaut
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-08
HINCKLEY IN ASHES.
At Least 200 Lives Lost In the Destruc-
tion OF tho Minnesota Town.

At Least 600 Lives Lost In the Destruc-
tion OF tho Minnesota Town.
PINE CITY, Mimi. Sept. 3-The
town of uincliley has been wiped out
by fire and not less than 2Ot people
persisted in the flames. The walls OF
the school house, the iron fence about
the town hall property, the bank
vault and one absolutely uninjured
clubhouse are all that is left to mark
the site where Saturday stood "a score
of store buildings and dozen times
as many dwelling houses
AS night closed in the people began
to come out from their hiding places
and made their way over the hot
embers of their city. The fire had
spent its force, but the air was filed
with smoke through which CLEANED
CLEANED the dull blaze Of smoldering
fire in the more substantial stocks Of
goods When the morning broke a
few energetic spirits began to organ
iZe the work of the recovery Of the
bodies They went up the Duluth
track to the north and picked up
thirty-one bodies between the river
and Skunk Lake The bodies were
wrapped up in blankets and such
cloth as could be obtained and laid
out by the side of :he track where the
depot had stood
Citizens volunteers harnessed up the
available vehicles saved in the gravel
pit, and went out to the swamp across
the Grindstone. They brought in
ninety-six bodies, which were carried
out to the desolatc burying-ground, a
mile east of town. There was neither
time nor opportunity to observe the
sacred formalities usually surround
ing death. The excitement of the oc-
casion, the horrible experience
through which the living had passed,
and the more horrible form in which
death had come to the lost had
temporarily blunted the finer
sensibilities aud the dead were
heaped high on the wagons and laid
in piles at the cemetery. The ,r.nety.
six boaies brought into this point
were examined by many of the sur-
viving residents of llinckley and but
four could be identified, Charles
Anderson, Axel Hanson. Dennis Riley
and William Gnder. The balance
will have to be buried together. Those
who brought in the bodies from the
swamp reported that there were at
least thirty six other bodies ont there
which can not be brought in until
morning.
There is little probability OF IIincls-
ley ever being rebuilt to its former
prosperous proportions. The total
loss of life will never be definitely
known. There ere scattered through
the woods settlers, clearings. and
lumber camp, with their watchmen,
and many people were undoubtedly
burned whose bodies were completely
destroyed and will never be found.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-08

Whom attention was first called to
the practicabilIty OF canal from
the Mediterranean to the Red sea
(by tho first Napoleon) corps Of
surveyors was sent out to .run the
lcvels" They reported that the
scheme would necessarily have to be
abandoned because the level of the
Red sea was 30 feet 81 inches higher
than that OF the Mediterranean
That report put dampcr on the
canal project for several years. In
18I7. however, some ..doubting
Thomases" prevailed on the great
powers" to resurvey the route.
England sent Robert Stephenson;
Austria. NJ. Talbot. and France. Sig.
Negrelli They found that the two
seas had exactly the same level. and
the Suez canal is the result OF their
labOrs.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-09-08
TRAINS ARE LOST.
One supposed to Have Been Burned
With It's Passengers.

Onc -cupposcu W thNc BCen turned
with It's Passengers.
MORA. Mimi, Sept. 8 The Eastern
Minnesota train with left St Paul at
los Saturday afternoon. arrived at
Hinckley ut q o'clock. took 300 people
on board and moved westward toward
St Cloud.
The train has not been heard Of
since. 1t has not reached St Cloud
and has not gone back to liinckley,
and is believed to have burned with all
on board. There Is no chance that
they are alive, unless they found n
stream or slough into which they
could go and evade the FIRE.
Freight train No. 40 is in the ditch
ono and one-half miles west of Poke
CANA. Ninety-Hvc people are in tho
caboose and fire Is all around them.
They must have relief or perish.
MARoUETTE, Mich, Sept g. Much
apprehension exists here regarding
tho whereabouts OF n passenger train
which left Duluth Saturday afternoon
and was due here Mt 4:f5 yesterday.
Two hundred miles of its run