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The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15
ExPERTy WITH THE PISTOL.

Some Wonderful Records Made by
 Frcnchmen-M. Bonzon's Deadly Aim.
 Target shooting with the pistol is practiced but little in this country, says the New York Herald. Within the last five years. however, it has been taken up by some as pastlme. Prior to the war pistol practice was by no means uncommon. but the rife supplanted the smaller weapon to large extent when hostilities began. Now pistol shooting. or rather revolver shooting, is growing in favor again. In France it is claimed that there are more expert pistol shots than in any other country. This is open to dispute, particularly by Ameri- cans, but 1t is pretty safe to assert that there is more target pistol shooting and more interest in 1t in France than in any other land. At the last annual tournament, held at the gallery of Gas is, there was plenty of evidence of the Frenchmen's skill with the pistol. The scores were probably the best ever made in France. These tournaments continue about month, and are par ticipated in by the best amateur pistol shots in France. To win prize is con- sidered 8 great honor. At the last tour nament, recently concluded, the pre- mier prize was won by Monsieur H. Bonzon. This gentleman is considered to be the peer of all the pistol shots In Paris. His remarkable performance was accomplished at distance of six teen metres (fifty-two and one-half feet) and the bulls-eye was but one and one eighth inches in diameter. For the first time in the history of this famous gallery-the oldest in Europe-the use of revolyers was permitted, and it will be a source of pride to America to know that M. Bonzon used revolver of American make. It carried a.forty- four-caliber ball. '@,.."- ,--, -"
 M. Bonzon fired six shots at the tar get. Not only did each strike the bull's-eye, but each took off a portion of the carton, the small white disk in the center, which is only three-eighths of an inch in diameter For this wonder full bit of marksmanship M. Bonzon was awarded the grand medal of honor a prize greatly coveted, but seldom won. The second prize at this tournament was won by M. Molinie-Paget, who scored forty-eight points by sending six out of seven bullets square into the bull's-eye. Several competitors Scored forty-seven points. The illustration, which shows the work of M. G. Kohn, in firing at the word of command, gives further idea of the powess of the Frenchmen with the pistol, as does also the one showing the steadiness of M. Bonzon in perforating the target, scoring fifty points.
 The firearm generally used in these competitions is very similar in size, shape and weight to the old dueling pis- tol. It is breech-loading, is about ten inches long and carries thirty-eight- caliber ball. A new French powder was tried in the last tournament and was universally commended. It made but little noise and produced scarcely vsi- ble fugitive smoke that vanished al- most instantaneously.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15
4 ReunonstrR nee.
lFrom Longman's Magazinc.l

 There are thoughts that the mind cannot The mind of the animal male; But woman abundautly hath them,
 And mostly her notions prevail. And why lHofes read what they do read Is thing that no man can explain; And if any one asks for q true rede,
 He asketh in vain. An, why Is each "passing depression" Of stories that gloomily bore Received as the subtle expression
 Of almost unsl c .knble lore! In the drcary, the grubby, the grimy, Say, why do our women delight And wherefore so constantly ply me With Ships in the Nght!" Dear ladies, in vain you approach us, With Harradens Hobbeses and Grands; For, alas! though you offer to coach us, Yet the soul of no man understands, Why the grubby is always the moral, Why the nsaty's preferred to the nice, While you keep up a secular quarrel
 With gay little vice; Yes, vice with her lips full of laughter, A vice with rose in her hair, You condemn, in the present, and after. To darkness of utter despair. But a sin, if no rapture redeem 1t,
 But passion that's pale and played outi Or in surgical hands, you esteem H Worth scribbling about. What is sauce for the goose, for the gander Is sauce. ye incopsequent fair! '' It is better to laugh than to maunder, And better is mirth than despair; And though Life's not all beer and all skit' Q. ties, ,TS
 Yet the sun, on occasions, can shine, And Mon Dieu, he's fool who belittles This cosmos of thfnel Thcfc are cakes fheetre fhete is ale, aye, and ginge, Shaif be hot in the mouth, as of old; And villain, with cloak and with whinger, And hero, in arfhor of gold; And maid with a face like a lily
 With a heart that Is stainless and gay, Make q tale worth a world of the silly Such trash of to-day.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15

are so mad that they don't care for that
 And the rage ot the assistant Demo- cratic organs is something terrible Thus. the New York Times remarks' The party of tarIff reform, after twenty years of waiting. comes Into piundered inheritance, IL is lord of the fee but the estate has been raVaged. And the robbers and ravagers are of it's own number and joint heirs. The pride and Joy of possession arc changed 10 shame and wrath. but 1T tho Democratic party would take vengeance on the spoilers it must strike down it's own kin. We are free to say that we hope it will strike them down at tho earliest oppor- tunity. To put an end to the political existence Of the httle group Of corrupt ed senators who have done this harm would be m honorable fratricide. 1n- deed, they would go hang themselves politically. at least, and perhaps the other way-it they had any sense of decency.
 "How can we face the people after indmlgtny In such outrageous discrim- nations and violations of prnciples?" said tho president In his letter to Mir. Wilson. "God preserve the party that goes to the people with such record of perndy. such a confession of dis. honor" says that clear exponent and sturdy upholder of pure Democracy the New York Sun. The devil take such party, say those who voted for change.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15
IEPUBLICAy STATE CONVENTION

Tn. onsciai Modification of tho Event-Pri-
 mnries in the Several Towns. TO the republican electors of the state
 of Connecticut:
 A republican state convention for the nomination of candidates for state or Nces will be held in Foot Guard ar- Inory hall at Hartford. on Tuesday and Wednesday, the 18th and 18th days or September, 1894
 The opening session will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 18th. at p. m. TOT the presentation of credentials and tempo rary organization.
 The second days session will begin at 10 a. m. and will be devoted to the nomination of candidates for state or fices, the adoption of party platform, and the transaction of such other busi- ness as may be properly brought be- fore the convention.
 All electors, without regard to past party aff1liation, who believe that the welfare of the state and nation will be most surely promoted by republican success at the polls next November, and who intend to support the republican state ticket this year. are cordially in vited to participate in the primaries for the selection of delegates toy this con- Sention.
 Each town is entitled to twice as many delegates in the convention as 1t has representatives in the lower house of the general assembly.
 In accordance with the rules of the party, the following additional notices are given:
 l. All primaries in the several towns for the appointment of delegates to any convention shall be held at least five days before the meeting of said con- vention, upon at least two days notice but if any town committee shall fail to call primaries upon the provisions of this rule, the members, of the state committee for the ristrict in which such town committee resides shall call the necessary primaries upon reasonable notice.
 2. It shall be the duty of the chair man of each town committee to send a copy of the credentials of the delegates of his town to the secretary of the Re publican State Central committee at least four days before the convention.
 Per order of the Republican State Central committed,
 Herbert E. Benton, Chairman.
 Austin Brainard, Secretary.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15

gratified at the return he got for that fl4.000 and the trousers.
 Some wills are in rhyme. like that Of the worthy Smithcrs:
 "As to all my worldly goods now or to
 be In store.
 I give to my beloved wife as hers for
 evermore.
 I give all freely. I no limit fix.
 This is my will. and she's executrix." Some are commendably short, like that of the city merchant who left f40o.- 900 to his wife and children by a few lines written inside of an envelope. But the shortest will at Somerset house Is in eight words: Mrs. Brown to have all when l dIe."-Leisure Hour.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15
EXTREMES.

Extremes sometimes meet and turn out to be chums Galveston News.
 I know of seberal Afro-Americans wot don't keer fo fried chicken-but dey have bin dai1 long time-Puck.
 Teacher-"What does your father work at. Johnny? Johnny shea-"Iie don't work at nothin'; he's policeman. e?"-Brooklyn Eagle. -.
 Mistress-"Did you manage to find the basket of eggs that was on the floor. Kate?" servant-Oh, yis mum-aisily. Oi shtepped in it."-Tid Bits. n~.
 Little Miss Mugg-Ts got & bicycle, an you hasn't.". ;. Little Miss Freckles-- "Yes, and now everybody knows you wear alarmed stockin's. s."-Good News. When in her little bathing-suit
 Along the beach she walked,
 The effect WAS quite electrical, D., And not a few were shocked.
 v Detroit Tribune. Little Ethel-Papa says my doggie has f1eas What shall do? Little Johnny-W'enever visitors call take him to them to pet.-Good News.
 Husband What :? Another new dress? You say that dress is wora out ? wffe-Yes my darling. I've worn 1t out twice, and to receptions both times Truth. ..
 Hubby-"Well, I guess I'll have a | shave.". D.. Wifey-"Wait till Willie leaves the room. It is so hard to break him of bad words when once he gets started on ."-New York Herald. MT. Blinks's office Is on the sixteenth l floor. Just take the elevator ID. MT l Cornhusk-"Not. much, young man This basket O eggs an carpet bag is enough for me to carry up."-Chicagc Inter Ocean.
 "Doan lose sight ob de fuchah toe much" said Uncle Eben. "De man dat grabs de bigges' piece ob watahmillioE ain likely ter be de one dat gifts de mos invitations ter jine in when annuddat ones bein' cut."-Washington Star. '
 Minnie-she was engaged to be mar ried to a handsome young fellow she met at Bar Harbor last year: but there was cruel misunderstanding.
 May-What was 1t?
 Minnie-He understood her father had money.-Puck.
 Pat-Be jabers, yez shot nathur war av thim! Mike---How tn divil could I whin tn report av tn gun frightene. both av thim away?-Leslie's Weekly
 It is not the woman who fires uR tht quickest that makes the bes,s match.- Richmond Dispatch. .f'si
 Old Canem-"Now, Willie Warple how is 1t you're late again? Answer me. sir" Willie 'Warple (tremblingly LA new baby came toto our house this morning, sir" Old Canem-'Hum Well. don't let 1t occur again." (Willi, promised it shouldn't .A-Comic Cuts.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15

ing bodice opening over vest of Vene- tian guipure which laps over and fast ems on the side. the lining hooking In the center. The collar has an inserted piece of lace in front which hooks be- meath the turned down collar of silk. The belt is draped and reaches only to the side seams. not being visible in the back. The gigot sleeves have narrow turned back cuffs and the bell skirt is quite plain. showing no trimming what ever.
 Very beautiful scarfs two yards long and a half yard wide are made of heavy butter colored net. the ends heavily finished with lace design. These scarfs are passed from front to back. crossed there and tied with long loops in front.
 FLORETTE.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15
STTPPLEJrESTdRY.

Supplementary Is good word. It Is said that the five or six considerate and labor-saving Republicans of thls city who met in one of the rooms of the Re- publican league the other evening and in few minutes did the work of a State convention have held . supple mentary meeting. Having provided that the delegates elected to the corven- tion should have no trouble and no re- sponsibility they thought 1t woul1 only be fair and kind to the Republicans of their own city 10 save them even the trouble and responsibility of picking out delegates to the convention. So they have selected the delegates and in due time their names vii, be anlJuncei.
 Strange as t Ray seem, the fore thought and the self-sacrificing indus try of these gentlemen are not appre- ciated as they ought to be. There are signs that some of the other Repub- licans of the State want to work too and to enjoy the exercise of their political science and skill. One would think that if a New Haven Republicans were willing to save the Republicans of the whole State from all the toll and trouble of State con- vention they would not only be Ill ,wed to do it but gratefully thanked for do- ing it. But people are "putcheky" and suspicious and mean, and they don't take kindly to having their political work done for them by few men who make it too plain that they want to do it. So it is possible that all the kindly effort that has been made in behalf of all the Republicans of the State by a few New Haven Republicans wil! be cruelty rejected. and that the State con- vention may do its own work just as if there had been no plan made to save it from the need of any work. And it Is possible, too. that the supplementary plan may meet no better fate than the main one. Perhaps the Republican boys of New Haven are so bubbi!ng over with enthusiasm and zeal that they will want to exercise themselves at the coming primaries and not simply go through sleepy ratification of 0 labor-saving plan. On the whole we hope they will. A celebrated man once wrote about the sympathies of youth and the elbows of the Mincio. He got things little mixed. but. he was all right in regard to the sympathies of youth. The sympathies of youth are
 fine things and if they should lead to active work at the Republican prima- ries in this city no harm would be done. Of course it is kind and considerate and thoughtful for a few men to meet at the Republican league and provide for
 taking out of the primaries all that
 is wearying and exciting, but it looks
 to us as if the boys were anxious to
 have some excitement and some weari.
 ness. Perhaps they think that a hot contest for delegates will not make then any more tired than the antics of those
 who have picked out delegates fol them do.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15
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Advertising Hates.

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 Obituary notices n prose Sr ysrss; IF hsstss ssn, and Funerals. 50 cents each. Local notices, S
 YcerIy advertisers are limited to their own Immediate business tall mnltor 10 pc unopleo- tionnble> and their contracts do nov 'he'uao Wants, To Let, For Sale, etc. - .
 Discounts-0r two inches or moro, one month and over. 10 per cent. on four inehos or more, ono month and over, 10 per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15

A Kentucky baseball player was struck by lightning last Sunday and church steeple in the immediate vicin- ity was struck at the same time. Take your choice.
 Miss Elizabeth Banks. who was once private secretary to tho British minis ter to Peru, is going to try to persuade the woman waGe-earners that domestic service Is preferable to shop and fac tory work. She will publish series of letters in a London daily describing her own experiences as parlor maid and house maid in English families. 'In Gap and Apron." is the title of her let ters. They will perhaps be interesting but probably not very convincing to those for whom they arc especially in- tended.
 A curious light has been thrown on the profits of street singers in Paris by . wild lark in which some amateur vo- calists indulged lately. Disguised in dilapidated clothes. one posing ss an Arab. they made the tour of the grand boulevards. singing before ths cafea, and in one day cleared 12l francs (S2O, to which they added another 62 francs (s12) the same night by taking in the Latin quarter. Their stock in trade was a Gascon song. which the public took for native Arab air, and scnti. mental French ballad.
 The new head cook at the Elysee, who has long been in Casimir-Perier's serv Ice, Is named Fieuret, and his salary is one that many professional mar would envy. But the greatest chef ot Europe. where every qpurt has skilfu French master of Cuisine. is Kranz who presides over the Cars kitchen Tn dignity of position as well as salary he is easily at the head of his brethren for by the court custom he has the rank of gentleman and is privileged tc wear sword. He is a French soldier of the Franco-German war. His pre-. decessor. Beranger. received s35,OO0 a year in pay and perQuisites, and now lives handsomely at Neuilly, near Paris Dn his savings.
 Haymakers are at work in, not on the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, be. tween Hancock and Williamsport They are cutting the grass under water or tho bottom and sides of the canal The growth is denss and not only i'm. pedes boats. but keeps the water back from the levels An ordinary harvest ,shs mower. with>closed ,wheeles. to pre-.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15
Railroad, and Madness.

In this country the first construction of railways was opposed by some sega. cious minds which were perturbed by the thought of the consequences that might ensue if a COW should happeh te stray upon the line. It. appears how ever. that in Germany the projectors of the first lines had to face 2 much tnorS
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15

vent the grass from elogging them, is attached to the rear of seow. drawn by n heavy team. and is managed by two men who ride on it. II is raised and lowered by means Of il block and tackle. Tho cieats on the wheels are lonng and sharp. to give the machine good grip on the miry bottom. and the machine cuts a wide swath. sending tons of long. floating grass to the sur
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15

The beer boycott attempted by the Social Democrats in Berlin is n failure. Thirty-nine Social Democratic ur trade unions at meeting simultaneously de- clnred that the members of this assem- bly, deem 1t the duty of every workman strictly to comply with Tho following demads: Not s drop Of tho beer of tho ring shall be admitted in tho work shop or in the family. There shall be no visits nor any festivities in the es. tablishments where the ring beer Is sold. nor any excursions to any such es- tabl!shmen,s. All beer houses selling unboycotted beer and placing their premises at tho disposal of workmen for their meetings shall be supported. Not a drop of ring beer: that must be our perole.'"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15
Notice.

We cannot accept anonymous or return re- Sec.sd communications. In all cases tho nsmo of tho writer will bo required, not for pubica- tion. but ns gunranteo Of good faith.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15

Vienna papers relate many interest ing particulars regarding the late an atomist. Joseph Hyrti. who was equally l noted for his charities and his origin a!ity as man and an investigator. He left the bulk of his property, valued at 3O0,oOO florins. to an orphan asylum
 which lie founded some years ago ut cost Of 100000 r1orins. He lived eighty six years. but gave up featuring at the University of Vienna twenty years ago on account of the weakness of his eyes. His scientific collections were of great value. and one of them, for which an English museum had offered ss.0Oo. was destroyed by fire. Of his textbook of anatomy seventeen large editions have been printed, and as lecturer he was noted for his skill in making anatomical matters clear to the most obtuse stu dents. He was thoroughly familiar not only with the classical and modern Eu- ropean languages, but with Arabic and Hebrew, and he spoke Latin as fluently as German. In his personal habits he l was very old-fashioned. He seldom got new suit or 8 new hat, and few years ago he astonished the Viennese by rid ing on an omnibus without any hat on his gray hair. He often said that life could be sustained on six prunes a day. The condition of the Persian peasant ry is not cheerful one, according 10 a | report just made by British vice-con- sul, MT. Ringler Thompson. This gen. tleman writes: They inhabit mere mud novels without windows and with a hole in the center of the roof to let out
 the smoke. and the filthy state of the villages is indescribable. At the end of the winter they generally find their stock either exhausted or running very low, and the great festival of Nauroz is at hand. Formerly the peasant knew l that if his stock failed there was no hope of replenishing 1t. He would have to go without his Nauroz festivities. But now he knows that week or two before the festival the Russian specula- tors will appear on the scene and offer the proprietor advances of money to SOW cotton for them, the seed of which they provide, or buy up in advance the
 best part of his crop of wheat. The l ignorant peasant is led to agree to bar tering a part of his share, too, and
 when the harvest Is over he finds he has not enough corn to carry him through the winter. If the proprietors and peasants resist the temptations till the time of the actual harvest the re- suit is the same. The wheat goes at half price. the peasant finds after few
 weeks that he has not enough to carry
 him through the winter, and worst of all, there Is no corn left for towns like
 Meshef, with 10000 inhabitants. Last
 year the crop was a fair one. but so much wheat was exported that the
 price of breud was four times as high
 as after an abundant harvest when
 there was no exportation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-08-15

A Kentucky baseball player was struck by lightning last Sunday and . church steeple in the immediate vicin- 1ty was struck at the same time. Take your choice.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-12-08
The Drug Store Telephone,

Accommodation bureaus are all right
when they are conducted as such, - said
west side druggist, "but the sign over
my door was intended to inform the
public that drugs were dispensed within
and not information doled out or tele-
phone messages delivered blocks away.
l make no kick when stamps are asked
for and the city directory consulted by
people, but when they ring up the tele-
phone and call me from my work to an
swer it and then want message deliv-
cred to>a friend living a long distance
from the store only a certificate of mem
bership in the Antiswearing club which
l have pasted on the transmitter keeps
me from uttering fancy language. This
morning was at the breakfast table and
was called to the phone. I found it was
lady who patronized me about once a
month. She didn't talk plainly and
kept me guessing for Is minutes what
she Was driving at. I discovered that
she wanted me to tell her next door
neighbor that she wouldn't be home to
dinner and ask her to open window Of
the house and for mercy sake feed the
poor little cat. The telephone has been
removed. Buffalo ENQUIRER.