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THE PATTERN CRANK.
THE TRAP CRANK.

He is the individual who, when
all things are running smoothly
and he is making good scores, is
pleased at any and every kind Of
bird, no matter how difficult, just
so long as he hits his target and is
scored "dead Bird" but let that
"good eye" fail him and he
straightway imagines that the
trap boys are "doing him up" that
he is getting harder birds, and
that they are being thrown fur
ther for him than any Of the bal
ance of the shooters. With
threats of vengeance on the trap
boys, and an oath that he
will not shoot any more, unless the
captain secures a new force Of tap
settlers, he becomes so enraged and
ratified that he couldn't hit an open
barn door, standing on the inside !;
and it isn't safe to ask him to take
a chew of tobacco or drink while
he is at the score either.
THE IMPOSED UPON SHOOTER.
His is a peculiar character.
Were he to use his own judgment
every bird he shoots at would be
scored dead. He always mistakes
a wad for chip off the target. To
him the just decisions of the re-
fierce are an imposition. His aver
age claim is one in every five shot
at. To put his troubles, as told by
himself, in book form would fill a
volumn. He was born kicking, and
kick he will.
THE SwEEPSTAKE CRANK.
OF all the cranks his movements
and antics are sight to behold
and would make circus audience
laugh. Such an individual has
undoubtedly been at the top Of
his class at some time or other,
and he may be shooting in poor
form, but let him make a few good
scores, and like a "Phoenix" he
will rise from the ashes, and ex-
claim as he walks along, "with a
pigeon toe STEP" "let's shoot sweep
stakes one dollar entrance, one
money" Well, he is considered by
his companions in arms as the
comedian of the club; is generally
good natured, but nevertheless an
enthusiast.
THE WONDERFUL CALCULATOR
This species of cranks are few |
and far between, but l have some |
on my list, and must expose their
hobby.
This mathematician can tell you |
after missing a bird, exactly how
you held, whether too far ahead or
too far behind. He can tell you
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Notice of Filirg:: Final Account.

THE STATE OF TEXAS County Court in
matters of Probate.
COUNTY OF BExAR. To May Term, 1894
The State of Texas to ali persons interested
in the administration of the estate of Ma
thilde Baldwin, deceased.
Paul Meerscheidt, administrator of the es-
tate of Mathilde Baldwin, deceased, has dled
his final account in the County Court of BeXar
county, which will be acted on at the May
Term A. ID. 1894, of said court at the Court
House thereof in the City of San Antonio
after this notice shall have been published for
twenty 900 days in some newspaper published
in Bexar county. Texas, at which time all
persons interested in said astate may appear
and make objections thereto, If they see
proper.
Witness, Thad. W. Smith, Clerk of
the Comfy Court of BexRr county
L. S. and Seal of said court, at my office
in San Antonio, this 9th day of
April, A. d. 1894.
Issued same day. THAD. W. SMITH,
County Clerk BeXar County.
By r. G. SYMIEGTON, Deputy.
Came to hand April 9Th, 1894, at 6.55 o'clock
n. N. and publication or the above Citation
ordered made in the San Antonio LIGHT.
JNO. p. CAMPBELL,
Sheriff BeXar County.
By JAS. NJ. VAN RIPPER, Deputy. % 4w
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

This Office is not responsible for the
private bills of any Of its employees. And
40 such accounts will be recognized OF
paid unless, accompanied by written or
lev from T B. JOHNSON. Manager
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AFIELD AND ATRAP.
The Peculiarities and Superstitious
of q Gun Crank.

of a Gun Crank.
"Of all the cranks beneath the sun
The worst Of all is the man with the gun"
No proverb could be found that
would be more explanatory of the
peculiarities and whims of gun
crank that the above lines. While
every sportsman has his hobby,
with the exception, perhaps of the
race horse crank, none occupy the
position in point Of crankiness, as
does these generally "good natured
souls" "The Gun Cranks." The
writer is one of them, and has
shot both at the trap and in the
field, for the past fifteen years.
Has been a close observer of all
the whims and superstitions
of those who indulge in this exhil-
Grating and healthful sport, afield
and at the trap, and his intentions
are not to harass or wound the
good feelings existing between
himself and his fellow sportsmen
on the contrary, he wishes each
and every one who accept any OF
these points to take the shell that
fits his particular gun, and wear it
as trophy Of having been struck
by stray pellet.
THE EXPERIMENTAL CRANK.
He is the Individual who blames
any and everything outside OF his
"poor eye and nerve" for his inef-
ficiency and poor success at the
trap. He will take the advice of
every sportsman he meets with on
new method of loading, and
proceed to load as directed,
should he succeed on tho first
trial, we'll enough, he will re-
late wonders OF what that certain
load will do; but let him, on a sub
sequent occasion, meet with fall
are using the same ammunition
and he will condemn the shooter
who gave him the instructions,
and will then lay in ambush for
the next man who can give him
some pointers, on show to load
winning Shells" Thus he becomes
thoroughly Disguised and retires
from the field, to shoot only on
such occasions as he may have an
experimental load.
THE PATTERN CRANK.
This individual is continually
trading guns, he will target his
new purchase, and if the gun puts
800 to 400 pellets in a 3O.inch
circle at 40 yards and he should
find an open space in the pattern
through which target could escape
he will return the gun and try an
other, only to meet with the same
disappointment, whereas, had this
same crank faced the traps and
made a good score, that identical
gun could not be bought at any
price.
THE TRAP CRANK.
In &c inIiuiIuol xuhn xrhnn
The Washington bee., 1894-04-14
THE NEGROES FRIEND

prb,ic Printer Palmer the negroes
friend will very shortly be sueeeeoeo S ls
by Hon. Thomas E Benea'ct ,,hIio hIie
was formerly Mr. Clevelands puOi'c
Mr. Palmer has conducted the ONCE
on a purely business basis sno '1ie Nc
proes have found in him a trend ,
The Brr has always had a very
high opinion of MIR Bened,es Dtsri;n ano q
knows him to be man OF s'Gliins
Qualities, straight forward and ousl
ness ike. When he was public Prln
ter, he had the Office running llke a
clock and no man was more n'gliy ~
spected than Mr. Benedict Although
democrat he did not recognize d
man b his color. he had as much
respect for a negro as he had lor d d
white man. Not like many democrats
lv man or woman While Mr. Benedlc'
didn't make as many appointments
as MIR. Palmer he was CONSIDERED o
friend to the negro, as mucn 50 a
our distinguished frien Mr. Palme' =
The Washington bee., 1894-04-14
A RARE OCCURRENCE.

Mr. Eskenrode's Eel Catch Almost I'm
parallelled In the Annals of Fishing.
A remarkable haul Of eels was made
the other day by Cosmos Eckenrode,
who was fishing along the Tulpehock-
en-. There is a variety Of eels known
as the tandem eel, which Is very sell
dom found in this State, though com
mon in the West. A popularity or this
variety is that they travel, when NIL
grating, single file, about six inches
apart, and maintain that distance ex-
actly during the time Of their progress.
If one Of the lot shoots ahead too rap
idly the one following Immediately
grasps him by the tail, In order to
drag him back to his proper place In
the line. They appear to have a re-
markable instinct for distance, and the
variation of an inch will cause the
rear eel to exercise his authority to
put the brakes on the one ahead.
While Mr.. Eckenrode was fishing he
hooked one of the travellers, q very
remarkable circumstance, as they sell
domabite while migrating As se&n as
he had hooked it he, Of course gave
haul on the line, which caused this par
ticular eel to shoot ahead. He was
Immediately grasped by the one fol-
lowing. and as that one likewise shot
ahead the next one did the same, so
that when Mr.. Eckenrode began to
haul out he found solid rope of eels.
Dropping his rod and line he grasped
the living rope and began to haul in
hand over hand. He kept hauling in
and piling up the eels until he was ut
terly exhausted, when he was obliged
to stop and cut the connection. He
quickly ran for assistance, and num-
ber of the neighbors came to help him
take care of his rare catch. When
they were all gathered up and loaded
on wagons it was found that he had
S75 pounds. About $50 worth were
sent to the Reading market, and the
rest were distributed among his neigh
bors
The news Of his remarkable catch
has spread all over the upper part Of
the county, and a great many fisher
men have been endeavoring to repeat
it, but without success, since, accord
ing to naturalists, an occurrence Of this
sort is one of the rarsst in fishing
Reading Herald.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-14
THIS WEEKS NEWS.
A Summary Of Current Eyents-The Worlds
Doings for the Past Six Days Gathered
and Condensed for Our Readers.

| General.1
DR. Fred. A. Cook proposes to Try TO
reach the South Pole next year.
The New Jersey bridge bill has been
passed by both houses Of Congress.
Edward s. Stokes has been appointed
receiver Of the Hoffman House, New
York.
Ex-President Harrison Is the guest
Of John Wanamaker in Philadelphia
| this week.
Rear-Admiral Benham goes to Rio
to relieve Capt. Picking, In the cruiser
San Francisco.
Sixty Of the American sailors who
| went to Brazil on the Nichteroy have
sailed for New York.
Ten thousand dollars in gold was
stolen from the cellar Of David Stout,
near Houghville, Ind.
Juror Low, in the Meyer murder trial
In New York, went insane, and the
case was adjourned for ten days.
The President has refused dmira]
Da Gama's demand for recognition OF
the Brazilian insurgents az belligerents.
Mrs. Monasterio, widow Of one of the
Iynched Italians in New Orleans, has
recovered $500 damages from the city.
The celebrated Davis will case at
Chicago, involving the disposal of $11,-
100000, has been compromised by the
heirs.
Governor Waite, in addressing Colo
RADIO business men, says he is in favor
Of fighting for free coinage until hell
freezes over"
The Board of Health Of New York
city has issued peremptory order to
the Steam Heating Company to cease
burning soft coal
A careful estimate made by the Board
Of Health Of New York places the num-
Der of the unemployed in that city at
present at 1900.
More, the Socialist who shot at Dep
uty Lockroy last summer, has been
condemned to six years penal serVi-
tude and ten years exile from Paris.
The evidence of nearly all the ex-
perts in the Prendergast case at Chi
cago goes to show that Mayor Harri-
sons slayer is an irresponsible lunatie.
DR.. Parkhurst has been notified to
produce witnesses before the Extraor-
binary Grand Jury in support of his
charges against certain police captains
in New York.
1t was ar experienced child that saId:
'Giye me something useless next
Christmas, aunt1e"
There is one consolation In footing
the Christmas bills-there Is no Easter
bonnet to pay for.
"This is the worst give-away I ever
suffered" as the young man said when
he sent his sweetheart a present Of
jewelry.
do you know how I'd like to keep
Christmas, mammal" mo, my boy"
''Why, I'd like to keep it the year
round"
Il think" remarked the poet, 'xhat
smile is peculiarly appropriate to
such a cheerful festival as Christmas" :"
Il agree with YOU" said the local sdi
tor. Lets &C cit aud SMILE
The Washington bee., 1894-04-14
Lincoln at Gettysburg.

John G. Nicolay, who was Mr.. Lin
coins private secretary, and who ac-
companied the President when he
made his immortal speech at Gettys-
burg, contributes an article to the Feb.
ruary Century" describing the occa-
sion and comparing the various YER
sions Of the speech. He thus describes
its delivery:
At about IL o'clock the presidential
party reached the platform. Mr.. Ever
EFT, the orator of the day, arrived fully
half an hour later. and there was still
further waiting before the military
bodies and civic spectators could be
prop srly ranged anu stationed. It
was, therefore, fully noon before Mr..
Everett began his address, after which,
for two hours. he held the assembled
multitude in rapt attention with his
eloquent description and argument,
his polished diction, his carefully
studied and practised delivery.
When he had concluded, and the
band had performed the usual musi-
cal interlude, President Lincoln rose
to ill the part assigned him in the pro-
gramme. 1t was entirely natural for
every onc to expect that this would
the mere formality Of official dedica-
ton. There is every probability that
| the assemblage regarded Mr.. Everett
as the mouthpiece, the organ Of ex-
| preston of the thought and feeling Of
| the hour, and took it for granted that
Mr.. Lincoln was there as a mere
official figurehead, the eliminating
decoration, so to speak, Of the elabor-
ately planned pageant of the day.
| They were, therefore, totally unpre-
pared for what they heard, and could
| not Immediately realize that his
| words, and not those Of the carefully
selected orator, were to carry the con-
centrated thought of the occasion like
a trumpet-peal to farthest posterity.
1 The newspaper records indicate that
| when Mr.. Lincoln began to speak, he
1 held In his hand the manuscript first
| draft Of his address which he had fin
ished only short time before. But
| it is the distinct recollection Of the
| writer, who sat within q few feet Of
| him, that he did not read from the
| written pages, though that impression
was naturally left upon many Of his
! auditors. That 1t was not a mere me-
chanical reading Is, however, more
definitely confirmed by the circum-
stance that Mr. Lincoln did not de-
| liver the address in the exact form in
which his first draft is written. 1t
was taken down In shorthand by the
l reporter for the Associated Press"
telegraphed to the principal cities, and
printed On the following morning In
the leading newspapers.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-14
Games and Sports,

Our sports were nodded by the life
and customs Of our people-indeed-
we practiSed only what we expected
to do when grown. Our games We're
feats with the bow and arrow,
foot and pony races, wrestling. swim
ming and limitations of the customs
and habits of our fathers. We had
sham fights with mud balls and will
low wands, we played lacrosse, made
war upon bees. shot winter arrows
(which were used only in that season.
and coasted upon ribs Of animals and
buffalo robes.
Our games with bow and arrow
were usually combined with hunting;
as / shall take hunting for the subject
Of another letter, l will speak only Of
such as were purely plays.
No sooner did the boys get together
than they divided into squads, and
chose sides; then leading arrow was
shot at random into the air. Before
it fell to the ground, volley from
the bows of the participants followed.
Each player was quick to see the direc-
ton and speed of the leading arrow,
and he tried to send his own with the
same speed and at an equal height,
so that when it fell it would be closer
than any Of the others to the first.
1t was considered out of place to
shoot an arrow by first sighting the
object aimed at. This was usually i'm
practicable, because the object was
almost always in motion, while the
hunter himself was often on the back
Of a pony in full gallop. Therefore, it
was the offhand shot that the Indian
boy sought to master There was an
other game with arrows which was
characterized by gambling and was
generally confined to the men,
The races were an everyday occur
renee. At noon the boys were usually
gathered by some pleasant sheet of
water, and as soon as the ponies were
watered, they were allowed to Craze
for an hour or two, while the boys
stripped for their MONDAY sports
Boys of all ages were paired for
"spin,'' and the little red men cheered
on their favoriteS with spirit. AS soon
as this was ended, the pony races fol-
lowed. All the speedy ponies were
picked out, and riders chosen. If a
boy said, II cannot ride" what a
shout went up! Such derision!
Last Of all came lie swimming A
little urchin would hang to his pony's
long tail, while the latter held only his
head above water and giided sportive-
ly along. Finally the animals were
driven into a field Of grass, and we
turned our attention to other games
DR.. Chas. A. Eastman in ST. Nicholas
The Washington bee., 1894-04-14
A Maiden Hard to Please.

81 just heard Of Fanny's engage
ment, and I came over to congratu
late her, said Miss Hiland to Mrs.
Dukane.
Suppose you step upstairs" replied
the matron. Fanny is in her room,
and will be glad to see you
Miss Hiland entered her friends
room, and found her sobbing bitterly.
"Why, Fanny, what are you crying
for?" asked the caller.
'Boo-hooP' sobbed the newlyJbe-
rothed.
whats the matter?''
'I-I-Pm engaged! Boo-hoo!'
Eyes, I know. Is that why you are
crying?" I came in to congratulate
you"
The sobS continued.
"What's the trouble? Do you think
Frank has quit loving you alreadyT'
"N-n-no, but"
"But what? Was there any diff
Guilty in getting your parents con-
sent?'
"1t's just the other way. They said
they were glad, and seemed so pleased
1t looked as though they were glad to
get me OF their hands. Boo-hoo! They
might at least have pretended to OBJ
ject. Boo-hoo! I've a great mind to
break the engagement. So there!'
And the tears commenced TO flow
again-Pittshurg ChronidesTalegraph
The Washington bee., 1894-04-14
RAILROAD.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO r

Schedule In effect Nov. 18Th lsqs
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FOR Chicago and Norfhu est. Ves,,,,,,.,
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For PITT sburg and Cleveland
ualiy Ii;SO a. m. and $40 p. m. "a press
FOR Lexington and Sfanntop- II.so.
For Wint hester and way Stations ts.9o
For Luray. Natural Bridge. Roor.,,.o ~ = III
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threan reans I:l0 p. m. daily; Seerin~ lew lew
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F. For Annapolis. us and $50 a. m ,os
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hofAh BLUE LINE FOR NEW yopp
AND PHILADELPHIA. "
,h aor n fhliadeiphla, New York Boston o,,.,
1ne NE East daily 3 30, O0, QO,OG a m ~ 0 sn0
DD,pins D,nins Carl q20 Dining Carl 86o H1n Isn6
dnnng n,nIng 9arl 500 Ql.3Op. M, sieepiUS, !2po
nohot Parior Cars on ali day trains.
For Atlantic City, 10 % n nm or. ,ooo
Sundays, IL % noon III ana Iz'OV noon
Except Sunday. *Daily. 2sunday on,v
Express trains.
1 1baggase called for and checked from, bo,o,-
GU "n" d,s i, suences oy Union II ansfer comO',T,
gi p oIuers lett at ticket Offices sIa arp ,y
rel nsS lVania avenue. and at depot. anu i''Si
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Rivals.

1 heard this spirit Of rivalry very
funnily expressed some time ago. Two
little girls were, on the surface, friends,
but each consumed with a desire to
outdo each other, as there was really
no love lost between them. During
luncheon at school one day one waited
until all the busy tongues had stopped
a second to take rest, and then re-
marked with empressment: eve had
ham, with champagne sauce, for din
ner last night" and waited to Gee the
effect of her announcement. 1t was
success. Every child paused and
ohed and ahed, until the rival, not lik-
ing such an expression of popular SEN
timent, exclaimed scornfully: Huh,
That's nothing! We have our hams
boiled In champagner' And number
one retired ignominiously from the
field, until next time.-Boston Adver-
tser.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-14

A aup CRY.
Hrs. Billtops Seeks Light Upon Familiar
Household Phrase.

Hrs. Billtops Seeks Light Upon Familiar
Household Phrase.
Mrs. Billtops had just said to Mr..
BilItops that she felt like having a
good cry.
When does a woman feel like hav-
ing a good cry?' said Mr.. Billtops.
''Oh, lots of times,'' said Mrs. Bill
tops; when things go all wrong and
she's overworked and disappointed
disappointed about what?'
why, about everything or anything,
or something that she had in mind
that she wanted to do and couldn't"
Does this feeling indicate rage or
sorrow or despair"
well. hardly any of those. 1t indi-
Gates disappointment or overtiredness
more than anything else.p
Does a man have any condition Of
mind corresponding to that?' asked
Mr.. Billtops.
No." said Mrs. Billtops, 'he couldn't
have. He doesn't have anything to
make him feel that way. 1t isn't the
big troubles, but the little ones that
bother. You know how it is with a
man. He gets bis breakfast and goes
W LIS WOIh duU SeCS tuIOuSu dt d Cct-
tain time, and goes home. He has his
bothers, of course, but when he gets
through his work he is done; but a
woman sometimes has so much to do
that she doesn't know at which end
to begin, and when she does begin
everything goes crooked; Or she may
get up with big days work all plan
ned out and have everything go wrong
from the very minute she starts, and
when the day is over, although she
has been busy all day, she hasn't done
anything that she had planned to do
rs there any real relief Or comfort
in a good cry?" said Mr.. Billtops.
There is, generally" said Mrs. Bill
tops. People say there is always a
relief in tears. 1t certainly takes
away the feeling that you want to
cry"
At first this seemed to Mr.. Billtops
like rather a vague conclusion: but the
more he dwelt upon it the more philo
sophical and satisfactory it seemed to
be. He did think that Mrs. Billtops
took rather a narrow view of the trou
bles that men have, but then, he re-
flected, each of us is apt to look upon
his own mountain of suffering as the
highest in the range.-New York Sun.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-14

qbe tar and Post have coole'
their arder on Taylor nomlha'loi'
rftbe democrats want home ruiz
WHY don't they make the oemaho VI
Congress and not wait until 'hey o'S
cover a negro in the bush.
It is quite evident that the ranN AN,
o,d file of the democratic party WIZ
onnose the nomination and conllf"a
tom of alleged negro democrats
rrdo, iller, is right in condemn
;ng The hods resorted to by the
notice TO make whiskey cases.
When Alexander Peterson is placee
IN trial for keeping bawdy house he
I'LL find out that it will be impossible
70 offer hundred dollars to any one
else.
w. Howard called by hlmsel
Rev. embraced the opportunity a te"
davs ago to visit the jail and meddiee
with other peoples affairs.
This man who is a complete failure
IN the pulpit has but a short time a
Zion Wesley church. He made bet
ter success in his cooking house thai
he has made in the pulpit.
Editor fortune must be in love.
Eron, time 70 time we read with grea
pleasure poetic expressions from th'
ren Of our esteemed contempory'
Tell us Tim was she led or has sht
gone astray.