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Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-29
LINGERING ON LIFE'S STAGE,

everywhere as Grandma Hustled and cele-
brated her Tooth birthday on the 9TH.
IL VIII surprise many people TO learn that
Adolph dEnnery and Eugene Cormon, Joint
author OF The Two Orphans" are still
living. Each Of them is 81 years Of age.
Mayville. Mich, boasts OF the proud dis
tinction OF being the home of the oldest in
habitant in Tuscola county or that part OF
the state for that matter. She is known
Senator Morrill, of Vermont, 'the father OF
the senate Is now 50 years Of age. lie never
touched wine until he was 40 years of age,
ana mas always eschewed stlrnulants, worry
and late hours when possible.
Admiral Haydn. who Is now SO, Is the only
person living possessing the portraits set
IN diamonds OF the three Russian emperors,
Nicholas l., Alexander H., and Alexander
H. which are granted to high Russian Of
metals on the occasion Of the cars corona
ton.
Mrs. Mary Bush, who died at Novi, Mich.
a rev days ago, at the age OF 112 years, was
buried with Masonic rites. For generations
her ancestors had been Masons. Her hus-
band was a knight. all her sons were menu
bers OF the fraternity, and she was an enthu-
sias;ic partisan OF the order.
Benjamin d. %silliman, one OF the leading
citizens Of Brooklyn. was 80 years old on the
18th, and celebrated the event In his summer
home at West Islip, L. /. Not
wlthstanding his great age. Mr.. SILL
man Is In full possession OF all his faculties
and is able TO read and write without the
use Of glasses.
At the age OF 90 George w. Con Of Punta
Gorda, Fla, has grown young again. Up to
a year ago Mr.. Con was blind, partially deaf
and bald, and had been so for many years.
About that time, however, he suddenly re-
covered his eyesight and hearing. and his
hair began TO grow. Now Mr.. Con hears
and sees as well as he ever did and his head
Is covered with a growth Of black hair. As
his eyeslght strengthened and his hair grew q
marked change occurred In Mr.. Gon's physi.
cal condition. and from being a decrepit
man, hardly able to walk. he became as strong
and active az a youth OF 20 years. The
wrinkles on his skin disappeared and he now
locks ftegh and youthful
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America. The match took place on July II,
and Mr.. Sexton won against a large field Of
contestants, making a record of 80 out of a
possible 100. The targets were thrown under
the reverse system" rule, which Is un-
usually hard shooting. The contest was open
to all, amateurs and professionals alike,
although few Of the latter class of marks
men participated. Mr.. Sexton has since de-
Tended the trophy by scoring "a out of 100
TO his opponents So.
j. d. Gay Is an amat zur shot, living near
Lexington, Ky. He is quite a young man,
but his superior shooting won him the title
of champion shot of Kentucky" in 1894.
He has made some creditable records at the
traps, breaking inanimate targets with Won
derful accuracy. He has competed against
such men as Heikes, Van Dyke and Fulford,
winning a high average on several occasions.
One of the best records is ninety-six out of a
possible 100 blue rock targets, which
were thrown exceedingly hard, the match
being shot on a wager that he could not
break ninety. He won, with six points to
spare.
The sport OF trap shooting Is not enjoyed
by men alone. Often women, too, come to
great skill in 1t. Every one knows Of Mss
Annie Oakley. who gave such a marvellous
exhibition Of shooting in Buffalo Bits Wild
West. She has been engaged in this work
for several years and is, without doubt, the
finest woman shot in the world.
WILL X. PARK.
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ORIGIN OF TRAP SHOOTING
How Clay Pigeons Game to Be Used In
stead Of Live Birds.
EXTENSIVE GROWTH OF THE NOVEL SPORT
Outfit of an Ordinary Gun Cl"h-Arh-
GciaI Flyer observation-disclosures
of Expert observation-disclosures
Adopts in the Art.

ronvriebt. 1895. by s. s. Mcclure. Limlted.)
Some fifteen years or more ago a Cincinnati
man by the name of Ligowsky, who enjoyed
the use of the shot gun in field sports, was
out one day for his favorite recreation. The
birds we're very scarce, and being desirous
of firing at some flying object, he went to
the river bank, where he found plenty OF
clam shells and these, after a few short les
sons, he taught a small boy to fling through
the air in imitation of a bird flying, and
then fired at them, afterwards recovering
them to learn the result OF his aim. After
his ammunition had been exhausted, as well
as the muscles Of the small boys arm, Lii
gowsky sat down and INDUCED in a long
thinking spell. The result was the working
out of a model of a trap, constructed on the
principle Of the small boys arm, having
a strong coil wire spring for the muscle
power, an arm OF steel swinging on a pivot
as the elbow, and a carrier which held the
clam shell as q boys fingers would, and
with about the same movement as at the
wrist. Blu Instead of the clam shell, Lii
gowsky molded a saucer-shaped disk of clay,
which, after being dried and baked hard,
had a small piece OF pasteboard glued to
the side to enable II TO be 'jerked," or
sailed through the air similar TO the flight
Of a bird.
Ligowsky soon found men who were ready
TO put in money to manufacture this new
bird and trap, and shortly they were
placed upon the market. On account of its
cheapness and the pleasure afforded, the
sport quickly sprung into popular favor.
The cost Of the clay pigeon was about one
fifth that Of the live birds; afterward it was
reduced, until today tho very latest improved
''clay pigeons can be bought for IS per
1000. while the live pigeons cost so cents
per pair, or even more.
A LARGE INDUSTRY.
Before Ligowsky invented his clay pigeon
the only artificial target shooting was at
the "gyro"Ea spinning top sort OF arrange
wound upland at glass or composition balls.
But owing TO the sameness of their flights
and the little practice afforded for actual
wing shooting these devices slowly dropped
cut OF sight until today they have a place
beside the muzzle loading shot gun and
the hlnt lock rifle.
A. soon as It was found that Iigowsky's
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appointed days, the five traps are placed in
position and arranged so that each trap
will throw a target in a different direction.
The first trap on the left is No. 1, and the
pigeon" is thrown quartering to the right,
at an angle of about forty-ive degrees, and
a height Of six to twelve feet from the
ground when thirty yards away, the speed
being sufi to carry the target forty to
sixty yards from the trap. The No, 2 trap
should throw at the same speed and angle,
but to the left. The No. 8 or center trap
should throw directly forward. No. 4
should throw to the right quarter, and No.
s, the last on the row, should throw to the
left quarter. When harder shooting is
wanted, or the skill Of the marksmen is to be
tested to a higher degree, the trappers are
instructed to change the direction OF the flight
after each shot by moving a small lever on
the trap, which then throws the bird" In a
different direction, and without the marks
man knowing where it will fly. The speed
of the target is swift enough to require
an expert shot to break it before 1t has gone
thirty-fve yards away from him. but ls
broken by the majority of men at from forty
to fifty yards distance. The springing OF
the traps is now accomplished by means
of an electric battery.
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-29
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Latest geological calculations make the
earth 1896 100, 900 years old.
The tongue Of the common snail is set
with $1,000 toothlike points.
The velocity OF the earth at the equator,
due to its rotation on its axis, is ! 900 miles
per hour. or a mile in SO seconds.
Authorities on chess declare that the game
was known to the Chinese In the year ia,
b.. G..
1t would take a line Of cradles extending
entirely around the globe to accommodate the
81, 000, 900 babies that are born into this world
every year.
The famous sacred Mohammedan flag en-
shrined at Constantinople is said to be a
portion OF a silk night shirt formerly worn by
the great Mahomet himself.
The smallest man in Chicago is George
William Steele, a negro "newsboy," 20 years
OF age. George is ffty-two inches In height
and weighs fifty pounds.
The highest temperature OF the world is
recorded in the great desert Of Africa,
grees Fahrenheit.
public school was reciting a piece describing
the fury OF a storm lightning struck and
killed her father a few blocks away.
1t is estimated that the annual consump-
tion Of oats In the United States has been
reduced about 100. 900. 900 bushels owing to the
displacement Of horse power by electricity
and bicycles,
How densely ignorant the Russian peasants
are is shown by the fact that lat Fly a
swindler was arrested In the government Of
Saratow for selling among the peasantry a
large number OF tickets 10 the planet Jppttr.
Many Of the dupes had disposed Of everyth ng
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-29

Where five traps are in use it
is customary to have six marks
men face the traps and shoot
down the line. each taking a shot at the
bird" thrown from the trap in front d
which he stands. and then moving to the
next trap on his right. The sixth man falls
in after the fifth one and thus is maintained
a regular firing IN rotation, with the perfect
order and precision OF a military company.
For club medals from twenty-five to fifty
is the customary number of birds" shot at.
Only one shot is allowed at a time although
occasionally matches are made in which two
targets are thrown at once. and the shooter
attempts to break one with each barrel. In
shooting at single targets 1t is considered
a good score to break eighty-hve out of a
possible 100. but under ordinary conditions
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-29

clay pigeon was a success and that sportsmen
gave it their support, many kindred devices
were put upon the market. Plenty of liti-
CATION followed and the fortune that
came to the inventor of the first
clay pigeon soon melted away. There
are now a number of large factories
in the United States devoted exclusively to
the production Of clay pigeons, or, as they
are often called "inanimate targets" "arti-
fetal flights" or targets Some of these
factories have a capacity OF from SO, 900 to
10000 targets a day each and it has been
estimated that over 20. 900. 900 targets were
sprung and broken In 1894.
When the target is thrown from the trap
1t has a rotary, spinning motion, impaired
to 1t by means of the carrier or release.
When the pellets or shot strike the surface
with sufficient force the target Is shattered
into a thousand fragments. Sometimes it
may be hit with a dozen pellets when broken,
and again by only one, but whether broken
in two pieces, or a thousand, it counts as
one dead bird" and scores one point.
1t is sometimes the case, however, that
a "lost bird, or one that is supposed to have
been missed, because no pieces have been
seen to break from it by the kneen eye Of
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j. d DAILY.

the referee, can be afterwards retrieved,
and from one to three shot marks found on
1t. When this happens, 1t Is supposed to be
the result Of poor ammunition, or else the
g%unner's not ''centering" the target, whence
the outside pellets of the charge which un-
doubtedly struck II did not have SUFFICIENT
penetrative power TO cause It to break.
Such proportions had the sport Of trap
shooting assumed by 1898 that there were
then over 1000 gun clubs In the United
States, with a total membership Of over
10000 shooting men in active practice. Each
club had a substantial shooting house for
the accommodation Of members. and for
storage Of targets, traps, etc. 1t is estimated
that at the present time there are 100, 900
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-29

they possessed in order to buy such ticket.
These would-be emigrants were promised
large estates and a life Of ease and luxury,
OF course, and had even been told not to take
along the pictures of saints, since on Jup,ter
they would be likely to make their personal
acquaintance.
Lulu Sudall Of Anderson, Ind.
aged IL, daughter Of Mrs. Isaac
sudall OF South Fletcher, is the
mother OF a perfect baby boy, born this
month. The case, so far as Anderson
physicians can remember, is the record
breaker OF this part of the g'obe. Many re-
member of mothers Of IL and 13 years old.
put they are rare cases. None remember Of
ever hearing of an 1l-year-old mother, ex-
cept in the southern nations and countries
whore men and women mature much elrlier.
The child weighed eight and a third pounds
ana was perfect. The father is 81 years
old "
Omaha daily bee., 1895-09-29

The shooter then stands on a board walk,
which is built parallel with the traps, six
teen yards back, that being the regular dis
lance. Back Of this walk or score" as It Is
called, the shooting house or "ciub house"
can be built. The size Of this depends on the
organization.
A "shanty" large enough to accommodate
from ten to fifteen men can be erected for
800 to $500. but It takes from $500 to
81. 900 TO erect the substantial, well-arranged
of the gun clubs Of the larger cities. Even
81, 900 or more Is often laid out on this build
ing, making a two-story house with whatever
is needed for the comfort and pleasure Of
the members.
When the members meet for practice on
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active sportsmen, who enjoy the recreation
Of trap shooting.
TRAP CJJIRS

IRA SHOOTING CLUBS.
The organization Of a gun club is but a
simple matter, as every town Of a few thou
sand inhabitants has a number Of men who
in the season enjoy the shooting Of game in
the fields, and when the season for game
closes, they have but to form themselves
into an organization, purchase three or five
traps, which cost from 81 to Sc each, and
a few thousand targets at IS per
1000, with the necessary paraphernalia
and proceed to enjoy themselves.
The traps, five being generally used, are
placed behind a screen Of boards, which affords
protection to the "trapper" from any acct
dental discharge of the gun. or stray pellets
of shot. The duty of the trapper is to set
the traps and put in another target after
one has been thrown. The screen is usually
from three to four feet In heighth, and
reaches the length Of the traps, which are
placed five yards apart. In some cases a
small narrow shed is constructed, which
completely protects the trappers from the
weather. 1t is placed partially under ground
so that no more Of the shed is in sight than
IL only the ordinary fence screen was used.
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maDIoINAn.
SEVERE EXPnSUnE

Often results in colds, fevers, rheumatism,
neuralgia and kindred arrangements. We
do not catch cold " II we are in good oondi-
in consequence doing its duty, we live in full
health and enjoy life rain or shine" To
break up a cold there's nothing so valuable
us Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They keep
the whole system regulated in perfectly
natural way. If We do not feel happy, if we
worry and grumble, if we are morbid, if the
days seem dreary and long, if the weather is
hid, if things 60 awry, it is the liver which
is at fault. 1t is generally torpid" A
common sense way is to take DR.. Pierces
Pleasant Pellets. We generally eat too much,
take insufficient exercise, by means of which
our tissue-changes become indolent and in
complete. Be comfortable-you are COM
Portable when well. You'll be well when you
have taken Pleasant Pellets"
No Constipation follows their use. Put
up sealed in glass - always fresh and re-
liable.
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DRY GOODS.
NGaIs,.azs.;,.&955@s 4 &955su,
NO. SIG KING STREET.
GREAT SALE OF HANDKERCHIEFs,
GLOVES, LIE ,THER GOODS,
TOYS, &C.
LADIES HANDKERCHIEFs.

SO dozen Fancy Bordered Hemstitched
Handkcrchiefs worth 10c at &c.
rs dozen Fancy Bordered White Embroid-
cred and plain white Hemstitched Handker-
chiefs worth 12lsc at &c.
% dozen Fine Embroidered White Hand.
kerchiefs, scolloped edges, worth 2Oc at 10c.
IS dozen China Silk Embroidered Hand
kerchieis, worth 15c 1T 1Oc.
10 dozen Silk Chiffon Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs, worth Csc at 12lac.
% dozen White Hems'itched Union Linen
Handkerchiefs with initials, worth 20c at
12l5c.
20 dozen Linen Initial Handkerchefs, six
in pretty box, for 81.
10 dozen Linen Embroidered Handker-
chiefs worth SOC at 25c
5 dozen Silk Embroidered Chiffon Hsn1-
kerches worth soc at 25c
GENTS HANDKERCHIEFS.
% dozen Plain White and Fancy Bordercd
HandkerchiefS, worth 10c at &c.
30 dozen Fancy Bordered Hemstitched
Handkerchiefs, Union Linen, worth 25c at
12l5c.
10 dozen Linen Initial Handkerchiefs,
worth 40c at 25c.
% dozen Initial Hemstitched Handker-
chiefs, worth 25c a. 121bc.
10 dozen Hemstitched China Silk Hand
kerchiefs, worth SOC at 29c
15 dozen China Silk Initial Handkerchiefs,
worth 75c at 49c.
10 dozen China Silk Initial Handkerchefs,
worth 81. .25 at S9c
10 dozen Pure Linen Handkerchiefs, worth
25c at 1880
dozen Cream Silk Mutlers, worth 75c at
soc.
5 dozen Cream Silk Mufflers, worth 81 25
at 69c.
KID GLOVES.
Ladies S-button length White Chamois
Gloves worth $1.25 at 79c
Ladies' 4-button Black and Tan Kid Gloves,
worth 81 at G9c.
Ladi SHOOK Foster Kid Gloves, worth
81. .25 at 79c.
Misses Kid Gloves at 69c
Gents Fur Top Gloves at 69c.
LEATHER GOODS.
Ladies Fine Card Cases and Pocket Books,
over ID different styles, some worth SOC and
75c, at 25c.
Leather Pocket Books at SC and 10c worth
15c and 25c.
GENTS NECKWEAR.
SO dozen Gents Fine Silk and Satin Scarfs
and Four Hands, worth SOC at 25c.
IRA HANDSOME BOX given with every
SOC purchase in Handkerchief or Gloves.
TOY DEPARTMENT.
zOur Toy Department is meeting with won
derful success. We are being complimented
by everyone on our GRAND DISPLAY and
BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT, and our
PRICES are especially mentioned by great
numbers of our patrons as being muchmore rea-
sonable than in Washington. We have been
crowded the whole week. notwithstanding
the incement weather Make your selections
early in the week You can buy with much
more satisfaction.
Sale opens MONDAY MORNING.
9zS-SEE OUR HAND BILL FOR PRIS.
LIST ON TOYS. -
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The ORANGE MARKET.-The situa-
ton in the orange markets. unchanged.
Thousands of boxes of frozen fruit are
arriving here every week and sell slow
ly at as low as so cents per box. Good
Florida fruit is scarce and brings excel
lent prices. Large cons gnments OF
oranges are coming in from Sicily and
other Mediterranean points, but the
fruit is little and not much liked.
Very little West Indian fruit is arriv-
ing. Growers in that country could
not compete with the Florida orange
growers in the American market, and
they have stopped cultivating the
orange for export. The Californian
fruit will begin to arrive about the
middle of February, when prices ail
around will decline somewhat.-Batt.
Neps.
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CATHOLIC KNIGHTS OF AMERICA
The Virginia Council of Catholic
Knights of America, which met i'll
Roanoke on Wednesday, elected the
following officers ior the ensuing two
years State president, Colonel John
Murphy. of Richmond; Vice President,
John j. Quinn, of Roanoke; Treasurer,
Joseph c. Carroll, of Norfolk Secre-
tary John e. Burke. of Norf,lIl DR..
Joseph NJ Burke, of Petersburg. was
elected delegate, and John E. Burke,
of the same cltr, alternate, to attend
the Supreme Council of the Catholic
Knights of America, at Omaha, Neh.,
in May. The convention adjourned to
meet at Norfolk in August, 1896
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81 Gazgsnds.a;. &96@s,..
REAL ESTATE, &c.
M. B. HARLOW & CO.,
Real Estate Loan & Insurance Brokers,
NO. 107 S. ROYAL STREET.
FOB SALE.
= 316 KING STREET.

tOh SALE.
North Columbus street, eght-room and
bath, metal roof, bay window NEW FRAME
DWELLING. Nice side yard. Lot 36x90
feet TO an alley. Price 50 900. Terms $3.50
cash. Balance on easy monthly payments.
Upper Prince street. nine-room and bath,
nearly new BRICK DWELLING. Lot 19x
100 feet Price $780, One-half cash. Bal
ance in /, 2 and years. Snug home.
King street, between Fairfax and Lee,
twelve-room STORE and DWELLING. Lot
25y100 feet. Price So, $50. Terms one
third cash. Balance to suit.
Payne street, six-room corner BRICK
DWELLING Lot 13x123 feet Price 81 900.
One-third cash. Balance to suit
Cameron street, near Pitt, ten-room, three
story BRICK RESIDENCE. Price $1,000.
$500 cash. Balance to suit purchaser.
South Henry street, seven-room FRAME
DWELLING. Recently painted and papered.
Big lot, 25x121 feet. Price $1,000. One.
half cash. Balance on easy terms.
New eight-room and bath PRESSED
BRICK HOUSE This fine residence has
every modern improvement, including sta
tionary washstands, hot and cold water, speak
ing tubes, furnace heat, concrete cellar, ex-
pcnsive gas fixtures, handsomely papered.
Located i'll the most desirable residence sec
ton Of the city. Price $500. Terms one
third cash. Balance to suit.
M. 3. HARLOW & CO.,
107 south Royal street.
Alexandria, Va.
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By ONeal g. Lunt, Auctioneers
TRUSTEES SALE.
By virtue Of deed of trust, bearing date
the 18th day of December, 1892, and record
ed in the clerks office of Tho County Court of
Fairfax county, Virginia, in liner n. No 5,
page 497, and by direction of the party Sc
cured thereby, the undersigned, trustee in
said deed, will offer for sale at public auc-
ton, on
SATURDAY, February 2nd, 1895,
at ID o'clock IN, on the premises, the prop
erty conveyed in said deed to wit:
TWO GREEN HOUSES OR BUILDINGS
adapted and cons ructed for the propagation
AID cultivation of flowers, plants. ETC., to-
gether aith other persoaal property pertain
ing 10 the same.
Said property is situated on the lands of
George J. West on the the title River Turn
pike. in the village OF West End, Fairfax
county, Virginia. about one-half mile from the
city Of Alexandria, Va
Terms of Sale: Cash.
GEO r. SHINN,
jan"1 IS Trustee.
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