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TANDEM RECORD LOWERED.
Cambridge Mass. Aug. lat the
Charles River park track today Nat and
Tom Butler lowered the worlds record
of 2.03 for the unpaced tandem mile to
1.53 %.
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4 CLAUSE IN MONEY PLANK
Which Senator Jones Says Slipped by
Mistake Into the Chicago Platform.

Little Rock, Ark. July 31.--The ma
tional democratic platform adpoted at
Chicago. as certified by the official stem
ographer, Mr.. f. E. Dickinson, contains
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT.

New York, July 31.-Following is the
comparative cotton statement for the
week ending Friday, July 81:
Bales.
Net receipts at all United States
ports during week -. -. :. Dbl
Same week last year 80. go. 1876
Total receipts to this date. ). 100000
Same date last year ..... 1905, 2S6
Exports for the week -. 49,. 22.9OS
Same week last year -. ... S,6O4
Total exports to this date ... 4 46S, 765
Same date last year -. .... .6607 ,292
Stock at all United States ports 159,936
Same time last year :. ...... 334. PA
Stock at all interior towns. :. 7O.5SO
Same time last wear ... ..... 9.S1J
Stock at Liverpool -. -. -. 644,OOO
Same time last year -. 49,. Il 100000
Stock of American afloat for
Great Britain =. 80. go. ... 10000
Same time last year -. ...... 1j.OOO
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GOLD STANDARD DEMOCRATS.

GUILD STANDARD DEMOCRAIS.
indianapolis, July 31.-It is now be-
lieved that thirty states will be repre-
scented at the meeting of the provisional
national committee of the gold standard
democrats here next Friday. The Indi-
ana managers have been informed that
the following committeeman have been
elected to date:
Alabama, j. NJ. Faulkner; California,
e. e. Bond; Illinois, John NJ. Palmer;
Indiana, J. Il. Wilson; Kentucky, r. II.
Tyler; Michigan, John ID. Lawrence;
Minnesota, J. NJ. Cutcheon; Missouri, L.
G. Krautchoff; Nebraska, Euclid Mar
tin; West Virginia, Henry G. Sims; Wis
consin, Ellis b. Usher.
Ohio was expected to name Il member
today. and the managers were Informed
that the following states will elect COM
mitteemen early next week: Maine.
Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey,
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Flor
ida. Mississippi, Georgia, Texas, South
Dakota and Oregon.
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change opinion on n summer market.
Under other conditions II reaction would
be III order tomorrow.
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n clause in the money plank which, ac-
cording to Senator James X. Jones, chair
man of the national democratic commit
tee. was rejected by the convention and
has no place in the official platform. In
the certified copy of the platform after
the sentence demanding that the silver
dollar shall "be full legal tender, equal
ly with gold, for all debts public, and pri-
yatc. and we favor such legislation as
will prevent for the future the ,demoneti-
zation of any kind of legal tender money
by private contract" appears the clause:
But it should be carefully provided by
law. at the same time, that any change
in the monetary standard should not ap-
ply to existing contracts" This latter
clause, according to Senator Jones, was
not adopted 1t was offered as an
amendment by Senator Hill of New
York. The erroneous insertion in the
/ official platform of this clause by the
official stenographer was discovered by
Col. j. n. Smithee, editor of the Little
Rock Gazette, who wrote to Senator
Jones in regard to the matter yesterday.
A reply has been received from the SEN
atOr stating that all amendments to the
platform proposed by Hill were rejected,
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TOTAL NET RECEIPTS.
New York. July 31.-Following are the
total net receipts of cotton at all ports
since Spptember l. 1885:
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GOLD RESERNE-

GOLD RESERVE.
Washington. Aug. 1.-Gold withdraw
ais today were Sl41.30O. leaving the net
gold reserve S110,424,2 PA.
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$500 worth or D-e.s At = shot.

A writer for the american Field tells OF q
shot made from a big gun Switch was fast
ened TO the boat as all big guns are" and which
was loaded with two pounds and a half Of shot.
The shooter approached within shooting dis
lance Of a hole In the ice Of the Potomac River.
gave a shout. and, as the ducks arose. fired.
II do not remember" tho account continues,
'what number no got, but he was shooting
crlpples for hours, and he, sold the. result, OF
may seem wonderful TO some. but many as
large shots haye been made on the Potomac
with big guns"
only a few weeks ago this Same writer
was wondering where the ducks had gone. II
Is to this region of big shots that President
Cleveland goes. and there he has q blind be-
fore which HE ducks are lined up 20 be killed
by. raking. sitting shots. II this writer is to be
believed.
The big guns are the punt guns for flock shoot
Ing, which are much in favor with English
shooters.
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TWO CUTE FOXES.
They Had Fun While Bamed Hunters
Wondered Where They Were Hidden.


Wondered Where They Were Hidden.
In outing Is told the story of a pair of foxes
that, for a time, at any rate, enjoyed the sport
of a fox hunt. The dogs jumped them, but
after a while the trail ended ut a pond.
About the centre Of the pond was a bent tree.
the two ends Of which were In the water,
while the highest point Of the curve was per.
were working about the pond, looking for the
trail. and the men were looking, too. and they
were beginning to feel rather curious, es-
pecially as every few moments they would hear
a fox yelp sharply. 1t seemed to be q derisive
bark. which 1t probably was. After a while
a movement In the top of the curve of the
tree In the pond attracted attention.
Upon this tree" the account continues.
seated comfortably at the point Of its high
est curve. was an old dog fox. The cunning
rascal had travelled across the pond on the
watched he lerked his goodly brush up and down
and barked his derision at the whole perform
ance. After a while we saw his vixen seated on an
adjacent log. They were simply watching the
likely enough they enjoyed the experience"
One of the men got up wind from the ami
mails and his scent drove them out. The dogs
took the male foA's trail and drove IL at last
to a log spanning a ditch on which a man was
sitting. The fox did not see the motionless
u frantic leap sideways into the water. he es-
capped the grab. The race did not last long
then. The wet fox gave off q strong, easily
followed scent, and the wet brush was like a
piece Of lead, so the animal was killed BY the
dogs while the men rushed In afoot to get q
closer view.
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THE ~TORACIOUs CARP,
Clever Ruses by Which It Is Externin.
ating Black Bass.

ssA ~ sD
The German carp is a vicious fsh after q
fashion. and the kind Of brains 1t has is de-
scribed by w. f. Meehan in the Fishing Ga
zette. Says Mr.. Msehan;
'One day in early June In 1893 or 1904, in
Montgomery county. Pa. 1 was watching the
spawning bed of black bass In Perkiomen Creek
from a bridge overhead. when along came q
number of large German carp. One made: q
feint toward the nest, and when attacked by
the black bass fled. While the bass was In pur-
suit the remainder of the carp darted in, and in
a twinklinR devoured the spawn In the nest. l
waded out TO the bass nest later and found
scarcely an egg in It. I was told a~fterward of
q similar case In the same stream"
The Pennsylvania report of the State Com.
missioners OF Fisheries says that there are
few fishes more heartily anathemized by Amer.
can anglers than the carp. They fail to see q
redeeming feature In the creature, and charge
1t with many bad ones, the most serious OF
which Is that IL Is a more inveterate spawn
eater than the eel" and the anglers fear that
II. will in a few years practically exterminate
all the valuable food and game fishes despite
the efforts of the various Fish Commissioners.
The carp furnishes the angler little or no
sport, because 1t refuses to take the ordinary
American fish eaters, as II Is In European coun.
tries. whore as early a. 1927 1t vas cultivated
In Austria.
1t is not known exactly who first introduced
carp into American waters. nor exactly when
II was done, but Mr.. Pofe, a Californian, some
man. He is. regarded in much the same light
as the introducer of the English sparrow into
the United States, and the misguided men
who turned English rabbits onto Australia.
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How to Splice n Fish Line.

Ono OF the things the fisherman for big fsh
knows how TO do Is TO splice a line. lie may
need a line $50 yards or so long, and not be
able TO get one more than 90 or 70 yards long.
lie takes two or more lines, cuts of the ends
square with sharp shears, unrayels an inch
and a half Of the end of each OF the two lines.
and tapers of the travelled parts TO points with
sharp scissors. Then he works them with cob
bler's wax, or, lacking that, beeswa till tho
tapered parts are thoroughly waved. He Tubs
them gently together With hts thumb and fore.
together. Then he takes a stout silk thread.
wakes, II, and winds IL around and around the
ssPiieed part taking care that at esch turn OF
NEEDING, till the whole length OF the splice and
a little more at each end has been wound.
This done tightly, no makes several loose turns
four or ive-and sticks the end OF the silk
thread back under the loose rounds and pulls
II taut evenly. He cuts the sill. on 80 close to
the winding that the end Is invisible. A
polish Is put on 70 the splicing by softeninE u
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G ioososs c.kjSe
S.26 RkSio

In both instances tho partner had the club
ace, and small cards fell from the adversaries.
How much OF an insight did the partner get
into the leaders hand? If there are five differ
emit ways OF making tricks at whist, should
there not be Eve different systems Of opening a
handH Then the original leader might be able
TO give his partner immediate information-in
the all-important first trick-as to which of
these five methods of Matchmaking best suited
his hand. This would not compel tho partner
to follow up the line OF play indicated. but
would enable him to shape the policy OF his own
hand much moro intelligently. From the first OF
these examples a short-suit player would lead the
diamond 8; from the second, the diamond 2.
The long-suit system OF leading small cards
gives no beyond the fact that the
suit 10 not established. Among the best players
It Is no longer an evidence that tho leader has
not i've or more trumps. The Minneapolis team
are supposed to be long-suiters. but In the last
championship match there are several instances
OF tho original leader holding i've or six trumps
and not leading them.
Milton Work f. on the right track when he
thing more than the suit led. His idea Is TO give
s0ms hint e. e the trump strength; but in car
S 90 sd ds, tire lIss' I showing trump strength with
built up. and his system Is really little better
than . substitute.
fects; II covers the entire field of information,
and the nye varieties OF opening leads indicate
Of the i've trick systems is best suited
60 the hand OF the original leader. IL 10 with
poses TO deal, in It's succsedlng articles, begin
ming next week with the trump attack.
sHoRT-sUIr wATERLoos.
tn Sun has received several letters asking
II IL Is not true that there are many occasions
on which the lead OF a short suit will fulfil Mr..
sums predictions, and establish tho suit In
20 got out the trumps, and then make several
tricks IN the suit originally led. Yes, II Is quite
In hand No. 10 OF the Continental Manhattan
match. The heart o was turned. aud Foster
q ., 3, o. ID, X, 10. z, q, 8, a; s., o, y
This Immediately established the suIL IN
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05
A DANG Us BIRD.
What Will Happen Some Day to au Incnu.
tious Hunter Of Blue Herons.

"some of these days." said the 'longshore
hunter. II expect to open my daily paper and
see q headline something like this: Killed by
a blue heron and I'll tell you why. The blue
heron is a big. powerful bird which has al
ready badly disagured the faces of several men.
The men have wounded q bird and then think
ing to capture 1t alive they went up to 1t. Why,
I'd as soon try to kiss q wounded grizzly. The
birds grow as tall as Elk feet and have necks
like a fish rod and just the kind of muscles to
move 1t the quickest with the most strength.
They could drive their bill points through q
Quarterback panel.
The hunter goes up 10 the bird and sees
II lying there looking as innocent as a robin,
with only a wing broken. What a fine pet
II would make the fool hunter thinks. Then
he picks the bird up. and starts for home in a
wagon or a boat, with the bird between his
knees. The birds neck Is dra wn back like a
letter IS" All of a sudden the bill shoots
up and gives the man q cash alongside the
eye three inches, long. That is what always
has happened. The wounded bird has missed
Its aim. but sometimes, and you want to re-
member 1t. this feathered spearman will drive
its bill fair into It's enemY's eye, and like a
steel umbrella stick the point OF the bill will
penetrate the mans brain. / guess the birds
aim has always been spoiled by the pain of
It's wounds, and go many q human life has
been saved. | don't monkey with wounded
bitterns, or cranes-well, scarcely"
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a shy
Stories Told by westerner- or tho Antics OF
tho Sandhiu Crane.

the SandhiI Crane.
The sand hill crane Is q very bright bird. A
Recreation writer says that its very name is
synonymous OF vigilance and alertness. 1t
feeds on the treeless plains or in the barren
wheat stubble. where II can see q long way DO.
yond 0unshot. Or one of o flock IL posted as
sentinel. and this bird stands with bill half
open, ready to give an alarm. It con DO
killed by d~ecoying It with pasteboard fig
ures. cut to proper size and shape and paintedi
but mounted birds are better. A pit is dug
deep enough to conceal q man, the decoys are
pat out, and the cranes are shot as they come
over. The best region to shoot them Is in tho
Columbia River watershed and south Of lt in
the Pacific coast States.
When one shoots q bird of the size and build
Of O crane In midair 1t collapses. like u card
house or a tent. But such apparent collapses
are sometimes deceptive, as for instanoei
Before 1 could reach him he scared off into
the air with wheeling fight. Again he hit
the ground with fearful violence. but again he
got on his feet. Running w, thinking to get
him alive for a decoy, I tried to tap him on the
head and stun him. He showed fight. and I
used my gun as backed of, and he took to his
WINGS"
The sand hill crane is something Of a fighter
of men II wounded. and the only safe crane is
a dead one. Their bills are long and sharp,
and are capable of putting out a mans eye.
The sand hill crane has some curious habits
that, make him Of more than passing interest
to Z the !. student tn tbtn OF BIRDS S,,,s out T. on n, the pTairies
which the select birds seem Tn be invited.
These balls are picturesque affairs. from the
which are sort Of solitary waitnes or pretty;
slow jlgs. Sometimes the birds leap over one
another's backs and HOP their wings, giving
their peculiar cry. Sometimes rival birds have
fierce duels, using their keen bills like lances,
battle axes, and swords.
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better Shadbolt's record. He started on April
/. 1895, and finished his ride last Tuesday. with
q record of 1912 miles to his credit. Allars
has been a familiar figure in Prospect and Cen-
trail Parks and out on the Long Island roads
every week. To finish his record last Tuesday
he rode up to Central Park and covered sixty
eight miles during his final spin. His perform.
anoe has increased rather than diminished his
interest In cycling.
Allart has ridden in all sorts Of weather.
taken part In century rides. and in order to
reach the IS. 900 mark. has ridden all night fire.
quently. He Is "a years Of age, short of stature.
stock lily built, and while not given to racing. IL
able to hold a good fast pace on the road fog
100 miles without any signs Of fatigue.
His monthly mileage record is as follows
April, AS 8; May. COS; June. l,l22: July. l.448,
August, 2,1ll; September, 1885,; October,
2.l95: November. 1866: December. $780,
January, 1,222; February, zoos: March. 1.lUO.
He has ridden over fifty centuries. and asserts
that while no has lost some weight during the
year., he feels in excellent health. and hopes TO
continue his riding so that by June 1 he will
have a record Of 10, 900 miles to his credit. Al
Tart will secure the mileage medal presented ~
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Although the Msnhattans made the top score
for the fourth. time on the last round. they lost
a trick Just where 1t did the most harm-to q
club that they were only one trick ahead Of.
This brought their game score down half o
point, and left them a tie with the Union
Leagues. But for this they would have won
everything but the second prize for the individ-
ual making high score the greatest number of
times. They, won four of the six prizes offered
as 1t was, and are tied for the fifth. Attention
has already been called to the large amount OF
luck that enters into this point score. The Man
hattans have made top score for tricks four
times out Of the eight rounds, and top score for
game points three times: yet they are only tied
with the Union Leagues. who have never made
top score either way during. the tourney. and
who are twenty Nicks behind the Manhattans
on the play Of the whole 100 hands.
This would seem to Justify the claim made by
so many players that 1t would be much fairer 10
call every hand a match, and to count it as one
point for the winner, whether 1t was won by one
trick or by ak. The trick and point scores
would then be entirely independent OF each
other. as they should be, the latter showing the
number Of hands on which gains were made by
each each club; III This is 1.-THE the system adopted else
the game SCORES Of tho cluhs would be as follnu:
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". A. RUBKY.

the Brooklyn Bicycle Club TO the member GOV.
ering tho greatest number OF miles this season.
lie did not enter into any other competitions.
The prize offered by the Century Road Club
of America a handsome medal to the rider
covering the greatest number OF centuries last
season, has been awarded to w. A. Rubey of
Louisville. He rode ninety-two centuries last
year, making a total OF 6, 200 miles. Ruboy is
but shows no signs OF his constant riding. His
speciality was century riding. and while his
actual mileage record is clos 10 IL 900 miles
he went on l0O.mile rides at every opportunity.
The fact that Allart of the Brooklyn Bicycle
medal OF the Century Road Club allows X. r.
O'Connor OF the Chicago Cycling Club TO claim
that trophy. Last year A. A. Hansen won the
Chicago Club medal for the greatest individual
mileage, but o'Connor's record OF lA.l7s miles
secured the prize this year,
o'Connor started In April OF .'95 for the
record, During the year he rode forty century
runs, and averaged about afly miles every day.
His monthly record Is as followsi April, $685.
1880; September, 1000: October, $3.50; No
vembeT, 1897; December, l,lB7. His perform.
Anee IL also second for the state of Illinois.
None OF the riders mentioned feel any Ill
effects from their work, and, while Il IL doubtful
they could duplicate their records this year.
they maintain that they will again run up big
figures. Some riders maintain that long-diS
lance riding Is carried TO extremes with In
furious results TO the aspiring slayer, The Man
haitian Bicycle Club OF this city, in view OF q
club in competing for the high-mileage prize
and the alleged III effects that tho competitors
showed from their struggle, decided to abandon
the contest this year. Their views are nos
OF the Century Road Club each year show tha1
come or the biggest mileage and century psN
fOrmances reported are made by women With
out other than hsAlthfpl ISAplA
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FEATS OF WHEELM EN-,
CrCLIsTs HHOsE FAD rs ALMOST
EONTINUO " RIDING.

Ksim OF philadelphia and AlIart OF Brook,
iyn Roll Up Startling FiEures-Rubey %
louisville and O'Connor OF ChicaGo Also
Earn Distinetion ne LonG-distnnee Riders
Ambitious wheelmen In different sections Of
the country who aim TO win mileage prizes of
fered by their respective clubs and the Century
Road Club Of America succeed In running up
eome big records each year. Widespread interest,"
Ia now taken in mileage records, and w~ell.sea-
soned road riders think nothing OF riding o 1000
miles in twelve months. sach performances
require pretty constant riding, as q wheelman
who rides 10, 900 miles in one year has TO aver
age almost forty-four miles n day for the entire
8eb on the calendar.
Several years ago w. Shadbolt Of the Brook.
lyn Bicycle Club rode 10. 1854 miles In twsive
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CHARMS OF ROD AND GUN.
why no Lazy Men Choose the Hardest q
Ways to Earn Their LivinEs

Ways TO Earn Their LIvinEs
There is one thing I don't UNDERESTIMATE
aid tho old fisherman, land that ia why SO
many men who arc born lazy take up fishing
- . way Of gettinL q living. Now, take any
own on the borders Of the Adirondack, for
instance, and you will find In It a man or two,
or oven more. who live by fishing almost en-
tirely. They nsh morning, noon, and night.
all day long and all night. too, sometimes, and
then sell their trout at 40 or 90 cents q pound.
They are tireder when night comes than II
they had been working their farms. They
have appended more pounds of force than a
carpenter, or even q blacksmith. The refec-
ton Of the sun on the water has blistered their
faces painfully. and the chances are that they
have eaten only q bit of bread and hard boiled
egg for lunch. In the cold days of early
spring. Just after the season opens, they near
ly freeze. but ask one about It and he says 1t is
fun. All tired out, he sinks back In his chair
after his days fishing, smoking a pipe, and the
chances are with q smile on his face that tells
of genuine comfort. He is really happier after
his hard days work than anybody l ever saw
after his regular legitimate labor. Now. what I
want to know Is, what Is there about the labor
OF one OF these fellows that Is so comforting2
can't understand II q little Bit,
lows whom I'm out hunting. They'll carry a
teen. miles on their backs besides riies and
leading dogs. They kill a deer and eat some
Sdo-two weeks wCrK. They will trap furs
all winter. walking ten or fifteen miles a day
having made IS to so cents a day on an aver.
age. Why. I knew two men 10 hunt sixty
days ant act fourteen foxes, worth at the most
had done. we'll. In the same time, working
no more hours a day driving a team, sitting
1928 at the 10 vest. But after all | guess the
only way TO look at IL Is that they have fifty
like us, and l don't see but what they get as
much fun out OF living as we do, or more. IL
Al depends on how you look at It."