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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05

rider. II YOU see an Odd-shaped bag. with
a handle sticking out Of the top. you may
know II is pistol, and that the rider is a
crack cyclist out for sport
The law against CARRYING concealed arms
now so strictly enforced in some parts OF
the country, IS not infringed in the carry
ing OF cycle arms The weapons are not
concealed They hang out in plain sight.
and there comes in another legal question
as to whether the cyclist Is carving
them or not. They are part Of his baggage.
This was a point well ascertained by
sportsmen before putting forward the cy-
Gle rifle practice as a new and desirable
sport.
At pistol practice from bicycle an ANA
teur rider made a good record This man
was crack shot but an ordinary rider.
This fact handicapped him TO a great ex-
tent. He was not confident of his balance.
On the other hand. ne was a good shot
and could FIRE with lightning speed He
would ride well along. until under fine
Roadway, and with well-balanced wheel.
then, quick as thought he would release
the handles, steady the machine with his
knees and fire. His record was 30 bulls
eyes out of IS.
Several crack marksmen have beaten this
and without much practice. This, indeed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05

is not a record, but merely a note Of the
hrst few performances. One of these shots
was skilful enough upon the wheel to ride
with one hand upon the handle. With the
other hand he sighted the pistol and fired
again and again. His record was little
better than 80 out of 30.
The kind of game brought down when
cyclists go out to shoot are SQUIRRELS. quai II,
woodcock, wild rabbits and game of the
woods. They have great success, and you
see them returning with their strings of
game hanging over their top bars.
A sporting dealer says that in a few
days there will be game baskets to hang
to the top bar, and that specially contriv-
ed receptacles for game of different kinds
will be placed upon the market. These will
fill all the requirements of game baskets
and probably have places for ice and stor-
age where birds are to be kept in good
feather.
Ammunition belts, carrying about 100
charges of cartridge, can be worn. A
rife weighing about two and a quarter
pounds and costing about S. is very salts
factory. Though any rife that a sports
man has been accustomed to does for this
purpose, provided 1t can be carried upon
the wheel with safety.
Several of these hunting parties have
started out of a Saturday and returned
Monday or Tuesday with such game as the
season would allow. Shooting for fun alone
man would touch the song birds that are
his orchestra by early morning light, when
he goes out upon the road.
The kind of wheel for this sport IS i'm
material. Any good wheel, road, or tourist,
light weight or heavy, providing IT is in
itself a reliable machine. There are certain
light weights that are liked by some rid
ers, but others find they must have the
heavy wheel. That is a matter of taste
with the rider every time. 1t does not af-
feet the rifle practice.
Upon a lady's wheel the rife can be car
ried easily. 1t can be strapped to the ham
die bar or laid lightly along the saddle
bar. There are several places to put It,,
each to be decided by the length of the RI
fie. With a pistol this is easily managed,
as it can be hung upon the handle bar
with ease.
place, that it is hardly safe to predict
what the next one viii be, or where 1t will
stop. But cunning on wheels has been
taken up so quickly that it is a sport that
will be summer and autumn craze.
Clarence s. Russell.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05

open lake When the head OF the fsIana
had been passed they hoisted their sails
and through the thick darkness. guided
by the intrepid Dixon, with all their pris-
onefs ana the small arms they had taken.
started for Sackett's Harbor
The reception they met when they ar
rived there at daybreak can well be i'm
aBlned, and Commodore Chauncev found
that Tor few days his men had another
start for Yeo's fleet
News must have Travelled slowly IN
those days, for II was only after twenty,
years mad elapsed that congress seems 10
nave heard OF the sinking OF the Black
Snake, but at last, on March 4 1894. an
act was passed awarding Gregory ana
MS men $1,000 for this service
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
Copyright, 1896, by Ryman Interview Syndicate.

~ a few days and the poor horse viii
. stfU further displaced from his nor
a element Of carrying man TO work and
#nIav. A new accomplishment has been
covered, that OF cunning on wheels. and
ere once the Hunts and Meets were the
4 ght Of horse-Owners. the same are be-
4 held with wheels as a means Of hunt
Hunting on bicycles began about month
4. WeH-known sportsmen say that they
h used a bicycle for long time when
khing to reach a certain portion Of woods
make certain mountain climbs and des-
his quickly. But the actual cunning on
heels. as it is now known to bicycle rid
! in general, IS less than four weeks old.
II began with those riders who are
krksmen and whose weekly tours take
hm through the country. Seeing quail
4srrv in the brush they would wish for a
Ia TO catch its flight. or noting flight of
L. ducks over a stream they would sigh
4 a rife to fire in the flock. Consultation
H. the leading sportsmen and a little
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
AN s-Months-OId PIaintin.

from the Philadelphia Record.
New York, June 25.-There was an
S-months-old complainant in the York
vile police court to-day. He was Frank
Huesgo. He was accompanied by his
brother, John Huesgo, aged years 6
months. The defendant was Martin Con-
molly, 3 years old He was present on a
summons on the charge of wilfully upset
ting a pot of black paint on the Huesgo
brothers.
According to the testimony, the two
youngsters were playing in front Of their
homes Tuesday afternoon, when young
Connolly, who lives on an upper floor, de-
hberately and with malice aforethougnt:
emptied the contents of a quart can Of
black paint upon them.
The tstimony was so much tangled tnat
Magistrat To, Wentworth discharged the lit
tie defendant.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
PANIC IN A STREET can.
A Snake, Chicken, a Negro and a
COIOFed Woman the Pnrtfcfpanf..
From the Philadelphia Times.

COIored Woman the Participants.
From the Philadelphia Times.
New Orleans.-A carful OF passengers
on the Carrollton line witnessed a prettv
lively scrimmage yesterday evening be-
tween good-sized black snake and a
young spring pullet, with a negro cot
ton roller and an old colored auntie play
ing insignificant parts.
The cotton roller, VINO gave his name
as Peter Haskins, got on somewhere low
uoWh town at side street, carrying hia
cotton nook in his hand, and a tin lunch
pan swung to his arm. The car Was
pretty crowded and Peter got a seat in
mighty close quarters to the old auntio
VINO carried an open market basket att
ling prominently in evidence on her lap
IL was evident that Peter and Auntie
were not acquainted and the old woman
dld not seem to relish having him N,
such close proximity, so she turned her
proad pack upon him and shifted the afr
from the open window. Meantime Peter
was sleepy nd no doubt tired from his
laDOrs OF the day, so ne crouched In ME
meager share of space and properly
Presently the passengers were startled
out OF their wits by hearing some lively
squawklng from a chicken and three good-
sized .yells from the old auntie, and were
dstonished beyond measure when thew
discovered the cause, which proved to -
that a big sleek blacksnake was pokin~
It's head from Peters bucket and mak-
ing manful efforts to get himself OUT
side OF young pullet that lay upper
most IN the old woman's open basket.
The panic In the car can be better imag-
ined than described. There were screams
and yells from the women and every
man IN the car tried to ring the bell At
once. The only person with any presencss
Of mind was Peter. Grabbing the snake
round the middle with his cotton hook
he twisted 1t loose from its hold on the
pullet and soon beat its life out on the
floor of the car. The old auntie was as
MAD as mad. however, and declared her
chicken was "piSon."
She furthermore asked Peter IL he car
ried that reptile bout wild him fur IN
do his stealin." But Peter seemed to ha
as much astonished at the presence OF
the snake as anybody else. He saws he
always takes his dinner to the ware
house with him and when he has finished
eating he sets the bucket down behind
the cotton bales for safe-keepinz Yes
terday evening when he started home ho
reached behind the bales for his bucket
as usual, but was surprised to find IL
open. II was pretty dark in the corner
OF the big warehouse, but the top was
lying by the bucket, so he just fitted IN
on, slipped the pail over his arm and
started home.
No doubt the snake had been brulsinu,
round seeking what he might devour, and
hndinS the remnants of Peters bacon
and corn-bread inviting, had crawled in
to partake thereof, being tempted TO re-
appear when the close proximity of the
old auntie's pullet again set his senses
agog.
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"A great-grandfather, grandfather,
father and son, all working together dig-
ging A cellar, was a rather unusual family
gathering in PASSPORT, Ne, one day last
week
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05

"A correspondent of the Chicago News
writing Of the Empress Eugene tells
the following story: 1T was the Empress
Eugene who named one of our most pop
ular roses. When Gen. Mel returned
from the scene of his achievements in
the Franco-Austrian war, a poor man
gave him a basket of lovely pale yell
low roses. AS a remembrance of this
gift the general had a cutting struck
from one of the blooms, and when a
charming rose tree had grown up took
the plant to his royal mistress. She was
liant donor, but was surprised to learn
that the rose had no name. 'Ah? she
said, I viii give it a name; It shall be
the Marechal Mel thus informing the
great soldier Of his elevation to the COW
eted Office Of marshal Of France. Never,
surely, was honor more gracefully be-
slowed"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
HUNTING ON A BICYCLE.
anne Killed With Rifles Strapped to the
Light Wheels.

snort Of Easily Ragged with tn.
Pistol That winE ecIaI
Top arsan Hand
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-09-08
LIITLE MISS Aston.

That the Duchess of Buccleuch
should have consented to become the
guest of Mr.. w. w. Aston, at Cliye.
den, and also at his town house in
Carlton House Terrace, may be re-
garded rs the greatest sociul victory
that he has ever achieved. For Her
Grace of Buccleuch has hitherto been
the leader and the moving spirit of
what was known as the anti American
league. The latter consisted of n mum.
Der OF the grandest ladies of English
society, who, with the object of resist
ing what they were pleased to de.
scribe as the American invasion, bound
themselves never to permit an AIneri-
can or Hebrew TO cross their thresh-
Odds, or to attend any entertainments
either given by Americans or where
Americans were known to be amonr
the invited guests.
No one. save Mr.. Astor himself. can
tell exactly how he managed to effect
the conversion of the Duchess. Inas-
much as the rent roll of her husba2d
exceeds Sl,0Q0,000 per annum, the
consideration can scarcely have been
OF pecuniary character, such MS has
been rumored in the case of the Count
esses of Cork and of Warwick, who
are reported to have received phenom-
enally largo checks for their vapor
iDgs in MIR. Astor's Pail Mall Maga-
zine.
The honors at all these entertain
ments given by Mr.. Aston are done bv
his fourteen year-old daughter, who
gives every promise of surprising the
rare beauty and charm of her lovely
mother. Little Miss Astor takes the
place of her dead mother at table
with the utmost self .possession and
dignity, aqd retires Immediately after
ward to her apartments, and presum.
ably to bed. She was in New York
the other day for tho purpose of be-
ing confirmed at Trinity Church, but
few persons knew of her presence
here until the day of her departure
New York Journal.
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HARDY cRoss BRED HOGS.

a Western swine breeder has been
trying experiments In crossing i'm.
proved breeds with the wild razor
back hog of Florida. He writes to DR.,
Salmon, of the Depar tment of Agri-
culture, as follows:
For years / have entertained the
thought that largely the ills with
which the hogs of this day are afflicted
are attributable to injudicious b-eed-
ing, and L may, with propriety add,
careless handling; that the arbitrarily
breeding to fancy points has CORE.
spondingly bred out the constitution
and thus the hog becomes ready sub
lect for many diseases.
'lhe original Florida hog does not
put on fat excessively as do our i'm
proved strains; nor do they grow SO
large, nor mature quickly. The quail
lty of meat, however, is superb, tick
ling the appetite of the most fastidi-
Gus pork eating epicures, being char
acterized for rich, nutty flavor, with
'streaks of lean and strenls of fat.
This factor of quality is peculiarly
manifest in all the crosses 1 have
made.
'Alter the first cross these hogs fat
ten MS readily and cheaply rs any
other breeds. Experts, from a market
standpoint, would find them wanting
in size of ham, not noticeable in sec
ond and third crossing. Size of animal
In first cross might be Objectionable,
yet they run up tc 200 and go pounds
quickly and cheaply. L marketed
first cross barrow at sixteen months
old at $50 pounds on foot"
Fair land and cultivation Will give
about twenty tons of sorghum cane tc
the acre, and the yield is ordinarily
about twelve gallons of syrup to the
ton. An acre of land will, therefore,
produce about 500 to the acre. TIL
seed is valuable for feeding, and the
leaves make good fodder for all kinds
OF stock.
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well to the center by two rows of shir-
ring, and the fronts lap in surplice
fashion at the bottom. The pulled
sleeves are made up in full length. a
novel completion for the puffs is given
by roses, made of the white lace and
satin, scwed to narrow bands Joined
TO the lower edges of the pulfs. The
neck Is finished with lace ruff.
a fashionable travelling gown is made
OF etamine. The skirt has n front
gore, agore Mt each side and a gathered
back breadth. The basque waist has
a seamless back. A ripple peplum of
fancy crepe lengthens the waist stv-
llshly, it's ends being wide apart, but
concealed by fancy belt. The sleeves
only have one seam, and are finished
IN Elton cuffs. A collar made of
wrinkled ribbon roscttes finishes the
neck.
y box coat is considered quite the
popular travelling outside garment for
brides. The latest tan cloth Jackets
of this type have quito a regal mir, with
their deep cuffs aud Eilzabethan col.
lars.
Figured organdie II axes up an artis-
TIC morning or ten gown. 1t has Il
forget-me-not ground figured in blue
and olive green. The quaint short
waist has a shirred back and plated
fronts. Dropping over the sleeves aud
waist is deep pointed Bertha. The
high, round neck is followed by shir-
ring OF lace, as is the waist. The skirt
has three cores and is gathered quite
full into the waist, The sleeves are
leg o. mutton.
The most exquisite underw ear is made
OF China and India silk. Chemises
have Mexican open work yokes and
are made long. Long ana short pet
ticoats have many narrow ruiiles and
are much trimmed with ribbon inser-
ton and lace.
Hosiery and gloves are in dark
colors. Those which are generally
popular are pansy and black, brown
aud ecru, violet and olive green and
beigo and oak leaf brown. New York
Mail and Express.
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sARogNT's GREATEST PICTURE.
One Critic Thinks 1t IL He Portrait
of a Little Girl.

do not think that there is anything
IN Mr.. Sargents work since he painted
the Beatrice" to lead us TO imagine
that he may not again paint q portrait
MS perfect as this or even n finer one;
but all things being considered. and
the factor OF personal preference being
admitted in the Judgment. 1t is the one
that choose as the best. and II limited
10 "A single canvas. the one upon which
l should rest his claim to rank with tlc
worlds great painters.
This little girl, with the golden hair
tied with a pink ribben, in 60 n of
silk with stripes Of pink and gray. her
small hands Joined before her with the
fingertips touching. and the cockatoo
in his high gilt cage behind her. pre-.
sents an adorable picture. That the
portrait is delicate and harmonious in
color, that the figure and accessories
are painted with facile grace and sure
precision, that 1t is captivating In as
pect, and that II is complete i'm the
sense that nothing may be taken away.
changed, or added tot is easy to say
all this. and II is easy 10 support the
assertion before the picture.
To explain it's great charm is more
difficult than TO analyze its merits. The
charm seems 10 lie I'm the marvellous OK
cellence OF the painters handiwork. cx.
pressing, as it does so perfectly. tho
sweet attractions of beautiful child.
hood. There are other ways of paint.
Ing than tho manner I'm which this pic
ture is painted There are certain more
naive ways of Interpreting nature.
some that appeal more touchingly. per
haps, by sort OF timldity perceptibld
in the painters heart. and made seduc.
tive by the business of the final render.
ing; but nothing better i'm this particu.
lar way could well be accomplished
Century.
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BOoM IN surRT wA1srs-

"The most prosperous trade of the
moment after bicycles" says n manu-.
facturer, sis that in ladies' shirt
waists. The bicycle is the author Of
this prosperity, too, just as it is the
deathblow to many industries, ."
which perhaps accounts for the con
tinued popularity of these waists,
though they have been adopted by
everybody, and in consequence should.
by laws of fashion, be frowned upon
by the exclusive. The story is TOLD
OF how the Vionnese milliners few
years ago saw their profits decrease
through tho popularity OF a cheap
straw hat, which, worn by a leader of
fashion, was adopted by all of their
customers. The situation was serious.
Tor the hat required but little trim.
ming, and It's cost was trihing. and n
secret session of the milliners was
called to take measures to relieve IT,
few days afterwsrd all the worKwo.
men IN Vienna appeared i'm the cheap
hats. The shrewd milliners had
bought them up and distributed them
grotultously. The effect wns speedv.
the aristocrats dofred them Mt once.
and the milliners were soon reaping
their usual harvest.
The reign of the shirt waist is.
proof against any such intrigue IS
this, They nro on sale from twenty
live cents upward, and in consequence
are, IN som style, within the reach of
every woman. Yet their vogue is 81,
pronounced In circles whore vogue IFS
mace that o shirt-wnist toilet is not
deemed inappropriate for even more
than somi-formal occasions. There
arc shirt waists and shirt waists. TO be
sure, aud the one worn by the woman
of fashion is % gem In it's way. IL is
made by tailor; it's fat and finish are
admirable it's cost may be from "a TO
$40; tits iastencd with gold or ieweIcI
studs % is held about tine waist with
belt whose buckle rs triumph of the
silyersmitb or goldsmith, and, though
It Us SIN only shirt waist, it's per
lection and elegance We evident and
high priced. New York Times.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-09-08

Among the humorous memories con.
nected with English Judges is one of
Justice Byles and his horse. This EN-
incnt jurist was well known in his PRO
fesSion for his work on Bills" and as
this gave fine opportunity for aIIitera
tion, his associates were accustomed
to bcstow the name on the horse. which
was but sorry steed.
There goes Bylcs on Bills" they took
pleasure in saying. and as the Judge
rode out every afternoon, they INDUCED
daily in their little Joke. But the truth
was that the horse had another nomc
known only 10 the master and his man.
and when too-curious client INQUIRED
rs to the Judges wherea bouts. he was.
told by the servant, with n clear con.
science, that master was out on Busi-
ness"
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1896-09-08
PRESIDENT KRUsER's WIFE.

L have seen "Tanta Sanna," the
sooriquet of President Kruger's wife,
on several occasions, and have noticed
her one style. She always dresses in
black, and the cut of her gown would
certainly not be an advertisement to
" West End dres SNEAKER; comfort, not
elegance, Is her maxim. Plain though
Mrs. Kruger is in the matter of dress,
she has her little vanity. She posi-
lively refuses TO see a visitor who may
happen to call before she has "tidied
up" The tidIng up takes place in
the afternoon, and consists of putting
on her best black gown, with trim
mings.
Mrs. Kruger is famous fer her cot.
fee, with which visitors are always
RECALLED when they go to the Presiden.
tial residence in Pretoria. Mrs. kruger
thinks she makes the best coffee of any
good "huisvrouw" in Pretoria, and
she boasts that she eau make tin of
condensed milk 20 further than any
one else. Mr.. Kruger, while thinking
her 'Mann" the greatest statesman
the world has ever seen, takes no sort
OF interest in politics. She, believe.
does not know what the franchise
means, but anything her husband tells
her In connection with political
matters she unhesitatiugly accepts
In conversation she always addresses
her Mann" as COON, and no in turn
calls her "ranta." They are a happy
couple, although her husbands sleep
lesSness and devotion to the affairs of
state In the midnipht hons distros.
her consi Ierably. The Empire.
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sweet and the other sour. This, it
was claimed, was produced by some
one splitting bud of some sour kind
and some sweet kind, and then insert
ing the spliced portions as a single
bud, and thus this hybrid was pro-
duced. The writer could see no differ
ence IN the apple from an ordinary
Rhode Island Greening, and suspected
the history of its origin was but an of.
terthought. 1t annoyed him that peo-
pie should write and talk by the hour
and for years about what any one
ought to be able to test for himself so
easily. Ec tried twelve spliccd bud,
using the very dissimilar kinds, Red
Astrachan and Rhode Island Greening.
Only two grew. They were grated
onto bearing tree of Baldwin, grow
ing on dwarf stock, SO rs to bring
them into early bearing. One of these
frequently bore fruit. The fruit was
purely Red Astrachan, though the
flowers were whltish like Rhode ISL
and Greening, and not colored as
Red Astrachan flower should be. At
that time the author concluded that to
the extent of this light coloring there
had been slight hybridizing result.
But the paper was published chiefly
in the hope that others would take up
the interesting subiect-but, so far as
the writer knows, there has been moth
ing but talk, talk ever since. Nee
hans Monthly.
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now TO MEASURE AN Acnr-

a good cotton cord the size OF n
pillow line should be kept for this pur-
pose. 10 make ono buy sixty. seven
1eet OF cotton rope an inch rouu9,
iasten ring at each end and make
these rings precisely sixty six feet
apart. This is four rods. lie piece
oil red rag in the center. One acre of
ground will be piece four of these
cords long and y wide, equal to IL by
~ rods, making 100 square rods to nm
acre. The advantage of the rings is
that one person can measure alone, by
driving stake in the ground to hold
the rope while he stretches it out.
The rope should be soaked in tar and
then dried. This will prevent ITS
shrinking. The Silver knight.