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The record-union., 1896-08-15
High Time.

Mrs Meyer-Look at old Mrs Boney.
This is the first time 1 ever saw her at
a ball in high-necked dress.
Mrs Schmidt-Well, it's high time
she drew veil over the past-Texas
Sitter.
The record-union., 1896-08-15
Critic Sentenced 10 Prison.

BROOKLYN, Aug. 13.-Young Griffo,
the pugilist, to-day pleaded guilty to the
indictment charging him with assault
on William Gottlieb last Sunday He
was sentenced to one years imprison-
n1ant
The record-union., 1896-08-15
Honest About 1t.

Mrs. Tillinghast-What was your
maiden name, Mrs. Gazzam?
Mrs. Gazzam-My maiden aim was to
get married.-NeW York World.
The record-union., 1896-08-15
Whenever VOC

whenever VOC
think Ofa man in
all his powerful
manhood yOu al
ways think of his
nergy. Now,
some men lack
energy and others
have too much
energy. The most
unfortunate is the
fellow who lacks
energy. He is like
a house without a
window. A lack Of
energy soon pro-
duces other lacks
and then comes
prematureness Of
the discharge. If
you are suffering
from this You
should use the
great re m e d 10
treatment, Hud-
yam. II Il d Y a II
stops Guickness of
the discharge in
twenty days and
thus cures the
first of evils.
Hudvan cures Lost
Manhood, Ennis
sions, Nervous De-
bility, Neurasthe-
MIA. and makes
man anew. Hud-
van can be had
only by your call
ing for or writing
to the old doctors
of the Fl u is on
Medical Institute.
No one else has
Hudyan. no one
else can give You
Hudyan. Certain
ly you should have
proofs of the Hud.
van treatment.
This you can have.
Call or write for
Evening star., 1896-09-26

ing of quail within the boundaries of Vir
ginia for period of two years.
Maryland this year will not present
very profitable amount of sport in the
stubbles.
Eight or ten years ago the birds were
plentiful In every part of the state. and
particularly so in the two counties of Mont
gomery and Prince Georges, adjoining the
District. but close and constant shooting.
severe winters and hawks succeeded in
almost decimating the once plentiful
coveys. Last season there was no shoot
ing in Montgomery, the resident SportSmen
tacitly agreeing to keep out of the fields
and the farmers posting their lands and
forbdding strangers or others from gong
over them with gun The very few
coveys that were scattered through the
county were thus unmolested and paired
off ard mated last spring to bring new
broods into being during the summer. A
large number of birds in braces were also
imported from other states and turned out.
The Rockville Gun Club brought In sixty
brace Mr. Blair Lee hundred couple and
Mr.. Samuel Dury quite number OF pairs,
which he released near D1ckerson 1e"
coveys have resulted from each OF these
praiseworthy efforts to restock Montgom-
cry with quail, but there is painful scar
city nevertheless, and the little shooting
that will be done this fall will be enjoyed
by favored few, who can secure the privi-
lege, as the farmers lands will be as rigid
ly posted as they were year ago.
Maryland State and County Laws.
The Maryland general law providing for
the protection of game provides that no
qusil shall be killed between December 24
and November 1. The open season 70.
v oodcock is from June Is to December "a;
for pEeasants, from August Is to December
"a; for rabbits, between November 1 and
December "a. Where there are local county
laws the latter take precedence over the
state statute, and sportsmen should re-
mer ber the following provisions:
In Montgomery county pheasants may be
killed from Septemt ter to Janary 1; wood
Geek. from July l to January 1; quail, No
vemter 1 to December Is; rabbits, Septem-
ber 1 to February 1: summer duck. Sep
tember l to January 1, and wild turkeys,
November 1 to February 1. No license is
required in Montgomery.
A licer sc fee of $50 is required before one
can legally shoot game in Prince Georges
county, and non residents are forbidden to
hunt at any time except by invitation Of
land owners, and cannot shoot on the Pa
trxent river for snipe. duck or other wild
fowl without permission Of citizens living
adjacent. The open season for quail is
from November 1 to Decemoer "a; for
v oodcock, from June 10 to December "a,
with the exception of October, which is
Evening star., 1896-09-26

old setter dog, which was called "chuckle-
headed" He was not beautiful to look at:
his pedigree wasn't an inch and half
loEg, and Stonehenge would have never
noticed him, for his marks, indicaI ting ca
nine refinement, but he was sturdy and
strong. with an unfailing nose and untiring
capacity for work. and he could give a
man sport day in and day out, from day.
light to dark, as long as the mans legs
held out. The writer has confined himself
to the ccnsiderat ton of the setter dog in re-
lation to quail hunting, because he has
hunted over that strain almost exclusively
the pointer having been of little use to him
in the thick briery cover where his shoot
ing has been done, but well-broken
pointer is equally as successful sport
giver, and the pointer of today, in staying
powers, Is infinitely the superior of his
thicker-coated brother.
WashingtOn's Experts and Enthu-
siasts.
There are many enthusiastic sportsmen
in Washington, and among them are many
expert shots in the field. The veteran Will
liam Wagner Is in his element when it
comes to the stubble and branch bottoms.
He will find his pleasure in November
down in North Carolina. Messrs. William
Traver. George Creamer and Dick Jones
will also go to North Carolina, although
Dick has painful touch of rheumatism
just now. That may keep him at home
Tom A. King Of the Internal revenue
bureau will probably shoot in Ohio. and
Mr.. Arthur Mattingly and Mr.. L. X.
Devendorf may forget their unsuccessful
trip to North Carolina last year and try it
again this season, but in another part of
the state. Mr.. Sam Drury will have plenty
OF sport around Dickerson's Station where
the land is all posted, SO that none but
those who belong to the local sportsmen' S
association will be allowed to shoot, and
where even Invitations cannot be extended
to outside parties. Mr.. Blair Lee will be
hunting voters in the sixth Maryland dis
trict, and will be so busy trying to bag a
seat in Congress that he will have no time
to shoot birds, much. as he loves the fall
SPORT.
DR.. Fry will probably make a brief trip
to North Carolina. He has received from
Mr.. Heath Dodge remarkable tribute to
his young pointer Grouse. Grouse has been
out at Mr. Dodges country place. and the
other day Mr.. Dodge wrote the doctor
saying that he had raised and broken dogs
for forty years, and had never seen a dog
the equal of Grouse. Praise coming from
81 ch an authority could not go further. Mr.
John Cissel will probably accompany Mr.
Wagner to North Carolina and Mr.. Alex.
ander Mccormick will have a chance OF
two or three days on a posted preserve ir
Montgomery county. Major Clay Goodlot
will probably enjoy pretty good sport dowr
near Port Tobacco. He is the best field
shot in either branch of the naval service
Mr.. William Boarman will find BIRDS ant
bag them. too, beyond any question, ant
the same prophecy holds good regarding
Mcssrs. Henry Gulich, James M. Green
Richard Smith AMI John Sidney Webb.
Evening star., 1896-09-26

directions and frightening them to pro-
tracted flight, that carries them far beyond
subsequent discovery. The best means to
prevent recurrence Of this exhibition on
the part of dog is ounce and an
eighth Of No. shot given at four yards.
On the other hand, there can be no more
perfect picture of perfect happiness drawn
than that of a true sportsman in the stub
bic who has before him an easy-tempered
sagacious. well-broken dog, obedient to
every word but not needing even a syl-
liable of suggestion in an hour.
Three Splendid Animals
There are three illustrations of dogs of
this character accompanying this article
One is the picture Of that king of all point
ers. Sensation. He is pointing bird. and
when his master shoots 1t as it rises he
will drop to the ground at the sound of
the report of the gun and remain there
until he hears the command Dead bird, -
when he will trot to the spot where the
quail fell and bring it's body to his master
Sensation has been long dead, but he is
probably doing as described in the happy
hunting grounds in dog heaven. as his
illustrious descendants will be along in
next November.
The setter at stand, who will do pre-
cisely Sensation did when the bird rises
and is killed, Is the famous Gath's Mark,
the winner of countless field trials and
probably the best setter dog ever born
trious Gladstone. The striking medallion
portrait, showing the head of an intelli-
gent setter retrieving quail is from a
life photograph of Pearl, the great dog
which belonged to Mr.. William Traver Of
this city. She was without a peer in the
field, and before she picked up that bird she
had proceeded exactly as Sensation is de-
scribed as doing.
The Necessity of the "Chargc."
All dogs worth going cut with in the
field where the quail are or into the woods
and thickets to which birds take flight
should be broken to do the same. Some
very clever sportmen are careless whether
their dogs down charge" at the report
of their guns or not, but they are neglf-
gent Of a most important point in a dog $
training. 1t is true that with the breech
leaders now generally used the charg-
ing of a dog is not as necessary, when
there are more birds directly in front of
the gunner, as 1t used to be when time
was needed to load with powder shot
and caps separately instead of inserting
them in the barrel all at once in car
tride shape as at present. But, on the
other hand. the good old custom of having
your dog charge at gun snap is the most
sensible one to follow. The rest is only
momentary, to be sure, but it gives the
dog ample time to recover himself, to re-
gain the self-possession which may have
been disturbed by the whirr Of the bird,
Evening star., 1896-09-26
.lcsed, and rabbits, from November 1 tc

closed, and rabbits from November 1 to
December "a
The open season in Anne Arundel for
phe mt. quail and woodcock Is from No
.ember 10 to December Is. A license fee of
$3.50 is required. and the law relating to
non residents Is similar in all respects to
that governing Prince Georges.
A license fee Of $40 is demanded in Charles
and st. Mary's counties, and the open sea-
son for quail Is from November 1 to De-
cember "a. andssfor woodcock from July 4
to February "a.
The quail season opens earliest in Garrett
county. the open season extending from
October to December "a. No pheasant can
be legally killed in Garrett before October
l, 1897, but wild turkey may be shot be-
tween September 15 and January /, and
deer, without use Of dogs. between Septem-
ber 80 and January 1. Frederick. like Gar
rett, is a free county, the open season for
quail, pheasants and rabbits extending
from November 1 to January /. A license
fee Of $50 is charged in Howard county,
where the quail season opens October 81
and closes December "a.
Virginia nnd North Carolina.
AS before stated, 1t is illegal to kill quail
In Virginia for the two years 1895 and 1897.
Rabbits. however may be killed in Alexan-
dria county from October 1 to January 1,
and in Fairfax and Culpeper counties
pheasants. wild turkeys and rabbits are
lawful game between November 1 and
January l. Loudoun county permits the
killing of woodcock from June Is to Janu-
ary 1. and of pheasants and rabbits from
October Is to January /.
The close season in Virginia and the gen.
eral posting of land In Maryland. with the
prevailing scarcity of birds, will send q
larger number of sportsmen to North Caro-
lima the coming season than ever before
and reports from various sections of the
state received by eager inquirers in this
city and vicinity show that birds will be
unusually plentiful even for this favored
of q 10 oroI1 1or NPf f6aa ~
the killing of quail. pheasants and wild
turkeys between November and March Is,
Evening star., 1896-09-26

and given themselves up to other forms OF
recreation until the greatest of all shooting
seasons opens in November. 1t is hardly
necessary to indicate that the season thus
superlatively characterized is that during
which the quail may be shot without inter-
ference from the minions of the law In
the interim, though. the ardent sportsman
will find plenty of work for his hammerless
without the exercise of very much trouble
or extraordinary expense. For the past
week there has been a constant early-morn-
ing fusillade on the meadows which skirt
the Eastern branch from a point back of
the jail up to Benning bridge and many
excellent bags of flock snipe, jack snipe and
yellow-shank plover have been made. The
water the marshes has been too high
for these birds tc be able to "use'' thereon
with any comfort, and consequently they
Evening star., 1896-09-26

have been driven to the meadows These
birds will probably disappear in the course
only shooting to be had then for the next
month or so in the vicinity of Washington
will be afforded by blue-winged teal and,
little later. black mallards.
Blue Wings Are disappearing.
Up to five or six years ago, during the
latter part of September and up to the lat
ter part of October, the wary and Swiftly
ing blue-winged teal came into the Eastern
branch In plentiful flocks and gave steady
opportunity for exciting and enjoyable
sport But with each season since then the
teal have been getting scarcer and scarcer.
The f1ocks at first diminished in number
and then in size, until today a flock of a
dozen teal is something unusual. The same
scarcity is reported all the way down the
river from places where the teal formerly
favored and in a few years 1t will not be
surprising to find them as scarce on the
Potomac and its tributaries as the canvas
back has become. But the diminution of
the supply of ducks does not affect great
majority of the votarieS of the gun in
Washington. Those who go duck hunting
usually wait until the weather becomes
cold and wintry and drives the web-feet in
from the wide, open water to the coves
and shadows along shore, and then they go
off properly prepared to points at dis
tance in the vicinity of Chesapeake bay.
The Coming Quail Shooting.
But nearly all the Washington gunners
pay the tribute of time and patience and
endurance to that greatest of American
game birds. the quail or bob-white. The
season in Maryland opens November l.
and those who can only steal a day or SC
away from business cares to follow a dog
through the rag-weed and into the branch
bottoms will have to confne themselves to
that state, as the last legislature Of Vir-
ginia passed a law forbidding the shoot
Evening star., 1896-09-26

and, more than all, 1t keeps him under that
restraint which a gunner should always
exert over his dog. and, moreover. he is
at hard to hunt close In front Of the gun
where birds are scattered, but have
dropped near to one another.
Why Good Dogs Are Scarce.
The fact is, there are very few really
good dogs in the country now, speaking in
comparison with twenty years ago. There
are infinitely more dogs who deserve to be
good by reason Of their breeding, but they
are not handled as they used to be. A man
with a breechloader walks right on after
the birds, loading as he walks, and seems
to care not q whit whether his dog is ex-
cited or nervous or not. Then again the
breeding Of particular strains has been un-
fortunately carried to the excess of In
breeding. weakening the dog in every par
ticular. mentally and in his staying powers.
There are few sportsmen Of experience who
do not sometimes sigh for a return of the
Evening star., 1896-09-26
ART AND ARTIST S

Max weyl, who returned from Paxson.
Va, a couple Of weeks ago, is again at
work in his studio, where he has enough
to keep him busy for some time. Not
only are there many oil studies which he
left unfinished and now wishes to touch
up, but he has a full portfolio of broadly
executed charcoal studies, which he plans
to transfer to canvas when he has the
leisure. Among these studies one finds
weed interiors, meadow scenes and noun
tain views under differing atmospheric con-
ditions. He brought home several i'm
portant landscapes in Oil, such as the one
he painted by the brook near Rosemoore
as well as the numerous sketches in that
medium. Where the charcoal studies in
dicate some effect of black and white that
has impressed him, the oils which he made
up in the Blue Ridge show some pleasing
bits OF color that caught his eye.
Mr.. Macdonald is one Of the artists who
has spent practically the entire summer
in the city and has managed to do some
little work in spite of the temperature.
His most recent portrait is one of Mrs. H.
o. Claughton.
Mr.. Wells NJ. Sawyer has left the old
Calvert mansion at Riverdale, where he
has spent the summer pleasantly, and has
cCme into the city. There Is much that
Is picturesque around there, and he has
painted quite a number Of canvases this
| summer following a line Of close study
rather than one of quick facile sketching.
*
There is an interesting collection of paint
irgs in the downstairs gallery at Fischer's.
many of which Mr.. Fischer brought from
Europe with him when ne returned a couple
Of weeks ago. Some, however. are dis
tlnctively American, such as the two can
vases by F. De Havers. who succeeds ad-
mirably in giving an effect Of movement to
his wind-driven clouds as well as to the
foliage of the trees. Then there is William
NJ. Chase's still life study, a group OF very
&C ommonplace objects. which claim interest
solely on account of their masterful ham
ding. OF the pictures from broad the
Venetian scene by Twill at once attracts
attention. There are two moonlight studies,
| one by De Claremont, pupil CT Cain. and
| the other by Louis Paul Dessar. Two of
| the best paintings in the gallery are Paris
| street scenes by Loir Luigi. There are a
| umber of other paintings of less impor-
tance, among which one finds desert
| scene by Paul LazerSes and canvases by
Turin and Perboyre.
Mr.. r. G. Skerett spent a month on Mob
Jack bay this summer, but employed his
| time in resting and did not touch a brush
| during all the time ne was away. Since his
| return he has, however, been laying plans
| for some work in illustration.
Mr.. Carl Weller returned about a fort
night ago from a trip up north, in which
he combined work and pleasure. He wen,
first to East Gloucester, which is an old
haunt of his. and while there made a num-
ber of sketches and was so successful as
to sell most Of them. From there he went
| down into Cape Cod, an excursion which
! only confirmed his allegiance to East Glou
Evening star., 1896-09-26

Michael l. Weller Of this city and ex-
Congressman Robert Doan of Ohio ad-
dressed a well-attended meeting of the
West Virginia Republican Club, held at 133
Pennsylvania avenue last night, in behalf
of the sound money side of the present
financial issue. The announcement was
made that eighty-six members of the club
had made arrangements to go home and
vote for the reelection of Congressman
Dayton in the second West Virginia dis
trict. Letters from West Virginia were
read, giving assurances that West Virginia
was safe for the republicans.
Evening star., 1896-09-26

except in Currituck county. where the sea-
son opens December l and closes April l.
There is a law making it an offense to ex-
pert any pheasant or quail, dead or alive
frcm the state, so the wise visitors to North
Carolina expectant of good daily bags
usually carry trunks with plenty of extra
room in them when they make the journey.
The Birds Will BE Mntured.
Those who keep abreast Of the quail from
one end Of the year to the other are aware
that the birds nested early this year and
brought forth their broods sooner than
customary. Consequently the coveys are
now composed of nearly full-grown birds,
which will be fully matured when the sea-
son opens. This is good news to the ex-
perts, but disappointing to the novices. If
there Is anything in the world that makes
a true sportsman feel the blood course
through his veins like rare, rich wine and
sets him atingle in every nerve, bone and
muscle it is to see his truSty dog draw;
then drop to stand, and, walking by the
stiffened animal. flush covey of big. ener-
getic, badly frightened quail, which go
streaking off to cover like brown bundles of
lightning. To get one with the right bar
rel and another with the left makes him
prouder than a whole regiment of Lucifers.
And. oh! the delight of hunting down the
single birds in that scattered covey, and
having each whirl up and away before
him to fall cloud of feathers in it's wake,
thirty yards away. 1t needs steady nerve;
good neart, quick eye and-mOSt OF all
a stanch, thoroughly broken, obedient dog
to enjoy the realities of quail shooting.
The novice and the disappointment he will
feel at learning the birds will be full grown
at the opening of the season was alluded TO
above. He likes to bang away at the half
fedged Bob White, scarcely out of his
peep-peep-peeping days, as it goes off slow
ly and heavily, but the real sportsman
wants his bird to be full grown and feath-
cred; to rise rapidly and go fast. The diff
ference between the two is like that be-
tween the man who catches yellow perch
with a hand line and he who snares the
willy trout or bass with fly. Both enjoy
the pastime, of course, but then SO differ
emily.
Two Classes of Dogs COntrnsted.
Probably there is no more pitiable object
in the world than an expert huntsman in
the field with a hard-headed. wild. uncon-
t1ollable dog. Fifty, sixty, seventy yards
ahead the animal goes numbering on at a
mad gallop Suddenly he strikes the scent
| of the quail. For a moment he winds up
| on it, unheeding the warning steady" of
his master; the next instant he drops to a
| stand, only holding it long enough to
| gather strength for a plunge into the hud-
| died covey, and then off he goes after them,
| like a race horse, scattering them in all
Evening star., 1896-09-26
Sons of Hermann.

Columbia Lodge, No. 1, Order Sons of
Hermann, held its semi-annual election of
officers Wednesday night. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing term:
Gustave Bender, ex-president; B. F.
Schubert, president; T. L. Schmidt, vice
president; ]. A. Schuerger, secretary; Chas.
Herman. treasurer; Jos. A. Kaschka and
Henry F. Reh. trustees. The past year has
been very successful one for the order in
this city. A year ago, when this lodge was
founded, the principles of the order were
hardly known; today the order is repre-
sented by two lodges, with over 13O mem
bers. The Order of the Sons of Hermann
was founded in. 1889, and is the oldest Ger
man-American organization of its char
acter in the United States. 1t has a mem
bership of over 10000.
Evening star., 1896-09-26
Carroll Institute Election.

Carroll Institute. holds it's annual meet
ing and election Of officers October 8. at 8
pm. The institute has about 600 MEM
bers. and is in g forrishing condition. The
prominent candidates for president are
Dominic I. Murphy. commissioner Of pen
sicEs: E. ]. Hannah. NJ I. Weller and N. T.
Taylor. A smoker has been arranged for
the evening Of the election. The institute
orchestra will give an entertainment and
hop on October 8.
Evening star., 1896-09-26

@rtnfers' Jn& fee fifffe sc8oof
master Of aoperfisins', saps:
II is efaimso for f6e 1uas8insfon
Star, ano pro8a8fp fruf8fuffp
efaimso, f8af no offer nemsraper
IN f6e eounfrp goes into 50 farse
a percentage Of off f8e 8ouses
uo;f8in a rooius Of ftpenfp mites
from f8e office Of publication
Evening star., 1896-09-26
WITH DOG AND GUN
Sportsmen Are Eagerly Looking For
ward to Quail Shooting.
CLOSE SEASON DOWN IN VIRGINIA
An Interesting Chat About the Best
of All Sport.
POINTS AND P E r S son A L s
POINTS AND RSON AL S

ITH THE EXCEP-
ton of a few lazy or
reluctant reed birds
a n d ortolans, the
gre at September
flight of these feath-
cred delights of the
sportsman and epi-
cure has gone on
southwark, and the
majority of gunners
have put their fowl
ing pieces back in
their cases, hung up
their hunting clothes
Evening star., 1896-09-26
Miss willard's Birthday.

The Y. Branch of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union will celebrate Frances
Wizards birthday, Monday, the 2Sth.
with an ''at home" to their friends at their
rooms, 910 F street northwest, from 8 to
10 pm.