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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20

the green In the stroke by using Just ths stroke
that will mako the distance, by carry and roll In
every caso tho ball must be hit clean, with just q
scraping Of the grass beneath IL Do not iab
into the turf by trying 70 hit behind the ball, I'M
less the ball In In q gully and must be chopped
out Instead, the club head should strike under
tho ball. close To the turf and follow through on
the line Of flight For high pitch the iron must
reach the ball before the hands, for a running up
shot the hands arc past the ball before the iron
hits IL Force and swing will do the rest
In putting, the right hand does most OF the work.
the left hand must be moved with it to make the
shot true. Usually the play is from the right
foot but In the other plays the stauce Is option
al Direction and force are the points to be
considered Undoubtedly the best puttcrs have
an intuitivo knack Of catching tho true line 10
to the hole, which is the great thing To DO studied
But lacking this genius, audacity and practice
will do much 70 atone for II Women who have
played croquet too apt To tap the ball, instead
of carrying the putter through with the stroke
but, on the other hand the play through tho hoops
educates the eye TO follow the straight line
turf. American women are usually good putters
II Is at once the easiest department OF the game,
and yet the most important for, as the saying
is "the good puttor is the match for anybody"
Beginning with the full set of clubs and doing
at least eighteen holes daily, with incidental
practicng, n woman or girl should pick up fair
game in month. but 1t will take much longer
time to reach any sort Of winning FORM unless the
handicappers are unusually kind to her. I'm
der the progressive plan Of week with each club.
six weeks will be consumed before the course will
DO played al all, but the fair golfer who be-
gins in this slow way will win in the end, for she
will very soon reach tho scratch" class when her
regular playing begins Cups and trophies will
soon blossom forth in her boudoir. and men will
seek out this wise maid or matron as partner in
the mixed foursomes. So, while tho progress
sive system Is rather dull and mechanical way
OF beginning, the results quickly show in golf
that as the copy book text has 1t. Industry is its
own reward"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20
BRIDES WHO BUY WEDDING RINGS
A Growing Practice Which Ono Jewelle
Thinks has its Advantages.

A Growing Practice Which Ono Jeweller
Thinks has its Advantages.
isn't that new wrinkle?" asked tho chance
observer,
What" said the clerk
For the bride TO buy the wedding ring" 70
piled the observer turning TO look at the young
woman who had Just gone out with her purchase
of 14-karat gold filled ring
The clerk. who turned out to be the proprietor
also. laughed Not at all in this part of town !"
he said. The practice has been in vogue here for
several years and has continued 10 grow in popu-
larty until 1t has become quite the proper caper.
Indeed, when a man comes in here now and asks
to look at plain gold rings We consider him little
OF color, and feel rather mean toward him. as
though he were usurping feminine prerogative.
Anyway, why shouldn't the woman buy the ring,
looking at tho matter from common sense stand
poinH II saves no end OF trouble ring from a
womans point OF view Is matter not only of sonti-
ment but also OF adomment She wants her
iewery however cheap II may be- to be OF the proper
cut and tho proper size Now, what man, I'd like
TO know can go In and select the right kind of ring
even II he has got the measureH Not one out of
twenty II Is lot more satisfactory for all con-
cerned for the bride TO como In and pick out what
she wants without troubling the bridegroom, OK
oept OF course. for tho money. He always settles
tho bill; al least suppose he does
You see, this Is neighborhood where the people
don't stand much on the hne points of etiquette
They insist upon the ring TO tie up the contract
with. but two-thirds Of these rings arc unengraved
and sell for from 81 TO a. It's fun to 500 some Of
tho women when they first state their Grand
They beat about tho bush and make their wants
known in such a coquettish way that don't won
der. sometimes, that tho young man, whoever he
may be, has lost his head MAidenly modesty, I
suppose, makes them shy, and they begin by say
ing they are looking for plain gold ring for a
friend with finger about the h1o OF mine When
they say that always smila know what Il
means"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20
TESTING ARMY REVOLYERS
Wherein the New Patterns Differ from
Those Heretofore in Use.


From The Springfield linton.
Tests OF the models OF revolvers submitted
by the Smith Wesson and tho Colt Com panieS
for the United States service, began at the
armory yesterday. The trial Is conducted bv
Major Greer. Captain Thompson and Lieuten-
ant Horney. and is made at the water shops.
The tests made yesterday were regarding the
penetration. accuracy and velocity Of tho
weapons. The revolvers are also to be tested
with regard to rust and endurance The tests
will probably occupy to-day aud to- morrow.
The revolvers which are being tested are Of
thirty-eight caliber and are nearly similar In
pattern. Both break at the side and are some
what roughly made to Withstand the vigorous
usage OF army service.
The Smith Wesson revolver Is radical de.
parture in the revolver patterns Of that firm.
All OF their previous recent patterns have had
the automatic lock at the top OF the barrel,
which has been such distinR ushng mark OF
the smith Wesson revolvers, In the revolver
before the examin ing board. this device has
been done away, with. and solid frame has
been substitpted, Instead OF breaking at the
70 the leSt when a small thumb spring ls
pressed, The eJector is then struck with the
l9lt hand and all the shells in the chamber are
weapon Is to be known as the hand ejectorS
~ Is ouiit much heavier than any previous re-
SSISs tIrnsd 0at BY the COMPANY the barrel
to take the regulation 3S-caiiber reyolyer sheii
uSsd by the government. S"o''
cbanee Io fore reV9ver me now before the board is
army army az present. IN accordance with the suR-
Eestions OF board which investigated the lat.
her ~ 'ns Gi0se q the var with Spain mum.
ReneTal tendency OF the changes 10 10 make tHS
weapon more automatic In Its workings"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20


Usually, in playing full shots with the cleek or
tess powerful irons the rule is to take a shorter
swing than with the wooden clubs This prac-
tice is still generally taught although the modern
principle is to take as full swing as may be used
with ease whenever playing for full shot On
all full iron shots, even with the mashie the
club is forced to its full power and the beginner
should be well pleased To hold the green To fall
dead TO tho hole on full shot Is matter Of luck
but on thTee-quater, half-swing, or wrist shots
which are the approach shots proper the striving
is always for great accuracy and whoever is bet
ter in this respect will always in the short
game"
The three-quarter shot is played with stiff arms
and the club head hardly rises above the line of
the right shoulder There must be no shoulder
dropping nor rising of the heels, as in the full
shots Half-shots are from the elbow only, with
stiff wrists, and the upper part OF the arm pressed
close to the side. Wrist shots are played sharply
and vary in style with the distance 10 be covered
One Of the oldest rules is that the shorter the shot
the further the right foot must DO put forward
Nowadays the rule is that the right foot may we'll
be put forward on short shots, for II often tends
TO make tho direction more accurate but the
stand is a matter OF choice. Many good golfers
play all shots from the left foot II is the back
ward swing OF the club that makes the difference
between the full three-quarter and wrist strokes
but, in each the follow through should be force
full.
1t Is a good plan TO shorten the grasp for each
descending distance on the approach work
There are three sorts OF approach shots; the low
running up shot the pitched up shot, and the
pitched shot played with cut so that II will rest
dead where II falls The beginner should not
Try for cut, or back spin, on the approach shots
leaving such delicate work for greater exporienoe
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-20

ture WIN a huge mala which he will probably re-
member for many days. Capt Smith was mount
cd on a native pony and was armed with Mauser,
a Colts revolver and machetc. Upon nearing
small stretch OF cleared ground the side of hill
he noticed the maja crossing the spot and riding
around in front attempted to head II of, The
snake turned in another direction, crawling slug
gishy along, but the Captain blocked it again.
Then the boa became somewhat angry and began
to form a coil but instead of completing the coil
threw itself in bunch. Al that moment Capt
Smith fired. The bullet grazed the tsnakes neck.
but did no other damage than to scorch the skin
and cause the creature TO become furious II
formed itself into a ball and, rolling like shot
down hill. threw itself with great force against
horse and rider The impact staggered the horse
unseated the rider and tore the saddle loose Capt
Smith was thrown into the soft brush the fright
ened horse galloped away and the maja seeing
no other victim handy. attacked the saddle and
soon crushed the leather and woodwork TO a more
bundle of fragments. Capt Smith had mean
while recovered himself. and with his Mauser
placed a shot through the serpents spine about
seven feet from the tail and ended its existence.
The skin Is beautifully marked, and In It's dressed
state measures II feet 8 inches from tip to tip.
Although tho fact is not generally known, the
anaconda is also a native OF Cuba. The writer
hao compared both species OF constructors, living
and dead, and finds there can be no doubt OF the
fact This reptile was not supposed to exist in
Cuba, but tho proof is beyond question, and the
statement that the anaconda OF tho tropics is also
an inhabitant Of the Queen OF the Antilles" must
hereafter be accepted as true.
The crocodile is common in tho swamps, rivers
and marshes and an industry has sprung up In
the hunting OF these brutes for their hides and
teeth which has proved profitable American sol
ders stationed along the banks OF the Cauto River
or crossing marshy tracts found great sport in
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

Applicants for passes over railroads
sometimes give novel reasons for the
granting of their requests. The latest
thing in this line comes from Chicago.
A Texas cattleman walked into a
railroad Office and asked to see the
general passenger agent. When he
reached the desk of that official, he
said he would like to have pass to
stop over at the various stations along
the line.
The cattleman was largo shipper
over the road, and the general passen-
ger agent told him he would be glad
to grant the request, but asked why
he wanted the stop-overs.
"Well," said the cattleman, "you
see, when coming up with the last
bunch of steers poked my head out
fhe window, aud blamed if my false
teeth didn't fall out, and I'd sorter like
to find them. Washington Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
Dog and Horse story.

Dogs and horses generally get on
well together, but the following story
from Manchester proves that in some
cases the friendship is something
more than mere liberation Of each
other. A carriage horse, accompanied
by his stable companion, retriever
dog, to which he was exceeding at
$ached, was drinking at n trough near
the exchange. While the dog was
waiting for his friend to finish his
draught large mastiff picked q quar-
rel with him which ended in fight.
The mastiif, as may be supposed, had
the better of the battle, aud the re.
triever was badly bitten. The horse,
the moment he heard his friends cry,
broke from the mau who was holding
him, hurried to the rescue, and, after
kicking the mastilf across the street,
returned to the trough and finished
his drink. San Francisco Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

At Santa Clara, Cal, there is a Blp-
tist church which was built OF lumber
made from single giant oak tree.
Under its branches the first Baptist
service in that region was held in 1858.
When it was decided to build n
church edifce it was thought best to
use the site of the original meeting
place.
With appropriate ceremonies tho
tree, whose. shade covered IN acre Of
ground, was consecrated for its new
purpose. Workmen then cut off the
tree twenty feet from tho ground.
This big stump was partially hollow
and was allowed to stand for the church
tower. A tapering steeple was built
on top Of it.
The eupper part of the tree trunk and
its huge branches were sawed up into
lumber for the main body of the
church.
When the church stool completed,
substantial building thirty feet wide
by seventy feet deep, 1900 feet oflum.
Der remained unused. A more sturdy
building could not be imagined. 1t
is as strong as the old Saxon churches
of England, which were built centur-
les ago out of native oak and are still
in use.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
Cultivating Whooping Cough.

The vivisectionists are apt to brag
Jf the great benefit human beings de-
rive from scientific inhumanity to ami
mails. But listen to this experiment
made by "a well-known physician"
who Expresses the opinion that
whooping cough is contagious only
during the catarrhal stage; and has
put his opinion to severe tests. On
various occasions he permitted nearly
one hundred young children, who had
not previously suffered from whoop-
ing cough, to be associated in the same
ward for twenty days or more with
children suffering from the disease
during the stage of whooping. In
only one case was the disease con-
tracted, and in this instance the patient
from whom the infection was derived
was in the very earliest period of the
whooping stage" By which charm
ing experiment he was liable to sat
isfy himself that infection was con-
tracted from children who had not yet
begun to whoop. He concludes that
infection ceases very soon after the
characteristic whoops commence, and
that, therefore, in family it is not
the patient who is already whooping
but his brothers and sisters who bave
aot previously had whooping cough
that ought to be isolated"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

try. They are the remnants of q
brave and partly civilized people
whom the Spaniards found in Mexico.
They nave never been conquered, and
have never forgiven their Spanish
enemies nor their descendants. Their
military organization is almost per-
feet, aud consists of companies, regi-
ments and divisions.
The wife of our chief blushed with
pleasure as one of our number hung
about her neck string of blue beads
as a parting gift. She was truly
worthy of our admiration. SO was
the grin on the face of her youngster
as he began to realize what sweetness
was concealed in lump of maple
sugar which We gave him. Their
huts were our homes, the doors of
which would always have been open
to us had there been any. At the
back end of each were two tiers of
hunks for sleeping purposes; in the
front the family squatted, cooked and
lived. Mere justice demands that T
should say 1 found nothing but clean.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

Opera In Russia is sometimes subject
to unexpected Interruptions. The fol-
lowing incident, which recently oc-
Cured at the Court Opera House in
Moscow, is related by Music Trades:
Carmen was being produced, and
the commanding general of the garri-
son had kindly lent a number of pri-
Yates to represent the Spanish soldiers
in the piece. When, in the second act,
at the command Of Don Jose, the pri-
Yates marched on to the stage, they
were thrown into confusion by seeing
their commanderjn-chi sitting in the
front row of the stalls. They forgot all
about the play, and stood still at atten-
ton before the general, as required by
military discipline. Regardless Of the
wild entreaties of the stage manager,
and the despair of the principal actors,
the dutiful soldiers remained thus until
the general shouted: All right, my
children, play away AT your COM
mand, general answered the men, and
then took their part in the piece, the
production Of which suffered, however,
somewhat from the unforeseen inter.
ruption."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
INSURED FOR sIo,ooo,ooo.
That is Said to BE tho Aggregate of Poll.
cies on the Prince of WaIes's Life.

That is Said to BE tho Aggregate of Poll.
cies on the Prince of WaIes's Life.
A big insurance man told me re-
Gently in New York, writes w. E. Cur
tis, that the Prince of Wales was the
heaviest risk of any patron of the
insurance business, and that his death
would cost English, German, French
end American companies not less than
SO, 600, 0OO
'No other person carries twenty
per cent. of that insurance" he
said, "nut comparatively little of it is
for the benefit of his family; perhaps
not more than 81 900, 00U. Some years
ago large policies were taken out by
his creditors as security for money
loaned. If he should ever pay his
debts they would of course revert to
him, and might be carried for the bene.
fit of his family, but his premiums,
like the premiums on all.of the royal
families of Europe, are very high
much higher than those paid by pri-
vate individuals for the same amount
OF insurance.
"It is curious fact" continued my
insurance friend, who spent a good
deal of his time in England, "that
$4,000, 900 or So, 200, 900 OF insurance,
perhaps more than that, has been
placed on the life of the Prince of
Wales as speculation by persons who
do not know him and have never had
any relations with him whatever.
This would not be possible under the
insurance laws of the United States,
but it is allowed by some of the Eng
lish companies. Over there any man
can secure policy on the life of
neighbor, provided he can persuade
the neighbor to submit to medical
examination or find company which
has recently had him examined. Thus
when the Prince of Wales undergoes
an examination for insurance lots of
speculators apply to the same COM
pany for policies on his life, or get
certified copies of the report of the
medical examiner and use them with
other companies. 1t is pure speca!a-
ton. They pay high premium,
margin, so to speak, or, to put it in
another way, they book a wager with
the insurance companies that the
Prince will die before the total of their
premiums exceeds the amount of tho
policy. Therefore many persons wonld
be financially benefited if Albert Ed
ward should drop off suddenly one of
these fine days. The Prince is per-
fectly aware of this fact. He knows
very well what advantages have been
taken of his situation, but L do not
suppose it makes any difference with
his habits"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05
find an unlimited amount at this time

find an unlimited amount at this time
of the year. 1t is just as sensible to
put man IN well and talk of killing
him by thirst as to talk of starving
these Indians now.
Just south of the Yaqui Indians is
another tribe which is about as large
and which sympathizes largely with
the Yaquis. These are the Mayo In.
dians and they are probably as fine
specimens of physical manhood as are
to be found on the continent. They
are as numerous rs the Yaquis, and it
is the custom of these Indians to kill
all their old men and women long be
fore they would die natural death,
and they prevent the marriage OF
either man or woman of the tribe
who is in any way imperfect or de.
formed. The result is they have o
tribe of magnificent specimens OF
manhood and womanhood. The Mexi-
can Government will have its hands
full with the Yaquis alone, but if the
Mayos join them it will be a long
drawn out contest.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

Sierra Madres, lies territory that is
theirs by right of their exclusive
ability to penetrate aud when neces-
sary to inhabit it. This is the war
home of the Yaquis. Here in the con
tlicts of late years they have proved
invincible, unconquerable. 1t is a
country of rugged mountain sleeps,
of deep, furnacelike defles and desc
late, sweltering mesa lands--a coun-
try inaccessible, intolerable to any
thing human save only the Yaquis.
Such is the stronghold in which this
race of fighters is intrenched day.
The Yaquis derive their name from
their peculiar habit of loud talking,
their verbal designation Yaqui mean
ing, "He who shouts" The Yaqui,
or Huaqui, is one of the chief rivers
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

As civilization spreads the query:
Where are We to get our furs from?
becomes yearly more difficult to an
)wer At the annual meeting of the
fme-honored Hudson's Bay Company
the other day the chairman stated that
the furs brought to market this year
were much smaller in quantity than
in 1898. although this was largely off,
Bet by the increase in values. The
field of operations, he said, had been
contracted by the increase in settle
-'ent and the opening up of the coun-
g. = in the Far Northwest.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

illness about their homes, persons and
surroundings, and the high opinion
which I then formed of their general
intelligence, great bravery and in
trinsic worth still remains unchanged.
They are not savages.
The talk in the papers about sur
rounding them and starving them is
rot, for it cannot be done at this sea-
son of the year. At this time down
there everything is green and verdure
is at its best. These Indians live on
cactus, on kind of brown sugar and
on parched corn and of this they can
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-10-05

Yaquis differ materially from the
numerous other tribes inhabiting this
section of the globe, says a writer in
the ST. Louis obe-Democrat. While
thoroughly partaking of the ferocious
nature of the Apaches of the American
frontier, and entertaining quite as
pronounced hatred for all people of
more civilized tastes, they are char
acterized by very distinctpredilection
for intelligent forms of government.
But that any restrictions or obligations
should be placed upon them by an
alien people, such as they have ever
been disposed to regard all mankind
not of their tribe, they are disposed
to consider as unwarranted interfer-
ence with their hereditary customs,
and hence intolerable. The Yaquis
have been a constant source of dread
to the Mexicans ever since the first
attempt at civilizing the nor .hwestern
section of the republic, to which
movement the former have been most
strenuously opposed. Like other
North American tribes, they hold that
the territory they inhabit is theirs by
right of Inheritance from their fore
fathers, and every foot of land that
has from time to time been wrenched
from them has ultimately been paid
for by the life's blood of the invaders.
During past centuries the Yaquis
have been almost necessarily at war
with the Spaniards and their Mexican
descendants, and by degrees their
once powerful tribe has been reduced
until at the present day it numbers
less than Is, 900 members. OF their
former broad domain all the posses
sions that now remain to the Yaquis |
are few leagues of land situated in
the lower valleys of the Rio Yaqui, in
the southern portion of the State of
Sonora. Here, during the brief inter
walls of peace which they have occa-
sionally experienced, they have made
their homes, following their natural
pursuits of farming, stock raising and
mining. This is the land that has
been officially assignedto them by the !
Mexican Government. Back of it,
however, in the fastness of the great |