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THE SENSE OF DIRECTION.
Through it the Difficult "Hip-Shooting"
Becomes Possible

| through 1T the Difficult 'Hlp-ShootlnS
Becomes Possible.
Eyes, I've heard good many stories
about hip shooting" said a veteran
hunter of this city, but I never saw
! but one man who professed to be able
to do the trick. He was physician
named Webster, who came from some
where near Charleston, S. G. I hunted
with him twice at Asheville, and on
each occasion he gave some remarkable
exhibitions of his skill. He used an
oldfashioned Parker breech-loader,
twelve-bore, and when he shot from
hos hip he grasped the stock, just be-
hind the hammer, with his right hand
and held the barrels firmly in his left,
some eight or nine inches below the
muzzle. The fiat of the stock was
pressed against his right side at the
top of the hip bone and little to the
front, so he did not face the object he
shot at, but had 1T quartering on his
left. / am sure about there details be-
cause I watched him particularly. The
first thing / saw him knock over rab-
bit, which was Looping across a plowed
field. He steadied his gun for an in
slant, with gesture that reminded me
somehow Of man holding a billiard
cue, and then blazed away. The rab-
bit dropped. Afterward I saw him
shoot a lark on his wing and two other
birds sitting. He afterwards missed a
couple Of wing shots, but saw enough
to convince me that there was no acct
dent about his first work. He didn't
pretend to shoot as we'll from the hip as
from the shoulder, and admitted frank
ly that he couldn't bring down difficult
game, such, for instance, as snipe I
can hit about three out of five,' he said,
when 7 pick my own conditions;' and
believe he could do even better. When
I asked him how he did it, he laughed
There is no mystery about hip shoot
ing he said; and it is a great mistake
to suppose it necessary to look over the
sights in order to hit things. ! How does
an archer bring down flying bird?
He doesn't look along the arrow; he
shoots by sense OF direction, and 7 do
the same thing with gun 1t isn't ev-
erybody who possesses the sense of d.
rection,' he added, but those who have
it-perhaps one out of three--can learn
hip shooting without difficulty"
Il believe there is a good deal in the
pense-of-di direction theory" said an
other sportsman in the group. IT lived
in the west for five or six years, and T
know for a certainty that nearly all the
best off-hand pistol shots among the
cowboys fired without aiming-I mean
without sighting in the usual manner
along the barrel. They would look at
[ he target instead of tha weapo, and
would generally give their pistols a
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slight forward thrust before pulling
the trigger. 1t was done on the instant,
and those who were clever at it could
be fairly confident of hitting a mark
the size of mans hat at, say, fifty
PAGES. None of them claimed to be
able to shoot as accurately that way
as they could by sighting, but it was a
pretty trick, all the same, and very
valuable in a sudden melee.
Zone of the best off hand shots I ever
knew was cow-puncher named Bill
Rainey. He attributed his skill to the
habit of laying his index finger along
the barrel of his six-shooter L don't
pint the gum he said; j just pint my
finger and then let her go Gallagher!
There was probably more in that prac-
tice than Bill himself suspected. We
are accustomed from infancy to point
ing at things we desire to Indicate, and
no doubt unconsciously cultivate the
very sense of direction of which you
We're speaking few moments ago. /
have seen Rainey knock over an oys-
ter can five times out Of six at a dis
tance of over fifty feet, without doing
a particle of sighting, and firing almost
Gus qulChly DIS ne COuIu pun lllG lIISSGT.
One of his pet tricks was to wheel and
fire, and the accuracy with which he
could plant bullet while his body was
turning was marvellous. One thing
noticed in regard to shooting without
taking aim along the barrel was that
1T must be done very quickly or the
bullet is almost certain to fly wide of
the mark. If there is any hesitation or
attempt to calculate the direction it Is
safe to wager on q miss. The cowboys
who were most expert at this style
seemed to find their target by sort of
instinct, and pulled the trigger the mo-
nent the arm was fully eXentded.
Aside from Bill Rainey and his index
finger theory, I never encountered any
body who was able to throw any light
On the performance. When questioned,
he cow-punchers would look bewil-
Tered and say there was kind of
znack about it, and beyond that were
at sea themselves. New
Orleans Times-Democrat
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AEu YEN. CoAA.
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THE POLITICAI PROPH ET'S,

If Mr.. Bryan read the papers yester-
day, and we suppose he did, or, at least
had his attention called to what was
in them, he didn't have wholly cheer
| full day, for he found that there was
pretty general agreement that he
| wasn't going to be elected Possibly he
| doesn't care much about what the
newspapers say. Some great men
don't, except when they want their
names kept out, or their names put in.
But he must have been at least a little
impressed by the careful figuring set
before him to show him and all inter-
ested that he has no show. The esti-
mates of the predicters run all the way
from 270 electoral votes to 81 for Nc
Kinley. Unless the best judges are
more mistaken than they are likely to
be the Bryan campaign has collapsed,
and he will not get as many electoral
votes as he got four years ago. 1t is
not thought the pluralities against him
in most of the States counted for Nc
Kinley will be as large as they were
four years ago, but they will serve. Two
weeks from tomorrow Will be voting
day, and the peoples will will then be
recorded. If it is recorded against Mr..
Bryan, as it now seems certain to be,
there will be no sense In his asking for
another trial Two are enough, and
more than enough.
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the control of the commission. The
police boards of those cities are also
practically under the control of the gov
ernor. There is widespread dissatisfac-
ton with the Democratic State admins
tration, and there is an earnest demand
for change. 1t will need about $4,000
votes to make the change, but it is all
most too much to expect that they will
be cast or counted honestly if they are
cast.
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He-Oh--only because my names
Somerset!-Punch.
He stopped at a livery stable
With his horseless carriage, and he
Kicked like steer when the keeper
Charged him dollar fee.
Nov, look a-here," says the keeper,
You ought to know that we
Amt keepin a payless stable
For horseless carriages. See?"
Detroit Free Press.
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Colonel John P. Irish, who in the ante
Bryan days was one of the most promi-
nent Democratic leaders in the West,
but who is now gold Democrat, re-
ports great slump in Organism in the
West. 'His former supporters out
there are laughing at any show of en-
thusiasm for him in the East" says the
colonel. He predicts that Bryan is
going to be beaten in Nebraska, Kan
sas Utah, Idaho, Washington, Oregon,
and California
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Folders SURVIVE. True, the soldier pro-
tects himself by taking cover, and no
cover is to be found at sea unless the
waves run high. But there is always
distance. Great distance makes hitting
difficult, and makes the skill of the
gunner the final arbitrator, The big
lyddite shell is likely, therefore, to do
little at present beyond adding thou
sand yards to the recognized fighting
range.-London Chronicle,
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salmon lived near to Vancouver;
He was large and excessively strong;
He was such an habitual mover
Ihat he never was motionless long.
Like the rest of the fishes in Finland,
The rivers he often would gain,
But he meier was contented when inland,
For he always remembered the main.
A fisherman once went an angling
In an antediluyian craft;
His neighbors came near unto stranglng,
SO much at that shallop they laughed.
But the fisher, his little hook batting,
Remarked, Il shall win If | try
And for hours he sat patiently waiting
Till the salmon rose up to the ty
With dexterous twist and turn, he
Secured a good grip on the hook,
And the fisherman went on Il journey
That rivalled the Journeys of Cook
At pace that was simply terrific
The salmon set out for the West,
And he managed to cross the Pacific
Not pausing Il moment to rest.
He skirted the Philippine Islands,
Sumatra was left on the lee
He sped by the Ceylonese highlands,
And he crossed the Arabian sea;
Past Alden and Suez and Malta
He went like n comet, until,
Just grazing the rock of Gibraltar,
He headed southwest for Brazil.
AS obstinate as a virago
He raced till the following morn,
When, passing Terra del Fuego,
He hurrledly rounded the Horn.
He fastened by Juan Fernandez,
And pointing his nose to Peru,
He came into a view of the Andes
That day at quarter to two.
But here a big fragment Of coral
Ripped off from the shallop "A plank,
Ard with haste that was almost immoral
The treacherous cookie shell sank.
The fisher his head above water
Maintained by the aid of an oar;
And he tioated an hour and quarter
In the hope Of attaining the shore.
At last he cried: Jupiter Ammon
My merciful fortune | thank
That i've met with the king of all salmon
That bite was a wonder!' and sank.
The salmon but travelled the faster;
He said: II am innocent quite,
For that boat was the cause of disaster;
Twas q. bark that was worse than my
bite
Guy Wetmore Carryl.
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Colonel Frank S. Hastings, retire

Colonel Frank S. Hastings, a retired
merchant of San Francisco, is prepar-
Ing to erect In Golden Gate Park there
the highest f1agpole in the world The
giant pole will be $50 feet high and from
1t will wave an American flag 100 feet
long, with stars three feet across. Colo
mel Hastings, who is veteran Of the
civil war, is prepared to expend $4,000
In carrying out this project.
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For District Electors,


First D,strict--M. s. CHAPMAN, of
Manchester.
Second District-F DE
PEYSTER, of Portland.
Third District-WINSLOW e. WILL
LIAMS, of Norwich.
Fourth Distrct-G. W. MARSH, of
Bridgeport.
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CHARLES S. MERsICK. of New Ha-
ven.
HENRY H. BRIDGFMAN, of Norfolk.
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That forestry, intelligently conducted
is profitable has been demonstrated by
the experience Of the New York State
College Of Forestry-one of the allied
| colleges which form Cornell University
with it's Adirondack forest preserve.
The work during the past summer gives
reason to believe that the college forest
will be self-supporting for number of
years to come, even if 1t does not re-
turn a small income ON the States in
vestment. The 10000 acres of timber
land which the State turned over to the
college two years ago had been we'll
stripped of valuable soft timber. Much
hard wood, which had never been mar
ketable in the Adirondacks, remained,
and furnished the only chance of max
ing the forest self-supporting. Profess
sor Bernard e. Fernow succeeded in in
teresting a manufacturer of slaves and
wood alcohol, which is near the pre-
serve. AS the hard woods would not
float down the streams which drain the
forest a railroad six miles long is being
constructed. A use has also been found
for the brushWood which abounds
throughout the Adirondacks. In the
past it has been piled in heaps about
the woods and furnished a constant
source of forest fires. Professor F'ernow
has constructed a machine which cuts
the brushwood into fagots and renders
1t salable to charcoal burners. These
fagots can also be used in the manufac-
ture of wood alcohol.
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man named Wales recently died whose
career was unique. He was proprietor
OF lodging houses, but made it an inva-
riable rule never to press a tenant or
sell one up for rent. He had been
known to give tenant who was I'M
able to pay his rent money to cover
the expenses of removal, and in his will
he ordered that every tenant was to be
allowed a rebate Of a terms rent. Els
tenants contributed toward huge
wreath for his grave.
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We could enume crate
A List of Presents

that would fill this page
But have many articles Of fine
design and merit in gold leaf metal Others in fine
Austrian and Flemish Oak Others in Teak design and hnsh
beautiful Mahogany nlaid cabinets and other Paor pieces
of exquisite workmanship. and many other things to
show Gin fact crowded) that we would
simply advise you call and themeven you do not
wish to buy. Cordially yours,
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The use of colored glass for bottles
has recently been investigated by H.
j. Moller of Copenhagen, and in an ar
ticle lately published by the German
Pharmaceutical Society he describes the
proper colors for bottles which are to
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
At the Sign
of the Knife.

Probably our store is
better known by reason of the
knives we sell than for any othe
one reason. Everyone who ha
ever lived here rem m b ers
'Bassetts as the store where any
kind of knife could be found.
And we hay'n't changed.
NoWAeye in Ne,v England
avaU be found larger
assortment Of Pocket and
Table CWtleyy-aoy wiH yow
find better gaality-tAan a.
the Sign Of the Big Ku,fe.
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In Philadelphia George G. Wilson was
drawn for jury duty. AT the time he
was on the sick list of his lodge and
drawing "sick benefits He told the
Judge he wasn't well enough to serve
but the Judge thought differently and
refused to excuse him. Then his lodge
shut off the benefits on the ground
that he was at work, and subsequently
suspended him. He filed a bill in equi-
ty, and the court now orders the lodge
to reinstate him and to pay UP. "Sit-
ting upon the jury is not work. says
Judge Arnold, land even if it were, as
he was there in response to the COM
mand of the commonwealth it is the
duty Of the court to protect him from
any forfeiture of his legal rights by rea-
son of such service
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REPUBLICAN NOMINA TIONS
FOR PRESIDENT,

WILLIAM MCKINLEY. OF Ohio.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THEODORE ROOsEVELT, of New
York.
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stances. In order to secure protection
for the contents from the chemical ac-
ton of the light, glass of dark color
is used, and the best for this purpose
are black (opaque), red, orange, and
dark yellowish brown. Next to these
in the matter of protection stand light
brownish yellow, dark green that is
without blush tint, and dark brown
lsh green; while blush green, violet,
milky BLUSH and colorless glass offer
but little protection from the actinic
rays of the sunlight. For preserving
wine, beer, and liquors, a glass of dark
yelloWsh brown or dark brownish yell
low is thought the best, and is recon-
mended in preference to that of light
brown, light green, or blush green
color
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For Representattve

DENNIS A. BLAKESLEE an
GEORGE f. HALL.
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Eighth strict-FREDERICK I
AVERILL, of New Haven.
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For Judge of Probnt

LIVINGSTON w. CLEAvELAND, of
New Haven.
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For State Officers.
FOR GOVERNOR,

FOR GOVERNOR,
GEORGE P. MCLEAN, of Simsbury.
FOR LIEUTENANT-G OvERN OR,
EDWIN O. KELLER, of Norwalk
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE,
CHARLES G. r. VINAL, of Middle
town.
FOR TREASURER,
HENRY H. GALLUP, of Norwich.
FOR COMPTROLLER,
ADRIAN CHAMBERLAIN, of Meri-
den.
For Congressman,
Second strict-NEHEMIAH D.
SPERRY, of New Haven.
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For Senator.

Second District-NEHEMT l
SPERRY, of New Haven.
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ABOUT THE RESERVES
Macon People Greatly Regret That
They Cannot Attend the Fair,

T i
The fQi'ewips i from the Macon
Telegraph q ssterdsy
Many people hterested ia the
Street Fair were anxlously looking
forward to ths coming OF the Torpedo
Division Of the Naval Reserves of
Brunswick, which was to have been
a special feature of the attractions on
Thursday, military day.
The division was TO appsar in dress
uniform and participate in all the
festivities of the day. Their. marine
band waslto have accompanied them
and their coming was looked forward
to with anticipation Of much pleasure
The mayor and council have received
information from Mr.. G. w. Deming,
through whose enthusiastic efforts the
attraction was secured, that they can
not come. Mr.. Deming's letter to The
Telegraph, given below, explains the
cause of this disappointment:
"BrunswiOE, Ca, Sept. "a, 1900
To the Editor Of The Telegraph: 1
have today written Mayor smith,
Capt Jones Of Husssrs and Capt,
Hazlehurst Of the Volunteers about
our disappointment in NOT coming to
Macon.
"oar neR Uniforms arrived yesters
day but the makers sent white york
ing suits instaaa Of white mufeering
uniforms oae & for dress, the other
for work, ane there is nothing that
can now BE doae 70 change matters in
TINS g go 0Rf blas uniforms are
unit to be seen apa We have 10 Other
now.
'ourmen are greatly disappois
but | am dOnply nay hsa
on the trip and essFs
arranged at this end q. ePiDg in fine
style, Acting Adlutsnt Byrd had
granted us permission to leave Bluns-
wick, our men had secured leave from
their work, and we were enthusiastic
in our preparations wSen the box of
uniforms arrsS and bIighted our
prospects. Fam sorry all over but
just cannot help it, thank you for
your kind references to US and feel
keenIy the missing of our chance,
sincerely yours,
SO. w. DENTrNc y
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Three Men Wounded in 4.
Row at SiblaYS.
STRIKE IS Still UNCHANGED
An Important Question Is Now
in the Courts asto Strikers
Parading.

Scranton, Pa, Sept, 49, Tbe,hFst.
bloOdshed which may be laid to the.
strikers Is reported today at sibley'si
mlning settlement, at the foot Of the
mountains in the old Forge township,
six miles from here--three men were
wounded in row. About twenty re-
volver shots were fired. The particle
pants were all Italians, mostly former
workers 10 the Jermyn No. mine,
near Rsndham, as non-unionists, but
who became members Of the united
mine workers fortnight since. The
men got Into a light. There were sew
srai arrests.
Can Strikers Parade2
Wllkesbafre, Sept. 28.Tho ques-
tIon Of the rights osatriking miners
70 march through the public highways
viii BE- argusd in oourttodayj The
sate -shas q The strlkers Grrest-
ed'at 9srrtngs yastsFaay ena sent 10
jail ia this city rae hearing ID this
afternoon Ten ere charged with cons
spiracy TO disturb the public peace,
unlawful assembly and resisting OH
Gers. Their contention will be that
tEiey we're unagnaea and orderly, and
did not block the road, nor interfere
with men going to work. and had the
right totall oitizsnsto walk along the
road, whetherin singly or in mass.
Strike Is Unchanged.
Scranton, Penn, Sept. 2e.--The
strike in L4oka aySaas~7 Valley remains
practically unchanged. The Laoks.
wanna Company is working four
wOsheries unmolesred, It 10 believed
tie company is getting one Of lts
breakers ready for operating BY mar
shalling enough Wiling for that pur-
pose.
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INSURANCE TROUBLE.
Directors OF The Travellers VIII Get
Into Trouble.

New York, Sept. 26--At confer>
ence heldN here this afternoon, it was
decided to present the Traders Fire
Insurance @sitsS to the Grand Jury
which will be drawn to serve on the
October panel.
Tnyeatigationa have developed to-
day that all the miilionsire directors
of the defuuct Traders Fire Insurance
Company, against the management Of
which sensational charges O fraud
were made, lsye Desa guilty of selling
stock, fast june, when they positively
knew and were folly cognizant of The
fact that the company was insoigsnt
The amount Of stock sold and paid for
is estimated at forty Thousand dollars.
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BOARD NAMES THE
ELECTION managers
THOSE VINO WE'LL SHl87il
tend October Election.
BIG VOTE 10 Be POLLED
Democrats Will Get Together and
Roll Up the Usual Big
Majority,
big V0TE 10 Be POLLED

The county commissioners have
named the following as managers for
the state and county election on oo-
tobsr 3rd
Twenty-htty distriot-Jas. D. Gould
Justice Of the Peace. John Stevens, j.
II WhitmiFe.
Twenty-sixth distriot--Jas. T. Lam
bright, Justice of the Peace, W. j.
Way, R. H Everett.
Twenty seventh distriot.-w. F.
Kuight, Justice Of the Peace, Gao. w.
Rstoliff, Alex Livingston.
One Thousand Three Hundred and
Fifty sixth distriot- Charlton q.
Wright, A. W. Coupor, D, Il. sapp.
One Thousand Four Hundred ana
Nine Ninth distriot--Jas. ,P. Holmes,
Justice Of the Peace, 3. +. Lewis, W.
7, Drawdy,
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Strikers Refuse to Accent,

Hazlston, Sept. 2e.--Employes Of
the G. B, Markle Company refused to
accept the terms offered BY the Arm.
They claim, however, that they win
will willingly submit their grievances
to arbitration. Pending adjustment in
that manner, they will return to work,
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TO HANG

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. 90. billiard
Warren, sentenced to be hanged for
murder, will be hanged at Woodb b
tomorrow. Warren was granted a re-
spite three times by Coy. Mcmillan. 1t
is not thought that it will again be
put off.
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SPIT AMONG
THE ALES.
ENGLAND and United States
to Stand Together.
OPPOSE GERNANYS PLAN.
The Outcome Now Will Be Watched
With Inrerest More Rioting
Of the Chinese Around
Canton.
OPPOSE GERNANYS PLAN

London, Sept. 2e,-Lord Salisbury
lAa replied to the German note re-
gataing the settlement OF the Chinese
question IN terms identical with those
e the paited ssAses. The ranges on
On q 1be United states and Great
Bfita ana on the other side. Ger
aar France. q Aasffa Rusaia, japan
an sly
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RlotIuu Near Canton.

Hong Kong, Sept. &c. Further riots
have occDrred near Canton. The
Presbyterian churches have been de-
strOyed. the converts looted and !
Catholic mission has been burned.