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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08

When cyclist is making long run
solid food is the worst thing that can
be eaten, and can sincerely recommend
the diet to which / was subjected. FOR
l believe that much of my success was
due to the fact that my food was so
wisely selected had soup-several kinds
of soup; soft boiled eggs; toast in several
forms; Strawberries, oranges; rhubarb;
tea; coffee, and milk
For stimulants | had few glasses OF
claret and little ale; for medicine. q
few small doses of magnesia which were
taken more as preventive than because
they were actually required. With this
diet l kept up my strength wonderfully
well, was able to keep my nerves under
control. SO that did not get cranky and
irritable like 50 many long distance cy-
clists, and when l finished my stomach
was in good condition
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08
THIS mAN WAS SHOT BY A NAx1M.

1t is claimed that the more destructive
the arms used in battle the more humane
warfare becomes, and that the better
soldiers can shoat the fewer men will be
hit, on the principle that when the risk
is greater prudent man will hunt COW
err This may be so, but one would rather
take his chances in front of the Span
iards, who couldn't hit a flock of barn
doors, sitting or flying than within
range of the Beers, who brought down
almost everything they aimed at.
However, there is at least one man who
will dissent from the alleged humanity of
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08

are wen enough on the range, but nothing
mas YET been invented which is any inn
proVement upon the old fashioned omen
slsht winch cannot be raised or lowered.
The man who cannot learn to be his own
WIND guage is not entitled to be admitted
10 the blood brotherhood of hunters.
lie Will learn to down a stationary deer
WITHIN twenty feet of his standing place.
at two hundred, two out of three times
lie VIII learn to knock rabbits over with
almost perfect ease al fifty yards, or will
hrlng down squirrel that shows his
head at the top of the highest tree. He
may not learn to drop the ruffled grouse
on the wing, or the prairie chicken on
the Wild because those are God-given
gifts, but he will certainty learn that the
sports of the woods are delightful. and
will come to look down upon long range
| shooting as kind of play that grown up
| children indulge in when there is a key
of beer at stake.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08
SCIENTIFIC RIFLE SHOOTING.
PECULIAR FACTS THAT MUST BE
LEARNED BY THE MAN WHO
WAITS TO KNOW HOW TO
HANDLE HIS GUN.
By ]. L. Conkling.

There is science about rifle shoot
Ing that is undreamed of by the novice
until he has learned by sad experience
that the pulling of the trigger is not
the only requisite to success. Gradual
ly he will learn that shooting, especial
ly over range, has been reduced the
oretlcally to an exact science. Dis
tances have been fixed, the velocity of
crossing currents of air have been
guaged,and formulas have been ar
ranged for lessening or increasing the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08

when they came to the last hole of
the match, which played across the
pond. 1t takes only drive to clear
the water and, although the lesser
lights have persistently tried to fill up
the pond with balls during the week
it was not expected that any of the
first rank men would fall victims to
this hazard. But that is just what
Lockwood did when halved hole
would have given him the match
Lockwood has several times during
the week shown that he has nerves, a
most undesirable quantity in the make
up OF golfer and he was SO nettled
at his poor drive that he felt disposed
to blame his opponent who called
Fore" just before he made the stroke.
The topping cost Lockwood the hole
and the match was all square. Then
both OF these young players gave fine
exhibition in the play off. The first
three holes were halved in par figures.
Playing the fourth, the SOP yard hole,
Reed got into the bunker and by pull
ing his third shot terribly he was put
out OF the running. The putting by
both was as nervy and deadly as a.ly
seen during the week.
On account or his showing at the
eighteenth hole Lockwood's stock took
big drop, for to-day he meets the
mathematical and chilling Mr. Travis,
who, SO it is said, is not gifted with
nerves. Travis is the only contestant
who has ever Systematically trained
for a championship event and no Der
by candidate was ever handled with
greater consideration than that which
Mr. Travis has taken of his own con-
dition. During the heated weather he
has invariably carried tine green sun
shade that many of the younger play
ers have been disposed to make Jun
of. What a contrast with the hatless
rounds of champion, Hartman.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08
TWo-CRACK-A-JACKs.

Eddie Santry and McCIeiIand VIII
Meet at the Metropolitan Club on
the 18th Inst.
The next card to be presented to
lovers Of the fistic art in this city. by
the officials of the Metropolitan Athle-
tic Club will put two crack-a-j Jacks in
the arena, and there will doubtless be
a record breaking attendance on the
night of the 18th inst, the date set for
the battle
The principals will be Eddie Santry.
who got the decision over Oscar Gard
ner in their 20-round bout at Chi
cago, Friday night, and Jack McCleI-
land, who fought draw with Gardner
al Pittshurg last week
The Pittsburg sports will be down in
large numbers, and a heavy demand
for tickets from out Of town points IS
anticipated The men are to weigh in
at three o'clock in the afternoon at
124 pounds. and both have already
agreed TO the conditions
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08

civilized warfare, and he is the native
Of South Africa who was bowled over by
shell from Maxim machine gun. He
must have been selated to that negro
who, when hit on She head by a brick
that fell ten stories, Nlsoked up and said,
White man, eff yo doaai want dem bricks
broke just keep 'em If my head" for he
not only survived the teErible shock of
the shells impact but entirely recovered
from the wound and the subsequent sur
gical operation. The figure drawn dag
onaly across his back shows rhere the
fragment of the shell tore through the
flesh.
The Modern Lethe.
Say, Jones, If the girl YOU loved
wouldn't have you what would YOU do
to forget her?''
Feat some lobster newburg- welsh
rarebit and mince pie at midnight,
Huh. what good is that"
We'll. il you don't forget her for the
next "a hours anyway, you're more Of
an ostrich than am. Life.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08
breaking THE CYCLE RECORD.
MISS IARGARET CAST DESCRIBES
HOW IT FEELS TO RIDE A
1000 MILE RACE AGAINST
TINE.
BY Margaret Cast.

have been asked to describe Just
how | felt during the progress of my
l,O00-mile ride against time 1t would
be just as reasonable to expect me to
describe in detail every dream that has
visited my sleeping self since the DAYS
when was a child. The comparison,
exaggerated as it may seem, is an apt
one, for the whole thing seems like
dream to me now, strange, uncanny
sort of vision, like those that came to
person who is half awake and half
asleep.
Not pleasant? you say, No, not en-
tirely pleasant, and yet the experience
through which l passed in driving my
wheel over those miles upon miles of
road was not nearly as horrible as
had been led to imagine it would be.
Before / started upon my ride my
friends tried hard to persuade me not
to make the attempt to lower the re-
cord. They told me terrible stories
about the sufferings of Mrs. Lindsey
and Miss Yatman, and l will admit
that | should have been persuaded to
abandon the effort if | had not been
blessed with very strong will. Now
that it is all over and l have accom-
plished my purpose l am glad that |
did not listen to them.
And what is the object of all this?
That is not difficult question to ans
wer. In my case it is particularly
simple. There have been women who
have made long rides for glory, for
notoriety, or for love of the wheel,
but my purpose is a more sordid one.
| made my effort with view to the
possible profit that would follow sue
cess. Of course | was ambitious too.
| did want to be known as the cham
pion woman cyclist of America but
that was not my only object | had
other plans, but for the present they
are my secret.
Nice to Remember.
To realize all these ambitions at once
however, is delightful-so delightful that
it tends to make one forget the long
stretch of road that winds so slowly
between mile No and mile 900. How
we'll l know every foot of it. To me every
one of the thousands of chickens that
seem to be possessed with the desire to
get in my way and throw me are famil-
lar. 1t almost seems as if I had always
lived in the saddle and had done nothing
all my life but push my wheel over this
one stretch of road
Those who have confined their wheeling
exploits to twenty-mile runs into the
country with an occasional century by
way of variety, have no idea what it
means to ride a thousand miles against
time At first it is perfectly simple, in
fact It seems as if nothing could be easier.
Mile after mile is turned off without APP
parent fatigue. and at the end of the
first century one leaves the wheel with
the feeling that it will be possible to so
on in that way for an indefinite period
1t is soon after this, however, that one
begins to tire. The eyelids droop and the
strange ideas that fash across the brain
warn one that there is danger of falling
asleep. In my case this was the one
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08
PROMOTIONS IN THE NAVY.

WASHINGTON. July THE Presl-
dent has made the following promo
tons in the navy:
Commander N. R. 5. Mckenzie. to b.
a captain.
Lieut. Commander George P. coIyo-
coresses, to be a commander.
Lieut.. Commander Charles e. Cola
han, to be commander.
Lieut.. James P. Parker. to be a lieu-
tenant Commander.
Lieut. Ben ". Hodges. to be lieu
tenant commander.
Ernest v sandstrom. to be a boats
vain in the navy.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08
WHEELING BAKERY BREAD
WHEELING BAKERY BREAD
WHEELING BAKERY BREAD
WHEELING BAKERY BREAD
AT YOUR GROCER'S.
A SPANISH GYPSY KING.

Spain might we'll be called the land of
gypsies, for in no other country in the
world are to be found so many of these
homeless and impecumoai wanderers.
Cervantes has spoken of the Spanish gyp-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08

force Of the charges. Countless ex-
periments have been made to show Just
what elevation of the rear sight will
place the projectile at a certain height
upon the butts started from a certain
distance away, and even the lights and
shadows and the relation borne by
them to the target have been accurate
~ figured down to what is almost
mathematical certainty
While all these things are important
they do not make the rifieman. Such
rules of necessity UNNECESSARILY i'm
prove that bad shot, but they do not
make the sharp shooter. Not to know
them, however, is more than apt to
doom one to something like failure,
but TO become a perfect rifieman it
is necessary to take ones instructions
i'll the school of experience. One must
go into the field, or down the range,
and then, through patient eXertions
and countless failures and eXasper-
atoms, work ones way upward to the
top.
In spite of all this, however, there
are rules that must be known. For in
stance it is one of the first requisites
10 SUCCESSFUL nero WOfh mat Lne gun
should balance we'll. In order to
meet this requirement its weight must
be properly distributed It's barrel
must be of proper length and its wood
OF proper density. In fact. it must
feel right when it is brought to the
shoulder A man cannot learn to shoot
well if his rifles stock is too long for
him any more than he can look well
in shirt that IS three sizes too large
or too small for him.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08
WHEELING BAKERY BREAD
WHEELING BAKERY BREAD
WHEELING BAKERY BREAD
WHEELING BAKERY BREAD
AT YOUR GROCER IS.


My companion pointed with his whip
across the fields to a house.
Deacon Andrews lives there. said
he. eThe deasons wife got pretty near
scared TO death last fall She thought
he'd asen killed III tell you how Il
was. started to drive into the VII
lage one Sss -1a ss4sgn paalQlE
houses IL the road aud found D
Of the nelghbors killing bis hng.
What are ye going to % with tbs
insides? the deacon aslpss
'Nothin' much. said the nelghbof
Give en- 70 me. will yer
Jest as soon ya'd have mas naif
"11l care for 'em when ca "
said the deasoa
'Ye needn't bother to d
swered the neighbor. -
man right up WITH q
He can 20 Jest as we
80 the man dumpe
gregation into his big
and started for the dead
kicked at the door With
ingl his apron hunched
Thu deacon's wife eaf1e
Here's the dqson
men<ed, and as h talke "a
the apfpr-s5 thft she cnuz w Ii IL
contents.
she let one howl allus said that
horse would get away and smash hisn
uD--then she tainted on the kitchen
up then she tainted on the kit.hfa
floor Lewiston Journal.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08
.Tnxf ..rssnr., the ola .yar

Mrs. Manu- am afraid. Martha.
young Mr. skies is not altogether cor
rect IN his habits.
Martha on. gou think that because ~
and pa are such good frsends: but SITTER
we arc married shall insist on Charles
having nothing to Do With pa--Esau0u
Transcript
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08
A NOvicc's Mistake.

The commonest mistake of the novice
is to use a gun with too much drop, the
result of which is the tendency to under
shooting. The drop of a gun is the
butts distance below the breeeh. and as a
general thing a drop of two and a quarter
inches will be sufficient. When in the
pange or when shooting at a stationary
target the tendency to understanding can
be somewhat corrected by the drawing
of coarser sight, but when the deer is
bounding between tree trunks a hunlred
yards away the hunter has no time to
think of anything like scientific calcula-
tions. He wants a gun that comes to
his shoulder so naturally that it seems a
part of him. and so fitted he may find
the front sight somewhere close to the
darting animal, even if he has made no
pereeptible effort to put it there.
Contrary to general opinion the weight
of the trigger pull is not of great i'm
portance, as a man will become accus-
coined to almost any trigger. The hair
trigger. in fact. has become almost obso-
lete and the best opinion is now agreed
that trigger pull OF two pounds is not
excessive and should never disturb the
accuracy Of any man fit to his own gun.
No man can make even a reasonable
guess at the proper charge for a rife
until he has used it for fully three
months. Guns are made at a certain
calibre and weight, it is true, but the
theory that these guns ought to carry
the same charge is far from correct
Every gun has its popularity. and every
gums more or less affected by climatic
conditions. showing wide variations be-
tween hot and cold weather or wet and
dry weather. Some rifles will show
nearer approach to accuracy with the
heavy powder charge behind the lead.
while Others require less powder and
more ball The only way TO overcome
this difficulty. Therefore Is to become
acquainted with your gun, and in doing
this the average man viii waste enough
ammunition to XIII two or three regiments
Of men.
The Trae Position.
While it is true that the positions
taken by rifaemen are as varied as the
cof>r Of their craratS. there is but one
corfAc< ofr-hand position that can be
taken The man left side should be
turned 9uarely 70 khe mark, the left foot
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08

sizes as good for nothing people who are
only born to pick and steal" Most of
these people, it is true, are mendicants,
though some of them make a living by
the manufacture Of baskets and metal
trinkets. Others make very good thing
Of telling fortunes and dancing, while a
number are wandering musicians. The
accompanying picture shows the king of
the Spanish gypsies in full costume
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08

Excellent
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-07-08

thinking how nice it would seem IL I
could sit down to real dinner once
more
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-29

must give up and as he said this he
proceeded to take from his pocket a
handkerchief to wave in sign OF sur.
render. Clark glanced back, and there,
not four hundred feet away, was the
first pursuer, her sharp snout cutting
the water like a knife and throwing the
spray to each side. He observed quick.
ly that from her brow projected a spar,
on the end of which was a large, black,
pear-shaped, demonstrating torpedo,
its head studded with percussion caps.
This torpedo was ready to be thrust
further forward to blow up La Chi
auita as soon as they should come with
In striking distance. As Clark's keen
glance returned along the boiling wake
of his own boat, he noticed in the stern
sheets a rifle which belonged to the
captain. 1t was just like the one with
which the engineer used to pick of,
squirrels in the States
III motioned to the captain not to
wave his flag of surrender. He gove
the engine n more drenching of oil.
and the safety valve another twist. then
seized the rifle, carefully adjusted the
rear sight, wiped the oil from his trig.
ger finger, raised the piece to his shout.
der, and too aim. He stood solid as a
rock, with feet wide apart to steady
himself against the rolling of the boat.
His head was bare and his sleeves were
rolled up to his elbows. What can he
be going to shoot at?' muttered the can
tain. No n Is Visible on the other
boat But he noticed that as the pur-
suing boat, now but three hundred feet
away, rose and fell with the swells. and
its torpedo bent and swayed from side
to side on the end of the spar, the muz-
zle of ClaIk's rifle was following ii.
Now up, now down, nov this way, now
that, it swung, as if avoiding that keen
eye looking through the sight. But,
finally, for one moment it paused and
was quiet. 1t was that for which Clark
was waiting. There was a sharp re-
port from the rife! the torpedo, struck
by the bullet fair and square on one
OF the caps, exploded with a tremen-
dous report. The par and torpedo
flew in fragments through the air, and,
as the on-rushing boat emerged from
the cloud of smoke, it was seen that
her bow was shattered and split, and
that she was sinking rapidly, while her
crew were heard calling upon the other
Gillian boat for help.
"Clark laid down the rife and turned
his attention to his engine again as If
nothing had happened, and, amid the
booming Of guns and the dipping of
flags in salute, La Chiquita ran into the
harbor and was soon at her moorings,
thanks to the cool Yankee boy who had
the vessel with one shot"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-29
PUBLIC PARK FOR OREGON
to Preserve Scenery Arour,
Crater lake.

froposal to Preserve Scenery Arour,
Crater Lake.
III mas peen proposed to park the re-
gion about Crater lake in Oregon ono
of the most remarkable bodies of watar
in the world. 1t fills a large. deep
crater in the mountains, and the wallis
rise sheer to a dizzying height above
the surface. In the Indian traditions
1t was the abode of dangerous mon
sters-creatures that doubtless symbol-
lied he e created in the minds Of
he savages by its wildness, but that
among the civilized, gives place to a
sense of admiration for its sublimity.
1t would take little, if any, money TO
set aside this district for a park. and
1t is hoped that the measure offered for
that purpose will be successful. We
have allowed the vandal to despoiI our
wonderful natural scenery at his pleas
ure in the past. A growing sense of
the fitness of things demands that his
pernicious activities shall cease and
that the great body of the people shall
advantage by what is finest and no
blest in the landscape as in the re-
sources of the country.
Our finest and most impressive seem
cry is in the West, where the popula-
ton is still sparse and where real es-
tate values are still low. Indeed il is
not unlikely that the region about Cra-
ter lake has never beer taken IN
Those who nave seen it declare it to be
the scenic equal of the Yosemite, and
to allow the chopper, the blaster, the
shanty builder, the sign painter, the en-
CINE driver to mar 1t will be to discour-
age visits to the place and to disgust
and dishearten just the class of neo-
pie who are most naturally drawn TO
spectacle. In this country We have no
immense private parks for titled aris-
tocracy. Whatever is best is for the
people. Let them take that best while
it is still to be had and before selfish
commercialism bars them from II.
There should be a park in every State.
Eagle.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1900-12-29
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The day after they arrived, a slight
defect had been discovered in the ma
chinery of our little dock companion:
and as her native engineer had fallen
SICK or a fever at the same time, and
was not quite up TO duty. one of our
engineers, a Yankee boy by the name
OF Clark, from Boston land a smart
Fellow he was, tool, volunteered to
tinker up the engine. While their own
man was up in town getting some sup
plies, Clark was putting the engine to
rights, when a telegram arrived aboard
stating that the enemy's two torpedo
boat had started early that morning to
go down the coast. The lookout at the
harbor entrance had Sent word thai the
fog was becoming heavier, and the Pc
ruvian commander ordered La Chiquita
out to take advantage of the situation
by doing what mischief she could.
The boat of course, was ready In
a few minutes, but their own engineer
was ashore, and the fog prevented their
signaling his recall from the town. Go
they must, and something must be
lone at once. But what? While they
were discussing the question, Clark,
who had finished repairing the engine.
was about putting on his jacket, when
the captain drew him aside and, after
explaining matters, asked if he would
act as engineer for that trip, saying it
would be nothing more than an eXcurs-
ion or frolic and that he would be well
paid. Now, the Yankee boy had long
been wishing for a trip of this kind,
but despaired Of getting leave of abb
for any such purpose. Here was
an opportunity, and an excuse for. TAX
ing advantage of it, and while coolly
replying that he would do 1t 'as a
favor he turned on steam, and in a
few minutes the saucy little boat was
lost to our view and speeding out into
fog with a grand scheme of sur
prise for the Chilians.
But, as very often happens, the sur
was destined to com from the
other side; for the Gillian torpedo boats
had started down the coast only as a
ruse, and under cover of the fog had
stolen back again. and were quietly