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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17


For man to be a really good violin
list, observed the scout, they say his
hand should be trained almost from the
time. ne is baby. It is the same way
with rife, and 1 believe school boys
should begin practice at the age of eight
with small-siZed rifle and light car
tridges. Properly managed, there would
be absolutely no danger. Only two guns
would be required for each school, and
they would never be handled except when
the boy steps up to the range and re-
ceives the weapon from man at his side.
If the mouth of the range is more or
less funnel-shaped, however bad a marks
man the boy way be, he can hit nothing
except the target or the sides of the
range unless he deliberately turns the
gun backward-and the teacher is there
TO prevent such thing as that
II am convinced that with rife ranges
generally in use in the schools shooting
accidents would be far less numerous than
now The didn' OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fool
would gradually disappear With a little
ingenuity and at slight expense the
target could consist of various moving
hgures reduced in size. Boys thus train
ed, say, every Friday afternoon. between
the ages of eight and twenty-one. would
as rule become splendid marksnen. and
two weeks practice would accuston them
TO the heaFy cartridge now in use for
long range. 1t would be admirable discip-
line for them, too, besides being an idea
tha- would appeal to every healthy boy.
MUST KEEP OUT OF SIGHT.
Their effectiveness as defenders of
their country would be greatly increased
by an occasional field day for the boys
in which they could be trained in the
first principles of the art of getting out
Of sight and moving rapidly without at
tracing notice Turn lot of boys loose.
set an officer with a field glass to watch
them and give some little prize to the
boy who takes the most intelligent ad-
vantage Of whatever means of conceal
ment the field affords, and you not only
delight the boys, but give to them most
valuable experience in the kind of thing
that the soldier of the future is going to
want most.
The foe Of the future Will be on un-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17

ones miniature Martini-Henry. Thew
shoot In three positions. prone, kneeIing
and standing erect, and at three dis
tances-100 $50 and 200 wards The bovs
love the practice learn quickly and he
come good shots in practically no time
the best proof of which is the fact that
the average of the schools shooting is a
score OF % out of possible g. Every
boy keeps private record of his score
from day to day, and is keen to better it.
ana Sergeant Major Fenn's reply to nv
question If the boys were interested was
The best thing I can say, sir, is that if
the cad master was to give the bows a.
'oliday, an asked them what they would
rather do, they'd say, Practice on the
range!
TAUGHT CARE OF A RIFLE, TOO.
Our course is thorough" said the head
master, and we don't stop with making
good shots of the boys. We teach them,
besides, all there is to know about a
rife, it's mechanism and it's care; just
how to take it apart and put it together,
and even what oil to use in cleaning It,
and what sort of flannel: In the actual
practice we make a speciality Of the fine
points that go to make q science of the
thing, chief of them the accurate judging
OF distances, which is an art by itself.
with the result Pm satisfied in every
way. and I should certainly recommend
every boys school to do what we have
done. Most of the advantages OF the
practice are too obvious to need pointing
out. but the chief is the Improvement it
brings about in young fellows nerve
On the other hard, he soon finds that
smoking and such habits play havoc with
Ms shooting. and draws his own conclu-
sions. 1 think that rifle practice makes
the boys manlier. but not that it makes
jingoes of them. F"
Clayesmore school furnished an in-
stance of how far a fine shooting school
goes in producing a rifle shooting district
Enfield. the town nearest Clayesmore, is
one of the many English villages that got
the rifle shooting enthusiasm aftN- the
beginning of the war. but, eager as the
Enfielders We're to become disciples or
Davy Crockett. they had no place IN
which to exercise any talents they might
have in that direction. In this emerg-
ency the proprietor of the Clayesmore
school came forward and said: 'Herei
We use our rifle range on Tuesdays and
Thursdays only. On Saturday afternoon
It is at your disposal OF course the
Enfield riieIpen accepted the offer CRATE
day afternoon you can find the butcher.
the baker and candiestick maker OF 5is
Clayesmore range. and not few Of them
have become crack shots.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17

seen foe, and that Is the kind of enemy
that the soldier drilled in the old school
cannot withstand. I have seen plenty
of men who seemed regardless of their
own lives when the bullets flying about
them came from visible enemy, but
when the shots poured in from a foe
unseen that same band would lose it's
nerve with wonderful promptness.
II WOULD SAVE MONEY.
THE cost of teaching American boys
to handle rifle could be kept down to
500 year for each school. and it would
be one of the most economical of ex-
penses, fer the chances are that it would
II time save far more than it cost It
would give tbs sort Of training that the
warfare of the future IS going to call
for The young fellow who can shoot
quick and straight, who can keep him
self out of sight, who can use his brains
is going to be worth a dozen of the old
style, barrack-drilled automatic fighting
machines who were all right in the old
days, but who are of little use before &C.
clifate rifle firing at long range from
men that can't be seen. For the same
reason it used to take three or four
men on the offensive to beat one on the
defensive Under present conditions the
proportion is something like ten to one,
and it may become fourteen or fifteen
to one before long. That was what /
meant when 1 said that if the young
American were taught to shoot ali
Europe could try to invade the country
without doing much damage, and the
more that came the merrier it would be-
| TACKIING THE IDEA IN ENGLAND.
In English schools of the future rifle
shooting apparently will occupy d per-
manent place in the curriculum, thus
adding fourth to the three RS" of our
school days. This step has been advo-
Gated iii England for years, and it now
Seems likely to become a fact as a
natural result of the remarkable boom
that rife shooting has had In almost
every part of the United Kingdom since
last spring.
1t did not take long, after the begin
ming of the Transvaal war, for Great
Britain to realize how deficient her
fighters We're in craftsmanship, and the
question of how the defect was to be
remedied was mooted at once. Among
those who believed that it lay in the
formation Of rifle clubs throughout the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17

most part, the sons of rich men. It is
carried on by Alexander Devine, who
decided about three years ago that his
boys should learn to shoot a rife, so
he went about it in the most practical
way
MADE THE BOYS BUILD TIE BUTTS
The idea of an indoor range Mr.. De-
vine dismissed with scorn What he
wanted was a piece of ground 200 yards
long, with high earthen butts at the
end of it-exactly what the British army
uses in fact. The ground he had and to
spare, and he hit upon the idea that the
boys should build the butts themselves.
To complete those Operations took
as he made the boys work, just two
years. CARRIED in rough overalls, or in
ast-off bicycle suits, and equipped with
spades and wheelbarrows, those gentle
mems sons worked two hours twice
week until they had dug hole thirty
feet long and twenty deep, while near
at hand stood the completed "butts,''
high bank of solid earth strengthened
with stones and topped with a line OF
huge wooden posts. After a few finish
ing touches an Inspector from the British
war Office went down to Enfield and pro-
nounced that the range which the boys
had built answered every requirement.
Speaking of this part of the work, Mr.
Devine said: "Of course there is no
reason why every school going in for
rifle shooting should build its own rifle
butts. l made my boys do it, first of all
because it taught them what can be done
by persistence, and, second, because ]
believe that for boys born with silver
spoons in their mouths, as ours We're.
there could be nothing better than three
or four hours week of the kind OF
work that ditch digger has to do"
THE PRACTICE AT CLAYESMORE.
The Clayesmore boys have been prac-
ticing over the range for more than q
year now without a single accident. On
each side of the range stands flag POLE
OH which warning flags are hoisted while
the shooting is going on. The work is in
charge of an old sergeant major in the
british army, burly and good -humored
BESIDE the round white target is an IRON
protected sentry box, in which, sits the
scorer, who, after each shot, points out
where it has struck
Practice comes twice a week, and the
boys shoot in squads. according to
classes. The larger boys use the ordinary
service rifle. the Lee-Enfeld, and smaller
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-17


kingdom was the prime minister. who
urged the necessity Of this step in a
speech before the Primrose. league Al
most at the same time the National Ri
f1e Association of Great Britain. which
is practically ans army : Organization,
made an appeal with the same object,
announcing therein that the war Office
would let them have service rifles and
ammunition at cost price, provided they
were willing to affiliate with the assoc
ciatio1. and observe few slight rules
HOW THE GOVERNMENT HELPED.
The response was instant and has
continued up to the present time, until
already ninety clubs, with membership
OF over 5000 members. have been organ
lied and become identified with the Ma
tional Rifle association, and the officers
of the association. are kept busy writing
to those who are forming still others.
The only conditions that the association
makes are that each club shall pay SIS
as registration fee and have Its rifle
range approved by the government In
spector. After that they can buy from
the war Office at cost Lee Enfield rifles
at the rate of one to each ten mem
bers of the club and one Martini Enfield
to each thirty members The cost price
of the Lee Enfie1a rife is SIS, and that
of the Martins Enfield $3.50, whereas the
sale price of theefirst is SIS and of the
second $780, Another advantage gained
by members of clubs affiliated with the
association lies In the fact that they
are exempt from the gun tax" of $3.50,
which in Great Britain is imposed upon
every one who owns a firearm.
KTPLING AND CONAN DOYLE IN
TERESTED.
Lieut. Col C. A. Cross, of the British
army, is the secretary of the National
Rife association When seen at his of
fee in Pail Mall the other day he said:
L shouldn't like to say how many rifle
men we shall have in England before
long, but if the present increase of in-
terest in the subject holds out the num-
Der ought to be imposing. The only
difficulty at present is the lack of
ranges. Most OF these clubs have been
formed in small places. where the near
est ranges are those used by the army
at Aldershot and Bsley, and you can't
expect an amateur to practice with
much enthusiasm unless he has place
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-19
FOX COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Hung Itself With Rope With Which
it Was Tied.

During the early spring worlmAn who
were doing some cXcavaiing on the faim
Of Frank Merton ut Claymont captGrrd
Il young fox.
Mr.. Marion's children were so attracted
by the fUX's cutencss that compassion
was taken on it and every endcavor
made to make it well satisfied with It's
captivity.
1t gradually grew TO n normal size.
In the meantime the chill lrcn had ue,on.
so attached to it that in their frolcS
around the farm the fox invariably
accompanied them it being as playful us
4 kitten.
Mr.. Marion kept the fox in the gran
ary and on Wednesday last having Or-
caslon to use the part which the animal
occupied. removed It to another part Of
the granGry,
Over this the fox evidently became dis
coNSolatr and after making several in
rfrctual attempts to return to that part
Of the grAnary from which it had been
removed, became rCnIorspful and decided
to cimmit suicide. When ,atc Wcdtcs-
day afternoon the Marion children went
to get the fox ont to play they discovered
himIInnging dead ut ,hc end Of the rope
their grief was pi,iallr to behold They
have been very disconsolatc ever since
Tho fox was given such II burial as will
no doubt cngcndcr the jealousy Of all the
fox kingdom in that reiglbnrhood.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-19
WALKING MATCH.
Seven Days Race Started on Sat-
urday.
Dean is Ahead Having Gone Eighty
Miles and Seven
Laps.

The seven days go-as-you-pleaSc walk
| ing match was started at Brandywlnn
Springs Park at 1.l5 o'clock Saturday
afternoon. The track upon which the
pedestrians step along is laid in thH
dancing pavilion Of the park. The track
is about six feet in breadth and there
are twenty-five laps to the mile. Seats
for spectators are arranged around the
ring. The contestants walk ten hours
each, starting at noon. The agreement
under which the men entered the match
is that they are to receive so per celI-.
of the money taken in at the door, to bA
divided between the first six men Iiu
ishing. The race is in charge Of Charles
III. Smith of Washington.
The distances covered by the walkers
on Saturday were as follows:
Dean, 81 miles, IA laps; Maxwell, Al
miles, Is laps; Johnson, out; Roach, 81
miles, A laps; Iousmon, 46 miles. 5 laps;
F4.t.a!s.- Al miles, 10 laps; Richards, So
miles, L laps; Rowe, 81 miles, laps.
Owing to the storm ut the park last
night the race was topped at $50 o'c!o"l1
instead of 10 O'Clock. The standing of
tlln contests at thee oclosc yesterday were
as follows:
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-19
MARCHED FOR MITCHELL.
Parade of 10000 Men, Women, Boy
and Girls at Plymouth

Wilkcsbarrc, Pa, Aug. lS.-At Ply,
moath yesterday 1o,0oo union men, wa.
men, boy, and girls, from every branch
of industry in the territory from Ed
wardsville tc West Nantlcoke. marched
through the streets Of the town in honor
of john Mitchell, natioral president Of
the United Mine Workers OF America.
The ou,pouring of the mill workers,
clerks and traIeSmcn Of every branch
of labor WAS revelation to til, visitors.
and President Mitchell was very much
impressed by their numbers and graft.
fled at the hearty reception he received.
Marching men and boys, girls on ,loLts.
flags, bands and banners, filled Main
street from end to end, aud were over
an hour i'll passing given point.
ADDRESSES TO UNION WORKERS
The parade was noted for tho many
banners with striking notices. Among
them We're the following: "We Demand
Eight Hours Fer Day" "Our Strength
Lies in Our Union," Labor is Noble
and Holy" "Wclcomc to Mitchell, Our
Matchless Leader" "Uuited We stand:
Divided We Fall"
At the conclusion Of the parade Prcsi.
dent Mitchell made IN address to tho
assembled workpcople aud was loudly
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-19
Lost Her Hair In rlaci,iHcry

Glouce ter City. N. J.. Aug. IS.
Pretty Carrie Pierson is congrat-
ulating herself that she was not
scalpcd the other day. As it is she
mourns the loss Of a bunch of her
llxuriant hair, which was pulled
out by machinery in the most cruel
fashion. Miss rierson is I6 years
old. She lives at Marcus Hook,
and is employed in the Arso Mills
in this city.
Willie at work day or so ago
her hair became caught i'll twister
and Just as her head was being
drawn into the machine she made
grab with her lett hand, and in
tearing the hair from her head,
which allowed her to escape serious
injury, she had her hand badly
lac.ratcd. After having her inj + IS
dressed Carrie left tor home.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-19
TOURISTS.

Where they will audHumphroy's Spec
illcs;
Paris. 80, rue Et!enno. Marcel, and all
Pharmacies.
London, l. King Edward ST.. Newgate
st.
Vienna, Stephansplatz 8.
Alexandria. rue Cherif Pachn.
Lisbon. Ruado Arsenal, 14s s. 152.
Barcelona, s, Gale Sta Ana.
Brussels. IS, rue Montague de la Cour.
Rio do Janeiro. 81, Rua Goncalves Dlas.
Buonos Ayres. Az Gale Florida, 4i6.
Mexico City, Gale del Coliseo, 8.
Havana, Teniente Roy Al. y Compostela,
SO g. S.
Honolulu, Hollister Drug Co., Ltd.
Panama, Plaza Santa Ana.
Canada, at all Drug Stores.
DR.. Humphreys Specific Manual, a
pocket epitome of the Domestic Practice
Of medicine. mailed for the asking.
Humphrey Homeopathic Co., Corner
William IL John Sts., New York.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-19
WORE POLKA
DOT TIGHTS.

Narraganse't Pier, 3s-L, Aug 49,
Quite sensation was created on the beach
to day by ayouns woman bathsr. who ap
peared at height OF tho bathing hours
clad In an airy. Transparent bathing cos.
tune of white brilliantine and wearing
pink tights with big, giary polka dots.
her suit was trimmed with silk In polka
dots and her cap was Of white silk with
voi to match
When she first appeared at least five
hundred bathers gathered around the girl
who seemed to enjoy the sensation she
was creating, When she plunged into
tho surf the small boys cheered Justify,
while the older oues looked on and smil.
cd. After taking sun bath on the beach
the girl eDtered bath house followed by
a crowd Of curiosity seekers. 4,
The chief Of police ordered her to leave
the bath house BY the rear entrance aud
to change her costume the next tiipo she
entered the water. The bather Is said to
be an excursionist who was only here fos
the day,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-08-19
LAKE IN PARK
OVERLOOKED.

| OycrtaSed by the quantity Of watc
which flower in on all sides the lul,
at Brandywine Springs Park overtlowct
its banks about S O'Clock last eyenin.
during the heavy rainfall, At the time
there were Il good many people III The
| purk and they fed to high ground tC
| escape being carried off their feet by the
| rushing waters.
| The park was flooded before the lake
| 0vorilowed, and when the water came
| down from the lake into the lower part
of the pleasure grounds with Il rush the
people scattered ia all directions seek
ing safety on high ground.
The damage dunc by the flood is psti-
mated Hi sevc"al thousands of dollars
Peter Celia, who has the restaurant and
also several stands around the park will
los" about $1,000. his goods hciug dam
aged ~ the water Several barrels of
pritzels. boxes Of cakes and cigars,
her"hrS and many other articles were
found iloatl!g around the park When
the food came down from the lake it
brought with it the large bridge Il few
yards above the car Shed. The work Of
hauling things ont of the water was kept
up for sometime. Among other things
which wore found VOC n lo, AZ ,n,,,,,,,-
which is said tn b,vn hrIonged ,n pntnr
Celia. Oscar Aianlove, colorNd. tied n
basket around his neck and sunn,iod tbe
nronln with sondwinhns Will. woa;n,
aronnd in four foot ~ w,,nr
,rhnr, voro ol,or, n, ,,,,,lo ,,,,
mark who wrro bommod in ht th', sa"I
for several hnurs Whom ,b. .,or,r ah,t.
cd many of tho vonor found th,,n.
selves in .nch n nn.itior ,,n, ,hn,.
,ith,r h,I to v.olo f., Tho c,,,. ~, IN,
tho mon ia carry tbcu Thay i,voria,J,,
chose tho Int,or cnuryo On;nr - ,I,,
storm Tho walking match wns yto,,nd
,hcnt n'c,ocl, .rho wotar ,,.as .oraroI
f.et ,n,n an ,rounI ,,,n n,ri1,inn ,.h,,,,
thc walking match ,s ho;rg L.,l thnro.
hv k,,n;,r troso Who u.,nt,d tn ,a, ,ho
match o,vor rhnro in o,,or,o oe do
roce sor thnt tbo stor,, c,.+ thIn, e,rorol
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t,kon In ot tLo l,n,. h,,t ear ,l,a nono
4, tho timo ,ho eooJ o,n,o J,,.n t,,,
thn lake ia wholn lon,nr ,n,t ~ u,a
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wcr, nood,d Enr snrn tim, cnrs norld
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