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visitors taken in groups with friends among
the riflemen.
Early this week professional pho
tographer obtained some splendid views of
the range. looking toward the targets. and
also toward the tents from the top of the
water tower. which Is 100 feet In height.
These pictures have been generally ad-
mired. young lady from New York, who
Is stopping as a guest at one of the hand
some villas in Spring Lake, came here to-
day with an automobile party. She was
greatly impressed with the photographs
taken from the top of the water tower, and
insisted, in spirit of fun and adventure.
that she, too, would ascend the iron lad
der to the top and duplicate the feat Of the
professional snapshot artist. Several OF
her friends demonstrated with her because
of the peril attached to the trip. but she
laughingly sprang from the automobile ana
in a moment was mounting the ladder.
All went well on the upward journey, and
after gaily waving her kerchief at her
friends on the ground the climber set
about taking the views. But, alas for the
venturesome miss, while she was aioft a
stirring breeze sprung up. and when sne
started to descend she found the manage
ment Of her skirts and of her camera FULLY
occupied her attention and she was without
means of grasping the ladder. She there
fore returned to the platform and signaled
her dilemma to her friends
Relief Party Forms.
Not wishing to attract any more atten-
ton than was absolutely necessary, the au-
tomobile party sped to the club house,
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Crack Hurd1er to
Coach Wisconsin


Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. September 2.-Aibert Kraen-
zlein, the crack hurdler of the University of
Pennsylvania, has been engaged as coach
of the University of Wisconsin track team
and trainer of the foot ball team. thus join
Ing the professional ranks. Kraenzlen is
at present holder OF the amateur records
for the 120, 90 and 300 yards hurdle races.
For some years also Kreanzlein held the
record for the running broad jump at "a
feet 51a inches. His performances in other
events demonstrate his high standing as
an ail-round athlete He has done feet 1
inch in the high jump. has made the 100
yard dash in 10 seconds fiat, and has ne
gotiated the quarter mile in 40 seconds.
For years past the emphasis of the Wis
consin track work has been paid on dis
lance running. Coach c. II. Fitzpatrick.
holding the half-mile record, and being es-
pecially strong in training for long runs,
but now more strength. will doubtless be
developed In the more spectacular events,
the hurdles, short sprints and jumps.
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Perfection in Motor Cars.

A lover of statistics has figured out that
in the recent six-day race held at Long
Branch the motor of the winning car re-
volved about million times a day, or six
million times duriag the week. and during
that time was stopped less than twenty
minutes Conservatively figured. the motor
turned over TOO times a minute. which
means 200 times an hour or about one
million times In the twenty-four hours.
From this It can be readily understood to
what degree OF perfection motor manu-
facturers have brought their product.
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ENTRIES AT GROVE
FOR LABOR DAY

Ken. A. A.: G. B. Box, w. Y. Nj. c. A:
]. A. Fisher, w. G. A A; c. G. Dodge. NJ.
A. c.; o. W. Manglitz. w. Y. NJ. c. A.
Junior relay race-Between Washington
Grove and Kensington; relay for champion
ship OF Montgomery county and the Foster
trophy cup. between Linden and Kensing-
ton. and an open relay race in which teams
from the Washington Y. NJ. c. A. and the
District National Guard are entered.
The games are scheduled to begin at IL
O'Clock, the train leaving Washington at
So
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total score of 1000 in the Dryden match.
The score of Ohio, the winning team, was
97g. The District of Columbia team at
tanned $50. the complete scores of the team
members at each range being as follows:
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After resting tomorrow the District OF
Columbia rlfemen will participate next
week In the regimental company. tyro COM
psny and regimental skirmish matches in
addition to the majority of the many IN
6IviduaI competitions on the program.
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DISTRICT RIFLEMEN SHIRMISHI NG.

cowboys of yore Officers of the regular
army who have seen considerable first-class
shooting in their time have no hesitancy in
saying that In ninety-nine cases out of one
hundred the tales of the remarkable ex-
plolts of western bandits and desperadoes
with pistols are pure fiction In discussing
this matter one day in the club house Lieut..
Col. Lloyd NJ. Brett. adjutant general. Dis
trict of Columbia militia, who is a major
of the 1st United States Cavalry. said:
Il had twenty years experience in the
west during which time l served from Can
ada to Texas. and l never saw a cowboy
who could shoot any better than could the
majority of men in the army whose names
were never heard of as being crack shots.
am not particularly skilled with the re-
volver myself but I have won bets from
all over the western country by outshooting
the cowboys You frequently hear of
cowboy twirling revolver around on his
finger and making remarkable shots in
that fashion. In my experience I never
found a cowboy who could hit a flock of
balloons by the twirling on the finger
method
Exhibit Corroborative.
Soon after the foregoing remarks there
was an interesting exhibition which bore
out Col. Bretts statement. A westerner-
1t would be uncomplimentary to mention
the state from which he hails-was indulg-
ing in revolver practice preparatory to en-
tering some of the open matches to be held
later during the tournament. He had
brought number of bottles from the club
house and was banging away in the laud-
able effort to hit them III the neck An
officer of the regular army who was es-
corting a party of ladies about the range
passed by. One of his fair componlo
turned and said:
col. Blank. l have often heard that
whom in no x-pt
sideTed an expert shot. Could you break
as many bottles in as many shots as this
gentleman is doing?' She referred to the
westerner.
The colonel replied that it had been a
number of years since he had done any
shooting with the pistol but if the man
practiciug would loan him a revolver for
moment he would show them shot which
was at one time his speciality. Selecting a
beer bottle. the colonel placed it carefully
balance on stick about four and half
feet high. with the mouth of the bottle
facing him. He then retired TO a distance
of about thirty. or possibly thirty-five
yards Raising the revolver which he had
borrowed from the wcsterner. the colonel
took quick aim and fired. To the disap-
pointmcnt of the ladies, apparently nothing
followed
Why" one of the party exclaimqd, in
tones of disappointment. you have miss I'd
the bottle altogether
The colonel made no reply. but a smile of
quiet amusement showed on his counte-
nance. Walking to the stick supporting
the bottle. he grasped the latter and hand
ed it to one OF the ladies. Then, reversing
the bottle. it was seen that a round hole
pierced the bottom. The bullet passed
through the mouth of the bottle and out
through the bottle.
THAT is what we consider a fairly good
shot In the army" he commented
After this exhibition the westerner stop
ped practicing.
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Amateur Photographers.

The amateur photographers, who are al
most as numerous here as the Jersey mos
quitoes. are in the hey-dey of their glory.
Nearly every one of the ladies, young and
old, who visit the range possesses a camera.
in size from the Brownie TO the 3 by 7
rapld-tire instrument Pictures are taken
OF the fronts of the tents. of the interiors,
OF the riflemen, singly and In groups; OF
the targets and of everything else of in
terest The favorite picture is that of the
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Depository for Trophies.

The main assembly room of the hand
semely appointed club house of the New
Jersey State Rife Association resembles a
gecd-sized jewelry establishment these days,
and is an attractive place particularly for
the visitors to the range. In it are dis
played to the best advantage most of the
prizes and trophies that will reward the
winners in the several events. Two big
show cases are required to hold and prop
eriy show the medals and badges. These in
Glide the SeVenty-tWO medals for the mem
bers of the six leading teams in the ma
tional team match. the thirty handsome
medals provided for the national individual
match and the national pistol match, the
medal that goes to the winner of the VIM
blC dor cup match. the championship medal
that accompanies the autograph COmmenda-
tory letter from the President of the United
States To the winner of the President s
match. the National Rifle Association of
Amt RIGA gold championship medal for the
winner OF the members match, the gold
badge in the Leech cup match, the fifteen
medals for the members Of the three leading
teams in the tnterclub match. the medals
for the team captain and each member of
the winning team in the revolver team
match. the medals for each member of the
winning team in the regimental team ma tch.
the fifteen medals for the members of the
three leading teams in the company team
match. the nine medals to the members of
the three leading teams IN the tyro COM
panv team match. the fifteen medals for the
members of the three leading teams in the
cafbne team match. the medals for the
members OF the winning team In the Co.
II mba match. the medal in the Kuser
trophy rapid -fre match. the department of
rifle practice badge in the inspectors match.
the gold medal in the consolation match,
the National Rife Association medal i'm the
metch open 10 members OF the New Jersey
State Rifle Association. the Hayes medal in
the Hayes match. the gold badge in the
: General f, +. Meany match. the gold badge
I'm the Spencer match. the gold medal in the
reading match. the unlimited number of
bronze medals In the souvenir medal match.
and the many souvenir silver medals in the
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Handsome and Costly.

Placed about the room in an artistic man
nef. where they can be seen TO the best ad-
vantage, are the trophies. Most prominent
r. the national trophy. showing the dogs of
war held In leash by Mars, and marked
"Cempetitive Rifle Trophy, presented by the
War Department of the United States OF
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Lieutenant Jones. dashing and handsome
at least be awarded a certificate of merit.
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The Encouragement of Patrick Dempsey as
coach of the Georgetown crews and of Dick
Glendon as coach of the Annapolis oarsmen
has disposed of two persistent rumors. The
first was that Glendon had been determined
upon as the successor of Jasper Goodwin at
Columbia. The second was that Dempsey
was being sought after by the Columbians.
The success of Glendon at Annapolis was
his first with college oarsmen. In one year
he developed rowing at Annapolis SO that
the middies went through the season with
out defeat. They won first from George
town, then from Pennsylvania. from Yale
and finally from Columbia Notice was at
tracted to Dempsey by the splendid showing
which Georgetown made at the Poughkeep-
sic regatta, almost beating out Syracuse
for second place. Dempsey's success was
all the more emphatic because he accom-
plished 1T all with ridculously light
weight crew and a very small squad from
which to select Therefore it was reasoned
that if he could work such wonders with
this kind of material, he could do infinitely
better with the men that turn out for the
crews at Columbia With Glendon and
Dempsey out of il Columbia viii have to
get along with Goodwin for at least another
year.
The retention of Glendon has revived the
talk of the middies being seen at Pough-
keepsie next spring. Heretofore the regu-
lations of the Navy Department have been
so strict as to prohibit all outside competi-
ton by the midshipmen, with the eXcep-
ton of the army-navy foot ball game.
Within the last year the authorities have
been little more lenient and an effort will
be made to secure consent to compete at
Poughkeepsie. The m!ddies would surely
make a splendid showing there, for they
have splendid course on which to train
and retain a good many of their veteran
oarsmen from the 1905 boat.
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TRIP TO RUSSIA
Continued from Page ~

MOSCOW Dy the same tram, leaving at
seven o'clock, and that he would be most
happy to chaperon my ladies'
| saw them off at the depot, and then
went to a club with my ST. Petersburg
friend, where | was introduced to sew
eral officers
Next morning, on landing from the
steamer and while endeavoring to arrange
terms with bulky Russian troika driver,
another officer addressed me, asking if
he could be of service.
| told him that | wanted to know how
much to pay the driver to take me to
The Gardens" and return, and having
explained the case to our mutual salts
faction, was amazed to see him get into
the conveyance with me and my son.
| asked him if he also was going to THE
Gardens" His answer was: with
your permission, so that I may converse
with gentleman from so far away"
Two days later, which was a Sunday,
while working with might and main, and
by the promiscuous use of sundry rubles,
to force my way through the crowd into
the services Git was a religious holiday
at the St. Isaac's Church, the same officer
suddenly appeared at my side (Heaven
only knows where he dropped frornD
and with a few words in Russian opened
an avenue for me, not only into the church
but right up into the chancel, where the
priests were chanting the psalms and
performing their religious ceremonies.
Again, a day or SO later, as l stepped
into railway car to go to Tsarskoye
Selo to see military review, was aston
ished to meet my friend, who jumped up
from the corner of the car as | entered,
and expressed his own surprise at meet
ing me again; but he courteously re-
manned with me for several hours, and
acted as my cicerone, explaining every
thing that went on.
When my wife returned from Moscow
she related a most amusing incident.
Of course, as | had remained in ST.
Petersburg, and she had been travelling,
she had had our passport with her On
the evening of her arrival in Moscow,
the hotel proprietor had asked for her
passport to submit it to the police, as
is the custom, and he had returned
with a long face, and told her that he
feared there was going to be lot of
trouble The document was dated the
last days OF May, and here 1t was the
beginning of September, and the three
months for which permission had been
granted to travel in Russia had ex-
pired, and she had no right to be in
Russia at all at that time. However,
through the kind help of the young officer
who had accompanied them to Moscow,
and who had been unceasing in his at
tentions during their stay there, a mat
ter of eight or ten rubles closed that
passport incident, although, as matter of
fact, we were entitled to remain for three
months in Russia from the date of our
arrival.
| could recount a dozen other instances,
clearly showing that l was under the
of the secret police from the
moment of my entry into Russia until
my departure; but l certainly owe to
them a most delightful time, and many
happy hours of sightseeing.
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inimitable in defense. They allow them
selves to be cut down to the last man,
with never word of complaint. But
they are not good at the attack. Often
they have to be driven by their officers.
1t was characteristic of the Russian
soldier the way they received the Ameri-
can military attache at Port Arthur,
Lieutenant Newton A. McCully. First
they tossed him on blankets to their
hearts content, and next cheered him to
the echo, salaamed deeply to him, and
shouted: Little father. we like thee!
Three foreign correspondents were
seated over a bottle in wine-shop of
Mukden Enters a Russian private SOL
der, who belongs to a regiment OF S1ber-
ian sharpshooters. He buys bottle of
sonbroUka (plum brandy, which in war
times costs three rubles, thrice its ordi-
nary price The Armenian shopkeeper
wants to return his change, but the SOL
der, with the air of a millionaire, shoves
the small coins back, while the Armenian
whispers wheedlingly: But, little
dove" The soldier repeats his gesture
of careless refusal
Twill you drink that up to-day" asks
one of the correspondents, with a smile.
But how? | am but common SOL
der, your high-born," says the soldier,
land we are not allowed to drink SON.
broUkd We only drink wine.
He means vodka, which the Russians,
in a playful spirit of hypocrisy, term
"StoIoUoye 0ino," i. e., table wine and
which actually appears at all their meals
in decanters, just like wine.
A conversation begins. Suddenly the
soldier pulls out of his breast-pocket a
greasy envelop, and takes from it a let
ter 1T is from my family in the govern
ment of Orenburg, your well-born,' he
says, and with your gracious permission
will ask that heather there Indicating
with his thumb the Armchair to read
it for me. | am poor man and do not
understand science"
Permission, of course, is granted, and
the Armenian reads in an audible voice
the contents OF the letter There are
innumerable endearments in it, such as
my little dove my SOUL little
father" my little heart" and these are
interspersed literally with more prosaic
information about the pigs, the COW, the
untitled field, the deficient crop, etc.
Great tears are rolling down the dark
bearded cheeks of the brawny soldier
He wipes them away with the back of
his hand. He turns his tear-stained face.
If the Yaponskys should kill me, | won't
get any more letters" he says.
Then he takes his leave. In the street,
before the window, he meets a slouching
Chinaman, and quickly pulls out his
bavonet and runs it through the leg of the
shrieking Celestial, just in a spirit of
pleasantly He is child of nature, you
see. Maybe he wanted to show that,
even if he did shed tears over letter from
home, he was no chicken.
That is the Russian soldier out and out.
Ivan Ivanovitch, however, is not really
cruel He has not the Monaghan trait
of cold, passionless love of slaughter and
bloodshed. The Boxer rising showed
that. He is, however, extremely brutal,
and will not be bothered with wounded
enemies.
Among the MANY admirable qualities
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DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT c. O. D.

THE story is stealing through the cracks
of one of the rather new and rather
well-off members of Congress, who took
outing with his wife abroad last summer.
Among their purchases in Paris was beauti-
full cut-glass sideboard set. Not having the
money with him to pay for it, the member
of Congress directed that it be sent to his
hotel marked &C. o. d.
The clerk was not an expert in English and
that there might be no mistake he produced
a printed form to be filled out. The American
knew nothing of French, but between them
they found the blanks for the signature, the
address and the way the goods should be
marked, and filled them in accordingly.
To the Congressman's surprise the box was
delivered without charge and the bill followed
it by mail. The goods were not unpacked
till they reached Washington, when it was
discovered that every beautiful piece of the
beautiful set was beautifully marked: COD"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-22
CEPEND ON YOURSELF
MOT ON FATE

Many man has tried to justly his
failure on the ground that hs. was
doomed by the cards which fate dealt
him, that he must pick them up ana
play the game, and that no effort
however great on his part. con'l a
,rrlally change the result. But, my
Young friend, the fate that deals your
cards is in the main your own resolu.
ton. The result of the game does
not rest with fate or destiny but with
;,'3. You will take the trick if you
have the superior energy, ability, and
Gett: n.ination requisite to take It.
Von have the power within yourself
charge the value OF -. cards
vhitr. you say, fate has dealt you
The game depends uron y.Hr train
ing. uron the way you are disciplined
to sieze and use your opportunities.
and upon your ability to put grit in the
pace of superior advantages
Just >. because circumstances d.
.oo-'..ripaes give clients to lawyers ana
rIH1ents to physicians. Put ,commOn-
Place. clergymen In uncommon pulDits,
.,S place the sons OF the rich at tie
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-22
TEACH THE CHILDREN
TO SAVE MONEY

for his proving such an undesirable
partner was readily understood.
MANY an older head-or moutil-does
the Same.)
Cll newspapers II light be saved and
old bottles returned, and the cnlld
be permitted to save the mOney-oniy
on condition he put the money in the
bank.
Occasion ally pay child for running
errands for you-nany the steps lhey
take for one for nothing. In these
different ways the child will have a
chance to work for and accumulate
money. Thus working and accnmulat-
ing he will learn, in practical way,
with the help of his allowance. how
iudciousy to spend money-or, better
still, to save it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-22

head of great corporations Is e"ul Wien
they have only aberage ability ana
scarcely any experience, while poor
Youths with greater ability and more
\, criencc. often have . fgnt their
S2> for years to Obtain ordinary sit
uations, you are jusitliel in starting
ont without chart or n leaVln$
place for luck in your program?
What would you think Of captaln
Of a great liner Who would start 0ut %
sea without any port in viGW. and
trust to luck to land his precious car.
20 safely?
Did YOU yer know of a strong young
IAN making out his life program
and depending upon chance to carry
out any part of it? Men who depend
while to make thorough preparation
for success. They are not willing TO
ray the regular price for it. They
are looking for bargains. They are
bunting for short cuts TO success.
Power gravitates to the man who
knows how. Luck is the tide. nctn-
ing more. The strong man rows with
il if it makes toward his port; he
rows agaist it if it flows the other
way y."-Orison SWEET Marden in Sue
cess Magazine.'