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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-26
LOCAL GUARD CONTINGENT
Will Be the Largest Detachment at
the Shoot.
LIEUT.. DUvALL's LONELY VIGIL
First Event of Local Interest Will Be
Company Team Match for To-
morrow Afternoon.

Special From a stnr Correspondent.
SEA GRIT, N. j., August 25.-Everything
is In readiness here for the arrival Of the
detachment of expert rifiemen that will
represent the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia in the big military shoot
ing tournament to begin at o'clock Mon
day morning. 1t was manifestly wise
move on the part of those in authority to
send Lieut.. Duvall, the team quartermas-
ter here several days in advance of the
party.
Lieut.. DuvaA by unceasing activity has
succeeded in securing sufficient tentage,
COTS mattresses and blankets to make ev-
erybody from Washington comfortable.
Later arrivals may have to suffer. These
quartermaster supplies have been guarded
day and night and as a result the sharp
shooters from the national capital when
they arrive here tomorrow morning will be
able to make themselves thoroughly at
home, with absolutely no delay.
The detachment from the District of CO.
lumbia will be the largest numerically of
any from the states and territories. The
Districts part of the camp is near the west
ern extremity of the reservation and ada
cent to the camp of the provisional camp
made up of battalion Of the 9Th Infantry
and battalion of the sd Infantry, United
States army.
These regulars came here recently from
the big camp at Mount Gretna, Pa. There
they drilled with and were camped along
side of the troops of the District National
Guard from July % to August 8, so that
the indications are acquaintance will be
renewed.
A Heavy Rainfall.
Lieut.. Duvall maintained his lonely vigil
through two days of severe storm The
rain ceased falling late this afternoon, how
ever, and the indications are that the
weather is about to clear.
Major Stephan and Private Witheral and
Capt. Ferree. all of the District of Column
bia, arrived here late today. Another
Washingtonian who reported was Capt.
Merveyn C. Buckley Of the Artillery Corps,
United States army. former Central High
School boy. He Is one of the range officers.
The first event in which the District rifle
men will participate Is the company team
match scheduled to begin at o'clock Mon
day afternoon.
1t is understood that at least six COM
panies of the District National Guard will
be represented in the competition. Prob
ably the majority of these members of the
District detachment will strive in the ma
tional individual match. the concluding
number of the contest of the meet, for the
cash prize of 1000.
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sergt. John s. skees. Company F. 18th In
fantry; Sergt. Ernest McEachin. Company
H, 22d Infantry; Sergt. Richard N. David
son, 93d Company, c. A; Sergt Oscar FOX.
Company M. 25th Infantry; First Lieut. .,eer.
nate; First Sergt. Francisco AGostini. Com
pany B. p. r. Prov. Regt Inf. alternate;
Corp. John Grandy. Company e, 2Sth In
The executive officer Of the national
match. Lieut.. Col. Peter 8. Bonus, 6th
Cavalry, will have charge OF the same
making arrangements therefor. The teams
states, territories and the District of CO,
lumbia which are to enter this match Will
be provided at the range with the usual
tentage and quartermaster's supplies for
Shifts Among the Guns.
The changes in the Artillery Corps In
October will result in the following pro-
motions: Lieut.. Coils. H. L. Harris. Arthur
Murray and ]. A. Lundeen. to be colonels;
Majors G. L. Anderson; Lotus Niles
and w. H. Coffin. to be lieutenant
colonies; CaptS . w. nS ssone' A Ha Hanys'
to be majors; First Lieuts. ]. r. Purie. J.
L, Hughes. J. w. Abbott and H. T. Mat
thews, to be captains, and Second Lteut1.
G. C. Burt w. N. Michel, H. 8. Miller. w.
II. Menges, A. L. Keesling. F. L. Behr. T.
A. Jones and J. R. Musgrave, to be nrst
-Heutenants.
New Revolver Wanted.
The competitive test OF revolvers and
pistols, planned to take place at the Ma
tional Armory at Springfield. Mass. Sep
tember 1. has been postponed until October
%. The test will determine the type and
character of the new army revolver, and
officers of the army will defer the purchase
Of such weapons until that question is set
tied.
The Turbine In Practice.
Lieutenant Commander II. P. Norton Of
the naval bureau Of steam engineering has
been ordered to make trip on the trans
atlantic liner Carmania for the purpose
Of observing the operations Of the Parsons
turbine with which that vessel IL equipped.
with q view to the adaptation OF that sys-
tenn to the naval service.
Examination Of Middies.
The Navy Department has approved the
Recommendation Of the superintendent Of
the Naval Academy that the examination
OF the class Of 1906 midshipmen shall be
held November l. The examinations win
take plaza simultaneously on all stations,
beginning at 10 o'clock on the morning Of
the date named.
Government Built Tue9
It has bean decided to construct the two
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Local Rihemen Depart.

A large detachment of National Guards
men of the District of Columbia. made up
of brigade team. two regimental and half
a dozen or more company teams and
number of individuals. constituting the
largest party that ever departed from this
city on a similar mission. started by way
of the Pennsylvania railroad last night for
Sea Girt. N. ]. The District rifemen will
there compete with the flower of the ex.
pert shots from all sections of the country.
The names of the members Of the party
from this city appeared In The Star yester-
day.
The tournament will begin tomorrow
morning with the matches of the National
Rifle Association of America and Of the
New Jersey Rifle Association They Will
be in progress an entire week. The ma
tional matches are scheduled to start Labor
day, Monday, September 3, and to continue
through to Thursday of that week and
probably longer.
The order Of events will be: The Columbia
trophy match and company team match,
Monday, August "a; the veteran match.
Hale match and Leech cup match. Tuesday;
the company tyro match and Wimbledon
match, Wednesday; the carbine match. or
hand military match ideal. regimental
match and regimental skirmish match,
Thursday; the regimental team match
and intercollegiate match, Friday: the
Dryden match. press match and revolt
yer team match. Saturday; the Presi-
dents match and interclub match. Monday,
September 3; the national team match.
Tuesday, September 4, and Wednesday,
September 5. and the national Individual
and national pistol matches. Thursday,
September 6. which will conclude the pro-
gram.
Interest in the Shoot.
1t Is explained that nothing demonstrates
the growth of popular interest in practice
with military rifle and revolver used by the
United States army than the attendance at
the Sea Girt competitions.
When the national matches were estab-
lished. in 1903, the national board selected
the Fort Riley (Kans.) range. and only If
teen teams were in attendance. In 1905 Sea
Girt was chosen and the attendance in
creased to nineteen teams. The following
year IL leaped to thirty-seven teams and
this year to more than forty teams. repre-
senting the National Guard of more than
thirty states. Oklahoma and Of the District
of Columbia, the United States Infantry,
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Piaids are to be very popular this au-
tumn and winter. Here's
fine assortment of imported ~
plaids. really worth $1.00. for. OC.
per YARD.
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Special Dogs for Hunt.

Under the Saxon rule this was
changed and everybody might hunt
lhem under certain restrictions, that
tailed with our ordinary game Laws
of today. Special breeds OF dogs were
produced for boar hunting and it be
came a national pastime throughout
England. Charles / found IL necessary
CAB import wild hogs from the Cont
nenc during hls reign. because tile
sport was $50 popular that the bosrs
became scarce. Relics az the importa-
tIou OF the elder Charles are sun eN-
lsrug iu the shape OF the wild hogs
~ Hampshire. The English method
of hunting boars in those days was
the same that prevails on the Cont
uent today. Beaters were sent out
with the dogs and the boars we're
driven by the huntsmen. who took
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brute coming az them and bolt
Again. in rHe quick turning that is
necessary. the horse goes down and
his Rider IS left in q preearlous po-
stlon.
Most hunters who GO m for pig
sticking. carry revoleer=. It IS nor
considered sportsmauIHze 10 shoot
boar SO long as one is mounted, but
4 man IS thrown 10 th- ground near
d charging boar. IT is permissible FOR
aim TO use his revolver To save his
Iifs.
Sometimes The boar is-quleker than
ne horse. and succeeds lu catching
ulm with MS vicious luus-s. Then t
: that horse and rider both so down,
and it is a case ot sheer luck lf tae
man gets away with his life. Few men
are strong enough 70 run boar
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Figures in Heraldry.

ON the escutcheon Of the famous
Baird clan o. Scotland is the boar
head Family tradition has &c that King
David 7 OF Scotland was IN danger OF
beiHg killed by a boar upon one oc-
ea~.on when Baird flew to his rescue
ana killed che animal immediately
le was kn.g4,ed with tae boars head
as The leading feature or ms coat-of-
arms.
another family we'll known through
gat Great Britain. the swiuton.s or
swinetoas. 70 give the original speIuug,
had a boar.s head placed on their coat
or-arms for services rendered In rid
ding the parish sa which they dweIr OF
wild hogs. where depredatons had reu-
dered 7ue pcassHrry miserable. "StaD.s
cross. near the town Of sviuton. and
..AIlan.s Cairn" mark the spots where
sir Allan Swluton. the head OF the
family kIlsJ large hordes Of Wild
hogs
During The reign ofWiMam the Con
queror. only the royalty and the uobil-
ity were permitted 10 hunt wild boars.
II was considered special prerogatIvs
Of ghe crown and. uc 10 the time Of
The Saxon Restoration. the commoners
were allowed to aunt rhem only fifteen
days out or each year. in November
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, HES Miss Alice Z. Yodsr. g
An native % BerEs county, and
v V sister of Irwin Toder. of
Reading, Pa. left ths last
time for India, not quite two
Years sEo. TO teach those native india
-nudren how 10 I'LL the soil and be
come expert farmers, many or heT
friends were in doubt whether she
would be successful.
Mia. Yodsr has no doubts. shs has
been IN India for seven long years, De-
lore returning after years vacation
and knew what she was go.nE 10 u0-
seriske. After recuperauuE. size traV-
e1sd all over tire United states. and her
friends donated farming implements OF
every description and shipped them 90
far away Indls for her benefit
Kansas friend contributed cream
separator. another windmill. SIN
others supplied her with piows. mar
rows. land rollers, and In fact com
plete farming parsphernalia.
Her station in India vas hhamEaOn.
in Berar province. which is nearly in
the center Of the wedge-shapsd peniu-
sula of India. This is = cotton market,
and on The weekly market dag. 10000
ItaaoCh a0GIa EA fDAhafAA 81
Miss Yoder's discovery of water
came very handy during the famine
of 1900 The rainfall during che fam
inc was only six inches ami ta-s soon
disappeared into the scorchilg earth.
The people began 10 prospect in the
river bed. aud with one exception t-ey
all failed TO get water Miss l2der re
quired lots of water every day. and she
prayed 20 God that He wousJ direct
her 20 a spot where Il could be t2unj.
and with s. to start with. they began
The search Thirty feet IOwl uey
struck stream yielding A now sufh-
gient for the needs of 500 peopI This
same prayer we'll today furnishes all
The water Miss Nuder needs ON the zoo
acre farm When Miss Yoder had The
well completed the water was drawn go
the surface 10y bullocks and dislrIbHet
wherever needed by he- EalD Today
she has the American WIZ imin in oper-
alton. which draws al the water ard
distributes II all over 'be farm
When she was i'm America on her
last trip she studied irrigation. and
she has her farm well irrigated now,
AID has turned sore of its widest
portions into a garden as rich as any
in the $Ie country. The parched.
barren plain yielded 40 her ingenuity,
and the former wilderness blossomed
as. tie rose The fragrant coriander
blossoms vies with the luscious odor
81 rlpening oranges. which load the
slender branches and need supports
90 sustain their wealth of fruit,
though not quite six years old. She
has giant oleander bushes. and rare
foliage plants and her yeget ahle gar
deus, sEhich render food for the large
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RUTH

Size stood breast-high amid ths corn
Clasped bv the golden light OF morn,
Like The sweetheart OF the suAs
" lao many a glowing kiss had won.
ON her cheek an autumn flush
Deeply rlpeued; such a blush
In the midst of brown was born,
Like red pOples grown with corn
Round her eyes her tresses feIgi
Which were blacltest none could ten
But long lashes yelled a light
That had else been all too bright.
And her hat. with shady brim,
Made her tressy forehead DIM
TGus she stood amid the stocks.
pralsipg God with sweetest looks.
sure said. heaven did not mean
Where I reap, thou shouldst but giean
Lay thy sneaf adOWn and come
Share my harvest and my home.
Thomas Hood
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Rulers Via &c FOnd Of Smoking

have 10 buy them like other men.
Hut be IS keen and constant Gig
arctic smoker His favoritss are the
EasaIue Spanish c.garito, these are
small. 1t black Havana tobacco. and
rHlez-sa paper. They are not gummed
.r other cigarettes, but merely held
together at tl- ends by s tiny fold-in
f the paper. To smoke them prop
.-ly rou must rerou them. This Is e
performance requiring much dexterity
a.I practice The smoke % these Gig
srattes has most delightful smell
rat they stain the fingers OF the
smoker quite brown.
King Carlos of Portugal, il is stated
smokes from forty To nifty cigars a
day a. occasional cigarette is all
le wants.
Pope Plus y is the first Pope known
TO smoke a cigar. or, indeed. tobacco
f7 any form Previous Popes in his
lory only took suuf.
The Khedlve cf Egypt Is a great
cigarette smoker. but is poor Judge
af good one. and consequently IS
noted FOR the wTetChed quality Of his
cigarettes. which are. of course. i'm
posed GnoH him as The best His
friends dread having him offer them
The car smokes Russian cigarettes.
with the cardboard mouthpieces. He
sometimes INDUCES iu cSgar. very
ary one for choice
All the Presidents smoke. or are be
lfeved 20 except President Roosevelt,
seho is particularly strenuous In his
uon-SmOkiug.
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It is iu England that the greatest
a.teuljeusappesrs ts have been paid TO
Tie boar. however. for there are sew
erat noble families m England and
5. ousad which owe their possession
of he~aIaris devices 90 the perform
anre 81 fysts with which the Wild hog
was connected Even the famous
YuIeude custom of marching through
tie dining hall with boars head on
"a chaf4r. as the opening or the sea
sons feast. has a specific origin. ac-
eordius 60 English Historians.
IL appears tgst once upon q rmr
there was a serious-miuded student OF
Queens Couega. oxford So enErossed
was he in his scholastic work thar
Whenever he went for walk NE car
ried iu his hand a volume from which
he read as he took his slight exercise
one afternoon he was walking through
one = the many beautiful woods that
Tie along the Thames valley near OK
ford when he was suddenly attacked
by Wild boar
Utterly surprised from uis commun-
ion with the ancient Greeks for the
volume He was reading was Aristotle
he iammed the tome down the bears
throat. crying repeatedly ''raecnm
esr--.ft is Greek" So vigorous was
lie In mpresSiug upon tho bear the
.tlnse4mIinese of iut-rrUprug o.
scholars communion with the ano.ents
thar he succeeded in choking the hoar
ta death with Aristotle
His feat was 50 admired hv his feI
low students that they cut the boar 8
head of. placed it on a platter and
marched through the town. From that
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HE occupant OF every throne in
Europe smokes except two,
those og Holland and T-rkey-
queen NUhe'mua possesses all
the ideas OF our Erarluotaers nn fue
subject OF women smoking and, 'i
course. the 0f0hammrdan religion for
bids the Sultan. Bur aE she others
are keen and tuva-erat- smokers
King Edward is fond OF both rlgar-
cites and r-elrs- with decided .eaa-
ing in favor Of the latter Ills cigars
are said to cost him at least one doll
lar each one thing cam ha certain
Both OF cigars and cigarettes la aas
the best that are made
Emperor William or Germany.
smokes enormous cigarettes made OF
course. specially for him bur is not a
great cigar smoker. He is however
Immensely fond Of "a o.d-fashiouned
really Duse,r-p5oe-
The Emperor OF Austria prefers the
Austrian mauufactared cigar II IS
not made OF the Havana tobacco. but
of pure Virginia. These cigars are
made round p .aus srras. running
from end to end.
King Leopold. OF belgium l-.selaom
WltHouI "a cigarette .a ll- mouth
though Dee is F@rs taHa ar ia nlp- This
be- has on she quiet.
King Alfonso has newer taken 90 cl-
gar smoking ila WAS TOO young q.
smoke when The American war Iosr
him cubs Before then the royal
house Of Spain had as tribnte tHe finest
Havana cigars made Now he would
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Woman, Successful Farmer,
Teaches Natives of India

household OF 200 native orphan girls
The products OF Miss Yodsrs farm are
mostly os q tropical and ssmi-troBicaI
nature, consisting largely OF rice.
bananas. and a vegetable seed raised
for its oil
Miss Yoder also raises a large ouan-
THY Of tea When she returned 20 In
d-s from her Berks county visit she
purchased sn additional tract OF Land,
where cotton also has since bean
raised. and kind or fodder for her
cattle
By way Of contrast. she SAYS In
America she MIXED the COW from the
Tig gbr side but in india tho milking e.
done from The left side. In America.
when you pass one on the road, you
turn To the right: ln India, 20 the
ieft- She Keeps ten buIIocl1s snd en-
ploys them as the farmsrs OF Bsrfzs
county do their horses She also has
herd Of buffalo and some goats.
Miss Toder and her farm achooi ass
supported bV the Christian Alliance %
the United Evaugei.-aA Church. Il ztzc
supports The orphaDage. TSich nov
has nearly 300 children. For doing AL
This work she gets $500 annually. She
has. however. AZ present four assist
ants. one OF whom. Miss NlIIhsm,
accompanied Miss Eoder on her last
trip TO India to teach the art OF weav-
ing TO those India children, ard they
have so well succeeded that during the
last six months they not only wove
an their owu garments. but some 20
sell Miss Xodev hz=t the farm in guOh
shape now that is Is self-support
and the orphauage viii also be so, she
says. by the work OF the orphans.
Through Miss Eoder's thrift and en-
rrgeuc ideas. her Khamgaon farm is
now considered the most productive
spot IN that section OF the province.
and brings forth better results PEI
.tgre than any other.
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The Sport OF Kings.

From the days Of the Romans. and
svsn before that time. boar hunting
has been a favorite spor, wlth the
nobility of European and Asiatic coun-
tries in fact. restored sculptures OF
the Aszvrians show boar hunts rs
special subjects. and many fine art
pieces are now in existence which de
pict the killing of boars by dogs. On
the Continent the sport has been pre-
served "a this day. while the English
mans love Of every sort of dangerous
sport has led him to continue boar
hunting under changed conditions IN
Morocco and India.
H. is written of y hat nothing
pleased that degenerate monarch OF
a decadent city more thar TO witness
a fight betVsea tiger and a wild
boar. II is NOT recorded thar Nero
ever placed h.~ own person i'm jeopardy.
but when he wish D to see. sport
which brought ou, tbr perfection Of
brute courage and endurance. he
matched q bear agsius, a tiger. The
tiger always killed the boar bat in
evitably died OF the wounds he re-
ceived from the uusks of his autaeo-
mist
Richard Occur de Lion was intro
duced 70 the sport or pig-stjrking by
the saIaddlns. when ne Wa i'm the
III. rz,d IN FFsfo~frz If rL- 49,,
annc
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through with q lance al close quarters,
he impetus OF the onward rush being
lacking. Then it is that the revolver
comes into play-if the man Is quick
enough 10 draw il and IRE
Many a life has been lost iu the hills
surrounding S5m.a. India, where the
Auglo-Iud.aus do their boar hunting.
and suu more around TanFisr. IN Nor
rocco which is fau - odtcasts OF all
nations. mon OF good birrh ana posi-
lion WAC fad that CITY a haven of ref
age where Ho eztradition laws may
reach them
SIN the sport E5zz on At thrilled
the blood OF william the Conquerer
and Richard Occur de Lion. Even the
.4nete Charles considered r. important
enough to foster by the importation of
Wild hogs from France. and now King
Darlos OF Portugal has nearly lost
his lie ar l- So long as red blood
runs ll mems veins VIII they take up
The most hazardous sports 20 get those
thrills " excitement which all strong.
men consider the boon OF Efe.
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How Quarry Is Killed

lie VIII na- only dght on the de
teuslys. but VIII charge and carry the
nght into the enemy's camp. one
-slde-sVipe" or his head sends Ms
rasfs with enough force 20 disemooweI
. dog a- "a horse. His hide iz wonder
r-.e teasH. and ats v.,alfy H-re short
NC miraculous.
The ordinary plan in pig sticking is
-- meet th= bears charge with The
lance sell SER letting the force OF the
horses onward movement meet that
NJ the boar The result IS that the
boar is -ua through Orten. however.
even the best trained horses become
stampedes at the sight 5f the rosming
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~
Haunt the Black Forest.

ON the -aHHus.t rs- driving ra=."..
has always oara.ard and when the
holucs drive the boar ag -ae hunter
stand the boar Is shot, Ln France tae
old buar huurnE grounds were 4h Bur
guudy and BtusHE Tnare are sim
a few baars le1 -Hs5e. b-r more are
10 be found u she BLACK Forest -of
Germany Tp-fe ar.s years ago. boar
auntlng MAS quite popular with die
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saders there is related an incident Of
the Lion Heart in connection with a
boar hunt Richard is said 70 have ap-
preached % boar on foot with lance
crouched. ready 20 run him through.
Tse boar charged and Richard sen-
the shaft home. So great was the
strength Of the man who sent Robin
HooI heels over head in slapping
match that the lsrce Iunged clear
through the body OF the boar But
the vitality and the courage OF the
animal were not Iessened and he
Struggled toward King Richard climb
ING mp the lance. as IL were Seeing
that If he held the sutt Of the lance
he would be- killed Richard jumped
over the boar and. rsrnue. killed him
0t.a the famous broad sword, prob
ably tl. SAM win wh.el h- severed
.ae iron Hsr placed before Linn by
SalsddIn lu .ae pavilion.
The Washington times., 1906-12-16

HE narrow escape Of King
carlos of Portugal from
death while boar hunting a
few days ago has brought
10 the attention OF Europe
with renewed force the dan
gers attached to one OF the oldest
sports known TO man. Il took a com
panv OF Portuguese cavalry 20 rescue
the King and the crown prince who
8 accompanied him on the hunt, and
hereafter the Portuguese court officials
wiu be very careful about how they
allow the king TO go on such hazard
ous expeditions. The incident that
came near causing a change in the
ruling power OF Portugal occurred ON
December 4. The King, with several %
his court. was enjoying the sport oi
rlv-stirtxing. The besters had driven
hsr5 ~ boars from a thIeket and the
ROYALTY and mobiles were attempting TO
dlspatch the quarry with lanees' "he"
the boars made rush.
rhe horses on which the King and
cro,vn nr,nce were mounted. took fright
and unseatei their riders The hln6
and his heir were ON the ground IN
dangerous position. when the aite"-
ton Of the Wild hogs was averted just
in time for Carlos To escape. The
cavalry company. which was part ol
the Kings escort. hastened 10 The
scsne. and killed the bOars with
nzbers. but not before King Carlos
horse which had fallen. was so cut
up that it had TO be shot,