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BALLooNING EQUIPMENT.

AS Tin ballooning) every pound lessons
the soaring quality of the balloon, the
traveller has to select his outfit with care.
1t is wise to have a short coat with plenty
of pockets. and buttoning close round the
throat when necessary; and the simplest
and most practical taior-made suit of light
wool should be worn. Light shoes, like
those used for tennis or yachting, are nee
essary. with a strong pair of boots in re-
serve in case of landing in mountainous
district or having long tramp at the end
of ones journey. An umbrella is desir-
able adjunct-for the sun bites hard in the
southland morter veil for wind and
warmth. long, light Shetland scarf, such
as one uses in the Alps in bad weather is
useful in case of sleet and cold.
A small necessaire. a first aid" a change
of underwear, II light volume of a favorite
author, a map, and a guidebook should be
taken. These should be wrapped in a light
waterproof cover: for in a cross country
tourney one may meet with a variety OF
weather, and the rain that pours down in
the sphere of balloon is as drenching as
a waterspout.
Excepting a small flask of brandy in case
of faintness, no alcoholic drink should be
carried Smoking. matches and spirit
lamps are, of course, absolutely prohibited
as the smallest flame might cause an ex-
plosion OF the gas that initiates the balloon
The tube hangs loose and open just above
the car, and small quantities of gas con-
stantly escape from It.
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PERUVIAN ARMY Modified.
From the New York Sun.

For the last ten years so ten French
army officers and four nom commissioned
officers have been reorganizing the Peru
Wan army ard a general mob!lizat on was
recently led out with an efficiency that
would have done credit to any European
force.
The head of the reorganizing commission
is Commandant Paul Clement, and his
work has covered every detail of military
life. He has devised new uniforms for all
the corps, closely resembling those Of the
French army.
Modern weapons of all grades have been
procured. The officers have been put
through rigid courses of instruction and
the men thoroughly drilled
The mobilization and field exercises were
held in the Valley of Jauja, at height of
more than 11,OO0 feet above sea level
The troops We're transported to Huari by
rail and marched the rest of the distance
some thirty miles, through mountain
country of the widest character All the
provisions and supplies We're transported
on mule back and only the lightest artil-
lery, the mountain batteries, were taken.
A reserve body recruited among the In
dams took part in the maneuvers 1t was
the first time they had been called out.
They were all dressed in the poncho and
wide straw hat, but they showed great
aptitude, and the official report says that
after the three weeks during which the
drills lasted they We're as proficient in all
essential movements as the regulars.
The military training school is at
Chorillos. The regular army consists OF
1000 men. The size Of the reserve is not
revealed
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memorable race from Barcelona in Spain to
Spa in Belgium. Hawks constitute a serl-
Gus obstacle in these pigeon races. They
often chase the birds. and IL they don't sue
coed in catching and killing them, frighter
them and drive them off the course. The
only method now employed Of coping with
this trouble IS rather cruel one. 1t Is to
release with the racing pigeons number
of ordinary white pigeons, whose conspicu-
Gus color attracts the hawks, and they are
consequently the first objects OF attack.
Fishhooks are attached to their backs, In
which the hawk that strikes them gets
tangled up, the result usually being death
for both. Mr.. Winans is now exercising his
ingenuity by experimenting with an alumni
mum whistle attached to the back Of a
pigeon, the idea being that the noise made
by the whistle when a racing pigeon is In
flight will scare off the hawk.
1t is not generally known that Mr.. WI
mans is a clever sculptor as well as an
artist whose work far surpasses that of
most amateurs. 1t Is due to these accom-
plishments that he never suffers from en-
nui. which is apt to affiict the rich man
whose only recreation is sport. His Cow
bow Mounting a Bucking BrQncho,' In
bronze was awarded silver medal at the
Paris exhibition of 1900 Buffalo Bits show
supplied him with the models for this piece.
1t is to be shown at the international exh!-
bition in Dublin with two other statuettes.
His two sons, aged twenty and twenty-one
respectively, have won distinction In the
polo field. They played in the Oxford team
last year as No. l and No. in the match
against Cambridge, with the result that
Oxford which had been previously beaten
three years in succession, won.
But they don't take after me altogether"
said Mr.. Winans. They want to go to
work. Queer, isn't it? 1 suppose that comes
to them through my father, though he dis
covered that he had had enough of it before
he was forty. and knocked off However, l
am glad they feel that way, and nightly
pleased, too, that they want to go to work
in America. That is one reason why l am
going there" z. Isle SMELL.
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Women in Uniform.

One of the most interesting and UNIQUE
features of the parade of the Grand Army
of the Retublic in Brooklyn on Memorial
day was the appearance OF the Perry Ma
uonal Guard, an escort to James H. Perry
Post, No. 50, G. A. R., Of which James Nc
Cullough is commander.
The Perry National Guard is composed of
from fifty to sixty young women, relatives
and friends of the comrades of Perry Post
They were organized about three years ago
for social purposes, but soon evolved the
idea of forming a semi-military company,
and their first efforts were SO pleasing to
themselves and their friends that the COM
pany has grown rapidly both in numbers
and favor. They adopted a uniform con-
sisting of blue skirt with closet fitting
jacket of the same color. both deliberately
trimmed with white braid.
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RINCESS Victoria OF Scheswig-
Holstein, who is the favorite niece
OF King Edward, and who was re-
Gently reported to be engaged to


acknowledged leader of the "cat cult in
England. At Cumberland Lodge, in the
royal domain of Windsor, where she re-
sides with her parents. Prince and Prin-
Christian, she maintains veritable
feline paradise, where her furry pets revel
in luxurious idleness, relieved of all obIiga-
tiens imposed on common pussies of earn
ing their board and lodging by catching
rats and mice
She has the only cat in the world. prob
ably, which can claim the distinction of a
private address and letter box. Her Royal
Highness Princess Imp" is the name of this
aristocratic favorite. Perhaps the most
pampered cat in existence, she is a perfect
specimen of that much priced, high-c caste
breed. the Chinchilla, which is distinguished
from the plebeian members of the numer-
Gus tribe by its superb fluffy coat Every
morning the postman on his early rounds
brings her a letter addressed, H. r. H.
Princess Imp, Seymour Lodge, Windsor -
She is not learned cat and she makes no
pretense of reading the letter-which, by
the way, is sent by her loving mistress. On
the contrary, Princess Imp promptly tears
the '.missive' up. 1t is a diversion to which
she has grown 80 accustomed that if per-
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unique souvenir of his marriage to Rose
Pastor. 1t will be a simple band of gold
ornamented with two clasped hands, the
unusual feature of which is that the hands
are exact models in miniature of the right
hands Of Phelps Stokes and his wife.
This ring is the development of the senti-
mental idea that caused the famous couple
to have plaster cast taken of their clasped
hands and made into bronze paper weight.
From this, by means of a machine the two
hfe-sized hands have been reduced accu-
rately into such dimensions as would be
suitable for the ring that Mr.. Stokes is to
wear.
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Bullet Through His Brain.

The only man. so far as known, who ever
was shot entirely through the head and
brain by mimic ball in the civil war and
lived to tell the tale lives near Ruther-
fordton, N. C. The bullet entered his eye
and came out of the back of his head.
tearing through the occipital skull In it's
course. His naine is Baxter Long CON
federate soldier "a forty-niner in the early
days of California and soldier of fortune
who once earned fame, like Samson of old,
by laying out twenty-five r1en with the
jaw of wheelbarrow.
Baxter is now a peaceable citizen, an in
dustrious farmer, and a member of the
Presbyterian Church, but time was when
he was known as the most reckless dare
devil in Rutherford county. He is six feet
three inches in height, and in his younger
days had the build of Hercules Many
tales are told of his feats of strength, and
there are eye witnesses now living who
have seen him stretch horse senseless
With blow Of his fist.
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Never Saw a Death.

In speaking of the danger TO patients
from the administering Of anesthetics. DIR.
J. Ii. Murphy, eminent Chicago surgeon,
says:
Il not only never had death. but never
saw one. In Mercy Hospital. where l do
most OF my operating. the ether Is admin
fstered entirely by a Sister of the Order OF
Mercy In all my surgical work / very
much prefer to have a woman, and prefer
soly not a physician, give the anesthetic
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Sculpture by Mr.. Winans'
This group was awarded a silver
medal at the Paris exnoSition of 1000.

rented from 1872 to 1ss5-twelve Of them
altogether-extended right across Scotland,
through Inverary.
In those days Mr.. Winans was not ac-
claimed as a doughty English champion"
He was denounced in some quarters as a
ruthless American millionaire, who drove
people off the land that the waste country
might provide him with sport Il never
evicted any man. he said. THE deer for
ests were there, and l simply leased them.
1 never have owned an acre of land in Eng
land or Scotland"
One of Mr.. Winans' ambitions Is to bring
down a deer of every known species. He
has accounted for at least one member Of
every species that Europe furnishes. He
has shot deer also in Siberia. Manchuria
and Japan. And the hunting of new varie-
ties Is one of the delights he looks forward
to in America. But his favorite sport Is
wild boar shooting He had just returned
from an expedition in pursuit OF that game
when l saw him.
THAT is the sport" he said, Ito test one 8
nerves and try ones skill. The prize win
ners at the shooting competitions at Bisley
would not stand much chance, as a rule,
at that kind Of shooting. There Is no lying
down to take pot shot at long distance.
You must fire at your boar with the glance
Of an eye. one shot as you catch sight Of
him, and another II that doesn't stop him.
as he makes for your legs with his MUIR
derous tusks. 1t Is apt to go hard with you
II you fall to kill him.
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1t is doubtful if in the hustling atmos-
phere of America he could have had such
an unadulterated good time of it, but in
spite of all temptations he has always re-
manned an American. l asked him why
''Oh, just because / have always felt that
way" he replied. 1T is in my blood l sup
pose. l always have expected some day or
other to make my home in America In my
travels in Europe l always have stood on
my American citizenship. 1t has helped me-
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chance a day passes without bringing her
her usual correspondence she sulks in her
boudoir and refuses to be conforted.
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Probably breaking records is Mr.. Winans'
greatest hobby. He has shot more stays
than any man living. One thousand have
fallen to his rife. and about half as many
kinds in Scotland. If that sounds like
slaughter it should be remembered that he
has been at 1t for many years. And If any
man thinks deer stalking is an easy game
he never has tried it. 1t isn't In the same
category with that favorite sport of aristo-
cratic Englishmen pheasant zattues - in
which the birds are driven on the guns by
game keepers and heaters, and each shooter
has one or two attendants to load his weap-
ons for him. The deer forests which he
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~ In America, proposes to go there,
~ and. what is more, to settle down
In the United States for the rest
of his natural life. Such Is the uncommonly
interesting announcement which l am able
to make on the authority of the man of
millions himself. Walter L. Winans, who is
going to compete with two other American
millionaires next month for the honors of
the international horse show in London.
Mr.. Winans whose barrel Is SO big that
1t would be futile to guess at the extent Of
1t. and whose accomplishments probably
are more varied than those of any other
millionaire living, tells me that he has made
up his mind definitely to end the "expatria-
ton which has lasted ever since his birth.
In less than twelvemOnth he Will move
across the Atlantic and build a house In
Baltimore where he owns lot of property,
and where the foundations of the family
fortune were laid by Ross Winans, who
built the Baltimore and Ohio railway.
Mr.. Winans is fifty-three years old For
thirty-fve years England has been his home
or at least his headquarters, and it will be a
big change to leave the land where mil
lionaires can enjoy life as they please, with
out being jumped on. for the country where
criticism and denunciation OF mill!onaires
is sort of national pastime. Many of his
iik. by the way find the problem of what to
do with their millions a perplexing one, but
Mr.. Winans has solved this problem to his
own complete satisfaction. at any rate. He
has devoted himself to trying to get all the
enjoyment possible out of his great wealth,
and he has very largely succeeded
Il don't see why a man who starts in life
with all the money he possibly can have
any use for should devote the best years of
his life to piing up more" he said to me.
DO your"
1 acknowledged that 1 didn't. And as
mentally contrasted Mr.. Winans with sew
eral stay t-home American mllionaires
whom l have met who have gone in for the
''piling-up" game-John D. Rockefeller, for
parison was all in Mr.. Winans favor He
is alert and vigorous, sound In wind and
limb. eats well and sleeps well, doesn't
fever.sh hurry-up- and -get-througil-w ith-it
air characteristic of the man who measures
time by dollars. Yes, If happiness be our
beings end and AIM then l should say
that Walter l.. Winans must be accounted a
shining success
He has won far more fame, too than he
would have acquired by the process of
doubling his pile. A mighty hunter the
winner as Well as the donor of imumera BILE
Bsley cups, the best pistol shot in Europe
II not In the world the greatest literary
authority on shooting, a thorough sports
man, sculptor and painter of no mean
ability, exhibiting at the Royal Academy
the French salon and elsewhere, and not
least. the owner and breeder of the finest
lot of trotting horses hackneys and show
horses in England. Mr.. Winans has a claim
to renown he does not covet
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Copyright in the United States and Great
Britain by Curtis Brown.
(All rights strictly reserved)
LONDON. Nav 10

LONDON, May 16, 1907.
EXT year an American multi-mil-
lionaire. who never yet has been
in America, proposes to go there.
and. what IS more, to settle down
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Odd Souvenir Wedding Ring.
One of the big jewelry firms in New York
is making a gold ring for j. G. Phelps
Stokes which, when it Is finished, will be a
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Another of his hobbies is pigeon racing
His best bird, now pensioned off, won
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But 1t is as a pistol shot that Mr.. Wi
mans fame is worldwide. For twelve years
he held the revolver championship of Eng
land. He has won no less than forty-one
championship medals in England and on
the continent. and trophies enough to fill a
big van. 1t is said that he has adopted for
his armoriai bearings big gold-barreled
revolver. with the motto. "Vive mitteque
directus.' which has been freely translated,
Live straight and shoot straight" Doubt
less 1t is to his remarkable eyesight that he
owes much Of his marvellous accuracy of
aim. especially at moving targets. In this
most difficult branch of the art he Is unap-
proachable either with the revolver or the
rifle. He has eyes which reveal things as
they are in a flash, as the Photographic
camera does.
In his schoolboy days this gift used to
get him into trouble with his art teacher,
and still later with more competent critics.
before instantaneous photography had
shown the true action OF horses in walk
ing. galloping and jumping. He depicted
them In motion just as he saw them. He
was told that his sketches were all wrong,
that 1t was impossible, for instance, that a
horse should have one foot on the ground
and the other three raised. But the camera
has proved him to be right.
For many years he has kept a pack of
drag hounds. One day when out for run
with some friends he came up with fellow
huntsman who had lost the trail of the
hounds and was casting about him in a
hopeless manner. not knowing which way
to turn. The owner of the pack galloped
to the right without a moments hesitation,
and the other man followed him.
How on earth do you know where they
have gomez he shouted.
Mr.. Winans laughed. II saw the imprint
Of their pads in the dust he answered.
At full gallop he had picked up at a glance
the trail which the other man had searched
for in vain. He might have been a famous
scout had not fate made him millionaire.
Another of his hobbies is pigeon racing.
His best bird, now pensioned off, won a
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Inc most common or frequent form of
care Is very simple II consists simply of
the selection of a site for the deposit of
The females eggs and the subsequent
guardianship of these eggs by the male.
The spot chosen is usually cleared of
stones and weeds. and in the cleared spaces
the eggs are laid.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-15
IDAHO NEWS.

c. H. Duncan, the young agitator,
who was captured in weird disguise at
Boise few days ago, may land in the
Idaho asylum for the insane.
By an overwhelming vote of SO to 3
the voters of Occur d'Alene authorized
the school board to issue bonds to the
extent of $4,000. This money will be
used for the erection of two new build
ings, which are badly needed for
school purposes.
The river steamer, Mountain Gem,
which was built to run to the Eureka
and Imnaha mines on Snake river
above Lewiston, will soon be sold to
satisfy a debt of $4,000
The Idaho & Northwestern Railroad
company has been incorporated at Wal
lace, idaho, with A. E. Gallagher and
w. ]. Taylor of Moscow; Earl M. Rog-
ers of Occur d'Alene, and B. R. Lewis
and Fred B. Morrill, of Spokane incor-
porators. The. capital stock is placed
at 100000 The purpose is to build
a standard guage railroad some so
miles in length, starting from Occur
d'Alene and running to Clarkia by way
of Chatcolet. Four branch lines are
also to be constructed.
At the close of the registration OF
voters for the coming Lewiston cleo
ton 2191 voters had placed their
names in line.
William d. Haywood was seized
with a sudden illness early Saturday
morning and was unable to appear in
court.
Directors of the Interstate fair are
arranging to issue catalog telling OF
the prizes to be offered.
Nearly 1000 acres of land, represent
ing aneexpenditure of s230,000, have
been bought at st. Maries, on the st
Joe river, by a number of Spokane and
Seattle men, who have organized the
St. Maries Land company. The land
was bought for the purpose of promot
ing a townsite and acre-tract project
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-15
MONTANA ITEMS

Detecting an odor of burning flesh
Sunday afternoon. three quarters of
an hour after Charles Boutwell,, trans
ferman expert for the Westinghouse
company, had gone inside of a trans
former at the power plant of the Hell
ena Power Transmission company at
Lake Hauser, the tender made an in.
vestigation and found Boutwell, uncon-
scious. He died a few minutes later.
He had come in contact with live
wire. His home was at Niagara Falls,
N. Y.
All the drug stores of Butte were
closed at noon Saturday by a strike
of the clerks for an increase in pay
from 500 to s125.
Judge w. H. Hunt, now at San Fran
cisco, has directed a postponement OF
the session of the court scheduled for
Helena June until July IL at
10 a. m.
Mayor Corby of Anaconda has ac-
copied the resignation of Charles w
Dempster, who has held the Office of
free employment agent for about four
years, and has named for the vacancy
Elred F. Dobson, a well-known barber
who has been prominent in labor cir
cles.
Capt Joe Brown of Birney is in
Miles City to receive the 1000 head OF
cattle the government has purchased
for the Indians on the Cheyenne agen
cy The animals came from Oregon
The work on the new girls build
ing at the state reform school, in
Miles City, which is to replace the
one burned in July two. years ago, is
being pushed rapidly, the plasterine
being about half finished.
]. e. Stevenson, who for the past
seven years has been employed in the
Butte postofice, for a part of thai
time as assistant postmaster, has re
signed. He will be succeeded by j
Kent present finance clerk.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-15
OREGON sQuIRs.

Preparations have been completed
for the Weston normal commence
ment, which opens with the baccalau-
reate service Sunday, June 8. The
address will be given by Harry w.
Stone, general secretary of the Port
land Y. M. G. A.
What may yet prove fatal accident
occurred recently in the Hudson Bay
country, 10 miles below Freewater,
when Virgil Snavely, a young man of
IS, was thrown into a barbed wire
fence as a result of his horse running
away
Almost 1000 crates of Strawberries
left Freewater and Milton Saturday
afternoon.
Aleck Malcolm was killed at Athena
last Sunday by a horse, which evil
IDENTIFY kicked him on the chin as he
was STOPPING over, breaking the mans
neck. Malcolm is foreman of c. A.
Parrett's ranch.
H. w. Miller and Frank e. Kincart
have finished their sentences of one
year in the federal prison at Mcneil
island for conspiring to suborn per
jury, and returned to Portland. They
were sent up from Portland July %
1906, and are the first of the land
fraud defendants who have been sen
fenced to Mcneil island to complete
their sentences.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-06-15
FIERCE ATTACK ON ROOSEVELT
Long, Nature Writer, Says President
is No Sportsman


New York-Dr. William j. Long,
the nature writer, who was attacked
by President Roosevelt in a recent
magazine article, has fired another
broadside at the president. He ac-
cused the chief executive of plagiar-
ism and wildly pictured his cruelties
of hunting, either instances from
Roosevelt's published stories of ex-
periences with big game. Concluding
his statement, DR.. Long said
1T is not your hunting to which |
object, for | also am a hunter, but
your unnecessary brutality and bar
barism. The bloody endings over
which you gloat bring little self-satis-
faction to a thoughtful man who has
seen the last look in the eyes fof a
stricken deer and who remembers that
even this small life has it's mystery.
"You are not a sportsman, though
you have slain your thousands; you
are not a naturalist, though you have
measured hides and horns; you do not
and you can not understand the
hearts of the wild things, though you
have made a grievous quantity OF
them bleed 1t needs no eyewitness
nor any affidavit to support this state
ment You have yourself furnished all
the proof"