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THE RUN OF THE RIVALS.
Step for Step and Stride for Stride,
They .Make a fierfect Dead Heat.
Semarkable Finish in the Great Race
of Domino and Henry of Navarre— A
Contest of ‘’Crack'’ Jockeys and
“Crack” Steeds—The Rival 3-Year-
Olds Pull Off as Pretty a Trial of
Speed as was Ever Seen on the
Turf.
Gravesend Race Track, Sept. 15.—The
match race between Domino and Henry
of Navarre, at nine furlongs, for a purse
of *5,000, resulted in a dead heat. The
finish, under whip and spur, each jockey
doing his utmost to win if only by an eye
lash. created intense excitement, the
grand stand and lawn for a few minutes
taking on the appearance of a
resort for a lot of hopelessly
insane people, whose mania was shouting
and jumping up and down after the
horses had been led away to the paddock.
Byron McClelland, who is owner of Henry
of Navarre, and the Messrs. Keene, who
own Domino, had a conference, at the end
of which it was announced that they had
decided not to run the race over. Asa
consequence the purse was divided and
the bets paid the same way.
Fully la.ooo persons witnessed the race,
the weather being all that could be de
sired. The track was not in the best pos
sible condition for the race, the heavy
rain of last night having left it sticky in
spots. Bcforo the racing, Byron Mc-
Clelland, the owner of Henry of Navarre,
made a careful examination of the
track, walking entirely around
it. At the conclusion of his
inspection, he said the track suited him,
and as Domino can negotiate any kind of
going, the Messrs. Keene were satisfied,
thus making the race an assured thing,
much to the satisfaction of the crowd.
The match race was the fifth on the
card. The belting opened with Domino a
hot favorite, the quotations being: Dom
ino. 1 to 2; Henry of Navarre, 8 to 5.
It was twenty minutes past 4 o’clock
when the bugle call summoned the con
testants to the post. As each appeared a
great shout went up, but Domino re
ceived the bulk of the enthusiasm After
a little skirmishing the flag fell and
“They are off” came like a clap of thun
der from the throats of the 15,000
s |>eo tutors. Henry of Navarre was
in front, but Doggett at once
took a steady puil on him and Domino be
came the taskmaster. He was leading
bv three-quarters of a length as they
passed the stand, and the pair were
cheered frantically. At the upper turn
Domino increased his lead to a length
and a half, and at the turu in the back
stretch Tarral took the rail with him.
Doggett sat perfectly unconcerned on
Navarre until near tho club house
turn, where he closed up on Domino.
He moved up to him without much
apparent effort, and, as they began to ne
gotiate the turn, Domino was leading by
about a half length. This lead Henry of
Navarre cut down to a head when they
were half way round the curve. They
raced liko a team from there to the home
stretch, into which they swung on even
terms. Then began a struggle the like of
which was never seen on a race track.
Step for step, stride for stride, they
battled for supremacy.
Horses and riders, and spectators, too,
had every nerve strained, h irst victory
rested with Henry of Navarre, then it
was in Domino's grasp. They alternated,
noses apart with every stride. At the
last the cry “Domino Is beaten”
rang out, and it looked for a few strikes
as if Henry of Navarre had taken his
measure. The dauntless courage of.
Domino, however, asserted itself, Taral,
by an almost superhuman effort, got him
going once more, and again they
were nose and nose. The excite
men was intense. Taral made one des
perate and despairing effort as they
crossed the line, and the rival three-year
olds passed the post in as perfect a dead
heat as ever was seen The excitement
was unbounded, and the dead-heaters and
their riders were cheered to the echo as
they returned to the judges’ stand.
Both appeared to be fresh and
full of running, and the consensus
of opinion was that Domino would have
Won in another jump. The owners de
cided to divide tho purse. The race
was not fast, as the track was what is
knowu in racing parlance as "dead,”
owing to a heavy rain storm of last night.
The fractional time for each furlong was
as follows: 12 25'., 38, 52, 1:0*L , 1:10,
H2B'*, 1:42X, l:o5W.
When it was announced that the bets
would be divided busy pencils soon figured
out that liiley Graniion was a winner. Ho
tdok in $73,000 on Domino, and as he only
had to return a percentage of it lie cleared
about $15,000.
The special race was not the only at
traction on tlie card, for Bauquet and Sir
Walter met in the fourth race at a mile
afid a quarter, but this event proved so
uninteresting that the crowd hissed when
the horses finished. The pace for the first
three-quarters was exceedingly slow.
They moved a little and Sir Walter was
in front by a length, in the stretch Sims
cut Banquet loose and he won in a canter
by three lengths There was also consid
erable interest centered about tho
Algeria handicap for 2-year-olds.
Harry Reed and Lissak opened
up a three length gap on
the others in the first quarter with Harry
Reed going easy. Lissad retired after
covering three furlongs and Harry Reed
romped home an easy winner by a length
and a half from Counter Tenor. Dobbins
was the only horse iu the first race, ac
cording to the talent and he went to the
post a prohibitive favorite at 1 to 4.
Harrington, who closed at the flash price
of 15 to 1, won easily by a length from
Dobbins, who pulled up lame.
First I£uce For 3-vcsr olds. Mile and a
sixteenth Harrington. 102. Griffin 12tol,
won, with Dobbins second and Ed Kearney
third. Time 1:40
Second Race Heavy handicap sweepstakes
for all ages. Five and a half furlongs Kubi
con. 114, Midgeley. Bto 5. won. with Jack of
Spades eebond and Chattanooga third. Time
1 07 ;
Third Race-The Algeria handicap for 2-
year olds. Six furlongs. Harry Hoed 117,
Simms, 1 to 2, won, with Counter Tenor
second aud Salvation third TitnelUq
Fourth Race—For 3-vear olds aud upward.
Mile and a quarter Han met, 119. Simms, 2
to 9. won w ith sir Walter second, 'l ime
2:IM. Only two starters.
Fifth Race Match race, one and one
eighth miles. Domino, 122. Taral, 3to 5 and
Henry of Navarre,' 122. Doggett. 8 tos ran a
dead heat. Purse divided. Tune 155 >4.
sixth Race—For 2 year-olds: five furlongs.
Tinge. 98. Griffin. 7 to Id. won. with Sir Dixon.
Jr., second and Second Attempt third. Tim"
1 01*
seventh Race For 3 year-olds and upward:
one and one sixteenth miles Linen Bey. luu.
Penn. 5 to 2. won, with song and-Dance second
and Jack Rose third. Time l:49ti.
THE PAY AT SARATOGA.
Latonia Race Track, Sept. 15.—Track
slow after a hard storm. Weather
threatening throughout the afternoon.
Following are summaries:
First Have Six furlongs. Charm 99, Mosely,
8 to n won with Lyons second und Snooze
third. 1 line 11:19.
Second Race Five furlongs Swlfty, 105.
J. Smith. Bto 1 won with Annie M. second
and Scvelie third, rime l <i>
T hird Kai e For 3-year old* handicap, one
undone eighth miles Oak wood, lift, Martin.-2
to 1. won. with llcury Young second and Leh
man third. Time 1 bsq.
Fourth Race The Newport stakes one
mile anu seventy yards Kgbert 104, Clayton.
5 to I won with Volt second and hhett Goode
third. Time Lts.
Fifth Race selling one mile. St. Maxim
1 , Fei-kins. ft to 2 won with Charley Mellon
aid second and Arapahoe third. Time 1: DM-
lor arc - vou faring your doll to
Hettte— I’m lookin' for the crumb of com
tort papa said was to he found In everything
“-Chicago Inter Ocean.
THE CAMPAIGN' IN TENNESSEE.
Large Crowds Listen to the Opening
Speech by Senator Harris-
Trenton. Tenn., Sept. 15. Senator
Isham G. Harris opened the campaign in
Tennessee here to-day. in a speech to one
of the largest crowds that ever assembled
in the state. The whole town put on hol
iday attire, and excursion trains brought
great crowds from points iu West Ten
nessee. Senator Harris was in his hap
piest mood, and was frequently inter
rupted by cheers.
Harris said that while the new tariff
hill :vas not entirely satisfactory to him
self. or to a large majority ot democratic
senators, he could assert with absolute
confidence that it is the best tariff bill for
the consumer and tax payer that has
been passed by or offered in congress
in the last forty years. He did
not hesitate to denounce as un ust. un
founded, and absolutely false, the state
ment that the Senate was controlled by i
the sugar trust. He did not believe that
a single democratic senator was so con- i
trolled.
Speaking of the currency question. Sen
ator Harris said: “I should be Jlad to
have an international agreement, but 1
am satisfied that no such agreement
is possible, nor probable at this time. It
is, therefore, inevitable that we must b.v
our own legislation, provide for the coin
age of both metals and the maintenance
of parity.
“Let us formulate and establish our
own home policy and maintain it. We
are able to do it, and it is our duty to es
tablish amt maintain a bimetalic stan- :
dard in our country. When we owe other
countries we will find a means of paving,
if not in cotton, wheat or other products,
we may possibly make terms with shy
locks for gold enough to pay.”
ON NORTHERN DIAMONDS.
Results of the Day’s Games in the
National League Cities.
Washington, Sept. 15.—-Games of base
ball were played to-day with the follow
ing results:
BOSTON BEATS CLEVEI.AND.
At Cleveland— b n e
Cleveland 000002-2 a 3
Boston 1 11400—7 13 1
Batteries—Wallace and Zimmer; Stivetts
and Oanzel.
(lame called at the end of sixth Inning on
account of rain.
PITTSBURG BEATS WASHINGTON.
At Pittsburg— R H E
Pittsburg 1 005040 1 *—ll 1. 4
Washington 10000302 0— 6 11 2
Batteries—(lumber. Ktigden and Weaver;
Stockdale and McGuire.
At Louisville—The Louisville Philadelphia
game was postponed on acoount of rain.
At Cincinnati - Tho Cincinnati-Balttmore
game was postponed on account of wet
grounds.
CHICAGO BEATS BROOKI.YN.
At Chicago— r h e
Chicago.!... 000063 1 0 0-10 0 1
Brooklyn 000001 20*— 3 8 2
Batteries—Hutchinson and Sehriver; Lu
cid and Kinslow.
NEW YORK BEATS ST. LOUIS.
At St. Louis— H H 3
St. Louis 0100001 00-2-8 2
New York 0200010 30—7 12 2
Batteries—Breltensteln and Miller; Kusie
and Farrell.
FORTY ACRES AND A MULE.
Startling Promises of Liberia to In
tending Immigrants of Color.
Philadelphia, Sept. 15.—J.R, McMullen,
Tice president of the African Steamship
Company, and who is also connected with
the International Emigration Society of
Birmingham, Ala., stated to-day that a
steamer "of the company would
leave' here about Oct. 15 for Libe
ria via Mobile, New Orleans
and Havana with 300 negro colonists
aboard. The Liberian government has
promised to each colonist, McMullen says,
a number of acres of land with cultivat
ing implements and temporary shelter
until the colonist can build his
home. While tho steamship company
and the emigration society are separate
concerns, their interests are identical,
the society having a contract with the
company for the use of its steamers to
transport negro emigrants.
For the Next Congress.
Washington, Sept. 15.—The following
congressional nominations were made to
day: Charles A. Cliickering, rep.,
Twenty-fourth district. New York ; Tom
L. Johnson, dem . Twenty-first district,
Ohio: Thomas Oftminetti, dein., Second
district, California; Joseph L. Rawlins,
dem., delegate, Utah.
Taken Suddenly 111.
Washington. Sept. 15.—Congressman
Aidersou of West Virginia, who has been
iu the city some time, was taken suddenly
ill to-day. He is threatened with fever
and his condition is considered serious
though not dangerous.
O’Leary o’ the Lamp.
Chicago, Sept. 15.—Patrick O’Leary,
the husband of Mrs. O’l-ear. l , whose cow
kicked over a lamp in 1871. and made
Chicago famous for the largest fire on
record, died suddenly to night, aged 71.
Green Won the Race.
London, Sept. 15.—The bicycle race for
the fifty-mile championship was ridden
at Herne Hill to-day. Green won it.
Time, ih stim 40 l-ss.
Latest Cure for Inebriety.
From the New York Sun.
Orange taken at stated times is the lat
est remedy for inebriety. Those who
profess to know advise the eating of one
orange before breakfast, another at 11 a.
m., 3p. m and 0 p. m., with another the
last thing before retiring It is saiu if
this orange diet isj ersisted in it w ill cure
all but the worst eases. A safe and agree
able regimen, it is certainly ono well
worth trying If this healthful, nutri
tious fruit possesses yet other medicinal
virtues aside from being a sovereign rem
edy for biliousness, and is, in loed. a
remedy for tho liquor habit, the good
nows should bo spread far and wide.
None arc too poor to test the cure, which,
in any event, can do no harm.
One of the Daily News correspondents now
in Paris, describing a visit paid to the Jurd.n
d’Acclimation, says he was introduced by a
keeper of me monkey house to one of his
charges, who ha- an Interesting history
Lome time since the monkey in quo-ton a
valuable one. missed her jump. and. faiflng to
the bottom of tho cage, broke herleuarm
and othorwts > Injured herself more was
Iron, some cause or other considerable delay
In attending to nor and gangrene conse
quently set in In the injured limb. When the
dm tor saw her he declared it was too late to
do anything, am! that the monkey me: t be do
sinned. To ibis, however her keeper ithe
colleague of the man who told me the
tale) stronnly demurred, as to was
very fond of the poor little sufferer
aud at his request the broken arm
was amp itated at the shoulder. During the
operation she was he'd by her protector, and
gave but nvo cries nor did she attempt 10
struggle or resist. This took j.laco about
three weeks ago. The kind hearted keeper
ha:-in the interval nursed his patient hack
Into health, and the monkey is now again in
her cage. Her left side is still ! andaged to
prevent her trom rubbing or scratching It
and she has a verv odd look she is a good
natured little creature, and likes to be ca
ressed. query, dot s her sex account for her
power of endurance or docs her quiet sun
mission to the knife support the theory that
animals suffer less lam than humnn beings?
“i understand that yon have taken up with
spiritualism," affably reinai to and the manager.
"I tbo gilt you had more sen-i .
“I did so. sir." responded the tragedian In
the hop ■ of Occasionally seeing the ghost
walk.”—lndianapolis Journal.
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1594.
FACE TREATMENT.
How Famous Beauties Regain the
Bloom of Youth.
From the St. Louis Republic.
Chicago, Sept, 6.- When I was in Lon
don last week 1 saw a smart trap drive
up to the door of the Hotel Victoria, and
a woman of exquisite pose get out.
It was Mrs. Langtry. She was going
late r to the races, and was faultlessly at
tired in a blue canvas tailor-gown made
over silk, a high white collar, black satin
stock tie. and a carnation for a bouton
niere.
*1 believe she will be just as beautiful
twenty years from now,” remarked a
man standing near. "I fancy it will be
said of her as of Cleopatra that 'Age can
not wither her.’ ”
But evidently Mrs. Langtry is not so
sanguine about this, or she does not be
lieve in allowing nature to take its usual
course of providing wrinkles for all
women who are reaching the shady sido
of 40. .She was going into the Victoria
for the purpose of undergoing treatment
at the hands of a woman noted for face
massage: one, who though American,
takes charge each season ot the faces of
some of England's famous beauties, put
ting the skin in perfect condition.
Mine. Nellie Melba, who wasstoppingat
the Hotel Metropole next door, was also
going through the same treatment, taking
it each morning after her breakfast.
Thinking that a face manipulation
which deserved attention from two such
famous women must be a good thing to
know, I sought an interview with the
little woman who had invented the lotions
used, and that special twist of tho wrist
upon which beautiful women depend to
restore wrinkled or faded complexion.
The masseuse kindly gave me the inter
view, and with it a practical illustration
of the methods she applied to the face of
her well-known customers.
First cotries the message. She goes
over the skin of the face again and again,
rubbing it in circles with only the tips of
her lingers. The wrinkles are smoothed
upward, and the blood in the veins
brought into quick circulation.
After twenty minutes of this movement
a soft white cream is applied to the skin
in the same manuer. This is thoroughly
worked in until the face is in a profuse
perspiration.
Then a flannel cloth dipped in rain
water (or any distilled water) is softly
and continuously rubbed over the skin,
removing all the partieles of dust and
grease that necessarily accumulate in the
liores, especially when woman is on the
stage and has to resort to the “footlight
make-up.”
A strange lotion which looks and smells
like paregoric follows, which is sparingly
used, to harden the muscles and make the
skin Arm. It is claimed that the harder
the flesh the more perfect the coloring of
the skin. It is on this ground that Melba,
Langtry,.Mrs. Kendal and others who
take this treatment abjure the use of the
■now popular ‘double veil,’ worn so much
by American women to prevent tan and
soften the complexion. English women
know that tho opposite metuod, of ex
posing the skin, produces the best result.
Tho'double veil’ will undoubtedly coun
teract its advantage of a temporarily
white skin, for lines about the mouth anil
eyes assuredly follow.
“The firmer the muscles of the face, the
less anxiety for the linger marks of age
or care,” is Madame’s motto.
This treatment belongs to the morning;
the night method is nearly the same, only
that a cream of herbs is supplied at the
final that is allowed to remain through
the sleeping hours. A careful rubbing
with rain water, the first thing upon
awakening, removes this.
Mme. Melba was just finishing her six
weeks of treatment that day, as she was
to leave for her Paris home after her
English season. She said this face doc
toring did away-with-all the evil effects
of work and worry. The benefits last
for a year, and then it would he gone all
over in tho samo manner by the same
woman It was as beneficial, she
thought, as a season at the baths.
Langtry was beginning her course, and
Mrs. Kendal concluding hers.
Patti has the treatment administered
to her every spring at the Welsh castle.
She brings the New York masseuse over
and eulertertains her for a month and a
half at Craig-.v-Nos. There she relig
ousl.v goes through the ordeal with as
much conscience and earnestness as if
she were in retreat. For six years she
has repeated this method. It is no doubt
that partly to this fact she owes that
splendid skin which seems to defy years
of hard work. With her usual gener
osity, the diva gives, after each treat
ment, some souvenir to the little
masseuse.
None hut the rich deserve this fairness,
it seems, for the hill for the six weeks
consists of three figures, SSOO. Still for
women to whom this represents but one
night s earnings, the amount is a mere
bagatelle to pay for the entire restoration
of the skin.
Mrs. Kendal was at the Langham,
where she had the most exquisite suite, at
the time of her treatment, and was leav
ing that week with her children for a trip
through Germany. She said that she ex
pected this journey to completely rest and
prepare her for her unusually early
American season.
J was particularly interested in the
method of this lace treatment, for ; t is so
opposed to the American beauty's idea of
preserving the skin. She soaks hers in
glycerine, rose water or vaseline, thickly
protects it from every breeze that blows,
all of which makes it flabby.
Our English sister, on the other hand,
takes every caro to prevent softness. As
the prominent women have taken up
this new cure, it will probably soon be
the fashion for every woman who can
afford it.
In fact, the Princess of Wales is to be
the next and most important personage
for the little American masseuse to deal
with, and there is no more question as to
its popularity.
One cau claim for it, at least, that it is
a heathful fad.
BURGLAR IN THE GARDEN.
Young Mr. Pullman Twice Fired at
Him and He Ran Away.
From the New York Times.
Ixmg Branch, N. J., Sept. 13.—A bur
glar waited for a chance to enter the resi
dence of Georgo M. Pullman at Elberon
last night. Mr. Pullman and his family
have been absent more or less from their
summer home during the month, and last
night there was no one in the house ex
cept Sanger W. Pullman, tho 19-year-old
son of Mr. Pullman, and a friend.
T hey returned to the house a little be
fore midnight. As they drove through
the gate toward the stables, Mr. Pullman
discovered a man lurking in the bushes
near the bouse He said nothing, but
drove on toward the stables. He told tho
hostler to keep a sharp lookout for the
man Mr, Pullman and his fricod went
into the house.
Mr. Pullman happened to look out of
the window, and again saw tho man
standing in the shadow of a bush. The
man at the same time must have seen Mr.
Pullman, as he dropped to the ground.
Mr. Pullman took his revolver from his
dresser, and tired through the window
without waiting to raise it. The man
jumped up and ran away. A second shot
was tired, hut with no effect.
"Jehief said Mrs Jason “that there old
Domlnccker hen took to erowln’ to-day. I
want you 10 cut her head oft. it s bad luck
to have a crowlu’ hen annul the olace ’
Not much 1 won t. returned Mr. Jason;
1 11 take her over and sell her to that there
woman s right female that Is a boardin' at
Thompson s," Indianapolis Journal.
Amateur Poet It was at the time when my
flame jilted tne that 1 discovered mv noetic
vein aril '
i*ood Friend Yes. jet. a misfortune never
comos alone.—Ftiogondc matter
THE SQUIRREL HUNTERS.
Wonderful Marksmen in Mississippi
and Louisiana.
How They Train Their Boys—Vendetta
in Which the Victim Was Always
Shot in the Eye—Revenge Cost
Twelve Lives.
From the New Orleans Picayune.
“I have been among the squirrel hunt
ers,” said the gentleman, who had just
returned from his vacation. “The squir
rel hunterS are a peculiar people inhab
iting the southwestern counties Si
Mississippi and adjoining Louisiana par
ishes. They have been living there lor !
generations, and preserve the primitive
customs and habits of their forefathers.
“The squirrel hunter is doubtless a de
scendant of Kentucky settlers, for they
are all tall, stately people, and great
lovers of the hunt. But there is now little !
game to be found, and so they spend their
time hunting the squirrel, which is also
scarce. The squirrel hunters are also
farmers, but raise little except corn. The
pine hill region where they live is not
penetrated by railroads, and there j
are hundreds of such people who
have never seen a steam engine. I
saw a great many of the oldest squir
rel hunters of the country, and found
them to be a very strange looking people.
They all wear long hair wnich often
reaches down to their belts Their
beards, too. are long, ofteu matted with
their hair. Thpy wear homespun panta
loons and home-made shoes. Their shirts
are oftentimes made from the skins of ,
squirrels, which they wear in the winter,
while in the summer they wear an open
blouse shirt, also of home make. Their
houses are made of pine logs, between
which mud is placed as a plastering.
These houses are covered with pine
boards split from the woods. There are
never any inclosures about their homes,
their yards opeuing out into the pine
forest.
“These squirrel hunters, while they
have no churches, are a very religious
people, though a great deal of supersti
tion is connected with their worship.
Their churches are made of boughs of
pine, placed upon a scaffolding, to keep
out the sun. Now and then a country
revival is held in these arbor houses, but
this is seldom.
THE hunter’s rff’TEIT.
“The outfit of the squirrel hunter con
sists of an old-time flint rifle and a squir
rel skin pouch, which he carries by a
straii over his shoulder. This pouch is
divided into two parts. In one is put bul
lets and the bullet molds, together with a
small piece of lead, from which the bullets
are made. In the other part of the pouch
is the hunter's flint rocks for making fire,
a small piece of punk and some sumac
leaves, together with a corncob pipe. He
goes thus prepared fur all emergencies.
With the bullet molds hecau make his own
bullets In case the supply grows short,
and with the flint rocks and punk he can
kindle his fire. Dunk is a soft, dry
fungus growth, found in the heart of de
cayed vegetable matter, and which once
ignited, even by a spark, will burn dur
ing any kind of weather, rain or wind.
Strange to say, there, is not a weed of to
bacco used among thorn at all. The
‘patching’is the coarse homespun cloth,
which is cut off iu small pieces and
placed over the end of the rifle. The bul
let is then placed ujion the cloth, and a
long iron ramroad, always carried iu the
muzzle of the gun, is used for forcing the
bullet homo. When these old rifles are
thus lohded it is astonishing with what
accuracy their ow ners can pick squirrels
from the highest tree iu the country.
“The hunter thus armed goes out early
in the morning for a day’s hunt. He may
before night travel fifteen miles. In case
this distance finds him separated from his
home at nightfall, the hunter brings out
his flint rocks and nis punk, and, striking
the rocks together so that the sparks may
light the punk, thus kihdles himself a
fire. There is always a pieceof bread in
his pouch, aud he proceeds to cook a
squirrel, of which he has by this time, if
he is a good hunter, some fifteen or twen
ty. He eats his meal, smokes his sumac
and lies down to sleep.
THEY ARE srEERSTITIOrS.
“He always manages to camp in a Rood
neighborhood for squirrels, and is ud the
next morning before daybreak with his
gun. In the pine woods daybreak is the
best time to kill squirrels, for then they
are out early to get the early worm I sup
pose. If a rabbit should run across the
path of a hunter as he starts out in the
morning that ends the hunt for that day
They are superstitious about these things.
If an owl should hoot uncomfortably near
the hunter's home in the early morning,
as he is getting ready to start out upon
his hunt, the clay's sport is given up. If
! a whippoorwill should cry the night be
fore from a neighboring tree, aud should
again be heard upon early rising in the
morning, that day’s hunt is also given up.
These and a great many other supersti
tions prevail among them.
“The old squirrel hunter trains up his
sons to be hunters from their 15th year.
Upon attaining this age the father, with
money he has been saving up for months
for the express purpose, buys his son a
j gun, the same kind as he himself uses,
or perhaps he gives him his own, and
starts him out upon the bunt. He gives
him four or five bullets aud tells him
that he must show a squirrel for every
bullet upon his roturn. If the unlucky
young hunter fails to bring in a squirrel
for each missing bullet he is taken out
into the pine thickets near by, "the
hurrah bush," as they call it, and is
treated to a severe thrashing by his
father After the young hunter has been
able to always make a showing for each
missing bullet the father tells him that
every squirrel ha brings in must be shot
in the eye. This rule oftentimes costs the
young hunter many a thrashing, yet be
fore many months he is enabled, like all
older hutiters, to pluck the squirrel’s eye.
As soon as the son has thus made himself
master of his profession his father gives
him the rifle, provides him with a squir
relskin cap, pantaloons of the same kind,
and he is a full-fledged hunter.
THE SHOOTIMO MATCHES.
Oftentimes these hunters bring in
squirrels with their ears split. This is
done b.v the young hunters, who, in their
early efforts, unable to see only the ears
of a squirrel as ho lies away up on the
topmost limb of some tree, shoot Bt it
with the hope of geiting him anyway.
Their failure brings the thrashing upon
their return home. Every year, some
time in April, the older hunters get to
gether at some well known place and in
dulge iu a competitive shoot, the prize
usually being anew rifle aud bunting out
fit. This prize shoot is very interesting,
and is usually accompanied by a general
feast and entertainment, in which the
young women and their beaux dunce, and
the country tiddler gets in his work The
best shot In the c ompetition holds that
honor ns long as lie can defend it If at
another shoot he is beaten, the ride ex
changes hands.
"i was talking to an old squirrel hunter
while there, aud lie told me a very pecu
liar story about the early days of his ieo
ple. Soon after the original settlers of
the country had established themselves
in their new homes, there was ouo of
these; competitive shoots. A sti auger
stepped in ut tho last moment, when it
seemed the prize would go to a certain
well-known hunter, and asked to be per
mitted to shoot with the others. This
was granted him, and he won the ritle.
This so much incensed tho squirrel hun
ters that they protested, telling the
stranger that his rifle was
unlike their own and that it was
an unfair shoot. The stranger's rifle
was. it seems, a verv peculiar one. It
snapped a peculiar sharp click just before
each shot was made, and the hunters
seemed to think that there was something
mysterious about it. The stranger con
sented to the use of one of the hunters’
rifles and again won the pri£e by his su
perior shooting.”
BEAT THE STRANGER.
After the hunters had held a short con
sultation, they derided to have revenge,
and so they swooped down upon the un
fortunate stranger and. heating him al
most to death, took his newly-won rifle
away from him. and told him to get out
cf that section of the country or he would
be killed altogether.
“The stranger replied : -Gentlemen, you
have treated me outrageously to-day, and
I shall have my revenge. There are a
dozen of you here who have lieaten me.
and I want to tell you that before I die, I
shall kill the last one of you, and I shall
shoot every one of you in the left eye!
Watch for the click of my rifle’’
“They only hooted at him, and went
their way in great glee over the day's
sport, for those early pioneers were great
fighters, and were always in for any kind
of fun, no matter at whose expense.
“The party had hardly dispersed when
two of ’.hem were shot down, as they
were entering their homes, both shot in
the eye. This created a great deal of ex
citement, and a hunt was made for the
stranger, but he was not found. The next
evening, as another of the hunters sat
cleaning his ritie, ho heard a sharp click,
and looking around was shot in the left
eye. A week or longer after that
auother, while shooting a squirrel
in the woods. heard the same
sharp click behind him, and, look
ing before he thought, he was also shot
in the left eye. The hunters searched
hill and valley, but could not find the
stranger. The manner in which all
their friends met their death, each shot
in the left eye, the fatal shot being pre
ceded by that peculiar click of the rifle,
cast a sort of superstitious horror over
the men. and at last they sold out their
little farms and left the country.
THE AVENGER’S CHASE.
"There were five of them left at tho
end of two years, and the stranger con
tinued his chase after them, killing one in
the mountains of New Mexico, another in
South America and another in San Fran
cisco. The other two went to Africa, and
there, after hiding around for four or five
years, one day, as they sat in front of
their cottage, the same horrible click
of the rifle was heard, and involun
tarily both looked around. One was
shot in the left eye and the other
fled. He crossed the waters and sought
his old home. He had grown repen. ant
in the meantime, and, having returned to
his native home, was one night assisting
in the yearly camp meeting revival, and
was leading the congregation in prayer,
when suddenly he heard that peculiar
click of the rifle, and, forgetting his
prayer, opened his eye, looked around
and received the fatal bullet. The
stranger was never caught, and to this
day there is a horror connected with the
mention of this history among the peo
ple.”
AN EDITOR’S WIFE.
She Knew a Hawk From a Handsaw
and Said So.
From the St. Louis Republic.
There is a coolness between the families
of a well-known rural editor and a Mis
souri congressman, occasioned by the
editor and his wife differing in opinion on
tho merits of the congressman.
The editor has long been an ardent ad
mirer of the congressman. The editor's
wife, on the other hand, has not hesi
tated to dub him a demagogue on all oc
casions, and has wondered what her hus
band has discovered in him to admire so
much, it annoyed her extremely* to see
his paper teemiug witlf panegyrics on
“the statesmanship, the wisdom and
sagacity of our fellow-townsman,of whom
our county is so justly proud.” But she
is one of those rare women whose politi
cal prejudice against the congressman did
not interfere with her personal relations
with his family, so the editor's wife and
daughters and the congressman’s wife
and daughters were on the very best of
terms socially.
Soon after the congressman’s election,
recognizing the fealty of his friend, the
editor, he said to him that if he wanted
the postortiee in his town he could have it
for the asking, as soon as the offensive
partisan who held it should receive his
just deserts. Of course the editor wanted
it, and he and his wife had it all ar
ranged that he should continue ""to run
the paper while she sold the stamps, read
the postal cards and fulfilled the other
duties of the rural postofflee. She was
so pleased that she had almost concluded
her husband was right, aud that the con
gressman was indeed a statesman of large
caliber.
But when the congressman got to
Washington he was inuudated with let
-ters from various aspirants to the post
mastership, hacked up with such strong
indorsements that it looked like each in
di' idual claimant had the best call on the
job. As the only way out of the quan
dary. and to escape any charge of favor
itism, the congressman arranged for his
townspeople to fight it out among them
selves by means of a primary election.
; He was to recommend the candidate se
! lected. and ho hoped the editor's popu
larity would pull him through. But the
oditor was beaten in a close finish by six
votes. The editor took his defeat in good
: part, and it did not dimish his adrnira
j tion for the congressman—on the con
trary he saw in his disposition of his rival
aspirants another evidence of the broad
statesmanship which subjugated his own
wishes to those of his constituents. Not
so the editor's wife. With her a promise
was a promiso, which no subsequent
pressure should have power to affect. She
did uot say much, but bided her time.
It came in due seasou. Her husband
had to come to St. Louis on business, and
I he left her in charge, with full authority
i as editor-in-chief to get out the paper,
which was to appear on Thursday. Her
first exercise of her new powers was to go
over the proofs and to "kill” every para
-1 graph which contained the slightest com
plimentary allusion to tho congressman
und the j<aper was largely devoted to ex
ploiting him. His name was only permit
| ted to appear in articles of actual news,
and then without comment Then she re
tired to the sanctum and wrote a long
leading editorial.
It named no names of congressmen or
editors, but it was a scathing rebuke to
those subservient editors who prosti
tuted their tulcnts and expended their
gray matter and surplus energy in servile
adulation of alleged great men who, by
the accident of politics, were sent to
Washington by men abler than them
selves, etc., etc., etc.
The editor wot not of his paper’s utter
ances until he recoivod a copy in St.
Louis. Thin he went home in hot haste.
: If his substitute had been a man there
might have been blood letting, and even
as it was he is said to have indulged in
some mild profanity as he inquired of his
wife what she meant by thus re
versing the policy of his paper and hold
ing him up to ridicule. Of course, tho
lady retorted that for one consecutive
week she had been fully authorized to
act us editor, and as such she had taken
the opportunity of giving public utter
ance to her seutiments.
The distracted oditor had to write an
explanation to his hero, placing the blame
where it belonged. The hero understood
the matter thoroughly before he got the
letter. So did his wife and daughters.
And this is the reason that the erstwhile
wholly pleasant relations betwoen the
families are at this writing a trifle
strained.
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Local Daily Weather Report for the
Morning News.
Local forecast for Savannah and vicinity
till midnight. Sept. 16. 1894: Threatening
weather, with showers; slight changes in
temperature; winds generally easterly.
For Georgia: Generally fair; probably
slightly cooler in extreme northern portions:
east winds.
Comparison of mean temperature at Savan
nah, Ga., on Sept. 15, 1894, with the normal for
the day:
I Accumula-
Tempehature. Excess ted excess
for since
Normal. Mean. this date. Jan. 1,1891.
76“ 78“ 2“ 112°
Comparative rainfall statement:
I Departure I Total
Normal Amount I from the ’departure
for normal. since.
Sept 15,'94. 1- or— Jan. 1, 1894.
Maximum temperature, 85°: minimum tem
perature. 72“.
The hightof the Savannah river at Augusta
at 8 a. m. C7stb meridian time) yesterday was
C.o feet, a rise of 0.2 feet during the preceding
twenty fou rjjqurs.
The Cot to# AjUtnin for twenty-four hours
ending 6p. oA Sept. 15, 1894, 75th Meridian
time. jfapyy -.“34
Observations talien at the same moment of
time a; All stations.
yiSTKiqfe.' •, | Average.
"‘““’j Ili'Kia-
Atlanta .. 10 84 64 GO
Augusta 11 86 66 <0
Charleston 5 8(1 70 T
(lalccston ; 21 84 TO .14
Little Kock 13 8 1 68 .38
Memphis 12 14 68 .25
Mobile 10 88 98 ,04
Montgomery 7 88 68 .00
New Orleans 13 90 68 ,02
Savannah 13 87 70 .08
Vicksburg 6 90 70 . 04
Wilmington 9 86 91 T
Stations op Mai.: Min. Rain-
Savannah District. Tem. Tern. fall.
Albany 90 70 .60
Alapaha 88 70 . 22
Americus 84 98 .00
Balnbrldge 90 72 .00
Cordele 89 70 .00
Eastman 88 08 .00
Fort Gaines 88 08 . 05
Gainesville, Fla ... 81 <2 .65
Millen 90 98 .T
Quitman 64 72 T
Savannah 85 72 T
Thomasvllle 90 74 . 08
Waycross 89 70 09
Observations taken at the same moment of
time at all stations for the Morning News:
j Rainfall
VeliAf.y.
j ' Direction..
Temperature..
. NAME
OP
Station.
Nor oik 78 S 10 .00 Oar
Hatteras 71 E 1,1 .(0 Clear
W timing ton 70 K L .OtlCloar
charlotte 70 S L .oociear
Kalelgh S Ll 00 Clear
t harleaton 7- K u .ou:Pt'ly cloudy
Atlanta 78jN K o 00,Clear
Augusta HO E l| .00 clear
Savannah 70! K 7 1 T Ptlv cloudy
Jacksonville 74 N F, o | tr.’ t’lo idy
Titusville 78 K 14 UPt lv cloudy
Jupiter HO 1 K r 30 Cloudy
Key West No! K is .00 Pt lv cloudy
Tampa 7* K L OH Cloudy
Pensacola 82] W iij 00 pt lv cloudy
Moolle HO NW I,; T'Cloudy
Montgomery ... 84, K l,| unclear
Meridian 78 NE I, OO Cloar
Vic It* bury . I ~ 1...
New Orleans .. 82 K 11. ’ 0,;Oloar
Fort Smith | | i
Galveston to, E 1 t,T f Cloudy
Corpus Christ!.. ft eln TPt ly cloudy
Palestine 7H|N E l| T [cloudy
P~H Smttb"
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