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AN EXPERT GUN CREW OH THE MAINE AIMING AT A TARGET. TRAINING GUNNERS IN THE NAVY Our Battleships BreaUag ill lectrfc ia Storting at a Target ? iaa Kilters Setatei Alter KgM Trial ?A Foreign Experiment ia Sfcnatiag at a Battlaiip ? The Yalae nf Target Practice; <?-o o o *> By Unit. Cm. ALBERT BUAVEt, OtmuMdlBi V. 8. Mayflower. REVIVAL of target prac tice dates from the Spanish American War. Up to that time adequate attention had not been paid to the neces sary training to produce ex *rcn trulls in any navy lu the world, except possibly the French and Itus alan. Since that time, England and Germany have made Important Ranges In their systems, and In the United States target practice has been carried on so arduously that recently the American gunners established the best records that have ever been made. The Wisconsin first broke the record! *nd later the Texas shot even better. Target practice In our navy Is as old ?a the guns. We always devoted much time and. attention to the guns, and in ?o doing we acquired a world-wide reputation In all our wurs for excellent ?hooting. In the beginning of the new century, where the Infant navy of the United Statea first began to make Itself heard In the West Indies and on the coast of Barbary, target practice?not the ?cientlflc drill of to-day, but none the less target practice, including shooting At.beef casks?became throughout the nary ? part of every ship's routine and our sailors were thus for years kept in training until the great strug gle came with the acknowledged champions of the ocean. Up to that time only one English ship, the Shan non, had target practice, or put sights on her guns, and her reward came one ?ventful June day In Boston Bay ninety years ago. when she fought the Chesapeake. The necessity for target practice was taught for all time on the bloody decks of the Guerrlere, the Macedonian, the Java, and the Peacock. It matters not whether the gun In vogue is a cnrron ade, a Dahlgren, or a modern high powered rifle; unless It can be made to hit the target, It is absoIut*Jy useless. But it was not until tlie battle of the Yalu, in the Chinese-Japanese War, that heavy gun-practice was serlousiy considered. The value of the practice was proved at Manila and Santiago. The search of foreign experts for the best way to hit a mark resulted In the present system of target practice, gen erally the same In all navies, and brought to a high point of efficiency in ours. 'J'8 ?n,Jr haIfthe work to arm and equip ships with the most Improved *u"8 "nd 8'8&ts; they must also have a highly trained personnel capable of manipulating guns, turrets, and tor pedoes. When China found herself nr. rayed against Japan she offered $500 cash per month for skilled gun pointers, but. In all great navies, gun a?,tfa,,lod' n?t bought, and '" ?""18'"? "?*,or How does a man become an expert runner? Diligent drill and consiant training are not enough without a cer tain amount of natural aptitude One man after another is tried. A few flays' drill in the turrets eliminates all Wccpt the fairly promising. For the talent of eye and nerve which marks the born gun pointer the Government fi* ?9 /ro.H to *10 * month In addi tion to the man's regular pay. This premium is not confined to any race, creed, or color. On one vessel in the navy one of the gun-pointers Is a negro. v "Selecting gun-pointers Is one of the most important duties in the navy. Having selected the men for gun pointers, the next step Is to train them. Two methods are now In vogue, both having the same principle, but differ ing In detail. In the old days of sails and smooth bore guns, the Invariable rule?and the only rule the fcun-cap tains knew-was this: "Fire at the top of the downward roll (Just as the ?hip begins to roll toward the target), ?ad aim at the enemy's waterllne." This rale lasted far Into the age of ?team and turret gurts. and has only recently been supplanted by "continu ous slm-flrlng," or the art of keeping a gun trained on the target regardless of Ihe oscillations of the vessel, during the Whole or a portion of the roll. Only one person In five uses the tun Bel built In London for crossing the ?treat near the Bank of England. The ?thera prefer to take their chances among the horses and vehicle*. SILENT BRIDES OF KOREA. Newly Mate Hub and Hay Not Hear His Wife's Voice For Months Alter His Vlarrlafe. Here la a picture brought from the far east only a abort time ago wblch shows exactly how the "silent brides." as thooe of Korea are called with so much reason, look on the wedding day. It may be said that although the robes depicted therein remind one somewhat of Japanese garments, the broad girdle with Its enormous knot at the back, which Is formed on the Island girl's klmona. Is not a part of the Korean belle's decoration, while the sleeves edged with deep white bands are much larger than those worri across the straits. The headdress, a most important part of the quaint outfit. Is peculiar to Korean brides. Made of heavy cloth carefully quilted and stiffened with a sort of canvas lining. It covers all ex cept a very little of the hair and rises about a foot above the head. The large wooden pins at the back hold the headgear securely in place, the ribbon falling over the left shoulder being decorative only. Dressed In this costume the young woman who. since her parents have ar ranged all her marriage affairs, per haps never has seen her future hus band. Is led before the priest for a ceremony which probably has no equal for simplicity. At a word from the priest the contracting persons bow to each other slowly and solemnly and? ail Is over! Then the bride goes home to await further orders, while the hus band. gathering about him all his friends and acquaintances, departs fot an elaborate feast, which be gives In honor of himself. Once married the bride's family Identity at once sinks before her new name and she Is never known except as So-and-So's wife. Her chief duty Is to attend strictly to her own busi ness. not speaking except when neces r KOREAN BRIDK IN BRIDAL GOVTS, ftury. So (Irmly is this virtue im pressed upon the young girl's inlnd that several months often pnss before her husband benrs his partner's voice, and where a father-in-law is one of the family whole years of almost abso lute silence are saiil to elapse. Since the son bas no say in choosing a wife or a daughter In choslng a husband, the parents are held responsible by the community for the proper marriage of their children. If a man allows his son to reach the age of twenty unmar ried bis neighbors consider him sadly lacking In his duty to his son.?Kansas City Star. Tobacco For Kifort In Future. "No more strips will be shipped to England," said T. B. Auchterlonle, of Liverpool, who Is an official of the American tobacco trust and represents that concern In England. "The export of tobacco strips Is practically at an end. The exporters cannot afford to ship the stripped leaf when the un stemmed leaf can be entered at Eng lish ports six cents lower. Leaf to bacco will be the thing for exports after this. And the North Atlantic ports will not lose the business, either. The rate In that direction la ten cents a hundred higher, I will admit, but ten cents a hundred pounds Is noth ing In comparison with the more rapid time which cau be made by the North Atlantic ports."?Louisville Courier Journal. A Ltpm' MlMlon. The Presbyterian Mission at Canton, China, carried on a work among lepers which was originated by a poor bliud and lame slave girl. This girl was brought to the mission for treatment, and abandoned by her mistress when it was discovered that she had leprosy. She was converted before she went to the leper settlement, and after that she became the centre of religious In fluences that have succeeded In reach ing large numbers of these outcasts. An extremely fine quality of green leather made In Turkey Is manufac tured from the skin of the angel flsh. SANITARY SOAP SERVER. Prevents Contamination and Cuts Dotra Expense. In tbls day and generation, when the enormous importance of sanitary con ditions is so well recognized, it is diffi cult to reconcile the Indifference of th? public to numerous transgressions 01 tbe laws of byglene and sanitation that are encountered dally. Soap In office* and otber semi-public places may b? SANITARY SOAP SKRVKK. cited as an instance. Powdered soap receptacles that furnish the user with a sufficient supply of soap without in dividual contamination are offered in a number of forms, but they are only oc casionally met. The Illustration shows nn English type that has been adopted In the houses of Parliament and in many English hotels, which otherwiss are notoriously behind the age In con veniences and comfort. The soap la put ifp in the form of a circular bar, perforated through the centre, is placed on a spindle and inserted through th? top of the cylinder, which Is locked to prevent pilfering and meddliug. The end of the spindle which passer through the soap is cut with a fine thread, and Is connected with a modi tied catchet wheel carrying four flnt saws crossways at the bottom of thf apparatus, which Is open. By turnlni the cylinder the saws are brought int< contact with the bar of soup, cuttin; away line granulations, which dfof into the haud placed to reeeive them This sonp cup. the manufacturer' claim, effects a saving of seventy-tlvi per cent, in the amount of soap ordina rily used, besides possessing essentia sanitary advantages. Somewhat slinl lar devices have been introduced it this country.?Philadelphia Record BARON ROTHSCHILD, Head of the Banking Firm of N. M Rothschild and Noun. Baron Rothschild Is one of the lead Infc financiers of the world, and head of a Arm controlling a chain of hank Ing hpunes throughout Enrope which wield a powerfnl Influence in the af fa Ira of the world. It has been openty stated several times that no European country can go to war without first consulting the Rothschilds. For ovei a century, the operations of the Rothschilds have been startling in their magnitude. Their achievement Is due to family adherence. The mem hers of each successive generation are received into the co-partnerablp, and the cousins, like crowned heads, usually Intermarry, and, as their Im mense wealth Is being continually aug mented by safe and profitable business methods, the. firm may last as long as sitm* royal dynasties PLUCK. K&MAHCC MHO ABftHTURE. FOUND bbidb on cactus. D MNTZ Maud Howland. of Mew OrlNU. is married, but tka H?nt would not hare taken place just at this tfaM had It not been for am Arizona cMtu plant and Wii JUmm L Anderson, ber rescuer. Becontiy Mlsa Howl and went to Pboenix, says tip Pittsburg Dispatch, to visit her slater, lira. Henry V. Thompson. Near that cltj la a cactus farm and on thla farm one daj Maud Howland stood upon the back ot her saddle horse, eating the fruit from a cactus plant. It was delicious fruit, aa red and as sweet aa a strawberry, and Just about the slae. But It grew so high she feould not reach it from the ground. As Maud Howland was busy with a cactus berry something untoward took place. A big fly hit her horse; he gave a leap'and ran away. Miss Howland'* skirt caught nud there she was ma rooned high aud dry upon the cactus plant, with her skirt hooked over a big mine on the desert plant. That was the beginning of her romance. Maud Howlnnd Is the daughter of J. William Howlnnd. of New Orleans. He Is a cotton broker there. Mr. How land, by selling short when 8uliy be gan to fall, gathered in another mil lion only a few mofiThs ago. Indeed, he Is admitted to be one of the coterie who manipulated the downfall of the last cotton "king." Until March Miss Howlnnd was among the pupils at a fashionable school in New Oceans. In March, however. Miss Howland told her father she wss tired of school, and packed her trunk and went to Phoenix, A. T. No one would suspect Phoenix to have attractions for a society girl. Few young men there wear evening clothes. Instead, they have sombreros, fringed trousers and top boots. But one thing nenr Phoenix is to be found nowhere else in all the world. It is the cactus farm. Here Dr. R. E. Kuntz. the noted naturalist of New York, gathers cacti from all over the Southwest, and makes them grow to enormous size and into outlandish shapes. Some are twenty feet tall and fif teen feet in diameter; others look like overgrown hitching posts all covered with mossy spikes. From March 15 to May 15, they shoot out rose-colorcd flowers and grow delicious fruit. This remarkable farm preseuts an amazing spectacle In April. As far ss the eye can reach, for hundreds and hundreds of ncres, all one can see are gigantic cacti bristling with ferocious spikes, a background of deepest green set off by gorgeous bloom. It was here Maud Howland spent the greater part of her time and her accident befell. As her horse made his leap the dainty girl from New Orleaus?with a* red ripe berry betwixt her lips?flew into the cactus plant. And there she hung, her riding skirt speared by a great big spine. Now, a close neighbor of Dr. Kuntz Is William L. Anderson, also of New York. Mr. Anderson lives in Arizona partly because the climate is suited to his health, and partly for the reason that he likes to ride about. He owns a cattle ranch. As Mr. Anderson rode through the cactus farm on tlie way to see Dr. Kuntz he heard a sweet soprano scream. He could not mistake; it .was a woman's voice, but what could she be doing in such a spot? He hastened over to where Maud Howland made a picture at once appealing and mys terious. In the first place she was about six feet from the ground. How had she got there. In the second place, what was she doing on Dr. Kuntz's cactus farm, anyway? Obviously Dr. Kuntz did not approve. Into these questions, for the moment, however, he was too gallant to inquire. Instead, he set about getting her down. In removing a girl from a cactus plant the fundamental rule to be ob served Is gentle care. Anderson ele vated Miss Howland as best he might, then he let her down again. She stuck; the spine had spoared clear through the riding skirt, and refused to set its prisoner free. And the more he tried to move her the more uutenablc be came her position. Forlorn hopes are undertaken under other conditions tlian war. Anderson soon found the situation one that only a Jack-knife could relieve. So after a little time Miss Howland was lifted tenderly to the earth. Then the clever tailor and rescuer caught her horse and escorted her to her sister. Now, Miss Howlnnd was the most benutlful creature Anderson had ever seen since journeying from New York. The accident occurred on a Wednes day; on Thursday he called; on Friday they rode through the cactus farm; on Saturday he callcd again. Within ten days the engagement wns announced. The wedding took place recently In New Orleans. But It Is not often on? can pick a MlllionM'-"-- bride from off a cactus plant. A REVIVAL OF WHALE FISHING. In an article which preseuts all the thrilling interest cf some of the old talcs of voyago and adventure in whal* lag ships, the Toronto Globe notes the revival of the whaling industry by the people of Newfoundland. Iustead of two and three year voy ages in which ship's boats are used In capturing tho giants of the deep, the Newfoundland Industry is prosecuted la tho immediate waters of the island by tho use of small but handy steamers of about 130 tons burden, with a speed of about thirteen knots. The "strike" Is made with a bor.ib flred from a gun at the bow of tho steamer. A success ful shot results in almost Immediate death, and three, forr, and even five whales a day have been taken by sin gle crews. One steamer brought to tbe shore five whales each day for Uiree days in succession, and another one killed twerty-tbrce In a single week. That Is the purely commercial side of the Industry, and Is quite as flrll aud prosaic as digging potatoes. ? But Uiwa is Tnn hnM tUAa which U ?* thrill *ad exdtHiMt Tak^ Si?"? !t bears a boat th? NO* Z u^on ibJ, "Tf eXClti?* MUM. or typon fishing that those sports I *? tb* Pursuit of ths shoes clam ' whlle ftr^? a 9l toot *>*" ?p days bsfors a killing shot coold be Kln^. t^U-fa** h?**" R?wsedw?. fir^hI U^IOUt the ??** f*"?d ts i ?on*tw- Agsin and again hs Si JESS? ?fiT by the ^cknes. of I of fiIr?T *eventy-four hours ? kHUo,'^0"' f.. afr^T^T ."d.K* hoar Th^ShTt ? "?th<kr off C*P? Spear w7?k . ? nlneteen-hour fight ?,n? ^?"i00ter- 8I* to twelve hour runs with danger In every minute of ie?are fr?iu?nt When killed, the whJirther<L.. .k?,A? "h?re 8tat,OM wnere the oil is tried out. the whale UeitnZJT0rtb*ab0at *12000 ? i?. UP 2S23LT ,he tetU" ??? Four steamers are now st work lc the coastal waters of the Island. The* catches for last year were: Puma 2t? ? Cab0t' 211: Vlk,n* 107?' a total of 803. a record-breaker in the history of whale flshlag. A WHOPPInTwIiaLB gT0KY. v "Jfc?rdin* to the reports of the most AtUnH08 U,arlner?- that portion of the Atlantic coast from Florida to the Del nuZt?S\ba' beC?me th* *?"'ot if sorts of sea monsters. The Inti?si ?>nw"i* ">?r>r.hPro0t " C'P'?'? win schooner Thoiua? bT anT^ V* ?f a" the WtiH SI?"> l?y an honest son of the sea this skin Per ? is tJle most inter?stin^ ims Lot it be known that to sight a mammoth '^habitants of the deen ?re ?port?"t to ?sr?ore. More than th's jXt r1""8 '?"ccoui Captain Conwell's whole story is but 37 lo 37.10 and longl,?de ? ,o tJC! KJf Vumlr<"'8 ?Perm lb.)?, ' much in that, but Just think ?i inin ute and see what ,, mean, " bat for thirty miles ,ll(.re W?J w?r?^je,us: ~rfvwh",M ,u SSnl-B'-saB And this swordflsh was as plnckv as boam?l2Co't lu'wi^" 0ll! "" *""" a school ?f /. " insn,?re clustered -*r?est or the whales. And ?i? ti.? SL*E T?Uy upon oouies of the whales they were thriiil,i ?PPM?r among them the srsr s; "clCrlT^r ^ttxrraars Tho swordflsh could be plalnlr seen akllTof a T,".", "f,er ,b""? ?'th thJ of a deft fencer Mnnv ir ?h i wfldered whales sounded, and 'hM ^apod the cruel darts of the sword Ash. but those that had been pierced ?on began to spout blood, and then for yards about the surface of the ?ea ^ked0nonanneddi8.1' ^ The 8a,,?? Ihu tu f ama*<*' It seineed incre.1 havoc ?ne ^ C?U,d Work 8UC,? v?2 8ti,II1 tliat deatl'y thrusting of the i< ioiis i>lood-8eeking swordflsh con tinned until tirincr u con work il l 8 ?f ,t8 murderous awnv 1,7" .80en to suddenly dart attacked or^ wi? .Sc'l0?' had been hflslp tft' ? , ?at wns ot It, made f. to Joi" its fellows. As one of the seamen said: "For a sea UgJt 1 "ever saw Its 0qual" * 1 1 A KESOLUTE LITTLE JAP. A Korean vessel commanded by a German ran down n small Japanese passenger steamer in the Inland Sea a few* days ago. Tho Japanese steamer had no boats, and, seeing this, live Japanese blue-jackets who happened to be among the passengers clambered on board the Korean steamer, forced their way through the Chinese sailors, who were calmly smoking their pipes, lowered two boats and saved the lives of forty-three persons left struggling In the water through the sinking of their vessel. Among the rescued persons was the captain of the lost steamer, who po lltely asked the German captain to put into the nearest port in order that he might give information of what had happened. The German refused, whereupon the little Japanese produced a lethal weapon and said: "In that case, I roust kill myself, and It Is my melancholy duty to In form you that you must die with tne!" The German captain immediately changed his mind and did as requested. FIRST MAN A SOLDIER KILLED. The killing of a brother man, even in battle. Is a painful thing to remember. A soldier of the war thus vividly de scribes his first experience: "My first man I saw but twenty sec onds, but I shall remember him for ever. I was standing by my gun when a Confederate Infantry soldier rushed up. "I whipped out my revolver and took him through the breast. He tossed up his arms, gave me the strangest look In the world, and fell forward upon bis face. He had blue eyes, brown curling hair, a dark mustachc and a handsome face. "I thought the instant I fired I should have loved that man if I had known him. I tell you war is terrible busi ness.M?Youth's Companion. A Civilised Intllnn. The first foreign venture of tho Brit, ish Bible Society was to have part of the New Testament translated Into Mohawk by a chief with the extraor dinary name of Tyonenhowkarawen, but who finally reduced It to Nelson and became a British officer and fought this country In the War of 1812. ' News tf Merest AFIO-AHEKICANS FrMdman'i Aid ?eelety A Ctadnmtl special says: The preedman's AM end Southern Educa tional Society has elected the follow thg oMeers for the Maohif year: President. Bishop John M. Walden; Tlee president. Bishop Henry Spell meyer. Bishop L. Wilson. R. 8. Rust and W. F. Boyd; treasurer. H. C. Jen nines; assistant treasurer. Homer Ea* Carnegie Negro Library. Construction of the Carnegie library building at Normal. Ala., was begun during the past week and It will be rushed to completion. Andrew Car negie has given the Agricultural and Mechanical college for Negroes the sum of $10,000 for the library. The build ing will be erected by students of the mechanical department of the insti tution. ? ? ? ? Will Touch on Lynchings. The subject of "lynching" will bare a hearing before the general conven tion of the Prostestant Episcopal Church, which meets in Boston next October. The discussion will be led by Judge John H. Stotsenburg. of New Albany, Ind.. whose friendship for tho Negro has been of long duration, and whose sympathies have ever gone out to the oppressed. He will, by request. Introduce, as a part of his remarks the appeal to the American people to suppress mob rule, sent out by the National Federation of Civic Rights. ? ? ' ? ? A New Immigration Scheme. A press dispatch says another as sociation has been formed for the pur pose of sending a number of colored fhmltles to Liberia, to find homes and grow rich In the cottor^ belt of that country. The headquarters of this newest movement are located at New *rk. N. J., and it la said that represen tatives are to start this month to look for a proper place for settelment and to obtain some sort of concession from the authorities of Liberia. President Tlnsley, the head of the association, desires the American Negroes to take up the twenty-five acres of fine land offered by the Liberia government, together with ration, which will be furnished to Immigrants until the %xms begin to y.eld paying crops. ? ? ? ? Enforcing "Jim Crow" Law. The first conviction In Maryland un der the "Jim Crow" car law, which was passed at the last session of the legislature was secured In the crimi nal court at Baltimore a few days ago, wnen Judge Wright found James Da via, colored, guilty of violating the terma of the law, and fined him $5. Davis was arrested on board the steamer Rock Creek while she was lying at tho Baltimore wharf on a charge of refusing to occupy the col ored apartments on the steamer. In Imposing the fine Judge Wright said: "It must be understood that this law must be explicitly obeyed. A law similar to it has been declared consti tutional by tho highest court in this land, and citizens must remember that Infractions of it will be punished." ? ? ? ? Haight Forced to Resign. A St. Louis dispatch says: Lieuten ant C. Sydney Haight, of the Fourth United States cavalry, military aide to President Francis and director of the military camps at the Louisiana Pur chase exposition, has tendered his re signation to the board of directors of the fair upon the request. It Is said, of the war department, which after hearing the result of an Investigation into the Negro problem at the exposi tion. ThlB Investigation was ordered by President Roosevelt, it is said. The resignation of lieutenant Haight is believed to be the direct re suit of trouble created over the Eighth Illinois, a colored regiment of Chicago, which was originally assigned to the regular military camp at the fair. It was learned later that the Eighth Illinois was a Negro regiment and Lieutenant Haight wrote to Colonel Marshall, its commander, to ask him If he would consent to occupy a camp in a remote part of the grounds. Marshall, In reply, advised Lieuten ant Haight that his regiment had aban doned Its plans to visit the fair. Friends of the Negro regiment called President Roosevelt's attention to tho afTalr, it is said. ? ? * ? Division of 8chool Fund. The bill providing for the division of the school funds of Georgia between the races in proportion to the amount of taxes paid by each Is not apt to pass the legislature and become a law. It will serve a useful purpose, though, as a warning to the long-distance friends of the Negroes that the pa tience of the white people of the south may some day become exhaust ed and measures of this nature be come the rule In all of the states in this section. The southern whites are the true friends of the Negroes. Kv<;ry year since the restoration of the gov ernment of thoir states to competent hands there has been an increasing large expenditure for schooling of tho ?olored people. Last year, It Is stated, the total amount paid out In tho tou'h for Negro education was $(>,000,000 practically all of which ^s n direct tax on the white population. Ai<aln-?t this there were expenditures of n few thousand dollars by philanthropist* of the north, many of whom are. through Ignorance, Inimical to the Negro's true Interests. It would be an unfortunate thing for the Negroes If the spread of anti southern sentiment should develope to such on extent as to creste a feeling In the south that would bring about reprisals of this charactor. The mass of the white peoplo hav? ktodllaat foeMb? to??4 tte Ne ud an willing to bur the bur 4?as tmpoMd upon tkw tor their up. ttfUng la the actU at O^. Rao* FriJ?diu? ?t the Fair. n any w?r? lacking to th? U.W. U ? th* Uwlatau Pinbw BxpoMtloo thick enough to ba out with a knife ? r*fu-al to admit the Eighth Illi nois colored regiment certainly ought to ropply It. A dispatch says: OI*anlx*Uon h*d made pre tlone t? attend the fair In all the Panoply of war. Col. Marshall asked that Quarters be provided them In the barrack, occupied by other mllltla or Sanlzatlons. In reply he was told that ooJored troops could not be allowed n the barracks occupied by white troops nor could any protection of ?VrrmC^L?r ?ther garters he assigned them. They could oome but they must provide a camp and commissary out fit of their own and go Into camp out *lde *** srounda. The Indignant col onel and his aides and line officers appealed to Uncle Sam for redress, filing attention to the brave work of the regiment in the Spmiirt-Amerioan ^ it all rested 7 JS* fWr officials and he could do nothing. They have abandoned the trip. This Is a disgrace to a fair that pretends to be International In scope, and to illustrate the progress of the r * ***' ??c?ence and elements of civilisation. The Negro press of the country Is ventilating the condi tion of things at St IjouIs pretty thor oughly. and self-respecting Negroes are BUying away from the place. The ism*-" w** *fln? 8h?w but it needs us a great deal more than we need It. Those who wish to spend a really delightful vacation will find it well to go elsewhere.?Indianapolis Freeman. 0rtl and VounB Romping uses muscles in an unsv* tematlc but a very thorough way low B*bt0t S" through a vigorous pit ustne ali ?th * *ame, ?f hor8e w'thou? using all the muscles of your bodv more or less. Best of aU d^J breathing Is prompted. You find yoij self out of breath, as you call It the brIShi tm CXbaj,n? ?? d?ef for them m exc*?ent practlc# IupernoT.lly y P?0|"e br,!*,,le ^ The more you breathe deeply th? more you will do so. That Is .if yot take a cerUIn Ume each day t? InTLni ViKOro"3,y tbat deeper breath mg will soon become automatic and you will And that you sre practlc", l. when you do not intend to. Ths angs grow used to expanding, and Dwth,ng they enJ?y better once they have learned the trick oi It. Soon you wlU see signs of th? chest expanding, the bust growins higher and Armor. Handless Fiddler! Frank Clawson is the name of a singular fiddler of Atlanta, who Is without hands. Many years ago be was caught in a blizzard and his arms frozen so badly that both bands were Hm?,ttHted, th? Wr,8tS- P?r * ,OD? time the violin was silent and he sui> posed that his fl dd I lag days were over. He decided, however, to experi ment. and. being a mechanical genius he mado a contrivance of heavy wire which would enable him to wield ths bow. The fingering was more difficult but by long prsctice ho trained the stump of his left hand to make the necessary shifts from one string tc a"? ?tQe varyil)g positions, ith the violin held in place by his chin and knees and with the help of his flngtrless arms. Clawson manages to play bis old-timo selections with nearly as much skill as be formerly did. Cireat 8ea Disasters. Loss of the Russian flagship Petro pavlov.sk at Port Arthur, with Ad miral MakarofT ajd an estimated strength of nearly 800 officers and men, while a severe blow to Russian prestige in the far East, is one of those catastrophes In naval warfare to which ar actual combatant is al ways liable, though happily their oc currence is not common. In 175t?, when Ifawke did bang ?<fonsleur Con flans" at Quiberon bay, Sir Edward Hawke ordered his pilot to lay the !i?yf! t?.!0r8e ot 100 Kuns- alongside the Solell Royal, the French admiral's flagship. Before this could be donu another French ship. I* Superbe of seventy guns, gallmtly interposed, and, receiving her opponent's broad side, went down Into the deep with her colors flying and 650 soul* on board. Her revenge, however, came on Aug. 28, 1782. when the Royal George sunk at anchor ofT Splthead in a squalL Mastolon Tooth in Tennessee. A magnl-Jc-nt and perfect mastodon tooth was unearthed at the Tennessee Marble ctmrany rf property near Con l ord a teff days ago. and was brought ?o Knoxvllle. where It has created con yidernble curiosity. The tooth was found in making a dam for the opera tion of a hydraulic ram. The tooth is a fossil, but Identically like the orlgl . tw,,h " shows every Indenture and -urface condition of a real tooth It Is about seven Inches in length across the crown and about four 22sWT T.1"' Except where broken off near the th?e >8'n broken places show the hollow part of the t?>oth. It Is ??*} lhat the tooth *? ?*?? only part of the mastodon to be found at lllri .ihe tooth be,n* Probably e p,ace !>y water.-Kno? Villo (Tenn.) Journal. Oreat Comet of 1861. The great comet of 18fil was dl? Covered by Teebutt at Sydney, Au? tralla, May 13 of that year. On June ?9 and 30 it was discovered In Franc* and in England. It was Donati'n comet, bo named from tho fact that It was discovered by Dr. Donati at Florence, in June, 1858, that was cred ited with having great Influence in France on the vintage. It Is a fael that that year was a favorable season and the products were advertised at "les vlna do la comet." This. Hk? many other speculations on comet/ has no scientific basis.