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STORY OF ANNIE OAKLEY \ \ ? * World's Most Famous Woman Bifie Shot. WAS WITH BUFFALO BILL SHOW Ther? Were Few Men Marksmen Who Were Anywhere Near Her Equal? Has Exhibited Her Skill In All Parts Of The Country. I By Mart*ret C. Getchell. * * 1 tKa 1/olcnr nq if She couia nave ?uvl uiv ? ? by accident and escaped unpunished. But she didn't do it Fact is, it was in those days of long ago before the kaiser became hated of mankind. He was then crown prince ** and was much interested in watching ^ the American woman shoot. Standing at a distance of thirty feet from a row of men, each with a cigarette in his mouth, she would shoot the anhes off each cigarette. Prince William asked her to try* it on him, but she hesitated. She never ' had missed, but it was taking risks with royalty, for a slight deviation might have meant the wounding of the crown prince. So she had him hold the cigarette, in h?c hand and then she shot the ashes oft'. . Day Of Wild West Paot. . 1 "What a chance I missed," Bhe ha3 thought many a time during the Inst four yea) s, "for 1 could easily havo shot the kaiser, apparently doing it by accident." ^ The American woman who had this unique chance was Annie Oakley,' one of the woild's champion shooters, whose name brings up memories of the Wild West show to the many I / thousands of people In this country and abroad who saw her during the seventeen years when she was costsr with Buffalo Bill himself in his great * show. Eighteen years ago she left the circus arena, having made enough money to retire, build a home and live comfortably tjie rest of her life. But she has never been able to settle down to a simple round of domestic duties and pleasures. ? "You can't cage a gypsy," she says with a playful smile that lights up her face. It is only after being with her some time that one begins to feel the gypsy nature of which she speaks. At first she seems to l>e just a gentle, sweet, white-haired little woman, with a soft voice apd charming manners. But gradually one comes to have a sense of the restlessness underlying her vivacity which keeps her on the alert every moment. She is far from inactive at present for she teaches shooting at I'inehurst, N. CY, for an hour every morning during the season, and rides horseback eaoh afternoon. Ten thousand women i have come under her instruction there Jn the last four years, and many are r the. friendships which have x-esilted L from her new line of activities. I u was while visiting one of her r friends whom she met at Pinekurst. fXfra Louis J. Kolb, of Germaniown, Pa., that she went to Rlngland Bros., and Bam us & Bailey's circus, where she watched from the grandstand the little wild west Bhow following the circus proper. , "But the day of the big wild west show is past," she. said somewhat regretfully, "and will not return again. The old performers arc/ falling away from the ranks and there are no new ones In the west to take their place." i To speak of Ohio as the "wild west" is today absurd, yet when Annie Oakley was born in Woodland, Drake county, Ohio, In I860, the little log cabin I which was her home was hi a wild I cov&try of mostly virgin forest. With the building up of the west it is plain to ofe what happens to the stuff that wild west shows are made of. "My parents were of Pennsylvania Btock, members of the Society of Friends, and wont west to settle in a little Ohio village, eighteen miles front a railroad," she said, in telling the interesting. story of her early life. "I lived much outdoors and loved to play in the woods near our home. Learned to Shoot as Child. "I was eight years old when I made my first shot, and I still consider It one of the best shots I ever made. I saw a squirrel run down over the grass in front of the house, through the orchard y and stop on a fence to get a hickory nut. I decided to shoot it, and ran into the house to gft a gun which was hanging on the wall and which I knew to be loaded. I was so little I had to jump up on a chair and slide it down rto the mantel and then to the ground. 3 laid the gun on the railing of the porch ;fnd then recalled what I had heard my brother say about shooting, j One remark'which came to me was: 'It is a disgrace to shoot a squirrel anywhere but in the head, because it spoils the meat to hit him elsp^ Where.' With the confidence of a younger sister, I took the remark 'literally and decided, in a flash, that 1 j mustinit tnat squirrel in ine ncao, or be (Tisgrnced. It was a wonderful shot. "I going right through the-heart from aide to side. ? "My mother was so frightened when she learned that I had taken down the loaded gun and shot it that I was forbidden to touch, it again for eight months. Then 1 was allowed to shoot small game, and from that' time on 1 I earned all my pin money that way. We ^ were eighteen miles from a railroad. but once a week I took my game up to the station to send it to the cities. From the time I was nine I never had a dollar given me for spending money, but earned It all by shooting game. A "WhenM was sixteen years old 1 l?oI gan to do match shooting, and r.iy first big match was against the man who is now my husband. 1 won no much money from Mr. Butler that he used to say he had to marry ine to get ii back | 'He was a professional shot, under contract with a circus, and he sent me to a school thu year after we wore married. I was only sixteen years old. He then arranged for me tq enter Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. We net the price, which Salibtyiry. the nmhager, thought rather high. Mr. Butler suggested trying three exhibitions in Louisville, and it the company was not satisfied then to pay the price ho asked, we would leave. "For seventeen seasons 1 was with them, doing all kinds of rifle, revolver ana lancy trap siiuuuu,,, Known Among World Royalty. "Then I retired, huil a home In Maryland, where we had our own boat, dogs and oyster bed, and settled down to 'live happy ever after.' Rut I couldn't do it. I went all to pieces under the cave of a homo. As Mr. Butler puts It, I am a complete failure as a housekeeper. So. then, I began to do work for gun companies once in a while, just enough to keep me out of mischief.' For three'.yea!rs 1 was with the Young Buffalo Company, and .1 also starred in Langdon MrfCormnck'J play/'The Western Girl.'" Among the most interesting chapters ! of Annie. Oakley's life is that dealing with her tours of Europe, when nht gave exhibitions before rpeny of the kings and queens cf countries whirl itave recently l>eoome our allies or oin enemies. At the time of Queen Victoria's jubilee she shot at one cinrro be fore the queens of Denmark, Belgium Roumanla, Greece and Portugal. Tin Crown Princess Alexandra of Englanc wan al3Q with the live queens. "My principal recollection of Kin? Edward is in connection with one o those exhibitions before royalty,' Ajinie Oakley said. "King Edward whr* wn# thpn" Prince Edward, a younj nobleman and f were talking. 'Don' you feel Just a bit frustrated shootinf befdre so many crowned heads'? askO( i he young lonl/ 'Why, no,' I answefet 'I have shot before 30,000 Americans. He looked at me In amazement am said nothing, but Prince * Edwan caught the point and laughed heartily "Another amusing Incident occurrei one time in Parle, when I shot wltl Grand Duke Micliaelovitch of Russia not knowing who he was. He was will a friend at a club shooting gold lout sweeps. A louis is worth about $5 They would shoot in tiirn nt a targe until one missed, and the other wli a louis; "When Mr. Butler and 1 entere< they asked him to join them. He an swered that tie gun was mine, so the: gave me the same invitation, which accepted. They then offered to stoi playing for money if I wanted them to but Mr. Butler said he 'would put h] some stakes for the lady.' Before lonj I had won $800 from them. When i mutual friend entered and Introduced us, the grand duke and I were equail: surprised to learn who our opponent: were." r* 1QA1 fiftoi* o hnnfl.nn nnlli, sion in which she was seriously Injured that Annie Oakley mode up hei mind to retire from the Wild West show. The doctors feared that she would never be able to shoot again but before long she was in as good form as cvei. Her beautiful hair i? due to the shock of the accident, for it turned pure white in seventeen hours. During the last two years she has J ( many imitat / - and wiK tJsii been unsure V fAe c { \ To protect aga \ box carefully . W , and that you* f V Tube. p? A " : " W. '<? \ 1 c \ r- The rdquest of the foreign rela- i t'lons committee for latest drafts of i the proposed treaties with Germany's allies has been refused by President i Wilson on the ground that compliance I would set a precedent encouraging j senatorial encroachment on, the presl- I der.tlnl power of treaty negotiation. In an oxchanjQ of letlrrt? just made pub- < 11c ) Mr. Wilson wrote that it was "out of the question" to accede to the committee's suggestion, and Chairman Lodge replied that although ihe treaties were closely vconnected with the treaty with Germany, the president undoubtedly had authority to keep information about them from the senate If he chose. The correspondent apparently brought another * t a.? nUAuhliint r? n /I t li O j impasse uetwe^u mc inc-jiucm. tmv* committee on the much-debated subject of what information tHe senators should have in their consideration of the treaty with Germany. Mr. Lodge and others have declared the committee could not act Intelligently until all the Versailles treaties were before it, but at the White, House conference, Mr. Wilson told the committee that Ihe form to be taken by the four treaties under negotiation depended largely on Ihe senate's action iegard1ng the Ini strument now before it. ' camps, where she gave exhibitions and talked with the teachers 6f shooting. giving them some pointers picked up in . her long experience. Her dogs, "have" ' and "Fred." named vfor her dear I friends, Dave Montgomery and Find Stone are also, stio claims, among the ' most patriotic dQga the country has ' produced. One of Dave's special tricks is to find fnoney which is hidden. The . money is first held out to him while ' he smells it, and then it is hidden in ^ remote places. Occasionally It is enr' ried a long way and concealed in a I place where it is very difficult for him I to go, such nil in a thick hedge. Hut he nlways works until he finds It nlI though It may take 1dm an hour or I nlore. Then he Rives it to me iteo . Cross, and In this way ha3 found luinI dreds of dollars to he turned'over to i work of mercy. Davo loves above all else to play r William Tel 1: Hfe'mistress is Wifllom i and he is the son with an apple 1-al anced nicely on his head. She hns i never yet missed her mark and shot | i him, and he has confidence that she I never will. Like a tru^ sport, he loves I to balance her target on his head, and puts his nose forth eagerly when he r sce3 her approach to give it to hirti. I Another ^>ne of her tricks is to shoot ? the center of a- htart an inch and a . half in height from a distance of forty five feet. Then'the little piece of pastc1 hoard in held horizontally and she i shcots it in two pieces. Among her I records are hitting 486 blue rooks out ' of 500 with a shotgun, and 1,016 two. >' inch discs while thrown into the air without a miss, using a rifle an.l single bullet. , I 1 Among Old Circus Friordo. ' There was a momentary glimpse of Annie Oakley in her old environrpent during her recent visit to Philadelphia, 1 V for she left the^clrcus tent where she was a spectator ~to go out for a little chnt with old friends in the wild west show. Cy Compton, its manager, for twenty years with Buffalo Bill, was there wi/h his whole family. Mrs. Motorists are familiar with tons of Michelin Red latter Tut \ fact that such imitation!? h Bssfn] except as regards color. iff in imitating Mictitlin Quality of them inferior tube* are tmc $ $.j offered in botes slotelff resembling iaractertstic MudteUn box both-Jn n and colon .? , ' ' " &' inst substitution examine the being siobe that it is sealed : eadtially getting a Michel &? >. L. Courtney .J5 YORK, S. C. ?|gL ?TTTT?" , || mi nmmmutrnm HI Irrrvn^?Ti Compton is in the show, but the children, Myrtle nnrt Cody, had come on from their heme near Philadelphia during their parents' stay here. Cody Is proud of bearing Buffalo Bill's name, and he and his sister, who ride horsehack with the ease of real cowboys, entered the arena with the company the opening of the wild west show. Then there were other members of the company, too y&ung to have been with Buffalo Bill, nvho eagerly clustered about the former star who is now. in her owi> words, "only one of the good old has-beens." Yet she could swing a rope like the best of them and it would have been a pretty safe wager to bet that she could still rido n bucking horse. 'Of course, I never rode a. bucking horse in the show," she said, "but I had to learn to do It. because I had nnr, horse that bucked. I was very fetid of her, for she was a beauty, and rather than give her up I learned to ride her.' Was it with a feeling of regret that shook hands all around with.powboy ^>nd cowgirl and made her way over the muddy paths leading between dressing tents back to the seat reserved In the grandstand for "one of the good old has-beens?" i O.oncral Porshlng will head the parados in New York and' Washington of thn First Division. GRAPE JUICE Wc handle the Famous WELCH Brand of Grape Juice in all sixes: Half Gallon-?-*1.40. Quart?76 Cts. Pint*?36 Cts. y Half Pint?25 Cts.. Four Ounces?^16 Cts. TRY OCR FAMOUS SUNSET BOVAL? In Blackberry. Apple and Grape flavors?Price, 50 Cts. and 00 Cts. Bottle. see us for Fresh fruits, Big BERMUDA ONIONS?1? ud, Yorkville Candy Kitchen JOHN *)RMAS, Proprietor. ~ f-T BUGGIESJyst received a ca.Ioad of tho NICEST EUGGIES that we have ever had^ In our Wareroom. Come and pee them. It will not cost you a'hythlng to look. PRICES AND TERMS RIGHT. .? ^ CARROLL BROTHERS I I 99~ Typewriter papers, 15 Cts. lb. and upward, nt Tbs Enquirer Office. .i tyers tn6 \ >es> A : \ ave \ \ * \ | I / I / *' , v 1KB. i HI PLANTS THAT ARE DANGEROUS. Ignorance of Their Qualities Often Sring Serious Results. It is rather alarming to realize that a number of the wild flowers of which we are nil so fond contain deadly ^i^ons. according to an article in the September issue of Boy's Life, the Boy Scout magazine. The daffodil Is instance in point. Its long narrow lehves contain a powerful irritant poison, and children uhmilrl ho warnrd moat atrnnclv against chewing them. The common foxglove contains a poison which has the mo3t extraordinary effect upon the heart, whose action may be reduced to only seventeen beats to the minute. Of anyone thus poisoned, the pupils of the eyed are widely dilated, and his only chance of life Is to lie absolutely still until the doctor comes. 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