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A Day's Spcrt With the Wild Fowls on the Gulf C?a?-~Duck Shooting at It? Beit - Dow? Souia. , New York Sun. The houseboat Skeeter lay in Bayou: Marie, moored by a stout r ipe to the trunk of a liveoak whose green branch es overspread her deck. Smoke curled from the funnel of the galley where Alphonse waa at work. Two miles below her the Mexican Gulf beat upon the Louisiana coast. The blue waves creamed white in the winter ?uti and a wind that traveled ten mlle! an hour but bad no sting in lt came from the southward. Half a mlle to. the right and back a mlle from the sea was a marsh which contained pools of fresh water abd In the poole were weeds on which grew a black bgan attractive to ducks. The hoarse o? a mor of wild fowls came from j U Out of the sea horizon lines of them stretched, making inward to the daily feast. They came V-shaped to lessen the air resistance and each flock waa led by its oldest male member. High overhead sailed with solemn; honking a, group of canada geese and the foreman gander was 50 years old! if v. day. Lower down, but still far out of gunshot, mallards went by, headed by a drake of five seasons. Pintails and bluebill? ?wept in, guided i hy leaders ut expo; lenee, and the rule held good even to "the mass of green winged teal too numerous to assume the | proper formation, hurtling by with the speed almost of shot, but still with the older birds still in iront,the packed maas behind lowering and riding and darting to right or left as the darted. lt was a great sight from the deck nf the Skeeter in early morning, for the ?un hung two yards above the eastern sea-line and breakfast was not .ready. Even at the distance, the beating of the myriad wings put a tremor In the ear and the rays of light flashing upon tinted wings showed all the hues of a painter's palette. As the Hocks a hundred yards high, or a mlle high, rushed above the marsh they half-shut their wings and dropped downward with quickening swiftness, circling once, still going down, then settled slowly. It was the old, and al ways new, miracle of aerial flight made without effort and almost without voli tion and envy was In the. breasts of the men who watched. li The Farmer had sloshed a b?cket of cold water over head and shoulders and stood rubbing himself with a coarse towel. "I've counted fourteen varieties of ducks since I came on deck," he said. "They're coming in fast this morning. Weil have to talk to them after a while." Alphonse poked his white wooly head above the companionway, saying: "M'sleurs, d'Jeuner!" They went below to, a southern breakfast of coffee strong enough to stain the sides of the cups, broiled ba con, broiled birds, hot biscuit, waffles and sugarhouse molasses. The Doctor, who has the ? purse of a garret poet with the tastes of Lucullus, dined on jacksnipe brains on toast. The brains of 60 snipe went to make his repast and he pronounced it good. Then pipes were Ht and they hurried Into rubber boots an canvas shooting coats. Their guns are as various as the men. The farmer, who ls a Louisiana plant er and the host of the party, had a gun which belonged to his grandfather. It ! was made in France in 1840. It was originally, of course, a . muzzleloader, but has been changed to a breech loader with hammerless locks. The barrels are of 14-gauge and 34 inches long. They are of a beautifully threaded" metal, so soft that it can be cut easily with a pocket knife. Indeed, they were once 86 inches long, but near the muzzle were worn to the thickness of letter paper and were cut off. The stock, of finest English walnut, is straight without the pistol grip and scrolled and carved. 0n ita ?.-?ft Bide, near the butt, is an inscription in dog Latin, the letters filled In with silver: "Legere et scrlhere pedagogl eat . sed optime colllnere est Del," .which ls traslated freely as "Reading and writ ing may be had of the schoolmaster, but a crack shot is the work of God." It ls very old-fashioned, this gun, is cylinder-bored from breech to muzzle, is too long fer modern likes and balan ces badly in unaccustomed hands, but lt shoots with marvellous strength, making an evenly distributed close pattern, and the Farmer ls deadly with it. Because of the softness of the "metal and his use of smokeless powder, the breech swells badly after a hard day and then he puts In'wq?den-.pl?gs;of proper gauge and hammers:. it' down with a little hammer that has eather, over Its end. The Farmer thinks a great deal of the gun because his grandfather downed mallards with it in days when imported slaves spoke only African di alects and his father used it on deer and woodcocks up to 1861, when he went out with a louisiana regiment against the men of the north . and was killed in his first battle. The gradr son and son ls wont to extol its merits above the merits of the heW weapons and back himself with it for moneys, marbles or chalk. A wonderful field shot is the Farmer, with an instinctive Judgment of wind, speed and distance and tie; knows to an inch just how far and strongly the old louble-barrel will shoot. Tb watch him s a liberal education ad to spend a ? eek In a blind with him, or in tramp ing the brakes or-marshes, Uv to be come one of the elect. He ls of the old'school of shooters, too, believing In the use of big shot for big birds and he does not think that No. 8s are sizeable for giraffes. He uses No. - 2b for mallards, canvasbacks and redheads. No. 4s for other ducks of medium site and feathercoats and No. 6s are the. smallest he will alto ?/ for teal. Also he asserts twit the shot for the wild goose ls the "lbw mould" buck shot. A gangplank a foot'wide ran from the houseboat to the bluff bank of Bayou Marie and the party trotted over lt one hy one, the pockets of the coats sag ging far down with tho weight of the shells. That day was. one of the clear days when, though the wild fowls are in millions, the shooting is hard be cause the wind keeps the birds on the water or in the weeds. They got up promptly when they saw the men, get'up Vii **ong distances, but did not circulate to.ich, and waiting in the blinds was riot Sroduetlve. Ducks In such a wind get tr\elr altitudes read ily and then travel wi tn fierce speed and the, shot are blown a good deal and the pattern widened, all of which 'hinge must bo allowed for. The marsh was two miles long by a quarter mlle wide and the little pools were thick through lt, each pool hold ing ducks. It waa plain that auch "hooting as they got would come from walking them up and taking chances ?n far rises. The Doctor and the En gineer took ono side of the. marsh, leavolrtg tho other for. the Farmer and the Journalist. They did not notice at first that the Farmer took the seaward side of the marsh. When they dh? notice it five minutes later they chuckled and ?aid: "The ducks fly nearly over the marsh before they pitch and there are more of them on this side." That waa true, but lt waa also true that the strong wind was blowing straight from the sea. The first birds they flushed were three dusky mallards which fcc* tip 20 yards in their front and 10 yards out in the marsh and went straight " away across the marah, "sing, of course, against the'wind, as ?ll birds do. They both shot at the mallarda and not a feather felt As their guns cracked a black swarm arose further out, rose against tho wind, and streamed away . over thc Farmer and his companion. The ducks were not more than 40 yards high when they passed above the Couple, and the Journalist turned loose both barrels. Missing was Impossible, ?teven blue bills came raining down. The Farmer had disdained to shoot, '?be Engineer grinned at the Doctor. "First blood tor the opposition," he said. Aa they went on. making as little noise as possible, they flushed many ducks. fa fact the birds rose every 50 yards or BO, but all rose some yards out and all went straight away against the wind. By the time the Doctor and the Engineer got up their guns the birds had added ten yards to the dis tance and were still climbing. Realisation came to them that they were in for,, a hard time, but they re fused to surrender hope. They could hear the guns of their opponents and now and then see a duek fall, but they ?had bagged u half-doxen birds them selves and believed their luck would change. With a splash and a squawk a badly frightened mallard drake leaped high 15 yards away, liz initial spring carried it 20 f?ct in the air. With the wind bearing against its breast it stood al most on itB tall In the air. They could see its green head flash ing like an emerald In the sun and the reddish feathert at the ' base of the neck and the beautiful blended hues of the back, wings and tail, ' They could even see for the Instant the little curled feathers at the root of the tale. It was a shot which the Farmer would have made with the right barrel in; two second and thought nothing of it. His old gun would have Jumped instinctively to his shoulder and the barrels would have hidden all of the bird except the very top of its head and it would have gone dead, hit hard about the middle. . Birt the Doctor shot under it with his right and a yard to one side with his left, because the drake was both climbing and . spiraling, and the En gineer shot away under with both bar rels as the mallard sailed on? Seventy yards high it went against the. wind, badly frightened, its wings beating tumultuously putting 90 miles an hour behind lt. , The. pair followed it with anathe I mas. Then they were conscious that ' the farmer had dropped to the ground opposite them and the Journalist had imitated him. A single puff of smelts rose from the clump of weeds hiding the Farmer. It looked to be an Impossible shot, yet the drake's wings shut spasmodically and lt whirled over and over in its de scent, stone dead long before its plump body struck the soft edge of the marsh. The Doctor drew a long breath and Bald: There's something In that No. 2s theory sure." That was rare shooting on the wind blown marsh, with the fowls showing black against the sky and the thunder of the surf close by and the fresh wind with the taste of salt In it. There is such a thing as sitting in a blind when birds are thick and butchering them with right and left barrels and such a thing as walking them up, when the wariness of the swift creatures and the cover In which they hide and the wind are all in their favor, and the lat ter much more closely approaches true sport. That day the houseboat party got duck shooting at its best, for the shots were often difficult and not too numerous. The rival pairs met at the end of the marsh and the scores stood: Farmer and Journalist, ten mallards, eight bluebllls, three sprigs and -five teal; Doctor and Engineer, one mallard, two sprigs and ten teal. Alphonse gave them a good dinner that night-gumbo filet redflsh stuffed with oysters, roast mallards dressed with peppered olives, a salad, cheese and black coftffee; but what ls a good dinner to men who have to rise from table and schrub flannel shirts stiff enough to stand alone? In .the yellow light of the oil lamp the Doctor and the Engineer, humped over the tubs with old - fashioned washboards, schrubbed and schrubbed, while the Farmer, at ease on. the divan, smoked perlque cigarettes, and the Journalist. sucking1 a cob pipe, between puffs re cited them reams of his *>wn poetry. NEW YORK'S JEWELRY DISPLAY. Magnificent, Dazzling Sights That Roy alty Can Hardly Hatch. New York Sun. A sight that Impresses, even aston ishes, "strangers in N?w York-stran gers from foreign lands as well as from other'parts of the country-is the magnificent display of Jewelry at the opera, the theatre, the fashionable restaurants, at every place, in fact, frequented by the public. At : the Metropolitan Opera house in particular on a regular subscription night coronets, tiaras, collard, neck ties, ropes, ceintures, stomachers, daz zling In their brilliancy are as plenti ful as if made of glass and lt does not take the eye of a connoisseur either to see that millions of dollars are repre sented In them or, for that matter, In the Jewels ?lor?e which shine from the boxes bordering the horseshoe. The Bight ls certainly well worth seeing and one of which New York ought to be more or less proud. But as a rule the average New Yorker views the dis play more or lesa calmly, almost indif ferently.--^ The fact lc that so gradually year by year has the splendor of lt Increased that New Yorkers are" slower to ap preciate than are strangers, a magnifl cen?e that can hardly be outdone the world over. The New York woman's opera manners may leave something to be desired, but her Jewols, nothing. It was only the other night that a traveler of undoubted authority, lately returned from visiting some of : the largest capitals of the world, remarked concerning the jewels shown at the Metropolitan:, ' "No" where else on . earth can it be equalled. Even London and Paris are not In it-'with'New York." "Fortunately," asserted a jewel spe cialist, "Americans are ordinarily fo;?d of fine Jewels and they are now among the best customers of the trade. Noth ing but the very best satisfies them. MT do not s?y that there are not peo ple on the other side of the ocean equally appreciative. The trouble ls that just now there seems to be fewer wom?h of the younger generation in Europe with big sums of money to spend for ornamets than there are over here. "Then, a? I have already hinted, a favorite medium whereby the Ameri cans make known their riches ls by precious stones. Almost Invariably the first thing an American woman who finds a. large sum nt her disposal does is to buy some diamonds; Later she may. turn her attention to other Jewels [ but dlamon?d alwaya lead." i Ons ' of tho . fees t known experts in ? precious stones In thia country made two Interesting statements tho other day; first, that moro diamonds have been Imported Into the United States in the last.30 years than were mined in two centuries previous, and second, that during the year ?!J01 more pre cious stones were senr. to New York than reached here from 1856 to 18C6 or .in any two years since.: "For one thing," added tho exr??^ "from a commercial standpoint fine JOwels are not a bad Investment, con sidering 'that there ls no other com modity, unless lt ls gold, which at a forced sale will more nearly bring Ita purchase price. "Buyers of pearla duning the last ten before were pearla in greater demand years are at a disadvantage. Never than they are right now, which means, of course, that they have not depreci ated in value. Feminine fancy for the time being runs to strings of pearls rather than, to set collara-strings which lengthen out to ropes according to the elasticity of the purse of the man or woman who places the order. "Anywhere from $20,000 td ?30,000 is paid cheerfully every day for a string only large enough to go around the neck. Borne of the ropes cost as much as 1200.000, and one ten feet long which we finished a few weeks, ago for a New York woman, cost $400,000. It is not every day though that an order like that ls placed. "It is pretty well understood that many of the costliest necklaces and strings of pearla now extant are owned by Americans: but perhaps lt is not so welt known that each of these necklaces, in fact and string of large, perfectly matched pearls, represents sometimes years of patient search of the most famous pearl fisheries of Ori ental countries and of the jewel maru of tho world by experts who spend their time doing nothing el?e. "Nowadays, aa some people know, it is as much the' custom to have certain rare pieces of Jewelry made to order as it is to order a 'dress suit, a carriage or a yacht. Customers who can pay many thousands of dollars for one arti cle of Jewelry generally have individual preferences which must be considered. "The ornaments we have in stock may give them a cue as to style, price, etc., but the more fastidious are quite likely to choose to have stones all of a certain size or a particular color, or it may be a combination of stones not exactly like anything we have ma 7e up. "In almost every case we can guar antee to give a customer exactly what she wants, hut not always at short no tice. It may take months to get to gether a certain desired group of stones. "For instance, the other day we finished a pendant- for a millionaire who wanted for a Christmas present for his wife and ordered lt more than six months ago. The most remarka ble feature of the pendant is five ru bles, which alone are valued at $100, 000 and are absolutely flawless and are perfectly matched. "One of the most superb private col lections of emeralds in the world is owned by a New York woman. Every time she appears in it in public thc fact is chronicled and she ls probably the envy of every woman of her ac quaintance. No one needs to be told that. to get together such a collection of perfect emeralds was a work of time. u "I could go on multiplying examples of the same* kind and describe many wonderful pieces of Jewelry, but most of them are In evidence at the opera any night and the public is almost aa familiar with them as the owners themselves. "One thing is certain, that the con tents of very many of the private jewel cases In New York- indicate a value of more than half a million dol lars. In some cases they are snatched in value by the collections of royalty alone and that only because the lat ter owe much of their value to histor ical associations. "Indeed, it is not too much to say that separated from their associa tions many of the JewelB worn by crowned heads are so ordinary that some American women would probably refuse to wear them. . "I am really surprised sometimes at the cleverness of the American women in dscrlmlnatlng between the indiffer ent grades of jewels, and I begin to think she must have a natural apti tude in that direction. Of course al most any one but an expert may be fooled In precious stones, which ac counts for the fact that Americans are Blow to buy jewels through any save well-known and trustworthy agencies. The American women dearly loves a bargain, but she ls not willing to run much risk to get one when it comes to a question of Jewels." -But if strangers are astonished at the show of JewelB at the opera and elsewhere o'nights iii this town, they are even more surprised at the care lessness with which New York women wear the costliest ornaments all day long-walking, driving. shopping, calling, indeed on every and any occa sion. An English. Woman at a morn ing concert not long ago, was both astonished and alarmed to see in the back hair of an American woman In front of her a pin containing a row of good-sized diamonds of first quality. At the lowest calculation the thing was worth $5,000 or $0,000. '.Any thief," expostulated the Eng lish woman afterward, "could snip that out of your hair as quick as a wink." "But n? thief ever has," was the rejoinder. Later on in th< restaurant at lunch eon the English visitor saw at a near by table a woman with several strands of almost priceless pearls wound about the outside of her Jr ess collar as if they had been , so many beads, and her companion wore ' a long chain . made mostly of diamonds to which waa at tached a lorgnette ' studded with pre cious stones. Afterward, to the stran ger's horrow, she saw both women calmly strolling up Fifth avenue. American women lt seems don't have the finest jewels in the world to keep them in a safety deposit' vault and to substitue for them in public paste im itations as was frequently done In the old days In court circles by ladies of high degree. No paste jewels if you please for women on this side of the water. The American buys jewels to adorn her person and she wears them In sea son and, lt may be, out of season. Moreover, she doesn't worry overmuch about their safety. It seems she has no reason to. "The percentage of losses of jewels by theft in this country and especially In New York," said a leading Jeweler whose opinion on this subject waa asked, "is so small as to be scarcely worth counting. It Is perhaps true that lt might be easy enough to steal a handsome article n~>w and then, but the thief always fln,'?* ft mighty, hard work to dispose of th- Jewels afterward without getting < rug nt- . In fact, it can hardly be done. "If the stones a." very valuable their los? is Immediately communicated to almost every buyer in the country, and before they can be offered for sale one and all are keeping a sharp lookout for them. "The majority of New York women who own many handsome jewels have a small safe in their sleeping room dedicated solely to the use of their jew els; In the newer houses -his safe is built into the wall and its whereabouts would never be suspected by any but the occupants of the room. "This ls useful at least for the more elaborate pieces not in every-day use, but far little else. So constantly does the New Yorker wear her jewels that even the handsomest of them are much more apt to be tucked carelessly inSsS a jewel case in a top drawer than Into the recess in the wall which is guarded with an intricate combination lock. "On occasions perhaps, as when in deep mourning or between, 'seasons, when for a few days or weeks the New York woman may retire into the coun try'for a rest, most of her Jewels are sent to a safety deposit box for storage or to her Jeweler's vault, which nowa days ls fitted up with small priveate compartments for tfc?*. benefit of cus tomers. But their incarceration never lasts long. "Time was when the American wo man who went travelling left all her jewels locked up in a safe place till she came back* - But that time oas passed. Rich Americans are now too well known on the other side to'fae left unnoticed for lone, consequently while in other lands attentions and Invita tions descend upon, them almost K* fast as when at home, and as the American woman invariably wants to dress well wherever she goes, ber jewel case now goes along with her, and In it are some of her finest jewels. "Strange aa it may seem, seldom or never are any of them stolen, and the only worry their owner is apt to have during her outing ia when she con fronts the CUB toms officers when abo lands again at this port." Orators of Two Nations. Harper's Weekly. The men who enter parliament and the men whom, you find on tile plat forms have for the most part received the best education that England can supply. They are, therefore, naturally disposed toward a fairly high standard of oratory, a stately and dignified standard, at any rate. Also, they como to close quarters with their subject. Their speeches ?re packed full of meat. They excel In concrete, precise work, and ore not afraid of dry details. They rarely generalize, and one may say they are never florid or bombastic. They have a strong turn for exposition, and like to hammer things out. They are usually dldatlc. All Englishmen are. If they are not preaching themselves they like to listen to some one who ls.1 It ia a habit not without Its unfortu nate side. It leads Englishmen at times to address an audience as though they were professors lecturing a class. One detects in some of them a note of pom posity or condescension that'Americans would not stand for a moment, any more than Englishmen would stand a tempestuous fury of the Bourke Cock ran species. They have not the flexibility of French orators, and are nothing like so well versed In the mechanics of their craft as Americans. The latter feel tbe pulse of their audience more exactly, ure more quickly sensitive, and, being in absolute sympathy, with those In front of them, have a freshness and ease and colloquial persuasiveness that Englishmen rarely master. Their touch too is liter and more deft. On the other hand English speakers are more restrained and possibly more thoughtful; they are much more Intent on reason and argument than on decla mation. But as they mostly have the national ahblt of spoiling sound ideas by a prosy and pointless way of put ting them, this does not count so heav ily in their favor as it should. I have sat under scores of oratora In both countries, and my general impression ls that Englishmen give you more and entertain you lees. You run considera ble risk of being instructed at an Eng lish meeting and more often bored. In America there is not much danger of either fate-none at all, indeed, of the latter. IN AFTER DAYS. In after days v.-hen grasses high O'ertop the stone where I shall He, Though lil or well the world adjust My slender claim to honored dust, I shall not question or reply. I shall not see the morning sky; I shall not hear the night-wind's sigh; I shall be mute, as all men must In after days. But yet, now living, fain were I That some one then should testify. Saying-"He held his pen in trust To Art, not serving shame or lust." Will none? Then let my memory die In after days! -Austin Dobson. 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MULES! 3 No m CARLOADS ! All ages, colors and kinds, large expense bills added this splendid assortment of MULES! We are selling as they come in without adding large feed bills to the first cost. By buy ing from us you can save m on ey GREGORY-RHEA MULE COMPANY, 111? Plain Street. Southeastern Lime and Cement Co. Charleston, S. C. The two most popular CE MENTS on the market. Lehigh and Dexter. WRITE US FOR PRICES. Engines, Boilers, Pumps?, for immediate Delivery, Ono 23-Inch by * 48Mnc3? <$?' H. FA vVm. Harris-Corliss. Engine, flyrwhf.e? 20 feet by a? Inched Thia eriglne ta la first-class condition- abd adapted for cotton millo, oil mills1 or *"any large manufacturing plant. '' 1 One io-Inch by 24 -Inch (100 H. Pi) side crank engine, fly-wheel-8 feet by 18 Inches. .t?? One 12-lnch by 16-tncb (eo UV P*> Erle City Bide crank engine: One U-lneh by iG-lnch (BS H.- PO' Erle City centre crank edgina . :t . One 6%-inch by 8-inch double -cylia der, dvubio drum link Mort lon engin* (Lidgerwood). (No boiler.) Two 5-lncb by 8-inch double cylinder single drum engines (Lidgerwood.) <N? boilers.) Five 126 H. P. return tubular bollern (72 Inches by 16 feet.) One 100 H. P. Economic boiler (port able.) One 60 H. P. Internally fired boiivr. i One 600 gallon Worthington Under writer's pump M-'neh by 7-Inch by 10" inch. (80 days' delivery.) One 14-inch by 7%-inch by 16 Buffalo I duplex pump. ! One 9-Inch by 9-inch by 12% Mc Gowan duplex pun p. One 6-lnch by ??.-inch Porter saddle tank standard gauge locomotive. One 10-lnch by 14-lnch Baldwin sad* die-tank standard gauge locomotive. One 10-lnch by 16-iuch Hoagland rook' crusher. One 1,200 H. P. Berryman Feed Water Heater. Write foi our stock sheet of miscel laneous, new and second-hand ma chinery. Address: The Cameron & Barkley Company, Machinery and Supplies,' Charleston; s. C. A PIANO A8 A PRODUCER OF* * HUMAN HAPPINESS \i ranks high, especially If its a Plano worthy the name, as lc mond, Langdon and Ricca'& we take pride In offering t THE SM1THDBAL MUSIC CO; 1347 MAIN STREET. Tools For good work f?uch as Filing Cabinets, Transfer Cases, Blank Books, letter Books, Letter Presses, Rubber Bah?a, Car bon Paper, Pens, Ink, Paper, Pon dla, Paste, Mucilage-ia fact ovory implement to smooth tba rough road to office work. You pave the way by getting them from The R. L. Bryan Cf?., Office Outfitters. Masonic Temple. Some Big Bargains at HENDRIX'S. Standard 3tb Tomatoes 10c can. Early June Peas 10c can. Herald .asparagus 2 cans for 2Eo, Lotus White Cherries 10c can. LotuB Sliced Apricots 10c can. Ivanhoe Apple Butter 3tb can 10c Condensed Soups 6 plates 10c Tomato Pulp 6c can. Primrose Cocoa %rb can 10c, %tb 20a Fancy California Prunes 10c, 8rba fo* 25c. California Evaporated Peaches 10a pound. Come to see us. We appreciate your trade. We deal on the square. S. N. HENDRIX. Both 'Phones 69. From Distiller Direct to Consumer. The cultivated taste of the connol eeur finds no fault with our "OLD HUNTING CHEEK" RYE, (12-qUart case, $10.00), and the Aged and Infirm find Youth and Health in our "OLD PRIVATB STOCK" Corn Whiskey, (per 12-quart case, $7.00). J. C. Somers & Company? DISTILLERS. STATES VILLE. N. a Cologne What ls moro refreshing than a deli cate Cologne, either in the sick room or for the toilet? SWEET VIOL.ET COLOGNE, as manufactured by W. C. Fi3her & Cox. Is REFRESHING and does not get musky or stale. Sold in any sire. W. C. Fisher & Co. DRUGGISTS, Prescriptions carefully proparei at any time of day or night. 1520 Main St., Columbia, S. C , ?