TARGET PRACTICE. THE SOLDIER IS DRILLED | AIMING AND POINTING HOW Concerning "“sS'ght Estimating''- He Facts Misses Sure to Piece «6 Made in Palling Of the illery Fiving «Vari ous Other DiMeuliles, ceptil nd tl iform can be « At 150 yard Teturned on a i of me tanding, when 1 3 ) and of al Of all misses made fring at an ob ect, charg x per cent. of them to defective the trigger. world, ranges when he pulls First-class rilemen will, as a genera rule, faly den’ any such imputation against their superior marksmanship, and will claim that they mastered the defective pulling of the trigger, but the real expert iwho is a grade above the first class ritleman’ knows better than this, and that as a matier of fact not one rileman io a thousand piecs Now, if can not always thoroughly otcrcome this oue drawback to fine shooting after Years of hard practice, how diflicult it must be for the ordinary soldier in the ranks to master it Hence it is that pointing and aiming drills are continuously pra ticed in the army, 80 as to give the soldier, whether standing, kneeling, or lying down, a perfect command of his rifle, as well as to teach him steadiness of both person and rifle, and to establish between the hand and the eye such a prompt and intimate connection as will insure the fioger acting upon the trigger at the proper moment without causing any de wy ve in the sm ie next step is gallery practice, which is conducted indoors at a reduced target and with reduced charges. Irom target frames are issued by the ordnance de partment on which are painted targets reduced to any size desired. The eight inch bull's eye of the field target at 200 yards is reduced to ope inch for twenty five yards, the other sections of the target in proportion. The service rifle is used with a round ball the caliber of the gun, and a charge of powder usually not less than three grains nor more Bh seven \ : NEATLY eV y greenhort m toa? ff the 1 i ae | hi coe have ong ull 1 puiis o his per ectly our best shots dina There is no recoil from such a ight cartridge, and the soldier therefore quickly overcomes his tendency to flinch. Now if he bad been marched direct to the range and given his rifle with the fu'l cartridge, and told to shoot a score at the regular target, the chances are nine out of ten that he would have tightly closed both eyes when pulling the trigger and trusted 10 luck for hits. But the gallery practice for the soldier paves the way to field firing, Just as the primer enables the schooboy to progress successively to the higher studies. Excellent wider are attained at the miniature targets, and many full scores are often made. Gallery firing is continued until the regular practice beging on the range, when the soldier is regularly advanced from one range system of classification according A to the merit of his scores. and secon learns to overcome, as far as possible, all the diff. | culties of light, shadow, wind ol the range officer, moisture, Toeland’'s Forest. : Reykjavik Lotter Bome of you, perhaps, have heard of the one tree in Iceland; a dwarfed thing that the people wrap in clothes each winter 10 protect Irom the severity of the frosts 1 bad often been told and had read of this wonder, and naturally was anxious to see I, but 10 day in this town I came upon €0 as large and bandsome mountain Or roan trees as | remember ever of seeing. Standing about twenty feet fn height they spread their branches over a | urge aren, and are, to all ap CATANCES, Deity, flourishing trees, of hich the people take no more care than we in our warmer climates do of ours, LN | with those of ancient | general utility but in splendor. to another by a | , under the competent instruction of | THE STORY THAT WAS TOLD Ry the Viorid- Faced Man Fentures and Innocent. LL, New Yor Ir A man with a florid face and clear-cut features, whose ey Lad a peculiprly in nocent look got on ated day ome down With Clear t wking Eyes ihtine in then an ei the oth Iu railroad car town 18 £) CON tents ol a } r did not notice Mkt tin Wom, w hose \ gold wal the stat The y« CY Os Se med ris i upon hig heavy Chin rks of Thedr wonder of ali who today Lhe perial city the ort} more ceanly ple dweller in oir prodern | aoticéable that in all enp to-day there is a disposition to Romaps Public mths are being as essential ss common Public health can be preserved in n 4 ter way than in providiog means for keeping the mass of the popuat We are rediscovering also a fact known to the Homans, that hot air and vapor baths have a therapeutic values They cure diseases of various kinds The public baths of Vienna almost vie with some of the Homan snd are the finest in the world, The ilding ia situated in the heart 130 feet in length and 176 sccommodations for 1, time. There are also accommodations for women. In New York and ether of our large cities free baths in summer were AD remait visit the unde be Hn on ciean well baths of the ot is and has I TR01 persons in width WH al one | first looked upon as an experiment, but are now regarded as a necessity, and their popularity yearly increases Other large capitals, such as London and Paris are hindered in providing bathing facili ties se of the difficulty of procuring sufficient water; but from the tendencies of the age, it is very clear that before the twentieth century has far advanced, the public baths of the modern world will vie ome, not only in 1 beca Fliguette for the Semide. Boston Beacon | A soasonable bit of gallant etiquette is offering to empty a lady's slipper of the sand gathered during a stroll on the beach The lady hops on one foot while her cavalier, very much in the same way would pick a stone from a horse's hoof deftly extracts the gritty particles which have made the fair one “go lame Fashionable slippers were not made for country walking, but they are a “boon as Artemus Ward ance sald of the tower of London, to idle youngsters, who pos as gallauts of the deepest dye at summer resorts T oe Moudoarn Myth-Maker. Atlanta Constitution The newspaper reporters have done ex evedingly good work yinced in charge of the myth faciory ‘he story of the George Washington hatchet is a very fine myth, but the most | ordinary newspaper reporter can get up a | better one watch, As vented Grant, whenever he deems it necessary. live the modern myth maker in a matter better twenty minutes hy 1 of fact he lias | ones about Lineoin Long | When I am de ! The dew of he {a ful he | since they were | 7 | objects beyond and | and Is [reparing to invent othurs | WHEN | AM BEAD, CHL ad, I pray the Mourn not above the winding But rather snile, and sav The hot and thorny way sven sbuall co Yat profitless | Life's journey Ono ben Deteriorated a! ie dn al Milian COMIN LH hy slow footrunners, whi “the thousand quicken t « sccured on thelr back by a cloth kuott across the chest The New of Badd his, At : sat tut “Oeop vp" Many inte s in this country who have a ways professed ualism in utter indifference ar much inte “Psvehical research 10 hold spi Dow ¥% what they They are vestigatin ; a very extraordinary phase of spiritualism called *theosophy This queer mystery comes to us from oriental lands. and is a mixture of Asiatic gnosti fsm, medieval made and modern seience Mr. A. PP. Sinaett is the founder, rather Introducer of this new schoo his “Occult World ™ and Buddh ism" he has oultined Ires very aftractively Such a hold has the new “osophy ” al ready obtained that numbers of wealthy men have left their homes to dwell as hermits in the wilds of Thibet, where they may learn the unknowable from Buddhist professors, It is difficult to see what useful thing is taught in this weird school. It is claimed that the prosecution of certain studies will enable the student to walk in the air, to play with tl uds y control the winds " to multiply himself and appear in two places at the same time, and project himself astrally any distance. He also comes to understanding of the nature of God and learns how to re-incarnate himself in a body when old and worn out, Now these things are more wonderful than anything in ordinary spiritualism, and yet there are learned men and women in Furope and America who profess to be lieve rested in ASO In or 1 in FPF solo its main fest 1 to steer An Arctic Attraction. Arkansaw Travel Mr. W. Mattein Williams remoarks that the popular notion that musquitoes are chiefly resident in tropical and sub trop jeal countries Is quite a mistake, the home of thelr mightiest legions being within and about the Arctic circle On coasting | trips to the North cape even, vessels are | invaded by maddening swarms at every | stopping place | Alaska tht) form It is reported that in clouds so dense that it de for sportsmen to aim at Native dogs ade some times killed by them, and even the great grizaly bear is sald to be occasionally blinded by their attacks and finally Marved in consequence. 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