UNCLE SAM'S TARGETS. NEW METHODS OP TEACHING SOL OIERS TO SHOOT ACCURATELY. Targets Are Unlit According to Sensible IdaRolriler Will Be Taught to Hit an KncmT Dlncmma ami Ileacrlpl Ions of the Hw Objects For Marksmen. When companies 0 and D, of the Nineteenth Infantry, begin their range practice at Mt. Clemen one day this week, cays a recent issne of the De troit Free Press, they will fire at new targets called for by the revised re gulations for small arms just issued by the War Department. The keynote of this new dispensation is to train the United States soldier to Are at the head and heart of his enemy. Target practice under the new regulations has for its objective point representa tions of hnnian figures in the various positions in which the soldier would encounter his enemy in action. A glance at the accompanying illustra tions will convey, better than it is pos sible for words to do, the full meaning of this fact. The targets range in their distance from the soldier from 200 to 10110 yards. Careful calculation has shown that It is within these points of dis tance that the soldier mnst do his ef fective firing. It would be nonsense to talk of firing with accuracy with a Government small arm at a greater distance than 8000 feet. When the conflict becomes very much closer than COO feet the only things for the soldier to remember are to keep cool and shoot at the head and the heart. The first of these targets is called a short range. Sometimes it is used for a hundred yards practice; that is, at a distance of 100 yards from the marks men. More' often it is used at 200 yards, and occasionally at 800 yards. On this target, in silhouette, is the figure of a soldier lying down, as he does in action sometimes. In such a case as this, the soldier is seen direct ly in his face, his head being elevated from the ground as he leans on one el bow while taking aim. In other words, fit is the exact position of the skir misher, and the skirmisher is the man at whom the soldier must ordinarily first fire, as every advance of an army is led by a skirmish line. The centre of the target is rectangle that is, a space of any desired size, the four sides of whioh are right angles. The reotangle may be in a form of a square, oblong, or diamond shaped. This oentre, as it is called, is twenty- two inches high, just the height of a soldier who is lying down, and four feet wide, this latter being the width of the target. This centre is one of three divisions into whioh the target is platted. The next division is known as the inner, and the'third or outside division is known as the outer. The score a soldier makes is made up in "lilgh or low degree by the portion of the target whioh his bullets strike. These three divisions are subdivided in two sections each, these two por tions being known as the right and left centers, The same rule applies to the inner and outer. To thoroughly un derstand just what is meant, picture to yourself something like this: Take a target six feet high and four feet wide, divide it into three sections after the fashion of the measurements given, the sections running from right to left. Then draw a line directly through the center of this target from top to bot tom. First you have the centre, twenty-two inohes high and four feet wide. Then comes the inner which is a reotangle also. This inner runs in depth from a point forty-two inohes above the bottom of the target to the lower line of the centre. The entire target forms a rectangle six feet high and four feet wide. 00 AND MO YARDS TARGET, 8HOWIXO . FANTRx AT There is no bull's eye Creedmoor fashion shooting in this sort of target praotioe. The soldier is taught to aim t the bead and heart of the figure. The Bearer be comes to these marks, : the higher is bis score. A little care ful study of the facts given in the fore going paragraph will show what tre mendous weapon this eonoentrated'ao curacy will be in the hands of United Ctatea soldiers. It has long been recognised fact that the great trouble m Wowing masses of men into a con flict with one another was that the f -bting was sot conducted intelligent ly by the private soldier; that he fired irjislywita tharFMrt that I '"'x " ' it did not make much difference in what direction the bullet went so long as the cartridge left his gun. Now when the United States soldier goes into battle there will be just two points of his enemy that he will have in mind, and those will be his head and heart. The other targets used in practice will be the . midrange target iutended for practice at from four to six hun dred yards; the eight hundred yards i'7H :- t 'J - I f V. 1 I ( 1 Ha i ONE THOUSAND target, for distances of from seven hundred yards; the eight hundred yards target, for distances of from seven hundred to eight huudred yards; the thousand yards target for the range the name would indicate. The same principle described in the short range target governs all others, but, of course, there is a difference in the fig ure and a corresponding change in the size of the target. For iustauoe, the midrange target in a square, six feet on a side, which is still rectangular. The figure on this is the silhouette of a soldier in kneeling position. The eight hundred yards target as it is called, that being the limit of dis tance from the marksmen at which the target can be placed, is six feet high and twelve feet wide. On this target is the silhouette of a soldier standing. TARGET A BUORT RANGE. On the target with the thousand yard range is the figure of a mounted soldier, but the legs of the horse are cut off at a height of two feet from the ground. Just why this has been done no one seems to really know, and it is consid ered that here, if any, is the only in consistent point in the whole scheme, There is still another target which isjknown as target A; that is the short range target. There is this difference, that the figure thereon is that of a soldier in the position of firing while standing. A horizontal line is drawn across the target at the middle point of the figure. Every time a soldier's bullet hits directly above this line that is, the line across the middle EFFECT OF 180 8HOT8 FIRED BY IN- 600 YARDS. or if his bullet strike some point of the target at an angle and is deflected so that it strikes the target above the line, be scores 5. All bullets that hit the figure below the line entitle the marksman to the score of 4. If the soldier bits the target above the line but not the figure, the score is three; if below the line. 3. Heretofore it has been the custom in many oases to allow the soldier to use in target praetioe various aids, suoh as shades for the sight, spirit levels to enable an accurate aim, ana all that sort of thing. Under the new regulations the men wbo wear the army blue will have so aids beyond those h -' V- V 7 ' x I T I t j i which nature has given them, except, that they may be allowed to blacken the sight of the gun, whioh always happens in battle, anyway, because of the powder smoke. There will be no firing from sheds or shelter of any kind. Everything must be done in the open. From this it may be seen that the new regulations, if they are lived up to In the spirit as well as the' letter, will accustom the men to acour -- '.-- 2 'T 4 YARDS RANGE. ate marksmanship under all condi tions and without artificial aid. It is more than doubtful if fifty per cent, of the crack marksmen of the United States army to-day could go into action and fire with half the skill or accuracy they can at a target which they have been accustomed to pepper under he old conditions. Under this new method, however, with their sole thought being to strike the head or the heart of the humanity at which they lire, they will not be looking for a black ringed bull's-eye, but will aim at exactly what men who seek to ac complish the death of their enemies should have as their target. Another good feature of the new de parture is that the troops in every branch of the service will use in small arm practice that is, praotioe with anything less than artillery the weapon with which they are armed, instead of selecting the very best weapon that can be found for the teams picked out for praotice. Officers and enlisted men of the stall corps will use the rifle as will infantry men and artillerymen. Cavalrymen will prac tice with the carbine. During the target season, the regular praotice will be hold until the prescribed course is completed, at least three times a week by each troop, battery and company, and at least once a week by each regi mental non-commissioned staff and members of regimental bauds. Hereafter there will be no picked teams of men who have shown special ability as marksmen selected from the ranks to demonstrate what they can accomplish, but every enlisted man who wears the uniform of Uncle Sam will have to learn to shoot and shoot well. Each will be taught that the head and heart of the enemy are the vulnerable points. They will shoot kill and not to maim. A Wonderful Work. The new railroad bridge over the Danube River, which has ' just been completed, is the largest in the world, and one of the most important, and the Roumanian Government is enjoy ing its possession with a well earned sentiment of complacent pride. The new bridge is 13,825 feet long without approaches, which would make some hundreds of feet additional. The lnrgest vessels that sail the Dannbo can pass under it at the highest tide, as the lower rafters of the superstruc ture are 105 feet above high water mark. Some idea of the length of this bridge may be gained by com parison with the other great bridges of the world. The Tay Bridge, Scot land, is 10,725 feet; the Mississippi Bridge at Memphis, 10,600 feet; the Forth Bridge, Scotland, 7800 feet; the Morody Bridge in Galaeis, 4800 feet. and the bridge over the Volga near Sysran, 4700 feet. The Danube Bridge has one span of 620 feet and four of 450 feet eaoh. Chicken With Four Less. . The first prize for a freak in fowl flesh for the season of 1897 belongs to Daniel Lemmon, of Columbus, Ohio. For the past two months he has been carefully raising a ohioken whioh is a curiosity, to say the least. It has four regularly formed and perfectly developed legs. One pair of legs is in the proper place that is, where all chickens with perfect anatomies have them. The other two legs are just back of these. For about a month after it was hatched Mr. Lemmon's queer fowl had complete control of all four of its legs and moved about like a quadruped. Gradually, however, the two hiud legs began to stop growing and for some time have not grown at all. They now hang useless from the body. This ' freak is also the pos sessor of a double baokbone and two craws or orops. The ohioken stands four inohes high and measures five inohes from beak to tail. It does not appear to suffer any iuoonvenienoe oa acoount of its marvelous formation. 1 1 i r rOUB-LEOQBD CHICKS. GOWNS IN GRAY SHADES. SOME NEW FEATURES IN THE REALM OF FASHION. Description of a Handsome Waist In Iar Ore, With Bolero of Cashmere and Hot , of Braided . StrawA Most Be coming Linen Blaier for a Tonna Girl, Golf, tennis, wheeling and all out door sports call for the easiest possible BLAZER FOB A T01TN3 GIRL. costumes to be worn during the op pressive summer days. May Manton writes that the model shown in the il- LADIES' WAIST WITH FANCY BOLERO. luAration combines linen canvas in the natural color with light-hued plaid in the shirt waist, and is emineutly youthful at the same time that itis serviceable. Both the belt and tie are black, while the hat of rough red straw shows a trimming of black and red, with quills of the former color. The blazer ahows dartless fronts, straight baoks, whioh terminate in un derlying'plei.s at the waist line, side forms and nnder-arm gores. It is wholly unlined, the seams being neatly bound. The straight fronts turn back to form curves and meet the rollover collar in uneven notches. The sleeves are one-seamed, and show the fulness at the shoulder, which is still held cor rect for all outer garments. The ma terial being washable, no interlining or stiffening is required. Collar, revere and sleeves -are self -faced and finished with a single bow of stitching. To make the blazer for a miss of fourteen years will require two and three-fourths yards of the same width goods. Waist and Fancy Bolero. Many of the newest and most charming gowns are shown in various shades of gray. The waist portrayed in the large illustration is oarried out in pearl-gray taffeta figured iu red whioh forms the waist proper with a bo lero of cashmere in the same tint. The decorations consist of black velvet rib bon and narrow gilt braid arranged in trefoil effect. The hat is of braided straw adorned with wild flowers, rib bon bow and rhinestone buokle. The waist has a foundation lining having the usual number of seams, double bust darts and closing in the canter front. The material of the back lies smoothly across the shoulders with I slight fullness at the waist collected in gathers that are drawn well to the center-back. Smooth nnder-arm gores join the back to the front whioh is smooth-fitting across the shoulders aud bust, falling at the waist in slight blouse effect over a crush girdle that is deepest at the center-back. The fanoifnl bolero is included in the right shoulder and under-arm seam and closes invisibly on the left shoulder and nnder-arm with the full waist whioh also closes at this; point. At the neck is a close standing band, the outstanding frill of lace at the up per edge forming an effective finish. The sleeves have under and upper portions and show a modern amount of fulness above the elbow. The wrists are pointed in Venetian sty Is and a full cap-frill stands out stylishly from the shoulders. The design, which is eminently useful, admits of various combinations and is sufficient ly dressy for a church, visiting or high class social function. To make this waist for lady in the medium sise will require three yards of forty-four Inoh material. White the Prevailing- Color." White is very much worn this sea son, andwhite gowns of almost any ma terial, if properly made, are sure to be a sucoess. White grenadines appear among the dressy costumes at the fashionable summer hotels. One un usual model has three graduated flounces of white silk on the skirt. The bottom one, gathered over an other of white silk, is the widest, and each one is finished with a narrow frill of white glace silk, which is in turn edged with a tiny ruffle of white chif fon.' Another pretty gown is of white gauze over rose glace silk. Around the hips a few inches below the waist is one row of cream lace insertion, a little distance apart, run to the bot tom of the skirt, both front and back. The bodice cf gauze is tucked cross wise; insertion outlines a square at the neck, from which vertical bands of insertion extend to the waist. Drees Sleeve With Epanlette. Blue and white foulard is the mate rial selected for this stylish sleeve, which is coat-shped, with the slight fulness at the elbow which is always aosirsoie in suoh as follow the arm closely. The fitting is accomplished bv inside and outside wrists have a soft frill of lace falling aeepiy over tne hand, with band of in sertion above. Double epaulettes that are lace-edsad 'and inaartinn.Mmma.1 stand out prettily at the top, affording I T i A. .1 mm L IIHfUlinin 17 rlTslBjlLfl Kit V n A allAnMATsa The style is among the newest of sleeves andiaadaritedtaonrandv.1e.vn Ka.ia.a summer silks, cotton or light-weight wooiieu laDncs. To make these alaavaa tnr m. of medium size will require one and DRESS SLEEVE WITH SPATJLBTTB. one-half yards of forty-four-inoh mate- rial. With Xailln Dreuee. . Many of the newest plain India mus lin or flowered organdie muslin dresses have tuckered bodice and flounoed skirts, with the very fashionable rib' bon sash, with long loops and ends at tna waist. BICYCLIST WITHOUT LEGS. fee Leflfxt oa of a Kansas Klnlsto Rides s Wheel. Bicyclists with but one leg are be coming quite common, but a no-legged bicyclist is indeed a novelty. Such a one is James Jump, the son 'of the Rev. Albert Jump, of Independence, Kan. Twelve years ago the boy tost both of his legs in a railway accident. One of his lege was cut off close to the thigh and the other only a little lower down. On the stump of the latter he was able to fasten an artificial leg. Re cently Mr. Jump beeame seized with a desire to ride a bicycle. He had wit nessed venturesome feats of one-legged eyctists, but he was in doubt about the ability of a boy with no legs at all to spesk of to sit half astride a wheel and make it go. He bought a wheel, how ever, and set about learning to ride.' Leading his rubber-tired steed to the onrbstone, be balanced himself on his crutches and, with a side motion made R1DXS WITHOUT LEGS. sasy by the absence of his leg, slipped into the saddle. Fastening his crutch in a spring catch on the side where his legs ought to be and putting his arti ficial foot on the pedal, he was off.' Be soon mastered the art of balancing and ran now ride at almost any com mon speed he desires and can ascend snd desoend any ordinary-sized hill. SMALLEST HUMAN ATOM. Welshed Bat Twenty Onnees' and Was Only a Toot Blah. The smallest human being that ever existed is believed to have been lit tle girl named Catherine Elliott. The Coroner of Liverpool, England, was oalled upon to hold an inquest on her diminutive body. This human atom was born in Glasgow, Scotland, about three weeks ago. Her parents were . poor, and were easily induced by man- SMALLEST BABY I THE WORLD, agers to place their daughter on exhi bition as a freak. She was being ex hibited in Liverpool, the parents re ceiving 3 10s. for showing and at tending her. The child weighed only twenty ounces at the time of her death and was just a foot high. The palm of her hand was not as large as a silver twenty-five-oent piece. Her feet were no larger than an ordinary man's thumb. The parents disclaimed any desire to limit the growth of the mid get. The little one had been guarded from cold, was well-nurtured and had never bad a day's illness until the day it died. The jury returned a verdict that the child died from natural causes. trans Sit. for at Temple. One of the most strangely situated buildings in the world is a Hindoo temple. It is built upon a huge rock TEE TEMPLE Otf THE BOCK. that is balanced very nicely upon a seemingly insecure base. The great mechanical difficulty of getting the building materials to the top of this rock must have been vastly increased by the peril of overbalancing the bug mass and bringing it crashing down upon the plain like an avalanche. There is anotheretemple in Burmah similarly situated. The Vain of Electrical Plant. Few persons realize the enormous amount of money whioh is invested in, electrical plants of various sorts. Over 100.000.0U0 of dollars are invested in eleotrioal machinery used in raining. Elootrie elevators employ about fifteen millions more. Electric railways rep resent about one billion dollars. This does not include the money now being need in the manufacture of electrical machinery. Tiff IS
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