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An llnlaureled Hero. Her* to a niche In the -Hall of Puma •or Beth A. Eaton, a rural mall car star from the lflddleboro poet office, surrounded by woodland fire, hie ' korse'lying on the ground sUfied with moke, hto own hair singed, hto hat tamed and on* tide of his face and iMads blistered, was still mindful of and saved the mail be was car rytac by burying It In the sand before torn fought through the line of fire to —fnfr Not at) the heroes tread the iHtUlefleld. —Flail River Herald. Progress of Civilization. Lady—And did you make your con gregation give up cannibalism? Missionary (suppressing a grin)— Not quite; but after much trouble I persuaded them to use knives and forks—The Throne. WOMEN MAY AVOID OPERATIONS By taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound The following letter from Orville ltock will prove how unwise it is for women 10 submit to the dangers of a surgical operation when St may l>e avoided by taking Lydia J5. Pinkham's Veffetablo Compound. t»b! was fourwoeks in tli« hospital and raino homo Buffering lvorso Allan before. Here is lier own statement. Paw Paw, Mich.—"Two years apo 1 suffered very severely with a dls g'. 'jjp W ]i)lapetiicnt. I could not In? on my feet for 'l/f Tai a ' on * time. My -{if V3 9lai physician treat e a • me for seven months \ ?m without, much relief Spi X iff and at last 'sent me f \j to Ann Arbor for Wjk • fin operation. I was ! there four weeks and came home suffering ytw 'W worso than before. f*/jl?i frf Jii My mother advised ; ••* /// ' l(! Im« to try Lydia K. I'inkham's Ycpetablo Compound, and I did. Today lam well and strong and do all my own housework. 1 owe ray health to Lydia K. I'inkham's Vepretablo Compound and advise my friends who are aftlicted with any female complaint to try it."—Mrs. Onvim.k Bocu, It. It. No. 5, Paw Paw, 'Michigan. U you are ill do not drug alone until an operation is necessary, Diit at once take Lydia li. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. For thirty years it has been the stan dard remedy for women's ills, and has positively restored tlie health of thou aanJa of women. Why don't you try it? HUNT'S CURE CUARANTEED Toff's Fills • en»Me the dyspeptic to rat whatever he ie». They w/uise the lontt In antlmlUle aril •uu.'lth tlie body, give appetite, end ti VELOP FLf SH. Or. Tutt Co. New York. CiarloUc Dipcctory Typewriters Rebuilt "Your old machine can bo made as good ns i tn.w in our shops at a nominal o>st. All I «»i of tvpewr.t-em rebuilt, repaired, c' med and adjusted in the shortest possible I tirhs and in the most satisfactory mauncr. j J. £. Craylon & Co., Charloffc, N. C. • EATHER BEDS SEND U3 TFN DOI.LARS »nd wp will nlilp yt«i, paid a nlr* » i>otind IKATIER BED ami l |h»uikl I i .ir IHHo** TURNER &. CORNWALL * M afhar Dtalori Charlotte.N. C . Few Makers of I igh Grade Pianos out great stress on tone j ]uality of their product. Yet these same pianos Compared tide by aide with the great STIEFF sound like thirty cents You can't realize there can oe such a vast difference, ind in workmanship and case design 'there's NO COMPARISON at all HAS. M. STIEFF i£fr. oflhm Piano mith Ikm Swnl Tar.m Southern War* Kiaaai V m( Trad* Streai. Charlotte, K. C • C. IL WiLMOTH Jk The Art of Aiming ■DY EDWADD C. HOBINSON -/\ © PV rieto AND 3T»PAM /tor/r/iOHzmo /// vy VMA rnpove/t opm J/w a r, HE writer of this article desires to Impress on the reader that all state ments contained herein are general statements Hi which Bperial condition? _ Umßh might render Inaccuratfc 187 or misleading. J It seems not out ol place to go Into a few details concerning aiming, and refer to some the dlfflculUes which confront shooters. "I have a blur on my front sight or my rear sight," Is a very com mon protest from shooters of various degrees of experience, and then the natural assumption that " It must be my eyes," which It Is, but not as the average sufferer Imagines. In aim Ing one should practice first looking at the object, and then bringing the sights on the line of aim, Incidentally and not primarily, I. e., do not attempt to fix the gaze on the front sight and expect to see tho object clearly, slmul a taneously, because you are asking the eye to perform tho Impossible, and a blur Is the Inevitable result. A blur I sometimes results from the sights be- I coming polished brightly and reflect- j ing the sun, which produces a mult!- I pilclty of front sights, and, of course, I occasionally from small pieces of foul- I Ing. Sometimes a shadow on one of I the sights or object, by distracting the I eye will work the Hame way. The I longer the range, the greater the an I noyance.and vice versa. It is Bur-I orlslng how few shooters appreciate I THfrouiM ftr . tho great importance attaching to "form," I. e., uniformity of method In assuming a position of aim. Tho secret of ability to shoot quick- ' ly rests very largely on onc'ii ability to align the object and sight or slghta (shotgun-or rifle) tho Instant that the ' weapon Is In position (the position would not count un'.sas the sights are or. the right line), nnd the hold the piece and press the trigger In a frac tion of a second. Most people take a J long time to realize how quick the eye Is, and do not trust tho first Fight ' they get, but. as Is taught the novice, "verify the sight," the necessity for which largely disappears with ample • practice, and one can really "let off" ' safely practically the moment, he tMnkh he is on his innrk, because, just ' as one sees all of the letters In a 1 word at the same time, so, too, be acccurately, In a second, the ' n-ark and his sights. I must emikhaslze what I said, that this faculty only conies with a great deal of Intelligent practice; witness the skill of the regular soldiers In "rapid fire" and "skirmishing" and the "trap" and "fancy" shooters. Other ( factors which, enter Into aiming are knowing one's "zero," and learning the speed of the flight of the projec tile for different ranges. Of course, tho Importance of these latter factors Is modified by the kind of shooting nnd range. In regard tp the former, i ome men buy % .weapon and proceed to shoot it, always presuming It shoots zero—where thero Is no drift due to wind or "mirage." This Is a mistake; the gun may bo all right In a machine rest, but all men are not quite the equal of a machine rest, even though their verbal opinions may lndlcato It. Some shooters habitually throw tholr shots one way or another and In such cases an adjustment of the sight will work a permanent improvement In re sults and account for much mysterious missing. Practicing at known distances with suitable loads at a bull's-eye target with a shotgun or rifle will reveal ex actly the pattern or group you are get ting and help you to Bhoot more sclen* j ttflcally; this can advantageously be followed by trap practice, and thon on live birds or game as tho caae may be. By making a practice of noting the position of the feet, body and hands, and always If possible holdlflg the head In a nearly erect position one foon becomes able, so to speak, "to fall into" the desired position with greatest ease and dispatch. Having acquired the idea of "form" ono must clear his mind of any fanciful theories CQECefnteK the method of using vari ous styles of sight. For example, the one Idea of a peep sight should be to bring the point of aim or object Into Its center and the top of the front sight on tho point or object at very short range, or at such point as wilt allow a clear view of the object or point of aim at longer range. By us ing the center of the peep sight one practically does away with worrying about "how much front sight" la to be seen beoauae the center of Uw peep Is a fixed point, and If the top of the front sight is brought to the lovel of the Imaginary line from the pupil of the eye through the center of the peep sight to the point of aim. I ueoecsarlly the top of the sigh: Is al ways in relatively the same position, which will give uniform results. In the case of tho open sight, however, the amount of front sight seen varies considerably. Home one suys, "Ah! but one day I see half the front eight and another only one-third of It." All of which may be true, but the difference is due to tho light, which on a bright, clear day magnifies or permits a clear defi nition of the object and background, a condition which does obtain on a dull or dark day. An open sight permitting the shoot er to align tho top of the front sight with an Imaginary horizontal line across the top of the rear sight wHI give very fine, uniform results and can be "found" quickly. If possible one should avoid turning a rifle on the axis of the bore as this will change the location of the shots Just as the pendulum swings on n clock. As to the effect of light on one's aim If Bhooting at a bull's-eyo target, it will be perceived that on a nice bright day tho target will show tho lines at 500 yards and the "bull" wlfl look large and tempting, while the white space below will bo deep and roomy. On the contrary, on a dark day the lines dis appear and tho bull looks smaller and the white space under it much narrow er. The easiest way to condition Is to aim at a point three quarters of tho width of the white from the bottom of the target, below the bull's-eye, because In a good light you can see the' spot easily and on a dark day when the white Is contract ed you can measure It easily and by this means avoid changing your eleva tion for different days to "find" (he target. At long range, say 1,000 yards or 1,200 yards, If It la practical. It is «n excellent plan to "sit" the target on top of the front sight always center ing the object (target In this cane), using tho background to aid In the same way one looks at a landscape picture, I. e, not attempting to de fine the target to the exclusion of Its Immediate surroundings. Bear in mind the foregoing Is only an outline of a sound practical method and Is not ad vanced as an unvarying rule, for-It Is clearly recognized that excellent scores may be made along other lines, but you are safe to try what is here sug gested and a careful trial will show consistent results with varying lightß. I do not think one can lay down any rule for hunters as regards which is the best sight because the kind of game, the country and other elements » may enter Into the question. The present government sight embodies a great many vital features, is strong and in every way excellent. Now the matter of allowing for drift caused by a cross wind, that Is a question governed by the velocity and weight of the bullet, and the speed of the wlad and distance, and emphasizes the point made* already of knowing the zero with a given load Many tables are in print which have been worked out to a mathematical nicety giving the drift for cross winds and for head and rear winds. One point In target shooting when firing "deliberate," is a question of form. In the matter of pdlntlng the rifle at the target, some high authori ties Bay "Always come up from the bottom," this method has a great deal of merit in very bad winds and rain, but, under conditions we all enjoy. It la not bad practice to come down oa your target glancing along the left side of the barrel during the operation so as to keep your eyes on the target until the sighta approach the line of aim. In either case, constant prac tice devolops the "habit." in the mat ter of allowing for wind a very rough Idea can be formed by the following; A bullet weighing from 160 to 200 Ki'ulns and having started with a mux xle velocity of about 2.000 to 2,500 ieet per second would be affected by a wind, blowing on® mil© an hour at right angles about one Inch at three hundred yardn. The government claims that with about 50 grains eliarge, 150 grnln btflleftfnd 2.700 feel velocity (hp drift IR eight-tenths of ah Inch The hunter can see that, even with a heavier bullet. Fay 220 and 1,950 feet velocity, and Bay a ten-mile wind, under such conditions govern ment nays drift Is about two feet at three hundred yards, some experi menting on a rifle range will not do any harm. It Is deplorable that BO plain a ne cessity as close accurate long range and mid-range shooting should be tosred aside BO lightly by our military higher powers. History (In (his coun try as well as others) teems with in stances of the tremendous stopping power of aimed firing, and yet we find experiment with telescopic and other sights pursued half heartedly, a breeeh mechanism that looks like an iron-worker's rivet-setter, and a mag azine reminding one of slipping change into his chnnge pocket, and long hikes" to the exclusion of about ten times the amount of rifle practice now to be had. (The writer feels bet ter, now that Is over.) To revert to matters pertaining to aiming, bear In i mind the relative Importance of the threatening dangers, 1. e., at extreruo ly long range, elevation must bo watched more closely than at mid or short range because whereas an er ror of elevation of 1-150 of an inch at 1,000 yards deflects the bullet ten Inches while at 500 yards the error would be only five Inches, a wind blowing at right angles ten miles an hour would at 1,000 yards give a 220 ' -grain bullet with 2,000 feet velocity a deviation of but 15 feet, or at 500 jards cause a deviation pf four feet. One can gauge the wind very closely, which demonstrates the point of the argument because your object, at long range In any event would be wider than It was high. Hunters ought to get very clearly i In mind the trajectory and velocity of the projectile so that they can use the same faculty which enables one to throw a stone more or less accurately with the hand or sllng-shot. Probably the tendency is to shoot too far ahead in most cases. Remember 300 yards Is only 900 feet and most ammunition will carry that in one-half second, and that the tra jectory Is very flat, highest point eight Inches, government load, so that an error 50 yards either way Is only a matter of a few inches. When "flnd- Infc" an object, always aim or rather ist the sight (or a point leas than the assumed range unleaa some dry sand or gray dirt is juat beyond or to one aide when by aiming on It you can gradually come up until you hit. It la Impossible In the confines of a short article like this to go Into minute de tails. and no effort la fnade to do so here. My advice to all Is to approach men of the type of Anderton. Doyle. Casely, Keogh, Tewes, Hudson, Leush ner, and many other fine square shots, TIP* somewhere you will imbibe some thing that will benefit, and you will enjoy the good fortune to meet men of atanding In their profession, who i are as generous as they are Intelligent and well posted. STONE 111 BLADDER REMOVED IN REMARKABLE WAY A year and a half ago I was taken with a severe attack of kidney trouble that p ;ned me to such an extent that mor phine had to be given me. Was attended by a doctor who pronounced it as atone in the bladder and prescribed lithia Water. I took Lithia Water and tablets for some time and received no relief from them. I stopped taking medicines for some time and having some Dr. Kilmer's Bwamp-Root in the house, I decided to try it and felt much relieved; while taking the second bottle commenced to pass gravel in urine until I had passed in all at least a half a dozen qr more and havs not suffered the slightest since and in all hare taken one bottle and a half and feel very grateful to Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. Yours very truly, 11. W. SPIVKS. Camp Hill, Ala. Personally appeared before me this 10th of August, 1900, 8. W. Spinks, who subscribed the above statement and mads oath that same is true in substance and in fact. A. B. LEE, utUr u Notary Public. Br. (Haw S C*. 1 ». T. Prove What Swimp-Root Will Do For You Send to Dr. Kilmer A Co., Bingham ton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will convince anyone. You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling •11 about the kidneys and bladder. When writing, be sure and mention this paper. For sale at all djug stores. 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"In the meantime my wife, who was continually suffering with a slight skin trouble and who had been try- | Ing different proscriptions and meth- j ods with my assistance, told roe she was going to get some of the Cuticura Remedies and give them a fair trial. Rut as I did not know much about Cuticura at that time I was doubtful whether It would help her. Her skin would thickest, break and bleed, es pecially on sthe fingers, wrists and arms. I could do nothing to reliev® her permanently. When she first ap plied tho warm baths of Cuticura Soap and applications of Cuticura Ointment she saw a decided improve ment and In a few days sho was com pletely cured. "I lost no time In recommending | the Cuticura Remedies to Mr. , i and thiß was two months ago. I told ; him to wneh with warm baths of the | Cuticura Soap and to apply the Cuti cura Ointment generously. 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