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POWDER AND GUNS.
Evidence That They Were Used Long
Before the Christian Era.
There is abundant evidence that the
odgin of tninpowder and artillery
goea far Lack In the dim ages of the
past.
The Hindoo code, compiled long be
fore the Christian era, prohibited the
making of war with cannon and
guns or any kind of firearms. Quintus
Curtius informs us that Alexander
the Great met with . Are weapons in
Asia, and Philostratus says that Alex
ander's conquests were arrested by
the use of gunpowder. It is also
written that those wise men who lived
in the cities of the Ganges "over
threw their enemies with tempests
and thunderbolts shot from the
walls." Julius Africanus mentions
shooting powder in the year 275. It
was used In the siege of Constantino
ple in CC8, by the Arabs in GOO, at
Thessalonlca in 004, at the siege of
Belgrade in 1073, by the Greek3 in
naval battle in 1008, by the Arabs
against the Iberians In 1147 aud at
Toulouse in 1218.
It appears to have been generally
known throughout civilized Europe as
early as 1300, and soon thereafter it
made its way into England, where it
was manufactured during the reign
of Elizabeth, and we learn that a
few arms were possessed by the Eng
lish in 1310 and that they were used
at tho battle of Crecy in 1340.
Cassier's Magazine.
approaches and draws the eggs into
hi3 f gills, where they remain until
hatched, when they struggle out of
their confinement into the parent's
mouth. As many as 200 perfect
young are sometimes found In the
mouth of an adult male, now the
fish manages to feed itself without
swallowing the young Is a mystery.
The grown fish is about seven inches
long and one and three-quarters wide.
Its back Is olive green, shot with
blue, and the belly is silver white,
marked with green and blue. Near
ancient Capernaum some hot springs
form a small stream which runs into
the lake, and it is in these warm
waters that the chromis abounds.
No Common Dog.
.Gentleman (to dog dealer) I gave
you a high price for this dog last week
because you warranted it to be a good
house dog. My house was broken
into last night, and the dog Dever even
barked.
Dog Dealer No, sir; I quite believes
yer. He was too busy lookin' for the
burglars, so as to be able to identify
'em, to even think of barkin'. If you
was out with this 'ere dog and was to
meet 'em burglars he'd know 'em in
a minute. He alu't no common barkin'
dog; he's a reg'ler 'tective an' worth
'Is weight in gold, he is. London
Answers.
THE FUEGIANS.
SHERIDAN'S RUSE.
It Settled the Dramatist's Account
With His Wine Merchant.
It is related of Richard Brlnsley
Sheridan, tho dramatist and statesman,
that, always in debt, he had among
his creditors tho brothers Challe, who
were the partners in a wlno firm in
1775.
One day when he was giving a din
ner party to some distinguished people
Sheridan sent for one of the brothers,
told him ho was now able to settle his
account and invited him to the dinner
party, asking him to como before the
hour for some private conversation.
Challe arrived early, and he was uo
Booner in tho house than Sheridan sent
off a servant with a noto to tho clerk,
desiring him, as Mr. Chalio was fa
voring him with his company, to send
as soon as possible three dozen of
burgundy, two dozen of claret and two
dozen of port, with a dozen of old
hock.
Tho unsuspecting clerk sent tho
wine, with which the guests were so
pleased that they asked where it camo
from. Sheridan, turning toward Chalio,
said, "I am indebted to my friend here
for all the wlno you have tasted and
am always proud to recommend him."
It was not until the following morn
ing that Chalio realized the double
meaning in Sheridan's words. Tho
debt was canceled.
A Queer Fish.
A malo tlsh which hatches tho young
of its mate is tho Chromis pater
familias. It is found iu tho Lake
of Tiberias. Palestine. Strange to
say, this industrious fish hatches its
young In its mouth. When tho femnle
has spawned In the snnd. the male
They Are Stunted and Misshapen as
Well as Hideously Ugly.
At the two extremes of ihe Amer
ican continent dwell the most wretch
ed races of beings the Eskimos at the
north and the Fuegians at the south.
Of the two the Puegians appear to be
the lowest in the civilized scale, their
general aspect being wretched and de
graded. Their hideously ugly faces express
the grossest stupidity, and their per
sons are both stunted and misshapen.
The average height of the men dwes
not exceed five feet two inches, that
of the women four feet eight inches,
and owing to their habit of standing
in a stooping attitude they look even
less than their actual height.
But, although they are veritable pyg
mies In stature, yet their bodies are
exceedingly large, and their general
appearance is such as might result from
tacking on to the trunk of a giant the
arms and legs of a child.
Their color appears to be a copper
bronze, but as nearly all are begrimed
with smoke it Is difficult to specify
their precise hue. The very young
children are light brown in color with
tho exception of the palms of the
hands and the soles of the feet, which
are of a dirty yellow.
Tho heads of the adults are covered
with coarse black hair which falls in
lank masses to the neck behind and
on each side of the face, but is cut
away from before the eyes.
The forehead is low and retreating,
the nose broad, flat and furnished with
immense nostrils, and the mouth is
very wide, with thick, protruding lips,
tho upper one being very much elon
gated. Tho eyes are small and placed some
what obliquely, the his is invariably
black in color, and the white of tho
cyo has a distinctly yellowish tinge.
Moreover, owing apparently to the irri
tation produced by the smoke of the
fires over which they are so constant
ly crouching, they are very generally
blear eyed.
Tho teeth, although very much dis
colored, are, as a rule, regular and
sound. The men have naturally only
a few black bristles scattered over the
upper lip and chin. These, however,
are carefully extracted from time to
time by means of two mussel shells,
and very frequently the hair of the
eyebrows is removed by a similar
process. The males appear to pay no
attention whatever to tho dressing of
their hair, but the women are some
what more particular and may fre
quently bo seeu employing In its ar
rangement tho toothed jaw of a por
poise In lieu of a comb. St Louis
Globe-Pcmocrnt,
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GIGANTIC JREE STUMPS.
Big' Enough to Be Hollowed Out and
Used For Houses. .
The fine Bra of the I'nrinV north wttet
are so colossal that after the tret are
hewed down the stumps are used for
children's playgrounds, houses for fam
ilies to live in or for dancing plat
forms. To make a stump house the material
from the interior is removed, leaving
only enough to form walls of suitable
thickness. A roof of boards or shin
gles Is put over the top of the stump,
holes are cut for windows and doors,
and a family of five can and often
does make it their dwelling. The
stump houses are sometimes used l,v
settlers until they can build larger and
more convenient homes.
After the stump home lias been va
cated it Is turued into a stable for the
horses or sometimes Into an inelosiire
for chickens or hogs.
Next to the big tree of California the
flr or sequoia of Washington and Ore
gon has the largest diameter. As they
decay rapidly, the hollowing out is
easy. Sometimes they are used for
dance platforms, some of them accom
modating as many as four couples.
Another custom is to turn the big
stumps into playgrounds for the chil
dren. The children reach the top by
pieces of wood nailed against the sides
or by ladders. A beautiful use of the
large stumps is making them into flow
er beds and covering them with trail
ing vlues.-Chicago Tribuue.
THE WAISTCOAT.
It Became Popular by the Patronage
of Charles II.
Few men realize how much they are
being influenced in their dress by King
Charles II., and yet it is to that mon
arch we owe the adoption of the waist
coat as a regular article of gentle
man's dress, says London M. A. P.
At least that is so if we are to accept
tho statement of. Pepys, who in his
diary under date of Oct. 10. 1000,
states: "The king has declared his res
olution to set a fashion which he
would never alter," and "This day
King Charles II. began to put on his
vest. It is a very fine and handsome
garment."
Prior to this date they were excep
tional garments, and there is even
some doubt whether they were orig
inally worn by ladies or gentlemen,
though there is good reason to believe
they superseded tho doublet, such as
was worn by Italelgh, Essex and other
notables of the Elizabethan age.
A ueat waistcoat "wrought in silk
and gold" Is mentioned in "Patient
Gtissell," 1002, and there Is a painting
In distemper of a vest on the walls of
Winchester cathedral, dated 1489, so
that what Charles II. took was merely
an existing garment, which he re
modeled, and by his patronage so pop
ularized it that it became a standard
article of gentleman's dress.
Clever Reasoning.
Rather on original lesson in political
economy was that once taught by the
Japanese nobleman Awoto and thus
translated by Sir Edwin Arnold in
"Seas and Lands:"
One evening as he was going to the
palace to take his turn in keeping the
night watch he let teu cash drop out
of his tinder case into the stream and
then bought fifty cash worth of torches
to search for the lost coin. ILs friends
laughed at him for spending so much
in order to recover so little, aud he re
plied, with a frown:
"Sirs, you are foolish aud Ignorant of
economics. Had I not sought for these
ten cash they would have been lost
forever sunk in the bottom of the
Namcrlgawa. Tho fifty cash which I
have expended on torches will remain
In the hands of the tradesman. Wheth
er he has them or I is no matter, but
not a single one of the sixty has been
lost, aud that is a clear gain to the
country."
Wedding Ring Mottoes.
When posies or mottoes inscribed
inside wedding rings were first intro
duced does not seem to be known,
but from the sixteenth century until
the middle of the eighteenth it was
customary to have them engraved on
rings. These mottoes seldom consist
ed of more than two lines of a verse,
often of only one, but there are a
few instances known where three
Hues were used. Some of these posies
are very quaint and curious, and a
few reach a high standard of poetic
beauty. The South Kensington mu
seum has a good collection of posy
rings, and among them' are the fol
lowing inscriptions: "United hearts
death only parts;" "Let us share iu
joy and care;" "Love and live hap
pily." London Staudard.
The Cause.
"Did you hear the awfui shriek that
engine gave as it flow by?' asked the
first man as they approached a rail
road crossing.
"Yes. What caused It?" rejoined lita
companion.
"I presume the engineer had It by
tho throttle."-Smart Set.
A Mean Retort.
"There goes a man I could have mar
ried," she said softly.
"Yes," he chuckled, "and I notice
that ho keeps on goiug as though he
were afraid you might try it again."
Detroit Free Press.
Way It Goes.
"Could yon give n starving woman
work?"
"Yes: I need a girl u t;wwb."
"Too bad: this girl's a parlor waUl."
AVashlugtou Herald,
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