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VOLUME 14.
REYNOLDSV1LLE, PENN'A., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, ID05
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A MEDIAEVAL NAVY.
The Uneer Implement of Attack and
Defense Thill Wpre I'lied.
Very strange to modern eyes would
be llio armament of Groat Britain's
mediaeval nnvy. Tho very names of
ninny of the Implements of attack nnd
defense sound queer. According to the
books, In tho year 1337 Ui vessels of
the nnvy were furnished wltli "es
prlngnlds," ancient spring Rims; "hnu
borgeons," conts of until ; "Imclnets,"
mini II helmets; hows, arrows, doublets,
targets; "pnvlsos,". large shields placed
lit tho sides nnd serving the double
purpose of protection against the sea
nnd against the enemy; lances and
"llrlng barrels." As early ns 1338
cannon formed part of the armament
of ships, and about 1372 guns and gun
powder were commonly used. .Among
the stores belonging to one vessel of
that time were three Iron cannon with
five chambers, n band gun and three
old stone bags, probably for shot. An
other ship had an Iron cannon with two
chambers id one brass cannon with
one chamber.
Among other Implements of war
used at that time were "cannon
pavlors" or stone shot throwers nnd
"murlherers," which were smaller und
threw any kind of shot. There were
also "basilisks," "port pieces," "stock
fowlers," "sakers" and "bombards."
Tho bombards were of hammered Iron,
made of bars welded and bound to
gether with Iron bands. They threw
stone shot weighing between 140
pound and 105 pounds. A lmttery of
these creeled on n slip of land at the
naval battle of Chloggla (13N0) between
the Venetians and the Genoese did
grent damage. They were loaded over
night and were fired In the morning.
Frolssnrt tells of n bombard used at
one of these ancient sieges that "might
lie heard live leagues off In the day
time nnd ten at night. The report of
It was so loud that It seemed as If all
the devils In hell had broken loose."
l!nis's ordnance was first cast In Eng
land In the year 1535. The pieces had
various names. Many of different
caliber were mounted on the same
deck, which must have caused great
confusion In action in finding for eacb
Its proper shot.
THE ESKIMO CANOE.
It In a Cnrlotis III Hi? Crnft That la
Crnnhr, Yet Safe.
It Is 111 Greenland that the hunting
ability of the Eskimo reaches Its high
est development. He has a One me
chanical skill. Hones, Ivory, stones, a
little driftwood, skins and the sinew
of the reindeer are the materials from
which he must make his boat und
weapons. Thero Is nothing else. Bays
a Greenland traveler: "Of these the
Eskimo builds a canoe, Its frame of
bones and driftwood. Its covering of
translucent sealskin sewed together
with sinew. This kayak Is decked over,
except for a holo In the middle framed
with a wcTlrn ring. Tho Eskimo
wriggles Into this Iiolo, his legs extend
ed iiito the fore part of tho boat
"Hound his waist there Is a cylinder
of senlsklo, the lower edge of which
draws over Hie wooden ring nnd Is
pulled tight with a thong, making all
water tight to the armpits. For heavy
weather the cylinder Is part of a skin
shirt with n hood. Strings tighten this
hood to tho face and cuffs to the
wrists, while n pair of long sleeved
mitts protect tho hands and arms.
"So rigged a good man can turn his
canoe bottom upward nnd right him
self again with Blldlng strokes of his
paddle, for he Is as waterproof as a
duck. Moreover, his vessel Is so flexi
ble that It Is almost safe from being
crushed In tho Ice drift and, being Um
ber, Is extremely swift when propelled
by tho double ended paddle.
"On the other hand, tho vessel Is so
cranky that only about two-thirds of
the native men have nerve nnd bal
ance enough to hunt. Only three or
four Danes in all Greenland have
dared use a kaynk."
To no Discovered by Experience.
Furious Old Gentleman (to new
Scotch footman) Do you take me for
a fool, sir? Footman Weel, sir, I'm
no lang here and I dluua- ken yet
Dundee Journal.
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THE DUTCHWOMAN'S CAP.
It In Not Only Tretty, but It Denates
the Wearer'a Wealth.
The caps of the women of Holland
are not only beautiful, they are full of
Blgnlllcuuce and eloquent through their
decoration and Jeweling of the worldly
estate and condition of their wearers.
The wealthy burgher's wife In Amster
dam or The Hague or In Dordrecht,
who lives perhaps In one of the numer
ous Hue old sixteenth century houses,
who Is of ancient and rcspcctubleMln
engu, who bus a retinue of buxom
handmaids to do her will nnd to keep
her home In order, tells of her good for
tune when she walks abroad to take
the air, for she wears beneath a mod
ern bonnet her Muts, the lace of which
Is old, rare and costly anil was ner
haps made In Itruges or Itrussels or
some famous Flemish convent. I Vo
uch III its delicate gossamer gleams the
heavy gold Krullcn, and from Its horns
or Splegels depend hanging ornaments
of rich gold set with great gleaming
pearls.
The Jeweled Krullen Is often of great
age, lmvlng been handed down from
mother to daughter ft- a succession of
generations and It Is on that account
nn object of great value to its wearer.
15ut if one Is Impressed by the beau
ty of the headdresses In the largo und
Important towns of Holland, It is only
when visiting the smaller towns nnd
the villages that the full significance
of the cap makes Itself felt. Especial
ly Is this the ense in the provinces of
Zealand and Keveland, though In the
north nnd by the shores of the Zuyder
Zee there nre ninny fascinating caps In
evidence. Thanks to the work of mod
ern artists, the little village of Volen
dam has been Immortalized, and the
world Is well acquainted with the cos
tume of Its women nnd Its sturdy men.
Clenullness Is the keynote In the har
mony which Volendam stands for. It
is strikingly apparent In the spotless
cap, as in every detail of the costume,
down to the white or black polished
Klompers which are universally worn.
Iler home, the pride of every Volen
dam woman, is a pattern of cleanli
ness befitting Its mistress. Her snowy
cap and broldered kerchief nre mir
rored in a hundred sparkling brasses
or polished plates of china or delft, and
there Is not a cranny or comer which
does not hear testimony to the thor
oughness with which she has wielded
broom or duster.
Wherever one travels In Holland one
finds the enp telling Its story. In the
southern provinces In the Island of
Ilevel one may gather from Its length
whether the wearer follows the teach
ings of Luther or Is a member of the
Homan Catholic church. Is the child
an orphan? Then by her cap her con
dition shall be made known. Has
some one member of the family gone
to Join the great majority? The plain
soft white headdresses of the women
folk shall tell the pathetic story
through the depth of their linen bor
ders nnd their lack of lace.
At the kermis, at the weddings, at
the jolly country dances where men
and maids gather to make merry, the
young marriageable women tell of
their single Btate, for on their fore
heads they wear an ornament of gold
called the nanld. This piece of Jewel
ry is fastened to the Krullen; It covers
the left temple and broadens out to
its end on the forehead between the
eyes. Thus a glance at the young
women's caps Is ail that is needed to
acquaint the Interested swains as to
whether tho fair charmers are in the
marriage market, which simplifies
matters considerably. Delineator.
The rropertlee of Cocaine.
Travelers In Peru and countries
whore coca grows chew the leaves of
this plant for the purpose of allaying
the sense of hunger and the feeling of
exhaustion that accompanies It. At
first the leaves were thought to possess
food elements, but now It is known
that the cocaine they contain merely
allays the Irritability of the nerves
that produce the sense of hunger.
Cocaine Is an alkaloid made from
the coca loaf, which has the effect of
completely destroying the sensibility
of nerves. The discovery of this active
principle of the coca leaf explained
fully nnd satisfactorily the effect pro
duced by chewing the leaves. An In
fusion of the leaf might be used with
good results in allaying the gnawing
appetite that follows some forms of
fever or In cases where the sense of
hunger Is due to a diseased condition
of the itomach.
Cocaine should never be used except
on the prescription of a trustworthy
physician, because it is dangerous. The
cocaine habit is more readUy formed
than either the morphine or liquor
habit and is far more rapid In Its work
of destruction.
Beanflfol Comparlnons.
The horse shares with woman the
gift of the greatest animate physical
beauty, and the classification does the
lady no discredit. As for man, his
partner In pulchritude Is away down
Uo line, probably a mule and maybe
a burro. San Francisco Call.
1 The I.MNt Word.
"Does your wife Insist on having the
last word?" said the mun who asks Im
pertinent questions.
"Certainly not," answered Mr. Meek
ton. "She doesn't have to Insist"
Washington Star.
THE LOOK OF A CHILD.
It Pleading Power Wa Too Great
to Be RealRted.
"The look of a little child Is some
times a wonderful thing," suld tho man
who had risen high ou the ladder of
success. "I remember that the great
est lesson I have ever learned In my
life was pointed out to me hy my
daughter, who was only five years old
at that time. That was fifteen years
ago, when I had Just attained some
measure of distinction In the business
world, and I felt that I could afford to
rest on my oars awhile. I had never
been a drinking man, but frequent con
ferences at hotel lobbies and after
theater talks with my associates began
to tell on me and I am ashamed to
confess that I came home many a
night slightly the worse for wear and
'booze.' Tho habit of Imbibing grew
on me, In spite of tearful entreaties
from my wife, until I took a bottle of
whisky home one afternoon. After
dinner I made for that botlle, which
I had left In my study, poured out a
glass and raised It to my Hps, when I
caught a reflection In tho polished
woodwork of the wall. I turned quick
ly, nnd there was my little daughter
standing In the doorway looking at
me. I could never describe the ex
pression on her face. If one might say
It of a child, It was a commingling of
reproach, pity and disgust l'robably
she bad overheard conversations be
tween her mother and myself perhaps
the mother had instilled that feeling
perhaps It was Instinct I have not
taken another drink from that day to
tills."' New Orleans Times-Democrat
THE PHENIX.
Lea-end of How It Lived and Died
and Lived Aa-nln.
The ancient tradition concerning the
phenlx has Introduced Into nearly ev
ery language the habit of applying that
name to whatever Is singular or un
common among its kind. According to
ancient writers, the phenlx was a bird
of great beauty about the size of an
eagle. A shining and most beautiful
crest adorned Its head, Its plumage
contnlned nearly every tint of the rain
bow, and Its eyes Bparklod like dia
monds. Only one of these birds could
live at a time, but its existence covered
a period of COO or 000 years. When Its
life drew to a close the bird buUt for
itself n funeral pile of wood and aro
matic spices, with Its wings fanned the
pile into a flame and therein consumed
itself. From its ashes a worm wns
produced, out of which another pherdx
was formed, having all the vigor of
youth. Tho first care of the new phenlx
was to solemnize Its pnreut's obsequies.
For that purpose it made a ball of
myrrh, frankincense nnd other fra
grant tilings. At Hcllopolls, a city In
lower Egypt there was a magnificent
temple dedicated to tho sun. To this
temple tho phenlx would carry the fra
grant hall nnd burn It on the altar of
the sun as n sacrifice. The priests then
examined the register and found that
exactly 500 years or exactly 600 years
bad elapsed since that same ceremony
had taken place.
Modern Card Playing.
The gambling of today Is a mUd af
fair compared with the extant records
of English society. Wo shall never
again see the days when General Scott
won a fortune of 200,000 at whist,
chiefly by dint of keeping sober. And
high play, it must nover be forgotten,
Is a relative term. When Lord Stavor
dale galne4 11,000 by a single coup at
hazard, his only comment was that If
he had been playing "deep" he might
have won millions. When the dimen
sions of modern wealth are taken Into
account the wildest excesses ever wit
nessed at the card table would have a
timid and parsimonious aspect to the
bucks of the regency. Times of India,
Bombay.
Women' Tempera.
I recently saw It stated somewhere
that "women are much better tem
pered than men." This, of course, Is a
self evident proposition up to a cer
tain point Women, as a rule,' are al
together more self possessed and have
a greater control over themselves than
men, who want everything their own
way, resent all trouble, cannot endure
the smallest discomfort and are rarely
unselfish.
But in Justice to men It must be said
that generally speaking, they have
very much more to try their nerves.
London World.
An Ancient Steam Man.
There are a host of authorities on
hydraulics and mechanics that could
be quoted to support tho assertion that
the steam engine Is not a modern In
vention. CarpinI In the account of his
travels, A. D. 128U, describes a species
of aeophile, or steam, engine made In
the form of a man. This contrivance
wns filled with "Inflammable liquid"
(probably petroleum) and made to do
terrible work in the battles between
the Mongols and the troops of Prester
John.
rinman Nature.
"It's funny," remarked the thought
ful citizen.
"What's funny r
"The wny a man who spends all his
spare time praying for the regeneration
of his parry will got Indignant at tho
suggestion that he vote the opposition
ticket for once."- ' ""' "mr
POP GOES THE WEASEL.
The Meaning of Thene Word la tho
Old Engllah Song.
How many people know the meaning
cf the words 'Top goes tho weaBel" in
the song? Many of us have probably
regarded them us a meaningless tag,
having some dim Cockney bearing ou
the animal. Buch a bearing they have,
but In an unexpected way. A writer In
Notes and Queries aflirms that tho
words refer to a purse miido of weasel
skin which opened and closed with a
Biiap. This brings the lino out of Irrel
evant jargon into the main sense:
Up and down the city road.
In and out tho Eagle;
That's tho wuy the money goes'
Pop Kes the weasel.
The "popping" or snapping of the
purso Is declared to be the equivalent
of "Hang went snxponce." ,
Hut tliis explanation is not, perhaps,
so Inherently probable as another
which makes "weasel" a slang tenn
for silver plate, prize cups, etc. arti
cles which, as the result of gadding in
the City road, were pawned or "pop
ped." This Idea Is repented In a story
of an Islington tailor who, through fre
quenting the Eagle tavern, hud to pop
his "weasel," an Instrument used In tho
cutting of cloth. Whatever. tho weasel
may have been, the song went round
the world, nnd many a boy in faroff
Brazil or Ceylon received his first Idea
of London's stroeU in its reference to
the City road. London Globe.
BIRD CUSTOMS.
The Ilnlilt of lulling nnd the Stock
Doye'a Bow In a Fight.
An Englishman, Edmoud Kelous, has
been watching doves at play and lu
combat. Of the habit of "billing," in
which so many birds engage when they
nre nesting, be says: "Where birds now
merely 'bill,' they once, In my opinion,
fed each other, or the male fed the fe
male, but pleasure came to bo, experi
enced hi the contact alone, and the pas
sage of food, which was never neces
sary, gradually became obsolete. I
tli Ink it by no means Improbable that
our own kissing may have originated
In much the same way, and that birds
when thus 'billing' experience the same
sort of pleasure that we do when we
kiss must be quite obvious to any one
who has watched them."
Of a peculiarity of the stock dove Mr.
Selous writes: "When these birds fight
they constantly Interrupt the flow of
the combat by bowing In the most ab
surd way, not to one another, but gen
erally, bo to Bpeak, for no object or
purpose whatever, apparently, but only
because they must do so. The fact Is
the bow has become a formula of court
ship, and, as courting and fighting are
Intimately connected, the one suggests
the other In the mind dt the bird, who
bows all nt once nnder a misconcep
tion." THE WORD "LOBSTER.
la Ia Slang Senae It Haa Been In
L'ae For Centnrlea.
In letters from Sir Walter Scott to
WlUlam Clark of Eldln, under date of
Sept 10 and 80, 1792, are found allu
sions to the word "lobster" as a play
ful sobriquet for the redcoat officers
and soldiers of .the British army. In
this case a boiled lobster Is meant a
per evidence of the following couplet,
once familiar to the English street
boys, and quoted whenever a rifleman
In green wns seen walking arm In
arm with a soldier In red:
There go two lobsters, claw In claw;
One la boiled, and t'other's raw.
Sir Arthur Hazlerigg, in Cromwell's
time, commanded a regiment of cuiras
siers, who "from thetr complete armor
obtained the nickname of lobsters."
(Baldock's "Cromwell as a Soldier.")
What was mere ralUery In England
may readily have grown Into an ex
pression of hatred and contempt In
America at the time of the Revolution,
and. In point of fact Bancroft's "His
tory of the United States" relates that
"lobsters" was one of the abusive
epithets applied to the soldiers by the
mob on the occasion of the Boston
massacre. Philadelphia Press.
A Taate of Fame.
When Thackeray was a candidate
for parliament from the ctty of Oxford
some one remarked to him that he
must he well known to most of those
whose votes he sought "Now," said
Thackeray, laying down his knife and
fork and holding up a finger, "there
was only one man among all that I
went to see who bad heard my name
before, and he was a circulating li
brarian. Such is mortal fameF That
was In 1857 and "Vanity Fair" bad
been published ten years.
Miiiht Be Worse.
Winks What makes yon look so
blue? Jinks I have six daughters,
bone of them married or likely to be.
Winks And you are blue over it? Ton
are the most ungrateful mortal that ev
er breathed. I have six daughters, all
married, all have children, and I've got
to snpport the whole crowd. New York
Weekly.
Sorry Ho Spoke.
"I wish. Mrs. Brown," said the
boarder to his lnndhidy, "I wish you'd
give me the receipt for that pudding
we had yesterday."
I "I'd much rather give yoo a receipt
j for the board yon had but month," re
i ywid the landlady tarCj.
CHINESE MONEY.
Rome la Good Mnd Dome I Counter
feit, but It All Gnea.
Emllo Hard, Frenchman, has an
Interesting chapter on the money of
China In his book, "Chinese Life In
Town nnd Country." He explains that
the unit of Chlneso money , Is tho tael,
which Is not a coin, but a weight of
Bilver tho ounce, of which thero are
sixteen to tho catty and 1,000 to the
pleul. Tho commercial tael Is that of
Canton, which should weigh 87.783
grains, but usually weighs 37.58. Then
there Is tho tael of Shanghai, which
weighs 80.(1, and tho revenue tael, used
In valuing Imports nnd exports, and
each largo city has its own, that of
Tientsin worth from 4 to 0 per cent
more tlinn Unit of Shanghai. Ruslncss
estimated In taels is curried on by tho
uso of Spanish dollars or silver Ingots.
The former are weighed and stamped
by every south China merchant and
have to lie remitted continually. Tho
Ingots of sliver nre cut from bars Into
pieces that tho operator estimates will
weigh 50 taels. Naturally each one
who bundles them weighs them.
"Hanks store their money In cellars,
In boxes carrle I back nnd forth by
coolies," says M. Hard. "Tills explains
the Item of transportation which Is de
ducted from the face of n Chinese
check when It Is cashed at a bank.
One can Judge of tho complications
consequent upon this ystem of con
version of tnels of different values Into
Ingots of dllterent weight and purity,
especially as assayers of different lo
calities refuso to honor the stamps of
other cities." In places where tho dol
lar Is not used small payments aro
made by cutting up an Ingot. "Tho
scale used In weighing these fragments
has two sets of markings; one for re
ceipts nnd one for payments."
China's nntional coin Is the cash, a
round copper ciin with a square hole
through It. The cash or sapak dates
from at lenst 2300 H. C. Eight pounds'
weight of cash makes a dollar. Years
ngo an emperor decided to double his
f nmls) by giving copper cash double it
value. In certain parts of the country
this performance Is still In effect In
other parts 77 or 85 cash are counted
ns 100.
In Honnn the Chlneso go to market
with two kinds of money, one real, the
other counterfeit Some articles are
bought with one, some With the other.
Certain articles have two prices, one
In good money, one in bad.
AMERICAN LANDSCAPE.
How II DIITera From That of Eng
land and the Continent.
The American landscape, even In tho
older purls of the country, Is generally
unkempt nml does not lend Itself as
readily to formal treatment as does tho
typical English or continental land
scape. The owners of big estates rare
ly appreciate the scale on which the
landscape architecture should be laid
out and the patience which Is neces
sary to obtain a complete and consum
mate effect. They want ready mado
estates. Finally, the leading American
house architects have, with a few ex
ceptions, a good deal to learn about
the technique of landscape design. So
far ns the largo house itself Is con
cerned, a convention has been estab
lished which Is In the main a good
convention, but the designing of gar
dens Is still In an early experimental
stage. The stna properties are col
lected In abundance. There Is no lack
of persolns, fountains, well heads, ga
zebos, statuary and pottery, but as Ilka
ns not they are Indiscriminately placed.
The architectural features are, how
ever, generally somewhat better man
aged than the planting, which fre
quently looks as If an Irish gardener
had been given some vague general di
rections, or ns If the lady of the house
had considered that It was a woman's
business to make tho garden green.
As a matter of fact, however, the lady
of the house. In case she has her own
way, generally paints the garden yel
low and red rather than green. Her
Idea usually Is merely to get as much
bloom as possible, and tills she does at
a sacrifice of those masses of foliage
which aro absolutely necessary to give
mass, body and depth to a large gar
den. Architectural Record Magazine.
The River Kongo.
Tropical rivers vary greatly In vol
ume In the rainy season sweeping to
the sea In vast torrential floods and
near the end of the dry season flowing
slowly nnd only In the central and
deeper portions of their beds. The
Kongo, however, the largest river In
Africa, rises and falls very slightly,
and Commander Cameron accounts for
this peculiarity, which was at one time
considered Inexplicable, by the observa
tion that the basin of this great river
extends on both sides of the equator,
and therefore one moiety of Its tribu
taries nre In flood while the other ore
at their minimum volume.
Smalleat Bird.
The golden crested wren Is the small
est not only of British, but of all Euro
pean, birds. Its average weight Is
only about e'ghty grains troy, go that
It would take seventy-two of the birds
to weigh a pound. The length of tho
feathers Is about three and a half
inches nnd the stretch of the wtngi
about live Inches, but when the feath
ers are taken off the length of the N!
does not exceed one Inch.