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How the Japs Learned to Shoot. % lat the Japanese know how to been made apparent to all Shoot J but it would puzzle most peo- Dat, °J ? ’ ay v/bo gave them their first P le jn the use of firearms. It Ie " m nossiblv be supposed that they nl,g ’ vve( l the art, as they have bor ,,orri, , her things, from their Chi roW! neighbors, who were certainly tinted with the virtues of villain metre long before gunpowder introduced into Europe. But it wa o Chinese musketry instructor ° ug ht the Jap to handle a gun. 1? lesson came from s. Portuguese J h ® i er and soldier of fortune, one 7 fhe companions of the renowned pern and Mendez Pinto, who tells the * Pinto had been called the ‘ >ee of but the libel is quite prl hollt justification. He was an ac pn-inlinhed traveler. Among other j .' n ‘ } ie went to Lhassa, and took 1 ,wii a sermon preached by the Dalai b U t that is another story. His ventures in Japan were not the . a abl interesting part of his experi- e )ce? He tells us that when sailing li e Eastern seas he and his comrades ~1 (1 wrecked and left stranded on a (lesert island. There they were picked ' by a Chinese pirate. From his r U iaft( a fter a series of mishaps, they hided on the island of Tanituma, which may be identified with Tanega. Shima. just to the south of the south ernmost of the four great islands of lapan. Here they were well re ceived by the governor, who asked many questions about Portugal, says Pinto, “we ren dered him such answers as might rather fit his humor than agree with the truth.” Invited on shore by the Japanese governor of Tanega Shima, the Por tuguese employed themselves in fish ing hunting or visiting the temples of these Gentiles, as Pinto calls them. It happened that the governor, when out riding, saw one of them—Diego y^imoto —shooting with an arquebus, “wherein he was very expert.” The governor had never set eyes on a gun before, and was so mightily taken with this manner of shooting that he desired to be informed of the secret of the powder, which he concluded must be some source of sorcery. Proud of the sensation he had cre ated, Diego ‘‘made three shoots” for the governor’s benefit, bringing down a kite and two turtle doves. The governor was so delighted that he told Diego to get on his horse, and so rode with him to the palace, ac companied by a great crowd. Diego gave his arquebus to the governor, who declared that he valued it more Gian all the treasures of China, and then persuaded his guest to teach him how to make gunpowder. Clev er Japanese craftsmen were employed to make guns of the same pattern; and before Pinto and his companions left the island —that is, within five or six months — six hundred muskets had been turned out. The fame of the new weapon was soon carried across what we now call the Van Die man Straits to the island of Kiu-Kiu, Pinto's kingdom of Bungo. The king, who was possibly no more than a Daimio of high degree subject to the ruler of all Japan, having heard of the arrival of the Portuguese at Tanega Shima, and of the wonders of their discourse, wrote to the gov ernor asking that they might be for warded to his capital; “for I have heard of a truth,” he wrote, “that these same men have entertained you at large with all matters of the wide universe, and have affirmed unto you Harvesting the Wheat. K) AGNES C. IjAUT. But the wheat field is ripe and harvest has come. It is the apoth eosis of the year. Insects pests and fungous pests, hail and frost, the yel 'ow field has escaped them all, and I'illows a sea of gold from sky-line to s ky-line beneath a midsummer ?ky Purpling to the haze of coming au tumn. a multitude of little voices and trill from the wayside grasses. The drowsy hum of the ■eaper fills the air with a singing. Out on the Pacific Coast wheat farms are cutting the wheat with huge harvesters driven by engines drawn • machines sixteen to K/ f eet the wheat to a f moving thresher and throw it aside °u the field sacked and ready for Market where it lies in a rainless till it can be drawn to the ! rain - A hundred acres a day, these '' dge Machines will harvest and pip i n the Northwest on the e,ds °f No. 1 Hard, two and three u ( four teams draw the self binders at Cut a nd bind the wheat to steam Ushers at work on the same field. B . o^ n * n Egypt they harvest by hand f ‘e, fiv e men to the acre, at a cost a dollar; while in Russia and the l e Beutina th ey are just begining to bin'(lo] tlle USG A - mer t C2ll se^_ c j 1 to the hum and the IP of the reaper, it grows on you Bon /' is no lon ser a mere thf/V. , he rea Per. It is a chorus, vest U '); throated chorus of the har foodfi u antllem ot ’ Joy from the l*la ' - °* * be Woldd - —The Outing 1 s Enormous Steam Power. lated u*/ naa s t at istician nas calcu- Us e 0 ! , lie s team power iu present °OOOoV> S Blwbe equal to 120 ’‘ e<J to nu,Sß 'power. The coal need- Woulti , ! P ly tbis °team for a year tug tpl.* • e a frei sht train extend- lltues around the earth. on their faith that there is another world greater than ours, inhabited by black and tawny people.” The governor was unwilling to par. Diego Zeimoto until that marks man had taught him to shoot as straight as he could himself; hut he sent Pinto and another Portuguese, these two were rowed across the Straits, and, after a long journey by land, came to “Fuchea,” the capital, this doubtless being the Fukuoka of our maps, on the northwest coast. The “King” was suffering at the time from gout; but Pinto, according to his own version, cured him in a month, by means of “a certain wood infused in water.” yvhile the King was laid up, the Portuguese traveler enlightened him and the grandees of the court on the subject of the uni verse in general and the kingdom of Portugal in particular, devoting his leisure time to sport. He shot a gieat store of turtles and quails with his arquebus; and thus new manner of shooting, he writes, seemed no less marvellous to the inhabitants of this land than it had been to those of Tanega Shima. But the first introduction of fire arms into the kingdom of Bungo threatened at one time to have tragic consequences for the Portuguese. The King’s son wanted to learn to shoot, and begged Pinto to teach him. Pinto did his best to put off the young prince; but one day, when the Portu guese was asleep, the prince, seeing the arquebus hanging on the wall, took it down, charged it about two spans deep with powder, and then stole off with his prize. Selecting an orange tree as a mark, he aimed care fully, and then fired, the result being that the barrel burst, and the young gentleman’s right thumb was all but blown off. Two Japanese boys who came with him ran away, and raised the cry that the prince had been shot by the stranger’s gun, and Pinto was roused by an angry mob, who put him in irons, while the priests—“ser vants of the devil” he styles them— loudly required that he should be tor tured to death. Fortunately the “King,” carried in a chair, appeared on the scene, and, on hearing Pinto’s explanations, ordered him to be set at liberty. Pinto at the same time un dertook to heal the prince’s wound, and, though no “chirurgion,” man aged to do it in the space of a month, for which he received a fee of fifteen hundred.ducats. The Portuguese then returned to Tanega Shima, whence they sailed for Liampo, “which, is a seaport of the kingdom of China, where at that time the Portugals traded,” Liampo being the modern Ning-po. Some time later—namely, in 155 6 —when Pinto was sent by the Portu guese viceroy, Don Alfonso de Nor onha, on a mission to the King of Bungo, he found that there were about thirty thousand arquebuses in the city of Fuchea alone. He was also informed by certain merchants of good credit that in “the whole isl and of Jappon” there were above three hundred thousand firearms, and that the Japanese were exporting them, by way of trade, to the Liu- Kiu Islands. “There is not so small an hamlet,” Pinto writes, “but hath a hundred at least; as for cities and great towns, they have them by thou sands, whereby one may perceive what the inclination of this people is, and how much they are naturally addicted to the wars, wherein they take more delight than any other na tion that we know.” St. James’ Gazette. Getting Into Monte Carlo By ARTHUR HJR WITT. I *>ame to Monte Carlo at night; it was some palace of a fairer land hail areeted me. Monaco’s giant rocks rose heavenward, their lighted headlands blending with a starry, yet ink-black,--sky. You leave the train behind—there is an ascent of many stops, marble steps, a stairway of splendor adorned with bronzes. At the top, through a garden of great palms, you get the first glimpse of the Casino, a building of gaudy splen dor, somewhat subdued at night; and your thoughts are of satisfaction and pleasure. But musings like these came to an abrupt end; the crow r d swept on the Casino, and the reality was before me. Now came the formality of obtain ing from the authorities the admis sion card. I experienced difficulty, and it was only after proving my identity and professional standing that the green card was handed to me. No one is wanted in the Casino who is a local resident; you have to live far away and be an employer father than an employe; this rule is made to lessen the chance of the scandal often coincident wTth loss. After traversing the splendid hall ways the card was scrutinized, and at last the doorkeepers, with pro found obeisance, ushered me into t\e gambling salon. You ask me for impressions—first impressions. Well, I will tell you— the neurotic perfumes of this south ern land, the noise as of raining gold, the atmosphere or aura of the place, unseen yet none the less forceful, t % aese impelled me to dive into my pocket and test the goddess Fortune —The Bohemian Magazine. ■■—lß The most active years of railway construction in the United States were in 1882, when 11,569 miles were added to the operated railroads, and in 1887, when the increase was 12,867. 3 Good Roads, g t A - -TP ■ Important as Schools. 0?.-e of the most important move ments which has been started in Georgia in a long time is that in the interest of good roads and 't is earnestly hoped that the efforts which are now being made to that end will bear abundant fruit. The chamber of commerce will en deavor to secure a good road con gress, and asks the co-operation of the Governor and the city and county authorities. It is no exaggeration to say that good roads are as important in many respects as a public school system. They contribute in a practical way to the upbuilding of the whole State. They knit the State into neighoor hoods and bring every farm house into closer proximity to the markets. They stimulate and encourage social and business inter-communication. Many times over they pay the cost of their construction by increasing the taxable value of the lands through which they run and hence the tax revenue of the various counties. Mr. Walter G. Cooper, secretary of the chamber of commerce, has mado a statement of the economic value of good roads which is little less than startling to those who are not famil iar w r ith the facts. He shows that a system of good roads in Georgia would mean a saving of ten millions of dollars a year to the people of the State. The cost of hauling by rail in the United States is about three fourths of a cent per ton mile; haul ing on the average country road costs about twenty-five cents, while hauling on sandy roads in dry w r eather costs about sixty cents per ton mile. It requires no very elaborate math ematical calculation to see how great a burden it is upon the people who have to pay this heavy cost of road transportation, when it would be an easy matter to reduce that cost to one-third or one-fourth the present expense. The cost on the average country roads of Europe and the best roads in this country, like the road from here to Roswell, for instance, is only about eight cents per ton mile, as compared, we have seen, with twenty five cents on the average road. It now costs about fifteen million dollars a year to do the hauling on the country roads of the State, and twen ty-five millions to pay the freight bills of the railways of Georgia, although the wagons haul only five million tons, as against twenty million tons hauled by the railroads. It is evident at a glance that Ihree fourtlis of the burdens which the people of Georgia now have to bear for transportation could be abolished by a system of good roads, and when that saving was effected the benefits would have only begun. The good results would be felt in every channel of our social and business life. This road building can be accom plished at a comparatively small cost. While it is ti;ue that a macadam road, thirty feet wide, would cost five thou sand dollars a mile, a sand-cla’ljPbad, such as may be built throughout the greater part of Georgia, could be constructed for about one hundred and fifty dollars a mile, and would stand well in all weather with the average traffic. This is a condition which applies to at least half the area of the State of Georgia. Let the people of Georgia pause and consider what it would mean to be able to save ten million dollars a year on transportation charges. The number of things we could do with that money fairly kindles the imag ination. And yet, as we have said, this saving in transportation is but one of the many benefits to be de rived from a good roads system.— Atlanta Journal. Autos Damage Roads. A large road building firm in St. Joseph County complains of the dam age done to the country roads, in this fashion: “The invasion of heavy, high-speed automobiles in ever-increasing num bers has played havoc with the high ways. The old gravel roads built up by the township trustee with the aid of farmers of the district will not last a season. The material best suit ed, according to experiments, is a crushed stone with a binder, but so far all binders are too expensive to be practical. The crushed stone is irregular in shape and does not roll but interlocks. Even brick will not withstand the attacks of the auto mobile.” We do not see any better way out of the difficulty than the one we sug gested not long ago, to require the auto people to build their own roads and keep them in repair, by a special tax on the machines. Let them have a space of, say twelve feet op one side or both of the roadway, to im prove with whatever mateiial may be found best suited to the purpose, and leave the remainder for the ex clusive use of teams.—lndiana Farmer. Hauling Crops. inquiries conducted in over 1000 counties of the United States by the Department of Agriculture indicate that the average length of haul of crops over country roads is 1-. miles, the average weight of the load 2002 pounds and the average cost ner mile 2 5.2 cents, or about $o pei load, the figures being based on cost of labor, feed, wear, etc. No Smoking For Children. The Board 01 Education has or dered the prohibition of smoking by voung persons under seventeen years of age.—The Shanghai Mercury. State of Omo. City of Toledo, \ Lucas County, C * Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F.J. Cheney & Cos., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will paythesum of ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hai.l’s Catarrh Cure. J. Cheney. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 1886. A. W. Gleason, (seal.l Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally,and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces of the system. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cheney & Cos., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Hall’s Family Pills are the best. Men are neither suddenly rich nor suddenly good.—Libanius. Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’s Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists. A liar must always be on his guard. Rheumatism Prescription. Considerable discussion is being caused among the medical fraternity by the increased use of whiskey for rheumatism. It is an almost infalli ble cure when mixed with certain other ingredients and taken properly. The following formula is effective: “To one-half pint of good whiskey add one ounce of Toris Compound and one ounce of Syrup Sarsaparilla Compound. Take in tablespoonful doses before each meal and before re tiring.” Toris Compound is a product of the laboratories of the Globe Pharma ceutical Cos., Chicago, but it as well as the other ingredients can be had from any good druggist. Give credit to whom credit is due. PROVED BY TIME. No Fear of Any Further Trouble. 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His hand and legs bad big sores on them and the poor little fellow suffered so ter ribly that he could not sleep. After he had suffered six months we tried a set of the Cuticura Remedies and the first treat ment let him sleep and rest well; in one week the sores were gone and in two months he had a clear face. Now he is two years and has never had eczema again. Airs. Louis Beck, R. P. D. 3, San Antonio, Tex., Apr. 15, 1907.” Be fAire that Death will find you. Hicks’ Capudine Cures Nervousness, Whether tired out, worried, overworked, or what not. It refreshes the brain and nerves. It’s Liquid and pleasant to take. 10e., 25c., and 50c., at drug stores. 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