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.
David Price, Corydon, la., says:
“I was in the last stage of kidney
trouble lame,
wealt > run down to
a mere skeleton,
i back was so bad
| I could hardly walk
and the kidney se
{cretions much dis
j after 1 began using
Doan’s Kidney Pills
lUpi 1 fjfpy§ I could walk with
out a cane, and as I continued my
health gradually returned. 1 was so
grateful I made a public statement of
my case, and now seven years have
passed, I am still perfectly well.”
Sold by all dealers. 50c. a box.
Foster-Milburn Cos., Buffalo, N. Y.
Be wise and love the worthy.
TORTUREO FORSIXMONTHS
By Terrible Itching Eczema—Baby’s
Suffering was Terrible Soon
Entirely Cured by Cuticura.
“Eczema appeared on my son’s face. We
went to a doctor who treated him for three
months. Then he was so bad that his face
and head were nothing but one sore and
his ears looked as if they were going to fall
off, so we tried another doctor fer four
months, the baby never getting any better.
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.
To form devices quick is woman’s wit;
The
General Demand
©f the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for a simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its com
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with it3 ex
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Biixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup <
Cos. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given
the preference by
To get its benefafcgjidßiects always buy
the by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Cos., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle. J
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Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma
tion. allavsDnin. cures wind colicdioc a bottle
AU men bard to do are not well to do.
ANTIDOTE FOR SKIN DISEASES.
That’s what Tetterine is; and it is more.
It is an absolute cure for eczema, tetter,
ringworm, erysipelas and all other itolling
cutaneous diseases. In aggravated casss
of these afflictions its eures have been phe
nomenal. It gives instant relief and effects
permanent oryxes. 60c. at druggists or by
mail from J, a l . Shoptrinb, Dept. A, Sa
vannah, Ga. S
Effusiveness is never an indication
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“I am compelled to say I feel better, than I have
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to have to take to my bed for 5 days. One day my
sister brought me a bottle of Cardui and begged me
to try it. Today I will say that Cardui is my doctor
and I don’t need any other doctor in my home.”
Q H 136
It Will Help You
You need Cardui in your home, today, because,
taken at the proper time, it will prevent much suffer
ing, and help to keep you in a condition of health.
It has been found to relieve female pains, like
headache, backache, sideache, irregularities, and
other symptoms of womanly disorders,
which every woman knows.
Cardui acts gently, naturally, with- j
out any bad after-effects.
Its results have been found’ to be jffc
lastingly beneficial. Try Cardui. ®
Wyoming has 20,116 families.
TETTERINE-A RELIABLE CURE.
Tetterine is a sure, safe and speedy uie
for eczema, tetter, skin and scalp diseases
and itching piles. Endorsed by physicians;
praised by thousands who have used it.
Fragrant, soothing, antiseptic. 50c. at
druggists or by mail from J. T. Shupthinb,
Dept. A, Savannah, Ga.
Beware of loud-mouthed men.
Good Thing to Know.
Those who traverse the alkali
plains of the West and inhabit the
sand blown regions of Texas, find
daily need for a reliable eye salve.
They never drug the eye, but simply
apply externally the staple. Dr
Mitchell’s Eye Salve. This Salve is
sold everywhere. Price 25c.
Time is an austere master.
PH H BSB Sample treatment
Eg I UsT Fed Crops Pile and
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cfl p> f- The Standard Remedy.
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The A. B. & A. furnishes unsurpassed transportation
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Brunswick, Thomasville and Waycross, affording through
Brunswick, Steamship freight service on quick schedules
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Should you desire to locate in this ‘‘Garden Spot of
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