The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, February 8, 1888, Page 6

THE NEW SWISS GUN. 4 Talk With an Army OMerr on the Effects of Warfire, “Is not this indicative of a change in es of modern warfare?” asked ‘the other day of a well known er connected with the War Department. He was calling the offi- cer’s attention to an item. givinz an account of a new Swiss gun, and which said: “Owing to the simvoth surface of the steel-clad bullet it is believed that the wonnds inflicted will be much more readily healed.” “No,” replied the officer, promptly, “that is nota change. It has always been believed by modern military men that the killing of the enemy is less desirable than wounding them. Now there. is intone thing to be’ attained when a conflict occurs between two bodies of troops. . You, on one hand, are endeavoring to secure some ,ad- vantage by forcing your enemy from an important position, while they, of course, are equally desirous of repell- ng you and securing your place. The first andsonly way of accomplishing this end is by demoralizing your oppo- nents and forcing them to retre: There are three means of demorali: an army—tirst, the cannonade, which does comparatively little physical dam- age, but fnspires in the hearts of many ofan advancing or defensive force a feeling of feur that often results in a speedy panic and retreat; then comes ® wound, which has more of a moral effect than you might suppose. A wounded man always wants and always gets a great deal of sympathy from his comrades, who, seving his condition are very apt to be seized with « sudden desire to show generosity toward the poor fellow and to help him to the rear. A wounded man often means three men out of the ranks, while » dead man counts but one. And xo, for this rea- son, killing is. put last in the list of @esirable demoralizers, as it is consid- ered 2 useless barbarity. “The Chinese have the same theory, it would seem, in regard to warfare. They have an arrangement known by the inelegant but expressive name of ‘stinkpot.’ It is x concentration of diabolism and odor. The only use, of course, to which it can be put in a con- test is for demoralizing the enemv. There are but few men who could march through the atmosphere created by this invention of the surprising brain of the heathen Chinese. Theold © ‘Greek tire’ was partly for destruction and as much for demoralization. The Boman ides of battle was purely san- guinary. Now, to come down to this Rew bullet. The chances of death from & wound resulting from it are consid- erably reduced owing to the fact that on leaving ‘the gun its surface is com- paratively smooth. The leu! is cov- ered by a thin sheet of steel, which readily takes the rifling of the bore and does not emerge with jagged edges which tear and irritate the wound and increase the liability of death. The fifling of the gun is also curious Heretofore it was thought that x rifle _ of one turn in fifteen inches was all that could be safely secured. It was believed that any thing steeper would cause achoke. Now this Swiss gun is | sified with one turn in four inches, which is unparalleled in the history of the making of small arms. This in- sures great accuracy of aim, which in tarn enables » marksman to wound an } antagonist rather than kill him out- } right."’— Washington Star. oe WOMAN'S PERVERSITY. & Mother Consents to Her Daughter's Mar- Plage Because the Father Ubjects. Scrnz I—Place, parlor. Time, twelve midnight. She in hisarms. He bhug- ing her with an elaborate intensity naging to the strings of her uphol- ‘atery. it He—Darlirg, I love you better than i tife. Be mine. sweet one, forever. Be f my wife, angel of my existence—will Fou, pet? She (softly murmuring)—Yes, dear vhonie. Nineteen double esthetic distilled in one minute by the clock. nd tableau. The cats sing in joy- fal unison on the fences in the rear. > ° s . . * _ Scenz II.— Place. family sitting- Time, 12:45 a. m. She blush- by the stove. Hor mother, rather ce hy, sitting in the straightest- eked clizir in the apartment. Mother—Good gracious, Clara, what de him stay so late? 1 have been Ing up waiting for you until I am dead for sleep. Why, it's nearly 6 o'clock. | She—Well, ma, don’t blamehim. It all my fault. (Ah! the dear girls; always defend the men they love Intil they legally got them.) # Mother—Why, Clara, what makes look so funny? So you love this nz man? 4 She (blushing more se, and speaking ith the verbal difficulty of heartfelt ation) —Yes, dear ma, and he loves ey and I promised to-night to be his lother—Good-gracious sakes alive, dt W he is too poor to marry What dees he make a week now? ‘Twelve dollars, ma; but O! his ects are so bright, and we are both gand can wait, and we will, ma. her—Well, you can never marry He is too poor, Clara. she weeps, not only in «a wholesome mer, but with elnborate hysterical laments. lother (relenting a little) —Well, go Rnow, my child. It's very late ee Swill taik to your father about this matter. The cats sob in painful harmony on the roof of the extension. ° « . * s . e Scexe Hi—Place, bed-room of the head of the family. Time, 1:15 a. m. The mother in bed and husband aslee; dveply and snoring musically. Mother (to husband)—Say, father, Jobn Denny has proposed to our Clara. Old. man stand the assault for x mo- -Nooment, and then, waking up, ex- claims profanely: ‘O, it’s you, is it? Pretty time to get in bed with cold feet. What the deuce do you want now? The mother—Ain‘t you ashamed of yourseif to talk that way to me? 1 say that John Denny has proposed to our Clara, and she loves him, too. Old man—You don’t tell me so, Sarah. - He's too poor. Do you know what he makes a week now? The mother—Only twelve dollars. Old man—O, he’s too poor. She can’t marry that church-mouse, The mother (now taking sides with her daughter)—Daniel Webster Jones, I want to ask you what salary you | Were getting when you cried and blub- ‘ bered for me some twenty odd years j ago? Old man (in a November tone of voice)—You know, Sarah Jane, I told ; you then, and you have not forgotten it £ The mother—Well, tell me now, Daniel. You hear me! Old mav—Oh, eight dollars per week. The mother—Well, you got me in time, and I guess our Clara can have the young man she loves. He now beats you by four dollars a week. We give our consent You hear me, Danivl? Old man—Yes, yes, dear. All right. Now go to sleep. It’s late. Good night, dear. The cats executed a regular break- down of hilarity on the outer window ledge of the bathroom. —7id- Bits. ——+ + —__ THE SHAH’S WEALTH. Jowols and Gems Worth One Hundred Mil- lions ef Dollars. What he terms his museum is a curious place. It contains » profusion of costly articles and objects of art such exists nowhere else at the present day, it being the opinion of well informed Europeans, who have viewed these treasures, that their money value is perhaps twenty-fold that of the so-called green vaults at Dresden. It is impossible to give exact figures, for they could only be obtained after a long and minute inspection and valua- tion by experts; but royghly estimated, it is probable that there is more than ‘$100,000,000 worth of jewelry, precious stones, coined and uncvined gold, costly objects de vertu, fine porcelain and giass-ware, old weapons and armor, table-ware and ornaments of of exqusite Persian and Hindu workmanship, ete. The so-called peacock throne (a part of the plunder Nadie Shah carried off from Delhi one hundred sad fifty years ago) is alone valued at many millions, even after a number of the large, rough and uncut jewels have been broken out and stolen. It is an incongruous place, this mu- soum. Tiere you will see vases of agate or gold and lapis lazuli, said to be worth millions. and alongside of them empty perfume bottl-s of Eu- ropean make, with gandy labels, that ean be had at wholesale at five cents apicce. You will see priceles< mosaics and exquisite painted cups and cans and vases, which were presented by some European potent- ate; and side by side with them you will notice horrible daubs, veritable ten-cent chromos, picked up the Lord knows how and where. You will per- ceive glass cases filled with huge heaps of rubies, diamonds, emeralds, sup- phires, turquoises, garnets, topazes. beryls of all sizes and kinds, cut and uncut; and cheok by jowl with theso your eyes will see cheap music-boxes, jew's-harps, squeaky hand-organs. The Shah must also be in condition to “bull the market on pearls, for here is, for instance, a big glass case, twenty-four inches long by eigiteen inches wide and high, that is more than half filled with beautiful pe: mostly from the Persian Gulf fisheries, of ail sizes and degrees of loveliness. Ina separate long case the orders and deco- rations of the Shah. coming from near- ly every country in the world, are kept on exhibition; but the crown jewels are in a little box that is always locked, and for which the Shah himself for- ever, waking or sleeping, carries the keys. The contents of this box and of the several vaults where he keeps his piles on piles of bright, shining, un- used money, he never allows others to view, although the museum may be Visited once x year by the European diplomatists and the friends that they vouch for.— Cosmopolitan. ' —_—_—~ e s___ CANADIAN MONEY. Difi-ulties Exconnt-red in New Yor by a Detroit G -nt’eman, “Confound the D». Beizes, a mit! |who boasts of D+ his T+ residence. The exe jon ese him as he stood on B oxlway at th sector street entrance to the elevated r ntion, h ts the matter, doctor?’ asked afrient whe chanecd to overhear the remark, ~Matter?” “Miter? W with only at in my woeket luck?" exclaimed { gentiemar growled the doc'or. | here Tam dewn tewn o dollar Cnadian bil! and Tean’t nass it anve ! H } i where; and Ive had nll manner of tro’ ble with it the Izst hour.”* “But’ what are you doing C naia money here in the § a “Why, you see, up in D-roit and Buffalo, and those places along the border, Canada money passes as fr ey a National bank bills or silver certifi- cates, and a person never thinks of re fusing it, This moeraing I started down town with 1 oney enouch to pay some bills, and, as 1 supp sed, enough to carry ne through the day. Bat an neurago ] found myself with jist this tweedollar Cinada bill, I star ed up- town, and handed it in at the elevated ation for my ticket. ‘That’s no ood,” yelled the ticke -3elier, -and it dawned upon me that I would have to set it chang +d before I could get up to the hoteL I went into an Italian's gar store and bought fif y cents’ worth of cigars and handed out the bil. ‘Ino taka that moony," said the © gar man as he pushed the Lill buck nd reached fot the cigars that still lay on the couater. I tried to explain tohim that it was good money; but all he would say was, ‘I donna care, I no taka.” I bought five papers from a newsboy and toid him to ran a d get the bill changed, and I'd give him a cuarter. The gamin took one glance a it and held it out as if he was poisoned. ‘Yer can't shove none ov + er queer on me,” he said; slo yer tink 1 want to be pulled?’ I tried to pass it at x drug store where I purchased adol- lar's worth of stuff that Idid not wan, but they would not have it. I tried a restaurant, a saloon, ant a gentle. men's furnishing store; but in each place I was regarded as a suspiciu character when I handed out the bi |. And here Iam, stranded and all but Lranded."* Hs friend laughed at the doctor's trouble and snggesied that they step jato a Wall str-et banker's office and se what could be done. A moment later they stood before the banker's counter. “What is Canada money worth?’’ timidly inquired the doctor. “Do you want to buy or sell?” was the guarded response. “To sell,” replied the doctor. “We are paying 993." sad banker. “Ninety-nine and a ha’f on the dol- larf Well, give me $1 99 quick; and the doctor threw down the bill as he gave a sich of relief. «I hope never to sees Canada bill again,’’ he ex- claimed, as he pock -ted the proceeds of his exchange, and hna led his friend out to make a purchase for two around the corner.—N. ¥. Commercial Adver- tiser. with the ee NATURAL SCULPTURE. The Exceptional Geological Interert of Mount £oraima. Though the Yellowstone Park is, co far as we know, the most remarkable zeological and se:nic region on the arth, there are other spots of ex- ceptional geological interest, notably Mouat Boraima, in British Gaiana, or rather at the junction of British Guiana and Brazil with Venezuela. The summit of this mountain is a cnriosity in srial denudation. As de- seribed by Mr. Im Thurn, who was the first to ascend to the top, it presents a fine «xample of natural seulpture. “The step was taken.”’ he says, “and we saw surely as strange a sight, r-- garded simply as a product of nature, af may be seen in this world; nay, it woult probab'y not be rash to assert hat very few sizhts even as strange can be seen. The first impression was one of inability mentally to grasp such surroundiags; h+ next that one was entering on some siranze country of nightmares, for which an appropriate and wildly fantastic landsexp» had been forn-ed, some dreadful and stormy day, when in their mid-care+r the broken and elas ic clouds had been stiffened in a single instant into stone. 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