Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-05
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Fair white hands:
Bright clear complexion
Soft healthful skin.
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requens souinss Along It's edge to see how
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frequent souints Along It's edge TO see hcw
his curves are progressing. have never
seen two hoomeranes that wero just alike,
but al are similar in their relations ef
curves along the rat side. The boomerang
maker knows instinstiveiy Just where his
boomerang viii 50 when be throws II, al.
though he never seems 70 aim any two IN
the same way.
More lies have been told about the boom
erang than can be well enumerated, and
nearly every Australian traveller comes
back with fresh assortment Oce hears
Of men who csn 90 throw q boomerang that
It kills an ene.sy behind . tree and then
comes cheerfully fnttering back 70 its
owner, who thereGpon herls IL On o fresh
mission Of carnage. A fock OF frightened
cockatoos, speeding in intricate syralicns
through the cir 70 escape the attack Of
natives who want bird for dinner. are
pursued at every turn oy these giraffe
weapons, which strike them down o dozen
each, and so return 70 the hand that cast
them. Old wives fables, these, AZ which
Australians laugh, knowing Ia the nature
Of things their falsity In the first placs
the war boomerang is not made for return,
and is only slightly bent, so that il may "a
hopping and bounding Elcng the earth ike
a hoop, and make eapacious holes In tss
body Of the adversary. These are Of hard,
heavy wood, and ugly things 70 be hit
withal; out the return boomerang is sim
ply play thing, or 10 be used In light hunt
sag, and, although it might give a man a
painful rap, could not seriously iniure him
As for the cockatoo story, IL has this much
of truth--thats native boomerang hurler,
II he saw dock flying by him in straight
course, could so cast his weapon as TO come
upsn them unawases at a given point, ana
perhaps, knock one down; but his booa
erang would drop, too, having no powers'
flight after il has struck any thing.
The boomerang Is sufficiently remarkable
without being regarded in the Ugh; of a
long bow, and drawn by every tourist in
the colonies II is held perpendiculariy aad
taken firmly In the hand by one OF its ex-
temities. with the other pointed forward,
and Is hurled With o full arm and assisted
by a run andswins OF the whole body. A
slight turn OF tho Wrist at the moment Of
discharge causes II to assume various err
ratio courses. Sometimes IL viii dy straight
forward for one hundred or even two hun
dred yards, then rise sharply TO great
height, lose It's force, and futter down 70
the feet of the thrower. Again, 1t viii rise
In the AIR, swoop down with immense rap
idity, and skim around In q great semi
circle few inches from the ground, rise
once more, and return 20 the spot whence 1,
started. 10 VIII also start of In a great
syoop 10 The right, reverse IL and turn TO
the left, skim around the thrower in q
series OF ever-nsrrowing circles. and, find
Ing their center. fail into II Ike an ex-
hsusted bird. There is something uncsnny
~ s e,tr
expected and ont Of reason that 1t eeens TO
strange shoots and 6ashes, which make the
''new ohum" Australian equivalent for
''tenderfoot") dodge every time IL turns,
lest 1t should knock him on the head
The yarn about the Australian blacks al.
ways throwing the boomerang with their
backs to the object they desire 20 htt L. a
piece of the same ''wholo CLOTH ss ths
cockntoo fable, and the lie about the missile
returning to it's owner altar killing ths
gentlemen behind the tree. An expert
thrower can cause his boomerang to
shoot behind him after abort preliminary
excursion in froat. and cons very near
given object, but If he wants 70 his az. ything,
either In hunting or war, he doesn't fool
away his time with he retur. boomerang.
but throws a heavy, nearly strsigi. cas.
which goes direct 70 the mark with Il any
ncurishes. Such Is the boomerang-a two
formed utensil, with one shapo for business,
the other for sport
Another ingenious con,rivaDee used by
the natives IS the handle aaa tbcrg which
they use in propelhns their spears-:hese
being generally Of taperin q; sharp pointed
sticks Of hard wood, although sometimes
tipped with flint or iron. To Md 70 tbs
force OF their discharge some sable philoso-
pher whose name IS lest took a BIT OF Thick
stick about q foot long. fastened to one end
Of II a strip CT leather or cord terminal.
ing in a socket, wheresn'to set the butt of
bis spear, andSgas ready for action. when
the cord or strip Of. leather was hid alcng
the spear. the handle. cane iaSshe center,
and was held on tre under side Of the
weapon when IL was cast When the spear
left the hand, thshandss and lie sppendags
Of leather or csre remained. and by dex-
ferrous movement 90 the part of ths .hrower
acted Ike sling 70 accelerate TIE flight of
the shaft by tkis Device, the spesrmau
gained the same advantage that q singer
enjoys over a person who hRTls stone By
bis nnslaed arn-so that csscs arc kno~rn
where spears thus hurled have Town two
hundred yards, and gone completely through
The body Of the man who Wa ua.acEy
enough 10 serve 50 . large.