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CANNON MADE OF LEATHER.
THEY WE'RE SUCCESSFULLY USED IN
ANCIENT ENGLIsH WARFARE.

.'Isel ms give yCu a bit Of his
tory said q downtown leather
merchant, "that many student hes
OverlO. ked. Tie objects Of peac,
are not al that leather figures in, foI
il j. to leather that we owe the Intro
ductiOn Of light artillery. Leathei
cannon have been actually tried o.
the battlefield, aud. what Is more
turned the tide Of one Of the creates
battles OF modern times. The IN
ventor Of leather artillery was Ger
tain Col. Robert scott, a SeotehmlI
ia the service Of Charles / Of En--
land.
"Hc constructed guns Of hsrdene,
leather and eX qerimen.ly tried them.
The result was they Were pTuu1uncr,
superior 10 guns made Of brass ant
iron. The colonel, however, iii,
not live long u enjoy the grealesI
triumph Of hi, invention. He die,
ia lD82, AMI n monument erected q
his memory | have seen ina church
yard in london. This monument
represents him - an armor-clad
igICc-lCUSiuE man. wearing heavy
mustache sud q pointed beard"
In the very year Of the coioUers
death the effectiveness " his le-.h-
crn artillery was amply proved Oh
the memorable field Of Leipsic,
where, September :, 1881, GustIyus
AdOlplus achieved his splendid vie
tory over Impcrialists under Gen.
Tilly. Il j. said that e was Owine
10 the invention Il Col. scott thai
the victory was obtained"
"Ihc guns were found 20 lie 81
easily carried that a small battery
could fly from one part Of the firlu
10 another. and thus artillery lr
brought a. bear - hen most needed
a thing impossible with the heavy
artillery Of that period. Certain 81
j. that ieatheTn artillery was used Ia
this great hattie by Adolphus,
though il is gJuulis certain that the
guns were never USED aftcTwSui.
The reason OF inst. however, was
that the leather guns having dem
OustHted the value Of light artillery.
a way was discovered OF making the
metal guns lighter, and the greater
durability OF the latter gave them
the superiority.
''As used Ia the battle Of Leilsic
the leather gun consisted Of . cup
pr tube Of the thickness Of Iarch-
meut, strengthened by Iron plates
running parallel with thc length OF
the gun, bound with iron bands.
The tubc was then bound with
several COa;iLEs IL cord. with a ce-
ment Of mCstic between each coat
ing, and the whole inClUsed in a case
Of tough leather. The weight OF
the gun was such that two men
could easily carry j."
In the year 1880 q snuff rex
manufacturer NAMED Richmond in
vented q heather cannon. which
was tried under Inspection at Wool
wich, bat :, did not prove as sue
CusSiul as some 81 its fUrvrunUCrs.
The celebrated Peter Piuier Salir-
izgd the affair in these lines:
Richmond, uat,hgGI CT the states saliva
uoa.
STr,uk'.nE Dis rcyc'ius DER the nation.
Now buying icsJhcrr boxes Iy tons,
Improving thus the nature OF great guns
Guns blest with double NATURES, sud aud
rough
To give broad ids or q pinch OF suuE.
The great Napoleon was not above
using leather as q means Of defense.
He put the leather cuirass upon
twelve regiments Of his cavalry
NcU York Journal.
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DRSBRET EVENING NEWS.
RAINBOW LAND.
From the valley Of morn. where seardrop.

From the valley OF morn. where ieardrop
huns.
The Eiiuering i'0w o. promise sPrung,
50 near II was ! lain 10 the dalle ); sisht,
- disiantRo hand souid reach u quite;
And over The hills aud far away
Il stretched VAcrr the heights untrodder
lays
ButFaucy. tuer Of eve Than Truth,
Could see Rainbow Land from the plains Of
youth.
There was gold uncouatei in that fair land
There were shining lsurcls and honor
grand,
There Was love uudyiHg. and friendship
tree.
over the mountains bright aud blue
Bat -ouEL and hard was the upwariv limt
on tie ireachcrou- slope Of the hills Of
time;
The Iagrels We saw from the rlain below
We missed ere wcrelchetIhe lac Of snows,
And the gold for vbi-h we grce4iiT wrought
II We found a all. 10 was dearly bought.
Few are the eyes that are bles; 10 md.
The road TO the lsnI where all are blind,
Where the happies one o be who lives
Alone for she Happiness he give,
Ani the only poor is the wretch whose aims
go be.E... IN vain Tor needy palms.
tod SET iistounds BY HIS realm above
For Rainbow Land g. the land Of love
-Jaa.es J.Trey Roche ia nc P.ioi.
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Books Nailed to any part Of the
United States on Receipt Of Prizes.
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NEW YORK, AIny 2T.-The Tribune
will say tomorrow that ex-Chamber-
lain Richard Croker has stSrted
home to face the State Investigating
Committee.
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OUR OUTDOOR CLOTHING

Osaa arsalJ n
and uCIi l';rt according to the ugwz; e
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tend to the wants of all who are
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Bool. Of Abraham. BY George EsyaOla

4 Compendium OF the doctrines OF the
gospel. by Tran.lin D. Richards and
Jas a. little. Leather. CIT, 500
Leather. $50. Imitation Leather. sl-s5;
Cloth, sl-ea.
Items on Priesthood. By Preslieni
John Taylor. Ice.
Primary Speaker. Nell By EliEa r.
STOW Smith. &c
, 1890-07-19

the farm has a press it is properly baled;
If not, it IS hand -baled and sent to Merida
at once, 8 bales on a dray drawn by six
mules, or by road and railway from tho
most distant farms and there re-baled or
sold as it is.
"Here was a farm cleaning daily $4,000
leaves or u, 1000 los, of the crude material
yielding 5000 lbs, 1921, hbrel costing at
the farm y cents per pound Mexican sill
yer (335 below gold) worth in Merida 108
cents gold. There are in YucatAn some 200
henequen farmes of all sizes, the largest
running 80 machines and employing 800
hands, and several others Of 20 wheels or
more. Many farmers daily incomes are
$500 to $1,000 clear profit
Yletd.-Each pIaut should p-pIuct 60
leaves in the year. If there are 600 plants
to the acre, this gives $4,000 leaves per
annum. One thousand leaves weigh about
1000 lbs, and yielding about 1 per cen,.
of dry fibre, gives 50 lbs. of hemp. Thus,
each acre should yield about haIf a ton OF
hemp per annum.
The following quotations are taken from
a recent number of the "BrjtjSb Journal Of
Commerce =
, 1890-07-19

The following is Of Importance i'll con-
nection with the subject:-
Washington, Sept. pa copy of reso-
%lutions, adopted at the Republican Conven-
tion of Pratt county, Kan, on September
7th, will be presented to President Harri-
son to morrow. The resolutions substan-
TALLY say that the duty levied ON import
ed flores, suitable tor making binding
Irvine, has failed in its protective features
to develope or give the farmers a home
product to take the place of the foreign
fbres, and that American gram growers
are compelled to rely on imported ibres of
which to make binding Irvine suitable for
binding grain. To continue collecting a
duty on such imports is working a hard
ship on tue grain growers by increasing
the cost of their binding materials.
Congressman s. r. Peters was requested
to frame and introduce Il bill into Congress
to place all raw fbres that are used and
are suitable for making binding twine on
the free list, and to use every means lit his
power TO have the bill pissed at tiIe cali
est pos 'ible date. The President was
petitioned to call the attention of Congress
t. tue matter, asking Immediate relief.
, 1890-07-19

was very freely distributed il the b.
hamas bv His EAcellency Sir Henry Bake
when he was Governor in hat Colony. The
inhabitants now see the great Importance
of this industry, and the GOvet nment has
been induced to forbid the export of any
plants for three years. This variety is OF
dark green colour, and has no spines on
the edges OF the leaves. The absence OF
spines on the edges saves trouble ana eX-
pense III harvesting. There are a few OF
these plants i'll the Hope Gardens. lC mas
been aScertained that this variety grows III
the Caicos Islands, and His Exceltency Sir
II. A. Blake has directed that arrange
ments shall be made for the importation OF
as many as can be obtained. Itls expected
that these plants will arrive next February.
There is another plant which also yields
a large quantity of the Sisal Hemp export
ed from Yucatan, namely Silk Grass Fur
cr0e0 cubenSiS.) There is already a large
quantity of this plant in Jamaica, ar I there
ought to be no difficulty in planting out a
large area. However it only yields from 2
to 3 per cent Of fibre, whereas the true
Sisal Hemp plant yields 4 per cent. An,
other species (FurcrOeG glgGnted) is the
Maritius Hemp of Commerce.
Mr.. ID. J. StOddart wrote a pamphlet in
the year 1886, OH the cultivation of SiSal
Hemp, which was printed at the Govern
ment Printing Establishment but is now
out of print. Mr.. G. Preston was sent as a
Special Commissioner to Yucatan by the
Government Of the Bahamas to enquire into
the working of the Fibre Industry, and his
Report was published during the present
year.
Notes lave been drawn up from these Re-
ports for the benefit Of those who have not
the means of consulting them =
SoiL.-Any dry, poor land will suit Sisal
Hemp, but rocky, gravelly soil is the best
for the production of the finest fibre. Moist
land is not suitable, )r rich land, like
old SugarEstates, fOrthought he leaves grow
well and fast, the fibre issp0Or and small i'll
quantity, Shade is %prejudiciaI, even to tie
young plants.
PtaRting.-YOung plants are the best for
planting out, and they should not exceed
two feet in height. If the plants have to
be carried a long distance, the roots should
not be trimmed, but when they are planted
out, the roots should be cut eft down to t.
trunk, and the dry leaves pulled Jt. 4ae
plants are put out in straight rows, tAo
distance between the rows being II feet,
and between the plants 6 feet in the rows.
There will then be about 600 plants to the
acre. Roads, running perpendicular to the
rows, may be formed at intervals OF 10
chains. 1t is necessary to keep the plants
at this distance apart, for if they are
too close, Ithe leave may be damaged in high
winds, resulting in great loss of fibre. Great
care is taken in Yucatan to put out the
plants quite~upright and stones are even
placed to support them in a proper position
for they grow as they are planted.
The rainy season is the b st time for
planting. :
Stoddart gives the accompanying plan
for laying out a field.
, 1890-07-19

The field lis divided into three sections,
each of which measures 104 chains, and is
represented as follows:-
A to B first section, b to- q second sec
ton, q to d third section in the middle
of each runs an interval of proper width
having a depth OH either side within each
section of about five chains. The short
liLes drawn across indicate the rows of
hemp between which the cutter works, and
therefore has while cutting in any section
"a distance of not more than FIVE chains
to carry the leaves TO the interval, where
, 1890-07-19

.st}T me rs Is shown from b to b.
Utt4re.-The culture is extremely sim
pie. No Shade ofany kind is allowed, bush
is cut down, and trees taken up by the
roots. The young suckers are taken off,
and if they are not required for planting
ont, they are burnt. Any plant OF quite
low growth may he planted between the
young plants to give "catch crops" When
the plants are about two years old, cattle
may be turned into keep The grass low, and
to prevent bush springing "p. Sisal Hemp
plants thrive better without either hOeing
or %plOughing. Various estimates have
been formed of the duration Of these GantS
but at any rate they last from IL to 30
years. When they show signs of dying Oft,
new suckers are planted between and thus
there need never be a vacant spot III the
plantation.
HarUesting-WheD the leaf is ready for
cutting, it VIII have inclined downwards to
a horizontal position, and its colour will
become darker. Cutting should
from the bottom, and the leaf must be taxi
en- off clean and as close as possible to the
trunk. AS soon as the Leaf is cut, the
prickles OH the edges and point should be
trimmed off. The leaves are then made up,
point and base alternately, into bundles of
hftIes for delivery 1T the works. Thirty
such bundles are a days work but OF course
more can be done, If the variety is cult
waited without the prickIes on the sides OF
the leaves. The bundles are placed on the
edge of the cart-road, 30 bundles being for
dray. The workmen are paid 50 much per
thousand leaves.
The time required for the leaves to rippn
after planting varies. according to soil ana
situation. from . to 3 wears.
Ertracti0n of Fibye-Tbe fibre slouId he
extracted from he leaves as soon as hey
are brought in. flpft for more than 9 to
3 DAYS after cutting. the fibre. is sDotted.
When the fibre is extracted by passing
the leafthrouob the machine. it il hung on
drying stands III the sun Tor about 2 hours
until it is quite dry. Ii rain comes on, the
fibre must be hung M under cover, or it
will become dlscolourrd. III wet weather n
fire is kindled to warm the dr, ing house,
or operations are suspended.
The fibre is often ble5chel by leaving it
in the drying stand for n hours after being
dried, but ii req Tres to bn constantly turn,
~- 1J..i improved in appearance.
yua Ne.-us less.
The driving stand is m ,l4 NV oractino
posts 4 feet HIGH and FASTENING rails ar wire
ON the ton from one TO another
The refuse from ths leaves is dried in tbe
SIM and bur nj.
Particular attention. is nail in Yucatan
to the operation Of baIi0q' and All disco.
lou. ed fibre is separated and packed Az a
OnnOn1 ~nnolit, Ero, ~. .no cd -
, 1890-07-19

Q .
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Iady,s Chances of Marrying

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IT Seldom Fails.

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In Advance OF His Time.

It is said that upon one occasion MIR. Geo
Ticknor, the well-known authority upoi
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Dirt, Debt and the Devil.

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The transition from long. lingering and paint
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The Egis & Intelligencer
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Under the Myrtle.


o Glory, hide thy laurel crown
And drop thy wreath of hay;
Thou canst not tempt me with renown
And win my heart to-day.
Thy envid guerdons lose their grace
If hearts are full of glee;
When love is smiling III my face
. what is fame to me.
o riches, toss thy gauds away,
Thy rings with jewels wrought,
Nor WOO me with a palace gay;
True hearts cannot be bought,
'Tis vain before mine eyes to place
The joys thou hast in fee.
When love is smiling in my face
0what is gold to mel
Opride of birth, 1 scott thy charms.
Thy seal and coronet,
And gaze upon coat-ofarmS
Without one vain regret.
A lofty line let others trace
With pomp of pedigree;
When love is smiling in my face,
o what is rank to me.
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