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The progress., 1904-04-09
QUAINT WEAPONS OF WAR.
London Museum Has Many Odd Relics
Of Ancient International
a:x Strife.

The recent theft Of six cannon from
the rotunda at Woolwich has made
known the existence of that establish
ment to thousands of Londoners who
wondered why they had never heard Of
the museum of artillery that is open to
the public all the year round without
charge for admission, says the London
Express.
On Boxing day people repaired thither
by road and rail from all parts OF the
metropolis to see the gaps made by the
robbers among the outdoor guns and to
inspect the exhibits inside.
I Lieut. Col Boileau, who has charge OF
the institution, was proud of one suit OF
armor which eclipsed in value anything
of the sort to be seen anywhere in Lon
don. This is the armored figure Of a
knight in cap-a-pie plate armor of the
early sixteenth century, engraved, rus
seted. and partly gilt. The suit is at
tributed to the famous Chevalier Bay
ard, and is said to have been brought
from the Chateau st. Germans.
1t is valued at 10000 ($5O O,000) by the
authorities at Woolwich, and the custo-
dian of the rotunda says he believes the
French government would give million
francs to gain possession of 1t. -
Probably the exhibit which impresses
the public mind more than any other is
Napoleon Bonaparte's travelling oven. in
which the meals of the great campaign
er had been cooked on many battle-
field before Wellington cooked Napol-
cons goose at Waterloo.
There are about 10000 exhibits in the
rotunda catalogue. But the catalogue
holds more than the rotunda Hundreds
of guns lie around the building in the
grounds 1t was thus that the thieves
were easily able to carry off six.
The following is typical selection OF
inscriptions on the cannon in the ro-
tunda:
"British-Break, tear, every wall and
rampant. am | called across mountain
and valley pierces my ball, by me strick-
en-
German am forsooth a clumsy
boor; who eats my eggs he'll find them
sour"
"French-The spy and the final argu-
ment of Kings"
''Indian-For the vanquishment of the
unbelievers. who have entered certain
harbors of India"
"Chinese-The martial and ever-van-
gushing Generalissimo."
The rotunda. of course, contains more
than guns. Practically everything per-
tanning to the ancient and modern war
fare of all nations. civilized and savage,
has been brought together.
The progress., 1904-04-09
TOOK HIM DOWN A PEG.
Young Mans Malachite Ring Thrown
Into the Shade by ROths-
child's Mantelpiece.

A story about the eldest of the
Barons Rothschild is related in Europe.
This nobleman, according to the
story, was entertaining at dinner dis
tinguished party. The dinner went on
admirably. Nothing marred the gen.
eral enjoyment save the silly loquacity
of one young man.
This young man insisted on monopo-
lizing the conversation. He insisted
on talking about himself-about his
books, his works, his love affairs, his
automobile.
Finally he jumped to his feet.
by Jove," he said, Il must show
you my new cuff buttons. l got them
this morning. They are malachite."
And he passed from one guest to an
other, exhibiting the buttons, !.
"Malachite." he kept repeating.
Genuine malachite.'
Baron Rothschild watched the young
mans progress with faint sneer.
When the buttons reached him he
touched them with his finger supercili-
ously and drawled:
"Ah, malachite, eh? 1t is a hand
some stone have always liked it.
have mantelpiece of it in the next
ROOM"
The progress., 1904-04-09
NEW TERM OF ENDEARMEN1
discovered by Finnich Servant
Who Was Learning the Eng
Iish Language.

As every one knows there has been a
large addition to the very small army
OF domestic, assistants during the last
year or SO in Toronto. says the Star.
Many of these are foreigners-Swedes,
Finlanders. Irish. Scotch and English
One family is happy in having secured a
Finn who has proved pleasant, bright
witted. and competent in her sphere
She was anxious to learn our language,
so the various members of the family
take pains in helping. sometimes point
ing out objects and naming them or US
ing the language book which gives trans
lations of words and phrases in ordinary
use Miss Alice lit wasn't Alice. but
never mind. with the use of this book,
was giving a sort OF lesson in pronuncia-
tion and definitions. when they came to
the word sweetheart" The pupil
seemed to grasp the idea, and when Miss
Alice. by motion. asked IL she had one.
she bridled in a very knowing way and
assented.
Several evenings after. a gentleman
called to see Miss Alice. The maid went
upstairs with the message. and fingered
after Miss Alice had gone down. evil
IDENTIFY desiring to ask the mistress
something.
do you want anything. Nary" (the
nearest approach to her Finnish name
that could be found.) What is it?"
"He-downstairs-he Miss Alice.
soul honey7'" she asked. The mistress
hid her delight at the new and expressive
word. giving only kind and evasive an
<Uer
The progress., 1904-04-09
LONDON In Moscow.

The continued activity with which the
searching of refuse heaps in quest of
treasure is being prosecuted makes II
interesting to remember that the sift-
ers and sorters of London were once
wealthy and organized. A case is on rec
ord of one woman who in eight years
was able to build house property out of
the profits of her grubbing and glean-
ing. 1t seems scarcely credible that
Moscow is built upon London rubbish.
Such, however, is the case. An enor-
nous heap of refuse at the Battle
bridge end of what is now Caledonia
road, which was "the grand center of
dustmen. scavengers. horse and dog
dealers. knackermen. brickmakers. and
other low but necessary professional
ists," had lain in that position since the
great fire. After the destruction of
Moscow upon the visit of Napoleon, the
Russians. by some means, came to hear
of this dust heap. They bought it.
bricks. bones. rubbish and all, shipped
it off to Moscow. and upon it founded
the resurrected city which travellers
know to-day.-St. James Gazette.
The progress., 1904-04-09

Az regards the spring dress goods,
there are three materials which will lead
abovs all others. They are veilings
tweeUs and mohairs When an elabo-
rate costume is desired the light-weighl
yelling ismost in demand, says American
Queen. For less dressy occasions ths
mohairs will rule. while for tailor-mads
gowns and walking skirts, the Scotch
twetd has first place. The veilings this
spring will comprise only monotones ID
the plain weaves; In mohairs solid col
ors will also be most sought for, though
neat effects in mohair suitings will als<
be popular. In the tweeds there are
any number Of mixtures and color COM
binations to select from.
In the summer dress goods all sorts Of
muslin and light silks will be In vogue
The new dimities, organdies and batistee
are exquisitely pretty In color and design
The colors are. generally speaking
bright. A lovely clear green, q rose pink
and q delicate mauve are seen In stripes
and figures. The designs OF some ol
the batistes are not unlike those Of old.
fashioned linen lawns. Organdies seem
to run to large flowers in allover effects
and the dimities to Dresden patterns
An attractive dimity has a clear white
ground, over which double stripe OF
bright green is traced. The three-inct
space between the stripes is filled with
tiny dots of black. rather far apart. a
cheerful puff dimity has small polka doti
Of black over It's surface. A beautiful
organdie has q black ground with
smashing design of huge roses and leaves
in pastel tones of pink, red and green.
Silks of soft construction. such as
peau de sole, peau de cygne. Shantungs
natural and dyed, and soft-finish tat.
fetas will undoubtedly rule. These silks
in plain and pin-dotted effects, hairlint
checks, as we'll as small patterns In shep.
herd plaids, will be made up into shirt
waists for spring wear.
Foulards will still be worn. The fact
is that for real use in the summer, wheth.
er it be torrid or humid one, there II
nothing more satisfactory to the wearei
than foulard.
Black and white, blue and white. ant
brown and white are the leading favor
ties in the silk shirt waist suits. lr
foulard the combinations continue to bt
black and white, white and blue ant
blue and white The latter Is mostly Of
the dark-blue shade. though some Of
the lighter colorihgs on the order Of
robin 's-egg blue are also being ordered
This robin's-egg blue is also favoritt
color in linen, while all-white, cham.
pagnc. pale green. dark brown and blue
will be in equal favor.
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suppes. ~ wv i brc(lint I sveniscn
steak over ~ cAnp arv when ~
heard W win cracking md horrlble
yelps, Tie sounds coming from the bait
0f wiIdwoods near W. Her presen9S
of mind was wonderful. She had heard
somewhere that music had peculiar
influence over wolves. Dropping the
broiler and steak into the tire, she
shouted to mother to get her fiddle and
the other instruments and the kettle
covers. In . moment the concert was
organized, and not too soon, for out Of
the shadows came one. two. three
hungry, bowling wolves. We had the
guns and rides, 30 there was not q
weapon Of defense The concert was
the only hope. 1t began without pre-
lininaries. The audience Of three re-
ceived it with whines Of distress,
turned tail and with dropping heads
disappeared But the concert never
tagged. There were no intervals.
"'You see, father, said Keturah, we.
didn't dare stop playing until you
came
81 never knew another girl like our
Keturah,' said grandfather, so brave
and thoughtful and swise!'
Nor T. father spoke gently, and the
next moment he was on his knees. and
we all followed his example.
"Lord God of Heaven and Earth
he said, fervently, we thank Thee for
sparing the lives of our dear ones from
being devoured by wolves and from
burial in the horrible green slime Of
the sedges. We thank Thee, too, for
our blessed. brave Keturah. Amen
"The Amen went echoing around
from lip to lip.
Supper was late that night, but it
was worth waiting for. No one missed
the venison that had been burned up.
Cyrus cleaned two of the wild ducks
that We boys had shot, and We all, ex-
cept Isaac and Jacob, had hand in
the roasting. Country Gentleman.
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FOOLISH HEALTH FADS.
Terminates in u Complete Ply
steal Failure.

To get all sorts of health fads on the
brain is disease in itself. 1t is very
prevalent disease. too. says American
Queen. With few foolish rules to OBJ
serve. a whole lot of hygienic quirks to
adjust to. and a schedule of supersti-
tious sanitary notions diligently fol-
lowed by day and dreamed Of by night. is
a malady which begins as a mental & q
rangement and ends in q complete phys
ical fizZle.
No room left for spontaneous life. no
place for free. joyous liberty. Not a
minutes space for rollicking disregard.
Everything fixed. every minute disposed
of, introspections without number.
Forebodings. misgivings. lowering
vaguely about the mind, like fiocks of
carrion crows.
Such a life is not worth living. One
might thousand times better go back
to the reckless regime of a rough-rider.
The progress., 1904-04-09
Turkish DELIGHT.

This dainty deserves to be known, for
carefully made. it is very delicious.
Bring 10 boil three cupfuls of granu-
lated sugar and one cupful of water.
Add one ard one-third ounces of gela-
tine which has been softened in three
lourths Of cupful of cold water. Boil
the mixture steadily for % minutes.
Then add the juice and rind Of one or
ange and one lemon; boil again for one
minute ard turn into wet pans to cool.
Crt Tito squares and roll them in corn
starch and confectioners' sugar. mixed.
Pistachio nut meats or other nuts may be
added in small quantities after the cook
ng process is Observation-Disclosures
,far
The progress., 1904-04-09
"A FAR-SEEING MAN.
He Was Wise When II Came to Dis.
posing of His Surplus
Cash.

When he reached home he drew rol
of bills from his pocket and tossed /
over to his wife, relates Elliott Flower
in the Brooklyn Eagle.
Better go shopping" he said. "Ge
some of those things that we thought W,
couldn't afford"
Where did you get the money!" sh'
asked
81 drew it from the savings bank" h,
replied. There's no use trying to saw
anything now"
"Why not?" she inquired.
'Tve joined the union," he ex
planned
Joined the union!" she cried.
"Yes; had to do IT, so we'll have tc
spend this money in hurry, If we don I
want to get the worst Of 1t.
Why" she persisted.
"Oh, I'll be on strikes of one kind OF
another most of the time now" he said
"and when I'm not striking I'll be pay.
ing strike benefits. The money is bound
to 60. and l want to be in position tc
get as much out of the union as anyone
If have money in the bank. there will
be no strike benefit for me when I'm
ordered to quit work. You don't need
it. they'll say, for you've got money
We can only afford to make payments
to those who haven't any You see
there's a penalty to put thrift and 6
premium on shiftlessness. The mar
who saves has to pay himself for time
lost at the order of the union. and the
man who doesn't save gets the help.
In year from now our money will be
gone. anyhow, so we might as well spend
It while we can get some personal ad-
vantage out of it. and then come in on
even terms with the others for the strike
benefits. It's the fellow who hasn't any
thing. and never expects to have any
thing who gets the'advantage. Take the
money, Maggie. before 1t gets beyond
reach. You helped to save it. and the
union will only help US spend 1t, it, you
don't do it, first
The progress., 1904-04-09
CONGRESSIONAL cHIT-cHAT.

John Sharp Williams, the Mississippi
wit tells of southern friend whose col
ored valet fell in love with pair of loud
checked trousers which his master
owned. By way of Fastening the day
when they should be turned over to him
he threw some grease on them. Then he
reported that he was unable to remove
the spots. Have you tried everything,
SAM" said his master. ''Yes, sah."
Have you tried ammonia?" mo. sab. /"
replied Sam, insinuatingly. 81 amt tried
dem on me. but I'm sho them pants fit
me good
Representative Maddox. of Georgia.
who is soon to retire from congress. has
received this letter from a constituent:
Deer Mister Kongresman: Sum time
ago ! writ you asking IL their were amy
thing the guvment could do to make a
hghtin wife behave herself. aint
heard from you and things is no better.
VIII you please let me know how can
get one of them big pizen snakes from
Africky. ] have always voted for Won
and this is nifty little to ask of YOU.
specially when a mans wife is always a
peckin on him."
Senator McEnery is aflicted with n
certain degree of deafness. He can hear
less at times than al others. IT is said
seek TO draw information from him that
ne is unwilling TO give he is particularly
hard OF hearing Itwas during one of his
deaf periods that he emerged from a re-
cent executive session and was accosted
py correspondent We'll. senator
anything doing on the inside ~ asked the
newspaper man Yes. the weather Is
pretty bad outside" answered the sep-
ator. ITS pretty hard on rs old peo-
pie And he bowed pleasantly and
passed OF. leaving the newspaper nan
wondering.
The progress., 1904-04-09

After eating | went out and watched
the Eskimo boys at play. One youth.
fastening piece of bark to a harpoon.
raised it above his head. This was a
target Another boy withdrew some
distance. balanced his harpoon. and
with splendid aim sent it through the
bark. took part in the sport. my
clumsiness causing.the greatest amuse-
ment. The harpoon is as necessary to
the Eskimo as the pocket knife to a
schoolboy in civilization. Throwing
the weapon is their play. They are
ever practicing. so that when they
reach manhood they are perfect hunt
ers-World's Work
The progress., 1904-04-09


"It is all well enough" said Uncle
Joseph, as he put down the book, but
it isn't true"
why not ?" / asked. rt
Because the author makes him pro-
pose to the heroine in a crowded thea
ter. Now, a woman doesn't want to
be proposed to in such a place. She
wants a quiet spot. where she can
weep a little. Story-writers should
take this into consideration"
"Pshaw!" said |.
when a woman accepts a man for
good and all, she likes to put her head
on his shoulder and cry" said Uncle
Joseph. Il do not know why it is, but
they all do it,"
"Do they?'
Didn't your wife when she accepted
you?" he demanded.
well, yes, l believe she did,
They all do" said Uncle-Joseph..
They like it: il somehow comforts
EN- /.
But Why" said !.
ASK the women" said Uncle Joseph.
Home Companion
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THE OLD PERCUSSION CAP.
Has Been Improved Out of Existence
-Only Found In Museum
Collections.

"What do you want? A box Of caps
Percussion caps? Bless my soul
young man; haven't seen box il
years. i had almost forgotten ther
ever existed such a thing as a percus
sion cap"
The speaker was an old-time gul
dealer in Broadway. A youth had en-
tered the store to buy box of caps
says the New York Times.
What kind Of gun have your" HI
said. "An old-fashioned, double-bar
rel, muzzle-loading, steel-twist. choke
bored shotgun. OF course. Well, they
are pretty scarce now, except in mu
seums and private collections. AND
what curiosities they are, to be sure.
"The boy who got one of them as {
hand-me-down from his father OF
elder brother, or from his pet uncle
always had his pockets full of capt
and tubes, or nipples, as some called
the parts on which the caps were fit-
ted. He always carried along a few
pins to pick burnt powder out of the
nipples, so that the Illuminating pow
der in the cap could ignite the explo-
sive within the breech. Well, well!
1t carries me back to think of my old
gun.
Percussion caps? The making oi
them is practically dead industry. II
was invented out of existence. OF
course there are caps still. but they
form, q MORT ~ tho oaptor 6ra m ~ -; n vo
used in breech-loading arms. We call
them primers also. At one time
making percussion caps was a tremen-
dous business. I do not remember
much about the manufacture in the
United States, as l came here from
England, but when was boy in the
old country half century ago the to.
tai output for sporting guns in Europe
alone amounted to 1,5O0, 900, 900 caps a
year. They were made of copper, of
which metal the consumption was
over 100000 pounds annually.
my father was interested in the
business of making these caps. The
process was quite simple. The blanks
were punched out of thin rolled cop
per in the form of cross, with short
equal arms, or with only three arms,
and having been annealed were
pressed into caps by means of dies,
which folded up the arms and united
them into short tube. The central
part Of the blank formed the top of
the cap, which sustained the blow of
the hammer. The inner bottom of the
tube. or cap. was touched with So
luton of gum, or glue, upon which
the Illuminating powder was dropped
All that did not stick was blown or
shaken out. and that which remained
was covered with small wad of pa
per or other material, which in turn
was vanished to render 1t waterproof.
Billions and billions of caps were
made for the armies of the world,
and the machinery was very ingenious,
that at the great Woolwich
arsenal. And just to think-the day
of such caps is ended! 1t is hard to
realize that an article once in so great
demand has been improved out of ex-
istence"
The progress., 1904-04-09
OLD HOME WEEK.

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rhs NE s.,...,nss,s.es s - ~. .,ro,,a-.
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And 'ie in 'a.rsu fancv ninhfs d vi3wiess angel
-. - ...,.t ,,.aaa .raad
At go .,.,.a, a,,s,',a,,oss ,ono,n~
~ ,...ia 80 1880, had ~
VI '"e i''e o'e p'' "a
r,.. ,,.ar. ,;..,a h,,,a a,as ,,.t sorova,
.s;shoa go .,,rhs.
80. az araa.;au t,'a; ras,ar
MI =, ~, ~ ~, .,. ,.,..h a,,,,..
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sha,, ,,rax, ,,, ,ha s;,arcs instaad.
ra,, aan,,s, aa.,s ~ ,ha .ra~avard
The progress., 1904-04-09
Of
Cuticura
Soap

to cleanse the skin of crusts
and scales, and soften the
thickened cuticle; CUTl-
CURA Ointment to in
stantly allay itching, irrita.
ton, and inflammation, and
soothe and heal; and CUTl-
CURA Pills to cool and
cleanse the blood and expel
humor germs. A SINGLE
SET, costing but ONE
DOLLAR, is often sufi-
cient to cure the most tor
turing, disfguring skin,
scalp and blood humors, &c
zemas, rashes, itchings, and
irritations, with loss of hair,
from infancy to age, when
the best physicians and all
other remedies fail.
Sold throughout the world. Cuticura Resol-
vent. 5Oc. I'm form Of Chocolate Coated Pills.
Csc. per vial of 00l. Ointment, o0ca Soap 23c.
Dspots: London q Charterhouse ST.; Paris,
Potter Drug and Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
u Send for slow to Cure Torturing. Dis
figuring Humors from Infancy to Age"
The progress., 1904-04-09
wanted some Credit.

Gladys" said Chumley to his man.
nish sister, I've done so much for you,
you should write me a testimonial"
A testimonial?"
Yes You might say. Dear Brother
Once was a timid. delicate girl. but
since using your collars and ties have
become new woman Stray
Stories
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silver or,.ue.,.

Silver ornaments should never be
<ept iu wadding. which only tends to
arnish them. Wrap each article up in
Issue paper. and any tarnish is re-
moved by damping a piece of tissue
and rubbing the tarnished part. dry
ing it with a clean piece Of tissue. 1t
also effective in cleaning gold jew
,i-y.
The progress., 1904-04-09

The local vessels plying to Seattle dur
ing the year 1903, according to the fig
ures in the annual report of the harbor
master. carried in the aggregate nearly
/ .0O0, 900 passengers in and out Of that
port, while that city shipped coastwise
and to local ports merchandise to the
value of s32.171.7s and received mer-
chandise to the value of $23. pa .9S7.
The progress., 1904-04-09

Jones froze' his ears this mornings" :"
Howl"
Looking at the thermometer to find
out how cold it was"-Detroit Free
Press
The progress., 1904-04-09

The West Ham G,ondon) town coun-
Ill has forbidden street car conductors
to wear boutonnieres. The council
thinks they lead to firtations with
young women passengers"
The progress., 1904-04-09

Turpentine will destroy vermin il ap-
olied generously TO the cracks and in
'ested places. 1t is especially good to
Ise in the case Of bedbuss.
The progress., 1904-04-09
puflf ON Pninx-

Almost the whole of the Dutch city
OF Amsterdam is built upon piles
driven 40 or so feet deep through soft
peat ,nd sand to a firm substratum OF
clay.
The progress., 1904-04-09

"Hurray, Miss Millyons has prom
ised to be zine"
Regular gold mine, eh. TOMMY
Detroit Free Press.
The progress., 1904-04-09

An ounce of Glove pink petals infused
n three-qharters of a piut Of pure alco-
iol. with a few verbens leaves, is are
reshing odor for the batA
The progress., 1904-04-09
Color ofLu6stfc.. Eyes.

Brown and black are the prevailing
colors of eyes among the inmates of
most lunatic asylumA
The progress., 1904-04-09

Mare than 100000 people in Masss-
.huse,ts are dependent upon the cotton
mills for their living
The progress., 1904-04-09

Let the boys and girls play together. pray God
there may be no separation Of the sexes in our schools
God knew what He said when He referred to the boys
and girls playing together in the streets in innocent
amusement. If had my way I would change the
X. M. c. A. and the Y. w. C. A. 50 they would be
known young peoples institutions. say, God for
bid separation of the sexes.
When the streets of Chicago are made fit for the
child to play in, then the millennium will have been
reached With perfect safety the child may be made