The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1911-01-17
The Spear In the Tusk.

lucHeS Nlue Has DeeH lOunu all grown
over and perfectly hidden in a big
bull elephants tusk. The savage had
roasted up in a big tree over a spring
where the elephant came for water.
Then he dropped this spear. weighted
to fifty pounds, so as to strike the
nape of the neck and pierce the brain.
Here the spear went a little to one
side of the brain and into the big open
funnel end of TIE root of the tusk,
broke off and then "growed" up in the
ivory like nail in a tree. The spear
was found when the tusk was carved.
Exchange.
Origin of the Cannon.
1t is curious fact that the first can
non was cast at Venice. 1t was called
lombard" and was invented and
employed by General Pisani in a war
against the Genoese. The original
lombard, which bears the date of 1880,
is still preserved and stands at the
foot of Pisani's statue at the arsenal.
The lombard thew a stone 100 pounds
in weight. but another Venetian gen
eral, Francisco Barde, improved it I'M
til he was able to handle a charge of
rock and powders weighing 1900
pounds. 1t proved disastrous to him,
however, for one day during the siege
of lara while he was operating his
terrible engine he was hurled by 1t
over the walls and instantly killed.
A Plea For Rubberneoks.
Be good to the rubbernecks. They
are the people who find time to attend
the weddings and who make the pub
lie opinion that decides if the bride
looked pretty or was a fright. They
also attend the funerals, and 1t Is
through them that busy people learn
If the corpse looked natural and If the
relatives were as grief stricken as they
should have been. They decide IL a
woman's new dress Is becoming, If q
girl makes a good match, II a new
baby is pretty. They make the senti-
ment that is favorable or opposed to
girls singing, her piano playing or her
recitations in public. They are the
opinion makers Be good to them
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Dresden China.
1t is to Frederick Bottger a native
Of Saxony-16S2-1719- we owe the
secret of making china or porcelain.
1t was in 1710 that a lucky accident
revealed to Bottger the true nature Of
the required paste. Having noticed
the unusual weight Of some hair pow
der. he inquired what 1t was made OF
and found that it was finely powder
ed clay from Aue. He forthwith pro-
cured some Of the clay, made vessels
Of 1t and to his infinite delight, learn
ed that he had at last found the very
material he wanted. In a word, he
had made the discovery of porcelain.
Not a Tender Plant.
A temperance lecturer once display
ed to his audience two geraniums.
The first, watered in the usual way,
was a beautiful and vigorous plant,
but the other had been dOsed with al
cohol, and it's foliage was shriveled
and sparse and its vitality decayed
Now, ladies and gentlemen" cried
the lecturer, what can you say to a
demonstration such as this?"
Its all right, and if | We're gera
num-" said shabby man in the gal
lery, I'D stick to water exclusively,
but l am not geranium Detroit
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A Heartless Joker.
In 1.-THE Beaux and the Dandies''
Glare Jerrold recalls a story Of the
heartless Sheridan. who was at Bath
with Beau Nash. Meeting after long
absence one Major Brereton, who was
noted for his high play at gambling,
Sheridan asked: How are you, major?
How have you been going on Of later
II have had great misfortune since
last we met" was Brereton's reply
Il have lost Mrs. Brereton."
Aye" answered Sheridan How
did you lose her, at hazard or at
quinzeY'
Considerable.
Mrs. Benham-You look mad.
Benham-I am mad A man called
me born fool today.
Mrs. Benham-You ought not to get
mad about it. l think 1t was very
considerate in him to blame it on your
ancestors. Brooklyn Life.
A Deadly Spirit.
Featherstone Do you believe in
ghosts?
Travers-Well, for years 1 have been
living In a haunted house.
Featherstone - You don't tell me!
Who Is 1t haunted by?
Travers-By my tailor.
False.
Clerk-This is an eight day clock.
Murphy-G'wan! It's loi! There's
only swim days in the wake-Puck.