Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1913-07-04

C-T1J was about 90 attack him.
Escape was impossible Retreat was cut
on. lie must nsht Tor his NE, but how
Should be bite. scratch or kick
should be strike with his nsti These
were the natural d.fonaes Of his body
bat what were they against the teeth.
the claws and the tremendous muscles
OF bis enemy Should he wrench n
dead branch from a tree and use Il
for q clubl That would bring him
within striking distance. 70 be torn 10
pieces before be could deal a second
blow
There was ont a moment 10 81 lcb
60 act swiftly be seized q Jagged frae
meni ~ rock from the ground aud
buried Il With an his force az the blaz
ing eyes before him. then another aud
another until tho beast dazed and
bleeding from fhe unexpected blows
fell back ANA gave him Il chance 70 es.
cape. lie knew Thar he had saved bis
lie. bar there WAS something else
which Ills duh brain falled 70 realize
HE bad INVENTED ARMS AND
AAMuNlTlON
ia other words he bad needed 90
Etrike q harder blow than The blow Of
his nsg al a greater distance than the
length Of BIS arm. and bis brain show.
90 him how 10 DO a. After an. whit
"a q modern rifle has q device which
man has made with bis brain. permit
tins bim 70 strike an enormously hard
blow az a wonderful dlsianecs Fire
arms are really but more perfect
form 81 stone throwing. aud this early
cave man TOOK the arst step that has
bed down the ages to present day arms
and ammunition
This strange story Of a development
that has been taking place slowly
through thousands aud thousands OF
years. so that today you are able to
take swift shot az distant game IN
stead % merely throwing sfones-this
STORY We shall briefly tell
The Earliest hunters
The cave u,an aud ais descendants
learHed the valuable lesson II stone
throwing. aud q made henfers Of them,
not big gatuc hunters that was Tar TOO
risky But once ln q while a lucky
throw might hiring down a bird or
rabbit Tor food And 50 Il went 90
Tor centuries perhaps Early mankind
WIS rather sipp % thought
AZ last. however there appeared a
great Inventor the Edison OF bis day
BE sdded the second link-the sling
Tire Use Of Sings
The new weapon worked with great
ruccees. and little practice made *
,eff marksmen We know that most
u tho early rlres used il for hunting
lud Ia war we end Il shown 10 pic
ures ma3e many thousands OF years
lg0 iu ancient Ecyuf and Asayria We ,
nd g in ihs homau army where the
wgs esiled O "iundif0r7
We 6nd B Ia The Bible. where II Is
Triieu u ths tribe ~ BENJAMIN
'Amons ESQ these people there were
even anndFei CHOSEN men left handed
EVERY ONE COULD SLING A
'IoNE Al an BAlR BREADTH i
IND NOT MISS" surely. too, you re-
Demter tpt story ~ David and Goliath /
shen ihe young shepherd prevailed f,
yer the ph'lsflae WITH a SLING \
AND WITH A STONE
Semethi0s Better. G
yet thcs bad their drawbacks A
tone siuue mleht slil bird o. even d I
nan. bot , was not very effective s
Igainst D.s game a
what was wanted vas . missile 10
'sefce thick h.de SO through long !
-ears Q! creeping for something bet 5
err tie bow and arrow wns evolved /
nc Played mosf important part in =
De development n arms and ammu0i I
lon ID uant lands {
A 5hooiins Machine.
But Tie age " machinery waa com
ng on Once % awhile there were .