Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1893 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FIGHTING WITHOUT FIREARMS. Tub Welsh were subdue*! by Edward principally by the aid of the archers. T . battle of Hastings was won by ic superior skill of the Norman archers. The use of complete chain or ring armor was discontinued about A. 1). mo. The bola, Patagonian, is a long cor I hav ng two stone or metal balls at the ends. Long-bow strings wore of plaited silk, and worth jive time their weight in mid. The cross-bow was introduced in the ninth century and made of the best steel. Stone arrow points and hatchets ave been found in every country in t Ipworld . IN 1216 heavy cavalry were covered, horse and man, with scale or chain armor. The latest cross-bows were drawn by the aid of pulleys manipulated by two cranks.

Military hooks were used in the siege of Tyre, 713 B. C., by Nebuchadnezzar. The saber is an Oriental weapon. It was introduced into the French cavalry in 1710. The catapult was invented in Syracuse, 406 B. C., in the reign of Dionysius he Elder. At the siege of Jerusalem the Ro mans had 400 large and nearly 200 small r-a’ajuts. The Balearic slingers served as m -r----cenaries in the armies of both Carthage and Borne. Shields were pot used in Europe, save on parade, after the time of Fr;. cis 1., 1530. Hengist, the Saxon conqueror of lr gland, about A. D. 449, had iron sea armor. The sling'was' made o' woolen s u . and the slingers always stoo l belli n I the infantry. Tk.: great two-handed sword wa when not in action, carried on the buck tike a guitar. The ancient Mexicans used wooden words in war that they might not kill heir enemies. I i'K battering ra . was a beam s.s-h'-nded in the middle, tirawn back and

hi ov. n forward. d H veil I i.uii’ movable towers of ihiv-e .stories high and capable of dot iing .90 men. l-d. Y i ian bron/■ swords made, B. C. ‘Tim, were from tVo to three feel long, •with double edge. roa maees. clubs with iron v ads. came, into western Eu> ope in V. seventh eon ry. e stvor i of f i-nry the Pious, Diiko • •:!cs:a, 1 * d so t long a:.d i thir'.v to.: -I-. Owing to the liability of fire* I feel compelled to prohibit all hunting on my lands in Jasper county, and notice is hereby given that any p. rsou trespassing on such lands with u gun will be prosecuted. B. J. GIFFORD. October 14, 1892—53,50. TfitJSTEE’fT NOTICE. Notice is hereby given that I will be cf my office at John A. Knowlton’s, in Jor dun township, oi the Fourth Saturday o each month tor the transaction of business connected with tba duties of Trustee. JAMES H. CARE, Trustee Jordan Township

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