Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1893 — Page 8 Advertisements Column 2 [ADVERTISEMENT]

FIGHTINO WITHOUT FIREARMS. Tub Welsh Were gubduod by Ed ware I, principally by the aid bf the archers. The battle of Hastings was won i-y the. superior skill of the Norman archers. The use of complete chain or ring nrmor was discontinued about A. 1). 1300. The bola, Patagonian, is a long cord having two stone or metal balls at the ends. Long-bow strings wore of plaited eilk, and worth five time their weight in gold. The cross-bow was introduced in the ninth century and made of the best steel. Stone arrow points and hatchets have been found in every country In the world. In 1216 heavy oavalry 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. 718 B. 0., 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 the Elder. At the siege of Jerusalem the Homans had 400 large and nearly 200 small catapults. The Baleario slingers served as mcrjenaries in the armies of both Carthago and Rome. Shields were not used In Europe, save on parade, after the time of Francis 1., 1550. Hengist, the Saxon conqueror of England, about A. D. 449, had iron scale armor. The sling was made of woolen stuff, and the slingers always stood behind the infantry.

The great two-handed sword was, when not in action, carried on the back like a guitar. The ancieikt Mexicans used woodeu -words in war that they might not kill ‘heir enemies. The battering ram was a beam sus- !■ nded in the middle, drawn back and 1;: >wn forward. Kt( hard I. built movable towers v three stories high and capable of i >1 ling 500 men. Egyptian bronze swords made, B. 0. TOO, were from two to three feet long, with double edge. Military maces, clubs with iron ads, came into Western Europe in h seventh century. IE sword of Henry the Pious, Duke Silesia, v s .six fe t long and v :. had thirty pounds.

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ALL FOE 55 CENTS. The Mo non Ponfo his added to its already splendid equipment, two bran new dining care, which are now in daily eervice on the fast day trains between Chicago and Louisville. These cars are models of convenience, comfort and beauty, and are operated on the a la carte pi in, which means that a passenger can get any thing he wants and pay only for what he gets. An elegant steak, with bread, Inter, coffee or tea with cream is served for only 55 cents. Watch for the Monon's new sahedule to Florida. DO YOU WANT TO ADOPT A BABYt Maybe you think this is a new business, sending out babies on application; it has been done before, however, but never have those furnished been so near the original sample as this one. Everyone will exclaim, 41 Well 1 that’s the sweetest baby I ever saw 1” This little black-and-white engraving can give you but a faint idea of the exquisite original,

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