THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 36, 10 May 1906, Page 4

THE CURIOSITY SHOP.

THE EAGLE A 3 AN EMBLEM.

n>« BlJtl t>f J»Ve Has Been » Favorite Sj-n> hoi of Power In Many Ages. In ancient mythology the eaglo wna beUoved to carry the souls of the dying to their abode on Motmt Olyrqnv! ar.d tvw called the bird of Jove, Tho cay. ■ w.first taken as a symbol of royal power by the ancient Etruscans, who b--.ro Us imagUpon thoir standards. Li Lho year 87 11 C. a silver eagle, with expanded wings, poised on the top of a spear, with a. thunderbolt held in its claws, was adopted a? the military standard to ho horn;; at the bead of their legions by the I tomans. At the time of Hadrian a goklen eagle was substituted for the niK-ov w,..-. A two beaded eaglo was acl.’.n:cil by the llyrantlne emperors as a r.yr.. ; a.l e.f th..-ir control of both tho east j;;;d lee we; ;. The double headed eaylo of Russia was adopted on (bo luarrin; of Ivan I with a Grecian princess of the eastern empire. That of Austria was la used when tho of Ccfinany t-- k L.u ibb’ A..pel mi r t 0.... .... ■ ’ • ■ riop ,-i thui'.dcrl/alr, efrc’- Cm a-1 i Ihs lie; ;■ •u UUU. r ill.; i, .01 a, ufiaoo of L- ■ Tjiorno states i.. , i,. ted on American t;..;. .■ . I and half cents issued »r | • Us miuh In was ml p..eu I a national coinage tv; n deI , i coins and on 100 silver I .far and quarter dollar, [ m eaglo was at one time 1 . o national flag, ! . 'liner Weapon. • ■ ..... iv <„.■■»£ m camels of a well known I v.'halc fisher uro shdr't, about 60 ; but comparatively broad. w propelled by screws, attain a | night to nine knots an hour . . mat rapidity. - ends tho gun for throwing , , «.... ... .. finis gun is In reality only a . ( 1U....V ana tune, resting on a filed platfosm. , | La i iis tube tho harpodn is inserted aftev ~y with powder. The harpoon ii - ■■ i feet in length. The end qf it ; - tlie charge consists of a , nicr, fltting’cxaotly in the u comes a portion, 8 feet long, two flat riba of iron, with • ■ in tho middle like the eye , In this eye runs a movable |

A (lAEPOON GUN. inch the ropoof the harpoon ' the top, of tho eye are fixed • hooks, tied down with a MM',,,.-, w nr-o roo harpoon enters tho ribs or i mo whale. these hooks spring Into poi the lightening of thoroi|‘, and ..•or>ii thus becomes imbeddedin tho • further contrivances of this > ■ ym arc that, at the point .. ,>.js are fixed tho two Iron r-i • >..ii u: a small, hollow iron rod, and o- ■ ■ - ■ i i; --'vi.h nitrcglyoeriuis '* ’. r.~,! -.s il..c L.-ohs spring into po- 1 . •.. this tube is smashed and the gre- | In the harpoon exploded. Tho iron rod ! . in a :riangr.h r paint, so that it may penetrate the fiosh more easily. When the wounded whale pulls, tlto rope runs out to its end, which is, of course, well secured, and when killed tho rope .and the whale arc hauled in by a steam winch. The Tailor Made Woman In History. There exists a common delusion that tho tailor mudo woman is a product of the nineteenth century, whereas a more or less ■ srious consideration of the subject wotild •it once prove that in tho olden days of tha month and sixteenth centuries nil tho women wore tailor made clothes. Have wo not authentic evidence in the records of Henry VIII’s expenses of payments made to the tailor, John Malt, for Anno Boloyu, and has it not been chronicled that when specially pleased with her serv'nt “Jane tho fool” tho Queen Mary; would order her to bo shaved by tho barbeif ■>’itl supplied with a new suit from tho imilo.'f And can we not even cite as a further proof tho existence of that luckless t tailor of Katherine’s on whom PotruaJilo exorcises such unmanly pranks, deriding | tho fashions this most amiable woman was to anxious to contemplate? Not alone had tliis enterprising tradesman the gowns of ■ tho fair lady under his care, but he was ■ also her milliner, as the text of tho burner* 1 tal “Taming of the Shrew" will Show. , Did ho not make that paltry cap which Petmchio likens so unsympathetically to • .. >■ astord coffin, a bauble, a silken pie?” ’ i The Be crate of the Freemasons. ( Curiosity has always found a peculiar • I attraction In the Freemasons. Whfit is • this great secret of theirs that no woman I knows, and which they guard with such 1 fascinating core f That excellent antiquary, ’ the Ret. Dr. Stukoley, F. R. S., thought it might be some vestiges of the “mysteries of tha ancients” and joined the society at the Salutation Tavern in a scientific . j spirit. At that time (1720) Freemasonry , 1 wae at a low ebb, but the learned doctor brought it Into rogue again. “With difficulty a number sufficient for his initiation Was to be found in all London. After this it became a public fashion, and not only . spread over Britain and Ireland, but all I Europe. ’* But whatever it was they told him ho kept to himself. This silence of I Stukeley, however, is a small thing beside | that of tho lady Mason, whose story has ; been often told, who, being caught eavesLopplng, was incontinently captured, hauled in and initiated and kept tho secret nevertheless to the end. j The Weight of the Earth, i The weight of tho earth has been six tim ;a computed with slightly varying reI -fulls. The average, according to The Ed- | ooatlonal World, is a. mean density of 5.14 as compared with waver The average ferrl'y ■' ■ :■ ; ■ .afort’ds t-t H obits of tho cii.r.L. well as vulcanic mutter • d of ..■■■■ ■ '.-'n:' >■' >• T. • ■!.... ( ... s. . , t v.. *i ,;■<■(] to U U’ iiu»i heavier :M'r Jiif’ 1 ;

NOT DANG&HOud.

A Hao From Bad As Who Was Barth Quelled. When a Woodward avenue patrolman ar rived at the foot of the avenue at 9 o'clock one night last week, he found in waiting a tall, cadaverous looking chap, with his hat drawn down over hla eyes and a sort of tiptoe expectancy In his general demeanor. He at once stealthily approached the officer and hoarsely whispered: “Do you want to live an hour longer on the face of this earth?" "Yes, sir—two or three of them,” replied the officer as he backed away to size hi* tnau up. “Then for heaven’* sake look out for him," "Who do you mean?” “He’adicre and bin here all day. Wonder Is that he ain’t broke loose and killed two or three men before this." “Then there’s some one around who’* going to break loose?" quietly asked the offlc#r. "Stwhl Not ao loud. He may jump on you any minute," “Who is the ‘he’ you refer to?" “Bad man—bad man from Bad Ax. Bio i here all day lookln fur n row. Jest chank- i in his teeth and foamin at the mouth. He ' won’t be able to hold hlzpself much longer, I’m afraid." “And if he breaks loose?" “Then : uok out fur gore. I’ve seen him louse two or three times, and I know what be kin do. He ain’t got no more mercy In his heart than a tiger." ■‘Perfectly reckless as to consequences is he?” “Perfectly. He’d tackle a man a* big a* a house, and the man he tackles Is a goner in three miuits. Jest slams and bangs and chaws, and the man is dead. I’ve bln waitIn here to gin you a pinter. If you hain’t got wings, you’d better horror a pair and fly.’* “This bad man from Bad Ax— ls he about your size?" asked the officer without betraying any particular emotion. ‘ 'Jest about my size and heft." And has the same dangerous appear enoer . “Jest about the same, or a little more darirf«» i bUßerl’ , “Well," said the bffie*? itf bespat on hi* bauds and reached out for a nee* and hip hold, “I’ve been wanting to meet that man from Bad Ax for the last two months, and now that I’ve met And he lifted the man «n high, and whirled him around hia head, and crooked his heels agalhst the-wharf railing, and finally let him drop with a "kerchug" on the planks and asked; “Well, has the bad man from Bad Ax gob fchtmgb?*’ “Plenty, sir—plenty,” replied the teas as he got up. “Got all through chawln and chsnkin?" i “All through, air." ’ “Then 1 guess you’d better make tracks." . “Exactly. Hera they are." And be flew up the avenue and whipped : around Into Wood bridge street with what seemed a cloud of dust whirling around his coattails and rising up to mingle with long black hair.—Detroit Free Press. —p— — Her Programme. “I have my programme pretty well arranged now," said the earnest young woman. “Sunday I devote to religious exercises of course; Monday to Delsarte and (tailsthenics; Tuesday the walking club takes its outing; Wednesday we study Mollere; Thursday we discuss the probability of woman attaining the ballot, and Friday Is i_(..uiul to uplifting the poor.” , v. flat do you do Saturday, dear?" | Ok, that's the day for training my boa at."—lndianapolis Journal. No May Bay Terrors. vVfiary William (in hayloft)—Sort o’ com- . -•able, ain’t it? '(■ring Peter—Reg’lar luxury, that’s I ••• •' - • ,rs to lock, no shutters to 1 • ■ . . .w.s to fasten, no kitchen fire ■ .no potted plants to move , to bother with, and nonerv- . :.e to - od us a gallivantin around on i odd floors half a dozen times a night diikin far burglars.—London Weekly. It Ought to Do, Pigley—Shall you send your son to college? Hogsou-No. I hud one set up here for dm. , d'iqr-ley—What does it consist of? •; or '• —A gymnasium in the hennery, a ~ -U;: tug in the open lot, a shell In the" •ii k ;k :.,i, iho smokehouse for a secret soih y and 400 bunches of cigarettes.—Puck A Balt. . i! herby—We’ve been without a servant e- a week now, but my wife is real good, ■ he gets up first every morning and starts . :;e fire. Piankington—How do you contrive to get •;er up? Witherhy—Easy enough. I leave a lot of change iu my trousers pocket .—Cloak Review. -■ Hi* Drew the JLloe. “So you have thrown your new admirer ovi-board?" 1 “You bet. Just as soon as 1 learned he was a dairyman." “What hsd that to do with it?" “Considerable. None of your milk and water chaps for me.”—Buffalo Courier. linlt to Igjury. “It wasn’t her eatln the apple afore ms that mode me mad," remarked £mUy, the • 10-year-old tenant of the Ash ally tenement, I as a sob broke from herthroat. “Itwashtr ; efferia me the qore w’en the entire avaoo wns lookin on."—Chicago Record. A Good Oae. i Susie (at her music like to catch an old air 1 heard in the music room last night, . Profeasor—What air was that? i Susie (demurely)—Oh, It wm a mllUamsire I—Tit-Bits. ® The Latest Thing.

Too Mach to Ash. “There is one sign that should be placed t iv?r every Ittrer box in the city.” "’ATiat is that?” ■‘Post ue bills.”—Yule Record. T!;, versify of Girls. on think she’ll have you • Vy.t ,-:.ie of it. Her far'd- . ppost-d to mu- Chioaii' SSSi t*bhu I