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ARGUS-LEADER: SIOUX FALLS, FEBRUARY 22, 1803. A RIFLE THAT POURS BULLETS. HspiedelicioV IS ALWAYS WITH US. SOME EARLY FLAGS. men was divided into ten companies or bands, and each of them had their peculiar emblem affixed to the end of a spear.

A square piece of fringed cloth attached to a cross-bur at the end of a stick was the flag of the cavalry. The silver eagle was the only emblem ear-ried in warfare, the others belug left in camp. The dragon, which was also a Roman ensign, cume to the Western Empire and was adopted and made the telling his old story with startling and impowiible variations. Hut I always found him out Ue was a bfg, hearty-looking follow, but had fallen into a chronic feebleness which could never be disguised, and trembled so effectually that the whol house rocked on Its foundations. When a strong man has that peculiar affliction which I have heard described as the "weak tri.inies" and when that strong man, skillful from long years of practice, throws all his strength into a tremble, something has got to shake.

I always knew him by that earthquaky agitation which accompanied bis entrance. He told me one dav that he, was an abandoned and solitary orphan, with nobody in the world to care for him. Two days afterward he said he had a wife and five little children, all of them. being sick in bed, and he was out "working" for money to buy medicine. Tha Weapon UevUed by Mitiiulicher for tha AiihIxIuii Army.

Herr von Mannlicher has compleled a new weapon whose "lira results" are amazing, say a correspondent of the London limes. strictly con-tidential trials of tlio new rifle made in August last by the musketry experts of the Austrian army, but no one else was permitted to test or even examine it. The reports of the Austrian experts are, 1 am informed, satisfactory in every respect, and I am now in a position to describe In detail the weapon and its capabilities, having been afforded an opportunity to inspect and test it at tne branch establishment in Vabrin; of--the Sleyer Small Arms Manufacturing company. The length Is forty Inches. The weight is slightly under that of an ordinary repenting rifle.

Its bore js C.5 millimeters in diameter, the same as that of the latest Mannlicher pattern adopted by the Roumanian and Italian governments. Compared with the former millimeters, Ihis is, indeed, a considerable red net ion of bore. But the inventor favors the smaller size on account of the increased velocity obtained and the reduction in the weight of the cartridges. The weapon is sighted up to 2,700 yards, point blank to 500, with the "culminating point" in the latter tra-jootory at live feet from the ground. The breech action is enclosed ami guided in a cyfindrical tube called the breech receiver, of a similar diamoter to the barrel in its outside coverings.

The H'igger mechanism is so constructed that the shots may be tired in the most rapid succession or at any desired intervals. The mechanism, therefore, is simplicity itself. We descended into a big underground vault and tired bullets or rather poured them iuto sandbags. A touch of the trigger of the automatic repeater and the breech bolt flew back into its closed position. Then followed live piercingly loud explosions, and the empty cip dropped ringing from the magazine on the floor.

The explosions seemed instantaneous. With a stop watch I timed them and found that they occupied a single second. Barely one and a half seconds to come down from the "present" to the "ready" position, to insert another clip, and then hve more shots banged forth in the same limit of time. No cartridge jams. The mechanism is too sound and simple for that.

In the hands of its inventor the rifle can discharge about 120 rounds per minute. The barrel becomes hot, but not bo hot as to render the rifle useless for a time. Should the exceedingly simple me chanism lor automatically operating the breech belt become deranged the rifle can still be used as an ordinary repeater. It might be a risky experiment to place in the hands of a soldier a rifle that can easily expend in one minute 100 rounds out of the supply of 150 that he carries in his cartridge pouches. On shipboards, however, when, for in stance, sailors on an ironclad have to repel a torpedo-boat attack, the rifle is expected to prove extremely service able.

The men could, with plenty of ammunition lying beside them, pour out Duiiets like a hailstorm. When Baby was stck, we gave her Castorin. 'When she was a Child, she cried for Civstoria. "When she became MIhs, she clung to Castoria. When she had ChUdren, she gave them Castoria.

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nr mm 1 lllH HI 1KB Y. bo. I H. Clark dWtlttcMi Uitfe TUrcrMTirwrrar(-iin JUiS LA ft NurseryGuide THE EMBLEMS OF TRIUMPH AND DEFIANCE. H'r Eagle ot the Roman leg-Ions Slf nlflesnoo of Colon Standards from the Orient to tha Occident.

The flag is the emblem of triumph, endurance, and defiance. It is the medium of maritime conversation and a symbol of earthly power. It is national, commer cial, and personal It is not merely decorative, but significant. It marks the war fleet and the mer- Chinese flag. eantile marine, the army in the field and the sleeping place of the warrior in the cathedral.

A soldier's fidelity to his flag has in it something ennobling and sublime, and gives him a share in the national life and liberty of which that flag is an emblem. 1 altered, shot-torn, and smoked it is a symbol of the highest worth and importance, and has power to direct the thoughts and passions of individuals so that a mighty host becomes as one man. In these clays when the people make a holiday why is it that the amount of enthusiasm is measured by the number of nags and ban-n displayed? AVhy is it that a piece of silk tacked to a stick has the power of arousing in the breast a feeling that thrills the whole being like the music of a fife EGYrTiAN stani and drum? The ard. banner is an an cient emblem it is a symbol of a nation's past. Representations of standards are found on the oldest bas-reliefs of Egypt.

Rites were performed to them and they were regarded with a degree of awe which lent a peculiar, significance to the words of Solomon: "Terrible as an army with banners. Colored banners were among the earliest symbols used as military standards, and as the tribes multiplied they gradually became party-colored by stripes and linear divisions. No sooner did the use of colors become prevalent than they were given a special significance. In all nations the white" flag indicates a desire for a truce or peace, a yellow one generally means the presence of a ancient assykian. denotes defiance or a battle, ana black marks the pirate of the high seas.

That the Egyptians were the first to use the standard for organized military forces, there is little reason to doubt. Those of the early time consisted of the figure of an animal affixed to the end of a spear, others resembled a round-headed table knife, and still others an extended fan, though this last did not become popular until many years later. The standards used by the Egyptian army during I'haraoh's reign form a curious group. Each regiment had its peculiar banner and figures of beasts, birds, reptiles, or a combination of emblems was ordinarily era-ployed. The most Tf used by several com-' lit ir.y nanies.

was in the boman standards, form of a semi-circle and represented the sun, moon, and other heavenly bodies. All were evidently objects of superstitiout veneration well calculated to awaken enthusiasm that characteristic sc essential to success in the breasts of the Egyptian soldiers. In the early days: the Greeks employed as a standard, a piece of armor at the end of a this was finally supplanted fcy the olive and the vine. Other Greek tribes adopted the effigies of their tutelary gods or their particular symbols at the end of a stick, while others used simply the initial letter of their national name. The ancient Persian standard was not unlike that of the Egyptians.

It was th figure of Turkish and pes-the sun, and was sian. displayed only on occasions when the King was present with his army. Though the proper royal standard at this time was a blacksmith's apron, around which the citizens had once rallied to a successful opposition against the tyranny of Zahawk. Many national standards have arisen from similar emergencies, when that which was near at hand was seized and lifted to mark the rallying point for the peo- A pie who afterward nt.hnKias't. i 1 1 adopted it as having been identified with a patriotic deed.

1 his was I. 6 which the horse the pope's banner, tails of the Turks, eighth century, and the bundle of hay at the top of a pole, adopted by the Komans, originated. Other stand' ards were common to Persia. One of them, perhaps the most used, consist ed of a staff ending in a half ring and having below a transverse bar from which two enormous tassels were hung. The Boman army had different em blems for each division and generally had letters inscribed on them for dis tinction.

Thus the standard of the legion was a silver eagle with a thun-derbolt in Its claws. This was always carried near the general. The legion, which tenth century consisted of 6,000 banners. mush SOME STUDIES OF THE CURRENT BECCAR- Tn Itptltlona.rr Professional and the Ambitious Amateur Hopeful How They Work Their Scheme. To thoroughly understand the representative beggar a few types may be mentioned, says the Chicago Inter Ocean, in each class, and we have no doubt the reader will recognize aa old acquaintance in each individual.

This quasi-mendicant is half peddler and wholly irrepressible. His little stock of notions, or his tinkering outfit, forms his apology. It gives him a color of respectability, a claim on your consideration which you may not dispute, and he is the most importunate end impertinent rascal in the lot. lie pushes himself into the house and gives you clearly to understand that he will never depart till you buy some-thiDg. His words are humble as he beseeches you to buy a trifle for the love of heaven.

His manner is trusive.and you are filled with the idea that you have to buy, whether you would or not. He is usually a man, though not al- ways. In the following case he was a woman, and his rosy cheeks and lustrous, bold, black eyes spoke of Italy. His skirts were short.his ample feet were placed far apart. He looked as determined and artistic as that A RETEATEH.

familiar picture of personified Chicago, and I was haunted by the belief that if his gorgeous, shawl-iike, red handkerchief had been raised the characteristic motto, "I Will," would have been discovered on his breast. He was a woman, but his defiant attitude was altogether oul of keeping with the melancholy insinuation of his liquid tones. "I am hunger; I am starvation. Oh, buy something to keep a poor woman from "Alas, madam," said I mournfully, "we have no money; but you shall not perishment for food so long1 as thejre is a crust in the cupboard. Here is something for you to eat.

"Oh," she said, "I cannot indeed eat; it is my ten little motherless children I have borne who are starvation. I then offered to prepare a lunch which she might carry to the children; but she refused that, protesting it was only medicine the children needed. So I had no excuse left, and as I saw that she was going to stay till tea unless I bought something I allowed my wife to select a paper of pins, whih -had no points, and I took a fountain pen, which had no receptacle for the ink. The fellow was a woman; but a shameless and persistent humbug. He has his feet copiously bandaged and limps painfully.

He came out of the hospital just yesterday always A FORCED SALE. yesterday. If he comes every day for a week he will solemnly assure you that just yesterday he was turned out of the hospital because his money ran out; or because his case was given up as incurable; or for some other absurd and unreasonable reason. Poor fellow! His afflictions never stop with his feet. Sometimes he is drawn and racked with rheumatism; sometimes he is threatened with blindness and rolls and squints his eyes in the most disagreeable manner, often being compelled to feel his way along with a stick; sometimes his collateral woe is consumption, and hex utters at regular intervals a sepulchral cough.

But, whatever it is, he has it in the worst possible way, and his special ailments are always intensified by a general collapse of the system, so that he trembles all over as with a tremendous palsy, and his feeble, flute-like voice quivers and quavers in the most pathetic Way. One of him whom I remember particularly had apoplexy, epilepsy.and the most precarious phase of heart trouble in addition to his pavin. He came in and gaspingly threatened to fall right down on the floor and suddenly expire in three different and violent ways if we didn buy him off. It took a quarter to avert the calamity, and, considering his desperate condition, I am not certain that we paid too much for safety. The most persistent repeater came four times in one week.

He tried to give us the impression that he was a different man on each occasion, re chief standard of the nobility of Nor mandy. The Assyrians were more modest In these early times. Two standards, only, were used by them on all oeea- i s. i these was the figure of a divinity mounted on a bull and drawing a bow, the other two bulls pulling Hgainst each other. These figures were inclosed in a circle RiciiATtn, AitL op and fixed to a long wakwu'K.

staff, usually or namented with tassels or ribhjiiis. They were used exclusively by the charioteers, aud were supported by a rest in front of the chariot. The flag proper was introduced bv Soraeeus and acquired its present form in Spain during the sixth century. The use of standards was not discon tinued, however, and it was not until some years after its introduction that the flag was allowed on the battle field. The introduction of the flag into England was purely of a religious origin.

hen bt. Augustine ami ms companions came to preach in liritain in the latter part of the sixth century, the monk and his followers entered Canterbury carrying little banners on which were worked crosses. l.ftnn tl, fy ill practice in every age france's jjaole. consecrated banners to any enterprise which he wished to be successful; numerous instances of this practice might be cited in very recent In the British army, at the present day, whenever a new flag is to be presented to a regiment, the officers and men are drawn- into line and the banner blessed in their presence by a clergyman of the Church of England. The imperial standard of England was first hoisted on the Tower of London and on the Bedford Tower of Dublin on the union of the kingdoms, Jan.

1, 1801. This event gave rise to the appellation Union Jack, which has characterized the English standard. twit, pthatf.r' vj.ka. The "Blue Blanket" of Scotland has an interesting local history. In 1482 King James III.

presented a standard to the trades of Edinburgh as a perpetual remembrance of their loyalty, with power to display it in defense of their king, country, and their own rights. This staudard was kept by the convener of the trades and on its appearance not only the artificers of Edinburgh are to repair to it, but all the craftsmen of Scotland are bound to follow and fight under it. The standard is still held in great honor and reverence by the burghers of Edinburgh and, indeed, by all Scotland. In 1775 the "Union Flag" with a red field was displayed in New York on a liberty pole, and bore the inscription, "George Rex and the liberty of America" on one side, and on the other "No Popery. It was displayed about the saire time on the famous, liberty tree on Boston Commons.

On the 14th of June, 1777. Con EARLY AMERICAN CRUISER. gress passed the following resolution: "That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes alternately red and white; that the Union be thirteen stars of white set in a blue field, representing a new constellation." At this time it was also proposed to have a lyre with the thirteen stars grouped around it as embodying the "constellation lyre," Bigrniyiug a this suggestion was not carried out. The stars on the first flag were placed in a circle and symbolized the perpetuity of the Union. The thirteen stripes showed the number of the rattlesnake flag.

united colonies and denoted the subordination of the States to and their dependence on the Union. The size of the flag of the army is 6 feet 6 inches in length, 4 feet 4 inches in width.with seven red and six white stripes. The eagle carried i in the French armies in 1789 is the most expensive regimental standard ever used. They were wrought of pure gold and valued at $2,000 each. The ribbon attached was of fine silk, five inches wide and three feet long, richly embroidered.

It was introduced into the army by Napoleon after his fall was discarded and was notnsed again bunker iin.i. flag, until the time of Napoleon III. This standard w4s a conspicuous figure in the late war and proved to be a much coveted prize among the German soldiers, who captured nearly 2,000 of them in the successive defeats of the French. In adopting the eagle as a standard the French have perpetuated the old Roman spirit which held this bird in great adoration, likening it to the military destinies of the nation. Russia, Austria and Prussia retain the eagle as a symbol of sovereignty and in each case the eagle is black, displayed on a yellow or golden back-round.

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Would you have a man deny his own fambly?" He came no more for three days; then he said that he was a widcyver, unable to work, and had to provide for six motherless children. I accused him of mendacity, reminding him that three days ago he had a wife, but only five children. The scamp swore that in the meantime his wife.had given birth to another child, and then died, he having just buried her yesterday. This fellow has a saving habit of occasional labor. He only begs when, either through force of circumstances or constitutional inclination, he happens to be idle and broke.

He does not like to beg, and will tell you an apologetic little falsehood, assuring you that he was never reduced to such a necessity before. He looks shame-faced, but he never whines, and it does you good to help him. Sometimes he doesn't claim any occupation in particular, but more often he has a trade, and frankly acknowledges that he wasted his money when he had work, promising himsell over and over again that he will practice economy when prosperity smiles on him once more. One of these occasionals claimed he was in the "barber business," and said he recently came from Cleveland. He was hardly more than a boy, and I was inclined to believe his story, for his ex perience in asking for "hand outs" was evidently limited.

Hut he spoiled the good effects of his simple tale by trying to make me believe his parents were wealthy, but that he was too high- spirited to let them know of his need, preferring to make an honest shift for himself by beggary. That old miser able fraud ought never deceive any body. The most refreshing specimen of this class was an Irish emigrant. The odor of mountain dew "hung heavy and chill" an his respiration, and he was evidently just recovering from the effects of a prolonged "jag." He was a jolly fellow, though, and insisted on clearing away all the snow in the back yard. I assured him that such a thing was entirely unusual and unnecessary, but he took the broom and the snow shovel and worked and whistled for half an hour before he would come in for his breakfast.

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Some times he has been robbed; sometimes he is simply in hard luck, and hopes you will never know how a poor fellow feels when he is hungry. 1 have seen two or three of him who was "one o' the Homestead boys," and doubtless found sympathy and assistance where- ever he could establish his identity, The amateur hopeful is a hopeless case. He is bound to be a beggar and displays some symptoms of originality which will almost surely tend to the elevation of the craft when he gets his journey man's papers. He is the wretch who lies in wait for you along the street, dodging out from some hiding place and dogging your footsteps for a block, pouring ms parrot-like tale of woe in your ears. If you happen to have a young lady on your arm you are his particular victim, llis appeal is then more tnan half addressed to the lady, and ha grows eloquent and graphic in the recital of his sufferings.

If the lady is vour sister or your wife she will whisper you to give him nothing, but if she happens to be your best girl or some acquaintance you do not like to appear niggardly, so you give the scamp a quarter. Then the lady, who instinctively knows the fellow is fraud, despises you for your weakness; you despise, yourseu and" men tall swear at the the remainde! of what mif ht have been a happy walk is entirely spoiled. it to tn ii'iiM IT.