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Show Strlklnu Home. il Of cotirso flax Is contraband of war. tH Who wants his enemy to havo tho JH comfort of n. flaxseed poultice when iH tho tummy ache gets unbearable. ;H Memphis Commorclal Appeal. jH comctninp; Lilts Foundries. f lf "What nro them kitchenettes I hear 'H toll of In tho cities?" cikcd Dearon J Hyborl'ole Mcddcri, tho eonmwhat H honest ngrlculturlsc. (H "Thcv'ro tho pluccs. Vnclo lly. ' ex- Vil plained Upson Doivnn, his city nephow- liH T.i which nro molded or rant orsomo- VH how produced n flat dweller n dally H tov.r.d ot mcalcltcs." dudgo. H ii-t Hand Gienades. IJH Hand grenades, which aro playing a 'M prominent part In tho present war, ' Vero revived in modern times by Gen. '1 Cadon. Powell during the slego of Mnfc- , H king. Thoy wero nftcrwarda used with a ,H i dlro effect against the Husslans by tho ' H ''slim" Japanese. Dut they first np- H pcarcd among tho equipment of tho H Drltlsh army In tho slimmer ot 1C78, H when John Evelyn records: "Now ,' wcro brought Into service n new kind H of soldiers called grenadiers, who wero H dexterous In flinging hand grenades. M They had turfed enps with coped fl crowns, which mado them look very . H fierce" H These primitive grenadiers, after hurling their missile, charged tho ciT- ! emy with hatchets, and were frequent- M ly killed by their own firework, lie- sides grenades In pouches nnd battle- ; axes, they wero armed with muskets, t slings (?), swords and daggers; and , bayonets, when first Invented, wcro ap- proprlated to tho grenadiers. So hcy M must havo been walking arsenals. t ;H |