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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
COIN AND BoBEcHoN GAME
A French Game Which In Very Inter
esting-How tho Bobechon
a* Is Made.
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The bobechon is q little toy, easily
constructed, with which very inter
esting game may be played, It comes
to us from France. where it is much
in vogue; and while . child can play
it, 1t is often INDUCED in by grown
ups, for, though simple, it requires
some skill. That, however, is soon
acquired with practice.
To prepare the bobechon, make 4
tight roll of a piece Of flannel or OF
heavy cloth. The roll should be about
three inches long and half an inch in
diameter. To keep it in shape, wind
string around it tightly from one end
to the other.
Now take a piece of fur and cut
circular piece out of it an inch and
half in diameter. If you have not
the fur, several thicknesses of '!loth
may be sewn together tightly, making
disk of the given diameter. Sew the
roll of flannel to the center of the disk
so that 1t will be supported In an up
right position, the disk making Z cir
cular base on which the roll stant:s.
This will complete the bobeehon,
and the illustration will show you how
it looks. Now for the game.
Stand the bobechon upright In the
center Of an ordinary dinner plate. end
place on top Of the flannel roll . email
coin. Now have . flexible care or
rod, or a piece Of rattan, and with
the rod remove the bobechon and the
coin from the plate so that neither
will fall into the plate. The coin med
not remain on the bobechon, but bSth
must fall absolutely clear of the plate.
That is your problem. It SOUNDS
easy; but try it.
The players agree beforehand On
the number OF trials each shall have,
and some one keeps score. Eac],
plays in turn, taking one trial at
time, and the first one takes his sec.
ond trial after all have had their first
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28

but still pretty stiff cardboard, and glue
It to the bottom, exactly at right angles.
The ends Of the strip should overlap q
little and be pasted or glued together.
Make the cover of the box in the same
way, but the merest trifle larger, so that
it will fit nicely. Put in large bullet
whose diameter is nearly equal to the
width of the box. put on the cover, and
the thing is done.
Now prop up piece of board, or .
slate, or large book-an atlas-in a
steeply inclined position, or get some
body to hold it that way; stand the box
on the top of the inclined plane on one
end, then turn the other end down until
it rests on the plane, and at once let 60.
If the inclination is steep enough the
box will roll down the plane, but it will
roll very differently from round box.
It will rise slowly on end, tremble, go
over quickly, with slap, rise on the
other end, and so on, and 1t is likely to
stop in any sort of apparently impossi-
BILE position.
You see, explains the Chicago Ocean,
before it makes turn it has to wait for
the bullet to roll the length of the box,
and the bullet is so mRh heavier than
the box that when it is at the bottom
end the upper part Of the box, is so
light in comparison that the least in
equality of the surface may leave the
box balanced on one end, not vertically,
but pointing in almost any direction,
and looking as if it ought to fall.
1t all appears very strange to people
who do not know what is in the box, so
you should put it through it's PAGES be-
fore you take off the cover.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28

lunch 1T place whsssa really eoed
salt-rising bread is on the menu card.
Just see how easily it can be made ct
home. Put Tablespoonful Of salt
into pint of hot water in two-quart
pitcher. When little more than luke
warm, add one and a third pints
of wheat flour. Mix well and set
the pitcher in a vessel of water of
the same temperature as that used
in mixing. Let it stand in a>place
where the temperature of the batter
will not decrease until it has risen to
twice it's original bulk. The process
will require from five to eight hours,
and the batter may be stirred once or
twice during the rising. At the end OF
the time add a sponge made Of two
and one-half quarts of -four and one
quart of hot water. If q little more
-four is necessary in order to make L
soft dough, it may be added. Mix
we'll and leave in q warm place to rise.
When light make into loaves, taking
care to keep the dough as soft as it
can be handled; lay the loaves in but
tered tins and after they have risen
once more prick them and bake.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
AN ACRoBATIC BOX.
Little Toy Easily Made Which Will
Furnish Lots Of Amusement
to Little Folks.

This is a curious little toy that 10
sometimes sold in shops and by street
vendors. The people who see its per-
Torrance wonder what sort of compli-
Gated machinery it contains. The pic
ture answers the question. 1t contains
nothing whatever except lead bullet.
If you can find a pill box of the right
size and shape, all you have to do is to
put the bullet in it. Ifnot, you will have
to make the box.
Cut out a piece of stiff cardboard an
inch and half or two inches long and
about half an inch wide, with round or
tom of the box. For the sides cut a half
inch strip of thinner and more flexible
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
PRICED AS RELIC.
The Original Document That Resulted
in the Organization of the Ninety
Third New York Regiment.

Hanging in the Office Of Col. r. g.
Robertson. in Berry street. Fort
Wayne, Ind, Is a call to arms" that
has history. 1t is printed on . sheet
of white paper about the size of page
of the indianapolis News. 1t was
published in Whitehall, ~. Y, during
the civil war, and was call for the
organization Of q regiment to come
exclusively from Washington county.
Of that state. Gen. J. s. Croker, who
organized the regiment, which was
known as the Ninety-third New York.
rose from the, rank OF colonel to
brevet major general and after the
war was made warden Of the federal
prison at Washington. As warden he
conducted the hanging Of Charles
Guiteau, the murderer Of President
Garfield. Gen. Croker has been dead
only q few years.
Col. Robertson came into possession
of the call to arms In q singular way.
When he enlisted his mother took .
copy of the call and folded 1t. then
tucked 1t away in drawer contain
ing precious mementoes. Years
passed, tie war ended and the call to
arms was forgotten. Not long ago
Col. Robertson happened to be rum
maging through the relic drawer and
saw q folded sheet lying among thu
ether keepsakes. He unfolded it.
Imagine his surprise when his old
regiments call unfolded before him.
The folds were broken by age, but
he carefully pasted the old call on a
piece of muslin and then framed 1t.
It now occupies conspicuous place in
his office. and money will not buy 1t
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
BRANDED WITH A HOT IRON
The Fate Of Evansville Soldier Of
Civil War-1arked tor d.
ssrting the Army.

Robert McReynolds, formerly OF
Evansville, Ind. in writing from Colo
RADIO Springs. Colo.. to the American
Tribune, recently, tells Of the fate OF
an Evansville soldier during the civil
war that has never before appeared
in print.
Alex Jordan was young man llv-
ing near that city, the son OF jerry
Jordan, a well-known plasterer. The
young man enlisted In the union army
and after remaining in service q short
time became sick. deserted and came
home. The news Of Jordan's deser-
ton was sent to his regiment, then
stationed Mt Murfreesboro. Tenn, and
he was Immediately arrested and sent
there to be tried by court-martial.t He
was branded, according to the story
of McReynolds. A hot iron, made in
the shape of tho letter D was used in
branding the deserter and he bore the
scar until his death. which soon fol-
lowed.
Jordan came home and pinned away
in shame for the terrible way in which
he had been punished. avoiding every
body and dying in few months Of a
broken heart. The branding Of de-
serters never went any further. 1t
was stopped a short time after this
ON al order from Gen. Grant, IS he
commended the punishment was, too
brutal. It is said Jordan was the first
deserter in the army to be branded.
Jordan's grave is q few miles from
Evansville and no soldiers slab marks
the last resting place Of the man vho
died from grief and shame
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
FooLlNc GENERAL SHERMAN
How the Georgia Farmer Brought
Bitter Disappointment to the
Union of3cer.

About sin miles out Of Savannah ]
came across farmer who accepted
plug of tobacco, and was ready to sit
down on a log and answer all ques-
tons, says q correspondent OF the De-
troit Free Press. When l asked him
about Sherman's approach he burst into
aloud laugh and slapped his leg, and was
80 tickled that he did not calm down for
two minutes.
Excuse me, stranger" he finally said,
"but whenever I think Of how fooled
Gineral Sherman it tickles me all over"
Did you fool him?'
We'll, l rather reckon"
"HOW?'
Wall, you see that's my place up
thar on the rise. When the war broke
out was the most cantankerous rebel
you ever saw. I swore I'd tight and
fout and At till we lick the Yanks II
it took hundred years. reckon
Gineral Sherman heard Of It,"
Probably he did,
And after he took Atlanta hs made
up his mind to gobble me. He knew
I'd swore to die before I'd surrender,
and he came along down from Atlanta
with over 10000 men, to surround me.
Mighty cute old man, that Ginersl
Sherman"
Eyes"
"Wall. they got here one night about
ten o'clock. l reckon that nigh on to
10000 of them surrounded my house
up thar and called for me to come out
and surrender and end the war"
And Of course you did,"
And Of course didn't! That's
whar the fun comes In. wasn't
home at al but was down In Vlrginny
with Lee. They entered tho house
and sarched and sarched and went to
the barn and called and called. and
when the old woman finally told EN-
I wasn't home they was the maddest
crowd you ever sot eyes on. They
had hoofed 1t all tho way from At.
lanta to get their paws on me. and
had had their long march for nothing.
I expect Sherman was ready to burst
with madness, and reckon he won't
never quite forgive me. 1t tickles the
old woman wuss than 1t tickles me-
and you'd better come up to the house
and hear her tell what them 10000
Yankees said when they got here and
found me gone"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28

on top exactly like a fatiron. The
breech block is hollow and contains
the charge of powder. When 1t is
slipped into the breach the nose Of the
hollow block fits snug up against the
shoulder in the bore of the gun and
tho whole is held in place by q heavy
metal key.
It is a crude. but ingenious, affair.
The charge must have been half q
pound or pound OF powder and the
gun ought to have been good for a
high-angle fire of about 200 yards.
Probably the smoke and flame Of the
piece scared the Indians worse than
the projectiles hurt them. And II that
was the case. 1t was q very humane
sort Of weapon.
The gun was east in Spain In 1890,
and may have been used In some of
the last fights against the Moors be-
fore it was shipped to the new world.
There Is somewhat similar breech-
loader even older than the ono at the
navy yard in the museum at Fort Mon
roe, and there is another of Chinese
make. or rather Korean. in the naval
academy at Annapolis.
The guns all work on the same prin.
ciple. OF course, II there were q mum.
Der Of extra breech locks they could
be loaded in advance and fred quite
rapidly-that is to say, rapidly for the
age in which the gun was used. It
should be mentioned that the charge
was fired by match applied to the
touch-hole in the breech plug. There
probably was an awful flare back of
smoke and gas from the breech, unless
packing of some sort was used. But
If this was used it was Of some perish
able material, for there Ia no trace of
it shout the gun now.
These are not the only breech-load-
ers on record, either, in the early
days. The British museum has q
brsech-loading gun made about 1900
that has . screw breech block. The
man who made it did not use an in.
terrupted thread, but otherwise It is
not very unlike the blocks used on
guns now. There is another gun dat.
Ing back to the sixteenth century that
has breech mechanism almost identi-
cal in principle with the drop block
of the Hotchkiss to-day.
But, perhaps, the most remarkable of
all is the fact that there was a rapid
fire gun invented as early as 1917. It
was never developed or generally used,
but worked with breech att: :hment
not unlike the chamber of an old cap-
and-ball revolver. Any number of
chambers could be used and kept load
ed as the gun was being fired. There
was crank arrangement for turning
the cylinder and firing the charges very
much like the modern Gatling.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
Berries and Bugs.

"A man who employed number OF
small boys as -pickers was much
afraid they would be devoured by mos
quitoes, and inouced them to wear net
ting over the faces, q continuance which
they adopted with gratitude In their
hearts, until they discovered that there
were not only no mosquitoes to be
seen, but that the COMPOUNDED net
ting also prescribed berry-eating.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
"Vigorite."

There is still another new high ex-
plosive which has been
invented and tested in Bavaria. 1t is
said to be ten times more active than
any of the other high explosives.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
Novel Naval Clock.

A clock In the tower of the new
naval college at Dartmouth. England,
will mark the time as it is kept On
board ship. striking eight, six. four
bells, &C.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
Riddles and Answers.

Why is tree like an elephant!
It has O trunk.
When are houses like convicts!
When condemned.
What men among the working class
are the most persistent strikersY
The stonecutters.
When are parcels and vines allke7
When twined.-Brooklyu Eagle.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28
Widow in Gun Business

It Is the widow Of Krupp who sells
big gins in Europe; it was Mrs. Colt
who ran the revolver factory. Verify
1.-The hand that rocks the cradle ia
the hand that rules the world"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28

All readers of this publication are
at liberty to write for any information
pertaining to the subject of health.
Address all communications to the
Home Health club, or DR.. David H.
Reeder, Laporte, Ind, giving name and
address In full and at least four cents
in postage.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-12-28

If A. D., of Centuria, Wis, and H. J.,
of Webster, s: D., will write again
giving name and address in full, I will
cheerfully answer their letters to the
hest of my, ability.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-06
THE TWO STATES
FIGHT FOR RIVER
Kansas and Colorado Continue to
Bicker Over Control of the
Limpid "Kaw."

A Denver dispatch says that con.
ference was held in that city Tues
day by Assistant Attorney General A.
Q. Campbell Of the department of the
interior. Ellwood Mead of the irriga-
tion office and Chief Engineer Newell
OF the reclamation service relative to
the line of testimony to be presented
on behalf Of the government in further
hearings before the referee in the Kan
sas-C Colorado suit for control of the
waters Of the Arkansas River. Profess
sor Schlichter of Madison University,
who has made investigations of the un-
derground flow Of the Arkansas. was
present and will be called as q witness
in the case.
1t was decided also that the recla.
nation service should make further in.
vestigations OF the underground flow,
to be submitted to the referee in the
form OF testimony. Taking Of testi-
mony will be resumed in the case at
Denver, january 10.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-06
THE TERRITORIAL
SUPREME COURT
Judgment Of Lower Court Sustained in
Case Of University Versus Rather
inc F. Howard. ~

The Supreme Court OF the Territory
of New Mexico convened this morning
at 10 o'clock in its chambers at the
capitol. there being present Hon.
William ]. Mills, chief justice; Hon.
John R. McFie, associate Justice; Hon.
Frank w. Parker, associate justice;
Hon. William H. Pope, associate JUS
tice, and Hon. Edward A. Mann, asso-
ciate Justice; George w. Prichard, So
licitor general, and Jose D. Sena, clerk.
The court handed down an opinion in
No. 1856, the University of New Mex.
leo, plaintiff in error, versus Katherine
F. Howard, defendant In error, from
the District Court of Santa Fe County,
affirming the Judgment of the court be.
low.
The court then announced q recess
until Monday morning next, at 10
o'clock.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-06
REJECT THE
BASE SCHEME
That is the Word General Lew
Wallace Sends Territory
Through New Mexican.
CANNOT BE EXCLUDED
Says Land Of Sunshine Convinces Him
AmaIgamation is Q Greater Crime
Than He Thought.

The editor of the New Mexican ad
dressed General Lew Wallace, former
governor of this Territory and who is
strong advocate for single statehood
for New Mexico, few days ago on the
statehood question and this morning re-
ceived a reply from the ex-governor,
which shows that this eminent man has
lost none of his power of expression
and that his energy and interest in
public affairs are as great as ever The
general says:
"CoIonel Max. Frost,
"My Dear CoIonel:-l thank you
heartily for your very kind letter and
beg to return you with interest all the
friendly expressions in it.
"Thank& also, for the book, TO the
Land Of Sunshine. It's coming is op.
perfume inasmuch as it gives me an ex-
ceIIent idea of the progress that has
obtained in the dear old Territory;
making it more crime than thought
to bury you all under the name of Ari.
zona; which God forbid!
"New Mexico should be admitted
state for her history, her natural
riches, her intelligent and adventur.
GUS population, and the thousand gold
en- promises that hang about her in
connection with the future. One
thing is very clear to me, Colonel, If
your people reject the proposed
scheme of statehood now, all the pow.
ers combined cannot keep them in ex.
cIusion longer; and how glorious then
the State of New Mexico!
"a am, yours most truly,
flew WALLACE,
"craWfordsvilIe, Indiana, January
Sd, 1906"
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-06
Says Its Citizens Labor as Unit for
It's Growth and Perfection---heW
Bank Building Exceptional in
Beduty+-About Sixty New Resi-
denCes Constructed the Past Year.

"Tell you about Alamogordo? l
would be poor citizen cf Otero Coun-
tvs growing capital city II would not
tell you all that you would print"
Thus replied Associate Justice Ed.
ward A. Mann, when approached for
facts regarding his home town.
"You see," the big handsome young
jurist continued, "the town spirit of
the citizens of Alamogordo is large
and positive element in that plucky lit.
tie city's growth and Improvement.
Our people are possessed of high
civic consciousness and pride. In any
thing touching their city's welfare Ala
mogordo people are as one. have new.
er in my life observed people so
unanimous in anything as are the resi-
dents of my city in it's upbuilding. So
long ais that is true we cannot stop
growing. > *a9A't2,
New Bank Building. ~
"We certainly had a prosperous year
in 1904 and we have every reason to
expect even better things of 1905. 1t
is pleasure to tell you of the new
building which the First National Bank
has just erected at New York and
Tenth Streets. There is not a more
handsome bank building in New Mex
leo. 1t is built of block cement, fin.
ished with beautiful native stone from
quarries near Alamogordo. Its fixtures
and interior finish are all of solid
Flemish oak. .a.ll
Court House Annex.
Another building improvement late.
ly accomplished is the spacious annex
to the court house which provides
chambers. for, the court of that dis
trict as well ais Office accommodate tions
for the district attorney and other
county officials. It is two stories in
height, and is built of fine, pressed
brick. as~
Homes for RaiIroaders.
zone improvement on which the
city prides itself is that during the
past year the Alamogordo Improve
ment Company has erected thirty or
forty neat cottages in various sections
of the city which have been sold to
railway employees on the installment
plan. These cottages contain ~ seven
rooms each with bath, hot and cold
water and all modern plumbing. They
add to the general appearance Of the
CITY, In addition to these some twen-
ty residents of the city have lately built
handsome residences. ar
Work Is progressing rapidly on the
new territorial institute for the blind,
the walls of which have now reached
the second story.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-06
FIGHT ON
IN EARNEST
Bard and TiI|man Have the Sen,
ate by Its Ears This
Afternoon.
"PITCHF0RK" CAUST|C
Makes a Plea for What He Is Pleased
to Term white Supremacy" for
Arizona.

Washington, Jan. 6.-At 2 O'Clock
this afternoon the statehood bill was
taken up and Senator Bard of Califor
mia addressed the Senate in opposition
to it.
Senator Bard antagonized the provi
sion of the bill uniting Arizona and
New Mexico, saying the people of those
territories never signified any desire
for such a disposition of their claims
to statehood and that all the conditions
are unfavorable to it. He gave his as
sent to the proposition to consolidate
Oklahoma and the Indian Territory.
During the course Of Bard's speech
he was interrupted by Senator TiIIman
OF South Carolina, who said he want
ed to make an appeal for white su.
premacy in Arizona. To unite the two
territories he said would be like join
ing Florida and Cuba and to subject
the white people of Arizona to the
domination Of the Mexicans and
"Greasers," which he opposed.
Senator Nelson is supporting the
measure. He closed his speech in it's
favor yesterday afternoon. While
speaking he was Interrupted by Sena-
tors NewIands and Hepburn who by
their questions indicated that they
we're not in sympathy with the bill.
Senator Foraker announces that he
Will fight the measure to the end.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-06
FACES SMALLPOX
TO SEE FATHER
Heroism OF a Faithful Son Does Not
Hesitate to Brook the Danger Of d
Ravaging Pest.

Smallpox is alarming citizens Of
Weed, Otero County. It broke out
in the family of a gentleman by
the name Of Riggs, father Of WAL
ter Riggs Of AIamogordo. As soon
as Walter Riggs knew Of his fami.
Iy's peril he broke quarantine and
entered his fathers house. Unfor.
tunateIy the courageous young
man was not in time to look upon
his father in life, but his presence
was great comfort and aid to the
remaining members Of the family
who happily recovered. When the
quarantine was lifted from the
house Walter Riggs returned to
Alamogordo.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-06
AFRICANS FIGHT
WITH GERMANS
Spend New Years Day Making sayo.
net Charge Through Underbrush.

Berlin, Jan. 6.-Four companies of
German infantry, one Of cavalry and a
half battery Of artillery in German
Southwest Africa, spent q part OF New
Years day In fierce fight with the
Herercs. that ended in a bayonet
charge through the underground and
the defeat Of the natives. The report
does not state the German loss, but
says the native loss was heavy.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-01-06
WELL KNOWN MAN
SHOOTS HIMSELF
Prosperous and Popular Flagstaff Ho-
tel Proprietor Shrouds His Own
Death in Mystery.

With every known reason to be
happy and none to despair, Lyman
n. ToIfree, landlord of the Com
merciaI Hotel at Flagstaff, blew
out his brains with a six shooter
in the presence Of his porter. Toll
free was an Elk and an Eagle, had
once been connected with the Har-
vey House System and was a man
widely known to the travelling pub
lie to whom his rashness will come
as shock. He leaves a wife at
kingman and two married daugh-
ters who reside at San Francisco.
He left no word accounting for his
deed.