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The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
EARLY CRICKET IN INDIA.
As Played in Seventeenth Century, the Game Would Hardly Be
 Recognized Now.

Cricket. which has nov taken such a firm hold in India among both Flu. ropean and natives alike. has been played in the east very much longer than most people would imagine. In the New English dictionary. for ex. ample. there is a reference to a game taking place at Aleppo as early as the year 1876. As played in the sev- enteenth and eighteenth centuries. however, the sport would hardly be recognized by its votaries of the pres. ent day. Thus. one Clement Downing. the author of "A Compendious History of the Indian Wars" (publshed in 173D. describes his experiences of the game as practiced on the Camb bay shore as follows: Though all the country round was inhabited by the Cnleys, We every day diverted our. selves with playing at cricket and
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

wood for the table top should be selected with care. matching the figure as far as possible by placing the glints of corre- spending sizes together.
 This table is 30 inches high and the top is 30x22 inches. The plan for the legs is shown at A in Fig. 86 and greatly enlarged at B. so as to show positions for the mortises This leg, like that shown in Fig. 79, is tapered on the in- side Cor mortised side) of the leg only the taper beginning 12A inches from the upper end and reducing the lower end to 1sx7s inch. The plan for the rails. which are inches wide, is shown at and E.. and differs from the mar rower rails formerly described in that the screws which attach the table top to the frame are let into" the side of the rail. To do this use 4 or l F inch cen- ter bit and bore a slanting hole. as shown in the rail c, 7s-inch from the
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
MAKING MOUNTAIN RESORT
Simple Enough According to One Who Probably Has Had Ex-
 perience with Them.

Select any old mountain in whose bo- som nestles a lonely lake and a pine grove, not yet touched by the hand of the Christmas tree expert, and where the view IS so fine that you can stand in the music pavilion and with the aid of telescope look down in the valley be- heath and see the kind-faced cows whose vintage your guests will never taste, says Tom Mason. in Puck
 Go to the nearest sawmill and order enough invalid boards to shelter 800 of the oldest families, and with the aid of an amateur plumber run a pipe line to the nearest spring. so that after a rain all the guests can take bath.
 The next thing to do Is to build a corduroy road to the nearest station. and if your road is properly construct draw your stages. using instead Rocky mountain goats who will live on the tin cans that surround your fresh vege- tables, thus economizing all your waste products.
 Then get a large photograph of any good European palace. have 1t surround ed with spruce trees. and put it into your circular with the name of your hotel underneath.
 Go to a vaudeville agency and secure the services of two or three actors to be guides. They are cheaper than the real thing. Order for your lake two dozen 50-cent boats, charging for them at the rate of one dollar an hour
 If you cannot secure the president to spend few days with you. take any member f the cabinet Hire few deer heads for the season to hang in the of flee. Also few stuffed trout for the same purpose.
 When you have duly advertised in all. the papers. and your hotel is running with full set of paying guests, do not finger among them. Instead, leave it in charge of some responsible robber. and save your own life by escaping to town where you can live on your hard earned wealth and at the same time enjoy All the comforts of home.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
Tattooed Women.

There are two sorts of tattooing In use among the women of the Congo. One IS common to all the members of the same tribe. and indicates the ori- gin and birthplace of the subject. It is an infallible and perpetual certificate of birth and nationality. The other sort of tattooing is simply fantasy and coquetry. But among certain tribes there is third kind The women re- cord upon their bodies the epochs of their existence. A horizontal line marks marriage. oblique lines the birth of children. a vertical line weaning. another line change of residence. Thus the autobiography of the woman is written upon her person. and regarded with pride if 1t is full of events.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
FIG. H.

tion of the top which is X inch over the rails, and the top must not como out flush with the face of the legs, but is so fitted as to allow the leg to project 1s inch beyond the top, and, of course. 1 inch beyond the rails. This is all plainly shown in Fig 84 AS will be seen from Fig S4, the radius of curvature for the top end of the legs is inches, and they must be rounded over in both directions, as illustrated in Fig S2. Very great care must be taken to file and sandpaper these ends perfectly smooth. and also to have the curves true and free from all irregulari- ties which in this style would mar the entire stool, however well the remainder of the work is done.
 The mortise chisel used must not be larger than 5-1S inch (A will dol and the appearance of the legs will be great ly improved if very slight cut is made with the back saw all around the leg 1s inch below the rail-or just where the taper of the leg starts. This cut must be made with great care I-32 inch only in depth, and sandpapered out, very
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

ton of the leg above the top of the stool is + inch, making it's finished length 1212 inches. The length of the moruse in this case is inches (the full width of the raiD. and it's distance from the face or outside of the leg is + inch.
 The rail tenons are % inch long, and, as will be seen at P and c, have the shoulder of the tenon all on the inside of the rail. This is necessary aD order to give room for the projec-
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
ON A FLYING MOTORBOAT.
Sensations Experienced by Yachts man During an Exceedingly
 Rapid Ride.

The sensations experienced on rid ing in one of the fastest motorboats yet produced are thus described by a yatchman who made the trial trip on Napier Il on the Thames few weeks ago, reports the London Chronicle. in which speed equivalent to 3l.26 miles an hour was attained, although the boat is but forty feet long:
 As the boat gained in speed, fiat. tening her passengers against her back supports. as the propellers grip ped and fairly hurled her forward, the mild roar of the engines ascended to shriek; the sounds of her eight ex. hausts smote the ear like the con. tinuous reports of Q machine gun, min. gled with the scream of the river water. while the shore. dimly seen through veil of powdered spray, flew by like train.
 There was no swing or plunge, no lurch or roll. The grand little craft plowed on her way on an absolutely even keel, and we had no sense of be- ing driven. but feeling as if boat and crew were flying. There was abso- lutely no senSe of Notation, no water borne feeling whatsoever. If one shut ones eyes 1t was not difficult to imag. inc oneself on some tearing vehicle running swiftly on small rollers over 8 smooth steel road. Sustained for the first time. 1t is like no other experi- ence to be had in this world, but after the first half minute or less there set ties upcn one quito delightful sense of security and safety, so evenly and so truly does she run"
 The successful trial of the Napier II took place over measured nautical mile under adverse conditions, there being strong wind and choppy sea. Her time for a nautical mile against the tide was ? minues 25 seconds, and with the tide, minutes 12.6 seconds. This corresponds in the one case to speed of PAS knots. or 29.9 land miles, an hour, and in the other to 3.26 miles an hour. The previous best recori in European waters with this style of boat was a trife under 8 knots. and in American waters, 2S.3 knots. This speed was made by the Challenger at Lake Worth, in Febru- ary Since the Napier II made her rec ord a French boat. the Palaisoto II, bas equaled it on the Seine.
 The Napier II is ir her second sea son, having been a failure through breakdowns at first. She Is but forty feet long She has twin screws, driven by two forty-five-horse power motors.
 The bow has fare to turn oil the crest of the bow wave. splash guards or "whiskers" being fitted as an ex- tension to this flare.
 The Napier II is an excellent ex- ample of tho marvellous results that have been attained in providing high speed motorboats.
 She must be seen at full speed to be appreciated. Ordinary steam crafts she passes as a dragon fly darts by a droning beetle. She seems to fly over the water A roar as of rapid fire artillery, a smother of foam white streak and she is mile away. Seen approaching stem on, driven at full power, with great cascades of snowy spray gushing from each side of her bow, she looks like some monster, shrieking. white-winged butterfly of the paleZoic age skimming over the surface.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
Cattle Curiously Poisoned.

A curious poisoning of cattle from a stamp mill has come to light in Ari- zona. The cattle. which drink from a stream carrying the discharge of a quartz stamp mill. became sick, and an investigation disclosed that they had lead poisoning. An analysis of the water showed faint trace of ar senic. somewhat more copper and 2.64 to 3.21 per cent of white carbonate lead.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
Different Ideas.

Mike" said Plodding Pete, If you wus as rich as Rockefeller. what would yous do wit de money?"
 "oh." answered Meandering Mike. T s'pose I'd try to be a good fellow too. Only I'd set 'em up to breweriss instead Q ooilegeA"--Washingt Star.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
Logic.

Mistress-Mary Ann. you have a new beau in the kitchen every week. Now this must stop
 Maid-Well. mum, if ye'd buy a bet ther quality av food, could keep 'em longer than a week. an wouldn't have to be gittin' new ones all tn time!-- Cleveland Leader.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

other exercises, which they would come and be spectators of. But we never ventured to recreate ourselves in this method without having arms for ourselves and being guarded by some of our soldiers, lest the country should come down on us." Nowadays, fortunately. armed sentries are not required on Indian cricket pitches.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
BY JAMES RITCHEY.

Gnstructor in Woodworking and Pattern.
 making. Armour Institute of
 Technology. Chicago)
 In Fig. S2 is given an illustration for a stool in mission style. Tn. height is 12 inches and the top IA by "A inches. Unlike the small stoo illustrated in Fig. 19, the legs are tapered from the rails downward equally on both inside and out to A inch at the lower end.
 In Fig. s3 at A is shown a working plan of one of the legs. The projec-
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
An Engagement.

The two strangers who had acci- dentally met in the hotel lobby were discussing friends.
 No" said the tall, thin man, very seriously, I'm looking for the friend who is friend in need"
 The fat man rose hastily and con- suited his watch
 By George!" he exclaimed. You'll have to excuse me. almost forgot that engagement" ."-Brooklyn Life.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

other man who dropped into that same slot wondered how in thunder he got six times as much as he had paid for. I can't explain it. but I have seen the same thing happen two or three times. I'm slot machine fiend, and both ex- periences frequently happen to me-"
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

upper edge of the rail Bore the hole with sufficient slant that when 1t is F inch deep at the upper side 1t will be only 1-16 to h inch deep at the opposite side of the hole. Then from the hole thus made. with A-inch bit, bore the hole for the screw out through the edge of the rail, as shown at E.
 The plan for the shelf and It's rails Is given in Fig. ST. The two rails. as will be seen, are not mortised for the entire width of the shell. but instead each rail
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
Obedience of Children.

In a recent public address the arch bishop of Canterbury said: "The child who has not learned obedience at the age of two never learns it. The child of IS months out late at night in the peram- bulator. whose mother said: Tt won't go to bed till we do." had begun the edu cation of its parents very sayly."
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

Ca little less than the width of the raiD. then brush the glue on two sides and force 1t into place by pressing and rub ping it into the angle.
 These glue blocks. if large and well fitted, take the strain from the leg by binding the rails together. and should be used on all work of this kind where strength and durability are required.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

check closely, as a rule If he finds an item which he thinks is wrong he tells the waiter about IL. It probably was just such care as that that made him rich. Is he laughed at? We'll, I guess not. Really, the walters admire him for his carefulness. and the result is they are doubly particular about how he is charged Kansas City Times.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
Not Dead Yet.

Cassidy-Yis. the poor fellows git tin along purity well.
 Casey-But fought ye said he was mortally injured?
 "So he is. but his injuries ain't quite as mortal as they fought at first"- Philadelphia Press
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

'or the one shown in Fig 79, after ~nich the glue block shown at E in Fig. ., IS glued into each corner of the frame, "Hich adds greatly to it's strength. To eAe these blocks take a piece of white p'ue or other soft wood, about or 10 .0nes long and about 14 inches wide, 1u ol Inc same thickness, and after rahing one of the angles perfectly square, plane of the corner as shown n 2 so that it will just miss the leg.
 a esttt'up in :blocks Is inches long
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
Walters Size Up" Their Customers.

Do you know" said the head wait CT at one of the Kansas City hotels recently. that an experienced waiter can usually tell whether a diner is wealthy or not by toe way he handles his meal check? If man carelessly pitches out his money for the waiter to pay the bill. without looking over his check we know the chances are he Isn't wealthy. He IS indulging in a luxury and fears he might be laughed at if he examined the check. The man who has plenty of money examines his
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

smooth, by doubling the sandpaper so as 10 give sharp angle into which the dull edge of knife or thin silver of wood may be inserted. This line is shown at F in Fig. s4, and also in Fig. s- II may be omitted, however, if pre- :erred
 The stool top is screwed to the frame u the same manner as was described
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
Valuable Relic.

John Paul Jones original commits sion. issued in l776. is owned by Jo- seph A. Newton. of Haverhill, MasA
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

has two mortises. { inches long. with space tcalled bridget of . inches be- tween. This bridge is always used when the mortise Is so long as to be weak ened Out for the bridge) by allowing it's sides 10 spread. The tenons on the shelf are only K men long and the shoulder is entirely on the lower side. as shown at G. This IS done in this case to save the labor or cutting a shoulder on both sides of Q piece so wide.
 The stock list for the table Is: : pieces 29i4x li4xlh-Iegs. pieces 2t1@x 3 rs-side rails peces i.izN s-end rails [ pieces l.i=x li.x 7s-end rails for shelf piece piece se s''sss ass 5IsSelf; 15.,op ni table piece X lA-tor glue blocks for
 frame corners.
 If desired, this table may be made with top 34 by 34 inches. when the following changes only will be neces- sary; All end rails 1912 inches long. side rails 2S12 inches long. and shelf 2she inches long by IA inches wide. All other sizes will remain the same as be. fore.
 II made of quartered oak. stain with golden oak oil stain. fill and finish in wax as directed.
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01

{ pieces i2iax 1sxl%-legs pieces l2t,x ? 5s-rails l piece II 14xA top piece 9 laxli-pine for glue blocks
 This stool may be changed to a very pretty tabourette or plant stand. ih which case the legs must be 16as inches long, projecting 9s inch above the tos
The Forrest City times., 1905-09-01
4 LESSON IN
 MANUAL TRAINING
PRACTICAL POINTS FOR BOYS WITH AMBITION AND
 GENIUS.

Directions for Making Stool in Mis- sion Style The Stock List - Changes for Tabourette or Plant stand-How to Make Small Table Stock List for Table.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-06
TIME FOR INFRINGEMENT.
Deficit Due to Extravaganza, Not t,
Lack of Revenues,

Lack of Revenues.
Already the United States treasury
deficit is nearly $31,0OO,OOO instead Of
$1S,000,000, Secretary Shaw's official
estimate. A few weeks ago he predict
ed a rapid reduction Of the shortage.
To his embarrassment, it has increased
over $%6,000,000 since April 1.
So far the governments receipts for
the present fiscal year have been $780,
600 heavier than they were for the
same period last year. But the ex-
penditures have also been $35,0OO,OOO
heavier. 1t is not falling revenues, but
growing extravaganza, that involves the
administration in difficulties.
According to the New York Tribune,
Secretary Shaw says: "There is moth
ing alarming in the deficit figures. r d )"
Congress a turn the deficit into a sur
plus whenever it pleases." To be sure
1t can reimpose the war taxes; it can
tax tea; it can tax beer; it can tax a
number of articles Of food.
On the other hand, congress can re-
wise the tariff and thus obtain more
revenue. Does Secretary Shaw hold
the Dingley schedules In such pious
reverence and the trusts in such tender
affection that he prefers higher inter
nal revenue taxes to lower duties?
Will Secretary Of the Treasury Shaw
counsel economy or tariff revision or
fresh taxes? With Germany threaten
ing retaliation, it is time for the stand
patters to show a little business m
New York World.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-06
Facing the Cn1nera.

When the wise ones go to be photo
graphed they resign themselves wholly
to the photographer, who pays as
much attention to every detail of pose
as would a famous portrait painter.
At rare intervals women send some
picture-sometimes it is an illustra-
ton from book or magazine-that they
have taken a fancy to ahead of them
as a suggestion; but, as a rule, they
express few definite desires as to their
poses. The photographer studies his
subjects from every point Of view, &C.
c%entuates their good points by many
interesting devices, eliminates their
less favorable aspects by others equal
~ so-in short, devotes himself to
them for the time being as if the en-
tire universe revolved only for the
benefit Of the anticipated result. Won
en- often pose as long as two hours,
during which time they have frequent
~ been photographed in as many as
twenty-five different attitudes.-New
York Tribune. .,.-~st1~ d., +,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-06
Why

Why do we always talk Of putting
on u coats and vests when we al
ways put on first our vest and then
coat?
Why do we refer to the coverings Of
our feet as shoes and stockings when
b stockings are first put on?
Why do we invite people to wipe
their feet when we mean their shoes?
Why, in the olden times, did a father
tell his son he would warm his jacket
when every one knew he meant his
pantaloons?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-06
Jenery Jud.on. tn. Dwarf.

One Of the most notable of dwarfs
was Jeffrey Hudson, who was intro
duced to Henrietta Maria, consort of
Charles l., in a noble venison pie.
when the pie vas opened" out step
ped Jeffery in all the dignity Of his
eighteen inches and made a courtly
obeisance to the astonished and de-
lighted queen. begging to be taken into
her service, u favor which was prompt
ly granted.
Jeffrey was a man Of stout heart
and adventurous spirit. He fought
two duels, n with a turkeycock and
the second with q Mr.. Crofts, who fac
ed the little man armed with a squirt
and was forthwith shot dead. Twice
Jeffrey saw the inside Of prison walls
once when he was captured by the
French on his way across the channel
and again when he was captured by
Barbary corsairs-and to crown his ca
reer Of adventure he was accused Of
being mixed up in the popish plot and
ended his rather troublous days in the
Gate House in 1852.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-06
COMMENT.

Any objection to resuming the discus
sion of a noiseless Fourth Of July P
Burlington Hawkeye.
Sir Thomas Upton says he is coming
over after the cup once more. There
were some fears that Sir Thomas had
grown discouraged and had decided to
leave the cup where it is.-Washington
Post.
The German emperor says he early
vowed never to strike for world mas
terry" 1t is just as we'll for his peace
Of mind that he did so, because he
would never have got it anyway.-To-
ronto Globe.
If you want to send q package cheap
ly from Boston to New York and are
in no hurry, forward it by parcels post
to your friend in Liverpool with in
structions to RENAL it by the next
steamer to New York. Funny: And
this is a free country.-Boston Tran
script.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-06
Just Streets.

"The highest street in the world"
said a globe t%rotter, lis Main street in
Denver, the richest is Fifth avenue in
New York, the widest is Market street
in Philadelphia and the shortest is the
Rue Bic in Paris. This street is only
twenty feet long. The dirtiest street
Is Tchangtsi in Nankin, the %cleanest
is the Via CASTLE in Seville, the most
aristocratic is Grosvenor place, Lon.
don; the most beautiful is the Avenue
des Champs Elysees, Paris. The mar
rowest street is Via Sol, Havana, which
has a width of forty-two inches. The
ugliest street is considered by many
foreign artists and architects to be
Broadway, New York, with it's sky
scrapers."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-06
How the Nutmeg Grows.

"A nutmeg tree" said the gardener,
CLOCKS like a laurel. The nutmeg tree
begins to bear at the age of ten years.
1t keeps on bearing until it Is ninety.
The fruit resembles an apricot, and
when ripe it bursts open, showing at its
heart the black nutmeg incosed in a
network of scarlet. The nutmeg after
plucking must be dried, 1t is dried
over a slow fire, and the process is te-
dious. 1t often occupies two months.
Before shipping the nutmegs T al
ways STEPPED in sea water and lime.
This is to protect them from insects.
They have nothing but insects to fear.
In an insect proof condition they keep
well, they keep practically forever
Minneapolis Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1905-07-06
Women and Tobacco.

Master Prynne, the weak, we'll mean
ing Puritan who in 1893 wrote an at
tack upon the stage, tells us that in
his day tobacco pipes were offered to
ladies at the theater in lieu of apples
between the acts. A French traveller,
NJ. Toreyin de Rochefort, who pub
lished his journal in 1877, confirms
this by telling us that he found smok-
ing a general custom in England, as
we'll among women as among men
Both sexes, he adds, held that life
without tobacco would be intolerabe
because, they say, it dissipates the
evil humors of the brain"
When ladies stopped smoking they
took to snuff. Women of quality about
a century ago would not stir without
their snufboxes. beautifully enameled
receptacles Of perfumed mild rappee.
Lord Bolingbroke said Of Queen Anne
and her grace Of Marlborough: 1.-The
nation is governed by a pair of snuff.
ers. No wonder the light of its glory
is Observation-Disclosures Standard.