Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-05-31

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day" says the Straits Times OF Sin
gapore. "A %Javanese was arra.gned or
e charge OF theft. AS the man entered
the dock. ne threw on the ground a
hens egg and then commenced to che"
some 'sereh.' This was supposed "a
work a spell on the magistrate and
cause him 10 discharge the accused.
Unfortunately for the schemes Of the
Javanese. he was seen by the Malay
constable In charge OF him. his Ma
lay seized the Javanese By the throa,
and choked him until he spat UP the
'sereh' and so broke the spell. The
case was postponed"
Why IS the word tar a synonym
for sailor" Some dictionaries say
that the a~llusion IS TO the seanan's
tarry hands and clothes-the saviour
OF tar OF Stephano's song Is The
Tempest" Burns uses "tarrybreeks' as
equivalent 70 sailor But il is re-
garded as much more probable that
tar Is short for "~tarpaulin." since
ally use "~tarpauiin' TO signify a sea
man. OF course this ultimately gets
back to tar, a tarpaulin being a tarred
~palling.' or covering (the same wo-d
as "pa!i').
Gossip has 1t that the Indebtedness
OF a royal bankrupt, Archduchess Clo-
tide OF Austria-Hungary. the grand
daughter of Louis Philippe. will cause
heavy losses to great firms Of jewelers..
millincrs. costumers and nom lend
ers of Paris. who say that the arch
duchess must have known years ago
that her investments at Buda- Pesth
would be a dead loss. She owes So
600. 900. The only hope OF the cred
itors IS that Francis Joseph will pay
the foreign creditors rather than let
the scandal grow.
On a recent journey from Alexan-
dria to the oasis OF silva, the Khcdive
OF Egypt was escorted by eight Egyp-
ton officers. eighty-fve soldiers, one
coachman, seven grooms, three cooks,
four servants, two tent pitchers, one
farrier, five camelmen, ten camel driv-
ers. four guides and sixty-hvc Dedouin
camel drivers. There were forty-four
horses. thirty-two dromedaries and
twenty-five camels for his highness'
personal service and 246 camels sup
piled by Bedouins for transport serv-
John Sharp Williams. congressman
from Mississippi. is astoundingly abb
cent minded. He promised TO dine re-
Gently with Representative Sibley.
When his emo was logged he began
making toilet articles describe Ho-
garth's lines of beauty. After getting
dressed he turned TO his secretary and
asked: How do l look? Now. how's
that?" Fine. fne!" admiringly re-
marked that young person. but. really
I think you would look "A bit better If
you should wear trousers tonight
There Is an increasing tendency on
the part OF large consumers of water
In London to draw on the water reser-
voirs in the lower geological strata be-
meath the capital rather than be in
anhtal m cnrlnon ies for their water
supply. The latest institution TO SHOW
its Independence in this fashion Is
Clements inn. where, not twenty yards
from the Strand. an artesian we'll has
Just been tapped, after three months
boring, at n depth of $50 feet.
The South Wales Daily Mail has had
several articles OF late that aim to
sum up the results OF the great revival
in the principality. While there is ac-
have not endured. yet 1t is stated as
beyond doubt hat the great religious
awakening has touched the whole cir
Gle OF the life of the people for good.
The total number OF converts Is conser-
vativelv estimated Mt 80 1000.
Earlier than any known paintings.
some tapestry discovered recently at
Deir-el-Bahari. near Thebes. is among
the oldest specimens of h prehistoric
DRAWINGS on the zones OF oXtlnCt AMI
mails by the river drift men. which. OF
course. are incomparatively older. But
these paintings represent the period In
which the art of Egypt was at its ze-
NTH. the eighteenth dynasty. and con-
oeQuently date back o $500 years.
Cecil Rhodes tomb in the Matoppc
hills. South Africa, has been desecrat-
ed by curiosity seekers. This advertise
ment appeared recently In the Quebec
Daily Telegraph: For Sale-A piece
Of ton from slab covering grave OF
the Hon: Cecil ohm Rhodes; In the Ma.
toppo hills. Southern Rhodesia. Soufn
Africa. An opportunity for curio .enl.
lectors. Apply D.. this office"
It was stated recently In the reichs-
tag with reference to German New
population of 466 there were ia mis-.
0ionaries. and that for every two farm
or0 there was C German officer. This
meant that every farmer there cost
Germany $500 a year. The speaker
remarked that 1t would be cheaper t.
bring the farmers home and give them
pensions.
Unslaked lime is useful In preventing
rust because of its extraordinary capa.
city for absorbing moisture. Some care
full workman who take pains that theiI
OOOAD AAdAA asWdSS NC in ehS OVS Otiu
ton, make a practice OF keeping a piece
Of lime in their Too boxes to Absorb
any moisture which might otherwise
cause rust.
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A woman ~canvasser in a recent Brit.
ash election campaign asked a laborel
whether he was in favor of protection
and he replied by inquiring what 1t was
The question embarrassed the woman
somewhat. She replied: Il can not g
into precise details at the moment. 5u
Il IL a subject OF vital Importance Il
Ill who care for wild birds"
In Colusa county. California, recent
~, Miss Florence Berker ran against
her father. p. +. Berker, the incum.
bent. for the office of school trustee