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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

inch hole through the center Of the
blocks In the two-inch direction. Now
remove the clamp and let the nut OF
the bolt into one Of the blocks 50 that
It's hole will be continuous with the
hole in the wood, then glue the blocks
together with the nut between them.
Cut out a piece from the block combl-
nation. leaving It shaped somewhat
like a bench, and glue the bottoms Of
the legs to a piece of thin board about
2h inches square for support. Solder
one end OF stiT wire about two
inches long to the head Of the bolt al
right angles to the shaft and fx a disk
OF heavy pasteboard with a radius
equal to the length of the wire. and
with It's circumference graduated into
equal spaces, to serve In measuring
revolutions and parts Of revolutions
OF the end Of the wire. TO the top Of
the bench; put the bolt In thc hole
screwing It through the nut. and the
construction. Is complete
The base is improved for the meas.
uring work by gluing TO central sec
tion Of Il, covering the place where the
end of the bolt meets fl, q small piece
OF stiff metal; and It is convenient to
have the graduated disk capable Of ro-
tating, so that IFS zero limo may be
made to coincide With the wire.
Find the number Of threads Of the
screw to the inch by placing the bolt
on measuring rule and counting the
threads In an inch or half an inch Of
iis length The bolt IN making one
revolution will descend a distance
equal 10 the distance between the
threads.
To use the apparatus, put the object
whose thickness Is to be measured
on the base under the bolt, and screw
the bolt down until its end hst
touches the object. then remove the
object and screw the bolt down until
It's end just touches the base, careful
iy noting while doing SO the distance
that the end Of the wire moves over
the scale. The part Of rotation Of
the bolt. or the number Of rotations
with any additional parts Of q rotation
added. divided by the number Of
threads TO the inch. will be the thick
ness OF the object Quite accurate
measurements may be made with this
instrument. and IN the absence Of the
expensive micrometer It serves very
useful purpose. have used Il IN ths
beginning classes in electricity fol
measuring the diameter Of wire. ioi
finding the numbers Of wires from ref
erenee tables and FOR making various
other measurements.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

long In this a double knot Is tied,
one-half inch from the end Having
made a pencil-mark round the arrow
at a distance of 16 inches from its
head, the thrower bitches the string
over the knot and about the arrow at
the pencil mark as shown in Fig. A.
It viii be seen that so long as the
pull on the string continues to be
toward the head OF the arrow, the
knot will hold. but as soon as the
pull comes from the opposite direction
the string slips of.
With the head Of the arrow held
toward the body, the loose end Of
the string is wound four or five times
about the end of the forefnger of the
right hand, and the arrow itself is
held lightly, close to its head, between
the thumb and the second and third
fingers, as is shown in Fig. B.
In throwing, the arrow is held at
arms length in front of the body,
drawn back, and then cast forward
and upward BY powerful jerk Of the
arm.
The movement Of the arm is large
ly below the top Of the shoulder, but
The arrow should be inclined upward
at an angle Of about As degrees as Il
leaves the hand Gig. c. The string
Of course, slips of as the arrow
starts.
The distance to which an arrow may
be thrown by this simple method is
astonishing.
Among the Yorkshire miners an or
dinary thrower will cast an arroH
from 24O to ESQ yards; and s72 yards
is the record which one man at
tanned.
The propelling power is applied
largely By the first finger. and th1
greatest difficulty with beginners il
that they are apt to grip the arrow
too tightly with the second and thirl
fingers at the moment when It shoull
leave the hand.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

between two vertical forms The front
one may be a smooth board, but the
other should be thin piece Of sheet
metal, which is more easily removed
after the earth has been tamped In be-
hind II, says the Concrete Review. A
simple method Of reinforcing concrete
steps Is to place a halfinch steel rod
In each corner, and thread these with
quarter-inch rods bent to the shape Of
the steps, as shown ia the sketch
placing them about two feet apart
For this class Of work a rich Portland
cement concrete is recommended
with the use Of stone or gravel under
one-half inch in size Steps may be
given one-half inch wearing surface
Of cement mortar mixed in the proper
ton Of one part cement to two parts
sand This system Is well adapted foI
stairways In houses.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

IsH the docl0r Oh eant. aud
ne 1.s fellow wh.mnead Hks one oi
the little chaps he had often treated
$50 cruelty.
Then Tie three led the shrinking
fellow up the steps of The doctor
house and watched him disappear
within the door
Jack Crolon left the school a few
days later lie couldnt stand the
chan that went round about the burn
ing of Gruhy An the last message
he left was
Tell Tom Fowler and Bill Berke-
ly that til be revenged on them If
it takes a lifetime
But the two had heard threats from
bullies before, and had no other feel
ing but JOY that the enemy Of nearly
every one in the academy had at
last departed. Los Angeles Times.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
TESTING A BRIDGE.
Severe Strain Placed Upon the New
Rodah Bridge at Cairo.

The Rodah bridge at Cairo is prac-
tically finished as far as the structur.
al work itself Is concerned This
bridge Is now undergoing the official
tests, but Il viii not be publicly opened
to traffic until the terminals OF the
structure are finally completed. to
gether with the approaches at one end.
This is work that viii probably take
some time to accomplish. The tests
are Of severe character, dead
weights Of sand and steel rails being
piled up on each pier in succession,
exerting a pressure Of 1000 tons. Sub
sequently live weights Of steam rollers
and tramoars loaded with sand and
water carts filled with water are to be
run on the bridge with total pres.
sure Of 460 tons on the main glrders.
The tests so far have been, SO we
gather. satisfactory In their results.
No fault or strain has been revealed
In the material.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

a MLcRoMETER
instrument FOR Delicate Measurements
Which You Can Make.

It often becomes necessary for the
experimenter or practical worker to
ind the thickness OF material SO thin.
or ineonvenient to measure, that the
thickness cannot be found BY means
Of foot rule or other common measur-
ing device A simple, fairly accurate
and easily made apparatus Of the mi.
crometer form may be constructed as
follows, explains DR. Thomas R. Baker
Ia Scientific American.
Get a common iron or brass bolt
about one.quarter Of an inch in di.
ameter and 21z inches long, with as
fine a thread as possible. and the
thread cut to within a short distance
Of the head Of the bolt. A bolt with
a cut in the head for screw driver
should be used. Clamp together two
blocks Of wood with square corners
about one inch wide, three-quarters
Of an inch thick and 2h inches long,
with their narrower faces IN contact
(the width Of the clamped blocks be-
ing two inches), and bore a quarter
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
WAYS OF MAKING MONEY.
Queer Schemes BY Which Nations
Add to Their Revenues.


The Russian government won a
unique reputation for enterprise when
it made small fortune out Of the
Crimean war, says the Philadelphia
Record. For months after the end of
the war old iron. shot and she'll were
picked up round sevastopol For
time there was a regular trade, thou
sands Of tons Of metal being sold. It
was too good a chance to be missed,
and the imperial government stepped
in between buyers and sellers with
tax of IL cents per hundredweight.
When the last shot had been picked
up and disposed of the treasury had
reaped a little harvest Of $4,000.
Newspaper humorists have had a
great deal to say about the taxation
Of bachelors. Such a tax would not be
altogether novel. 1t is already In
operation in Hesse. There the gov
ernment draws little extra revenue
by taxing bachelors rs per cent. more
than married r,en. The result Of the
law which was enacted about seven
years ago has been that many we'll
to-do bachelors have emigrated to
Prussia.
Greece has found way OF raising
money on amusements without d.
rect tax. The government has
monopoly in playing cards, and from
this source draws considerable an
nual income. Paris is glad to increase
its revenue by a few dollars year BY
the cultivation Of little state or
cnard In the Luxembourg gardens.
just as It takes its share Of the
profits Of the Eifel tower.
TO snow the prince Of Palermo
owes most Of his wealth. for he has q
monopoly Of it, The snow is bought
at night ard is shipped to the towns
and sold for refrigerating purposes.
The Sutton urban council IN Eng
land keeps down taxes by the indus
try Of growing peppermint. Last year
about $3.50 was saved to the rate-pay-
ers by selling peppermint grown on q
sewage farm.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

BY ANNIE HINRIcHsEIN


mo. It hasn't It's been dreadful
don't mean 70 Be rude. You've been
very nice. But III feel 50 low-so--
I've lost an my selfrespect Nice
girls don't d. such things, and
thought / was a nice girl. never be-
fore did a really unconventional thing
and why / allowed some strange force
to sweep away an my fixed principles
Of conduct cannot understand Why
did L hitherto well regulated young
woman, do on an impulse a thing that
could be expected only Of one Of no
morals. no standards?'
There was a childlike appeal in her
question.
IT'S hard to say, said the mat. IL
suppose it is only matter Of what IS
naturally the strangest trait IN ones
character. You probably have many,
nice, conventional virtues which en-
vironment has Kept to the front. But
with opportunity this other trait, i'm
petuosity-a desire for adventure-or
whatever you may call 1t, rushes out
and overwhelms all weaker ones, giv-
ing prudence an especially hard knock.
But I'm not going to preach I'm go
ing to take you home. You ought to
get up a pretty good story out of
this"
No she said emphatlcally \
shall write no more stories. Hereafter
/ devote myself entirely to the happi-
ness Of Mr. Clifford Whitehouse"
Clifford Whitehousew he repeated,
in apparent establishment rs he the
man."
do you know him2 ?"
mo, don't, he said shortly,
He took her to her hotel and re-
turned to bis room For a long time
he sat in meditation
Il must do it, he said finally II
it were any other fellow, ia never tell
on her. Bnt can't let my own
brother
Then with the self-righteousness ol
one who does for virtues sake whai
he knows win bring pain to others, hs
mailed a letter to MI Clifford White
house.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
SCOOP THAT WEIGHS.
Does Away with the Necessity Of En-
ploylng Counter Scales.

Every grocer can SCOOP up sugar or
coffee, etc, from the storage bin and
very closely gauge the correct guam.
tity. Yet he would not be willing TO
give it to the customer as the full
weight to be purchased without frst
testing II on the scales. A Texas
man has hit upon the idea Of having
the scoop indicate the weight Of the
contents. eliminating the necessity OF
transferring It to scales. His weigh
ing scoop is shown In The accompany
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

Ing illustration The pan for gathering
up the article to be weighed Is pivoted
to the handle and operates a pointer,
which indicates the weight Of the con.
tents on scale II a pound OF sugar
is wanted the grocer dips enough out
OF the bin 70 swing the pointer 70 the
pound mark. The sugar is then trans
ferred directly to bag doing away
with the necessity OF Weighing on
scales.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

BY rubbing metals with salt, before
applying mercury. the aneienta OBJ
tanned reaction similar to that for
which copper sulphate is used. The
chlorine released from the salt formed
a silver chloride easily attacked BY
the mercury. SO as to form an ANAL
gam.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

A first shipment Of rongaland and
zululand rubber has been dispatched
10 London from Durham. A large tract
Of rubber country Is being worked un.
der a concession granted BY the Natal
government. and regular shipmenta
are expected.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
THROWING THE ARROW.
sport Which is IN Great Favor with
Yorkshire Miners.

In certain parts Of Yorkshire, Eng
land. the miners amuse themselves by
practicing pastime Of great anti
guilty, known as throwing the ar
row. The implements are so simple
and the results SO astonishing that
the sport deserves wider recognition.
The arrow" is really only plain
rod Of wood, without head or feathers.
IN Yorkshire It is invariably made Of
hazel, but any wood which is both
light and rigid will serve more or less
satisfactorily 1t should, however, be
thoroughly seasoned. The peculiar adj
vantage Of hazel consists In the fact
that it has a large central pith, which
insures lightness, and a hard outer
shell, which makes for rigidity.
The arrow should be 81 inches long,
fye.sixteenths Of an inch in diameter
at the head. quarter Of an inch in
the center, and three-sixteenths at the
tail explains Edward Williston
Freutz in Youths Companion; and
the greater care taken to make it per
fectly smooth and straight, the far
ther It win fly.
The head has rounded point, as
shown in Fig. B. The only other
thing required is a piece Of hard,
strong string, about one-sixteenth Of
an inch in diameter and 2S inches
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
The Draft Spring.

corn.plow or machinery spring. Two
loops are formed as shown IN Fig. 1
from Mineh round iron Insert one
loon from each end Of the spring as IN
Fie. 2. The cleyls or pulling trace may
be fastened IA either end.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

a German mechanic has built The
smallest motor IN the world. II Is
used as G scarf pin and Is run BY a
battery IN his pocket. lie keeps It IL
constant operation.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
To - - -
Directions ior Putting fn a Permanent
Improvement,

Concrete may be used IA the con.
siraetion Of steps particularly ia damp
places. and in the open OF where the
ground is terraced, concrete steps and
walks can be made exceedingly attrac
1--WE Where the ground is firm it may
oe cut away in the form Of steps, witt
each step eut two or three inches low.
er than its finished level
When the nature Of the ground will
not admit OF its being cut away in the
form Of steps, the risers are nodded
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
a euY FAWNEs- A1vENTURE.
How the Boys Got the Best Of Big
Bully.

Don't you know, Tommy, I think
It's shame. Just because a fellow was
brave enough to blow up a whole
house Of parliament way back in No
yember, 1905, that he should have to
be burned in efigy every November
since chat timeH
Billy Berkely grinned as he replied
you're more an admirer Of Guy
Fawkes than old Gruffy is, then. You
remember Gruffy called him a coward
" sneak. Anyway, he was careful
enough to place a long fuse that led
to the barrels Of gnnpowder stored Il
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
HOMEMADE pRAFr SPRING.
How One Can Be Made from Old Ma
chInery spring.

A draft spring for use on the evener
OF tongue Of agricultural implements.
70 relieve the jerk on the horses
shoulders. may De made from any old
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

New specimens of grass and white
orchids never before known TO exist
Ia this country have been dlaec~7red
in Cape Nay county, New Jersey.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27

can be done. Make a drawing similar
to the one shown only leaving out tbs
arrows and ask your friends II they
can draw the design without removing
the pencil from the paper Or crossing
q line. It VIII prove q puzzleF 70 them
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1908-02-27
CAN you DO TIT
Trace the Diagram wlthOu, Removing
Pencil or Crossing Line

We Indicate by the arrows how s
seemingly impossible drawing feat
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-24
A future great trading center on Lake Victoria and its population

1 that our steamer is lying. At the begin ming of the pie is the custom house, a shed walled and roofed with galvanized iron, and hack of 1t are the round white towers of the German port in front of which tall black soldiers in kal1hi march up and down.
 At the right of the custom house are the low bungalows, with white walls and red roofs, which form the hospital and offices of the civil governor, while at the left high up on hill, $ the home of the mili- tary commandant, by far the best house in the place. Between that and the shore extends a forest of oil palms, and farther back, behind the fort. running for miles out into the country. is the native village of Mwanza, with it's Hindoo stores and matched huts The village is cut up by wide streets. There are many trees, and everything looks spich and span and new
 A Future Trading Center.
 Before take you on shore let us look ct the scenes about the wharf, and the loading and unloading of the steamer. This will give some idea of the trade of the region, and also of what is going on away out here in the heart of East Africa Only few years ago this country was ab- solutely unknown. It was supposed to be an impenatrable wilderness; its people were in continual warfare, and the chief business was the buying and selling of slaves. Today we buy many of its prod ucts, and the richer of its natives are wearing our cottons.
 See that great bale of goods which is being taken off now. That contains
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-24

\ HAVE left Bukoba and have come
 to the extreme southern end of Lake 4 Victoria The distance was 9S miles, and our little steamer was all day coast ing the shores We made our way along a rocky coast, and are now in a harbor surrounded by great hills and boulders of granite.
 The lower part of Lake Victoria is cut up by great bays At my left is Spoke gulf, which extends 50 miles inland, and at my right is Emin Pasha bay. which was discovered by Stanley and Emin after they thought they had outlined this part of the lake. Lying between these is the estuary upon which this town of Mwauza is situated. It is the place where John flaming Spoke first say Lake Victoria and announced it's existence to the world the first man to go clear around the lake vas Henry M. Stanley, who navigated it in a boat rowed by natives.
 The German Town of Mwanza.
 Stand with me on the steamship Winni- fred and take look at this town of Mwanza It runs around a harbor, which is of the shape of a bow, and is well guarded by small rock islands. The en- trance is so narrow that we seem to be in a little lake shut off from the great Vic toria Nyanza. A wooden pier has been built out into the harbor and it is at this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-24

majority dress in cowskins with the hair on. The women wear skirts or such skins and the men fasten them over their shoulders, so that they con ccal little more than the upper parts of the body. Here in Mwanza most or the men have only cloth about the waist, leaving the upper part of the body bare. Babies are carried on the bare backs of their mothers, being fast ened there by goatskin slings. Some- times they are tied on with cords.
 The most of the Rasul1umas are of a strong negro type. They are tall and well formed, but their skins are black CT very dark brown. and they have thick lips and fiat noses. Their hair is woody or l1inky, and they have original
 ways of dressing it. Some of the women shave sections of the scalp and a man will often have a place as big around as the bottom of a tin cup scraped off at the crown. Sometimes this bare spot is covered with scars, made by cutting and gashng it to cure the headache. Others of the men are perfectly bald, made so by the razor. They grease their heads, and they shine like patent leather dress shoes.
 Many of the women divide the hair into small braids, and evidently shave clean the partings between them. 9th CTS twist the wool out into curls which stand forth like little worms all over the head They are like angle- worms, only black. Imagine thick Tipped brunette Medusa who wears fish bait instead of snakes and you have the typical Basukuma beauty. Some of the more giddy of the belles tie shells and beads at the ends of these curls, so that they almost jingle as they run. I have looked in vain for eyelashes and eyebrows The Basuku mas pull them out with tweezers. The men also pull out their boards by the roots in the same way.
 Natives Who File Their Teeth.
 find that many of the natives about Lake Victoria beautify themselves by filing their teeth. We have men from different parts of the lake now work ing at loading and unloading the steamer, and, at my request, the cap tain brought them up on deck and allowed me to examine their jaws. He took each native and held his mouth open while I looked over his teeth Some men had them filed sharp so that they looked just like the teeth
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-24
NM. Midas and Mammon.
New York Globe.

From the New York Globe.
 Mammon, thy name is America in Ber- lin. What good German would not bow down to the head of gold and the feet of clay now that the imperial master has bowed down? If styles are set in other things by the ruler of a state they can hardly fail to be set in this Therefore, 1t is not surprising that the banker, the baker, and the Rembrandtfnd maker all crowded to see a Vanderbilt where there was none. William K. Vanderbilt and his wife and daughter were to spend the Easter holidays at the Hotel Bristol m Berlin. So said the Saturday papers. The big and the independently the pro- motors and their ilk-came to see, and seeing naught went away, hoaxed quite in the fashion they deserved.
 The Berlin court has given itself rep utation that will not wear away in many a day. The Hill-Tower incident is bound to return to vex it whenever any question is raised concerning the acceptability of the slenderly circumstanced American representative in any foreign capital. The German is the one foreign office which has allowed it to get out that 1t sets se- rious store by the ambassadors bank &C., count Much as may be done to effacs that reputation some shreds of it will re- main indelible-and only the stroke of genius will be able to wipe them out.