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The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

The neatest and most workman-like
wav of Joining timber together does
not admit the use Of nails or of glue.
when a niece of wood is to be set IN
TO another at right angles to it, ten
on and mortise joint is used. The tenon
is at the end of the piece which is to
set into the other, and is always cut IN
the direction of the grain. The mortise
is followed out Of the piece into which
the tenon is to go, and is always cut
parallel with the grain.
Too much care cannot be taken to
make the mortise and the tenon of ex-
actly the same size, so that they will
at closely together and form a secure
joint.
In shaping the tenon, about two
thirds Of the end of the wood where II
Is made should be cut away, leaving
one-third for the tenon and one-third
on each side for shoulders. The shoul-
ders are that part Of the wood out OF
which the tenon extends.
The mortise must, of course, be just
as deep as the lemon is long, so that It's
shoulders will come in contact with the
timber on each side Of the mort<e,
while the tenon itself rests equally ana
firmly on the bottom OF the mortise.
Sometimes, If the timber Is large, g
wooden pin Is driven into the wood ana
through the tenon so that It cannot pull
out OF the mortise. II is also useful
many times to cut two or twin lemons
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

Mr.. Hail. Inspector of mines, ex-
perimented for the English commission
appointed to inquire into explosions
from coal dust in mines. He proved
that when a gunpowder shot was fired
in a pit so yards deep and z feet in
diameter and ventilated by an air cur
rent Of $50 cubic feet per minute-that
twenty-five minutes after coal dust had
been thrown into the pit and only the
finest dust remained in suspension
that under these conditions a very vio-
lent explosion might result and flame
be forced out Of the shaft to a hight Of
sixty feet. The photographs OF the ex-
plosion as they appeared above the pit
top showed that when only the fine
dust was in suspension the smoke and
dust were less dense and the flame more
intense. Experiments we're also made
by firing shots In the pit thirty TO kor-
ty-five minutes after the previous ex-
plosion without adding any additional
dust. and the resultant explosions shot
up fifteen 10 fifty feet above the pit top.
In reference to these experiments Mr..
Hall remarks that mines which are
naturally Of a dry and dusty character
cannot be artincially damped 80 as to
gender gunp0wder safe.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

other with their bare fists, the Japs
formed a good, wide circle about them
| and watched with breathless interest.
One of the fighters was much smaller
/ than the other, but more active, so it
was a pretty even match. But it
/ didn't take any one long to observe
/ that the sympathies of the Japs were
| with the little fellow.
The first round was hot and heavy,
| and the honors about aven. When
! the bos'n, who acted as referee. called
| time, the seconds, shipmates of the
| Fighters, began tanning them with
| handkerchiefs and sprinkling them
with water. Immediately several of
| the Japs jumped in with fans and as
sisted only they concentrated all their
attentions on the little fellow. An
other half dozen navy Japs policed
| the crowd and kept the spectators
back in line, so they would not keep
| the fresh air from the gladiators. Dur
ing the progress of the round there
had been no cheers or other demon
| station from the crowd, but now came
a loud hum of conversation. They
were discussing the relative merits of
! the fighters.
Time was called and Immediately
dead silence fell on the spectators
After sparring, the big fellow landed
a hard knock on the little chap. A
/ QlSIlHCI niSH came IIOIu 1ilc CIOWu.
! The little chap danced around and,
| taking advantage of an opening. land
ed so heavily on the big fellows jaw
that he foored him. Such a yell as
| arose from the onlookers would have
done credit to ten times their num-
! Der.
Good! Good! Good, little mani"
| they shouted, their little brown eyes
| glistening with excitement.
So it went on. Every time the big
| fellow landed a blow they Kissed or
were silent, but when the small man
struck home, they wept and howled
| for joy.
Finally, several small uniformed,
mounted police appeared. If their OBJ
ject was to dispense the crowd, no one
knew it. They were lifted off their
horses and swallowed up by the
throng. Later on one of them waved
his arms and screamed with joy when
the little chap finally put his big OPP
ponent out of business.
Then the Japs carried the victor on
their shoulders to the nearest tea
house, where they cheered him Justify
made him drink as much saki as he
could. cheered him again, and then the
big fellow, for displaying such good
taste in being beaten.
The Japs themselves are not afraid
| of a fight, even when their opponents
outnumber them. This is attested to
by an encounter several years ago be-
| tween two japanese man-of-war's men
| and six hoodlums on Folsom street in
San Francisco. 1t was after dark and
the roughs, seeing two Japs coming
down the street, thought they could
bulldoze them as they could Cinnamon.
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his wish, he reckoned without the
strange laws of the Land of Wishy
Wishy.
He had a crown sure enough, out
it was made of gilded pasteboard; ana
he had a. robe, but it was only red nan
mel, with a hem of printed cameo.
His royal trousers were cotton WIN
noIl<a dots and his royal form was
huge and f1abby, like large ana pad
ly packed bag of meal
Rut there was one thing that had
no+ gone wrong with the wish; in
Changing cha to an unexpected and unde-
sirable quality of King, Lycurgus
Sulfermister had not lost his sanguln I'M
and merry disposition. The smile tnat
he hahitually wore was still in its place
and it had widened in proportion with
his other widenings, so that now 1t
stretched almost from ear TO ear, ~ ~
cast of countenance. a.
"Ayaunt!' said King Lycurgus to
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side.
Cut out the piece from to with
your chisel so as to form a dovetail.
and treat each alternate space in the
same manner.
The so-called "pins" are now to be
marked out on the two shorter pieces
OF wood which arc the ends of the
proposed box.
To do this, place the dovetails you
have made over the edges that are to
be united to those of the sides just
finished, and mark out the dovetails
with a pencil.
This done, draw two straight lines
at equal distances from the edge of
the short pieces or ends, and 20 inches
apart, or w inches from the edges.
and cut the pins" down to this with
your saw.
Be careful to saw just outside the
pencil lines. The alternate spaces can
now be cut with a chisel. Finish your
work with sandpaper.
All wood Joined together with a
dovetail joint should be thoroughly
seasoned and of sort not liable to
warp or split.
There are many varieties OF dove
tail joints. A pretty effect is obtained
by having the corners OF a box or Of
chest rounded off. The joint is made
in just the same way as that described
The corners inside the box need not
be curved; the box is made with
square corners and these are after
wards rounded off.
Dovetail joints being rigid, are not
suitable for large timber in which ex-
pansion and contraction because OF
differences of temperature may take
place. This would split the timber or
loosen the joints.
In the diagrams, No. 1 shows the
dovetail marked out No. 2, dcvetails
cut out; No. g. the end with the points
cut; No 4, the dovetaiI joint finished
and joined to the pins; No. 5, twin
lemons; No. 8, twin mortises; No. 7,
box with rounded dovctaiis, and Nc. 8,
rounded dovetail joint.
The End.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

their arms about each others necks
and bit and kicked with their knees.
a crowd of seamen gathered about,
and finally an onlooker gave one OF
the combatants a sly but hard kick,
whereupon the crowd laughed.
This went on until he who had been
kicked by the outsider broke loose
from his adversary and turned fiercely
on the humorist. Several others ven
tured into the scrap, and pretty soon
A dozen men were biting, tearing and
punching each other and Jumping on
those who were down.
Suddenly a Russian naval lieutenant
in his bright uniform, flashed INTO
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with me now the way you used to-"
II am afraid not" said Lycurgus
modify. II know now why Kings al
ways have such big thrones and sit on
them all the time. l feel just as II
I was full of hot crullers, and 1
couldn't run to save my life
"Still, it's wonderful to be a King,
said Lucinda Candisister with the pur-
pose of extracting all the comfort pos
sible from the situation.
YES" said Lycurgus, doubtfully,
"But it's more wonderful to be a boy;
only I didn't know it until now"
Just then Queen Prunella Trample-
hopper ambled heavily up to them,
stuck her expressive face into that
of King Lycurgus and said:
"Boo!"
1t was a simple remark, but II
aroused wrath in the soul Of Lycur-
gus Sulfermister, and he sald angrlly'
| ST wish you'd fly away"
And Immediately she flew, as you
shall see next Sunday
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

They tackled the two Japs, and the
two Japs tackled them. 1t looked as
If the Japs were doing a ballet dance
their legs shot out in all directions,
I and six very sick-looking hoodlums
disappeared down side street. The
two Japs seemed highly elated. Several
American sailors went up to them and
said:
bad men. All Americans not like
them. Bad men,
They understood English. Their re-
ply vibrated with good humor:
mo, no-not bad men. Like fight.
We like fight, too. All right. Make
fight together. Plenty fun. All right"
Deep down in the Japanese sailors
heart is a glowing hatred of the Rus
sian sailor. 1t is about his only racial
prejudice. The Russian has no partic-
ular animosity for the Jap; he merely
considers him a very funny and some
times a very pugnacious little chap.
The Russian sailor likes fight when
he is drunk, and If any Japs are
around he will favor them as well as
the next one. But the Jap, who does
not drink and who enjoys fight when
he meets somebody he does not like,
loves to get into a mix-up with the
Russian. AS a result times are new
err dull ashore whenever Russian ships
anchor in Nagasaki harbor.
In Nagasaki the sailors Of all ma
tions consider it q prime duty to get
drunk when they go ashore, and usu-
ally the Russian sailors are in the ma
| jority. The British tar or American
tar or German tar may run bowling
| through the Streets but unless he tries
| to wallop everybody he meets, the
small, neatly uniformed dock patrol
men will wink their almond eyes at
him. But let a Russian sailor attempt
similar antics, and it is all up with
him.
The first little patrolman who sees
him makes dive and grasps the Cars
| sailor by the wrist. Usually the Rus
sian is twice the 'Jap's bulk, but that is
| immaterial. He stands no show at all.
| The Jap has a peculiar jujitsu twist
| that he applies to the wrist, and the
| Russian goes along to the lookup
| every time. If he begins to fight saw
agely the policeman shows him what
! jujitsu tactics really are. Therefore
| 1t is not an unusual sighe in Nagasah
| so see a brown policeman, scarcely
| five feet over all, coming down the
street with a six-foot-three Russian
sailor in tow and in complete submis-
| sion.
In personal encounter, face to face,
| body against body, the Russian stands
| no show at all with the Jap. The
] Russian always finds out his mistake
, when he begins TO bully the Japs as
| he does the Chinese coolies in Hong
| Knog. He acquires an intense admir-
| alton for the little brown fellows after
| one or two unfortunate encounters.
But the Jap despises the Russian, even
while he helps him up after knocking
J him down.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

inch and every half inch alternately
and on the lines 2, beginning at the
top, first mark point * of an inch,
and then points every 6-S of an inch
all the way down.
Draw straight lines from each point
on the lines / to the corresponding
point on the lines 2, and through the
point to the edge of the wood. Saw
along the lines 3 to 4 and to s, and
so along the lines uniting the points
from the top to the bottom Of the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

Ycopyright 1904, by Albert Sonnichsen.)
No two types of seamen are quite so
different as those of Russia and Japan
What one is the other is sure not to
be.
The little Jap is essentially steam
boat sailor. You never meet him on
sailing ships except as cook or stew
ard. He does not like to climb out on
slippery yardarms over stormy seas.
At least that is the inference, since
he never does it. But the captains of
foreign steamers like Japanese crews.
They are thorough, Woodworking and
steady They can be relied upon in
time of danger, and when ashore they
seldom get drunk. In this last respect
they are the most wonderful sailors i'll
the world.
The Russians, especially those from
the Baltic region, make nearly as good
sailors as the Scandinavains. Almost
every English or American sailing ship
carries a few Russians. The writer
was once aboard a ship in which there
were five Russians before the mast.
They were typical Baltic specimens
and thorough sailors. They could not
read their native language, but three
of them were fond of English novels
of the penny horrible" sort. They had
learned to read after leaving Russia.
These men were all Baltic Russians,
any they always made the distinction.
Vat, you tink I want to be taken
for vun of dose Black Sea fishermen"
one of them asked one day. well,
perhaps l don't need to tell you dat
am not come troo de Bosphorus.
don't look like dose shrivelled-up
grain bumpers, do II"
He swelled up his gigantic chest
and stretched out two arms that were
like main yard. He had been in the
Cars navy, but had deserted, to sail
in foreign merchantmen. They have
Morse blood in them, those Baltic sea-
men, and they prefer the free and
vagabond life of merchant sailors.
Therefore, the seamen of the Russian
men-of-War are mainly dose Black
Sea fishermen"
The writer spent several months in
Black Sea Russian ports, and, being
at that time before the mast, came in
to close contact with the seafaring
men. Despite the Baltic Russians
Characterization, they are not partic-
ularly shrivelled up, although not 50
tremendous in size as the Baltlc men,
In Nikolaiev the men of the warships
were given much shore leave. Their
monthly pay amounted to about what
an American sailor would tip a waiter
with. Still, they managed to get
gloriously drunk on it every time they
went ashore At drinking, the Rus
sian tar equals even the British, espe-
cialy if he is in home port, where
he can get vodka.
Russian sailors are fond of fighting
when very drunk, but not otherwise
Two of them tackled each other on
the quay in Odessa. They threw
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

disarroves of a big fellow pitching
into slittle man, even though the lat
ter my have science with him. This
trait rs shown at one Of the count
less silors fights that take place
in Nagsaki.
Two ,ilors on an American ship
went asore to settle a dispute in the
good, o. Anglo-saxon way. About
200 Japsmostly navy and some mer-
chant scnen, accompanied the COM
batants I'd their Yankee hackers to
the subuls. They did not seem to
be quite STE at first whether the fight
was to bewfth swords or clubs, but
when the 10 pugilists piled into each
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

Queen Prunella. "You will have to
let Lucinda Candisister alone. She is
under my protection"
Queen Prunella did not pay any at
tention to the King or to Lucinda
she had cast one look of mingled as
constituent and ferocity on the mas
sive form of the transformed Suffer-
mister, and then she had forgotten all
about what she was going to do,
with the happy talent for which she
was famous.
She went skipping away, Tapping
her royaI feet on the ground till it
it sounded like somebody beating car
pets. King Lycurgus heaved bitter
sigh and exclaimed:
"If we could only unwish things in
this land I'd unwish myself from be-
ing King. / feel, don't know how"
Lucinda Candisister hoped that he
didn't feel as bad as he looked, but
she didn't say so.
81 suppose" she said, "that you
won't ever be able to play games
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

one may be bought for IS cents.
In order to show how the thing Is
done, suppose you are making a box,
of which the sides are 24Iz inches long
and the ends 211a inches long, the
breadth of both to be 1015 inches.
On one of the sides mark a straight
line u inch from each of the two ends
from the top to the bottom of the side.
Again draw lines parallel to these III
inches from the ends of the side. Call
the lines nearest the edge 1 and the
other lines 2.
One the lines ! mark points at every
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

instead of on one large one. In such
a case saw outhe shoulders and use a
chisel to cleaiout the spaces between
the two lemons
Twin lemons re stronger than large
single ones, No because the tenon is
cut in two. buon account of the di-
vision of the nrtise, which leaves a
partition of timer standing between
the two mortise
The mortise al tenon joint cannot,
however, be use for uniting the cor
ners of piece owork. One of many
that accomplish ts is called the dove
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

Their faces were bitten and beaten.
The magistrate expressed great dis
gust at their methods of fighting.
This surprised them. Through an in
terpreter they said:
''If you fight, don't you try to hurt
the other fellow as much as you can?
Isn't it fair to use all the means given
you--your teeth, your feet, your nails!
If we were to use only our fists, we
couldn't hurt each other in a year,
and the fight would never end.
The japanese sailors idea of fair
fighting is diametrical to that of the
Russians. His rules are stricter even
than the Americans At any rate, he
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

the crowd and laid mercilessly about
him with a. thin cane. The fight
ended in an instant. The huge,
clumsy sailors were cowed by au-
thority and stood cringing about the
officer like dogs before their master.
On the other hand, when an Eng
lish police officer once tried to quell
a row among some Russian sailors in
an English seaport, they played foot
ball with him through window.
That was only because his uniform
wasn't Russian. When some reserves
finally came upon the scene, the bel
ligerents went willingly to jail Next
day they were arraigned in court
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

tail joint.
The ends of each of Il pieces Of
wood intended to be unif by this
Joint are cut into series Il wedge
shaped projections and Sressions.
Those on one of the pieces wood At
into those of the other, and they are
cut accurately, they make w sight
ly and an exceedingly secureiece Of
work.
For this class of work a arking
gauge becomes necessary. A w good
The Savannah morning news., 1904-02-07

If Lycurgus Sulfermister imagined
that he would become a beautiful
young King with a golden crown and
ermne robes, when he hurriedly made
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-24

from the fact that it is to mark the in
auguration OF an interesting new project
the establishment of Colonial gardens
in the rear Of the mansion. The scheme
was outlined last season and, indeed,
the preliminary work in preparing the
beds was carried out, but IL waited upon
this season to give them their bright
eyed little inhabitants. Mrs. Roosevelt's
new Colonial posy beds will be similar
TO those at Mount Vernon, and Will un-
questionably be the most attractive ex-
amples of this style of gardening to be
found anywhere in America.
The establishment of these Colonial
gardens at the White House is interest
ing as giving Presidential approval to
another tendency 10 return to the
simpler standards OF our forefathers.
At the period when our ancestors were
building houses with stately columns
and immense porticos they were wont to
ornament their lawns with the plants and
flowers of the woods which could be OBJ
tained at little expense and thrived with
little care. With the spread of wealth
in the land. however. fashion turned to
the more costly tropical plants and hot
house creations. OF late though the re-
vival of the Colonial style of architec-
ture has renewed interest in the old
fashioned plants, and It is eminently
fitting that the White House. which has
but recently been restored to the Co.
lonial lines laid down by the men who
originally planned it, should be given
setting in keeping with its stately sim
plicity.
The new Colonial gardens at the Ex-
ecRttFe Mansion are located on either
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-04-24

The PomTadouT summer coat is ample
length. belted at the back in a short
wasted style and shirred sull about the
shoulders. II is OF cream satin, brocad-
ed with deep pink roses, and lined with
pale pink satin. The trimming is OF
Pc sian embroidery in blue and pink
silk, with a thread of silver The stole
lands and cuffs are of black panne vel
vet
A Pompadour hat with this coat would
have a crown of blue and pink roses and
frill Of point de Paris lace, and tho
frccks would be hlre foulard, with pink
Gots-a costume truly after the color
loving heart Of the .-eat French beauty.
Pompadour Form as Well as Color.
Some Of the prettiest evening summer
gowns viii be modelled closely after the
dress Madame Pompadour actually
wore. The bodice will be the close-ft-
ting Colonial effect. just reaching the
waist. with elbow sleeves, and instead
Of a 'kerchief about the low neck full
wreath OF the Pompadour roses.
The skirt made full. just escaping the
ground and given a petticoat effect by
steamers of roses down the two front
seams; then roses at the corsage and in
the hair. 1t is not overpicturesque In
effect, yet novel and daintily becoming
to the slender woman.
La Pompadour Enthroned in Roses
The gowns worn by La Pompadour
herself were not only rose-trimmed, but
rose-brocaded. And the couch on which
she received was garlanded with roses.
and the stool on which you knelt TO kiss
her hand was Of rose satin and rose en-
ameled wood.
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One or two rose bushes are already
growing over the Presidents new office
builcing. and IT is planned to this sea-
son have the little building well nigh
covered with climbing roses and Gle
mats.
Great beds filed with artistic flowers
will lie spread out like brilliant-hued
rugs on the yelvety lawn before the
White House. and the great fountain
basins will be more crowded than ever
with rare and beautiful aquatic plants.
A change is TO be made in the adorn-
ment OF the imposing porte cochere
which shelters the private entrance to
the Presidential home and in the en-
beliishment OF the one-story masonry
terraces which extend upward of 200
feet east and west OF the mansion
proper. Last year these terraces were
outlined by rows OF bay and box trees
set IN tubs. but IL has been concluded
that the box did not add to the artistic
effect. and this year the great white
e~panse will be relieved only by the
bay trees
These bay trees are all beautiful spec
linens OF their kind and We're imported
from Boskoop. Holland, at a cost of more
than $500 each. There are about seventy
or these highly ornamental trees, ali
with the DIRK green foliage trimmed
very close. and 4 large proportion of them
are virtually identical in appearance
Each top is sixty inches in diameter and
the tree stems are from thirtysiX 10
forty-two inches long, and the total
height from fifty-one 10 fifty-four incn-
es. AS the trees are planted in tubs two
feet high the tops OF the bays tower
above the heads of persons walking on
the terraces. Four especially large
trees have been provided for the orna-
mentatien Of the porte-cochere. Two of