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Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

as one of several ways of shortening a rope
without cutting it.
Sometimes knot is commenced with a
"hitch," which being little understood by
landsmen, and by boys especially, may be de-
scribed as taking the end of rope and turn
ing it until it assumes the shape of hair-pin;
and Loop Knot, one of the many it can be
readily converted into, is shown in Fig. 6.
Fig. Z shows Running Knot; and at Fig.
we find one of these to hold, in which a
check knot will be noticed at the top.
Other varieties of these must be noticed at
more advanced stage.
One Of the most useful Of knots is the "Reef."
1t is usually made with the ends of line,
or lines, and is mainly employed for working
with small ropes. Different sized lines cannot
be securely tied by this knot. 1t is formed,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

first, by a simple overland knot, as shown in
the lower part of Fig. o. This is repeated as
Indicated by the dotted lines, and when drawn
taut it assumes the form shown in Fig. TO-
The greater the strain the tighter this knot
becomes, but it is readily loosened by pulling
the end A in the direction of b, when it takes
the form shown in Fig. IL.
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rope crossing on the bend of the hook, the
standing part being on top Gig. 13). A rope
fastened to bucket is readily attached and
detached to and from the hook of tackle
block by this hitch. It is used instead of
"cat's-paw" where the end of the lanyard is
not long enough to form paw.
A Timber Hitch is a slip-knot with double
hitch Gig. 14), and is made by passing the
running part under and around the standing
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25

part, and then putting the rope two or three
times around itself. When the standing part
is tightened the rope will not Slip.
A Cat's-paw is generally used in the ends
of lanyards to hook tackles in setting up rig
glng for the same purposes as Blackwell
Hitch, and it will be easily seen in Fig. 10 how
it is made. Fig 16 also conveys an idea with
out any description of how to attach weight
to a rope. Do this, but not by putting the
end through the blight; and Fig II shows an
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the strain makes the cord underneath hold
firmer. Indeed, the meaning of ''to hitch" is
to make fast" A hitch has the advantage Of
being easily and quickly fastened to, or dis
engaged from any object.
For Blackwell Hitch, form blight, or
"kink" "a twist. by pulling the running part
across and under the standing part. This is
placed over the hook from below, the inside
Of the blight resting against the back, and the
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the "Reef" Gig. 1O), and the difference be-I
tween them is that while Reef Knot is easiI
cast off or united, Granny ''jams" and ca
not be undonc without trouble and loss vi
time. would ask our boys to pay great
tention to the construction of these kne
and when they are able to distinguished III
tween a "Reef' and Granny" they ~
have gotten over lesson number one of
knotty subject. A
A "hitch" is turn over the standing
part" and may be double or treble or twisted
once or twice. 1t cannot be pulled loose, as
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used to keep the ends of rope from opening.
There are other methods employed for the
same purpose, which we shall name by-and-by.
The Figure-of-eight Knot Gig. p is, as
will be seen, an advance on the preceding one
And next in turn may be taken the Double
Knot Gig. 81, which is formed by twisting the
cord and passing it twice through the "bight,"
or loop. This may be made sxfold knot,
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seldom used, except by coachmen for the ends
of their whips.
We have said that most knots commence
with a simple loop-a mere turn of the rope
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
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other way by using small line. Fig IS shows
"sheep-shank" before being drawn taut BY
this means rope may be shortened readily,
and you will see how useful the halfhitch is
There are many ways of reducing the lengths
of rope without cutting them which we have
yet to explain. This is capital way TO shorten
swing, without troubling to undo it.
TO be Continued Next Sunday
Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-25
Copyright by James Elverson.

Copyright by James Elverson.
ERHAPS you have heard how men
sometimes catch fish at night mere
ly by rowing over the water with a
light in the boat. The fish, attract
ed by the light, jump into the
boat.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06

and Mildred avenue for $65O0, on which
building is to be erected in the near
future. Contracts for the bridging of
canals In the neighborhood of Silver
Strand, by the Guarantee Realty COM
pany, have been awarded. This, it is
thought. will stimulate property hold
ers in that vicinity to such an extent
as to encourage them to go forward
with the building of residences.
Contractors at Work
East Venice of America is now un-
dergoing a transformation by reason of
the contractors grading and laying the
water system. The contracts for the
grading, oiling and matchmaking the
streets is in the hands of G. H. Yea
ton, who, with experienced workmen,
modern machinery and a Fitzgerald
tamper, will place the streets in good
condition. A contract for building the
water system was let to Mueller &
Suez, who expect to have the mains in
place within ten days. A contract for
cement curbs and walks throughout
the tract was let to Neiman e. Kneen.
The work on street Improvements will
cost about 100000.
The purchase of the Los Angeles-Pa-
cific by the Hartman interests will
greatly improve the situation around
East Venice, it is said The gauge of
the road will be widened' and double
tracks will be laid. This will give a
twenty-five minute car service to the
city,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
ARCADE DEPOT PRESENTS
PRETTY MILITARY SCENE
FIRST U. S. CAVALRY ON WAY
TO SAN FRANCISCO
viii Do Guard Duty in Destroyed City
Instead Of Infantry Stationed
There - Martial Law to Reign
Supreme

The Arcade depot was most military
for little time yesterday afternoon.
The Third squadron of the First United
States cavalry stopped over between
trains and boys in blue were every
where and martial music sounded.
The soldiers are on their way to San
Francisco. where they viii be detailed
at once on guard duty and will proba-
bly, stay there for at least a month.
They have all seen service in the Phil
ippines and are in shape for whatever
hard work the future may hold for
them. With them they brought their
horses and rations for thirty days, as
well as all equipments they will need.
The Third squadron is under COM
mand of Col. M. B. Hughes. Follow
ing them their stock train will take
their horses to the burned city, where
the clang of cavalry will take the place
of the tramping of foot soldiers. Mar
tial law will reign supreme while the
upbuilding is begun.
In the first section of the train there
were fourteen officers and PIG men,
and in the sections following almost
the same number. so that the police
Of San Francisco will be added to by
nearly 500 soldiers who have seen SER
vice of kind to make them of much
value as reconstructive force.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06

whom we might style the "beef-ands"
of our commercial and professional life,
do not carry all the brains and courage.
Women in the Trades
The directory shows that woman has
made greater strides in New York than
anywhere else. Those who think
women should stay at home and sweep
the dishes and wash the floor will
have their feelings stirred by what is
to follow. For Anna Kaplan, Augusta
Levy and Minnie Raul are glaciers;
Helen Briggs and Florence Truman are
electricians; Regina Cola deals in coal;
another woman owns a paper box fac
tory; there are five women under
takers; there are more than a dozen
women photographers; there are scores
upon scores of women lawyers; there
are five women engineers (civil and
mechanically; several women are archi-
tects, and good ones. Among the other
trades ana professions invaded by wo-
man In this city are the following:
Cabitnetmakers, shoemakers, trunk
makers, stove reparers, stevedores
truck men," poulterers, ship chambers,
rag dealers, nickel platers, pawn
brokers, astrologers, regaliama kers, real
estate dealers, pot and pearl ash deal
ers, manufacturers of ivory articles
jewelry dealers, hats and caps, paper
hangers, foreign exchange brokers,
printers, and so on down the list. There
is hardly a business, trade or profession
but what has been taken UP by the
hers. OF women saloonkeepers Is It
necessary to say there are hundreds of
them?
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
For Short Men Only

This paragraph is for short men.
Six-footers and over will please pass
on, while the band will play 81 may be
short. but 1 amt broke-not yet, but
soon" James r. Keene, the ablest
stock market operator the world has
ever known, is of very slight stature,
with the hand of a fairy and the foot
OF a Cinderella. Jacob Schiff, the emil
nent Hebrew banker and philanthro-
pist is almost homeopathic in size.
Deacon White never had the nerve to
boast of his bigness, nor had he the
bigness to boast Of, Andrew Carnegie,
as all men know, is small very
small, in stature. Henry II. Rogers
OF Hadley- STANDARD OIL fame is no
great shakes In physique. General
George B. Mcclellan, father of New
York's mayor, was known as Little
Mac" The late General Wheeler was
exceedingly minute. The Japs are all
little fellows. There are others, which
all is meant TO show that the giants,
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
VENICE SEASON
WILL OPEN MAY 13
CONTRACTORS BUSY WITH
PREPARATIONS
Realty Sales 5rlsk-Many New Struc-
lures Being Erected-Twenty-
five Minute Car Service
Guaranteed
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
VENICE, May 5.-Venice, like the
healthy child, grows stronger day by
day. With the approach of the sum-
mer season new conditions continue to
present themselves, and conservative
persons state that one of the most pros
porous seasons ever enjoyed by any
summer resort on this coast will be
the happy lot which will fall to Venice
this year.
Chiaffarelli's famous Venice band will
open the season May 13 with fine pro-
gram.
improvements continue on a modified
scale as compared with this time last
year when Venice was in the height of
her building. A three-stpry business
and compartment house on Zephyr ave-
nue. is nearing completion and will be
ready for occupancy about June ], and
while no definite plans have been sub
mitted for any other buildings on this
street yet several are in contemplation.
Construction work on the Venice hotel
will begin soon.
New Structures Completed
The skating rink on Trolley avenue.
facing the new proposed depot, is near
ing completion and will be thrown open
to the public not later than June 1. The
Cooney business building on the south
west corner of Lorelei and Trolley ave.
nue. is completed and most of its store
srace occupied. The grading has been
done in the yards Of the Los Angeles
Pacific preparatory to commencing the
new Venice trolley depot.
Important developments are under
way on Mildred avenue which will
change 1t from a resident district to
81 first class business street. The en-
tire ocean front, from Lorelei avenue
to Center street, is to undergo COM
plete change, which will transform II
TO correspond with the ocean front and
Windward avenue.
This improvement will afford new
openings for business enterprises.
The large dancing pavilion Is pro-
crossing slowly. The Abbot Kinney
company is pushing forward the work
OF casing the piling foundations under
the auditorium which will make the
piles slightly and Of a substantial char
acter. This is quite an undertaking as
It Is necessary TO perform the work
most of the time under water.
The sales Of realty in the past week
have been somewhat limited. A num-
ber OF transactions have been recorded
most important OF which was the sale
OF the Senator Lavayea residence on
Breeze avenue through the Guarantee
Realty company, for $4,000.
In East Venice, the Venice of Amer
lea Land company reports the sale Of
eight lots and the contract for the
erection OF two modern residences tC
begin as soon as the grading Is com
pleted. This firm also reports the sale
OF a business property on Trolleyway
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
Morsan's Opera Box

There is only one box in the portierre
row in the Metropolitan opera house
that is screened from the view of those
who use the corridor back of the "dla-
mond horseshoe" as a promenade and
that is the one owned by j. p. Morgan.
When it is not used by it's owner a
heavy curtain of a deep red silk is
pulled across the little window in the
door, which effectually shuts out a
glimpse OF the interior of.the little ante
room OF the box proper. This ante
room was recently refurnished by the
son and daughter-in-law Of the finan-
cier The ceiling is hung with heavy
red silk. while on the wall there is a
mezzotint printed In color of Mrs. Sher-
ldan by Gainsborough. and on the OPP
posite side there Is a console mirror
with a gilt console of Louis XIV style
Below the colored print which Is
framed i'm gilt. is gilded sofa of the
Louis XIV period.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
The Most Novel Telephone

A wealthy New York brewer who re-
Gently erected costly residence, wishes
to have everything in it different from
anything in the way of furnishings that
had been previously attempted. 1t was
not such hard matter to get furniture,
carpets and paintings that were "dlf-
ferent," but when it came to the tele-
phone he faced harder problem He
solved it by having made statue of a
woman. Her head and body contained
the mechanism of the instrument. One
hand held to her mouth small instru-
ment which served as the mouthpieoe
or transmitter. The other hand held a
concealed receiver. so arranged that
when a speaker was talking through
the trumpet mouthpiece the receiver
was brought in close juxtaposition TO
his ear. The brewers admiration for
this remarkable piece of art is mex
haustible, and he never tires of inviting
his friends to talk to the airily-clad
telephone girl, who possesses the form
of a goddess.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
Philharmonic Gets safsnoff
BY Associated Press

NEW YORK, May 5.-Wassili safa-
non for the next three years will be
conductor OF the New York Philhar-
monte society and director Of tha Nc
tional Conservatory of Music OF Amer
lea. A cablegram was received ac-
cepting the offers Of these societies.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
Some New Talk

The underworld in Gotham has a
lingo peculiarly its own The ordinary
"yegg' talk is known to almost every
policeman and detective in the coun-
try, but here there are several terms
and phases that are new, If not unique.
For instance, to "kop a mugs brass"
means to steal mans money. In send
ing a child out for 10 cents worth of
gin it is instructed to ask for white
water" Gamblers are "punters." A
man who is dirty" has plenty of the
coin of the realm. When you are broke
or on the ragged edge you are "clean."
Anything that shoots, be it man or
pistol, is a "peeper." An "amm" is a
Jonah or crook down on his luck
Miss Ada Eliot until recently a "Tombs
angel" tells of once asking a woman
whose husband was in prison whether
she would cook her children some
breakfast If Miss Eliot sent it around.
The woman did not understand, SO
Miss Eliot made a motion as if eating
"oh!" exclaimed the woman, you
mean Will we chew the chuck? Sure
we WILL"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
Helping San FranolscO1 Not Yet!

The San Francisco disaster is getting
to be rather much of joke-that is, the
different benefits" that are holding
sway In New York are. Seeing an OPP
portunity of increasing their daily re-
ceipts several shopkeepers have dis
played signs reading: Half OF this
days profits are to be paid to the San
Francisco relief fund" Down at South
ferry a small fruit dealer, whose entire
stock in trade will not invoice more
than SIS, has one of these signs hung
up. Another announcement of the kind
Is on the window of a 5-cent barber
shop that is soon to open on the Bow
cry 1t says: IT will son be opene. Half
what max on first day for San Fran
cisco suffers" Another good hearted
fellow Is the owner of a bootblack
stand in Broadway. He has only made
one mistake-he has had the same sign
displayed for over week, and his
offer covers only one single day,
Stops the Breakers
A Broadway firm that deals in ex-
pensive and perishable bric-a-brac for
long time suffered heavy losses
through the careless handling OF its
goods by prospective customers. In
vain did the proprietors OF the place
display the sign "Please DO Not
Handle" People still handled and fire.
quently they broke. Recently the frm
$3.50 had been smashed, rang in few
changes on the warning. The revised
version reads; These Goods Handled
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
New York and Air


It's still cool in the subway for the
same reason that It's cool in the streets.
During the winter the comparative
warmth of the bore was a blessed COM
fort TO the chilly passengers. Little
thought was taken of whether or not
the air was vitiated. 1t was warm,
that was enough. But the approach Of
warmer weather has broght to the
fore again the problem OF ventilation.
Practically nothing has been done to
insure purer air I'm the subway. The
subject of ventilation is large one and
a puzzler to engineers Any number
of schemes have been suggested, rang
ing from the electric fans TO flushing
the tunnel bore with compressed air,
much as a pipe Is flushed with water.
A big difficulty to be overcome Is get
ting the necessary pure air into the pas
sage with as little machinery as pos
sible and without erecting distractions
In the street above. Recently plan
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
GOSSIP OF MANY SORTS FROM
THE NATIONS METROPOLIS

Special Correspondence to The Herald.
NEW YORK, May 5.-The long-her-
aided day and night bank, backed by
the richest men in the city. has begun
business in the magnificent marble
building on Fifth avenue, facing Sher-
RVS and Delmonico's. The first man
to make a deposit in the $4,000, 900
structure was a messenger of the
Brook club, who waited for hours out
side the door and then made a head
long rush for the receiving teller's
window, through which he pushed the
clubs funds. Before 10 O'Clock at
night more than 200 accounts, repre-
senting all sorts and conditions of
men, were opened.
There is not doubt that the institu-
ton is going to be great success. An
advantage accruing from the estab-
lishment of this always open" bank
is pointed out by the business men of
the section. There is now no fear of
being unable at a moments notice to
meet business obligations, whether
large or small and the hampering ne
cessity of waiting until next day to
cash a check-a condition ever likely
to arise-is obviated. o. H. p. Bel
mont, e. H. Hartman, Myron T. Her.
rick, Henry f. Shoemaker, P. A. B..
Widener and G. N. Winkoop are
among the directors. A small social
function in one of the institutions
magnificent reception rooms preceded
the opening of the bank.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06

Everything you wanl you win find In
the classified page. One cent = word
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
1why the H Don't Ye HabIa7"

An Irishman who fears that the fame
of his fellow countrymen had suffered
by the account of the Scothchman's ex-
perience at Ellis island. which appeared
In this column a day or two since,
brought this story, which Is fresh from
Panama. There's an Irish boss named
Clancy in charge of a lot of native
laborers employed on the big ditch.
He's struggling with Spanish and is
very proud of knowing form
language. One morning not a laborer
showed up. Clancy fretted and fumed
all day. Next morning they appeared
as usual, explaining sheepishly that it
had been the fiesta of Nuestra Sonora
de la Chandelabra and they couldn't
possibly work on holy day. We'll, it's
all right, said Clancy, but when We
savvy in the noches that ye can traba-
jar on the manana, why the hell don't
We habla? p"
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06

has been talked of that is extremely
interesting to transportation men and
may go far toward solving the subway
problem. 1t is nothing less than sup
plying the subway with highly COM
pressed air, to be gathered into a reser-
voir at a central point and distributed
through pipes to different parts of the
bore as gas Is now distributed to
given points in a given locality. Com
pressed air has only within the last few
months been made into a commercial
commodity. 1t is now being sold to
consumers for so much a cubic foot,
in exactly the same way gas is sold.
George Westinghouse, head of the
Westinghouse company, early in the
year made this possible by putting on
the market an 'air meter" which
measures air-to use the same analogy
exactly as gas is measured. What
new fields OF enterprise this invention
opens up no one can yet foretell. But
it is expected that compressed air fac
tories-if that term may be uSed-will
shortly be established in this and other
large cities for the peddling out of air.
The invention of the meter was what
made this system of central supply of
air feasible and good business prop
osition. Every customer-and there
may be any number Of customers
may pay for the air he uses. He and
his fellow consumers would not be
under the necessity Of constructing and
maintaining their own Individual COM
pressing plant, usually an item of much
expense. Should the subway adopt
some such method of air distribution
1t would be possible to cool the air as
needed, SO that some time in the future
passengers may get to look upon the
subway as something to be enjoyed
rather than a means of quick trans
portation under trying conditions.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
Steamship Travel Booming

The most expensive suites of rooms
on any ocean liner are the two imperial
suites on the Kaiser Wilhelm, for which
$4,000 per trip is charged during the
season. from May / to July II. The
suite includes bed room, parlor, bath
and private dining room. The rate is
the same for one person as for two
passengers and a maid. The imperial
suites in the Kaiserin Auguste Victoria,
consisting of similar accommodations,
with the addition of dressing room,
are quoted at 1915. The cheapest first
cabin rates to Northern Europe in the
same season are by the Holland
America and the Scandinavian lines, on
some of whose vessels passage is only
$50 AT every price on the scales of
the respective lines bookings are being
made and heavily. At the end of last
week the number of passengers sailing
so far this year was far ahead of that
at the same time last year. and in some
steamship offices the agents have to
remain downtown until midnight nearly
every night to cope with the volume OF
passenger business.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06

DO you love music7 II SO get n
Talk-o-Phone free Of The Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06

at the Customers Risk" Nothing has
been broken since.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06

If women wish to have the very latest
thing in jewelry they must get bangle
bracelet set with diamonds. At least
that is the verdict of the smart jewellers
here. The bangles have for founda-
tion strip of platina, which is set
with diamonds so close together that
one can see nothing but the band of
brilliant stones. OF course. one must
have few loose bills to spare to buy
one of these trifes. for the cheapest of
them costs $3.50, while from that figure
they run up to $500.
Conductors and Others
One custom of the conductors on the
Broadway cars that must cause a good
deal of trouble to strangers looking for
a. particular street is that of calling
out the names of theaters instead of the
streets. The conductors of these cars
seem to think all their passengers are
as we'll versed in the location of the
several playhouses as they are. This
brings to mind an amusing incident
which happened not so long ago on d
Williamsburg car in Pittsburg. The
conductor was either new or fresh.
When Dinwiddie street was reached he
cried "Dinwiddie street; all out for the
high school," Then when the car came
to High street he announced: High
street; all out for the jail" Two well
dressed women who had arisen to alight
from the car resumed their seats and
rode to the next stop.