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  • LEFT PAGE 304 TUNG. East SI. West HIO. Lower Strang. Upper HUANG. Yellow Polish for Wood For Planes, Cabinets Etc Dissolve 60 parts of Gum Mastic and 250 parts of Shellac in 1000 parts of Alcohol of 95 degrees. To clalify [clarify] the solution add 10 per cents of its volume of Benzine, shake and set aside to seperate, then decant. Apply as French polish Scientific Jany [January] 30 1904 Cure for Intoxifcation Cabbage Eaten Boiled before drinking. All the Egyptians used it in olden times [clipping to right of text] LIFE OF GRINDSTONE BRIEF Injured by Exposure to the Sun and Rain, Says Expert "Most persons," said the hardware drummer, "have the idea that if there is one thing in life a man doesn't have to buy twice it is a grindstone. The fact is that they are among the best sellers we have. "The life of a grindstone is not very long. From two to three years on a farm and from a year to a year and a half in a blacksmith shop put most of them to the bad. It sometimes happens if a man draws a poor stone that it will be out of service inside of six months. "There are a good many things about a grindstone that most persons don't know. For instance, a mistake most farmers make is in leaving the stone un- covered. When I was a boy the usual place for the grindstone was out by the orchard, where it would be handy for the men in the fields. The wise man nowa- days houses his grindstone. "Let a good, drenching rain come along and the stone will absorb a lot of moist- ure. Often it never becomes wholly dry again. "Some people have the idea that letting the sun shine on a moisture-laden stone will bring it out all right. Usually the sun has a damaging effect. The defect will not be noticeable for a time, but the stone becomes soft and crumbles. "Most of the grindstones used in this country come from Ohio and Indiana. Cleveland is the great center of the in- dustry. Grindstones are made of a quartzlike sandstone. Every grinding leaves new points of the stone protruding and they never, as a rule, wear perfectly smooth. "Another reason why a stone is cast aside after a couple of years service is tht it wears down considerably and too many revolutions become necessary to sharpen the tools. This wear is usually most on the softest part of the stone and it acquires a jiggly motion that is not pleasant. "There is practically no difference in the quality of the stones turned out and the difference in price, ranging for ordi- nary ones from $5 to $7, is due to the character of the frame and the quality of the wood used. Many of the stones sold to the big ranches and farmers are equipped with power attachments to be run by windmill force or gasoline en- gine. "The farmer is the best customeer for grindstones. In later years the black- smiths and machinists have pretty gen- erally taken to the use of emery wheels. These cost more, but they last a great deal longer" -- Charleston News and Cou- rier. RIGHT PAGE 305 The Minnesota is of the intermediate cargo and passenger type, and bruilt un- der Lloyd's survey. She is 630 feet long, 73 feet 6 inches wide, 56 feet high to upper deck, 88 feet high to captain's bridge, 177 feet high to top of mast, is rigged as a four-masted schooner, with pole masts, and has five continuous decks, named as follows: Orlop, lower, 'tween, main and upper, all plated with steel. The four decks which are not continusous are the forecastle, promenade, bridge and boat decks, and on top of all comes the captain's navigation bridge, making nine decks in all. The stem, sternpost, rudder and struts for shafts are of cast steel. The vessel is divided transversely into thirteen water-tight compartments, the engine and boiler rooms being divided longitudinally by a water-tight bulkhead, makes four water-tight machinery com- partments. The double bottom is six feet deep and extends across the whole bottom of the vessel. This space can hold about 4000 tons of water ballast whenever required and is divided into twenty-eightwater tight compartments. In addition to the above, water tanks are located in the 'tween deck, one on each side of the centre; two of these tanks are fitted forward of machinery and two abaft, and contain in all over 1000 tons of water. Altogether this hull is di- vided into forty-six water-tight compart- ments. An emergency drain is fitted so that if any compartment is disabled the water can be taken care of by pumps at a rate of 25000 gallons per minute; this is equal to the quantity of water which would flow through a hole in the side of the ship seventeen square feet in area. The space occupied by machinery is the smallest practicable, so that space for cargo may be as large as possible. In order that cargo may be readily stowed the ordinary type of hold pillar has been dispensed with, and large box- shaped columns are fitted, supporting heavy girders, which run longitudinally underthe traverse beams which carry the decks. These columns are widely spaced, and in some cases only one is fitted in a hold, whereas by older meth- ods ten pillars would be required. The total cargo capacity is about 30,000 tons; the holds are arranged so that longest rail irons may be stowed. A long- itudinal bulkhead is fitted the whole length of the ship; this divides each hold in- to two separate compartments and therefore the hatches are fitted in pairs, one to each hold. Some of the hatches are so large that bulky freight such as a locomotive or a feight car, or large marine or land boiler, can be lowered right down into the hold. The cargo handling device on this ves- sel is very complete and designed so as to cut down number of men to a mini- mum. Two winches and two booms are fitted to handle cargo at each hatch. The booms, thirty-four in number, are built of steel. Two heavy booms are fitted to lift weights from thirty to fifty tons. The winches for cargo handling are thirty-four in number, all electrically operated. WAR NAMES OF THE ORIENT The following key to the pronunciation of Japanese, Chinese and Korean geo- graphical names was prepared by Ha- Jime Ota, the Japanese world's fair com- missioner. Japanese geographical names are pronounced by Japanese with little accent, as a rule. The vowels are spo- ken broadly -- "a" as "at," "e" as long "e," "i" as short "e," "o" generally as "o," but sometimes as "aw," and "u" as "oo." There is ittle slurring of syllables; the divisions are distinct, and as a rule both the finall letter of a syllable and the first letter of the following one re- tain their distinct prounciation. This leads Americans frequently to suppose that another sound has been in- troduced between the syllables. Take the name "Tokio" It is pronounced "Tokyo" -- the "o" in the first syllable and the "k" in the second being given such individual pronunciation that when spoken rapidly it sounds to the unaccus- tomed ear much like the "Toa-kyoh." "F" is not spoken distinctly when it begins the first syllable and is followed by "u" as in Fukuoko. This word is pronounced "Foo-kwoo-o-kah," the sound being much as though it were "fKwoo- o-kah." Here are some of the Japanese names most frequently met with in the war news Tokio -- Toa-kyoh Nagasaki -- Nah-gah-sah-kee Hakodate -- Hah-ko-dah-teh Kagoshima -- Kah-go-she-mah, a slight accent on the last syllable Shimonoseko -- She-mon-o-say-kee Fukuoko -- fKwoo-o-kah Sasebo -- Sah-say-bo Hiroshima -- sHe-ro-she-mah (the af- fix "shima" frequently found in Japanese names, signifies "island." Thus "sHe- ro-island" Tokushima -- To-koo-she-ma, "to" as "tow" in "towboat" Takoaka -- Tah-kah-oh-ka Nanao -- Nah-na-oh Tsuruga -- Tsu-roo-gah Niigata -- Nzhe-zhe-gah-tah, the double "i" taking the sound of "zhe-zhe." The word has a slight accent on the third syllable Fukyyama -- Fkvah-mah; slight accent on the first syllable Sakata -- Sah-ka-tah Ishikari -- Eesh-ekah-rey (a bay) Osaka -- Oh-sah-kah Shikoku -- She-ko-koo Kiushu -- Kyu-shoo, the first "u" given its full sound. In many respects Korean and Chinese names are pronounced after the same rules as Japanese, although many have a decided accent on the final syllable. Among them are: Yalu -- Yah-loo, river dividing Korea and Manchuria Chemulpo -- Chee-mweel-po, accented on the second syllable Masampho -- Mah-sahm-po, accented on second syllable Mokpo -- Mok-po, accent on first sylla- ble, the "k" being sounded much like the "ch" in the German "ach" Chefu -- Chee-foo, accent on last sylla- ble, as in the following instancesL Wiju -- Wee-zhoo Yongampo -- Yong-ahm-po, the "ng" being sounded as it is in French. Haiji -- Wah-eh-zhee, the first two syllables being practically only one Seoul -- Sool Fusan -- Foo-sahn Wonson -- Wohn-sohn Songehin -- Sohn-cheen Chinnampo -- Cheen-nahm-po Yang-Yang -- Yahng-Yahng Koseing -- Ko-seng Samchok -- Sahm-chalk Chungju -- Chwang-zhu, "ju" signifying "ville" as "Chung-ville" Tientsin -- Tain-shen Tailenwan -- Tah-leen-wahn Chingwangtao -- Sheen-wahn-tau Weihaiwei -- Wee-high-way Kiaochau -- Kwaw-chaw Pechili -- Pee-chee-lee
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