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TE SUNDAY OIIEGOSIAS, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 18, 1&0& THE SIMPLE LIFE BY REV. CHARLES WAGNER CHAPTER VII. THE SIMPLE PLEASURE: O YOU find these times amcsins: I Una thorn rather more sad, myself. I I oar that my Impression may be altogether personal. To e my contem rv rries live, to hear them talk, I feel iz;self unhappily confirmed In the sontl icnt that thoy do not amuse themselves icry much. It is not, lwwever, the fault cf not havinp tried, but It must be ad- "Bravo! children; that is just right." JVe would ask to be of the party. On the other hand, I see vllagers dis guised in "citizens"; peasants rendered ugly by the dressmakers, and as a prin cipal ornament of the festival a gather ing of degenerates, who bawl concert hall songs; and, sometimes, holding the place of honor, a few stroling actors of the tenth class come for the occasion, to smooth off the rougher points of these rurals. and to permit them to taste of refined pleasures. For drinks, liquors irittcd that they have had but a mediocre I based on alcohol made from potatoes, or absinthe. There is no originality or pic- turesqueness in all of It. Of gay abandon, perhaps, and vulgarity, but not that aban donment which brings innocent pleasure. r-rccss. Inow. how docs it happen; Some accuse politics, or business; oth ers the social questions, or militarism. One has but an embarrassment of choice whon one begins to tell the ro sary of our great cares. Go' then after ward and amuse yourself. There is too much popper in. our soup, for Uf to eat it with pleasure. "We have our arms lull of stuff of all sorts, any one of which would rufiicc to spoil our humor. From. mcraing to night you wlir meet people in a hurry, worried and preoccupied. These have left all their good blood in the -vicious conflicts of a morose political movement. Those men have host heart from the vile proceedings, the Jealousies ttey have met with In the world of literature and arts. Commercial oppo- s'tlons also trouble many slumbers, pro grammes of too exacting studies and the careers too much encumbered spoil the life of the young men; the working clas3 suffers the consequences of an industrial struggle without intermission. It becomes disagrceablo to command because the prestige is .gone; to teach, because re spect has diminished; wherever one looks there are subjects for discontent. And yet history represents certain troubled epochs which lacked in idyllic tranquillity as much as ours and the gravest events did not hinder from knowing gayety. It eeems even that the gravity of the times, the insecurity of the morrow and the vio lence of the social commotion become th occasion of a new source of vitality. It Is not rare to see soldiers sing between two battles, and I do not think I deceive my self In saying that human Joy has cele brated some of its grandest triumphs in tho hardest times, and In the midst of ob stacles. But, to sleep peaceably before the battle or to sing In tho whirlwind they had motives of internal order which we today perhaps have not got. Joy Is not la orjects. it is in us. Ana i persist in oe- lieving that tho causes of our present dis comfort, of that contagious bad humor which invades us, are in us at least as much as In external circumstances. To amuse oneself with a free heart one must feel himself on a solid base; he must believe in life and possess it in himself. Many men, alas! oven among the young ones, are today disgruntled with life, and I do not speak of tho philosophers only. How can you expect them to amuse them selves whon they have that hidden thought that it had perhaps been better. after all, that nothing had ever existed? wo observe, aside from that, in tho -vi tal forces of these times, a disquieting depression which we must attribute to the abuse that man has made of his sen cations. Too many excesses of all kinds have warped our senses and altered our faculty for being happy. Mature sue rumba beneath the eccentricities with which they have afflicted her. Profound ly stricken in Its very roots, the will to live la spite of all persisting, seeks to s-' tlsfy itself by fictitious means. In the medical domain they have recourse to artificial respiration, to artificial oilmen tation and to galvanism. "With the same aim we see around the dying pleasure multitude of beings hastening to awaken it and to reanimate it. The most ingen ious means have been invented; it will not be said that they have been niggardly in paying the expenses. Everything hts been tried tho possible and the impos sible. But in all those complicated alem bics they have never succeeded In distill ing one drop of real Joy. "We must not confound pleasure and Instruments of pleasure. "Would It bo enough to provide oneself with a brush to be a painter, or to buy at greast cost a Stradlvarlus to be a musician? Even if you had external objects of the most perfect kind, and the most ingenious, for your amusement, you would be no farther advanced. But, with a bit of charcoal, a great painter can trace a sketch that will be immortal. One must have the talent or genius to be a painter, and to amuse oneself one must have tho faculty of being happy, who soever possesses that can amuse himself at small cost. This faculty is destroyed In man by skepticism, fictitious life, and the abuse of it, and it is gained only by confidence, moderation, normal habits of activity and thought. One excellent proof of what I advance. and one very easy to gather, is found In the fact that everywhere that one meets a simple and healthy life, authentic pleas ure is its accompaniment, like the per fume of natural flowers. This life may have been difficult, shackled, deprived of what we generally consider as the very conditions of pleasure, but one sees flour Ish there that rare and delicate plant Joj. It pierces between two paving stones. a crevice In a wall, or a fissure in a rock. One asks oneself how or from whence it came. But it lives, while in the warm conservatories, with enriched soil, you cultivate it with Its weight In gold only to see it wither and die in your own hands. Ask the actors of the theater what public amuses Itself the most with com edy, and they will tell you the great mass of people. The reason Is not difficult to understand. For that class, comedy Is an exception. It is not saturated w4th it by having too muoh of it. And it Is. besides, a rest from its rude fatigues. The nleasure It finds in It has been honestlv earned, and it knows tho Virico of the little pennies earned by the sweat of the brow. and. moreover. It has not frequent ed the green-rooms, ahd has not been mingled with the intrigues of the artists: It does not know any of the illusions, and believes In it all. By all these, means it enjoys an unmixed pleasure. I see the blase skeptic from here, with his eye glass shining, in that box. throwing a disdainful look at the laughing orowd "'Poor people, idiots. Ignorant and clown ish." And yet It Is they who arc the really living beings, while ho is an artificial be ing. a mannikin. Incapable of feeling that fine and healthful intoxication of an hour of frank pleasure. Unfortunately, the unaffected artless- ness is disappearing even from the pop ular places. "Wo see tho people of the cities, and those of tho country places later, break away from tho good old tra dltions. The mind, perverted by alcohol. the passion for play, and unhealthy lit erature, contracts, little by little, uu healthy tastes. The fictitious life forces its way Into these centers formerly simple and at once It is like the phylloxera which destroys the vines. The robust tree. the Joy of the rustic, feels its sap cease to flow and its leaves dye themselves with yellow. Compare one of those out door fetes of the 'good old style with one of the village festivals, so-called, raoo ernl-ed. On the one hand, in the re spected frame of B?cular customs solid countrymen sang their songs of the coun try, danced the country dances, in, their peasants attire, dramc their native drinks, and seemed to completely enjoy themselves. They amused themselves like the blacksmith at his forge, as the cascade falls, as the colts bound in the meadow. It is contagious, and win? your heart. In eplto of oneself one says: This question of pleasure is a capital one. The most sedate persons neglect it In general as a futility, the utilitarians as a costly superfluity. Those whom we designate men of pleasure lay waste so delicate a domain, like wild hogs la a garden. They do not seem to understand in the least degree the immense human Interest which is attached to Joy. It is a sacred flame which must be nourished, and which throws a dazzling light over' life. He who determines to- entertain it accom plishes a work as -profitable to humanity as ho who builds bridges, pierces tunnels, or cultivates the ground. To conduct one self In such a way, that one maintains In himself, in the midst of his labors and the troubles of life, the faculty of being happy and that he may, like a sort of sal utary contagion, propagate happiness among his fellow-beings, Is to do a work of solidarity in the noblest signification of the term. To give a little pleasure, to smooth the careworn brow, throw a llttlo light on dark paths, what a divine reality in tho plan of this poor humanity. But, it is only by a great simplicity of heart that one can succeed in filling it. ve are not simple enough to bo happy and to make others so. "We lack Icindness and self-forgetfulness. "We spread Joy as we spread consolation, by such processes as give but negative results. To console someone what do we do? "We insist upon denying his sufferings, to dispute them, and in persuading him that he is mistaken in believing himself unfortunate; At bot tom, our language translated in truthful words, would be reduced to this: "You suffer, friend? That is strange; you must be mistaken, for I do not feel anything." vine only human means of solace to a suffering being is to partako of it in one's heart. What must an unhappy man feel consoled after this fashion. To divert our neighbor, and cause him to pass an agreeable moment, we take it to ourselves in the same way. We invite him to admire our wit, to laugh at our jokes, to frequent our house, to sit at our table, and everywhere glorify our desire to show off. Sometimes also we, with protecting liberality, offer him the alms of an amusement of our own choosing. At least let us not invite him to amuse him self, with us, as we invite one to a game of cards, with the inward Intention of ex ploiting it to our own profit. Do you think that the greatest pleasure for others is to admire us, to recognize our superiority, or to serve us as an instrument? Is there In this world an an noyance comparable to that of feeling that we have been exploited, protected or en rolled in a olaque? To give pleasure to others, and to have it oneself, we must begin by setting aside tho I which is .so hateful, and to hold it enchained during all these diversions. There is no greater kill-Joy than that. Be good fellows, ami able, benevolent, hide our medals, our dec orations, our titles, and put ourselves at the disposal of others with all our hearts. Lot us live sometimes to make others smile, even If tor but an hour, forgetting all things else. The sacrifice is but ap parent; for no one amuses himself better than those who know how to give them selves simply to procure a little happiness and forgetfulness for those around them When shall we be-simple enough men not to cause to be put forward to the first ranks In our reunions, all those things that rasp on" our nerves in cvery-day life? Can we not forget for one hour our pre tensions, our divisions, our classifications. our persons: in short, to become children again, and laugh again' with that hearty laughter which does so much good and makes men better? I feel obliged here to make a remark of a particular kind, and to offer to my well- intentioned readers the occasions ' to har ness themselves to a magnificent work. My object is to recommend to their atten tlon several categories of people too much neglected from tho point of view of pleasure. "We think that broom can only sweep, a watering pot water the plants, a coffee-mill grind tho coffee, and in the same way we think a nurse Is made only to care for the ailing, a professor to Instruct, a priest to preach, bury, confess; a sentinel to mount guard. And they decide that these, being delivered to the most serious occupations, i are vowed to their functions as Is the ox 1 to his labors. Diversions are incompat ible with this kind of activity. Pushing this manner of seeing further forward. they believe themselves authorized to think that the infirm, afflicted, ruined per sons conquered by life, and all those who have a heavy burden to bear, are in the shadow, like the northern slopes of the mountains, and that it Is necessary that It should be so. From this they conclude generally enough that these scdato men need no pleasure, and that it would be unbecoming to offer It to thom. As to those who are afflicted, it would be a lack of delicacy to break the thread of their sad thoughts. It seems thus to be ad mitted that certain persons are" con demned to remain austere forever, that wo must meet them with an austero mien and speak only of austere things to them. And so they must leave smiles outside the door when they, go to see the sick, tho unhappy ones, and adopt a somber face, a lamentable air and chose heart breaking subjects of conversation. Thus they bring darkness to those who. are in black, shadow to those who are in the shade. They contribute to the isolation of the Isolated, monotony to mournful lives. They enmure certain existences as In a dungeon because they grow grass around their desert asylums; they speak low when they approach them as though approaching a tomb. Who can guess the extent of this Infernal work of cruelty accomplished thus daily in the world? It should not be thus. When you see tho men or women con secrated to severe tasks, or the painful office of visiting human miseries . and binding wounds, remember that these be ings are made like you, that they have the same needs, and that there are hours whon they require pleasure and forget fulness. You will not win thom away from their mission by making them laugh sometimes they who see so many tears and pains. On the contrary, you will give them now strength to better continue In their labors. And when you know families in distress, or individuals In affliction, do not sur round them like those with the plague. with a sanitary cordon, which you will cross only after taking precaution which recalls to them their unhappy lot On the contrary, after having shown all your sympathy and all your respect for their suffering, comfort them, aid them to live, bring hem a perfume from outside; something, in short, to show them that their misery has not excluded them from thft world. Offer your sympathy, also, to all who have absorbing occupations, and who are, so to speak, riveted -to their places. The world Is filled "with sacrificed beings-, who have never any rest or pleasure, and to whom the most modest respite does them an immense goocL And it would be so easy to secure this minimum of allevla tlon for them If one only thought of It. But the broom Is made to sweep with, and It seems that it cannot feel fatigue. Wo must get rid of that culpable blindness which hinders us from seeing the lassl tude of those who are always 'In the breach. Lift up the sentinels lost in their duty; procure an hour for Sisyphus to breath in. Take, for a moment, tne place of the mother of a family wnom the cares of the home and chlldrea en slave: sacrifice a little of our sleep to those who watch long hours by tne Dea- sldes of the sick. Young girl, whom per haps walklnc abroad does not always amuse, take the cook s apron ana give her the "key to tho fields." Thus you will make others happy and be so yourself. We walk forever by the sldo of beings loaded with burdens that we could take upon ourselves, even If only a little while. But this short respite would suffice to cure tho evils, revive the joy almost stifled In many heart3, and open a large career to eood will among' men. How much better we should understand each other if we only knew how to put our selves with a single heart Into each other's places, and how much more pleas ure we should find in living. I have said too much elsewhere of the organization of pleasure among the young to return to It here In detail. But I am anxious to sav In substance that which wo cannot repeat often enough: If you wish that youth be moral, do not neglect its Dleasures. and do not abandon the care of procuring them to hazard. You will, per haps, reply that youth does not -hko to have Its amusements governed by rule, and that in these days youth Is spoiled and amuses Itself but too much. I will answer you, first, that we can suggest Ideas, Indicate directions, create occasions for pleasure without making any rules. In tho next place, I wish to ask you to observe that you are mistaken in Imagin ing that young people amuse themselves too much. Apart from those ncuuous, enervating and disuniting pleasures" which blast the life instead of making it blossom and become radiant, there remains today but little. Abuse, that enemy of legiti mate use, has so well smutted the earth that it becomes difficult to touch any thing which It has not soiled. From there comes the forbidding prudences and pro hibitions without number. One could scarcely budge If one would avoid con tact with those unwholesome pleas-urea. In the youth .f today, particularly among those who respect themselves. the lack, of pleasure occasions them profound suffering. We are not weaned without somo inconvenience from this generous wine. It Is impossible to prolong this state of things without deepening tho shadow over the heads of our youns generations. Wo must come to their aid. Our children are the heirs of a world that Is not gay We give them the legacy of fjraat cares, embarrass in jr questions, and a life loaded with shackles and complica tions. Let us at least make an effort to light the morning of their days. Let us organize pleasure, create shelters and open our hearts and our homes. Put the family into your game. Let gayety cease to be an imported com modity. Reunite our sons whom our morose inward manners drive into the streets, and our girls who grow weary of solitude. Let us multiply family gatherings, receptions and family ex cursions, lift good humor among: us to the heights of an institution. Let the school take its3 part. Let the masters and scholars, or students, meet oftener and nniU8o themselves together. That would advance serious work. There is nothing: like having a good laugh with one's professor; and, reciprocally, to understand a student or -scholar well, he must have been elsewhere than on the benches or the examination chair. And who will furnish the moneys What a question! That is indeed the central error, Pleasure and money they take thoso for the two wings of the same bird. Alas! the illusion is coarse! Pleasure, like all really pre cious things in this world, -cannot be bought or sold. To amuse oneself one ! must pay with himself; that is the es sential You are not forbidden to open your purse if you can do it, and if yon find it useful. But, I assure you,- It & not Indispensable. Pleasure and sim plicity are twt old acquaintances. Re ceive simply, Teunite yourselves sim ply. Having worked hard first, bo as amiable, as loyal as possible to your companions, and speak no evil of the absent; success will be certain. In a book called "Youth." , (Copyright. iKM. by the J. S. OgHvle Pub lishing Company, and' printed by arrangement with them.) I ' I J""1 ll WVj THE TENTH LESSON IN MANUAL TRAINING Cabinet Scraper and How to Use It Directions for Magazine Rack. By James Ritchey. instructor In Woodwork ing and Patternmaklng. Armour Insti tute of Technology, Chicago. (Copyright. 1904, by Joseph B. Bowles.) 2ULE describing the construc tion of the hall - glass in our last article directions were given to smooth off the face of the frame with sandpaper In order to pre pare it for the shellac or other var nish with which it should be coated. If the frame is made of pine or other soft and straight-grained wood, sand paper will give the necessary finish to the surface, provided the plane is sharj) and if, when the surface is nearly com pleted,' It Is set so as to cut only very thin shavings. If quartered oak or other hardwood is used the grain is often torn out and roughened by the plane, owing to the crossgrained and curly character of nearly all these woods. Thlsi crossing and interlocking of the fibers adds greatly to tho beauty as well as to the value of the wood for furniture or for decorative purposes. ' When planing such woods the plane bH must be kept very sharp much sharper than for softer woods and the cap iron must be set down to within a hair line of the cutting edge to break off" the gnarled fibers and prevent thdm from tearing- out below the surface be ing planed. But oven with this precau tion the plane will tear and slightly roughen-"up all the fibers which Ho at I "L? . ' is i ; : B8 IIP xicr. 7. LAS i wntimf.tuiiiVf TIQ. C6. an angle, contrary to the direction in which tho plane Is moving. Take careful notice of the fact that no amount of sand papering will ever smooth a torn surface, and before using it a finer cutting tool is- necessary tho cabinet scraper. This tool is made of thin saw-plate stool and should, be about four to five Inches long and three to three and one-half Inches wide. To sharpen the scraper, tho two long edges are first filed flat and square or at right angles to the sides. This is beet accomplished by placing the scrap er edge up In the bench vise, and while holding the file square across tho scraper push and draw It steadily slde wIbc from end to end of the edge. This motion will produce a drawing cut which will give a very smooth square edge. After filing tho edge true and slightly rounding from end to end to prevent the corners from tearing, rub the edge smooth with an oil stone, not only on the edge, but also on both sides, until a perfectly smooth angle is pro duced. Then with a "scraper burnish er" shown at A in Fig. 65, or any very hard gmooth steel implement, held flat on tho sideof the scraper as shown at B, force the edge down until it looks as shown at C. Return the scraper to the vise, and, holding the burnisher as at D by both hands (one end of the burnisher in each hand), turn this edge back until it can bo felt and appears as shown at E. Apw to Use the Scraper. To -use the scraper hold it up at an angle of about 30 degrees from .verti cal. and while pushing It forward press hard and firmly to the surface of the wood. Never run the scraper lightly over the wood, for this will destroy the keen, sharp edge, but press firmly and compel it to cut like a plane. If it has been well sharpened it will cut per fectly smooth ahd in no way tsar or roughen the cross fibers of the sur face. When dull, resharpen with the burnisher by first turning the cutting edges forward again as at C, and then as before turning them back, as at E. If the burnisher is always user with care, bo as not to cut or break off these cutting edges, the scrap.er msy ho re sharpened in this manner several times, or until tho edge is worn very rounding as at F. It will again need filing and repollahing wltL ihe oil stone as at first. Never use sandpaper on any surface on which it will afterwards be neces sary to use a plane or scraper. The open grain or pores of. the wood will bo filled with the fine particles" of pand loosened from the paper, and these hard, flinty grains will destroy the keen edge of tho scraper or other sharp tool. See to It that the surface Is first planed and scraped smooth, and then at the last only, pollan with sand paper. Sandpaper. Sand paper is made In many grades from No. 000, very fine, to No. 3. which is very coarse. For woodwork No-j. 00, v7 , n Sleep Skin-Tortured mm j tlciira TRAVELER'S GUIDE. And Rest for 3 TRAINS TO THE EAST DAILY Through Pptlaaan standard and tourtit le tsg'Cara dally to Omaha. Chlcaso. Spokaa; tourist eleeplnc-car daily to Kansas Cttj; through Pullman tourist sleeping-car Uerjca ally conducted) weekly to Chicago. Recliatn chair-cars deats free) to the Eojh dally. in Warm Baths with UNIO DEPOT. leaves; Arrive. CH1CAUO-POKTLAND ):15 A. 31. 5:23 V. iL SPKClAi, lor th txxat Dally. DaUj, via Huntington. SxOaJU12 'li:.hU, 1. ii J:w a. 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Use CUTICURA SOAP, assisted fey Cuticura Ointment, for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, for cleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, and dandruff, and the stopping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchings, and chafings, in the form of baths for annoying irritations and inflammations, or too free or o&ensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weak nesses, and many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women and mothers, and for all the pur poses of the toilet, bath, and nursery. 99- Sead f " All About Bil's Skin, Scalp, aai Hair.u Potter Drug & Cheaa. Cor?- Bostcc EAST via SOUTH f?f SUCSST p "Ssj5 -joj Leaves. S:30 P. M. 3:20 A. M. UNION DEPOT. FIG. 65. 0, 3A, 1,1 and 2 are the only grades used. Sandpaper is made very chejply by machinery a roll of strong paper passing over a revolving brush, on a large glue pot, which coats lt3 surface with glue, after -which It is carried by rollers under a distributing box of fine sharp sand of the required grade. Tho sand adheres to the glued surface aim the paper Is next dried by passing over neaicu rollers, it is men cut into sheets or made up in rolls for -he sanl paper machines. In Fisr. 66 Is given an illustration of a magazine rack, "which, as was directed for former articles, should be made first of pine, so that its construction will be un derstood and some practice gained In the "us of the bow saw and cabinet file, be fore making it of quartered oak. As -magazines are about seven Inches wide, the rack may be made 22 inches or 29 inches between the sides, or even longer if de sired. Having decided on the length of the rack, a "stock bill," or list of the pieces required, should be written out. This will prevent many mistakes and enable tne worker to use greater economy in laying out and in cutting up his lumber. The projection of the front and back strips over the two sides, as shown in Fig. 66, Is one-quarter Inch, and the thickness of the sides and of the shelf Is one-half men. If the rack is to be 29 inches long Inside, our stock list will read as follows all sizes being net, and always in Inches. 2 pieces Zlxs sides. 1 piece 29x3xV shelf. . 3 pieces 30xlx strips for back. 3 pieces SQxlx5-16 or JA front strips. When marking off the above pieces on the board from which they are to be sawed, mark each piece one-quarter Inch- wider and one Inch longer than the above net sizes. This Is the extra allowance for sawing and for planing to dimensions. However well the lumber may have been planed by machine in the planing mill, it must be replaned by hand to remove the marks of the revolving cutters of tne planer. Having sawed out the nine pieces neces sary for this rack, with a plane dress each piece to the sizes given In the stock list, then cut oft each piece to the net length and plane and smooth the ends of the pieces. Should any surface bo cross grained and rough, it must be ecraped smooth. The two sides must next be laid out as shown at A in Fig. 67. In this design we have purposely made all the curves of cir cular arcs, and as all distances of centers and lengths of radii are given, the pattern, If studied carefully, can be easily repro duced full size. If a hand bow saw (Fig. 26) Is used each piece must be marked out and sawed separately, but if a scroll saw. such as ehown In Fig. 2J, Is used, the two pieces can bo tacked together and both sawed as a single piece. Always nail In the outside wood, which will be cut away. and thus avoid marring the plecea with nail holes. Patterns. When several pieces are to be sawed 'to the same shape a pattern Is first cut from a thin, piece of soft board, or sometimes of cardboard or very heavy drawing paper. This pattern can be used to mark out any number of pieces of tho same kind, ana saves much time and labor, besides giving greater uniformity. After the sides are sawed to shape tne edges must bo carefully filed and sandpa pered smooth, holding the paper on a sandpaper stick, such as Is shown at E In Fig. 57, and lastly sandpaper the sides and all the other parts of the rack. The three front strips may have their two front cor ners rounded as shown In the cross sec tion at C In Fig. 67, and while this Is not necessary It will add greatly to the ap pearance of the front of the rack. At B Is shown a side view, Illustrating the method of construction and of connecting the sev eral parts. When assembling the pieces, the two sides must first be screwed to the shelf piece of the rack. For this purpose four round-head brass crews, one and one-half Inch No. S will be needed, and for the three front strips six round-head brass screws three-fourths Inch No. 6. The screws used for the back strips are the common flat-head, three-fourths inch No. 6. the heads of which must be counter sunk Into the strips so as to be flush or just a little below the surface of the back. When boring tho two side pieces for the larger screws, and also the ends of the strips for their screws, do not fall tq bore the holes through them sllshtly larger than the diameter of the stem of tho screw, just below the head, or of such a size that the screws will pass through easily and without binding In any way. Then, after placing the piece In position, carefully mark, with any pointed Instru ment, through these larger holes for the smaller holes, which must In all cases be bored In the secondplece for the threaded part of the screw. In this way only can strong and firm connections be made. These directions recarding screws must be applied to all our future work, but will not be repeated. If .tne wood is nara use beeswax on the screw threads. This rack is hung on the wall by two brass screw eyes, such asi shown at I in Fig. 67. These screw eyes are screwed into the edge of the upper strip, near to Its ends, as .shown In Fig. 66. 7:50 A. M. H40 P. il. U VUliri.U 1X lur -Alum. iwit ourg, Adhland, eUc- j rancisco. iojave. Od AiiSttlct, til V so. Nov urleiu: j aid luo :-at. jioruint: train con nects at vooubun. id-liy except sua oayj wlin train iu, jtount Angel, -Uvcr ton. ;iu was vim.. spvingneld. W ecu iuj ana matron. Alhanr pa&ranser onnecu at vvooa .Urn with 3&U Ange. and. BUvertoa local. 'orvallls passenger, iherldan passenger. 7:23 A. M. 7:10 P. u. 10:10 A, M. 3:30 1?. yu 118:25 A. U. Gusher Sho told me I was thelight of her lire. Fiusner wen, mat was encouraging. Gusher Yes; but her father happened along just then and put the light oat. New York Times. 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