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During the early evening he lay on his back in a stout Mission rocking-chair on the front porch of House 35, Empire, C.Z. And about 8 P. M. daily he retired within to lie on his back on a regulation I.C.C. metal cot they are stoutly built one pine half-inch from my own. Obviously twenty-four hours a day of such onerous occupation had left some slight effects on his figure.
Were people over-dressed or under-dressed?" "Under-dressed," said Phil. "Miss Ingleside had a half-inch strip of muslin over her shoulder." Here Philip followed Hope out of the room, and Emilia presently followed him. "Tell on!" said Aunt Jane. "How did Philip enjoy himself?" "He is easily amused, you know," said Kate. "He likes to observe people, and to shoot folly as it flies."
The invention of the pocket recorder, which put a half-hour's conversation on a half-inch disk, had done more to slow down business and promote inane correspondence than anything since the earlier inventions of shorthand, typewriters and pretty stenographers. Finally, he cleared the machine, dumping the whole mess into a basket and carrying it out to his secretary.
William Thurman, who owned a lumber mill on the Chowchilla mountain, not far from the Mariposa grove of Big Trees, told this plain, unadorned tale of an old-fashioned Grizzly bear hunt. He was moved thereto by inspection of a Winchester express rifle, carrying a half-inch ball, backed by 110 grains of powder, that was shown to him by a hunter.
Remove the lobster meat from the shells and cut into half-inch cubes." "Half-inch cubes," sighed Mr. Peters wistfully. "Yes?" "'Add the latter to the sauce." "You didn't say anything about the latter. Oh, I see; it means the half-inch cubes. Yes?" "'Refill the lobster shells, cover with buttered crumbs, and bake until the crumbs are brown. This will serve six persons."
The planks are of mahogany, two thicknesses of half-inch board, with painted calico between them. The keel is of American elm, and the false keel is one piece of cast-iron, two and a half inches in width, by four and a half in depth, weighing nine hundredweight. The stem is of English oak, and the gunwale of American elm. The floors are of ash or oak.
If one has breadths of silk of a quality which can be torn without raveling, and is sufficiently strong to bear the process, it is delightful material to work with. If it is of ordinary thickness, a half-inch in width is quite wide enough, and this will roll or double into the size of ordinary yarn.
Reardon in his state-room, with the door locked, removing from beneath his dungaree jumper several fathoms of light, strong, cotton signal halyard, two five-foot lengths of half-inch steel chain, and a strip of canvas. His pockets also gave up two padlocks, with keys to fit. This loot Mr.
The fast-fading light lent a semblance of reality to the scene, as the torches and candles used in those early days could not have brilliantly lighted the vast hall. We fancied the chairs placed in half circle for the accommodation of the royal guests, the King's not a half-inch higher than that of Mazarin or of the Queen, Anne of Austria.
If a head persists in jamming against the thread wire or getting under it and staying there, cut 1/2 inch off a pin and stick it into the front of the crown, so that the head is arrested by the wire when the wrestler bends forward. Large Wrestlers. The originals of the sketch are 8 inches high. Half-inch deal was used for the bodies, 3/8-inch for the legs and arms.
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