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Show 1 " " ' ' T I Little Mollle's Dream. "I dreamed snld little Molly, With race nllRht And volco awe filled yet Joyous, "I dreamed last night "That I went 'wny off somewhere And them I found Green glass nnd trees and flowers. All growing round. 'Tor nil the signs, wherever Wo had to pass, Snld. "Please (yes, really truly) 'Keep on tho grassP "And In the beds of flowers Along tho wnlks, Among the p nks or panslcs Or Illy stalks, "Were signs- 'Pick nil the flowers You wish to,' child; And I dreamed that the policeman Looked down nnd smiled 1" St. Nicholas SIMPLE HOME-MADE CANOE. Materials Are Cheap and Any Ingenious Ingeni-ous Boy Can Build One. To thoso of you who hnvo never tried, It seems as n big undertaking to build a boat of any description, but let ESS- mo tell you about this one, and you will seo It Is not difficult moro than that, you boys need not bo stopped by a few difficulties, even if tlero wero some. Tho boy who starts out to build anything any-thing for himself and builds It well, Is very likely to be tho boy who, in Inter years will make his wny in the world. And tho boy who builds a boat is far and nwny abend of tho boy who doesn't Tho boat thnt you build nnd paint nnd nnmo yourself will bring you more fun to tbo mlnuto thnn tho boy who doesn't build ono Is likely to havo In his entlro boyhood. To begin with, when you mnko up your mind to build n boat, remember that Its first requisite Is safety. If you lovo boating, you lovo perhaps tho noblest nnd cleanest of nil sports, a sport that will, if you follow It out, mako you strong nnd manly. But never nev-er venturo to "trust to luck"; bo perfectly per-fectly suro your boat will not sink, oven If It does turn over. Get n smooth board ono nnd ono-fourth ono-fourth Inches thick, two Inches wide nnd tvvelvo feet long for tho keel, two strips ono nnd one-fourth Inches wldo by one-half inch thick nnd thirteen and one half feet long for side strips, somo barrel hoops, a pleco of canvas, galvanized nails, a few brass scrows, somo carpet tacks (largo size), and two boards for tho stem nnd stern posts. These posts must be fifteen Inches high nnd ns thick ns tho keel boards thoso made of elm or ash aro tho best. Get a rough plno board thirty Inches long and eleven Inches wldo for tho "mold." A saw, a chisel, a hammer, a gimlet nnd n screw -driver are all that you will need In tho way of tools Cut out yours stem and stern posts nllko and mortlso them Into position posi-tion on tbo keel, ns shown in Fig. 1. After fitting them, round them oft nllko, as shown In tho drawing, so aa to glvo tho canoe a sharp entrance through tho water. Now cut out tho rabbet In both stem nnd stem pieces (tho rnhbet Is Just a notch cut deep enough to nllow tho sldo strip to lie Hush when It Is bent around tho "mold" and fastened Into place (Fig 2). Thoro will bo four of 3 these notches altogether. Now fasten your "mold" (Pig. 3) In plnco la the mlddlo, tncklng It lightly on tho keel. Paston tho two sldo strips to ono end temporarily, bond th m around tho "mold" to tho other end, and fasten thorn into placo permnnently with screws. Alwnys bo suro to boro holes in tho strips before putting In your scrows, or they muy causo tho strips ' to split. Now take the ribs tho barrel hoops (thoy should bo the flat kind, not thoso covered with bark) and nail them eight Inches apart all along tho upper sldo of tho keel, or what will bo tho lnsldo of your canoo. Bend tho ends of tho ribs up to tho outsldo of tho sldo strips, nail thorn fast and snw off tho ends. Some of tho hoops will brenk toward tho stern, but that does not matter (Fig. i). Clench all nails, nnd always boro holes beforo driving them In. Tnko out tho mold, nnd measure for tho canvas, which should be tho heavy kind. To measure for tho canvas, fasten n string on tho under Inside of the sldo strip nt the widest pnrt of tho canoe, and pass it under and around tho J canoo to the under lnsldo of tho opposite op-posite side strip. This will glvo you tho widest point in tho middle. Mcas-uro Mcas-uro your canoe In several places In tho samo way. Then measure tho length of your canoe, allowing threo Inches longer. Lay theso measurements on tho lloor, and cut your- canvas (Fig. C). Now' placo tho canoo bottom sldo up on nny wooden supports, tack tho canvas can-vas In placo exactly In the middle, on tho stom nnd stem posts, nnd pull it taut with tho center lino of tho canvas. can-vas. Begin nmtdshlps and drlvo tho tacks two Inches apart nlong tho lnsldo ln-sldo of tho sldo Btr.lps (Fig C), then drive tacks In tho nlternato two Inch spaces along tho outsldo of tho sldo strips, always pulling tho canvas tightly. tight-ly. Tack it firmly around tho stem and stern posts. Fasten a light board one-half Inch thick In tho bottom for a lloor. Mako fast with screws from tho outsldo two plno braces across r-it from the sldo strips, threo nnd one-hnlf one-hnlf feet from either ond thlB will InBuro tho canoo keeping Its shape, and your boat Is nearly finished. Now procuro somo empty cigar boxes, and fnsten down the lids tightly all around, then cover thorn with light canvas, and give them a coat of paint, so that thoy may bo vvntcr tight. They are now nlr chambers. Fill n spaco two and one-half feot In tho stem and stern with theso boxes, holding them In place by tacking pieces of light enn-vas enn-vas completely over tho ends of tho canoo Inside. Thus your canoo is mado practically unslnkable. Glvo the whole a coat of linseed oil nnd two coats of paint, a namo and n safety ropo fastened nt Intervals all around the entire canoo on tho outsldo, and with very llttlo effort you will havo for your very own a chnrmlng canoo, exactly Hko tho ono shown In tho Illustration. Somo appropriate names for canoes aro Tho Red Itover (painted red), Tho Escape, The Spy, Tho Hiawatha, Tho Sea Fairy, Tho Nautilus, but of courso 1 i : ( j I i I ; i v 1 b most boys need no help for a namo for n canoe. Tho bafety ropo Is most Important, nnd should bo securely fnstoned at short intcrvnls entirely around tho canoe. Tho best of canoes will sometimes some-times tip about in tho most surprising way, and tho safety ropo is easy to catch hold of If tho canoo Is bottom side. It will not bo long boforo tho ambitious ambi-tious boy will want to rig a sail for his boat. Well, this can bo dono oven In bo light n craft as a canvas canoo, but good ndvlce to tho boldest nnd tho bravest of you In all matters of boating boat-ing Is "Go slowly, feel your wny, nnd learn all tho lessons you can in caution cau-tion nnd cnrcfulness." Abovo nil elso, boforo you nttompt to snll a boat of any kind whatsoever bo sure to loarn how to swim Tom Boiling Cnboll. They Understood Weather. Tho Tomplo of the Winds at Athens Ath-ens shows tho knowledge tho nnclcnt Greeks had of tho weather that came when tho wind blew from different points of tho compass , It Is a Utile marble tower with eight sides, which nro built to fnce the eight principal winds. On each sldo of the tempit is curved a humun llgure thnt pictures tho chnincter nnd qualities of tho par ticulnr wind It fnces. Tho north wind Is represented ns r. man warmly dressed, blowing on n trumpet mndo of n seashcll to show that It brought booming cold weathir Tho northeast wind, which then ns now, brings cold, snow nnd sleet or lin.ll. Is figured by an old mnn with n cruel fnce, who is rattling sllngstones in a shield, an action that brings to mind tho nolso and power of hall storms. Tho east wind, which brings to Athens rain for growing crops, Is ex pressed by tho Imago of a young man with (lowing hnlr and open face hav Ing his looped up mantle tilled Itb. fruit, honeycomb and corn j 4fe Tho west wind Is Indicated by the figure of a slightly clad nnd beautiful youth with his lap full of flowers. And so on, with the winds from nil around tho compass. Each has Its qualities written in stono by tho ancient Grecian sculptors. Reading theso pictures of different kinds of weather and comparing them with tho records of to-day, tho modern mod-ern scientist learns thnt tho cllmato of Grccco has not changed enough to mako any great dlfferenco, so far as tho winds nro concerned, for moro thnn twenty centuries. When Watet Blooms. Any ono who hns ever been at nny of tho lakes In tho mlddlo and north of tho United States will know that at n certain time of duly or August thoy nro snld to "How or." Fishermen aro particularly well ac- BJ qualntcd with this fact, for nt such fl times very few llsh enn bo Induced to B tnko tho hook. In some lakes nothing can bo seen I when they nro "flowering" except by B tho natives, who know from the np fl pcarante of tho water. But In other I lakes the wnter becomes qulto thick B and yellow, scorning muddy or tawny M in somo parts and a clear gold In HJ others. B This "flowering" of tho lakes is Just ft I what tho namo denotes, although many "aM1 of tho Inhabitants r tho lake shores ' do not know what It Is nnd ennnot ex- H plain It, except by the vnguo state yj ment that at a certain tlmo of mid- fl summer the lakes "seem to work" I Tho "flowering" is a real flowering. 9 It is due to the blossoming of a water I plant whir h lives under tho surface 1 all year long till the times for flowering, flower-ing, when It rises toward the top and throws off myriads of small golden yellow spheres which fill tho water Cuckoo Customs. When tho cuckoo's cry Is first heard It is said that folk should turn over whatovcr money they happen to havo In their pocket at tlio tlmo. A gold coin means plenty of cash for tho next year; silver means tho owner will always havo enough; copper menns that ho will never run short of monoy If tho bird Is heard on tho fl right, that Is believed to bo lucky if on tho left, unlucky. In Scotland tho cuckoo is thought to address his first song to tho fnrmers, In Den mark overy girl asks It when sho Is to bo married, nnd every old nnd foebli person when ho will be freed from the burden of life, nnd tho number of times tho bird sings "cuckoo" indicates indi-cates tho number of years in ench case. Thin superstitious notion also J I oxlsts In ICngland, Franco nnd Gor-',r'' Ji mnny. But tho only solid fnct about tho cry la that It is n suro sign that I summer has como nt Inst. 1 Value of Maple. 1 Somo trees nro useful as well a 1 ornamental, nnd tho maplo Is one of 1 them. Of Its wood tho best chnrconl 1 Is mndo. Its young shoots nro so i tough thnt thoy uso them ns whips in ; Franco. As It stands cutting nnd trimming well It Is good both for hedges nnd for tho strnngo devices of the treo gardener. When gathered greon and dried tho leaves and tender ! shoots mako winter food for cattle. Then It yields Biignr, two American i kinds being especially valtiablo in this respect. Perhaps It Is best known and j admired as n furnlturo wood, becauso of Its flno grain nnd beautiful veins, nnd tho lovoly polish It tnkes, Tho old Romnns mndo their best tables of i It, and tho Ficnch oinploy it largely for nrtlclos turned In tho latho. Mazer ', bowls, or alms-dishes, used to bo mado ' out of the knotty roots, highly polish- ed, and silver-mounted tub caob complete;. rj - His ' iw vy. ..J . --- ipiflBflflHflBl |