Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1915 — Page 3

HANDICRAFT FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

By A. NEELY HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS

A HOMEMADE WHITING DEBK.

A boy usually has more papers, catalogues and other “valuables” to take care of than correspondence; there-

fore. In planning the homemake desk shown In Fig. 1 I have made a special feature of storage space. Two grocery boxes of identical shape and size must be secured for the desk. Your grocer will likely give them to you. One box forms the desk portion, the other the safe. Before fastening the two boxes together it is best to finish them. Make the desk pigeonholes of thin box boards, cutting them to fit as shown in Fig. 1. The box-cover boards should be battened together with cross strips placed near their ends, on the inside face, as shown 'ln Fig. 2; then this battened cover should be hinged to the desk box with a pair of two-inch hinges placed as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to form the drop-leaf of the desk. Screw

a screw-eye into the outer end of the battens, and another into the underside of the top of the box, in line with each of these, and connect the screweyes with brass chain or heavy cord so the drop-leaf will not drop below ithe proper level • . »«- for holding the drop-leaf closed. Make a short latch with, a notch and bevel cut on one end, and a hole bored through it near the other end, like that shown in Figs. 3 and 4, and pivot this with a screw to a block B. Then nail B to the top of the box in tbe right position so when the dropl»af 1b closed the catch will drop over lta top edge as shown in Fig. 3. The dotted lines in Fig. 3 indicate how the drop-leaf will strike and lift the catch In closing. To complete the bottom safe, it is only necessary to nail a hinge-strip

across the top along the rear edge l(C, Fig.* 6), and another strip to each lend edge (D, Fig. 6). Then batten jthe cover boards together as you did {those of the drop-leaf, but on the unjder side, and hinge to the hinge-strip with a pair $f two-inch hinges. Strips D are provided to shorten the cover boards so they will not strike the Mid uprights of the desk when the cover jte opened. Castors are not necessary, but In* Bsmuch as the desk will be heavy when filled, they will make it easier to move. Two blocks (B, Fig. 6) must he nailed across the bottom box to fasten the castors to. Figure * shows how the two boxes pure connected with four corner uprights. Cut these one inch thick, three inches wide end four feet long md nail or screw them to the box ends. Fasten the lower ends of the uprights even with the castor blocks k and the upper ends so they will extend six inches above the top of the j Two coats of ps&nt win add the desk. Putty

(Copyright, by A. Mealy HalD

A JAPANESE GARDEN. Do you own a Japanese garden? If not, you should get one right away, because It Is the latest fad to have one. First of all. you will need a shallow baking pan In which to plant the garden. This may be round or square. For soil you must have sand, and you must also have some coarse pebbles or pieces of broken stone. This can be had for the asking some place where a building Is in course of construction. Half a panful of sand and several handfuls of pebbles will be enough. In additloh, you must buy some bird seed or Japanese grass seed to plant In the soiL The rest of the garden material can be picked up at home. There are any number of arrangements for the garden that oan be worked out, and you can replant your garden from time to time to make It different. Fig. 1 shows a good plan to follow for your first one. pile up the sand around the sides of the pan, forming hills and hollows, and leave an irregular-shaped space In the cen*

ter, and extending over to one side of the pan, for a pond. Make a shore line of pebbles around the pond, and scatter other pebbles here and there over the sand. One of the hills must be selected as a site for a little Japanese house. This house may be made of cardboard. Fig. 2 shows patterns for the walls. The dotted lines indicate where the pieces are to be folded. The strips outside of the dotted lines are to be turned in and pasted to adjoining surfaces, in fastening the walls, foundation and roof together. Fasten the walls upon a cardboard foundation (Fig. 1), and glue another piece to their tops for the roof. A high arched bridge mqst be built over a narrow portion of the pond, as shown in Fig. 1. Make this of a piece of a peach-bask6i handle (Fig. 3), with a cardboard railing (Fig. 4) tacked to each edge. The arch of the

handle will determine the curve of the railings. The pair of lamps at each end of the bridge (Figs. 1 and 5) have four sides and a bottom, cut in one piece like the pattern shown in Fig. 6. Cut an opening in each side as Indicated, and punch a hole through the bottom for the supporting post to fit in. Fold on the dotted lines, and paste the turnedin edges together. There must be a bird house similar to that shown in Fig. 1. Cut and fold the sides in the same manner that you did those of the lamps. Make the roof of a square of paper (Fig. 7), fold from corner to corner as indicated by dotted lines, and pinch up the corners as in Fig. 8. _ There must be a number of ducks in the pond, and these are easily made as shown in Fig. 9. The bodies are halves of corks (Fig. 10), and the necks and heads are made of card-

board and fastened in slots cut in the round side of the halved corks. With these suggestions to tiuw you how easily * . garden is built, ypu can use your own ideas for devising other garden accessories.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, INP.

ATTRACTIVE APPEARANCE OF BUILDINGS

Well-Constructed Barn, Adapted to General Farm Use.

(By D. A CLARK.)

At the present time farm buildings, in common with most of our American structures,, offer but little evidence that serious thought has been bestowed upon their character or their disposition. In a general way, buildings are frequently proportioned to meet their needs and are rather conveniently placed in their relationship to one another. Yet, in respect to architectural character, they are almost without exception, very bad, if we disregard the few that have come down to us from colonial days. Even the very books which treat of farm buildings, while discussing matters of economy and convenience and details of construction, fail to give consideration to artistic excellence. In fact, maify of their illustrations depict buildings as faulty in this respect as those on the most despicable farm. Their hard lines stand out boldly, while nature tends to soften the bad lines of the real. In discussing this matter of a fitting farm architecture, it will be well to consider the following broad aspects: Materials of construction and the factors determining their use; style of architecture and the influences controlling it; the elements that should give it character; the designing of the principal farm buildings; the relationship of the buildings to one another; and the methods to be employed in accomplishing this betterment. The material which is used in the construction of any given set of farm buildings will depend upon a number of factors. Yet in weighing these, we should never overlook the desirability of giving the buildings a local color and of having them harmonize with their native surroundings.

DISEASED COLONIES DIE DURING WINTER

Bees Affected With Foul Brood in Fall Should Be Destroyed or Transferred. (By WESLEY FOSTER, Colorado Experiment Station.) Many beekeepers endeavor to carry diseased colonies through the winter because It is so much easier to treat them in the spring than in the fall. In a very large number of cases the diseased colonies die during the winter and the honey is robbed by other colonies, thus spreading the disease throughout quite an extended area. The general Idea Is that, inasmuch as little breeding is do(jpßn the winter, there is small likelihood of the disease spreading in the, hive. This is quite true. However, the following factor is the most important one: The diseased brood is so offensive in odor that but a very small amount is highly disagreeable to the bees. This militates against the natural tendency of the bees to cluster during severe winter weather. A colony lacking compact clustering during winter soon succumbs. Very few colonies affected with foul brood get through the winter for this reason. If a colony is found affected with disease in the fall, either destroy it entirely or transfer the bees to a clean hive and furnish them with sealed combs of honey, after they have been deprived of any food for 48 hours. Sugar sirup cannot be successfully fed in the winter.

SECURING OF EGGS DURING THE WINTER

Good Results Secured at North Dakota Station by Following Fixed Feeding Rules. The securing of eggs in winter* depends a great deal on the feed. At the North Dakota experiment station the following has given good results: Morning feed —Whole wheat Noon —Bran mash with meat scraps or house scraps and some green food, as roots. Evening—Corn and oats mixed. It is also Important that the hens have grit as crushed granite, and crushed oyster shells to furnish lime tor shell making. The housing is important. too. The poultry house should be well lighted and well ventilated.

There should be developed a general style of architecture which could in the main be adapted to the different farm buildings. It should straightforwardly meet the needs to be served and should be dignified and pleasing in form and line. The material to be used will react upon the style in no small degree, for it is evident that a stone or concrete structure is functionally different from one built of wood. With regard to the barn, the needs are not fixed, but widely varying. In certain forms of farming, it may exist chiefly for storage, while in other cases it may serve mainly for housing the animals. Whatever its needs, it should look the part of the barn, and not that of a country school or church. It should be proportioned and fitted to meet the internal needs for which it is built. Since the barn and the house are the nucleuse~ of the farm group, it is well at this point to consider briefly the arrangement of farm buildings. Certainly the part of architecture is not fulfilled when a given building is designed. Its relation to other buildings both existing and future should be a concern. Usually there is an absence of any logical relationship between the different buildings of the farm. They have been dropped down here and there, as it were, the house here, the barn there, a shop in one place and a shed in another. Indeed of all this there should be a careful grouping. There will be decided advantages in convenience, in economy of construction, and in protection. The esthetic possibilities will be much greater and from the very nature of things, the unattractive features will protrude less prominently and will be much easier of concealment.

SUNLIGHT IS MOST POTENT GERMICIDE

Prevents Contraction or Spread of Disease and Is Essential to Good Health. (By W. A. HENRY, Wisconsin Experiment Station.) Sunlight Is a most effective germicide. To present the contraction or spread of disease it is therefore important that the stables of farm animate be well lighted, with the possible exception of fattening animals feeding for short periods of time. For the maintenance of health, exercise is another essential. The only exceptions to this rule are fattening animals soon to be marketed which make more rapid gains if not allowed to move about too freely. Abundant exercise is of special importance with breeding animals. Farm animals are creatures of habit, and once accustomed to a routine of living show unrest at any change. The feed stable or lot, therefore, should be free from disturbance, and the providing of feed and water should be uniform in time and manner. Animals soon learn when these are to occur and as feeding time approaches the secretions begin pouring from the various digestive glands In anticipation of the coming meal. The system of feeding and watering and the character of the rations should be changed gradually, and only for good cause. In feeding operation a changing period is usually a losing period.

DESTROY INSECTS BY BURNING ALL TRASK

Much May Be Done to Eradicate Flea-Beetle and Leaf-Hop-per by Fall Cleaning. Several grape insects winter among the fallen grape leaves in trash in vineyards, and much may be done to destroy them if the trash be raked together and burned. Such work will be of value against the grape-berry moth and the grape leaf folder, which hibernate in the pupal condition in the fallen grape leaves. The grapevine flea-beetle and the grape leaf hopper spend the winter as adults under trash of all kinds in and about vineyards, and the destruction of trash as indicated win expose them to adverse climatic conditions

Kin Hubbard Essays

“When I look at th’ young dudes who are scamperin’ around these days wearin’ belted near-chinchilly overcoats an’ yeller shoes, an’ th’ bar throated, close reefed springers with ther hair matted o’er ther ears, I can’t help expressin’ th’ apprehension 1 feel fer th’ cornin’ generation,” said Tell Binkley, as Mr. Ersle ’ oon an’ Miss Vinette Mopps whisked by th’ blacksmith shop an’ darted upstairs t’ th’ tango academy in th’ K. of P. hall. Continuin’, Mr. Binkley said: “After a feller gits thro’ sparkin' these days he’s insolvent Lots o’ good sensible fellers would like t’ git married but they don’t feel able t’ spark. They can’t afford t’ take th’ time an’ money. If a feller could git married after a week’s sparkin’ he might be able t* scrape up enough money t’

“Youna Dudes Wearin’ Near-Chinchilly an' Yeller Shoes, an’ th Bare Throated Close Reefed Springers With Ther Hair Matted O’er Ther Ears.”

stock a flat that is, by foregoin’ a weddin’ trip. But th’ modern girl seems t’ demand a long extravagant courtship before she’s willin’ t’ give in an’ drop out o’ sight. Then th' young husband finds himself bankrupt with a yeller cane, a plug hat, a suit o’ formal clothes an’ a doll on his hands. With each spurt o’ economy her love grows colder. He gits tired o’ lookin’ shiny an’ her muff goes out o’ date. A separation soon toilers — th’ wife returns t’ her ole home on Chestnut street an’ th’ husband joins his regiment on th’ rlalto. “Back in th’ good ole days o’ th’ fushia nosegay, ice cream parlors, cinnamon drops, spruce gum, autograph

Stew Nugent is at home t’ put his feet under his mother’s table. He h»« been t’ th’ city fer three years an’ says that th’ trouble with a little town is that ever’buddy knows ever’buddy else's business. That’s th’ reason Stew went away three years ago, an’ it’s one o' th’ best things about a little town. You know who your next door neighbor is in a little town, an’ you know who lives over th’ hardware store. An’ you know who’s able t’ have a tourin’ car an’ you know who's able t’ own one. In a city where you don’t need no other credentials but a good front, an’

"I Wonder What They're Doin’ at Home?"

where you’ve got th’ choice o’ lots o’ groceries, it’s different. Some folks flourish in a city that couldn’t buy a box o’ corn flakes on time in ther home town. Some fellers apologize fer livin’ in a little town. When you ask 'em where ther from they color up an’ stammer an’ stutter an’ say, “1 — er —why—I—l’m from Rossville —that is my folks live ther. Well, I’ve been livin’ ther too, but I’m thinkin’ o’ goin’ t' Chicago. Thar’s no opportunities in a little town fer a young man.” An’ when you size him up you can’t help picturin’ what a flurry he’ll cause when he gits ther. O’ course lots o' folks that go t’ th’ city succeed, but they’ve got th’ ole home metal in ’em. But whether they succeed er fall, th’

Riches In Honduras.

Honduras is a rich country and its resources remain In almost a virgin condition. It possesses a climate that varies with its topography, the temperature on the coasts being hot. in thb lowlands of the Interior it is warm, and in the mountains it is temperate and in some places cold. Its mountains abound in minerals, and its tablelands and valleys are especially adapted for raising cattle and for ag3euttare

TH’ COST 0* SPARKIN'

By KIN HUBBARD.

albums an’ natural complexions, a feller had a chance t’ win a heart without th’ use o’ dancin’ pumps, or without neglectin’ his business an’ denyin’ himself many o' th’ real necessities o’ life. Love makin’ wux almost self-sus-tainin’ in 1880. Oirls looked ahead o' ther noses, an’ th’ feller who gave promise o’ being’ able t’ support a wife eventually wut treated like one o’ th' boys. Girls didn’t make love o’er th’ chop suey bowl or in a secluded alcove o’ th’ stuffy ballroom. An’ they didn’ expect t’ git on th’ outside of a few cocktails an’ a filet mignon after ever" performance o’ Th’ Two Orphans or East Lynne. Th' parlor or th’ narrow livery rig wu* th’ clearin’ house fer affairs o’ th’ heart. “What’s th’ sense o’ exhaustin' all th’ pleasures o’ life durin’ th’ first few

months o’ courtship an’ finally marryin’t’ git rid o’ each other? Why not save a few pleasures besides Niagara Falls t’ look forward f after you’ve satisfied th’ installment houses? Marriage at best is quite a comedown fer most any girl, ’specially If her engagement period wua one long an riotous dream. An’ when th’ tale teilin’ furrows o’ care an’ disappointment begin t’ appear in her face, an’ she appeals t’ a young husband fer a new pair o’ shoes it haint goto* t’ git him nothin’ t’ say, ‘Wuzn’ I alius good t’ you in th’ old days, Nell?’ “It’s fer better t’ have loved an* kept still about it than it is t’ stall along on nothin’!”

THE LITTLE TOWN

By KIN HUBBARD.

memory o’ ole scenes an' faces grows greener an’ greener as th’ years roll by an’ many a time ther hearts swell with a longin’ t’ be back. In th’ great city parks th’ benches are filled with poor unfortunates from the little towns who have tried hard an’ failed, pride alone keeps ’em from returnin’ t’ th’ ole home town an’ they become aimless wanderers on th’ face o’ th’ earth an’ are lost an’ forgotten in th’ mist o’ time. A four-flusher jist seems f be cut out fer th’ artificiality o’ th’ city, an’ that’s where he ought to live. But if you want t’ live a honest, quiet.

peaceful life an’ enjoy th’ love an* confidence o’ your friends an' neighbors, tiler's no place like th' little town where th’ sheep are separated from th’ goats, whoa one-half th’ people knows how th’ other half liven, where respectability is a real asset, where a K. of P. watch charm won’t save you if you can’t toe th’ mark, an* where you’re remembered long after th’ hearse gits back t* th’ livery stable. (Protected by Adams Newspaper Service.)

The same girl may appear divtnn to a young man. bovine to the disinterested observer, and feline to an-, other women. Louisville Courier* Journal. ,

“A little bird told me,” ie an almost universal adage based on the idea that this übiquitous wanderer from the vantage of the upper air spies out all strange and secret things and tell* them to those who can understand. Thus in Ecclesiastes 1©:*0: “Curse* not the king, no; not in any thought; and curse not the rich * in thy bedchamber; for the bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath) wings shall tell the matter.”

And She Usually Dees.

Adage Traced to Bible.