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r USTLE ud burtk Ike crowd', on the w.jrI Folk* cooucs back U> At city to «Uy. L Veeatioe n ons, pJ»y ism h .loot. Goodbye to nimwer. and r>od-bye to fun. L work time i. here. Ur. the fall of the year. The hi new of twmmtt hare all «oo« to aecd Golden Rod aow it the Sower we heed A aaw atoea it thininj. a new wind will blow The earth aow take, on an autumnal glow Aad wo welcome September when it doe. appear For h will pwnie a new time of the year. Something Everybody Has. 1 yTBHAT do you auppo* - MM ■ curloua looking thins UT ‘ fc-lk. ■ it look* aa If It mlsht bo a new kind ot caterpillar, or - aomo kind of mnsleal Inatrur 1 that a ]aaa band mtsbt ua*. < mlsht 1m rinythms ela*. 1 Bot It really la eometlilns that r and oeerybody ela*. carry < the Um*. and tf you loft It at hot ■ you would haeo to atky there too. aa you would not be able to ’ up your head, and you could 1 walk a atop, or eren more your tUUe flnser. But It U hidden 1 where you cannot eoe H. and no 1 one would dream that you owned - each e thins. The queer looklns 1 thins I* your opine, or backbone. ^ and of all the bonao yon hare, and ’ yon have a lot. ft la by far the moat 1 Important. It ta not Joat ooe Ions 1 bon*, but ft la made up of many small bone*. Joined tosether in such

way that It

the HANDY BOY AT HOME BT CHARLES A. KING. - • STATE NORr-lAL SCHOOL.PLYHOUTXH.H.

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Box FOR BU.TT c MITER HOPPER JOINTS Hopper Jointed KniifeBox

HIS 1* an excellent project for a vocational echool or for the ••Handy Boy who llkee to nee 'h|a “Thinker." for the maklns of any kind jf a hopper Joint le considered a good test of a workeklU. The method her* described Is a simple method within the ability of most eighth grade

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First we will prepare for making the knife box by maklns a miter box. than w* ran go ahead rapidly to work upon tbs niter box maj r width, for It may be the required bevel by h may be made of any desired width. Make the bottom piece a of the miter box ot any straight well eeetoned wood %" thick x I' x lO' long straight aad parallel with the edgee and square with hrOed surface*. Make the two tides b Ik* x »%* x 10* of straight wood, glue and nail them to (he bottom, being sure that the elds* stand square with the bottom. Lay out the square cuts at d and the right and left

which will allow enough for a ml«cut. Make piece c of the alas give piece g the desired bevel rr "flare" when In the miter box idy for cutting. Transfer this rel to the front and back sides of the miter box as Indicated at bl, with knife marka. and with a Ana true cutting aaw make the The accuracy with which ts done will determine the quality of the Joint and the amount of work necessary to make the cute Now cut piece g In the m'ter box. being sure that each cut comet at the right place and that the opposite pieces are exactly the same length. This will esquire nice Judgment and Alll for It wll easy to make on? or more cut the wrong direction and perhaps spoil the piece. If any student dose this end makes no mistake In the direction or length of hie cuts, he should be given an A_ Note that In making the butt Joint* the long point of each side should be 11* and of the end* Tlfc*. If the mitered Joint Is being rr.sde. he extreme length of the sides should be II* and of the ends *H*. In cutting, piece c will be

of holding i angle. Bun the aaw lightly i . carefully. It ta obvious that U rat* be neoeew ry to bold piece g agate ' tbs back of the miter bos for e

ms the bottom of veeh » \ ; g at the bevel Indicated et k. **'. O will make the bottom edge ***•!■ true at all cornera Smooth, eeri; paper and nail together with 17k No. IT orade If butt Jot»0*d with 1* No. IT H Joints are mitered slake bottom of box ** longer end H* wider than the bottom of lh« eldee: If the dimension* are eerr*e< out exactly aa shown In the akbera the bottom will be Ik* x T* x 1> ML Make partition-handle 4Ik* wide h

groove may U made more easily before the na. of the box le aaoembied. Ir rhh case the handle should be ma< long eunugh to allow for th. groove main, shellac, varnish *. paint If preferred.

who could, almost tie themeelvea In a bow kaot. and could do *o many jnderfcl thing*, that you wondered how they could without breaking their bone*. Well, tbej ■ to prectloe when they were ' ypung. before th* bone* got aa ‘ bard a* they ere la later life, and by doing their stunt* every day they Anally got ao they could twtat 1 thamsolve* Into th* moat Impossible ' position*. Those who can do thla 1 are called contortionists. Th# backbone 1* made up of a number of tall bonea called vertebra, and these are strung like beads, on a big nerve known a* th# spinal cord. All th* other nerve# In your body are connected with this big and tf anything happen* to your Anger, the nerve In your finger telle about It to the aplnal nerve, and It carries the news to your brain, and then you know, but not before, that your Anger haa been hurt. And If thla aplnal cord got Injured or broken, like HumptyDumpty when he fell frbm the wall, all the doctor* In th* world could net put It together again, go aa long as you llv*. you should b* very careful not to do' anything that would hurt your apln* or the delicate nerve that run* the length

f It.

A echool teacher once asked « little boy to tell her Juet what the ■pin* wa*. and for what wa* A used T He said it was a long something that your head wa* fastened to one end. and you set on the other. If anything happened to your eplne, all your body woulo be Juat i dead—you would not have any feeling, and a pin could be stuck In your arm. or even your anr could be cut off. and you would know nothing about It.

Autumn Dreams

I N autumni golden hour* to lie and dream of other day*. When prince* courted ladie* .air and there were elm aad lay*' When witche* wove their wicked (pell* their evil pow'rt to pro** Which only friendly fairie* from the here could remove— To dream of these, to lie at fast in autumn'* golden hour* And breathe the haunting fragrance of the autumn'* gl 1* childhood'* privilege no child would willingly forgo. Aad we should thank the happy fairy realm that it i* *o.

really need a backbone. In lb* case of creature* w1»h eery long necka. Ilk* th* crane or awan. the beet part of th* backbone le taken up to make th* reck, and In the case of animals with long tall*. It Is th* extension of the backbone that give* strength to tho tall. Wonder how many little bones It takas to go from a equlrrel'a head, down th* neck, and down th* back, and then down to th* Up of that wonderful tallT Did you know If you did not have a backbone you would have to crawl like an earth-

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spelled in CAPITAL taller* axe lAat colorJ

rob* of th* lightest PINK RED lightly) chiffon and her

TEUX)W hair U caught In a

circlet of silvery QUAY with bright TEI4XIW star In front H pillow la a blight YELLOW dande-

lion and bar couch 1* mad* of th* dandelion leave*. The leave* are a bright TELLOW-ORKEN Unix

the two color*).

(The three mushroom! era a pal* YELLOW on top and on th* stems, but tb* pleated underside le a very

O UT in th* woods on a very GREEN nioeay bank under three tall GRAY (use BLACK IlgbUy) trunked tree* a Fairy Elf U paying a visit to a dear **

Fairy i-rtooeaa.

Tb* Fairy Ktt la dreseed all in light PURPLE and hie wing* are a very, very light GREEN. He ha* a bunch of BLOB forget-me-not* far the Fairy Princes* They have GREEN leaves and th* centers of each IHU* Aower ta YELLOW.

ffho Fairy Piinpaai wegr# H»l7 dark BBOWN.

it th* eky llghi BLUE, but avt th* big fluffy cloud whit*. Both Fairies have PINK cheek* aad BLUE *y»a The Fairy _ Wi has georgeoue butterfly wlagt The big spots on her wing* are bright ORANGE color (uae RED and YELLOW mlaed) and the heavy border around the apoia la a very deep velvety BLACK. You can color the border of this picture ORANGE color end the lettaring above caa be colored bright

GREEN.

see how careful you should be not to tall and hurt tbl* string of little bon-a that much to you.. You could get along

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bone, but you could not get along without a backbone- Tour backbone le Just the same to you as the keel U to a reosel. or the ridgepole to a roof. It holds things together, and la oomethlng to bolld on. Every Using thing In lb* world that baa bone*, must have a backbone, as that ta what the riba, and other bones are fattened ta AU th* people In th* world i well a* all the animal* all the birds and all the Aabes have beenbone* aad they are called .

braise, or backboned creature* 1 do you And It hard In praetkso Th* only living things that do scale* when you would llko to oot have backhouse are each mushy out-of-doom, playing? The next

thing* a* oyster* snails, worm- 1

A Musical Contest

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Insect* lobster* crab* and tb* But to make up for not supplying them with backbone#, nature gev* there something eta* tbat answers th* purpose, end In a way. lake* Ita pins*. The oyster he* e herd shell, and so ha* the 'obater and th* crab, and many kind* of lasects have n bard, horney •hell or coveriag over their bodle* tbat makes them Arm and rigid. Th* turtle ha* a shell to which tb* bones ars fastsned, ao It Joss no:

terms ot music

ask yourself thee* question# and •** bow many you caa This also ta a good gams to play

ai your next party.

Used on a bundle: Chor*. Beloralng to a Ash? Beale* Used In a eloret Counters What w# breathe every day?

Air.

Often passed in school? Note* Used In driving horses? Line* A place cf reaideace ? Flat. Holism of a statue? Baa*

A French word for hey? Clef. Opens locks? Key. Not of ago? Mlaor. Condiment? Sharp. For that tired feellag? Reel Hell? atop.

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