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doing, to make their own play tools
It is a good idea for boys, where they have any facilities for so
doing, to make their own play tools. In the old days, they whittled
out tops, but it hardly pays to do so to-day when well-shaped spinners
can be had in every toy shop at a very low price. However, good little
tops can be made from the wooden spools on which sewing thread comes.
Two tops, that will amuse the younger children, can be made from each
spool, by whittling down from the rims to the middle of the spool till
the parts break at the opening. A peg driven through answers for a
spindle. These can be made in a few minutes, and may afford some fun
for a winter evening.

summer streams, is the most tempting bait you can offer a black bass
The hellgrammite, a black, ugly slug to be found under stones in
summer streams, is the most tempting bait you can offer a black bass.
After a time the hellgrammite comes to the surface and takes to the
air as a beetle, but in that state he interests the naturalist rather
than the fisherman.

The lariat may be of any length from twenty to eighty feet. It
consists of a long, strong, flexible rope, with a running noose at the
end thrown. I have seen them made of hemp, horse hair and raw hide–
the latter are by far the best, provided they are flexible and soft
enough. The raw hide is cut and specially tanned, but for practice an
ordinary thin rope will do.

for any time take care to keep it scrupulously clean, burning every
scrap that might attract flies or the smaller wild animals, or might
make a stench
Be sure to select a dry place for your camp, and if you are to stay
for any time take care to keep it scrupulously clean, burning every
scrap that might attract flies or the smaller wild animals, or might
make a stench.

is an absolute need for your so doing
Never stay in the water more than half an hour at a time, unless there
is an absolute need for your so doing. You cannot learn too early that
good health is easily lost and hard to regain.

is something new and hitherto unheard of in the kite line. Rigidity
and strength, without too much weight, are the prime essentials of the
Hargrave. It may be made by a boy with a knack for mechanics in the
following way: Take eight stiff, slender pieces of bamboo, eighteen
and three-quarter inches in length, such as are sometimes used for
fishing poles. These pieces must be of uniform weight and length, and
as nearly alike as possible. Next cut six sticks, each eleven inches
long, and as nearly alike as possible. These are for the middle
uprights and end stretchers. After finding the middle of the longer
sticks, lash them together in pairs by means of stout waxed thread, or
light brass wire. Notch the ends of the sticks and make the spread
between A and C just eleven inches. This will give you four pairs of
crossed sticks. Next take one of your eleven-inch uprights, and bind
it to the two pairs of cross-sticks. Take the other eleven-inch
upright and fasten the other two pairs of cross-sticks in the same
way.

The tin or wooden humming top is but an interesting toy. The Japanese
make them with a slit in the point which fits into a string or a thin
wire, and on such supports they can be made to do remarkable feats.

Yes, my lovely daughter;
Hang your clothes on a hickory limb,
But don”t go near the water
‘Mother, dear, may I go in to swim?
Yes, my lovely daughter;
Hang your clothes on a hickory limb,
But don”t go near the water.’

which (say on the ‘tail’ side) you have cut at the extreme edge a
little notch, thereby causing a minute point or tooth of metal to
project from that side of the coin
The secret lies in the use of a quarter of your own, on one face of
which (say on the ‘tail’ side) you have cut at the extreme edge a
little notch, thereby causing a minute point or tooth of metal to
project from that side of the coin. If a coin so prepared be spun on
the table, and should chance to go down with the notched side upward,
it will run down like an ordinary coin, with a long continuous
‘whirr,’ the sound growing fainter and fainter till it finally ceases;
but if it should run down with the notched side downward, the friction
of the point against the table will reduce this final whirr to half
its ordinary length, and the coin will finally go down with a sort of
‘flop.’ The difference of sound is not sufficiently marked to attract
the notice of the spectators, but is perfectly distinguishable by an
attentive ear. If, therefore, you have notched the coin on the ‘tail’
side, and it runs down slowly, you will cry ‘tail’; if quickly,
‘head.’

serve to illustrate the most striking of them
This list by no means comprises all the college cries, but it will
serve to illustrate the most striking of them.