| A proverb of Solomon. I am composed of 76 letters. |
| My 13, 3, 49, 44 is an English watering-place. |
| My 40, 50, 57, 30, 76 is an aromatic plant. |
| My 41, 27, 48, 52, 19, 65 is part of the fire-place. |
| My 34, 66, 38, 60, 74, 10, 35 is a season of rest. |
| My 56, 62, 58, 67, 69, 8, 70 is uncurrent coin. |
| My 6, 36, 59, 5, 55, 42, 63 is a shrub. |
| My 26, 16, 9, 43, 68, 76, 28, 8, 72, 11 is a racket. |
| My 71, 61, 25, 2, 52, 31, 37, 7, 51 is an author. |
| My 47, 20, 30, 70, 3, 75, 18, 39, 30 is a school. |
| My 24, 45, 1, 32, 54, 73, 17, 12, 29, 21 is a game. |
| My 22, 8, 12, 53, 64, 46, 14 is a flowering herb. |
| My 15, 69, 7, 33, 4, 23, 70, 71, 42 is wakefulness. |
Busy B.'s.
| 1. I am a chest; behead me, and I am an animal. |
| 2. I am a useful article to every one; behead me, and I have been used as a carpet. |
| 3. I am a part of the body; behead me, and I am a conjunction. |
| 4. I am without stiffness; behead me, and I am mischievous. |
| 5. I am a housemaid's duty; behead me, and I am a mark of sorrow. |
| 6. I am an ornamental article to put on the wall; behead me, and I am a nuisance. |
| 7. I am a spice: behead me, and I am a passion. |
| 8. I am a medicine; behead me, and I am a discomfort to every one. |
| 9. I am an article of furniture; behead me, and you have no use for me; behead me again, and you can not live without me. |
| 10. I am a stream; behead me, and I am a bird. |
| 11. I am a spot liked by none; behead me, and I am a spot desired by all. |
C. F. H.
1.—1. Part of the body. 2. A space. 3. Close by. 4. To venture.
2.—1. What can not be done by the deaf. 2. Comfort. 3. A continent. 4. Behind.
Annie J. B.
| My first is in silver, but not in gold. |
| My second is in young, but not in old. |
| My third is in whole, but not in half. |
| My fourth is in cow, but not in calf. |
| My fifth is in boy, but not in girl. |
| My sixth is in hair, but not in curl. |
| My seventh is in apple, but not in peach. |
| My eighth is in land, but not in beach. |
| My whole is made by every boy, |
| But still it can't be called a toy. |
Alice C.
1.—1. A letter. 2. An animal. 3. Harsh. 4. An eatable. 5. A letter.
2.—1. An aspirate. 2. A taste. 3. Homes without hands. 4. An inclosure. 5. A sibilant.
John S. P.
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Adirondacks.
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A great many useful and ornamental articles can be made from old fruit cans with the exercise of a little ingenuity and patience. I have made glue-pots, water-bailers, bread-graters, etc., etc.
Fig. 1 represents a flower-pot holder made from an empty tomato can. The can is held over a fire until the soldering that fastens the opened or top end of the can melts, when it will be found that by giving the joint a sharp blow with a chisel or a table-knife it will drop off. After a little practice, all danger of unsoldering the side joint of the can is overcome. Strips of bark must now be cut about two inches in width, and the can dipped in hot asphalt. Apply the bark to the outside, filling the joints with moss, lichen, or other products of the woods. You will now have a pretty toy, which will hold a flower-pot; or, if you like, the earth itself may be put directly in the can. In the latter case you must, of course, punch holes in the bottom of your can, as in other flower-pots, so that there may be a circulation of air and water.
Fig. 2 is a fruit-can bird-house, with a roof of thatched straw. In this case the bark must be nailed on to the can, and the nails clinched on the inside, or it can be secured by means of fine wires. On the side of the can the tin is cut away in the form of a half-circle, this being bent down so as to form a standing-place in front of the entrance for the birds that are to occupy the house. Over the entrance, ornamentation in rustic-work is nailed on to the bark, as shown in the illustration.
The bark that covers the can is one inch less in height than the can, so as to allow the upper rim to remain bare. Into this circle of projecting tin holes are punched one inch apart all around the rim. These holes are made use of when stitching the straw roof to the rim of the can, as shown at A A. To give greater strength and stiffness to the roof, a second circle of stitches is taken at C C, and a third at D, and a fourth at B, to prevent the straws from spreading. The bird-house is now ready for fastening in position on the platform either with screws or nails.
Fig. 3 is a more complicated bird-house, and built to accommodate a large number of families. The manner in which it is constructed will be easily understood, however, from the foregoing description and a glance at the engraving.
The weather-vane (Fig. 4) may be made by flattening the side of one of the cans, when, if the figure of the fish is drawn with the point of a knife, any tinman will cut it out for a few cents.