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Popular Science MonihJy 



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A match is not necessary for starting a fire 



if a lens is at hand to focus the sun's 



rays on the fuel and ignite it 



To Carry Fire on a Boat 

 Put it into a Inicket with sand or 

 earth in the bottom. Always try to 

 use live coals or embers for this purpose. 

 They will hold for a long time if covered 

 skilfully with damp moss. 

 To Build a Fireplace for a 

 Semi-Permanent Camp 



Set a flat stone on edge for 

 the back. The sides are two 

 flat stones about 6 ins. thick. 

 The front is open. Dig a 

 small pit about 6 ins. deep 

 between the stones. This 

 will soon fill with ashes. 

 Don't remove them. They 

 are fine for roasting corn, 

 potatoes, fish, etc. The 

 stones make a curb which adds mui h 

 to the draft of the fire. The side 

 stones get hot. These serve to put the 

 coffee pot on after it is boiled. Boil it 

 seven minutes. Then set it on the hot 

 stone till wanted. If you want to 

 roast corn, strip it down, remove the 



silk, i)ull back the husks and put it 



under the edge of one of the stones. 



Pull the hot ashes over it. Treat 

 potatoes the same way. 



To Bake Fish 



Clean them, season, wrap them with 

 corn-husks, wild-grape leaves, or sassa- 

 fras lea\'es, cover with moist clay and 

 bury in the ashes. 



Venison and all kinds of meat other 

 than Isacon or cured ham can be kept 

 from ffies by hanging eight to ten feet 

 above the ground in flour sacks. Never 

 wrap cloth around fresh meat; it serves 

 to hasten decay. Venison should not be 

 washed unless it comes in contact with 

 dirt; washing destroys its delicate flavor. 



Using Gates to Lessen Danger 

 from Truck-Trailers 



THE rapidly increasing use of motor- 

 trucks as tractors for hauling trail- 

 ers of various kinds has resulted in the 

 development of protective devices to 



TRUCK S/\FE.TY TRAILER 



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Fire is prevented rrom spreading by a 

 simple trench dug around it 



Many accidents might have been avoided by the 

 use of this arrangement 



pru\ent tiie injury of thoughtless pedes- 

 trians who unwittingly run in between 

 a truck and trailer, when endeavoring to 

 cross a street, thinking that they are 

 separately propelled \ehicles running 

 close together. An English safety-g.ite 

 arrangement is here illustrated. The 

 gates arc built on the lazy-tongs principle 

 so that they can close up or extend as the 

 trailer rounds a curve. They are se- 

 curely attached to triangular supporting 

 frames, fastened to the rear end of the 

 truck frame and the front of the trailer, 

 as indicated. 



They are constructid in xarious sizes 

 to span the smallest and the largest dis- 

 tance between a truck and a trailer. In 

 some instances tlie\- ha\e taken the 

 plaieof the customar\- danger ll.ig which 

 16 often unnoticed.— Victor' Pagi5. 



