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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



loose, I finally picked up a piece 

 of wood about three feet long 

 and two inches wide. To this I 

 tied a piece of string about one- 

 third of the way from one end. 

 I then made a loop in the string 

 which would slide easily along 



my line and set the stick adrift. 

 The current carried it down afly- 

 ing. I held a tight line and the 

 stick went right over the spot 

 where my hook was and danced 

 around. In a moment the hook 

 came free. This kink usually 

 works very nicely and has saved 

 several spinners for me since. 



THE PALOUSER 



BY A. W. STEVENS 

 The palouser is a very simple 

 and efficient candle lantern well 

 known to the miner and woods- 

 man. It may be made of any 

 good-sized tin can, but a lard pail, 

 about 5 Ib. size, works best. 



Select a point in the side of the 

 pail a little more than half way 

 down and directly under one of 

 the ears that holds the bail. Cut 

 a slit whose length is a little 

 greater than the diameter of a 

 candle. Then cut another across 

 it at right angles. This forms 

 four points which may be bent in- 

 ward. A candle thrust through 

 the hole is prevented by these 



points from slipping out, and it 

 may be pushed farther in as it 

 burns off. 



Loosen the bail from the side 

 on which the hole has been 

 punched. Squeeze the ends a lit- 

 tle closer together and hook the 

 loose end under the flange in the 

 bottom of the pail. This forms 

 a handle by which the pail may be 

 carried on its side and the lan- 

 tern is complete. 



The bottom of the pail forms 

 a reflector and makes it 'a real 

 searchlight. Although the whole 

 front is open, it will burn in al- 

 most any wind because there is 

 no other opening to carry the 

 draft past the flame. 



As to the spelling of the name, 

 I am not sure, as I have never 



seen it in print. The great agri- 

 cultural region of the state of 

 Washington is known as the Pal- 

 ouse (pronounced paloos), and in 

 the Northwest everything of a 

 rural nature is supposed to have 



