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KINKS OF ALL KINDS 



friends over seven years and am 

 still using the blades that came 

 with it. After shaving I simply 

 strop the blade by holding it firmly 

 between the thumb and index 

 finger, left hand, edge from you, 

 and rubbing the thumb of right 

 hand over the edge on all four 

 edges. Do not strop too much. 

 Go easy at first and you'll learn 

 just the amount. Try this and 

 note how your blades will last. 



A TURTLE TRAP 



BY WM. SIMS BUNN' 

 While the following kink may 

 not be new to all the readers, at 

 the same time it is worth trying 

 for those uninitiated in this way 

 of catching turtle. The plan is as 

 follows : First get a rough board, 

 say 12 inches wide and as long as 

 the water and bottom justify. On 

 this board nail a quantity of stout 

 ringed hooks a few inches apart 



diagonally, and at the top of the 

 board (which will be sitting in 

 the water at an angle of about 30 

 deg.) tie securely a chicken or rab- 

 bit. In a day or two a gentle (?) 

 odor will be wafted over the 

 face of the waters which will stir 

 up the turtles' olfactories irresist- 

 ibly. They will all answer the 



summons of the decayed bait, and 

 will try to climb up the board, 

 with the result that the hooks will 

 catch them in the foot. By way 

 of anticipating and brushing aside 

 any suggestion that this method is 

 not humane, I believe any turtle 

 would rather have a hook in his 

 foot than through his bony mouth, 

 and that the above method will be 

 the less painful. Have the chicken 

 or rabbit a few inches above the 

 water. 



TWO OLD FRIENDS 



BY R. T. ERVIN 



Take two empty wooden spools 

 and drive either a screw or a nail 

 through the hollow center into the 

 side of a wall at such distance as 

 you wish (ordinarily some five or 

 six feet apart), so that you can 

 stand and pass the line over one 

 and then over the other, and back 

 again without having to move, let- 

 ting the line run off the rod onto 

 the wooden spools. This spreads 

 the line out, so that the air will 

 dry it, and yet it never comes into 

 contact with any metal substance. 



The other "kink" is how to tie 

 the two ends of a silk line to- 

 gether so they will not slip. Tie 

 an ordinary single loop in the end 

 of one line. Run the other line 

 through this, and then tie a simi- 

 lar loop with this end around the 

 other line. Draw the knots tight 

 around each line. Then catch the 

 lines and pull them until the two 

 ends are drawn together. It will 

 be found that each single knot 



