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and the hole of the spool forms a right 

 angle with the edge of the board next 

 it. Having each spool touching the next, 

 drive in the finishing nails. The spools 

 will be arranged as in Fig. 4A and the 

 board complete will appear as in 4B. In 

 4A the dotted lines represent the holes in 

 the spools. The lower board has pre- 

 viously been covered with a light coat of 

 glue, from the center to the Hne of the 

 end of the spools. 



Cut more spools like those used in Fig. 

 3, only do not drive in nails or pare. 

 Then find the radius of the end of the 

 spool (the smaller end). Suppose it to 

 be X inches. Then mark off four points 

 which are x inches from the four sides. 

 That is, each point is somewhere on the 

 diagonals, and perpendiculars from 

 those points to the 2 nearest sides are 

 X inches. Join these points together and 

 then mark off, on the lines thus formed, 

 points 2x inches apart. Count the 

 points, and whittle that number of sticks 

 which will fit snugly into the holes of 

 the spools and are %'' longer than 

 the holes. With a gimlet drill holes at 

 the points marked on the board, a little 

 over %'' deep. The gimlet should be 

 exactly the same size as the pegs. Drive 

 in each peg and before doing so, put 

 some glue in each hole. Pour in enough 

 to fll the hole. When the peg is driven 

 in the glue will partly run out. Smear 

 the upper part of the pegs with glue and 

 put on the spools, with the saw-cut next 

 the board. The glue on the peg and on 

 the board will hold it. Push a thumb 

 tack, which is also smeared (the point 

 and underside only) with glue, into the 

 top of the peg. These thumb tacks 

 should be of brass, and are only for 

 ornament. The corner spools, of course, 

 are not put on, neither was there a peg 

 driven in, the hole there being drilled 

 with the auger. Varnish the four 

 shelves, or stain to match furniture. 



For the remainder, more spools are 

 necessary. These spools must h& in sets 

 of 4, the spools in one set being all 

 equal. The sets range from those con- 

 taining spools of cotton basting variety 

 to the small cotton thread, the sets get- 

 ting smaller as they reach the top. 

 though there should be a far greater 

 number of small spools than large ones. 

 One end of each rod is threaded and has 



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a nut. Run these spools to the rods and 

 varnish. When all is dry, assemble. 

 Commence by putting the unthreaded 

 ends of the rods through the upper 

 shelf, extending above to half the depth 

 of the spool. Glue the four spools, sim- 

 ilar to those in Fig. 3, on the ends of the 

 rods and board. 



Then slip on the spools, in sets, small- 

 est first, gluing the ends of the spools 

 to make them stick. When 12^2^' have 

 been covered, put on the next shelf and 

 121^'" more spools and so on till the last 

 shelf is on; then fill up with the largest 

 spools and put on the nuts, cutting off 

 any rod left over, though it depends on 

 the size of the spools whether any will 

 be over or not. Then set up the stand, 

 and, filling in the holes of the four cor- 

 ner spools with putty, push in a thumb 

 tack in each, and varnish the stand again. 

 The author using this as z model, though 

 varying a little in design, constructed a 

 flower stand, though much smaller. 



A Cheap Substitute for Linoleum 



THREE sheets 

 of strong, 

 brown paper, past- 

 ed together, with 

 a top covering of 

 ordinary wall-pa- 

 per, make an excel- 

 lent, inexpensive, 

 sanitary substitute 

 for linoleum. After cleaning the floor, a 

 sheet of good, strong, brown paper is 

 pasted down and allowed to dry. Then 

 a second sheet is laid and allow-ed to dry 

 thoroughly before laying a third sheet. 

 If a pattern floor covering is desired, 

 ordinary wall-paper serves the purpose 

 admirably. It is pasted to the top sheet 

 of brown paper already laid. The whole, 

 being thoroughly dry, a coat of sizing is 

 applied and left to set, after which a 

 coat of good varnish completes the pro- 

 cess. This floor covering has all the ad- 

 vantages of real linoleum and may be 

 washed and polished in the usual way. 



Lengthening the Life of a 

 Worn-out Clock 



AN old clock can be rejuvinated and 

 used for many years by increasing 

 the distance of the escapement, or in 

 other words, by prying apart the jaws 

 just a mite. 



