A CAMP HEATER 
HOSE who live in a tent during the 
late fall and winter need a good 
stove and one can easily be made in the 
following manner : 
Get a section of old smoke-stack about 
3 feet long. With a hammer and chisel 
cut a round hole in one side, 5 inches in 
diameter, and about 4 inches from one 
end. Then crimp the edges of the hole in 
until it will just admit the end of a 6-inch 
elbow. Insert the end of elbow and then 
crimp the end of the elbow back over the 
iron you crimped inside when you en- 
larged the hole. 
Now stand it on end and put on your 
]iipe, and then cover the stove with a 
licav}" piece of sheet iron. You are now 
ready for a fire. Do not cut a hole for 
the draft; just make a small hole in the 
dirt under the front side and when you 
wish to close the draft push some dirt in 
the hole. 
Of course, if you have a floor in your 
tent it will be necessary to set the stove 
in a box of earth as it has no bottom. 
This stove will keep a 16 x 16-foot tent 
at summer heat when it is 20 degrees be- 
low outside. 
If a large block of wood is put in at 
bed time and the draft closed it will keep 
the tent warm all night and the stove will 
be half-full of live coals in the morning. 
Egbert E. Shute, Kansas. 
TACKLE BOX FOR AUTO 
""PHE tackle box represented below is 
^ designed for use of auto-camping 
parties. In it fishing rods may be carried 
all "set." As often as a tempting spot 
shows up, the occupants of the car have 
easy access to the rods. Another feature 
is the tray and its compartment, where 
many pieces of tackle may be carried. 
A bait box for live minnows may be 
also built on the same lines to fasten to 
the running-board of the car. It should 
contain a tray perforated with j^-inch 
holes which would allow free passage of 
water throughout the box. 
E are depending upon the 
friends and admirers of our 
old correspondent Nessmuk to 
make this department worthy of 
his name. No man knew the woods 
better than Nessmuk or wrote of 
them ivith quainter charm. Many 
of his practical ideas on camp- 
ing and “going light” have been 
adopted by the United States 
Army; his canoe has been preserved 
in the Smithsonian Institution; and 
we hope that all good woodsmen 
will contribute to this department 
their Hints and Kinks and trad- 
test ed contrivancesj — [Editor.] 
Give the inside of the tackle box two 
good coats of spar varnish, and paint it 
on the outside to match the car. 4'he 
irons holding the box to the top could be 
made in a blacksmith’s shop for a few 
cents. The loose washer provides ample 
grip. Line the bottom of box with corru- 
gated rubber to keep it tight and from 
scratching the paint on the car. 
P. P. Avery^ New Jersey. 
HANDLING A CANOE 
P ROBABLY no form of boat appeals 
^ to us to such an extent as does the 
canoe. This is partly from association 
and partly from the fact that no boat is 
so much a part of the man, nor responds 
so readily to his will. And yet the canoe 
is feared more than any other kind of 
boat, simply because it is not understood. 
If mishandled, no boat is more danger- 
ous, but if properly managed and under 
conditions suited to it, the canoe may be 
reckoned safer than anything of its size, 
provided, of course, that the model is 
good. This is an important considera- 
tion, for so many canoes are extreme- 
ly dangerous simply because they are 
wretched models. 
Absolute confidence is the first thing to 
accjuire. Don’t imagine that when a j 
canoe lists over quickly to one side that | 
she is going to turn over. Remember jl 
that she is very sensitive to the slightest ’ 
motion on the part of the occupant. I 
Therefore, move deliberately, and on no i| 
account lose your balance. Keep your jj 
equilibrium and your canoe will stay t 
right side up. Do not take children or 
girls with you until you have thoroughly j 
learned how to handle the canoe under jS 
all conditions. 
Of course the best and quickest way to 1 
learn to canoe is to go with an expert and ' 
get him to show you exactly what to do. i 
The first thing to know is how to paddle 
in still water. As it is easier to paddle 
from the stern, the beginner should sit 
there, balancing his canoe by placing a i 
weight as far foi^vard as possible. i 
Hold the paddle with hands well sep- | 
arated, and dip the blade gently but firmly 
into the water, submerging almost all the j 
blade before beginning the stroke. This j 
prevents the splash and noise which I 
would frighten any animal you might j: 
wish to approach. j 
Draw the paddle through the water i 
with increasing force, keeping the blade ji 
edgeways to the canoe, until, reaching f 
the back end of the stroke, with a turn of 
the wrist the edge of the blade which was 
farthest away is turned downward and 
the paddle is pushed with more or less 
force away from the canoe. This brings li 
the bow back and causes her to go 
straight. j 
Do not change the paddle from side to 
side ; it is not only awkward but unneces- 
sary. Always paddle on the lee side if r 
you are alone. If two are paddling it ji 
docs not make much difference, although | 
the bow man usually takes the weather 
side. If the water is rough, on no ac- 
count let the canoe get directly broadside 
to the waves. Swing her slightly either 
toward or away from the waves, and re- : 
member that a canoe with no keel drifts 'j 
with the wind, and should therefore be j 
headed well to windward of the point to j 
be reached. A canoe, if well managed, ; 
will stand both a heavy head and stern 
sea, but breaking waves if they strike 
her side will soon fill her with water. i 
In places without rapids or even * 
strong currents, a keel about one inch | 
deep is an advantage, especially if you J 
have to cross large bodies of wafer where I 
the wind would "seriously interfere with p 
going in a given direction and cause an jk 
unnecessary amount of work. But on no jl 
account take a keel canoe through rapids, i 
