Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-10-07
on the floor,

and lay the long boards, c and D, over
the ends of the short boards, e and
(Figure A..
Screw them together with the largest
screws that you can handle. If possl-
BILE, bolt them instead of screwing them.
Boys do not use bolts often enough for
their work. They are quite as easy to
put in as screws, and they not only
make a much firmer job but also one
that is far neater. ---s-7-5@'
Whether bolts OR screws are used,
enough must be put in to assure COM
| plete rigidity. If only one Is used at
each corner, the entire frame will have
a constant liability to give sideways.
Now you have your framework COM
plete. The next step is to bore holes
for ropes to hang the swing.
If the ropes are simply put through
holes bored to receive them, the chatting
| that occurs constantly when the swing
| is in motion will soon fray them out
| and they will be dangerously weak be-
fore the swing has been used many
days. But this difficulty can be over
come in simple and easy manner.
Get a piece Of old, wornout garden
hose, which can be obtained almost
anywhere. hardware store will be
sure to have some If you cannot find
piece knocking around the house. Gut
| it into sections asfew inches in length.
Then heat q poker red hot and with it
burn holes, just large enough to allow
the hose to pass through, into each
| cfy innhnc from
the ends and sides.
Then comes the operation of making
the stay block, which is to act as sup
port for the swing when 1t Is hung.
This stay block Is shown as Figure 6
In Figure 1. 1t is simply good strong
block Of wood, hickory preferred, with
holes bored into it just as in the frame.
Its dimensions are four feet long by
four inches square, and the. holes are
four inches from the end. Figure
shows one direction in which the ropes
must be passed through the frame, up
to and through the stay block and the
loop that they form above it.
Betty's Way.
1t helps Betty. You might try II
some IlIuS, uAlCSS, VI NouAoS, Sou oOiA
need any help-perhaps you like to
wipe dishes! Betty-dear me, how
Betty doesn't like to! Although now
it isn't nearly as bad, since she made
play of it. It's almost fun now.
!, When you are 10 years old you car
make a play out of almost anything
. ! That is the advantage Of being II
years old. You will be surprised how
, much it helps-ask Betty.
Come, girls-dishes!' mamma calls
, after tea. In the mornings and al
moons there are the lessons, and mann
ma washes them herself.
"Dishes! Dishes! Call for volun
, teersv' and two volunteers appear
, Glory is the older, and washes; Bett,
wipes. She waits until the drainer i.
full of shiny, bubbly glasses ant
spoons. Then she begins.
"Oh, DEAR" she groans dismally
'how many debts owe! I must be
} gin right off and pay 'em up. 1t viii
never do to let this go on any longer
, There, there's one debt paid already
/ begin to feel a little relieved. ANT
that ones paid, and that one, and tina
one! I'll work very hard, and p'r'ap
! some day." signing. "I'll be out of debt
I What a comfort it Will be!'
She wipes away busily, little scow
(, between her eyes. The tumbler debts
: the spoon debts, the cup debts are al
paid. The plate and saucer ones com
| next, and she settles them.
.Why, I'm getting along beautiful
|, lyr' she murmurs, presently. and th
scowl is certainly smoothing out. Ther
: Is breathless last minute or two, an
then q shout Of triumph.