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"Yes; it will last longer than a hol-
lowed wooden boat, Is easy to repair
and--why,' he suddenly changed: you
know Krupp is making feld cannon of
paper and they're lighter and stronger.
and If cannon can be made of paper
! guess our boat will stand 1t. But
anyway that's the way, and this is
how we make it,
Turning your wooden model upside
down on the bench, paste layer OF
paper over 1t, with water as PASTE
'Water?r came again the astonished
questioning. Will 1t stick?"
No. not very long. but we don't want
1t TO. The next layer we put on with
paste or glue. Flour paste will do and
II is very light, too. Then we keep add
ing layers till our paper is about an
eighth of an inch thick. BY that time
the water layer is dry and we can re-
move the paper she'll which will be
Do you see?" and he looked at the row
of bullying eyes.
Fine. Dandy. That's great" they
shouted in chorus and they couldn't
say more.
Now" said Jack. continuing. well
have to spoil our wooden hull by cut
ting both ends of, as at A and B here.
in Fig. XIV. These end blocks, as we
will call them, are to fasteu the rudder
and bowsprit to- The hull is laid up
side down and cut through crosswise
with a saw clear down to the thin
deck. and the inner. portion. shown
black In the drawing. removed and
thrown away. The end blocks, how
ever, are nailed securely in their places
at the ends. and IN their proper posi-
tions.
Now, down through the back end
small hole is bored, into which tube
Of tin or brass is fitted tight At. This
will be for the rudder.
"A keel x is next made of tin, cut
from tomato can, with the ends melt
ed of. At the bottom, as at l., is
strip of lead cut from a piece of lead
pipe doubled around the tin and fas-
tened with brads.
AT the top little maps left in the tin.
as in the small sketch. and at (f), are
used to fasten the keel to the hull.
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As he finished heard a stunning he
hind me and I saw Missouri go over TO
my father and kneel down at his feet.
and. looking up into his face with her
tear dimmed eyes. she said. 'Csawd bless
you. Mars William 7 believes that
night was the happiest I ever knew as
a little boy.
Uncle George prospered at his black
smiths forge. and for two years paid
a portion Of his purchase money: and
then the war came on and everybody
enlisted and went away to the army.
my father among the rest. at the head
of company of cavalry: and Uncle
George became our only protector. And
finally one day the news came from the
front that my father had been killed.
leading his regiment In a terrible bat
tie He was colonel then. promoted
for ga'lantry on the field. and when his
body was brought home later Uncle
George took charge OF all the details OF
the burial and com<orted my mother all
he could under the burden OF his own
grief, and said to her: Cheer up. old
Miss belong to you now. and long
as dere's life in Georges body dat debt
to Mars William amt neber gwine to
he paid" and he kept his word faith
fully, for up TO the day when we laid
him to rest in our family plat. nearly
sforty years after the war ended. he had
never left Old Miss side. and she had a
modest tombstone placed over his
grave. on which was carved this only:
........------..... -..----.--...s..
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CHAPTER III.
Jack Tells How 10 Make some Toy
Hoafs


JACK Tells How 20 Make Some Toy
Boats.
BOUT o'clock Of the same even
N ing. after Jacks talk with the
boys. he was again at the
swimming place. Standing out
on the edge of the sand bar he
scanned the river carefully upstream.
shading his eyes with his hand. There
was nothing in sight and he soon went
back up shore u short distance and
sat down.
raft boat. belching great clouds
Of smoke. pulled noisily by on its way
upstream, its stern wheel raising a
cloud Of sprsy and leaving wake OF
foamy waves behind, while from the
upper deck came the sound of a man
singing.
shortly after gasoline launch
coughed its way by like noisy little
waterbury,; and as dusk came on. a
raft with bow boat" in front. dark,
mysterious and floating broadside. and
a large rafter half mile behind push
ing at the rear end and steering
around sideways by means Of a leaky
and rafting donkey engine or mig
ger" slid easily by.
When this had passed Jack went
down to his sandbar again and was
rewarded by seeing. a nile and a half
above. a house-boat OF very limited
size towed by gasoline launch. See
ing this he quickly made his way
down stream 10 \ landing place just
below the saDdbar and waited.
In "A few minutes the boat approached
and swinging round 60 a point up
stream. swung in and tied up to the
bank.
How roes she go. Johng" shouted
a voice from tho launch.
Pretty well. Mort" answered Jack.
Anything doin2'
Dunno vet so far as fishin' is con-
cerned. bat those kids yesterday have
got me in a kind Of a box. Tell you
bout it later"
There were four young fellows in
the boat and launch our friend max
ing the nfth; students evidently from
some college and all dressed in old
clothes and looking more or less
tramp-like as though they had been
at their outing, or whatever II was,
for some time.
When the plank was down and the
rations fog supper and camp. Two
OF the boys had a small tent up in no
time and the other two, setting up a
camp stove from the boat started the
cooking. while Jacl took a couple Of
pals AID went over the railway tracks
and back Of the line at the foot Of the
blur, where a spring dubbed up pure
as cryst2L He returned with his pail
brimmng fun.
"Grub's served shouted a voice a
few moments later and all sat down
10 eat
Then followed Jacks story. continu-
ing his tale of the night before, for
they had picked him up then. too, and
he had told Of his whiting lesson on
the bank and Of being taken for a
tramp. This time he told of his ex-
perience al N.c's shop and meeting Mr.
Marsden. AS he It'd of his offer of
a position teaching in barn, the boys
roared.
You teachi" cried one.
And room in a barn." shouted
another.
~whittling.' cried third. and they
screamed with laughter at the idea
that he. John Messer. son of (but
that's another story should do thing
like that.
Jack laughed, too. and told them
the name he had given the boys. at
which their laughter was renewed.
You're clever, and no mistake. Jack
Kneif,' indeed; Jack Kneif.' alias John
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model yacht clubs, and the same in
San Francisco. with some beautiful and
very fast boats. so you see IL isn't just
u kids game after all.
Guess he's travelled some. too"
whispered Bob to Ed with a knowing
look, as though that were an added
clew to Jacks identity.
Now, for building this boat Jack
began again. "I'lI turn back to Fig,
XIV and begin.
First you get a piece of soft wood,
If your boat is to be not longer than
two feet or so, large enough for athuli
the shape and size you wish TO make.
Having planed off this piece on all
faces, tack to it's top face thin wooden
deck, say quarter OF an inch thick
and planed on both sides. This is shown
at here in Fig. XIV" and he pointed
ii out.
Now on the side of the piece mark
OF the curve you wish the hull to have
from stem to stern and cut along this
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FIG. XVII
CHE ENGINE AID
PROPELLER

white lead or thick paint Is smeared.
The deck and end blocks may be
smeared all over with white lead IL
desired, but all that Is really necessary
is here at the rudder tube and all
around the edge of the deck
The wooden part being In place, a
row OF small curtain tacks is driven
around the hole for the rudder tube,
the tacks being so close that the heads
touch. Then the paper is tackled to
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the edge of the deck all the way
around. the tacks being about a quar-
ter of an inch apart. taking care. too.
that there is plenty of white lead be-
tween the paper and wood to nil UP
the cracks.
when we have bored hole for the
mast through the deck in its proper
position on the center line and but a
very short distance into (a), Though
this is not really necessary for small
boat), and covered all with a coat or
two of paint. our hull Is done.
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pin or brad (p).
You see, when the wind blows side
ways against the sail it tends to bring
the boat up to point, toward where
the wind is coming from: so in a big
boat the sailor steers his rudder to
turn the boat the other way. One act
ing against the other. the boat takes
a halfway course and goes in a
straight line.
so here when the boat sails pull on
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the tiller into a circle and forward
to tack stuck in the deck BY NOV
ing this tack forward or backward the
sail Is let out or in rubber band
tr) runs from the ring (t) back to a
the tilier one way it pulls the tiller
over and steers the boat in the oppo-
site way. so the two balance-lf the
tension OF the rubber is adjusted right
-and the boat sails in straight line"
Say, that's fine. too" said the boys,
and anxiously awaited his next word.
That finishes all the sail boats I'll
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For this a wooden strip (a) is fitted
inside the paper hull to fit the curve.
This stick, while in this position. is
rested on some solid surface. the boat
of course being held upside down, and
then brads driven down through the
tin flaps (f) through the paper into
the Stick tal. To be sure that no water
will leak through the nail holes it IL
better to coat the bottom face of the
stick (a) with white lead before nail
ing the keel on.
I'VE are now ready to fasten the
hull to the deck and end blocks.
"a hole is cut In the paper hull
where the rudder tube will stick
through, and around this on the inside
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New-York tribune., 1906-10-31
ARTIST NOT 4 SUICIDE.
Coroner's Jury Says j. c. Baker Met
Death by accident.

A corone-'s jury decided yesterday th.. John c.
Baker. a newspaper artist. came 10 his death ac-
cidentally on October in his apartments. at No.
40 Central Park West. Mrs. Baker. his widow
told Coroner Hamburger and the jury that her
husband had purchased revolver after he had
expected a burglar in the apartments in East Ssth
street two years ago She said that II had been
her husbands habit to keep the revolver IN a
chforier, and retiring place It under his
pillow. II kept In the chiffonier so that the
child would not get 1t. she said.
Continuing. Mrs. Baker said that for two weeks
previous TO october the house had been in a tur-
MOL with Faperhangers and painters. and the
chinonler was not in the bedroom on the night Of
Mr Bakers death She heard shot from her
husbands room, and rushed in find him diving
He had started 10 put the revolver under his pill
low, when he slipped and fell over rug Mrs
Baker said her husband had absolutely no cause
TO end his life. In her opinion. he had everything
10 live ior; he rec eived salary of s25 week
and :neIr home life had been and was perfectly
happy. Without leaving their seats the jury de-
ciGed that MI Baker had met his death as the re-
suit OF accident.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31
MAY ACT ON WALKER LAKE OPENING
Secretary Hitchcock May Ask to Have Il
Declared Invalid.
A partment Hotels.

Washington. Oct n-Ths Interior Department
received to-day dispatches from agents in Nevada
indicating that when all the facts are known hsr,
concerning the opening OF the Walker Lake Indian
Reservation and the charges that thousands OF per-
sons had succeeded In entering the reserve In ad
vance OF the signal Secretary Hitchcock may BE-
compelled TO recommend that the opening be
declared invalid. Special Land Agent Parke, IN \
dispatch dated Hawthorne. TO Secretary Hitchcock
said:
Rush from this end OF the reservation WAS ordor.
ly and without disturbing incident Two thouaand
persons passed through here. Only about thre~
hundred on line when signal was ired at appointed
time. IL Is known that hundreds OF persons were
within the reservation previous 20 time set for
opeH,f and that most OF the valuable clatuaa hsr
been located and marked.
Nc action viii be taken by Secretary Hitchoocs
until reports have been receiv from snyNrnl ~
cial agents OF the Land and Indian bufoSua SS~
are IN ths delA
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31
LOCKPORT'S WATER BAD
City Wishes to Take Better from
Niagara RiUer.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau. !

Washington. oct. 3O-The city Of Ioclpor, ~
Y. is anxious to obtain legislative authority for
taking its water supply from the Niagara River II
has been obtaining rs supply from the Erie Canal
for many years ard has been compelled for sani
tary reasons to seek relief The city has obtained
bids FOR the new installation and now the munich
pal officials have written 10 the War Department to
ascertain If they contract for the system which
viii require more than year in construction The
city desires to begin the construction and wishes
authority 70 construct It's intake and shore cor
nectiOns, which be laid some distance frCrn,
the bottom OF the river. In other words IL desires
10 place an obstruction in the river within the
meaning OF the law OF March ,. 1899.
The War Department. sees no cblac..on 10 this
provided the city OF LCckport Is willing 10 take
the risk of legislative disapproval Of its request FOR
authority 10 take water from the river in the oper
alton cf the Of June 29 1906 The work would
be regarded distractions which will not inter
fere with the navigation of the river and no wa er
is 10 be allowed 10 pass through the system until
It's amount has been determined by Congress or ~
the Secretary OF War in the operation OF proper
enabling legislation
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31
ARMY AND NAVY NEWS
rr.om rhs rrhune Bureau J

H.
N,v-v NEEDS CIVIL, ENGINEERS.-The seven
,.oosnc,es IN the CORPS of civil engineers OF the
navy will have 10 be filled by appointments Ito'. =
civil life II the Navy Department Is aole u -
that many young men who are graduates A' -.
technical schoo.s of the country ana WIN o.
more proftably employed outside Oh eI' .to-stIas
vice 1t Is serious question with the
whether II will be possible to obtain the cauiu !,
from such source, and the department I'A - -
that II WILL not be possible 10 lhaAo 0--' -
transfers from the line TO the corps Vi Ne'-o ,,
n,. ~ tho r,,dshipmen for appointment as clVh
o,g,naara This action Is rendered necessary ue
s,tt. +b. urgent need OF officers in the corps
nv the lack Of officers for duty on pouIo '..-H
There have been numerous applications Hleu US -
officers and by senior midshipmen IoF appo
rnent as civil engineers where the chanceS "a p4o
motion are somewhat better than in the lne' from
-asa,t Indications of rapidly approaching
"hun1p" There have been three appointments %
the corps within the last year from IHose WIZ
were at the Naval Academy anq "a0 a0no,nt1ent 9I
as ensign the defects being Of minor chaIaCIeI g
and In no % ce engner The latest to
he so appointed was A. A. Baker, who has Joinea 1
me LII engineerng The course will last about
two years. when the appointees VIII oe a Ta NJ
Gu{X as oq oanddates from civil life win take place
about the first of the year, it Is expected anu WI"
ORDERS IssUED.-Ths following orders nave
been issued:
Resignation Of First Lieutenant WILLIAM j. SCHMIDT
DsnteI surgeon ALDEN CARPENTER, from vancouver
Rarracks to Newport News, thence Cuua, 1,L,,,
Dental Surgeon GEORGE E. STAI1l4M from rllIp-
pines 10 Francisco
NAVY.
Captain DRAKE Lieutenant y31F BRIGGS 5T " En-
GfLEs. " ANcRUM and D T. GHENT. detached
from Wisconsin home, wait orders
Commander B. ". HODGES. detached from the water
vliet Arsenal Astatic station
Ideutenaut l.. c. BE;IsTOLETTE, detachec
from the Newark the Vermont, at Quincy: -
lieutenant E WINSHIP retired. placed retired ist
Lieutenant r. WILLIAMS. detached from the Maine
home
Ensign e O. FITCH detached the navy yard, Bos-
ton 10 Army General Hospital Fort Bayard
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.-The following
movements of vessels have been reported to the
Navy Department:
ARRIVED.
October c5-Th. Dubuque. Juan: Juan
the Sterling. Monte Christi; the
Marietta. Santo Domingo city the Kentucky
the Mohawk Norfolk. Virginia and the
Abarenta Tompkinsvtlle.
SAILED
October 2e-The Dubuque. from San Philadel-
phia: the Sioux from Boston for Bradford: the Des
Moines Santiago Guantanamo the Denver
from Norfolk for League Island. the BakeIy from
Norfolk for a cruise: the Virginia ard
New York for Tompknsville; Eagle from Norfolk
for Key West
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31
cABMAN FINED FOR INTERFERENCE

Stephen r. PeI. broker. who lives at No East
69tn street, appeared before Magistrate Walsh In
the jefferson Market court yesterday as com
plainant against Patrick Donohue. cab driver
of No 43S East 36th street whom he accused OF in
tertering with him last night by driving his cab
in front OF the in which he and his wife were
returning home The broker also declared that
onohue had used INSULT TX language.
Doaohue said that ne thought the driver OF Mr.
PelPs cab picking up passengers in the street
contrary 20 the city ordinance, and thar he was
trying TO find out II such the case, that he
could make a complaint against the driver
Magistrate Walsh nned Donohue 81 and warned
him against interfering with trafno IN the future
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31

are so dear But If that sort OF book wepe ,ro
chean il still would not be bought There Is no
6istntarasted care for the things of the nina II
sounds priggish. but it is true The auxnTr pISt
cannot be very much worse off than ne Is. oI, ~
admit" said Hackman, that perhaps lii0
author deserves his luck IF he We're q Mdoau % a.
Law or a Froude perhaps he would sell, but ne Is
NOT II THE Times or any other similar puI-
nbes.r bough+ as MANY of the authors books
as he sells at present l don't see how ne would
be worse off personally. than he is at present, pI
Rut don't suppose that any circulating library
will supply the books that are not novels
What do other authors say?
'I don't know any authors srowleo aacA-
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

Alpena, Mich Oct. SO.-It is feared that the
barge Thomas H. Cahoon, owned in Saginaw. is
in tow OF the steamer Homer Warren and anchoreS "
off Thunder Bay Island on Saturday night The
Cahoon broke loose during a gale and has not been
reported since.
was shot and seriously wounded Yesterday b.,
Little Rock Norton, e Negro. and q posse is
capture the Negro, with the evowcl intention OF
lynchng hum.
Yazoo City. Miss. Oct. so.-Advices received here
from LArgent Sharkey County say that Breveo:
came came IN iqvG9ed cbos6 in ana duel b6f f9wqg
land. in whose store the shooting occurred was
shot and killed while attempting = separate the
men.
Youngstown .ohlo, Oct. .9o-An attempt was
oho bridge in the 60 pa Fe Of FT the cT
men, one carrying package under his arm. were
heavy explosion followed shortly afterward The
bridge, although badly shaken up not put out
Of use The men escaped on a westbound freight.
Lima Ohio Oct 3O-The eastbound Wells
Fargo limited express train on the Erie while run
ming fifty miles an hour, struck freight car in
the yard here early to-day and was partially de-
rallied A; NJ; Lauman, OF Huntington, Ind, a fire.
gers escaped with only slight bruises
Port Huron Mich, Oct. so.-Captain William
somervle, Of Berlin Heights. Ohio: his daughter.
Miss Kate somervile, and the crew OF five men OF
the barge Checotah were rescued to-day by the
steamer w A Payne in Lake Huron from an open
barge when that craft became waterlogged off
Port sanilac. The seven people in the open boat
Huron for an hour when rescued
San Francisco. Oct sO.-The Togo Kisen Kaisha
liner Hongkong. Captain Bent, arrived yesterday
this coast the Honskong spoke the British ship
Leland Brothers from Antwerp for this port Tho
his men were III with beri-beri and J.at the ship 3
steward. Henry TrotmAn. WAS dead
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31
SCHOOL SUPPLY SITE 100 EXPENSIVE

The report of the Finance Committee of the Board
Of Aldermen. presented TO the board at its meeting
yesterday afternoon on the proposition of spending
100000 for site for central supply depository
for the Board of Education. precpitated debate
The committee reported against the expenditure Of
much money for site for what would h.
nothing than a warehouse The argument
lasted some time, and then the report of the COM
mittee finally adopted and the resolution an
thOriAilg the 500 600 differentiation lost ~
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31

Bert Lesion Taylor. known by his clever con-
tributions to Puck" many Of which took the
form of burlesques literary announcements.
has written serious novel of American life. en-
titled THE Cherlatans," published last week by
the Bobbs- Merrill Company.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31

Uncer the title Of Historic Bibles OF Amer
ica," the Rev. DR.. John Wright tells the story
of some famous copies OF the Scriptures or
formerly owned by Presidents, potentates
statesmen and other notable persons. The book
is published by Thomas Whitaker
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31

both sides and gathering personal "reminiscences
and explanations from men still living who have
taken active part IN the controversy.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31

In volume on "Old Time Wall Papers" Just
published by Clifford & Lawton. New York Miss
Kate Sanborn referring to the fact that the
paperhanger was regarded as almost a needless
luxury in early American days, and that 1.-The
family often Joined in the task of making the
paste cutting the paper and placing it on the
walls states that it was not even beneath the
dignity of George Washington to engage in this
homely work of interior decoration. She writes:
The story goes that the good Martha lamented
IN me presence OF Lafayette that she would be
uIdpIe 10 get the new paper hung in the banquet
room IN time for the morrow's ball in honor Of
me young marquis; there were TO be found
!2r such work Lafayette at once pointed out to
iillSStress Washington that she had three atle-
bodled men at her servce-GeneraI Washington,
Lafayette himself, and his ade-de-camp Where
upon the company fell Immediately to work and
the paper was hung in time for the ball
New-York tribune., 1906-10-31

Eleanor Gates. whose novel, THE Plow-
Woman" was recently reviewed in these col
umns, spent all her early life on a quarter sec
ton of land in Vermillion Valley. South Da-
kota, the scene of her recent romance. Later
she studied at Stanford University and the uni
versity at Berkeley, and married in California
Mr.. Richard Walton Tully. the playwright.
whose new drama. written in collaboration with
Mr.. David Belasco, will follow THE Girl Of
the Golden West" at the Belasco Theatre this
autumn.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-08-15

upper Mill creek this season is ex-
ceptionally fine. A party Of three
camps left Klickers Saturday and
went about six miles above the old
Thomas cabins. The total catch for the
day amounted to $50 trout, many of
them weighing one-half to three
quarters of a pound. Superintendent
Bond and T. S. Johnson made an ex-
cellent catch above the Thomas cabins
last week.