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passed ii on.
"Hurrah for Cummings! What's the
matter with Cummings?
Hurrah for the dogr' for dragging
behind him at the end of a rope tied
with the knot conveniently under his
ear was miserable little yellow cur.
To his stump of a tail was tied a
bunch Of ribbons, maroon and gold,
while around his body was tied a strip
OF red flannel on which. in gold, were
painted the letters u. of M
Lloyd saw it and groaned. My
colors," he said. The wretch. I'll fix
him.
Dean saw him, too. That's the
sleeve of my red shirt" he groaned.
'Ill fix him"
And Jack. still laughing, saw the
gold letters and said to himself. My
gold paint. but he's welcome. Hope he
didn't spoil any of my sable brushes
doing il, though"
Catching the dog somewhere on the
street Cummings had dressed him up
in the room. carried him over to the
armory and, being on good terms with
the Janitor and team. got in and
marched out on the field carrying
the mascot
Wen give him the degree when we
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or that ever will be made. For eff
niency nothing has ever been designed
that will give so much power and make
so much noise on the same amount of
fuel. The fuel used varies with each
motor, but some like to be run on pie.
"Yes, Vic, I can hear you laugh;
you're right, too--the motor of this
automobile is to be the boy himself.
livery boy his own engine, you might
call it.
"I guess Vic must have guessed--if
he is the one who did--from seeing the
. drawing, for in Fig. the boy is shown
in the racing car. his hands on the
driving bar and all ready for race.
THE common touring runabout is
shown In Fig. II, and this will tell
you about first.
You see the wheels are just common
wire wheels from an old express wa
gon. These are fastened to a car body.
made. as in Fig. III, from box of the
right shape. The front wheels are
steered by the feet by the arrangement
shown in Fig. w, while Figs. /. IL and
" together show the construction of
the drive or crank bolt Cd which forms
the crank on the rear wheel. The rear
connecting rod bearing is shown in
Fig. VI.
Fig VII shows the arrangement of
the racing car body and steerin g. gear.
First, to make our runabout
"Of course. procure the wheels for
the start. Then if you can't get box
at the grocer's the shape and size you
want make one of thin wood, proper
TONED something like the box in Fig.
III.
Mark lines across the box for the
back of the hood and at l. and (L)
also on either side of the seat position.
From Q) curve a line down on each
side to a point say four inches up from
the bottom edge, as at the lower (L).
'The lower L shows the curve run
ming from the main cross line l. at
the front of the seat down and forward
tof connect with line K drawn from
the front cross line l. back of the hood,
straight down Now, with a 'keyhole'
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THE SOUR SICK SULTAN AS HE IS

made one of the royal prisoners sui
tan in his stead.
This "Kafess" was one OF the
strangest prisons ever known. Not a
breath from the outside world was
ever permitted to reach the hapless
inmates; and the horror of violent and
sudden death hung over item cease
lessly. All the attendant slaves were
deaf mutes whose ear drums had been
pierced with a needle, and whose
tongues had been slit Many OF the
royal victims were bow-strung or
strangied by their slaves. Sultan
Otnman III was imprisoned here for
over fifty years before he was called
to the throne. and Sulieman III dragged
out miserable existence in the Kafess
for thirty-nine years before he emerged
from his long solitude to sit upon the
throne Of his fathers for bare thirty
months.
Although the Kafess has, under
pressure Of the foreign powers, been
relegated to the things OF the past,
along with the grewsome Tower OF
Blood and other horrors of the Otto
man court. the male relatives OF the
present Sultan are all practically pris-
oners in their own palaces. jealously
guarded day and night by the Sultan's
soldiers and spies.
The lie OF the sultan has resolved
itself into one succession of terrors.
Hated by his brothers, feared by his
wives, universally distrusted by his
subjects, guarded day and night as is
no other sovereign OF the world. Abdul
Hamid, "the Great Assassin" as he was
called by Gladstone, trembles in the
seclusion Of his hafem and spends his
time in a wild endeavor to ward of the
violent death which he seems to feel
IL his inevitable destiny.
Tho glorious Palace Of Dolna Bag.
fche down by the blue Bosphorue. one
OF the most splendid palaces in all the
world was deserted by Abdul Hamid
years ago. through fear that some Of
his loving subjects might be impelled
TO row up close to the walls and throw
a bomb into one OF the palace win
dowe; and so his residence for the past
quarter Of a century has been the Yil-
dix Kiosk. a veritable fortress crown
ing one OF the high hills Of Pera. From
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finest Hussars of the Turkish empire
came sweeping over the hills behind
us with a great sea of fluttering red
pennants. and wheeled into position be-
tween us of the common herd and
the mosque in which this child of the
Prophet was to offer up his prayers TO
Allah. Each platoon was mounted upon
the most superb horses. all of the same
color, first platoon OF coal-bIack
steeds, followed by one of pure white
Arabians; then platoon of noble bays,
and after them, browns, sorrels, iron
grays. and dappled steeds in succession
The Hussars-great. splendid, green
coated fellows-each carried a spear
and rode like mad. and one platoon
after another came sweeping over the
hill with blood-red pennants flying in
the wind. and swung into line before
the imperial mosque, the spectacle was
one of radiant beauty.
Then a muezzin appeared upon the
balcony of the slender white minaret
and gave the long, wailing call to
prayer; and an expectant hush fell over
all the waiting throng as the gates
of the palace slowly opened.
First came the princes of the blood,
royal prisoners every one; and after
them the Sultana valideh and the great
ladies lof the harem. Then. heralded
by a crash of martial music and a
great shout of the soldiery, came the
sad-eyed Sultan. A. hundred of the
greatest pashas of his army marched
around his carriage. and the Grand
yizier sat beside him. l was told that
the soldiers had orders to shoot the
Grand vizier Immediately il any acct
dent should befali the Sultan.
The music ceased. The soldiers sa-
luted and silence held the vast thronG
in breathIess expectation as the Sultan,
unutterabiy pathetic in his terror
stricken loneliness. descended from his
carriage. slowly climbed the marble
steps and disappeared within the
mosque. The voice of the mullah be-
gan its r1ournful chanting of the Koran
and we of the outer world knew that
the Child of the Prophet was az his
prayers.
Kismet. Unworthy scion of a once
mighty race: the finger of Fate is
upon thee! The ancient glory of
the house of Osman is setting in
sea of blood, and unnumbered thou
sands of thy hapless victims rise up
from martyr graves to spell thy doom!
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the drummer, with the bass drum.
Away across in the center section Of
the grand stand was Lloyd. ushering
Later, arter the game started, he pick
ed out a box with a nice young lady in
it and went and sat down, but now he
was working.
Where's Cummings?" thought Jack
A few minutes later the team came
rushing on the field and the crowd
went wild. When the noise had sub
sided and Jack had a chance to take
notice he spied Cummings.
The nerve of him walking oct on
the field with the team, But what was
that he had?" a d then Jack, getting
on TO the scheme, laughed until he had
to hang to the seat and the boys
around thought him crazy.
What's the matter, Messer?" said
one. Got EN- again2"
Look at Cummings" he answered.
choking. II that isn't a scheme 1
don't know one when ] see it,"
The boys were all four well known
for the tricks they worked, but this
one tickled the crowd. ana as they
noticed this latest they broke into
rousing cheers and roars Of laughter.
Hurrab for Cummings" they cried
around Jack, and the rest catching it
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saw. saw along these lines, thus cutting
out the section b at the back and A in
the middle, one of which can be made
up into the seat, back and sides. later.
''At the place where the feet come
when you sit on the seat with your feet
under the hood H several boards are
knocked off the bottom and board A,
Fig " nailed 1engthwise down the
middle of the hole just made, this be-
ing nailed underneath.
THE front wheels are now fastened
in their places, either on the tripod
which they were with on the wagon
or on two-by fours, B, Fig. H.
''The axle ta) must of course, be
pivoted to turn for steering.
THE rear wheels are fastened ON,
too as far back as they will go and in
any manner desired. The higher you
can mount your car body from the
ground. however the better it will be
for a runabout. within limits, of course.
Now footrest cross stick is
fastened to A, where the feet come by
a bolt I'D on which it turns. From
each end of this piece L run wires tr)
to the front axle. so that when the
feet turn the front axle fa) will be
turned and steer the car.
And now for the driving mechan-
isn't
Our touring runabout is high from
the ground so we will use the form
of driver shown in Fig. II.
Here two levers (c) of inch stuff.
shaped as shown, are pivoted at about
their middle on the center broomstick
(b), running through the sides of the
car in front OF the seat.
AT the top is a second broomstick
for a handle, which can be made
little shorter If you wish to spread
the levers little at the bottom, and
at the bottom. few inches only from
the ground, third broomstick (b)
crosses as shown.
This third lower broomstick pro-
jects out beyond the levers on either
end to a point two inches beyond the
ends of the rear axle.
And now we cut two pieces of pie
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this retreat the Sultan energies only
once each year, on the 18th OF Rama
zan, when, as the spiritual head of the
Mohammedan world. he is Obliged to
make a pilgrimage to the old seraglio
TO worship the mantle OF the Prophet.
Has 5000 Wives
Here at Yildiz, surrounded by the
barracks of the finest troops of his en-
pire, Abdul Hamid maintains his house
hold of more than 1900 soulsi OF this
large family 1000 are said to be wives
and odalisques. mostly Georgian and
Circassian slaves, guarded by 800 black
eunuchs, and waited upon by 1000 serv-
ants. Four hundred musicians help to
enliven the monotony of life In this
huge household, and 400 cooks and
scuIlions prepare the food; while sixty
physicians and thirty apothecaries look
after the health of the Padisha and his
numerous family.
Among the sultan's personal body
guard may be seen negroes from the
Soudan, Albanians in white petticoats,
Arabs and Kurds from the Persian
frontier, Circassians. Syrians, Moors
and Greeks. He Is so suspicious of
every one that he changes his body
guard every week TO avoid possible
plots, and never allows his ministers
to go outside the palace without his
written permission.
The Sultan his more than fifty beds
in different parts OF his palace. and no
one knows in which bed his Highness
intends to sleep. Soldiers are kept con-
stantly pacing past his bedroom door,
and the slightest cessation of the
steady football will bring him from his
bed in terror.
The Sultan's food is all prepared in
a special kitchen. which Is really a nt-
tie cell in which the cook is locked.
The cooking is done IN silver ves-
sells and under the surveillance OF
Osman Bey. the High Chamber
lain When done each kettle is
sealed with the imperial stamp. which
may be broken only in the presence OF
the Sultan by the High Chamberlain.
who is obliged to taste one spoonful
from each separate dish before the Sui
tan tastes 1t. This is to guard against
poison
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The expenditure of the Sultans civil
list amounts to 100000 Turkish livres,
or about s20, 200, 600 year, but there is
small danger of even this huge sum oc-
casioning the financial embarrassment
of his Highness, as he is one of the
wealthiest sovereigns in the world. 1t
is said that he is owner of one-half of
all the landed property in the vast
province OF Bagdad, and also of the
entire valley of the river Jordan in
Palestine.
Although surrounded by almost in
conceivable splendor. the Sultan fails
to maintain the traditions of his race
as to the magnifcence of costume for
which the Ottoman Sultans were for
merly noted Though all his dignita-
ries and pashas are decorated with
regal splendor, the Padisha himself is
always seen In a simple costume of ill-
fitting European clothing. dark in color
and relieved only by the ordinary SER
vice sword and the inevitable red fez---
that great leveler of rank in all ORR
entail countries 1t is common report,
however. that during the weekly cere-
mony-of the Seamik the Sultan wears
a coat of mail underneath his ordinary
garments.
Upon each of the Sultan's birthdays
and on twenty other special holidays
in every year, he invariably receives
from his mother or sisters the present
of a beautiful circassian slave for his
harem, so 1t is doubtful IL the Sultan
himself knows the exact number of his
constantly increasing collection OF
wives.
when the sultan Abdul Axiz was de-
posed. 5ust before his assassination In
1875, he was mercifully allowed to take
away with him from the Donna Bagtche
Palace ffty-four boatloads OF his wives.
which was considerate in the revolu-
uonary pasnas. 70 80, sa 'ne ne. ieas1, ..sa
is doomed? To the most casual OBJ.
server 1t is apparent that the empire
OF the Turk is crumbling into ruin.
Corruption rules in every branch of the
public service. the splendid ships Of
the fleet built by Abdul Azlz lie rotting
at anchor in the Golden Horn-abso-
Iutely useless so far as any practical
service is concerned. and Turkey has
long since ceased to be a sea power.
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get home" said Jack to the fellow next
to him. The degree of V. f. G.--Very
Fine CRATER
II guess you ought to have more
than that" said a friend near, who had
seen Jacks scheme. You not only
got in, but made money at it."
That's right" said Jack, but it
wasn't grand stand play. Nothing
yellow about it like Cummings"
And then the game was on and all
else forgotten.
After 1T was over Jack was one of the
first ones outside and stopped 10 see
the automobiles, lined up for a block,
start off, He was interested, of course,
from his past experiences with auto
mobiles, for he knew every make by
name.
AS he stood on the sidewalk he heard
a gong behind him. and, stepping aside,
q boy passed pumping away on little
automobile he had made from some
express wagon wheels and the driving
wheels of an old tricycle.. 1t took Jacks
eye in minute
I'D tell my boys about that" he
said. "only I'm afraid they'd have a
hard time getting the tricycle. wheels.
If they could make 1t of just old ex-
press wagon wheels 1t would be all
right. That reminds me. Burnie
Peterson had four old bicycle wheels.
tires and all. He could make a dandy.
J believe can fix 1t out some way. I'll
try anyhow and, arriving at his room,
he drew series of sketches and wrote
a letter.
Dear Boys" he began,
II ran across something new today
and l thought I'd sit right down and
write you about IT, It's a new way
to make an automobile.
Yes, / can hear you say, as far off
as I am. That's too hard but ii isn't.
You know the main trouble with
automobiles these days is the motor.
The motor in this automobile is guar
anteed to give no trouble, for it is
the best designed machine ever made
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Jack Tells How Any
Eoy Can Make an
Automobile for Himself
lAll Rights Resorved.)
CHAPTER X

IN DING TO the game tomor-
''( I row.
II was Lloyd who spoke to
Jack Knein. who had Just
come into the room for his evenings
study time. Tomorrow was the Wis
consin football game the biggest game
of the year.
I'm going If ] can" answered Jack
as he took his hand from his pocket
and ruefully gazed at a 1O-cent piece
therein.
There's tho boy that will have to
take me through" he added. and Lloyd
broke into roars OF. laughter
What are you laughing att" said
Jack do you think it's funny2"
"Oh, no." shouted Lloyd between
laughs. 1T only amused me, that's
an" and hc roared again.
just then Cummings came in.
say Cummings, what do you
think2" said Lloyd. Jack here is GO
ing TO the game all right, he says, but
look at the face on him." for Jack had
taken on a very solemn expression.
Hes only got 10 cents"
Aha" said Cummings in return.
with a half laughing, half teasing ex-
preston on his face. It's such times
these that try what were worth.
You see, the gentleman now has an on.
portunity TO show what he's good fer"
and he made a low bow to Jack.
sir" he asked, what's yoW
scheme?"
You don't work me that way" 40
swered Jack testify. II happen 90
know that you haven't much more.
than 10 cents yourself II I've got q
good scheme you don't think I'll put
you wise 10 IT, DO YOU? Huhi" and
with a goOd-natured shrug OF his
shoulders he turned TO his studies.
The fact was he hadn't any scheme
FOR getting in as yet, for his drum ma
jor job hadn't yet begun, and when he
made for his classes next morning he
was still thinking.
1t was very chilly and there had
been a rain the night before, which had
frozen thin film Of ice over every
thing.
AT I o'clock when the crowd began
. 10 come and the recitations were over.
= aclz strolled over the grounds for an
other look around.
The bleachers in sight Of the gate
were beginning 20 fill up and as Jack
looked man took newspaper out of
his pocket and spread IL under him be-
fore he sat down.
1t must be a pretty cold job melting
that ice" said Jack to himself. and
then. with an I've got it, he was off
on the run.
A few minutes later he came slowly
back across the campus with his arms
piled high with old newspapers bought
at the news store with his ten cents.
He knew the gatekeeper and went in
on the strength Of his promise 10 come
out before the game started. Fifteen
minutes later he came back again with
his arms empty, $3.50 in his pocket,
enough to live on for week as they
were living, and a very happy smile on
lis face
sold them all" he said to his friend
at the gate as he bought ticket. "and
got FIVE cents apiece for them as fast
as j could hand them out See. they're
still shouting for them over there, but
that's all the news stand had, so /
guess they'll have to shout. One man
bought four and wrapped his feet UP in
them. said he was freezing to death"
and, turning. Jack made for the bleach
ers again TO find a seat
Pretty soon in came the band and
with them Dean-helping Buddy Jones,
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(Continued from Back Page OF This
Section.)
the light and freedom Of the twentieth
century world Of sadness and mys-
terry Is hidden behind those lofty walls
and latticed windpws.
such is ConstaRtfnople. the chief city
Of the Mohammedan world and the
capital Of Abdul Hamid, the Sick Man
OF Europe most mysterious Of all she
worlds sOvereigns.
The present Sultan is the thirty
fourth OF the reigning dynasty 10 be
girded with the sword OF Osman and
was born on the 18th of the month OF
Shaban. in the year Of the Hegira 1858
corresponding TO September 28, 1912
OF the Christian era, and is conse-
oueutig now "a his sixty-fifth year
IIe was reared in the seclusion Of the
seraglio and was totally untitled for
the great duties which came to him so
suddenly in 1876 when, after the as
sassination Of his uncle. Abdul Aziz,
be ascended the Turkish throne In
place Of his elder brother and rightful
sovereign, Murad V, whom he depOsed
and imprisoned for twenty-eight years
behind the white marble walls OF the
Cheraghan Palace The wretched Mu-
rad was released by death only about
a year ago.
I'D to the time or Sultan Achmet
llbOo)s ~ nao been the pleasant Gus
tom Tor each Sultan upon his acces-
sion TO the throne, TO kin off all the
male members Of his family, including
brothers, ancles, nephews and even his
own sons. This was protection
against possible plotting for the throne.
Achmet. more merciful than his pre-
decessOrs, originated new era
with the substitution OF Imprisonment
in the "Kafess" or Cage" instead Of
death, as the proper treatment for his
dear ones. The ~Kafess" was no more
nor less than q splendid windowlees
prison, which was built inside the walls
% the old seraglio and near the "Bab-
i-Seadet" or Gate OF Happiness
Relatives All Imprisoned
Here all the princes OF the reigning
house were Imprisoned with their
wives and slaves. until such a time
as the death Of the reigning sultan
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The city itself, SO beautiful in the
distance, upon closer inspection has a
diiapidated and neglected appearance,
equaied in wretchedness by no other
city of Islam. The narrow, winding
streets are but little more than cutters,
into which all refuse and garbage are
thrown: the bowling hordes of pariah
dogs being the only scavengers of the
great city.
Although counted as one of the
worlds great capitals. Constantinople
is a city OF darkness. and the streets
are practically unlighted, save for
few scattered gas lamps.
Upon expressing my surprise con-
cerning this condition to native Of
Ccnstantincple, he gravely informed me
that the Sultan had forbidden the use
of electricity in his capital city because
the word dynamo" sounds too much
like dynamite" to insure his Majesty's
peace of mind
There is. however. one glittering pa
geant which retains much of the an
cient grandeur of the Ottoman court.
/ refer to the weekly ceremony of the
Selamik, the occasion upon which, the
Sultan publicly goes to prayer.
Through the courtesy of the Amer
ican Embassador / received from his
Imperial Highness "firman'' or royal
permit to visit the imperial treasure
house and the splendid palaces Of Dol
ma Bagtche and the seraglio on the Eu-
ropean shore. and Beyler Bay in Asia;
and also to attend the ceremony of the
Selamik. 1t was a picture of almost
barbaric splendor and seemed like a
vision of the old days of Suleiman the
Magnificent
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up nearly to it on the other side toward
the wheel.
"A large washer is next placed on
the bolt when it is thrust through the
hole in the piece of pie T. Then an
other washer is put on and a second
nut (n) screwed UP tight. This
fastens the bolt firmly to the pie L
and makes a strong crank, while the
pipe makes a good rear bearing around
the bolt.
This is done on both rear wheels
and we are ready to try it.
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makes a very fine LOOKING car body
and one very light, too
The axles in this car arc mounted
as near as possible TO the car body to
make it low down. the steering gear
being the same as in the other car.
Since Burnie has some bicycle
wheels / have shown this racer with
them on. so he can see how his car
will look.
THE connecting rods in this case are
longer and run to the upper cross
broomstick ends as shown. The lower
ends of the levers c are fastened to
the sides of the car at (b) or to the
pieces (t) fastened TO them.
"Cb) in this case is another cross
broomstick.
That's all for this time. Iii have
some more news for you soon. and
write all of you. Yours.
JACK kNEIFF.'
Ito Be Continued.)
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EG.M Aow zAE 5ox rs cor

Here the body of the car consists
of two half-inch boards about six feet
long sprung together like the bow of
a boat in front and braced at the rear
and just back of the bend by cross
pieces e and (b). At the front of the
bends is an upright (e) about ten
inches high.
Just over the crosspiece (b). or a
little to the rear, piece of barrel hoop
CHI is fastened to form a half circle.
and a canvas, stretched from this hoop
around and forward to the piece (e)
and tackled along the lower edge 10
the side boards 5 forms the hood
ITO keep the hoop (b) in its place
stick for a brace may run from the
top of the hoop in the center to the
stick (e) forward.
The seat is fastened in place as
shown and the space back of the seat
covered by canvas. This, painted,