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The Washington herald., 1912-03-24
SYNOPSIS OF FORMER CHAPTERS.

Bert Bryant arrives at Mount Pleasant Acad.
emy. He meets Nan Merton. daughter Of the
erhool principal. He finds that be is 10 be one of
the school juniors and therefore expected to
sack for the seniors and upper niddlers. As
soon as Bert becomes Benson Holders rcomma te
the older hoy begins At once TO demand a great
many small services from the junior. There are
twelve boarders in all In me school. all OF whom
have now returned after the Christmas holidays.
The older boys demand % much waiting on
from the Juniors that at last Bert decides to
lead a revolt. and the four younger boys post q
proclamation in which they derlare their inde-
psndence Of the Older boys and VOW that they
will never 80 their errands or wait on them
again
The mutineers carry out their intention and
EeTerally refuse to wait on the older boys Final
y the seniors order the juniors and lower mid
dlers to sDerd an evening in getting the school
tobogEan slide ready. Il has always been the
custom in the school for the younger boys 10 do
all the work on the slide although the seniors
take such complete possession Of it after 1t is
made that the younger boys seldom get a chance
to 20 on IL. This year. however, the small boys
carrying out their policy Of revolt from the older
boys tyranny. absolutely refuse to work on the
slide unless the seniors help. The upper grade
boys decide at last that they will hI the slide
themselves. but that the juniors shall not be al
lowed to uSe the slide At all.
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CHAPTER ".
- HE war was on.

- HE war was on.
The juniors may be said tc
have won the first skirmish, fol
the upper grade fellows, assisted
by the two lower middlers, Ia.
bored the better part of an hour
that night shovelling and carrying snow
to the wooden part of the toboggan slide
and subsequently sprinkling it with water
30 that it might freeze overnight, and
this without neip from the mutineers,
who from the darkened windows of
SmsIIs room watched the work in
warmth and comfort.
First blood for our side" murmured
Kid, gleefully.
When the workers returned with be-
numbed fingers and ice-coated boots it
was evident that their attitude toward
the offending juniors was to be one of
silent contempt. Bert, Lanny, Small and
Kid were absolutely ignored by all save
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If you do not want to go to the trou-
bic Of making the house described, the
diagrams for which are given in the illus
tration. you may make an excellent bird
home from a hollow limb, which you can
find in the woods. The National Associa-
ton of Audubon Societies advises the use
of u piece of limb which if not hollow
may be bored from one end and this end
plugged up. The boring is not made quite
through to the other end, and an entrance
smaller than the bored part is made
through the closed end.
If no other home may be found suit
able for the birds an empty tin vegetable
can will do. A hole is cut in the Zap and
the edges are bent back so that the birds
will not be cut by them.
Old boards should be used for bird
houses, and if new boards are used they
should be covered with bark. A piece of
tin shaped like an inverted funnel should
be fastened around the trunk of the tree or
the upright post which holds the house to
keep the cats away.
Unless you have really had birds right
near your house so that you could watch
every one of their movements, you may
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WTHETHER your home is in the city
w or country, all of you boys and girls
who have never done so before should
this spring make preparations to obtain
some bird neighbors of your own. As in
the case of human beings, the birds will go
where they are welcomed, and the first
step toward having a pleasant feathered
colony right at the door is to put up a
suitable home for the kind Of birds that
Jou desire to attract.
. Careful directions for building q very
dne bird house which will make an ad-
mirable residence for wrens, chickadees,
bluebirds, downy woodpeckers, fickers,
nuthatches and purple martins are given
here. Be careful, however, If you wish
the house TO be for a wren not to make
the entrance any larger than a silver
quarter, for otherwise the English spar
row will take possession of the mansion
for himself. The entrance must be just
large enough for the wre'' I'D not large
enough for the sparrow.
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The Junior -Four
L@ ByRahh Heny daarbor~ -

Equite heartened They had not thought
Of the thing as a cause before and now
Lanny began to look quite noble and
heroic, OF as noble and heroic as 1t d
possible to look with green plaid macki'
nav jacket and ear muffs.
What you must do, though" continued
Nan, sinking her voice TO a sort of frozen
whisper, lis to form a society"
what sort of q society?" asked Bert
''Why, "a society for mutual help
and protection"
"Ohw murmured Lsnny, much i'm
pressed. How would you do it?'
"Just-just do it, silly! tell you
what: come to the stable after morning
school and organize. And meanwhile III
think up q good name for the society.
You must bring Small and Kid, too, you
know. And you must have . password
snd-and q grip"
"We'n have the grippe all right if we
sit around the stable long" said Lanny.
:It's as cold in there as-as"-
"a barn." suggested Bert. "All right,
we'll be there, Miss Merton, right after
school"
What do you call her Miss Merton
for?" asked LAnny after Nan had hur-
ried indoors again. "Her names Nan,
except when you want to get her mad,
and then it's Nancy"
"Well, DON know her very well yet," !"
answered Bert in excuse. "She seems a
pretty good sort"
''She is. She's all :Ght-for a girl.
Girls always want to stick their noses
into things, though. Just as though We
couldn't set up a society without her
helpr'
well, We wouldn't have thought of II.
1 guess. And I'm glad she did. It'll be
rather fun, won't itT'
Sure. 1t must be a secret society, too.
And we'll vote for officers"
This settled, they wet on with the
matter in hand. which was to start at the
corner of the house and see how far they
could make their sleds go around the
corner into the road.
At ten minutes past twelve the four
,rept into the stable with appropriate
and found Nan already there
She led the way into the harness room,
,losed and locked the door and took COM
nand of the situation. There was a stove
n the harness room, but as there was no
ire in it il couldn't be said to help condi-
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Justice" suggested Lanny.
mo surrender" said Small.
mon plus ultra" piped Kid.
You're a goose" laughed Nan Thai
means None better
II know what it means" replied Kid
''I guess I've studied as much Latin as
you have"
II guess you haven't" responded Nan,
Indignantly. "The idear'
I've got a good one" interrupted
Lanny, who had been scowling ferociously
at the stove. "'All for one, one for all "
"You got that out OF The Three Muske-
teers,'" charged Small. And, anyway,
it's One for all and all for one"
1T is mott Is it, BertY
81 don't know, but it sounds all right.
One for all and all for one"
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never have realized how fascinating the
close study of these little creatures is, but
once you have succeeded in Turing them
to be your neighbors you will find the
pleasure derived from their company
more than sufficient to repay you for al
the trouble of building their homes
Before telling how to make the bird
house / want to tell you just how to plane
a board, as some may not have the right
size pieces at hand. First lay the board on
bench and plane the broad surface
smooth. Test with your eyes and some
straight edge, and il the surface is true
mark it No. 1. Then plane a narrow edge
at right angles to No. L Test as in No. 1
for straightness and use trysquare for test
ing squareness. Mark it No. 2. Next
gauge of the width desired-in this case Z
inches on both sides of the board-of
course, from side No. 2. Use a rip saw, If
necessary, then plane to the lines and
mark No. 3.
Gauge the thickness in this case y inch
from No. upon sides Nos. 2 and 3.
Plane to the lines and mark No. 4.
Block plane one end of the board, plac-
ing 3 block back Of the piece, as in Fig. A,
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Cupples and Crandsll, who so far OBJ
served difficult neutrality. During study
hour Bert and Ben sat at opposite sides
of the green-topped table in No. 2 and ex-
changed never a word. Bert decided rue
fully toward the end of the evening that
much of that sors of thing would prob
ably become very tiresomc
In the morning the revolutionists gained
8 convert. The convert was Nan. Nan
was greatly excited an. very enthusias-
tic. And she assured Bert and Lanny,
who had gone out after breakfast to slide
down the short coast afforded by the slop-
ing driveway, that she was heart and
soul with the cause. They must never
give in, she declared. She also said many
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CTo Be Continued.)

" NY small dynamo is available. pro-
~ vided it have a round pulley. This
should be securely lashed 10 the back
fork and to the saddle. Get a spool
about the width of your tire. On one
end Of this cut a groove. This is for
the belt that is to run from the pulley of
the dynamo. Cover this with leather or
rubber, the former being the better. This
is supported by two metal or wooden
arms, pivoted. To these arms are at
tached fairly strong brass springs. This
is to keep the spool on the tire. II may
be pushed up when lot in use.
A belt is then run from the pulley to
the spool Wires are then run from the
dynamo along the cross bar o 4 minia-
ture lamp which is tied to tho front of
the bicycle. A reflector is then construct
ed from piece of tin or sheet brass bent
conically, then riveted. Paper fasteners
may be used as riyetS The reflector is
held in place by eyes punched in it and
wire around the bar.
The voltage of the lamp Is determined
by the power of the dynamo. It Is best
to have the lamp of higher voltage than
the dynamo, as this guards against burnt
out lamps. If it is necessary to insert re-
sistance IN circuit It may be done By
winding broomstick with iron wire and
thread and binding the whole to the cross
bar.
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world hearing every word you say. You'd
be surrounded by your enemies in the
hall"
I'D be surrounded BY some heat. any
way" muttered Small ungraciously.
DRY up, Smallr' commanded Lanny.
Now, then; what's the first thing. NanT''
Choose a name. I've thought Of sew
eral that might do. What do you think
of The League of Emancipators?
"Um," said Bert. II think something
shorter would be better"
We'll, then, there's The Secret Four "
What's the matter with The FourT /"
asked Small.
The Junior Four sounds pretty well, /"
Bert suggested. And the rest agreed that
it did, Nan concurring and nobly striving
to hide her disappointment over the fact
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and planning against it until the end Is
square with No. and No. 2. Marx end
No. 8. Measure the length, in this case
II inches, mark with knife point, and
with a trysqusre draw q knife line all
around the board. Saw near the line and
block plane to it as in No. 5. Test with
the square from No. and No. 2. Marx
it No. 6. Now the board is IL inches
long, inches wide and half an inch thick.
Measure the dimensions given in Fig. /
and draw line ALB.
Saw along line ALB and, placing both
pieces together in the rise, block plane
them, fastening a block back of the high
ends (as in rule No. 8 of planing). Test
for squareness with broad surface.
Work up 8 second piece to dimensions
of Fig. 2, l. e., 101s inches long by 6
inches wide and half an inch thick. Saw
on line ALB, which should be made with q
knife, and squared quite deeply around
the piece.
Perform rule No. 6 in planning on the
sawed ends. Mark the centre lines G L
on the piece designed for the front, and
with the compass set at one inch radius
make the circle d on both sides. Also
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"A serreant.at-arms." said Small.

"A sergeant-at-arms," said Small.
Il think Bert ought to be president
declared Lanny, because he started 1t al.
That was agreed to, and finally LannJ
was made vice president, Small sergeant
alarms and Kid secretary.
Il think" said Bert, wed ought tc
make Miss-make Nan q member" Nar
clapped her hands, but her face fell the
next instant.
IL couldn't be. though, because. don't
you see, the name is the Junior Four. And
I'm not Junior, and I'd be the fifth"
You could be an honorary member, /"
said Lanny. And so Nan was duly elected
and with fattering unanimity. After that
Small thought they ought to have a grip,
and showed them three he knew Of Then
Lanny demonstrated one he liked and
This house as planned has no back.
Should one wish il fastened to q tree or
upon s barn, &c, a back may be fitted
by dimensions of Fig. 5. Back should
extend about two inches above and below
house and holes made (see drawing) for
fastening. If fastened TO house use
screws; if to tree, wire or heavy string
should be used.
Place the front piece In wise, an edge
up, lay a side into position ready to nail.
Use brads about one inch long and, be-
ginning about three-qusrters of an inch
from each end, drive nails every inch and
one-hsf. 1t is a good plan to set nails
in position FIRST and, with q scrap piece
underneath, SO as not to injure the bench,
drive them until points prick through.
Then lay in position and fasten. The
bottom fits lside and is nailed as the sides
were above. Top should extend an equal
amount over each side of the house, but
flush with the back, the bevelled end being
at the top.
Paint house same color as window blinds
Fasten to sash, as in Fis. 4.
Use window that is opened very seldom,
but if placed on upper sash in lower left or
right hand corner 1t will not interfere with
raising Of lower sash if necessary or shut
ting of one blind.
In order to know where to fasten screw
eyes, lay house into position on sash, being
sure that top fits snugly under upper sup
port. To do this it may be necessary to cut
notch in one corner of top piece, as at B.
Screw eyes are placed about two inches
from edges, and marks should be made on
box while held in position, then with an
awi or very small gimlet bit make holes
for screw eyes. Screw these into place,
then lay box in position again and mark
through screw eyes holes for screws in
sash. Bore for these, then fasten finished
bird house into Its place. The value of
fastening house to window is that the bird
may be carefully studied through the Glass.
Materials Necessary are -Four feet white
wood, eight By one-hah inch; quarter
pound twopenny nails, four screw eyes,
about one inch long four screws, one inch,
No. g.; all Of which should not exceed
much more than twenty-five cents.
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tions much. 1t was undoubtedly Colo
there, and Small remarked sarcastically
that he didn't see why the hall wasn't
good enough.
Because" replied Nan scathingiy. "you
can't form . secret society with the whole
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that her suggestions had been turned
down. 1.-The Junior Four 1t is, them"
said Lanny briskly, breathing on his
fingers to warm them. Now what?"
"A password" said Nan. II couldn't
think of anything very-very striking. Z"
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other things about tyranny the despot's
heel, right and justice and suffering for
a principle. The latter phrase misled
Lanny until Nan explained that she was
not referring to her father. Her words
sounded very fine and the two boys were
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"It's finer declared Nan snow you
must have officers"
what Kind Of oficersT asked Kid.
why, IA president and vice presi-
dent, l should think, and q secretary, and
-and"-
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Puzzle Answer.

The answer to last weeks puzzle Isl
Jack failed to be at the wharf promptly
and 50 Gerald beat him to the island.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-06
':'ATHER CRUDE AND BOLD
etFel Preacher Gives Congregation
Of Sheilbacks Startling Descrip-
ton of Bad Place.

Il knew the late Clark Russell
vel" said a Philadelphia shipping re.
'or'er. The unhappy man. racked
":th rheumatism, lay for many years
II his back as helpless as a newborn
abe. That. perhaps, was how he
anne to leave 100000. He couldn't
rend any Of his money, you see.
Authors make less than is SUP
osed. Clark Russell was once talk
ng to me about authors earnings. He
aid that publishers exaggerated the
innings so as to get more people to
write for them.
He said that the millionaire pub
isher. IN order to draw authors on.
painfed the prosperity of the success.
I'll writer with the bold, crude exag-
Seration wherewith the preacher In
he mariners bethel painted the hor-
"ors OF the bad place.
A bethe! preacher, he explained,
WIS describing the bad place to a con-
gregg ton Of shellbacks.
Shipmates,' he said, you've seen
he molten iron come running out of
The furnace, haven't you? 1t comes
1ul white hot, sizzling and Kissing
IKE some kind Of snaky, horrible
monster. Well, shipmate3-'
The preacher pointed his foreflnger
nj the awed shellbacks.
We'll, shipmates. he said solemn.
", they use that stuff for ice cream
N hell" -.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-06
FACING A SERIOUS PROBLEM
English Housewives Seem to Be caliet
Upon to Choose Between Cook
and Parlormald.

Now, the cruz OF the situation Is
this: Which Of the maids is to go?
Must the neat-handed parlor maid
lake her departure? II so. the lady Of
the house knows that the early cup
of tea will not be ready t. start her
day. or II she mus+ have she will have
to do as her sister from the colonies
usually does-make It herself Women
from the colonies. by the way, are apt
to be amused at the comfortable ex
tstence led by the home people. Eng
lish gentlemen who have settled IT.
Canada are often compelled to get up
Of a morning to coal the basement fire
for heating the home. Think of the
gentlemen of the upper middle classe,
ut home getting up Of a morning to
kindle the kitchen fire! It is not to
be thought Of; the suggestion is an
impossible one. Then a glance round
the drawing room. with its polished
floor, its rugs, its ornaments. its coal
fire. for preference, makes the mid
dle-aged house mistress go quietly out
close the door Of the room, and med
!tate in solitude. 1t seems to her thai
cook must go. However, there rise
before her the ghosts of the dishes
She used to make quite we'll. II is so
long since she touched any kitchen
utensils! Would her old skill return
to her In her extremity? Alas! she
could not reckon upon any such hap
py condolences; she. perforce. must
continue to rack her brain and pay
her cook. Even suppose she did man.
age to supplement her own cooking
by outside aid. what would happen on
their social evenings ?-London Stand
ard
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-09-06
PURE FOOD

The following article by DR..
Harvey W., Wiley former chief
chemist of the u. S. department
of agriculture. is taken from the
democratic campaign book:
My appeal is chiefly to those
who. like myself. have been life
long republicans. believe that
no kind of an administration is
going to ruin the country. I have
high personal regard for each
one Of the candidates for president
:. aHd.snieespresident on all the
tickets. All the political platforms
remainly sound and all promise
effort in, behalf of the whole
people. Ny choice is not based on
q platform. 1t was determined by
my impressions of the real attitude
Of, the, candidates respecting the
public welfare. We are creatures
of heredity and environment. In
our attitude toward great public
questions we are almost altogether
creatures of environment.
q. What two men are by envir NJ
ment least likely to be swayed by
special interests and most likely to
be guided by devotion to public
welfare Two of the candidates
have alfeady been tried in the
presidential chair and we know by
iexperinece what may. be expected
9if either Of them resume his former
seat on March q, 1913, Mr.. Roose-
welt by reason of his; attitude
towards the Food and. Drug act
abandoned the consumers of the
country to the rapacity, of a few
mercenary manufacturers. Under
authority of congress i had carried
on extensive experiments with my
so-called poison-squad and found
that certain substances. viz,
benzoic compounds; sulfurous
compounds and sulphate of copper
(blue stone), were injurious to
health.
The law conferred upon me, as
chief of the Bureau of Chemistry,
the duty Of acting as a grand jury
and determining whether foods and
drugs were adulterated or mis-
branded. Instead of appealing
from my decisions to the courts
as the law requires, the users Of
these poisoDs appealed to President
Roosevelt. He not only listened to
them, but he abrogated the plain
provisions of the law, appointed a
board not contemplated by the law,
and directed that these predatory
- interests might continue their
attacks on the health of the people
until this board unknown to the
law should decide otherwise.
Can we safely trust the campaign
for public health to Mr.. Roosevelt.
l cannot believe that to be the
proper course. Mr.. Taft inhe rited
this exceedingly bad condition of
affairs from his predecessor and
has not only continued this illegal
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board under whose patronage
adultarators are still poisoning the
people but he did worse In the
matter of the adulteration OF
distilled beverages. in which Roose-
welt upheld the legally continued
authorities Mr.. Taft reversed that
policy and threw the mighty
weight Of the executive Office to
the support of the worst lot of
adulrerators that ever disgraced a
country.
MIR. Wilson and Mr.. Marshall by
their strenuous efforts in behalf Of
the food laws of their respective
states have given positive
promise to end such a threatening
state of affairs. They will support
to the utmost the officials under
the law who are trying to protect
the public health and will make
short shrift of those who have
brought about these present un-
bearable conditions.
Wilson and Marshall ny their
edu "ation and environment are
free from bias in favor of
predatory interests and are inspired
by true patriotic zeal in behalf of
public welfare.
support the democratic nominee
in the full knowledge that many of
the prominent democrats in con-
gress have heen in full sympathy
with the paralysis of the Food law
in behalf of the unholy dollar.
But when the democratic president
and vice-president lend the aid of
their powerful sympathy in behalf
of the public health those of their
own party not in sympathy with
them will be robbed of their power
for evil. If Roosevelt or Taft be
chosen the soldiers of fraud and
adulteraton will be impregnably
entreuched for another four years
and benzoates, sulfites and adul-
terated alcoholic beverages will
have a new lease of life.
believe also that President
Wilson will renovate the depart
ment of agriculture. rocking, as it
has been for the past twelve years
with scandals and favoritism. He
will see to it that the Bureau of
Animal Industry will protect the
public health instead of the
packers to sell diseased meats
under the deceptive phrase ~. S.
Inspected and Passed." Under
President Wilson no more Pinchots
will be kicked out of tn service,
no more unspeakable McCabes will
exercise dlctatorlal powers. There
will be no more cotton leaks and
jungle atrocities, no more Ever
glade swindles. BIccaneering
boasting and buncombe will give
place to sane efforts for the pro.
motion of real agriculture and the
public health.
Under Wilson The Department of
Agriculture will be restored to
speaking terms with the State
Agricultural Colleges and Expert
meDt Stations, and the state officials
will no longer be regarded as
inferior beings, living only on the
lar0ess of Washington cabal.
ask all who want honesty and faith.
full service in the Department of
Agriculture. the promotion of
public health, and executives who
have grown tn manhood lived in
n environment favorable to that
which makes for the public well
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fare. to vote for Wilson and
Marshall.