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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

An iceboat constructed on the following
lines will be found durable and not over
difficult to make. Any kind OF lumber
can be used, and the result will be found
quite as satisfactory as though the thick
nesses given were in every case obtained.
We give sizes and thickness for those
who can get the lumber especially for
this purpose. Thin pieces Of sheetiron
set in grooves in the skate blocks and
fastened with bolts will answer as well
for runners as the skates II these are
not procurabe. The iron should be as
thick as the blade Of the skate and
shaped like the blade on the bottom.
The backbone of the boat is formed OF
two three-uuarter inch boards 8 inches
wide. one IA feet long, the other 10 feet
8 inches long. They are tapered. COM
mencing at feet 10 inches from the end.
10 4 inches at the back end; and, com
mencing at feet inches from the end or
the top piece, TO inches at the front
end. The lower piece is shaped to match
the top piece at this end. The two boards
are placed 4 inches apart; they are held
by a square block at the back and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
LITTLE PLANT
TRAVELLERS
BY Royal Dixon.

by Royal Dixon.
DO you know that plants have many
ways Of travelling? Well they have.
And besides the plants that lily. there are
many tina, travel in other ways. lin fact.
most plants are great travellers. and they
often wander far and wide. and some
times they cross the ocean. Peaches were
brought from Persia. Now. If the fruit
of the peach tree had not been very good
70 eat il is not likely that It's seeds would
have travelled So far. The cocoanut seed
often floats for hundreds Of miles until
il finds a nice little island on which to
grow. and there II stops. How strange
that seeds go 50 far away to find new
homes.
IL is not usually the ssown-up plants
that travel. although they sometimes do.
but the children. or course, the children
are the seeds. These seeds are Of many
colors. shapes, sizes. and have many iif-
fcrent habits Each plant has devised
some special %ay for its children or seeds
10 get fair chance in life. Just as your
mother and father wish TO give you q
chance by educating YOU.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
SEEDS COVERED WITH GUMS.

There are other seeds. Ike the mistle-
toe. that are covered with a soft
sticky substance. As you know. the mis-
tletoe lives up in trees and gets its food
from the trees by attaching itself To- the
bark of the tree. The birds help distrib-
ute these seeds on other branches of
trees. The birds also distribute the seeds
OF all kinds of berries.
Charles Darwin. the great scientist.
raised eighty plants from a small bit of
dirt taken from BIRDS foot How well
this illustrates the many tiny seeds that
may be carried around in various ways.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

inches wide and one-half inch thick. Is
notched like the runner bar, and placed
foot Q inches back of that piece 10 form
the front rail- of the cockpit. The ends or
this crosspiece are nailed TO the side
boards. Cleats represented by dotted
lines) are then nailed inside and one
Quarterback boards eight inches vide
nailed TO the clcats TO form floor.
The blocks for the skates, or iron run
ners. are IL, inch thick I'm front and are
made OF two pieces Inch and :. inch at
the back All are roughly cut out to fit
the skates. as the heel ana sole or shoe
FITS a skate. They are then Srooved so as
TO hold the skate clamps when these are
closed upon the blocks. To make sure or
these runners wire Is wound around the
block and skate and twisted very tight,
lust as straps are put on the foot. Inc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

One time a KNOCK became tired o. MS
beautiful life and lonsed for someih'nI
10 do The KNOCKS have more wonderful
mowers than any other immortal folk
except. perhaps. the fairies and ryls. s"
one would suppose that a KNOCK, WHO
might gain anything he desired by a
simple wish. could not b. otherwise thar
happy and contented But such was net
the case with Popopo. the knock We are
! speaking Of He had lived thousands OF
years. and had enjoyed all the wonders
( he could think Of. Yet life had becom"
as tedious to him now as Il might be 20
, one who was unable TO crafty a sin5lr
wish.
Finally. by chance. Popopo thought of
the earth people who dwell in cities AMI
! so he resolved 10 visit them and see how
( they lived This would surely De fine
amusement. and serve 10 pass away many
wearisome hours.
/ Therefore one morning, after a break
! fast so dainty that you could scarcely
imagine IT, Popopo set out for the earth
and at once was in the midst Of big city.
/ His own dwelling was so quiet and
peaceful that the roaring noise of the
town startled him. His nerves were 50
shocked that before he had looked around
three minutes he decided to give up the
adventure and instantly returned home.
! This satisfied for a time his desire 10
visit the earth cities, but soon the mo-
notony Of his existence again made him
| nd ln4fh.V fhnnUlt
At night the people slept and the cities
would be quiet He would visit them at
night
So. at the proper time. Popopo trans
ported himself in a jiffy to a great city.
where he began wandering about the
streets Every one was in bed.
HIS nerves being soothed by the still
ness, Popopo began to enjoy himself lie
entered many of the houses and examined
their rooms with much curiosity. Locks
and bolts make no difference TO a knock,
and he saw as well in darkness as in day
time.
After time he stroled into the busi-
ness portion Of the city. Stores are UNI
known among the immortals. who have no
need Of money or of barter and exchange;
! so Popopo was greatly interested Dy t!e
novel sight of so many collections of goods
and merchandise.
During his wanderings he entered a
millinery shop and was surprised TO see
within a large glass case great number
OF women's hats, each bearing in one .po-
sition or another a stuffed bird. Indeed
some Of the most elaborate hats had
two or three birds upon them.
Now knocks are the especial guardians
of birds and love them dearly TO see so
many Of his little friends shut up I'm a
glass case annoyed and grieved PopOpO.
who had no idea they had purposey been
placed upon the hats by the mliner SO
he slid back one OF the doors of the case,
gave the little chirruping whistle Of the
KNOCKS that all birds know well and
called:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

edcc-shaped brace at the front. IA
inch hole is bored through the block ana
boards for the tiller post: the block Is
placed inches from the ends OF the
boards The mast holes are inches'
bored four feet from the front end of the
ton piece. These holes may be bored at
one time by placing the boards together
The runner bar is feet long, ol2 inches
wide and IL inches thick. II is notched
on top and bottom and in the centre 10
allow the boards OF the backbone to set
I'm flush with its edges. II is bolted TO the
backbone feet :, inch from the front end
side boards 81. inches wide and one-half
inch thick are put on. and form the three
frames. The front ends OF these boards
arc nailed to the runner bar; the nach
ends should be notched and set In between
the backbone boards. TO which they must
be firmly nailed. A second crosspiece, 5l2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

inches long and made somewhat smaller
than the mast. Check blocks are made
and put on with rivets, as shown. To
keep the boom from Earring free from
the mast a piece Of rope is threaded
through holes in the ends OF the cheek
blocks and knotted at the ends TO keep
il in place. \ spirit II feet inches
long and IL inches in diameter Is also
provided. The outer end Of the spirit IS
tied to the upper outside corner Of the
mainsail. its lower end fastened with
an adjustable rope snotter, made fast 20
the mast, as is illustrated. \ boom for
the jib l inch in diameter and feet .
inches long completes all of the wooden
parts of the boat II is fastened to me
stay with a screw cyc threaded 10 tine
end. II is managed with two sheets IN
the ordinary way.
In making the sails. pieces Of strong
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
HOW SOME SEEDS TRAVEL

There are seeds, such as the burdock
that have sharp "stickers.' or little claws
shaped like fish hooks with which they
cling. Most every little boy and girl in
the country nave noticed the cookie burrs
or other seeds caught in horses tail.
This is their method Of travel by sticking
To horses and cattle, and even clinglng to
the clothes Of boys and girls. These little
clingcrs have some advantages over other
kinds Of seeds They do not wait for our
approval. but jump ON and grab hold of
MS with their tiny fingers and hang oi
until we pick them OF. There is terrl-
bic fruit Of the clingins kind that grows
i'm the tropics Sometimes il gets 50
tangled up in a lions hair that the UNI
fortunate beast will Kill himself i'm an at
tempt 10 rid his body OF the terrible seed
case But, fortunately. we have nothing
like this among our "clInging" fruits.
some seeds have real wings. But these
have no little plumes or stickers. And
when they are ripe or ready to travel out
into the big world along comes the wind
and away they ny. Those that have
wings are the naples elms. pines and
several others. Notice closely Nhis next
summer and YOU will see winged fruits
hanging In clusters from trees. They are
waiting until mother tree bids them go
into the world and find nice place to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
The Week S Poem
BY William Blake.


once q dream did wave shade
DER my angel-guarded bed,
Tha; an emmett lost its way
When on grass methought it lay.
Troubled. wildered and forlorn,
Dark. beniehted, travcl-worn.
over many a tangled spray.
al htut-broke. 1 heard her say:
cob nv children, do they cry?
loo they hear their father sigh?
%ow they look abroad 20 see,
Sow return and weep for me-
Plying. I dropped a tear;
Eut Z saw a glowworm near.
WHO replied, What wailing wight
Call the Waterman of the night?
- am set 10 light the ground
While the beetle goes his round.
follow now the beetles hum
Little wanderer, HE thee home"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
THE ENCHANTED TYPES
BY l.. FRANK BAUM.

Come. friends. the door IS openly
QUO"
Popopo dill not know the birds were
stuffed, but stuffed or not, every bird Is
bound 10 obey a KNOCKS whistle and q
knocks call. So they left the hats flew
out of the ease and very soon the gaGdy
creatures were nuttcring about the room.
Poor dears.' said the kind-hearted
KNOCK You long TO he in the fields and
forests again
Then he opened the outer door for them
and cried: "On with YOU Fly away. my
beauties and be happy again.
The astonished birds ~ once obeyed'
and when they had scared away into the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

sheeting or duck are sewed together sH'
III the required width is ootained-ue
strips running parallel with the mast a.
OF the edges are then turned over piece
OF pliable rope three.sixteenths OF az
inch In size. that is enough longer tnsh
all the sides TO provide half-inch loops a.
all the corners. Tho cloth is then se"t'
down Enclosing the rope, but leaving ts
loops exposed. Eyelets, large enough 10Y
similar rope 10 be used In lacins 'ne
sails 10 the booms, are then made IN the
places indicated. similar eyeets are
made for the mast hoops, and the sniai.
rings on the jib attached 10 tie hon'
stay The sail will he made stronger i
the corners are reinforced with an extra
piece OF cloth I'm the manner indicated
The sizes OF the sails are given in the
drawings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

They grow very fast for while, and
soon there is another dandelloh o.
thistle or milkweed. For the thistes
and milkweeds. as well a. the golden
rods and asters. fly just as the dandelion
does.
Did YOU ever think that the wonderful
large maple trees that you have seen
growing i'm the country. or II you NV
in the city, in the parks. maI have IA''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
Tribune Junior Forum

Published in the interest Of ooDS """
giylS. 10 furnish information ana unjust
n,ent and to gire them an oppo'l""''D
to cypress themselves.
An contributions and letters ShOula
be- addressed TO the Editor Of the iFio-
me Junior Forum, Ne,c-York Tribune
lJ4 Nassau street.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
A JUMBlED CASkET.

Garnet Pearl. Coral. Ruby. Opal.
Topaz Amethyst. Tourmaline. Elmer
aid. Chryoprase. Turquoise. Sardonyx.
Ivory Onyx. Diamond Agate. Ebony.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
Puzzles
HIDDEN ANIMALS.

Find a hidden animal in each of the fol-
lowing sentences;
/. / love to knit and crochet but abhor
sewing.
,. Just as she was getting in the car her
purse dropped.
s. Please do 80 to the store with me.
4. hope tomorrow won't be a rainy
day.
8 Mabel. Bessie and Hannah are in
Niagara Falls.
6 When 1 whistled Rover came looking
everywhere to see who was calling him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
DOUBLE ACROSTI(

Initials and finals, Abraham Lincoln.
C~oss-worGs: Anvil, BanzaI, Raven,
AZtcC. Hero. Annat. Melon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

Believe. Begin. Be-little. Beloved.
Become. Be-seech. Before. Be-hemoth
Be- hind. Behold. Below.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
DANDELiON- SEEDS 6eGlNN'"S
THEIR FLIGHT.

elled for quite some distance hu." In
same way as the dandelion! just ~.
your eyes open when YOU go ~ "A.
woods and the wonderful things W" "A
serve viii give you new pleasure ,ss
your life will have the freshness %
woodA - -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26
Puzzle Answers
CHARADE.
A SWARM OF BIS

Nov-Tor. Motor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

EAOT bINWSNSs
A.
xxxXX
*
A letter IN absent.
Another word for before.
Something every housekeeper uses.
\ cycle.
A letter. in maiden.
XXXXN
xxx
A letter in maple.
To help.
Not yet twenty-one.
An animal.
a letter in cedar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-26

EASY DIAM ON D.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-05-31

lie arranged her hair and selected
her best dress to welcome the ex.
pected guest. She paused with
smile as she observed the open toll.
cite case. Then she looked into the
mirror.
Cream and peaches. Blanche said"
she murmured. Perhaps I am so
much 80 look like a milkmaid. Ger.
tainly Blanche has a queenly style all
her own. Suppose I take my nap In
beauty mask. Why. I'll try II Just
for fun"
Poor little wild-rose Nellie! She
laughed as she saturated the piece
OF muslin from a green bottle. Then
she settled down to nap. the beauty
mask over her face. Two hours later,
just as Mrs. Peaslee entered the
house. she was startled by a frantic
scream. She rushed up the stairs.
There was Nellie, staring into the
mirror. Her beautiful face was raw
blotches.
1t took some time for Nellie to ex.
plain. She doubted not that she had
destroyed her beauty. A doctor was
hastily sent for He ordered a dress
Ing. examined the toilette case. and
discovered that Nellie had used a
strong acid used for burning away
proud flesh instead Of the harmless
beauty preparation. He told Nellie
that the flesh would have to peel of
before those scars would disappear.
That afternoon there came tele-
gram stating that Design was delayed
till the next day. A slight accident
detained him, the message said
Miss Virden smiled softly to her.
self when she heard Of Nellie's mis-.
nap. Perhaps she was sorry for Mel
lie. but that night she used the help
ful toilette case to the full limit.
Nellie told her aunt she simply
would not meet Design. She mourned
her lost beauty. She sat in her own
room that afternoon as the carriage
arrived. To her surprise her aunt ap-
peared leading Design, who had a
bandage across his eyes.
You can come down, Nellie, dear"
"hhouhSCu hSi aunt, appearing III hoi
room. Poor Design! While expert
menting In his laboratory a chemical
exploded, nearly binding him. The
doctor says his eyes must be kept
continually bandaged and he must
have careful nursing"
Two weeks later Nellie's disfigure-
ment had totally disappeared. A few
days later the happy Design was al
lowed to use his eyes. He viewed his
radiant fiancee tenderly. She told
him all about her mishap, and her
tears and misery over 1t.
"'Cream and peaches quoted the
ardent lover. Yes, Nellie, and roses
and lilies, and all things that are pref
ty and sweet-that's you"
Nellie had learned her lesson. At
the wedding she did not use even the
lightest touch of face powder!
Copyright, 1913, by w. G. ChapmanO
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-05-31
DULUTH'S MANY ODD POINTS
Enterprising and Busy City Has Been
Called the Queerest In the
United States.

The queerest city In America Is be-
lieved by many persons to be Duluth.
guardian of the great port at the head
of Lake Superior. Some one has de-
scribed 1t as 20 miles long, mile
wide and half a mile high, which fits
the place very nicely. All about one
side the hills come down almost to
the shores of Lake Superior that
great unsalted sea. Right on the
edge OF each stretches the Zenith
City, made famous by Proctor Knott's
speech.
Duluth Is the greatest outdoor town
in the world One can catch trout and
shoot bear, moose and deer within its
limits. One fall recently. after for.
est fire, 80 black bears were killed
within Its boundaries. In the winter
the girls and boys enjoy themselveS
in Duluth by travelling about on skis.
They go 10 or Is miles into the coun-
try and then ski back home. and win
ter campfire parties are as common
there as bridge whist parties are in
the east.
Duluth Is boastful. II has the big
gest boat club and the second biggest
wholesale house In America. It's bust
ness Is immense. This season It has
handled 100000 tons Of ore and
100, 00O, 900 bushels of grain. It's har-
Dor is wonder. There is natural
breakwater that is like a darning
needle, for 1t Is seven miles long and
only few hundred yards wide. It
is made Of the sand and silt brought
down and piled up by the waters Of
st. Louis river. Within this breakwa-
ter the shipping is done.-Philadel-
phia Grit
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-05-31
Her Sense Of Smell.

rs yo' bilin' potaters, Mis- Green ?"
asked Rose Matilda, coming down
from the roof with basketful of dry
clothes.
Eyes" said Mrs. Green. How did
you know"
"Oh, Use got mighty sharp smell"
replied Rose Matilda, AN no ons
cayn't cook notin' round me dat I
don't know bout. Wy, de oder night
wen l went to church asst Mis- John
SIN, nah mex neighbor, to come an
stay wifi de baby VILE rs gone. Mis-
Johnsin, she one O. dem folks dat amt
awful particular bout wot's hers an
wots mine. Mis- Green. Well. wen
rs comm home I felt like in eve
bone in nah body dat Mis- Johnsin
she cook a suppe' To- herself wifi nah
gradients vile rs way. And sho'
'nuff, wen come In, knowed she'd
eat up all nah fresh aigs, cos / jes'
could smell de ode o. bilin' aigs befo'
l so much as open nah do'!"--New
York Press.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-05-31

ions regarding the rising young pro-
fessor.
I'VE must all look our prettiest. you
know laughed Agnes. Aunt Laura
says Design is surely going to carry
one Of us away with him."
well, don't fatter yourself. plain
homebody sister of mine," retorted
the mischievous Frances. 1T was al
ways Nellie with Design. and Nellie
will certainly be the fairy princess"
YES" remarked Miss virden In her
feline way, with that cream and
peaches complexion of yours, Nellie.
ordinary and artificial charms like
ours will stand little show"
Artificial" bridled the circumspect
Agnes.
"Oh, on that score the reference
was exclusively to myself, dear" ex.
planned Blanche. Il confess to the
guilt of makeup, girls. Come. Mel
lie, you were so kind as to invite me
to visit with you overnight, and
brought my toilette case with me. l
hardly thought you would be interest
I'd, but l look so dreadful when | get
up in the morning that ! didn't want
to terrify you with my wrinkles OF
care and cross face lines"
Blanche affected to speak playfully.
but there was q bitter undertone to 1t
all. She envied the strong, healthy,
natural girl, whose bright eyes and
glowing cheeks told of sunshine. pure
nj m ontat hama ltfa and-Inva
They had a great time Of 1t as
Blanche opened the toilette case. She
showed them how she brought the
cherry red to her lips, the artistic
curve to her lashes, how she brighten
ed her eyes, and pinked her ears, and
changed a wrinkle into a dimple. In
her dusky beauty she was really ra'
diant, despite the superficial effect
Then she said:
"And at night, dears-you see this
muslin cloth. 1t is a beauty mask.
Now look--I saturate 1t from the
green bottle, ! lay II over my face,
and in the morning when take 1t OF
the skin is clear and smooth as a
baby's."
All these maneuvers Blanche went
through again that evening when she
and Nellie retired The next morn
ing a hurry call came from Agnes,
an unexpected invitation to a picnic
Blanche had to fit early, She left
her toilette case behind her, Nellie
did not go. Design was expected on
the afternoon train,
Mrs Peaslee had gone TO town to
secure some household supplies. Mel
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-05-31
Gospel Of COURAGE,

Ralph Waldo Urine stated his belief
thus In Harper's Bazaar:
ITO get up each morning deter
mined to be happy. determined to be
master Of the events of the day In.
stead OF being mastered by them: to
take anew this attitude of mind when
the doleful thought presents itself or
the bogy-man attempts to show his
face; to look always on the bright
side of things. determined to stand al
ways in the sunshine rather than In
the shadow-this It ia that makes
life with It's daily round and its
knotty problems continually easier.
This hopeful. optimistic, courage-al.
ways-up attitude Of mind and heart
10 to set into operation subtle, silent
forces that are continually working
along the lines we are going and that
opens the way for US to arrive"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-05-31
HER QUEENLY STYLE
Cream and Peaches Complexion
Temporarily Wrecked by Use
OF Beauty Mask.
BY oeNevlsve uLMAR.

Mrs. Laura Peaslee sat in comfort.
able rocking chair in the broad, airy
hallway Of her home, listening idly
to the gay chatter and laughter of q
group Of merry girls There were four
Of them--Nellie Day. her niece; two
cousins, Agnes and Frances Wood.
and Blanche virdeu, the latter a visi-
tor Of the Wood girls, whose home ad-
Joined that of Mrs. Peaslee.
Except for the loss of her husband,
life had been very pleasant to the
wealthy widow. She had an ample
fortune and many valued friends, and
In adopting her favorite niece she had
added q new Joy to existence. Her
heart warmed as she listened to the
pretty prattle Of Nellie and her COM
panions. A token Of interest was
added as she thought of another IA.
vorite-Deslyn Moore. He. too, was
an orphan. and his mother had been
the closest schoolgirl friend of Mrs.
Peaslee. The latter had felt bound to
interest herself In the lonely boy.
and she had given him good college
education. Now she was very proud
Of the progress he was making a.
chemist In nearby city. Every sum
mer Design spent two weeks at the
Peaslee home. He was expected to
make his annual VISIT during the pres
emit week. '-"
It was concerning him that the
bright Quartette Of young ladies' were
making 80 much noise. They all knew
Design except Miss virden. Even
her dark Spanish-like face had glowed,
however, with interest at a sight Of
his photograph, treasured by Nellie
Design had good prospects. He was
not engaged. Mrs. Peaslee had limited
that he must soon choose a bride.
Miss Virden was "in the Market" and
she listened with interest to the en-.
thusiastic comments of her compan-