. St. Nicholas [serial] . aving a woodenstick, and with scissors cut the cover all the way downfrom one side of each rib. Connect tips of ribs, at equaldistances apart, with string, fasten short strings toloosened ends of cover and tie to tips of ribs. Fastenagain loose ends of cover—half-way down—to ribs, withshorter strings. Then bore a hole through the center of asix-inch square block of wood, force it over the umbrella-stick until it rests against the ribs, then drive a nail slant-ingly through the block into the umbrella-stick, and onboth sides of each rib drive large tacks into the woode
. St. Nicholas [serial] . aving a woodenstick, and with scissors cut the cover all the way downfrom one side of each rib. Connect tips of ribs, at equaldistances apart, with string, fasten short strings toloosened ends of cover and tie to tips of ribs. Fastenagain loose ends of cover—half-way down—to ribs, withshorter strings. Then bore a hole through the center of asix-inch square block of wood, force it over the umbrella-stick until it rests against the ribs, then drive a nail slant-ingly through the block into the umbrella-stick, and onboth sides of each rib drive large tacks into the woodenblock. The pulley is made of two pieces of wood nailedtogether, each an inch thick and eight inches square,with a hole bored through its center of slightly less di- A BOY AND AN OLD UMBRELLA. I IO5 ameter than the umbrella-stick. A circle of long wire-nails is driven in on each side of the block. (See dia-gram.) Fasten this block securely to the umbrella-stick?with a nail. The windmill rests on wooden supports tied. to the window-sill both inside and out. A little blockof wood nailed to the tip of one support holds the pointof the umbrella in place. Carefully follow the picturein working, and you will not go wrong. UMBRELLA TROLLEY-LINE. The cars are cigar-boxes with pill-box wheels. Thetrolley-line is twine with knots tied in it at intervals ofan inch. The trolley is of copper wire, and attached totrolley-line and car as shown in diagram. Shoe-boxeswith upright sticks and spools on them support thetrolley-line. Upright sticks are fastened to shoe-boxeswith sealing-wax. The power-cord from the umbrellawindmill is connected to the upper of the two spoolsseen on the box nearest the window. A row of smallwire-nails is driven into both of these spools, and at^uch an angle as to form a sort of picket-fence. Passstrings around centers of these. The cars travel quickly. INDOOR KITES. These kites are made of very delicate sticks coveredwith tissue-paper. The upright support for th
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