New Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All TradesBeard, Daniel Carter
General
New Ideas for American Boys; The Jack of All Trades
Beard, Daniel Carter
Amusements; Sports
Axles, car-wheel, 172
B
Bantam coops, 55
Beard, Frank, 224
Beard, Santa Claus’s, 249
Bed, Daniel Boone cabin, 123;
Lincoln, 124
Binders, to make water club-house foundation, 101
Birds, 63
Bonbon box, the cabbage, 265
Buffalo, to make a herd of, 276
Bugles, wooden, 141
Building material, house-boat, 150
Bumpers, house-boat, 155
Bunks, house-boat, 164
Burgoo, Kentucky, 107;
ingredients of a, 109;
how to cook a, 109
Burgoo master, 108, 109
Bridge of matches, 206
Bridle, to make a, 274
C
Cabin, how to build and furnish a Daniel Boone, 116;
lumber for, 118;
ground plan of 6 × 10, 119
Cabin, house-boat, 157;
street-car used as, 168
Cage, to make a galvanized-wire netting, 39;
receiving, 46
Cake, the “Fake,” 266, 268
Camera, hunting with the, 20
Camp dress, women’s, 133
Camping out. See Daniel Boone cabin, 116
Carp, 52
Carpet tacks as blow-gun darts, 264
Cars, back-yard switchback, 170
Catfish, 52
Centre-piece, house-boat, 151
Chalk talk, how to give a, 222
Chestnut wood for foundation posts, 75
Chickens, coops for, 54;
need of shelter for, 54;
material for coop, 56
Chimney, Daniel Boone cabin, 130;
stick, 131;
Santa Claus’s, 238
Chipmonks, 19;
how to trap, 26;
food for, 26;
wire cage for, 37
Circus, a home-made, 191;
in the attic, 253
Clam-bake, the Rhode Island, 107
Clams, fresh-water, in confinement, 53
Club-house, water, 97
Club-house, underground, 89
Club-house, a tree-top, 3;
underground, 4;
grape-vine approach to, 7;
a two-tree, 9;
selection of trees for, 10;
how to build, 10;
foundation of, 14;
the vine-tree, 16;
three- and four-tree foundation, 18
Coat, Santa Claus, 245
Cobblestones for bracing water club-house cribs, 102
“Collar,” back-yard workshop, 80
Collins, Captain Bob, 141, 142
Cowboy, to make a, 273
Crank, panorama, 284
Crawfish, 52
Creepers, nests for, 65
Cribs, water club-house foundation, 100, 102
Crusoe clubs, 97
Crusoe raft, 150
D
Dace, 52
Daniel Boone cabin, how to build and furnish a, 116;
lumber for, 118
Darts, carpet-tacks as blow-gun, 264
Deck, house-boat, 160
Door, back-yard workshop, 82;
underground club-house, 89, 95;
back-yard zoo, 4;
pigeon and bantam coop, 58;
Daniel Boone cabin, 121, 125, 129
Drawing-board, chalk-talk, 225
Drinking-troughs for pigeons and bantams, 61
E
Enihan. See Lawn hab-enihan, 114
F
Feather-duster as a tail, 254
Fireplace, Daniel Boone cabin, 122, 128, 130;
Santa Claus, 237, 243
First Gentleman. See Pitch-peg-pin pitching, 112
First Lady. See Pitch-peg-pin pitching, 112
Fish, food for, 53
Fish-pond, a back-yard, 48;
how to stock, 52
Flat-boatman’s horn, 139
Flooring, house-boat, 160
Floor-joists, Daniel Boone cabin, 120
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