Lumber for underground club-house, 92; for Daniel Boone cabin, 118
Matches, good games with, 201; a bridge of, 206
Mice, learning, 25; habits of, 27; white-footed, 24; as pets, 25; food for, 26
Mink, habits of, 31; how to trap, 31; author’s anecdote of, 32
Musk-rats, Captain John Smith’s description of, 30; how to trap, 31; in captivity, 31; cage for, 37
Nails, frame of tree-top club-house fastened with, 12
Nests, pigeon and bantam, 60; birds’-nests in Washington’s coat, 63; the speaking-horn, 63; woodpecker, 64; martin, 66; wren, 66; tin-can, 68
Oilcloth for underground club-house roof, 94
Oiled paper for glass, Daniel Boone cabin windows, 127
Pattern, how to reproduce, for Wild West show, 270
Pigeons, lofts for, 54; material needed in making, 56; nests for, 60; drinking-troughs for, 61
Rafters of tree-top club-house, 14; back-yard workshop, 79; underground club-house, 94; house-boat, 160
Rat, 21; short-tailed meadow, 23, 26; wire cage for, 37
Ribs, house-boat, 156, 157; Arab steed, 255
Roof, tree-top club-house, 14; underground club-house, 92, 94; Daniel Boone cabin, 123; house-boat, 162
Santa Claus, costume for, 245; how to make two boys into one, 248
Santa Claus fireplace, how to make a, 237
Smudge, capturing flying-squirrels with a, 22
Snakes, house for, 41; poisonous, 42; varieties of, 42; superstitions about, 43
Stars, to cut five- and six-pointed stars with one clip, 220
Starting platform, switchback railway, 173
Tar used on underground club-house roof, 94
Toads, house for, 41; superstitions about, 43, 44
Toboggan slide, how to build a, 182; tropical, 184
Tools for building tree-top club house, 10; for making back-yard zoo, 35; for making back-yard fish-pond, 49; for back-yard workshop, 73; for making water club-house, 98; care of, 86
Trap, mouse, 24, 25; the wooden box, 28; the tin-can, 29; a figure-4, 30
Ventilation, underground club-house, 95, 96
Window, back-yard workshop, 82; Daniel Boone cabin, 121
Wire, galvanized iron, for back-yard zoo, 36; for pigeon loft and bantam coop, 58
Woodchucks, 19; as pets, 27; how to trap, 27; habits of, 30; cage for, 37
Workshop, a boy’s back-yard, 72; how to build, 77
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No writer for boys has a larger or more enthusiastic following than Mr. Dan. Beard, and the announcement of a new book by him should be welcome news to his many young friends. “The Jack of All Trades” has been written in response to a direct demand from boys from all over the United States and many parts of the British Provinces. From their letters the author discovered that there was a great demand for more material along the lines of the “American Boy’s Handy Book” and “The Outdoor Handy Book.” “The Jack of All Trades” presents a vast number of new ideas which any boy can put into execution, and which will be a source of endless delight.