1 find it rather difficult to speak because, although T fal-and temperate. regions, and fong. years, T have been used symbol of friendship, health food will, Long before Twas chosen, fo decorate your houses at Christ-as, the, Romans. used. to send sprigs of holly to their friends during the Saturnalia—a kind of haryfe forist In honour of Saturn, the god of seed-sowing. Perhaps I was liken as an emblem of iFiendship because I am ever-gree That part of myself I'call my soul, and my'soul is just as important as my body, the tree.
used' for whip handles and. walking T row fore branches which are Sticks and ax my wood is hard and durable, T am useful for cog-wheels Tam also used for inlay work on account of my greenish white colour, trid Tram "Toreed. to do something lao of which Tam not, proud. arch Dirds! It is a horrible thing for a tree with a soul like mine to do, but you will see for yourselves that Teannot help" it. My" litle tender shoots are collected, prepared, find made into birdlime, "which used to trap the smaller birds. For This strong footstool will be found very useful in the home. The top which measures fourteen, inches by hiine inches, is cut from deal, three-'Quarters of an inch thick.' Plane Both sides of the wood, "plane the edges square, and round o For the legs you need tworingh square wood 8 three feet long. Saw off four pieces, each exactly nine inches long. At distance of two inches from the bottom of each leg, make slot three-quarters of an inch deep, for a mor tice joint. Mark out the position of this slot as shown at A, and, with a five-eighths inch centre-bit, make the two holes as indicated. Carefully chisel out the wood not required, leaving a clean-cut, slot Which should just ft the end of a one and a half-inch by three-quartrs inch batten.
The two lower side rails B. B. are five and a half inches long and each has a slot one and a half inches wide and five-eighths of an inch deep, us in the centre of the top edge to take the ends of the centre rail C. This rail is thirteen and three-quarters inches long by one and a half inches wide, and should be Blaned toa thickstes of tve-eighths inch.
Two pieces of half-inch thick wood, measuring four inches by three inches, form the top end pieces D. Before fixing these, glue The ends of the parts B into the slots im the legs.
"You will now require eight pieces of triangular section wood, each two and three-quarters inches long:
ce four of these wedge-shape pieces and glue them to the inside Corners between the ends D and the Flies and Germs are now breeding legs, as shown at E, E. After the glue has set, screw these wedge Pieces in position.
'The two sides, F. F. are nine inches long by three "inches wide, and are fixed in the same way the parts D. The ends of the gross-piece C are glued and screwed into' the slots in the battens B. 'The top of the stool is fixed by six screws, one being driven into the centre of each leg and one into each side piece F. Countersink the holes for these screws, fill up afterwards with plastic wood, and, when has set hard, chisel it' flush with the stool top.
over with a glass paper block, give After, smoothing the wood all the. stool a coating of dark oak varnish stain.
Tae Hur Canrenten,
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