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83% 694 THE COMPANION 8?><32$3 FOR ALL THE FAMILY so December 4,1919 8
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STAR TETS FOR THE
NAKED EYE-WINTER
Foil several years the planet Juylter has
been a eoiisp ueus object In the winter
evens after sunset. It IS easily Illelitlilull
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Ward in almost straight lines. sometimes all oi
them may :3 ou le same e o the planet
and, it they are inr enough away to be out or
the great glare. can be seen as a single little
star poised on the edge oi the ball of light.
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11,12, 13, 14, 20, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 3 .
8 winter heaven though scintillating
with the brightest stars, contain objects taint
y the power oi the eye
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it a record or he illllsive stars
‘in the legend oiliie lost Plelald. ordinary vision
hits oi light in the
will detect thirteen or iourteen. I I! W I to
look slightly away (mm the centre oi the group, so
that a more sensitive part or re retina is brought
bear upon It with averted vision you can oiten
see stars that are Invisible to the ilirect gaze.
A small telescope SHOWS the es to be a
i-eautliul group, out it is only photographs taken
' best lenses that bring out their real
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wisps hang irorn the brighter stars, which are
aptly described hy Tennyson as "iireiiles tangled
in I sliver braid."
The nebula OI Orion, the brightest of its kind In
the heavens, Is (lltitlllctly Vlslble the naked eye.
I’ color lliipreciatlon can be made by culli-
it iietelgeuse with the star lilgui,
not been found In hlirprlslng. A man 11
hali an hour at the exact place where he knows
Jupiter or Verllls or Sirius to he an et not see
lug except the blank sky. suddenly the white
come upon him
ould have
been observed In the clear sky lully an hour after
the sun has risen. In localities where the sky I:
rely clear Venus has been seen at noon.
The illustration shows the heavens at half past
ulus, Mars about two thirds oi
le way irom Iieizuiiis to splca, and Venus is ioiit
equally distant ii-urn Spica on the
east sliie.
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BLANK KEYS M2In‘,;[lummn’riulml ‘I man until he iii1ves him into the trap
S the oi-leafs!-wk whistles began shown in Fig. 2. Tile black man is
sound, iia I hes rose captured on playing 20-24. That ro-
slowly and ilisconlenledly iron:
his seat on the hem:
riown the cover or his now empty
dinner
“Mr. Esterly." he said, turnlrl
suddenly to the older man at his side, “I'm getting
tired or this kind or work. I had a letter from Jim
Barrett last nigntryoll remember Jim? He went
West 3 outs ear is (I.
“lie is the young iciiow who lert school because
somewhere iit on e c , anti h ‘s mak-
ing more rrlnney in a week than 1 do in a
min 1. an n and never
worked at any trade. I've been through hi gh
school and now run work ga ca
willing to adapt lilmselr
to anything-lie‘: the kind who gets along
easily.”
the man in the denim apron smiled.
"Maybe so," he replied. "it depends upon
what you mean by getting along easily. Do
you think you'd like to go West and gets
joh in a hotel?“
avid eyed hlm suspiciously. “I might
not 50 to work In I hotel," he said. “But If
I do go out there.-and I've been thinking
8 good deal abniltlt.-I’II be I 0 tlnll
something easy and at good pay, too. I'm
jilstasad p as Jlmisl"
Mr. Esiterly noviricil. ''I guess you are,
David," he said: "hilt you won't start ior
an hour or two, anyway; so I should like
to have you take this key and go upstairs
and Illld which titwir It heiongs to. It’: got
aepkraierl irom its lock.
lie ImlIiIei‘I David the key, and presently
the hey, still brocxliiig over his dream or
BOYS’ PAGEJ5 DECEMBER
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its‘
'ri-1: STARS or WINTER
“easy money," was walklh g along the chip-littered
corridor on the second hour, trying the key in one
lock after another. There was no door on at
, e story
above. Twenty minutes passed beiore he retumed
to his employer, who was planing some pine stock
(or window casings down in the bmement.
rind any lock that lhis key nis,” said
ure you didn't miss any or the doors ?"
“Ye r I t every one o em.’
“Well. something Imisi. lie wrong," Mr. Esterly
said. apparentlyas much to hlniseli asto David.
“Tiult is a blank key-the most adoptable key in
the building. Out 01 It a I0(‘.kSlIlIth could nle a per-
ieot tit io lock here; an e is now,
vi n‘t throw a single holti it almost tits is good
many looks, but it doesn't quite at any olie oi
em "
David Illlslled. The most adaptable key in the
buiidingl The boy cighed as he stooped and began
to till his apron pockets with nails.
“I see what you mean," he said presently, "A
iellow has got to no illeii Into shape tor some par-
tlcular place beroro his’: much good." He stood
up an oo c a moment at the key in his hand.
wish you'd give me this key, Mr. Estei-ly." he
said. “I'll like to hang It over my desk at home.“
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THE GAME OF CHECKERS
III. The More
SPEND some time In makliiga careiul exami-
nation or these diagrams, in which a black
white man. a black dot within a ring a block king
and an open dot within a ring a w to king.
It comes about because White has
the move or black.
5:. 3 wh e, though it piece
short. can draw the position. He plays
1o-7; black. H2; white, 7-11. New
black must ssoritice a piece. Try in urn
the man on 4, then the man on 12. In which case
does black draw, and in which case d
no you see why white can win it black gives the
man on 127
In Fig. 4 white, though a man short, can vs 11
the game by playing 10-14. Work that out in all
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the ways you can to learn why it is that white
‘Ills.
Figs. 5 and a present two other problems for you
to work our. white is to play at win.
Tile two positions shown in Figs. 7 and a cinch
occur in play. study the solutions below.
FIG. 1
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FIG. 3
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29-32 19-15
27-31 white
will 5
ins 23-27 14-10 10-6 24-19
24-23 5-1 23-32 5-1 white
wins
white wine by iorciug an eiiciiarige and their
playing on the same plan as in Fig. 7.
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T0 TEST YOUR GRIP
HERE IS something Whiilesnliie and admi-
U rahle about a iirnr, strong hand. one oi the
bestknown tests or the strength of a person's
hands is tearlngapack oi cards in two. In acc rn
plislilng the [eat much depends upon the caids
Tlle cheaper kinds are torn more easily. llncn
cards, with greater diniculty. 11 you tryto teara
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powdered resin on your
ruakes cards particulariyharil to handle. Profes-
oual strong men oiten bake in an oven the cams
they intend to use; that weakens the texture so
that a man can tear twice as many as he c u
master iairly, but It is a trick to which no honest
athlete stoops.
Although people sometimes have an idea that it
to keep them as nearly so as possible all through
the periorrna c .
First even up the pack by tapping the sides and
the ends on the ta e. 11 r nne end a it your
left hand, gripped between the base of the pal
d the iiiiger tips. Now take a similar hold on
the oliier end with your right hand, but with the
iinizer lips 01 your right hanll ml the opposite side
irom those oi your left. 1'h-at gives you a
hold for twisting. T e more space you can leave
between your hands without weakening your grip
the easier It Will be to tear the cards. Hold your
hmrds in iront oi your body, grip the cards iirnily
and twist them in jerks rather than steadily.
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that way. use your left hand as a vise, holding it
stationary on your leit lc and do most or the
twisting with your right hand. That position el't<
ables you to hold your right ann nearly straight
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EDITOR. OF THE BOYS’ PAGE. THE
17105311 your-Kv&‘er:r fa THE
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YOUTH3 coMl>AhiloN,l3osroNMAss.
and to throw the weight or yoilr hody into the
your grip or allow the cards to sum.
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TRAPPING THE FUR - BEARING
‘ ANIMALS
IV. Fox, Coyote, Wolf. Otlelr, Marten
IVE of the hardest animals to trap, and
F tiiey are also live of the most valuahle,
are the tor, the coyote, the poll, the
oiter and the marten. The No.:itra e
for coyote and IOX. although the N1). 2 will
easily hold a fox; ii there a chant:
ng hi v
he
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otter trap is the No. 3. For marten use the
No 1"
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Trap-setting clamps are convenient for set-
ting NOS. 2, 8 and 4. Wiien
traps put the trap on hard, lev .
one foot on the spring, the other on the chain,
to hold the trap hat and to prevent it ironr
jumping up and catching you.
Find, It you can, a trail that the iox, Woll or
e traps along the trail. when you are
through everything should look as it did he-
iore. ‘arry e surplus
any very noticeable signs oi‘ your work, your
chances are virtually spoiled. No halt isacedcd.
Covering the trap with paper is especially nec-
essary when making a set in re sau .
To lessen the human scent. It is well to use
the trail will improve your chances oi making 3
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A ivoii, a iox and acnyote like to inxpect things.
Ii you will make a set and leave it in plain view
near ii ruriuiid or rls and have a trap concealed
on the hiizli ground, you may catch the won or tile .
coyote when he goes up to view the surrounding
country irorn tha vantage point. A
erliig ii stake to which iour traps are iastened and
mun ‘mars
SET ROUND A
suns -run is
COVERED WITH
BAIT mun: in G000 ssr
set out round it in the term or a square, as that
shown in the illustration, makes isliiitiier good set.’
oraivm-iironged hook ior a clog is sometimes used.
Many trappcrs use two-prong no ra s on
rap. A stake under each trap saves
suri.-we disturbance in burying chains in trenches.
the stake is jerked out by the animal. it serves
id. is clever trick that trappers
solileilnies use is covering a set vlllh a buncil oi
icks an placing a piece or men n
not clog
scorched meat is a good drawing bait. and wolves
like to dig in the ashes or a camp tire.
For otter, be very careiul not to make any dis-
tiie carcass of a horse are likely to be ence-
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A SNOWBALL REIAY RACE
L'lLD live mounds of snow at regular
iar (mm the lirst mound or its series
as the mounds are isr apart.
t the signal to start each team heglrls
I1) tlirliw slinwhails at the tin can on the
inn UI ii! n I irirniiier
alirrteeils in kliockllig the can on me mound,
all the players on that team run to the lirst