[Illustration:  Boy’s Hand Car]

illustration is very simple.  With a few exceptions all the parts are short lengths of pipe and common tees, elbows and nipples.

The wheels were manufactured for use on a baby carriage.  The sprocket wheel and chain were taken from a discarded bicycle, which was also drawn upon for the cork handle used on the steering lever.  The floor is made of 1-in. white pine, 14 in. wide and 48 in. long, to which are bolted ordinary flanges to hold the framing and the, propelling and steering apparatus together.  The axles were made from 3/8 in. shafting.  The fifth wheel consists of two small flanges working on the face surfaces.  These flanges and the auxiliary steering rod are connected to the axles by means of holes stamped in the piece of sheet iron which encases the axle.  The sheet iron was first properly stamped and then bent around the axle.  The levers for propelling and steering the car work in fulcrums made for use in lever valves.  The turned wooden handles by which these levers are operated were inserted through holes drilled in the connecting tees.  The working joint for the steering and hand levers consists of a 1/2 by 3/8 by 3/8 in. tee, a 1/2 by 3/8 in. cross and a piece of rod threaded on both ends and screwed into the tee.  The cross is reamed and, with the rod, forms a bearing.

The operation of this little hand car is very similar in principle to that of the ordinary tricycle, says Domestic Engineering.  The machine can be propelled as fast as a boy can run.  It responds readily to the slightest movement of the steering lever.

** How to Make a Rustic Seat [441]

The rustic settee illustrated in Fig. 1 may be made 6 ft. long, which will accommodate four average-sized persons.  It is not advisable to exceed this length, as then it would look out of proportion, says the Wood-Worker.  Select the material for the posts, and for preference branches that are slightly curved, as shown in the sketch.  The front posts are about 3-1/2 in. in diameter by 2 ft. 4 in. long.  The back posts are 3 ft. 4 in. high, while the center post is 3 ft. 8 in. in height.  The longitudinal and transverse rails are about 3 in. in diameter and their ends are pared away to fit the post to which they are connected by 1-in. diameter dowels.  This method is shown in Fig. 4.  The dowel holes are bored at a distance of 1 ft. 2-1/2 in, up from the lower ends of posts.  The front center leg is partially halved to the front rail and also connected to the back post by a bearer, 4 in. deep by 1-1/2 in. thick.  This bearer is tenoned to the back post.

Fig. 3 shows a sectional view of the bearer joint to front leg, and also the half-round seat battens resting on the bearer, also showing them with their edges planed.  It is advisable to have a space between the edges of each batten, say about 1-8 in., to allow rainwater to drain.  The ends of the seat battens are pared away to fit the transverse rails neatly as shown in Fig. 2.  The struts for the post range in diameter from 1-1/2 in. to 2 in.  The ends of the struts are pared to fit the posts and