How to Make a Simple Water Filter – The Small Filter – excerpt from the book “The Scientific American Boy” by A. Russell Bond
A Garden-Bed Scarecrow A very neat and successful scarecrow for garden beds can be made as follows: A number of corks are procured, and a…
It is frequently desired to have some handy place for storing valuables where there is but little chance of discovering them. Secret drawers in tables…
Homemade Jar Opener – The accompanying sketch shows a handy device for turning up and unscrewing the covers on glass fruit jars. The loop is…
Homemade Corn Sheller – Where there is but a small quantity of corn to be shelled a sheller can be made of a few scraps…
Preserving Dried Flowers – One of the most distressing sides of botanical study is the short life of the colors in flowers. Those who have…
An apparatus for distilling water can be very easily made from galvanized pipe fittings. The outer cooling jacket A is a piece of 1-in. pipe,…
Excerpt from the book:MOTHER’S’ REMEDIESOver One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada.By DR. T. J. RITTERPUBLISHED BY G.H.…
From the Following Recipes and Formulae, Hundreds and Even Thousands of Candies Can Be Made. Excerpt from the book: MOTHER’S’ REMEDIES Over One Thousand Tried…
The number of wedding invitations often must conform to the size of the church or the house, and to the character of the wedding. If…