A trap of this kind can be made from an ordinary fruit jar such as used in putting up preserves, either of one or two-quart capacity.  A one-quart jar gives good results, but if the bait to be caught is of fairly large size, the two quart size may be used.  As the jars have the same style top they can be used interchangeably with one mouthpiece.

The mouthpiece is made of a round neck bottle of which the glass is colorless and rather thin.  If the neck of the bottle is cut at the right point, it makes a glass funnel that will just fit into the fruit jar.  The funnel forms the mouth of the trap.  Put the neck of the bottle into the fruit jar and mark the glass with a file where the bottle and jar meet.  Make as deep a cut as possible with a file around the bottle on the mark and place two turns of a yarn string saturated in kerosene around just below the cut when the bottle is standing in an upright position.  Set fire to the string and turn the bottle from side to side to distribute the heat evenly, then when the string has burned out, plunge the bottle in cold water and it will separate on the cut.

Bind some copper wire around the neck of the jar so that three ends will project 1/2 in. or more.  These are bent down over the funnel when put into the jar, forming clamps to hold it in place.  The copper wire can be bent many times in emptying or baiting the trap without breaking.

Two copper wire bands are tied tightly around the jar about 3 in. apart.  They should be twisted tight with a pair of pliers and the ends joined, forming a ring for attaching a cord.

For catching “kellies” or “killies,” bait the trap with crushed clams or salt-water mussels and for fresh water shiners use mincemeat or bread crumbs and do not spill any bait outside of the trap.  Leave the trap down ten to fifteen minutes and when resetting it after emptying, put back one or two of the victims, as the others enter more readily if they see some of their companions ahead of them.

** A Remedy for Leaking Fountain Pens [390]

Fountain-pen leaks may often be prevented by unscrewing the joint and lightly smearing the screw with vaseline.  This also makes it easy to unscrew the joint for filling.

** Kites of Many Kinds and How to Make Them [391]

One of the prettiest of all is the butterfly kite.  To make this get two thin kite sticks of equal length.  Bend each in an are, tying one end of a strong string to one end of each stick and the other end of the string to a point about 3 in. from the other end of the stick.  This leaves one end of each stick free, hooking over the hemisphere described by the thread and the stick.  Now tie another thread to

[Illustration:  Boy Kite]

each of these free ends and tie the other end of the thread to a point near the other end of the stick, corresponding with the distance from the end at which the first strings were tied on the opposite side.  This done, you should have two arched frames, each an exact counterpart of the other in size, curvature and weight.  Now fasten the two frames together so that the arcs will overlap each other as shown in the sketch.  Bind the intersecting points securely with thread.  To make the butterfly’s head, secure two heavy broom straws or two short wires, and