INDEX

A

Ancient mariners, 5

Animals, kindness to, 33, 34

Ape, evolution of, 234

“Arab steed,” how to make an, 254

Army, to make a pasteboard, 217

Artificial water, 206

Aviary, how to make a back-yard, 63

Axe, tree-top club-house built with, 10

Axles, car-wheel, 172

B

Bantam coops, 55

Beard, Frank, 224

Beard, Santa Claus’s, 249

Bed, Daniel Boone cabin, 123;

Lincoln, 124

Binders, to make water club-house foundation, 101

Birds, 63

Bonbon box, the cabbage, 265

Buffalo, to make a herd of, 276

Bugles, wooden, 141

Building material, house-boat, 150

Bumpers, house-boat, 155

Bunks, house-boat, 164

Burgoo, Kentucky, 107;

ingredients of a, 109;

how to cook a, 109

Burgoo master, 108, 109

Bridge of matches, 206

Bridle, to make a, 274

C

Cabin, how to build and furnish a Daniel Boone, 116;

lumber for, 118;

ground plan of 6 × 10, 119

Cabin, house-boat, 157;

street-car used as, 168

Cage, to make a galvanized-wire netting, 39;

receiving, 46

Cake, the “Fake,” 266, 268

Camera, hunting with the, 20

Camp dress, women’s, 133

Camping out. See Daniel Boone cabin, 116

Carp, 52

Carpet tacks as blow-gun darts, 264

Cars, back-yard switchback, 170

Catfish, 52

Centre-piece, house-boat, 151

Chalk talk, how to give a, 222

Chestnut wood for foundation posts, 75

Chickens, coops for, 54;

need of shelter for, 54;

material for coop, 56

Chimney, Daniel Boone cabin, 130;

stick, 131;

Santa Claus’s, 238

Chipmonks, 19;

how to trap, 26;

food for, 26;

wire cage for, 37

Circus, a home-made, 191;

in the attic, 253

Clam-bake, the Rhode Island, 107

Clams, fresh-water, in confinement, 53

Club-house, water, 97

Club-house, underground, 89

Club-house, a tree-top, 3;

underground, 4;

grape-vine approach to, 7;

a two-tree, 9;

selection of trees for, 10;

how to build, 10;

foundation of, 14;

the vine-tree, 16;

three- and four-tree foundation, 18

Coat, Santa Claus, 245

Cobblestones for bracing water club-house cribs, 102

“Collar,” back-yard workshop, 80

Collins, Captain Bob, 141, 142

Cowboy, to make a, 273

Crank, panorama, 284

Crawfish, 52

Creepers, nests for, 65

Cribs, water club-house foundation, 100, 102

Crusoe clubs, 97

Crusoe raft, 150

D

Dace, 52

Daniel Boone cabin, how to build and furnish a, 116;

lumber for, 118

Darts, carpet-tacks as blow-gun, 264

Deck, house-boat, 160

Door, back-yard workshop, 82;

underground club-house, 89, 95;

back-yard zoo, 4;

pigeon and bantam coop, 58;

Daniel Boone cabin, 121, 125, 129

Drawing-board, chalk-talk, 225

Drinking-troughs for pigeons and bantams, 61

E

Enihan. See Lawn hab-enihan, 114

F

Feather-duster as a tail, 254

Fireplace, Daniel Boone cabin, 122, 128, 130;

Santa Claus, 237, 243

First Gentleman. See Pitch-peg-pin pitching, 112

First Lady. See Pitch-peg-pin pitching, 112

Fish, food for, 53

Fish-pond, a back-yard, 48;

how to stock, 52

Flat-boatman’s horn, 139

Flooring, house-boat, 160

Floor-joists, Daniel Boone cabin, 120

Floor-supports, Daniel Boone cabin, 120

Flower-pots, bird-nests in, 68

Flying-cage for pigeons, 62

Flying-squirrel, trapping, 21, 23

Footlights, panorama stage, 282

Foundation, tree-top club-house, 9, 14, 18;

back-yard workshop, 76;

water club-house, 97, 99, 101;

Daniel Boone cabin, 120

Foxes, wire cage for, 37;

anecdote of, 38

Frame, tree-top club-house, 14;

underground club-house, 92

Frogs, house for, 41;

varieties of, 42;

market for, 44;

the Anderson, 45

G

Games with toothpicks and matches, 201

Gnawers, 21;

cages for, 37

Goldfish, 52

Gourds, martin nests in, 66

Grape basket, wren nests in, 66

Grandmother’s reticule, 218

H

Hab. See Lawn hab-enihan, 114

Hanging-bars, 194

Hatch, house-boat, 160

Horn, flat-boatman’s, 139;

Captain Bob Collins’s, 142;

Wabash, 143;

how to make a Wabash, 143;

to make a Captain Bob Collins’s, 142

House, how to make a pasteboard, 212

House-boat, canvas-cabined, 166

House-boat, how to build the American boy’s, 146;

cost of, 167 168

I

Indian, to make an, 273

Island, artificial, 104

J

Jack-fagots, 110

“Joggling board,” 105

Johnson, Colonel Richard, 141

K

Kentucky burgoo, 107

L

Lamps for Daniel Boone cabin, 127

Lawn hab-enihan, 114

Lean-to, how to make a, 136

Level, a home-made, 74

Lizards, house for, 41, 46

Lockers, house-boat, 158, 164

Log house, how to build a, 116

Log-rolling, 121

Lumber for underground club-house, 92;

for Daniel Boone cabin, 118

M

Machine shop, 83, 85

Making up, 262

Manicora, how to make the, 257

Matches, good games with, 201;

a bridge of, 206

Mice, learning, 25;

habits of, 27;

white-footed, 24;

as pets, 25;

food for, 26

Mink, habits of, 31;

how to trap, 31;

author’s anecdote of, 32

Moa, how to make the, 257

Motion, how to suggest, 230

Musk-rats, Captain John Smith’s description of, 30;

how to trap, 31;

in captivity, 31;

cage for, 37

Mussels, 53

N

Nails, frame of tree-top club-house fastened with, 12

Nests, pigeon and bantam, 60;

birds’-nests in Washington’s coat, 63;

the speaking-horn, 63;

woodpecker, 64;

martin, 66;

wren, 66;

tin-can, 68

O

Oilcloth for underground club-house roof, 94

Oiled paper for glass, Daniel Boone cabin windows, 127

Oil-stove, 73

Old Dan Tucker, 110, 111, 112

P

Paddles, how to make, 193

Panorama box, how to make, 283

Panorama show, a, 218

Passageway, underground club-house, 93

Pattern, how to reproduce, for Wild West show, 270

Peepers, how to capture, 45

Pennsylvania pond stew, 107

Pheasants, cage for, 37

Picnic, how to have fun at a, 105

Picnic box, 106

Pigeons, lofts for, 54;

material needed in making, 56;

nests for, 60;

drinking-troughs for, 61

Pitch-peg-pin pitching, 112

Plumb, a home-made, 75

Prairie chickens, cage for, 37

Purlins, back-yard workshop, 80

Q

Quail, wire cage for, 37

R

Rabbits, cage for, 37

Rafters of tree-top club-house, 14;

back-yard workshop, 79;

underground club-house, 94;

house-boat, 160

Rat, 21;

short-tailed meadow, 23, 26;

wire cage for, 37

Receiving-cage, 21

Receiving-tank, bath-tub as, 191

Reins, Arab steed, 256

Reptiles, house for, 41

Ribs, house-boat, 156, 157;

Arab steed, 255

Ridge-plank, how to make a, 79

Ring-master, dress of, 259

River people, 147

River-rats, 5

Robinson Crusoe, 4

Rock bass, 52

Rodents, 21;

cages for, 37

Rollers, panorama, 284

Roof, tree-top club-house, 14;

underground club-house, 92, 94;

Daniel Boone cabin, 123;

house-boat, 162

Roost, pigeon and bantam, 60

Rowlocks, house-boat, 163

Rudder, house-boat, 162

Ruffed grouse, cage for, 37

Runway, doors for, 41

S

Santa Claus, costume for, 245;

how to make two boys into one, 248

Santa Claus fireplace, how to make a, 237

Sap-suckers, nests for, 65

Settlement, a pioneer, 208

Shack, how to make a, 135

Shanty, cost of a, 136

Show, a Wild West, 270;

a panorama, 278

Show-bills, panorama, 286

Shutters for pigeon and bantam coops, 59

Sleigh, how to make a pasteboard, 211

Sleigh, Santa Claus’s, 250

Slipperies, 182;

war-time, 182

Smudge, capturing flying-squirrels with a, 22

Snakes, house for, 41;

poisonous, 42;

varieties of, 42;

superstitions about, 43

Soldiers, to make pasteboard, 215

Speaking-horn, birds’-nests in, 63

Squirrel, cage for, 37

Stairs, water club-house, 103

Stability, emblem of, 229

Stage, panorama, 282

Stag-party, a boys’, 263

Stars, to cut five- and six-pointed stars with one clip, 220

Starting platform, switchback railway, 173

Stool, cabin, 131

Street-car cabin, house-boat with, 168

Struts in tree-top club-house, 18

Sunfish, 52

Supplies, camp, 133

St. Nicholas, our American, 243

Swallows, 70, 71

Swiss Family Robinson, 4

Switchback, a back-yard, 170

T

Table, log cabin, 131;

supplies for, 137

Tank, back-yard fish-pond, 48, 49

Tar used on underground club-house roof, 94

Tents, cost of, 136

Ticket-chopper’s box, 180

Toads, house for, 41;

superstitions about, 43, 44

Toboggan room, 186

Toboggan slide, how to build a, 182;

tropical, 184

Tools for building tree-top club house, 10;

for making back-yard zoo, 35;

for making back-yard fish-pond, 49;

for back-yard workshop, 73;

for making water club-house, 98;

care of, 86

Tool-rack, 86, 88

Toothpicks, good games with, 201

Track, switchback railway, 178

Trap, mouse, 24, 25;

the wooden box, 28;

the tin-can, 29;

a figure-4, 30

Trapping, 19

Tree-top club-house, 3

Turnpike zoo, 106

Turtles, house for, 41

U

Underground club-house, 89

V

Ventilation, underground club-house, 95, 96

Virginia soup, 107

W

Wabash horn, 143

Walls, tree-top club-house, 14

Washington, birds’-nests in coat of, 63

Water-wheel, how to make a, 192

Wheels, switchback car, 170

Whittling, prevalence of, 139

Wig, Santa Claus’s, 249

Wild West show, 270

Windlass, panorama, 284

Window, back-yard workshop, 82;

Daniel Boone cabin, 121

Wire cloth, 36

Wire, galvanized iron, for back-yard zoo, 36;

for pigeon loft and bantam coop, 58

Wire netting, 36

Woodchucks, 19;

as pets, 27;

how to trap, 27;

habits of, 30;

cage for, 37

Woodpeckers, nests for, 65

Workshop, a boy’s back-yard, 72;

how to build, 77

Wren, nest for, 66

Z

Zoo, a back-yard, 33

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