Cheap Brackets

Xothing adds moro to the iittractiviuess or the homo than brackets ia thj corners of the room, to receivo vases of flowers, natural or artinuial, guiHll piaster casta, tliut eost ouly a trifle aud are pretty, and uumberless oiher little ornamenta that ure always findí 11 _r tueir wiy iuto the huase and aro otten brokeu and ruinad because there is no ,laee to put theta except on the tablu. Biackets as sold at the furnitura stores are rather expensive. But ai.y boy with a few toóla may iiud a world of amusement in outting up oíd cigur boxea and ia ikuig br..c;eis wüich, varnished, are as hMldsoiiie as any that eau be purchased at the stores ïo niuke these, oim requires a smal' key-hole snv, a sharpjack kuit.', and bitn ot' two or three bizes. P.itterns oí the varioua purts should fitst be out frota stiffi.ro iva paper, andtriiumsd till ti:ey üt eaoh otlier xactiy. If the I rackeís are quite smali, they may lw made ot' cigar boxes; if lurge, tv pitie or black walnut bo.ird muy be used. Pine ean bo stained and varniühed, and it is suc:i au easy wood to woi'k in that wereojmmend il to beginners in the braoket inaliing art. Lay the patterp out from dt'.iigns of your owa on the wood aud mark it round with a peneil. With the knit'e, the sv, and the bit remove all tbe wood to be taken away, and serape the edgfis Biuooth with apiece of K'lass. After the pieet-s are prepared they should be fastened together with glup and headless taeks, theu staiued and yarnished.