Boy with a stick.

Boy

Boy with a stick.

A small twig, used for grafting in agriculture.

Cion

A small twig, used for grafting in agriculture.

A grape cutting.

Grape cutting

A grape cutting.

In French gymnastics, exercises with simple wants and sticks are in great favor, as imparting grace of carriage and movement in the upper part of the body. The shoulder joints are especially improved with suppleness, and their spheres of movement rapidly enlarged.

Exercise Wand

In French gymnastics, exercises with simple wants and sticks are in great favor, as imparting grace…

Cions properly inserter for a top-graft.

Top-graft

Cions properly inserter for a top-graft.

A hand holding a board.

Hand with board

A hand holding a board.

A hand holding a disk connected to a stick.

Hand with disk

A hand holding a disk connected to a stick.

Hand with stick

Hand with stick

Hand with stick

A steel rod being held horizontally by a pair of hands.

Hands with rod

A steel rod being held horizontally by a pair of hands.

This illustration shows an Indian crosse stick, as described by Gatlin. About fifty tribes of Indians are known to have engaged in the game of lacrosse, which they took very seriously, whole villages struggling in contest from morning till night. The goals were sometimes a mile distant, and as many as one thousand warriors are known to have taken part.

Indian Crosse Stick

This illustration shows an Indian crosse stick, as described by Gatlin. About fifty tribes of Indians…

The crosse is a 5-6 ft long stick of light hickory wood, bent at the top like a bishop's crozier. It is used in the game lacrosse. (A. Butt; B. Collar; C. Bend; D. Tip; E. Leading String)

The Crosse (Lacrosse)

The crosse is a 5-6 ft long stick of light hickory wood, bent at the top like a bishop's crozier. It…

"Using the "stick" to mark size for which slate must be cut."—Finley, 1917

Marking Slate

"Using the "stick" to mark size for which slate must be cut."—Finley, 1917

"For very small beds, drills, or furrows may be made by a simple marking-stick." — Baily, 1898

Marking-stick

"For very small beds, drills, or furrows may be made by a simple marking-stick." — Baily, 1898

The old woman and her pig sitting by the road.

Old Woman and Pig

The old woman and her pig sitting by the road.

"Fracture of the leg: Apply two splints, one on the outside, the other on the inside of the limb. When nothing better can be had, support may be given by a roll of clothing and two sticks." — Moss, 1914

Leg splints

"Fracture of the leg: Apply two splints, one on the outside, the other on the inside of the limb. When…

A hand with bar demonstrating the attractive properties of static electricity.

Demonstration of Static Electricity

A hand with bar demonstrating the attractive properties of static electricity.

A hand with a rod, demonstrating the attractive properties of static electricity.

Demonstration of Static Electricity

A hand with a rod, demonstrating the attractive properties of static electricity.

A stick.

Stick

A stick.

A composing stick is an instrument used to assemble pieces of metal type into words and lines which are later bound into a forme, set in a galley and printed. ...

Composing Stick

A composing stick is an instrument used to assemble pieces of metal type into words and lines which…

A throwing stick being used by Australian natives. Crafted during the Reindeer age.

Reindeer age articles, Throwing stick being used

A throwing stick being used by Australian natives. Crafted during the Reindeer age.

Throwing sticks made from reindeer horn. Crafted during the Reindeer age.

Reindeer age articles, Throwing sticks

Throwing sticks made from reindeer horn. Crafted during the Reindeer age.

A cartoon of two men fighting with sticks and books.

Two Men Fighting

A cartoon of two men fighting with sticks and books.