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A HAPI’Y PHILOSOPHER.
( like the weather rainy an* I like the
weather dry.,
( like the world an’ like the plan the Ruler
runs It by!
There’s mebby droughty reasons In some
fair and farmin' spot,
While a streak of too wet weather blights
another, like as not.
But I do so lo\ e earth’s roses that the little
thorns don’t hurt.
An’ life to me Is somethin’ more than
drudgery an’ dirt;
God tuned my taste to sweetness, so I shun
the bitter lees
An’ find so much of honey I’m a-robbln’ of
the bees.
I've found that cornfields stunted till they
wouldn’t pay to shock
Will yield In huskin’ seasons lots o' nub
bins for the stock,
An’ the shirvcled wheat that rusted, one o’
Nature's weather tricks,
Will do a sight toward fecdln’ all the hun
gry hens and chicks.
Cos what’s the use o’ whinin’ If the run o’
things don't suit,
Tou get to smell the blossoms though some
insect takes the fruit!
I reckon kfo's so happy I can wander where
I please
An’ find so much of honey I’m a-robbin’ of
the bees.
A happy life's dependent not on gumption
or on grit.
But Jes’ the plain philosophy of make the
best of It!
Of course I ain’t denyin’ Sorrow’s stalkin’
through the land,
But her sister, Joy, is with her, an’ a-ho!d
ln’ of her hand.
Cos write me down as happy, In the summer,
spring or fall,
An’ even storms o’ winter doesn't Ice the
blossoms all,
Cos I Jes’ keep on a-huntln’ In the fragrance
or the freeze.
An’ I find so much of honey I’m a-robbln' <•?
the bees.
—Roy Farrell Greene, in Youth’s Compan
ion.
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A T SUNSET in a little town in
Queensland the proprietor of tho
best hotel the place could beast of
■was surprised, not to say flattered, to
eec a gentleman, gold-headed as to
his cane, and evidently ricli and in
fluential. to judge from his servant
and luggage, alight from the coach
with all the appearance of one who
was going to stay a week in the
place. lie was distinctly an Ameri
can, with a twinkling gray eye, a
long aquiline nose, a clean-shaven
upper lip and a small goatee, which
he smoothed meditatively as he stood
like a long-logged Colossus of Khodcs,
in trousering of a very broad check
pattern, surveying the pride of the
proprietor’s heart, namely, the hotel.
“I guess it’s not unlike my stables
in Connecticut,” he said, presently, as
the proprietor came down to meet
liim.
“You must have fine stables, then,”
was the reply, offered gently, in the
hope of turning 1 away not the great
man himself, but. only his wrath.
“We have, sir; our stable yards, are
considerable. And I say it in praise
of your shanty that it reminds me of
my stables in Connecticut. I suppose
you can give us a loose box for a
week, majbe?”
The landlord recognized the free
and easy American with plenty of
money—the kind of man who was
never to slow to give offense because
he was the master of the situation
by reason of the almighty dollar; he
recognized the “colonel” and the
“general,” the man who travels as he
lists the wide world over, and gets
ready respect and deference from
everybody.
“Certainly,” he replied, “for a week
or as much longer as j’ou like.”
“Well, I guess I only want to stay
a week. You see, I arranged to wait
here for Viscount Thurlton, who is
going to join me next Thursday, and
then we’re going along to the new
diggings just to reckon tilings up a
bit to see whether the place is worth
working on a large scale, as we do it
in America, but I say, boss, this
a?lace is real dull after Brisbane;
Isn’t there any theater or place of
amusement? I reckon I shall die of
dullness right here.”
The landlord, already under the
distinguished patronage of Viscount
Thurlton, became oil}', almost greasy,
in his manner, lie explained that
there was no troupe at +be theater at
present, and that the only excitement
was the trial of a man who was sup
posed to be concerned in, a daring
coach robbery committed some little
time before in the neighborhood.
“Ah! That would be interesting,"
said the stranger. “I .should like to
see that. Stuck up the coach, did he?"
“Hell, they say he did, but he him
self swears that he is innocent, and
that he was in Brisbane at the lime
the coach was stopped. If you would
care to hear the trial, sir, I can get
you a seat easily.”
“I guess I’ll take you up,” returned
the stranger, and it was agreed that
the proprietor should escort the great
nan to the courthouse on the mor
row, and by his influence secure him
a good seat, just to enable him to
while away the time until Viscount
Thurlton came along.
It so happened, however, that when
they arrived the body of the court
was full, so that the' distinguished
looking American was accommodated
with ascot on the bench, where he
not only had a pood view of the pro
ceedings. but was seen and known by
everyone a the friend of Viscount
Thurlton, and .a wealthy American
•who was going to buy the new dig
ging township to “work it" ns an
ordinary man might work a potato
patch.
The prisoner was standing in the
dock with his eyes cast down listen
ing in despair to ti e conclusive evl ■
denec against him. Presently he
raised his eyes at some direct ques
tion from the judge, and was about
to speak when his eye fell upon the
•tranger sitting on the bench. lie
paused and staggered, then gripped
at the air, and fell senseless in the
dock.
When t last he was brought round
he stood up, and, pointing to tho
stranger, gasped for breath and tried
to speak.
“What is it, my man?” said the
judge. “Steady yourself. I ask again,
have you anything to say in j-our de
fense?”
“Oh, jour honor!” said the prisoner,
at last, “I am saved—saved at the last
moment. I have already said that I
was in Brisbane at the time of the
robberj - , and there is the man who
can prove it.”
All ej’es followed the direction of
his finger and rested upon the stran
ger, who started, looked confused,
then irritated, and finally bewildered,
as if he fancied the prisoner must bo
mad.
“If that gentleman will answer .my
question,” resumed the prisoner, “I
think I shall be able to prove to eveiy
onc that I was in Brisbane at tie
time I said."
The stranger shifted in his seat
nervouslj’, and at last said, in tones
of annoyance and expostulation;
“Your honor, I’ve never to my
knowledge set ej - es on the prisoner
before, and I don’t see how I car
fix up his innocence. Besides, I guess
I didn’t come here to- be questioned
by everj- son of a gun that holds up
a mail coach—l beg j'our pardon, j - our
honor, but you’ll allow the annoj’ance
is considerable, anyhow.”
His honor admitted it was, but
straightway appealed to the stran
ger’s better feelings on behalf of the
prisoner until he was somewhat mol
lified, and remarked; “Waal, if he
thinks it's straight wire, he can start
in, and I’ll answer his questions. I
don’t mind taking him up on that.”
The stranger was then sworn, and
as he stood in the witness box the
prisoner addressed him.
“Sir,” he said, “do jmu remember
on the 3d of Julj’ a man running after
your hat in the street in Brisbane and
bringing it back to you on the pave
ment?”
“I can’t say that I do,” replied the
stranger after a little thought; "no, I
can’t fetch it.”
“Do j’ou not remember his saying
that he was out of work and his three
children were starving? And then can
you recall giving him a sovereign and
saying: ‘Here’s a shilling for you?’ "
The stranger was silent, as if he
wished to remember the occurrence,
but presently lie shook his head and
said: “Xo; it’s no use—j’ou must be
mistaking me for someone else.”
“Stay!” cried the prisoner again, in
a voice of terrible tension, for it was his
last chance. “Do j'ou rctnepiber, be
fore giving the sovereign, that the man
told you he had fought in the Crimean
war and could show wounds —that he
had helped his country, but his countrj’
would not help him? Yes, j’ou must re
member his showing you the scars—one
at the back of the bead, another on his
right breast —”
The stranger interrupted him with
a sudden exclamation: “I do, I do!
The scar on j our breast is a long one
—a saber cut. Your honor, I remem
ber meeting this man! I must apolo
gize; his life was in my hands, and 1
nearly let him fall through. He is the
man I saw in Brisbane.”
There was a profound sensation in
court as the prisoner steadied himself
and wiped the cold moisture from his
brow.
“Can you remember the date on which
tHis happened?” asked Hie prosecuting
counsel.
“Ah, I’m afraid I can’t,” the stranger
returned; “but I know this—it was
three days after the Carlisle Castle ar
rived at Sydney, if it’s possible to find
out what date that was.”
The newspapers of the first week in
July were then consulted, and it was
found that the Carlisle Castle arrived
at Sydney on June 30, so that three
days afterward brought it to the exact
date required.
Again there was applause in court as
the prisoner was formally' acquitted,
hinally, turning toward the stranger,
the judge remarked: “In the interest
of justice, I thank you, sir; your pres
ence here to-day is on* of those re
markable dispensations of providence
which are seldom met with.”
That night the acquitted' prisoner,
the American gentleman, and his serv
ant rode through the bush in a jovial
frame of mind. For reasons best known
to themselves they wished to put as
great a distance as possible between
the township and themselves before
morning; and as they went they
planned how they should hold up the
mail a second time at no very distant
date. But it was the last time the trick
was played successfully in that neigh
borhood, for the distinguished Ameri
can decamped w ithout paying his hotel
bill; moreover, Viscount Thurlton
never arrived, and a rat was subse
quently smelt and seen floating ,n the
air of the neighborhood of the court
house—a rat which had grown consid
erably beyond the “bud” stage.—Chi
cago Herald.
nirli Food* (op Plk.
Dr. J. I!, liubbcll, representative ol
the lied Cross society in Havana, has
found that a former agent of the so
ciety, who had refused to give up cer
tain lied Cross stores, has been using
them to fatten his pigs with. The fat
tening food consisted of French peas
and dried apples and apricots.—Al
bany Argus.
A Royal .Snap Shooter.
One of the amusements of the German
empress is to follow the emperor in Ids
hunting trips with a camera and take
photographs of the game he kills. She
not only “touches the button,” but
“does the rest” at home with her own
hands.
Problem fop (he Kindergarten.
After all the learned editors and col
lege professors have debated over the
time when.the ni; etcenth century ends,
It will be safe, saja the Chicago News,
to refer the entire matter to the kin
dergarten class.
STUDY IN EX-PRESIDENTS
Tonr Were Living tt Three Different
Times in the History of the
Country.
Two ex-presidents of the United
States are living, Cleveland and Harri
son.
Before the expiration of John Adams’
term, 1801, there was no ex-president
living, Washington having died Decem
ber, 1799.
During Jefferson's administration
Adams was ex-president. Both died on
the same day, July 4, 1826. Both were
ex-presidents during the administra
tions of Madison and Monroe and a
part of (lie administration of J. Q.
Adams.
When Monroe was president the threi
ex-presidents were Adams, Jefferson
and Madison.
J. Q. Adams became president in 1825.
At thattime Adams, Jefferson, Madison
and Monroe were living. But before
the expiration of J. Q. Adams’ term,
1829, only Madison and Monroe were
living.
During Jackson's first administration
Madison, Monroe and J. Q. Adams were
the living ex-presidents. Before the ex
piration of Jackson’s second adminis
tration only J. Q. Adams remained as
former president.
When Van Buren was president J. Q.
Adams and Jackson were the living ex
presidents.
During William Henry Harrison’s
term of one month J. Q. Adams, Jack
son and Van Buren were the living ex
presidents.
John Tyler as vice president succeed
ed Harrison and was in office from 1841
to 1845. The ex-presidents living dur
ing his term were J. Q. Adams, Jackson
t.nd Van Buren.
While Polk was president the living
ex-presidents were J. Q. Adams, Jack
son, Van Buren and Tyler. But before
the expiration of Polk’s term Van Bu
rei and Tyler only remained.
Taylor’s terra lasted less than five
months. In that time Van Buren, Tyler
and Polk were living, although Polk
died 25 days before Taylor, thereby
leaving Van Buren and Tyler living ex
presidents.
When Fillmore was president Van
Buren and Tyler were still living.
With Pierce as president there were
three living ex-presidents, Van Buren,
Tyler and Fillmore.
When Buchanan was president Van
Buren, Tyler, Fillmore and Pierce were
living.
During Lincoln’s term of office Fill
more, Pierce and Buchanan were liv
ing.
In the administration of Johnson Bu
chanan died, leaving Fillmore and
Pierce.
During Grant’s first term Fillmore
and Johnson were living. Before the
expiration of his second term there was
no living ex-president.
Grant was the only liviilg ex-presi
dent while Hayes was at the white
house.
During Garfield's short term Grant
and Hayes were living.
In the administration of Arthur
Grant and Hayes were still living. At
the time of Arthur's death Hayes was
living.
During Cleveland's first term Grant,
Hayes and Arthur were living. Before
the expiration of that term only Hayes
remained.
With Benjamin Harrison as president
Hayes and Cleveland- were living, but
before the expiration of Harrison’s
term only Cleveland remained ns a liv
ing ex-president.
In Cleveland’s second term there was
but one ex-president living, Harrison.
During McKinley’s term the two liv
ing ex-presidents are Cleveland and
Harrison.
Three times in the history of (he
country have four ex-presidents been
living at the same time. Frequently
three; once there was one ex-president
living during the incumbency of his
predecessor; tw ice none.—N. V. Sun.
POWER OF IMAGINATION.
An Instance Which llluntrutei* Its 1n -
llucnee I pon the Average
Person.
The influencj of imagination is a
factor with which physicians have to
reckon very largely, and in the minor
ailments of life, at any rate, the most
tuccessful practitioner is he who pos
sesses the faculty of inspiring confi
dence in himself to begin with, and
then in the treatment he-advises. A re
cent number of the Psychological Ke
view relates an interesting- experiment
made by Mr. Slosson with the view of
demonstrating how easily this faculty
can be culled into play, in the course
of a popular lecture he presented to his
audience a bottle containing distilled
water, which he uncorked with elabor
ate precautions, and then, watch ir
hand, he asked those present to indi
cate the exact moment at which the pe
culiar odor was perceived by them.
Within 13 seconds those immediately
in front of him held up their hands,
and within 40 seconds those at the other
end of the room declared that they dis
tinctly perceived the odor. There was
an obstinate minority, largely com
posed of men. who stoutly declared
their inability to delect any odor, but.
Mr. Slosson believes that many more
would have givt n in had he not been
compelled to bring the experiment to a
close within a minute of opening the
bottle, several persons in the front rank
finding the odor so |owerful that they
hastily quitted the lecture room. It
would have been interesting to know
the attitude of theaudienceon learning
the liberty that had been taken with
their imaginations, but on this point,
unfortunately, the report is silent.—
Medical Press.
Not Alliterative.
Plodding Willie—l wonder wot’s dc
matter. Sample seems ter be wrong
wid tss.
Weary Pete —Dat fool printer’* got
our names mixed.—N. Y. Journa.-
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
In the Chicago high schools there ara
three girls to one boy.
Birmingham, Ala., prohibited street
preaching by Mormons.
Coeducation, says the Puritan, tends
to discourage sentiment.
There are 14 Homan Catholic convent
schools in the city of Toronto.
The Advent conference at Westbrook,
Me., dec.ded that women may preach,
but cannot be ordained.
At the commencement of Berea col
lege, in the eastern Tennessee moun
tains, 1,500 saddle horses were picketed
on the grounds.
Dr. J. C. Culbertson, a member of the
Cincinnati school board, believes the
schools should be moved into the coun
try and the pupils supplied with car
rides and lunches by the municipality.
In celebrating the liftieth anniversary
of his professorship Prof. Virchow, of
Berlin, said he owed his scientific repu
tation almost entirely to his American
and Japanese pupils, who continued his
researches.
In Ponce there is an American free
school, partly supported by the military
government and partly by the citizens
of the city. It has about 350 pupils and
is doing excellent work, being a thor
oughgoing school according to Ameri
can ideas.
Harvard may not hold the football
championship, but she has more stu
dents than any other American univer
sity. The figures are: Harvard, 5,250;
Michigan, 3,346; Pennsylvania, 3,346;
Columbia, 3,083; Yale, 2,688; Cornell,
2,645; Wisconsin, 2,025; Chicago, 1,680;
Princeton, 1,194, and Johns Hopkins,
632.
STARS AS TIMEKEEPERS.
According; t<> Till* Authority They Are
Mich More Reliable Than
ihe Sun.
Probably the majority of peopie sup
pose that the observatories obtain the
correct time from the sun. When the
average man wishes to give his watch
the highest praise he says; “It regu
lates the sun,” not being aware that a
watch which would keep with the suu
around the year would have to be near
ly as bad as Cap’n Cuttle’s. The farm
er may safely decide when to go in to
dinner by the sun, but if the mariner
was as confident that the sun marked
always the correct time as the farmer
is he would be sure to be at times 200 or
300 miles from where he thought he
was. In other words, the sun—that is, a
sundial—is onty correct on a few days
in each year, and during the intervening
times gets ns far as a whole quarter
hour fast or slow.
These variations of the sun from uni
form time caused no end of trouble be
tween the astronomers and the fine
elockmakers before it was discovered
that sun time is subject to such irreg
ularities. The better the clock the
worse it often seemed to go.
But as the variations in sun time are
now accurately known, correct time
might beobtained from the sun by mak
ing proper allowance, were it not for the
difficulty of observing Us position with
sufficient exactness. The large disc of
the sun cannot be located so perfectly
as ean the single point which a star
makes. For this reason astronomers
depend almost wholly upon the stars
for obtaining accurate time. It is the
method of doing this which we propose
to describe.
There are several hundred stars whose
positions have been established with
the greatest accuracy by the most care
ful observations at a number of the
principal observatories of the world.
If a star's exact position is known, it
can readily be calculated when it will
pass the meridian of any given place—
that is, the instant it will cross a north
and south line through the place. The
data regarding these stars are all pub
lished in the nautical almanacs, which
are got out by several different observa
tories for the use of navigators and all
others who have uses for them. These
stars are known as “clock stars.”—Pop
ular Science Monthly.
Making; Him Whole,
“It takes the glorious old west to do
business,” said the man with the alli
gator grip, as he boarded the train at
St. Paul. “Wc of the east are nut in it
a little bit.”
“Anything to relate?” queried one of
the passengers, as he woke up.
“Just a few words. I traveled from
New York to Chicago with a staving
looking girl. At Buffalo 1 was gone on
her. At Detroit we were engaged. As
we reached Chicago she had set the
date. 1 returned home, wrote her 320
love letters and came out here to get
married.
"She decided that she would marry
another. She estimated the value of
my time at SSOO, the worth of my let
ters at S3OO and my broken heart at S2OO,
and drew me a check for SI,OOO, and here
it is. Gave Her a recipt in full to date,
kissed her good-by, and there you are
and here 1 am. There's but one way to
do business, and the west knows all
about it. Yes, check fora thousand,
and how many of you gentlemen will
smoke a good cigar at my expense?”—
Chicago Evening News.
How Anlnl Got Ita Annie.
South America was discovered by ihe
Portuguese, who were searching for an
ocean road to India. Bartholomew
Dias was Ihe commander of the two lit
tle ships that formed the expedition, in
1486. Eleven years later De Gama took
another Portuguese fleet south. He
discovered Natal on Christmas day, and
thus named it in consequence.—N. Y.
Herald.
A Coiimrrrlil People.
TYie Belgians are an eminently com
mercial people. In Antwerp ten trav
eling commercial scholarships of three
years’ duration, with an annual income
of SI,OOO, arc given to students who
most deserve such opportunities.—K. Y.
World.
A LITTLE GENTLEMAN,
She stood at the crowded crossing,
A woman crippled and old,
Whose thin and faded garments
A pitiful story told.
On her arm a basket of apples
That no one cared to buy.
"I must sell ’em or go hungry,"
She thought, with a weary sigh.
“Maybe if I'd cross over
I'd have better luck," she said:
But the crowded street before her
Filled her with thought of dread.
" ’Tain’t safe for a poor old cripple,”
She said, with another sigh,
"But I’ve got to take my apples
Where somebody wants to buy."
She passed by the curbstone, fearing
To trust herself In the tide
Of life that was coming and going.
“Deary me. It seems so wide,
An’ so many horses an’ wagons,
I know I'd get soart!” she said.
“An’ if I got hurt"—with a shiver—
“l'd a good deal better be dead.”
”<?ee that apple-woman, Tommy;
She's afraid to cross the street,"
Cried a boy who was going schoolward
To a friend he chanced to meet.
“She’ll get scared and drop her basket,
And there’ll be no end of fun.
Hurry up, hurry up, old woman:
Grub your apple-cart and run!"
“Hush," said the other, sternly,
And went to the woman’s side.
“If you want to cross, I’ll help you,
If you’ll trust mo for a guide.
Let me carry your basket for you;
Don’t fear, but keep close to me,
4nd you’ll soon be over safely,”
He told her cheerily.
With someone to guide her footsteps,
The crossing was quickly made.
“I knew I could trust you," she told him,
"So I didn’t get afraid.
God bless you for your kindness
To a poor old thing like me.
If I knew your mother. I’d tell her
How proud she ought to be."
I fancy that this lad’s mother
Must know of his kindly deeds,
And is glad that the boy she loves so
Takes thought of others' needs.
Such boys are the ones to trus. in
For the men that must ho had,
For the father of the true man
Is the true and manly lad.
—Eben E. Rcxford, in Golden Days.
JOCKO WAS FORGIVEN.
lion n Monkey'll lMn> fiilnes* Saved
Hl* Master’* Life and Undo
Him n Great Hero.
A German merchant, who had long'
done business in the island of Java,
at length made up his mind to wind
up ids business affairs and return to
his old home in Hamburg, it took
him a whole year to get ready, but
tiie time finally came when lie was
free. He intended to go home by a
certain steamer and to take with him
a large amount of money and to ship
a quantity of > tluable goods.
The merchant telegraphed to Ba
tavia to find just what day the steam
er would arrive at ids port, and Ids
telegram was replied to, but when
it was delivered at his office lie was
out, and it was laid on ids desk. He
had for years owned a pet monkey,
and though the animal had never de
stroyed a paper before on this occa
sion he actually ate the telegram up.
He was chained up and promised
whipping, and the merchant sent off
another telegram. A storm had
broken the wires, however, and it did
not get through for a day or two.
It was then too late. The steamer
JOCKO AT THE DESK
arrived, took on passengers and
freight, and was off again in a few
hours.
The merchant was sadly disap
pointed, and the monkey would surely
have had its ears cuffed, if no more,
when startling news arrived. Within
six hours after the steamer had put
to sea she struck a rock and went
down with all hands. Not one sin
gle person out of the hundred or more
on board were saved. Had the mer
chant taken passage on her lie would
have been lost with the rest. it did
not take Hm long to figure out that
the monkey hud saved his life and
fortune by eating that telegram up,
and instead of being punished Jocko
nas forgiven and made u hero. They
even had ids pictures in tiie papers,
and when finally taken to Batavia
crowds called to see him, and he was
hailed as the “telegraph monkey.”
He went to Germany witli Ids muster,
and I am sorry to say that the
change of climate brought about Ids
death within a year.— Cldc ago Inter
Ocean.
Omnlpreaent Yuiilh.
Minister Good evening, Willie; is
your pa pa at home ?
Willie (aged seven, to his father in the
library) Say, paw, did }ou see him
first?
Minister -Why do you ask your fa
ther such a strange question, my boy?
Willie Well, you see, paw and Mr.
Glikins are playin' [Hiker this evenin’,
and I heerd paw say he bet you w udn’t
see him if be saw you tirsU—Ohio Slate
Journal.
PRACTICAL HEAT MOTOR.
When Set Over a Lump It Will De
velop Enoußh Power to Drive
Toy Machinery.
Hire are instructions for making the
simplest form of heat motor that can
be devised. Set over a lamp, or stove,
or furnace register, so as to get the
benefit of a strong upward current of
rising hot air, it will develop power
enough to run toy machinery, says the
New York Press. You might make a
motor of this sort that would run a
small electric generator, but it would
have to It larger and stronger than the
one here shown. Stiff cardboard, wire
heavy enough not to bend too easily,
a spool, glue and some pieces of wood
are needed.
On the cardboard, with a pair of com
passes, lay out four circles, seven
inches, C'/ 3 inches, 1% inches, and an
incli in diameter, making the centers
of ali the circles the same and inclosing
the circles. Cut the cardboard along
the outer circle, so that you will have
a disc seven inches in diameter. Lay
it off into eight equal parts, marked A,
in Fig. 1, by drawing four lines across
the disc so that they will bisect one
another at equal angles in (lie center.
Next, with a sharp knife, cut through
the cardboard on the six inch and fl
inch circles, as indicated by solid lines
in Fig. 1. Also cut between the circles
on the solid division lines marked C.
You will then have made the blades
of the motor. Bend the blades along
the dotted lines marked B, or at an
angle of about 45 degrees from the re
mainder of the cardboard, so that the
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hot air as it rises can get a purchase
on the blades.
When you have gone that far make
the hub and other parts of the little
machine. The hub .should be a round
piece of wood an inch in diameter and
half an inch high. Mount it on apiece
of wire, as shown in Fig. 2. Next cut
the cardboard disc, inside the one-inch
circle, along the solid lines marked I),
in Fig. 1, so as to make an opening for
the hub. You will then have eight lit
tle flaps. Bend them back, so as to
make an aperture for the hub. Fit the
cardboard wheel on to the huh and
glue the flaps firmly to the sides there
of. Next mount a spool, in which you
have cut a deep groove to make it serve
as a band wheel on the wire shaft, and
the motor proper is complete. The
style of stand or mount to be made w ill
vary according to circumstances. If
you purpose operating a motor with
hot air from a lamp, the form shown
in Fig. 3 will he satisfactory It con
si-ls of a crosspiece supported by four
legs, the whole being made like a saw
horse. The wire shaft passes through
the crosspiece, the spool band
wheel or driving pulley on the shaft
is above the erosspieee and the motor
wheel is suspended below. The length
of (he legs will depend, of course, on
(lie height of the lamp. They should
be long enough to lifl the motor wheel
sufficiently to prevent its charring and
taking fire from the heat. The stand
shown in the drawing is of wire and Ihe
lower end of the shaft is supported by
a triangular piece of tin held up by
three short pieces of wire.
Low* I’linl Wenr Speclnelr*.
Asa rule human beings are the only
animals that require the assistance of
mechanical appliances to improve their
sight, but there have been a few cases
in our country of horses having been
provided with spectacles to assist their
failing vision, in Bussin, however, it
is customary to put spectacles on (lie
cows that roam the great steppes,where
the snow lies white for six months at
a time. I'he cattle feed upon the grass
that pokes through or lies under the
light snow, and they have to he sup
plied with smoked glasses to keep from
becoming blinded by the dazzling
whiteness of the plains. It is said that
50,000 old grandmother cows wear spec
tacles half of the year in Russia.
Nalnrnl Hot Water flock.
One of the most curious clocks in the
world, says the Boston Traveler, is that
which Amos Lane, of Amldee, Nev., con
structed some time ago. The machin
ery, which is nothing but a face, hands
and lever, is connected with a geyser,
which shoots out an immense column of
hot water every 38 seconds. This spout
ing never varies to tin* tenth of a sec
ond. Every time tic water spouts up
it strikes the lever and moves (he hands
forward 38 seconds.
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\ regimental pigeon post hereafter
will form part of the regular equipment
of every Bosnian field force when
mobilized. During the last Khissian
army maneuvers experiments with the
birds were conducted on an extensive
scale, nd their utility was demon
strated. In no ease did tbe birds fail
to arrive with their message sooner
than a mounted messenger would Uuvu
done.