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Popular Science Monthly 



The figures 

 apparently 

 dance across 

 the stage on a 

 revolving belt 



The Latest Rival of the 

 * 'Punch and Judy" Show 



FOR unnumbered years, it seems, the 

 Punch and Judy show has held its 

 place in the affections of the juvenile 

 public. Now, however, it can no longer 

 hold undisputed sway. A new toy em- 

 bodying the same general principle, has 

 been invented by J. A. Dunigan, of Albany, 

 N. Y., which is not only as amusing but is 

 capable of great variation. 



As shown in the illustration, a number of 

 toy actors are mounted on an endless belt 

 which extends across a guideway in the 

 floor of the miniature stage. The belt is 

 composed of a folded strip of stiff material 

 into which the base pieces of the toys are 

 inserted and by which they are carried 

 across the stage during the performance. 



Speaking parts taken by persons behind 

 the scenes increase the interest and the 

 liveliness of the act. Any number of toy 

 figures may be used. They are easily 

 removable so that there need be no monot- 

 ony in the performance. 



States Geological Survey is 

 sending out to do special 

 leveling work. The adding 

 machine is conceded to be 

 much more reliable than the 

 ordinary clerk, male or fe- 

 male, and the practicabiHty 

 of using it for recording read- 

 ings of the level rods was 

 proved in connection with 

 work done recently by 

 Government surveyors in 

 certain sections of Florida 

 and Indiana. As many of 

 the observations are made 

 on railroad rights of way, 

 the Government men use 

 motor velocipedes to trans- 

 port themselves and their 

 equipment from place to 

 place. 



When in use, the adding 

 machine is placed firmly on the base of the 

 velocipede and is then strapped on. It is 

 possible to move the car and apparatus 

 along the rails without disturbing the 

 arrangement. This is said to be the first 

 time mechanical adders have been used in 

 the field. The United States Geological 

 Survey reports that recording can be done 

 in this way more quickly and with less 

 likelihood of error than by the old method 

 of entering observations in a record book. 



How the Office Adding Machine 

 Is Employed in Surveying 



THE illustration on the right looks to be 

 a photograph of one of those ultra- 

 busy men who can not leave their work 

 behind even on a vacation trip. But 

 although the machine in use is the 

 regulation adding machine, such as will be 

 found in the equipment of any office, it is 

 also a part of the traveling equipment of 

 the surveying parties which the United 



The Government surveyors use motor 

 velocipedes on which the adding machines 

 are strapped for recording readings 



