Popular Science Monthly 



597 



Nature Hides a One Thousand -Pound 

 Stone Tomahawk in a Coal Mine 



THE biggest and sturdiest toma 

 hawk ever seen is on exhibi- 

 tion in a Httle town in Western 

 Pennsylvania. It was not 

 fashioned by an Indian 

 "brave" nor by the hand of 

 any man, but was made by 

 Nature herself of solid 

 rock. A coal miner, dig- 

 ging away in the bowels 

 of the earth, came across 

 the natural curiosity and 

 with the help of his fel- 

 low workers brought it 

 to the surface. 



It is composed of one 

 rock and weighs about a 

 thousand pounds. When 

 thequestionaroseasto the use 

 to which the tomahawk cou 

 be put, it was suggested that 

 the handle be sunk in 

 ground and the head be used as 

 a hitching post. This was 

 done. The handle was set 

 three feet in the ground and a 

 steel stake and chain fastened 

 to the top. There is no horse in Penns\-1- 

 vania fractious enough to pull it up. 



A hitching post of stone 

 which resembles an Indi- 

 an's tomahawk. It was 

 found in a coal mine 



required to harness the machine between 

 the shafts. The breast band of the 

 single driving harness was put 

 around the forepart of the 

 machine and the traces 

 itched to the singletree in 

 the usual manner. A 



short rope was provided 

 to support the shafts and 

 hold-back straps to keep 

 the bugg\- from running 

 over the machine when 

 making quick stops. 

 Two passengers rode in 

 the bugg\- and two on 

 the motorcycle. 



The combination prov- 

 ed to be a decided suc- 

 cess. Several miles of 

 country roads were tra- 

 versed and numerous hills 

 rere climbed without difili- 

 lt>-. 



The four passengers doubt- 

 less made better time and 

 were more comfortable dur- 

 ing the trip than if they had 

 all been crowded into the 

 bugg>' with Old Dobbin in 

 the traces. The motorcycle proved fully 

 equal to the horse's job. 



. Hitching a Modem Motorcycle 

 to an Old -Fashioned Buggy 



HE needed a horse to haul a bugg^-, and 

 so V. L. Snyder of Douglas, Oklahoma, 

 used his high-powered motorcycle as 

 a substitute. Onlv a few minutes were 



^JO^'-/ 



The motorcycle not only drew the buggy over hill 

 and dale but carried two extra passengers with ease 



Some Curious Fires Which Extin- 

 guished Themselves 



AFIRE in a church in Boston, Mass. 

 melted the lead water pipes in the 

 storeroom where it started, and the water 

 gushed forth as from the firemen's hose. 

 A manufacturer of metal pails, 

 with an establishment in Phila- 

 delphia, has his conscientiousness 

 to thank for saving his plant from 

 a fire recently. His orders were 

 that all finished pails be filled 

 with water and left suspended 

 from the ceiling for a time in 

 order to test them. During the 

 noon hour one day, while the 

 men were at dinner, fire broke out 

 in the testing room, heating the 

 upper portion of the room to 

 such a degree that the solder 

 of the bails connecting the pails 

 melted and the pails dropped, 

 splashing water all over the place 

 and putting out the fire. 



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