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A back-yard swing and two hobby-horses made a new 

 plaything for children 



The Hobby-Horse Turned Into 

 a Swing 



A CHILD'S lawn swing with a hob- 

 by-horse for the chair, is the in- 

 vention of a Missouri man (James A\ . 

 Moore, of St. Joseph, Missouri). The 

 hobby-horse is pivoted on a platform. 

 It is connected with hangers, by which 

 the platform ' is supported from the 

 framework. The hobby-horse is rocked 

 automatically by the oscillation of the 

 swing, giving its juvenile riders a very 

 agreeable thrill. 



A Shell That Melted 

 Money in a Ship's Safe. 



NE of the most telling 

 samples of the terrific 

 effect of naval gun fire is a 

 piece of metal recently taken 

 from the hulk of the famous 

 German commerce destroyer 

 Emdcn. This souvenir con- 

 sists of a lump of metal 

 which was smooth on one 

 side, but on the other side 

 resembling a piece of jagged 

 rock. The metal consisted 

 of a portion of the fireproof 

 safe of the Emden and some 

 silver coins from a drawer 

 in the safe. The explosion 

 of a shell probably blew 

 some of the dollars into the 



steel, the heat fusing the whole into a 



mass of iron and silver. 



Lifting a Wagon to Dump Its Load 



A NOVEL method of solving an un- 

 usual difficulty met by a contractor 

 at Hamilton, Ohio, is shown in the ac- 

 companying illustration. Upon com- 

 mencing his work he discovered that the 

 gravel storage-hopper above the con- 

 crete-mixer was in an inaccessible loca- 

 tion for the traffic. Owing to the street 

 traffic there was no room for a gravel 

 pile. It became necessary to resort to 

 drastic measures. 



When a gravel-wagon comes to the 

 spot to discharge its load, the horses are 

 imhitched and the wagon tongue is re- 

 moved. Then a pair of hooks is at- 

 tached to the front axle, and a pair of 

 rings slipped over the hubs of the rear 

 wheels. By means of a crane the wagon 

 is lifted bodily over the hopper. Upon 

 arriving at the desired location the driver 

 pulls the dump lever and the load of 

 gravel drops into the hopper. 



The wagon is raised bodily and its load 



dumped in the chute. The scheme saves 



shoveling or a conveyor system 



