I SCIENCE 
IS 
KNOWLEDGE. 
KNOWLEDGE 
IS 
POWER. 
A PRACTICAL JOURNAL FOR AMATEURS, 
Copyright Secured, 
Vol. II. 
NEW YORK, APRIL, 1879. 
No. 4. 
A Dollar with a Hole in 
BY A. W. KOBEKTS. 
It 
O M E two 
years after 
my tub ad- 
venture, my 
father ob- 
tained for me 
a situation in 
a law office 
in New York, 
where I was 
to receive a 
dollar a week : yes ! a whole dollar— a dol- 
lar with a hole in it, and a silk cord 
through it. When my employer, Mr. Em- 
erson, placed it about my neck smiling- 
ly, I knew that my first week at law was 
an established success. All the way home 
I wore it as a watch, taking it out every 
few blocks to admire, arriving home early, 
for I ran all the way, so anxious was I 
to give to my mother my first dollar 
earned in New York 
city. But when she told 
me I might keep it, the 
news was too much for 
me, and I had to make 
a bolt for the stable, to 
give vent to my happi- 
ness, and proclaim my good fortune to all 
the cows. 
One day shortly after this, when exam- 
ining the apple stands in John street, to 
ascertain if any of the two-cent apples 
had been placed in the one-cent apart- 
ment, I beheld an object that riveted my 
attention at once. In a window of a seed 
store was what appeared to be a glass 
case filled with water, and in the water 
were beautiful green plants and many 
kinds of live fish, all new to me. Every 
morning, noontime and after office hours, 
I visited the seed store, for several weeks, 
but what puzzled me greatly was that no 
one ever seemed to change the water or 
pay the slightest attention to the fish, yet 
the plants grew longer every day, and the 
fish more robust. 
After reaching home, I dug up a hand- 
ful of earth worms, putting them in damp 
moss to thoroughly rid them of all earthy 
matter. These I offered to one of the 
salesmen of the store, to feed the fish ; he. 
