THE YOUNG SCIENTIST. 
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Perhaps, by the way, Wesley borrowed 
the idea from the East India Comi)aiiy. 
In consequence of tliis nomadic existence, 
families have the bulk of their furniture 
made to pack up in the smallest compass, 
while the very grand carved wood and 
marble adornments of the reception 
rooms go as regularly to the auction 
rooms as clockwork. The outgoers get 
somewhere near half of the value as 
an advance from the auctioneers, which 
comes in handy to meet incidental travel- 
ling expenses, and the new comers buy it 
at about the original price. But to return 
tures how to be happy too. My arm- 
chair was, when fixed, so like the ordinary 
dining-room seat that it required con- 
siderable scrutiny l-o discover wherein it 
differed from it. When dismantled it oc- 
cupied but a small space. The cane seat 
was hinged to one of the sides, being kept 
in place by an iron rod, and the back slid 
in grooves in the side frames. That was 
all there was to it. To pack it, the rod 
running through the sides and framework 
of the seat was pulled out, and the back 
slid out of its grooves and laid over the 
collapsed sides. Reversing the process 
Chair Back, sliowing seat lifted 
over preparatory to closing, and 
rod out. 
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KUSKUS TATTIE, AND PORTABLE ARM-CHAIR 
to portable furniture. Our ingenious 
people seem to turn out a wonderful 
variety of it, many of the things being 
attractive enough to enthuse an Anglo- 
Indian with bewildering delight. But 
neither here nor in India— till my ex- 
ample was followed by others— did I ever 
see anything that for' solid comfort sur- 
passed my portable arm-chair. When 
other people on the march were perched 
on camp stools and steamer chairs, I 
could take my meals with the righteous 
self-satisfaction of a man who has bene- 
fited himself and shown his fellow crea- 
produced a throne fit to bear the presi- 
dent of the Fat Men's Club. Of course, 
solid wood has to be used for a chair of 
this kind, no veneering being admissible, 
but if well made, and perhaps with some 
skilful carving on it, would be about as 
handsome a present as a bright boy could 
make to an indulgent fatlier or grand- 
father; something decidedly useful as 
well as sure to excite admiration. 
— There is no dispute managed with- 
out passion, and yet there is scarce a dis- 
pute worth a passion.— <S/iertocfc. 
