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AMERICAN AQRICULTUKIS* 
149 
Puzzles lor Skarp £yes. 
Men think they cun trust their eyes to tell them the 
truth, and Ihcy are scneiully liglit, but an cilucnted eye 
will discover many things which an unskilled one would 
not see ; so that the eye needs mncli training to make it 
lell "the whole Inifh, and nothing but Ihe truth. "' A 
sailor accustomed lo watch from the mast head for ob- 
jects itt a distance, will readily see things not visible to a 
landsman. An artist, who has long made a study of 
pictures, will detect /aults or beauties In a painting or en- 
graving, which most [leople would not notice. So a Nat' 
uralist will perceive curious things in flowers, leaves, 
msecls, stones, etc. One needs to look at many Ihinss 
from tiifferent positions, before all which tliey contain 
can be perceived.— Two pictures, fig. 1, the "Singular 
Sign,'' and fig. 2, "An Enemy in Camp," very well illus- 
trate tlds fact. Tiie Qrst one looks like only a mixture of 
lines and blots; yet it contains information which has 
Fig. 1.— THE SINGULAR SIGN. 
probably proved beneficial to many of our readers, being 
(he sign of a well known firm in this city. Fig. 2 plainly 
shows that the poultry are alarmed, and careful eyes 
will fi[id what frightens lliem. Next month we will 
iTiiike the matter plainer for those who fail lo see it. 
Good Mottoes, — A youth of our acquciiut- 
ance lias the following, wri'ten in large, plain letters, and 
pasted, up in his sleeping room where it ran be plainly 
seen while dressing, and an earnest prayer is always 
offered at the bedside, for help to keep the resolutions: 
*'CI.) / will endeavor this day to do nothing which I be- 
lieve 1 ought not to do, ("2.) I will omit nothing which 
I ought to do. ;3.) I will not parley with temptation, 
and thus allow it to get the better of nu, hut will be careful 
to be on the right side, /allowing the Jirst intimations of 
conscie7ice, and avoiding what may perhaps be wroyig.'^ 
Another motto which is pasted up by an older friend, 
in like manner, reads : "WATCH and PR.^Y— which 
implies that I am Jirst to Watch myself, lo do all I 
can to act risht, and to avoid wrong doing : and then God, 
if I seek His help, will supply what strength I have not: 
He will not carry me, but He will always aid me." 
How Shot are ITIade. 
This morning, for the twentieth time perhaps, we went 
out to gratify a country friend, who had a great curiusily 
to see one <»f the " Shot 
Towers " of New-York, and 
it occurred to us that many 
of the boys of tlie great Ag- 
riculturist Family, and per- 
haps some of the girls, as 
well as men and women, 
would like to know a little 
more about how sliot are 
made.— First, then, there is 
a liigh brick tower, like a 
great tube set on end, with 
circular stairs running 
around the inside, all the 
way to the top, leaving an 
open space down the center 
four or five feet across. 
There is a hoisting arrange- 
ment on one side of this for 
carrying lead and coal up to 
the lop. At the bottom of 
this opening is a large ves- 
sel of water ; and at the lop 
a place for melting lead. 
The lead is melted and pour- 
ed into a pan with holes in 
the bottom, like a tin colan- 
der or sieve. The melted 
lead runs through and drops 
in linlc round ghibules which 
fall down into the water. Small shot require to fall 60 
to 70 feet ; the largest size, 150 to 175 feet. When they 
leach Ihe water they are so cold and hard as not to flat- 
ten. Some dro|is are long, and very often two or three 
run together, and sofne hit the sides of the tower and 
aie flattened, so that the mass in the water is a mixture 
of round shot of various sizes, and irregular pieces of 
lead. These are dipped out and dried, and then poured 
ujion tlie upper end of a long table matic of several 
boards set inclined or "slanting," each board a little 
lower than the one next above it, and with a small space 
between the ends of the boards. The roxmd shot roll 
rapidly down, leaping across the open spaces, and fall 
ofl!" the lower end into a box. The iriegnlar pieces of 
lead, and the shot not quite round, go slower and fall into 
(he ope{dngs. or lodge on the table and are swept off. 
The round shot are put into tiie up|ier drawer of a swing- 
ing box or cabinet, witli sieve-bottom drawers, one above 
tiio other. The top box, No. I, catches all the shot of 
one size ; the next catches tliosG one size smaller, and so 
on down tu the bottom, where are found the finest shot, 
no larger than musiarii seed, indeed some of them look 
like fine sand. The different sizes of shot are then put 
into cylinders with some nlack leait, and the cylinder 
revolved for 15 or -0 minutes, which polishes the surface 
and gives the shining black coat we see on them. They 
are next put in strong hags and are ready for market. 
It is a curious fact, thai while pure lead will not run in 
drops, hut in .streams, the addition of only one pound of 
raetalic arsenic to about GOO pounds of melted lead, 
makes it flow readily and fall in beautiful drops. 
Mofr to find an Unkno-vrn Hfnmber* 
The following tables will enable a person to discover 
any unknown numiier not larger than 63, in the following 
manner: Let someone think of a number and inform 
yuu in which of the columns of the table it is contained. 
Then by adding the figures at the lop of those columns 
you will have the desireil number. Thus, suppose you 
ask a young lady of 35, to show you in which columns 
1 
2 
4 
8 
16 
32 
3 
3 
5 
9 
17 
33 
5 
6 
6 
10 
IS 
34 
7 
7 
7 
11 
19 
S5 
9 
10 
12 
12 
20 
36 
11 
11 
13 
13 
21 
37 
13 
14 
14 
14 
22 
38 
15 
13 
15 
15 
23 
39 
17 
18 
'-•0 
24 
24 
40 
19 
1!) 
21 
25 
25 
41 
21 
2J 
22 
26 
25 
42 
23 
23 
23 
27 
27 
43 
25 
26 
2S 
28 
28 
44 
27 
27 
29 
20 
29 
45 
20 
30 
30 
30 
30 
46 
31 
31 
31 
31 
31 
47 
33 
34 
36 
40 
48 
48 
35 
S5 
37 
41 
49 
49 
37 
38 
38 
42 
50 
50 
39 
39 
39 
43 
51 
61 
41 
42 
44 
44 
52 
62 
4:; 
43 
45 
45 
63 
53 
45 
Jii 
46 
46 
54 
54 
47 
47 
47 
47 
55 
55 
49 
50 
62 
66 
66 
56 
51 
51 
51 
57 
57 
57 
63 
54 
54 
68 
58 
58 
55 
5S 
55 
59 
59 
59 
67 
58 
60 
60 
60 
00 
69 
50 
61 
61 
61 
61 
61 
t;2 
62 
62 
03 
02 
63 
63 
63 
63 
63 
63 
her age is foiiiui. She nnswers, in the Ist, 2nd, and 6th. 
The mimbeis :it the top, 1, 2, and 32 added, make 36. 
Alphabt-t ill one Verse.— The following 
corit.-iinsall the letters of the alphabel, and may be usi-d 
as an exercise for cliildren In tracing tlieir letters: 
" Goil gives tlio glazing ot his meal. 
And quicltly hears the slieep's low cry ; 
But man, wlm tastes his finest wheat, 
Should joy to lift his praises high." 
No. 202. Tlic Stiver Piij:(j._Thoiigh not new, this 
will afford mucli amusenient lo tiiose wlio liavc never 
seen it. Lay a ten-cent piece upon the lable-clolh be- 
tween two half dollars, and plane a tumbler upon the 
larger coins, so ns lo cover tlie smaller one. The puzzle 
is to remove tlie ten-cent piece wilhout displacing eillier 
of the half-dollars, or tlie gliiss. You arc not allowed 
to ttmch the coin uitli the liands or anything else, nor 
must you blow it away.— How is it done? 
No. 203. BibU Queslions.—l. How long was Ihe ark 
on Mt. Ararat? 2. Joab was the son of Zeruiah, what 
relation was Zeruiali lo Joab, 
No. 204. Mathematical Problem, contributed lo Ihe 
American Asriculturist by James Diclison. Olinstead 
Co., Minn. — Give the rule for the following: Any div- 
idend being given, to find a divisor, which added to its 
quotient shall equal the dividend. 
Fig, 3. — AN ENEMT IN THB CAMP. — WHEnE 19 HE ? 
No. 205. Illustrated Rebus, — An acknowleged truth. 
Aii»«'vrei-!!i to Pro1>leiii»t and Piizszlcs. 
The following are answers lo the puzzles, elc, in the 
March number, p. 107, No. 196. Charades.— Isi, "Our 
Mutual Friend."— 3d. " The Round Table. "-3d. "St. 
Valentine's Day".... No. 197. Word Puzzle,— Vfhcxl.... 
No. 198. Illustrated 7if(;t«.— Cincinnati .. No. 199. Pic- 
ture Puzzle,— lioUx are pictures of Ihe "grub'' v\hich 
makes the butlerfly No. 200. Illustrated Rebus,— Ve 
not weary in well doing No. 201. Conundrum. — Tlie 
page is duii (done). ..No. 188. Arithmetical Problem, — 
(Feb. No., page 67.)— A's share, '2863 , B's, 6335 : C's, 
2438 : D-s, 10294 ; E's, 4950. 
The following have sent in correct answers up to Ihe 
date of March Sth. To s;ive space, tiie numbers of Ihe 
problems answered, are omitted : C. J. Lorali, J. S. 
Dobbins, James D. McGitTert, F. M. Whitney, Cmss Cut, 
Pa., II. II. L.. Jolin K. Ilallimk, Henry J. Blod?ett, .Mor- 
ris r. Wright, M. .M. C. Ediviii C. Woodruir, Henri W. 
Young, John N. Chadsey, D. Herbert JelTeiy, Samuel J. 
Bassford, John F. Holmes, 
L. V. N. P., L. M. Maislon, 
G. Claience Cooper, Mary 
E. Storm, Georgia A. Smiih, 
Etta Smith, Annis A. Sag- 
gendorph, (a class in school, 
from 11 to 12 years old, an- 
swered the '* Scramble" 
problem.) \Vm. F. Sherman, 
D. Taiil, G. T.Reeves. Mrs. 
Emma J. iluntiing, Peter 
W. Teghtmyer, Edward R. 
Browne, Win. C. Johnson, 
T. G. Lawrence. George H. 
Gilbert, E. A. Williams, J. 
S. Stiles, Fidelia E. Quia, 
John Slater, Kiah. Cliester 
n. Dakin, John F. Holmes. 
Jas. P. MeCurdy, Anlliony 
B. Strother, C. C. Hyndinan, 
Luman F. Parmenter, Hat- 
tie R. Quinn, Jolin Dobell, 
S. P. Stewart, J. M. Jonlan, 
Mary Agney, Zen.TS Condil, 
Joseph Taylor. James E. 
Eshlem:in, W. E. Alexan- 
der. C. Van Warner, Nelson 
G. Hull, D. W. Williamson, 
John A. DiiBgs, Aaron Os- 
car RPam. A. G. Tillinghast. 
