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AMERICAN AORICCETURIST 
261 
3B0YS ^ (B^DOTMHSo 
liiMtriictivo llxpcriiiientw. 
Take a wiile-moutlu'il bottle—a fniit prescn-Ing jar will 
auswer the puriJOKo well—pm it in a pall of water, allow 
it to fill, turn it iip:*i(i<- (lowu, ami lift it partly from the 
water, but keep its uioiith uuder the surface, bo that the 
water will not ran out from it. Have a tube, (a clean to¬ 
bacco pipe will do): place the lower end under the sur¬ 
face of the water, and under the mouth of the Jar, bo that 
when you blow through it, the bubbles will rise np into 
the Jar, and drive the water down and out. Take a long 
full breath, and hold it in the lungs as long as can be 
done without inconvenience, and then blow through the 
pipe into the jar. Repeat this until the breath has tilled 
the Jar and expelled all the water from it. Be careful to 
keep the Jar upright, with its mouth under water, so as 
to retain what was sent there from the lunjs. Next, cov¬ 
er the mouth of the Jar with a piece of thick, wet paper, | 
snch as a bit of an old book cover, and then carefully turn i 
the Jar right side up, when you can set it on the table or 
other convenient place: the wet paper. If it rests snugly j 
on the mouth of the Jar, will keep the contents from be- 1 
lug mixed with the air, for a little while. Have a short I 
piece of candle attached to a bit of wire so that it can be | 
lowered to the bottom of the Jar. Light the candle, let j 
it down, and the flame will go out as suddenly as though | 
it had been thrust under water. The experiment may bo i 
repeatetl several times without refilling the Jar with 
breath. If the candle be placed in such a Jar containing 
only common air, it will continue to burn. The experi¬ 
ment then proves that what comes from the lungs is 
different from air. as it will not support a flame. 
Stl EJr]>eri/nf»/.—Fl\\ the Jar with breath as before, and 
place it on the table. Light a short piece of candle and 
place it in the bottom of a glass tumbler. Pour the breath 
out of the Jar into the tnmbler, exactly as though yon 
Averc lining the latter with water, and If the experiment 
be properly managed, the flame avHI be cxtingtiished, 
although nothing can be seen to pass from the Jar into 
the tumbler. This jiroves that breath from the lungs is 
heavier than air, otherwise it would not ran out from 
the Jar and into the tumbler like water. 
Haring performed these experiments satisfactorily, try 
and find out the reason for the flame being extlnguisbed, 
and irhat breath it; at another time we may have more 
to say on the subject. 
'I'lie l*.ill«l-ll0Urt4‘4l 'l'illlU4'l*. 
William Saver}-, an eminent minister among the Quak¬ 
ers, Avas a tanner by trade. One night a quantity of hides 
were stolen from his tannery, and he had reason to be¬ 
lieve that the thief Avas a quarrelsome, dninken neigh¬ 
bor, called John Smith. Next Aveek the folloAving adA-cr- 
tisement appeared in the country neAvspaper : 
“ WhocA-cr stole a quantity of hides on the fifth of this 
month, is hereby informed that the OAvner has a sincere de¬ 
sire to be his Mend. If poverty tempted him to this false 
step, the OAvner will keep the Avhole transaction secret, 
and will gla<lly put him in the Avay of obtaining money 
by means more likely to bring him peace of mind !” 
This singular a^lA-ertisement attracted considerable at¬ 
tention ; but the culi)rlt alone kncAV who had made the 
kind offer. When he read it his heart melted within him. 
and he Avas filled Avith sorroAV for Avhat he had done. .\ 
feAv nights afterwards, as the tanner's family Avere about 
retiring to rest, they heani a timid knock, and Avhen the 
door AA-as opened there stotnl John Smith. Avith a load of 
hides on his shotdders. Without looking up he said : 
" Tbave brought these back, Mr. SaA-ery; where shall I 
pul them ?”- “ Wait till I can get a lantern, and I Avill 
go to the bam Avith thee,” he replied, •* then pcrhai)8 
thou wilt come In, and tell me Iioav this happened. Wc 
Avill scoAA-hatcan be done for thee.” - As soon ns they 
Averc gone out, his Avife prepared some hot coffi^e, and 
placed pies and meat on the table. When th< y returned 
from the barn, she said: “Neighbor Smith, I thought 
some hot supper would be good for thee.”-He turned 
his back towards her, and did not speak. After leaning 
j against the fire-place in silence a fcAv moments, he said in 
I a choked voice; “It is the first time I ever stole any- 
! thing, and I have felt very bad about it. I am sure I 
I didn’t once think I should ever come to Avhat I am. But 
i I took to drinking and then to quarreling. Since I began 
; to go doAvii hill everybody gives me a kick. You are the 
j first man that has CA-er offered me a helping hand. My 
\ Avife is sickly, and iny children starving. Yon have sent 
them many a meal. Gotl bless you ! but yet I stole the 
hides. But I tell you the truth Avhen I say it is the first 
time I AA-as ever a thief.” - “Let it be the last, my friend,” 
replied William SuA-eiy. “ The secret lies betAveen our¬ 
selves. Thou art still young, and it is in thy poAver to 
make up for lost time. Promise mo that thou Avllt not 
drink any Intoxicating liquor for a year, and I Avill em¬ 
ploy thee to-morrow on good Avages. Thy little boy can 
pick up stones. But eat a bit now, and drink some hot 
coffee; perhaps it Avill keep thee from craving anything 
stronger to night. Doubtless thou Avilt find it hard at 
first; but keep up a bnive heart for the sake of thy 
Avife and children, and it Avill become easy. When thou 
hast need of coflee, tell !Mary, and she Avill give it thee.” 
The poor felloAv tried to cat and drink, but the food 
seemed to choke him. After vainly trying to compose 
his feelings, he boAved his head on the table, and Avept 
j like a child. After aAvhilo he ate and drank, and his host 
I parted Avith him for the night, Aviih the friendly Avords, 
“ try to do Avell, John, and thou Avilt alAA-ays find a friend 
I III me.” John entered into his employ the next day, and 
t remained Avith him many years, a sober, honest, and 
steady man. The secret of the theft Avas kept between 
them ; but after John’s death, William Savery told the 
story, to prove that eAdl might be overcome AA-lth good. 
No. 200. Puzde Picture.—hxi old-time proverb ; avc do 
not endorse it as being altogether true noAv-a-days. 
Ir4ni at ii»t20,000 i»4*r l»4nni4l, 
A gentleman visiting the American Watch Oompany’s 
factory at Waltham, Mass., relates tliat a small vial, 
such as honupopathic pills are kept in. was handed to 
him. Avhich was filled Avith Avliat seemed to bo grains of 
coarse sand, of the color of blue tempered steel. On ex¬ 
amination under a microscope, they proved to be perfect 
I screws, of Avhich it required 300,000 to make a pound. 
I Microscopic bits of steel, Avith the points exquisitely 
! ]>olished Avere also shown, so small that fifty weighed 
i only a single grain. These Avere said to be Avorth ^20,000 
' per pound. These, as aa-cII as cA-ery other of the running 
■ jiarts of the Avatch, are made entirely by machinery, 
; Avhich turns out each different piece exactly like its fellow. 
■ The folloAvlng is his description of the method of mak¬ 
ing the fine screAVS: What you do see at a first glance 
is a thin thread of steel, finer than the most delicate of 
pins, sloAvly pushing its AA-ay through a little hole in a 
machine, and being grasped by a tiny tool which runs 
round it, as if embracing it; and then, presto! change ! 
out comes a knife and cuts off its head. Ali this is done 
so quickly that you have to Avait andAA-atch the operation, 
after you know what it is ali about, before you can see 
the process 1 have described. The bits thus beheaded 
Avith a hug, look exactly like little grains of powder. 
But they are screivs. You notice that Avhen you take a 
microscope and examine them. They are complete— 
almost. Not quite yet. A girl picks them up, one by 
one, Avith a dainty tool, and places them in roAvs, one in 
every hole in a flat piece of steel. This little plate, as 
soon ns it i# filled, is placed under another machine, and 
it Avould do any Irishman’s soul good to see it Avork. It 
beats Doneybrook Fair “all holloAv.” I never had a 
more convincing proof of the superiority of mechan¬ 
ical over manual labor. For Avhile a good hearty man 
Avith a stout bit of shillelah may break half a dozen heads 
of a day—Avith fair luck—this machine, Avithout so much 
as saying “ By yer lave.” comes out of its hole, and runs 
along each roAv, quietly splitting the head of each one of 
them exactly in tlie center. And noAv the scrcAV is made. 
i\e>v I*iizzle.s to be Aiis^4'ere4l. 
A;. 
No. 270 .—Illustrated Pebus .—Realized this year. 
No. 271. Aiithmetlcal Problon.—A and B each sold a 
hog to one dealer, for AA’hich he paid them $.35, remarking 
that A’s hog AvasAA’orth 14 per cent, per lb. more than B's, 
but that they might settle tliat betAveen themselves. A's 
hogAveighed 400 lbs., B's, 300 lbs,; how much money 
should each receive? 
Aiisiwei’s f4> l*rol>l4“iiis» iiii.4l l*ia**le«. 
The folloAving are ansAvers to tiie puzzles, etc., in the 
June number, page 225. No. 226. Illustrated Rebus. —let 
Reading, (across the Avhole of each line). Keep pushing, 
’lis Aviser to straggle and climb ; to keep your eyes open ; 
to conquer all fear; than be Avatching the seasons ol tide 
and of time ; of aid and of fortune ; be steadfast to this; 
in life’s earnest battle they only prevail, marching right 
ouAvard, Avho Avill not say fail.—2d Reading, (half Avay 
across each line). Keep pushing; ’tis wiser to keep 
your eyes open, than be AA-atching the seasons of aid and 
of fortune, in life’s earnest battle, marching riglit on- 
Avard.—3d Reading, (commencing at the middle of each 
line and reading to the end). To struggle and climb, to 
conquer all fear of tide and of time, be steadfast to this, 
they only prevail, Avho Avill not say fail .. No. 267. Word 
Puzzle.— American Agriculturist.. No. 268. Bible Ques- 
(/cwi..—Noah and his family. .No. 264. Geographical Enig- 
ina, in May number, page 187.—Moosetocknoquntic 
Lake, in Maine_ The Spanish Puzzle.—Flaco the men 
as directed on page 226; avc will call them A, B, C, B, 
E, F, the first three representing the black men. Move 
C^toAvards J), Jump 7) over 0; move E tOAvards O', and 
Jump (7 over A’,- then jump if OA-er Zt / move ^4 toAvards 
7>, and Jump I) over A ; Jump JF over B, aud F over 0; 
move C to the end place; Jump B over F , and A over E ; 
move A’toAvards I), and Jump Fover A; finish by mov¬ 
ing A toAvards 7i.—The following have sent in correct 
aiisAvers : H. J. Meixel, John Meyers, Jr., Sain’l L. Moore, 
W. E. Uptegrove, Orlando D. Oathout, “ S.,” M. E. 
Grigsby, William D. Reese, Mamie and Lenie Close, 
Tlios. D. Smedley, John B. llaviland, Emma Randall and 
P. E. Randall, Alice McMichael, “Stupid,” J. Fred. 
Scott J. M. Whitman, Mary Keller, Sam’l Wolf, Jr„ 
J. F.’pay, .!. Milton Snyder, Wm. Anderson. “Jeames,” 
“S L. C. ” Mickey and Bird, “J. T, II.,” Ida and Ber¬ 
tha Challis, Frank II. Marston, “G. H. C.” (Thanks 
, for friendly criticism.) 
