Show th arcay ball street peddlers have a naw na w catchpenny device on their tracks that is quite an amusing thing for old as well as folks they call it the crazy ball and it is well named por ten cents you can buy one of these things and see lawa of gravity defied it looks like an ordinary wooden ball about the size of a tennis ball but yon cant roll it in a straight line to save you of course the cegret of the things queer actions lie in the fact that it is loaded on one side makes every move ball eccentric it will roll up hill of its own accord and it will refuse to roll down hill if yon try to roll it from yon it will perhaps start out all i right and then turn around and roll back or maybe it will go off sidewise and describe a wobbly circle around you all its movements are jerky and spasmodic give it to a kitten to play with md the chances are that the kitten will go mad while a baby will cry with vexation over its eccentricities A grows person who is not up in spherical geometry will assure you that it is wonderful 1 is not it is only come sharp fellows way of gathering in the dimes nevertheless th eless ere long the city will be flooded with these crazy balls new york herald s |