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Show . The Stream v.o.f. Time. '. , The old man's counsel ,'to the young. Is wasted breath. We wonder : Why youth will nothing learn except Through pain and shame and blunder. The fruits of folly never fall-Man fall-Man learns this to his sorrow-Though sorrow-Though what a fool ha is to-day He sees not till to-morrow. - The stream of time,. the ancients held,. Comes flowing from behind us; ' The gods still let us view the past, But to the future blind us. Percy P., Bicknell in Boston Christian Register. Little Scientists. There are so many good and Interesting Inter-esting experiments that one can easily do at home and with almost no "apparatus "ap-paratus that it is hard to decide just which ones to tell you about now, but - here are two which are just right. The ,.j not lie down to sleep. The horse that sleeps in a standing position rests one' leg at a time', depending on the other three to sustain the weight of his body.- The habit is a very danger-, ous one. Only a short time since a' fine horse in thestahles of a big manufacturing manu-facturing firm went to sleep while standing in his stall and fell heavily to the floor, breaking one of his legs. A great many horses are permanently injured as a result of accidents of this nature, and there is no way of curing them of the habit. Horses-who do lie down to sleep often double their legs under, them, their hoofs rubbing and irritating the skin and flesh at the back of the upper part of them until they form those unsightly, though practically painless lumps which so often disfigure the forelegs of otherwise shapely animals. Drawing, Trick. vTo draw this six pointed star in eight straight strokes without taklnj until now they know that a large number num-ber of elements which in the natural state are in the form of solids maybe may-be liquified, provided sufficient heat can be had, but Income cases the heat needed Is verygreat, much, greater great-er than can be made in an ordinary fire. In the same way,-if-the-heat can be still further increased, the liquid will turn to a gas. . . It must be understood that besides' the extraordinary amount of heat generally gen-erally needed for this sort of work there are certain other conditions that must be observed. For instance, it is generally necessary to- do" the heating in-such a way that all air is kept away from the substance or else the oxygen of the air would combine with it and form a new compound. . This is one of the reasons that it is1 so difficult to perform such an experiment. experi-ment. Even in the case of lead, as you may have noticed, when it was melted there came over the surface a fine scum which was not lead, but a com-' bination of oxygen and lead. A Water Candlestick. . In proposing to make a candlestick of a glass of water it is not intended to offer a substitute for the regular sticks now in use, but a curiosity. .To-, make this little experiment get a piece, of candle three or four inches in length, and in the bottom of it put a nail or other convenient piece - of metal, the weight of the nail being just, enough to submerge .the candle down to a point immediately below the wick. Of course the wick must be kept out of the water. - . A tall glass tumbler is the best for the experiment, and it should be nearly, near-ly, but not quite, filled with water. When everything is ready light the candle, and you will find that it will-burn will-burn steadily, right at the surface of the water, until it is entirely con- sumed. ' " . . , The burning wick will remain at the surface, because as the candle is ill? The Liquids Boiling. 'first one is- how to make" two cold liquids boiling hot by mixing them. This requires only a small vial, some sulphuric acid and"a little water. All you have to do is to mix two parts of. sulphuric acid with one of the water. Put the acid in the vial first and then, when you have added the water, stir the mixture together with a glass rod and the liquids will become hot instantly, in-stantly, and soon, if you have a thermometer, ther-mometer, take the temperature and you will find that it is above boiling point ; . No end of curious results may be obtained ob-tained by simply mixing liquids to gether, provided you have the right liquids. For instance, if you mix certain cer-tain liquids they will form an almost solid mass. What could be more won: derfiil than, tnii, iyg-j yp hpra nrf- few tilings simpler. Put a few tea-spoonfuls tea-spoonfuls of a concentrated solution of silicate and potash into a wineglass, and add to it very gradually sulphuric acid. It is better to add the sulphuric sulphur-ic acid drop by drop. Now stir the mixture together and in a very few moments they will become converted into an opaque white mass which will be nearly a solid. Have you ever seen glass blowers at work? If you haven't, you have missed a very interesting sight, but it will not prevent your being able to do this little experiment, and be- over a line begin at 1 and -go to 2, to 3, to 7, to 11 to 2, to 5, to 8, to 9, to 1. ' A New Zealand Hailstorm. While but driving near Timaru, New Zealand, recently, a hailstorm came on which was so severe that a man was compelled to cover his horse with his rugs and the carriage mat to preserve pre-serve it from injury. His own head he had to protect with the cushion. During the fifteen minutes that the storm lasted the vehicle was- filled to ojrflowjngith Jsofls Jlie .size of a hen s egg. ' Conundrums. Why should a compliment from a chicken be an insult? Because it-, would be in fowl language. Why is a fish dealer never generous? gener-ous? Because his -business makes .him- sell fish.- How many soft boiled ' eggs could the giant Goliath eat on an empty stomach? One. When is a cow hot a cow? When she is turned into a pasture. Why is a fish hook like the letter F? Because it will make an eel feel. The Water Candlestick. consumed its weight decreases in proportion. pro-portion. This is one of the steadiest lights you can have and it is used in some scientific experiments for that reason. ' How Horses Sleep. It is not generally known that at-least at-least four out of every ten horses do . Why is a man taking a nap like a man reading a paper? Because he's enjoying his (s) nooze (news). What holds all the snuff in the world? No one nose. What is the difference between a hill and a pill? One is hard to get up and the other is. hard to get down. sides, it may give you some slight idea of the glass blowers' work. The experiment ex-periment is to unite glass tubes. To do this you need simply two glass tubes of any size and kind you prefer. Heat the two ends which you want to join together over the flame of a lamp. Gas will do, of course, but the lamp flame is better. When they are sufficiently suffi-ciently softened by the heat bring the two ends together, and, having held them that way for a moment,' twist them in opposite directions with a screwing motion in order that they may be securely jointed. There will now be a thickened ring of glass at the place where the two tubes are joined. This rather spoils the looks of the tubes, but with a very little more trouble it can be removed. One end of the tube must be sealed up with wax, or in any other way you desire. Now soften the entire tube , over the lamp and then blow into the open end of the tube, pulling gently at the tube at the same time until the ring entirely en-tirely disappears and the whole tube is equally cylindrical. The sealed end of the tube may now be unsealed or 'left just as you please, but it can be used in more experiments if it is open at both ends than if only one end is free. ' " Turning a Solid Into a Liquid. We know that lead, when heated, will turn from a solid into a liquid form. In the same way, if the melted lead Is allowed to get cold enough it will turn back again into a solid. It is Interesting to know that what happens to water when it grows cold enough to turn to ice is precisely the same thing as this turning of the lead from liquid to solid. In the case of the ice we call it freezing, but the change Is the same in both cases and caused by the sam'j conditions. Perhaps dt was thinking about this that first made the scientists wonder if all solid substances might not be liquified that is, turned Into a liquid form if they were heated, enough.. At any rife,' "they did ' wonder about It, and from time to time they have tried first one substance and then another, |