Show HOW A RACE CAN BERUN WITH DROPS OF WATER bamo can bo readily made aa a THIS few by any boy and girl As Is well known 1 a drop of water bo placed an a piece ot paper it will bo at absorbed by the paper but it the paper Is oiled the drop ot water will remain intact and fillds gracefully over the paper tho first thing necessary la to get four or five books one smaller than the other and rest bliem on their edges on atio tuble then get a sheet of strong paper hold it over a lamp till it Is thoroughly blackened iby tho about the llaine and then oil U this done you lay it over tho tops ot the book covers holding it down with a plate or other vessel at tho end take a spoon and let a few drops ot water drip on the paper and they bill allda along like so many living things until they fall into the plate the same la to see which broo droo of water beets there first it can be played by any number ot boya and garla but a carelus watch must bo kept on the various drops ot water as they slide very quickly by coloring the water and having each player own a differently colored drop they can be readily kept track 0 the one who gets the greater number 0 drops in the plate llast wins tho game ot mechanism 11 was and how superior to a horse thought santiago then came the tun of learning to ride it and when that was accomplished the not unpleasant duty ot taking it apart and cleaning it for the alno dust of the pampas quickly penetrated every crack and chafee chafed tle polished bearings as it it biad been emery powder cut no such drawback could dampen ardor and for several weeks he and his wheel were to bo seen every part 0 the cst ancla ranch frightening the cattle and astonishing th cowboys who were at farst inclined to believe that don santiago bad entered into league with the evil one i when the novelty began to wear off however and santiago was on the point ot that pe dalling over a rough country under a was not altogether the fun that he had thought a new idea occurred to him 1 I wonder it one a bicycle ho remarked to his sister ot course one you silly boy replied consuelo well I 1 think I 1 can and am goans to try retorted santiago whereupon he shut himself up with the bicycle in the carpenter shop and began as hs father laughingly put it the study of mechanical engineering in two days he emerged with a wonderful creation above the handle bars farm ly strapped in position towered a stout pine stick quite seven feet high secured to about a foot from the top warf the yard a cross piece measuring alve foot and to this was fastened the sail a large cotton sheet which ha had prevailed on |