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Show An Amateur Tinker's Experience, j A well known merchant of this city, who is of a saving disposition and of a mechanical turn of mind, has an inclination incli-nation to attempt to do everything. He considers nothing well done that he does not do himself. The other evening I one of the clocks at his home refused to keep time, so he thought he would repair re-pair it. He had repaired many a clock before and bad not the least doubt of his skill. He took all the Thetis and pinions apart and cleaned them. This occupied the entire evening, and when he retired he dumped all the cogwheels and parts of the clock into a drawer in his desk. The merchant is unfortunate, at least at this time, in possessing a son of mischievous disposition who happened happen-ed to come across the drawer full of wheels. He knew what his father had been doing and thought he would have a little fun. He went to his room where he had a wheel that had been taken from another clock and placed this in the drawer with the other "fixings." That night the father commenced his work of putting the separate parts together. to-gether. He tried it several times, but always had one wheel left over. The next night he tried the problem once more. Again he failed. For two weeks he puzzled over his mechanical problem, always having a wheel left over for which he could not account. Finally the son, who had been enjoying the sport, told his parent of his little joke. Then he wished he had made no confession. confes-sion. Pittsburg Dispatch. |