Show How Pebbles Travel The pebbles g on the tho bench beach In to their relations with the sea sen afford end ends less subjects of ot observation and Interest Interest interest In In- terest says Hallam Hn Hawksworth writing In St St. Nicholas l. l By ny what simpie simple simple sim sim- pie magic the waves breaking on the bench beach transform them from dull dun stones to sparkling gems I As I pretty pretty pret pret- ty as os a n wet pebble says Victor lingo Hugo of 01 a 0 girl of at sixteen But nut It Is not only for a fine complexion that the little pebble Is Indebted to the sea He ne Is also a 0 great wean ocean trav trav- i eler Even on the calmest day the pebbles travel a little d distance stance every time a wave strikes them then Take out your watch and time these pulsations and you will find that the beats occur about six times a minute The distance traveled by a pebble back I and forth as the result of 01 one wave stroke Professor Protessor Shaler of Harvard placed at an average of ten feet feet feet- taking all kinds of ot summer weather together together- CO GO feet every minute i Multiply Mul 1 this by CO GO and then by 24 and what Is the aggregate of the daily dally promenades of one of these little fellow fellow fellow fel fel- fel- fel low summer Idlers of ours Over 15 16 miles I |