Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1892 — THE ARTISTIC TOP. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE ARTISTIC TOP.

flow It Can Ho Made to Draw a Groat Number of Charming Figure*. Take an ordinary spinning top, flat or nearly so on its upper surface, weight it with a fiat and perfectly balanced pieco of lead, which extends out over the top on either side, and in tho projecting surface of tho lead bore two holes. In one of these holes insert a match or twig and in the other a feather, long enough to sweep any surface on which the top spins. Then smoko a plate over a lamp until the surface of it is covered with a light layer of soot, and next set the top spinning on tho plate. Tho feather will draw a great number of curious images, rings and arabesques—some of them excessively

intricate —before tho top ceases to spin. These arabasques and rings will correspond in number to the revolutions of the top.

TAE TEETOTUM.