Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1893 — A Wise Lad. [ARTICLE]

A Wise Lad.

Harper's Young People. “If fishes knew enough to live in the ground instead of water,” remarked Frank, “they could get ail the worms they wanted without hooks in them.” A bell that could be heard at a distance of 45,000 feet in water could be heard at a distance of only 656 feet in the open air. Dogs barking on the earth can be heard by balloonists sailing at a hight of •our miles.