Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 39, 27 December 1919 — Page 12

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Every Day Science

0 fctDoyii Mechanic

THE AUTOMATIC. FLAGMAN By Grant M. Hyde

"Who rings the bell at the railroad crowing, Dad?, It rings when rer ft train comes, bnt there Is no

one around to ring it"

. "The train rings , It just as it

slgnels ahead and behind by means

of the block system of signals-

through a simple automatic electric device. It is very handy, too, for

It enables a. railroad to furnish

safety - warning . at lonesome crossings, far out in the country, day or

night, without hiring a flagman.

. "If you look at the track hear the bell signal, or automatic flagman, you will notice that a heavy wire connects the two rails together at

each rail-Joint This wiring of

the rails extends, you will find, perhaps half a mile in each direc

tion. , Opposite the I bell you will

find a wooden-covered trough lead

Ing from the rails to the bell pole.

If you could see in the trough, you

would find a Wire leading from eacn rail v to the bell. If you were to

place a wire or an iron bar across th track, touching both rails, the

. bell would ring. '

i "All It is, you see, is an electric

bell and a circuit formed by the

two rails, r . The circuit is incom

plete and the bell is silent until a metal connection is made between

them. . i The train does that when pair of wheels, connected by a steel

axle, reaches rthe first wire ran. The section gang's handcar completes the circuit and rings the bell Just as hard as the limited train does. . . Th urn aehema la used to

operate a waving arm with a red light in. this case the completing of the circuit starts an electric notor. . The same scheme, more carefully worked out operates the signals In the yard switch tower and rings a bell in the station jwhen 1 train approaches. On railroads

which have the block system of

It la ft far cry from the big black

Dear to a tiny wood mouse, yet the mouse . loves to sleep too for part of the winter at any rate. In the fall, he piles up a store of grain and seeds,, then becomes - a soft furry ball, and goes to sleep in his dugout. It is mid that he wakes

at times to feed on his supplies,

but he won't leave his quarters as

long as his food lasts.

V fAT ANDWW1WI Hl&WWTTW COAT (' KMRINCtie THICK rue Black aeAR i weApy row his ' - 5 " ?-i iON HAP.

The, CHIPMUNK also goes into

retreat ;, for the winter and deep In

his burrow, nil snug and warm, he sleeps away -' the cold days and nights. ; Probably before tucking

himself In,' he devours the grain and nuts, so -"Industrially laid by, and the hearty, meal lasts him until he

wakes up again in the spring.

Another sleeper, the handsome

but to-be-avoided SKUNK, gets almost too fat to walk before he final

ly turns in for the winter. , ....

toys' and Girls' Newspaper Service

Copyright, 1819, by J. H. Miliar

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Woodcraft

For Boy and Girl Scouts

Eddie Roush, Crowned Swat King Again,

Hunts and Works About Indiana Farm

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signals, a similar scheme operates danger and 'caution' signals one Mr two miles ahead and behind each

train to warn other engineers to

keep out of the block. 3Tf and Girls' Newspaper Service - AWrlght, m4 by J. H. Millar

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ature Study

Outdoor Life

SLEEPER8.. . ByAdeila Belle Beard . ' Do you ever wake up on a winter morning, then snuggle deeper ; under the bed-clothes and wish you night sleep as long as you want? Well, that show Is some of the wild creatures feel. : w No one insists

upuu geiiing up bo iney nesue Deeper in thir beeds of dry leaves and Trasses,' shut their eyes again and 'all Into a sleep which, in many sei, lasts all winter. If, In your lection : of the country, these aninalsdo not always take such long taps, you may know it is because 'vhere the winters are warm, their lablts are not. quite the same as

where winters are long and cold. ; One . champion, sleeper Is the 8LACK BEAR, found In lonely places where the land Is rough and Jiere , are - deep woods. Aftes a

summer v of careless freedom and

WINTER TREES BUD ByAdelia Belle Beard You" boys and girls who love the woods and trees, go out now and see the wonders of the winter tree

buds.

When the leaves fall, they do not leave the trees dead and bare, but1

covered with living buds, sure prom

iaes of new blossoms, new leaves to open shop and begin business when Spring gives the word. During the ' long : summer, the trees were preparing these buds, placing them

at the base of each leaf stem and, in many cases, at the tip of each

twig as well.

Gather a handful of twigs, from different kinds of trees, and take them home for examination. Cut the buds in half lengthwise and if

you have a microscope, you will

make wonderful discoveries; even

without one, you will see marvel

ous things, for hidden within the shell-like coverings, safely packed in warm wrappings, are miniture

branches of leaves and flowers.

Eddie Rouih hunting with his dog and digging post holes on his farm. Eddie Roush, star outfielder of the champion Cinci Reds, has been

officially declared batting king of the National league for 1919. The official league averages give him a .321 average tor the campaign, three

points above Rogers Hornsb'y of the Cards. Roush copped the crown in 1917. He spends the off months on his fifty-acre farm near Oakland City, Ind.

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the buds, large and scaly, are generally covered with a sticky

varnish which makes them shine in the sun. It is in the large Horsechestnut buds that the leaf and flower clusters are most fully developed. Boys' 'and Girls' Newspaper Service By J. H. Millar

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All the MAPLE TWIGS, of whatever varity, all the ASH . and

HORSECHESTNUTS, have each their tip . (terminal) bud. . Their side, (lateral) buds - are opposite each other. With other trees, the buds alternate on the tlrgl a bud on one sid Ufrer up, a

w j: ,Be Other side,

so vour twiff

an auumn speni in growing ro t tint bears a terminal bud and has

ana tat, Biacav Bear tat atupid opposite lateral buds is from either

ana sleepy, ani .rants up a shelter a Maple, an Ash, or a Horsechest-

, !rrt6w where . the drif Una-! nut tree, you can ten which : for,

in other respects, they are not alike The . Maple twigs are smooth and slender, the . buds are small, red green, brown or gray, v Ash twigs are clumsy and the brown buds thick and leathery. ' The Horse-

chestnut twig Is thick and bulky; i

will cover him warmly, or in

i hollow tree or a cave among the icks. There he goes to sleep uui sleeps so soundly he does not trass himself until the warm fingers of Spring shake him into life Hrai. x.

Children Give Up Christmas Party Last Sunday morning the superintendent of St. Paul's Lutheran church said she had a suggestion

to make. Then she told the child

ren how much the children of

Poland, which has also been one of the countries which were victims

of the war, needed food and cloth

ing. She asked the children if they would care to give the money

which would be spent on their

Christmas party this year to these

little children over in Poland. Instantly every hand was raised and the boys and girls of St. Paul's showed that they were eager to help their little friends whom they liked even if they did not know them. So a sum somewhat less than . fifteen dollars was sent this week to the Committee of people which have charge of taking in the

money and guts wntcn Americans give for the relief of Poland. There

was tne usual tnnsunas service and tree in the Sunday school last Sunday morning. ,

Many other boys and girls of

Richmond have shown what we

call ! the Christmas spirit in their

giving . this year, for they have been glad to give toys and food or clothing to other Juniors who do not have as many of these good things as they themselves have. Classes from many of the Sunday a doSw etheyn agerwer sTthe toe Schools in the city have given gifjts to the Mission on North Fourteents Street, and the children of St Paul's Episcopal 'church besilu gifts for. tha bty isi giris of the Sd'y Itrrseiy. Always the children were anxious and glad to divide their own gifts with other boys and girls. . .

Young Citizens

RIDOLE SENT IN BY JUNIOR Cambridge City, Ind. Dear Aunt Polly: : I am sending you a riddle for "The Jr.; Palladium". - : Two lookers, two crookere, four standers and a switchabout ,-' ' Answer "A cow", i - Your friend, - HARRY SCOTT, Age It

Hunting Eye Deposits His Money in the Bank By Ft. S. Alexander "I want the bank to keep this dollar for me," said Hunting- Eye to the cashier. The farmer who gave it to him had told him that

was the wisest thing for him to do with it. "Very good," said the cashier. "How much of it will you keep for taking care of it for -me?" asked the Indian Boy. "Why, we won't keep any. On the contrary, we pay you for allowing us to keep it for you."

This so amazed the boy from the North Woods that he was about to ask for his money back, fearing that people who were willing to pay him for keeping his money must intend to steal it or damage it in some way, when the cashier continued : "We'll take your dollar and lend it to Borne one who needs money. This person, because he needs money, will be willing to pay for the use of it. This payment we call interest. Or we'll invest your dollar in land or buildings or other property from which we will get a profit. Thus we can afford to pay you for allowing us to use your money." "But how am I to know that the bans: won't lend it to some one who can't pay or buy property which 1b

not worth the price?" "When the bank lends money, it usually requires the person to Whom it lends to have property which It can take if he does not pay. Then the GoYexHSi ' has persons called Zk eramiaers who in?set manner in which the bank has made its loans and the property, it has bought They also see that the. persons running the bank do not steal any of the money deposited with them. Oh, your money will be safe here, all right" ; So the little Indian Boy gave the cashier his dollar, and as he went out' Into the street he felt a new Respect and confidence for : the great? government which thus protected the people living under it Boys and Girls' Newspaper Service ; Copyright, lJlt. by J. H. Millar ' If a small boy is a lad, a big boy must be a ladder.

Interesting Letter From A New Place Brookvllle, U. S. A, Cher Juniors: Boys and girls, one and all, aren't you glad it's only 8 more days till Xmas? You may be sure I am. , Do you know the French word for Xmas? . They spell it N-O-E-L. Isn't that funny. You know I am taking French this year and I think I am awful smart. (Don't you dare tell anybody, but I am as dumb as a block of wood.) Maby you would like to hear of my school and myself, even if you have never ( and never will) see my city. First to begin with, I am a Freshle, and boys and girls you all know how a Freshle gets treated. It's a hard life, but I guess we will have to grin and bear it. I thought the world was coming to an end. Didn't you? How can it come to an end when it's so perfectly round ? Let's hope it doesn't for sometime yet anyway. Boys! Girls! Anyone Lend me your ears and I will tell you'something you all know. Here it isThursday and Friday were the cruel hard exams, which we all dread. Oh, woe to us who have played. Hurrah! It'ssnowing and I suppose every boy and girl loves the

snow. Who is it that doesn't like to skate, slide or throw snow-balls? I think any boy or girl who likes to row or swim, play tennis or do all the many things there are to do in summer, should love to go bob sled riding, ice skating and romp and play in the winter. Dont we all like the Junior? Who dares to say we dont?. I wonder why they don't have four sides to the Junior any more in the place of just having two and the remainder the same as in the newspaper. It is because the Junior readers do not contribute more. What do you say, Juniors, let us write more and better things and make "our" newspaper one that the people will talk about? Why of course we will. Don't you think, dear Juniors, that I should be studying for exams I euess I had better be. too. So I

bid you Bon Jour. I remain. Mademoiselle, you may guess. P. S. The following is the French national hymn. Learn to love it as we love our own: La Marseillaise Allons, enfants de la patrie, Le jour de gloire est arrive! Contre nous de la tyrannie L'etenard sanglant est leve. Entendes-vous dans les campagnes, Mugir ces foroces soldats? Ha viennent jusque dans nos bras, Egorger nos fils, nos campagnes! Chorus: Aux armes, citoyzens; Formes vos bataillons! Marchons, marchons, Qu'un sang impur abreuve nos sillons! (Ed. Note- We are always glad to receive letters like this one, even though it comes from a ghostly sort of a place. We heartily second the suggestion that Juniors write more and better stories for their little paper. That is just what we want. We think Mademoiselle is mistaken about the' size of the Junior, for it has always been the same size ever since it arrived, four years ago. It does not grow in size, but it is very anxious to grow in interest and fun, Help it growJJ

Like to Swim? Then Live in Venice The principal part of the Adriatic Sea is in Venice. One of the most interesting of the European Cities. Many beautiful houses, churches, palaces and museums still remain to remind us of the ancient splendor of Venice. The city is bunt up on a hundred little islands, about 2 miles from the Gain land, with which it is now connected by railway. Canals take take the place of streets in Venice. . The main canal is called Grand Canal. The houses are built of white marble. The door steps are on the edge of the water. Nearly four thousand bridges connect these Islands. When you pass by these islands In a boat you see boys jumping out of windows into the' water. Helem Murphy, Warner School.

ANSWERS

TO LAST WEEK'S

v. RIDDLES 1. Rabbit's tall- John Barker. 2. "Go easy on . butter at eighty cents a pound."-Thelma Ellis. 3. Because it wears pants in sun mer.-Theima Ellis.