FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, 1 October 1908, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

You always have my first to pay When you by railway go ; My second is the source from which The clear bright waters flow. E'en Christmas pleasures have an, end, And friends must therefore part ; . 'Tis then my whole is often said,_ And said, too, from the heart. Answer — Farewell. "*^ Water Runs Upward.— An interesting trick that at first sight seems to set tiie law of gravity at defiance, by causing water to run upwards, may be performed with a bottle and a tumbler, both filled with water. To empty the glass with the assistance of the bottle, the latter remaining quite full all the time, sounds like an utter impossibility, yet it can be accomplished with ease. AH that is necessary is a cork for the bottle, through which two little glass tubes— one considerably longer than the other— have been inserted. Invert .the bottle and place the shorter tube into the tumblerful of water, and the weight of the water in the bottle will make the contents . run out through • the long - tube ; but in doing so, if no air has been allowed to enter the bottle, the liquid will be replaced as fast as it runs out by the contents of the tumbler, which .will be drawn up into the bottlex through the shorter tube. ' This irick is capable of several variations upon the same principle.