KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN

New Zealand Tablet, 2 December 1909, Page 1411

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN

s.rAm observing; boy: will- become an^obser'vinVnia^and^ as.bt^and. Man-he- will^ave' ari"a'dv^4age qvej .those «wrho>*± hav^not^uWt^^hfe^acult^ th,anj sajs aj philosopher about 1 ma^terl which, .'.may,, not 'have/* come under- sthe observation of"' the' philosbpheE.r-,,. ,1' it-ww* . A little girl entered the- study of Mezefai, .the, celebrated historian, and -.asked > .him^for'^ai coal of ~ fir g -^ -^ '■ 4 ./ c ? u^-^-^e»!t .brought i a.rshovel,'','hfe < JsW'. ? - > si S A ■ ' , -\ -, dd ° n . " l l^^**?^.''" ' was '<■ tar. , reply. _ .• . 'And. <^erP. Wry ®* much- ta; his |stonish«ient, she,- filled I-her-liand' with 'ashes and put' the , live coal -on'-.top., „;,-, ,*,:l->?.s, -a r r -">« "°K vNo- doubt; the^learuei^ man. Mew 'thas'Vadte&~'yf&g i a" I poor^ctonditctdr of >t heat, ; ,but 'he iad neW "segn c .^iie 1 * yenned in such a practioaL;manner; • ->m;? "t" "-]_;■*«/ abc.iti.' 1 Galileo noticed the swayiiig a chandeliers in. a cathedal, and it suggested' f th s e "pendulum" to hiirv/" To another inventor 4 th«S power 1 .of 'steram-'an'd/iijs^a^pliaatioW suggested by. the .kettle on~ the-stove: ' YA" : p6or"monkrdis-< ' co-^^re.d , gunpowder.,: - and ' an 1 - optician's 1 ; Bdy : the, % i,Tw,o Jboys .<6f -my acquaintance one'' l iniornine"tbd£'&^i waJk- ; :WLth- a/r naturalist;- v>- I-"-'-' "I- "' "^ > T^f i" L " ,7';^ ;'-Po JWi notice ■ anything peculiar, in the.linaVem-ent-^ of tho^w^sps?!, he-askfed/'as hepoihted v to'a puddle in -the."* middle of the road. , ~ ri \- "_ J~~ l . r\",.\-v ' -^VNQthing',- except' that tHey 1 seem^toxome' "and'.goA'^, reiSlied j oueyof.-.the boys. < s; •|O MJ '/^ n^ /"7 V-'U Th,e, /other ; was less 'Tprompt . in;' his reply, , Tjut v ' he ' had observed to some • -purpose,/ "'^l notice' that' they fly away in pairs, he r said-. -.-.v One;has^ little, of ..iniflf: the other nothing.-' > Are "tlrere" 'droijes , among" grasps, as among bees?' sJl'i'i-oi^ '.^.■".liAiJ.'L-t ' fe ; ' Both are alike busy, and each went away_with-a — , burden, -- replied- the" naturalist." 'The one you thought ?J'J°^fi4^'i£ as > * mouthful of^ter^J|They r^ach t^feiriSeS^ jijoge^jer,;; -the onei deposijS^^^etlet of r *aud ajid'i.tlie' -other SejeTcts the water uporf'-itf^^fclF'makes it of r ,thes consistency of water. Then ftheyj paddle"- lii^pon the nest^ and fly-away for more materials:' >, ,v;> \ -■?<; -\v ;^ j, T oVserved' a little and v :the other a ,good deal more, while the naturalist -has somehin'g to-" tell ? th,em .that surprised them' very much. - <■ . >->^ > ■ ■■? v-, a.J