Popular science monthly . sf\- all demands made by a \outhfulbanker. The interior mechanism of thebank is much the same as that of the dogkennel. In a third toythe loud reportfrom a gun actu-ates the mech-anism. The ma-chinery is con-tained within abox from the side ofwhich projects a bentpiece of heavy wireserving as a perchfor a small stuffedbird about the size of;. canary. The ownerof the toy playssharpshooter. By hisaccurate marksman-ship he causes the bird to depart this weapon with which he is equippedis a deadly pop-gun, which fires theusual cork projectile, tethered to the gun
Popular science monthly . sf\- all demands made by a \outhfulbanker. The interior mechanism of thebank is much the same as that of the dogkennel. In a third toythe loud reportfrom a gun actu-ates the mech-anism. The ma-chinery is con-tained within abox from the side ofwhich projects a bentpiece of heavy wireserving as a perchfor a small stuffedbird about the size of;. canary. The ownerof the toy playssharpshooter. By hisaccurate marksman-ship he causes the bird to depart this weapon with which he is equippedis a deadly pop-gun, which fires theusual cork projectile, tethered to the gun-1 >arrel with a string. Standing otT severalfeet from his pre\-, the young sharp-shooter takes careful aim. Bang! Offfalls the bird from his perch, theoreticallyshot dead. It even matters not that thecork could go no further than the yardor two of limiting string; the bird isshot just the same. Likewise (andwhisper it!) the marksman can evenpoint the gun at his own head instead ofat the prey; yet the bird on the other. Whistle a tuneinto the trans-mitterandChar-lie will dance BATTIRT
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