. Scientific American Volume 78 Number 01 (January 1898) . e work, to increase thespeed of the current at that place. Insuch cases the drift matter is transportedby the water further out into deep water,where it will be out of the way. It is said that all the characteristicfeatures of the country, constituting vhatwe call scenery, are the result of action of the rain, snow and frostserves to carve into other forms the sur-face of the earth, and may result in thetotal change of the appearance of a place within a century or less. The erosion of the bottom ofall flowing streams takes
. Scientific American Volume 78 Number 01 (January 1898) . e work, to increase thespeed of the current at that place. Insuch cases the drift matter is transportedby the water further out into deep water,where it will be out of the way. It is said that all the characteristicfeatures of the country, constituting vhatwe call scenery, are the result of action of the rain, snow and frostserves to carve into other forms the sur-face of the earth, and may result in thetotal change of the appearance of a place within a century or less. The erosion of the bottom ofall flowing streams takes place much more rapidly. Theshoals are liable to shift their position without any ap-parent cause, making frequent surveys necessary, sothat these aids to navigation may be kept up to date. Without such careful work as is done in our water-ways by the government engineers, the vocation ofthose who have occasion to go in or out of our harborswould be perilous indeed. THE BLINDFOLDED jnOOLEB. BT W. B. CAULK. While watching the clever manner in which a good. 7*^ \ THE BLINDFOLDED JUGGLEB. juggler passes various articles from hand to hand, howmany people ever give a thought to the many hoursof practice devoted to even the simplest trick that heperforms ? To become even a passable juggler, manyweary months of constant practice are are tricks in all trades, and some of the mostsuccessful entertainers in this line can scarcely do ahalf dozen genuine feats of juggling, yet tliey are great favorites with the public. It has been truly said that the tricks that require the most practice are the leastappreciated by the average spectator. It is my inten-tion merely to show how a simple trick has won famefor several well known jugglers. This is the trick of juggling blindfolded. An as-sistant tightly binds a heavy handkerchief over thejugglers eyes, and then, to make sure that he cannotsee, there is placed over his head and shoulders a sortof bag, made of heavy goods, wh
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