Popular science monthly . t too\erIap. Dr. Javals inven-tion consists of a tablet seton a slide resting on atoothed board. The catchof the slide is pressed by aspring into one of the openings between theteeth of the board, thus forming a kind ofrack-bar. The end of the board has a restfor the elbow, which rest keeps the pen at a( distance from the end of the means of the catch and spring the tabletis moved at the end of each line and set in place for the next line. The paper is held on the tablet by a clip; the end of a line can be revealed by the sense of touch. Dr. Ja\al made c
Popular science monthly . t too\erIap. Dr. Javals inven-tion consists of a tablet seton a slide resting on atoothed board. The catchof the slide is pressed by aspring into one of the openings between theteeth of the board, thus forming a kind ofrack-bar. The end of the board has a restfor the elbow, which rest keeps the pen at a( distance from the end of the means of the catch and spring the tabletis moved at the end of each line and set in place for the next line. The paper is held on the tablet by a clip; the end of a line can be revealed by the sense of touch. Dr. Ja\al made con-stant use of his tablet un-til his death. Men of little education can hardly gain as much benefit from such inventions, Init as the blind should be en-couraged in the use of whatcNcr preserves their individuality, soldiers who have lost their sight will be taught the use of some such method of expressing their thoughts. A plain, unvarnished recital of any one mans experiences in the war would be of real literarv ^ w Dr. Javalsdevice issimply atablet seton a slideresting on atoothedboard Why We Remember ThoseBig Snow-Storms of YouthH\ do most pef)plebelieve that the win-ters were more se\ere andwere attended in- heaviersnowfall in their child-hood days than they arenow? The myth of theold-fashioned winter isalmost uni\ersal, and isanother exam[)le of count-ing the hits and not the miss-es. Heavy snow and in-tense cold produce a morelasting impression upon themind than open, mild weather.\\e remember the exceptionalweather of the past, and forgetthe normal weather. In somecases a change of residence ac-counts for this belief. Someparts of the country ha^?e amuch heavier snowfall thanothers. In any given localitythe weather conditions areusually uniform.
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