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THE MANES LIFE-BOAT.
BY FRANK BELLEW.
[Illustration: THE MANES LIFE-BOAT.]
A very ingenious invention for the preservation of life at sea has
recently been patented in Washington, and approved by the United States
government. It is called the Manes Life-Boat, and consists of a hollow
ball of copper, with a hollow mast for ventilation, a trap-door for
ingress and egress, and other contrivances for the convenience of
passengers. These hollow balls are to be carried on board ocean vessels,
and if a wreck occurs, passengers step inside, and are lowered into the
sea, where they can float about, protected from the wind, rain, and
waves till they are picked up by some passing vessel. I will not give
you a long account of this queer boat, as you can probably form a pretty
good idea of what it is by looking at the accompanying picture, which,
as you will see, represents the inside, with its cargo of passengers.
[Illustration: Fig. 1.]
My present object is to show you how to construct a similar toy boat out
of an egg-shell. To do this you require the following materials: one
egg, as round as possible, half a tea-spoonful of shot, a piece of
bees-wax about as big as a small hickory-nut, some black paint or
varnish, some vinegar, a little stick of pine, a cork, and a sharp
knife. Now with regard to the knife, let me recommend you to buy one
such as is represented in Fig. 1. It is one of a kind that shoe-makers
use, and can be bought at most hardware stores for ten or twelve cents.
It is a very useful knife for all kinds of fine work.
[Illustration: Fig. 2.]
[Illustration: Fig. 3]
Take your egg and paint it all over with black paint, leaving only a
square white space, and a little white spot on the top, as represented
in Fig. 2. When your paint is perfectly dry, which will perhaps take two
days, place the egg in a vessel containing vinegar in such a way that
the two white spots will be covered with the vinegar (the whole of the
egg need not be covered). Let it remain in soak for a day; then change
the vinegar. In about three days the white part of the shell may be cut
away with the sharp point of your knife; but remember that your knife
must be very sharp. Now remove all the inside of the egg, and place the
shell to one side until the interior is perfectly dry. Having cut a
slender stick of pine for the mast, put some little chips of bees-wax
into the egg-shell; then put in about as much shot as you think your
boat will require for ballast--probably the third of a tea-spoonful will
be sufficient. This done, hold the shell in boiling water (end down)
till the wax is melted; then put in your mast through the small hole in
the top of the shell; remove the shell from the hot water, and hold it
upright in cold water till the wax has perfectly hardened. By looking at
Fig. 3 you will see clearly what I mean.
I must now stop one minute to tell you that there are two patterns of
the Manes Life-Boat made--that of which I have given you a picture is
one; another, which is thought to be an improvement, is made with a cork
fender round it. This is the kind I propose you shall make.
[Illustration: Fig. 4.
THE TOY LIFE-BOAT.]
Get a large, fine cork, and from it cut with your sharp knife two
parings, and whittle them neatly into a shape like the pieces forming
the band A A, Fig. 4. Now take some white of egg, and stick the pieces
of cork round the egg-shell, as represented in the picture of the Toy
Life-Boat. You can tie the pieces of cork on, to make them more secure,
with thread wrapped round and round them.
You will now cut a piece of thick, tough brown paper to make the door of
your life-boat, and fasten one side of it to the shell with white of
egg; attach a thread to it to hold it in position when you wish to close
it, as you will see represented in the picture of the Toy Life-Boat.
Now take your black paint and paint the whole thing over, hoist your
flag, "Lost," and you will have as pretty a little toy as heart could
desire.
Put one or two big bugs inside, shut up the trap-door, and set your
craft adrift in a tub of water or in a pond, and see how gallantly it
will float.
CAPTAIN CORN.
Captain Corn, in the garden,
Straight and strong and tall,
No matter how high his neighbors grow,
He overtops them all.
With silken plume and bright green cloak,
He really cuts a dash;
But when he marries Lima Bean,
He'll lose his rank--I think it's mean--
And be plain Succo Tash.
[Illustration: A POSSIBILITY.
"Don't say nothink, miss. I'll ketch it for yer."]
End of Project Gutenberg's Harper's Young People, August 17, 1880, by Various