Wall Sun-dial at Santa Barbara, Cal., on old Spanish mission.
Sun-dial at Hillside, N.Y., duplicate of that of Sir Walter Scott at Abbotsford.
"Yas, suh," the darky replied, "Ah knows there is."
"Go ahead and get it then," the observer asked, "and let me have a piece of string."
He fastened the string to the bottom of the pole and awaited the return of Dan'l with the whitewash. In a moment the old negro came back with the pail.
"Now," said the Forecaster, "I'm going to hold this string right at the end, and, holding it tightly, walk around the pole. What kind of a figure will that make?"
"A circle," answered the two boys.