And he became an elderly man; and now he would arise from bed on the Monday morning, and when he had washed and dressed, it was Tuesday morning; and when he had eaten his breakfast, it was Wednesday morning; so he could not go to town, as there was not time in the week. And men sat down dazed and paralyzed, for there was no time to do anything. And each week they enlarged the hole in the water-clock; and at the end of each week it dripped too slowly, and fell behind. And a new Astronomer-Royal was appointed; and in him was the soul, re-incarnated, of him who had fashioned the clock in the dusk of pre-historic ages; and at last he could tell what he knew. [Illustration] And he told all men that the thing they had felt was true: he told them how, for many thousands of years, the earth and all the universe had revolved ever faster and faster; all with proportionate increase of velocity, so that the circuit of the moon kept its wonted time with the revolution of the earth; and the comets came and went at their expected seasons, as also occurred the eclipses; so that no man could know that which was taking place, but only guess. And now each day they enlarged the hole in the water-clock; until the bowl was growing to be _all_ hole; and now they could not bore fast enough in the hard stone; and now---- J. F. SULLIVAN. PAL'S PUZZLE PAGE [Illustration: FIND JOHN BULL'S 3 DAUGHTERS] [Illustration: FIND JONATHAN'S 3 DAUGHTERS] [Illustration: FIND BUFFALO BILL.] MANDRAKE ROOTS. [Illustration: FRONT VIEW.] [Illustration: BACK VIEW.] [Illustration: FRONT VIEW.] [Illustration: BACK VIEW.] The accompanying illustrations represent specimens of the mandragora (mandrake) root, which is found in some parts of Asia Minor and Syria. Many of these roots take the form of human beings, especially from the hips downward, and all have more or less the shape of a man or woman; one of the specimens resembling a woman carrying a child under each arm. The peasants relate that when the roots are pulled up out of the ground they utter cries or shrieks like a person in pain. The roots are still used for spells and other witchcraft. For these specimens we are indebted to Mr. A. Caillard, Ramleh, Alexandria, Egypt. [Illustration: CLOAKS AND] [Illustration: OVER COATS OF ALL TIME] [Illustration: THE HUNTER AND THE BIRD.]