Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-05-08
Rings Down on
Deep Subject
~ RING LARDNER

TO settle a big argument which ha,
occurred between Al Mamaux ant
Jack kieran. 1t must be exclaimed
thar Dir. kieran Is one of the base
ball writer's on the New York Timer
and 4 prominent golf player. Mr.
Namau Is somewhat of Il veteran
big league baseball pitcher. who uset
TO be the best singer In the bis
leagues. The argument was reported
by MIR. Harry Salslnger of the De
troit News. Mr.. SalsInger Is q tai
skinny handsome brunette who looks
not unlike the writer only he has
more hair.
Well II seems like Mr.. MamauX and
Mr.. kieran got Into a tshing argu.
ment namely. Mr.. Mamaux claimed
that II you took \ bucket, the bucket
would weigh just the same like az
IL no fish had been dropped into 1t,
"A live fish can't possibly increase
the weight OF water" said Mr.. Ma
maux. "A dead fish. that is differ
ent matter, because that would be
dead weight"
Well they went to a laboratory In
Detroit where this bitter argument
started and asked the professor OF
fish which was right and who was
wrong, so the professor said he would
make 4 test but he didn't have no
live fish on hand that day and Mr..
Mamaux would not stand for no test
being made with a dead fish. Finely
they went to q fish market and they
had a tub full of water there weigh
ing IS pounds and they found a fish
named Carp who weighed three
pounds and they put It in the tub
and then weighed the total which
weighed 81 pounds 80 Mr.. Mamaux
claimed that clinched his argument
because in the first place the carp
was dead and In the second place he
only Increased the weight Of the tub
two pounds whereas the fish man ad-
United that his weight before being
dropped into the tub was three
pounds.
That shows how right | am" said
Mr.. Mamaux.
mo 1t don't" retorted Mr.. Kieran.
"All 1t proves Is that nobody with
any brains should ought to buy fish
from this market"
Well friends the reason | feel
called upon to horn into this argu
ment Is that all my life ! been max
Ing q study Of weights and displace-
ments and ETC., and | will give you a
few facts to prove that it is q very
tricky subject and a person should
not ought to get into no argument in
regards to anne unless they have
mastered 1t.
II you will go into 4 restaurant
and order a large glass OF milk and
weigh it before you Touch cup to lip
you will find that the total weight IS
about u ounce. Then If you will
wait a few moments I'LL a Hy drops
into the glass and weigh ii again, why
II the fly is just a common fly and
still alive you will find that the
weight OF the entire project amt In
creased even one hy weight but II
the fly was dead when 1t dropped In,
why then will be a Increased weight
of 10 and no hundreds minims a spe-
clally II the fly was a horse hy.
On the other hand II you take a
pail Of water or beer and drop a live
rat In same, the weight OF the pail
will increase exactly as much az the
rat weighed 10 the first place and II
you make 1t two rats, the weight will
increase pro rata. But If n or both
OF the rats, happens to get drowned.
they will come TO the surface looking
like drowned rats and at the same
time proving that they didn't weigh
nothing or they would OF sank. II
is kind of dangerous to make this
test In a pail of beer al the rats goes
right to 1t and are libel to reach the
singing stage.
The most conclusive test l ever
made along these lines was one time
when ! o 0 q night boat from N. I.
to Albany on the Hudson river. First
1t was necessary to weigh the river
and then the boat when 1t was empty
and afterwards when all the passen-
gers got a board Then | made all
the passengers come into the weigh
ing room and get weighed one by one.
When the boat got to Albany the
next morning the river looked Just
like 1t did the last time l vas up
there.
Prot. Stump Of Severe University.
New Hampshire, once made a expert
ment which perhaps proves more than
the foregoing. He weighed all the
passengers that was going on a trip
from New York to C%herbourg and
then weighed them all again when the
ship got to Cherbour& They didn't
weigh nowheres near as much. Prof.
Stump was much impressed.
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