According to the Scientific American (through whose courtesy the accompanying cuts are reproduced), the water flows through a six-inch steel casing into a “stonecatcher" (illustrated herewith), which arrests pebbles (some weighing twenty-two and one-half pounds), small boulders, and stones, which are shot out with force enough to damage the casing and machinery.

There is a discernible performance difference between a Porsche and a Civic.

It's not you, my dear. A trip on the town bicycle isn't nearly as fun when everyone's already run it roughshod.

I'll be ninety my next birthday, but Louella doesn't tell her age. Anyway, we're going to have you and Cynthia up for supper.