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teen years. iiffaeiei ~ pofiheii0n gh The
lsst day ~ November, ono month beiofe
Eneke's eomet ~ predicted pathway
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IN tbo morning skies
The largest magnet In the world, recsntly
manufactured by Wallace 4 Sons, u AnsO-
Ma. Connecticut, produced some lne0Byen.
lent Developments during early experiments
herewith u was found that the magnet
/ Ism Induced IN the coils was sufficiently
powerful - seriously affect the movements
/ IL The watches worn upon the persons OF
| those having them IN charge. a very val
liable one carried by Prof. Norton was rem
/ dered useless from this cause, and thOse Of
other gentlemen were more or less affected
according 10 their proximity 10 the mag.
net while the experiments were In pro-
gress.
The Chinese are nov studying nasigl-
ton with al their might aud main. At the
various Imperial arsenals throughout the
empire native pupils have lately been In
atrucied In this branch Of knowledge. and
tor the fret time In the history Of China,
one OF her sons has successfully passed his
examination VI competency as second mate.
II "a also now proposed 10 establish a sys-
tenn Of examinations at the different Gov
eminent schools ot western learning, In or
der that those who most distinguish them
selves may be sent to Europe 10 complete
their education. The "heathen Chlnee,"
that ignOble term which has been applied to
the race for 50 long, ought TO be given up,
for, leaving out navigation. China possesses
some Of the most learned men In the world.
A gentleman Of Philadelphia has discov-
cred that a strong jet of air, steam or water,
mixed with some such material as sand, can
drlll hole in, or eat away the face of, any
substance, no matter how hard, In an ANA
zingly short space Of time. With sand and
a steam. Jet Of 800 pounds pressure to the
square inch, he made hole In a block of
c0rundum--a material as hard a. diamond
an inch and a halt deep In less than twenty
five minutes. In like manner, by covering
Ia.
elastic substance, he has been able 10 work
out the most beautiful aud intricate pat
terms, sand aud compressed air being en-
ployed. In short. the uses Of this new dis
c0yery seem to b. almost unlimited, and 1t
will certainly create Il revolution In the me.
chanlcal world,
A Portland, Maine, paper calls the atten.
ton of the savans who hold that the tints
Of our forests In autumn are due 10 the ri
pcning of the leaves at that season. and not
to the influence of frost, to the extraOrlin-
AIRY coincidence in point OF time between
the appearance of frost and the "ripening.n
This year the frost In Maine came early and
suddenly. Hardly leaf had changed its
hue. The day after the first heavy frost the
great change began. On the second day
the woods literally burst into fame and
now one who Journeys in that State travels
through such scenes as have not enchanted
the travellers sight even in New England
for many years. The richness and bril-
llancy OF the hues aud the prodigality with
which the eolors are displayed make the
whole country one wide fairy land. That
the sudden and marvellous change was pro-
dnecd by the frost there can be no doubt.
An ingenious method of performing
needlework, styled photographic embrold.
cry, has been invented by an English me-
chanc. A number OF jointed frames are
employed, each carrying tambouring or
sewing apparatus. They are so arranged
and connected together that the needles
they carry may be made to traverse IN any
direction the surface of the fabrics TO be
embroidered, and that the movement of the
several needles may be simultaneous and
similar. The needle frames are connected
with paragraph having tracing point
capable of being led over the lines OF the
pattern which tits desired to copy, and
when this Is done the needles win each
travel In and work along path similar &c
that passed over by the traclng-point
Thus each needle wifi produce embroidery
resembling the pattern, though not necessa
Fily OF the same size.
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