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ton results from too much coffee .,rinl-
ing. ~''''A-
The circumference Of the neck ana
that Of the calf Of the leg are about ma
same. 80
An Englishnan proposes laying deem
sea electric cables by means of sub
marine boats
me electric mosquito catcher viii he
usefnl addition to the electric monsa
uar. which Is the latest achievements i,
the history of electricity.
Trees do not suffer Prom, al..,..,.
agh.S as has been supposed DIR. Slem-
ems Is said to have proved that electric
light really aids vegetation.
Mnre than one.fifth of the land 81 the
world has no outlet for drainage To the
sea, and in all that area evaporation ii
greater than precipitation.
II is said that the hop vine is the best
substitute for rags in the manufacture
OF paper. The vine pulp possesses great
length. strength. hexibility. and deli
cacy.
After three years of experimental
work an English company has succeeded
In producing barrels which are able Ia
compete favorably with barrels made
Of wood.
People who persist in reading in bed
are recommended by French oculist 70
sit up in bed with the book, and to bathe
the eyes with weak salt and water ie-
fore going to sleep.
1t has been suggested that the phono-
graph shall be used as a cash register.
Every sum the cashier receives might
be called in the phonegraph, ana then
recorded as check on the accounts
Baraya is a tropical looking name, but
it has been tackled TO clay like mineral
obtained from an island in the northern
part of Lake Superior. La co nbination
with zinc and common brine. it Is said
TO form a satisfactory electric battery.
Of novel applications by electricity
there Is no end. Bakers are now using
the electric motor as bread mixer, and
are thus enabled 10 do in four or five
minutes an amount of work that would
otherwise require hours of HAND labor.
Water has been found in the Desert Of
Sahara in such vast quantities by means
of artesian wells that French engineers
are confident of being able to extend
their railroad to a distance Of weeks
journey from Algeria right through the
desert
A French engineer proposes to pen up
the tide water at Havre, and, by running
turbins from this 10 foot rise and fall of
Al -
to Paris AZ 900 electrical horse power.
The Bay of Fundy may yet be harnessed
down to the wooden nutmeg factories Of
New England.
One of the companies in Paris that
deal in compressed air for motive power
has been awarded the contract for street
lighting on novel plan. The company
distributes power through its condensed
air system to an inn nense number OF
small dynamos. each of which furnishes
current for small number of lamps.
A scheme for electric lighting all the
large towns OF Saxony by means of great
cables connected with the coal pits Of
the planensgrund is on f ot and is said
TO be watched with deep interest IN
B 4rlin. The first scheme of this kind
which is successful in any part OF the
world will doubtless be followed by
many others
Various new appliances OF electricity
are reported from France. 1t is said
that the government military workshops
at Meudon are now quite busy with the
manufacture of electric motors for use
in ballooning in time of war. The dis
covery is regarded as of so much inn
portance that the operations now in
progress are carefully guarded.