The morning news., 1897-08-30
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The Passamaquoddy 4 Italians ara
leaving for the summer ,,,ra,.a
they make large money 81 4soir hos-
kets, chairs, etc. ''''''
The great bridge to be -. Mon
troal, 1000 feet long, will % .t.,,oto7
by American contractors and -,
iron. 1t will have twenty-thrN - ~ = 'l'r az
242 feet each and one of 336. ,,,;Il
be two railroad tracks two trI - w.
and two footpaths. The bridgexl he
completed within a year
A saddleless bicycle has been i +ad
by Chicopee Fails man, which Aro.
PEELED by the operator in a standM
stead of a sitting posture, says the H.
delphia Record 1t is claimed as a Y
advantage that all, instead of only 4
of a riders weight can by this devic&
utilized in propelling the wheel
frame of the wheel is q inches long 3l
about y inches high. The front wheelA
II and the rear wheel 16 inches in dia1
cter. The pedals take in the heel as wd%
as the ball Of the foot. and are equipped
with short cranks. Ordinary handlebar!
are used. A chainless gear viii be adopt.
ed, although the model has a chain. The
machine win weigh about twelve pounds
and the most interesting thing about it
who is an experienced bicycle mechanic
is confident that it can be built of high
grade materials and placed in the pur
chaser's hand for $S5.
1t used to be believed that the tsetsC
fly disease, that plague of African travel
was due to a poison natural to the tsetst
fly, as the acrid secretions of ants OF
hornets are natural to those insects, says
10 GO dow ,S.eI Isel
bacteriologists has been investigating the
disease, and it is now known that the
tsetse fly is the mere bearer of the dis
case, The fly itself is the prey of a mi
mute animal organism, and when it suck.
the blood of an OK some of these parasites
enter the wound and multiply incredibly
in the blood vessels. Specimens of The
blood of affected animals have shown un.
der high magnificatiOn, and the tiny, eel
like parasites, not larger than blood cor
puscles, are seen in countless numbers
Under another microscope a drop of frest
blood was shown with the parasites actu
ally alive and wrigglng in disgusting ac
tivty. For comparison there We're shown
alive and dead, similar parasites founC
infesting the blood of sewer rats in thi,
country Unfortunately, these parasites
appear not to affect the health of tht
rats.
An American specialist DR.. c. \
Wood, declares that the weafing of veil!
produces weak cyesight, headaches, anC
sometimes vertigo and nausea, and tha
the mischief is due not only to the eye
strain consequent upon the effort to SEE
through or around an obstruction, but tha
the irregular figuring on the veil itsel
constitutes a torment and source of mis-
chief to the wearer, says the Boston Trans
cript. Having made a number of eXpcr.
ments with different patterns of vei.s. DR.
Wood sums up the results at which h,
has arrived as follows Every kind o
veil obstructs the sight more or less. anl
the most Objectionable kind is the dottet
veil, the influence for evil being NOR,
marked in some patterns than i'm others
In plain wells vision is interfered with il
direct proportion to the number of meshe
TO the square inch. The conclusion of tn,
whoie matter is that the least objectiona
BILE veil is that without dots, sprays, O.
other figures, but with large, regula
meshes made with single, compac
threads"