Morris tribune., 1899-08-12

connected to q current OF about 60
amperes at 4 volts. The wool is
removed by simply pushing the wire
which is heated by the current 70
incandescence- along the surfsce of,
the skin. This system enables q girl
to shear from eight to 8 dozen skins,
an hour, the advantages being great
ly reduced cost, with freedom from
injury to skins and wool that always,
results from the usus; treatmentwith
lime or sweating. 92e Sss
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If a young woman has q nous
tsche, Mr.. Bslmanno Squire, F. r. G. !
S., recomends that she shave regular
ly without attempting to destroy the
unwelcome hairs. His experiments
have convinced him that shaving will
not made the hair grow more thickly,
coarser and longer, but that pulling
the hairs out will have this effect,
while in electrolytic depilation the
tiny scar from each destroyed hair
will join the next, producing in the
end most unsightly Disagreement.
In the hirsuteness that that comes to
older women, where the hairs are few
and widely spaced, the electric needle
may be used without causing notice
able scars.
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Tubes of rock crystal of consider
able length are now made in the
fame of the oxyhydrogen blow-pipe.
Such tubes, two-fi -fifths of an inch in
diameter and made at the rate. Of a
little more than an inch an hour,
have been shown the British Royal
Society by Messrs. W. A. Shenstone
and W. T. Evans. q
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Burning of the skin in experiments
with TX rays has been found by Messrs.
Border and Salvadorto be due not
to the rays themselves but to a high
tension induction current formed near
the Crookes tubes. %z<sa fssszsl
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From ] to II horsepower per
square yard represents the sunny
day solar energy of American prairies,.
as shown in 10 years of observation
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A late paper by E. Chadbourn
places water at the head of the miner
ais of Maine, although this State
ranks second IN granite production
and is the source of the worlds finest
tourmaline gems. Water is here
king, whatever may be said Of pro-
hibition. The rainfall, which reaches
the unusual American average of AZ
inches year, fills more than 1900 |
lakes Of considerable size, covering q
fifteenth of the States area; and the
distribution, retentiveness and height |
of these natural reservoirs 80 large
q lake as Rangeley being more than
1900 feet above sea level-make the
generous supply available in a variety |
OF ways. The fall of the water from |
these reservoirs through the rivers to |
the sea gives store of mechanical /
energy estimated at 1855 200 horse
power, little Of which has been yet
used. In commerce. water / plays
some part, large sales being made.
from the world.fsmous Poland SPRING.
and other springs of less note, while /
iceis an important article of export.
its abundance of water, the
rugged country could never have
been sportsmen's paradise and the
summer park OF the Eastern States.
On its southern border the water of
the sea fills the indentations in the
most wonderful $500 miles of coast
line in America, giving series of
splendid harbors, the like Of which is
not elsewhere known. The tides are
The highest in the United States, at
taining range of Is to 20 feet at
Eastport, and with convenient inlets
providing 9 source Of unlimited tidal
power. The utilization of this energy
through electric plants will be an
sarly work Of the twentieth century,
md will add another to the many ad- /
vantages of the Pine Tree State in
,he new ship building eraone due
Indirectly to water.
The oscillomcser is an interesting
form Of gyroscope, now beng made