The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-08-30

Ieel NSlSn only one pound.
mile of wreck-strewn coas, :.
southwestern Norway proves TO he an,
J ed with magnetic ore, DETECTING H.
compass whole degree
Incandescent lamps emit more bea.
than is generally supposed only Cd,
per cent of the energy of the currar,
being converted into light A l6-candle
power lamp fed by a current ~ Ioo
volts has heated ten ounces of water
TO boiling point i'm an hour. and fires
celluloid in five minutes
A new lifeboat from Scotland is 8,
mated automatically on being pIurred
into the water. A perforated metal
case holds materials for generating gas
together with a spiral spring held ~
uer tension by strip OF paper; and as
the paper becomes wet IL tears. releas
ing the spring, and this causes the
mixing OF the chemicals and the begin
ming of the gas-making.
The rice-like seeds produced thts
year on the bamboo plants i'm Midna-
pore. India, are being examined win
interest. These plants rarely flower
and the appearance Of flowers and rruit
seem to mark some peculiar climatic
conditions, which are locally believed
TO herald the approach of famine ~.
to make the plants yield thes4 a5ihie
seeds in famine years is now the. proh-
lem.
Malar rial fevers are favored by light
instead of heat, in the view of DIR A FL
"A. hlng. They have been noticed to be
less severe in very hot than IN very
clear and sunny seasons. and 10 he
essened In foggy places. This 4
explains the immunity of racesM -
-ected by dark skins. DIR. King wotTNy
1eep malarial patients i'm dark roorss
md between attacks would clothe them
n dark-lined garments.
a smokeless artificial coal Is expect
"a TO result from a new French treat
nent OF garbage. Paper and straw, and
ne re1use from abattoirs, fish markets.
tc., are mixed with tar and naphtha-
enc, kneaded, dried, and pressed into
i1quettes These burn brightly with
low generation of heat With improve
lent in details, it is believed the proc
SIS VIII yield a fuel burning with less
sh' ana having heating qualities about
Ike ordinary coal.
The new type of steamship OF Herr
Brohan, OF Hamburg, is equipped
18th four propellers.- The vessel Is
ft-bottomed, with short keel i'm the
inter- and two false keels forward. and
lie propeller is placed between the
oder, and the two others at the stern.
is claimed that such steamer 300
ct long would make the trip from
ivre to New York in four DAYS.
cheap substitute for marble claim
advantages over the natural prod
has been brought out by S. Sboro
q, OF Berlin. stiff mass is formed
pounding together asbestos dveing
distances, shellac and ashes. and this
subjected to great pressure, the re-
tinS material being firm and tough
easily worked and polished IL
the appearance of fine grade OF
rble. 1t can be moulded into any
pc, and is more durable i'm contact
n winter than other artificial mar
,. of tn. packages Of seed ia
the Department of Agriculture yvasF
entity returned to member OF Con-
So by one OF his constituents. with
following modest request: Il an
,iate your good will i'm sending
seeds, but my eldest daughter, Ma
a, is going TO marry the doctor
n TO the village next month, and
: and think Of giving up the farm
going there to live. II we do the
IS won't be much good. as we shan't
2 a garden, 50 if you could change
n for some stockings No @ and
let for Matilda, 1 would be much
,ed."
the electrolytic reduction of lead
hide, as now carried out at Niagara
;, the ores are used as cathodss IN
lcid electrolyte, hydrogen sulpbfde
formed and passing of as a gas.
the spongy metallic lead remains
apparatus resembles a pile of lead
~ PIates, each plate representing
|, and with As cells i'm series. using
'olts, the product is about two
DIS OF lead per horsepower hour.
process, whose chief difficulty has
incomplete reduction through pas
or the current through the lead
iced. has been so improved that
[ " to 80 per cent Of the ore is now
ed TO metal The gases deyeIoDed
iydfogen sulphide and oxygen I'm
cumming proportions, and IL is
sed 10 utilize these for driving
ngines.
I certain portion Of the blind
De taught to see is indicated by
trlking success of NJ. Heller. OF
ID. When brought to him three
ago, TWO hungarian boys, aged
ana hVe years. could see nothing
nelr eyes appeared to be normaS<1T
training began with looking at ~
DISK In a dark chamber. They
"a TO distinguish this, and the
er boy, VINO has progressed more
than the other, was then shown
ar objects against the disk. then
ana hgures, and finally was able
a. Later he was made to recog-
ne objects and letters by daylight
er examination showed a defect
retina, and it was concluded that
Ia or vision was so narrowed that
ebIe Impressions reaching the
attracted no notice before the
al teaching.
meal food is the dream Of Prof
lot As long ago as 1854 this
II exactly Initiated the natural
y means Of glycerine and acid.
Ives produced syntheticaIly and
mas been since nrnduced In the