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  3. SCIENCE AND INVENTION.

    The old notion that the full moon clears away clouds is no longer held by meteorolgists. The view of the present day is confirmed by Mr. W. Ellis, F.R.S., ...

    Article : 81 words
  4. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.

    [Brevity is asked of correspondents who send matter for this column. Letters unaccompanied with the names and addresses of the writers will not be published, nor ...

    Article : 38 words
  5. TORONTO TRAIN SERVICE.

    Sir,—The attention of the Newcastle District Superintendent of Railways, station masters, and porters of the intervening stations, between Toronto and ...

    Article : 90 words
  6. COUNCIL AND COLONNADES.

    Sir,—As my application to erect sliding sashes on my colonnade has caused so much worry and excitement in the Wickham Council of late, allow me to make ...

    Article : 745 words
  7. THE LATEST AEROPLANE.

    Besides the usual hand-operated steering and balancing devices, Captain Lucas-Girardville, a French inventor, has designed special gyroscopic apparatus to ...

    Article : 181 words
  8. EIGHT-HOUR DAY.

    Mr. Samuel Fisher writes,—"To me it seems a great pity that the master bakers and their men are at variance with regard to the holiday on this day. ...

    Article : 312 words
  9. AIR FOR FIREMEN.

    A remarkable device for supplying air to firemen in smoke-filled rooms, the invention of James Halloran, a New York fireman, has emerged successfully from ...

    Article : 152 words
  10. FOR START AEROPLANES.

    The commencement of an aeroplane fight is at present an undertaking requiring the help of several attendants, including a man to start the engine by ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. SHOP ASSISTANTS.

    Sir,—In reading Mr. Thomas Provan's letter to-day. I find there are some matters that require a somewhat different explanation than is shown by the writer, ...

    Article : 1,025 words
  12. UNTARNISHABLE SILVER WANTED.

    Silver is a metal that has its problems. The tarnishability of silver, particularly to people who live in the smoke-enveloped cities of the present day, is a time ...

    Article : 72 words
  13. THE STORAGE OF COAL.

    Experiments have been made in Germany, says the "English Mechanic," with a view to ascertain the best means of preserving coal from deterioration after ...

    Article : 165 words
  14. BUTCHERS AND ORDINANCES.

    "Forward Mark" complains that while some of the butchers to the best of their ability conform with the ordinances regarding the gauzing or ...

    Article : 81 words
  15. A GOOD KICKER.

    The camel's kick is a study. As it stands demurely chewing the cud up goes a hind leg, drawn close into the body, with foot pointing out; a short pause, ...

    Article : 101 words
  16. LEATHER FRAUDS.

    The United States Government Bureau of Chemistry is investigating leather frauds, which is is said have become a great scandal. Most people, says a ...

    Article : 516 words
  17. A STRANGE TREE.

    The twin tree of Paignton may certainly be said to be one of the curiosities of the world, and, although it lies in a cottager's garden off the main ...

    Article : 113 words
  18. KILL THAT FLY.

    There to one carrier of disease which cannot be warded off. We refer to the common house fly, which has a flying range of about a mile, can and does ...

    Article : 159 words
  19. 350 TIMES ITS WEIGHT.

    A noted entomologist who has been writing on the wonderful f[?]ts of strength as exhibited in the beetle family, tells the following: "I selected," he says, "a ...

    Article : 121 words
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