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  2. Turf Fixtures. RACES TO COME.

    Moorefield R.C. January 6. Rolland's Plains January 9. Sydney T.O. January 26. Yerong R.C. January 26. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 167 words
  3. STEEL v. STONE.

    An interesting experiment took place recentiy in the Vionna Technological Museum of Commerce (according to a London con temporary) with a view to ascertain the. ...

    Article : 123 words
  4. HEALTHINESS OF MINING.

    However much sympathy the existence of the workers in coal pits may evoke from us (says the HOSPITAL), yet the actual result of the life on the physical welfare of the miners is by no means ...

    Article : 164 words
  5. A GREAT STATION UNDERGROUND.

    The most remarkable piece of underground London will ere long be found beneath the most crowded of all spots in the city, namely, the large space in front and about the Mansion House, in ...

    Article : 202 words
  6. Scientific and Useful.

    Photographing the depths of the sea has qeen accomplished by a French scientist, M. BoutarBeing a practised diver, M. Boutan managed to take photographs of the surroundings when ...

    Article : 54 words
  7. AVERAGE LENGTH OF LIFE IN FRANCE.

    M. Lagneau has presented a report to the French Academie de Medecine, proving the following facts: That owing be the enormous mortality of newly-born Parisians put out to ...

    Article : 99 words
  8. A CLAM MINE.

    A clam mine (says an American contemporary) full of live clams, and of great breadth and depth, has been discovered at the mouth of the Delaware Bay, off the Flashing Creek shore. This has ...

    Article : 187 words
  9. USE FOR PELICAN'S POUCH.

    The best tobacco bags are made not of leather or rubber, but of the pouch of a pelican. The monstrous membrance which fills' out the lower bill of the pelican is soft and thin, of very fine ...

    Article : 84 words
  10. A MONUMENT TO R. A. PROCTOR.

    Mr. R. A. Proctor, the distinguished and popular writer and lecturer on astronomy, it may be remembered, died suddenly in New York some years ago while on a business journey. He was ...

    Article : 102 words
  11. TELEPHONING ON TELEGRAPH WIRES.

    An apparatus has been constructed for telegraphing simultaneously over telegraph wires. The system has been in operation for some time on the telephone line from Budapest to Szegedin, ...

    Article : 88 words
  12. A TIDAL CLOCK.

    The Chamber of Commerce of Rouen have erected a clock-tower which giyes the time; on three sides and the height of the tide on the fourth, namely, that fronting the harbor. The ...

    Article : 101 words
  13. REMOVING SCALE FROM BOILERS.

    A method of removing scale from boilers has been brought before the Scientific Association of Saxony by one of its members. After trying a freat number of materials for this purpose, he ...

    Article : 121 words
  14. SUDDEN DEATH TO FLIES.

    "Come inside a minute," said a dealer in pianos recently. "I have discovered the greatest fly trap on earth, and I want to show it to you." He led the way to an instrument at the rear of the ...

    Article : 160 words
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