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Sir Henry Parkes at Home.
Descriptions of the homes and home lives of public men never fail to form matter of a character most interesting to the reader, and when, as in the present instance, these are ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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Scientific and Useful.
Intelligence has been received in England from the United States that three of the American whaling fleet are wintering at Mackenzie River, having provisions for two years. The vessels are ...
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Mrs. O'Shea.
There is published herewith the only known portrait of Mrs. Katharine O'Shea, the divorced wife of Captain O'Shea, formerly of the 18th Hussars, but principally known to fame as the ... [ILLUSTRATED]
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CHANGE OF THE EARTH'S AXIS.
Professor Kirchoff, of Halle, in an article recently written, speaks of the anxiety with which scientific men look for the meeting of the international conference on degree measurements, for ...
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Items from California.
A valued correspondent, writing from Grass Valley, California, December 7, says: Times here in Grass Valley continue to be good, but the country at large is in rather a bad way. The ...
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WHAT IT IS THAT INJURES THE BRAIN.
lt is not intellectual work that injures the brain, says the London HOSPITAL, but emotional excitement. Most men can stand the severest thought and study of which their brains are ...
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FLUORIDES AS AGENTS FOR SOFTENING HARD WATER.
Dr. Doremus has recently found that sodium fluoride and other fluorides can be used with advantage for softening hard waters. He finds that the precipitation of magnesium is especially ...
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THE PRESENT STYLE OF TELEGRAPHY.
Mr. Edison says that the present style of telegraphy will be done away with; but the operators of the present system have a deep-seated prejudice against any inventions that will simplify ...
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FOOD PRESERVATIVES AND ADULTERATION.
There is a growing tendency to view preservatives, such as borax, boric acid, and salicylic acid, which have been up to the present added somewhat indiscriminately to milk, cream, beer, and ...
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THE BENEFIT OF COFFEE.
Dr. J. N. Love, of St. Louis, U.S., in a paper on this subject, said that his experience for five or six years past had been strongly in favor of taking a cup of strong black coffee without cream or ...
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Northern Rivers.
According to a progress report received by the Minister for Works, showing the present state of the works for the improvement of the Clarence and Richmond rivers, considerable progress has ...
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POISONING BY STALE OYSTERS.
A remarkable case ot poisoning by stale oysters has occurred recently in Chicago, U.S., Dr. W. M. Hibbard being the victim. The doctor was taken ill soon after eating the oysters, and, ...
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