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The boy is one of the rare class known as ‘‘mir- ror writers.” While writing he un- wittingly reverses his letters so that they appear upon the pages as ordin- ary penmanship would be reflected by a mirror. He begins writing words or sentences in the upper right hand corner of the paper and writes from right to left. The singular fact about his perform- ance is that he cannot realize the odd- ity of his work. He does not under- stand that his writing differs from that of others. The wan, drawn features of the little fellow and the eccentricity of his ac- complishments have created a furor among students. Long-drawn scien- tific terms have been used to charac- terize his case. To laymen generally the case is pointed out as the result of a sunstroke in infancy. The boy's faculties have been twisted so that, although his eyes are apparently nor- mal, he sees things upside down and wrong end foremost. The boy was admitted to the train- ing school a few months ago. He was then unable to write. When placed in the writing class and a copy was set before him he seemed to understand what was expected and started to work. His teacher was surprised when she saw the letters he had formed upon his slate. They resembled nothing to her at first. Again and again she tried to teach him to begin at the proper point, but he invariably went astray. His teacher thought his work was simply the result of awkwardness and feeble-mindedness. It was not until the boy had learned to form the letters fairly well, although reversed, that the situation dawned upon the teacher. She took some of the boy's work to Superintendent S. O. Garrison, who found it to be genuine mirrow writing. Ever since that day Willie Riley has been the subject of interesting study. So important is his case considered that Dr. Charles K. Mills, chief of the staff of consulting physicians, devotes considerable space to it in the annual report of the institution. ““This boy ranks high mentally as compared with other children in the institution,” says Dr. Mills, ‘‘and would be classed among the higher grade of imbeciles. He fairly under- stands all ordinary matters, as telling the time of the day, the use of common appliances, the value of coins and notes. He can repeat the alphabet, can read and spell words of one sylla- ble. He is docile, sensitive and a somewhat emotional child. He was examined as to touch, pain, tempera- ture, weight, resistance, etc., and no trace of disorder of sensibility was found. His hearing, smell and taste are good.” : Dr. Mills goes on to say that the boy’s vision is the same with both eyes and that he is not color-blind. He has right side partial paralysis, with atrophy. As a result of this partial paralysis the boy's right forearm, hand and fingers are arrested in de- velopment. The right thumb is de- pressed and drawh vnder the index and middle fingers. IIis right leg is nicely formed, but is somewhat shorter than the other. The cause of his con- dition is said to have been a sunstroke followed by cerebromeningitis when. eighteen months old. es, Willie Riley appears to enjoy life. He is active in the gymnasium classes wad has joined the band of the insti- tution. He is a retiring, shy boy, however, and prefers to study when- ever he has the chance. Dr. Mills thinks the left half of the boy’s brain has been arrested in de- velopment and that Willie is guided in his writing by the reversed images formed in the right hemisphere of his brain. The effect of the tuition and care bestowed upon him at the train- ing school will be closely watched. — New York World. —— ER ———, Persuasive. Dr. Morell Mackenzie, the famous specialist in diseases of the throat, is said to have had extraordinary power over his patients, a power which some- times appears almost magnetic. Once a death occurred in his con- sulting room—one of those eases Sir James Paget used to call ‘‘calami- ties of surgery.” The brother of the dead patient was furious, and hastened to Dr. Mackenzie's office, determined to give him a piece of his mind. Such was the fascination of Macken- zie’s manner, however, that the in- furiated man cooled down by degrees, and in a short time found himself con- versing quite calmly about the fatal case. The triumph was reached when, before departing, he sat down in the operating chair, and after allowing Mackenzie to examine his throat, paid him his fee without a murmur.— Youth’s Companion. ——— I Beet Fishing by Electric Light. Electric light is being used as a bait by fishermen who ply their calling along the Pacific Coast. This adapta- tion of electricity brings big hauls. The fish are attracted by the bright light in the water and their investiga- tions generally end in their being hooked while trying to swallow the glass globules. Suicides in Old-World Armies. Startling are the official statistics that have just been published in Ger- many concerning the number of sui cides in various armies of the old world, and they are regarded as a striking illustration of the unpopular- ity of obligatory military service. It seems that in Austria the average rate for the year is 131 per 100,000 men. The French come next with ninety- two suicides per annum for each 100,- 000 men. The German Government gives its rate at sixty-eight, but these figures are generally believed to be balow the actual number, as the impression pre- vails in military circles throughout Europe that the suicides in the Ger- man army are more frequent even than in that of Austria. Italy's quota is given at forty-five, while that of Rus- sia does not exceed twenty, a figure that is obviously far below the truth. Belgium gives its rate at twenty-four, Spain at fourteen and Ingland at twenty-three, most of the suicides in the British army occurring out in India, A remarkable fact is that, notwith- standing the majority of suicides are popularly believed to be attributable to tyranny on the part of the officers, yet it is precisely among the officers that the largest number of self-in- flicted victims is to be found. The favorite method of suicide is by shoot- ing, either withrifle or revolver. Next comes drowning, ana after that hang- ing, while of late a large number ot officers and men have taken their lives by throwing themselves in front of railway trains. It has also been noted that, whereas the smallest number of suicides takes place in the winter, the largest number occurs in the broiling hot months of July and August.— Omaha Bee. ee Bret The Nimble Elephant. It is a remarkable thing that ele- phants are able to make their way up and down mountains and through a country of steep cliffs where mules would not dare to venture, and even where men find passage difficult. Their tracks have been found upon the very summit of mountains over 7000 feet high. In these journeys an elephant is often compelled to descend hills and mountain sides which are almost pre- cipitous. This is the way in which if is done. : * The elephant’s first manceuvre is to kneel down close to the declivity. One fore leg is then cautiously passed over the edge and a short way down the slope, and if he finds there is no good spot. for a firm foothold he speedily forms one by stamping into the soil if it is moist, or kicking out a footing if it is dry. When he is sure of a good foothold the other foreleg is brought down in the same way. Then he per- forms the same work over again with his feet, bringing both forelegs a lit- tle in advance of the first footholds. This leaves good sure places all made and ready for the hind feet. Now, bracing himself by his huge, strong forelegs, he draws his hind legs, first one and then the other care- fully over the edge, where they oc- cupy the first places made by the fore- feet. This is the way the huge animal proceeds all the way down, zigzag, kneeling every time with the two hind legs, while he makes footholds with his forefeet. In this way the ‘‘center of gravity” is preserved and the huge beast prevented from toppling over on his nose.” —Chicago Inter-Ocean. An Awkward Mistake. : A gentleman desiring to inform a young lady who lives in one of the suburbs of his intention to make a visit, called up her residence by tele- phone the other afternoon. For some reason or other he had difficulty in hearing and making himself under- stood. He worked for a long time, but finally the dawn seemed to break and he heard plainly the voice of a female say very irritably: ‘Well, what do you want?” The noise in the street was so great that he desired to close the window before proceeding, so he said: **Just hold the telephone for a minute or two.” But he didn’t have time to leave before the voice said in a more irritable manner: ‘You go to the dickens. I've a pie in the oven.” It was the cook, the then only occupant of the house, that he had called up. —Pittsburg Dispatch. ree este I eer A Wood-Duck’s Tomb. A couple of days ago at the farm of G. W. Hutchins, seven miles from Marysville, a bee-tree was found near the east bank of Feather River, which was cut to obtain the honey. After the tree was cut down to the ground, an investigation was instituted and the honey located in a hollow half way be- tween where it was cut and the top. On cutting open the body of the tree they secured about eighty pounds of honey, eleven duck eggs, and a dead duck. It appears that a wood-duck had formed a cavity through a hole that was originally large enough toad- mit her body. After ‘laying eleven eggs she bad commenced setting to hatch them, and while doing so the bees had filled the hole with comb so that she could not get out, and she died on the nest.—Red Bluff (Cal.) De- mocrat. ea Acted With Deliberation. ‘“How are all the folks at home?” asked an ‘‘old friend of the family,” upon meeting one of its younger mem- bers recently. “All pretty well,” remarked the youth. ‘Uncle Silas is dead, you know,” he added, mentioning the name of a venerable and wealthy rela- tion who, succumbing to the inevitable at ninety, had made him his heir. «Tg that so?” continued the ‘‘friend ofthe family,” ‘‘I had not heard of it. Why, he must have died suddenly.” ‘Well, yes. He did die suddenly— that is, he died suddenly for him.” — New York Herald. AGRICULTURAL. TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE TO FARM AND GARDEN, PRESERVING FODDER CORN. Corn fodder is easily preserved by drying it in shocks in the field. The stalks are cut close to the ground and set up in shocks, having about two hundred pounds in each. The shocks are tied at the middle and at the top with straw or twine bands and left to dry thoroughly, which takes two months. They are then stacked in small stacks or stored in a shed. Experiments re- cently 1nade go to prove that good fodder made in this way is as good feed as ensilage tor the nutriment and results of each.--—Colman’s Rural World. SUCCULENT FOOD. The progressive farmer has at last learned that the nutrition of food plants, when once dried, can never be restored to their natural condition by the artificial addition of water. The greatest part of green grass and roots consists of succulent juice. This is the food of the cows when their milk flow is greatest and from this the de- duetion is simple that this is the kind of food that will go directly to pro- dueing milk, the great object for which the animals are kept. ‘When the grass, roots and other sue- culent fodders fail ensilage comes in to supplement the rest of the food which must be given under any cir- cumstances. 1t is calculated that thirty pounds of corn ensilage with a small amount of bran and clover hay will make a cow continue her flow of cream and milk through the winter. And yet some farmers are still with- out their silos.--New York World. RAISING CALVES. A celf may be fed skimmed milk when one week old, with the addition of one gill of boiled flaxseed, increas- ing the ration gradually to a pint per day when four weeks, and then adding five middlings or corn and oats ground together, or a pint to a quart of oats unground. Flaxseed gruel with plenty of skimmed milk will produce a very fine growth, leaving the calf as mellow to the touch as if sucking the cow. A calf two months old will gain three pounds per day on this ration. The oil taken off in the cream can be re- placed for one-fifth the money value of the cream. Butter dairymen may raise a calf to each cow upon the skimmed milk and a little additional food, such as indi- cated, and get one-fourth to one-third as much profit out of the refuse milk as out of the butter. Selling butter robs the land of nothing valuable, only carbon, which has no manurial value. The farmer who thinks he can afford to give up growing stock is pretty sure to find out his mistake sooner or later. The pastures must be utilized and the fertility of the farm maintained and stock is the best means for accom- plishing this end, even if you see no great profit in the animals themselves. The crops of gress and forage should be fed on the farm.—New England Farmer. GROWING CORN. One of the very best plans of man- agement for corn is to plow the ground in the tall or early winter, taking care to plow deep and thorough. By this rlan the stalks, stubble, weeds, grass and other trash will be turned into the soil, and while there is not a very large amount of fertilizing value in them, yet they help materially to add vege- table matter to the soil, and help to make it loose and more friable. If the plan of gathering up all of this kind of material and burning it is followed, and nothing is applied to take its place, the soil will pack harder and be more difficult to work or keep in a good tilth. By plowing now, there will be a| longer time for this material to decay | before it will be necessary to disturb | the soil, and a good part of it will be | out of the way. | Another advantage in this plan is | the saving of t.me. In the spring work is always pressing, and it is quite an item ti get the ~rops in in good | season. | With a good disk harrow in the! spring, land that has been well plowed | in the fall can be put in a good tilth | for planting to corn in a much less | time and with less labor than if the | plowing is delayed until spring. Then if care is taken to provide good drain- age, land that is plowed in the fall will dry out much more rapidly and be ready to work in less time than if left undisturbed. Land plowed in the fall derives more | benefit from the freeziag and thawing of winter. Of course some land would be seriously injured by being plowed for corn in the fall. This is especial- ly the case when it is liable to be damaged by washing, so the character of the soil must be considered in de- termining whether or not it should be plowed in the fall. By taking every advantage of plan- ning the work in advance and doing all of the preparatory work possible ahead, 2 much better opportunity is offered for getting the work done in good season, and with corn, planting in good season is an important factor in growing a good crop. If manure is to be hauled out it can be done to good advantage during the winter, scattering it over the plowed ground. The necessary work of pre- | paring to a proper tilth in the spring | will be sufficient to work into thesoil. —~Farm, Field and Fireside. FEEDING FOWLS. As human beings require different | kinds of foods at the different seasons of the year,.so do the fowls of our barnyard demand a greater variety than we now, as a rule, give to them. The same reason will not answer for both summer and winter. We must understand something about the nature of foods, and what specific results they produce. Then we can feed for a purpose, and not aimlessly. The winter food is necessarily differ- ent from the summer ration. We need to give them heat-generating foods, so that their temperature can be kept up to such a point as will enable them to resist the cold. Fat must also be pro- duced, for this is only reserved fuel to feed the fire. If we keep the fowlg warm they will lay better and avoid sickness. Winter foods, then, should be composed largely of corn, barley, potatoes, rye and wheat. The hens should also be fed with material that will make eggs, feathers, ete. This food is called the albuminoids, and consists of lean meat, the curd of milk and the whites of eggs. If these are fed regularly to the chickens through the cold months, they will thrive and lay a good number of eggs. In the summer months, of course, less heating foods are needed, and, in fact, necessary. As the spring opens and the weather grows warmer the fat- producing foods should gradually be lessened in quantity. Fresh grass and vegetables should be fed in place of so many grains, and the chickens should be given the range of the barnyard and fields, to pick up seeds and insects. In the hot summer time very little corn and grains should be fed, for these are so heating then that they are apt to cause disease and death. The best food that can be given to the poultry at this season of the year is all of the fruits, vegetables and green things, including insects and seeds, that they can eat. When fall approaches, the moulting season soon begins, and a very serious task is imposed upon the systems of the fowls. There is no period in their lives which is more taxing to their strength than that of the moulting season It is often hard work to bring chickens through this successfully so that they will be in good condition for winter. They need then a combina- tion of foods that will go to make strength and feathers. They should be given a perfect rest at such a time, and should be fed liberally. They should not be given stimulants or egg- producing foods, for they cannot lay eggs and moult properly at the same time. They should be fed corn, meal, barley, potatoes, vegetables, meat and seeds at this moulting period, and they should be given all they will eat. They will not get too fat, for most of the nourishment must go to the formation of feathers. If the chickens are not reduced in fat and strength during this trying period, they will recuper- ate rapidly so that they will enter upon their winter’s work in fine con- dition. In order to have a successful winter they must be in excellent trim in the fall before very cold weather comes. —Boston Cultivator. FARM AND GARDEN NOTES. Neglect is fatal in the poultry busi- ness. Pullets hatched in April lay in Sep- tember. The typical Carniolan is a dark steel- gray bee. Ammonia is one of the most valuable fertilizers. Early pork generally commands the best prices. Worms are worse enemies than dogs to the sheep. The fat in a cheese determines its market value. Keep everything scrupulously clean about the poultry yard. It does not pay to raise a calf from a poor or ordinary cow. Straw and oil cake meal form agood substitute for good hay. Cabbage not fully ripe will winter better than that matured. ‘When moulting birds require addi. tional food and extra care. Cows should be allowed as much pure water as they will drink. Oats and lean meat are feather-mak- ing foods. Corn 1s fat making. Separate the cockerels from the rest of the flock and fatten them for market. Birds that are heavily feathered and have small combs stand the cold best. When laying freely fowls eat nearly twice as much as they do at other times. It is said that sprinkling pulverized salsoda around will drive ants from apiaries. An exclusive corn diet wil! not allow the chickens to make a satisfactory de- velopment. A green bone-cutter is one of the most profitable investments the poul- try-raiser can make. If you are breeding for eggs get rid of your sluggish, indolent chickens. There is no profit in them. Honey can be ripened either in the hive by the bees or by exposure in a warm, well-ventilated room. It is said that queenless bees, if pro vided with empty combs, will store honey about as well as those having a queen. : The stingless bees of Honduras are said to be too delicate in organization to endure the extremes of climate in this country. The elustering of hees on the outside of the hive is ususlly caused either by the heat or by the entrance of the hive being too crowded. It is good business poiicy in the management of the farm to sell such crops as will put the most money into your pocket and at the same time leave the most value in the soil. To do this you must know of the con- stituents of the various crops. FORMS OF MONEY. SOME OLD AND ODD MEDIA OF EXCHANGE. 72 Possibility of Gold’s Displacement by Some Rarer Metal—Many Primi- tive Methods of Barter Among Uncivilized Raecss. ONEY is a subject that has risen into such prominence of late that the first extra- ordinary session of the United States Congress since the '70s has been convened particularly on its account. This event seems to be one of the later stages of asort of descend- ing veplacement among the metals used in coinage, a process that has, during the centuries and millenninms of human history, slowly but plainly substituted copper for iron, silver for copper and gold for silver, says the Washington Star. Each of these metals seems to have made its appear- ance as coi~ in ascending order, and some are even ready to speculate on the possible appearance in the future of some still more rare and costly metal to press the coveted yellow standard lower in the scale, as it has done to silver. Iridium, osmium and palladium, metals scarcely known out- side the chemist’s laboratory, are men- tioned, but hardly with seriousness. Russia, in 1828, undertook the coin- age of platinum, but the scheme was abandoned in 1845 because of the great cost of minting and because of the in- stability of its value. Aluminum seems to have larger prospects of gaining a place in the monetary system, par- ticularly on a level below silver, with a probability of displacing copper, for the intrinsic value of the material in the prices of lowest denomination is now far less than the face value. The recent discovery of means for the ex- tensive production of the new com- petitor is made in part to account for the depreciation of silver. The word denoting money to the people of one of the north European races has an equivalent in the Lappish language, which still retains its orig- inal significance as the name for a skin in common with its later use. So money to a citizen of the United States means golden eagles, silver dollars, copper pennies or their paper repre- sentatives. Familiarity with these media gives to the innumerable other media, that are or have been in use among the peoples of the earth, an ap- pearance of almost silly oddity. But perfectly coined money is acom- paratively recent convenience, and the story of the development to that which is at present in use is full of interest. The natives of the Society Islands as they lived not many years ago will serve as the subject of the first lesson. A Parisian singer, making a profes- sional tour around the world, gave . a concert in the islands. She was to re- ceive a third part of the receipts. ‘When counted her share was found to consist of three pigs, twenty-three tur- keys, forty-four chickens, 5000 cocoa- nuts, besides considerable quanties of bananas, lemons and oranges. At the French capital all the material would have added 800 francs to her resources, but on the islands it was worth to her only the value of that part which could be consumed. Other travelers among tribes where primitive barter has not yet devel- oped something having semblance to a common medium of exchange have been given a still keener appreciation of the advantages coming from the use of money. Wallace, when in the Malay Archipelago, could not secure supplies for dinner without a special bargain and much bickering upon each occasion. Because the vendor of ed- ibles did not always happen to meet | with something desired among the ar- | ticles which the party had to offer in | exchange, Mr. Wallace and his com- panions were often compelled to do without a meal. These experiences led them to hold in readiness a supply of such articles as the natives would | invariably accept. Such was doubtless the first form of | money—-any commodity which was es- | teemed by all persons, which wculd be | readily received at all time, and which | all desired to possess in unlimited | quantities—the generalized value ! which constitutes the lubricator of | commerce. | Probably the most primitive money | consisted of the skins of wild animals. | The foundation of this theory is the | assumption that the earliest creatures | which could be called men were hunt- ers. The meat which was procured did not possess the requisite durability, the bones lacked high value, but the dried pelts possessed both qualities. | Etymological researches, moreover, | show that the earliest races used skins | as the representative of value. Classi- ! cal writers have recorded traditions to | the effect that the earliest currency | used at Rome, Lacedsemon and Carth- | age was made of leather, and such | money is said to have circulated in! Russia as late as the reign of Peter the | Great. In time some particular skin seems | to have become the standard. This | among the aborigines about Hudson's | Bay the early traders found to be that | of the beaver. i Some of the earliest forms in which | the crude metal was shaped were small | bars or spikes, and wire, rolled into | bracelets or rings. Abundant speeci- | mens of this ring money Dave been | found in various parts of Europe and | Asia, and probably constituted the | first appro:.mation to coinage. It is | wid to be 8‘ ll current in Nubia. | Impressivas were first made on only | some portion of the ingot, spike or cing. The early flat coins were stamped | on bui one side, and rough edges pre- | vailed until comparalively recent times. | While circular coins vastly predomi- | nate, the forms into which o%hers have from time to time been cast are peen- liar. Many octagonal and hexagonal pieces have been issued in Germany, and moneyyin the the form of squares and lozenges has been nsed in England. iPlates of copper, seven end a hall enches square, bearing an imprint in each corner, circulated in Sweden in the eighteenth century. The Japanese coinage is composed of oblong flat pieces of silver covered on both sides with designs and legends, and oval pieces of copper with a square hole in the centre. The square hole in the centre of the circular Chinese money permits the coins to be strung. Cimeter-shaped pieces formerly circu- lated in Persia. The first issue of continental currency in 1776 figured a sum over a dial and the coins bore the admonition; ‘‘Mind Your Business.” This, however, was but an experimental issue, and until the mint was established in 1792 the several States maintained each its own currency. The designs are fantastic and varied. ERE Household Accidents. A slight cut or abrasion of the hand, or a slight burn, may become a serious matter if it is totally neglected. Where the skin is torn or cut it is desirable in the first place that the wound should bleed freely. Cases of lockjaw are of rare occurrence where this is the case, and a very slight wound of the hand or foot has been known to produce this dangerous malady where bleed- ing did not follow. One of the greatest dangers lies in a wound of a kitchen knife, which may have held impure matter, and even from the scratch of a pin, and ° fatal cases of blood-poisoning have fre- quently resulted from so simple a cause. Absolute cleanliness, therefore, is necessary in the treatment of such a wound. After the wound has bled a little itshould be washed with perfectly clean water. That which has been boiled is best for the purpose, and there is no harm in using a little car- bolic acid in the proportion of a drop or two to a quart of water. Do not attempt to stanch bleeding by the use of cobwebs, which are naturally dirty and full of impure germs, but use a little lint and & clean cotton or linen cloth. These should be always kept in the houses for use in case of such accidents. A trustworthy druggist will always supply soma preparation of carbolic acid, properly weakened for household use. Even household ammonia, though it is pain- ful at first, is recommended as a mild way of cauterizing a simple wound. A thick paste of equal parts of common baking-soda and flour, wet to a paste with cold water, is the best remedy for & burn. It is better than lime- water, because lime-water is liable to become incrusted, while the paste of soda and flour is cooling to the surface and can easily be removed. The ob~ ject of treating a burn is to cover the extremities of the nerves which have been injured and give them opportun- ity to heal. While such a paste is be- ing prepared cover the wound for the moment with common flour and wrap it up in clean cotton. A simple healing plaster which may be prepared in the household calls for halt a pound of rosin, an ounce each of mutton tallow, camphor-gum and beeswax, half an ounce each of British oil, cedar oil gum myrrh and linseed oil. Melt the rosin, mutton tallow, camphor-gum, beeswax and gum myrrh together and add the oils. This plaster should be spread on cofton when needed and applied to the wound. —New York Tribune. Tr yy Bacon at $10,000 a Pound. ‘No, sir; I have no use for Mexico,” said Miner B. N. Drazad to a Chicago Tribune reporter. It was ten years ago when I purchased a strip of land near Sonora, Mexico, forty miles from the mouth of St. Pedro River, and thirty miles from Cananara. The land was good mining property, and I knew if it were worked right I could makes good many thousand dollars. I had $8000 when I started to work, and with part of this I purchased mining implements, powder, etc. For eighteen months I worked alone at the mine, drilled a tunnel 605 feet long through hard rock, and finally struck what I was looking for—an arsenica ledge of silver. I had worked Sundays, Christ- mas, Thanksgiving and figured out $40,000 in sight. “All at once I felt a craving for a bit of bacon. There is no such thing as Mexican bacon, you know. Hogs there have to lean against a free to grunt. The duty in Mexico on pork is seventy per cent., and, as I could get bacon for twenty cents a pound across the line at Orchoville, Arizona. I determined to ride over there and get some. I did it, and enjoyed my bacon ; but ten days later the Mexi- cans seized me and confiscated my mine. That bacen cost me $10,000 a pound.” eh Whistling Fireworks. One of the features at the Crystal Palace (London) fireworks display re- cently were whistling pieces, which im burning give a wild, screaming noise. There is some mystery about how this noise is produced. Messrs. Broce themselves are unable to say, and do} not know anybody who can tell them. The firework consists of a stout paper! tube 2% inches in length, and with aj bore of about § inch. About two inches of this little tube are stuffed with picrate of potash, leaving } inch or so empty. When lighted by means of a fuse it does not explode, but burns away with great violence, and with the uncanny shriek which gives the thing its interest. Pyrotechnists have tried many other compositions and many] other kinds and forms of tubes, but. picrate of potash is the only thing that! will give anything but the faintest] trace of a whistle. —Scientific Ameri on. Sr am ae SL im ti ne r—— a aE
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