SATURDAY, JULY 16, 1021, a THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. cv CaN fOIDIA | | Newest Notes Of Science } nore than 13,000 feet high. In about fifteen years Argentina bas trebled its area of cultivated land. A patent for a non-alcoholic bee has been gramted.by a Minneapolis | inventor. = More than 48,000,000 acres of cul- tivated land in India are under irri: gation. : y The ant, In proportion to its sjze, has the largest brain of any living creature. German metallurgists have brought | Aut a substitute for tinfoil that is mada of zine. Baby coaches can be made to serve as cradles by the invention of ,de- tachable rockers, : Telescopic spectacles have been in- | vented in Europe for extremely near- sighted persons, A tool has been invented for pry- ing off tight fitting milk can, tops without denting them. . A gasoline road roller has been invented that gives its driver an un- obstructed view of his work. A new convenience for women's use is.a bracket to liold a hand mirror upright on a dressing table. . The same steam engine has been pumping water out of an English coal mine for more than a century, A whistle that can be strapped to a wrist lijkea watch is the invention of a California policeman. The world$¥argest artificia] har- bor, 766 acres in area and 28 feet deep, is planned for Rotterdam. To keep doors closed a spring has been invented that can be attached to almost any hinge without tools. Spain is to have one of the finest dry-docks in Europe, capable of ad- mitting vessels up to 30,000 tons. The United States had 533,880 ac- res in sugar cane this year, about 12 per cent, more than ten years ago. Alcohol is vaporized by air pres- sure and burned in an incandescent mantle in a new automobile head- light. . A new German electrical] heating unit is made of fing resistance. wires | woven across pure asbestos threads. The bottom, sides and. supporting bars of a new wheelbarrow can be ex- tended to double its carrying cap- acity.. . . An*Englishman has invented a col- lapsible lifeboat with a rubber skin that automatically close punctures According to government figures the number of hens in Holland has decreaged from 8,000,000. to 3,000,- 000 in two years. For household use a steam cooker has been invented that blows an alarm whistle fifteen minutes before | . itt water boils away. Iceland is planning to combine salt sroduction with contemplated elec- tric power -stajions apd with mining and smelting of iron A self-feeding attachment suppi've the oil in whatever quantity desired to a spr2ader that has been inventea for oiling floors. Reforestation experiments by Br':- ish experts in Cliina have led to the establishment of a forestry course in a Chinesa university. Mounted on the handle of a new typewriter cleaning brush is an oll can from which oil can be forced di- rectly into the bristles. England is believed to have the largest electrical batching plant in the world, having an average output of 8,000 chickens a week. To aid in shooting at night an ele~- tric flashlight which can be attached to the under side of'an automatic pistol has been patented. 'The wireless station at Carnarvon, Wales, has succeeeded in sending messages clearly to Sydney, Austra- lia, a distance of 12,000 miles. An adjustable cup for golf greens has deen invented that ean be kept exactly level with surrounding ground to exclude wat:r and debris. Trousers have teen invented in Europe into which wires are inserted to keep out-of-doors workers warm in cold weather with electricity. An inventor hes pateated a devico that enables eggs, apples or potatoes to be baked over open fires without danger of burning or. breaking. According to an lt:lian scientist, the sigrals which thd cerves carry to the brain and from the brain to the muscles are chemical in nature. New in the line of railroad tools is & motor section car which carries raildrilling equipment that is oper ted by the car's own power plant. \ Copeaagen en_ireers are. experi- enting with the production of tur- mas can put ft on in a minute, ng a permanent repair that will give You the same service as a whole miles guaranteed. Porcupine Boot will save vyl: canizing cl and the expense of new tires . ¥ one In your Kit- always. Your dealer has it. § 130 mountain peaks. | "In the Act World | pentine from fir trees, the Toots and twigs being used as well' ag the ltrunks i. An Illinois inventor has perfected a - telescoping mast for radio work Lihat. is carried an. a. molar.truck and. quickly dlevated by ¢ ympressed air. A car carrying two members of a jrescue crew, who propel it t | gearing as it runs on a | track, has Been invented in Europe. Operated by a tioat and spring, an alarm bell has been ented by a Missourian to give warning when bicyéle{ e railway | gasoline runs low in an automobile tak. | A London expert: in wireless teleg- raphy claims td receive radio mes. Paris with the frame of an iron bed- | | stead » : There were 75,288,851 tons of iren | ore mined in the United States last} year, exceeding all previous records: | 25 states figured in the production. To prevent stone huildings ahsorh- ing "dampness from ground 2 European practice is to cut slofs in the walls and insert asphalt coated -lead plates. > A new instaritaneous hose coupling is operated by pushing or pulli knurled sliding sleeves which join separate bevel locking jaws. Though the coal mined in Angola | of itself is a poor fuel, South A rican chémists have found that oil and its products can be o tained from it. Both the transmitter -and receiver of a telephone Invented by a Franch man can be hidden in a flower vase, table ornament or other incoaspicu- ous object, A smokehouse for meats built of concrete slabs and supplied with smoke through an underground duct from a fire some distance away is an Iowan's idea. An inventor has combined a rack and triangle for pool balls in such a way that the balls are placed in prop- | er position on a table as the device is opened. Refrigerator trucks o twélve-ton capacity, hauled by motor tractors. |'have been placed in service by a Chi | cago packing company for local de- liveries of fresh meats. | A new European wood preservative against moisture and heat consis's | of copper ahd zinc disipived in am- | { monia, to which a smaRl proportion ! | of benzol hag been added. | For hanging pictures a pin with | points at both ends has been invent- ed, one point being driven into a | wall, after which the picture frame | {is pressed against the other, | | Why Distilled Water For Storage Batteries the Putting ordinary water in a bat- | tery is a good deal like putting dirty | | ice in a refrigerator. Once or twice may do no harm, but the trouble piles up, and everything happens at once. When a stogage battery is built it i has in it all the elements necessary | to insure _satisfactory operation. Nothing can get out of it except the water that evaporates, and nothing | can get into-it unless it is contained | in some form ip the water that you add. {| It the water {in every week or s0 make up for the amount that evaporates contains ever so little {iron in any form or other substance, this will* remain in the battery A little, more is put in each time, and soon there is enough to interfere with proper action; ana vour battery wears out much more rapidly than it should. - If distilled water only is added there is no chance of foreign sub- stances working their way in, and consequently the battery plates. will give better and longer service. v that you put to Worth Remembering, What no one excus ~ « a cordial invitation that isn't meant The history of windo~ glass mak- ! 'ing has no authentic beginning. i The Nubian crocodile i -evorted to be the most vicious cf ts species. Advice is like castor oi' t one thing to prescribe and another to take it. Australia has an average popula- tion of two persons to the square mile, ; It is just 1060 years since the manufact.re o. quintme as begun in Philadelphia. An abbey is really a self-governed monastery of no fewer than 12 nuns or monks. But we have to confess that we don't always recognize good luck when we do meet it, . It's a pity that we ¢an't keen our good resolutions by placing them in cold storage. Every man lkes to hear a wise wo- man--because she always talks to him about Himself Don't crowd. It might prove un- comfortable if some one else should forget to be polite, A man put a woman's head on the silver dollar, and now women are trying to get their hands on it. - Profane Comment, Senator Elkins' reported. decision to do the honors for the pages re- minds 'many senate attaches of the deep interest his father, Senator Stephen B. Elkins, took in the young men employed around the senate, frequently making it a point to ask individuals about how they were getting alcng, One day this Senator Elkins met a young senate employee who had at- tractéd his attention before. "Well," he said, "how are you get- ting along, young man? Are you do- ing anything for yourself outside your work here?" 3 - PORCUPINE SALES CORPORATION, Limited W. L. Renton, Distributors : Hamilton, Ontarte. "Oh, yes," replied the young fel- low, "I'm 'studying for the ministry." "The h--i yom are," said the as: tonished senator. --Exchange, sages from points as far distant as!. 7B 4 3 ' + é Separators or Insulators . Ordinary, separators are 'a Threaded Rubber Insulators wor... Datural product and therefore, _ do not warp, crack, check, car- : \_@re never sttictly uniform. bohize or puncture. 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