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Show BITS OF SCIENCE. Seals make a breeding ground of ice-bergp. ice-bergp. This is the leather seal aud not the fur seal. Codfish follow the ice of an iceberg down until they reach the water under it, which place affords them an excellent feeding ground. There is said to be enough reclaimed swamp land in Florida to produce half the entire quantity of sugar consumed in the United States. Those who advocate spelling reform in the English language argue that one letter let-ter out of every seven used according to the present practice is absolutely useless. In some recent experiments 34,000 rounds were fired from one Maxim gun, which was considered a very high test of the workmanship and material of the gun. |