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Show SCIENCE NOTES Tho food value of tho cucumber Ib rery low. Illinois leads Initio amount of inter aal rovenuo receipts. Of 100,000 classified accidents, 29,-?2G 29,-?2G wero travel accldouts. Tho now sword of tho United States irmy hns a blado 37 inches long. There Ib a demand among tho farm-ors farm-ors for a small pdwor-propclled plow. There 'aro 391,350 government positions posi-tions under civil service regulations in this country. Tho first nll-clcctrlo stool works In Great Britain aro about to be established establish-ed at Sheffield. Several piers 1,000 feet in longth will be constructed at tho Atlantic end of tho Panama Canal. Tho KaiBcr rccontly awarded a prlzo of $10,000 for an improved motor for tho purposcB of aviation. Acetylene lamp posts aro self-contained and may be moved, from point to point, wherever desired. A tack hammer has been invented which is claimed to prevent a tack being be-ing driven In any but tho right way. Tho amount of oro handled at the ports of tho great lakes is in tho neighborhood of 45,000,000 net tons annually. an-nually. A real circulating library moving around Washington county, Maryland, consists of a bookcase and books mounted on an automobile. |