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Show VJf IiNivsisnlQ i Totatio Measuring Poucn Th- i.i ' lrn- jtowtNr poui I) b wbKh lln ihargi to 1 iii-vd 'u a. Kim nas miafurt-d an It yn .-- I frjtn the Innrlor of the muh int.. it Lar rcl. Is nmri or lf-n familiar to 'h olili r K'-n. rHilim in whom tin n f Ihe murrli-loading iiiion wna Kitm. what familiar Thi-ae guns an now so earn thai they an tnconnt- red only spml-tK-caMonally and con i-qucn'ly Ihe dcOre by which lhe wen ka. d Is simit-ihlng of tin- nature of a cuu tnlt) This punch has i long n ck ml n vale which permitted onl) n ertBln amount ot Kiwdtr lo pass from Its Interior at one lime This Idea hae lieen titlllted by a re cent Intentor In Ihv construction ot a lobaceo pouch whlrh la mure par tleularly mi-ant for the man who rolls bis own clantetli- Tlilx l quHc tho common prnctlci- nt prcs-tit The or dinar)' smoking tobacco In placed In Ihe center of om of tin tlnv shicl" of pnp-r and alvm a Iwlst betw-en the Angers ll Is essi nllnl for tho siiccpsii of the rolling operation that the amount of tobacco should be always al-ways about the same, nnd by the means of this inea Hiring device tho desired ntnount enn be dellti-red with unerring accuracy Tho ndnntago fur the pipe smoker Is that much ot the tobacco lost In the ordinary manner man-ner of loading by nn arrangement which prt-si-nts him with Just enouRli (ur filling tho bowl of his pipe, tho waste Is prvwiited and the operation nt loading grently faclllatel Dody'a Electric Conductivity. The human Uidy ns a conductor or nonconductor Is one of the latest topic top-ic fur the electricians' pastime. Their liueatlgatlona show singular nrla tluns In this conducts It), due to tho psychical or physiological condition ot tho subject of the oxperlmcnts. Tho magnitude of the resistance Is found to bo aenslllttly dependent upon tho hour of day, the place of measurement, measure-ment, nnd even upon tho character ot the subject's last meal. A nolso or tho presence or absencu of other persons per-sons has a marked effect Any Inter nal or external ps)chlcal Influence, will result Instantly In nn oscillation, often of great magnitude. In tho talua of tlio resistance, sometimes rcduclug ll to as lltllo ns SO or 30 per cent of Its rormal value. Nervous person! and strong imokcre or drlnkera are found to have an extremely low resistance. re-sistance. Tho nrcrngo valuo found foi Iho resistance, aa measured from hand to hand, Is about 3,000 ohms. Extensible Piano Bench. Tho piano bench that baa so tint vcrtally replaced the tlmo-honorod stool, wbllu doubtless affording a greater freedom of nuncment In III usual design, lacks tho adjustment that was such a characteristic tea turo of tho ilolco It replaces. It hat been found, howocr, that the great natural dlffcrenco In arm length of players has mado tho rigid bench object lonnbla to thoto who aro not possessed ot tbo average reach. A player, to bo at hit best, must have Iho physical conditions similar to thoso ho It accustomed to, and It lilt cl'iows aro too high, or too low, ho Is conscious of It nnd tho muscles fall lo respond to tho demands with tbo tutomntlc precision that occurs when tho condition of dally practlco exists. If tho bench hat como lo ttay It mutt bo mado adjustable, and tho patent nfflco records show that a number ot people aro giving tho subject soma thought. Tho bench Illustrated fccro-wlth fccro-wlth It ono ot tho Ideas recently patented, It consists ot a stool or bench with nn extension movement In n tortlcal direction, controlled by meant of a screw shown at the tldo. Dy operating this thumb screw the height of the seat may bo regulated with great nicety. World's Diamond Supply. Cecil Rhodes used to say that 125,-000,000 125,-000,000 was tho annual capacity of the world to absorb diamonds, That marked what he called tho "saturation "satura-tion po"nt" rl modern society. |