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Tho sight of a puson Hi i ii.vulnions It terrifying tut In the gri u majority of cases tbe sufferer Is In no I win dlate danger Whether or not tin Munition Muni-tion foreshadoita n serious imling defends de-fends upon a variety of canns As a .rule, convulsion nro more serious In ,ndults than In children, especially very ) on in; children Two tilings are tire-ceeary tire-ceeary for the occurrence of umvtil-cions umvtil-cions hirst nn unstable tondltlon of 'the nen out system, the preiroslng causi and secondly, some cutting causo sufficient to disorder the weakened weak-ened nervo centers Ttio Instability of tho ncnaui syttem Is more pronounced pronounc-ed In children than In adults and ccms often to bo hereditary, the mem-ors mem-ors of certain families being more Iirone to fits than others Certain chronic diseases of nutrition, such is rickets, nro associated with an Irritability Irrita-bility of the brain and spinal cord, nnd louvulslons nro peculiarly frequent In children suffering from such diseases I Convulsions In children are wry com mon at the onset of one. of the n tits fevers, such as scarlatina or measles. ,At that tlmo tho convulsions hsvo (no special significance, but when oc-curlng oc-curlng later during nn attack of scarlit tfevcr, they may point to thn, existence of kidney dlscaio. In whooping cough convulsions nro sometimes produced In consequence, of deficient aeration of tho blood, owing to a partial collapse of tho lungs. In children convulsions I nro perhaps most commonly the result of some dlsoii -f ,l"i digestive tract, i caused by tho presence, of Indlgeitlblo material In tho storuich or bowels, or of Intestinal norms Inflammation of tho ear It nnothcr common culling inuso of convulsions, but teething which ts blamed for so many fits ory seldom causes convulsions, unless tho eruption of tho teeth Is oxcoidlngly difficult and painful. In children, as In adults, convulsions may bo due to hysteria or to epilepsy They may bo caused by a great shock to the nervous system, such as a severe fright Men- B lngUIs or n tumor of tho brain may also causo them, both In children nnd In ndults. , Whatever tho cause, It will bo safe to put a child with convulsions Into a not too hot bath say at a temporaturo of about ninety-six or nlncty-scvcn degrees. de-grees. Nervo st datives nro usually prescribed In tho hope of preventing a sccona convulsion, but tho cause. It discoverablo, must of courso ba rc- - aortd. J AllMOItl I) llOTOIt CAH. . 1 One of tho latest war devices Is an ) armored motor car designed by an'isn- gllsh engineering firm. It ts Intended J for use In tho tlmo of war Jn protect- j Ing railways, and during peaco to 1 serve as n pilot for ordinary trains, 1 for Inspecting the road, or for the 1 sending of dispatches. The car Is I propelled by a seven horse-power wa- J ter-conlcd motor, which Is entirely I automatic, In action It produces Its '1 own Igniting spark by means of a I magneto-electric machine, can bs P started In rt minute, and Is fed either l by petrol or ordinary petroleum I Owing to the absenco of any open P flame no danger from flro or explosion I j r AS Tim CAB AITKARS. exists Tho armor Is constructed In two parts the under and upper parts the latter being of a crinoline, shape. Tho under part of the nrmor, protecting protect-ing tho machinery. Is constructed of , heavy nlckol-stccl plates. Owing to tho great care In the design and tha construction having been used the car , ciw almost silently and without vl- i brstlon, the stabling accurate nlm even while traveling jt a high speed. 3.ftLsfrat room has been allowed for about 0.(Wu rounds for tbe ordinary machine gun of 301 typo, and the oil tanks contain sulllclcnt fuol for 200 miles. At night searchlights may he ssed A vvnnectlon with tho engine, Tttt total weight of the vehicle, com-jWU com-jWU with armor, I 2S hundredweight. The car wi.tles a one-pound Maxim sun nnd a small machlno gun Is manned by one officer nd two or three, men, and Is capable of a speed up to SO miles an hour The Idra Is that a railway lino extending aver COO miles could be held by 25 of these cars. ItlTI'S IN SUAIKII Kilt foil-. Capt. J C, Dernier of Quebec, who Is one of the adventurers nowplannlng n fresh attack upon tho North Pole, tnltks that, even If he falls to reach the pole, or Its Immediate neighborhood, neighbor-hood, ho can at least bring back photographs pho-tographs of Inncceslblo places and cceucs by employing kites carrying photograpblo cameras Within a few years past photographs of tho earth's surfaro takcu at high elevations by the 1 1 ww"- VUsswAaMeHl aid of kites have botome comparatively comparative-ly common top! Dernier betlerj that the method will prove practicable in tho Arctic Ho also Intends to dls-pateh dls-pateh small ballmns each month carrying car-rying records of tho progress of the expedition, hoping that omo of these balloons may drift far enough to the south (o bo picked up by vessels or In Inhabltnted lands ivti-nmi it itniMi hi i. There are n number of reasons why tho Improved Ashing reel shown In the accompanying Illustration should prove of value to the fisherman, the r 1 y) winds ui' i m: lini: hasily chief of which seems lo be that tho reel does not project from the sld) of tho pole to provent packing In sm .11 compass Then tho winding mechanism mechan-ism Is operated by reciprocating (ho casting Instead of turning n small crank, nnd the Inventor clalmc Improvements Im-provements nlso In tho drag nnd lino-laying lino-laying mechanism I he reel proper Is mounted on n rod passing lengtliwlso through the reel and Is revolved by n system of gearing at one end of tha casing, the train of gears being In turn actuated by tho reciprocating motion mo-tion Imparted to tho reel casing by thu hand. Tho line enters the casing nt tho end and Is guided In winding nn tho spool by a sliding eyelet, which proventa kinks In the line when It Is desired to pay It nut rapidly. As tha reel forms a part of the polo. It Is not necessary to detach It and pack It away by Itself when tho day's sport Is ended. Tin: tiiuvii i.r or a moth. Tho late Profossor Moseley, tbe Kng. Msli entomologist, maintained that tho noise produced by tho death's brad moth comes from the Insect's proboscis, pro-boscis, nnd Is caused by blowing nlr through It. Recently Profoasor 1'oul-ton 1'oul-ton employed n C?tw S3 itcthoscopo In tho SfwSc5f' examination of n SvfvJbJJl?1 living specimen of ff- tho moth. In tho lit) presenco of the w I.lnnean Society, and proved that tho sound really does come from tho proboscis; and then, by showing that the sound erased when tho end of the proboscis was dipped In water, ho supported I'rotessor Moseley'a opinion that a blast of nlr was tho causo of tho nolle CAVA11AH NIIKII. I'llOlltlLTlON Although nickel was not discovered In paying quantities In Canada until 1SS7, It Is said that that country now produces 40 per cent ot tbe world's supply ot nickel. The deposits of tho metal oro In a district near Sudbury In Ontario, covering an area of about TO miles by 40 The oro contains about three per cent ot nickel and about an equal quantity of copper, together with considerable Iron and sulphur. The nickel and copper aro not extracted In Canada, but In tho United States. One mine has already reached a depth of 1,100 feet. BCICNTIPIO JOTTINdl. VV. Ar r.r Al,.d. Americans nro twenty jcani In advance ad-vance of other nations In tho nrt ot brldgo design nnd construction The steel of which n brldgo la made represents repre-sents about halt of Its cost. Steel Is now made In the United States nt much less cost than In any other country. coun-try. I llit an I Nllk Woron M. Camilla I'lammarlon, the celebrated cele-brated astronomer, has been studying the effect of colored light on silkworms silk-worms White light yiolds tho max-Imuin max-Imuin nnd bluo light tho minimum production of silk. Next to white light the purple of tho red end of tho spectrum spec-trum gives the best results. A HuMHIuU for Co A workman In a German chemical works has Invcntod a substitute for coal, which costs about 28 cents per 220 pounds to raanufneturo. Peat Is tho basis of tho fuel It gives out great heat, burns with a bright flame and leaves no slag and only a small quan-tlty quan-tlty of whlto ash Tho peat Is drlel, chemicals and pressed Into brick shape. |
