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Show r noteTon SOlliTcE. CURRENT NOTES OF DIS0OVERY AND INDENTION. Soma rnnees of rmarrh-A shoe aes-ortlna aes-ortlna rimekel for l ae While Tollable Tollab-le Anrlent t'hlneae Mrs t'loeka low Ike rye none In Heeding. own cat ara yog c atarmii. (ly tha rather Indefinite term "catarrh" "ca-tarrh" we mean tu Include certain common Inflammations of the jose, throat and ear. The portion ot Ihe re coils membrane lining them. This protective covering or the Interior or thete structures Is not only or the same In each, but It Is also, by means of various connecting orifices, continuous. continu-ous. This cloe union or connection results re-sults In a common association or disease dis-ease affecting these various parts. II I a frequent experience for Individual Individ-ual to suffer with a csrlurrh of tb nos or throat In varying degree of severity se-verity for monthe or years, when suddenly sud-denly or gradually, a similar disease of the ears may be added, resulting In Impairment of the hearing, tinnitus, or ringing In Ihe rara, and leas commonly com-monly puln In the same region. It may be said that the majority ol caaes or Impairment ot hearing developing devel-oping after youth are due to tha aggravated ag-gravated extension of a long-standing throat or nose trouble, which has gradually Involved the ear by reaaon of the unfavorable effect upon tha latter lat-ter of the diseased condition In th sdjacent structures, or by direct extension ex-tension of the disease or the ear along the Kuatachlan tube the tube-like orifice or-ifice connecting the ear with the throat nd nose. As to preventing Ihe occurrence ot '.his much-to-be-dreaded result, It I lain that this must, for the most part tonslst In preventing aggravations of K already existing catarrh In the nos throat. Ac.ual obstruction In either ot thou trtnn Is only amenable to the sur-toil sur-toil skill ot the physician. On th Ucr hand, much can be don by the Mlvldual hlmsi'll when tha catarrhal Katlltlon boa not arrived at tha stags ot obstruction, and likewise to promt pro-mt recurrence or the attacks when tb normal method of nasal breathing kuboen re-eatabllsned. Sit KNOIMr.a IN rAI.KSTINK. Ti what extent the utilitarian spirit I rowing In what one Is dlapoied to cm I'd cr as the drearn lands ol the Pir East Is shown by tha recently raids statement that oil engines axa new used In number In Palestine tor pimping water from wella. The first ef mpt at Introducing tha engine U'pl for that purpose Is aald to hav he made about three year ago by X-rnian firm, the englnea being Voall ones ot three or four horse V rr. At first lo on wnu!d try them, &t finally tha agent of the firm In tu-stlon volunteered In one rase to set ip an engine free or expenra by way ot parlment, and this little Installation worked so well lust It quickly led to Ike placing of several orders for mora, Since then abou. sixty oil engine hive been set up lu different place, rurtlcally all the plantation work, about two-thirds of the engines having hav-ing com from Germany and the other oth-er from British makers, the British engines, It Is said, growing In favor on account of tbelr greater simplicity ot consmicuon. .mis is nn important point wheu It lo considered that th engines are put In ('burgs ot native laborers la-borers curing n.oat ot th time they trt worked. IIOE ai'lTOKTINO IIRACKgT. It la next to Impossible to hold iho In tha hand and polish It properly, proper-ly, and It I about aa Impossible for ffXt people to shine their shoe on lOf feet Bo Henry U Uardner of IsInachuutU, has designed tha sboe-utportlng sboe-utportlng bracket which we show In ol picture, with tha Idea of affording i (rigid holder which will allow the per amount ol force to ba applied J the leather while the shoe 1 up-parted up-parted In a convenient position. Tha JD3VICK TO HOLD SHOES, older consists of a brarkot tor attachment at-tachment to the wall at the right alight, from which extenda an arm Jndlng In a trlangular-ahnped head to nter the toe of the shoe. To aid In xlng the shoe firmly on the arm a ver la pivoted In position to force the Ileal of the ho backward, and a I tongue reeling In notchee on the upper (Id of the arm holda the lever aolldly SKalnet the Inside or the heel. The ll'ot In th brocket Is slightly tapering taper-ing at the lde to corrospont! with th ud or th arm. allowing the latter to pa lifted out when cot In use. To place the ahoe In position the brc 1 aid parallel lo the arm and the shoe kllpped over the head, when a pull on the brace drives the head Into the toe and bold the hoe ttlonary for the work of blacking. ' aMf-tr-NT cH.mr.sr! rinw clock. ' Krom k very early data fire waa uiod by the Chinese for measuring the time. I They reduced a special wood to pow-I pow-I der by rasping and pounding It and . , Z,.. i thu obtained a aort or pulp or which they afterward made cord and rod of varlou forma. Kor the uae of rich persona, they employed wood a of rarer species. These roda reached, when made of the more ordinary kind of wood, two and three yards, and were shout sa thick as a gooaa quill. They were burned In front or the temples, tem-ples, and were used lor carrying Arc frni one place to another. Such rod wnye often stuck Into metallic veaarls filled with ssbce. the vertical poatt'on permitting an estimation of their combustion com-bustion with the eye. Since these rods give no light In burning, they were only used lor giving giv-ing the hour In the house, whlrh they at the same time perfumed. When tha rods or cords hsd a certain length, they were twisted so aa to form a spiral spi-ral or conlcsl figure, which widened out at every revolution and reached CHINKRB FH1K CLOCK, two or three palms In diameter. Thelf combustion then lasted several days, and sometimes even a month or more. Ther were siiaoended by tbe center and were Ignited at the lower extremity. extrem-ity. The Are then ascended slowly and Insensibly In following all the spirals. Five marks made upon theao spiral erved to Indicate the five part ot th night. Tbla method ot measuring time wa, It la aald, so exact that no error of any moment was detected. It I curious, siiy "I-a Nature," to compare this Chinese device with that employed In Kurope In the middle ages. The duration dura-tion ol lighted randies or taper also served them to mark th time ot night These candle were graduated Just as the Chinese graduated tbelr rod or cords. Tha Chinese rods and cord spoken ol above, while given the time, alto erved as alarms. When a Chines wished to rise at night at a given hour, be suspended a small weight ol metal very exactly at the place In the rod or cord which the fire waa to reach at the hour specified. The moment having hav-ing arrived, the weight tell Into a copper cop-per basin, and the noise or IU fall waa loud enough to awaken the sleeper. This method was aa s.mple a It was economical, for a rod or a cord, the combustion of whlrh lasted a day and night, cost but three farthings. now th k rvs: skks in srinisa Uy close study of familiar things, surprlalug facie about Ihem often come to light. Professor Dodge, of Wealey-an Wealey-an Oulverslty, by n number of careful experiments, has made a strange discovery. dis-covery. He ucelnrea that to see, tbe eye must bo motionless. Now that be baa told ua, It I easy to understand that thla must be true. You cannot trk picture with a moving camera, and the eye la only a perpetual camera cam-era with aelf-renewlng plate. Th eye must atop motion while tt take a picture. In reading, therefore, the eye doe not move along the line regularly. It takea an Impression, moves to a new position, takes another still view, then iuovq again. Thus the words are taken ta-ken by group. Perhaps, following Professor Dodge' lead, some other Just how wide the lines of print should be for the easiest reading. Every one know that very long or very short tinea are tiring, so there must he a right length. When the proper medium me-dium Is found, the chances are that we shall learn that tbe "old master" of the printing art had chosen the best wldtn for their page. MAKING WATER Bt'll.D DAMS, Many readers who do not follow the llteraturo ot engineering will be Interested In-terested In the statement that one of the methods employed by American englueers In forming reservoir dam 1 to call In the services of a powerful power-ful Jet ot water, as In hydraulic mining. min-ing. Dy directing such a Jet agalnat tha upper slope of a valley, the sand, oil and gravel scoured from the bill-side bill-side can be carried by the force ot the stream to the site ot the dam In the lower part ol the valley. Dy suitable suit-able management the water not only conveys tbe materials, but consolidate them In position, dropping the larger stones at the elites and carrying the finer material to the center of the dam. pdttinu ot t ring in amr. A new mvthod of extinguishing fire on board ship ha recently been tested at Bremen. It consists In tilting pipes in every compartment of the veasel, communicating with the deck, and acting act-ing aa aatety-valvea through which moke may ascend In case of fire, thu giving warning of danger, and making it possible to watch tbe progress of a Are In the hold without removing the hatchee. The chief feature of the aya-tem aya-tem la tba use ot carbonic, aald gas, to b pumped through tho pipe Into th hold until the Are Is extinguished. Provision la made lor Introducing the gas under pressure among the cargo, so that It will penetrate tightly stowed eotton bale. |