Shell Cameos and Their Shells for Carving
Cameo cutting uses shells such as the bull’s mouth Cassis Rufsa with red inner ground, the black helmet Cassis Madagascariensis onyx ground, the horned helmet Cassis cornuta white on orange yellow, and the queen conch Strombus gigas rose apertured with broad lip. The bull’s mouth and black helmet are preferred for durability. queen conch yields few pieces. Indian and Ceylon bull’s mouth shells, West Indies sources for helmet and conch shells.
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India
Ceylon
West
Indica
The Toyo Spines Fortify Burrow Against Rat Threat
A tale from the Irish Times recounts rats building a fortress of sharp toyo cactus spines around a burrow. The fortification repelled several attempts by a rattlesnake seeking supper, as the snake could not cross the prickly defense.
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America
Solar Surface Temperature and Fuel Needs for Sun Power
The article cites Sir William Thomson and other scientists estimating solar surface temperatures and fuel requirements. It notes coal needs per square yard of solar surface at 13 500 pounds per hour, equating to 65 000 horsepower, discussing melt rates of ice and differing calculations by Secchi Sporer Pouillet Becquerel Langley and Saint Clair Deville on sun temperature, ranging from 1 461 to 57 000 degrees centigrade and up to 5 000 degrees per some estimates.
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William Thomson
Gentlemen's Magazine
John Herschel
Secchi
Sporer
M. Pouillet
M. Becquerel
Prof
Langley
M. Saint Claire Deville
Letter Returned With Its Own Answer
A London woman wishing to contact an American friend sent a letter via a mutual contact. The ship carrying the letter wrecked and the mails were lost, later recovered. Damaged by seawater, the letters were returned to the sender, and one letter stuck to hers revealed the intended recipient, giving her the address she sought.
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London
Leeds Mercury
America
England
Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption and Coughs
Over a million users praise Dr King's New Discovery for consumption coughs and colds. Trial bottle free at J R Weaton's Drug Store. Large bottles OTC priced at 61 08.
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Dr. King
J. R. Weaton
Gore
J. R. Wester
Loren Trescott
Sand Beach
Mich
King
J. R. Waston
Weekly Miner offers premiums with affordable subscriptions
Splendidges Premiums entice readers of the Weekly Miner with cheap rates and choice premiums. A six month subscription for one dollar includes a box of dominoes or a Lincoln illustration, plus two French color pictures. A full year at two dollars adds both pictures. Samples available from Mixer Pr essure Co. Butte City Montana.
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Lincoln
Mixer Preusurre Co
Butte City
Montana
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