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Levin Daily Chronicle, 9 February 1918, Page 1

The coldest pei'iotf of the day is usually a few minutes after sunrise. This is due to the fact that when the sun first strikes the earth it causes the evaporation of a chilling moisture. Large pieces, such as piano-cases and the bodies of automobiles, are now varnished by immersion in tanks of varnish, the thickness of the coating depending exactly on the time of immersion. Lifeboat davits are now made which are very long, reaching up from the watez'-line, so that when they swing out they carry the lifeboat far away from the vessel, making the launching far safer. A Belgian physician declares that early baldness is frequently caused by excessive eating of meat. He asserts that ho has often checked cases of falling hair by combining with local treatment a diet of milk and fruit. A hollow wand has been contrived, with a lead weight inside, which, falling, pulls up a small magnet. On the outside is a celluloid mouse mounted on another magnet, which runs up the wand very realistically, keeping pace with the magnet inside. Henry VIII. was.the first monarch who coined shillings for common circulation. Edward VI. added the halfcrown, sixpence, and threepence. This is the last reign in which we find a farthing in silver, which had been current since the time of Edward I. The present conception of an atom is of a nucleus charged with positive electricity round which negative "electrons" revolve in fixed orbits, nearer or farther as the nuclcus is stronger or weaker. Hydrogen, the lightest element, has only one electrical element in its nucleus, while uranium, the heaviest, has ninety-two. Watchmakers cannot guarantee n mainspring for the reason that the springs arc the most eccentric things in the trade. They will break at the most trying time, it matters not hosr Careful they arc in their adjustment. Some watch-springs will last for years, and others for not so many hours.