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Manawatu Herald, 21 May 1896, Page 4

Ikill-.-i ;irc do these tlio animul the rock. limestone, 11 granite or iiitribth^^jori'' ; -:' J i on of ti") holo to a monet Son <h' t-lic slicll. Its tliick Hugo acts ai't'.u- tho u:r,liicn of r. iile 7jy tho Pwnyinjj iuovciiii.Mil; of tho unimnl. F Tlio most prub::b!o hypotlicsid is that I which attributes this work to tho fleshy I moss possessed by molhisks and usually I called a foot. Ontliatof the pliolades a [ miiltit\ulo of lltilo h;;rd crystals havo been \ discovered. This iiv-jrument may bo coml pared to emcrj'orsr.iid paper. Tho animal r might pierce a holo hy the friction of its L foot against tlw rock. fc_JTha pholadcs aro ;:lso interesting from Fanother'iJolut ut vicv. They are ihe most f phospliuiv^C'cr.t:. of i".ol:u:;ks. For centuB ries they ht'.vo beci knovi'n to possess this Piiny, t>,o naturalist, menit in hi-; v.-v"'-ng3. It was known 1 that they had tho i;o\Tcr of shining in the mid t'r>r, „];.■ :i any ono nte them he a i']' -) -piui- vf;cc-iifc mouth. The mucus L Mey fxuviu i.i ! •.•".unuus. 'in), ity of the pholndcs suggests .-L tho foregoing (originally from tho French by Popular Xcws) tho magnificent spectacle of of tlio sea. Ho exthtf. '..u\n U i:ot due, as its name to i ho presence- of pho3---:r '- '''•'•' 'o swarms of very small creap^M* ( '-' • ■■->■ : <^'-i;ih-cid^. A n-a*tiluca is a r»!^» ;: --l )1;> >/janism, formed essentially 7t W ''• ilv '" l "-MK l " i '" / " ball, pro- "' ll loug ' : ' ); '^^"rfHl propeller, tho ■fcclV-V' ■*"'''" i^ i>riiucitlrr - "re hardly Mhl« .«^nt th^?"'. 1 " "l^^eopo- Tho v ./.sc of the gclatilluminating appv.: i; '" ; w!k ' v t;Jl « . aro swimmaki: toe sea phosphorescent. agitajed. These organisms, placed a very quiet place, show no^ I^t any ono g/ve ft vesnel, and at onco .the illuminated in various j^tp. dually extending. Velvet. recently been paten tproduction Of a leathtouch and eye has a ro velvet. Leathers manufactured liy treatment of ths or skin. Tho flesh ahvuys coarse, patchiim nowio ?.onv.vo 'cotter results the hair side, says The Shoe Lecther Gazette. They scratch or rub side with a rubber of strong, eroor with emery or glass, when HHRjpg small surfaces, and use a grlndHreonct for heavier work. In this manner a nap is brought out, which they aw and lay in different directions, thereTinging out varied designs of changno and appearance. The velvety 6urVoduccd is said to be similar to the j. of a peach :;kin. The fiber is very to the touch and has all the aponer of silk velvet shorn very close. il^ c ' c Dv.st Mortar. u:,oJ§ brick dust mortar as a sub1 cement where the en .;;.)■■ ho obtained is now recom.c ording to the New York m. Times, o^ tho best engineering authority, I exporime-its made with mixtures of brick Kl4Tsst and quie'dimo showing that blocks I of ote-half inch in thickness, after immerI fion in water for four months, boro withl Out ciiiahing, cmmbling or splitting a Wk "ttessurj !, 500 pounds per square inch. co::. ■'< Icicd, too, that the addition of as aiMui ;i pi'oponßm as cno-tc-nth as \ch TJiick clv.st as sand to ordinary morj is preventive of tlio disintegration so jn characterizing mortars used in the tsocty of publio works. - Tbe Twenty-four Honr System. V Slow progress lias "been made in securing ■the adoption of tho 24 hour system of no- ■ tfttlon in timepieces and railway time taSft, sinoo an international conference in H 'ashin n'.j\ representing 25 different ■ <r. it:- : . 1.! isendcxl it 10 years ago. He 1 :: ; ■ xurjifao headway. Italy ■g:. ;:) thg uniform standard Ky .■: id uses '"central Europe" hour earlier than Green\c^T~ J^— -m m -i ;ter of publio works $0 lv.'iuhxd all l.v >'iid companies to soheduler. % , I ; 1 1 ilic Imiu's nuni- ' £4" and counting from midsays The Jewelers' Cir-