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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8002, 13 December 1905, Page 4

A Blanket that will Always Keep You Warm.

A well-known French engineer, M. Camilla of JJelfort, li:»R 'nvented a most vuluaijle blanket. It hlw;i\s keeps wuim, no mallei how cold the weather may be. The invention is not eoqlinod to blankets, bnt limv be applied - to thfets, clothes, and nil kinds of cloth. The i» furnished by fine electric wires of peculiar con.stnietion, woven into the cloth. A very small battery is needed lo qgork h blanket, and the apparatus is within the reach of the humblest honles. "The electric thcimophile. as the invention is called, is intended to be used in connection with fabrics of all kind*, and does not altei their ordinary appearance or theii nsna! flexibility. TMsTes'iritta obtained, in the first place, by a peculiar thread specially Composed of a mixture of textile libre and conducting wire. The latter docs all the healing, while the fibre gives strength. The heating thread is msule up in fabric of any desired thickness, for u?'- as orhenvj clorh, carpet, or taking the place of the fiihrics ordinalily used for such purposes. The " liiermophile " tissues are :so constructed that they tire able to Rive only the uniform temperature for which they were made. The weave of the electrothermic cloth beinj* very close, the heating threads are of n temperature scarcely higher than that of the whole fabric, so that any abnormal and therefore dangerous heating is avoided. The cloth cannot possibly take lire, because the wire will break before the heat becomes sufficient to range that. Another remarkable advantage is that when the cloth becomes wet it can be dried by tbe electric current. About the Sultan of Morocco. It is not tpuuMlly known that 'ill Mohammedans mil*! Irani a trade, no matter what their rank, arcording lo the *uni, in ihc Koran, which enjoins, " Teach every man a handicraft, so that lie will not be a burden to any man.'' Abdul A/.iz, the {Sultan of Moroi-ro, when n boy, was taught the trade of a sadilli-r. The Sultan of Turkey is a.* expert locksmith. The Sultan of Morocco al*> delights in billiards and boxing. If he were nu English youth, lie would probably be descrined as an all-round sportsman. Although he has only one wife, etiquette demands that he should k#vp an army of lady attendants in his; harem, and the Hultan contrives tolniiigatc the annri of their exist' ence by providing almoss every kind of Eut o pean toy and invention for their amusementMunicipal Socialism. Switzerland contemplates a curious object le?son in municipal socialism. The city oi Zuricli is making an experiment in the cominunising of the medical services of the town. The conditions of the experiment are thai each inhabitant pays a yearly tax of 15s. and that the product of O).00rt is dividet in salaries of £st)o a year among forty medical men, who will tend the inhabitants gratuitously. The World's Largest Lock and Key. A huge lock and key have been found, which, it is believed, belonged to a palace at Nineveh.4 They are probably tho largest in the world. The lock is thrcc'juid a half feet long, and proportionately thiok, being quite as heavy as an ordinary man could lift. If such keys were common, the words of the prophet can be appreciated, when he says: "And the Key ol tho house of David will X lay upon his shoulder" (Is. xxii. 22). Legacies From the Sea. Of the many useful products fiom the sea, one of the principal is the " Tyrian purple," mentioned in tbe Bible, the imperial purple, used for Koyal robes which first came from aseashell common on our coast, the little murex, Cloth dyrd with that in ancient times was worth £:h> a pound ; hut the colour is too coarse and poor for modern tastes. The sepia of artists is an ink made by the cuttlefish. The lish use it to cloud the water and hide themselves when attacked. Eel skins make good whip-lashes and braces for men ; sc!e skins are use.} to clarify coffee, and for gloves an.* purses. Shark and ray skins are better for polishing than any sandpaper ; whaie-hides make belting for mn. chiurry ; the hide of the angel shark .is worked, into can-';!: 1 - tick:!, paper-knives and scent-bottles ; and fish-skinshave a thousand uses, from the giip of a sword-hilt to a pair of sea boots.

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