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APPEAL FOR SHIPPING ONESIES
A Washington correspondent said: Some of the salient points of President Roosevelt's
there
The Brat lavel being sot for an inclination Low of overcoming all the appy Bill have
WATER THAT BTOP9 SHIPS POS.LEN POISON--CEMENT CHIMNEYS--NEW WAVE forthcoming message to Congress are nothinly stated here. He advocates a progressivo inkuritanes tax, roething sa the lines of the British death duties, so as to reduce enormous fortunes, and also the correction of divorce ovila The depth indicator for torpede bus's design by a uniform Federal law. aw.. ed by Harold Yarrow, the British shipbuilder, Those aro-bis chief points apparently, but depends upon the fact that is vessel's bow risasip subsidy for extera, notably an appeal for a as shallow water is approached. The apparates United States on the high teas, which has special aip subsidy for extending the commeres of the consists of a base, with fized lovet sed an adjust concern for British shipownsts. From what I can ingscrew, and two uprights carrying a series of learn here, there some good prospect of a Ship six adjustable spirit levels. The levels are already toon passed by the
Sabsidy Bill being shortly enacted. It has the Senate, and although given inclinations corresponding to different hung up before a conuities of the House of spects and depths as shown by experiment. Representatives last sesion, there is a chance
of 13 inches in 20 foot; for instance, the pig spared neither money or pains to gal their pat
The promotors of the Skip of the bubble across the level when the bente
project through. speed is 16 kuols would indicats a depth of 30 patriotism of Americans. declaring that the They appeal to the feet, and the other levels would respond to present impoverished state of America's o‘040- saltower wator. As the water is usually calming m ring is a canoe to tho prosperity of in fog, the indicator would be available when disparity in numbers between the British and the country and a die erase to her citizens, The most weled.
American marines has been harped upon con- Tas forsantion of virgin soil from this reck is overy constituency and at Washingtou,
stantly ship by roten have curassed supposed to baro takra thousands of yours, and lobby, they have bation-l derosy lezislator. this may be tra when the souro of the They have declared that a subsidy will not cost material has been ledges and boulders Tongs in American ports must pay the pipar by morienus anything, because the foreign ton. determine how quickly pulverizd rock ca incres-ed tonoage imposts Teat means, of support plant life is the object of the ex pori-; course, that British shipowners are to b
maleted. mens now in progress at Washington. If water releases the potash of ground feldspar the first season a promising now fectilaar is available, but if a longer time is necessary the application of the fuldspar would not be profitable.
The plane of polarized light was related or twisted by Faraday by passing through pinto plass is a magnetic field. Cotton and Moulton have now developed a porminent transparent magnet, which consists of a mixture of coficidal bydroxide of iron and gelation acididud ander the inuence of a powerful magnet. This optical magnet gives a twist to right or left according to the direction from which the light enters.
Somotions the subady men bors have been rather unfair. They bare slated, for instano, thut the British murine was built up and "owe ita presant supraptor to subsidios. Nothing, of course, could be further from the mark, bai
Americans accepted
of
i bonded being that a subsidy under presrat
MOESTU,
question. Darag the lustensiune without nero the page of the hill, and now, it it was only a cass of a few more aita vous le it is declared, those votes will
be forthcoming. Broske: Cannou, however, and many other lovel
| mon base protested against the circumstances is futile. It is also r New York Jourant of Commerce which has opposed by the landing commercial papare, notably by the exposed the subsidy fallacios more than oneo Oas argument employed by the advocates is that without a powerful native mercantile macine Amoriosa trady with the Far East saunot capsal to crumpete with that of Great Japan, and Germany, and also that a big- American nary as desired by Mr. Roosevelt, pan never be realised.
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In New York the subsily man, noting chi fy for the American shipbuilders, sro particularly active. They say that it is gling to ews the big vessels flying the British flag while America outant procession in and out of barbour of
chiedy represented by the easting tride. Tho tras reason for the declius of the Amari. caa marina, of cours, has on the impassibility of oumpeting with Earp, either in building manning, or working ships economically.
OPIUM IN PARLIAMENT.
A singular balkiness was shown by the Fram ia August, 198, a few works before ontering the ico on its long drift across the Arctic Ocean' It was steaming between two ice- fringed islands of the Siberian censt, and its cagið er
were working at power that should bare given a speed of about 5 kacts, but it stowal down to a little more than one kuota The water was smooth, the current vary slight. Nonem recorded this as an enesuster with Europeadand-water," a mysterious condition already
Home
known to Norwegiau navigators, and some years Jater lio obtained from Prof. Bjerknes the suggested explanation that when a layer of fresh water rests on the top of salt crater, a abip will not only produes the ordinary waves at th> boundary between air and water bnt will also set up invisible waves at the boundary betweh the fresh and salt water, and the work of generating these invisible waves giv a great resiskmcn to the ship. Dr. Eldman, of Christianin, has now confirmed this theory by experiments with amd ship-models. He finds that vorscha may suddenly enter or leave the dead-water, that it is more often noticed by sailing vessels than by steamers, and that a disturbance like the passage of another voss 1gressive inpresse in the export of Bangal or a sudden change of spend may break up the opium, principally to Chint. resistance.
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Sir H. Cotton (Nottingham, E) asked tho Secretary of State for Ladis whether the export during the year 1993 6 was 37.695; number of cheets of Bengal opium soll for whether the average number during the tar years onded 1924-5 was 41,417; whether the number for 1903-6 was 49,2 10; an ether the provides for the expert of 52,010 obes; and Badget Estimate for the current
year 19 16-7 whether, having regirl to the resolution of the House on the subject and to the present attitude China iu reapset to the traffic art ut of to the immediat radaction of this pro epiam, he would take masaras which would
Mr. J. Morloy (Montross Distriot).-Owing to cocoat good as the apply of Bengal Hay fever has been proven to be a form of pollou spiun bas bou exceptionally ing, and with a poisoning, and 114 plants including wheat tomporarily exceeded the standard of 43,000 viss to radusing the reserves the salas hare ryo and other genius-irs we knowu to have obeats fired in 1901. I have giren instructions toxic pollen. The toxins, which vary greatly that tho are licensed for papar cultivation can be used for producing anti-loxías. Latas reduced at least to the standard of 100. In should be diminishoi, and that the sales should experience has boon that a mixture of sagar and audi-toxin from one of the principal pollene general's cures hay fever and confora a certain immunity, 222 eses having been treated with
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is correct in his conclusions. The observations re usually made from small vessels, and as their decks are constantly tilted by the waves, the results are greatly exuggorated. With ours to avoid this error, the highost wave has measured 43 fest. M. Bertin believe, however, that in southern seas a height 10 feet greater may be reached, and waves may have the raro maximumn of about 2,60 et, or nearly half a mile. Thera is a relation between length and period, the longest waves having a period of 23 seconds. A paried of 10 seconds is not often observed, and 6 to 2 seconds is most commou, corresponding to a length of 160 to 320 feat. Heights of over 35 feet are rare. The short waves are relatively higher than the lug ones, and a wave 160 fost long is commonly from 8. 16 feet high.
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The use of food preservatives is reported by Dr. A. E. Harris, an English health officer, to be increasing to an alarming extent. number of substances ured is multipising, aut now includes alam, alcohol, ammonium acetate, bar acid and its compounds, carbon dioxide, copper salts, preosote, floriue compounds, for
o, pyrolin
Loid, neous
sacolibrin,
mid acid, formaldehyde, hydric
sait, saltpoter, sodium carbonate, sugar, salplutes of sodiam and calciun, and sulphurle noid. These go into fruits, vegetables, fish, xaca, milk, butter, drinks, Bauces, pastry and almost every kind of food.
The wireless safety applianes of a German marine engineer is got to work during foga and heavy weather, and acts automatically when two vessels approach within a cortsin distance. The ection closes the steam-pipe to the sores of enck real. This ebecks the machinery, gives time for roveraing, the engines, and prevents collision.
1893-6 and is precating and succeding years the sale standard was 54,0 W chests, though the aber of cheats sold in any pair depanded the yield of the crop. As regards the Majesty's Government have state that they import of foreign opium into China, bis will consider sympathetically any prop wals which the Chinese Government may wish to make.
whether, having regard to the resolation of the Mr. Lupton (Linolashire, Stenford) asked House on the subject, means would be taken to bring the cultivation of the poppy in India to at end in a certain number of years.
views of the Government are. We cannot-t Mr. J. Morley-I stated in debate what the is impossible at one issue wholeate an order to sanost the regulations for a complicated industry. (Har, hear.)
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