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with it by means of the pipe, h. Into the pot, a, is introduced the 

 sulphur intended for distillation. It is raised to a temperature of 257° 

 to 302° Fahr. (125° to 150° C), at which point the sulphur fuses, and 

 flows, drop by drop, into the retort, c, where it is vaporized, and whence 

 it passes into the chamber, d. The floor of this chamber is an inclined 

 plane, converging to an aperture, g, by which the liquid sulphur flows 

 out, while the "flowered" portion attaches itself to the walls of the 

 chamber. These two forms (the liquid and the flowered) possess the 

 same degree of purity, and their molecular difference depends only 

 upon the varying grades of temperature under whose influence they 

 are produced. An operation lasts about four hours. The door, e, facili- 

 tates the removal of spent refuse from the retort ; the damper, /, regu- 

 lates the draught and temperature in the chamber, d ; and the door, h, 

 gives access to the interior of the chamber, for the purpose of collecting 

 the flowers of brimstone from the walls. The liquid sulphur, escap- 

 ing at g, flows into a little pan, gently heated by a separate fire, and 

 is thence ladled into wooden molds suspended in a bath of cold water 

 to form the so-called " roll " or " stick " brimstone. — Abridged from 

 the Journal of the Society of Arts. 



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PHYSICAL TEAIKING OF GIKLS. 



By LUCY M. HALL, M. D. 



AN eminent French writer has said, "When you educate a boy, 

 you perhaps educate a man ; but, when you educate a girl, you 

 are laying the foundation for the education of a family." He might 

 have added that to this end the physical training was of equal im- 

 portance with the mental. 



In these days the subject of the physical training of young men is 

 occupying much attention, and the discussions are broad and full of 

 interest. The fault is, that the needs of both sexes in this respect are 

 not equally considered. 



An erect figure, an organism in which the processes of life may go 

 on without the ceaseless discord of functions at war with each other 

 because of abnormal relations — in short, the added advantages which a 

 fine physical adjustment gives to its possessor — are as necessary to one 

 sex as to the other, and for the same reasons. 



If physical education and consequent improvement are things to 

 be desired, it is not that a number of individuals as a result of this 

 training shall be able to perform certain feats of strength or agility, 

 but in its broadest sense it is for the improvement of the race, and the 

 race can not materially advance physically, intellectually, or morally 

 unless the two factors which constitute the race share equally in what- 



