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fits into a cylindrical hole which penetrates perpendiculari 
depth of 2-3™™ the hinder portion of the object-carrier. = 
this hole the holder can be turned, or moved up or down; and 
these movements, together with those which may be given to the 
rod (7) and the spring (s), are ample for all adjustments of the 
weight (w). oe 
Preparatory to cutting, the weight should be turned so as tobe 
parallel with the edge of the knife, and raised or lower 
means of the rod (7) and the holder (4) until it rests Zightly on x 
upper surface of the paraffine. Slight changes in the pressure 0t 
the weight can be made through the rod (7); greater changes at 
be effected by bending the spring. j iie 
The weight should rest, not directly over the object, but on s 
edge of the paraffine next to the knife. ea ibe 
his section-smoother, which can be fitted to any sliding er 
tome, can be obtained of Fr. Fasching, in Graz, Bigergasse, ™ : 
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13, at a price of 314 marks, or $0.85. 
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SCIENTIFIC NEWS. 
— Some Gossip asour Darwin.—In a recent visit to En 
the writer strolled into the village of Down in Kent, ee 
with some of the villagers in regard to Mr. Darwin, whose 
ful home is just cutside the little town. 
Some of this talk, although in itself idle and valueless, 7 
have an interest to readers, as showing how a great man 100K" 
his smaller neighbors. 
e landlord of the “George Inn” said that “all the peop 
wished to have Mr. Darwin buried in Down, but the govern 
would not let them. It would have helped the place sora 
zen 
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pretty dull in winter time. d 
“Mr. Darwin was a very fine-looking man. He ha 
forehead and wore a long beard. .Still, if you had met 
things. nee 
At Keston, three miles from Down, the landlady of tl i 
hound had never heard of Mr. Darwin until after ree Hf 
There was then considerable talk about his being buried in 
minster, but nothing was said of him before. Bo 
Several persons had considerable to say of Mr. Darwin ion 
sive and judicious charity to the poor, To Mr. Pars 5 
