(That was when he burnt his eyebrows off .-- ED.) The earth is 2,400 miles round, and 800 through--at least I think so, but perhaps it's the other way .-- DICKY.

(You ought to have been sure before you began .-- ED.) -- ---------- SCIENTIFIC COLUMN In this so-called Nineteenth Century Science is but too little considered in the nurseries of the rich and proud.

But we are not like that.
It is not generally known that if you put bits of camphor in luke-warm water it will move about.

If you drop sweet oil in, the camphor will dart away and then stop moving.

But don't drop any till you are tired of it, because the camphor won't any more afterwards.