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Flour throwii upon burning paraffla will instantly extinguish it. One hundred and twenty firemen ara required to feed the furnaces oí a flrstclass Atlantic steamer. Thlrty years ago thcre were only two dozen explosivo compounds known to chemists; now there are over 1,000. There Is a house In Paris occupied by over fifty tenaBts vbo ior ttrenty ears'iave never paid fl1?' reïit, tn