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Show ' ODDS AND ENDS. Shells a? they are known In the present day were not used !u the navy until tho latter part of tho eighteenth century. The Ink plant of New Granada Is a curiosity. Tho Juice ot It con bo used as ink without any preparation. At first tho Writing Is red, but ufter a few hours It changes to black. The cries of sea birds, especially tea gulb, nre very valuable to sailors Ic misty weather. The birds cluster oi. tho cillfB and coast and their cries warn boatmen thnt they aro near the land. Early man .used to bo able to wag bis cars as an Indication of pleasure or to brush away' aies from under his back hair, but ns the muscles were not brought Into continual use they became be-came rudimentary. Tho Belgian government offers a prize of $10,000 for the Invention of a match pasta containing no phosphorus and not otherwlso dangerous to health In Us manufacture. Of course, other points aro required, but the object of the offer Is to find a way to do away with a dangerous employment. Among proposed applications of power at long distances from Its source Is tho lighting of tho Interior passaie I and cbamuers q no great pyramid by electric currents, generated at lha cataract of Assouan, several hundred miles away. Tho same power Is ln tended to operate pumping st&Uotu W4 eott,Q tgllls along, tiff NU. |