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Show OppS AND RND3. Shells ao they are known in tho present day wcro not used In th navy until the latter part ot th eighteenth century. The Ink plant ot New Granada ia a curiosity. Tho juice of It can be uuod as Ink without any preparation. At first tho wrltlug Is red, but after a fow hours it changed to black. The erlea of sea blrdo, especially roa j gulls, are very valuable to eallora in misty weather. Tho birds cluster on tho cliffs and coaatand their cries warn boatmon that they are near tho land. Early man used to bo ablo to wag hlo caru as an Indication ot pleasure or to brush away ftloa from undor hla back hair, but as the muscles were not brought into continual uso they became be-came rudimentary. Tho Bolglan government oft era a prlto-of f 10.000 for the invention of n match paste containing no phosphorus end not otherwiso da.igorouB to health In Ito manufacture. Of counw, other points aro required, but the object ot tho offer to to find a wny to do away with' k dn.groiai employment. Among proposed applleatlono ot power at long distances from ita eoprce Is tho lighting, of tho Interior passage and chambers ot the. great pyramids by fllectrla currents generated at tho cataract ot Aerouan, several hundred miles away. The same power Is Intended In-tended to operate pumping stallcas atvJ ootton wills along tht Nll, |