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Show TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES Colombia is rapidly becoming an Im-rort-mt platinum-producing country. Some idea of the great number of dim-rent races in F.urone may be ob- ned from .he fact that in that geographical geo-graphical division there are nearly 000 different languages spoken. d T e friwuo bird capable of getting vv s,,eed of 1HJ "i'''s " h,n,r c" ar I iv a movement of its wings. 1 he greater l-art of its life it spent in the ulr. Two bridges in a city in India are supported upon large metal tanks, which float upon the water and accommodate accom-modate themselves to its rise and fall. Not far from Volterra in Tuscany are hot springs which comprise a supply of boric acid and the necessary heat and power to prepare the material for market. A group of French scientists who have been investigating have decided that smaller insects, in proportion to their size, are stronger than larger ones. A new piece of gymnasium apparatus Is a weighted ring to be worn on the head while exercising, for the purpose of developing the neck. Assessed valuation of real and personal per-sonal property in New Jersey for 1913 is .?3.t'.90.314.OOO, an increase of $112,-300.405 $112,-300.405 over 1915. New munition plants figured in the increase. A Montana forestry official has devised de-vised a light and compact telephone instrument which is portable and will be part of the equipment of all government gov-ernment rangers in the future. |
