The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1845-06-07


ence applied 10 almost every thing,
You wish to know how TO pack the
greatest amount OF bulk in the smallest
Ispace. The forms Of cylinders leaves
large spaces between them. MAIZENA,
tlclanS labored for long time TO hnd
what figure could be used so as to loose
no space; and q, last found that it was
The siX.sided figures, snd also that three
llsnes ending in pon, formed the
strongest 'ooi or floor. The honey bee
discovered The same thing good while
'go. Hooey-comb is made up Of slS-
sided figures, and the roof is built with
hree plane surfaces coming 10 a point
II a hexible veSte be empied Of air,
Is sides will be almost crushed togeth-
by the pressure Of the surrounding at.
mosphere. And If tube partly filed
with fluid. be emptied of it's air, the
fluid will rise TO The Top. The bee un-
lorSiands this, when he comes TO the
top Of The small honeysuckle and ends
hat he cannot reach his sweet matter
at the bottom, he thrusts in his body,
shuts up the flower, and the exhauslS up
he air, and so possesses himself of the
dust and honey of the flower. The teet
OF flies and lizards are constructed on q
similar principle, and thus they walk
with ease or & ass and ceiling. Thelr
feet are made so as to create a vacuum
beneath them, and SO they have the
pressure of the atmosphere, fifteen
pounds 10 the square inch, to enable
them TO hold on. The cal has the same
power 10 less extent.
Plants require the sunlight, and somf
flowers turn themselves towards the SUI
as it travels round from east 10 wesl
The sunflowers does a field this and 50
docs fieldof clover. These facts, though
we have not yet 60, the reason of them,
are still extremely interesting.
You all know that If hollow ball be
filled with gass lighter than the air, it
will rise and float away. This fact is
beautifully carried out in nature. The
Iarlna, o: lmpresnating dust of pI ants
are little balls, extremely thin, and fill.
ed with light gas. They are blown Of
from the male plant, and by falling up
on the female plant impregnate ii. M
ture has so arranged it that The uncluous
matter which causes the imPreg gnalipg
parts oil plants 10 attach 10 others never
occur at precisely The same lime in male
and female plants. Thus if the farna
4 from The male plant hit The male it does
adhere; but if it hit the female, it doe.
n attach The balls burst but they are fast,
ened and take effect, Thus impregna.
lion often takes place many yards dis
ant. In raising Indian corn you mus,
= all have noticed that single hill Of red
,, corn will impregnate an entire field and
red coin will be scattered TO a long dis.
lance through the whole.
The gastric juice is worthy OF remark
1t is tasleless, eoorless, inodorous,
h limpid fluid, like water, and is adapted
in different animals to different purpos,
4 es In The hyena, and other carniver.
o Gus animals, it will not dissolve live
a flesh, but will dissolve dead flesh. These
creatures then live upon other animals,
g. and even bones are soluble in their gas
o rc juice, while il will not dissolve veg.
elatles at all. On The other hand some
d animals live entirely upon vegetable,
y and their gastric juice will not dissolve
! animal food.
We cannot alter The natuie Of an AMI
, nal by changing It's food 1t will sill
y belong 10 the family. In,lhis parlicu
r. ar, bees are better instructed. When
is they loose their queen bee-which is al
entirely different animal from the work.
fling beef you present another to Them
within iwenlyfour hours, they will no
4 accept OF her nor obey her. They pre-
II fer taking an ordinary grub, before i
i has become Rler, and feeding it with {
food, land treating it in pecu
$ lar way; and when il leaves the grut
# slate it becomes queen bee, and the,
always suffer themselves 10 be governed
. |by her.
p The habits CantS are extremely curl
= Gus. We all have heard of ant house,
/. sometimes twenty feet in d!ameler, fIi.
, ed with halls aud rooms of great sz,
n and strength. These and beaver dam.
are CONSTRUCTED upon strictly mechani
}. cal principles.
In some nsec, species The males have
wings while The females have none. -
/. This is TIE case with The glow worm
and The female has The property oil
il emitting a phosporesCen, llghr, and
d were il not Tor this, the gentleman glow.
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