The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-09-03
CURIOUS COMBINATIONS

n eos Is fully grown q, the end Of
N. second year.
About 1000 pigs are eaten IN London
aAfiy.
IN London no fewer than zSs persons
die avery day.
me London School Board has iot
schools under its charge.
Policemen on bicycles are now TO os
seen fn .orne Of the suburbs Of Paris
another attempt is being made &c
provide Liverpool with BIOLOGICAL gar
lens.
II Is estimated tha: the railways
hiring into LONDON about sg.Oyg,vvv
gallons Of Inilk Per snnun.
n tick plague IS prevalent in the
,skghborbooe OF Townsville, queens
lzad, snd cattle are reported 70 Be oy-
ing By hundreds caily.
II Is believed that the first volume Of
Lsrd Beaeongfsid's papers will be is
sued either st the end Of this or the
beginning OF next year.
ma machine or device has been in
yablfc use or or ss lie for more thsn two
years previous 70 the application this
fact will generally prevent the grant
ing OF patent
ne wheat Of southern countries con-
aims more alDuninoids than that
yrUwn in temperate or northern zones,
and hence IS better suited for the man
afaeture OF mscaroni.
The Department Of Agriculture
states that the average cost Of iertiilz-
srs for an acre of wheat In New hanp-
snire is 1858. II lne newer states this
item cuts little hg1re.
New and original designs for oTna-
nents, patterns, prints. pictures 10 be
printed, cast, woven or otherwise Work
ID in or On an article 10 be manuiac-
sured may be patented.
Wheat stands at the head o. food
grains, containing not only a consid-
srahie proportion Of starch, but slst
most OF the nItrCgsnOus ele2snis
adapted to the support Of life.
The first chemical factory opened in
his country was in Salem. Mass, IN
lS11. At first great objection wss made
% the establishment OF the factory, the
yersons living near claiming that tbs
fumes of the chemicals poisoned the
iiI and made life intoleraole.
Between the ordinary harmless snake
and such species as the cobra and
viper there is great structural ciner-
snee in the formation Of the head. In
highly poisonous snakes the lower jaw
bone is shortened, while the transverse
Or inner tsw-boue Is coErespondingly
Heightened.
Kites will likely be used in future
warfare for carrying such explosives as
dynamite. For this purpose 2 series Of
seven kites, built on light bamboo
frames, will be employed. and the ex-
pIosives could be carried 20 an eror-
nous distance, and then automatically
dropped by pulling a string.
Cyelomania has attacked the Gov
eminent officials in London severely,
and every day six or seven machines
ere stacked in the hall OF the Foreign
Office, three or four outside the Local
Government Board, and as many al the
India Office. 4 dozen machines can al
ways be found within the precincts Of
the House OF Commons.
Stowe House, Bucktu CHAM. 90 intl-
mately connected with the royal fam
ily Of France, is to be let, or the vast
estate will be sold. The stately ances-
trail house OF the Duke Of Buckingham
and Chandos is one Of the most nota.
BILE IN the whole kingdom. Il contains
over 100 rooms, and is said 20 require
fortune Of 100000 year to keep it
up.
The doings OF the Sultan's court at
Constantinople are least known Of
those Of any royal court. The hrsI rea
son for this Is that the Sultan is in con-
slant terror OF assassination owing -
the intestine discords Of his kingdom.
The consequence is that when he goes
out he never lets II be known till the
last moment where he is going 20.
BY far the most remarkabl. imita-
ton of our method Of digesting food Is
furnished by the Sundew and Venus
Fly-trap. When z iy or other insect
alights upon the leaf OF either OF these
plants II is seized by the curving over
If hairs, or the sudden closing Of the
two halves Of the leaf. Then a gluti-
nous fluid is poured out, which dis
solves all the soft tissues OF the insect,
leaving only the wings and hard ,nteg-
uments.