Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1917 — TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES [ARTICLE]

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. Colombia is rapidly becoming an important platlmlm-producing country. Some idea of the great number of different races in Europe may be obtained from the fact that in that geographical division'ther|e are nearly 600 different languages spoken. The frigate bird is capable of getting up a speed of 96 miles in hour with hardly a movement of its wings. The greater part of lt,s life It spent In the

"Two bridges in a city in India are supported upon large metal tanks, which float upon the water and accommodate themselves to its'rise and fall. Not far from Vnlterjn 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, tn proportion to theirj size, are stronger than larger ones.'- r

—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 property in New Jersey for 1916 is $3,696,314,000, an increase of $112,360,405 over 1915. New munition plants figured in the increase. A Montana forestry official hah devised a light and compact telephone instrument whjcb is portable and will bepart of the equipment of all government rangers in the future.