JOTTINGS.
A LIGHTLESS LIGHTHOUSE.
Right away up North of Scotland, on a rock 500 yards out from the Island of Lewis, stands a funny lighthouse. It has no lantern, yet every night its warning beam flashes over the waves. How is it done? The secret lies in the fact that there is a mirror in the lantern-room, which reflects a powerful light from Lewis, a quarter of a mile away. The mirror sends out a reflected beam of light, which can be seen for miles.
A flower in Mexico changes colour three times a day, being white, red and blue in turn.
A soap bubble is only 1-150,000,000th of an inch thick.
Near Hanover is the world's queerest village. All the houses are made out of old railway waggons.
With the eyes shut a person always walks to the right.
HANDS WITH SIX FINGERS.
Cervea de Buitrago is a very small village in Spain, but it has a population of two hundred queer people. Most of the villagers have six fingers to each hand, some seven, and a few eight. Some have six or seven toes to each foot as well!
G. STONE.