All At The Head

G-lass stands first of elastic substances, pearl is the heaviest of animal substances, mereury is the heaviest liquid, the heaviest woods are pomegranate auci lignum vitas, cork is the lightest wood, ernmeiisite has the highest explosive power of any substance yet invented, and platinum is the most ductile metal, capable of being drawn so fine as to be invisible - Indianapolis News. Ex-President Ortou of the Western Uuion Telegraph company declared that the English language was 25 per cent sheaper for telegraphic purposes than any other