Across The Ocean

The first shipment of iron oi-e from I the United States to liurope was made in 1608. In Peru the cotton plant g-rows to be a tree, and is iu bearinn' from twenty-five to fifty years. Atnbergris, very valuable for making perfumery, is taken from diseased sperm whales.and sometimes sells for ' 810 an ounee. Cast-iron bloeks are being tried in some of the most frequented streets of Paris, instead of the granite bloeks usually placed alongside tramway rails. J The Prussian g-overnment expends oversno.oooayearin support of the laboratories conneeted with the medical department of the nniversity of Berlín. This is exclusive of the salaries paid to professors. Amateur photogrraphy is pursuetl uncler difficulties in Russia. One has to have a license, and even then if he isso careless as to take a view near a fortress he stands a good chance of a trip to Siberia. The of an Ejryptian raummy, supposed to be that of a princesa, disclosed a curious cheat. The priests who did the embalmingr probably spoiled or mislaid the body entrusted to them and for it substituted that of an ordinary nea-ro man.