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London is now trying" an apparattis which, it is claimed, will abate the sewer g-as nuisance by the g-as. The touch of á baby's band caused the of the Ardent, a deathdealing- torpedo boat, in Eng-land, the other day. In the mountains of Sweden, Norwayand Lapland all veg-etation would be ntterly destroyed by the Norway rats were it not for the white foxes i that make special g-ame of the rodents. Germán mineralog-ists have 1 ered that some of the g-old mines worked by the ancient Romans in Central l'ortusral will yield a handsome profit still if worked by modern methods. The Republique Francaise of Paris has diseovered a "sleepmg1 beauty" in the person of Marg-uerite Bounyenoal of St. Quentin, who has slept for twelve years. The sleep was brought on by frig-ht. Life is sustained by artificial means.