Across The Ocean

The first shipment of iron ore frora the United States to Europe was made in 1608. In Peru the cottou plant grows to be a tree, and is in beariug from twenty-five to fifty years. Ambergris, very valuable for making- perfumery, is taken from diseased sperm whales.and sometimes sells for 810 an ounee. Cast-iron blocks are tried in some of the most frequented streets of Paris, instead of the granite blocks usually placed along-side tramway rails. The Prussian government expends over $50,000 a year in support of the laboratories connected with the medical department of the university of Berlín. This is exclusive of the salaries paid to professors. Amateur photography is pursued under difficulties in Russia. One has to have a license, and even then if he is so careless as to take a view near a fortress he stands a good chance of taking1 a trip to Siberia. The of an Egyptian mummy, supposed to be that of a princess, disclosed a curious cheat. The priests who did the embalming probably epoiled or mislaid the body entrusted to them and for it substituted that of an ordinary negro man.