Show BRIEF AND interesting almost the only monument of the roman boman dominion in egypt the for fortress of babylon at old cairo is being torn down to make way for modem buildings building the latest story of the kind is of a needle which a woman in south surry me swallowed 72 years yeara ago and which prodded its it way out of her elbow a week or two ago beverages beverage is the suggestive appropriate but noncommittal name of the man elected president of a temperance society in north haven Ms me a few days ago eighty varieties of microbes mic inic robes some entirely new have b been n discovered by II 11 van de stern steen in amsterdam drinking water nope of them are cholera bacilli A german antarctic expedition has been decided upon and markt marks allotted to it it will consist of two vessels will last three years and will start south from island kildare and wicklow low have been justly termed the garden of ireland for nowhere is is nature more profuse in her display of the picturesque and the beautiful the nettle is put to a useful purpose in borne me parts of europe by being converted ert ed into various textile fabrics in dresden a thread from it has been produced so fine and silky thata that A length of 60 miles weighs only 40 ounces down doam to the depth of fathoms where daylight appears the eyes of a dab get bigger and bigger beyond that depth small eyed q d oreg set in with iong feelers developed to supplement the eyes frederick thompson aged 75 5 sat satin in a bootblacks chair in a san francisco street and was having his hia boots polished when a fatal attack of heart disease closed his career the man had been dead three minutes before the bootblack was waa aware abam of the tragedy an interesting duel kasvi was witnessed in pike county pa not long ago the duelists were prize rams and their method of combat t was unique they would repeatedly y back off from each other to a distance pt about 40 feet and then dash madly forward until their heeds collided this plan fb fac y v d 1 until one ram dropped des ga |