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Show ncKiscs Fiton exchasces. Ill tome districts of llrltisli Columbia Co-lumbia grasshop-;rs have aij.?ared intui-h numbeis that they can Le gathered by thu bushel. Tho greatest deposit of minagneie ever found In tbe United S'a'ra lias been opened uo at TrrJegar, Calhoun Cal-houn County, South Carolina. A German scientist has discovered discov-ered that trees the trunks of which are covered with mo-a or lichen are tbe most liable to lightning strokes. Tbe young monarch of Servla King Alexander, it Is rumored is betrotbc J to Grand Dudu l Xenie, the eldest of the czar's two daughters. daugh-ters. Mis. s'eiugiui recend ilaught-Tof Charles Dicktus, tulnts children's portraits and Is now making a series se-ries of sketches for an Knglish magazine. maga-zine. An odd invention, manufactured at the tugg- ,t!on of a New Vork bdy, is an enameled orange which of ens and dlseicr-sa watch In one half and n jise In the other. A congressman who wrs passing through the White lioutegrounds a few nights ago was attacked by foot-pads foot-pads and relieved of his gold watch aud several hundred dollars. The popular fad In Washington nowadays is the study of tho Ian guars and literature of Spain, which was given a great Impetus by the session ef the Pan-American congrers. |