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Show INTERESTING BITS I Now dlscovorios ot potroloum have boon mado in Argontlna. H In Sumatra tho horn of tho rhlnoc jfl oros is esteemed as a euro for poison, and for that reason la mado Into drink- H lng cups. fe London's oxports to tho United W States for November woro moro than ij 14,574,000, as against loss than $12,- ? 000,000 for Octobor. gi Gold-mining companies in South m Africa aro oxporimentlng with blast- ffl lng by electricity with a vlow to mini- 5 mizlng tho fine dust, which is regard- ') cd aa tho chiot cause ot miners' m phthlsle. M In Sorbin every grown man caa m claim flvo acros of lund from tho gov- jL ornmont, which la exempt from all chalms ot debt. j A Philadelphia surgeon Is combat- " ' Q lng diseases peculiar to cortain races W by transfusing to patients blood front jg members of othor races that seem Im- V muno to tho maludlos. ,( , . ,E A minor lowored Into a subtorra - -' 'm ncan cavern opened by a mlnoi s bla3t m at Volcano, Nov., sumo tlmo ago, was unnblo to discover tho ends of tho tlssuro. Stones droppod through tha fl opening could bo heard bounding from fl wall to wall, but thoro was no sound fl Indicating that thoy reached tho hot- H torn. Sparkling Btalactltos on the sides ot tho cavorn woro revealed by light 'owerod throuhthe opening ' |