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Show FOREIGN MOTES. A method has been devised by which aluminum may be substituted for platinum for leading wires in incandescent incandes-cent lamps. Prof. George J. Brush, of tho Sheffield Shef-field scientific school of Yalo university, has just been elected a foreign member of tho Royal Geological sqciety. Henry Morley's lifo isto bo written by his son-in-law, Rev. H. S. Solly, and will contain two fragments of autobiography autobi-ography and many family letters. Telegraph lines throughout tho world aggregate 1,000,123 miles; of these America has more than, half, 548,822 miles; Europe, 382,037; "Asia, 07,875; Australia, 47,812, and Africa, 21.0S7 mlles A curious biographical account of Dante, hitherto unnoticed, has been discovered by Paget Toynbeo among other interpolations in tho Venico edition edi-tion of tho "Speculum MajUs of Vincent do Beauvais." "Calbndal," a grand opera, founded on Fredric Mistral's poem, and composed by Henri Marechal, was produced recently re-cently with great success at Rouen. Mistral made the journey from Provence to attend tho first performance, SIGNS OF RAIN. When furniture is creaky rain is imminent. im-minent. When tho cat washes her face look out for a raih. Salt is a good barometer. When, it is damp rain is probable. A low baromoter almost invariably betokens a coming storm. Squeaky shoes squeak louder than usual when a storm is coming. A rainbow In the "morning foretells rainy weather during tho day. A red sunrlao Indicates foul weather nfc R.jme t3:.u- during the day. |