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Show m INTERESTING FACTS - Now discoveries of petroleum havo been made In Argentina. In Sumatra tho horn of tho rhinoceros rhino-ceros is esteemed as n euro for poison, poi-son, nnd for thnt reason is made Into drinking cups. London's oxports to tho United States for November wore more thnn $14,574,000 as ngalnst less thnn $12,-000.000 $12,-000.000 for October. Gold mining companies In South Africa nro experimenting with blast- Ing by electricity with a view to min-lmizlng min-lmizlng tho fine dust, which Is regarded re-garded as tho chief causo of miner's pthlsls. In Serbia every grown man can claim Ave acres of land from the gov. ernment, which Is exempt from all chains of debt. A Philadelphia surgeon is combating combat-ing diseases peculiar to certain races by transfusing to patients blood from members of other Tares that seem lmmuno to tho maladies. A miner lowered Into a subterranean subterran-ean cavern opened by n miner's blast nt Volcano, Novada, some time ago, was unablo to discover tho ends of tho fissure. Stones dropped through tho opening could bo heard bounding'" from wall to wall, but thero was no J sound indicating that they reached the bottom. Sparkling stalactites on tho sides of tho cavern were revealed reveal-ed by lights lowered through the opening. |