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Show FROM OVLil THE OCEAN. ' Tur. larsrest pyramid in 1-gypt weighs over 0,000,000 tons. E-SOI.A.M) possesses 1,1100.-145 square miles of African territory. Lo.vnox theater (to in is said to have declined to a remarkable extent. Thkue are members of the house of lords and 670 members of the house of commons. It cost's a Prussian subject about fTSO to secure the title of baron, and he has to pay 80,000 if made a count audS'J.uuo if created a prince. Ox the eastern frontier of the 'Dark Continent" coal is so plentiful that by lifting a shovelful of clay off any particular par-ticular spot it may be reached. Hut there is no means of transporting it to market. A com.mkkciai. museum has recently been opened at Constantinople, in which samples of native and t'oreie-n products are exhibited, such as textile fabrics and metallic substances, lumber, lum-ber, woodwork, furniture, chemicals and paper. |
