Show POPULAR SCIENCE NOTES no little anxiety is being manifested in this country to ee that grand of egyptian bonu mental art Cleo patras needle which was some time ago to the anted Stat esby the khedive of egypt the work of taking down and transporting the great obelisk to this country is under the supervision of lieutenant commander fairing of the U S avy who is backed by the splendid lib of mr W who ha agreed to bear atio entire ex behre of the undertaking which it li calcut cited will mch near this obelisk fa froin alexandria 70 feet ia he and is ewt inches by feet inches at the base it is ot pink granite supposed to have been taken from the quarries of gyene and from the greek tion up on it it was erected and dedicated to king Thoth mea III in atio days of moses if no accident occur needle will arrive in nw bork in the early part of the and be in that city when doubtless thousands of be attracted thither to see the great curiosity and behold its hieroglyphics which were probably teen and read by the jews at the time of or when the savior was taken by bis pare ins to egypt a ft of refuge from rage ir J ballantine Bil lantine bannay bootland fellow of the chemi cal society of 14 with great burwa in the lure of diamonds from the mineral department of the british museum that work have afren thoroughly tested and found fully equal n every to the genuine like tho ditt roond they aro nearly inert in polarized light and their hardne Is such th it they caily acore deep grooved in a kioh lahod arace of sapphire which the diamond alone can do many other and expert ly and civo a like report eliat they aro so arar the genuine to inako it almost il o detect ahe |