Show POPULAR the important work of connection the system western europe and northern africa lias been ed by powerful electric lights being placed at a high elevation on mountains of tho british island france spain and algeria abua these countries havo been into one grand system of triangles reaching from tha sahara o the of the shetland islands meridian aro of 27 the greatest hitherto measured on the earth A company has been established in newark N J for the manufacture of a new product intended to substitute ivory hard rubber and kindred substances employed in the manufacture of a variety of useful as well as decorative ai ticha the new article is said to be composed paly of finely ground pone which s by t e addition of swine cementing compound by the addition of various coloring pigments vanity of costly and decorative substances such an coral jet malachite colored mar blea and other stones can be closely with I has been discovered that afie addition teaspoonful of of barax to each pint of starch used in shirts linen muslin and all kinds of fabrics even the anil inflammable textures tent that they could not be made 10 take fire and burn with a blabe dr Kemzie oC the detato abard of he altti of michigan in a recent address ri marked that if cotton dresses and underclothing of women and elm dren were prepared by this simple method many accidents and frequent loss of life from the accidental ci ignition of clothing might be prevented tho of experiments extending through a period if two months on the influence of the electric on tho growth of plants is report ed to tho royal society of london it is shown that plants do not require any rest during tho twenty lour hours but that their growth may be materially quickened by biving them the benefit of tho electric liast at night A light equal to 1400 candice al a distance ot six or seven eel from growing plants appeared I to bo equal in effect to average daylight at this beason f the year professor in an ancient ce maery lately discovered near the town ot ete in italy has recently dug up some of the prehistoric remains ever discovered n that country many years ago he romans had rifled gonio of tha ambs but a number of tho places of interment are yet undisturbed chico contain valuable stores of pottery and bronzes the mo dUling as welt as tho ornamentation of the recently discovered is said to be very fine and great inter cut has been excited by the figures on tho bronie in the excavations bems made f r hc widening of tho bed ofilio tiber many ielpi eting dl ill he of ic liri chiave recently been A of a itoman matron was found a tew weeks since and alosa by an other of tiberius the latter being broken in several fa urns decorated with of fruits and flowers of fine workmanship and arny other articles unique and un cieni also discovered it w stated hat the soft bluestone rock which underlies under liea a wide part of alii region ef tf aaa b fully six hundred feet thick in anany place according to dalls recent definitions the brain Ss the organized register of infinitely numerous received during tha evolution of that erie of organisms through which the hurban or hm been reached act of the most uniform aari frequent of experiences hao been successfully bequeathed principal fan and have mounted to that ach which lies latent ta the brain of the infant Th elargest groin elevator in alie word is being at jersey city fy tio pennsylvania ll ailway com pany it w fee wide SOO feet i 08 has tt opacity fr choring bushel of pain p ain th building will ave twenty four seta of elevating dp parau for taking grean arom cars and four conveyors will run from tho building to the wharf or unloading canal boat and lodd in binau y parta of southern europe a lour is made Croni only to be cheaper but lully equal to hour in the aitkins of broad A writer frum that y country states that in some wheat lour and corn matl are entirely superseded by tah product which is very nourishing find can tie saved two years or longer without injury ernest beagan writing from tue region of the nile to have discovered a little model of a sewing machine to have been made mode over ix thousand years ago by an egyptian named the edison telephone exchange in paris now number over four hun dred and additions ahro acin made dail |