| Show miscellany the increasing demand and fast diminishing supply have led a individual of algeria to form an establishment for the breeding ef lions it las been estimated that the erosive action of water is reducing alio height of the north american continent at the rato of two feet in every years the establishment of a telegraphic line connecting alge ia with st lows via timbuctoo has been assured by the commission for the construction of the trans railway an unusually large quantity of drift ice is reported being met with in the north atlantic by vessels ti aveling between england and ahi country even at this late day in the summer enormous sized matual caverns one being COG leet long have been discovered in the neighborhood ot wells in somerset england the discoveries have excited considers con sidera ble interest inte iest among antiquaries antiqua ries and archaeologists who are making thorough investigations of llie territory thereabouts in the interest of ence one thousand have been attached by the st petersburg socie ty of naturalists natura lists to a biological expedition for the exploration of the coast of the white sea and also a similar sum for the exploration of lapland and other northern provinces of russia the expeditions have already been dispatched and the their work will be anxiously awaited the Bui iler and woodworker ol 01 new york says there is a timepiece there years old in the possession of a gentleman residing in elizabeth new jersey and it is said to keep as good time aa any of our modern clocks tho works and dial are of hard brass and tho pendulum ball is a shapeless piece of lead As a work of rrt it is a failure but as a correct and lasting timepiece it has proved to be more than a success the systematic excavation of ancient in egypt is being bitterly opposed in many parta of the alobe and societies are being formed to prosecute parties and corporations engaged in the work several prom inen egyptologists bate promised their support to these societies and we learn that a miss edwards contemplates a tour of the united states at an early day with the oly est of assisting the fund and working up a sentiment against the excavators excava tors it is well known that many articles made of rubber are liable to became dry after a considerable time and to crack grow and loae aai olas to journal this may be remedied by the uie of a simple mixture composed ol 01 one part of aqua ammonia ath to parts of water in the articles should ha until they re sumo soft nera the time required varying from k few minutes to an hour at a recent trial in a as company was sued for damic mic the plaintiff rendered insensible by an escape of the companas comp anys gaa from defective main the plaintiff that the accident had rendered him unfit for business for a com period ai dra tidy and hast ings civo the opinion that lie affect of inhaling agns gns is very transitory and that it pass from lie ty steni letvin no ill behind the jury accepted chii view of the cue c ue A mr LAS invented a new diving which enables breathing under water and which ties in a great mea arft urft with the cumbrous apparatus hitherto employed by divers tho new consists of an airtight air tight heldt to laworn by the diver which i designed to furn nh u continuous supply of oxygen and to dispose of the carbonic acid which the breather athalea As a his new invention mr recently nut liia on faid going under te amer bof thea arst kiino in h lifo thero over an english clergyman cler syman lias deviled a means of reducing the number ot deaths by drowning in a portion of abo coat or dreas of any person a preparation is which on I cco ining wet causes the garment to become quickly inflated tim novel lile prot erver doea not alter the appearance of the garment BO that it mav bo constantly worn without inconvenience A thorough test is lucid to have shown that il will a erbon in the water long as lie cin possibly m dure the exposure say arty live or fifty u urs in cardnes hard nes and binding qualities the ancient inor tari ur pisa the modern hut the ome throes this ii duft to certain secreta or of manipulation which are now lost is entirely the aruo is undoubtedly that all ni orar iro prove with age and attain haid noM and strength only after a very long time i accounted for by the fact that ft chemical union takes place between tho limo and the filici of the band the niam and thesis a many years to corn tin part tivo navo chown that ilia TOor tira con audie silicate of lima than tho are consequently belter in qualify of different plants vary greatly heir geronin aline floo goeck tuch as alio llio angelica chiree etc must ba sown soon after thoy HV ed others liko thoe of the china ald birch and sycamore amore will rarely the second year while oleere retain tho poow tor an unknown period although when kept under tho moa conditions centam y ba wado tp lan when very ord tho verain ve raiB durntion of vitality in tin mods of some of our cultivated 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