Sir James Dewar recently stated in a lecture at the Royal Institution that there were 20,000 tons, of radium In the sea .and 1,000,000 tons of radium on the ocean-bed. In Naples there exist a race of cats which live in churches. They are kept and fed by the authorities on purpose to catch the mice which- infest all old buildings there. The animals may often be seen walking about among the congregation, or sitting gravely before the altar during mass. Papyrus leaves more than three thousand years old have been found at Thebes, describing runaway slaves, and offering a reward for their capture ; and at Pompeii ancient advertisements have been deciphered on the walls.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume IV, Issue 248, 6 April 1910, Page 4
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