The home of skate sailing is Norway, the land of fjords, mountains, and lakes. The sail is simple in construction, but requires great dexterity in handling, and is directed by a steering cord in the left hand. Royce, an American, of Sag Harbor, L.I., has just arrived with 1,800 barrels of oil which he took in the Arctic Ocean above Behring Straits. He found the seas clear of ice, plenty of Whales, and one a new kind. There can be no doubt but the two were once united.
Some interesting discoveries are yet to be made in that region.
Dr. Jones, of this city, proposes to run telegraph wires from St. Louis, Missouri, with a branch to Behring's Straits, where the wires should cross to the Asiatic side, and proceed through Siberia to St. Petersburg, and the principal cities of Europe.