Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14
FACTS FOE TIE CURIOUS. >

THERE is weekly sale Of toads in
Paris which are brought il casks Gi.IAd
with damp moss. One hundred e0od
toaGs are worth from sixty 10 sev51tY
si.iisings. These are 5o1ght for ga =.
Is Peru, as soon as dealt. occurs, go
es are strewn on the f2or Of Tie II
aa3 the door fastened. Next maruiHr
the ashes are carefully examined 10Y
footprints and tho soul OF tie dead Is
said to have passed into the boz Of
wl.,.tever ANIMAL the imagination t4..oas
il The l..iirzs on the ashes.
Gl..:. method used DIV the Ang.o-E3aT-
t,lls for ascert,ining tho inteoalo.ls .s}f
fate was 10 take slips of wood from so:ie
f:l;:t bearing tgse, mark them, and 8: 81
solemn prayer Shake them together
ana throw them into white garn@..5
spread for the purpose. The nunblr
o. marks lying upper1nost decided Ire
greater OF less degree OF fortune 10
One.
BANDS Of music are forbidden to PLAY
81: mess Of the large iron bridges OF cho
r.er !. This IS due to the welI-kn3N.
. :'.'aon that q constant succca>l"l
-, waves, especially such as coa.a
'~- lie laying Of a good band, WI.
he wire vibrations ~ Frs
H. 1ra5ions are very slight, oA5
lc:assa Us the sound waves co:Iti.,-
-" .uc.
14.,ei.s in the quartz mines b3liaT9
that the rats-there are thousands Of
them in mines that are being worked
can tell when an earthquake or cave II
the walls Of the mine is coming. They
c:aira that before anything Of the kind
,,~~---s tHc rats will be seen TRYING ID
| crcw;. into the cages or buckets, as tila
case may be, in which the ore is hoistoi
| to the surface. There is similar be-
F; lief about TIE cockroaches, which are
said to crawl up the shaft before an aeci-
dent happens.
II gravitasion were to cease, and stt2ei
wires were used to hold the earth III ne,
orbit, each wire being as large as IN,
heaviest telegraph wire (No. a, it wouia
require nine to each square inch Of tie
eartIl's surface, and the whole s,nE2ci
hemisphere Of our globe would have 20
De Gov. ~el rs thickly as blades OF sr;sss
| upon q lawn. \ man who on ear i
wor. d leigh 25opounds would at the SIN
weigh nearly two tons, and be unable 10
stir. A planet as far away as the ro;r-
est liked star, which is more than EGO, -
600 times more remote than the sun from
Inc earth, if not disturbed by any other
attractions, would still be governed III
its motion by the sun, though, II NOV
ing, in a circle, nearly 80, 900, 00G years
would be required for single revolt
ton.
TIE reindeer, which in one wa or
a'ent:.er manages TO be almost the entire
-".,:,ort of the Lapps who have herbs
i.cga, heavy animal, with remark
,..rs independence of character. 70
- 800 accept shelter under cover, 20
..,.,.sr.. i,oS Indictment the weather may
'<either will he eat any food thai IS
:.l'9e,:. i;i,a he prefers to seek his own
-..e,casnce, which consists principally
of peculiar moss. and as this grows
very slowly, requiring about seven years
in which to reach maturity. the Lapp
must shift his home from time to tiIn g
to meet the necessities of his herd IN
mid winter the Ross may be covered by
several feet Of snow, but the deer digs
. hole with his feet and disappears from
the surface, burrowing his way through
the snow as he follows his nose from ono
turf OF moss to another The flesh OF
the reindeer is quite palatable and M
tritions, his skin makes very warm gAl'-
o1ents as Well as durable harness, ard
cheese made OF reindeer milk is wy
rich. although the quantity OF mix
yielded per day seems scarcely worth
the taking, as it amounts to mere tea
cupful.