Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-06-10

THE naO17aS cTepIculSS, one OF the IN.
imalcul@, is only twenty-thousandth
part of an inch in diameter.
THE religious ceremonies o. the
Egyptians were preceued by abstinence,
and the sacrifcers were allowed neither
animal food nor wine.
SPIDERS have been seen as small 81 a
grain of sand, and these spin thread so
fine that it takes four thousand of them
put together to equal in size o single
hair.
PUM1cE dust, elected from volcanoes,
sometimes floats out upon the ocean and
makes so thick an accumulation that
boats find it difficult to force their way
through it.
Two TWINS born in Kentucky only four
minutes apart will date their birthdays
in different years. One was born at two
minutes to IL, Dec. 81, 1881, and the
other two minutes after 10, Jan. l, 1882.
INSTEAD of photographhg the faces OF
Chinese rogues, the officials of the Flow
cry Kingdom take rude impression Of
their thumbs, by pressing those MEM
bers upon paper after smearing them
with lamp-black. A face may be al
tered, say the Chinese, but thumb
never changes.
In regard to distance Of the sun from
the earth, Prof. Young says "Though
the distance can be easily stated in fig
ures, it is not possible to give any real
idea of a space SO enormous; it is quite
beyond our power Of conception. If one
were to try to walk such distance, sup
posing that he could walk four miles an
hour, and keep it up for ten hours every
day, it would take sixty-eight and half
years to make q single million of miles,
andmore than $500 years to traverse the
whole. If some celestial railway could
be imagined, the journey to the sun,
even if our trains ran sixty miles an
hour, day and night, without stop,
would require over It's years. Sensa-
ton, even, would not travel so far in q
human lifetime"
ONE of the most remarkable instances
of cats friendship for the feathered
race is related by the late Mr.. Kingston
in his Stories Of Animal Sagacity." In
loft where puss was rearing her kittens
O. pigeon had built her nest. The bird
had frequently lost her eggs and young
through the depredations of the rats !:
and this, it is surmised, had prompted
her to build her nest close by the cats
snug quarters. Puss offered no objec-
tions and in little while the two ma
irons became quite sociable, feeding out
of the same dish, and displaying much
affection for each other. The strangest
part Of the matter was that when puss
was absent the pigeon constituted her.
self defender to the kittens, flying at
any one who attempted to approach
them, and striving with beak and wings
to drive the intruder away. Suisse
quently, when neither her own brood
nor the kittens required further care,
she was often seen futtering close to
her feline friend when puss was making
her excursions abroad. Surely no more
marvellous instance of affection and
gratitude overcoming the instincts of
nature is on record.
GREAT men often fall into curious
habits, which they find it impossible to
conquer. Augustus Hare, one of the
ripest scholars in the English pulpit.
and refined gentleman, when he had
ended train of hard thinking, would
spin around on his heel few seconds
and then resume work again. Neandor.
the famous church historian, could not
lecture to his students unless he had a
goose-quill to pull to pieces as he talked,
and it was necessary to supply q second
goose-quill when the first was complete.
~ stripped. William Wherefore be-
came SO absorbed in conversation in
evening companies a. to forget himself.
He would Lift himself from his chair in
his earnestness, move forward little.
and gradually approach perilously near
to the edge. It was tradition in
fashionable English circles that he had
fallen several times to the floor. But in
families where he was loved it was the
custom to station one of the older child.
rem behind his chair to move it forward
as he moved, and guard him against
peril. Some who afterward became
leaders in English society retained among
the pleasant memories of childhood
recollections of the services rendered to
the brilliant and eloquent converser.
BRIGHT BOBBIE.
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