The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1895-07-04

During the twelve years Tile
Brooklyn bridge has been open to
the public it has been crossed by
about 36OOOO,OOO people on an
average of 100000 a year. The
total earnings from traffic have
been more than $11, 100000.
CALIFORNIA; fruit crop in ten
wears has increased sevenfold, and
its value last year was O,OOO,OOO,
S1O,OO0,00O more than that OF the
gold mined in the State. The ex-
perience of California shows that
the demand for fine fruit is pract1-
cally unlimited.
A French writer recommends for
improving toe nails the painting
of the nail with a warm forty per
cent. solution of caustic potash.
In few seconds the nail becomes
so soft that it can be scraped away,
except a small layer, which can be
removed by small scissors.
The house fly seems to be a
comparatively new insect. At all
events no specimens have been
found fossil. On the other hand,
plenty Of bed bugs occur fossil.
-Four species of bed bugs are now
known. They are parasitic re-
spectively upon the swallow, the
pigeon, the bat and man. The
familiar housewives notion that
chats bring bed bugs into the
house. is not wholly without foun-
dation.
A severe storm in England in
December last was marked by the
deposition of notable quantities OF
salt on the trees, the ground and
various objects at considerable
distances from the coast. Similar
phenomena have been observed
rarely before. Mr.. G.. Symons
has shown in the Monthly Meteoro-
logical Magazine that the spray OF
the ocean was carried to distances
of between seventy-five and one
hundred miles from the sea.
While conducting series OF
tests with one-hundred-ton test
ing machine at the Yorkshire Col
lege in England, which included
the testing of a steel wire rope,
Prof. Goodman stated that such
ropes were not a modern invention,
and that he had recently seen a
bronze wire rope one-half inch in
diameter and from twenty to thirty
feet long, which had been found
buried in the ruins Of Pompell and
which must have been at least l9OO
years old.
"Sometimes, said an old soldier
zone sees the captain of a company
marching proudly along, in time
with the music but out of step
the company right, the captain
wrong. Distressing. But then |
have seen a musician marching out
of step to the music Of his OWL
band. and there is now and ther
a soldier who never really learns to
keep step. The familiar order is
Left, left, left, left; the left foo
down at the heavy tap OF the
drum"
In recent examination some
boys were asked to define certain
words and to give a sentence illus
trating the meaning. Here are
few: Frantic means wild. L picke(
some frantic flowers. Athletic
strong: the vinegar was too athletl
to use. Tandem, one behind an
other; the boys sit tandem atschoo
And then some single words ar
funnily explained. Dust is muo
with the wet squeezed out; fins ar
fishes wings: stars are the moon
eggs: circumference is distanc
around the middle Of the outside
The idea that children shout
have some diseases when young
an error, according to the Re
HectOz.. There is not one of TIL
so-called children's diseases, e2
cept perhaps, chicken pox, but
liable to be followed by serior
consequences, besides being SOM
times fatal In every way it
better to avoid all contagior
maladies, and it is quite possib
that in adult life persons may e