The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-08-13

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In calling attention to it's supe-
ior advantages as place OF resi-
lence Manhattan, Kan, very prop
,rly dwells with especial stress up
IN the fact that the assessor was
,ble to discover only forty-two pi-
mos in that city.
One of the problems in the
of Philadelphia's streets
in the outlying residence portions
Of the city is how to keep down
the growth of grass. The Ledger,
in speaking Of Wildey street, says
that by fall it's grass crop will be
luXuriant.
It is a popularity Of Russian
railways that their stations are
generally two miles or more dis
tant from the towns and villages
they serve. This is said to be on
account of the danger of fire, the
houses in small places generally
being matched with straw.
So thoroughly practical are
Roentgen rays considered by the
medical department Of the war Of
flee Of the British government
that tests of Roentgen apparatus
have been ordered sent up the
Nile to be used by the army sur
geons in locating bullets in SOL
dier's and determining the extent
of bone fractures.
The North Frisians are very un-
merciful to people who don't mar
nv. One of their legends says
that after death old maids are
doomed to cut stars out Of the sun
when it has sunk below the hori-
ION, and the ghosts of the old
bachelors must blow them up in
the east, running, like lamplight-
ers, all night up and down a lad
der.
Charles Gounod, as his memoirs
show, had a great regard for his
mother. OF her he said: ''lf l
have worked any good by word or
deed during my life [ owe it to
nv mother, and to her [ give the
praise. She nursed me, she
brought me up, she formed me,
not in her own image, alas! But
the fault of what is lacking lies
with me and not with her"
Firemen in Constantinople are
not above street rows. Recently
two parties of irregular hremen
who were proceeding to fire met
Shehzade- Bashi, Stamboul, and as
one tried to pass before the other
a dispute arose, and the men, lay:
ing down their engines, attacked
each other. The fight lasted fol
some time, and several of the mel
were seriously wounded.
In the recent sweep Of the Bots
2 de Boulogne for disreputable char
, acters tramp with a strange his
, tory was taken. He had been
ca;Ior and master of a sailing yes
sci. had undertaken to explore
Y Abvssinnia, and had ended by be
0 coming chief cook to King Meme
t lik. He grew homesick, however
made his escape, and on reaching
D France had been unable to tin(
: work.
Whether soap, made Of the in
gradients now used, was known t.
: the ancients much before tn
Christian era is questionable. Th
L term most used by the Romans t
!, designate a cleansing substanc
Il means fuller's earth, which i
a known to have been employed nc
u only in their baths, but also i
washing clothing. The Hebre'
/ word translated "soap" in severe
y places in the Scriptures is merel
T. a general expression for any cleans
ing substance, and the Jews, Greek
s and Romans are known to hav
q scrubbed themselves with sand an
g clay, often also employing sod
h and certain roots that make whit
J. lather. Pliny mentions soap {
J. known in his time, and his stat
J. ment is confirmed by the discover
al at Pompeii of soap boilers e
n tablishment with conslderab
to quantity of soap in fairly GOO
state of preservation.