The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-02

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The dog is mentioned thirty.three
times in the Bible.
"A blue gum tree in New South Wales.
1872 feet high, is thought to be the tall
est tree in the world.
President Diaz has fixed Sept. Is, 49,
90, as the final and definite date for the
opening of Mexicos exposition.
The first American railroad was laid
in 1886. 1t was three miles long, from
the granite quarries of Quincy, Mass.
to Neponset river.
The most accomplished of linguists.
was Mezzofanti. At the time of his
death he is said to have been familiar
with ia languages.
A compound of boron and carbon
which is hard enough to cut diamond.
has been produced in the electric fur
mace by NJ. Moissan.
A 1864 carat Burmah ruby, the lar
gest ruby ever cut, so far as is known.
was bought in at a London jewelers.
sale recently for $4,000.
Physiological uses of the Roentgen
rays have so increased that the publica-
ton of the "Archives of Clinical Skiag-
raphy" has been begun in London.
Near the Caspian sea there are sew
eral eternal fires,' so-called by the ma
tlves, where natural gas issues from
the ground and has been on fire for
ages.
Elephants in Africa are becoming so
scarce that it is proposed to establish
protected reservations for them on ter
ritory under British protection. like
Somaliland.
Electric heat has been applied with
success to the thawing out of frozen
water-pipes in England. A wire is run
into the pipe until it meets the obstruc-
ton and then the current is turned on.
1t is said that Nicholas H., Car of
all the Russias, will abolish all forms
OF corporal punishment in his domains.
Ivan the Terrible, first Car of Russia.
put to death $4,000 innocent subjects
during his reign.
In at least one city in the United
States, Montpelier, Vt, locomotive.
tire hangs in church tower and is
used as fire-alarm gong, giving very
clear and penetrating sound when
struck by the striker.
Chicago is contemplating using as
soldiers monument the big stone pill
lar quarried in Wisconsin for exhibit
ton at the Columbian Exposition. 1t
is the largest monolith in the world.
being one hundred feet long.
Unborn babies in India are some
times used as security for debt. When
the father of family is obliged to-
borrow money to defray the expenses
of his daughters wedding he will
pledge her first born as collateral.
The government always withholds
ical distribution of dividends on &C.
count of the national debt. From this
source the state has accumulated in
the last hundred years the sum of
$4,000.
Work on the Nashville Centennial
which will mark the one
anniversary of the city's,
is being carried on Wig
orously. Eight buildings are COM
p]eted. The exposition will open on
May 1, 1897, and will continue until
January, 1898.
Scotland claims the credit of having
the smallest burial ground in the world.
1t is situated in the town of Galashiels,
between Bridge street and High street.
1t measures only 221a by Az feet, and
is surrounded by rickety wall about
seven feet high. It has been closed as.
4 burial ground for many years.
Probably the youngest married cou-
pie in the United States are now living
n Tennessee. Claiborne Lawson, aged
fourteen years, and Annie Kane, aged
thirteen, were married there about
hree weeks ago. This young pair live
n large cleft or hole in bluff on the.
Cumberland river, about four miles
rom Huntsville.
It is said that half the worlds pro-
luction of quinine is used in the
United States. Quinine is sold by Ital-
an druggists at from $50 to 800 a.
POUND, while the Government gets it
or the army at SIS pound. 1t is pro-