The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-05

the Siberian ice fields measured
seventeen feet in length and was
ten feet high.
The jawbone of the average
whale is twenty-five feet in length
The tongue of such a monster
will yield ton of OIL
Over ninety-five per cent. of the
vessels which passed through the
Suez Canal last year used the cleo
trio light, so as to be able to con-
tinue the trip through the great
waterway during the night
There are no sheep in Japan,
and wool is not used as clothing,
silk and cotton being the staples.
There are no pigs-pork is an un-
known article Of diet. and lard is
not used In cooking. Neither are
there any goats, or mules, or don
keys.
Strangers who went to the
Cars coronation were astounded
at the unpaved condition of Mos
cow They found that it would
cost thirty million to pave the
town, and that the work would
practically have to be done over
every year on account Of the frost.
The great pyramid Of Cheops is
the largest structure ever erected
by the hand of man. It's orig
lnal dimensions at the base were
764 feet square, and it's perpendic-
ular height in the highest point
44S feet. It covers four acres, one
rood and twenty-five rods of
ground, and has been estimated
by al eminent English architect
to have cost not less than $780,
100000.
India is nation Of pawnshops,
according to Gen. Booth. The
people think the cleverest man is
he who devises the largest num-
Der of ways by which to borrow
money. They put in pledge their
lands, oxen, jewelry, themselves,
their children and their grand
children, and cases have even been
known where father to obtain
money to defray the expenses of
his daughters wedding has pledged
as collateral the first child to be
born of the union.
The longest ride for a fve-cent
cash fare in miles is as follows:
New York twelve and one-half,
Chicago fifteen, Philadelphia elev
en- and three-quarters, Brooklyn
eighteen, st. Louis fifteen, Boston
ten, Jersey City eight and one
quarter, San Francisco twelve.
Minneapolis thirteen. Cincinnati
thirteen and one-half, Cleveland
ten, Buffalo thirteen and three
quarters, Lynn six, New Orleans
seven. Washington nine and one
half, Detroit ten, Milwaukee nine,
Kansas City eleven, Louisville
nine. Rochester nine, Denver elev-
Ell and one-half, Indianapolis elev-
en-.
Nature takes the time when one
is lying down to give the heart
rest and that organ consequently
makes ten strokes less minute
than when one is in an. upright
posture. Multiply that by sixty
minutes and it is six hundred
strokes. Therefore in eight hours
spent in lying down the heart is
saved nearly five thousand strokes,
and as the heart pumps six ounces
OF blood with each stroke, it lifts
thirty thousand ounces less of
blood in night of eight hours
spent in bed than when one is in
an upright position. AS the blood
flows SO much more slowly through
the veins when one is lying down,
one must supply them with extra
covering to provide the warmth
usually furnished by circulation.
An interesting case is reported
by DIR. W. h. Miller in which a
boy, apparently dead from drown
ing, was resuscitated after lying
in cold room for an hour. All
efforts to revive him had been
without result. The patient was
alternately suspended by the legs
head downward for eight to four s
seconds and laid upon his back
sor two seconds. The tongue was