The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-07-16
CURIOUS FACTS.
A pound of phosphorus heads
100000 matches.

A pound of phosphorus heads
100000 matches.
The Egyptians used pencils OF
colored chalk and several of these
ancient crayons have been found
in their tombs.
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court
has decided that water consumers
are not liable for charges in case
impure water is furnished.
It is we'll known among oculist
experts that the opera-glasses
which may be hired in most the
aires frequently become the medi-
UNI for spreading very serious eye
diseases.
The new Connecticut forest map
shows that over one-third of the
state is given up to woods The
area Of woodland has been in
creased by the growing up Of what
were once pasture lands.
Many undertakers are now
using cheap collins pressed out OF
paper-pulp. When polished and
stained such collins look almost as
we'll as those of wood. They last
longer in the ground than collins
of wood or metal, and they can be
Theoretically sealed better than
heavy metal ones.
It is claimed that paper-pulp
water-pipes have been tried in
London with success. Besides be-
ing durable and inexpensive, they
are free from the usual corroding
influences affecting metal pipes,
and, moreover, are free from the
electrolytic effects of the electric
current employed in street railway
systems.
Probably the oldest timber in
the world which has been sub
jected to the use of man is found
in the ancient temples of Egypt,
in connection with stonework,
which is known to be at least four
thousand years old. This, the only
wood used in the construction Of
the temples, is in the form of ties,
holding the end of one stem to
another.
The natural colors of leaf may
be easily transferred to paper, says
a writer in the Outlook. Take
a leaf of tree or shrub, place over
it a small piece of white linen
soaked in spirits of nitre, and in
sert between the leaves of a heavy
book, with sheet of paper to re-
ceive the impression. Lay the
book aside for a few days. The
leaf will be found devoid Of color,
which will have been transferred
to the paper i'll all the original
beauty of tint and outline Of leaf"
A railroad man has compiled
statistics which show that there
is only one railroad passenger
killed out of every l,925,153 car
ried on the railways, and that for
every 1S3, 1922 carried only one is
likely to be injured He bases
his calculations on the fatalities
and casualties on railroads during
the last twelve years. His figures
further show that a mans chances
are such that he would have to
travel 4,4O6,659 miles before get
ting hurt, and go AZ, 5SS,966 miles
before being killed.
Wages and salaries are low in
Japan; living is correspondingly
cheap. Recent statistics about
the sums expended by merchants,
manufacturers and farmers show
this. The statistics divide them
into three categories, according to
their wealth. A merchant, manu-
facturer or gentleman farmer Of
the first class spends on an average
$40 a year, in second class $25, in
third class SIG. A wedding costs
in the first class, on an average
$3.50, in the second $50, in the
third SIS. Burials cost $50, SAC
and 81, respectively.
You have often noticed the many
tinted bars and bands that rise il
the shape Of ':forked tongues Of
flame" from wood burning in the
CRATE. It is ten to one, however
that you never have thought te
figure on the cause of the varie
gated hues presented by flames
To bring the matter quickly te
the point, we will say that the
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