The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-11-19
Popular Science.
The earth derives ninety nine
per cent. of it's energy from the sun.


The earth derives ninety min
per cent. of it's energy from the SUI
The suns surface is so intensel
bright that an electric light he'll
against it would look black.
Dead reckoning is the methot
of reckoning a ships position b,
calculating by the log how far sh'
has run. making allowance TO-
drift. leeway, etc. without an Oh
:servation of the stars.
A French doctor says that per
sons who attain their thirtietl
year without suffering from any
serious disease are likely-a al
things being equal to live til
they are at least seventy-three
years of age
The only real concordance be-
tween sun spots and terrestrial
happenings is the fact that mag
netlc storms are more numerous
and vary in intensity ina remark
able manner with the size and
number Of sun spots.
Round Robin is the designa-
ton Of protest in writing, hav-
ing the subscribers names written
in the form of circle, so that no
name appears first on the list. The
custom is said to have originated
among the officers of the French
army.
The oldest wooden building in
the world is said to be the church
at Borgund, in Norway. 1t was
built in the eleventh century, and
has been protected by frequent
coatings of pitch. It is built of
pine and in fantastic Romanesque
design
Fish III aquaria turn on their
side, or in other ways at times in
dictate a diseased condition. If|
they are taken out and placed in
a vessel Of salt water water made
about as salt as sea water they
viii usually recover. They should
remain III the salty water about
twenty four hours.
The Bank of France has one of
the most ingenious arrangements
III the world for photographing
strangers without their KNOWLEDGE,
Behind the cashiers desk is hid
den studio, and at signal from
any bank employee, suspected
customer will have his picture tax
en- instantaneously. The camera is
also useful in detecting frauds,
word or figure that to the eve
seems erased standing out on the
Photographic plate.
\ South American lady is
quoted as saying that some time
ago IN the absence of water of
which there was a great dearth at
the time. she washed her face with
some Of the juice of a Watermelon.
The result was so soothing that
she repeatedly washed her face in
this manner. and her astonishment
was great, a few days later, on see
nS that there was not freckle
eft on her previously befreckled
ace.
That not only animals. but
plants also, will have some Of their
ulces or liquids freeze in the win
er time is well known. Twigs will
map easily when the thermome-
Ell is below zero, because of being
rozen, and ice crystals can be
eadlly discerned by the micro
cope. But the question. asks
Monthly, is. do they freeze
old? The contention is that the
ctive living cells cannot do this
nd still live.
In the long coastal desert of
'eru, which is two thousand miles
n length, but only 100 miles broad
It's widest part, the rivers disap-i
'ear IN the dry season and; begin
0 flow again in February or
larch, when rain falls in the Cor j..
llleras. One of the most impor-
ant OF these rivers is the Piura,
ne return Of whose waters is well
omed with great rejoicings by
he inhabitants Of it's banks. =
Sir John Lubbock, the natu-
list, has been experimenting to :
nd ont how 1Onr tho oomuo | e.