The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-05-13

Inc Owls Wise look is Cu0 result
of a physiological oddly, his eyes
being fixed immovably in their
sockets.
Only one person in fifteen has
perfect eyes, the larger percentage
of effectiveness prevailing among
fair-haired people.
In tropical forests so many OF
the plants are of the sensitive va
riety that sometimes the path OF
a traveller may be traced by the
wilted foliage.
For seven years the st. Law
renee river gradually decreases in
depth: then for seven years it
gradually increases in depth, the
difference in level being about five
feet. Why it does SO no one has
yet discovered.
Although the brain is perpetu-
ally active, yet the whole OF it is
never at work at one time. The
two hemispheres or halves do not
operate simultaneously, but alter
nate in action-now it is the one
half, then the other
Size for size, thread of spiders
silk is decidedly tougher than one
of steel. An ordinary thread will
bear weight of three grains.
This is about fifty per cent.
stronger than steel thread Of the
same. thickness.
Our senses do not fall asleep
simultaneously. The eyelids are
first affected, and shut out sight;
next follows the sense of taste,
then smelling, hearing and touch,
the last-named being the hghtest
sleeper and most easily aroused.
The most valuable spots on the
face of the earth are believed to
be the four corners where Wall
street touches Broad. Not long
ago S1,5OO,OOO was paid for five
lots on Broadway, opposite Bow
ling Green.
The lot-casting mentioned in
the Scriptures was performed by
the use of a number of pebbles,
one or more being colored black.
The pebbles were placed in an urn
or helmet and shaken, and by
their falling out the business in
hand was determined.
When James ". Of Scotland
came to London to propose for
the hand of Margaret, the daugh-
ter Of Henry w., he was some
what disguised to find her at their
first meeting, so busily engaged
in a game of cards that she was
scarcely able to give him any at
tention.
According to Plutarch. the game
of dice was the invention of the
Egyptians, but it is certain that
Plutarch was mistaken. for dice
have been found in Nineveh and
Babylon at such depth in the
earth as to indicate much greater
antiquity than that of the kingdom
on the Nile.
The origin of billiards is obscure
but the best authorities on the
subject declare that the game was
brought from the East by the cru
saders. 1t was certainly played
by the early knights Templars
and the Knights of Malta, and in
medieval times was exceedingly
popular among the monks in the
monasteries Of France and Italy.
An interesting discovery has
just been made at Woking, Eng,
by some workmen engaged in ex-
cavating earth for the purpose of
laying out lawn tennis court. A
brick kiln, between six and seven
feet in diameter, was unearthed,
and was found to contain several
pieces Of pottery, which: with the
kiln, are believed to date from the
Roman period.
The theaters in Japan have
novel style of pass-out tickets,
which are positively not transfer
able. When a person wishes to
leave the theater before the close
of the performance. with the in
tention of returning, he goes to
the doorkeeper and holds out his
right hand. The doorkeeper then
with rubber stamp imprints on
the palm the mark of the estab-