The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-04-08
Popular Science.

Switzerland has it's name from
Schweitz, the name of the three
forest cantons that led the sue
cessful instruction against the
-Austrians.
In the seventeenth century the
average duration of life was only
thirteen years; in the eighteenth,
twenty; in this century it is thirty
six. Look out for the twentieth.
Sediments. or stratified rocks,
are invariably those which have
been laid down under water. They
are always recognizable as such,
because divided into these layers,
which the action Of the water al
ways produces.
One of the small varieties of
huckleberry is fertilized by bee,
which coming underneath the
flower and filling his probocis up
an order to get the honey, the
flower throws a shower of pollen
IN his face. to be carried to the
next host
The largest orchard in Great
Britain is at Tottington, in the
county Of Gloucester. 1t is five
hundred acres in extent, and in
some seasons yields it's owner,
Lord Sudley, profit of $4,000.
The trees are chiefly apple and
plum.
An experimental race was re-
Gently made in a French Office be-
tween a skillful typewriter and an
expert penman, the test being the
number Of times phrase of eight
words could be reproduced in five
minutes. The typewriter scored
thirty-seven and the penman twen-
ty-three.
The bark True Love, built in
Philadelphia in 1864. has been
found upon search to be yet ahoat,
in the capacity Of coal hulk, on
the river Thames at London, en-
gagged in active trade at the age
of 1873 years This discovery was
made through a casualty recorded
IN the Maritime Exchange.
A Tennessee man accidentally
shot dog, and in trying to ex-
plain to the owner how it occurred
accidentally shot him. In fur
ther effort Of illustration he acct
dentally shot the coroner, and is
now out on bail trying to find
somebody to whom he may ex-
plain the latter occurrence.
The flowers of all the pumpkins
are mon9cious shaving the sta
mems and pistils in distinct flow
ers, but both growing upon the
same individual plant: they also
bear perfect flowers containing
both organs. Nevertheless, the
pistils and stamens not developing
at the same time, it is impossible
for the flowers to fertilize them
selves. This same necessity for
insect aid in the fertilization of
flowers is well known in Australia,
with both the red clover and the
apple.
The bats pass the winter in
caves, the attics Of houses and
barns, or in hollow trees, hanging
downward by their hind claws,
eating nothing and moving not
All the carnivora, or flesh eaters,
as the mink, skunk, opossum, fox
and wolf. are in winter active and
voracious. needing much food to
supply the necessary animal heat
of the body. Hence they are much
more bold than in summer, and
the hen yard or sheep pen of the
farmer is too frequently called
upon to supply this extra demand.
By breaking open rotten logs
one can find in midwinter the
grubs or larvae Of many Of the
wood boring beetles and beneath
logs and stones near the margins
of ponds and brooks, hordes of the
maggots or larvae of certain kinds
of flies may often be found hud-
died together in large masses. The
larvae of a few butterflies also
live over winter beneath chips or
punches of leaves near the roots
of their food plant, or in webs Of
their own construction, which are
woven on the stems close to the
buds whose expanding leaves will
furnish them their first meal in
the spring.