The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-11-04
Facts Worth Knowing.

One Of the wardens of an Epis.
copal church near Boston is 6
woman.
The first appearance Of women
on the stage in England occurred
in 1862.
The cathedral Of Rouen, France
boasts Of clock that has kept time
for 500 years.
In every country having regis
tration Of births, there is found an
excess Of males over females OF
from three to seven per cent.
Until this year no census has
been taken Of the Russian empire
since 1851. The total population
is now given as 129,2l1, 1l3, hay
ing about doubled in the last forty
six years.
Emerald colored water flows
from the Anaconda and st. Law
renee mines. Butte. 1t is esti-
mated that this water, which for
years went TO waste, is now bring
ing the Anaconda Company $780,
900 month.
Statistics of the French popula-
ton for 1895 show a decrease of
seventeen thousand The birth
rate in France, which at the begin
ming Of the century was thirty
three per thousand, has now de-
creased to twenty-five.
The greyhound seems to have
been developed in level, treeless
and shrubless countries, where a
moving object is visible at long
distance. and great speed is there
fore necessary to enable pre-
daceous animal to overtake it's
prey.
A hole three-quarters inch in
diameter has been drilled through
steel to depth of twelve inches
in fifteen minutes. The speed Of
rotation was one thousand revolu-
tons per minute, and the oil was
supplied under pressure, at the
rate Of two gallons per minute,
through tube in the drill.
1t may interest men who are
losing the natural covering Of
their heads to know that an indus
trious Frenchman, with a patience
rivaling that of Chinese puzzle
worker, has made calculation of
the number of hairs on the average
human head. His estimate is 49,
920. There are probably few
authorities in the world to contra
dict him.
Some idea of the size Of Alaska
may be formed when it is known
that it contains an area Of 577,39O
square miles. This is more than
twice the area Of Texas. Twelve
States the size of Pennsylvania
could be carved out of the Terri
tory Of Alaska, with enough left
over to make a State like South
Carolina.
While bathing at Long Branch
recently youth dived in shallow
water and buried his head in the
soft sand, his legs sticking up in
the air. Had it not been for his
father, who was standing close by,
the youth would have been
drowned. AS it was, the sand
crept into his ears and burst the
drums, making him stone deaf
In the French navy it has been
found that the electric search light
employed on men of war injuri-
ously affects ,the eyes of seamen
who have to work about the light,
and dark blue spectacles are sup
piled to them for protection. Brown
eyes are less affected than gray or
blue ones, the reason suggested
being that the former are more
heavily charged with pigment.
4 corduroy road made Of small
cedar trees, which were in per-
feet state of preservation, was I'M
earthed the other day thirty-eigh
feet below the surface Of the earth,
seven miles east Of Ashtabula, O.
Prof. Carl Wright, teacher of geol-
ogy in Oberlin College, who has
visited the spot and examined the
wood, gave it as his opinion that
the wood has been where it was
found since the glacial epoch.
Natures plan for curing in
somnia, says the Indian Clinic, is