The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-08-26

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beside the movements of the earth
and planets.
Greenland boys are great egg
collectors. AS soon as the gulls
and other birds that nest in the
far north appear in the spring, the
work begins. No boy who has
not practiced a great deal at climb
ing the mountain sides and gla-
ciers is allowed to venture on the
task.
The mountain region Of Thibet
is one of the few places on the
earth where polyandry still pre-
walls. A wife is regarded as prop
erty, and is so expensive that only
wealthy man can have one all
his own. Ordinarily woman be-
comes the wife of several hus
bands.
The fruit-eating bats do not live
on insects, nor attack animals and
suck blood, as do the vampires.
The vampire is small bat, with
exceedingly sharp front teeth, max
ing slit in the sleeper's leg and
sucking the blood. They are sell
dom dangerous to human beings,
but are to cattle.
It is said that there are no re-
manning public lands in any of
the states of New England, in
New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir-
ginia, West Virginia, N. Carolina,
S. Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee,
Kentucky or Texas. The other
public lands are in the western
states and the territories.
'The prevailing impression that
the famous soap of Marseilles was
made from pure olive oil of the
south Of France has been swept
away by the fact that the soap fac
tories have been obliged to close
because of the quarantine against
India" says the Medical News.
cit appears that for twenty years
the manufacturers have been sup
plying the market with an infe-
rior product made from common
linseed oil imported from India"
DR.. D. G.. Brinton, the archaol-
ogist, said in a recent lecture that
in North and South America no
less than 12O or 100 absolutely dis
tinct languages exist. AS the
growth of languages is very slow,
he thinks the fact Of the existence
of SO great a variety Of speech on
the western continents proves that
the native red men have inhab-
tied them for many thousands of
years Another proof Of the an
tiquity of the American Indians,
according to DR.. Brinton, is the
fact that they represent a distinct
human type, and the formation Of
such type requires thousands of
years.
No living person can, have his
portrait printed on United States
currency. This is in accordance
with a law passed after Hon. Free
man Clarke of New York state had
his portrait engraved and put on
one Of the small fractional cur
rency paper issues that were cur
rent after the war Silver was
then at a premium, so that no
small change except pennies could
be kept in circulation. The law
forbids the Treasury Department
from putting President McKinley's
portrait on 81 or 50 greenbacks or
silver currency issues. Secretary
Window appears on the silver
certificates and with great propri-
ETY., as he was the leading advo-
cate of their issue.
Thomas Jefferson was not gifted
as an orator, but with his eloquent
pen he rendered great services to
the cause of liberty in America.
He wrote the Declaration of indie
pendence, the most famous state
paper in the world. He used his
best endeavor to have slavery and
the slave trade abolished. He was
also the leader in separating
church and state, and giving to
the people religious freedom. To
him we owe the change Of our
money from pounds, shillings and
pence to a simple decimal system
of dollars, dimes and cents. To
him also was due the purchase
from France of the territory west
of the Mississippi. He was the