Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-11-26
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In Paris.
In France there are far more female
than male blcyclists.
In some parts of China opium is used
us a medium Of exchange.
The Turks always eat their opium,
while the Chinese smoke 1t.
Travelling fifty miles an hour, q loco
motive gives IL $500 puffs.
In the French hospitals an apple poul-
tice is applied to intiamed eyes.
The smallest quadrupcd in the world
is the pigmy mouse of Siberia.
The loss of food crops by injurious
insects alone is $500,OOO,OO0 per annum
The ant is said to have the biggest
brain, according to its size, of any crea-
ture.
An insane asylum superintendent re-
ports that eight out of every ten of his
inmates write verses.
Chronographs are nov being made
that are capable Of measuring to the
1O,OOOth part of a second.
In olden times bones were collected
from the battleflelds, ground to pow
der and used to fertilizc the land.
Most Of the men in the islands of
southwestern Japan lead lives of idle
ness, and are cheerfully supported by
the women.
The shoe factories use 100000 kan
CARGO skins yearly. Australians have
begun to raise and herd kangarOos as
they would sheep.
No matter how many orders are re-
ceived, no beer ever leaves the best
German breweries until it has been
standing for ut least three months.
Dog-barbers form an important trade
in Paris. and the appearance of the
French pOodles which are seen about
the streets gives evidence of their skill.
n mysterious ringing of electric bells
in a Swiss house was traced to Il large
spider. which had one foot OH the bell
wire and another OH an electric light
wire.
In London each day 400 children are
born; $50 enter school for the first time;
POO begin their apprenticeship; $50 per-
sons enter married life and POO per-
SONS die.
An Arab test of Il good horse is that
lie must stand erect upon his legs when
drinking from IL shallow pool. Observ-
alton will prove that but few horses
reach the standard.
In France, where green stuff of all
sorts finds Il much more general use
than with us, II beautiful. and, it is said,
very tasty salad is made of pink and
white clover blossoms.
Among recent inventions is an cleo
trio attachment to street door boxes
whereby IL letter dropped into the box
causes IL bell to ring in the kitchen. or
any desired place in the house.
In ancient times churches We're with
or kneel. Some of the aristocrats
brought pieces of cloth with them. to
keep their knees from contact with the
stone floor.
During the last fifty years Great
Britain has been ut wal mor frequent
ly than any other nation. The total
number of large and small wars wag-
ed during that time amounts to fifty,
Or nearly Il year.
y novelty in bicycles is shown in the
window of IL New York dealer. Its ell
tire frame, including the handles. and,
in fact, every part. save the saddle.
spOkes and tires. is of iron. east in imi-
tatiOn of the branches of trees with the
bark left on.
A Venetian glass manufacturer is
now turning IL glass bonnets by the
thousand, the glass cloth of which they
are composed having the same simmer
and brilliancy of color as silk. and,
what is Il great advantage, being i'm
pervious to water.
A stony, waterless region of France
has evolved a race of animals that do
not drink. The sheep feeding upon the
fragrant herbs have altogether lost the
habit of drinking and the cows drink
very little. The much-csteemed Rogue
fort cheese is made from the milk of the
non-drinking COWS.
The highest velocity ever given to n
cannon ball is estimated ut 1,626 feet
per second, being equal to Il mile in 81
seconds. The velocity of the earth at
the equator, due to its rotation on it's
axis, is 1000 miles per hour. or a mile
in SO seconds; therefore, if IL cannon
ball were fired due west. and could
maintain its initial velocity. it would
beat the sun in his apparent journey,
round the earth.
The stories of the magnetic noun
tains which exert an attraction on all
vessels coming neal them are not with
out foundation in fact. The island of
Bornholm, in the Baltic, may be re-
garded as a huge magnet. Although
the power Of attraction is not so great
us to draw nails and bolts out of APP
preaching ships, the magnetism works
a good deal Of damage, in that it de-
fleets the needle of the compass so that
it cannot be depended upon. The effect
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