The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16


CINE 900 of the n. Y. G. & H. r. r.
King Humbert Of Italy is the
most heavily insured man in
Europe, the amount carried being
over S7,5OO,OO0. The late Gar
Alexander III. was insured for
S5,00O00O.
A whale recently captured in
Arctic waters was found to have
embedded in its side a harpoon be-
longing to a whaling vessel that
had been out of service nearly half
a century.
A British game journal is au-
thority for the statement that
parrots are to be introduced in
German railway stations, and
trained to call out the name of the
place as each train comes in.
There is a peddler in New
Hampshire who should be able to
use his own name as cry. He is
Shabel Saba Shade, and he has
Just received at Concord a license
to vend anywhere in the state.
A Manchester man carries on
his person a complete pickpocket
alarm system. Removal of his
watch, pin or other jewelry causes
the ringing of bell. The electric
plant weighs twenty-five ounces.
A peculiar instance of impulsive
recklessness is reported from
Paris, Ark, where a sixteen-year-
old girl who had been reproved by
her mother jumped out of third
story window, and her nineteen
year-old sister who saw her be-
came excited and Immediately
jumped out after her Both were
hurt seriously.
Along the coast of Florida and
Georgia the musical notes Of what
the old fishermen call the ''sing-
ing shad" are often heard. They
differ from the common shad in
being smaller, and also in the for
nation Of their mouths. Their
singing is pleasant at first, but soon
grows monotonous, owing to the
fact that it is constant repetition
Of the same sounds. y,,.x ~.
It is stated on German authority
that the astounding number of two
million glass eyes are made every
year in Germany and Switzerland,
while one French house manufac-
lures three hundred thousand of
them annually. The pupil is made
of colored glass, and sometimes
red lines are painted on the inner
surface to simulate the veins. The
largest numbers Of these eyes are
bought by laborers who are ex-
posed to fire, and are consequently
liable to lose an eye. An artificial
eye rarely lasts more than five
years, as the secretions Of the
lachrymal glands cloud the surface
Of the glass,
The Government. reindeer farm
near Fort Clarence, Alaska, in the
vicinity Of the lower Yukon, now
has more than one thousand ami
mails, and they are multiplying
rapidly The herd was started five
years ago. None of the animals
have been utilized as yet for any
purpose, although it is said that
some Of them may be put to ser
vice in transporting the mails. 1t
is now suggested that a certain
number Of the deer be sold to the
seekers after wealth in the Klon-
dixie. The revenue derived from
their sale, it is argued, would re-
duce the heavy expenses attending
the maintenance Of the rest Of the
herd, and they would be the
greatest possible aid to the miners.
The stump of tree to which
Israel Putnam was once tied in
the French and Indian War is still
standing in the little village Of
Crown Point, town in Massachu-
sets. 1t was in the course of a
skirmish near Wood Greek, at the
time of the French invasion in
August, 1853, that he was cap
tured by the Indians and tied to
this tree. While the flames were
soaring his flesh he was saved by
Capt Molang, French officer,
who rushed through the crowd,
scattered the firebrands, cuffed and
upbraided the Indians and released