The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-03-25

Tumblers of nearly the same
shape and dimensions as those en-
ployed today have been found in
great numbers in Pompeii. They
were of gold, silver, glass, agate
marble and other semi-precious
stones.
Equal parts of litharge and red
lead form, when mixed with SUI
fcient quantity Of glycerine to
form a paste, a substance which is
highly recommended for repairing
cracks in iron. It resists the &C
ton Of water alkalies and fire.
The petroleum company which
has been boring for oil at st. Pauls
inlet, Newfoundland, has struck a
splendid we'll at a depth of 1910
feet. and the existence of a large
petroleum district in the neighbor-
hood is considered certain.
A physician says that he has
sometimes been able to convince
persons subject to visual illu-
sions that the fancied figures
were not real by asking them to
push one eyeball up little with
the finger. This makes all real
objects in their neighborhood ap-
pear double, as any one can prove
to himself, but it does not double
the false image.
It may not be generally known
that there is cruelty in the keep
ing of gold fish. Half of such cap
tives die from sheer want of rest.
AS fish have eyes so formed that
they cannot endure the light, in
a glass vessel they are in the
wrong place. as evident from the
way in which they dash about, and
go round and round, until fairly
worn out.
A clever workman in a cutlery
factory in Sheffield, England, has
recently made a dozen pairs of
shears, each so minute that they
all together weigh less than half
grain. That is about the weight
of a postage stamp. Each pair was
perfect and would cut if suffi-
GENTLY delicate material could be
found. Lying on piece of white
paper, they seemed no larger than
feas.
Before the Isthmus Of Suez was
pierced by the canal there were
scarcely any sharks in the Medit-
terranean, the passage through
the Straits Of Gibraltar not being
to their liking Now, however,
they come in by way of the canal
and in such numbers that in more
than one Watering place on the
Mediterranean, and also On the
Adriatic. the sign has gone up:
Beware of sharks
Unbreakable mirrors are now
being made by putting coat of
quicksilver on the back Of thin
sheet Of celluloid, instead of on
glass. By laying a second sheet
over the coating double mirror
may be obtained. Common cellu-
loid is highly infammable, one of
its ingredients being gun cotton
But it is alleged that a way has
been found to overcome this OBJ
lection by introducing a small pro-
portion of some other substance
into the composition.
Interesting results of all inves-
tigation Of the effect produced by
railroad train on the air
through which it moves were pre-
sented at a recent meeting of the
st. Louis Academy Of Science by
Prof. T. E. Niper. 1t appears
that motion is communicated to
the atmosphere many feet away,
SO that a large amount Of air is
dragged along with the train. A
peculiar danger arises near a swift
running train from the tendency
of the moving air to topple per-
son over, and at the same time to
communicate motion of rotation
to the body, which may cause it
to roll under the train.
According to statistics recently
furnished by DIR. James Wood Of
Brooklyn, of all the patients ap-
plying for treatment at the chief
dispensary Of that city, no less
than ten per cent. are tea drunk
ards They are not aware Of the
fact, but the symptoms of their
oococ ,>oi,,t 70 30 b1x, +o oxor