The advocate., 1897-09-22
Advocate Museum.

with ovens heated with fues, gas or
steam.
The popularity of precious stones now
is the pearl first, the ruby second, and
the diamond third.
The value of an OK in Egypt, about a
thousand years before the Christian era,
was one kat of silVer-abOut 140 grains.
Wasps are the most inveterate enc
mics Of flies. Reaumer says that he has
known one wasp to kill one thousand
flies i'll day
The proof coins of the United States
mint are made in gold, silver, nickel and
bronze, and complete set Of these proof
coins costs SAL.
The most cultivated minds are usually
the most patient, most clear, most ra-
tlonally progressive, most studiOus of
accuracy in details.
Many of the streets of Paris are lined
, with trees. If a tree dies another Of the
same kind, age and size is brought from
the State forests and put in its place.
Under old European law, wrecked
crews and passengers could be enslaved
and their property forfeited to the crown,
or to the lord of the coast upon which
their vessel perished.
Gold was known much earlier than
silver, and was at first the cheaper Of
the two metals, but the price of silver
was lowered by the discovery Of silver
mines in Cilicia, Spain and Laurium.
In Lexington, KY, there is club the
youngest member of which is SO years
old. All the others are over 80. The
club meets regularly for purposes Of mu-
tual improvement and social pleasure.
Scientists say that each thread of what
we call spider web" is composed of
about five thousand separate fibers, and
that it would take 27,64S full-grown
spiders year to spin a pound of such
silk.
The largest Touring mill in the world
is understood to be that Of Charles A.
Pillsbury, at Minneapolis, MINI. It's ca
pacity is $4,000 barrels of -four day, to
produce which are required 10000 bush
els OF wheat.
Chicago has an average length Of
twenty-five miles, and an average width
of nine miles. Owing to the peculiar
location of the Chicago river, the city
is divided into three parts, the north
side, as it is called, the west side, and
the south.
Those suffering from insomnia should
cover their heads with the bedclOthes,
breathe and rebreathe only the respired
air; when drowsiness is produced it is
easy to go on sleeping, the bed covering
will be pushed aside and as much fresh
air obtained as is needed.
The Watsonville (Calif) beet sugar
factory began its 1897 campaign on
Thursday, the I'd inst, and on Saturday
next following shipped a carload Of new
sugar to San Francisco. In 120 hours
run the factory sliced 1924 tons of beets
and made 426 tons of sugar.
Five is the great sacred Chinese num-
ber There are five virtues; five cOlOrs |
yellow, white, green, red and black; |
five household gods; five planets Saturn, |
Venus, Jupiter, Mars, Mercury; five |
ranks of nobility; five tastes; five cardi-
nal points (the middle, east, west, south |
and north respectively; and five tones.
The fastest two railway trains in the
world are said to be train on the At
lantic City railroad and on the Gale
dOnian railroad Of Scotland. The Allan
tic City train runs from Camden to At
lantic City, ~ j., distance of fifty-five
miles, in fifty-two minutes, thereby av-
eraglng more than mile minute, while
the Caledonian train averages sixty
miles an hour.
A watch may be used as compass.
Point the hour hand to the sun, and the
south is exactly half way between the
hour and the fiqlIre XII ON the dial For