The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-08-12

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with a platen that fully covered
the bed plate.
Thomas Hussey, IS years old,
rang the church bell in honor of
Queen Victoria's long reign. He
had rung the mourning peal for
George ~, and also rang for the
coronation, wedding and fifty-year
jubilee of Queen Victoria.
A placard over Georgia bridge
reads as follows: "Any person
driving over this bridge faster
than walk shall, if a white man,
be fined s., and if negro, receive
twenty-five lashes-half the pen
atty to be bestowed on the in
former.
According to the experiments
of M. Seguy and M. Quenisset the
X-rays cause dangerous palpita-
tons of the heart. The eXper-
iments were made on medical stu
dents and they describe the palpi-
tations as violent and unendur-
able unless the rays were inter-
cepted by a metallic plate.
President John Adams was the
son of a Massachusetts, farmer.
James K. Polk was clerk in
country store. So was Abraham
Lincoln. Andrew johnson was
tailor and his wife taught him
how to read. James A. Garfield
was a mule driver on the towpath.
Andrew jackson was born in
log hut in the pine woods of North
Carolina. James Buchanan was
born in a log house in Pensylva-
MIA.
A squirrel which had left it's
winter home under some stones
and gone up a neighboring apple
tree, near Bath, Me-, was seen by
a dog. The dog took it's stand at
the foot Of the tree and lay in
wait. The squirrel fingered, but
the dog showed no signs of NOV
ing. Finally the squirrel dropped
a withered apple near the dog.
The apple rolled away down an
incline and the dog ran after it to
find out what it was. While the
dog was gone the squirrel escaped
to its quarters.
Alpine climbers, who seldom
eat candy at home, are said to APP
preciate it highly when on their
excursions. Guides are very fond
of it, as it is a great source of
muscular force. Experiments have
recently been made in Germany
to demonstrate the value of sugar
to those who perform hard labor.
The Prussian ministry Of war are
satisfied that muscular work done
when natural sugar cane or beet
sugar. was used was superior to
that when saccharin formed a part
Of the diet. The blood is poor in
sugar after muscular exertion, but
a small quantity eaten gives back
the lostlenergy.
The longest reign in history is
that Of Louis XIV. of France,
which lasted for the portentous
period Of seventy-two years. The
commencement Of his reign saw
the final struggle for independ-
ence Of the great nobility. It was
carried on with neither heart nor
faith nor patriotism. The fall of
Rochelle under Richelieu was but
one step in the steady destruction
of all municipal liberties and priv
ileges; the revocation Of the Edict
Of Nantes and the ruin Of the Jan
senists of Port Royal aimed at the
destruction Of all freedom of
thought. Under Louis XIV. the
kingdom Of France attained to
the highest position she ever held
under the bourbon dynasty.
The Articles of Confederation,
by which a union was effected be-
tween the states then at war with
Great Britain, were signed by rep
resentatives Of eight colonies, July
9, IT'S. The colonies agreeing
and giving their adhesion to the
articles were New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, Pennsylvania, New York,
Virginia and South Carolina, the
others coming in afterward. The
Articles Of Confederation NOM
inally continued in force until the