The advocate., 1897-10-13
Advocate Museum.

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The stump of a tree to which Israel
Putnam was once tied in the French and
Indian war is still standing in the little
village of Crown Point.
The swallow has a larger mouth, in
proportion to its size, than any other
bird. He needs a scoOp-net mouth for
he does all his feeding on the wing.
The Rio Grande is changing its chan
mel at Fort Ringgold, so fast that the
government is considering the prOpri-
ETY. Of boring for artesian water at the
fort.
A 90O-pOund bell that was blown from
its tower in an engine house during the
great storm of 1896 in ST.. Louis, was
found unharmed the other day in the
cellar of adjoining premises.
An old Indian at Vancouver, having
never before seen a bicycle in operation,
shot and killed rider OF one on the
stage road, and is now under sentence Of
twelve years in the States prison.
It is stated ON German authority that
the astounding number of 100000 glass
eyes are made every year in Germany
and Switzerland, while one French house
manufactures 100000 of them annually.
The government reindeer farm near
Fort Clarence, Alaska, in the vicinity OF
the lower Yukon, now has more than
1000 animals, and they are multiplying
rapidly. The herd was started five years
ago.
A cave of unknown dimensions has
been discovered in Benton county, Ar
kansas. A large and apparently bot
tOmless stream flows in it, but explora-
tiOns have not been extensive enough
to justify detailed report.
Sudden and great fluctuations in the
level Of water in wells in stormy
weather, closely corresponding to the
fluctuations in wind velocity, explains
the popular tradition that bad weather
may be predicted from the sudden rise
and fall of wells
The total length of the worlds tele-
graph system has now reached 4,900,921
miles, exclusive of 1870, ,440 miles of sub
marine cables. OF this Europe has
1,614,79O miles, Asia 31O,68 miles, At
RIGA 90, ,419 miles, Australia 217, ,479 miles
and America 2,516,548 miles.
In 1890 New York, with a. population
of 1,515,3O1, had $50, ,943 inhabitants of
foreign birth and 582, ,154 of foreign pa
rentage. The total foreign element ac-
cordingly was 1,222,O97, leaving less than
100000 out of a million and half who
were natives of native descent. So says
correspondent Of the New York World.
Oceanic is the name Of a monster
steamship now building at Belfast-the
largest ever constructed. 1t will mea-
sure 1900 tons carrying capacity. It's
length is 704 feet, which is twenty-five
feet longer than the Great Eastern. That
ship will be able to carry as much wheat
as could be moved by forty trains of
twenty cars each laden with 600 bushels
to the car.
Efforts are being made to construct a
railroad from Tor to the summit of |
Mount Sinai. The mountain is only ac-
cessible on one side. A depot will be |
erected near the spot where stone cross |
was placed by the Russian Empress |
Helena, and where, according to tradi-
tion, Moses stood when he received the |
Commandments The railroad will also |
pass the cave in which the prophet Eli
jah remained in hiding while fleeing |
from the priests of Baal.
The largest continuous horse show
stable and amphitheater in the world |
was completed recently at the National
Stock Yards in st. Louis. The building
is a miniature race track, and embOdies
all the arrangements of a first-class
stable as we'll. In fact, its finish and
appointments resemble a modern hotel
more than a stable. There are reception
halls, dining-rooms, closets, etc, besides