The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-07-01

at Jerusalem there are eight -four
fishing olive trees that are known
to be over 1000 years old.
Few people are aware that the
Bermudas consist of group OF
800 small islands Is or 20 inhab-
itated), situated $50 miles east of
North Carolina. The population
of these islands is about 10000.
It is said that the patterns on
the finger tips are not only I'M
changeable through life, but the
chance Of the finger prints OF two
persons being alike is less than
one chance in sixty-four billions.
In FIJI the coinage chiefly con-
sists of whales teeth, those of
greater value being dyed red. The
natives exchange twenty white
teeth for one red one, as the Brit
ish exchange shillings for SOW
ereign.
1t is said that land crabs Of the
West Indies once every year leave
their native homes in multitudes,
and in regular order march down
to the sea, passing over, and not
around, any and every obstacle
that nay come in the way.
Oysters, after they have been
brought away from the sea, know
by instinct the exact hour when
the tide is rising and approaching
their beds, and so, of their own
accord, open their shells to receive
their food from the sea, as if they
were still at home.
The bottom of the Pacific be-
tween Hawaii and California is
said to be so level that railway
could be laid for 800 miles without
altering the grade anywhere. This
fact was discovered by the United
States surveying vessel engaged
in making soundings with the
view of laying a cable.
What is believed to be the body
of prehistoric woman was un-
earthed in a mound near Cleve-
land recently. The body was five
feet long and the bones in a fair
state of preservation. DIR. Clar-
ence Loveberry, the curator of the
Ohio Archaeological and Histor-
ical Society, says he considers it
an important discovery.
The institution of day of rest
was by no means a Hebrew insti-
tuition. It is we'll known among
scholars of ancient lore that the
pagan nations were observers Of
the seventh day, which was essen
tally one of rest. Hesiod speaks
of the seventh day as a holy day."
Homer declares that the seventh
day is ''the day on which all things
are perfected"
John Harvard once owned the
old Queens Head tavern in the
High street Borough, London.
which is over three hundred years
old, and is now to be torn down.
1t was originally mansion be-
longing to the Poynings. Henry
VIII. turned it into storehouse
for artillery, and under Queen
Elizabeth it became tavern un-
der the name at first Of the
Crossed Keys.
Important papers, maps, charts
and good engravings can be sue
cessfully preserved by brushing
very thin coating of India rubber
solution over their surface. This
is perfectly transparent, and if an
important document is vanished
with it on both sides it will be
protected for an indefinite period
against the effects of damp, whilst
the writing will remain clear and
unfaded
In a London street on one oc-
casion Prof Garner, the student
of monkey literature, made over
lures to an organ grinders mon
key. When the professor first
approached, the monkey ran away
and showed his teeth. Then Mr..
Garner used a monkey word. The
monkey distinctly repeated it, and
at once came to him and perched
upon his shoulders with signs of
affectionate regard.
A pamphlet, called: proposals
Relative to the Education of