The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-09-30

The skin of the Indian is thin
ner than that of either the white
or the negro, and is more easily
torn.
The diameter of Jupiter is about
'eighty-fve thousand miles, or
nearly eleven times that Of the
earth. Its volume is 1898 times
that of the earth.
At Toulon, the bed of the sea
was lighted up from balloon at
tached to tug, in the hope that a
lost torpedo would be detected.
The experiment was successful.
A German firm has just brought
out a glove for gentlemen, the
speciality of which is that small
mirror, about the size Of half
crown, is inserted in the palm of
the hand.
In order that hay fever victims
may not suffer from the presence
of flowers the chancel of the
church of the Nativity, Bethlehem,
n. H., is during the period Of their
attack only decorated with foliage.
Some lineage Amador Cardenas
found collection of skeletons Of
immense mastodons in a ravine
near Saltillio. Mex. He has just
forwarded the collection to the
CITY of Mexico, where they will be
placed in the National Museum.
The mastodons are the largest ever
found in Mexico.
In France the sex of silkworms
is now determined, while they are
yet in the cocoon, by means of the
Roentgen rays. This determina-
ton, which is necessary in the
separation Of the sexes preparatory
to breeding, has hithertoo been
carried on rather uncertainty,
usually by weight, the female
cocoons being generally slightly
the heavier.
The United States has 10000
600 population, Europe has $780,
100000. But the United States
postoffice handles about as much
mail matter as all Europe put to-
gether. In 1895 the United States
railway mail handled 1O,777,S75,-
O4O pieces. Mulhall gives the
number of pieces in all Europe as
9,237, 100000 in 1888.
The largest land tortoise now
living is supposed to be one lately
acquired by the London Zoolog-
ical Society, this being about four
feet seven inches long, two feet
ten inches broad, and weighing
about five hundred pounds It is
a native Of the Aidabra Islands in
the Indian Ocean. but is said to
have lived elsewhere for $50 years.
1t is reported that the Secretary
of Agriculture will ask Congress,
at it's next session, to authorize the
establishment Of an agricultural
experiment station in Alaska
Suitable scientific experiments
would be of great value in show
ing what agricultural products and
domestic animals could be intro
duced to advantage
DR.. FARMLAND put typhoid
germs into deep well water, into
Thames water and into Lake
Katrine water. The bacilli died
more rapidly in Thames water than
in the lake water, while they per-
sisted longest in the deep we'll
water The longevity of the germs
was proportional to the freedom
of the water from other inhabi-
tants.
The belief that lightning will
not strike a feather bed was shown
to be mistake, by an incident Of
a recent electric storm. A bolt
struck a chimney on the house of
Charles Steates, who lives on the
Deertield road. Part of it jumped
to the house of Bernard Huss and
tore off the conductor pipe. The
other part went down the chimney
ripped the plaster and paper from
bedroom and then struck a
feather bed. The bed was torn
and the feathers scattered about
the room.
A very rich Frenchman called
"Pere" Chapalier made his fortune
by utilizing the stale bread of
Paris. not onlv that which came