The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1897-10-14

imals.
India rubber heels are to be at
tached to the shoes worn by
French soldiers. It is claimed
that they decrease the fatigue Of
marching
The smallest tree in Great
Britain is the dwarf willow, which
grows on the summit of Ben
Lomond; when mature it is only
two inches in height
The Revolutionary war, from its
first outbreak at Lexington, April
10, ITS, to the final disbanding of
the army. April 10, 1888, lasted
just eight years to day.
The following three generals
were never defeated: Alexander
the Great, who died 800 B. c.;
Julius Caesar, who died A b. c.;
the Duke Of Wellington, who died
1852.
Immense as is the value Of the
gold taken from the California
mines since the discovery of the
precious metal there, it could all
be contained in a room forty feet
long, twenty feet wide and fifteen
feet high.
The ''acid drops" of the confec-
TONERS are suggested by British
pharmaceutical writer as an effec-
tive cure for the tobacco appetite,
smoking while the acid taste re-
mains in the mouth being pecu-
liarly nauseating.
When laborers were removing
recently at Providence the ruins
of the Masonic temple that was
burned a year or more ago, they
found smouldering fire that burst
into flame as soon as air was adj
mitted to the embers.
To facilitate the transportation
and preservation of hay, an ap-
paratus has been devised at Buenos
Ayres for COMPRISING it to one
tenth it's normal bulk. In this
form, as HAY biscuits it can be
preserved dry and sound an in
definite period, without losing it's
flavor or value as food.
The only United States dry dock
now available for the largest bat
tleships Of the white squadron is
that at Puget Sound, on the ex-
IRENE northwestern boundary,
which is the largest in the Western
Hemisphere. 1t is $50 feet long,
and over ninety-two feet wide at
the gate, with a depth over the sill
of thirty feet. Ships Of twelve
thousand tons can be locked in it.
Diving operations at a great
depth have proved successful off
Cape Finnisterre, all the silver
bars from the steamer Skyro,
which sank in thirty fathoms in
1891, having been brought to the
surface The working depth for
the divers was never less than III
feet, and was often more. Dyna-
mite was used to blow away the
deck The value Of the silver was
$500
The lightest substance known is
said to be the pith Of the sun
flower, with specific gravity of
OOPS, while elder pith-hitherto
recognized as the lightest sub
stance-has specific gravity of
O09, reindeer's hair Oh and cork
0.24 For saving appliances at
sea, cork, with buoyancy Of one
to five, or reindeer's hair with one
of one to ten, has been used, while
the pith Of the sunfower has
buoyancy of one to thirty-fve.
The natives of Venezuela and
adjoining countries on the north
side Of the Amazon often avail
themselves Of the services of ma
tive crane to care for their poultry,
and also, in place of collies or
shepherd dogs. to herd their do
nestle animals. This remarkable
bird, which the Indians call
''yakamik, "and naturalists psophia
crepitans, is found in wild state
in the great forests that lie be-
tween the northern coast of South
America and the Amazon river.
A writer in leading magazine
has made the prophecy that in
three hundred years from now the
world will know only three Ian
guages-English, Russian and