The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-01-27

The loftiest active volcano is
Cotopaxi> 1t is 1880 feet high
and it's last great eruption was in
1855.
The sea around any desert island
rarely visited by man, and distant
from any mainland, always teens
with fish.
In every school in Paris there
is q restaurant where free meals
are served to children who are too
poor to pay.
In Arabia excavation by the
wind forms pits over two hundred
feet deep, down to the hard stra-
tum on which the sand lies.
Parsnips are mentioned by
Pliny as being brought to Rome
from the banks of the Rhine, at
the command of the Emperor I'll
berius, for use on his table.
An English medical paper re-
marks (of one of many like fungi
that the most wonderful vegetable
In the world is the truffle, because
1T has neither roots, stem, flowers,
leaves nor seeds.
Haydn's oratorio, the '"Crea-
1ion,' was composed in 1868,
and first performed in London at
Covent Garden Theatre, March %,
1900. 1t was sung in Paris, Dec.
"a, of the same year.
One Of the latest things in sur
gerry is the practice Of embalming
an injured limb as substitute for
amputation. It is claimed by DIR.
Reclus Of Paris that much more
tissue is thereby saved.
Toothpicks, prepared by nature,
are a product Of Spain and Mex
Ico A comparatively small plant
an Kew gardens was estimated to
have 1850, and large specimen
an the same place could not have
had less than 81 900.
A horticultural wonder in the
shape of an apple tree bearing
four crops has developed on the
Marshall county farm of Asher
Boyce, near Laporte. Ind The
first crop ripened and fell off
weeks ago. This week Mr.. Boyce
picked the second crop. and the
third crop, the apples being the
size of walnuts, is now ripening
The top of the tree is mass Of
bloom, heralding the fourth crop
At Alexandria. Va. in nearly its
original condition. Christ Church,
whose architect bore the name of
Wren not. however. Sir Christie
pher. 1t was completed in 1773.
In November, 1866, the vestry, of
whom George Washington was
cone. levied an assessment Of 81 ,1S5
pounds of tobacco to build two
churches. Christ Church being
one. The specifications called for
shingles Of juniper, mortar to be
ftwo-thirds lime and one third sand,
the pedlments to be in the "Tus-
can and altar, pulpit and canopy
IN the Ionic" order. Washing
ton was the purchaser of pew No.
.5LfGr 36 pounds and ten shillinps.
In a recent address Oh the
achievements Of hygiene. Prof.
kober OF the Georgetown Univer-
sity quoted the following facts to
illustrate what the introduction of
germicides and antiseptic meth
DDS has accomplished: During the
Crimean War many more than
half the amputations that were
performed resulted in the death
of the patient, the exact percent
age Of mortality being 63.5. Dur
ang the American civil war the
mortality from amputation was
still 4S.7 per cent. Then new meth
ODDS came to be more employed
and In 1890 the statistics of ampu-
4ation showed that the mortality
was but 60 per cent.
1t has been remarked that the
negroes IN sugar-cane regions de-
pend to a considerable extent upon
the juice of the cane for nourish-
ment By the use of Mosso's er-
gograph, DIR. Harley found that
sugar promoted muscular power
wonderfully. On fasting day it