The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-03-24

uc = dDduS0O udN0 Cu0COu VI
celebrating the blossoming of the
fruit trees by general holiday.
It is claimed that Lake Erie
produces more fish to the square
mile than any other body of water
in the world.
The highest waterfall in the
world is Cholock Cascade, Yosem-
tie, CAL, which is 1854 feet high,
or about half mile.
Reed pens, split at the end like
quill pens, have been found in
Egyptian tombs, dating probably
$500 years before Christ.
An elephant is possessed of
such delicate sense Of smell that
it can scent a human being at a
distance of thousand yards.
The right hand, which is more
sensitive to the touch than the
left, is less sensitive than the lat
ter to the effect of heat and cold.
The largest theatre in the
world is the Grand Opera House
of Paris. It covers more than
three acres of ground and cost
63,OOO,O0O francs.
Goldfish are of Chinese origin.
They were originally found in
large lake near Mount Tsientsing
and we're first brought to Europe
in the seventeenth century. The
first came as present to Nine de
Pompadour.
The extraordinary precocity of
the children Of India has called
forth the establishment of a recent
traveller, who says that many of
them are skilled workmen at an
age when children are usually
learning the alphabet.
About ten thousand pounds of
eiderdown are collected annually
in Iceland, seven thousand being
exported to foreign countries
Formerly the peasants used to re-
ceive about S. a pound for it, but
the price has now fallen to half
that amount.
1t is reported that Mr.. William
Thorpe has presented to the Brit
ish Museum the shell of a giant
tortoise which lived for upwards
of two hundred years in the
grounds of the Plantation House,
in the island of st. Helena. It was
frequently the object Of much Gu
riosity on part of the great Napo-
leon during his stay on the island.
Electric lighthouses can produce
an effect at an immense distance
by their light reflected from the
clouds, while they are far below
the horizon. Cherbourg light has
thus been indirectly observed at a
distance of seventy-fve miles.
Capt. Evans, L. S. n, in a recent
voyage on the cruiser New York,
found them confusing, as it was
impossible to determine in any
way their distance. The indica-
tons would not tell whether they
were ten or fifty miles away.
The laws of England with regard
to artificial aids to beauty are not
SO strict now as they were in the
reign of Charles II. In the year
1910 this curious act Of parliament
was passed: THAT all women, of
whatever age, rank. profession or
degree, whether virgins, maids or
widows, that shall, from after the
passing of this act, impose upon
and betray into matrimony any of
the male subjects, by scents, paints
Spanish wool, iron stays, hoops,
high heeled shoes or bolstered |
hips, shall incur the penalty of
the laws now in force against
witchcraft, sorcery and such like
misdemeanors, and that the mar
riage, upon conviction, shall stand
null and void
Ice cream is an older sweetmeat
than many would suppose. In the
beginning of the seventeenth CEN
fury goblets made of ice and also
iced fruit, i. e., fruit frozen over,
we're first brought to table. The
limonadiers, or lemonade sellers
of Paris endeavored to increase
the popularity of their wares by
icing them; and one more enter
prising than the rest, an italian
named PrOcOne COuteaux in the |