The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-02-10

thousand feet of gas.
The only civilized country
which does not grant patents on
inventions is Switzerland.
The largest room in the world
under one roof, and unbroken by
pillars, is at st. Petersburg. 1t is
$40 feet long by 100 feet in width
Lately an olive tree was care
lessly destroyed near Nice, which
had positive record of five cen
turies. and measured thirty six
feet in circumference.
In England a law was enacted
ordering that sturdy beggars
should be ''grievously whipped
and burnt through the right ear, .
in 1872. Beggars in England were
punished capitally for the third
offense. 1871.
The Standard Oil Company is
reported as being about to adopt
the plan of using steam heat in
fields where they have established
large plantations Of the Florida
pineapple in that state, SO as to
maintain summer heat in the fields
during the winter
The force of gravity at the
SUMS surface is twenty-seven times
greater than the force of gravity
on the earth. An averaged-sized
person would weigh ton on the
suns surface. The average den
sity of the sun is only quarter
of that Of the earth.
A German firm. it is reported,
has placed upon the market sam
pies Of pure ingotin. derived from
coal tar, which promises to sup
plant the vegetable indigo, as
other dyes have been supplanted
by the same source. Vegetable
indigo is consumed to the extent
Of SO, 100000 chiefly derived from
India.
From July - to 10, 1868, New
York. Boston and Northern cities
were the scenes of riots in opposi-
ton to the drafting of soldiers for
the Union army. In New York
mobs held possession of the city
for three days: the drafting offices
were demolished and the buildings
burned. Collisions were frequent
between the authorities and the
mob, and many persons were killed.
The riots cost the city more than
S1.500O00 for losses by them
When whisky is used instead
Of water in making glue. the mix
ture will remain unaltered for
years: will remain perfectly liquid
except in very cold weather. and
is ready for use without the appli-
cation Of heat. Tight corkage to
prevent the rehabilitation Of the
solvent is the only precaution nee
essary to keep the glue perfect.
Break the glue into small frag-
ments, place these in a glass YES
SCI. and pour sufficient whisky
over them to thoroughly dissolve.
After being tightly corked for
three CT four days. the prepared
glue is ready for use.
The va4aries Of some birds in
the selection Of a locality for nest
ing is known to many. VI. Teget-
meier quotes the following tale of
a blue ,itmouse: in the village Of
Bolton, near Lancaster, England
an earthen bottle was placed on
garden wall. In this a pair of
blue titmouses built their nest,
Matched their eggs, and reared
their Young. There was no cork
in the bottle. and the birds had
no other way Of entrance than
through the mouth, going up and
down the neck of the bottle every
time they carried food to their
young ones, all of which, ten in
number were reared without acct
dent, and made their escape
through the neck of the bottle I'M
molested." How the birds, small
though they are. could have got
through SO narrow a passage was
inexplicable to the recorder Of the
fact.