The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1900-09-13
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No. 4953:-The largest circula--
ton Of paper money is that of the
United States, being, in 1894,
ST, l69, 39O,Oe0, while Russia has
six hundred and seventy millions.
No. 5191:-A female Goldfish
will lay 45,OOO,OO0 eggs during a,
single season. Piscatorial author
tiles say that were it not for the
natural enemies of fish, they would,
fill all the available space in the,
seas, rivers and oceans.
No. $780, Formerly, in Eng
land, branding was a method Of
punishment, but was abolished
(lS29) in the reign of George ~.
It was performed with red-hot,
iron on the face, hand or other
part of the body. Branding in,
the British army abolished, 1879.
No. 4559:-In Roman history
there we're two famous coalitions Of
three men each, called triumvirates,
formed for ruling the state: (l)
Between Julius Caesar, Pompey
and Crassus go B. CO.; (2) be-
tween Octavius Caesar, Mark
Antony and Lepidus az B. o.
No. 4916:-In shipping the
caisson is an apparatus for lifting
a vessel out Of the water for re-
pairs or inspection. It is usually
a hollow structure, sunk by letting
water into it. There is an air
chamber inside, which allows it to-
sink only to a certain depth. In
that state it is hauled under the.
ships bottom, the traps or open
ing are closed, the water is pumped
out, and the caisson rises with the
ship on it. Pontoon is another
term for the same apparatus.
No. 4S33:-The oldest book ex-
tant, Egyptian papyrus, is assigned
to 1000 B. G.
No. 4682:-Two synonymous:
terms in science are equinoxes
and equinoctial points. More
commonly, by the equinoxes are
meant the times when the sun
enters those points-viz. 21st
March and 22nd September, the,
former being called the vernal or
spring equinox, and the latter the
autumnal. When in the equinoxes,,
the sun, through the earth's rota-
ton on it's axis, seems to describe
the circle of the equator in the
heavens, and the days and nights
are of equal length all over the
world. At the vernal equinox, the
sun is passing from south to north,
and in the northern hemisphere
the days are frightening; at the
autumnal, he is passing from north
to south, and the days are shorten
ing. AS the earth moves mora,
rapidly when near the sun, or in
winter, the suns apparent mo-
ton is not uniform, and it happens:
that he takes eight days more to,
pass from the vernal to the autumn
nal equinox than from the latter
to the former. The equinoctiaI
points are not stationary.
No. 4745:-Mammoth Cave, ina
Kentucky, is eighty-five miles by
rail southwest of Louisville. The,
cave is about ten miles long; but
it is said to require upwards of
one hundred and fifty miles of
travelling to explore its multitudin-
Gus avenues, chambers, grottoes,
rivers and cataracts. The main
cave is only four miles long, but.
it is from forty to three hundred
feet wide, and rises in height to.
one hundred and twenty-five feet.
Lucy's Dome is three hundred
feet high, the Hottest of the many
vertical shafts that pierce through
all the levels. Some avenues are
covered with a continuous in
crustation of the most beautiful
crystals; stalactites and stalagmitess
abound. There are several lakes
or rivers connected with Green
River outside the cave, rising with
the river, but subsiding more,
slowly, SO that they are generally
impossible for more than six
months in the year. The largest,
is Echn River three fonrthc Of o. :