The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-09
Curios and Oddities
WHERE NO MICROBES EXIST.
IT'S Passin9 Strangel''

WHERE NO MICROBES EXIST.
A TRAVELLER sat in the moonlight the lawn Of a
"a Florida resort He had dned WE'LL his coffee was on
little table at his elbow and his cigar perfumed the SOFT
mild air Of the February evening with the of excel
lent tobacco.
Near the traveller young ladies' slim and graceful
figures their white gowns, played clock golf under great
arch Of selectric lights
Amid this charming the traveller talked about the
coming summer
s3This is all right he said .sbut give me Zermatt
That is where going spend the will spend
the 5000 feet up in the air.
1'No man knows what is till he has passed
high up the mountains. July and August spent at
altitude Of 5000 10000 feet two feet months of
heaven =
How pure and delicate and sweet the summer air is
the Alpine heights, how tonic, how uplifting! And the
sunshine the mleong shadows Of the mountains the bril-
lance and bgness of the how amazingly beautiful they
up there. .-
'.Fles, gnats mosquitoesg Not one They can't live
high up They at such height from one
years end to another Microbes disease microbes, don't
exist up there either prove this with piece Of
meat You throw piece of raw meat out in the
August afternoon and, instead of rotting, the
meat will dry. At the months end it will be sweet whole
some, dried beef. ~<*-
Nothing rot, nothing spoil these pure, clean
heights The microbes that putrefacon unknown
there"
a> FISH CAN DISTINGUISH coLoRs. ~.
tEIsH know coors said Of the biologists Of the
University of Pennsylvania. ''They distinguish
between red and blue, white and green, we'll
and - = .-.. ''..
$50 you say' said a skeptical lawyer. -.t -:
1T is the TRUTH
$50 you say'' the lawyer repeated.
eth prove it, cried the biologist and he led the way
to his huge aquarium.
In this aquarium we're some red and yellow and
green fish, and in artificial grottoes painted
respectively red yellow and green The biologist rolled
the water with his hand and the fish fed the red ones to
the groo the yellow to the yellow grotto and the
green to the green grotto
!hey know which color shields them from observation
BEST said the biologist Now III change the grottoes
to prove my statement second time"
He grotoes to different places the aquarium,
and again rolled the water.
The same thing followed before. Each fish darted
like shot the groo Of its color where it knew
would be best concealed .
fare you convinced that fish know colors?' said
the biologist.
eyes, admitted the lawyer, II convinced
<y:~,~ THE SINGING TREE.
THE. singing tree of Australia somewhat resembles
gigantic nettle It has unpleasant odor, and the
natives and native animals careful to avoid It,
.~ hen is stung by the tree-or to put it more
prosaealy, prcked by the trees thorn-the little wound
gives chin at first pain whatever But in few minutes
maddenng pain is set up the victim shreks and rolls
upon the ground for months afterwards when water touches
the stung part, great agony ensues
Dogs, when sng rush about with piteous whlnes, Bit
ing pieces of flesh from the place that has been stung
WHY QUAKEREsSEs NEVER CATCH COLD.
tlA QUAKERESS, said physician, "never catches cold.
| ~ Her immunity is due to her bonnet. If [ had my
way, all of us, and alike would Quaker
| bonnets.
Ths bonnet protects the back of the head and the
| Of the neck, two very tender spots.
1.-THE Quakeress bonnet may not be beautiful, but,
tectng nape does it keeps her free from colds
!. year in and year out ..+~ :
! -, L+..H.. THE REAL DEFINITION.
tlHE legitimate drama said the playwright scornfully
| as Manager Fiasco handed him back his rejected
manuscript ~ hear nothing but |the legitimate drama
What is the legitimate drama, anyway" '1 -'
''The legitimate DRAMA, said Manager Fiasco, coldly
compses all those plays which, their authors being dead
may be produced without the payment of royalties"
| .~-..sI NoTEIETs
| THE Dutch invented brandy
! Many raindrops are hollow. -. y =.
An iceberg often lasts 200 years. $3.50 '.-.
| Miners commit suicide least Of all workingmen.
! Queen Elizabeth had 1904 dresses when she died.
Dickens novels sell four times better than during hi
life 49,.
One mahogany tree when into logs, will sometime