The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1911-02-03
The Memsry Machine.

Amnesia, o, loss Of memory. is chiefly
interesting to the psychologists DIS
throwing some light on the nature OF
memory itself. A perfect act of MEM
ory consists of three distinct acts
preservation or fixation of certain
states Of the nerve cells, reproduction
Of these and. perhaps most remarkable
Of all. recognition Of them as reproduc'
tons In their relations. Morbid states
Of the memory may refer to any of
these phases of an act which is as
marvellous as anything in nature
There are about 3,OOO.OO0,0O0 nerve
cells In the surface of the human
brain. They never die in health. and
they are never replaced or added to.
This Ia memory's machine.
Sign of tho White Envelope.
If you are in a certain Irish town
and are looking out for lodgings you
would probably come to the conclusion
that none are to be had, for, search as
you will for the familiar Apartments
dows of houses in other places. you
will search in vain. Instead you may
observe fastened by the Zap to the
window a clean white envelope. This
Is an indication to all whom it may
concern that apartments are to be had
within. This curious custom is greatly
In vogue at the seaside health resort
Kilkee, County Glare, where all houses
that have apartments to let exhibit a
white envelope in the window.-Lon-
don Answers.
The Storage Battery.
The correct technical term for the
fluid In a storage battery, which is
often called acid. is electrolyte. This
fluid is mixture of four and half
parts by volume Of distilled water to
one part Of pure concentrated sulphur
ic acid. Should it become necessary to
replace it on account of loss by spill
Ing or leakage the strength above in
dicated should be used, but evapora-
tion loss should be made up with a
more dilute acid. consisting of ten
parts of water to one Of pure concen.
trated sulphuric acid.
Precocious Mozart.
At three years of age Mozart would
amuse himself for hours together in
picking out thirds on the piano with
his wonderful ear. At four years he
learned minuets and before six played
some Of his own compositions, actual
sister at that age. Before three years
had elapsed he had taken by storm
four Of the most important capitals in
Europe Vienna, The Hague. Paris
and London. His reputation as COM
poser was established by the time he
was only ten years old. Mozart full
filed in maturity the promise Of his
early years. but at the age Of thirty
Eve passed away. engaged on a re-
QUEEN which he gradually learned was
to be for himself.
The Oldest Epitaph.
The oldest epitaph in English, which
is found in churchyard in Oxford
shire and dates from the year 1870. to
modern readers would be unintelligi-
BILE not only from its antique typog-
raphy. but from it's obsolete language.
the first two lines Of which run as fol-
lows and may be taken as sample of
the whole:
Man com & Sc how schal allie dede
be: wen VOW comes bad & bare; moth
have ven we away fare; all We werines
vt We for care"
The modern reading would be: MAN.
come and see how shall all dead be
when you come poor and bare; nothing
have when we away fare. All is wea.
riness that we for care"
Origin Of Fasting.
The custom Of fasting is not OF
Christian origin. 1t was certainly OBJ
served by the Jews long before Chris
tianity was known, as well as by most
of the other nations Of antiquity.
Asceticism has always been popular in
the earlier stages of religion and is
still the dominant idea in Buddhism
and Brahmanism-two of the oldest Of
all Religions Exchange.