The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1916-04-06
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Among the various silk producing coun
tries of the world Japan occupied first plac.
in 1912 with SO per cent of the total; China
followed closely with 81 per cent. Europe
produced only 10 per cent, the Levant and
Central Asia IL per cent, and South A.
merica only 3 per cent.
the total mechanical power in the United
States is estimated at 12O, 900, 00U horse
power. This includes 19,400.0 900 horse
power in manufacturing industries. 7, 7OO.-
600 in central light and power stations,
about 1000, 900 in isolated plants exclusive
of manufacturing, 3,400, 900 in electric rail-
ways, 100000 in steam locomotives,
1900, 900 in steamships, D, 500, 900 in au-
tomobiles, and the balance in miscellaneous
services, such as irrigation and mines.
A statue which will surely have no repli-
ca in the world is to be erected in Victoria
Park Greymouth, New Zealand, shortly to
the memory of Tuhuru, the native owner
of the site of the town and the father Tainui
the Tainuis and Tarapuhis of today, the
present owners of Greymouth, are decended.
The ia nous time ball at Greenwich is to
be replaced by new aluminium ball, and
its mechanism overhauled and reconstruct
ed. The time ball was first erected in 1888.
An electric current from rhe clock was first
used to drop it at o clock in 1852.
In the West Indies large caterpillar,
found on the palm tree, is esteemed table
delicacy, while the edible nests of lava
swallows are so ich and dainty that the in
gradients of dish will cost as much as SIS.
Years ago an expedition went up the
Missouri river to the place where in 1856 a
cargo of 500 barrels of whlskey had been
lost. The value of the ifty-year- old whisk-
ey was the incentive rather than thirst. The
wrecking party spent about $4,000 and
rescued pair of shoes!
Ladybir are of great service to the gar
dener by reason of their destruction OF plant
lice, among which they lay their eggs and
as the larvae come to life they feed on the
lice.
Some of the fisherman On the River
Tyne, in England are not only ignorant but
stupid. On one occasion two of these fish
erman were caught by heavy freshet and
driven out of the river to sea. As the story
goes, one of the men saw, lin the dusk,
hoop floating by. The hoop was full of
foam. 'We are saved!" exclaimed the
man. Here's grindstone swimming!''
Recent spectroscopic analysis of Saturn's
rings indicates that they are composed of
solid matter, probably dust, that is, nebular
matter which has passed through its liquid
to solid form, and is now furnishing that
planet with dustlike material similar to
that of the earth during the quaternary pc
Rod.
To run in debt is never Us,
For debts are sure to is,
And thus because of what he o's
A man can't take his e's.
The best way to exterminate mosquitoes
would be to start plan to cultivate them
as money making commodity.
Many people possess more than thou
sand acres OF possibilities, and have about
half an acre under cultivation.
You can over-wolk your notion of neat
ness. A woman in Virginia crippled her
usefulness for life by hopping hole thru
her kitchen floor and falling into the cellar.
When political convention meets, the
delegates always look for real artist to
paint the scenery; they call it writing the
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