The mirror., 1921-03-24

Victoria Robertson, who won many medals
for service in the Canadian Red Cross
during the war.
A church was built at Santa Rosa, Cali
fornia, and every part of it, except the
flooring, came from one tree, giant red
wood which yielded $4,000 feet of timber
and many shingles.
In Utah, machinery is being taken to a
mine and certain rare ores brought to the
railroad by airplanes in few hours. For
merly six weeks were required to make
the journey by wagon.
Airplane travel has become so common
in France that innkeepers in villages have
complained to the government against the
numerous Aiers who rise early and fly
away forgetting to pay their bills.
Poland has taken a strong stand in
favor of an obligatory Sunday rest, by
passing a strict Sunday law. The Jews
are protesting that such law would COM
pei them to lose two days week.
The monthly pay of American soldiers
in the occupied part of Germany is now
5000 marks, which normally would
amount to about $500. When the Ameri-
cans first marched into Germany they re-
ceived 20 marks to the dollar.
The famous race horse, Man O. War,
receives more personal attention than any
being, human or otherwise, since Cleopa-
ira. He has retinue of servants and is
housed more extensively than the Gaek-
war of Baroda or the Jhilwar of Jhock.
General Leman, Belgian hero, whose
fight at Liege held up the German ad-
vance long enough to give the Allies
chance to prepare for the battle of the
Marne, is dead. He was the only Allied
officer whose heroism inspired the Ger
mans to return his surrendered sword.
Ever hear of the Animal Census? The
government keeps track of the country's
animal life as we'll as its human life. Here
are some of the figures: Horses, 21,1O9,-
600; mules, 4,999s,OOO; milk cows, 23,-
747,OoO; sheep, 4s,615,ooO; swine, 72, 9o9,-
900. Mules, sheep and swine show de-
crease. The total value of farm animals
is $S,561, ,443,000. This is decrease in
one year of about $26S,000,O00.
If all the land were washed down into
the ocean, the whole world would be
covered with water at least two miles
deep. The greatest ocean depth, almost
six miles, has been discovered near the
Ladrone Islands in the Pacific. The warm
waters of the tropics seem to support a less
abundant life than the cold Polar seas
The greater intermediate and deep parts
of the ocean are practically unknown and
our knowledge is limited to the inhabi-
tants of the surface. Agriculture is sus-
ceptible of scientific treatment, as is agri-
culture, says Professor Herdman, professor
of oceanography, Liverpool University.
Natalie Owens, of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, aged nine years, is said to be the.
strongest child in the world. She easily
lifts man of us pounds. In her fathers
dairy she handles cans of milk of all
sizes, the largest weighing over 100
pounds, with as little effort and concern
as the sturdiest farm hand about the place.
In the public school she attends, she out
runs all the boys of whatever age or size,
and can trounce any two of them if the
occasion arises. She has done this
thoroughly several times. She is slender,
not tall for her age, and weighs, but 81
pounds, yet she amuses herself by tighten
inp burdens. that would tax an ordinary