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Show Memory. According to the results of tests a rat's place memory equals or exceeds that of a man. Dogs ure nearly his equal, but turtles, snakes, and birds are decidedly Inferior. Fighting "Miners' Blindness," Blowing white dust down mine tunnels tun-nels to Increase the Illumination Is the latest scientific uld luralnst "miner blindness." n dlscnsc which costs England Eng-land $5,000,000 annually. Wisdom In Goldsmith's Maxim. As I am never forward In gU Ing my opinion, cspectally when 1 have reason j to believe thut It will not be agreeable, j so when I nm obliged to gle It I always al-ways hold It for a mnxlm to speak my 1 real sentiments'. Goldsmith. j Pretty Safe Announcement. Announcer "Slgnor Bambino bends rallwny rails of, three yards long Into two right angles. If anyone present has a rallwny Una of the requisite length on him Slgnor Bambino will perform the feat here and nowl" Figures That 8taggr. A full chart of the ancestry of all the 1XX),000,000, more or less, of people of English nnccstry scattered over tho world would, If carried back to the Twelfth century ond written with one name to (he squnro U.cli, cover some 23,000,000 of square miles. Easy Winner. English Taper A novel feature of the fancy dress competition was that no costume should cost over 2 shillings. The prise winner was Miss Phyllis Bare. Sound Device Measures 8ea. The depth of n river or of the sea can be ascertained by means of a device de-vice which measures the Interval of a sound signal and the receipt of Its echo off the bottom of the water, City Densely Populated. Bombay Is tho most densely popu lated city In tho world. Drake but Half a Pirate. Many of the exploits of Francis Drake were looked upon as piracies, but for the roost part he had at least quasl-offlclal sanction from his government gov-ernment for what he did. Snails Sprsad Devaatatton. On the coasts of Coylou quite luiely a plague of annlls occurred. Millions ind millions were to be found everywhere, every-where, arid foine of thein were reported report-ed to weigh u pound each. They begun by feeding on and destioylng joung coconut trees, and then went on to the rubber trees. Ttio government took steps promptly nnd managed to stop their devastations. |