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Show I., i i i in i i H The earliest money wns In tho form One of the oldest known living nnt- mah on earth is n tortoise in New Cea- B land thnt weighs 1)70 pounds. It la H known to be over 300 jears old. H Engtcs sometimes rise to tho height J of 0000 feet, and larks, crows, storks H and buzzards often get up 'J000 feet. H But tho aver.igc bird seldom goes 1000 H feet ubovo tho Tho totnl number of horses nt Paris H decreased lOiK) Inst year, because of H the grent Increase lu the use ot nuto. H mobiles. There arc more automobiles In Paris than any other city In tho H The Attorney-General of Kansas has H decided thnt n pupil In the publla H schools cannot he compelled by a B teacher to tell tales on another pupil. KVkVI Thnt is n grent question that has long H required settling. H It Is asserted by a sculptor thnt tho H human foot Is becoming smaller. Tho H masculine foot of twenty centuries H ngo was twelve Inches long. The aver H ngc man's foot ot today Is easily fitted H with n No. 8'j shoe, which Is not moro B than ten nud scvcn-slxtccutbB ot an jH inch lu iH South Australia Is snld to be suffer. 'H Ing with n grent Invasion ot mice, i, Tho causo Is tho recent bad weather, B which caused more or less of a falluro HKSKV of the wheat crop, and tho farmers ( allowed much grain to remain in tho l fields. This fell to tho ground In tlnio and so furnished food for tho mice. i HBSKJ |