Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1898 — SOMEWHAT CURIOUS. [ARTICLE]

SOMEWHAT CURIOUS.

Meea mciiWMa tftmbem bare bMto ♦ertoualy hurt ta the Alps thin Msetta than ever before la ax M ual length of time. A South Oarataa widow beessne bw iwn mother-in-law recently. That to to soy, aha to new the wife «f her traabond's father. A dude in PhiMdpMa was turned »ut of the club to which he belonged became lie paid hto tailor's bill tow Aaje after he get the etothea. A West vtnghata man to so peeoHady Mooted by ridiag on a train that he baa to chain htaMslftb a Mat to ww> vent hia jumping out of the car win* •aw. Fruit eoota the Mood, etoane the teeth and aldo dlgoetlon. Thoeo who can’t sat It mi* theteneflt at perhaps the moat medicinal food on nature's bM of fare. A Minnesota girl of 16 can dlsttoguiah no color, everything being white to her, and oho to compelled to wear dark glasses to protect her eyes from the glare. A Swiss scientist has been testing the presence of bacteria in the mountain air, and flndw that not a single microbe exists above an altitude of 2,000 feet Wheat can bo grown in the Alps at an elevation of 8,806 feet; in Brasil, al 6,000; in the Caucasus, at 8,000; in AbyMlnla, at WOO; in Peru and Helivia, at 11,000. A Minnesota judge was due la court at a town some mltoe distant Ho ad. iourned a referred case to the oar, beard evidence on route and granted the petition before getting off the train. While there are no complete stattattes available, careful Mtlmates from all possible sources of Information make It probable that, at the time of the dtooovery, there wore no more them 600,000 Indians in all North America,