Born September 29, 1848, Mrs. Minot
is 0 descendant of John Pickering, who
MRS. FANNY MINOT.
(New National President of tle Woman's
Relief Corps.)
came from England and settled in
Portsmoluth, N. H., about 1633. She was
educated in the schools of Concord, and
after graduating from the high school
attended Wheaton seminary, Norton,
Mass., where she graduated in 1867 as
valedictorian of her class. In 1874 she
married James Minot, a veteran of the
One Hundred and Fortieth New York,
and a past commander of the G. A. R.
in the department of New Hampshire.
Mrs. Minot is connected with several
other patriotic, benevolent and mission
ary societies. She is president of the
New Hampshire Female institution and
Home Missionary union, which was or
ganized in 1804; treasurer of the Con
cord Female Charitable society and the
Woman's club. She is also a member of
the Daughters of the American Revolu
tion.
I Inferior Quadrupeds.
Australia produces also those lowest
of the. quadrupeds, the duck-billed
water mole and the echidna, or Aus
tralian porcupine ant-eater. They,
along with the kangaroos, may be de
scribed as the groundlings of the mam
malian family, for in respect of their
structure they are of a much lower
grade than, say, a dog or a cat. This
inferiority is seen not only in the
brain but in many other details of
their bodily anatomy.
Sharks Exploded by Dynamite.
Shark killing is a pastime with some
,of the officers in the British navy.
They seal up a dynamite cartridge in
an empty can, and put the can inside
a lump of pork. The pork is thrown
overboard on a wire, which has been
connected with an electric battery.
