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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 931, 10 June 1914, Page 2

A child of natural-born British subjects, wlftrever born, is a,British Bubjeot. The largest in existence is in St. Petersburg. It, represents Peter the Great, and weighs *,V9I tpna.- ■{ »'/-'_ , \ The germ of the guitar is found in the warrior's bow, the' siring of which gave a sonorous twang,as the arrow sped to the mark. I - "• . ! According to the derlaot-ion of a well-known astronomer,; we receive as much light from the sun en could be emitted by 680,000 full moons. .To distinguish I a mushroom from a toad-; stool, jpriuklo salt on the uudor side. If it turns black the vegetable is edible; if yel- j low, it is poisonous. - : ; -' '■ j The expenditure of the 7 great Powers of Europe on their Armies and Navies during the last 6 years amounted to no leas than £1,0)0,000,000. . '"'. ■.. .v ' ! It is estimated that there are in Japan workable seams containing 700,000,000 tons oJ conl, equal in commoroial value to Australian coal. i According to opticians, the. eyesight has been S9ri>ugly aft acted in some parts of London by thefunea arising from the wood pavement. j . Goldon shoes .are worn by a Shetland pony. belonging to the -Shah, of Persia. This expensively shod animal is only I2jia. high. ~ Loan men" should not marVy lean women, nor corpulent men corpulent women. The fat kind and the lean kind should not go together. -- '.:>■.',.'«• ;.'-•• -. •.1 >;-• ••„ ! ~.., ...... .. ;. . , .... j , Rejected lovers need never despair. There are 24 .hours in a day, and not' a moment in the 24 in which a woman ma; not change her mind. •• ! '■■■!••■■ ',■:,}<■. .~f ■i The wound made by the tooth of the j&bra species of serpent is a mere punoture, and onuses little swelling. Death ensues from paralysis of the nerve centres. ' Authofites saj( the oldest mediolnal recipe '.' is a hair tonio for an Egyptian'queen, which is dated 400 no., and directs that dogs' paws and asses' hoofs should be boiled with dates in oil. " • ■',.'; -•'•:. !.•-■> A strip of flannel or soft napkin, folded ' lengthwise, and dipped in' hot water and wrung out, and then applied round the neck of a child that has the croup, will usually bring relief in a few minutes. The lips and throats of bioyle riders of ten become dry and parohed. This trouble is caused by riding with the mouth open. Jjjktc remedy is to keep the mouth shut, Tiff breathe entirely through the nostrils; ' '''; '.:'■;.• .'. -• ' V/ 'S'.v '■ Among both Greeks, jctomans,, and other ancient nations, titles were frequently conferred in memory of some abaievement. Soipio Afrioanus, for instance, was so called from his conquest of Africa, and other illustrations are very numerous. ■•• ./ : .