GENERAL INFORMATION.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 2957, 3 May 1898, Page 3

GENERAL INFORMATION.

'" -*' r; '-^** " ' Qir.f*r»ffr. v {f f 4 &t|emeheat ia mbW*ffftaK-to -human ■ 'life^lfaihiexjreme'cold; A '•-..* a*'.-,-* •_■ „ „ „.„ . T 7*^B}ottjng^apef is niade: of cotton ragß; £ J, •> 3 W/lUQ^{h4 v o been boiled in soda. t - 0^ otneumatißm is luost'seYeife-in : Deh,- r - • { Wrky-where 70 deaths inlftGOQ ar€?from: ■:? * vthjatdisejise. "*" ~ '&" 1& os i;.; ..-*, -.a-, >- .r:H()negt<rade tha6..ha^b^en;,pr.actically, . rui'iieif by the'c^ele ia *tha£ **oJC iai»kxi>g;. : >'' w«fking*fßticks. / .si ■.:,-( &&*& ,*■; W ;- * *--; ; A-fewj drops of 6&m phov pnt -into thai-* w^ter' when bathing^he face wilLpre vent ; ili6 : skth! frp^ishinin^g* .. ; ...^ ..... " Att eminent 'oculu»t"astieftrthat : Jspo^ ' . -glasses hired <i^ theatres. ye*^y" pfton ';- , spread sye diseases, fcr.;- f ■-■/• -■ -> - * ' " 'Asifrouomers say that lj^wP' shoot- .* '. ing stars one ; . : rthat.comea into, our atmosphere. 1 " v^jlf a yell tfS^ldbe'du^to^thedepth' ofv ' } '{;6rty*Bix miles', itfe^; air ait'-th-a; biyttom ; .'would- be as dense a^.q^cksilyeri-'Y " ? v_ ' ::r Bats are inqst^^curiously^ .consiruoted, ; the .heart's acH6it'* n being^ i AiLde.d^b^j..he rhytnWio contractions" of Tlie'veinmrf'the ■ : Food is served in one i of "the"' lioridon '-• ; restaurants on electfrcallyheiated-plates. .so thafc thergu'estoroan ;*saV..leiaurely and .^ Stiif '^av-e.'tiie . viands 'continue " ~watm' '" '-un'til;the close of thenieal; V; a '' "••'-■•-" : L i The Japanese are now. getting: nse-4*; cta : . glass, A ; t;first,glasß in. a railway .carriage - wiridow-ihad. to. be smeareq^with"' istreiiks " ' ' ib& white "paint 'to;, k^e'ep pSsSen'gera from ■ t fi ..poking their heli dk'^th rough it.:.;..' .j* _;; r ; . ' Paste;;: *diaunOn*ds 'i.;ftre;j ; -artificial dja- f monds niade of wjiat is knowii : as 4 'Freii , 6K k '' ,v paste,' sT mixture Of gliass and' oxide "of c *; lead-. Hettl diamonds are i very success- - v fully imitated by. the use of this material. An old .bellringer at Fressiugfield has . ; ' just received froni^ tire Queen a* portrait "•*£ ;of herself for having rung thej hells -oh f ,;; every anniversary of her birth since she ascended^^ the Throne. • The fiaya-bfrd', "a ' natite of- In3ia, - spends his spare time in catching: iham- jj moth fireflies,. w,hich.he,fasteuß tp. the . 'sides of hifl; nest with moist clay. On » •dark night 'a Uaiya-b'ird's nesti. is said • to*" •'- --100k..1ik #a nVle-^rio^Stree't-lanip.o -*y .ohm a

A machine. hg,-3 S^e©n . invented.^hjigh;,. , iiburits 500,000 postcarda in" ten hours," * wrapping andtying the saoie in' paflkage*r - 1 of twenty-five each; They ara :fneatlyj* r v wrapped in paper, and th§ Btring.securely.. ._.. tied, all by -machinery. n ~",\ . '"'" '*' Fair-Haired people are becbmirig^lefciii- ;- numerous than formerly.'* In "^anOient; ■<••/ .jews wereiajfaic. haired. .traoe^f ;*noi|r, they .-....., are," with few. exceptions, dark. So. it jit . in a lesser degree 'with the Itish, among' '■- whom 150 years- ago a- datek- haired petaon- ■-• :■ ' was alm^stiunknown. ■•- , '■ .- •• „.?

A French chemist has made a blue soap J. which will render unufcce'sßary the bluing'"'/" 1 'iri the laundry. In ordinary '--veafp —iie * incorporates a solution of anilin. green, in: . strong acetic acid. alkali of _Jhe soap converts.- the green into" blue. ' P * : ' '■.z The 'average Speed 6f a homing^ pigeon ; ■ in calm^w'eather-ia 1;210 yards a .minute.. v . With.;*: strongt w.md r in the,.. direction ., of ; . ' flight, spme pigeons have '.made "I -980 •'• '*■' yards, or considerably mo're'thana milea* ' minute.' 'i •--•■• •*■•-■ -*"•>;■".■,;■*>,. toi hou: .-;-.* It i? said: that. birds are, .nearly, as sensi*. .. tive in their, likes and dislikes as "dogs: -';'' *'''*' .-Some pebplb can%ev-er gain the ; •".', Bhip of'JL caged bird;.-- A ;bird*>hasjtb.*-le > ar,n *. - c . : : by experience . that it, s is -safe^ witji .. a ';[. human being before it' will respond ''"io"' '■■ kind "treatments * ; *"- : f c- s'tsa? 7::fb oris'

. The" surface of ; tho .sea; -is estimated at - ..--• i5O,0OOiQ0O : . eqiiarft., miles, .taking, .tha.'-.."". Whole surface, ot the gloSe at 197,'000,0u#,' " " and its greatest depth- is about 7 -mile*. ; J The Pacific Ocfean -covers 78*000,0000 . >, 7 •square miles^the Atlantic 20i0^,ODO, the „ ■ „ MediterraueXprJ.Opd.Op" * ". !^ ; ' ' '] ; * . -One^of fhe"roVphs*why the' army -ofn'o e^« other-^riatibriJ is clothed in^BCarlete mi; the &!&$ same wayas the. British ->is,,that,ni*ftteri*»l ... v . iof this^particujar colour can be mahufac^" .' ~ tured satisfactorily only fn^Engl'anclf-Th < c'water of 'the-Weat England lends" itself to. A t^e dyeingof -this oloth aa no other r wat.*sr. does. < '

Thin glagHs less likely -to be broken by boiling water? :than: glass . which? ~,is . thicker, since it allows. I .the heat tp„ pass through it. mora quickly,. A teaspoon put' into a tumbler before pouring in boiling water will often prevent the glass from - cracking, especially-if you pour the water . in very slowly. They do things 'sortie what curiously in the courts of the Isle of Man. ;£)n the conclusion recently, of a days hearing in a right-of-way case, one of" tlie jurorS ahr" noun'ced that he had purchased *a ticket for America, and -would-not return-lbr ' some months, . The further shearing of the Case Wan poafcporia^ ri'nfil hia *ot«r«. TlieQ-ieen, when a girl, wai 1 - p*asibtiately fond.* of 'climbing walls: -apd-t^es* One day at .M>dyern 3 she pl;inbed,ja tall apple-tree aud vr*s uuable io, get 'down, A young man nnnied Davis; a gardener, waa'tuttracted by her cries,. got*^ a ladder, and brought .lies down insalety.^^Deeply grateful, she opened her jmrse and presented him with," -a guinea: DWrafrahieditj ah-d eveV^Fh'cehas been proud to tell; •the tale, ftttd show ; tiie^jpiece- of, gold, which; tho Queen gave him so jhany yeara