General Items.

Ellesmere Guardian, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2696, 4 October 1905, Page 3

General Items.

• Women have, as a rule, much coarser hair than men United States has 26 crematoria Italy stands second with 22. In the Bay of Fundy the tide rises a foot every five minutes. The water sometimes attains a height of 70ft. Nails can be driven quite easily m to hard wood without bending them if they are first of all dipped into lard Straw, pressed into blocks, -and made hard enough for pavements is used for this purpose m some of the streets of Warsaw. The world's ships carries 180 million tons of merchandise a year and of this one quater by weight is coal and one-tenth wheat. The oak is the heaviest of British timbers. Next comes beech then ash apple, maple, cherry, walnut, and pear. Poplar is the lightest of all. The country which sells most to Japan is British India, Great Britain coming next, with China third, the United States fourth, and Germany fifth. It is estimated that to collect ilbof honey from clover, 62,000,060 heads of clover must be deprived of nectar, and 3,700,000 visits from bees must, be made. A horse m good condition can exist about 25 days without food if he has plenty of water. If he has food without water, five days would probably end his existence. The largest sum ever realised at a bazaar was at one opened m the Covent Garden Theatre m May, 1835 It was to obtain funds for fighting the Corn Laws The amount realised was £22,646. A ton of lead is fired for every, man killed m battle Statistics of European wars show that from 500 to 10, 000 shots are fired Tor every person disabled. The Dean of Norwich has caused great indignation among a certain section of worshippers by preaching against the practice of flirting m church. . Swimming on the back m sea water says a doctor, is the most beneficial form of bathing. Swimming Qn the side is at times injurious to the muscles of the abdomen. The following will represent !* Leeston m the cricket match, Leeston v Brookside, to be played at Brookside on Saturday at 1 30. Campbell J, Herron, N, Halliday, J , Hammond, H, H, Dr Withers, Flannery T, Lockwood, W, R, Rennie, John, Donald, J, Jf, Thomas N, Stapletoh, G. Emergency^ D, McCormack. There is no doubt but Stand- Out Tea eclipses all other brands. We have had years experience m the Tea trade and never saw better It stands out before all other Teas. Is absolutely pure. And being packed m Tin Caddies never looses its strength. Prize Qoupons.^-OWERS & CO.ACENTS. The concert m the Leeston Town Hall m aid of the funds of the St Johnte Sunday Schools at Leeston: and Doyleston, promises to be a great success-: The programme is published m this issue, and as will be seen by glancing at it, the promotecs have been fortunate enough to secure a considerable amount of foreign talent. The itenis are numerous and varied and even the hardest to please should be .^satisfied. Scotch folk will have an opportunity ot -listening to their favourite , instrument, the bagpipes, and no doubt many wilj, be attracted by this item, and Miss Duncan has kindly consented to contribute a few items. t Some of the items recently performed by the children at the Sale of Work will be expected, so that those who did not have the opportunity of hearing them then will be able to do so now; there are many indeed who sawthem then, that have expressed a wish to see them again, and they will easily bear repetition.