BREVITIES.

Evening Star, Issue 14163, 13 September 1909, Page 8

BREVITIES.

Battle of Tel-el-Kebir, September 15 1882.

ihe golden eagle is possessed of siuh strength that it can lift and carry off with ease a weight of 801b. Hard beds are recommended bv many physicians as conducive to the most refreshing kind of sleep. A man's brain attains to its maximum weight at the age of twenty years; that of a woman at seventeen years.* \ The Riksdag of Sweden is, with the exception of the British Parliament, . the oldest of existing- legislative, bodies, The English sovereign was first coined in 1626. Previous to that date the noble value 15s, was the most valuable British coin. Granite is twenty-five, times as valuable for building purposes as is brick. After granite come limestone, slate, and sandstone. With a flying machine capable of travelling eighty miles an hour, practically the whole of Europe would be within a day's journey of B«rlin. Two rare Transvaal stamps (Is, yellow green), formerly the property of the late Mr E. J. Naniiyell, were sold by Messrs Glendining for £B6. At.Napier'a decree nisi was granted in the undefended divorce- suit Bertram -A. BeatOe"^.-Eva G. Beattie and' Ronald A. Reenter-(eo''respon'dent). -. -• • : Europe'has :20,'D00 newspaper.*!,'; 6f which Germany ■ possesses 'the- largest ; number. England,, however,. Jias. the-' greatest number oi-daily-newspapers. " - '. In order to stop- a -plague of iocusts, every-r-nral rinhabitant of Northern Syria has to collect and-deliver at least 2|lb of locust" eggs to. the Turkish Government. Silvof-gr.ey has been- ad6pied as'tho color of-the-'uniform for the entire German V It is considered to be more. suitable than, khak'i for campaigning in Europe. . A monster pig was killed by Mr C W'hebby at Mahakipawa, Marlborough, rcc?mi ly ' J'?" <arcass tj £P ecl l he beam at t>l2lb, which should take some beating in the pork.line.: The"' animal' in question was roue myuths old.