IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 17320, 7 April 1920, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

| ANNIVERSARIES. 1770.—Wordsworth born. « ■ 1883.—Chief Justice Arney died. One oyster will produce 16;000,000 eggs, and of these some 400,000 may mature. Germany built 810 submarines before ' and during the war. The wasp is affected by colors, even to the extent of stinging the wearer of im-' popular hues. In Germany there are now only 813 men between the ages of 20 and '3O to '* every 1,000 women. ' " I During his term of one year' the Lord ! Mayor of London is called upon to make ; from 800 to ■ 1,000 public speeches. . ExClark must have had an annual record during war time not put to shame , by the above. An odd and highly * remunerative employment is that of those men and Tvome'n who make a business of inventing cablecodes for large financial houses and merchants dealing in overseas trade. Lucio and Simplicio Golding, famous ' Siamese twins," will be enumerated in the American census as two persons, although they are a unit physically. The twins are 11 years old, natives of the Philippines, and are living in Washington. Movement on foot in Wellington to pro-. moto a National Defence League to see j that the best possible use is made of money available. Among promoters are General Russell, Mr Mitchell, MP., and Mr Von Haast. At the present time, apparently, it is held that the Defence Department is burdened with, a surplus of officers. Infectious disease cases at in Dunedin Hospital or the Fever Hospital: Scarlet fever 10, diphtheria 9, enteric 1, . mumps 1, influenza" 10. " Genius," t>ays Mr Thomas A. Edison, r . the inventor, is 1 per cent, inspiration and 99 per cent, perspiration." Another version of the "infinite capacity for taking pains" adage. \Ve owe the word "influenza" to a uf our eighteenth-jentury physicians. The Italian authorities" whom \hey consulted spoke of the disease, as "una influenza di f reddo" (an influence of cold). Our countrymen promptly 'accepted that as.the name of the disorder," and influenza it has been ever since. Two doctors gave in a compensation ca*j in the Bow (London) County Court. One said e it would do the woman good to walk to her work daily with her fractured ankle, as it would improve; the other said.it would cripple her for life. ; I News was received recently of the de;iih [ of Lenrae Mason, reputed to be the fattest boy in tho world. Death took place in London, where the boy had, been on show at the World's Fair. ' He caught cold recently. Rs record was as'follows: Age, 16; height, sft 3in ; chest, 64iin ; j waist, 69m; arm. 25in; thigh, 38in • ! calf. 24in. " j From Mav 1. 1919, to Js.nu.irv 29 uf '" I this year the Ha-"-v Paige commercial j aeroplanes carried . passengers' ami ' j 44,8051b of fi-e!giu loiween Paris and Brussels. In that period 74,743 miles were j iiown. ' i - v n appeal hs.s been issued In Prance ; that the custom of giving children names connected, with the war should cease, and that, nam-* sveh as Joffrette. JofFreta, - ; Namnr, Liege, Alsace, Verdun, Salonlque! | Victoire. Nenette, and Rintintin should ! be made illegal. j __ Come and trip it as you go on the light fantastic toe, and drink De-war's Imperial. I —fAdvt.] | _ The manager of a phaijn&ey company | in London was fined JET. with £2 costs. : at the Mansion House the other day for " profiteering in limewater. He- had bought' ; limewater for Is a gallon ,md sold it fo: W Is for 4oz—a profh; of 3,900 per cent. I COVENANT CAMPAIGN, I Commencing APRIL 11th. • I Sundays: PRINCESS THE VTRE j Week Nights: GRAND THEATRE. [Advt,] ~ Proud Prussia in her anguish flings In throes that ne'er An eagle beating' broken wing» "** Against- the bans of fate. While commarce freed bears far and wid« " Its blessings on eaoh ocean tid*, And those who coughs and, colds endure • Again have Woods' Great Peppermint Cure.