IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 18159, 27 December 1922, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. 1862.—Great distress in Lancashire; half a million people dependent on charity. 1870.—Germans began bombardment of Paris. 1870.—Tiber bursts its banks and inundated three-quarters of Rome^ 1900. —Death of Lord Armstrong, founder of the Elswick works. Only one man in 203 is 6ft high. The' mainspring of a watch is 2ft long. A kangaroo could jump a fence lift Ikve chapels in London are now used as factories. Obanism (462): Tho years, as they come, bring with them many tilings to our advantage’ as they leave, they take away many (Horace).—[Advt.] The mines of tho world employ about 3,300,000 men, A coffee tree yields about a pound of beans in a season. Men are not, as a rule, deeply impressed with bargains. What counts with tho sound business man is valued. Place your Xmas Suit with G. S. Stock Exchange Buildings, where value anu workmanship go hand in hand.—[Advt.] “If wo are going to condemn every good thing of tho world) because the devil is mixed 1 up with it, I don’t know how far we shall go,” said His Grace the Archbishop in His Christmas Morning sermon at the Cathedral, Christchurch. Special Xmas prices for all liquors at the Provincial Hotel Bottle Store. Variety, quality, value, and service unexcelled. Country clients, get your Xmas orders now.— [Advt.] “ Peculiar ” is the strange name vf a little village in Missouri. Blood passes through the heart at ’lie rate of seven miles am hour. Obanism (New Year).—Feeling dry alter Xmas? We are open daily from 9 to 6, Sundays excepted. Country orders despatched promptly; cash must accompany all orders. Oban Hotel.—[Advt.] In the suburban area of Melbourne 7,000 houses have been built this year, and yet there are not enough. Madame Sarah Bernhardt is much improved in health. The physicians eta to that if she takes a long rest she will probably completely recover. She is able to receive intimate at her bedside. ’Tis whisky exhilarates the heart when sinking under sorrow’s smart; Has that can ease the watcher’s woo, so drink some Dewar’s Imperial—[Advt.] Destructive bush fires are reported ?n South Australia, in the Cipiowie district, over a wide area. Crops and numerous homesteads have been destroyed, and thousands of stacks have been burnt. In some oases women and children suffered severely before being rescued from tho burning farms.