MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume XV, Issue 20888, 3 December 1890, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

As a sample of what California can doiu growing trees, it has been decided to cut down the largest to •forward to the great Ohicago exhibition. The tree in question measures 90ft in circumference, and when down will weiuh nt Ipast twenty-nine tons. If is "rowing in a forest in the county of Tulare. A charming story is told by a reviewei in ' Scots Observer' to illustrate Darwin's freedom from scientific bigotry. Having been told that music had an influence on plants he procured somebody to play a bassoon for several days close to some growing b'-ans. Door-bells are not favored in Leadville. If v man is too proud to k*ck the door and holler, he-is too high-toned for that locality. The greatest and sublimest power is often simplt-. patience.— Horace Bushnell. Faith in immortality i 3 the highest tribute that the world lias paid for ; the woith of life. — Emerson. Whatever is done by those around you, be yourself fully determined to walk in the most excellent way. — Wesley. : Lord Wolsley is couvinced that the ; days of cavalry fighting are over, so ; far as England is concerned. He lately addressed the Yoemanry cavalry at Sheffield and advised its members to make themselves efficient marksmen and good fightors afoot. Heathen nations have differnt legends as to the oiigin of women. The Japanese believe that she grew on a tree, the Persians that she fell from the heavens, the Laplanders that she was once a rabbit, and the Australians that she was once a toad.