INTERESTING ITEMS.

Lake County Press, Issue 2115, 26 April 1906, Page 7

INTERESTING ITEMS.

The King of (Jreece is tin- greatest Jill Li' Mist aiming' monarchs ; lie reads twelve languages:, ami speaks most of Liiein. Salt water extinguishes (ire much more ra|ij<lly than the Marne amount ot fresh. The salary of the common hangman is LI ;i week as a retaining fee, ami Ll! after an execution. 'Pile gilding in the throne-room of ! the Sultan at, Constantinople is unequalled hy any other building in It' tiro I ic. T Lemon baths are popular in the West Indies. Three or four lemon'sare but up and left to soak in water half tin hour. The bath is very refreshing. Plates made of compressed paper are used in cheap rest ran rants on the Continent, so that falling on the boor or other rough usage does not harm such dishes. All (he (ire-alarms of London are i the work of the Post (Mlice. and between twenty and tlprt.v other towns hate ad(>| led its appa rat us. i Mr. Ivlison is inclined to feel nin- ; tempt for those who limit their 1 working hours to eight •; he often J works sixteen, and is sorry, that lie cannot work eighteen, as lie often did when voting. The red grouse is found nowhere outside the British Isles, except where it has been exported. Coffee-leaf smoking, while absolutely harmless, is said to impart to smokers a strong dislike for the , flavour of tobacco.^ The (Jovenior of South Australia, who is at t hi’ same time Commander-in-Chief of (he Forces, is paid Li, titUi per annum. This is the salary also of the Covirnor of West.urn A ust ra 1 1 a. The. federal Covernments in the (termaii Fmpire prohibit the wearing of corsets by the pupils of girls' schools and colleges. There are several volcanoes in New ’/.ealand. and the Maoris who live in the mountains make use of them in various wavs, but the queerest is for cooking. Military engineers are agreed that no material for fortification is superior to earth. When clay is not obtainable, as on the .seashore, sand is collected in bags, and these arc laid in regular heaps along the line of I la- proposed fort idea t ion. Into suet) a fortification the bails of the enemy's cannon sink without doing titty damage, and shells explode harmlessly.

.j. Kcwcr children arc Itt-im; ln'rn into 1 lin world in proportion In i In- inimln’i- nt |uirciil s. The latest rcturns dt the l{e;;is’t rar-ti eneral make this tact very clear. 991.