NEWS AT A GLANCE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 14 June 1907, Page 1

NEWS AT A GLANCE.

In Portugal, married women retain j their Jmaiden name?. /> . ■ •| . it Japan mafies annually 150,000,000 gal- . s lons of s4ki, oi> rite. .mm.. More herrings are' nsed as food than i any other kind of fish* . . - i . . ■',- , "'•' ■ ' " •'"•"H ' r Of British landowners ono in about ? oveiy "seven is, a woman. ■ . Two,--rare British seaside plaits are > , the 'yeUoW; : viplet^Tandv tho wild''eear radish.'"" : « ! . '".•■.-...^'i.'"^:. "•■> ' -...•■ :■ r ArcSimneylils: fget in height. will, . i without danger, sway ten inches in 'a . i wind. :'.. - ' " . . • . ! j .'■.'■ '. '- [.'. '"' ':' . „ ; ~ '' ;; ■ Persia is the first Mohammedan' court- - ' ■ try in the world to be granted a Con- ■ : I stitution. ' " " ".'*'-. ■-■'.■ • '.- •"- **■ ''' Of .a''.milliojb, girfe' born. 871,266' are ■ alive 'at' twelve /months old ; ' of ' lx>ys, ' ,•' i 30,000; fewer snrvive;' . ■••■•;'•;:. ' The cost of the. first British irqnaadi i was £400,000, or about a quarter "that f t of the latest type. ' [ " - . ' ; Wealthy people in Japan consider it ' undignifieckto travel on horseback'at a ' faster pace, than' a.* walks- ■ ; : 1 There are 14 '•provinces vand" 10 item- _ 1 tories in the Argentine BepublicV 1 The .. ' ■ ; President has- a- salary of £6000;"' ■' J Japan is perhaps, the only couhtryiin- i ' which fashions for -ladies -have'-; '/not • 1 changed materially; for 2500' yews. '..'.' : ; "Buin'Yifl the' name of a beverage ! refj '- — cently imported into New '•■• Sprit . " It? consist^iof rum; ale and soda.' '. The- Heaviest .-.diamond-in -in the;, wjorldi.^^ and therefore the "m^B' valuable, is aifLl. heirloom' m the Portngtiese : Eoyal Family. ; ,;' •" „i ■- For foreign coin' or' bullion the Bank '; of England pays ohly;,-£3 17s;M'ier'ounce,; which is- lid -Jess thaa""Mint price. ."'.-..' ....„' .'.l, 1 ,, :'f' •-."■■.. -'■■:'! ''■'■'■■■■•' : ' ' A human ■rbeing^illi^ie.forlwant o'fair in 'five minutes ;':fof; wanfc.bf .voter, in a week; and 'for want of; sleep' in -- ten days. ."■■■■■' ,"'■■ _ .._ There are in ; the "worlds asinearry ' can be commuted, l^.OOO.pOO.: ; .Of • these, 421 millions live under the British flag.. : ;;V- -.:'■ :';=-:;tf ■ : A *warni of ;bees^T(hici ; :have :*&&. posse SS1 bi'of-the;cliTdch.-ropf-at;Kirk-; . )ride, in Cuniberhnd, ;obiept .-to even- - ing service. As soon as the 1 lamps are lit the.bees" descendVinto : tte Ibnilduig, and terrorise the oongwgationy especially the ladies floral decorations in their hat* , . ■••^.•J-V"" ': . ■-;■:,■'.■' ■ ■ On entering ; his- fpwl'boußß in rsXho ■- early morning, Jphif Krider, io fanner,. ,; of Lebanon; PennysMpia,- •v?B4 Butp?i.s-» ed to find "that eigtit\tnikeyß_Tjadi Men stolen. He. WM' stall more. Burpnsed . when ke (picked up" a'walletr- containing over. £50, /which. tEe T tEieves evidently The ; Franfc (Sussex)X vestr y nweting has decided to -insure iiiße Village schoolmaster; l jtne 2 Sratßri,^rad; the gravedig- • , ear. adder: M fifejf Workmen's Act; but not 'the •■ It is 'rtsolved^ 'stop paying salaries to the choir bpys and to give : .them annual P resent3/ins|eid/ '; ; - ; '.•^^^■- ■ At thoi Beaulien (Hampshire) annual parish' meeting it: was .'stated: that ■Uiere ; were no acconnts to : lay before theirate- ; payers, as' for th* sixth, year in.succession there Had been/neither receipts nor expenditure; the' balance in band, from the firetVand only j^te,, levied iemg £1 Is. Sd. ' '- ■'■;■.':- ■'■*•"' ■■'.■ _^_^jj__^_^2iiiL ; . . ■ 1 The truffle isrperßaps ttie^mosb, -won- . derful- vegetable in v the i-world; lacknig, as it does,v'roots, stfem.i flowers, leaves, and;sjeeds. '-.' :: .-^ : ; v' : ;.; .'■'"',; .--'y: , : " The "yellow > bird" oT North ' America migrates ■: every . spring from Central Am'erica'tp'the'Arctic.regions,--a distance of. 3Boo ; : ipiles.. . " - - •- . ■"..''> ■■:'.'. : T'i^rf ■•'■"■' ■'.-■■■ ''■■ While' working : in^the, cemetery.,, at Bene, /jSan.<FE»n^e(»,.';». .. gravedigger struck 'si fqur-fool" fee* of, gold. Assay* era give a value"off;£2o tothe ton,, Twenty years ; ago ttere were in tha United Kingdom 2,_362;00p^ persons emDloved in agricultnre. . To-day tha num-. Lr haS falehta 2,109,000, -; 'f PhysiciaW:ari9/!in' great demaiii-~^ Bra 74-v -They, are' we^.paid, but" their life is ft-har^r one'} as they 1 often i have to ride aU-day;t6 reach, a paSeaiv-^^,^^-^-'-' Geese are regards.^ as emblematicof : enduring- lore" in ; " China, a pairof them being bonflidered'an .appropriate ■.' >prei sent from a' gentleman.' "to his sweeti heart..'; ..' .".';.■:.. :". .'.'..' . ■ ' ;■ - ' :,. . .'■ * i Two new Cunsrders' are the first vessels to exceed the Cfreat. Eastern in i beam. They are 88ft wide, as against ; the 83ft if the .'leviathan of 60 years ; *&°> ■•/■•■;. •■■;-■• ■^.■■■•v.- "■.'■"' -■ ' • ! llaly.a^dSpaßn&v^fewiH! houses ia riropbrfion to their.'; population than any ■■ country 'in the -world." The Argen- ; tine Republic and " Uruguay have tha > most. . :.- ■'*■;,. . ■' '. _. ' . ; • Bedouin Arabs require very little > food. ..Six-or. seven dates, soaked in • melted-bulter, will satisfy.a man aI whole day, with a' very small quantity. i of coarste flour ojt a little ball of boiled I ricft •:'■, ';.,,;.■■.' f ":?..;. .'•' ■'■"-■,■ "■'". ; '* i The Cossacks:, .rvely- : become merl chants: 'Though they maintain 60,000 i fighting-men, and; can muster 128,000..m ■ an emergency,' tiiere arfe but a few hun- , dred of their pepjSte. engaged in busis ness.'. '■ - ''-. •'_:':.-. '"■' ■-„ ■'-.:-/ - : s : : - "••■ '."'■■.•'.••:■.:•■'- ■ '_. „'" t ! All (Jennan'c's^ierß.Sniust.. learn 'to j swim,"«pme i ljettgs£«*i? fer * *»*■» ""^^ i their ctothin^;<^;^Bir?h^;c;s- and carrya ing guna aad^iWMluhitiofa, they ■-• oatt I fcross -.streams eeyefal hunderd- yards ia .■ - Widtlu -•"•: • -V: "V : ■;' '■■]■-: '■ . --- % \ Bya^^ reoent.fdiA,yth^>cultivation of . c cpinm ;'invChrnaijnjist-ceaio «ntirely by ■ a ,the year :I917; ; T^' crop -is reduced by y on^teiith ; *^vWWi;aiid all those using i- topium inl»t'^J^ ba ™ shed - - n ' A strike of domestzc-Beivants, the first c" iof its" k^a : in;ltaly,~has. broken out at ; a !'Arzignatfo. : -V .^frgir^, ; -v»hbs6 : organiy isationis'perfect^ni'ajid^higher wages, >- ! a tetf hdurs7day,~.ate3',extra pay for over h ! time;r^*:V:;^-:v-^...:;.' ; ,-. - I- Soinaiiiand's-dnskywarriors when en- . '• ' gaged in -warfttre,;, exist, entirely on » 5t fplcies bi' nuty aboofc twice. the. size of W a walnut: Twenty.of-them are a dav'i rations for a warrior, -and; he eats them boUejav;^ . ;vv4 :: ? '": ; ; - : »'. ■ ■ n " Liniments' 'cannot'- -remoye' .the real i trouble in cheumatism, ;gout, sciatic*, 01 and 'lumbago, BHEJraio does, by remoyl11: me ithe^eicess.Huinc acid' from tb% " cure."- 2s 6d ancl 4s 6d» .