MISCELLANEOUS.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7463, 10 September 1892, Page 4

MISCELLANEOUS.

The a\ci\T.je age at which women marry in cmhsed coiintiies is set clown at 25.5 3 c irs. Annie (seeing (Icorge slip on a banana ])ccl .md slide under a fnut stind) " (!eor<_?e dosen't look much like a dudo now, d<»es he '" Bessie . " No. lie has nioie of a .subdued appcaiance at tlie present moment." riorenee.it Home. — Toots (standing in the shadow) • "Ts Miss Florence at home tins evening 7 " Budget- "Come out uheie I can see you. (Sotto voice- — Yes , red hair, no moustache, turn up no'-e) Yes, come tight m." Mane: " Would you bo surprised if T told you that Jack White proposed to me last night '" Louise "Not at all. I know his creditors were pressing him tembly, and I fully expected he would do something despeiate." Mount St. Klias, in Alaska, was put down ten years ago as being something over 14,000 feet high. The very latest reports show it to be between 18,000 and 19,000 feet in height. There aie hfty-three telephone companies in the I'nited States, .ill belonging virtually to the Bell monopoly. They have 241 exchanges, 470,350 telephones, and 8405 employees. , The a\ erage length of life is greater in Nonsay than in any other country on the globe. This is attributed to the fact that the temperature is cool and uniform throughout the year. Africa is 234 times as large as the State of New York. Tt is the mo->t remarkable of all the countries as rejects its animal di->tiibutions. Out of a total of 523 knu vn spMiMm, 472 of them are to be found m no other cyuntry.