MISCELLANEOUS.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8081, 20 September 1894, Page 1

MISCELLANEOUS.

The year 1890 will be a leap year. Buda I\'3th has the deepest artesian well. Tho feebler the patient tho less danger* ous in it to bike chloroform. Tho highest volcano in tho world in Cotopaxi, in Ecuador,, 19,490 foot. Th« largest ilovror is the rafflesia of Sumatra, whoso diameter is nine foct. Sheep and cows when ill seek out certain herbs which i;orvo as medicine. When a visitor enters a house in Japan lie must lay asido his street &hoes at tho door. According to the 'Century Dictionary there aro about 1000 languages in tho world. It is computed thai there are in tho Cnited States 48,900 blind and 33,900 deaf mutes. Tho statistics of desertions from the British Army suem to indicate that tho eorvico is not very popular. L*sr year tho desortiom cost tho nation L 50, 000. Tho British Museum contains 732 histories of England, covering every ago of its growth. A young woman who thought sho was losing her husband's affection went to a seventh daughter of a seventh daughter for a love powdor. 'Get a raw piece of beef, cut flat, about an inch thick. Slice an onion in two and rub tho meat on both sides of it, put on peppor and nalt, and toast it on each side over a red coal of liro. Drop on it three lumps of butter and two sprigs of parsley, and got him to eat it.' The young wife did so, and hoc husband loved her ever after. The barbor'u art in Europe dates from tho time of Alexander tho Great, b o 300. He ordered every soldier to bhavo' lest tho beaid ahould give a handlo to the enemiesAccording to all reports of recent woathor in Huropo, it sooma probable tlmt the coming summer will bo practically a repetition of that of last* year. There aro 430 seats ia tho House of Commons, and as a consequence 240 of tho 670 members are obliged to etand, 1 Camp (twig aw serried m imdjpSed.