NEWS IN BRIEF.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12609, 25 June 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)

NEWS IN BRIEF.

Bofiira'a postal service is woxkri ;•&;•»-.-,;;:/.■•;J anmnal profit of 47 per cent. ' , ;-; r; ; ;, ,:* .' A too of rosebuds will produce only abeni. ■; \" two ounces of the attar or ro3'M. .. _ '{:■:'■'•■:/• I'h a film": of • a soap ' babble is: the '■:■■; ; ! .'.•; ! ? 13,500,000 th of an, inch in thickness.'' i ' •; "Brussels contains a clock, which is w0und : ;•.;.;.,. ; ..\ up by the wind, and never by human hawk. ■•;- ; ?;| It is stated on high authority that one* hall! of the flesh eaten in Germany is horse>:|pgg flesh. r i - > . _ . ' ,£ According to latest computottian there ere, - : Oj 15,348 different hinds of postage stamps i»; t. ;':;'' existence. ' ' . ' : \ } .•'•' The biggest cemetery in. the world hi the Catacombs at Borne. They contain six mirlioit bodies. ' ' A , , ," ■ , '--r\ Carp and pike are the Lonjjest-u fed fell* i£&.{{]g They, both have been known to lire ©v«Ta*,|||s| two centuries. //? The Bishop of Edinburgh, the riches* • . episcopal we in Scotland, gets a stipend of only £914 a year. .By English lav a "motorweighing: even $M|| Scwt must be capable of being worked be)ck<4Ms|g wards or forwards. , , ■;, The smallest oak trees"axe'to be found China:, They an* not ljin high* and will '"•■.'|; take root in thimbles. J A North Sea cod-fshing boat usually car- . ries eight miles of lines, with very nearly "-v..)/'; 5000 hooks upon them. " - 1 . "•; >-„ , , t . , ,';. 'i * '„; -On an average ever? inhabitant of the .- ,;> J. United ) Kingdom ; spends . eleven guineas *$'%|| year in foreign produce. ,-" ,\ . T! . ".' ■• - <■, * 'England's five agricultural colleges are at Carlisle, Cirencester, v Dow Eton, Holies* ley Bay, and Wye, in Kent* A policemam at the Marylebone • Police Court said a man was so drunk that lie howi to run or he would have fallen. ■;" "^(^^M Manchester school playgrounds'' are te>.» opened rout of school hours with a' view tet keeping children off the streets. '• ■' ". An experimental theatre" for stage fine* v.* —3 is being built in Vienna for the training «4%;f*| the public in cases of serious fires. ' \r x Dartmoor, which occupies ore-fifth of :■ ■W.^^jI area of the County of Devon, lis the'largos*;■";' '\/\\h tract of uncultivated land in EiLgtemd. _.• ' v _, '\ . • '■ Eight'! million ;poaada"'> worth r of i fifth ■ ifi \ - 4 :'H landed at English ports every. twelve months, j.'. ,';,.; Tiiis includes shellfish, but not salmon. Women serve as medical affioara m. the" ; . ;- :t ;i Russian army. In no • other, country ,?.of.jgSgS Europe is. such • employment riven jto i the f^i .The highest inhabited place in the world j.;.5 is the Buddhist monastery of Ilaine, in TibflCi " J which is situated about .17,000 ft above sea- - • , The newest sky-scrapsr is the Etna build- ~' .id ing, in New York It 'boats ail records with it» thirty storeys .ad 4SSft of height from *. 1 tbe f twweni. < 1 ,!j ; ( I f '^^«iiVl) !\}''WpM At the St. Lout. Eshibifcum the «»*• _ .Dissented by William m.'.t» the Drogfaeda Corporation after the battle of the fioyme :,;■:] will be ? »*: >"■ :' ■'- > :%^P^^™| The amtiv«miT ha* just bflto'cttefciw* : ! ];.; in Berlin of tie© day whom, m. 1833, th* «M law : -forbidding; anvoß* to lpftotn in ft» streets was repealed. • :?; From 1 Jatiuary : to. August;* - fleet QfJbS** ing ■vess'els).is'"engaged in .inching sharks '':;:! 1 off Iceland.;- A link's liver yields as nrach: ,; : ;.-j as five gallons of oil. '. ,Suff '»!% >f |W ~-The Fijian fossil coral Is the beats . toniMk ;, ';i:. i : ing etono 1 ;«i> tji'e world. Soft en cheese when first cut, it hardens hi' ths air to the V 4 ;?|||l consistency of granite. * *C "1 .•' ::i Among, the proposed new Pari* laandsy, regulations 'i* one: which ' assises it oompui-<'""wßm B(>ry } for, all laundry to wear \ india- jzggni ; rubber gloves while at work- t '' V • ,; c ''lfj j;■ ;.-'Araoiuj;avilis^-rmt^ ** Nil I the -men and oue per pent, of the wwue»*r»l|3Jg I colour-blind." The- Chinese ]'are ■ th« ;?only : people free from colonr-blindiitss.- v .. V'jjM ! At an inquest hold at -TO»ite'cht4^W l i;'?s||a elderly"wonwa it- was rtatßtl; libit-! the *&£s}] ceased had been in the e^ljßy- : of oa» tamiry. I ail a domestic servant for 59 years. £$ •'"'-"3sffa!i I ■ ':;. There ' aro i, 500,000,000 vinhabiiiMttte 3 o*i : -ii|| i; the ' globe, ii; Of 'these 60,000,000 tiK«**&£mß] | year, 137,736 per day, 5596 per hou/, abont \ 90 per minute, or three ia eTW,twol , *wojw^^^ I ■ y Four new States are to :bo ; added && th* 'American Uru3n^They:aj^;tb:he : ra)io^wE^ ■ existing States | aid t.tcrrii oris?,; and <; 'Wsljila ,Bring the total : number of States te fifty* five. - '. „ ' t' ' v-'; A:/ clergyman giving ';'■ evidence -;' in"i:t Jibe Divorce f London, said f perbajM Solomon. ■ w.is'.'a' wis* man iu many things, bat be ■" to"*'" fool wfeere weniea -./were "sea*- ■ ; ':• A German \ professor's has a.-gree* > storm in . American ttmi^caj^,.'jarelea ■■ hjff!., advising the students ol Gliii«afO. , CJiiJfra;s»tyt.. : . to drink more beer, ae it in the besi;Md;.t4v;;,.>-|.l a. scholarsiip. , '■ ' ;~ j/i' r -*J . A grocer's apprentice' in Halle' {Qormaiiyl . spent his dinner hour,,;cra:3tt*iag \ httttswl' ' with,. almonds. .". The ' poiaon :; contained in*.. almonds soon, had its effect, and the 'boy '£fM < the same night. ' ;;'•;,: ' ,V. 1 "*-''.l"^ ! :"'jffi| ■ -.'A "choir of. whistlers." bate : .beinistarted : ;'•;>■ ; : | by ; the pastor of the Fisnrth Methodiß* Church, Millville, N.J. There are 30. p«r----f onoere, and ; the;r.;Cnad net ■ the; mnsical; pori Hon -the, service.- ■''■'}..■:■,'- 'L& : \ :^t^fßm Spinach contains more iwm than yolk of -ir'-'l : eggs, which :■ again'-, : i*ws more 5 than •' feoef» Apples,;- lentils, strawberries, whfte bae«»< peas, potatoes, wheat, come nsxfc, and milk is at the bottom-of the >'j-]if'.'^fe ?:'A'- i jndge of St. Louis, U.S.A., has decided i that eleven ' o'clock ill ? late enw|h i'«* »young man to stay when ha is eaMitig, ape* his best girl After tb«t heT,fa*h«r'..ha« a . 'right to forcibly pit him mi. \ An interesting bat la is'rtpoikd; from ' wyj : Westbn.'/Kouth'-ljttcsV::.','A ■! liawk; att'e?svp«4 to carry off one of a brood of <ahfciken», *w* I I & couple of = hens . showed! fight, «sd ' after ; * • strenuous tu&sie killed.the enemy. .;.. ./.U 11 Treasure-hunting ; ; has,! become 5 the*; prhseipftl " occupation of this • jria'uders of 'Wm* miquo. They digday and night among tha 'ruins caused by the {iruptwns of Mont Pelcp,. ' for. gold • and otter' .valuables/'-."■■. . v i.';-'i>3f^S The Fr^'Mmi.ter^feuUrf;?o«^ ed a priaso for swiftest bird in * Sigh* from Perigceuxw-Pnris. 310 mites. ThW h were 2746 entnes, and the whriier did tH : .V/:.'j distance in serai hours and j£|f wistd**- .: - 'Sjl^ A woman who was found afooltiag * > ; (ft in a ladies' !,waitiag-ir6f*t*i ?.% i; a ? station iu : Bavaria, said, she had <<ahtna": : «|S'.the habit.;.because , she % Kissed 5, the. kVinCt? smciirt around ; the house: s ; ac»•h«-htish^aj^«ied^^|^ A woman who i* Chicago bad tor yeaw stj»w * naaawss,; chickens, and in her will i>uf, Isf 1, il-MJ to bo used in erecting/' a chi-irenbouse, good.tn4;;. ; ; : ; « warm, and lined , inside J and ; out^^:;lor|-1| T; A•. 6chooner v ' la-'ea ; with eoga>, ; grnroda* : off . the coast of It'ew '.Tearsw,;end .the : u'^rga l .- ■ -;-t : was thrown KverbejwL The proprietor ,'4|§B|B an • oyster-bed .in j the 1 vicinity jis ; suing i fo* K! damages, because sugar does not agree witlp. Tlk man who is having his finger grafted Tbd man who is having hi«:ihiger^raJted i; : ; s | on, to bis face to malto a nos*vie the • t)hi- :;. : rersity Hospital,' Phi'laMphia, has veßei*fe4 ::.^-,:j an • offer : of. marriage :troin a lady, Wh*> •Bssj»^E|ja r nan cf his characteristics is the jwejtot \s,:.'A make an ideal/husband.'. .■ ''•'/ 't, {<. , . J .;;.: A quaint ;cheque \jr»s: paid into the h««4 office of a city bank in London * day or tWO>/}f£•.. :{J ago.,; The ■ name; of the payee was . filled im correctly,'and to" was lhi» amount in &mrm t but in the space left for " the sum of wa» : ■% $ written "two calves aw 1 a cow." - -•. :.> : ' ; ;-«i : -'-;'| A man tried at Fragtie fo« theft nod acquitted owing to tb« aible pleading:, oJ -a#, counsel, called it the lutters to e** ; , preaa his gratitude. i'After =he;: had ;.i«^-i#f; ; •was discovered that fie had appjopriatedl .ljji .. .coßsiderable amoiint oiVwhiwui ieve|il«rk^a^M .. ■ ■ Four .yean r ago •■ the, workto&v day I French • factories ■ wm ' qtsa] of I twelve • hoarr ;f a year latei it was elevens hours, »riil : theisi/r]p;|i| it came down to feet> aji* l a-half; hut nowi' . i is one of tei» hours: It is ; stated. faa* tfca. ! , same rat* (if wages 'will ixi rwud for tim homw ; -j|(j:t] [ as was -paid when twelve! Iwura were wcrkixSv " |^