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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4262, 23 January 1901, Page 7

Prussian military experiments show thai severe muscular exertion renders the blooc very poor in sugar, and that sugar render! tired muscles capable of renewed exertion, while saccharine is far less-beneficial. A similar impression prevails in where the sugar is mingled with mint am other ingredients. ■ , . - The new did Newfoundland, postage stamp bears the likeness of the IJime ot York. This is the fifth-of a senes of Royal portrait stamps issued by England s oldest colony during last year, the series being as follows:—Id (Prince toward of York; id (the Queen), Id (Prince ot Wales), Pd (Princess of Wales). ' The Parisian taste for hosenesn continues to iucreaso. During last year Pans ate over 10.000 horses. 300 donkeys, and a fe®- unconsidered mules.. .The donkey and mule are evidently declining in favoui a., in 1852 the official returns showed the cossumption to have been BG6 donkeys and 51 mules, while only 9000 horses figured in the Paris moat bill. f • Fridtjof Nansen a sharp eye tor tin money side of his ventures has won him the nick-name "Fmanzen Nansen in Nor wav. He has brought a number of mrms in the Numedal. near Tedeniarken, m m Christiana district, which he is malint into a large estate. . , In order to isolate the buildings of the National Gallery on the northsideoilTafaltrar Square, applicaioa is to be maae. to Parliament for an Act authorising the acquirement of property adjacent to the gallery.