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Otago Daily Times, Issue 13863, 28 March 1907, Page 8

..-During,l9o6 Marly six millions Btor"nS . Wils 'eft in charitable-' bequests under 90 wills disposing of estate .of (lie aggregate value of about 20 millions. Ono haU ol tho charitable bequests were contributed bj fourwills-those of Mr Beit, Mr Gteorge Honing, Mrs Lewis-Hill, and Baron Inver. -A pathetic story was told to the Chatham Board of Guardians the other, day by Thomas White, aged 76, in making application for out-roliof. Ho stated ho formorly belonged to the 11th Hussars, served during the Crimean War, and took part in the charge of the Light Brigade. ' Ho received a sword-cut extending from the ij e m*? groin ' bosidcs a wound in tho body. White added that ho had no pension, and had tried to earn a' livinff by selling lavender, but was nearly reduced to starvation. > ' -In eomo Japanese temples may be seen suspended great ooils of rope woven from human hair. Such ropes, made of liair sacrificed by thousands of women and prls, were used to hoist stone and timber for tho temple, and arc preserved as relics. — Many o f p tho most gorgeous colours arc obtained from animal sources. The cochineal\ insects furnish us with,' amongst others, tn<j gorgeous carmine, and the crimson, scarlet, and purple shades. The cuttle, fish gives sepia. It is the inky fluid'which tho fish discharges when attacked, in order to render the water opaque. Indian yellow comes from the camel. Ivory chips produce the ivory black and bone black. Prussian' blue, which was discovered accidentally, is made by fusing horeee' houfs and other animal matter with certain chemicals. — Sergeant John Moore, one of tho three-' survivors of the garrison of Jellalabad. lias died at Southampton. An Irishman by birth, ho enlisted at tho age o[ 18 in the 13th Foot, and serving in India from 1835 to 1845, wont through the Afghan campaign. In 1840-1 ho was present in several engagements in forcing tho passes from Kabul to Jellalabad, and took part in defence of the latter fortress in 1841-2. He' participated in the general action of Jollalabad in the latter year, and at the recapture of Kabul. Sergeant Mooto was possessed of three medals for service in tho field, and in 1840 was promoted from corporal to .sergeant for gallantry. , —An interesting suggestion- was made by Professor W. Duddoll in the course of a Jochiro on "The Telephone and its Working." Tho lecturer introduced a number of experiments, indicating how the vibration of air produces and affects eound. By lantern slides ho showed' tho varying- effects of musical sounds and tho inflox .of the human.voice. One of the most interesting experiments shown was that of telephoning along a stream of light. The lecturer remarked that from tho latest experiments carried out in Berlin an aro lamp might bo mado capable of talking, though to what practical use it might lie possible to apply this could only at present be conjectured.