MULTUM IN PARVO.

Otago Witness, Issue 3758, 23 March 1926, Page 66

MULTUM IN PARVO.

Correspondence between Hungarian Itudents and tUeir tutors can now be lent by cheap post. . Oxford is the largest university in tlie world. It lias 21 colleges and five balls. .. . Oaks and aspens, as well as the traditional apple trees, are frequently found bearing growths of mistletoe. A statue of Alexauder the Great in cold, and dating probably from Ins time, bas been stolen from a museum in Sofia. America now leads Britain. In total trade, including both exports and imports, Britain is still at the top of the Spain has more sunshine than any other country in Europe. The yearly overage is 3000 hours. In England it is 1400. . , , Two Japanese papers in Osaka hate agreed to limit the number of Chinese characters used in printing to 2490, instead of 6000. A big American twin aeroplane was wrecked through both the engines stopping together, an accident that had never before been known. School teachers under the Glamorgan County Council will have to be able to l-ach Welsh by 1927; English will, of course, continue to be taught. to be preserved at Oswestry, England, wer« found a 31b rainbow trout and a Alb perch. Koval wills are never made public in Britain. They are kept in a special room of Somerset House, and not even the otncials see them. Students of 19 nationalities study the English language by a new scientific method at University College, London. Swedes usually prove the best students. Sandringham, the Norfolk residence of the late Queen Alexandra, was bought by King Edward for £200,000 in the first place, but the estate has been greatlyenlarged since. Tiutern Abbey is being strengthened by placing steel framework in the columns, a. d covering it over with the old stc. A machine for making tacks was patented in 1806, but not put into practical use u- il near the middle of last century. Now the world consumes 50,000,000 tacks a day.

-Electricity is better than steam for short railway journeys, according to one authority. On a ten-mile strength of line_, with .* sta on stop every two miles, 35 electric trains could be run in an hour, against about 15 of the steam variety. The Coldstream Guards is the oldest corps in British Army excepting the Ist Foot. It was raised at Coldstream, in Berwickshire, by General Monk, in 1660, ana thus obtained its title, although at first known as “Monk’s Regiment.” The National Lifeboat Institution found i. its collecting boxes at Wembley coins from more than 20 countries. Among them ere two of the East Indian Company and a George HI farthing. When an Indian cemetery was being moved in Ohio the workers were amazed to find thousands of dollars’ worth of pearls in one of the graves. It was apparently the tomb of a chief. have leaden backs assure their sinking if lost overboard. Furthermore, the Otters in a code book are printed in ink that fades when it co es in contact with water.

The crown of a human tooth is covered by a' brillian white cap of enamel, which is not only the hardest tissue of the body, consisting as it does of 05.5 per cent, of mineral matter, but also the hardest known organic substance. Reindeer drives are to be added to the pleasures of the London Zoo very shortly. Two of these animals are now being trained to draw a small wheeled vehicle.

papier mache, can be obtained for $d from an automatic machine placed near the drinking fountain at Euston Station, London.

wife dm first, the husband on an average survives nine years; while if the husband dies fist the wife survives II years. Several plants, including the mimosa, are stated to show distinct signs of muscular contraction on being struck. This is said to indicate that plants have a sense of feeling. Sentries are directed to turn to the right at one end of their beat and to the left a.t the other, and so as always to watch the “front,” the direction of the supposed enemy.

The tip of the tongue is the most sensitive part of the human body, the finger-tip, coming next in order. The least sensitive parts are the back and the outside of the thigh. A pair of ancient soldier’s boots, which were found in a cupboard of a very old building in Bagshot Park, Surrey, England, weighed about 101 b each, being made of the thickest hide, lined and padded, with very thick soles, and large rowelled spurs attached by steel chains.

- - The whole of the Bible has been written in Braille by Mr Ford, himself blind, who has been for 50 years proofreader anil stereotyper to the National Institute for the Blind.

Schoolboys of 20 years ago were better mathematicians than those of today, according to an eminent educationist. He states that he present-day scholars have too many distractions. built to carry 30 passengers as well as a big cargo, an office, complete with a trained typist, is being installed for the convenience of business men.

finger tips are not only unchangeable through life, but the chance of the fingerprints of two persons being alike is less than ie in sixty-four billions.

Jewsharps ore made principally in Boccorio, the seat of the industry since the sixteenth century. A good workman can make seven dozen in a day, and, simple as the little instruments are, no fewer than. 20 tools are employed in their manufacture.