Frozen Facts.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 4251, 22 June 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)

Frozen Facts.

Neaely all the gum arabic of commerce comes from the Desert of Sahara. In the immense empire governed by the Czar of Russia 60 languages are spoken. ,' Most of the telegraph operators in Sweden are •women. ' Steel has been used for shipbuilding for •only 14 years, yet it is estimated that 96 per 1 'Cent, of the vessels built at the present day % are of steel. England has five colonies on the "West .African coast, but in them all are only 500 , whites, mostly Government officials, officers, ■or missionaries. The general rule for all diets should be an abundance of sweet fruits, fresh or dried, green vegetables — those growing above the j 1 ground receiving the preference — a email * proportion of the cereals, brown bread, milk, eggs, and a little meat. .•". Garnets are brought from Bohemia, Cey'flon, Peru, and Brazil. The most common :|color is a shade of red, but brown, yellow, Ijjgreen, and even black varieties are known. * TPure stones are never larger than a hazel riimt. Thebe are few cities which have a better ..water supply than that of London and the .'suburbs — at least, so far as quantity is~con- ■ ".cerned. From the Thames 300,000,000 gal■^nlons a day can be taken ; from the Lea, ;J52,500,000 gallons; from wells in the Lea , Walley, 40,000,000 gallons ; and from wells in , ; 'the Kent Company's district, 27,500,000. The Japanese tattooera not only picture ■dragons and flowers and musmees on the bodies of their patrons, but to meet the artis- .' tic demands of Europeans, they now produce j in. colors an exact photograph of any cher- * ished friend whose image the tattooed person ,' may desire to have constantly with him. "I caee not to ask if there be dregs or ,! tatters of human life such as can escape from the description and boundary of .mortals," •observes Mr. Gladstone. "I submit that ' duty is a power -which rises with us in the j, morning and goes to, rest with us at night. It i\ is co-extensive with the action of our intelli- » gfence ; it is the shadow -which, cleaves^to xis, y go where you will, and which only leaves us L when we leave the light of life." i Physicians now declare that anyone who ( 'feels inclined to sleep after a meal is committing a crime against his digestion by not in■dulging his somnotency. The theory that } these iconoclasts advance is that when a per- ( (son has taken a heavy dinner the stomach i 'demands a special] influx of blood wherewith Vto accomplish its. work of digestion. The '?brain cannot meet this demand unless the /cerebral functions Tie meanwhile- partially or wholly suspended : hence the benefit of "40 ■r winks." Dyspeptics will find this a very 'pleasant medicine, and if there are some -who - 1 still think it an indolent practice, all we can