Brief Mention.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XIX, Issue 3285, 22 October 1895, Page 3

Brief Mention.

London has 10,000 professional musicians. Troubles, like babies, grow larger by nursing. Waistcoats made of paper are promised for summer wear. An electric weed killer is the latest American invention. Lord Kelvin maintains that the earth is 100,000,000 years old. Thoroughbred dogs are said to be less intelligent than mongrels. The girl who runs away to got married will very likely walk home. A man never realises his worth until he is sued for a breach of promise. Over 3000 Hindoo temples in India are supported entirely by charitable donations. When the earth and Saturn are nearest they are divided by nearly 800,000,000 miles. The repqtation of giving the best dinner in London belongs to Baron Henry de Worms. Only £BOOO was offered a few weeks ago and refused at Christie’s for three S6vree vases. A bilious man hunting for something to get angry at is generally successful in hie search. The mother of the modern girl says her daughter is like a piece of cheap calico. She won’t wash. The British Empire and its dependencies and colonies embrace 11,000,000 square miles, or about the size of all Africa. After all has been said against the barbed-wire fence, the truth remains that it has a great many points in its favor. The Marquis of Lome, M P., will be the nearest relative to the reigning sovereign who has sat in the Commons in modem times. When a man pulls off his boots at the foot of the stairs it is sate to bet that he expects trouble at the top. If your heart is larger than your head you injure yourself, and if your head is larger than your heart you injure your neighbors. It is not generally known that, with certain exceptions, the population of the British Isles is liable to conscription for the militia, A curious fact has been noted by Arctic travellers—snow, when at a very low temperature, absorbs moisture and dries garments. The ink used in printing Bank of England notes was formerly made from grape stone charcoal ; now it is manufactured from naphtha smoke.

There were 159 railway servants killed in the United Kingdom last year while “ standing on the line of duty,” or crossing the metals in front of trains. The East Indian sbipworm will in a few months destroy any vessel by eating out the interior of beams and planks. They will be left a mere shell that can be shattered by the mere fist. It has been positively demonstrated that tobacco is one of the prime causes of color-blindness. In positions where it is necessary to distinguish oolors excessive smoking shonld be avoided. The perfume of flowers is more,clearly perceived just before or just after rain beoause the air, being then laden with moisture, better conveys the essential oils that constitute the perfumes. Maxim’s cavalry gun, which fires 700 shots a minute, weigiiß but 30<b, and can be carried strapped to a soldier’s back. The gua be made for the Sultan of Turkey fires 770 shots a minute, but it is a field-piece on wheels. At the termination of his sentence Oscar Wilde, whose health has much improved, is likely to go to America, where a position of usefulness has been offered him. Mrs Wilde and her children are in the south of France. A battalion of British Infantry has 150 picks, 150 shovels, 10 spades, 24 axes, 50 billhooks, and 4 crowbars. An engineer company has 130 picks, 130 shovels, 6 spades, 81 axes, 13 handsaws, 4 cross cut saws, 40 billhooks, 13 crowbars, and 20 heavy hammers.