INTERESTING ITEMS.

Western Star, Issue 2118, 29 May 1897, Page 2 (Supplement)

INTERESTING ITEMS.

Only 35 pet centiTol the people of Perls were born there. '' ... The new British army magazine rifle wui ■ throw to a distance of over 4,000 yards. - The wealthy Hebrews of Bagdad now own, i all that remains of the ancient town p* Babylon. .' i.;^'--., n-.-'-fl ... , >;' Bate are .most curiously constructed, tne heart's action being aided by the rhythmic , contractions of the veins of the wings. Strange to say, the bicycle now forma no inconsiderable portion of the miicellan«our supplies forwarded to the/.;*usiioaariw\ abroad. • ' ' ' f r" An' improved snake story cornea '''from-' Calcutta. Two tame pythona, were kept, i together,, when one sw*Uowed the other. The inside snake, feeling uncomfprtable.in;: the other's midst, proceeded to -..eat, life.way ■- ~ oat at the other end. >/,'.,... ' '' The "Printers' Bible "is so (jailed because » it contains a curious typographical error iinV; the 161st verse of Psalm exix., which is made ; to read: " Printers have persecuted me with- » out a cause," instead of "Princes." -j H . ; The vital spark in tortoises is very ■trenf. There is a recent record of a tortoise which lived six months after its brains had been removed. Another which liad suffered ae.* '■ capitation showed life in the jsfjgggthead three days afterwards; \''--- t, i^^J-;-",^, There is in the strong rooms of one or the oldest- private banks in London a large quantity Of jewels, plate,,and other valuables which was deposited for,safe :.cust<>dy r by„» French refugees shortly, before the outbreak ; of the Revolution. Several of the depositors • claimed their belongings after" the' OMf v d'ffiai, but the present'depoSittf'lue Btijl : awaiting claimants, and probably I 'always will/' '''' "■' ! "■' " J ' '' " 1 ' '' '' ' ' There is a houde in Paris occupied by overl-' fifty tenants, who for twenty yews-have never paid any rent, the landlord! being unknown.:'.- v '■?../:.'■■■:'■ ,-i,'i-'iv:>.. i r-'.fj'> Vj,:.-. .'■■'.•.'■■•■'. : It is claimed that during the last, twenty- . five years but one parson for every 3,500.0 pp carried by therailroads ofiJenniark hisbeen killed. "'',•:; v '-'/' i '' , ''":' v / • ;'>'^ > J' : '.."' ' A man doing light work'needs about 17oz. ■ of food per day; doing hard work, 30o*v $■■■. for - , very hard physical labour 450 z. are neces-. t sary.'' ; ' K ir'.. > : '.■; .;';■■ t--,,\.';:-- ,:i rtv;. Ji'.'i It is estimated by some horticulturists that, more than 1,800 varieties of roses worthy of M cultivation have been produced, during ( present century. ' ' c In London the omnibus horse is worn put ''in'five'years,*-''the Irani I 'horse post-office horse in six.' v'""*i ..i'«t --<•'/''" The area of the Czar's individual -poeses*;: <: sion* of land is greater than,the entire ex- ;; tent of France, ... ;■, ,:•■: ".',. '■■ k, ,->.*'; Alfred Maqe,se son of the Buglistr prizefighter,' Jem Mace, has recently : closed'S series of evangelistic meetings in*lndianapolis. , • -"' '*, " ' ' ';,;, Ah "earthquake-wive once crossed; the ■ Pacific in twelve'hours, or-over six tailsa -a minute.'?'.■■■ ■■&?, ; ; '= '-■>''■■■::;»?■■}'.>:; ■ /' iiif,^■ :

Stooping may be quickly JHirfldj 'Wf-tA*?. gymnastic inatructor, if the. patient .•eyer^l.. times daily slowly raises himself upon the toes in ; a perpendicular position, at time fully inflating the Jungs. " , '••'.. An" einineni statistician* estimates that v during thePcourse of in 'drdihary life' r the-' r average man will eat seven iohr*horae wag- < gon loads more food than is good' for him'-•,. ■* : A>.«ansaa girl, seventeen yeara.jdWijJPecently made• perfecthorse-shoe in Jeaa than,, four* minutes' - before judges,..beatings£lj°ii pxpert.blacksmiths in - ; occasion was aVOhurch,,eht<erl»inment, and the girl bad learned how to forge ■ in he*; ■, father's workshop. '._*-<--« 'A graphic idea "of the immense Sue of ; Siberia may ; be gleaned from* the following' comparison: All' the ; Stataii-; kingdom*; < principalities, empires." etcji'-;nf; :*>llwp• (except Bussianji'and all of 4he;J}n\tmh States,-including Alaska, cpuld be placed, side byside in Siberia, and yet but little, more than cover that immense country. -, / The English beauty' waa'i* : '"«i habif of curling her hair with: *6 1 Bank of England notes. She occasionally"showed' herself *to visitors with her hair In tbis' costly paper. She soon captured a wealthy discovered that she was a; deceiver—for aha. had borrowed the money ihe had displayed in her hair. .-■.. > .>;, •:«,. < <.-.;. .■ •:;■,.•> «,.: The King and; Queen of t Greece,,.live,jin,: ; - simple style, : cheerf uily? adapting their expenses to the impecunious plight of' the country, and their Majesties, it is saidj Often "take the tram "when they want to run down to the port of Athens. In the Bussian army two daya arweek *»' observed as fwts—Weidnesdaye and Fridayp; —on whichdayaall-tha soldier gets jig- the way of food Is lentil jionpVand black bread and a drink consisting of water in whiahrya. >; bread has beenabsorbed, « ,;;.;,. ~•.. j