All Sorts

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 52, 30 December 1909, Page 2078

All Sorts

*-^ and things/** tnatfxhe little brooK murmurs, and yet the river, with a large mouth, never says a word.' 2 P £$-01% ITSISi k I.i^ sr f pr^j: Anna. Have you been night agamlreading a novel?' ' ifes, madam. It was such a beautiful story j but they didn't get married till nearly 5 o'clock this morning 1' * I thought I should laugh right out,' said Mrs. Cashton, ' when at the circus recently. Mrs. Smith called an ' a French major is a man who has three medals. The fctikwdg fflpfa g»ven him because he had two, the second beJ e\u»^ xtema,d; one, and the first because he had none.' . Among the Chinese no relics are more valuable than the boots that have been worn by a magistrate. If he resigns and leaves the city, a crowd accompanies him froji his residence to the gates, where his boots are drawn off "with" great" ceremony, to be preserved in~the hall bf"justrce. Clothier: ' Were you pleased with the overcoat which IW& # v ?11 IT IH <P Cl ffs& ''■% sU T1 ¥k Mf% |s^iMomejPgj iOa^jgE^ jjra.ll nty;!bs^ tJLkve ffferf! wMsKtffL S^cClowiier-: *!' Wellf of %lia«"l* >'■' % ,5s I I w?s%* Customer: ' I do. Every time after a rain the next smaller one^ifS3.ta%l^e^^ r ,*,., ;.;..„- , s? ~ The mistress*® 'patience" 1" watf much!^tried' -"»^servant who_ had the habit of standing around with her mouth od|n|E^il@||#||aipll^>iiQaid'3v|iited} up'o^tEe table, her mffUTH^wlls^opMslas'-ush^li; a%d" hVff > mistrelsV laid : 'Mary, your mouth is open.' ' Yessum,' replied Mary; 'I opened it.' __ The new trunk line across Canada, which is not yet com.pl^tedj,;wijl, ii; is claimed^ considerably shorten the distance ''between. Europe and^Asia, By way of the'Nor£h American Continent. -ThV^railtvay'" terminus'chosen" on the Pacific ■sstdej'is Brmcesiltipert-,^which is- so^far. npi^th ofvany existirfg port that it is statedathat it will.(reduce,'the Pacific Ocean .milea i ge,j i by iu jwo.; day;s'r^ail. 1 -. „ :, - ,■ f , :>ri „u^.-> ' Thp ,wjq}ves. were, upon .us/, he relate,d/fco^tjie girl ne was trying to impress. ' Their howling penetrated to our very marrow. We fled for "our lives. But each second we knew that the ravenous pack was gaining on us. Closer, closer—at last they were sd""clbse that we could feel their f m^uzzles against , our legs so thatr—:'. ,ri • Ah;""sighed"h^lie"-lady,'greatly re'Heved.y ' glad "you niiist huve'^been 1 ' thatcthey had;their -riiuzzleVionl'^ i--* 1 '""-' viri°British> Guiana^ there "grows-a/treV which':i&'=one fof ftthe' myrfcle .familyjxcand i.closelyt';ie]ated^.tq?fthe, Brazil nut tree. It attains a height of from 80ft to 100 ft->;and. il has mQ^k^^fee^^n i^s :i s.traiglit ste^ .the,^iameW, r oOvliich may be as much as 2ft. The tree is called the k cannon ball tree, because its fruit'Ts-a'laVge br'dwtf "gloliei'a^iT)igsas and not lihliKe" * 821b"£shot. - The'"shelL is bfteii''"used as a drinking dish, and ita-con.tents-.are eatable. BSmithson',\Y B|s sitting oiitone of the-seats jin the,*ark in Jbhe ribs, remarking r f "-' "•-' 1 See that young fellow over there?' """""" 'Te^7^^a;^"■aFdut■^lim^P''■Tllquii;ed^Smithson;cfr6tM ' That young fellow, mister, is devoting his life to a pTnobie ,oau^e. The be^t^tparfe-•^pf-,-his I =time.-i8 spenjb- in an «n<feafor |o raise faugH^livunaTiityTTsfco iift,''thdse |^ho are tkdajliyi iwadjset them on^heAr%§>'jqigJ|i!i.^ _J, J| \ ' Indeed,' replied Smitnson, '"and wlio is^ he?'* 10h,_he's the attendant at the roller-skating rink.' Some kinds of lizards break in two when suddenly startled. In the bush in Australia the traveller, often icomes -acEbssia-Lnumb^r ,qf ftxhese <little Lsilyeivyfsrcjptilj^/b^Bjja^g on a log or piece -of old'..bai-k; ['. iAs:Sopn;as^ they Rejss»S?e ttie invader there is a great commotion; they dart hither and 3thith'e> sdi qbickLy ttiafc.lthe 'eye ca&i'JajoareJ^X %%>F'Jsfeßjr movements. G\The"i effects.iof -theSsholckv aßer<;evj[4^it3 from the quantity of wriggling tails lying about "which have / >beenic'a>fe AMvfirfithefhitf r^ 3 TMiile Jttte; Wutilatfedj feWnjeys im/^y -jbe<]seeri) sduryyihg away to > safety stiUi^iwfigginghth^T.&^umps that remain. /J\Gd It_is_estimated that to supply the plumage for ladies' hats and other decorations demands the sacrifice yearly of 300,000,000 birds. Paris milliners receive annually ture by the indiscriminate destruction of birds, and in some ZSS^V^ 1^ c^r*J?T? ec^es have ceased to exist. Among them Hireitncradeanftre Labrador duck, the Reunion starling, and the bullfinch of the Azores. For some reason, possibly to ■^ftpestt-ve the^beai^j&^of. ilie^. feathers, they are, feejauently