IN A NUTSHELL

Evening Star, Issue 19794, 18 February 1928, Page 1

IN A NUTSHELL

ANNIVERSARIES. —February 18.— 1546.—Martin Luther died. 1064. —Galileo horn. |77s._Charles Lamb born. 1861.—Jefferson Davis made President of Confederated States. ] 871.—French Republican Government recognised by Powers. ] 881.—General Gordon reached Khartum. —February 19. 1807.—Sir J. Duckworth effected passage of Dardanelles. 18] o.—Ceylon captured by British. 1843.—Madam Patti bom. IB6o.—Sir William Napier, historian, died. 1879.—Melbourne Exhibition opened, 1915.—Naval attack on Dardanelles beganIt is a figment of the imagination to conceive a gigantic black man striding over tbo world with a banjo 'in one band and a saxophone in the other disintegrating the British Empire,— Mr Arthur Bliss. Optimists are people who have been well and properly fed as babies.—Dr David Forsyth. Slogan 50; There is a season for all things, yet it is always seasonable to have cleaning done. For the best Chimney, Carpet, and Vacuum Cleaning, ring 10493 Dunedin Window Celaning Co., 30 King street; Robert Knowles, manager..._ Admission to the Sunday services in the Temple Church, London, is a privilege reserved for members of the Middle and Inner Temple and those persons to whom the Benchers issue tickets. The first corduroy material was corded from silk and manufactured exclusively for kings of France, who wore it chiefly while hunting. From that fact it derived its name of " Cord du roy.” Darling, be not broken-hearted. Though I leave my native shore; Those whom cruel fate hath parted Still may hope to meet onoe more, And have a Dewar’s Imperial... No new r churches have been built in the last ten years in thirteen English dioceses, including Canterbury, Bristol, Carlisle, Coventry, Exeter, Gloucester, Hereford, and Southwark. The widow of a man who made clothes for Abraham Lincoln celebrated her hundredth birthday last year.