A LITTLE VARIETY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3556, 5 August 1905, Page 2

A LITTLE VARIETY.

The average age o' English peopli' jr. 86 of Irish 27% and of French 32%.! It t!vkt “ the hammer of practice iti drive f.ln* a ails of precept.—Ram'* i Horn, j IMe Japanese hare become mantl* j iari urers of bull on* on » very cowl sideral»lc scale. / -

Ic:> jii-.-f-iat 32 decrees, water boittf at 212, had Vu<lts at f‘34, and the heal, gf a common coal Tire H 1,140. /| The inquest :v«-(jrd of 4U oorfj ner’s ofi'ce in CiiiMigo shows thaty®,J deaths resulted from street niltfSl accidents from January 1 to May i J One reason torchere being ew (•■ lot of dubs cm the stage is that," jjsß still easier, in spite of all our ’xsStcjW culture, to raise a laugh than onions—Detroit Journal. '|H “Ob, you cruel boy,' to eggs out of the nest! poor mother bird when she “The mother bird’s dead, “How do you know that?” in your hat!”—Punch. The new four-dollor hill the Dominion of Canada promises become popular, for artistically It is a masterpiece of the engraver's skill. On its face it bears a flattering pic* ture of the lock on the oanaJ at Sanlt Ste. Marie, an engineering'. 'worki>u:re» ly American. va. ■—* ALONG THE TROLLEY LINl^

Electrical e*; a: uncut* axe aboutta be made on a iWi'e. scale m tha suburbs of London :o haul heavy freight by electric towage. The overhead trolley system is to be wed.. The suggestion has 'lean made in Rouen that the trolley nixes in th* streets shall be subject to tsc- b.v ths- > fire department. Toe idea 's pumps capable of being ler-; f ”-vby driven shall be installed i- a ■mdtv.f of suitable positions, to be ■> on to the trolley wires as • i-.ifoa rt».. quires. The most expensive trolley career designed is about to be built in Wist Philadelphia for a trolley line sy;:.a* cate in Ohio to cost $15,000, fitted ,n|» as a sleeper and dining-car, with sofa beds, sleeping berths, pl’ate gins® flooring, sheet metal siding, pnentnaiic IM gongs, whistles and sand boxes, bath- /■ room with tile floor, tea and c0i1 99/ urns, electric heaters, folding we*b«l stands, disappearing ice boxes, food! L refrigerators, disappearing tool >, ' r and corurollers, patent electric head* lights fitted -with interchangeabSs glass for danger signal*, electriclj/y, gas, Lot and cold water. ■ 1 /