News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 131, 2 May 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

According to Huxley oysters live to twenty years of age. In America the anaual value of the apple crop has risen m ten years from 1,000,000 to 10,000.000. dols. A curiosity.— John Russell, a Scotchman and compositor, has left 60,000 dols — all saved from his was^s. Evangelistic services continae to be reported from all parts of Victoria, and a great deal of practical good appears to be doing. The discovery of a valuable tin mine, the first found m the United States is re* ported at King's Mountain North Carolina. An assay showed 73 per cent, of pure tin. Every fresh load of female servants from England to Sydney is eagerly sought for, and engaged at good wages. A further supply is demanded. A professor says the world is growing larger, but we doubt if it will ever be big enough to satisfy the schoolboy with his first pair of trouser3 and watch. ! Teachsr : 'Define the word 'excavate.' * Scholar : 'It means to hollow out.' Teacher t'J Construct a sentence m which the word' is properly used.' Scholar : ' The baby excavates whea it gets hurt.' A 'Bumper.' — 'What's phrenology, roa ?' ' Bumps on the head, my dear, 1 ' Was pa phrenological when he oarna home the other morning and you were putting vinegar and brown paper on his head, ma?' A grave-digger, walking the streets the other day, .chanced to turn, and noticed two doctors walking behind him. He stooged till they passed, and then followed on behind them, * And why this P' said they. * I know my place m the procession,' returned he.