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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue v, 6 January 1870, Page 2

/^.Hl»»l'. . —-w»nn . ' --There are about 3,500 woollen and .cotton mills in the United States. u r&TAYS and Chignons. — Since stays have gODe out in Paris, we are told that r ' the mortality, among the women and girls 1 there has decreased 18 per cent. As a r . counterpoise to this it is added that the nse of chignons has increased brain fever 72§ percent. ■ '.' fTbE Quickest : Way Round The •__ "V^o^LD.'-^With: the means of locomotion m at present ip use, a tour round the world may be 'made iri 80 days, or about the time employed in the olden time for a journey from London .to St. Petersburg. The . itinerary is aifpllows:— -Paris to New York, 11 days; to San Francisco (rail) 7; -,i Yokohama .(steamer) 21; Hong Kong ' '(steather) 6;- Calcutta (steamer), 12; Bombay (rail), 3; Cairo (steamer ' and .rail), 14; Cairo to Paris (steamer- and ' rail),6j; total, lßo, Of that immense jou te| the only portion on which steam is not used is about 140 iniles between Allahabad and I -Bombay, and that interruption will shortly cease* as the works for completing the jailmy aro being carried on actively.

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