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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 184, 3 August 1872, Page 4

Seven Arctic expeditions are being fitted out in different countries of Europe. The late eruption of Vesuvius is the fifth within thirty years. A Co-operative coal supply association is being formed in London. France has the largest number of landed proprietors of any country in the world. The lighting of the ships pf the Royal Navy costs £60,000 a-yoar. A Two-headed Child was lately borne by the wife of au omnibus conductor in London. Reuter's Telegram Company, limited, is paying an aanual dividend of ten per cent. . A! Line of Railway is about to be constructed which will pass under the London Docks. Next to smallpox, hooping-cough has been the most fatal epedemic in Scotland this spring. At Wigan, a*man, aged 83, has died from the effects of drinking a pint and ahalf of raw whisky. The sewer cleaners in London are reported to be exceptionally free from attacks of fever. To Bind a Brush. — Brushes, when new, should be bound ot least one-third the length of the hair, to preserve them and render them better for use. S6me painters bind a strong cord round and round to the proper distance, and secure each end to the handle. But a better yray is, to take a piece of strong muslin and wrap one thickness around the hair, then tie a cord firmly round tbe same as low as you desire the binding to come ; . then fold the muslin back toward the handle, and fasten it by tacking the margin around the ! border of the original .binding.. .This method makes a neat binding, especially for Varnish brushes.. , 7 Oldest Wkought-Ibon.— The oldest pieces ot w rough t-iron now known* are probably the sickle blade found by Belzooi under the base ,of :a sphynx ip Karnak, (Egyj>t) the bla;de, r found by.; Colonel Vyse embedded in the -masonry of the great pyramid, and the; portion- of i a .craasicut saw exhumed jat Nimr.od, by, Mr. Layard, all of which aro now in ; the British Museum. A wrought "bar of Damascus steel was __ presented j hjr -Eing^Pqrus to, Alexander tho the razor steel of China forj many-. ceioturim has surpassed all European steeiapteDoper and durability >frsdgsr s fT^ made wrought-iron directly: from^hie i ore, l:&7J r £