MISCELLANEOUS.
PentonviUo Prison h olaimod to bo tho healthiest n;ot in England. No fewer tluii 12,050 criminals paused through it duritiß tho year, (hero boing ouly nino deaths. Lnat year, for Iho first time einco 1890, tho births exceodod tho doaths in Franco, but that oxcocß on'y amounted to In IViosta recently, the Jtora (north wind) ragfcl so fearfully that in tho exposed parts of tho town ropes had to bo hung out on tho houses for tho pissors-by to hold on. Tho 31 regular cavalry regiments in tho British army (including the HouSohold lU'Rimont) employ 12,530 horaen, In eurgical operations tho n Incision is ufton tho mosb painful part, and thoso who havo been run through the body suy they were ojnsolous only of oomething oold ptsslng' through them, with just a prlok at the pointi ot entry and exit of tho weapon, Tho Emperor of Austria ponfo»red. the Silver Giro«j(i of Mprit upon a young BQldjor who. Onding tha,b tv young ehophordess had been VjUton by a viper, sqeked tho poUoii, thus saving her life, twfi w&Wri hinwlt m iriVflia tan )i(«i
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North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8172, 2 May 1895, Page 3
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184MISCELLANEOUS. North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8172, 2 May 1895, Page 3
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