CURIOUS CUSTOMS AND FACTS EXPLAINED.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 105, 22 August 1876, Page 3

CURIOUS CUSTOMS AND FACTS EXPLAINED.

r I |> I- (' I: Iv- KMIM ll'.. | I < >I ' „ + ■ |, r)U I*;! 'II "I TWK I'f'l-K. Ti't' I'nila i ;; ' | ,l '"i"' 1 ' 1 .: i; 1 ": «> thrr "* 1.-inl, or w,i.x. Hu uriy suit: :in: tl'i" " ,!•; nC SS. I'l'ti i' :>i!lil p.lllt. Hint 'III t.'H.' ''i''',, ,1,,. n:iiiir Of til'.! Pop'-. ;i'"l tb- \ fM'l- , | ||; . I'mifcilirjifi'. OK THK t'l f'oU.Vs.,— % v<-ft? oi.'iiiiually j,ioi'ts oft- tlu? ' cinMt of Kn:iliUi<l thr wont ' ~!■ ti.fii ). which. tht; nearest Vi'.-sto-c, were eon:?i(tereili flu; keys* of t ; iu'Cl' They Wert.: —f>ovt:r, j | vl;!:e, Roinney, )>.mt th" ,'iVlilii'l : "" o? which tHi f V.K'l 'ri.-t Amongst th.u Luril..f the Ciri'ine t!u; !)„!;„ ~t: the Marnui.4 of Dml:Imtirir. Lord t'tvluierstou, and Earl Gran"ti'ik Moi-u.-t Olf TWK D.vv.—Day hwgan I among of the northern i ilii>i,«: at aunswfc among the Athenians ,1„l ,r,.wH ; and cite Roman* at midwith ns. The ifovltatw in nuuiy ;i.(s the present time, reckon the [•jflYom Hiutsefc to wnnset. making their ■licks sfi'i-kw twenty-fonr lionrs ronnit, in* toid'of dividing the day, as b done in ail oe\inUue«v into' twelve holirs. ThU ||o i| ( , in but! partially used in the larger ~«iw «'f tt'dy ; uionfc public clocks in .'iuconw, ttouio, and iVEiiau, being set to jin hour designated: on French or Kngti*h iuuks. The Ohinese divide the day into milvu piu'lis of two tiourrt each. Tun Avwrn'M ♦'#" i'oiVfttKM. —' The nse ,f dates as far back as in year tlie <'. v )ueeu of Anjou is#i,l'ti» have entered- Naples in a I'lU-i-Hit rcJin'iii!,:e. l :: n<te.r Francis i. there were ut two in Paris, one belonging to the mum, the other to Diana, the natural iiijjhl.rr of tteury If. En t">•">'> the ninlior had- increased to- three : and Icm-y tv, had one without straps and .rings, John de Laval ole r.ois-E>aupli,in •t m> iiceach on account of his enormous nlk. The irst coach seen in Fnglaud ns in |.V»;;, and was introduced by the |,rl of Arnndel, but it was received ith ummidorsiible disfavor, and in the year 5111, n Bill wiia brought into. Parliament: ipiweut the etHiuinancy of men riding I muiuhcs.

iCoAr.. Although It#nry 111. gnmte«t a ttmso C.i> dig Hov «ml» at Bfew«utttv-u|H»u< ymi, ill !«':;• t, such was the prejudice civ iiiititry «£**< »txn« Ist ftgiwnafc its* iw, islu>t even liitlw were compelled to burn wood, lit was not iiril.il lb-T>, in the reign of f., that it civiiiu into tfc has beeii computed that j KiisrlatMl alone upwards of t,()<■)<> lives v lust annually itv the pit*. Mia,us. —-A French naturalist hiv* e*trillionhc<l wibh uiole* fco ascertain their uo habits. It ha* bum found that fchey ill jlnrvii Hu ([cii-hh in presence of abtt-tv mt v(»!(rt».l)lo food, refusing to touch it, it that they will uTcedily devour earth•mm, mice, iMid rvi-u small birds. When sirly sbu'ving in- an enclosed jar, of the ids fclicy devoured only thy inside, but t'V devoured indiscriminately their own iiishk fitch- diiy of snails, bisect-*, tamv. | ivysiilidi s, cii-i^T]»Ul,i.r;w, adders, i^lhwinim, and lizards. Mr. t'arl ogfc ve-ti-s au instance where si' French [im. 'ictci' destroyed every mole on his ii|ii'ititnr, The next season hi.-! lields mi ravished with eatwovtiis. and' his nprt dcsh'nyed. lie then purchased dlos fvmii. his neighbors, stocked his 'lib, anil afterwards carefully preserved imi us his In-st friends. TIIK Pvv OH- TUK A&vct". —The ivnf tlm Russian-army is certainly anyill!! hut cscessive, even when a considerilc imwusi! is made in time of war. f>ur- !; 11 in [h-iicc, a. general- only receives £2l>7 •r,vu«r; a colonel, only £l2*> : a captain tim lino, KB4 Hu. ; and a lieutenant, £34 is. In tin; time of war the following,, ivvever, avo the increased rates ; f.fenecaJ, I'll I (as.; elone £ttft 25.; captain. ,£9tt | fs.; lumtniant, ,£H2' 2s. £n addition to iv, (|imvti j i'M anil fnel are given to each Hot, ur in. Ui.-u lie receives lodging atwhich varying according to his rank* lit if tlii! pay of the officers he thought Kill, hat must we think of that ot' the ivati!« I And what would a British solit do if asked to act for jd. per day. itlia daily ration of 2lb. of tfour, dwl Inu'iey, O'Ofdb. salt, and an average w» allowance of !*d. pef diem. The i' s s allowance is supposed to provide tins Mii'i* with Uli. meat on each of the KW ■}* mi which, meat is .allowed. I'm; (!iikn vihku (U\viu>s. —The Ist of f'.ritisk Household infantvv sni'wu ;.;i- ueraJly as the * Irenadier iMrds— lias history of more than two '"'ivies, It has been the nucleus of ll ' ai'tuv which, ha.s pliiced on its standard Wtmheim" and "Waterloo," and. has ' (l| i fin- many y ears the oldest body of its iml in the world. While in the chafiges iiiiiiiiin t.!ii(it;s, its noblest and most """'"oil antagonists, the Maisorv du lloi. Il ' ''iu'iU-h E'ra.nca.ises, and cluef of all. ""Mlinn.nl of Napoleon,, have l>eci>uie ( ' rt ' t'.'iulitions iiml shadows, it still ""'iflii'M in uudecaying vigor, and links iif tin: parent with the past. lui'N Crown oii' Loun vuM. The "iiCvi.wn of Lniubardy is so calte.'. frmu "•iiTnw I'nud of icon within it, said to be (4, H1 nnt of the nails used at the This band is about threeof an incii liroad, and one-tenthof I '"''h in thickness. Arc rdinu'' to- tradir''e ii;ii|j* were u'iven to t'otistantirie ' lls ' ninHu-r, wlni disco\ered the "»Ut i-irrlcf. of the frown is of pure "• !, "il «er. with precious stones. The M""U Is invs.-rvfii v. :th- «rveat c,iro a". near iVCilari, and- both t'harfetu.igtie ■ Niipi w v cc crowned v. (fit it. I'' l ',thu war between Austria and Italy, P' h'ou Crow'ti was delvveved by the ■toer power to Tictor-Ejauaaatiei.