HERE AND THERE.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 26, 29 March 1907, Page 2

HERE AND THERE.

I'-arly wheal harvests are always tin most productive. At the level of (he sea 100 cubic, inches of air weigh. .’ll grains, M. de Vallyer established a penny post in France as early as Kib:!. The dome at (lie Observatory at Greenwich is made of papier-mache, John Milles, horn in 1777, is smd to have been the first to introduce round-arm bowling at cricket.

Carrier-pigeons fly in ealm weather at an average rate of 1,200 yawls a minute. In 1170 a barrister's fee was Os. .SO, with fourpence thrown in for a dinner. In every mile of railroad there arc about 7 feet, not covered by the rail—the space left for expansion. Two hundred and fifty-nine out of every thousand of the world's population own King Edward VII, as sovereign. There is a small state in Java which is entirely controlled by womin—with Ihe exception of the Sovereign—who is a man. A correspondent suggests that tluvr will be no mosquito bites if, ot entering the bedroom at night, the person does not light the candle until the shutters are properly closed.

President Hnsefelt’s fonetil; refawnu will provide him with unanticipated difficulties. Imagine (he confusion of identical spelling for a string of words like yon, hugh, ht*f, hew, yew, ewe !

The largest racing hot on record was when, in ISfifi, the late Mr. Davis laid VI (10,000 to £I,OOO against each of the three horses which Mr. ('lark had entered for (ho Derby.

A remarkable building is to bo erected at the corner of Wall street and Broadway, New York. Its site measures only 29 feet by 39 feet, yet it cost ,£140,000. The building is to be, of 13 storeys, and 235 feet in height.

Professor Mowison, head of the department of philosophy at the University of California, has asserted his belief in the, immortality of dogs and somk 1 other of the lower animals, on the grounds of their intelligence, as evidenced by their power to reflect and to overcome hindrances to their intellectual faculties.

The two young men reached the door at the same time. “Ts Miss Swellinglon in ?” they asked. The, maid, Xorah, looked at them, and shook her head disconsolately. “She, is in to wan av ye, an’ out to. th’ other,” she said at last ; “but th’two of yer coming together has got me so tangled Oi’m blest if Oi know which is whiih. Hut come roight in boih av ye. an’ Oi’ll ax her to come down an’ pick ye out."

A man was recently resuscitated after he had been under the water for twenty-three minutes. He had been thrown into the water by the capsizing of a boat. In the operation one gallon of water was expelled from his lungs. An artificial respiration was kept up for one hour and forty-eight minutes before the first sign of returning consciousness appeared. Complete consciousness came next day. (1540.) ,