MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 8, Issue 28, 5 April 1907, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Marine imurnncer k first mentioned in 43 A, 3X The Koman Emporor Claudius insured om> of his ships. It takes o y&ar to visit the uskmdfl of Maine if one is visited oveary day. There are just 366 of them. The spoon is very ancient, and many fine specimens are in existence thai , were used by the Egyptians m tho seventeenth century B. C The most curious cemetery is situated at Luxor, on the Nile. Here repose the mummified bodie* of millions of sacred cats. Their remains are Bide by side with the bodies of kings and ©mperora in mausoleum*. * .. lowa haa a law which provides for the confining of habitual drunkards in -in«an« asylums. It is popularly known * as "the old toper law," and its enforcement is reported to be having a, wonderful effect. Many men who for years clung to the habit of getting drunk regularly have reformed and become more or less useful as citizens. New York city revenues last year in* eluded $36,250 from concert licenses, $31,800 from theater licenses, $52,000 from a charitable bequest, $29,400 from railroad franchises, $38,540 from licenses, $560 from the conscience fund (exclusive of $25 contributed to this same fund in Brooklyn) andimclaimed salaries and wages to the amount of $24,200. What is described as an ''ancient drafts board" luis been discovered in Crete. It must by all accounts bo a fine piece of work, since it is composed of natural crystal, ivory, gold and silver, but it is by no means unique. Chess, drafts, or the game from which both are derived, was known to nearly all the ancient civilizations, and Greek and Egyptian boards are by no mean® j uncommon.