PITHY PARS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 203, 25 August 1916, Page 4 (Supplement)

PITHY PARS.

A chimney 115 feet in height will, without danger, sway ten inches in a wind. *> * * The ocupants of a bal!oon a mile lrgh command a raduis of ninety-six mrles. * * •. * # Holland lias over 10,000 windmills, each of which drains about 31Q acres of land. * * * A child should be able to speak perfectly at the age of 'three and a half years. * * * A bridge between England anJ Fiance would, it is estimated, coit thirty-four million pounds. * * * Four and one-haif tons of oak timber make a ton of charcoal, while of pne timber six tons are required. * # * Among elephants ooth sexes of the African speces have ivory /tusks, while in Asia these are generally restricted to the male. * * * A giraffe assumes a high position immed:ately attar its birth. At that time he measures 6 ft. from his hoofs to tba top of his bead. ** ' * Thehigheat main road in England is that between Huddersfieid and Stockport, which crosses Holme Moss at an elevation of 1,859 ft. * * * British people eat more butter than any other nation —a fact which, it is said, results in their oomple.von being the purest in the world. * • * Each stroke of a man's heart occupies about half a second; but the heart rests after each stroke, so that it only makes seventv a minute. *" * * A perfectly-proportioned man should weigh 2Slb. for every foot of his height. If he is oft. lOin. in height, his weight should 1 bo 163 lb.; if 6 ft.rin height, he should weigh 168 lb. * * » The wild horses of Arabia will not admit a tame horse among them, while •the wild horses of South America endeavour to decoy domesticated horses from their masters, and seem eager to welcome them. * * * • Among insects the most intelligent are those of the nat tribe, while next to them rank wasps. Bees come some way lower down the scale. Beetles are hopelessly stupid, bwt even they are not as bad as butterflies and moths. « * * • The first printers' union of which there is an authentic record was formed in London in 1810, its object being, as the charter states, "to 1 correct irregularities and to bring the modes of charge from custom and precedent into ono point of view, in order to thd r being batter understood by all concerned.*' * * # The roar of a lion carries farther than the soud of any other living creature. Next comes the cry of a hyena, and then the hoot of the owl: after these the panther and the jackal. The donkey can be heard fifty times farther .than the horse, and the cat ten times farther than the dog. Stranga as it may seem, the cry of a hare can be heard at a greater distance than that of either the cat. or the dog.