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Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 265, 5 April 1917, Page 4

NEW.ODD, INTERESTING _———» Fifty years ago Florence was the capital of Italy. Blind fish ara found in the waters of the Mammoth Caw, Kentucky. Only one woman in a. thousand martlet after she is sixty years of age. Potatoes are more wholesome baked than in any other form The sycamore tree bears fruit after twenty years* growth. Mr. William de Morgan published his first hovel when he was sixty-six years of age. Queen Victoria was presented with a bedstead made of gold by the Maharajah of Cashmere. The River Plate, in South America, is the widest river in the world, being 140 miles wide at its mouth. Six miles an hour was the rate at which the first locomotive, constructed by George Stephenson, travelled. Inhabitants of San Francisco do not tike to hear their city referred to as '•Frisco. The Sahara Desert has an area of about three and a half million square milec. Among the trophies captured from Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo were two living eagles. The air in a room fifteen feet long, ten feet wide, and ten feet high, would weigh more than a hundredweight. Most of our military terms are French, but nearly all our naval terms are Anglo-Saxon. More fish arc found off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland than in any other part of the world. Charles Dickens was offered a baronetcy* by Queen Victoria, but refused owing to lack of means. The swallow has a larger mouth in proportion to its size than any other bird. The most valuable pearls are round; nest come the pear-shaped, and, lastly, the egg-shapedL , Experiments have shown that fish are strongly attracted by musical souuds. Tea-leaves are gathered four times a year from the tea plant after Its third year. It may not be generally known that the hair of the head grows faster In summer than in winter. Chinese fa hers cannot leave more property to one son than to another. All must have an equal share. To remove the smell of onions, rub the hands on a stick of celery, and the odour wi.l be entirely dissipated j Sixteen to eighteen a minute should be the regular number of inspirations la a healthy adult. Queen Victoria lived 29,828 days, or five days longer than the oldest of her predecessors, George 111. They were both born on May 24th. In Arabian marriages, as soon as the bride reaches the bridegroom's house she makes him presents of household furniture, a spear, and a tent. St. Peter's Cathedral, in Rome, took so long to build that forty-three Popes reigned during the course of its construction. On a man of average stature, the pressure of the atmosphere is about fifteen tons, but, being equalised, it Is not felt. The average weight of a healthy baby at birth is about 71b., and the weekly Increase for the first two months 7ozs. Bight of the Olive-trees In the his* toric Garden of Olives, near Jerusalem, are believed to be over a thousand years old. The gems, ornaments, and precious stones belonging to the Shah of Persia are estimated to be worth about seven million pounds. A bride in Korea must not speak during the first day of her married life. The next morning, however, she may •give free reign to her tongue. Such a variety of races are represented by the occupants of the Philippines that they speak thirty-one languages. A mirror is mounted on the back •* a recently patented motor headlight to enable a driver to see vehicles*a9proaching the back of his car. Before Lorraine was united with France, in 173 C, it belonged to the da throned King of Poland. Before that it belonged to Austria. Wellington defeated Soult so suddenly and unexpectedly on the Douro, In 18M, that at four o'clock he sat down to the dinner prepared for the French general. In Shakespeare's time the parts of heroines were taken by boys, there being no female actors. That is why the poet makes bo many of his heroines disguise themselves in male attire. A typewriter that writes a syllable a time, the invention of a Belgian, has a speed of from one hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and fifty words a minute. A horse will live twenty-five days without solid food, merely drinking water; seventeen days without 'either I eating or drinking; and only five days I when eating solid food without drinkTo test the penetration of rifle shots, •now walls six feet six inches thick weft erected in Aurillac, France. Rifles were fired at a distance of 66 yards. In each ease the ball was stepped at a penetration of five and a