NEW, ODD, INTERESTING

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 428, 22 November 1918, Page 4

NEW, ODD, INTERESTING

The skin of the whale is in places as much as two feet in thickness. A man Is generally at his heaviest In his fortieth year. A man should weigh 26 ib«. for , every foot of his height. Honey will turn to wax if left un- i touched for some years. i One-third of the people who go mad . recover their senses. I I i The hair of the head grows faster , Id summer than in winter, Oxen and sheep fatten better in company than when kept alone. Forty-eight, kinds of housefly have been classified by naturalists. Trial by jury in Britain daies from the reign of Ethel red 1., 566-871 A.D In proportion to its size, a fly walks thirteen times as fast as a man ear] run. It i 9 estimated that only thirty pen cent, of Spain's population are able to read or write. Polo is the oldest outdoor game played to-day. The Persians played it 600 B.C. Twenty-three acres of ground arP needed to bury London's dead of ont year. Judges have worn the peculiar wigs they now wear ever since the reign of Charles 11. London uses annually about eighteen million' gallons of water for extinguishing fires. To drink sweet milk afier eating' onions will purify the breath so that no odour w ill ri lii,'tiii. In proportion to its size Britain has eight times as many miles fit railway as the ('nit'd States. Only about one out oi every 1.000 married couples live to celebrate their golden w iiii. The roar of a waterfall is produced almost entirely !>\ the bursting of millions of air-bubbles The larg-si window in Britain is the east wLd.ju in York Cathedra! It is 7,1 ft. high and "2 ft. wide. Mushroom- generally consist of 00 per cent, water, bin Mc- remaining I' l per cent, is more nutritious than bread. Blacksmiths' tools of the present day are alums. identical with those used in the :• in trad - over three hundred years a^'o According to r:»r«fu! estimates: three hours of close siudv wear out the body t rite than 'en !e.urs ot hard physical exertion. Although the Ceylon pearl fishing sea-oil lasts 1 at 'love or lour weeks 22.000,0ne oyster-- are bronchi to the surface in that time. S'tice their disciver- in ls7u lite - diamond inines at Kiinberlev have yielded an average return worth over four million rounds per annum. King Yieioi Kiiimauuel of Italy posppt'cf.i; ; i collection (if ov-r twenty thousand coins. \> !ii< h is said o be the finest in Lurope. K lglish bavlie'.i'i'. of oVi.t Iwenfyfive years of age were taxed in the seventeenth 0.-ntury- twelve pounds ten shillings l'< r a duke and !or a commoner one -hilling. It is known that eagles can fly to a height of six thousand feet. A lar! will rise to the .ante height, and so will crows. As a rule, however, it L said birds do not fly at a greater height than one thousand feet. The manufacturers of perfume ir Italy consume annually about one thousand eight hundred and sixt? tons of orange blos-oni. nine hundred and thirty tons of roses. o:ie iiundred and fifty tons each ot jasmine and violets, and fifteen t.m- uf ionqttil A vast reserve of sugar in Canada if found in the sap oi :li • .agar maple a tree which. L very nlentiful in the Pi'o\ince of Quebec. The sugar i' made by boiling the ,-ap drawn froir punctures in the bark of the tree. Whole forests may be seen coate with shelly suhi-'aneos o:i the Conti nent of New Holland. These encrustations are suppose) to arise from de compositions of -ii'lbfish. which transported by the winds are deposited In the form of das on trees and plant.-" In the early days mirrors were used by women slung tr their girdle*. The same custom oh tained in the time of Lluabeth ant. James the Firs'. Tiiey formed tb« centre of many ns at that period and later. Before glass was invented born and metal were used. Skins of the beluga or white whale are being utilised in the I'nlted States for tiie making of white 1h,<• s . now ic popular among Tonne women. Onlv 'the inner skin Is used, but it i - sc thick that four sheets of thin l"atin t may be obtained by splitting. ('.lov* factories are also seeking beluga skins. Why let your music hooks,pioces etc., remain untidy or torn when tlio same can be rebound or repaired a the " Times " ofßeo. All branches of book-binding undertaken. The only *ay to securo a copy of the " Times " overy issue is by placing an order with your newsagent. Agents have no spare copies for chance sales ; we print only what are ordered by the agents. Give your order NOW if you have not already ordered.