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Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 4363, 21 January 1909, Page 1

News Items

The number of persons born blind is 60 in 1,000,000. There are 11,000 brass bandi» connected with the Salvation Army. | The allowance. Of dogs in the United States is one for every three inhabitants. ' The lion’s roar carries further than any other sound made by living creature. It is a remarkable fact that the deepest parts of the sea art in most cases very near th« land. Every square mile of the sei is, approximately speaking, inhabitated by 120,000,000 living creatures. According to a hygienic ex pert the potato is responsibk for more dyspepsia than any; thing else in the world. j The State robe worn by t£j Queen of Siam about once t year is considered the mo® magnificent garment in thei world. A pinch of salt placed on thel tongue, and allowed to dissolve gradually, is said to be one off the best remedies for sick headache. Of the world’s asbestos supply nearly nine tenths is mined in Canada, the mines about Quebec producing 60,000 tons per annum. On a clear day, any moving, object can be discerned across the South African veldt at u distance of 25 miles, with the naked eye. . | The oyster is one of the < strongest creatures on the earth. The force required to open an oyster is more than 1300 timeaj its weight. ] The ear is very sensitive to 1 atmospheric changes. That isl why deafness is more prevalent in cold countries than in thel warmer climates: A naturalist who has been making experiments at the 1 London Zoological Gardens has discovered that the smell of lavender-water will render lions' 1 ! and tigers as docile as lambs. * The most expensive piano f that has ever been manufactured! is said to have cost 700 guineas. It was made in the design of * the Louis XVI. period, and is ; elaborately decorated by inlays, car ving, and gilding. SneeziDg may bo averted by,, pressing the upper lip. By sqj doiug we deaden the impression I made on a certain branch of the 1 fifth nerve, sneezing being a reflex action excited by somej slight impression on that nervijb The oldest diary in the worlffl is that belonging to a Qhioesej family, landed proprietors. ItSI the province of Koschiu. Xfl .has conscientiously kefll

1)V the. various heads of i'atnily for more than three centuries.