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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 150, 19 July 1901, Page 4

*• Utilising the Water Lily.—The watei , Bly is said to be largely used in some parts J of India as a food stuff. The fruit of one ■pedes that grows plentifully in the lakes of . Cashmere is rich in starch, and has much ~ the flavour of a chestnut. If the nuts are dried, they will keep for a long time, and, vrhen ground, may be made into cakes or porridge, or they may be soaked for some tours and then boiled. The seeds of the lotus are also much used for dietary purposes in India. , .-./.I Foxes Nursed by a Cat.—A singular . Incident occurred at Scarcliffe, Notts. A man \vas ploughing in a field, when a fox started up and bolted away. Reynard had come out of a fox earth, which contained five young foxes recently born. Every encouragement was given to the old vixen to . return, but as she did not, and as the young foxes were nearly dead and cold, the man took the cubs to a cat which had had kittens a few days before. The young foies were put with the cat, and she lias attended to them in a most maternal manner. -> Condensed Breath on Window Panes. —li the condensed breath collected on the cool window panes of a room where a number ci ptrsons hive been assembled be burr.r.l, a sm&U as of singed hair will show thep-'sence ct organic matter; and if the Coed;.:..- L i£h be allowed to remain on tlie v.:: - ii ,v days, it will be found, one.. .1 microscope, that it is alr.c r:".o. Cbe inhalation of aire::.. n.y.tescent matter causes •unto":'; , f might be avoided by a siccusi i n <nrii Death «■.»• ■tuk guEERBCT 1 "a temarkal-w cat, died at Putnam, Connecticut, t.:e other day. The animal had seven legs ;ir.d two tails, being in reality one cat in frr.i.; and two cats bctoind. Her 'strange deformity enabled her do many tricks; she *ras able to walk aLany angle without turning, and whenever walls °wer<; near enough together 9he could go up them as easily as she'cobld walk on the floor, while it was her favourite sport to climb a tin pipe to-the of the house. She was buried in a triangular bjack Walnut box, with the simple inscription;' " It," and many of the vUlagers attended the burial. A Hanging Country.— Great Britain Is, above all others, a hanging' country. This is shown by some opportune leaflets containing official statistics and reports circulated by the Howard Association. From these papers it is ascertained that during the decade 1879-1888 inclusive, 145 of 299 persons condemned to death were banged, the number including nine women. In Italy no executions have taken place since 1876; ' in Belgium none since 1863; in Holland none since i860; in Portugal none since 1843. In ; * Germany jand Austria capital punishment is still in' force, but it Is resorted to with the utmost reluctance. France might also be • placed in the same category, lor off 68$ . persons arraigned for capital crimes in 1887 (the last return available), only 38 • were condemned to death, and of these only six V- were executed. ...r-:-,. -"Jar