NEWS OF THE WORLD.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 107, 27 April 1908, Page 4

NEWS OF THE WORLD.

"I have six .children," said a inolhei' at ,I'opkvr, and nine of them arc stilJ living." Brazil, the lintel fruit-growing conn' try on earth, spends £200,001) a year on impoHcd fruits. A cripple pamed William Kowley; who died in the"Bridgnorth Workhouse' at the age of 7S, 'lived J<or liß years in <-l«at institution.

It has been estimated that there axe 1 attached,to Portsmouth no fewer than l •13,01)0 (Sailors and soldiers, 'of wlionv between 10,000 and 15,000 are frequently dllicr in the barraek 6 or on the ships in the harbor. Sir. Marshall Hall, K.C., says he hasbeen for 25 years in the legal ,profcs< (sion, and he has never during that' time advised ,a ,uian to go to law px' cept in. ciroumstanccs in which lie l •would go do daw himself. In agreeing to jiOaiw lwttures on the' evils of to be given' during school itours in their boys* schools the East Suffolk Education Committee (bftve asked the teachers toi refrain from smoking on the schooJ premises. The library at Durham. i fi the lincst-' cathedral library ,in England. It i.- 1 104 feet long, 41 feet wide, aud the' ceiling, of rough oak, remains as it vast when first completed in the i' eM 140»' —rough oak trunks scarcely touohciJ bx the axe.

"A fluent speaker is said to .utter be J tween 7000 and 75000 words in the 1 course- ,of an honr' b uninterrupted ,dis' course; (many orators, more than usu. ally rapid, will ,r/caoh 8000 and even' i) 000, tot 125 words a.,minute, ,or 750* an hour, is a fair average. ILeiT Tkosta, pi Berlin, is described acs "a juan with an judiarubber neck.' So lleMble arc ,liis neck muscles tha" lie can turn hit face iso that he can sec* hit kick. 'le itakes life head between hi- hands, and e-.usily moves it a complete' jialf-cirele. A .Danish gardener has succeeded in' growing edelweiss, itJie .famous Alpine* llower (peculiar to ,the dizziest heigliti l of, th e ,S«iss Alps. , 'Pile eiilerprl~iii{j gardener is exjdoring Jarg e <juaut itic-' of ,tJre flowers ,10 Swiss liotck, when' t'lii'V are sold Ito George Diuld, wli.i ,was a-kid h> Hi'-' liarn-taple Guardians I'o ,i-oiiiribuie I"■' wnirds the uiainteiwjiee oJ ,lii- childn'i.f in .the' workhouse, wr'cJl'e to the Hoar.!' caving; "Would you kindly Jet me knu»' ■\k>\\ many children 1 have in the work* house and their names." '

Sixty-live JlriUsh recenitlv' liatHed fhrongli Ottawa, en .route from) K'V|uiiuault. to Euglaud. The newspa* i]>eri (tomiucnf on the fuut that the ,ca.l----t-ulatiohs of the (:nlterety c'n route' were completely upset by forty-twu l men out of ithe sixty-live being tec ■totaLlcTs.

I'rolxvblv the oldest man alive i-' Ihulji Ilauuf. who live- in Constantii iiople. and i.- .-aid to be 132 yeans old.' lie-till work< at Ins profession of saddleinakcT. and t \uis- never left the housit he was born in. lIU father is believed' to have lived to the age of 112.

Klevei. .sturdy .'a-nals were at Maid* enhcad Police Court sentenced to four .teen day-;' iiujirisonnient for having re' I'u-e'd ,t»'i perform their Allotted tai-k-e itnriiimg ,a crank for wood-sawing. Tin* •mayor and Aldcrmnm TrusiWt said' •they would ,turn the ,cra.nk thein-elve-1 and"(give an O]iilifon as to whether tln< ta-k was too severe.

A l-eiiiarkalilo ]n>cc of v ffoo,l fmliiiu' I fas <wnc lo Cliiiitnii lady, who |mr-.lp:i-.-i1 .ai.'olcl nmd tlilnpiilsxteil ]»iam> a.!', i Faifeip ,l<> pet any iiin«i.«

out of the ins'tnimcnt, her son-in-law' •took it to pieo.es a i'ow days ago -audi iound hidden um'ongst ,tihe wires notes* to the value, it is stated, of over' laoou.

licit' is u story told of bold Glasgow. HJn oil*! outiiioli lie luwlcred ii' live-pound .note, to u youthful clerk a.l. ti railway btiokiliig "i'tit .votii 1 111.11110 uu.it," kiW tlie clerk. His l ] Lordship wrote, '-Clasgionv' on the' bait aaiil prK-entcd it again. ■-.Hero, you idrbt!'' 'nlie* Ic'rk, "1 "ami U* know .wlm you tiro. ,uot where .jixi're' going! ' Mr. Nc.ir il.udio .writes:—When .I'. cuUfrc'd ililin .train jut Madras there* litre ,Uo native geiitknien ,in itlie 1 ciunil'artirei.it. One •Of t lutin ,1-obl' as 1' iK<ViJ.I ii'ral nail: ■■Shall wo move to aulotuer couvpiu'tiiu'iit, ,sirV'' 1 stared' at Jilie man, u ! nd ,as>k«l whether lie had 1 paid iliiis fare. "Oh, ,ycs; hut English' gcnrtk'Hien don't as a ,rulu like to tra' vel ,witili uaitivcs." Tilie linn oi Lngpipc-iMikers in Ulas-' g'ow tire rejocing over the (prospect oi l ci i)i-w juarkA bilimg opened up foi' .tliein, says the (JJai-.gtow Weekly .Nms. A Jinn of merchants in Egypt have'' .asked Mint itJie names ,of makers oi' 'bagpipes as iisod by Scottish lliglilamle'rs bkbuld be sent to them. It is said, ■that si'nec the iU'ritish ,o«'up-.»lion the natives have bertmi.e iii£iit«;it-jd will! bagpipe; nnusic,, and .th'alt .there is an in-> cre<i.sing tlcinawd iai tlmt country foi> Scottish Jiagpipes. 'Phis is an announce 1 ■incut Unit will a.ppeal to patriotic Sctals ,whto aire mot in any \viay connect* eil with ( the lKijrpi|N! trade. The Scot* tish Patriotic Association will no doubt take, mote of the fact and we may ,ex» pet* tlmt otlicr .typically Scottish pro-i ducts will find their way into the land of the Pharaohs. Perhaps the Eg.vp* tia.ne and Soudanese of the' not far dig' ■tan* future will come to eat liaggu* with relish and rpiote Burns with .enthusiasm when tfoe ,tweiity-iifth turned r'ouinl. Strange, ,is it not', that the' skirl pf jthe bagpipes should have cap-l hired ithe people of that ancient rail-' licocntly Mrs. Lnrkin, wife of .Mic* well-known. London steeplejack. suc> e«-pfullv climbed "Allen's" chrmney at' Mile Kml. Mrs. Uarkin, s-ented on a' steeplejacks ( fhair. reached flic sum-' in.it. lailtt hijrh. dos-qriite the preralctocs' of a galcywhich at times caused her to steadv herself by gripping tihe iron' lio»i]« encircjling'thn cJiiimney. This is! ■the lirst occasion on which ,a lady .has climbed 'the .nulDsidc of a <-hiiiij>ey at. the end of a rope. The sud<l«n death is announced oi) Mr. Charles Atkins, aged fifty-nine, re-> tired publican, of Barrow. He was, 31 stone Sn weight, and was the sccVmcJ heaviest man in England. His 1 brother! William died (Weighing 40 stone, andi his thir,d brWher 3G istone. Mr. CM Atkins Iras resided nearly all his life.' at Harrow, and Iweis very popular. He) leaves one ison pnd two daughters, whol ore Quite thin. iThe .heaviest publican! nlow in England fa isaid to be Air. Ee< olcs>tonc (42 .stone), of fhe Coach amß Horses. Stouebridge Park.