ODDS AND ENDS.

Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 85, 9 October 1878, Page 3

ODDS AND ENDS.

One of Nature’s no-bill men—He who pays cash. The man who would like to see you— The blind man. A hangman’s warrant is the most objectionable of noose papers. Waiting to be whipped is the most 7 uninteresting period in boyhood. Don’t argue with a fool or the listener will say thene is a pair of you. We are always patient and forbearing. in our disposition when a man double our size wantonly insults ns. “ I will pay my account to-morrow,” is one of the oldest and most industriously circulated lies on recoi’d. It is better to have loved and have busted up somewhere during the correspondence than never to have loved at all. How melancholy the moon must feel when it has enjoyed the fulness of prosperity and got reduced to its last quarter. You needn’t feel mortified if your napkin has holes in it. The holes in this article of table linen are often the cleanest part. Rowland Hill said, when he once saw a boy on a rocking horse, “ Like some Christians, motion enough, but no progress.” A naturalist has discovered that moths cannot smell. Here is a new cause for congratulation on the steady advance of science. A swell who stuttered horribly paid court to a pretty actress. “ Ah,” said she “ life is too short; I haven’t time to listen to you.” The following amusing story is told of one of the wittiest members of the Victorian Bar, whose face however, told the tale of heavy drinking. Mr , was a candidate for election to the Assembly. After having made his speech, he announced his readiness to answer any question. A coarse bucolic, perchance the village wit, called out in a most offensive manner —“ What makes your face so red, Mr ?” “ Blushing at your d d impertinence,” was the prompt and witty reply.

Befoiv the introduction of railways in Engl ml every town and village kept its own time. On the establishment <>f the railway system a uniform time was demanded, and Greenwich time was used. This was looked upon in many places as an innovation, and was for a long period opposed ; but at last the advantages became so manifest that Greenwich time came into general use. The coal-mines of China turn out three millions of tons annually. About 95,000 tons of tea were exported from China in 1876. Over a million tons of sulphur from the coal used as fuel ascend the chimneys of England every year. During the last five years sixteen millions sterling has been spent in mitigation of Indian famines. Of the pupils examined in Irish schools last year 88 per cent passed in reading, 77 in spelling, 89 in writing, and 69 in arithmetic. Among the girls 93 per cent were efficient in sewing and 77 per cent in singing. A New York physician has made the discovery that “ not one person in three has legs of equal length, and that the number of left legs longer than they need be is nearly double that of the right.” The first mention of butter is that of Herodotus, where, in describing the Scythians, he says, “ These people pour the milk of their mares into wooden vessels, cause it to be violently stirred or shaken, and separate the part that rises to the surface, as they consider it more valuable than that which is collected belew it. In producing the electric light different dynamo-electric machines give lights equal to from 100 to 400 standard candles per horse power employed.