ROUND THE WORLD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2221, 16 February 1886, Page 2

ROUND THE WORLD.

In the 'British Medical Journal' dA Fothergil) saya the popular- belief that beeHoa, oontains the voiy strength of the meat" is a terrible error: it has no food value. ■ ...-.

.|*'»K of Russia, hai spent £IO,OOO in expeditions, trying to prov* that a trade rout can be ; openednorth, of the Asiatic continent,. Every ejbrt ha^

A man who has. fcepVa count of thi* number of lam ivifch his wifq. Biiice thejr union, consents to itskpublicar t»,W W follow* ;-Firßt year,,:,3(j,20&; Hecppd-year, 16,000; third .year, 3,62 ft fourth year, 120; fifth year, 2. Ho tb.9l* left off keeping his record. ;: Diner; w What in thunder do you call thin vile compound, waiter r'Jjlitor: '*An'entry,' Bin" Dinerfrisinjp dia-> gust):" Humph; wheres the exit?" "Hush, Johnny," admonished tha n\othw, w tho scion of the family grew' elamorouß for nomething to eat; "yoa must remember that older people tak» precedence at the'table;" "Let 'em toko preoeodins; I want some of the muffins," Bhouted Johnny, M The' Chemical Newß',' of London, <M attention to the fact that a now alloy,™ sombling gold in appearance, weifi^ A anc|; withstanding the jewellor's, teat of strong acidß, is extonsivply m,ao.ulacturedin.En# hind, Mr. Lpwe naiyely for (he. Depose of dof ratting pawm \mWk tP. which, articles of -jewellery mad.e 4 ft are. frequently ' offered iu pledge, twined;a bracelot that had ten sold as gold to a gohtleraau Ja Liverpool, After scraping off tha gilding tho article had the appearance of nina-carat gold. It was found on analysis t« have the following composition ; Siluer, 2.48; platinum, 32.02; copper (by difforcnco), 65 50. He'adds thai) strong boiling m nitric acid, even wh,es tho article wi» left in it for Bivb tJrap, had apparently no elioct upon, f& allqy% The alloy is called l niJ3.tery'gol4.'• v Glencoe,, is subject to tha heaviest ravioli of any other part in the ; \iorH. It exceeded 128 inches last year. A professor of dentistry has beou appointed for the Schools in- Surrey, England, His business is to look after tho pupils. .i

It must be discouraging to the liooa that not only is honey niade artific&ii? nowadays, but that evou tha comhTsi 'nanumeturcd by cleverly ■ -machinery. When the unhappy iusrei) viiohsß furnished wwtpbwd' RenointioiiK with tlio inwftof not only enrichliii.' thcij tables, but of pointing morals and, ad.o.ru'hig tales, is called upon to compete with mechanical contrivances, it , must be discouraged indeed. The new contrivance.has a mechanical fetim; of doubtless, so that nothing '.mm in required of the busy bee, ..*