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GENERAL INFORMATION.
Warships as Parishes.-A recent
Admiralty order constituting war
ships of the Royal Navy “parishes”
was put in force at Springfield
Church, Essex, where a naval petty
officer was described in his mar
riage banns as “of the parish 'of
H.M.S. Lord Nelson, Bantry Bay,
Ireland.”
Record Piano - Playing.— Battle
Creek (Michigan) claims the setting
up of a new record in continuous
piano-playing. A local enthusiast
succeeded in remaining at the key
board for 27j hours without any
breaks save such as were “necessi
tated in order to get fresh supplies
of music and the lightest refresh
ments.
Spectacles for Seeing Behind. —
Commandant Souie, of the Paris
Police, has just invented a pair of.
spectacles for his subordinates which
enables them to see behind them.
This is accomplished by the simple
device of placing a pair of small
and very accurate concave mirrors
on the outer edges of the spectacles.
In this can be seen the reflection of
what is’ happening behind. It is
claimed that this does not inter
fere with the forward view.
Early Church for Sportsmen.—Ac
cording to the wish of sportsmen in
Surbiton, the Rev. J. C. McDonnell
has inaugurated early half-hour ser
vices on Sundays at St. Andrew's
Church for the convenience of those
, who cannot attend the ordinary ser
vices. The first service attracted
about forty persons, including seven
ladies, one of whom is a well-known
champion golf player. A few of those
present were in tweeds or flannels.
There were several cyclists and one
golfer, whose clubs and cycles were
taken care of by the attendant.,
' An* : Arnbidextrous Golfer.—A corres
pondent at Sydney, Australia, writes
to the “Golfer” to say that a bogey
competition was recently won at
Hunter's Hill out 1 there by Mr.
Robert Smith, “whose game is par
ticularly interesting from the fact
that he is an ambidextrous player.
He carries round about an equal
number of ,' left' and ‘ right ’ handed
clubs, and it is a matter of supreme
indifference to him which he uses ;
in fact, if a match were to be ar
ranged, ‘ Smith right-handed against
Smith himself left-handed,' no one
could tell which ‘ hand ’ it would be
safer : to" back."”'
Clothes Made of Fish Skins.—The
skin* of a fish does not suggsst’ft
self as a suitable material for the
making "of clothes, yet it is used for
this , purpose by a tribe of Tartars
in Manchuria. They inhabit the
banks of the Peony River, and live
by: fishing and hunting. During the
last hundred years they have be
come nearly , extinct owing to the
invasion of § their domain by agri
cultural Chinese, They are known
as; Fish-skin Tartars, The fish they
use is the tarnai'a, a species of sal
xupn.' 'Bdth flesh and skin of this
fish are supposed to possess wonder
ful heat-giving properties.
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