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Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 373, 2 July 1903, Page 3

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▼* _*•_ n_e_y fteaer Ai»t_9oyed to B»«w Vehicles OH! Variant Tin**. WX» _6rae and th* ox are not the iWtly draft animals man has imjnresssd into his service. When Lord Curson, the viceroy of India, went to viait one of the na.tive princes recently he was surprised to see in the gorgeous procession which met him two rhinoceroses ridden by postillions. A team almost as strangS as that of the Indian nabob is the team of four xebras owned by .Walter Rothschild. The banker drives the beasts himself and they never fail to attract attention, says a London exchange. All visitors to Belgium are familiar with the little carts carrying fruit, milk or vegetables and drawn by one or more powerful-looking dogs. Iu former dayspdogs were much mors used for draught' purposes than they are now. A'well-known character who , was >khow_ as "Old'Lalv"; used'ttf jf ac* the coaches on the North roadxiffiuing out of London with a team *of dogs. He constructed for himself a sort of blackboard and had liarnessed to it four foxhounds, who w&uTd cover long distance* at a great pace." Later on« Dumsdaleused to appear on the highways and race the,cdatehes with a small wobdelh cart- Sometimfes the dogs would cover 12 miles though their natural pace was about seven miles an hour. Dumsdale's favorite trip wasfrom East Grimstead to Brighton and back, a distance of 48 miles. He would make the journey in 3> hours, including stoppages for rest and refreshmentBfore than ona instance is on record of ostriches being used in place at saddle horses or for* drawing fight traps. A "wealthy man of named Doller ones built a carriage, on which he attached two bears, while a third was trained to sit beside him on tho tux seat. With this extraordinary turnout Doll*, appeared in the streets of the Austrian capital, but complaints were soon made to the police that the' bears scared horses and provoked runaways. Dollar was forbidi'; ■.. to drive hie team in the city, fie tiitfu started a team of trained wolves, hut again ths police objected to his displaying his eccentricities hi ths streets of Vienna and he gave up the attempt to divert the public with strange turnouts. But the palm of eccentricity in turnouts must be given to an Englishman named Buddy, who, when \n yr>ars «.fcfc traveled from Linsmore to Ferin.py.iii an oyster tub set on wheels and drawn, by a pig, a badger, two cuts and a hedge hog. He wore a high red cap ,pn his head and carried a \vhipju one hand and* a*tin horr >n the othea t Lenoa i» Manicure Aid, t "Of all the aid's to amateur mahicur? • ing,"said a womanv'ino.ne is rnjie valuable than,-a bit of lemon, ffftways keep a morsel on njy toilet table and find it indispensable. Unlike any other it bleaches without the skin, as it brings*jKTf-any native rosiness in the nails without "hardeni ing or coarsening- Scrubbing, ■ and soap and hot water and final polish are all very well; for truly dainty finger tips apply your lemon. I know a c humber of women who candidly confess that they find it hard to keep their hands clean—particularly in cold weather. Let them try the magic that lies in a bit of lemon and they'll have no further trouble," —C_icogo Chronicle. -- ______ Requires Little Sle«a>. The distinction among animals of reqv. ."ing least sleep belongs to the clepbant. In spite of its capacity for hard work the elephant" seldom, if sleeps more than fburj or occasionally five, hours.—Nature. ■■»■>.<g ■ | A Hiat to Pir«B(i, ! Never give up to children if thsy are in. the wrong; "do, not rob them of « memory that* their mother and fetfeey were always true to thsir pci Ladive' Home Journal. t . Qoecv -•-•diction. In the Philippines the parting %•*«> diction ia bestowed in the form of bing one's friend's face with - hand, - ,