There are five things a woman cannot do: —Tie up a parcel, throw a stone at a hon, carry an umbrella, sharpen a lead pencil or vole.
A letter from Fiji, in the Hamilton (Yicrial Spectator, contains the following : “ Young ladies here are at a premium, and at least fifty could find excellent husbands; for many a planter would gladly welcome English or Colonial girls, and give them comfortable homes. I know many in, the Colonies—did they but know as I do, the advantages and comforts of a Fijian home would soon be here. Get some of your friends to publish these facts."
A court at Hong Kong lately condemned a criminal to bo killed by wakefulness. The culprit, a strong and healthy man, was kept awake constantly for fifteen days, his i sufferings for the last few hours being of the most excruciating character. At last he dropped down, and the heart ceased to beat Roasting alive is a mercy compared with such torture. ' i i i ■ i i i . ! • , , , i . ' 1 ; , 1 .
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Dunstan Times, Issue 544, 20 September 1872, Page 3
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