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Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 15, 4 August 1891, Page 4

The tendency of young girls carrying their school books under their arms, or in bags or portfolios hung from their arms, is said to be to distort, the figure. German doctors are exhorting parents to }>rovidr yountr girls between the age of deven an;! fourteen, with knapsacks for carrying their school books.

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Accordingjto census statistics, the annu'alincre'ase of population in Germany is four timts that of France. /At that rate it can be only a question of a few years when ifrancu will have to take a secondary place. Germany already has about ten-millions in excels of her neighbour, and at the present comparative rate of in crease will soon have a preponderance of 50 per cent in population. The area of the itw-o countries 13 about equal. A correspondent, writing from Persia, near the Turkish frontier, gives the fol

lowj.ng . laconic description of Persian justice: — "I have no news to tell you -■except tlmt a Khurd was blown from a caiinon the other day for killing 12 or 13 men. Two others were to have b?eu --punished in like manner, but the Kourds -thri-ateneil to come and bring an army -ftgfj'inst the town, so the Persians were jiTra'id to enrry out tins method of suuiJ::'a,ry~ ; justice.

iUertainly the, best : medicine known is '~Bahbbb and Sons' Eucalypti Exteact '" JiVst its ; , eminently powerful effects in -coughs, .colds, influenza ; the relief is in> . stantaneous.- In, .serious cases, and ae* cid&nts of all kinds, be they wounds. burns,.. scaldings, ._, bruises, sprains, it is ~theTKa_fest .remedy-— no swelling — no m-

flamation. Like surprising effects pro—jduced in croup, diphtheria, bronchitis, ..nfluminationof theJungs, -swelling, &c. ; diarrboßa. d.vsentryi diseases of the kid> neysiiand-, urinary organs. In use at hospitals and medical clinics all over the globe; i patronised by His Majesty the ICing.of Itaiy ; crowned with medal and d }'loma at International Exhibition, .vrnsierdara. Trust in this approved article and reject all others. — Ajivt

It I ' will be seen by an advertisement another column that vlr J. J. Curtis, of ■G rev street. Wellington, draws ihe ailentionofthe tradespeople and others to

i!i .o-oods consigned to his care. Con s-iunees at present suffer from delay in

li-an>it('a.t Wellington and ihe consequent expenses of storage, which would be «vi.irely avoided. Those wishing to send I.ucels or presents to Europe are re minded that he has a cheap prompt de-

livery by each direct steamers for London: i Parcels so sent are delivered at the. doot of consignee, it instructed. It 3? also, notified that he has special conveyance for the removal of furniture and Jiiggage. Custom House work is, of course, a necessary branch of his business. — Advt.

Our readers have been sorely puzzled .-•ior so.me I'me1 'me past to know the meaning •or tlie^ -words " Dawson's Perfection," ?'whieh have and are now daily appearing ?5n ihe colntD3 of our paper. We will '•tf ell lhem : the, secret by explaining that IDawson is' the name of a large distiller .in Dufftown, Glenlivet district, whose establishment dates for nearly one hun--^>dred years. The firm put an a high -«!lass 7 Scotch whisky called "Dawson's which is now having a phenomenal ran in all the Aus f ralian colo* nies, it being the principal whisky drank in all the leading hotels and clubs in ■ "thesee colonies. This brand has just been introduced inlo New Zealand and is Fast meeting with great favour with all lovers «f really good whisky. The numerous I»stimonia ls received from medical men sind others describe (his whisky as mild, -well maiured, and of excellent fiavour. The public analyst of Glasgow reporiing j ■on this, whisky, says — " Dawson's Per lection is posniyelj the fines) whisky be lias ever analysed during his long experience as an analyst. 'I he whisky has age, it is well matured through having been in bond for a long time. He says ii is Tery 'suitable for invalids, and he strongly jecommeDds it >o everybody." He would «dvise»iconnoissrurß ef whisky to pur--ehasea botile and jucJ»e for (bemselves -whether the. high encomiums passec on ilns article are not we! 1 merited. — Advt.