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Kaikoura Star, Volume VII, Issue 85, 21 October 1887, Page 4

A despatch to the Chicago ‘ Tribune,’ Peoria, Illinois, says :—The keeper of Springdale Cemetery, just north of Peoria, was recently the witness of* strange combat. While engaged in his usual business of attending to the graves, his attention was arrested by the strange antics of a rabbit. It seemed to be jumping up in the air, and acting altogether in a crazy manner. iPujceeefing to thi spot, he that the rabbit was giving battle to a black snake about five feet in length. The rabbit had a nest near by, arid in it were its two young. The serpent was several feet frem tbe nest, and as it tried to approach, the rabbit would jump fiercely on the snake, biting it near the head, and then jump back before the black snake could envelope it in its coil. When the snake showed a disposition to remain coiled the rabbit would make a feint and get it to strike and then quick as lighting would jump on to the snakes body. The rabbit had apparently lost all fear of the presence of man, as the witness of the strange battle stood ■witbin-a.few feet of ‘it. After a few minutes the snake made up its mind to get away, badly wortted, and found safety in a bush pile, into which tbe rabbit could not penetrate, although it made efforts to do so, It is -the opinion of the keeper that if the, s fight. had occurred in the open ground where the snake could not have sought concealment the rabbit would have killed it. SANDERS & SONS’ EUCALYPTI EXTRACT is certainly the most effective medicine in the world. Test its eminent powerful effects in coughs, colds, influenza; the relief is instantaneous. In serious cases and accidents of all kinds, be they wounds, burns, scaldings, bruises, sprains, it is the safest remedy—no swelling—no inflamation. Like surprising effects produced in croup, diptheria, bronchitis, inflammation of the lungs, swellings, etc.; diarrhoea, dysentery; diseases of the kidneys and urinary organs. In use al all dbspitals and' meaica"clinics ;i pAirurflfcrcf by His Majesty the King of Italy; crowned with medal and diploma at International Exhibition, Amsterdam. Trust in this improved article and reject all others. Spirits of turpentine will remove unqleasant odours from the hands when ail other deodorants fail. A modern Mrs Caudle finds that the following, if repeated rapidly and correctly by her husband after a public gathering, is a certain test that he is perfectly sober—“ Hawkshaw of Warsaw sang ‘ See-saw’ as he gathered up shells by the sea-shore.’ The’manuscript of “Home, Sweel Hortie has just been buried in. the coffin with Miss Harden, of Georgia, who half a century ago rejected the hand of the author.