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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 154, 10 February 1903, Page 4

Professor Heman Y.' Hilphecht, of the Univeisity of Pennsylvania, who has been abroad a year and a-half engaged in excavating the hurried city of Nippur, in Babylonia, says : “We have unearthed 23,000 tablets, and I shall make the deciphering of them, my life-work. The contents of these tablets will change the ideas of the world as to the early Babylonians. It will be seen-that they knew in 2,300 b.c. that the earth was a globe, and that their astronomers took the same view of celestial phenomena as we nowtake. The inscriptions are in cuneiform characters. Their deciphering's a matter t>f much difficulty, for we have no Babylonian alphabet ; we must not only translate, we must discover the alphabet, which is the key to the translation. Nippur is, in fact, sixteen cities, one built above the other. We have by no means reached the lowea of these buried cities. Much of the temple library has been brought here, and is now in the museum of the university. Within the last four months our most important discoveries were made.” A couple of pitmen up in. London for a holiday halted in front of a brass plate fixed on the frontdoor of a house, whereon was inscribed in bold characters the word ‘Chiropodist.’ ‘Cbirrupodist !’ remarked on of them perplexedly, ‘what’s that V ‘Why,’ replied his companion, ‘a chirrupodist is a chap that teaches canaries to whistle.’ Recently the wife of a German farmer, at Jeparit (Vic.) gave birth to twins. The pair (a male find a female) were found to be firmly united at the breasts. Itr was not merely a skin attachment, but one breastbone did duty for the two bodies. In other respects the female was fully developed, but the male was partially deformed. The total weight of the two was not above 81b. The twins were dead at birth. IV F. Gowne was in attendance, and in order to preserve a memento of such a remarkable freak he had The twins photographed in a position which clearly showed the manner in which the bodies were connected. The revised volunteer’s travelling and camp allowances are gazetted; They are as follows ; —Travelling allowances—Officers above rank of lieutenant 10s.per day ; officers of rank of lieutenant, 7s 6d ; nor\-commissioned officers, 6s ; gunners, sappers, privates, driver-sand trumpeters or buglers ss; horse allowance 2s 6d. Travelling allowances cannot be claimed for the day of arrival at the headquarters of the person travelling. For whole days at sea 2s 6d per only will be allowed. The camp allowances are as follows : Officers above rank of lieutenant 5s per day ; officers of rank of lieutenant 3s 9d ; non-commissioned officers 3s ; gunners, sappers, privates, drivers, trumpeters and buglers 2s 6d ; horse allowance, 2s 6d. In the case of Fermanerjt Force the above camp allowances will only apply to cases where the members are detailed as instructors to volunteers. At Ashburton recently 1050 crossbred wetbeis changed hands at 19s each, delivery on the farm. Long live the King! But who can tell The certainty of life, The man who feels to-day so well, May die if sickness rife. ’ Coughs and colds are prevalent ills Which we may all endure, Though we can save the doctors’ bills With WOOD’S GREAT PEPPER MINT CURE . Womus undermine Children's Co?istitutions. Use WADES WORM EIGS isboxes ’