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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1608, 14 January 1886, Page 2

L ■ ( -One of the best bits of fooling which . celebrated ,the inauguration of sixpenny ; telegrams' was the following message wired to a Welshman ':-i— " Henceforth ' John Bull must" be briefer m iiis manner, or else he'll pay a bob tor S^haji;' should . 'cost a' tinner: 1 ' The Welshman waseqiial to the occasion, for he acting preMsely: on the hint' thrown out wired ' back : " Taffy is briefer, and does it cheaper;" It will be observed that 1 there are' seven words; m the reply, which is the exact : nun^ber calculated, by the Department . as ttie average limit of words.in'a sii-, periny teleejrairi;' allowing five, words for nauiefij and addresses. : : ; In. the. agricultural.^' department of'i'a ' library m Warsenstein, near jOassel, (Jer ;?. many) may be seen a most novel collection of books. At first glance they appear like rough blocks of wood;, but on closer examination it is found that each is a cdniplete 'history of the.. particular tree wihich it represents,^ At the, b'^ck.pf the book the bark has been removed' from, space large enough to admit, the.scjenvtific and the' common name of the tree as a title! One side is formed from,the ■plit wood of the. tree showing its gVain and natural fracture ; ' the other, shows the wood when worked smooth and varnished. . One end shows the grain as left by the saw,. and the other the finely jPolißhed wood. On opening the box one find's* the fruit, seeds, leaves,, and other products of the tree,, the moss ;whic)i usually grows upon its (runic and the m sects Which feed upon the various parts of the; tree. To all this is added a wellt)rmtevl description of the habits, usual location and manner of growth of the tree— all'forming a complete history of each kind of timber represented, and m a form readily understood. ' " Have yoii enjoyed' our strawberry festival, boys ?" ' "Oh ! yes, sir IV "Then," asked the teacher, . seeking to append a moral "If you had slipped into ihy gardpn and picked thote straw* without, my leave;, would they have tasted aV'goo'd as iiow?'!! Every small' boy m that stained and sticky company shrieked :, '.'.Noj -«>•!•! , Why- , not jf'l " Ganse, said ' little Thomas, * with tVe cheerfulness of conscious virtue, " then we shouldn't have had sugar and crekm wjth f eiri;" ' ' - : ' '' r '■ '■ ]i ''■'• V washing and. Stuff Costumes,. C^oes, Dolmans, Sunshades, Millin ( ery, and Fancy Grobdaj for the Holidaysl'aiaVge'st&dk'bf Choice Goods and Very Cheap at The Bon Marche, 0, M. Bosb & Co.