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Patea Mail, Volume V, Issue 432, 4 June 1879, Page 2

An alarming telegram has just come to hand from some individual in Palmerston, reporting that Mr and Mrs W. Bayly and family, at Stmey River, have been murdered ; but it has been c n radicted, as not having the least foundation. How it was possible for a person living such a distance away to hear such news before the people here, 1 oimnot conceive, and it would be a good thing if the person who raised the report was found out and exposed. It would, I have no doubt, have the effect of preventing a good many reports going abroad which, having no truth in them, are likely to alarm the settlers and their families. The frog that was found the other day in the piece of coal at the railway station (says the Southland Times) is still alive, and appears to enjoy existence in the bottle in which its captor placed it. It is on the whole a remarkable specimen of the Batrasian species. It is mouthless, for although there is the form of a mouth, the oriilce is wanting, this having been ascertained beyond doubt. The nostrils are perfect, and through them it breathes, and also utters an occasional melodious croak, or perhaps, considering the process, ‘ snort ’ would bo the more correct term. It takes no nourishment whatever, and literally lives upon air, and, chameleon-liko, changes its colour frequently—sometimes a slate colour, then dark brown with stripes, and anon emerald spotted The creature is very lively, and has evidently gained in strength and vitality since it was caugTit. It is in the possession of a James Pomcry, one of the employes at the railway station, and he will be happy to show it to any person curious in such matters. One remarkable trait of the creature is its evident aversion for water. Placed near the fluid. it huriies to avoid it, and in other respects is a queer customer, and recognises its captor, hopping to him without fear when taken out of the bottle. That the frog was found imbedded was not surprising, but that it should be as it is, without the usual natural orifices, and yet live and thrive, is certainly re« markable. * The Rangitikei Advocate saj’s ; —Mrs Cameron, mother of Mr Charles Cameron, of Turakina, whose age is close upon 100 years, recently walked fiom one station to another, a distance of over five miies, over a very rugged and precipitous track, unaccompanied by anyone, and without even thetnd of a walking-stick. In some places in the road, a horse would with difficulty make his way, so exceedingly steep is it ; yet this surprisingly active little old body accomplished the journey in a very short time. Many of our town maidens would hesitate before attempting such a lonely and arduous walk, of which Mrs Oantpron, even at her advanced age, appears to have thought nothing. An Irish Apology. —A person once observing that a extravagant couple lighted the candle at both ends, an honest Irishman replied, “Arrah, by ray conscience, it would be much worse if they were to light it in the middle. Holloway's Pills— The chiefest wonder of modern times—This incomparable medicine increases the appetite, strengthens the stomach, cleanses the liver, corrects biliousness, prevents flatulency, purifies, the system, invigorates the nerves, and restores the invalid to sound health. The enormous demand for these Pills throughout the globe would astonish everybody, were it not that a single trial convinces the most sceptical that no medicine equals Holloway’s Pills in its ability to remove all complaints incidental to the human race. They are a blessing to the afflicted,-and a boon to all who labor under internal or external disease. The purification of the blood, removal of all restraints from the secretive organs, and fb■ gentle aperir.nt action, are the prolific i,r.;uo s <■' vP* -