RANDOM READINGS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 7, Issue 424, 8 November 1918, Page 4

RANDOM READINGS.

LONG AND SHORT WIIUL 3 Ooneiderlfic tho amount of momj tkat lie left, £2,E00,W)0, the late Earl of Clanrlcarde'g will waa one of tha nhorteat on record. The amonat he left worked out roughly at £12,509 a word. Actually, the shorteat will was that of a Mr Thome, of Streatham, who wrote his will on the back of an old enyelope. it consisted of only three words, "All for mother," and disposed of over £8.900 Mr. Pltcalrn, one of the ( leading- men of the Pennsylranla Railway, who died In 1909, left £3,000,000 to» his widow. The will contained only twelve lines of type writing-. A dozen lines were also sufficient, for Lord Russell of Kll lowens 1 estate, though in his case the. fortune was only £150,000. The longest will on record was that of Mr. Edward Rush, of Alveston, Gloucestershire, who died In June, 1909, and left £144,000. The will was no fewer than 26,000 words In length, filling- over eighty foolscap sheets of typewriting. WHAT YOUR TONGUE REVEALS. 'Pur out your tongue" is a phrase associate;! in most people's minds wiih doctors, and Is usually remin tscent of minor ailments and nasty medicines; spoken by a glossomancist, however, the curt command takes on an altogether different, significance. A glossomaucist, it may be as well to explain, is a professor of glossouiancy. a new science which consists in reading people's characters by the shape and size of their tongues. Thus, according to Its votaries, the possessor of a short and broad tongue is apt to be untruthful as io words and unreliable as to deeds. A long tongue moderately pointed denotes frankness and a loving trustful. affectionate disposition. When the tongue is long and broad, however, it is a sign (hat the owner is shallow and superficial, and also a. great lalker. The small, round, tongue, plump, and in shape like an oyster, denotes mediocre abilities and a nature lhat is commonplace and colourless. A short, narrow tongue .goes with a nature that is at once quick-temp-ered and yet affectionate, strong, •and sudden in hate, as in love. WONDERFUL ROAD. Search when- you will, you will find no highway in the whole world so romantic as the Orand Trunk Road of India. A stately awnue of three roads in one—; he rem re of hard metal, the roads on each side ankle de< p in silvery du-t frinsed by double rows of tn's. it runs for I.miles through the vast northern plai.-i which skirls the Himalayas. I'loin fit!, tiiia 10 l;i! I'esliaWitr, which k-ep sentinel at the ;-,ate of AfVh.'in'sian. From horizon to horizon it stretches like broad white i li.'bon, as seen'inJy straight as if traced by a giunuiie rule. And dotted aim. its entile Iei;;• th are hundreds of wa.vsid<- r<' houses, each with iis arched .-!! i•.! inrtvied gateway. For ",-ic: years the Himalayas have 1 oo' e:i down on ;iiis road and ha\( : -<-en ii ii< they see it today. Ii was tiie v. oi hl's urea'esi highway befoie tjiiii l -' was ci ;"!le(l. Alexander the 'i'e.i f 1,-tl hi.- '.!••> \ ahitlu it to ihe 11.n.|ue1 ei \i h>• i;i India: and I'• mMlla I,'«i■ -■ • li' look hi- daily walks alou; i' cnsnies before t'!. I'isl ci':i<ll• • 11. It !■:; - ■> en lull gene! ai : 'iii.: oi ne ti cwiie and ?o: y(-T iday ii i io the eye. <■ x:;• •:I\" the sanie as in the Ion::moiio years when Nine,.-h was a proud city and our own ancestors minwed bones in their eaves 11 s as I e, an it it e r sound to increase in volume and clearness. Before a noiih wind the w<dl plays its wildi i pranks. The water rises nearly in lie- top of the well, which iB ;k!i'iiii tii'fl. deep, and ejvec ou f Wild, vein! noises. j