Some Names That Mislead.
Thk tuberose is no rose, bub a species of olyanth. Pompeys Pillar had no historical connection with Pompey in any way. Cleopatra's Needle was not erected by the Egyptian Queen, nor in her honour. Whalebone is not bone, and i« said not to possess a single property of bone. Turkish bathdid not originate in Turkey ; fchev are nob bathe at all, only heated chambers. German silver was not invented in Oeimany, and does no 1 contain a particle of silver. Black lead is not lead at all, bub a compound oF oirbon and a small quantity ot iron. Brazilian grass nc\er grew in Biazil, and i=s not grass : it is nothing bub strips of palmleaf Burgundy pitch is not pitch, and does not come from Burgundy ; bhe greater part; ot ib is rosin and palm oil Sealing wax does not contain a particle • f wax, bub is composed of Venice turpentine, shellac, and cinnabar. Catgut is made from the entrails of sheep. Cuttle-bone is nob bone, bub a kind of chalk once enclosed in bhe fossil remains cf extincb specimens of cutblefish. — • Sunday Herald.'
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 341, 9 February 1889, Page 5
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188Some Names That Mislead. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 341, 9 February 1889, Page 5
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