News Items

Te Aroha News, Volume XXVII, Issue 43349, 14 July 1908, Page 1

News Items

The lforthern. Swede is very fond of snuff, wMch he puts into his mouth instead of .into his nose. If the barometer falls as much as onedenth. m an' houiv or two4enths in four hours, it is a sure sign that a 'storm is coming. Some animals are entirely 1 voiceless. Among there are the giraffe, armadillo, and pine.;: In most serpents" the vocal' cords afe cdmpietely absent;- / .

I .'•s':' AIT over England the faU of dew in one year is equal in depth to about oin.. of water, amounting altogether - to : 22,160,000,000 totis., * Joseph., Hammßr, a New York fireman/ Saved a baby by .carrying l it in his teeth from! the* fifth storey of a burning tenement in Brooklyn, .Canon Gadenne, of Eaches,. the oldest. priest ia Prance, recently celebrated Ms 102nd birthday. He is id perfect health, and. attends ; personally to all his duties.! .y The steel Iserew "Scout has “her voyage fijonythe Cly|eto :TJbe tug is of only thiee tojos‘ net register, and 168 tons gross. ; The . output of ' pig iron in Germany yduring v ' the first \ quarter of: the year • was 3,102,513 tons, as compared with 3,139,600 tons, in the corresponding period Of 1907. ;I)r. A. JV Colborn, of Connells viHe ? has ■ furnished an affidavit with the I story of the smallest baby ever born alive and healthy in Pennsylvania. . It is a lflb. - girl. ' ‘

I Professors Lieberman and Davidoes, of Vienna, who have been, investigating the action of nicotine on the body, have found ! that when rapidly smoked tobacco gives off more tarry substances in the smoke than when combustion is slower,; 1 and advise users of the weed to be deliberate in their c*n* 1 joyment'of it. It costs less money, it needs less labour, it gives most satisfaction to use Tan*ol for cleaning and polishing linoleum and furniture than any other preparation. This statement' has been verified in thousands of homes where it is in con* atanfe use. If you have any doubt about it try it. yourself. If you want the best results then get the best article, which is the cheapest, viz., Tan-01. It is sold in bottles* everywhere—Ad vt.

Last year’s poetry crop in America, it appears, was an exceptionally good one. According to authoritative statistics, published in the “ Phila-

delphia Bulletin,” it reached a total of 3,916,472 items, thus classified according to subject: Spring, 1,123,762 ; love, 1,172,341 j despair, 800,019 ; hope, . 1,538 your duty, 818,810; my duty, 2 ; total 3,916,472.

Have you never noticed how dark and dirty looking the linoleum has become ? Did it never strike you, when usiug the polishing paste, that you are rubbing in the dirt and polishing on top ? Tan ol which ,is a cream put up in bottles, cleans the linoleum first and polishes afterwards * Just try it and you will soon notice its superiority to pastes Sold in bottles everywhere.Advt.

For Ladies, Neckwear, Bolts Laces, and Ribbons, a large variety at less than Auckland prices. Try Gahagan’s Economic.