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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 70, 10 April 1901, Page 4

,<N l ERESTINC3 GLEANINGS. ' .V /Men Capable of Bearing Arms.—Th« number of men capable of bearing arms ir calculated at one-fourih of the population Great Cafe of Venice.—The great en/i of Venice—Floriana's, on the piazza of SI Mark—has never been closed, nigat or day, for one hundred and fifty years. Bund Readhc;.—lt is said that no fewei than 200,000 boohs Tor the blind are borrowed annually from the free-lending libraries in different parts of t'.ie old country. Appearance of a .Man's Height.—lt is found by calculation that at 32S yards 3 man has the appearaace of one-third his height, at 437 yards, one-fourth; and at 1546, one-fifth. for a Lady's Tooth.—M. A. I*enoir, the founder of the French Museum, relates that during the transport of the remains of Abelard and Heloise to the Petits Augustins, an Englishman offered him loo.oootr for one of the teeth of Heloise. Wooden Ski:v. t r.s—The only manufac tory of wooden skewers in the world, it is supposed, exists at Toledo, Ohio, whencr millions of them are shipped to England. They are made bv machinery from hickory blocks. Between eighty and ninety thousand are turned out every day. Thimbles.—Thimbles lined with india rubber are now employed, and are said not to fall off so easily as ordinary ur.'iineci thimble. They are also warmer to the skin, and free from the sometimes tahes the form of verdigris, a substance of a poisonous nature. A Quaint Lav,-.—ln 1541 the Corporation of Chester ordered, under the penalty of :> fine of 3s. 4d., that no untnarried woma: shonld wear white or coloured caps, and thrr none but sick or aged women should wear c, hat uni-.ii riding o - ying abroad into thf

The warning cough is the faithful sentinel. It tells of the approach of consumption, which has killed more people than war and pestilence combined. It tells of painful chests, sore lungs, weak throsts, bronchitis, and pneumonia. Do not suffer another day. It's useless, fir there's a prompt and safe cure, A euro for fresh colds and old colds, easy coughs and hard coughs— Ayer's It often cures a fresh cold in a single Bight, and it masters chronic coughs and bronchitis in a short time. Consumption is certainly prevented, and cured, too, if ir.icen in time. If anybody tells you that consumption cannot bo cured, they are certainly mistaken, fur vo have thousands of these cases retried to us, absolutely cured, and no mistake about it. Put up in largo and small bottles. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plaster placed directly over tho tender, aching lung is a great aid to the Cherry Pectoral. Prepare) by Br. J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mua., U. S. Jt

MAYORALTY ELECTION. •p AND GENTLEMEN.— In response to a numerously signed requisition asking me to become a Candidate for the office of Mayor, I bave consented to be nominated, and .bast to receive your support. J RIOHARD COCK. MAYORALTY. AND GENTLEMEN.— Having, in response to the deputation which waited on me, connoted to again become a Candidate for the office of Mayor, I hope to receive the favour of yonr votes on the day of the poll. E. DOCKRILL.

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