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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 127, 24 June 1901, Page 4

INTERESTING GLEANING* Men Capable ok Bearing Arms. —Tb« number of men capable of bearing arms ii calculated at one-fourth of the population Great Cafe of Venice.—The great cafi of Venice—Floriana's, on the piazza of St Mark—has never been closed, ni£ot or day, for one hundred and fifty years. Blind Headers.—lt is said that no fewei than 200,000 books for the blind are borrowed annually from the free-lending libraries in different parts of the old country. Appearance of a Man's Height.—lt is X'und by calculation tl-it at 328 yards a man has the appearance of one-third his height, at 437 yards, one-fourth; and al 5,)C>, one-fifth. /4,00 a for a Lady's Tooth.—M. A. Renoir, the founder of the French Museum, relates that during the transport of the regains of Abelard and Heloise to the Petits Augustins, an Englishman offered him 1 oo.ooofr. for one of the teeth of Heloise. Wooden Skewers. —The only manufac- ■ ory of wooden skewers in the world, it is opposed, exists at Toledo, Ohio, whence liiiions of them are shipped to England. . hey are made by machinery from hickory :'.ocks. Between eighty and ninety thousand ue turned out every day. Thimbles.—Thimbles lined with india aibber are now employed, and are said not ;o fall off so easily as the ordinary unlined •liimble. They are also warmer to the skin, uid free from the metallic " rust" which sometimes takes the form of verdigris, a substance of a poisonous nature. A Quaint Law.—ln 1541 the Corpofation <f Chester ordered, under the penalty of a line of 3s. 4d., that no untnarried woman should wear white or coloured caps, and thai none but sick or aged women should wear a hat tniess riding or going abroad into the Weak Children A Sickly Child Made Strong. Wo know you will bo greatly intercstcu in this testimonial. It tells you how you can nuvko your sickly child robust and hearty. Mrs. A. Lawrence, of Bowdon, South Australia, sends us this picturo of he* child, v/ith the following letter: />v. ii fm "My child,now four years old, was always delicate, and medicine did liim no good. A friend told mo to try 1 AVER'S Sarsaparilla I did go, and you would have been astonished 1 to notico the prompt change. All my friends! say i t was simply wonderful. Only four bottles ini.de my weak and sieltly child strong and' healthy. I want to urge all mothers who have delicate children to try this tonic." 1 Aycr'G rills are the best liver pills you can buy. They cure constipation, biliousness. Prepared by B? J. C. Ayer Co.. Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. SOFT AND GLOSS? HAIR. ri <0 make the hair growsoft, gioiay, and I laxnriantly i<a matter that has vexed the mirds of many'thousands. The hair re quires to be nourished, and the skin of the head kept clean and in a healthy condition. To do this yoH must nse Parker's Hair Tonic. It is the only prepatation that fulfils all the requiiements without the disadvantages necessary to promote a healthy and vigorous growth of hair. and It is not a greasy or oily preparation, wi'l not soil the finest licen or lace is not poisonous, nor dees it contain anything to injure the most tender skin It is not highly perfumed, and in no way objectionable to the most refined sense of smell. It efectnally removes dandriff or othe impum c 3 from the scalp. It makes the hair grow soft, glossy, an strong It is sold in patent bottles at 2s 6d,'; by post 3s. It is manufactured only by the proprietor It should be on eveiy lady's toilet table. Distributing Agent for Taranaki—A. E BYKES, opposite Theatre Royal, New Ply mouth. Waitara Agents Law pence Bros. Storekeepers. MOREY & SON. MOREY & SON. OUR FIRST DIRECT SHIPMENT OF AUTUMN GOODS. Direct from Makers 11 Direct from Makers INCLUDES NEWEST IN GAPES, MANTLES, • JACKETS CHILDREN'S CLOAKS, MACINTOSHES, BLACK & COLORED'DRESS GOODS, SHAWLS, FURS, GLOVES, SILK& LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING, Etc., Etc. OUR HOSIERY A SPECIALITY ALL NEW GOODS MEN'S UNDERWEAR Best Value to be had r W. MOSEY & 38$ DEVON STBEET NEW ' LYMOUTB