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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 128, 25 June 1901, Page 4

1 now riiE "Picnic" Got its NaejL.--Everybody knows what a picnic is, but most I people would find it hard to tell how it got ! its peculiar name. Yet the derivation of the word is simple enough, and sensible, too. When a picnic was being arranged for, the custom originally was that those who intended to be present should supply the eatables and drinkables. A list of these necessaries having been drawn up, it was passed round, and each person picked out the article of food and drink that he or she was willing to furnish, and the name of the article was nicked or ticked off the list. The span air entertainment thus became known as a " pick-and-nick." The custom is said . to date from 1802, so that the picnic is wholly an institution of the 19th century. _ The Figure Five—Any number of figures you may wish to multiply by 5 will le result if divided by 2—a much 4 ration—but you must remember to annex a cipher to the answer when there is no remainder ; and when there is a remainder, annex a 5 to the answer. Multiply (64 by 5, and the answer will be 2,320; divide the same number.by two and you have 232, and, as there is no remainder, you add a cipher.. Now take 357, and multiply by five?' the answer is 1,785. On dividing 357 by 2, there is 178, and a remainder; you therefore place a 5 at the end of the result, which gives 1,785. The reason of this process is obvious, since multiplying by 5 is the same as multiplying by 10 (which is effected by placing a cipher to the right of the unit's place) and dividing by 2. ■■?'■"/■■'■ Curious Derivation of Popular Words. —" Varlot" is the same word as "valet," and each is an offshoot of the feudal "vassal." "Madame" is "my lady," and 'sir" has been .extracted from Latin " senior" through the French. " Dandelion," dent de lion (the lion's tooth), and " vinegar" was once vin aigre (sour wine). " A villain," before the stigma of disgrace was attached to him, was a labourer on the villa of a Roman country gentleman. "Biscuit" keeps alive, the Latin bis coctus (twice cooked), and a verdict is simply a vere dictum (a true saying). An earl was an " elder" in the primitive society, while popo is the same as " papa,' and the czar and kaiser are both " Caesars." Queen at first meant " wife" or " mother," and a survival of its early signification exists In "quean," used now only in a bad sense. "Jimminy" is » reminiscence of (be classical adjuration, O gemini, used by tb» Romans when they called upon the twins Castor and Pollux to help them. Redingnte is " riding-coat," borrowed bjr the French from our own language and returned to us in a new guise, with tne dressmaker's stamp of approval. " Slop" shop has nothing to do with slops as some amateur etymologists have asserted but means clothing shops, the word comin> Wm Icelandic slopoer. a coat. 2T|£DMAN'S • I* « AYJt ■ft A "11 HHiIUMiIMWMK RELIEVE FEVERISH HEAT, PREVENT FITS, CONVULSIONS, ETC. Preserve « healthy state of the oonstie tntion airing the period of Teething; The words "JOHN STEEDMAN, CHEMIST, WALWORTH, SaRREY," tie engraved ou the Government Stamp affixttt & each Packet. Agents—Kempthorne, ; Prosser & Co LHdTH3 PILLS tiling remedy for all Female com* Ky the .Medical Faculty. The ire of wm. Maktin( registered genuin-j). No I ady should be n.. Order ol alfChcmiJU throughout the World -opnetor,MAßTlX,l'hr.rm Chcmi«t,SOUTKAHRTOH,ErIa »«nts:SHARI,AND 4 Co., Ltd., Auckland AWcllioutotj "» «o<i NEW ZEALA.V." DHI).; c. a.-*,' tierch'iSOFT AND GLOSS* HAIR. "Ill) make the hair growsoft, glossy, and L luxuriantly is'a matter that has vexed the minds 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 yoa must use Parker's Hair Tonic. It is the only preparation that fulfils all the requirements without the disadvantages necessary to promote a healthy and vigorous growth of hair. and It Is not a greasy or oily preparation, will not soil the finest linen 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 effectually removes dandriff or otbe impurities from the scalp. It makes the hair grow soft, glossy, an strong It is sold in patent bottles at 2s (id; by po3t 3s. -,. It is manufactured only by the proprietor It should be on every lady's toilet table. Distributing Agent for Taranaki—A. E. SYKES, opposite Theatre Royal, New Ply mouth. Waitara Agents Law RANCH Bros. Storekeepers. MOREY & SON. MOREY & SON, OUR FIRST DIRECT SHIPMENT OF AUTUMN GOODS. Direct from Makers 11 Direct from Makers" INCLUDESiNKWKST IN MANTLES, CHILDREN'S CLOAKS. MACINTOSHES, £LACK£&;, COI -(mi!D<;DftESS SHAWLS, , ■ '::£^';H.!^ FURs,'-jx;H.iy^rrr GLOVES*"" '*"* LADIES'f.UNDERCLOTHING, Etc., Etc. OUR HOSIERY A SPECIALITY ALL NKVV GOODS MEN'S UNDERWEAR.— Best, Value to Le had. DEVON STMKBT - NEW I'LYXLOVIU