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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 137, 3 July 1901, Page 4

INTERESTING GLEANINGS. Men Capable of Bearing Arms. —Th« number .of men capable of bearing arms i« calculated at one-fourth of the population Great Cafe of Venice.—The great cafl of Venice—Floriana's, on the piazza of St Mark—has never been closed, nigot or day, for one hundred and fifty years. Blind Readers.—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 t'ound by calculation that at 328 yards a man has the appearance of one-third hia , height, aj 437 yards, one-fourth; and at 1 54(1, one-fifth. •• -» £4.000 for a Lady's Tooth.—M. A. [ Lenoir, the founder of the French Museum, relates that during the transport of the remains of Abelard and Heloise to the Petjts Augustins, an Englishman offered him ioo,ooofr. for one of the teeth of Heloise. Wooden Skewers.—The only manufactory of wooden skewers in the world, it ia supposed, exists at Toledo, Ohio, whence millions of them are shipped to England, i'hey are made by machinery from hickory blocks. Between eighty and ninety thousand are turned out every day. S •" Thimbles.—Thimbles lined with indiarubber are now employed, and are said not to fall off so easily as the ordinary unlined thimble. They are also warmer to the skin, and free from the metallic " rust" which sometimes takes the form of verdigris, a substance of a poisonous nature.' A Quaint Law.—ln 1541 the Corporation of Chester ordered, under the penalty of a line of 3s. 4d., that no unmarried woman should wear white or coloured caps, and that iione but sick or aged women should wear a hat uniess riding or going abroad into the. If you stop eatingkyoTt •will surely get thinner and thinner, until at last you starve to death. Grass s N won't answer, although it is goodior the horse. . Tou must have a food suitablo.to your needs, ,\\ is a hair food. It Wt won't take the W place of grass or ™JT bread. It is good IN for the hair, and y that is all. It 'p feeds the hair a with hairlood. The I, hair can't keep from * growing. It stops 1 falling out beeause it is I "hearty and strong. And it always restores! the early rich, dark color to gray hair. Wo say that "gray hair is starved hair"; and the only way to treat it is fo' supply tha fcesfc kind of hair food. Tii's is where Ayer's Hair Vigor differs so greatly from other hair preparations; it feeds the hair. Just keep that in mind all the time you are using it. Prepared Gy Dr. J. C. Aytr Co., Lowell, Mass., V. S. A. * SOFT AND GLOSSY HAIR. I I 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 nse 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 kair. and It is not a greasy 01 oily preparation, will not soil the finest linen, or lace I is not pouonous, nor dees it contain j anything to injure the most tender skin I It is not highly perfumed, and in no , way objectionable to the most refined sense of smell. It effectually removes danddff or othe ' impurities from the eoalp.) It makes the hair grow soft, glossy, an strong It is sold in patent bottles t at 2s 6d; by. post 3s. It is manufactured only by the proprietor' It should be on every lady's toilet table. Distributing Agent for TaranaM—A. % SYKEB, opposite Theatre Boyal, New Plymouth. Waitara Agents Lawbbno<s Bn os. J Storekeepers. MOREY & SON. MORE! & SON OUR FIRST. DIRECT SHIPMENT OF AUTUMN. GOODS.. Direct from Makers 11 DireOt from. Makers) INCLUDES NEW.BSI W MANTLES, JACKETS CHILDREN'S CLOAKS, MACINTOSHES, BLACK & COLORED DRESS GOODS, GLOVES, LADIES' UNDERCLOTHING, Etc., Etc. OUR HOSIERY A SPECIALITY ALL NEW GOODS MEN UNDERWEAR.— Best Value to be had DEVON STUEKT NEW PLYMOUTH ""• SUNBEAM foas otYuon Tpl 4w*-4L OOGE * SO*.