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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8002, 13 December 1905, Page 3

Having previously borne sixteen children, the wife of ;1 . sileemuker at Wraz, ill llohemia, has ®ow had four at-a'birth, 01 whom thrie" are living'. It was declared at Kdinburgh recently that more lishermen were drowned trom tltv custom' uf -wearing long boots than by ali the storms in creation. A worthy couple who\wmi I)ilurried 18 years ago, and are now -12 yoajs old, are tile parents of 2U children. Ihe family includes six pairs 01 twins, and 19 are beys. Italy's judges have many trials. More than one hundred of them have memorialised the Catiinet for an increase of salary, hinting darkily at the possibilities of a strike. What is claimed to Ire the oldest specimen oi pure glass is in the possession of the llritish Museum. This specimen is a small lion's head which bears the name of an Egyptian- king of the eleventh dynasty, ' ■ The power to -wag the ear is common among the West Indian halfbreeds and the Maya and other derivatives of Mexico and Central America, and many whites have the power who hardly realise the fact. It is thought that the Egyptians ind Rtruscans wore further advanced in the art of dentistry than uny cth•r people in that early period* for teeth filUd with gold, have 'been found in the mouths of mummies. Swedish women often work as farm labourers. Those who have babies carry them on their backs in a leathern Irag as squaws carry their young. This* plan permits the mother to use both hands ul her farm work. Signor Mascagni, t hi' composer, and his wife wear watch fobs of common Traliatt coins, each punctured with six holes, in which are set Ihe teeth of the first two Mascagni children, the teeth of 11 he another's charm being the first o!) her little daughter's, while the proud father wears iu his charm the milk tooth of his iirst-horn son. A resident of ! Kessinglaml. near lvo west oft. writes to the Suffolk County Council compluining of the dust raised by the Hrcat Eastern motor omni'buses ,aml others, by which, he says, people are literally choked, and the furniture in the houses is spoilt, ami asked if an appliance could not he carried cm the front of motor-cars ito water the roads. TIIE SYMI'TOMS OF HIIEI .MATISM. The symptoms of rheumatism usually leave no douUt as to what is the matter with the sufferer. Sharp pains are felt in the knee,, wrist, elbow, ankle, or other joints, which are usually hot,] red, and swallen. Ihe pain often shifts from one joint to another—one day it might be the Rami, the next, perhaps, the lYot is seized with the lance-like pains—while the part lirst affected might he much easier. No matter how severe the symptenis of rheumatism, Kheuino will completely banish them. Hundreds of well-known people testify its wonderful power of conquering (id, from all chemists and stores. 1

TAT.YKAIMAKA liOAI) HOAUJ). TENDERS. KNDEUS are invited fur metul- ■- ling (including necessan varthwoik) about three am | H hall' mile of the Pitone Koad, I'rom the South Koad eastwards, for ilia Talnraiinuka Himd Jloard. Plans ami sp**i*.iHeat inns may be fiwn at thv Post OlHce, Tataraimaka, or at the office of Sladden and Palmer, Engineers, New Plymouth. A man "ill be appointed by the Board Jo show intruding tenderers 'the localities whence metal may ho obtained, ami will be at thy Post Ollice, Tataraimaka. for this purpose at 10 o'clock 011 Thursday, lVc. 7th. 'lenders close at the office () f Sladden ami Palmer, Devon Street. Xew Plymouth, at 1 v'clock p.m. on TIII'HSDAY, Dec. 11th, Thy lowest or any tender not ■necessarily ; accepted. -I. PKNW.MUIKX, Chairman. A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME. AC'RhS, very e 1 uice wcllyOt grassed In ,(1, ill situation. all level •:imnt._r, magnificent feed all over tlie fern; fronting mi tlnmain metal metal riwil ami railway line; 22 chains {mm creamery; central to all cattle sales ami bacon factory; one mile from post ollice and school and railway station. There is a good dwelling house of li with hathroom, well sheltered with pine trees; All other necessary outbuildings; 17 hail cowshed, pig siy ( .. '['here is about N miles of good l-hurh «i rr leucine, sub-divided into or l.i paddocks. An important factor is that there is a great amount, id' tirewoud obtainable thereon. It is the closest, lircwood obtainable to >'ew I'lyinoiilh, In fact the lircwood would pay the cost of the farm, which is < apahie of keeping 200 cows, hesides other stock. It is good sheep country. It would fetch a much larger figure to anyone sub-divu.mg it into small dairy farms. The place is "entral. between two railway stations, 15 minutes walk to either ami on main Uietal road. Satisfactory reasons for selling, Thi« oll'er is open for one week only at the low price of £!> per acre, £1 per acre cash, balance if desirnd can remain at 5 per coat, for a /pwlypnrs. I'artiouhirn at Mr An%wsmitlis Coffee Palate, New fly