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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 11, 6 February 1909, Page 3

THE AVI IjY "JOllX.' "You are pushing me too hard," said Wu Ting Fang to a reporter in Sun Francisco who was interviewing hiui. "You are taking advantage of me. Von are like the lVking poor relation. One day he met the head of his family in the street. "'Come mid dine with lis to-night,' the maadariu said, graciously, '• 'Thank-yon,' said tin* poor relation. \iiut wouldn't to-iuorrow night do just as welly' "'Yes, certainly, lint where are you dining to-night?' asked the mandarin, curiously. '"At your house. You see, your estimable wife was good enough to give me to-night's invitation.'" Men with heavy beards are most apt to bo bald.

Over ;*H),OUU species of jila.its arc known tu hnUiliM-. Camels arc s;'i>! |m . Iho only animilN Hint cannot s\\i.,). Thunderstorms iilo unknown in Finland mill liast Turkestan. The lii'sl envelope ever made is kept in tlii' llriUsli museum. About 2lb of Ki'i'y ashes are Hie proilui't of n cremated lioilv. your lumdri'il thousand lurks arc soli! at I.eadetihall .Market every yi'iir. The J'atagnninii nre the tallest people in the world ; tire Laplanders the shortest. The brain of an adult male wei;jlis, on an average, Mb Soz., of u female 211) 4oz. The engine of an express train consumes twelve gallons of water for eaeli mile traversed. Three, hours of close study wear out tlio body more than a whole day's physical exertion. Maidenhair ferns,, which grow plentifully in Arran, are sometimes used by the inhabitants as a substitute for tea. Aii elephant is possessed of such ft delicate sense of sinell that it can scent a human being at a distance of 1,000 yards. There is an Australian fish, known as' the " leather-jacket," which taxes the