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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 127, 26 June 1909, Page 4

In Manchuria anil Mongolia are many dog farms where dogs are bred simply for their fur. French judges never "snro up" because it ia supposed that tlieir remarks would confuse the jury. A horse always rises from a lying posi. 'ion on to its forelegs firet, and a cow a to its hradlegs. Excavations.' at the Mexican village of Txtapalapa have brought to light the remains of a man who must have been , nearly 15ft high. The orange and the lemon are both snid to be fatal to flip cholera bacillus. Placed in contact with the cut surface of the fruit, the bacteria survive but a few hours. Tlie Royal Observatory of Greenwich, from which place longitude is measured,' was established in the reign of Charles FI. ,It was suggested bv a celebrated astronomer named Flamsteed, and measures were taken under his supervision for adopting the study of astronomy as a national object. Tt is generally agreed among naturalists that the tortoise is the lon lived of all animals. There are i instances of their attaining the extraordinary age of 230 years', while one is actually mentioned as reaching the unparalleled age of 405 years. Notwithstanding these examples, which, of course, arc exceptionally rare, the or-' Idinarv tortoise onlv lives, on an aver|\;frbm lOO.tn 150 vears. I -