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Temuka Leader, Issue 1567, 19 March 1887, Page 3

A telegram from Oamnru states the agricultural statistics tor the county show that the yield of wheat this year is estimated «t 743,163 bushu l * ; of oats 698,503 bushels; of barley 20,532 bushels; and of potatoes 19,604 tons. With the exception of barley, all fie yields are nearly twice as'large as last year. Biuest fob Haed Times.—Stop spending somuoh on fine olothen, rich food, and ityle. Buy good food, cheaper and better clothing, and stop the habit of using expensive or quack doctors, or humbug medicine that does you only harm, but put your truit in the greateit of all simple, pure romediei, American Go's Hop Bitters, that oure alwayf at a trifling cost, and you will lee better times and good health. Bead Advt. Thb way Stonehbngb was Built.— Many tbeoriss hare been advanced as to the manner in which Stonehenge was erected, and it has even been conjectured that it must be a Roman building because of the impossibility of rude tribes erecting such huge stones. The following note on the Naga Hill people, one of the hill tribes of India, will perhaps throw considerable light on this subject. It occurs in the Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (vol. xliv., pp. 319, 320), and it is as follows j— " Huge monoliths, exists here. These stones, which are often very large, and have sometimes to be brought from long distances, are dragged in a kind of sledge, formed out of a forked tree, on whioh tbe stone is lowered, and then carefully lashed with canes and oreepers, and to this the men, sometimes to the number of several hundreds, attach themselves in a long line, and by means of putting rollers underneath they pull it along until it has been brought up to the spot where it has been decided to erect it. Here a small hole i»then dug to receive the lower end of the stone, and tbe sledge being tilted up on end, the lashings are rut adrift, and the stone slides into position. Some leaves are then placed on the top and some liquor poured over it. This done, a general feast follows, and the ceremony is complete."—Antiquarian News.

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