The loveliest summer resort on earth is probably the plateau of Newera Ellia, the “ King’s Summit,”as the natives call it, in the highlands of southern Ceylon. It is said that the bombs found in the possession of Russian Nihilists in Paris, and with which an attempt was to have been made on the life of the Czar, were manufactured near Harrow-on-the-Hill. Some preachers put their listeners asleep with dreary discourses; but the Rev David Kauffman, of Indiana, reverses this, and puts himself asleep while in the pulpit. While apparently asleep and unconscious, it is said that he delivers sermons of amazing eloquence. Tkue Economy. —To purchase Countess Tea for two shillings. Free from any excess of astringency.—[Advt.] Teas free from any excess of Astringency—South British Tea Company’s Pure Blends. All Storekeepers.—[Advt.]
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2236, 4 August 1891, Page 3
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131Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Temuka Leader, Issue 2236, 4 August 1891, Page 3
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