The money of Tonqujn is made of lead and very bad lead at that, The coins are thin discs strung on twine, and for a gold or silver piece the traveller receives more of them in exchange than ho can carry away. A lady going shopping is followed by a coolio -who carries her purso, and groans under tho load, The" Light of Asia" has lately been translated into German, The Emperoi of Japan was, by the way, so pleased with this poem that ho congratulated Edwin Arnold upon it in a private letter, The "Pearls' of the Faith" especially appealed to the. taste of the Sultan of Turkey,\Yhq has resolved to' bostow a decoration upon the author.
It was stated some days ago that a waif in the Strand, the deserted wifo of a barrister, had been left by her husband on his death ,£14,000. 'Che London correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury says that the amount, so far from being exaggerated, lias been understated, and that she has, out of gratitude, to the wifo of a licensed victualler, who was kind to her in her trouble, and supplied her with food, given the lady £2OOO.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1606, 11 February 1884, Page 3
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