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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1812, 13 October 1884, Page 2

Some female names spell backwards and forwards the same, as Hannah, Anna, Eve, and Ada/ It is reported that King Thebau has murdered 475 of his relatives since he ascended the throne. The most remarkable known echo is that on the north side of a church at Shipley, It repeats 21 syllables, A Boston lady advertises for a kind jw. person, who will be company for her dog while she is in Europe. Lieutenant Greely is 39 years old, is,, tall, thin, dark, with blue eyes and black hair, very near-sighted, but B handsome. 1

Although in his ninety-ninth year, Simon Knowles, of Meredith, New Hampshire, still works at his trade of shoemaker, The area of the coalfields of the world is estimated at 134,000 geographical miles. One twenty-fifth part is in the United Kingdom. In the Seychelles Islands there is a curious grove of palms that grow in pairs side by side, If one is cut down the other, it is said, dies. The latest novelty in the show business is an exhibition of noses, which has recently been held in Austria, Eighty persons competed for the prize. One million boxes of matches are produced daily by one machine in use at a factory in Sweden. The statement seems incredible, but it is well vouched for. jjifc' The severe cyclones which recently W] raged in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Kausas, caused great damage, 12 persons being killed ank 16 others injured by lightning and falling buildings, A boy 11 years of age found a shell on the sands at Calais, and on taking it up to unscrew it the projectile burst, shattering both the child's legs. Ho shortly afterwards succumbed to his injuries.

At a fire which broke out recently in a house in Water street, Now York, two' of the inmates wero burnt to death, and five others were badly injured, the police and firemen' with difficulty rescuing them from the roof. .Well's " kougii on Corns". - Ask for Well's "Rough on Corns." 7|d, Quiuk ' relief, complete, permanent euro. Corns, warts, bunions, Moses, Moss & Co., Svdnev. General Apentfl.—Adyt,