Dr Hammond puts forth the idea that, a woman's beauty is in direct proportion to the amount of beef or mutton'she can eat at breakfast. The doctor's standard of female beauty is not given. New Granada boasts of an ink plant. Virginians are now making pea-nut flour,' There are seventeen quinine factories in the world—two only in England. Pupils in France must be vaccinated before admission to colleges. There are 3500 miles of railroad on the Dutch islands of Java, A fierce war against over-head wires is in progress in Philadelphia. The Princess ,of Wales is said to have the handsomest mourning in Europe, and she wears grey instead of black. ' ' The restoration, now advancing, of the great north door of Westminster Abbey, is said to have cost £12,000,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1878, 2 January 1885, Page 2
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