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Waikato Times, Volume xxx, Issue 2424, 24 January 1888, Page 2

The oldest botanical work in the world is sculptured on the walls of a room in the great temple of Karnak at Thebes, in Egypt. It represents foreign plants brought home by an Egyptian sovereign, Thothemes 111., on his return from a campaign in Arabia. The sculptures show not only the plant or tree, but the leaves, fruit and seed pods, separately, after the fashion of modern botaneial treatises. Mr \V. Flinders Petrie, the wellknown archcaoligist, has recently taken paper easts of this very interesting work, One of our bishops recently told tho following story:—He had gone down into the country to visit a charitable institution, into which poor lads had been drafted from the east end of London and in addressing them he congratulated them on the delights of their new residence. The boys looked unaccountably gloomy and downcast and the Bishop kindly asked, Are you comfortable? Have you any complaints to make? At last the leader raised his hand, " The milk, my lord "Why what on earth do you mean? The milk here is tenfold better than ever you had in Loudon!' "A*o indeed it ain't !'■ cried the boy. In London they always buys our milk outof a nicecban shop and here—why, here they squeezes il out of a beastly cow!" A newspaper proprietor advertised for an ady.crtisment canvasser, and his test of] their fitness, as they applied, was to y tell them to get out of the office that instaiit or he would kick them oqt. Several timid yQiiiiEj men turned tail a,nd left him with great disgust; but one, more brawn - faced than the rest, nothing daunted by tho threat, coolly sat himself down and said he would not go until his testimonials had bnen read. So ho locked tho door put the key in his pocket and handed iu his papers. "Ah! "said the advertiser, " You'll do, I can see. I don't want testimonials ; your style is enough for me. No one willeversueeeedasanadvertisineut canvasser who will '■>" influenT/d by a threi.t. '