A woman's dying wish—that her husband would be paralysed if he attended her funeral—was fulfilled at Cincinnati, Ohio, when William Huesman was stricken with paralysis at his wife's grave. Poaching stems to be ona of the thriving industries of France. At Aisne the police hav« discovered a syndicate of poachers which provide for the families of members while they are in prison! It is now possible to weigh smells. This is done by an instrument, the main feature of which is a very thin thread of glass, which is perceptibly .bent by a mote weighing the thousandth part of a milligram. Sirch a sensitive thread, it is to be feared, would be quite overcome if subjected to the stench of the average
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Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 299, 16 December 1911, Page 17
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122Page 17 Advertisements Column 1 Auckland Star, Volume XLII, Issue 299, 16 December 1911, Page 17
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