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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XV, Issue 221, 17 September 1880, Page 4

Rather Slim. — A Sydney paper says: — There is a clerk in one of the banks in George- Street "who is-6ft lOin in height, and only weighs six stone avoirdupois weight. He possesses most extraordinary, digestive powers, and can assimilate almost anything from-Kid-man's cheese to a Cambridge sausage. Queensland owns him. The "N. Otago Times " is responsible" for the following :-—-" A few days ago two gentlemen called at an hotel not 100 miles distance from W , and asked for luncheon. Before leaving, one asked the host what the charge for both luncheons was. The reply was 3s. which was at once paid. Shortly after-

wards his companion asked the host what there was to payi, He replied *' I charged Mr : . 2s 6d, as I think he can afford it, but ; l shall only charge you Is 6d," and this was also paid. The two friends had travelled some distance oii their homeward journey before the matter of the double charge happened to con\e out. Rather a ticklish prank to play on an Inspector of Police ancl a JR! In a letter to one of the New Zealand Commissioners of the Melbourne Exhibition, Dr. Hector says: — "You will be glad to hear. thai things are pretty "\Vell advanced in the New Zealand Court. The screen bounding the space is all but finished, and most of the things have arrived, lam to get a proof of our catalogue to-morrow, and will arrange the exhibits in numerical order. Our space is very long and narrow, but better lighted than some of bur neighbors." i)r; Hectors letter is dated August 28. A mulatto woman in the Philadelphia House of Correction is said to be graduually turning white. She says the change began six years ago. Monuments show that the Chinese language dates back at least to the eighth century before Christ. The symbols of the language are said to have been invented bj the sago Tafage, shortly after the Flood. The' highest yield of wheat in New South Wales during 1879 for one district was 21 bushels per acre, at Bombala; and the lowest 7 bushels, at Merton. The product of honey in California has grown from a siugle hive of bees, imported into that country 30 years ago, to 35,000,000 pounds a year. A report to the annual conference of the Mormons says that the Mormon population of Utah is 111,820, that the church in that territory has lost 600 members and gained 1500 in a year, and that the church receipts in that period were over 1,000,000 dollars. A French view of washing. — " When a girl of fourteen," writes a correspondent, " I was one of a family party sojourning at a French watering place then rising into repute, where the England tourist was yet compartively a curiosity. The solitary jug provided for the ablutions of two young ladies was of so minute a size that we were obliged to keep sending our English maid to refill it at the pump. "Please, miss," said she one morning, " what does ' too joo dee lo ' (water everlastingly) mean ! It's what Mariette says when she meets me " A few days later we had a, ray of light thrown upon the G-allic estimate of our innocent actions. Our landlady stood conversing with friends exactly below our open windows where she was unavoidably—as perhaps she intended — overheard. " Oh my dear friends, you cannot imagine what these English are like ? They are so dirty — so dirty! The quantity of water which it takes to get those creatures clean every morning is something perfectly appaling." At some bush . races in Northern Queensland, a capital fellow was, by common consent, appointed to the responsible position of judge. He mixed his liquors pretty freely, and towards the afternoon he was the enemy of no man. The last race of the day was between a black horse and a grey. They changed positions several times in the run in, and the finish looked like a dead heat. There was a general rush for the. decision of the judge, who stood calmly steadying himself by a friendly post. v Well," cried the excited crowd, " which was it ? was it the black ? was it the grey ? " " You're all wrong," said the judge in his most judicial manner. " 'Twas neither one nor t'other; the winner was a blessed piebald ! " The number of Chinese in Victoria has been decreasing for the last few years, There are now supposed to be about 13,000 in Victoria; and it is said that there are fewer Chinese at the present time in the whole of Australia than at one time were resident in Victoria alone. / An American politican is of opinion that the United States navy, in its present form, is just as useful to the nation as a pair of braces to a South Sea Islander. Buttercups may be very pretty to look at, but they are fatally dangerous as food. A little girl in Liverpool recently plucked some in Newshani Park, ate them, and died soon after. The medical opinion was that she had been poisoned by the buttercups. The Lincolnshire delegates' report has been issued, and this is what they say of New Zealand kindness :— «' The Government

acted with great generosity in providing oar ; ; passage to and from New Zealand, and the \ 1 people themselves did not seem to know when they had done us enough kindness. The hotiee, the table, the horses, and the time of every man Seemed to be placed at our disposal, and whatever may be the result of our visit on the future emigration to the colony, we can truly say. that the settlers and- pioneers who have gone before took out with them and retained 'to the full the true old English spirit of hospitality." Flobiltnb l— For the Teeth and Breath — A. few drops of the liquid " Floriline " sprinkled on a wet tooth-brush produce a pleasant lather, which thoroughly cleanses 1 the teeth from all parasites and impuitries hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, 'gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly whiteness, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth or tobaccc smoke. " The Fragrant Floriltae," being composed in part of honey and sweet herbs, is delicious to the taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of the age. Sold everywhere at 2s. 6d. Prepared by Henry C. Gallup, 493 Oxford-street, London. Valuable Discovert fob the Uair.~ll yeur Hair in turning grey or white, or Jailing? off. use-" The Mexican Hair Renewer," for it will positively restore %n every case Grey or White hair to its original colour! without leaving the disagreeable Btnell of most 'Restorers.' It makea the hair charmingly beautiful, bb well as promoting the growth of the hair on bald spots where the gland 4 are not decayed. Ask your neareet chemist for " The Mexican Flair Renewer," prepared by Henry C. Gallup, 493, Oxford-Btreet, Loridon,*and ooW everywhere at 3s. 6d. per bottle. Advice to Mothebs I— Are you broken in your rest by a sick child Buffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a Chemist, and get abottle of Mrs Winsiow'i Hoothjng Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harm less and plea«ant to taste. It produces . natural quiet sleep, by relieving the chile from pain, and the little cherub awakes " at bright as a button. It soothes the child, i softens the gums, allays all paiD, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea whether arising from teething or othei causes, told everywhere at is. l£d. per bottle. Manufactory 493, Oxford-street, London.