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New Zealand Herald, Volume XIII, Issue 4482, 25 March 1876, Page 3

The man who always draws the line somewhere—A surveyor. A Dutchman summoned to identify a stolen bog, being asked if the hog had any earmarks, replied, " Te only ear-marks dot I saw vas his tail vot vas cut off." If ladies of the period are as just as they are beautiful they will contribute something towards a monument for King Canute. He was the person who ori^iur 1 !y ordered the tide back. The Omaha Bee gives a full description of a section of a tree of California arrived in that town on its way to the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The Bet says:— ' * The tree grew on the west slope of tho Sierra Nevada at an elevation of Gsooft. above the sea level. The age of the tree as indicated by the ye-rly rings was about 2250 years, the riugs being so close on the outer edge that it was almost impossible to count them. The height was 275 ft. The diameter at the surface of tho ground was 26ft.; 100 ft. above the grouud, where the first limbs project, 14ft.; and 200 ft. above the ground the diameter was 9ft. The bark averaged Ift. in thickness, and in some places it was Ifiin. thick. The bark of some of this specics of tree is 3ft. thick. The estimated number of lumber feet that it would make was 375,000 and the number of cubic feet about 31 000— enough to make lumber and posts for 16 miles of ordinary fence. The weight of the wood when first cut was 721b. per cubic foot, making the weight of the luraber-prodncin'' , portion 2,239,0001b. It took two men ten days' hard work to fell the tree, and when it fell, it broke in several pieces." Dp- de Joxgh's Ligiit-Beow.n- Cod Livkr Oil.—Palatableness and the facility with which it is digested are distinctive characteristics of Dr. de Jongh's Cod Liver Oil. Dr. Granville, F.R.S., author of "Spas of Germany," writes:—"Dr. de Jongh's LightBrown Cod Liver Oil does not cause the nausea and indigestion too often consequent on the administration of the Pale Oils. Being, moreover, much more palatable, Dr. Granville's patients have themselves expressed a preference for Dr. de Jongh's LightBrown Cod Liver Oil." Sold only in capsuled Imperial Half-pints, Pints, and Quarts, by all Chemists, Druggists, and Storekeepers. Sole Consignees: Ansar, Harford and Co., 77, Strand, London. Agents for New Zealand : Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., Auckland and Dunedin. (4) Common Symptoms.—At least half of our active business men are subject to attacks of lassitude and low spirits, the result of anxiety and overwork. Ordinary stimulants cannot afford permanent relief in these cases. The reaction that follows their use is a greater evil than the original ailment. The purest and best tonic for the overstrained nervous system is Udolfho Wolfe's Schiedam Akomatic Schnapps. The oil of juniper and other sanitary ingredients with which this most wholesome of all stimulants is medicated, impart to it extraordinary alterative and regulating properties, and it infuses into the whole system a vitality and vigour which enables those who use it to perform an unusual amount of. labonr without serious fatigue; (tor continuation of news see Supplement.)