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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4262, 23 January 1901, Page 5

Suffering the tortures of eczema is the condition of thousands who live in ignorance of the fact that a warm bath with Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the skin of crusts and scales, and soften the thickened cuticle, and a single anointing with Cuticurs, the great skin cure, to allay itching. Irritation and inflammation, and sothe and heal, followed by a full dose of Cuticura Eesolvent, to cool and cleanse the blood, will afford instant relief, permit rest and sleep, and point to a speedy, permanent, and economical cure, when all other medicines fail. Price, the set, 6s; or, soap. Is; ointment, 2s 6d; resolvent, 2s 6d, all chemists. 15 Snakes are the professional rat-catchers in the Philipines. Nearly all the older bungalows in Manila possess what are called house snakes—huge reptiles, generally 12ft or lift long, and as thick as a hr ■-engine hose—that permanently reside up in the roof, and live on rats. These big creatures are harmless, and [rarely if ever leave their abodes. In Bohemia 63 nobles own. the bulk of the country. None of their estates is less than 12,000 acres.