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A celebrated London physician is convinced of the health value of a hobby. He says : "If you cannot find pleasure in the study of the very many wonders that surround you; if you care riot for geology, natural history, or astronomy, collect walking-sticks, buy and cherish old cracked china, fill up albums and scropbooks, or even gather together .autographs and postage-stamps; anything sooner than be idle." The doctor is undoubtedly right, for true recreation requires a thorough change of work and also 'of thought. " ' \ One of the most remarkable churches is\ to be found at Freudenthal, in the Black Forest. It is built on such a plan that the men are unable to see the women, and vice versa, for it is composed of two wings, which meet at an angle where the. pulpit stands. The right wing is allotted to men, and thS left one to the women of the congregation. ~ In Poland ifc was once ..the ..custom, to. sentence.backbiters to go-tin all-fours andv
bark like a dog for the space of a quarter of an: hour. This mode of ; punishment was introduced during the reign; of Charles V., but it was soon abolished,?as ifc had to be applied so frequently that His Majesty's rest was disturbed-; for the barking went on all the forenoon while the Courts were sitting. ■ ■
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 6505, 14 March 1896, Page 4
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