An English paper called the tattler aays : — Tin has been discovered m New Zealand. No country wants it more. The public debt is about twenty-two millions. It is, m fact, " The Great Lone Land." M. Jacob, a clever Paris detective, said that he could always recognise a man, no matter what were his disguise, Birnply by the expression of his eyes. On ona occasion, on a bet, he went to the jail of La Roquette, and, from five hundred or more convicts, a dozen were paraded m coverlets or hoods, bo that only their eyes could be seen. He named each one as he passed. A dog has been exhibited with great success m Indiana, whose skin is perfectly smooth, the hair growing on the inside— at least the exhibitor says so, and anyone who doubts the statement is welcome to pay 2000 dols. for the privilege of killing the animal to find out.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 801, 5 June 1879, Page 2
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154Untitled Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 801, 5 June 1879, Page 2
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