BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS. The following sentences read the same backwards and forwards:— 1. Able was I ere I saw Elba. 2. Step on no pets. 3. Vera saw I was a rev. THE WISE MAN AND THE BLOCKHEAD. The wise man is like a druggist’s chest, silent but full of virtues; and the blockhead resembles the warrior’s drum, noisy but empty.— Sadi the Persian. JOHN WESLEY’S RULE. Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can. THE SPIDER’S WEB. Nearly 70,000 spiders would be needed to produce a pound of web. A single spider has been known to spin a thread 34,800 yards long. About 18,000 threads would be required to make a bundle of the thickness of a human hair.
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Putaruru Press, Volume XI, Issue 510, 23 February 1933, Page 3
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