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Temuka Leader, Issue 1690, 24 January 1888, Page 3

A true patriot has been discovered in the town of Breslaw, Germany. A resident of that town has written in all seriousness offering his own larynx for the use of the Crown Prince if the doctors say it can be transplanted 1 The vigor of youth given to the aged and infirm by using Dr Soule’s Hop Bitters made by American Co. Try it. Bead advt. Jenkins, examining a pedigree hung in Snobson's parlor, “ So this is your family tree, is it 1 And what is that gap in the middle?” Snobson: “That, er—well, er-*oh, that is the Flood ? ” A man who had foolishly ventured upon a verbal contest with his wife was met, as he was retiring from the scene, by his little son, who had just began to study grammar. “Papa,” said the child, ‘‘ what part of speech is woman I ” To which the father replied : “She isn’t any part of speech at all, Georgy—she’s the who's of it 1”

Property holders in Auckland are not having joyful times at present. One gentleman who owns considerable properly in the city has now 27 houses and shops vacant. There are now in the mission-field 2400 unmarried ladies, besides probably an equal number of married. In the eaily days of mission it was not thought that a lady could enter the ranks of mission workers except as the wife of a missionary.