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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8626, 12 November 1889, Page 2

Madame Modjeska spends much of her time now upon her Californian ranch, upon which she has a bungalow over-run with vines and roses, and in the midst of a sea of flowers. She raises Durham cattle, of which she has over 400 ; Angora goats, of which she has the same number ; and honey, having 600 hives. No wonder, with such a life, that the actress looks always young. An exceedingly ingenious wrinkle for musical amateurs who find a difficulty in selling their compositions is afforded by a long-headed Yankee. This gentleman had written a valse to which the publishers did not tuke kindly. He consequently determined to become his own publisher, and, having printed his piece, notified the fact to the public by means of an advertisement in which lie further stated that he had been unable to find an appropriate title for it, and expressed Ins willingness to pay a premium of £10 to anyone who would supply the deficiency. Competitors had, of course, to obtain a copy of the nameless vaJse, aud for this they had to send a shilliugsworth of stamps* The bait took amazingly, and the enterprising musician is reported, says the tit Jumes's Gazette, to have sold 150,000 copies of his ingenious composition. DEAF FORTY YEARS THE description of a simple remedy, by which a compltte cure of deafness aud no'ms m the head ut forty yeaks' standi"sG bub just, been effected, will be sent kukh. to uuyone who applies to J. H. NICHOLSON, 175 WiJliam-itroet, Jdolbotjnjt, «saO u!2