THE BOYS CHOICE

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 11581, 13 October 1900, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE BOYS CHOICE

Proud Father (-showing oic his boy b"tbre company): 'My sou, which would you rather be, Shakesnw.io oi Edison?' Little Son (after mediation). 'I would rather be EJiion.' Proud father: 'Why?' Little Son: 'Cause he aiu'i. Jead,' In tbe Baltic sea Ul3lO are more wrecks than in uny other place in the world. Polite Chinamen consider it a breach oE etiquette to wear s^ectucitH in company. An electrical device, which automatically drops a feed ni oats to a horse's trough, has be^u invented by a man in Youngstown, Ohio. John Ruskin's income averaged about 30,000 dollars a year. His own perssnal expenses seldom exceeded 3,000 dollars, and the test he gave avray. Competent authorities assert that Sonth America has greater undeveloped resources than any other section of the world. Any crop grown elsewhere can Ibe duplicated there, and the country abounds in mines of coal, silver, and gold, most of which have been only slightly developed. | Some jokers connected with Now Zealand have been niaking fun at Mr Paul Kruger's expense. They have , sent him, as a " going away " suit a silk hat, frock coat, vest, and other articles of attire. These got together in one Sew Zealand office, were carefully packed and addressed in Another, and are being conveyed to South Africa in a ship belonging to a third. 'Any lino would give Oom Paul a free passage away.