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Star (Christchurch), Issue 3, 19 December 1898, Page 3

_..*■■ oiie time it Avas the -eas-oro -on jj_r.li Wednesday ■*•«/ appont an offieiaS of the English Palace to cvoav the hours of the day i:*ve a cock. ,TSie ccck-crower- was a salaried officer at the Court as late as 1823. Tlie wor Id's -record for kJ-t-e-SyJng^ *_tas *been beaten u|t Boston, in America, Avhen an altitude of 12,124 ft Avas reached *by the upper of two kites fioAvn tandem fashion. Tliis .3 9 .77 ft higher ■th__a has ever Been. *att-sss_ed';)>e-•icKie. Tho late Empress of Austria, completed her Avill less than thi-e months beiore hex death. It opens Avith the sentence "One; never knoAvs AA_iat may happen." She: owned the finest collection of -jewels in ICu- 1 ro])9. A large proportion of the eolfeetion', ' I valued at -G600.0D0, is to be sold, and \m\ proceeds applied to religious and chavitabr; j purposes. __ '■■ One building in Queen Victoria Strcc-t. London, is said to Ise in no fewer than six , parifihes. There ate 113 parishes* Avith-n the square mile of the city. J^J^y FOR /Y*~^nBABY'S [ ijASKIN Nothing so pure, so sweet, so wholesome, for preserving, purifying and beautifying baby's skin, scalp, and hair, as Avarm baths with Cutiouka Soap, followed by occasional anointings with Cuticura, the great skin cure. Sold every whprc. British depot: F.Newbbet, London. rOTTBB 1). Ab-D C. Coup.. Sole Pro!**-.. Boeton, U. 8. A.