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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4869, 29 June 1901, Page 1

1 - Bow to Cure Crottp. Mr. R. Gray, who lives' near Amenia, Duchess county, N. V., says : * Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the best medicine I have ever used. It is a fine children's remedy for croup and never fails to cure.' When given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough has developed, it will prevent the attack. This Bhould be borne in mind and a bottle of the Cough Remedy kept at hand ready for instant use as soon as these symptoms appear. For sale by R. S. Poison, ohemiat. i Price, la 6d j big size, 3a,

The Chinese are Said to remoVe %o pulp from oranges and substitute varions jellies. The closest examination,.ijat]B to rev al any opening or incision' in th« skin of the f> uit. D c ors are easily made in :China. Any person in want of .a livelihood, who can read and write veil enough to be able. _ to copy ont prescriptions from a medics^"' bonk can set up in practice without "fear " of Government interference.- - -- In certain condjtionoof theatmQsph^ft eltclricity is so abundant on the top of the volcano Mnuna Lba, io Hawaii, th«t n an Et^liisK geologist found that he <a>as&.' trace electric lettei a with his fingers on t his blanket. . S> me <-f the milk weggpns in AntWerp "^ are drawn by dogs. There are'flss fcitile*, • thn c dot' a to eaoh vehicle, one betwieejx the shafs, and one on each side. The drivi r is usually a woman* ih wooden BhntF, who walks beside tha waggon Tbe ijMike of York hat a very high opinion of the Press, he carefully reads evtry word the newspapers say about him, and keeps an album, wherein, is pasted, in chronological order, every reference made to him in the publio Press. 1 Piesident Ktuger is a rich man. He has invested his £7,000 yearly salary in batk shares and land that have largely ' increased in value. To-day he has a snng- little f or" tune variously estimated, never at less than five millions, and sometimes at more. The Lyddite shell scattets 900 bullets on explosion. The power of the shell is so* great that the concussion has-been known to kill at 150 to 200 yards away from the centre of explosion. In addition to theße reßults ; which the Boers have found so destructive, the bursting of the shell creatts an overpowering stink, which is almost as fatal as the deathdealing bullets. The bamboo tree does not blossom . until it attaius its thirtieth year, when it • produces seed profusely and then dies.. ' A famine is believed to have been prevented in India, in 1812, by the sudden flowering of the bamboo trees, 50,000 people resorting to the jungle to gather * tbe seed for food. ; France has paid its last petaston to Napoleon I.'s soldiers. In 1869 a law • was passed granting £10 a year to aU< non-commissioned officers and private! . who had served ten years in the armies of tbe first Republic or the first Empire and had received a wound. For the first year the payments amounted to £120,000, last year the sum was £10, and (he last recipient is now dead at the age of 105 years. It has often been quoted that a grain of nicotine administered all at once, wonlcl kill Ino strongest clog, and frorto this have been argued its possible effeotsj* on the body of a human being. While , this statement is undoubtedly true, it somewhat misleading. In order to commit Buicide by smoking, the dog would* have to consume 400 strong cigais, one after tbe other. Ha would put himself out of the world much more easily by eating the boxes.