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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2022, 26 January 1887, Page 3

On the evening of 14th December, an immense cloud of beetles, said to cover a space of about two miles in length, settled in the district near Fyansford, Victoria, between 7 and 8 o’clock. The cloud of insects was so dense that persons driving along the road towards Geelong encountered some difficulty iu effecting the journey. Cause and Effect. “How did it happen that the church was so crowded to-day?” “ Well, you see the old Professor of Theology preached and on this account all the students came —on their account all the girls, on their account all the young men, on their account all the widows, and on theirs all the widowers.” Some flowers are odourless or near* ly so during the day, and give out a strong perfume at night. Taka the hyacinth for example; it always smells sweet, but a hyacinth in a room is scarcely noticeable during the day. At about 11 o’clock at night, however, its , rfame becomes so strong as to fill the room with fragrance, A Charleston woman was strangely affected by the earthquake. Her hair which is long and black is falling out in places leaviugthe bare scalp exposed; i the physicians state that it is caused by paralysis of scalp caused by fright.