Untitled

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 35, 29 August 1891, Page 319

Mamma : ‘ Why, what in the world is the matter with Cousin Ned’s moustache 1 It has turned all the colors of the rainbow.' Mabel (blushing): * Well, mamma, you see he was in the cloak-room when I went in to develop my pictures this morning, and—and he ought to have known better, when I had the acid in my hand.' French scientists are puzzling over a spider which was discovered in a cavity in a stone. ‘lt is estimated that the stone must be 4,000 years old ; this notwithstanding, however, the spider is quite lively and very youthful in its antics. It is blind and has no mouth.’