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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 4, 6 November 1878, Page 3

Thb Horn* or th* Bat— Dm Wa »t sunrise nmoßgst moifc of th« north#«> »•- # tioj»Bs at sunset with tke Atbeanna ud Jews 2 »nd Among tbe Bonuu »t midiiigHt, M with as. Th» Itaßans m a»»ny pheem, at tbe present tim^ reckon the Oay f iom suniet to B«neefc,n»king their ekcUsinke tw«hfy>foiu*s rounds insfcfad oi dvridingthe day, a» i» 'dQpd m aQ othwf eottntriet, into twelre h<%»: Thta mod© i. f»rt»Hj »s«i m, the lfti^er *a*ps. o£ Ilaljr t »o»t pubKo clock* m Fiorentej i Borne, »nd Mihn b«iag sefc t6 the hour detighnf ed on Trench and English eloekst. :?hft Gkms» tht day into twelve parts of two hours each* dEpglaa4 w«i -iacorpor»te4 'is 49. It

eofer* ire acres, and. employs nine hundred clerks. There are no windows on the street; light is admitted through open courts, therefore no mob could take this Bank without cannon to batter the walla. The dock is m the centre of the building, and has fifty dials attached to it. Large cisterns are sunk, m the court, and engines m perfect working order are always m readint*s m case of fire. . . . Abuliamites. — Adallam, a cave to which David fled from the persecution of, Saul. Mr, Uprsraan, the Hon. Robert Lowe, Earl Qrosvenor, Lord Elcho, and other Liberals who opposed the Franchise 0 " m 1366* vwr« characterised by Mr Bright as Adullamites. . Obisin of Eabhinqs. — According to the I Mahom madam, Abraham began the practice of wearing ear-rings. In one of Sarah's jealous fits respecting Hagar'she declared that she would not rest until she had dipped her hands m Hagar's blood. In order to quiet Sarah, and enable her to redeem her promise without upsetting the household, Abraham pierced Hagar's ears, and drew rings trough then. From that time rings became the fashion.