MISCELLANEOUS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 745, 28 July 1876, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

A head properly constituted can accommodate itself to whatever pillows the vicissitudes of fortune may place under it.

Mrs Partington wants to know why tliecaptaiu of a ship can’t keep a memorandum of the weight of his anchor, instead of weighing it every time he leaves port. Croup may be cured in one minute, and the remedy is simply alum and sugar. The way to accomplish the cure is to take a knife or grater and shave off in small particles about a teaspoonful of alum, and then mix it with about twice its quantity of sugar, to make pa'stable, and administer it as quickly as possible. Almost instantaneous relief will follow.

A Majorca man, who indulged rather too freely in whisky, was recommended to try laudanum as a cure for strong drink. It was a most perfect cure, he will never drink whiskey, nor will he taka laudanum again.

“ What are you in gaol for ?” asked a prison visitor of a negro in New Orleans gaol. “ For bor’wiu’ money, sail !” “Why they don’t put men in gaol for borrowing money !” “ Yes, but you see, I had to knock de man down tree or four times afore he’d lend it to me.

A rich contractor was holding forth upon the instability of the world. “ Can you account for it, sir ? he said, turning to Sam. Foote. “ Well, not very clearly,” he responded, “ unless we suppose it was built by contract.”

Advice to Mothers !—Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth ? Go at once to a chemist and get a bottle of Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Strop. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes “ as bright as a button.” It soothes the child, it softens the gums, allays all pain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diarrhoea, whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup is so'd by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is lid per bottle. Manufactured at 493 Oxord Street, London.