GENERAL HEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2214, 11 June 1908, Page 4

GENERAL HEWS.

I 'ho course of Inst year no fewer than 109 S noi'fornvainces of Wagner's •>p> i* wore, it appears, tsuven in . :i my and Austria. “Lo'.ongrin” h v.dyd "the list with 316 ropresontnrb:w, “Tami'linusor” coming .next j.'i 306. it is a little odd to find ■ hat “Iliami” i» still occasionally mounted. 'J•:>•:::• early work of tho ai as ter managed to got performed 32 ..lines dining oho yoar. CAN'T .SHAKE IT OFF. How often wo hear portions with colds ■make' tho abovo remark; but Dr. Sheldon’s Now Discovery shakos thorn oft promptly, and oflectivoly in ,i few 'O'ses. Obtainable at A. W. J A , agent. .Milliners in Paris have boon relieved of a great .uixioty. Tlioy woro at their wits’ end to know what to put on women’s Eats this 'spring. Flowers were played out, and tho ladies were equally tired of cherries, plums, oranges, apples, and grapes. What now tilling could bo thought of? At last- they had it. Why not tomatoes ? The very tilting 1 And tomatoes it is to bo. Tho ladies’ hats aro to 'bo as largo no usual, with clusters of what Italians poetically call pomi d’oro, and old English still more appropriately knew as love apples. We think tha t wo ha.vo already seen carrots, radishes, and other vegetables on ladies’ bats. But the tomato really docs seem a now idea. THE LATEST AND THE BEST Remedy for Chest Complaints is Dr. Sheldon’s Now Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It cures wlion all else fails. Prices. Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at A. W. J. .Mann’s, chomist, agent, plomat.ic post in Madrid. Statistics published by tho Berlin “Vonvarts” dhow that Germany is affected by tho almost universal fall in the birth-rate. In 190? births in Berlin numbered 52,494, this - being at the rate of 25 per 1000 inhabitants. In IS7G tho rato was 47 per 1000 and the total 46,293. Tho number of families with tbreo children decreased from 7087 .in 18S7 to 6484 in 1907; with four children, from 4920 to 4070; and with five, from 357.1 to 2509. Account must also be taken of tho great increaso in Berlin’s .population, So that the figures aro really more significant than they appear at first sight. GREAT OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW.

That dread disease, Consumption, has its commencement in a cold on the chest. Don’t leave it until it is too late. You can promptly euro your cold with Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery. Obtainable at A. AV. J. Mann’s, o ,>a >tiist, agent. A German doctor lays it down as a well-established fact, based on closo observation, that women who do not marry until 35 or thereabouts invariably achieve matrimonial success. When a woman marries between 30 and 40 she either does so for companionship, choosing her mate accordingly, or from need, in which caso she also chooses with a certain amount of care. Sho'bas no wild dreams of unalloyed 'bliss. BABY’S LITTLE TROUBLES. Baby’s cough, if not attended to, often rosults in croup and other serious troubles. Always keep a bottlo of Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery handy, and be prepared. Every bottlo guaranteed. Obtainable at A ' v . J. Mann's, cb<v""t. *s Airs. Francis ling, the West Virgin iui “Oil Queen,’’ has left £20,000 to her solicitor, because she found him honest. A witty priest was once visiting a "self-made” millionaire, who took him to see his seklom-aised library. “There,”’ said the millionaire, pointing to a table covered with books, “there are my friends.” “Ah,” replied the iwit, as he .glanced at tho leaves, “I’m glad you don’t cut them I” Tho music-hall artist resented tho proposition of the manager 'to censor his jokes. “Ridiculous,” he exclaimed. “If my jokes are off-color tho time for censoring them, was about 2000 years ago.’! Upon investigation the manager himseilf accepted this view.