GENERAL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2262, 6 August 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

Iho increased use of fine fosds and rich, sweet dishes. is rosjwnsible tor ■the deterioration of the tooth of this generation. Wo go in tor too much elaborate made-up dishes and “prepared” foods. Mastication, in the sense that every bite ot lood should get 50 or GO chews, is, perhaps, the best and cheapest method of keeping our teeth. It- is said to he a cure tor dyspepsia also, and it is an economical tad. as, by thorough chewing, we only require about- ono-half the usual quantity of food. FIRST AID TO THE INJURED. Accidents are common to every household, and it is necessary to ho roadv for such emergencies. A bottle of Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Linunont and a roll of soft bandages will retiove many a sufferer. It takes the pain from every burn or bruisewill heal any and every sore; destroys* the poison from stings of insects; stops neuralgia and cures rheumatism. No familv can alford to bo without Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment. Keep a bottle on tho shelf in plain sight, that it may bo quickly found when needed. Price Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at A. W. J. Mann’s, Chemist, Agent.

The suit by Mr. Edward Hooking Hallamore for a share- in the profits of a flotation of Maxim’s famous restaurant as an English company was decided in the Chancery Court. Mr. Hallamore brought tile gentleman who obtained the original option oil the business for jCG-I,OCO into eoinmuiiiicatiou with the company which floated it for £104,000, he and this gentleman being guaranteed at least £B,OOO profit between them. Mr. Justice Warrington made an order that Mr. Hallamore should receive at once the minimum of £4,000 which was guaranteed to him. “Maxim’s” is the scene of the last act in “The Merry Widow.”

MOUNTAINS OF GOLD According to old legends, exist in the fabled land of El Dorado; but all the gold in this marvellous land would not compensate you for tho loss of health and life, so likely to happen as the result of ravages of that fatal disoase called Consumption. Happily, this dreaded fatality can be prevented through tho use of Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. A positive, sc'enlific, specific cure for these deadly germs diseases, which is better for the sick than all the gold in tho world. - It is a remedy which actually destroys the germs, vitalises the tissues, and builds the weakened rystem back to health. It is a reliable, rafe, honest medicine, which never fails io do the work it is intended for. A fuarantoe goes with every bott'e. i-y it. Is 6d and 3s. Obtainable at A. W. J. Mann’s, Chemist, Agent.

On tlie authority of Lieut.-Colonel Leishman, R.A.M.C., -it is stated thatthe 17th. Lancers, the only regiment which lias been exposed to a severe epidemic of enteric fever s lice the modified anti-typhoid vaccine has been in use, had 147 officers and men inoculated out of a strength ol uO9. In .the epidemic there were 62 cases, with 11 deaths. All the cases occurred among the uninoculated with the exceptain of two, and both these were men who had refused a second inoculation. Further, both these case 6 recovered.

THE ONLY CURE. To cure a Cold When you have no cough; To cure a cough when yo\i have To cure a Cough When you have no cold; To cure Yourself Whe'n you have both; Take Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery For Coughs, Colds, "And Consumption. Take no substitute. Obtainable at A.W.J. Mann’s Chemist, Agent. Ih a memorial .to the Empress Dowager of China, the Pekin Hoard of Astronomy declared that there were no revolutionaries in tlie city, but was caused entirely by the visit of the god of fire to earth from Heaven. Tlie Board reported that the god of fire would be on earth for 100 clays, and that the Government need not pay any attention to the occurrences, which would certainly cease when the god returned to Heaven.