GENERAL NEWS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2265, 10 August 1908, Page 4

GENERAL NEWS.

Mr. Wilhelm Claim, the famous song writer, gave a diamond jubilee concert in London in May. Mmo. Patti Hung her arms round bis neck and kissed him. The diva also crowned him with a laurel wreath, which sat rather awkwardly upon Ins brows; but no matter. A huge gathering which included Princess Henry ot Hattenberg, and Mine. lotrazKim, assembled to do him honor. Over twenty eminent artists, including Mine Patti, Mmo Ponnlda, Mr. Ben Davies, and Mischa Elman, contributed towards the programme. FIRST AID TO THE INJURED. Accidents are common to every household, and it is necessary to bo ready for such emergencies. A bottle »f Dr. Sheldon’# Magnetic Liniment and a roll of soft bandages will relieve many a sulferor. It take* the pain from every burn or bruise; will heal any and every sore ; destroys the poison from stings of insects; mops neuralgia and cures rheumatism. No faniilv can afford to bo without Dr. Sheldon’s Magnetic Liniment. Keep a bottle on tno shelf in plain eight, that .it may be quickly found wnen needed. Price Is Gd and 3s. Obtainable at A. W. J. Mann’s, Chemist, Agent. The appearance of Mr. Raymond Asquith as junior for the prosecution in. a Bournemouth nnmlcr trial is of interest. It is only three and a-linlf years since the son of tho Prime Minister was called to the liar at the Inner Temple, and a little over uino months sinco ho was appointed bv the Attorney-General junior counsel to the Treasury in peerage cases. Hitherto ho has followed in. his father’s footsteps in tho matter of univorsity honors, and now it remains to be seen if tlie coincidence will tie prolonged in liis chosen profession. In one respect, however, the younger Asquith has improved upon liimsolf. He is one of the best dressed men at tho Bar, but there was a time, not so long ago, when ho wore a motor-bike costume of leather in the “High,” and : “diidf’ Bond-s/breot in flannel trousers and shooting boots. 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 the loss of health and life, so likely to happen as the result of ravages of that fatal disease called Consumption. Happily, this dreaded fatality can be prevented through the uso of Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. A positive, scientific, 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 tho tissues, and builds tl'.e weakened system back to health. It is a reliable, safe, honest medicine, whn h never fails to do the work it is intended for. A fuaranteo goes with every bottle. ry it. Is Cd and 3s. Obtainable at A. TV. J. Mann’s, Chemist, Agent.

At S. Ferdinand© di Roiano. in Italy, the now parish priest, while celebrating a solemn Mass on the occasion of beginning his new duties, perceived that the wine had a very bitter taste. Ho spoke about it to the sacristan, who, to verily the matter, drank some of the same wine. A few moments later both were seized with violent pains. A doctor was summoned, and discovered that they had been poisoned by sulphuric acid, which had been placed in the wine by some unknown hand. The priest and sacristan both died after terrible sufferings. Another cleric, who was jealous of the new parish priest, is suspected of the crime. THE ONLY CURE. To cure a Cold TVhen you have no cough; To cure a cough when you have To euro a Cough TVhen you have no cold; To cure Yourself W 7 hen you have both; Take Dr. Sheldon’s New Discovery For Coughs, Colds, And Consumption. Take no substitute. Obtainable at A.TV.J. Mann’s Chemist, Agent.