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Hokitika Guardian, 9 July 1926, Page 1

Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky Shakespeare. Tlie bitter cold winds that come from time to time, soon search out the weak places in your lungs—guard yourself against these periods. Baxter’s Bung Preserver with its rich, warm, dependable quantities never fails to protect or give speedy relief to sufferers. Famous for over half a century. As a tonic “Baxter’s” is most helpful. Obtainable all chemists and stores. Generous-sized bottle 2s 6d; family size 4s 6d.—Advt.

ADAM AND EVE. BERLIN, April 26. Yesterday a pensive pair stood on the brink of the lovely lake in the heart of the Forest of Erkner, and looked steadily into the blue waters. An artist would have compared them with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, for they had no clothes on, but some excursionists were merely shocked and hurried to find a forester who would point out to them that Prussia is not Paradise nor the Forest of Erkner the Garden of Eden. The forester - was found. He stole towards the pair and roughly ordered them 'to dress at once. But this they could not do. but they bad thrown their garments one by one into the water and were about to throw themselves in also to die. He was a confectioner with a trying wife and she a working woman with a trying husband, and they were miserably in love and determined to end their sufferings in the blue lake. 'But they had delayed too long, and instead of tragedy there were comedy and roars of laughter from the Berlin excursionists as the two, grotesquelydraped in foresters’ coats, were hurried to the police station.

The king unto his jester spake—- ' 1 counsel seek from thee, wise clown. Pray tell me, what’s the hest to take "When cough and cold shall, get me down?” The jester answered with a grin—■ “0, sire, the best of all, be sure, For coughs and colds awaits .within - A bottle of Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure,”