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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 199, 17 July 1903, Page 4

IS it possible to stop the tortures of Rheumatism and Gout ? Is there any physic that will give yon relief—-perma-nent relief from these demon diseases ? When writhing in agony the victims of uric acid poisoning mentally ask themselves such questions and long for the medicine that will give them a respite from torture Rheumo is the medicine wanted. Rqeumo revels in removing Rheumatism. It is a marvellous medicine, and those who know it best praise it the most. Rheumo gives relief-“with the first dose, and unless the case is very stubborn a cure is affected within forty-eight .hours. The pain vanished, and swelling goes away, and the excess uric acid’in the blood disappears. Rheumo Conquers Rheumatism. Sold by chemists and storekeepers at as 6d and 4s 6d "bottle.

Freezing' sheep realised 65s at Addington last week. Mr Harold Selby, who was formerly a member of the New South Wales Sixth Imperial Bushmen, and later a lieutenant in the Scottish Horse Scouts, has forwarded from the Transvaal, where he is now living, to his mother in Invercargill two interesting mementos of the late war (says the Southland Times). The one is a Kruger sixpence dated 1896, and the other is a paperknife, which was given to him by a Dutchman, wlio bad been a prisoner of war at St. Helena. The Boer had carved ib from part of a tree which grows on Napoleon Bonaparte's grave in St. Helena. The oldest love letter in the world is in the British Museum. It is a proposal of marriage for the hand of an Egyptian princess, and it was made 3500 years ago. It is in the form of an inscribed brick, arid is, therefore, not only the oldest but the most substantial love letter in existence. Parson Sheldon, author of “In His Steps,” and a man who makes a speciality of believing in the inherent honesty of all mankind, tells a good story on himself. The other day a young couple appeared at his house to be married. He performed the ceremony with due solemnity, and congratulated the bride. Then be observed tho groom searching through his pockets and looking a bit humiliated and ashamed. “I am afraid, parson,” he said, “that I haven’t got any money to pay' you with.” Then, after a moment of deep thought, looking up cheerfully, he added : “But . 1 can tell you how you can fix your gas meter so that it won’t register.”

Pretended deafness is readily exposed by a simple devic - ' which is often resored to by the Parisian authorities. Six men there recently tried to escape conscription, but they subsequently betrayed themselves. One man was in-fo-med that he might stroll about the barrack yard, a "portion of which was paved with stone. A few minutes later a coin was adroitly’ dropped behind him, and its musical jingle caused him to turn to look for it. The same trick was tried with each of the other five, and succeeded in every case. Says the Taranaki Herald : It is reported that a package addressed to a well known prohibition advocate got broken at a railway station in the Taranaki district- the other day, and the nature of the contents that were revealed somewhat astonished those who were about. The consignment, it is stated, was not composed of gooseberry wine or.ginger pop. The swallows which almost invariably have arrived in England in March and April, had not been seen in excepting a few stray groups, up to March 23, and fear was expressed that battalions of them had met with excessively cold weather and lack of food in their jour ney across Europe and had perished. Toothache is a severe test of a man’s philosophy. A simple remedy is to saturate a piece of cotton with Chamberlain’s Pain Balm and place it in the cavity of the affected tooth. One application gives aelief. A. Manoy sells it. -For Children's Sacking Cough at night take Wood's Great Peppermint Cure, Is 6d and 2s 6d.