MISCELLANEOUS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1189, 22 December 1883, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

‘No,’ exclaimed Mr Penhecker. ‘No, madam, Ij object most decidedly. Once and for all I say it—the girlsshall not bo taught foreign languages.’ And why not, pray said Mrs P., with withering sarcasm. ‘ Because,’ said Mr P., with more withering sarcasm, ‘ because, one tongue is enough for any woman !’ . A little girl was braiding the hair of one who sat in front of her, instead of studying, when the teacher remarked— ‘ Home is the place for arranging the hair—not here. What would you think of me braiding my hair in the school 1’ Presently, Susan's head was raised, and the teacher, supposing that she wanted to ask some question about the lesson, nodded, when she heard the following—‘Please, miss, Mary says that your hair is false, and that you wouldn’t dare do it here.’ Wells ‘Rough on Corns’—A.skfor Wells’ Rough on Corns. Quick relief, complete, permanent cure. Corns, warts, bunions. Moses, Moss and Co, Sydney, General Agents 9 Arthur Crayon— 1 Miss Rosebud, I hare brought you a little picture which I painted especially for you. It has proved a very pleasant task during the month 1 have worked on it.’ Pinky Rosebud— ‘ Oh, thanks, Mr Crayon, you are very kind, but I’m afraid that L must return the frame, as mother never allows me to accept present of any value from gentlemen.’ Catarrh or the Bladder, stinging irritation, inflammation, all Kidney and similar complaints, cured by ‘ Buchu-paiba,’ Moses, Moss and Co, Sydney, General Agents. 8 A good story is told of a French general, well-known in society. He observed that his shirts were usually a fortnight at the wash. Puzzled, if not embarrassed, by this phenomenon, he demanded of his bodyseivant the reason. 1 Pardon me, General,’ replied that worthy, ‘ your shirts are always so clean when you take them off 1 , that, thinking it were a sin to wear them out by washing, I use them myself for a week. ’ Collapse of General. Holloway’s Pills and Ointment.— Diseases of Women.—Medical science in all ages has been directed to alleviate the many maladies incident to females, but Professor Holloway, by diligent study and attentive observation, was induced to believe that nature had provided a remedy for those special diseases. He has, after vast research, succeeded ,in compounding his celebrated Pills and Ointment, which embody the principle naturally designed for the relief and cure of disorders peculiar (o women of all ages and constitutions, whether residing in warm or cold clitoates. They have repeatedly corrected disordered functions which have defied the Usual drugs proscribed for such cases; and still more satisfactory is it that the malady is relieved completely and permanently.