MISCELLANEOUS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1158, 29 March 1884, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Nearly a fourth of the manufacturing labor of the Colony is employed in sawmills and wood fuctories.

At a recent display held by a ladies German Gymnastic Society in London, one young lady jumped four feet ten inches in height, which is certainly an astonishing feat for a girl. When a young and handsome widow gets back to feathers and furbelows, you needn't be alraid of her the danger is past. But hold yourself hard when she gazes mournfully into your eyes from the recesses of a block crape veil.' When a cowboy goes into a western hewspaper office to demand satisfaction the editor always explains that the assistant who wrote that article has just gone out to kill a man, but will be back in a few minutes. The cowboy never waits.

Catarrh of the Bladder, stinging irritation, inflammation, all Kidney and similar complaints, cured by ' Buchu-paiba,' New Zealand Drug Co., General Agents. ' I wish, mamma,' said little Johnny Frizzleton, ' that I lived in South Africa.' ' Why, my son, do you wish you lived in South Africa ?' ' Why the mammas down there don't wear any shoes, you know.' ' Yes, my son, but you must also remember that the little boyß in South Africa don't wear any pants, either.' ' That's so,' said Johuny, ' It's queer I never thought anything about that.' Ad exchange says :—Ladies will wear waistcoats precisely like gentlemen's this winter. This will cause fearful trouble. For instance, when a married man goes to bed he will have to put a chalk-mark on his waistcoat, or next morning he may slip on his wife's and Dot discover his mistake until |he inserts his thumb and forefinger into his right-hand-pocket for ' that half crown,' and finds a bent hair pin or a dress button. Then, no doubt, he will suddenly remember there was a sovereign in the left hand pocket, and a five pound note in his watch-pocket, and then you will see him ' do' a mile in lmin. 50|- seconds. Strange Insubordination.—Who has not experienced a sort of m«lady when all the faculties seem in rebellion, and labor is absolutely impossible ? It is a condition of nerves and stomach and brain that can only be cured by the use of that irresistible remedy. Hop Bitters. Read Advt. 'Look here ?' said he ; 'I dell you vat it is, you petter don't dake no stock in dem weader bredictions. Dose people don't know noding. They can't tell no bedder dan I can.' ' But, my dear sir, said a person present, ' they foretold the storm we have just encountered.' ' Veil, dat ish so,' replied the German, contemplatively ; but I dell you vat it is, dat sbtorm would have come just de same if it had not been bredicted.'

'Why, sir,' said a client to his lawyer, ' you are writing my bill on very rough paper.' 'Nevermind,' was the lawyer's reply,'it will have to be filed before it comes into court.'

Flies and Bugs, beetles,insects, roaches, ants, bed-bugs, rats, mice, gophers, jackrabbits, cleared out by 'Kough on JRats.' New Zealand Drug Co., General Agents ' There's my hand !' he exclaimed, in a moment of courage and candor, 'and my heart is in it.' She glanced at the empty palm extended towards her, and wickedly replied, ' Just as I supposed ; you have no heart.'

Mr Blair estimates that this Colony could feed 25,000,000 human beings if its resources were properly developed. The total number of hands employed in the Colony in the manufacture of agricultural implements approaches 500, and yet we import annually about £IOO,OOO worth of plant for tilling the soil and gathering in its fruits. Holloway's Ointment and Pills.—Old Wounds, Sores, and Ulcers.—Daily experience confirms the fact which has triumphed over opposition for more than forty years—viz., that no means are known equal to Holloway's remedies, for curing bad legs, sores, wounds, diseases of the skin, erysipelas, abscesses, burns, scalds, and, in truth, all cases where the skin is broken. To cure these infirmities quickly is of primary importance, as the compulsory confinement indoors weakens the general health. The ready means of cure are found in Holloway's Ointment and Pillß, which heal the sores and expel their cause. In the very worst cases the Ointment has suceeded in effecting a perfect cure, after every other means has failed of giving any relief. Desperate cases best display its virtues.