MISCELLANEOUS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1287, 8 January 1885, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

Judge : “ How old are you ?’’ Witness (a lady) ; “Thirty,” Judge: “Thirty! I have heard you give the same ago in this court for the last three yeura!" Witness: “Yes, lain not one of those persons who say one thing to-day and another to-morrow !” Pius IX. never left his palace after the entry of the Royal troops into the Holy City, and Leo XIII. has followed his predecessor’s example. For fourteen years the quaint Papal equipage of white mules and red halberdiers has never once been seen in the streets of Pome. “ Rough on Rats.’’— Clears out raj, mw, roaches, flies, aute, bed-bugl, beetle*. imtcU, skunk*, jack rabbits, gopher*. Druggists, Sempthorne, Prosser & Agents, Christchurch. 2 A gang of Italian laborers were recently cut down 6d a day. Instead of striking they cut an inch off their slievel blades at n’gbt. They were asked what it meant. One of the men replied, “ Not so much pay, not so much dirt lift, AH right, job last the more long. Italians no fool, he no strike 1” A baby born during a terrible storm was named Cyclonia. Its father says the appellation is a misnomer ; a cyclone doesn’t howl every night. Society in London is all disturbed by the question whether a lady should re cognise a gentleman while he is having his shoes blacked on a street corner. Things every man can do better than any one else : Poke a fire, tie a bow, edit a newspaper, tell a story—after another man has commenced it -and examine a railway time-table. Doctor H. says that the most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman’s heart. It would seem that he has never observed the tender care with which a man handles a meerschaum pipe that is just beginning to have a bilious look round the base of the bowl. Good Resolutions.— At the commencement of every new year hundred* and thousands of our young men—and old a* well —form resolution* for their guidance for the coming year, Many keep them, while others break them. To such we wish to give a word of advice. In order to sustain your determination of leading a better life in (he future you should use Hop Bitten. The judicious use of Hop Bitters strengthens, cleanses, and purifies the stomach, bowels, blood, liver, nerves, and kidneys, and is just i*bat you want to build up and invigorate yourself,—Greenbush Dem. Bead Advt. it is said that negroes scarcely ever commit suicide. They may be hard up from the day of their birth to (ho day of tneir death, but they rarely become me'ancholy. Notwithstanding their complaints of hard times, the give-me-a-uickel expression on their faces, and general hungry appearance, they hang on to life with the tenacity of a mud turtle. They do it not for the hope of something better, but simply for the fun they have.