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Temuka Leader, Issue 1545, 27 January 1887, Page 4

Extortionate Interest. —Tho writer of “Melbourne Gossip’' in the Sydney Mail has the following interesting paragraph —“ When Antonio asks the Venetian: usurer: ‘ls your gold and silver ewes and rams? ’ Shylock makes answer;: ‘ 1 cannot tell ; I makelt breed as last,’ and this must be the case with some of the Melbourne money-lenders; one of whom, who is also of the Hebrew persuasion, was examined in the Insolvency Court the other day in connection with certain pecuniary transactions he had with a grazier of Naree Warren, to whom | he had advanced £SOO. For this the witness, David Henry by name, admitted that he was to recover £ISOO, being at any rate 300 per cent. The man attempted to justify these exorbitant terms by stating that they covered the risk, as j well as the bonus a'nd interest. When, asked what special risk there was in this particular case, the money-lender was driven to acknowledge that he did not know of any. Harpagou and Sir Charles Overreach .still flourish in the midst of us, and the inert portrayed by Molibre and Massinger have their little prototypes in this city, and covey- their wives and daughters with diamonds paid out of money wrung from necessitous- borrowers of money at ratesmf-' interest ‘which are simply appalling.in their magnitude,” WbliLS 1 Hair Balsam—lf gray, restores to original color, An elegant dressing, softens and beautifies. No oil nor grease. A Tonic Restorative. Stops hair coming out, itregthens, cleanses, heals scalp. Kempthorne, Prosser and Oo„ Agents, Christchurch. 2 A gentleman addicted to taking snuff let fall his handkerchief ; stooping to pick it up, he seized hold of a lady’s dress, wiped his nose with it, and then commenced stuffing it into his coat pocket. He did not discover his mistake till a somewhat irascible gentleman kicked him out of the house. It is Worth a Trial.— “l was troubled for maty years with kidney complaint, gravel, &o. ( my blood became thin, I was dull and inactive, could hardly crawl about, and was an old worn put man all 'over, and could get nothing to help me until I got American Go’s Bop Bitten, and now my blood and kidneys are all right, and I am as active as a man of thirty although I am seventj-two, and I have no doubt it will do as well for others of my age. It is worth tb“ trial.” —(Pa‘her). Notice Advfc. If there is one time more than another when.a woman should be entirely alone, it s when a full line of clothes comes down n the mud, i A bad marriage is like an electric machine : it makes you dance, and you can’t let go.