MISCELLANEOUS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1759, 5 July 1888, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

I A bank is a good deal like an army officer. People lose confidence in it after it has once been cashiered. Noah is said to have been the first Socialist because he was an arkist, but we do not credit this. Wife (to husband)—" I caught Bridget starting the fire this morning with kerosene, John." Husband—- " How much do we owe her!" Wife —" Four months' wages." Husband —"Well let her go on with the kerosene." Ministsr: "And so the little boys asked you to play marbles on Sunday, Hobby—and you refused?'* Bobby: " Yes, sir." Minister: " Now tell me why it was, Bobby, that you refused." Bobby: "'Cause they wouldn't play for keeps." A little three-year-old girl was in front of the camera the other day. The photographer had posed her to his mind, had told her what to look at, and stepped back to make the exposure. The little chick evidently concluded the preliminaries were satisfactory, for she electrified the photographer with the cheerful advice to "Let 'er go, Gallagher." The photographing was deferred till the merriment subsided. Baxteu's Lung Peksbbveh has ga : ned great popularity in this district as u speedy | and effectual remedy in the treitment ot Coughs, Colds, Bbonohitis, and othei chest and throat complaints. Read advt. and try it.