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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2817, 23 February 1878, Page 3

A Misunderstanding.'— A northern English recto,r used to think it polite not to begin service before the arrival of the squire. A little while ago he forgot his manners, and began, " When the wicked man " ',' Stop, sir, 1' cried the clerk, 11 he ain'i come yet."; ._ Tliß measuring, marking and fixing of tucks if to many Indies & tedious and difficult operation to accomplish with accuracj, but it may now bo done by a child wilh the Self-acting Tuck-marker and Home Shuttle Sewing Machine, Bold by J. Grigg, Pollen street. ' With this isjeniaus little attachment, while our tuck is being town the next is marked off and folded down at any distance, and of such width at may bftaSfiuirßtf.— [advt.] Mb War. Mcwjimugh having been appointed agent on the Thames for the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, is prepared to take risk* at the lowest rates. The Imperial Com pariy waß established in 1803, and has a capital of £1,600,000, with its head office at No. \, Old Brpad street, London, The Mcl bourne directory has upon it some of the most influential men in that city, and the name the Company has gained for itself .by its prompt and liberal settlement 'of claims, while charg ing moderate rates, has secured a large amount ofbutiness not only iv Australian Colonies, j but in all parts of the^world in which agencies hare been establißhed.—AßYT. ' ' BOtibOWAVS fPlliM,—Health and Vigour.—To the niost regular livers occasional disturbances of digestion will occur; which may be corrected at'once by these famous Pills, the alterative and tonic powers of which cannot be too highly extolled. A dose now and then will prove salutary to everyone, but a con- j tlnued course must be taken by the confirmed Invalid. ! It is wonderful how the appetite and digestion improve'in proportion as the Pills exert their wholesome influence over the animal economy. They augment S?i .** Btr°ngth a»d mental vigour. Holloway's Pills frequently cure diseases of the digestive organs after all other medicines have failed to afford relief, and they are especially serviceable In disorders of th§ liver and kidneys. / (Mr renHnndw of Newt'see Fourth Pagt.J