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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2826, 6 March 1878, Page 2

Like a dutiful uuele, he ni striving bard to inarrj off hit scapegrace of! nephew, and, almost in despair of aeaoav plisbing his purpose in any other manner resorted to a matrimonial agency., He is well received, and the agent hands him a . register containing .the list of ladies the has in stock, descriptions of then. their fortunes,:and so on. He carelessly turns o?er the pages, till at once hit attention is riveted bj the sight of his wife's name. He rubs hia ejea and reads it orer; there is no mistake. She seeks an. aljknce with a man between the ages of €7and 36, a blonde preferred. Stricken with horror, and fancying that there was a queer taste in his coffee at breakfast; he drops the fatal book and hurries home. "Yes," says his wife, softly,," that .is my name. ' I put it down when you were so sick with, pneumonia last spring, and the doctor said we should prepare for the worst." Mr Wm. MoCcmotoh baring:been appointed agent on, the Thames for the Imperial Fire Insurance Company, it prepared to take risks at (he lowest rates. The Imperial Oom» panj wbs eMablfsned in 1808,' and has iv capital of £1,600,000, with it* boa* offios at No. 1, Old Broad it ree\ London. The Mel* bourne directory hat upon it some of the most influential men in that city, and the name the Company bat ginied for ilseir bj its prompt and liberal settlement of claims, while oharg* ing moderate rates, hat secured a large amount of bufiiieet not only in Australian Colonies, but in all parts of the world in wbieh agencies hare been established.— /LETT. HOLLOW-AY'S OINTMENT AHD PILLS.-Dfc. orders of the throat and chert.—Whoever has once made trial of these invaluable remedies can truthfully bear testimony to their astonishing- efficacy,-their I curative and preservative powers agairwt the manr maladies of winter. Tlie Ointment, rubbed on the I chest, acts nimt benetdally In arresting- '•tttsmmatloiL * 1 irriUtion, congestion, and all pectoral complaints. I? ulcerated aoro throaty diphtheria, inumn. oulnser and similar ailments, the Ointment should kewen rubbed upon tlie throat and summit of the cheat at least twice a day, while the Pills are taken utwrnUr. according: to the plainly printed directions. HoNe! way's remedies constitute in themselves a perfect tutfegwwd against UM*t dissaaea dependent upon changeable or inclement weather. They counteract th.c sources of disease,