Siftings.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XLI, Issue 2206, 1 August 1910, Page 3

Siftings.

The ' Pretoria News' reports the discovery at the Premier mine, by a native, of a pure diamond weighing 191J carats, and valued at £6,000. LAME BACK. This ailment is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles and may be cured by applying Chamberlain's Pain Balm two or three tini9s a day and rubbing the part, vigorously at each application. If this does not afford relief bind on a piece of flannel dampi ened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and relief is sure to follow. Sold by Henry Hotop, chemist, Cromwell. Libor org lunations have done much in tin ; a*t (says the Southland 'News.') in indicating the direction legislation miifut takp, but it seems likely that the new party will achieve little else than a storm of criticism and a heap, of well -earned ridicule. A MEDICINE OF REAL WORTH.

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is intended for nc.-t3 throat and lung diseases, of which colds, croup and whooping cough are the most common. Those who have used it for years and are in a position to Know its real value assert that it is without an equal for the treatment of these diseases. It

not only cures colds and influenza but counteracts any tendency towards pneumonia. It is iu almost universal use as a preventive and cure for croup and has never been known to fail. We are going gaily on destroying our forests as fast as they can be de~ scroyed. But beyond a certain amount of tree-plantiug by the Government, (says the Wanganui ' Herald ') we are doing practically uothing in the way of afforestation, and on present ap-i pearances the arrival of the evil day will find us totally unprepared to meet it. NEVER NEGLECT A COLD.

A cold should never be treated lightly as it is always moro or less serious. Many people make the mistake of neglecting a cold until some serious lung trouble results. If every cold received the attention it should have the danger of this would be avoided. Every cold can be cured by the use of Chamberlan's Cough Remedy. A bottle or two of this remedy taken when the cold is first contracted will promptly cure it and not only save doctors bills but much suffering and annoyance later on. For sale by Henry Hotop, chemist, Cromwell.

j It is impossible to deny that the I recent outcry against the totalisator has been for the most part a flagrant hypocrisy (says the Wellington 'Post.') Anxiety to save the bookmaker has encouraged many to attempt to save him by urging that he must stand or fall with the totalisator. Anxiety to save their own faces has induced the Premier and some of his colleagues to insist that they were right in allowing the bookmaker and the totalisator to stand together in 1907, and that if any change is to be made both should fall together now. - \The ommon-sonse of the House, fortunately, rose superior to this insinceritv.

Do you know that croup can be prevented? Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, and it will prevent the attack. It is a certaiu cure for croup and has never been known to fail. For sale by Henry Hotop, chemist, Cromwell. A man from whom " the flue " was fairly oozing rushed into a chemist's shop ("says the Dunedin ' Star,') and asked the proprietor (who himself had a touch of the prevailing malady) for a cure. Whilst it was being made up by an assistant who coughed as he bottled the mixture, the chemist remarked : " You scorn to have it pretty bad." "Oh don't bother about me," was the reply ; " I want the stuff for my typist. My foreman is in bed, three of the factory hands and all my clerks arc off duty, the girl and me have been running the business tor three days, and now she's started to sneeze. Please hurry up or I'll have to close the place." And that represents the position of affairs in about half the establishments {in town. The chemists say that never before in their experience has there been such an all-prevadinf,' epidemic of influenza in Dunedin. The type is nt malignant, but it seems to be obstinate, and unless the weather soon cbauges the supplies of ammoniated quinine and linseed will run short.

I NEVER NEGLECT A BAD COLD. Never allow a cold to run its course. ; Too often its course is towards pueu- ! inonia. The first action when you i Lave a cold is to relievo the lungs. ! This is best accomplished by the fno | hub of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. | This tried.cine liquifies the tough j mucus an I opens the secretions. A complete euro soon follows. Foe .sitj I y lienry llotop, chemist Cromwell. Mr A. C. Thomson, a Canterbury resident who has taken up land in the Darling Downs country in Queensland, slates that ho often sees near his Lomesteid a little bird which he believes would be a useful and welcome addition to the list of New Zealand's introduced birds. It is known as the wagtail on account of an engaging habit it has of fluttering its tail. It is about the same size as a sparrow, iud has while and black plumage. It i- very tame and in the early spring comes under the verandah of the house and sounds the three or lour notes which constitute its song. Its virtue lies in the fact that it is strictly insectivorous. It sometimes spends hours sitting on the horns of cattle and the heads of horses, picking up the Hies which gather about the eyes of the large animals, which apparently appreciate the services it renders and seldom try to drive it away.