A MISLEADING "GUIDE."

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7633, 5 January 1887, Page 4

A MISLEADING " GUIDE."

; . .Tims comments " The Eastern Australasian, and South African Journal of Commerce and Inercolonial Irado:"— "Tlio Yenr Book of New Zealand for 18SD" p. 004, and "The Now Zealand Year Book, ISS6-7," p.SSS are so exactly alike that upon examination it is difficult to discern wherein they differ. Yet the publishers print upon the issue for 1886-7 that it is " compiled by H. Stonehewer Cooper." Practically one work is a reproduction of the other, the same original matter in some parts, in others re-ar- ■ ranged. Pages 853-85G nro an exact reproduction oJt p.p.' 731-758 of the previous edition, lino for line, and the necessary alterations of a year are neglected. Thus ■ a firm, a commercial work, and a London reference are given when ono has retired, the next was defunct in August, 18S5, ami the London offices were vacated in' the same month, As a compensation, however, Now Zealand merchants aro favored on p. 849 with the average tonnage scale of Baltimore, Nicaragua wood, Virginia and Maryland tobacco, etc. ! ■ Mr Cooper, with pleasant pardonable egotism makes his bow in a preface dated August, ISS6, the publishers issue in .October, but neither inform " tourists and intending settlers " for whom the work is ostensibly compiled of grave and important changes' in " Wonderland " of New - Zealand, which occurred in the North Island of the colony in June of that year. The description given in the edition of 1885, of the Pink and White Terraces is faithfully and literally copied . in the edition of October, 1886— hut the Terraces had long since gone the way of Pompeii and unhappy Charleston. Tho work is 'thus unsatisfactory as a ': would-be work of reference, and_ utterly useless to the possessor of the issue of 1885. The Agent-General for Now Zealand will supply any enquirer with ■ addenda to the latter for nothing. The jiresont issue is therefore unnecessary, and tho advertisers in both are to be pitied ; so are the publishers j so is Mr Stonehewer Cooper if he risks his reputation by;' "compiling" such as this. A good .name is easily lost. Works of • reference are worse than useless if inaccurate, and all inaccuracies to business men involve expense, Uoss of time and - money. "Hough on Corns,"— Ask ior Wells "Hough on Corns." Quick relief, coninlete, permanent cure. Corns, warts bunions. At chemists and druggists. 96 A hatter is a man of fur- tile resources] ■ '"Hough on Itch."— "Rough on Itch" cures skm humors, eruptions, ringworm, tetter, salt rheum, frosted, feet, chilblains, itch, ivy poison, barber's itch. 97 A k'ide's made— by the clergyman. Wicked for Clergymen.—" I believe it to be all wrong and even wicked for clergymen or other public men to- be led . into giving testimonials to quack doctors or vile stuffs called medicines, but when a really meritorious article, is made up ot common valuable remedies known to all, and that all physicians use 'and trust in daily, we should freely commend it. I therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Bitters for the good they have done me and my friends, firmly believing they have no equal for family use. I will not bo without them. "—Rev. , Washington, D.C;, U.B.A. 98 \ When is a defaulter on Hie Stock Exchange like a letter? When he is posted, The Greatest Blessing. — A simple, pure, harmless remedy, that cures every time, • and prevents disease by keeping the blood pure, stomach regular, kidneys and liver active, is the greatest blessing ever conferred upon nian. Hop Bitters is that remedy, and the American Co., the genuine manufacturers, are being blessed by thousands who have been cured by it. Try it. See 99 According to an American paper, Prince Bismarck's physician says that the German Premier takes altogether too much beer. Jfost Card Proof — Salisbury, Term., April 4, lßß3— Gents— l was afliicted with serious Kidney and Urinary trouble for twelve years. After trying all the doctors and patent medicines I could hoar of, I used two bottles of Hop Bitters and am perfectly cured— B. F. Booth. Washington, D.C., April 3, 1883— To the Hop Bitters Co. — Sirs — I write this as a toJsen of the great appreciation I have for your Bitters. I was afliicted with Inflammatory Rheumatism seven years, and no niedjcineseemed to do,n\e any good until I tried three bottles of your Hop Bitters, and to my surprise I am as well to-day as e,ver I was. I hope you may have great success in this great and valuable medicine. Anyone, wishing to know more about my euro, can, learn by addressing me, E. M. Williams,. 1103 16th St. Prosecute the Swindlers — If when you call for American Hop Bitters (see green twig of Hops on the white label and Dr Soul's name blown in ■ the bottle), tho vendor hands out any tiling : fout Avwricfut, Ho,p. Bitters, refuse it . and shun that vendor as you would a viper ; and if he has taken your money for anything else indict him for the fraud and sue _ him . for damages for the swindle, and we will pay you liberally for tho conviction.--[Advt.] 100 A certain clergyman, a great athlete and lover of cricket, forgot himself recently by saying, " Here endeth the first innings. Let us pray." Holloway's Pills. —The chief wonder of modern times, —This incomparable medicine increases the appetite, strengthens the stomach, cleanses the liver, corrects biliousness, prevents flatulency, purifies „ tlio system, invigorates the nerves, and reinstates sound health. The enormous demand for these Pills throughout . the globe astonishes everybody, and a single trial convinces the most sceptical that no . ..medicine equals Holloway's Pills in its ability to remove all complaints inei- .' dental to the human race. ' They are a blessing to the afliicted, and a boon to „ all that labor under internal or external " disease;!/ .--The purification of the blood, removal of all restraint from the secretive organs, .and gentle aperitive action arc the prolific sources of thu extensive range . of Holloway's Pills.— lAdvt.l 301