MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2089, 24 January 1896, Page 6

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Many a good horae has been rained through stepping on a piece of glasa bottle. A lad has now met hi* death at New Plymouth from tht tame cause. Lockjaw set in, and the lad succambed. The wonder is that more accidents do not occur through the the number of broken bottles that are scattered around some premises. Many ramps in the West Australia are ravaged by typhoid. A party of miners who bad sold their claim af Duodas for £SOOO started to walk to Coolgardie. They got as far as Sandy Soak, 55 miles from Coolgardie, and from that tue waler had given oat. Two, named M 'Nalty and O'Connor, went in search of water. Their clothes and swags were afterwards found thrown away, and it is supposed the men became delirious, wand* ered away and perished ousei ably. The chief firm of British blacking manufacturers turns out 300,000,000 cakes of blacking yearly, or one for every five individuals in the world. The combined wealth of the Vanderbilt family is £52,800,000, and the estimated income from it per annum is No other family is so rich. To Germany belongs the credit of having first demonstrated the practicability ana economy of electric ploughing. An electric tnotcr is fixed to the plough itself. The shaft of the motor, by means of suitable gearing, drives a shaft fitted with a pinion over which the chain runs from one end of the field to the other this chain is held taut at both ends by triple ground anchors. When the motor is put in operation it hauls the plough across the field. On reaching the end of the field the plough is tilted to the other side, and by reversing the motor the shear starts on its return journey. At a recent test at Halle-on-the-Saale, with a two-furrow tilting plough, two furrows were turned, measuring together 24in. in width by lOin. in depth, and travelling at the rate of 35in. per second. The actual useful effect obtained was equal to horse-power. According to the figures published as to the result of the trial, the wording expenses of the system are about half that of steam ploughing, and if, as is believed will be the case, these results are borne out in practice, there seems to be no question as to the future of the electric plough Recent returns show (says a London paper' that, in spite of the continued advances electric lighting, a larger quantity of gas i® consumed in London than ever before, on e company alone selling to Londoners during the past half-year no less thsn 10,500,000 cubic feet. Much of this vast quantity is expended in the form of motive power, for gas engines are fast supplanting the use of steam in small workshops. Gas is also coming into increased use for cooking stoves. It is a matter for regret that for both these purposes a much cheaper kind oi gas could not be supplied, for it is most wasteful to use one of high illuminating power where heat only is required It is the cost of purification and the additions to the gas necessary to bring its luminosity up to a certain candle-power that make it at present so costly. But this state of things must remain until the companies are empowered to lay two sets of mains one of each kind of gas. W. H. Nelson, who is in the drug business at Kingville, Mo., has so much confidence in Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy that he warrants every bottle and offers to refund the money to any customer who is not satisfied after using it. Mr Nelson takes no risk in doing this because the remedy is a certain cure for the diseases for which it is intended and he knows it. It is for sale by L Hotop. 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In exterminating Beetles the success of this powder is extraordinary. It is perfectly clean in application. See the article yoo purchase is " KEATINGS," i e., with the signature THOMAS KEATING on each tin, as imitations are noxious and ineffectual. Sold in tins, fid and Is each, | by all chemists. Floriline.—For the Teeth and Breath. ! —A few drops of the liquid Floriline sprink- ] led on a wet tooth-brush, produces a pleas- j ant lather, which thoroughly cleanses the j teeth from all parasites oi impurities, hardens the gums, prevents tartar, stops decay, gives to the teeth a peculiar pearly whiteness, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It renoves all unpleasant odour arising from decayed teeth or tobacco smoke. " The Fra- j grant Floriline " being composed in part of j honey and sweet herbs is delicious to the I taste, and the greatest toilet discovery of the age Price 2s 6d, of all Chemists and per ' fumers. Wholesale depot, 33, Farringdon I Road, London, England. ■'lf the blood is diseased, the body is diseased."—Remember that the blood, whether pure or impure, circulates through the organs of the human body—Lungs, Heart, Stomach, Kidneys, Brain. If it isladen with poisonous matter it spreads disease on its course. In cases of Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema Bad I«gs, Skin and Blood Diseases, Pimples, and sores of all kinds the effects of Clarke's Blood Mixture are marvellous. Thousands of wonderful cures have been effected by it. Clarke's blood Mixture is sold everywhere at 2s 9d per bottle. Beware of worthless imitations and substitutes Throat Affections and Hoarseneess. —All suffering from irritation of the throat and hoarseness will be agreeably sury>rised at the almost immediate relief afforded by the use of "Brown's Bronchial Troches." These famous "lozenges" aro now sold by most respectable chemists in this country at Is per box. People troubled with a " hacking cough," a "slight cold" or bronchial affections, cannot try them too soon, as similar troubles, if allowed to progress, remit in serious Pulmonary and Asthmatic affections. See that the words "Brown's Bronchial Troches " are on the Government ■tamp around each box.—Prepared by John L Brown & Sons, Boston, U.S., European depot 33, Farringdon Road. London, Eng- | and. " The Health and Vigour of an individual 1 depend upon the quantity and quality of the Blood. When the tissues have been at work, there are thrown into the blood waste products, and if these be not eliminated but (through any cause) detained in the blood they influence nutrition and function and finally produce organic disease."— The Humanitarian. In cases of Scrofula, Scurvy, Eczema, Bad Legs, Skin and Blood Diseases, Pimples and Sores of all kinds, the effects of Clarke's Blood Mixture are marvellous. Thousands of wonderful cures have been affected by it Clarke's Blood Mixture is sold everywhere at 2s 9d per bottle. Beware of worthless imitations and snbstitotes. FEMALE PILLS.—Dr Gordon's Female Pills speedily remove all irregularities and obstructions. Post free, 4s ; two boxes, 78. J. W. Clayton. Dunedin. ONE BOX OF CLARKE'S B 41 PILLS, is warranted to cure all discharges from the Uriua'y Organs in either sex (acquired or constitutional), Gravel and Pains in the back. Guaranteed free from Mercury. Sold in boxes 4s 6d each byall Chemists and patent Medicine Vendors throughout the world. Proprietors: The Lincoln and Midland Copstms DRUG Company, Lincoln. Eng.