Verily the tragio vicissitudes of real life arc stranger (bun the most sensational incidents which occur in tho realms of pictures. More than forty years ago a young man in Melbourne, who held a responsible position in a bank, was engaged to be' married, and to him the future seemed full of promise and pleasing anticipation. Tho wedding day was fixed, but almost at tho last moment a former lover of tho lady appeared on the scene, and him she married. Tho jilted lover never got. over his disappointment, and, throwing up his position in tho bank, he began a career of "drift," dying a few days ago of senile decay in the Melbourne hospital, having spent tho last few years of his life in tho Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, Life has its tragedies under every sky. Nover hesitate about giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to children. It contains no narcotic of any description, and can be given with confidence. As a quick cure for coughs and colds to which children are susceptible, it is unsurpassed.— ren are susceptible, it is unsurpassed. Sold by all chemists and storekeepers.—Advt. DRESS SUITS. Tha season's social fuaiivitutg j, ave ft j. ready vour dress suit right with fashion f If not, let Do Luen and Co. the Squaw, Palmerston North, make you a new one. They have the right ideas for these garment*,—Advt
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9606, 4 September 1911, Page 5
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