.if "The .pavarcominander-in-chief who has so blithely initiated- the policy of torpedoing peaceful traders owes the life of his ownson toßritish sailors, who saved him.in the Heligoland Bight action., • In Alsace this is how they distinguish ■between an accident and a misfortune. If a jrrussian falls into the Rhine and ( is drowned, that's, an accident. If he is pulled out'alive that's a misfortune. . Here is a good story. The black sheep or .the regiment stood before his commanding. bfficer. ■ charged with being drunk. He stoutly denied the offence, and ' there was only one witness—a ser-geant-—to. prove it; However,, the records showed eleven previous convictions for the same offence. Yon are a hardened and offender;'' said the colonel sternly. ."I can't take your denial against the sergeant's word." The prisoner turned", to .the "sergeant-witness and asked,"Have you .over been drunk?" On receiving an emphatic ■ negative, he turned' to Lae colonel again. "Sergeant says I was drunk; I says I wasn't. I ask ver T colonel, which is likely to be right—him what's - 'ad no experience of what being drunk is, or an 'ardened and 'abitual like' me?" . WHAT A SPL' N'DID IDELi t "So simple, too! Thousands or -persons would;be glad to 'aave.such a time-savin? device,' woulot"« they? In that case 'tis worth patentings and there's a lot «of 7 money in it for you. >Vhatever your idea nriay be, write for our Free Booklet, ''Advice to Inventors."' 'Twill put you <m the royal road to success—Henry Hoglie»," Ltd.,, 157 leatherston-street, Wellington.* ' LESS TO WORRY OVER. .If mothers n6ver allowed a cold to run twenty-four " hours without, attention there would be less sickness to worry over. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy should always be kept in the home where there are children. It is a perfect remedy for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough,.and. bronchitis, and if given at the first symptoms will ward off the at-. Jack. —golo Everywhere.*
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 1 April 1915, Page 8
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