OMNIUM GATHERUM.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14000, 5 September 1907, Page 12

OMNIUM GATHERUM.

•' Tta' skyscraper surgeons are at work in fcc>v York, : They arc' cutting off the. top • of a building and inserting throo additional stories between-.the ,existing floors. - Shoddy -is «, kind of soft woollen gccdamanufactured from old woollen rags, -or ilio refuse to which new wool 13 added. Ifc was first manufactured about 1813, at Batley, Yorke. King; coffee for breakfast, in a cup of good sizo, makes hubby goocMemporcd and healthy and wise...., .At the first annual meeting pf the Legion. oF Frontiersmen in X*ondon it was reported that .'IBSO members liad already been on-' rolled, and, jf necessity arose, tho legion could put 1000 men in the field, Frank 11. Blakeley, surgeon clentist, 174 Princes street South (over ICilroy atjd Sutherland's). Telephone 1483.... ■ In the stomach of a man operated on at a lari3 hospital havo been found a fork a- button-hook; three large nails several inches , long, 139 small pieces 0 f liiotal countless pins,- and two small steel chains.' TO J.Si"' ■J® Hack 'ng Cough at ni?ht Woods Great Peppermint Cure. Is6d A2s 6d iho first milcstorio out of tho Citv of London oil tho Great Eastern road to" ColChester is to be found in tho taproom of r» bcer-houso in the WhitetJinjici roi J. p ITU ' bab y the house was built over the stone. All stylish men appreciate the suits which our cutter produces' from 4 guineas: each; ti;ey aro tho smartest and cheapest in Dun- ' Hayncs, and Co. (lit<l.).„. Tho British Inland 'Revenue: authorities have accepted a payment of £4000 in settle. , ment of the olaim for wheih tliey obtained judgment against a l'ullamoro firm - for £65 oof W ' th Wll ' Skj ' Tl '° Claim wis fol An Epidemio of Influenza, is ragin" in • Dunedin. Our Influenza Remedy Ts a G o3 ''! 7o preventive or cure; price 2s 6d.■ J. latere, chemist, 20 Princes street.... statistics compiled, by' two well-known scientists from medicid sources alone showthat. ;149 people were known to have been buried alive, 219t0v havo had narrow escapes from premature burial, while'-' 10"'" had been dissected alive. • Posplierine.-Ha.ve you ever tried it? If not, do so to-day; that is, if you are run down, weak-nerved, and want bracing up. Is, Is 6d, and 2s 6d at Marshall's Pharmacy..'!. ' / ■ . ■ - In cities and villages many • trees - are kjtlod-hj- -gna poisoning. • Leaks from gaspipes will poison tho roots of a tree, and .the. earth, saturated with this noison, will to kill trees long after the leak in tho pipe has been stopped. Book your dates row for Brown-Ewing'a Vacuum Carpet Cleaner." It makes spring clean in k a pleasure.... prevalent is influenza' in Balclutha that the school attendanco for one week showed a) 25 per cent, reduction. Forty-one pupils were absent from tho Fourth, Fifth" and Sixth Standards. , , ' .

On account of stocktaking, all .goods will bo further reduced for this weok at Dallas and Watt's, George etreot.'.,. British pooplo cat more butter than any other nation—a fact which, it, is e'aid, results'in.their complexion being the purest in the world. :

Now .ready, our well-known egg preservative. A Is tin preserves a . kerosono tin full of eggs. Simplest, safest, and best. H, L. Sproscn, chemist, Octagon, Dunedin... The "demoralising effect of tho Exhibition" was .'tho excuse given at tie annual meeting by a tennis club to account for a falling-off in interest during last year's playing season, Measles aro raging at Hamilton. Nearly every family has one or more members down with tho disease. At Waihi'23o 6chool children aro on the sick list.

Beforo _ putting - yourself to unnecessary inconvenience and. bustlo in rushing to Dunedin with your money try D. Christie and Co., Mosgiel, who are offering exceptional value in all departments during August....

■ Tho Mosgiel Borougli Council: has accepted Messrs J. and W. Falkner's tender for tho erection of a boll and tower at tho local Fire Brigade Station. Do it to-day. Visit tho annual winter sale and make jour money cam more. It'a the greatest bargain sale extant. Come and test it. "Write for catalogue.—Tho Mutual Stores, Ltd.,, Princes street.... .' There is not a great deal of, enthusiasm in Westport' in connection with the formation of a new Volunteer corjs thore. It is suggested that the apathy, is due to the recent* alteration of tho arm from field artillery to garrison. Thomson and Co., Moray place, opposite First Church, have tho largest and cheapest stock or headstones', etc., in Duncdin to select from. Telephone 2296.... Since St. Helens Hospital, in Christ- \ church, was opened in the middle of April there have been / 35 births in the institution, tho greatest number of .children in "tho'. hospital at ond time being 11. Large numbers of' applications como from the country. The cost of'stopping.a train ranges from ' 2s for a train of 10 ordinary passengoicoaches bs 8d for. an express train of heavy corridor cars four times, the weight of the other. ' Whero there is an np-grado tho expense is more than on a level. A lady once remarked, "If I 1 cannot find the floorcloths I want here there is no use looking further." Sho found it and was pleased. So will anyone be who requires floor coverings of any kind and buys it here.—Cheyne and Co., MosgiolJi,. The Ormond Beach, in Florida, where so many motor records have been broken, is the most remarkable bcach in the world, The receding of each,tide leaves it perfectly, unjooth and almost as hard as jisphalt, making an ideal course for motor-racing. We are making a special display of gas fires suitable for, halls, churches, private houses, and offices. No offensive smell: no flue required.—A. &T. Burt (Ltd.), Stuart street.... ' Tho new gevser at Toktiami, (vhich entered into business a short time ago, is now considered to'be tho hardest-working, and most picturesque geyser in tlio vicinity of Lake Tauno. It is, too, .'the largest geyser in tlio district, .and spouts consistently every 35, minutes. Messrs Burt have orders for an electric goods lift for Messrs .'-Herbert, Ilaynes, and Co., an electric passenger lift for the New Zealand Insurance j Company, and electric goods and passenger lifts for Auckland and Wellington. A particular feature of these lifts is tlut with tho exception of tho motors and controllers, tho whole of tho plant is manufactured in Messrs Burt's Duncdin works. * Yo canna mak a alk purse cot o' a soo'a lug, but it is really wonderful what brainy men can do out of unpromising materials. This is apropos of the alterations now Hearing completion at T. Ross's shop in Princes street. All are cordially'ihvited to inspect tho alterations, when we 6haU show under the full flood of' tho elcctrio light a grand lot of blouses, gloves, coats, hosiery, umbrella.?, lacc and sill: goods at spccial alteration prices.—T. Ross, direct importer, 130 jPrinoes street... . . The Tapanui Courier suggests that tho Government should be asked lo piovido motor lorries to convoy fruit from Coal Creek and Roxburgh to Ediovalo Railway Station. The motors could leave Coal Creek every evening, and arrive at Ediovalo in time for "the early morning trains. Tjie Edie Valley road should be rc-melallod, and a fast motor could then also run for mails and passengers in the summer seasons "With fast motor car service and powerful lorries ; the traffic could be easily managed. ' Passengers by the Atua on her last trip to . the Islands were told, ind had amplo evidence of the fact, that the banana plantations were gradually getting under the control of tho Chinese. Of 21,000 bunches put on board at one port, twothirds came down by soiling vessels owned and controlled by Chinese deatars. The natives seem quite willing to allow tho ' Chinese to iake control of their'• Imul atid its products. Neatness'in dress is invariably the outward sign of a refined mind. To bo nea.t one need.not be extravagant, but what is worn should be in good taste. For gentlemen's wear we are showing two very elegant types of bool 6 from the world-famed American maker, Snow. Tho "King" box calf is shaped Jon modern lasts, has an arch-supported s'lank, and the new cut toe. Price 23s 6d. Tho "King" Balmoral, in glace kid, at 255, is also a Tino specimen of high-class footwear. Most up-to-dato in appearance, with straight, joints, conforming to tho natural shape of the foot.—Cookham House, depot for highgrade footwear, Princes street. New season goods -now open.... "What is tho average age of the macrocarpra tree?" a witness wa3 asked in tho Compensation Court at Wellington. ."I should say about one hundred years on an average,"" was the estimate of the witness, who was claiming for the loss of trees.. "Have you not noticed trees in the Botanical Gardens going off already?" asked counsel.''" Yc6, but I have known trees planted 40 years round Wellington, and as healthy now as ever they were," returned witness ijnpcrturbably.