ODDS AND ENDS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1754, 4 July 1885, Page 28

ODDS AND ENDS.

—The Parliament of the Island of Jersey, after a warm discussion, has negatived a bill to expel Jenrito from the island. —It is eaid that a Frenchman has devised a process of giving to felt a slight coating of plumbago or motal, by which the appearance of burnished steel, copper, bronze, or silver may be imitated. Tho produot is likely to prove very useful wheu applied to stage properties, as besides being inexpensive it does not materially increase the weight of articles treated with i*;. "Rough on Rats" clears out rats, mice, roaches, fliei. ant v , bed bu«;s, b efcles, inserts, ikuDka. j*ck tabbits, fjopb'-ra. Orugjridts. — Kempthornh, Prossbr, and Co., agents, Dunodin. [vdvt] — It is computed that 750,000 people go into London by rail eveiy day to earn their Hveli hood, and leave it at night, and yet an accident rarely occurs. i'oh't Dib in thb Housb.- " Rough on Rats " clears out rats, mice, beetles, roaches, bed-bugs, flies, nuts, insect?, moles, jack-rabbitn, gophers. Kkmpthornk, Paossßß, anrt Co., Acrrnita, Onnorlln. — (Advt.) — The Chinese Government pays the German gunners in its service 250 dollars a month, and guarantees their families 7500 dollars in case they are killed by tho French. Fleas and Baas, beetle*, insects, roaches, ants, bed jugs, rat- 1 , mice, gophoru, chipmunks, cleared out l>y " Rough on Rats." Kkmpthchnh Prorbur, and Co", Aconts, Dnoedln - [<I»vt ] — There is a great rush to the Amoor River, 12 miles from the Chinose ftoutier, whero rich goldfialds are reported to have been dia covered. Vna. jiixrkt op .Bbautv.— Brida! Bouquet Bloom imparts, exquisite beauty to the fate, neck, arms, and handb, ami h prefeutii to all face powders and other liquids. A single application, lequiring but a moment of tithe, impatts exquisite beauty, with a natural brilliancy, purity, and charming fragrance. It removes freckles and sunburn, and prevents all roughness and wrinkles. Sol i by Chemists and Perfumers. Depot, 1H and 116 Southampton row, London. — The street cries so piercing and co numerous which one beWs every morning in tho city of Paris, are taught by a profesßor who instructs his pupils from a work published in the time of Frangiis I, Pleasure and Profit, the experience of all who use Mrs S. A. Allen's World's Hair Restorer. Over forty years the favourite and never-failing preparation to restore grey hair to its -youthful colour and lustrous beauty, requiring only a few applications to secure now and luxuriant growth. The soft and silVy texture of healthy hair follows its use. That moat objectionable and destructive element to the hair, called dandruff, is quickly and permanently removed. —A French statist gives tho following as the proportionate number of persons killed annually on tho railways of tho renpenMvo countries : —France, one in every 2,000,000; England, ftnn in ftverv 6 250,000 ; Belgium, ona in every 9,000,000 ; Prussia, one in every 21,500 000. ' Stayino" Powir —It will bo intoi eating to ath!>"Uv:, and to Ml wh" va''io the piwer of physical endurance, to know that at '• Homo." an'l In the hister Onl'inlpp an article has of lute year 1 - cotu<* int » general i se which is ve\y slrontrlv rec tnraended us being an exceedingly jtfrasa'-t beverage; and which yet imravs.in an unusmH'. large de^rr-a. wha^ Is expresivrly tfrmed "st»yi (f p'wer" — in other wm-'lf, nufrimflnti an<? Btierath Wo refa» 6o CMDBURY'o "OOrOA. ES^ESOE."— [Advt ] — Rocently high pontifical mass was celebrated in Copenbpgpn for the first time since the days of the Reformation, mch a service having heretofore baen forbiddpn by law. Th« Catholics in Denmark now number about 3000 souls, with 26 priests, of whom seven are Dines. Floriunbl— For tub Tebth and Breath. — A few drops of the liquid "Floril'ne" sprinkled on a wot ooth-brusb produ en, a pleasint lather, which thoroughly cleanses to tee'h from all pnraMtcs or iriptui ie<, hardrns the gum^, prevent- tajtar, stops decay, ifveu to the teeth a peculiar pearly whitenem, and a delightful fragrance to the breath. It removes all unpleasant odour arising frotn decayed teeth or tobacco-smoke. " The Fragrant Florilino " being composed in part of hrney and sweet herbs, is delicious to the taste, and the greatottt toilet discovery of the age. Price 2a Cd, of all Chemists and perfumers. Wholesale depot, S3 Fnrrinedon road, London. — Advt.l — The coming generation will pay a constant tribute of gratitude to Wordsworth and Shelley as the vindicators of* poetical liberty ; but -they will turn to Goldsmith, Addiaon, Pope, and Dryden to' learn the elementary lessons of literary form and order. — W. J, Oourthope. Advicb to Mothers I—Are1 — Are you broken in your rest by a sick child suffering with the pain of cutting teeth 7 Oo »t once to a chemist and tret a buttle of Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. It will relieve the poor sufferer immediately. It is perfectly harmless and pleasant to tho taste, it produces natural quiet sleep, by relieving the child from pain, and the little cherub awakes "as bright as a button." It Foothea the child, it softens the gums, allays all rain, relieves wind, regulates the bowels, and is the best known remedy for dysentery and diairhcsa, whether arising from teething or other causes. Mrs Winslow's SoothIng- Syrup is sold by Medicine dealers everywhere at Is ljd per bdttl* — ' M>vt.] — The Russian Government is strictly enforcing in Poland tho decree prohibiting the use of any language but Russian in elementary schools, and it is announced that the regulation which in Poland excludes all foreigners from serving in any capacity whatever on railways is about to be extended to the whole empire. — The other noon a policeman discovered a coloured man hiding in a doorVay, and thought fit to ask him what he was doing there. "Waitin'," was the reply. "What for?" "Fur a man." "Whatman?" "Man up fltairs as owes me two bits." " Well, why t dent you go up to his office and ask for your money ?" •• Tried dat twice, sab, an' got bounced out bof times. I reckon if 1 kin cotch him on de st'ara I'ze either gwine to get fifteen cents on account or hey a chance to git outer de way when be begins to show signs of indignaebun,"