The penalty for swearing in s >ma cf I lie London hotels and hsrs ih now s penny por swear. Directly language of a oommiiiatory or profane character is heard (writes a correspondent in ttei Birmingham (hiccttr), tho barmaid or waiter passes to tho offender a small collecting box, will) a polite request for a penny. The boxes are usually in tho slmpe nl a street portal pillar box with a sellable inscription. In some establish, moots gentleman with a luxurious tendency to swear at largo are indulged ns sen sen ticket holdeni. They put in lialf-B nrown, which carries them on for a period without paying forfeit. (Season ticket holders, however, are not encouraged, because iho knowledge of haying paid for their swears in advance oncoiir* ,os men to take out their in mov’s worth. ('im.niiF.N Worn Tkktiiinu have more or less diarrhoea. TI is should ho oontrollod and can he, by giving Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and lliarrhoea Remedy. Every household should iiavo a bottle at hand. (lot it to-day. It may save a hfo. Tracy F. Wills sells it.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume IX, Issue 1226, 2 May 1902, Page 4
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181Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 Pahiatua Herald, Volume IX, Issue 1226, 2 May 1902, Page 4
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