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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XIV, Issue 4897, 24 June 1887, Page 3

A Mr 3 Pavkinson, formerly a resident of Opotiki, writes to an Auckland paper, through the Rev. Mr Gow, asserting she has been cured of cancer, through the sedulous use of the following prescriptions, and there had been no signs of the return of this fearful disease : — " Cancer cure — 2oz of sulphur, quicksilver, loz of cream of tartar, ioz saltpetre. Put into a half pint of molasses stir ; take a tablespoon before going to bed. For outside application — one bottle of British oil, loz of red precipitate. The sulphur and quick■ilver must be mixed for p. long time in » druggists mortar, and then the other ingredients added. I wish she add 3 that this should be published in every paper in the land, and that in after years I could have the satisfaction of knowing that many hare been saved from a horrible suffering and death by its use, and that it may be regarded as a reliable specific " At a meeting in Victoria to consider the question of establishing a Queen's Fund. The Mayor, Patrick Hunt, said that aa an Irishman he would not support the fund, inasmuch as the English Government were persistently harra3sing the people of Ireland, and therefore he would take no part in anything connected with the Queen. On an interject ion being made that no blame can be attached to the Queen, Hunt remarked that as the Queen was head of the realm, she wai to blame, for '* if she only expressed a wish, this _ Coercion Bill would be withdrawn. '

New Zealand is soon to be the possessor Kit a perfume farm. Mr Girling-Butcher, Who is a specialist in such matters, has made arrangements with Mr John Brooks, of Churchill, Waikato, to start a farm of the kind mentioned on Mr Brooks' estate. Mr Girling-Butcher is confident that success will crown his efforts, as ho believes the climate ia suitable for the production of the required blooms, for which he can find an unlimited market.

•'Money, my dear young friend, " said an elderly adviser, " doesn't alone bring happiness in this world. " "I know it doesn't, sir", responded the young man frankly ;it only brings terrapin, and •mall botlles, and trips to Europe, and canvasbacks, and lying-a-bed late in the mornings, and taking tailor made girls to the opera nights, and all that sort of grief aud misery. Give me a contended mind and, say, 20,000 dollars a-year and somebody else can have the money, " he concluded with fine scorn.

The Rev. H. C. George, the Wesleyan minister at Cradock, South Australia, delivered a sermon 011 a recent Sunday. He was unable to go to Wilson to preach, on account of inclement weather. He therefore gave thestationmasterat Wilson his sermon from Cradock by telephone. The line worked splendidly, tho sermon was heard distinctly as if it had boen delivered from the pulpit.

A Sydney paper of the 7th inst says:— The Central Committee of the Bulli Relief Fund havo up to date received £27,313. Seven sufferers havo been added to the list since the disaster in the shape of newly born children.

The Sydney aulhorities are carefully inquiring into Ihe private bar system, in connection with which glaring evils are stated to exist. It is asserted that all the barn of some publichouses are sub-let by the licensee to private persons, and (hat not a drop of liquor is sold by the holder of the license.

Grey is the fashionable color of the hour, Nearly all the best dresses are made in it,

Severo classical attire is the latest fancy among Parisian fashionables anxious for novelty. Several aristocratic beauties aro having their portraits taken in proper Roman costume, even to hosfcins on their feet, and their hair arranged " <>■ la. Titus "

The new Maxim guns tires <>00 bullets per minute, covers a front of 200 yards and one man can handle and direct it as eaeily Man Italian plays the hand-organ. The next war will be full of bußinesa.

A prodigious caculafcion has been mado by a German arithmetician, who has shown the aggregate number of combinations in the name of dominoes to be 284,521,251,840. Two players, playing four gamos a minute, would exhaust these combinations in 11,8000,000 years. A Havard professor has ma<lo the calculaiion that if men were really as big as they sometimes feel, there would be room in tho United States for only two professors, three lawyers, two doctors and a reporter on a Philadelphia paper. The rest of us would be crowded into the sea and have toßwimfor it.

Coaches are running Jubilee excursions from Napier to Tarawera at cheap fares. Many are peculiar in choosing their mode of pleasure, but we imagine most people would prefer to do their coaching excursions in summer weather.

Two shareholders of an Adelaide bank have sent a letter to the liquidators, demanding that action be taken against the late directors to compel them to refund the lossts caused by tlicir representation and concealment of the affairs of tho bank from the share holders.

Voluntary immigration has creatd in theAuatralJancoritinentan English-speak-ing community of 4,000,000, and probably the number may be doubled within 10 or 12 years.

The starting of a serial in Christchurch is contemplated for the propogation of faith-healing principles. Apples are now conveyed from Australia to London for(>d per case. From T;\panui to Dunedin (saya the Tapanui Courier) the rate is 2s.

The Duke of Westminster has promised to give during the remainder of his life £1000 a year fur the building of new churches. He is now CO years old.

Holloway's Pills — Sudden changes, frequent fogs, and perverting dampness sorely impede the vital functions, and conduce to ill-health. The remedy for such disorders lies in some purifying medicine, like these Pills, which is competent to grapple successfully with the mischief at its source, and stamp it out, without fretting the nerves, or weakening the system. Holloway'B Pills extract from the blood all noxious matter, regulate the action of every disordered organ stimulate the liver and kidneys, and relax the bowels. In curing cheat complaint 3 these Pills are remarkably effective, espeoially when aided by a free local application of the Ointment. This double treatment will ensure a certain, steady and beneficient progress, and sound health will soon be reestablished.

The demand for the American remedy Hop Bitters, in this part of t^e couutry has become so great that the Hop Bitterg Co. , whose headquarters are at Rochester, New York, U. S. A. , have been compelled to open a laboratory in Melbourne. It is iv charge of Mr. M. H. Van Burgh, a gentleman of se»eral years experience with this company and the trade may be assured of receiving goods equal to the parent house, aud the most courteous treatment. The H. B. Co. have establishmeuts at London, Paiis, Antwerp, Belgium, Breda, Holland and Toronto, anil their American Bitters are probably the best known medicine in the world.

WELLS HAIR BALSAM.— If grey, restores to original color. An elegant dressing, softens and beautifies. No oil or grease. A tonic restorative. Stops hair coming out ; strengthens, cleanses, heals soalp.

SKINNY MEN.— Wells' Health Renewer restores health and vigor, cures dyspepsia, impotence, sexual debility. At chemists' iind druggists . Kempthorne Prosser, and Co , ajfpnts, Auckland

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