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A CHINESE BILL OF FARE. ' Did yon ever see a Chinese bill of fare ? consists of an iuierminable list of dishes jvhich has been arranged by the author on leavy rice paper in the form of a card. The able is laden with such disheo as sharks' ins, fish soup, chicken soap, duck soup, ice, rice, rice, rice, and tea, tea, tea, tea and ea. Also the inevitable birds'-nest pudding, andles and cakes. One's appetite is almost taken away on entering a Chinese house at the time of a janquet from the effect of burning incense md herbs. The Chinese are extremely ralite. Champagne is a favourite drink vith them, and is always brought out when hey have an outside guest. This is what he Chinese Consul in London hsd for his "hristmas dinner:— Bow ha mai. (Boiled Prawns in Oil.) Chop Chop Sucy. (Bits of Pork Chops.) Ham ob Dan. (Preserved Eggs, with Ducks' Gizzards.) Ob Gau Bow Vo Toway. (Ducks' Livers and Boiled Ham.) Chow Ju Aw. (Boiled Pork, kidneyed.) ShowJuNGow. (RCttst Pork Tongues.) Bow N Giver, (Cuttle Fish.) Yen Wo-Gong. [Boiled Pigeon Eggs and Birds' Nest Soup.) _ Tea. I Bow Hai. . fi- (Boiled Crabs.) Bow Yu Chee. foiled Sharks' Fins.) Tea, Yuen Tsyal. (Rice Cakes.) Bob Oh. ,(Duck Tongue and Mushrooms.) Tea. Ju Tow N Gow. (Fried Roofs of the Mouth of Pigs.) Chow Ob Jun. (I'ucks' Feet.) T C 3 Chow Ga Pien. (Fried Chicken Wing.) Lein Chi Gong. (Lily Seed Soup.) Hong Gin Gong. (Almond Soup.) Dein Som. (Sweetmeats and Jellies.V Yeuh Bhing. (Mincemeat Cakes.) Gwoy Zoo, (Fruits.) Kwoh Zuh. (Seeds.) Cha Sam Loo. f?<W -md Rice Whisky.) Champagne Emma : ,k 'i rode in a tram-car half-an-ho'ii to-day before I got a seat." Amy:." That's too brul. It's <-.r.di ;i .-j„ fortune not to be good-lookiiuv Just a Cough This is its story: * ' At first, a slight cough. At last, a hemorrhage. At first, easy to cure. At last, extremely difficult. eherrx Pectoral Tea

quickly conquers your hack, ing cough. There is no doubt about the cure now. For over half a century Ayer's Cherry Pectoral has been curing colds and coughs and preventing consumption, Pat up In large and small battles. A cure is hastened by placing over the chest one of * Dr. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Plasters. Prepared by Or. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mui., U.S.*,

CHAS. E. HTTiT rjEBBEAL BLACKSMiTU, Next Fromm'a Buildings, INCLEWOSD. SHOEING AT LOWEST PBIOES FOR CASH. CHAINS, CHIMNEYS, STEEL WEDGES and all kinds of IT ABM IMPLEMENTS made on the shortest notice. Agent foi Andrews & Beaven's anu Booth, Hacdonald & Co.'s Implements and Machinery; also for all other makes of Im parted or Colonial Machinery. Discount for Cash on all orders for Machinery SHOEING 4 SPECIALITY.

TRADING STAMPS GIVEN ON AT,I CASH PURCHASES. SOLE BROS., TAEANAKI BUICHEKY. kiU only the PRIMKST OF MEAT grazed on the beat fattening {arms in the district, 38 GUAUTY ■ 7"". fc'S DEFY COMPETiTiSN CUSTOMERS WAIT Bit ON DAILY, <SOL3 AGENTS t. ANDREWS' WELL KaOWPT BACC JS THE BEST IK THE MARKET

1901. «s 21NEW ZEALAND POST OFFICE DIRECTORY WILL he issued early in January, 1001, with the latest and up-to-date information of every part of the whole colony, htddf-mely bound, at the very low piice of 21" for 2QOO large-sized PAGES of Directory matter, printed and bound in flew Zealand, forming the Cheapest Directory ever issued out of Britain, and by far the largest printing and binding undertaking prer done in any of the Australasian Colonies, and equalling in compilation the •largest Directories in Britain. WISB'S DIRECTORIES—Offices, Danedin ad Christchurch, and at Sydney, Brisbane, Uobart, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth, where Wise's Directories for each of these coloi.N we issued at tUeir res effiQea

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 194, 8 September 1900, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 194, 8 September 1900, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXII, Issue 194, 8 September 1900, Page 4

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