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Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3531, 22 January 1886, Page 2

A Poseu. — The following good election story is told by the London corri'spyndenl- of the Dunediii Mar: — At one of his mediums air Shaw Lefevrc was tackled by a burly Reading tradesman, who, rising from a st-'iit I on the platform, said: "Now, bir, will you promise me to answer a plniu qucsliou 1 desire to put yon, witliout evasion or eircunilociilii>n- -just a ' Yes,' or a ' No/ " Sni iing danger, the candidate thought a minute ; then turning to his interlocutor, replied willi eng.iging frankness : " Certainly, sir ; if i;i tlie first instance you will answer ma. a question on the same term?, \h.., by replying just 'Yes' cr 'No,' nothing m.-iro." "1 will," declai'ed the trades jinn. "Very well, then," said Mr Lefevre, " J{,n-e you 'itfl off picking pockeh ?" For an instant there was an awful silenco m the hull. Then the poir.t of the question and the unhappy tradesman 1 !) ijiuindarr began to dawn on the intelligence of tho crowd, nnd it fairly shouted, with laughter. Kcedlesa to say tho trapped querist eat down m silence. Scott's Kmulsion of Puvo Cod Liver Oil with Ifypopho?phites v especially adapted to all conditions where the tissues are wasting nwny from inability to digest and assimilate ordinary food. Tho combined virtues of the Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites produce a marked effect m such cases. — They restore the wasted tissues, crcalo an appetite, ma!;« new blood, heal tho inflammation of the throat and lunga and increase the flesh. In short they form the finest combined food and medicine that can be given the invalid. — [Ann.] '2 Tjii; Lli'H ov A* M.P.— An M.P., deploring the evil effects of London habits on tho health said Hint were it not for tho American Co.'s Hop Bitters, he could not live through with the irregular hours ho was forced lp keep. Sri.l liv :" As soon as I feel