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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 18760, 26 December 1930, Page 11

The smoke of the day? V'hich Is it?—the before breakfast, after breakfast, after lunch, after dinner, or after supper pipe? Some chaps—but these are hard cases—wake up in the middle of the night for a smoke. Then “douse the glim,” and, like the sluggard, “slumber again.” But more important than “when” you smoke is “what” you smoke. The main thing is to steer clear of tobaccos over rich in nicotine. The poison plays the deuce and all with the heart, if not with the nerves. Dangerous stuff to monkey with!—yet the imported tobaccos are all more or less loaded with it! The world’s purest leaf is the New Zealand toasted. The toasting eliminates practically all the nicotine. You can smoke this beautiful tobacco from sun-up to sundown. It can’t hurt you. There are only four brands—Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish, and Cut Plug No. 10. All renowned for flavour and | aroma. But, like the most good things, they are imitated—the penalty they pay for their popularity!

It is an extraordinary fact that men buried in an avalanche of snow hear distinctly every word uttered by those who are seeking for them, while their most strenuous shouts fail to penetrate even a few feet of the snow. In celebration of his 60th birthday, Sir Harry lauder entertained about -JO guests at luncheon at Dunoon. On a huge birthday cake, decorated with 60 candles, w r as the inscription: “May you ‘Keep right on to the end of the road.’ ” On the menu card was a cartoon of Sir Harry, drawn by himself, and each card was autographed.

Last year’s Drink Bill in the Irish Free State increased by over a million pounds. The teeth were substituted in hearing for the ears in an invention exhibited by Dr Bedell, professor of physics at Cornell University (America). Listeners placed the pen-like points of long pieces of wood on a tiny metal disc which contained the mechanism of the invention. By biting the other end of the stick lightly the listeners could hear. Prof. Bedell perfected the device to enable the deaf to listen to “talkies” and the wireless.

Juniper Berries for Rheumatism.— Rheumatic tendencies can usually be traced to disordered kidneys. Keep the kidneys well by taking a nightly “tot” of J.D.K.Z. Gin, which is actually distilled with the berries of Italian Juniper, renowned for their medicinal virtues. Look xor the White Heart 1abe1....

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