"Well, My Son,"

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7032, 10 December 1890, Page 4

"Well, My Son,"

said a father to his ten-year-old boy, " what have you done to-day that may be considered a good deed ?" " I gave a boy sixpence," replied the young hopeful. "Well, and what did you give him sixpence for ? Was he an orphan, and poor and hungry, or what was it?" "I did not ask him," replied the boy; "I gave him sixpence for thrashing another boy who upset my dinner-basket, and I think, from the appearance which the latter presented after the boy to whom I gave the sixpence had finished with him, that the sixpence was well earned." From the latest advices it was learned that the boy who received the thrashing was taken to the nearest chemist's Bhop, and there thoroughly rubbed with St Jacob's oil by the wise chemist, who knew that "St Jacob's oil conquers pain." The boy haß been made well, but takes good care not to interfere with the dinner baskets of other boys. St Jacob's oil is used by all classes of people for general aches and pains. It conquers pain. It penetrates to the seat of the disease. There is no remedy like it. St Jacob's oil is peculiar to itself. It is made from drugs which no other remedies are made from. They are gathered from the four quarters of the globe, and are made after the moat scientific principles. St Jacob's oil iB an outward application. Its cost is trifling, but to the sufferer a bottle of it is worth its weight in gold. PRACTICAL ADVICE.The Waterbury will keep Greenwich Christchurch, Mean, Sidereal or any other species of time, except bad time. In this respect its morals are incorruptible. The old and threadbare story of George Washington (deceased) and the apple tree has long since ceased to become synonymous for truth and unswerving accuracy. Now, if a fond and respectable father wants to give his son a lecture, he should simply say : " Tell the truth like the Waterbury, Johnny, and then nobody will I ever doubt you." This piece of advice, with a Waterbury thrown in, costs you respectively thirteen and sixpence, or one pound — according to whether the Waterbury thrown in is one of the old favourites, series E ; or one of the new Wonders, series J (geDt's size), or L (ladies' size). See it ! Perhaps it is not generally known the Waterbury beats 255 times to the minute, j 15,300 times to the hour, 367,200 times to i the day, 134,028,000 to the year. Just think of it ! Now, is it any wonder that thorough-going watahmakera say that in order for a watch to keep good time, it should be cleaned and oiled once a year at least? And what machinery is there that goes constantly, making 367,200 motions a day, that will run for a month without cleaning and oiling, except a man's faithful friend, his watch ? j