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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5861, 1 May 1897, Page 3

Drunkenness is not a sin, simply an excess of eoviviality. Says a thirsty philo- • sopher, "Nothing lilce a good skinful o£ whisky for a bad cold." Don't you be-' lieve it, my friends. Take that unfailing remedy, Wood's Great Peppermint Core. What price? One and six, please;— [Advt.] Wood* are sadly lacking in the Isle of Man as a whole. Thiß deficiency io, however, about to-be remedied, the Legislative; Council having jußt passed the first reading of a Bill for the gradual reafforestation of Manxland at public eftpense. Owing to the enormous and ever-growing influx of holiday visitors from Lancashire and Yorkshire, the insular revenue grows almost •very year, and it can therefore well afford the outlay for beautifying the island by tree-planting. Objection is taken, however, on the ground that, although it Would" be legitimate to spend public money with! a view to profit on the sale of treeß, its outlay merely for ornametttation^voulcl J)<> reprehensible. »