SHAKE UP IN METAPHORS

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 5429, 13 April 1907, Page 1

SHAKE UP IN METAPHORS

A minister said to his congregation 1 Brethren, the muddy pool of politics was the rock on which I split.' An orator is credited with a peroration in which he spoke of • all ranks, from the king sitting on his throne, to the cottager sitting on his cottage ! ' '' My client acted boldly,' said the lawyer. 'He saw the storm brewing in the distance, but he was not dismayed. He took the bull by the horns and had him indicted for perjury. A Hindu journalibt, commenting on a political disturbance, said, 'We cannot from a distance realise the intensity of the crisis, but itis a certain thing that many crowned heads are trembling in their shoes.'

An old negro woman, whose needs were supplied by friends, never failed to express her gratitude in original language, ' You is powerful good to a pore ole 'oman like me, wid one foot in de grabe an' de oder a-cryin' out " Lawd, how long, how long ? " '

The mother who has acquired the habit of keeping a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on hand saves herself a great amount of uneiainess and anxiety. Coughs, colds and croup, to which children are susceptible, are quickly cured by its use. It counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia, and if given as soon as the first symptom of croup appears it will prevent the attack. This remedy is free from all poisons, which makes it the mother's favorite everywhere. — For sale by H. Bowie and Arthur Bros.

A Guatemalan youth, aged 18, assassinated Barrillas, ex- President of Guatemala, in the House of Representatives in the city of Mexico.

Dr Sheldon's New Discovery Is a modern scientific remedy, not a " haa been "ofso or 100 years ago. For sale by E. A. Manning, chemist, Lawrence, anS W. AulJ and Son, Waitahuna

The British subscriptions to the Russian famine relief fund amount to ,£ 100,009, which, with M. Kokovstoffs grant, will meet the worst storms of distress, but two difficult months yet remain, and the Zemstvo organisation is in great straits. 'Some little time ago,' says Mr J. G Boyle, Kelmscott, W.A., 'I was suffering from a severe cough, which threatened to take a serious form. Hearing so much about Chamberlain's Cough Remedy I decided to give it a trial, and to my great satisfaction was completely cured by the time I had finished the first bottle. 1 For sale by H. Bowie and Arthur Bros. The powerhouse 01" the metropolitan street railway, New York, was burned to the ground The falling walls killed seven firemen. Dr Sheldon's New Discovery Is the most wonderful remedy ever discovered for the enre of Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. It will cure you when all others have failed. For sale by E A. Manning, chemist, Lawrence, and W. Auld and Son, Waitahuna

During the recent stocktaking at the Christchurch Public Library it was discovered that a considerable number ot volumes ( chiefly works of fiction) had been taken from the institution during ihe previous year. Afew days ago six of the missing books were surreptitiously returned and concealed on the shelves of the reference library. One of these works bore the suggestive title of • Stolen Souls.' A CHALLENGE

The London Dental Institute will give £500 to the Dunedin Hospital if it can be proved thattheirTHßEE GUINEA (upper or lower) sets do not contain the BEST TEETH IN THE WORLD. They invite the public to take any one of such sets to any Dentist in the Colony, an I they will give the above sum if the set does not contain the Best Teeth in the World — Londet Dental Institute, Princes-st., Dunedin