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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XII, Issue 37, 2 January 1885, Page 19

The compliments of the season— colds, coughs, catarrhs— may be effectively dealt with by taking Ayer'a Cherrj PeGtoral. To neglect prompt treatment for these ailments is to risk consumption, which is said to cause one sixth of the mortality of all civilized countries. Jefferson Davis, in his flight after the collapse of the Confederacy, abandoned his horse a few miles from Macon and took to the woods. On the horse was a silver-mounted saddle, such as the heroes of fiction are wont to bestride. The saddle has been recovered after the lapse of nineteen years, and lately a Georgian sent it to Mr. Davis : ■ a present and a memento, . The Earl of Limerick has been carefully analyzing the effect of the proposed franchise and redistribution schemes in Ireland, and has given the results of his figuring to the public. His lordship's paper says that the proposed extension of the franchise would affect Ireland to an extent that has probably not been forseen even by the framers of the measure. He shows, by figures, which are apparently incontestable, that the voting population of Ireland, which he approximately states at 230,000, would be suddenly increased by 500,000, or by more than 200 per cent. His lordship adjures his Conservative colleagues to be very reluctant in giving their assent to the Achemt.