MISCELLANEOUS.

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1513, 6 March 1885, Page 3

MISCELLANEOUS.

A : i < 7. hn firm in Chicago hanl'^s a».otit 10 : 000 old hats a month. They i>ny th(*m of the jnnct dealers aud ragmen, and pay oneortwo centsa piece for them. Two ct-nts is the highest price; they then ship them- to N*-w York, where they ar** soid to hat factories, which pay eight and ten cents each for sound hats. The blvera wash, press, and block them, and they come back worth 4do! each.

The Duke of Cumberland has cominto another goodly fortine, in a •singularly unexpected manner. TieDuke of Brunswick left to him a villa at Heitziug, with all its contents, and on opening a certain iron safe on the premises, coins, notes and stock were found to the value of £100,000.

Luminous key hole triovnings an 1 door kno v H are said to !>e in great favor with the bibulous-inclined persons, and convenient for others. They are made of glass, and the l>ack is covered with luminous paint, giving forth a light which may bf: seen a considerable distance, on the darkest nights.

The Journal of Education prints the following samples ol' examination blunders. — I.Whit are tiie mineral products of Australia ? Tinned m-ats. 2. Whai is tin* feminine of cock robin. Give similar jns'au'-es of gender in English.— Jenny, W'*en ; mare, mares*-; church, chapel. 3. A boy of eleven, on entering a middle class .school was told to wiite out the Lord's Prayer. He lie_:an, '• Our Father, witch art in even, Harold be thy name" and turuins to the master, who was looking over his shoulder, remarked with a v elf satisfied air, "That's my name too. ' I, Francis Bacon was a biack friar, who invented gunpowder aud the new orgin. He was imprisoned in Jane's reiirn for the _,nnpo>vder plot, where he wrote his celebrated essays. He *as a very learned man and wrote a book about the Carole.

the patient fear* he may have heart disease. I'owa'-d* the last the patient is unable to retain any food whatever, as the opening in the intes-

tines becomes close, or nearly so. Although this disease is indeed alarming, sufferers with the above-named symp'oms should not fel nervous, for nine hundred and ninty-nine cases out of a thousand have no cancer, bur •imply dyspepsia, a disease easily removed if treated in a proper mann-.-r. The safest and best remedy for the diabase is Seigel's Curative Syr up, a vegetable preparation sold by all <-he ni-fj and medicine vendors throughout the wurlH, and by tbe proprietors, A. J. White (Limited), 17, Farrmgdon road, London, E 0., or tie wunlp-»ile tg.-n-B, "Ke-iipthorne, Pro*s>-r & Co.'s New Zealand Drug Co. (Limited), Dunedin, Christchurch. Wellington, and Auckland. This Syrup strikes at the very foundation of tbe disease, and drives it, root and branch, out of 'he system. St. Mary -street, Peterborough, November 29tli : 18SI. Sir, It gives me great pleasure to i.iforai you o-"the beneßt I have receive! from Seigel*s Syrup. I have been troubled for yars with dyspepsia ; but af'er a few doses of the Syrup 1 lound relief, and after taking two bottles oi it I feel quite cured. I am Sir Yours t'tily, Mr. A. J. White. Willian Brent. September Bth, 1883. Dear Sir, — I find ibe sale of Seigel's Syrup steadily increasing. All who hare tried < speak very highly of its medicinal virtues : one customer describes it has a " Godsend *o dyspeptic people." I always recommend it with confidence* Faithfully yours, (Signed) Vicent A. Wills, CtaemisNdenlist, Merthyr Tydfil. To Mr. A.J.White Seigel's Operating Pills are the best family physic thut has ever been di-corered. They cleanse tbe bowels lrom all irritating substances, and leave them in a healthy condition. They cure costiveness. Preston, Sept. 21st, 1883. My Detr Sir,— Tour Syrup and Pills are still very popular with my customers, many saying they are tbe best family medicines possible. The other day a customer came for two bottles of Syrup and said " Mother Seig'bad saved the life of his wife, and be add , "one of tbe bottles I am sending filteen mi • s sway to a friend who is very ill. 1 hay much faitb in it." The sale keeps up wonderfully, in fact, one would tancy almost tbat the people were beginning to breakfast, dine, and sup on Mother Seigel's Syrup the demand is so constant and the satisfaction so great- ' I am, dear Sir, yours faithfully, (Signed) W Bowker. To A. J. White, EsqSpanish Town, Jamaica, West Indies, Oct. 2t, 1882. Dear Sir, — I -vrite to inform you that I have derived great benefit from *' Seigeis Syrup." For some years I have suffered from liver complaint with its many and varied concomitant cvil 8f so that my life was a perpetu il misery. Twelye month-* ago I was ind_«-ed to try Seigl's Syruu. and although rather sceptical. I determined to give it at least fair trial. In two or three days I felt co i •dderably better, and now at the end of twelve months (having continued taking it) 1 am glid o say that I am » different being altogethe It i s snid of certain pens that they •' come as a boon and a ble>sing to men " and I have no reason to dou t the truthfulness of the statement. I can tru'y «"»?» however, thut Seigel's Syrup has come as a " boon and a blessm_ " to me. I have recommend it to several fellow-suffe-er-i from this distressing complaint, and their t.stimonv is quite in accordance with my own. Gratitude for the benefit I have deriv J from the excellent preparation, prompts me io furnish you with lhis unsolicited testimoniallam,dear Sir, Yours erer gratefully, (Signed) C"ej B. Berry, A. J. "White, Esq. Baptist Missionary. HensiDgham, Whitehaven, Oct li,

£882Mr. A- J • White.— Dear Sir,— l was f*-r tome time afflicted witb niles, and w m ad-ised to give Mother Seigel's 4fvrupatr.il, which I did- lam now happy to state that it has restored me to complete health — I remain, yours respectfully, (Signed) John H. Lightfoot.