The Press., 1896-12-17
African superstitiOna

In South Africa and my black com' panious had once to sit down and wait 9% hours at place on fairly open forest path, because across it, in front of us, about that time in the afternoon, the ghost of spear flew, and touch from it was necessarily fatal, And there is a spring know of ill the Kakongo district, where, when you go to fill your pitcher, you see very handsome pitch. CT standing ready filled. Many lady, seeing no one about to whom the pitch CT belongs, has picked this up and left her own, but as soon as she got it with in sight of the village it crumbles into earth and the water is spilled on tue ground. On returning for her own dis oarded one, it is always found broken. -Cornhill Magazine.
 How TO PREVENT PNEUMoNIA.-Atth this time of the year a cold is very easily con- tractpd, and if left to run it's course with out the aid of some reliable cough medi- cine is liable to result in that dread dis ease. pneumonia. We know of no better remedy to cure a cough or cold than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. We have used it quite extensively and it has always given entire satisfaction.-O Olagah, Ind. Ter. Chief.
 This is the only remedy that is known to be certain preventive of pneumonia. Among the thousands who have used it for colds and la grippe, we have never yet learned of single case having resulted in pneumonia. Persons who have weak lungs or have reason to fear an attack of pneumonia. should Feep the remedy at hand The % and 50 cent sizes for sale by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
 A certain rector ln a Suffolk village, who was disliked ill the parish, had a ourate who was very popular, and, on his leaving, was presented with testi- monial. This excited the envy and wrath of the rector, and, meeting with an old lady one day, he said
 ''I am surprised, Mrs. Bloom, that you should have subscribed to this testi- mOnial.
 "Why, sir," said the old lady, Eff you'd bin a-goin, I'd lave subscribed oubleI"-London Tit-Bits,
 Don't be persuaded into buying lini- mente without reputation or merit Chamberlain's Pain Balm costs no more, and it's merits have been proven by test of many years. Such letters as the fol- lowing, from L. c. Bagley, Hueneme, Cal. are constantly being received: "The best remedy for pain ever used is Cham berlain's Pain Balm, and l say so after having used it in my family for several years" It cures rheumatism, lame back, sprains and swellings. For sale by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G. L. Phillips, South Coventry.
 RObbing Peter.
 "Robbing Peter to pay Paul' is said to have originated in an act of the church government of England in 1850. At that date, the Cathedral of St. Paul in London being out of repair and no funds available, a portion of the income of Westminster, which was consecrated to St. Peter, was diverted to the repair of St. Paul's.
 After hearing some friends continually praising Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, Curtis Fleck, of Ana helm, California, purchased bottle of 1t for his own use and is now as enthusiastic over it's wonderful work as anyone can be-. The 9 and 50 cent sizes for sale by w.. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G. L. Phil lips, South Coventry.
 The Good and Beautiful.
 To see the good and the beautiful and to have no strength to live it is only to be Moses on the mountain of Nebo, with the land at your feet and no power to enter. It would be better not to see it. Olive Schreiner.
 Mir. c. M. Dixon, @ we'll known mer- chant of Pleasant Ridge, Fulton Co.,, Pa, has little girl who is frequently threat ened with croup, but when the first symp- toms appear, his wife gives her Chamber iain's Cough Remedy, which always af- lords prompt relief. The 25 and 50 cent sizes for Sale by w. w. Lathrop, Stafford Springs; G. L. Philips, South Coventry.
 The Nose.
 The nose is intended for breathing, the mouth for speaking and eating. Who has ever seen a horse breathing other wise than throug h his nOstrils? Minute scientific investigation has revealed the fact that the number of people who breathe through their nostrils are be- coming gradually but surely fewer in number. The consequence is that the nostrils decrease in size, while it has been found that the prevailing nose is quite an inferior organ to that of our forefathers.
 Doctors at the present time are fre- quently asked to operate on noses and to enlarge them. Their owners have found that they do not fulfill their funo- tions as we'll as they used to. It is be- ginning to be feared by scientific people that if matters grow much worse we shall Jose the use of our nasal organs entirely.
 It is well known physiological fact that unused muscles and bones gradual ly disappear. Fish who live in the dark, for instance, or the mole, who re- sides underground, become blind Thus, if we cease to use our noses for breath ing, they will cease to exist. They will become superfuous -Pearson's s Weekly.