HERE AND THERE.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2041, 24 August 1906, Page 8

HERE AND THERE.

A young Paris dressmaker named Juliette Graneche fired five shots at a friend of hers, Mine. Lheritean, a clairvoyant, after having accused her of having attempted to injure her by sorcery. The two women had been very intimate, and had studied spiritualism together. Mme. Lheriteau had shown her pupils how to bring misfortune upon an enemy. She burnt a small piece of wax in the shape of a heart, to represent the soul of the person in question, in the flame of a candle, at the same time muttering incantations. She then blew out the flame of the candle, and from that moment the bewitched person would never know a moment's peace. Mile. Graneche had suffered a number of misfortunes during the previous fortnight, and imagined that her friend had cast the spell over her. She accused Mme. Lheriteau to her face, and after a violent quarrel, shot her, wounding her seriously. The committee of cardinals appointed to consider the question of the finances of the Vatican, which are not in a very satisfactory condition, have proposed a universal annual tax of Id a head. It is estimated that the tax would bring in from £1,000,000 to £1,200,000. The longest bridge in the world is the Lion Bridge, near Saogang, in China. It extends five and a quarter miles over an arm of the Yellow Sea, and is supported by 300 huge stone arches. The roadway is 70ft above the water, and is enclosed in an iron network. ROAD TO RUIN. . Begins when constipation and biliousness fasten themßelves on you and drag down your health. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets cure these disorders, and successfully build up your strength and health. For sale by G. W. Hutchins, Chemist, Balclutha. The latest New York society fad is "hymn teas." The smartest girls in the so-called "Four Hundred" now meet twice a week ut the new St. Regis Hotel at tea time. The magnificent empire room, which is said to be the most expensive apartment of its kind in the world, is reserved for them, and admission is by invitation only. The "guests" wear the most elaborate costumes. While tea is being served they sing hymns, which are chosen by ballot. Then one of the girls closes the session with prayer. When the tea drinkers leave the hotel they are greeted i> ■ y by a large ;ind enthusiastic crowd. 'No men are admitted 'to the "hymn teas." The average attendance is about 300. WHAT A WELL-KNOWN CHEMIST HAS TO SAY OF DR. SHELDON'S NEW DISCOVERY. April 27th, 1904. Sheldon Drug Co., 15 O'Connell Street, Sydney, N.S.W Dear Sirs,— Last week I took home a bottle of Dr. Sheldon's New Discovery for Coughs, Colds, and Consumption. I obtained this for my two boys aged sqven and four years. The elder lad had a nasty, troublesome cough and cold; the other a bad cold, and a cough just beginning to trouble him. They each took your cough medicine, which, by the way, they liked immensely, and in two days the cough and cold of the younger boy had entirely disappeared, having been cut short in good time, and at the end of the third day the elder boy was absolutely cured. Being a chemist for seventeen years, 1 am naturally somewhat antagonistic to proprietary and patent medicines, but in this instance I must recognise aind acknowledge the efficiency and merit of your excellent preparation, and give credit where credit is due. 1 was greatly pleased with the marvellous and striking curative and soothing properties of your admirable remedy, and I will add from a pharmaceutical standpoint, is splendidly compounded.—Yours Faithfully, CHARLES A. FINCH, Ph. C„ M.P.S., Etc. Kuranda, Boyce Street, Glebe Point, Sydney, N.S.W. For sale by Import Coy., Balclutha, and Jas. Mcintosh, Clinton.

The notorious Italian brigand Fallon, for whose capture a reward of £SOO was offered, has been taken prisoner. He was discovered hiding in the house of a cousin at Padua, but gave the gendarmes sent to arrest him the slip as they surrounded the house. In his flight, however, ho ran into the arms of a score of soldiers, who, seeing him flourishing an eighlehambered revolver, hemmed him in. Quick as thought he lired four shots, wounding four soldiers, and got away again. The gendarmes continued the pursuit, and one of them, fleeter than the rest, was on the point of overtaking the fugitive when Faltori shot him dead. 'J 1 wo other gendarmes who were following closely were gravely wounded. The brigand then attempted to enter the house, £Uid when the owner barred the passage, killed him with the only remaining shot in his revolver. Up till this time Faltori had been favoured with most extraordinary luck, for, though he had been repeatedly fired at by his pursuers, none of the shots had taken effect. As a last desperate resort, he leaped the parapet of a bridge spanning the Rac.chiglione into the river, and was then captured. The crowd tried to lynch him. and, before the prison was reached, one of his eyes was torn out.

The Duchess of Villandra, a woman of English birth, who married a natural son of Napoleon 111., has been sent to prison for six months from the Seine Assizes. She had swindled •several jewellers and dressmakers in the Rue do la I'aix by presenting notes payable by her second husband, Mi' S. S. Williams, from whom she was divorced. .She stated that at one time she had an allowance of £6OO a year from this husband, but that the deed had been cancelled when they separated. NEVER KNOWN TO PAIL. Mr G. 8. Fitzwalter, Charleville, Queensland, writes " I have much pleasure in testifying to the excellent qualities of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy, having on several occasions experienced most beneficial results. Have also recommended it to many people suffering from bowel complaints, diarrhoea, dysentery, etc., and have never known it to fail. For I sale by G. W. Hutchins, Chemist, Balclutha. Workmen who were excavating in Bank street, Sheffield, in connection with the alteration of a restaurant into shops, came upon an iron chest, beneath which they found a £5 note. Inside the lid of the chest was a remarkable picture of a miser counting his gold. The site was once occupied by a banking iirm, and the chest was found in what evidently had been a strong room. The picture is believed to be of value, but, strangely enough, the workmen could not re-open the chest, which they had closed when moving it. A locksmith was sent for, but he, 100, was unsuccessful. The bank note is dated 1810. ARE YOU COUGHING YET ? It is unwise to let your cough rim on, for this frequent coughing naturally increases the irritation of the bronchial passages. You are wondering what to take. Suppose you try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy this time. It has relieved others, and will relieve you. Pleasant to take—soothing and healing. For sale by G. W. Hutchins, Chemist, Balclutha. A device to minimise the risk of collision at sea was recently invented and patented by Mr C. llulsrneyer, an engineer, of Dussoldorf, Germany. The appaiatus utilises Hertzian waves, such as are used in wireless telegraphy, and it can be installed on railway trains as well as 011 ships. It combines a sending and a receiving apparatus. The electric waves, striking a distant metallic object—such as a ship—are reflected back to the receiver, there operating to signal the approach of the said object, as well as to indicate, by special mechanism, its direction and distance. A LIFE SAVER. The Federal Government compels all vessels to carry Mfe-saving apparatus, but it is love for their children that causes parents always to have Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at hand to give their little ones when attacked with croup. Mr W. A. Pcake, Mount Barker, South Australia was prepared. Says he "T have always considered Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the best cough mixture in the market, and after my recent experience am prepared to say it has no equal. I firmly believe that by timely use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, we saved the life of our child when attacked with croup." For sale by. G. W. Hutchins, Chemist, Balclutha.