NEWS IN BRIEF.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 175, 18 April 1908, Page 10

NEWS IN BRIEF.

.-At-.a ■ ball,-sn. Cleveland '.(Ohio) the l guests came drtfcsfcd as ballroom represented a children's play-room. ~ - '..Earl :Carringi;on, British Minister. of, Agriculture;: has booa ..urged;to. .institute, an. annual" nfttioiial " arboV *da'X>' . wben> puttie bodies ' and school. children-may.' take part in tree planting., ' X .--J>

-One ,o^the-licenses referiwtoithe compel i satioiv authority by: tho Wandsworth Ili'cehß-« irig Justices I was . that, of the; Sit-Vjeffeiry.- . Duiistaii ) . Slirtnierstowri, . .S.W., i , which 1 .; waa ■ patronised ,by Queeii Ajuw.'< . .v,- u ; ■"'■Dr.DisbUrg; a a Parisphysician;: hdsv-m- . vented ;.a-' euro ■ far , nail-biting '-ih. childten. .K consists :qf. a ..bit which r£teyents' ; the ja\v« ■'. closing!' and the' invchtor- suggests ' that - it.; might; be l , used .'-withH advantage' by -: many adults.' " • ; .j'- 1 -.;' .Maryj l,was'very slu-p'rised ■' to John waJk' but iu a the middle)of-' the . , 'opo mv. : ppor .'usbatid, ' 'E's . a ' torrililo'.'oiie" for '■ iii ' : .'is.' r ".'6le6p."^..' " ' , ' . ..'A nfew ,disease;'caJled ;" spt>rothricosis '!■ has . be.eii irbp'orted to,the Paris. Academy,of MediT.. cmo. .it is' duoi to .a ihici-obb-'whiclj' attacks . tho .month and .throat, and iis attributed, to . featilVg,;ra\v,,salad;. or.'., insufficiently ; , washed. •. ' . Tho momentous question . whether/legisla- '! tors siipßid,or. .should , not .eat popfcorn durr V ing.' sittings. of; ' tho. Houso was gravely- do; fir - two- hours'-by. tho State Legislature j ..of - Oklahyitla;:. ; Airesolution /TOtoing ■ thb, prac-> ■ : tico was .rejected.)' ; — T ■■■ v ■;;. The jjai'd an 'recently fe''a.*iteßti}ig'. ot Society : at Tho Prinoo is . an ■ enthusiastic fend' jx)ssosses onp . vof' thb J most 'ioitipletg and "valuable -' collec- : tidris' of .'fbrM^ K wS^pSJ;in' T?brld; '/.y.,.... able,'. an aniateur'.;boxing., :; t<<uniament.',- r . iliargo g'eves, wit-li which:-a :i " knOok-iopt\\^'nld,;:liayo.-_been... wnile a, hard blow was tp count': against tlio hitter. : >'• " Would it !lOt '-bQ\pbSsi_ble^" ,3 asks the . ;''.Country-Sido,"" "..to- fohn* wildbrnesses;:of . undergrowth in Hydo'iParkland the other phl'k6i , aiid so, pferiiajjsVVtb;'m'duc6 T ';so.m'e .pf • the. warblbrs',tb' jLiJiidcli one's feelings at hearing-a 'nightmgaje burst • into-song in Kensingtot'GardenS!''V . Mrs.' ■ Despard I prosided^bv^r tf > .meeting {at'. Caxtoii' .'Hall 'to; welcomd the. this' Women's Freedom, teogup le4sed from' -i seiited, t-o; chch of 'the a badge of hontiur -iii the fovnv 'ft.F ,a , nietal : brOoch.. bearing a:: l-eprddtiction. \jf•'tho..ljiain. entrance to HbHdwiiy Gaol. "^i. ; - .A tug-'of-#af tbok . '• af^.''a :; r^nt"!'in4ts , ~ arice' betiVeeh a: 'tehiri of fiV6 cllwiis guis i 'I'cai3i1'cai3i tAin-ed by iliss Meredith.JTerectrOj, thoipartof Lord Hugo '.in the pantomiihcM arid 'olio' bf.'flye ballot, girls, Afiss'Agffefij ; . Fritsiir, Itobin [Hood. te4m woh.by 'two, pulls.,to;bno.,V.' : ." ' \ V;': A '.mail', who presented himself ,-at 'one of ' the New York ■ hospitals,- and requested he: should be. given a sufficiently large dosa of chloroform tb ensure hiiii a! SpCfldy. death,' Explained that hp had attnihed ,tho. nge! of forty,, and was a believer ill the thooi^v -of. Dr.;Oslef .tliat Jon i'eachllig that ago a .man was- of-lio'.further use ill' tho world..

■\Vh6n,,,tho ; Kingston; Coimtjv taagistriite. took their t seats recently, it' was "seen :■ that tliero .tfcfro. thirteen oh the bench: One -of them hhmgdiatelyv rose and left, hut as lie\Vcnt, out -another magistrate arrived, .bring-' iiig fclic number, up to, thirteen again. riTlw moment the liewcomor. sat ■ down a'-second magistrate hurriedly left his seat".- ...! : ■ • .Lecturing fcefw > tlie-vßoyal Photaijtviphic • Society,.Mr. I<\..Martin Duncan", said '• tho "dfeabh's head .niotli was ,(jlio 'only largo insert 'which, bets.would admit- into"tlveir hives.* As;• soon >s the moth, was ablo : to fly it went straight ,to the and •.was found next morning inttixicatcd - and 'mumbling stupidl, tho centro of an.admiring crowd of .bcos. Mr: Sidney H. Godfrey, a native bf Ottory St. Mary, Devonshire, has won: tho 'world's eh nmntonship cup for fast shorthand writing for the scctihd time, ' the competition this year, beiiig held at tho" Olympic-Business Show." LaSt year Mh Godirev wou'tho run \ntlv 200 words: a minute, and this A'dai-his speed was 220 words pt>i". minute for fire minutes with transcript.