NEWS AND NOTES.

Evening Post, Volume LXII, Issue 6, 6 July 1901, Page 13 (Supplement)

NEWS AND NOTES.

A man nomad Bauimvun has been sentenced to seven year*' imun&onmeut at Elueiiield, Ueimuuy, furiumng, lor mure than iiU yours sysiemauc&Uy curried oil the busliioss of enabling recruits for the Jii my to obtain exemption Hum compulgoiy gtrvico ou the ground ol physical Air. Keir Hardie, spwking in tho Hougo of Commons ou the subject of tito Kmg'g Civil List, avowed hiuuoJ a Uepubnean. The founders medal of the Royal Geographical Society is to go to Dr. Donaidnoii Smith, the American ii.\p.oier, in rocoguitton ot the vuiuablo contributions ho has made 4o our- know ledge ol the geography of tho central regions of Africa. Canada's memorial to the lato Queon will tuke tho form of a Victoria National Museum in Ottawa to coat 1,00U,0U0 dollars. Lisbon has been thrilled by the abduction of a youug artist by a Brazilian Couutess. Tho story goes that the Countess,' who ia of imperious nature, fell in lovo with the artist, who is. remark' able |or hi* good looks. The jidy wooed the youth, but ho proved cold. {Invitations to her house were scorned ; her arautory epistles were returned uuopeucd. At length the lady sent her servants into the streets, who kidnapped the young man, conveying him ia a carriago to the Countess's homo. A lady ol good family who happened to be in tho street nheu a riot recent.}' took place in St. Petersburg, and quietly looked on from tho pavement where ehe was standing, has been sentenced to two months' imprisonment for "idle curios* ity." ' The cost of the Philippine war has '4£on estimated at £40,00,000. , The makers of steel toikn, most of which go to the army, recently demanded (in advance of wages, being tho third in two years. The Government contractors ia Shellield represented to tho War Officer their difficulties of production, ow-. ing to the (Scarcity of labour and tho heavy demand on account of the war, and pressed the Department to accept a cheaper but dunw.e machino-made fork of an entirely new pattern. The war Office ha-ve vow adopted the new pattern, so that the contractors are quite independent of the men. A Jewish shopkeeper in Brooklyn, named Levenson, was (says the Jewish World) a member of a German benevoicnfc society, and entitled to burial at a cost of 200dols. in caso of death. When, therefore, he underwent dismemberment, he resolved to take partial advantage of his rights, and compelled the society to grant bis leg a child's funeral, costing Odols. The limb was accordingly embalmed and placed in a cbi.d's coffin, which was escorted to tho grave by a numerous and sympathetic throng 'of uioutners. Official rites, it is reported, were duly performed at the cemetery prior to and during tho interment. Tho latest difficulty which -confronts the Birmingham police is the lady book* maker. A fashionably-dressed, smart looking young woman was recently arrested for betting in the street, but she pleaded thut she only acted as a messenger, and that she was nob a confirmed bookmaker. King Viator Emmanuel has jutt paid a pretty compliment to his consort. Her Majesty's fair features, not those of tho Sovereign himself, are to figure on the new Italian coinage. The next great event in Italy will probably be the coronation, which will take place after the year of court mourning is concluded, and which will be attended by >U tho heirs-apparent of Europe. A curidus accident occurred recently in Ludwig ShafeW, Bavaria, to the Strosburg Express. Owing to the air-brakes failing to work,' the train dashed through the station wall, crossed the street, thirty yards .wide, ploughed through a freighttrain on the harbour siding, and went over an orabankment into the harbour. One woman was killed and several persons injured. The Wesleyan census taken throughout the British churches shows a total membership of 455,012, a considerable increase on the previous total. Last year 46,648 Finns passed through Hull on their way to the United States. In the previous year the number was 29,962. A very ancient and valuable bronze Chinese vase, measuring fourteen feel; in height, and woighing about five tons, has been brought to Odessa from TchindjanFoo. It is to fo to one of the museums in St. Petersburg, Perhaps tho most curiou* of the many relics of the campaign in South Africa which has yet reached England (says Lloyd's Newspaper) is that which has just been deposited in tho museum of the Rayal United Sorvico Institution in Whitehall, This is one of the familiar Queen's chocolate boxea, in the lid of which a bullet is embedded. The Royal gift was being carried at the time in the breast coat pocket of a colonial Boldier, who undoubtedly owes bis life to this fact. The Whitehall Review (London) has the following :— "As I stated shortly after the death of the Queen, I have tho best reason ' for thinking that little Prince Edward \>f York wiQ in time be created Prince of Wales. This means that there will be no change in the titles of the Duko of Cornwall and York. That the Duke and Duchess's second son will receive a title to commemorate his pnrents' visit to Australia is a certainty, and when the Duko and Duchess return from their mission this matter will be definitely settled." SHOULD WOMEN SMOKEt « From time to time mildly acrimonious discussions arise upon the question as to whether women should smoke or not. An authority, in knowing all the countries of the world, and many of the women therein, declares he sees no reason why women should not smoke. He «ayss "If we can find anything on this earth which will havo a sedative elfect upon women's nerves, for goodness sake let us have it. Surely, you men, who suffer from a woman's tongue, or ▼en in some pathetio oases from women's tongues — surely you should hail anything, ' ;>' vv which will calm those fM*ues. If they will smoke quietly by their own firesides, and if it will calm them, Well, let them smoke. Do you ask for anything better than peace?" This writer certainly asks nothing further than for quiet, and nis tone is that which calls to mind the answer of the erring nursemaid, who, when expostulated with by her mistress for letting the baby suck all the paint off*& red wooden cow, explained, "But it kep* 'im quiet, mum." The ladies of the Philippines (says Science Sif tings) have progressed far beyond the dainty cigarette; indeed, their cigars*, which measure some 161n, aro nob intended for an evening's pleasure or an after-dinner smoke. In the Philipi pines they prefer smoking on iiie instalment plan, for these huge rolls of tobacco, which measure 6in in circumference, constitute one week's pleasure for tho ladios of Luzon. To offset the, difficulty presented by the weight, the mouth end is filled with a soft iiore of tobacco, so that when the cigar is grasped firmly between the teeth so great an indentation i« made that for the remainder of the six days' smoke the huge cigar flte naturally to the mouth, and can oe held without any conscious effort.