Something of Everything.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2122, 22 February 1908, Page 1 (Supplement)

Something of Everything.

A Frenchman can secure a divorce i’roiii liis wife if sho goes on the stage witliou: his consent.

Three hundred pounds has been .awarded to the dependants of an English farm laborer who died from sunstroke in the hay field. The Judge awarded the compensation on the ground tint sunstroke is a risk inci-

The London "eleetrobuses,” thirty of which have been put on the streets, are illuminated with great brilliancy inside and outside. It is to be hoped they will be able to find their way in the fog.

More troftble l'pr the muck-bunted whale. It. lias been discovered that the skin of the whale cam be tanned into an excellent leather, for use for covering automobile seats and other furniture. An average whale skin is said to spread out to an area of 1500 square feet.

A German writer declares that thirty veiirs hence paper will have reach eu such a price that newspapers will have to be greatly reduced in size, and the sixpenny novel will haveen tircly disappeared. Those who own vacant plots of land should plant trees they will become highly valuable for pulp in the sweet by and by. According to ancient custom, winter was .proclaimed by the town crier at Colchester after the stroke of midnight on the last day of November, as follows: “The trees are bare, tho birds are mute, A pot and toast would very well suit.” A "vocal artist who has led the singing in a Scots kirk for fifty years has been presented with an easy chair to mark the attainment of his jubilee. If lie is not too thick-skinned he may have taken it as a hint that it was. time he sat down and made himself comfortable at his “am firc-en.’ Motorists who go to Germany must carry with thein-d rivers’ licenses and certificates of registration, and these must be authenticated- by the Scots Office in London, and by a German Consul in Britain. Alter th-a tthev have to i) i.v all the Customs and motor, tax charges before they get leave to scamper through the Empire.

It seems that Bolton (Kurland) has a “consolidated” billiard, table, and since tins not bruited 'abiu.ifl. some other parts are went inn “sanctified” golf courses, while referees are of opinion that “nunlied loot-Ij-rtl fields wouldn't be out ot place.

“.Hot,” was the frank interruption which a suffragette hurled at the head of Mr. Herbert Gladstone-at a recent meeting. She was mimediatly “lifted” and put out, Al ' ot \ LI ladv went .so far as to tear off the hart of a “steward, and tliion it u the sneaker with the usual uieff-.0-tive tive result when a woman attempts to throw things. She, also, wa» “lifted.”

Edwin Markham, the poet, author of “The Man With the Hoe. at a din nor, said of mixed metaphors“ When I was teaching in Los Angeles. I used to read every week a little country paper whose 'editor’s metaphors were an unfailing joy to me. Once, I ie member, editor wrote ot a contotnpoiy ‘Thus, the black lie, issuing from Ins base throat, becomes a boomerang in his hand, and hoisting him by Ins own petard loaves hi in a mai'lced man lor life.’ He said in an article on home a tired steed, lie crossed the harboui no traveller returns. ’ ”

A Canadian writer has revised the old story about a pack of wolves by playing the bagpipes. He has, however left out the best part of the yarn, which used to go that the Hiolantman first threw the wolves the dread and meat which lit- had stored in his wallet There l was not enough to satisfy them away- probably there was no “haggis” in the wallet-' and in desperation the wolves took to thier heels. “Hod,” kiltie took to his bagpipes, when the said Sandy, “Gif I’d bent ye took your music that way, ye wad ha’e got it afore your brekfas’ !”

The medical officer of Oakongates states that ho has mastered the prob lem of winged flight It appears you must first practise deep breathing, by means of which you become lighter. Next von fabricate a pair of wings, •I'lPGli'i -op sp.iiq oqi sti moij.) qo pun charged with oil,” says the discoverer, “the effect on the air is most power fnl, the wing resisting the air almost as though the atmosphere had become frozen and mid beneath it. ’ You tl-i n fly. It seems to he very easy, hut ore man will stick to s did earth I r a bit yet.

People sometimes lose their noser, by disease or in lights, and some have lost them in war. For noseless persons the most appropriate organs aro said to he of wax, and the best, ones, 'according to an American journal, cost about- £35, though a realil- good one can be got for £1,5. A nose mado of papier maclie may be bought for £l. 'Moses mado of this material are enamelled and are deceptive, and for a poor irt.iii tlliey-are said to answer all the purposes that are required.

The celebration of a Russian marriage sometimes extends over three days. At the wedding festivities the bride is expected to dance with the men one after another until she drops with sheer fatigue. It is a matter of pride with her to keep going as long i.is nossiblo, and Jt not unusual to find a bride dancing gaily after three davs and nights of vigorous frolic. When a girl is dancing with a iiian elifc always holds his -pipe, t would be regarded as extreme! •• rude if a man should continue to smoke his pipe in such circumstances.

Austmlia is going to astonish the world with its new issue of stamps. They are to be of such a superlatively artistic character that, according to the departmental board that lias been considering the subject. £‘ f0.0./O worth will he sold to philatelists alone during the first year, und alter that the sale to the enthusiasts will average £20,000 per annum.” The stamps, which. <n‘<v-i«-he “a world-wide adver-