BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 111, 13 May 1902, Page 3

BRIEF MENTION.

Samples of weather varieties continue. Rain, sunshine, frost and bleak winds mingled in equal proportion make up our bill-of-fare. Soon we shall find the frost-king's grip tightened. Heavy weather in Cook Strait. Another southerly gale brewing. Look out for squalls ! The Te A waite whalers have captured a large " right" whale and calf. The calf was sent on to Blenheim by train for exhibition. The beard of a once Cabinet Minister has changed from snowy white to a light brown. How and why ? Driver : " Waiter, this chop is very small." Waiter (a raw hand): " Yes, sir; but you'll find ifc will take a good while to eat it." Many of the rabbit trappers iri the Lawrence and surrounding districts are making £5 a week, and some much more. A Hastings painter, who was teaching his sons the trade, has had to admit them to partnership, because under the labor laws he could not employ them as apprentices without first employing a number of men —three to each: boy. Mr Robert Henry, who was imprisoned in Queensland for persisting in producing " Charley's Aunt" after being ordered by the Court to desist, is now touring the provinces of New South Wales with a company. An anxious correspondent asks: " Why do people snore ?" In most cases it is because there's nothing to throw at them. By-the-way, the Rev. Isitt doesn't seem to be keeping good company at Home. He said, speaking somewhere in the British Isles, that the women of England, as compared with those of New Zealand, were in a state of semibarbarism. The Vienna call-boxes or "booths" are provided with napkins bearing the request, " Wipe, if you please." The cloths are frequently changed, and the practice of wiping the mouthpiece of the transmitter is a sanitary precaution. "Yes," said the pastor severely, "I opposed the proposed prize drawing for the benefit of our church fund. I cannot sanction any form of lottery." " Except a marriage in the church," suggested the crusty bachelor. The Bishop of Lucknow, in a recent charge to his clergy, gave some valuable figures with regard to the spread of Christianity in his diocese. He stated that the total number of native Christians in the district was 68,841. Ten years ago it was 23,406, and 20 years ago it was only 11,823. It had therefore nearly trebled in the course of 10 years. Sandow isdue to arrive atFremantle on the 10th July under engagement to Mr Harry Rickards, and after a short season in Western Australia will open at the Adelaide Tivoli on August 2nd, It is the intention of Sandow to establish athletic classes in all the cities he visits. A few days ago a wedding was fixed to take place in a Keighley (England) church at eight o'clock in the morning. The bride and her friends were there at the appointed hour, but still the bridegroom dallied. Eventually a messenger was despatched to his home, and he was found to be fast asleep in bed! The waiting was naturally a time of anxiety for the bride, but the knot was securely tied an hour and a half late. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and influenza. It has become famous for its cure of these diseases over a large part of the civilised world. The most flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good works ; of the aggravating and persistent coughs it has cared; of severe colds that have yielded promptly to its soothing effects, and of the dangerous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving the life of the child. The extensive use of it for whooping cough has shown that it robs that disease of all dangerous results. It is especially prized by mothers because it contains nothing injurious and there is not the least danger in giving it, even to babies. It always cures and cures quickly, J, Benning sells it.