BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 162, 13 July 1903, Page 3

BRIEF MENTION.

HEAVT snowfall on the ranges. Blenheim narrowly escaped an " old man" flood. Capetown experienced a heavy earthquake last week. Twelve million pounds is the record loss by fire for a yoar in the British Isles. In London eaoh day 400 children are born, and 350 enter school for the first time. Ah inch of rain means that 101 tons of water have fallen upon every acre of soil.

Four thousand live sheep will be shipped for South Africa this week by the subsidised steamer Cooeyanna.

Dar« to be true: nothing can need a lie: The fault that needs ib most grows two thereby —George Herbert. Mr and Mrs E. Okey, of New Plymouth, celebrated their golden wedding on Tuesday last. The King of Servia has abolished the censorship of foreign newspapers. Mahoole: " Don't look so sad. Th' deceased sid he wanted ivry wan to be cheerful at th' wake." Hogan: " How kin Oi whin.he owed me four shilhn s ? The London Globe is assured by a correspondent that the following answers were given by boys of about fifteen in answer to a general knowledge examination PaP« p:~ m£n , „„„ Dante was a man wh °» Hom°r**f' went down to hell, and then wrote a hook about what he saw there. Michael Angelo is the man who ,a protending to be a god on earth, who recently took part in the Fez insurrection. , ~ , Cyrus was a woman who lived on an Island, and kept on singing. The Rand is the name given to the wild parts in America. 11 Who is the President of the French Eepublio ?' '—Mr Labouchere. An eccentric old person of Pittsburg has made a will in which he clamors for an airship funeral with an aerial hearse. It stands to reason that hisxwords are not to be too literally translated. Why shrinks the soul Baok on herself, and startles at destruction? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter.—Addison. Frederick Williamson, says an exoh»n K e, sued the New York World for ' £10,000 for publishing a statement that he had committed a murder. The jury assessed the damages at 3d, on the ground that newspapers could not avoid occasional mistakes. ' % Husband: "What did you think when you heard the chandelier fall in the night?" Wife: "I thought you had been detained on business again, and were getting upstairs as quietly as you could." The New York newspapers announced on May 11 that Professor Goodspeeii, of the Pennsylvanian University, had discovered tnat rays of light come from human bodies, making the taking of photographs in a dark room quite possible. In order to keep in touch during the winter months, two Invercargill bowling clubs have decided to hold euchre parties throughout the winter. Sympathetic Sister: " Oheor up, Arthur. Mabel has treated you badly in jilting you, but you will soon forget her " A*rthur (moodily): "Not for a long time, sis, I fear. The lovely jewellery I gave her was purchased on the easy payment system." Sixty eight horses were sold by public auction at the Whangarei pound on Saturday week at prices ranging from Is to 3s each. Some of them are said to be fine animals. Mr E. R Thomas, a New York banker, has purchased the well-known racehorse Hermis for 60,000d01. This is said to be the largest sum ever paid for an American thoroughbred in actual training. '