BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIX, Issue 62, 14 March 1906, Page 4

BRIEF MENTION.

It has happened again ! Thera'is joy ill advertising in the Express.

Nq sooner does an advertiser bring to the Express a notipe announcing the loss of aft article (and," offering 11 a reward,--of course) than somebody '"• is after that article ! ,';'"

Yesterday an advertisement was entered, offering a reward; for the return of losib cheque.. It wa,s found—before the pa^er was published—of course,, but that only goes.to prove *Che searching influence of the paper. :• c.

jj ..The only disappointing element in this smartness is, that the advertisement is usually withdrawn, and?the money perforce must be refunded^., •

' Ah, but the profuse thanks, the smile — rßroad in its intensity,, a smile that" glows 'celestial srosy led," is complete satisfaction fpj^any trouble^ihvolved.

There is always room at the top, young iiian,, : ;. ? ,>

!A's you'll find, if ever you get there ; Keep on till you stop, there is room at ' the top—'"

Of a bald-headed man for hair

Miss C.;Parkhurst said at Manchester that thjg ■ would be the last election at which men alone would vote.

The wife of Mr William Clarke, of Cornwall Street, Chester, gave birth to triplets—two girls and a boy. All are alive and doing well.

. Mr Johnstone's motto 'at Reading was " England expects that every man will do his duty, and that every foreigner shall pay his duty."

James: "My lord, the carriage waits without." My Lord: "Without what, James ?" James: " Without any 'osses, my lord. It is a motor carriage."

A hen belonging to Mr T. Tanner, of Great Somerford, Wilts, has laid an egg weighing 12oz. After being broken it was found to contain another perfect egg.

A court in Philadelphia has decided that a ; wife may search her husband's pockets, but that he has no legal right to look in his wife's pocket-book without her permission.

"Have you much room in your new flat ? " " Room ! Mercy on me, I should think not. Why, our kitchen and diningroom are so small that we have to use condensed milk."

The following advertisement appeared in an American paper recently :—" For sale, Newfoundland pup; will eat anything ; fond oE children."

John Simmons, of Henley-on-Thames, who has just retired on a pension, has walked 180,000 miles during his 40 years as a postman at Henley.

Miss Mary Ann Lacey, of Dewsbury, whose will has just been proved at Wakefield, left one-sixth of her estate to the overseers for the time being in England of Dr. Dowie's " Zion " Church. The gross value of the estate is .£IBO3.

" The best punishment for such men is the stocks and pillory ; and, personally, I am sorry that such a form of punishment is done away with." Thus the Stratford Police Court magistrate, in dealing with a man alleged to have obtained oharity on false pretences,

When the result was announced at East Antrim, an excited clergyman shouted to the crowd outside the court-house at Ballyclare, " Let us sing the National Anthem," and then began the first line as follows ■.—" Praise God from whom all blessings flow," when a , roar of laughter reminded him of his error.

The largest roll of pigtail tobacco twist ever made is on view in the shop window of a Chicago manufacturer. It ia three and a-quarter miles long, and weighs 2801b, '

The infant prodigy who swallowed a small bicycle, the other day and underwent a successful operation is now referred to in medical circles as the appendicyclist.

At a meeting held at Carnarvon an elector who sought to disparage Mr Lloyd-Georgo's origin, got more than he bargained for. "Do you remember your grandfather driving a donkey and cart ?" the heckler asked; to which Mr Lloyd-. George wittily replied, " You will excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, but the cart has quite escaped my memory. I see the donkey is still alive."