BRIEF MENTION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 242, 12 October 1908, Page 5

BRIEF MENTION.

" A little nonsense, now and then., is relished by the wisest men." If time is money, then the man with the most time ought to have the, most money. Some folk, tell everything they know, but this doesn't mean they talk too much. ' . \ ■ The wicked prefer the darkness to light, which accounts for so much ;jat© trtsing 'hi the morning. Visiting clergyman (looking for the mirror): Have you got a glass here B Experienced church officer: No, sir; we just take a pull out of the bottle. Adolphe. ' Znert,' a Frankfort slaughter house employee, has killed 5,000,000 ■ hogs" - during- the past twenty-seven years. A baby whose mother was too poor to support it was raffled for at a theatre in Paris, Kentucky, and has been adopted by.the holder of the winning number. If you lose your health don't run for it. You can catch it a deal sooner by standing still. The Minister: Well, John, how did the folk like my sermon last Sabbath ? John : Oh, I think they agreed with it well enough, for they were all noddin' their heads! fii Java there is ah orchid all the flowers of which open at once, as if by the stroke' of a' wand, and they ;a|so. all .wither,; together. ~ < ' The French President receives a salary of £25,000, a house to live in, and allowances amounting to £25,000 t nlbre*. His/; term ■of office is seven years, and he may be re-elected, 'j Boy: " Sjxpenn'orth o' cod liver oil, please, sir. An'/.1-say, don't givie me too much, 'oos it's me what's got to drink it." ' '; v ' ' - The sale of liqueur chocolates containing brandy and other spirits has been forbidden, in certain districts in Germany.- '' "'"! " '■■' ' ' ;'• ' ' ; ' "That is the most pleasant trip I've ever had!" remarked a man, as he stumbled over a bulky purse that some one 'hads dropped.

A resident in Long Marston, Herts, named Stevens, has just attended the annual Sunday school treat in that village for the one hundredth time.

She (at piano): Listen f Do yon enjoy this refrain? He: Very much. The- more you refrain, the better I like it.

The old smithy at Eyam, in Derbyshire, %yhere. the first Methodist sermon was preached by Matthew May~ erd in 1675, Ms just been demolished.

Farmer's Boy: "Father, why cannot I rise in the world the same as other men? For instance, why cannot I some day become Secretary of ; Agriculture?" \ ,Old Farmer; "Too "late, too late, my son. You know too much about farmin'."

It, was stated at Acton on August 27 that a man who was accused of theft from an unoccupied house had twenty-two latch-keys of .various types "in his possession when he was arrested.

Most Chinese mandarins pass the whole of their lives without taking a single yard of exercise. Under no circumstances whatever is a mandarin ever seen on foot in his own jurisdiction.

A. sum of £13,105 has been given to the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women by an anonymous donor. Only the interest on the money is to be used by the hospital.

' First Diner: "That waiter is either a dunce or a humourist." Second Diner: . " What's the matter?" First Diner: "I ordered extract of beef, and he brought me milk."

"They tell me," said the new repprter, who was doing an interview, "that you have succeeded in forging your way to the front." " Sir," replied the self-made man, coldly, "you have ,been misinformed. I'm no forger."

She smiles—my darling smiles—and all The world is filled with light. She laughs—'tis like the bird's sweet call In meadows. fair and bright. She weeps—the world is cold and gray, Rain clouds shut out the view. She 'sings—l softly steal away And wait till she gets through.