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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 98, 30 April 1892, Page 2

So muoh has been done by Parliament for the protection of the supposed weaker sex, married and otherwise, that some legislators consider it high time for the men to have a chance. Aooordingly two metropolitan Conservative members, Mr Bartley and Mr Ambroße, have brought under the notice of the House of Commons a bill, the avowed object of whioh is to limit the power of wives to bind their husbands by oontraot in certain oasea. At present the law presumes that a wife has authority to make her husband responsible for articles suitable to their station in life. Ordinarily very slight evidence is required to extend this pre sumption to an implied general authority to pledge the crodit of the husband, sometimes greatly to tho prejudice of that individual, especially when he happens to be much employed away from home. Tho authors of the measure seek to annul this implied power in the wife when the articles are not strictly " necessary," and so put the creditor iv oaoh case to proof of expreßa authority or ratification by tho husband. Here is an auecdoto of Cardinal Manning aud the Prince :— Whatever the Cardinal's taut, it never hid tho truth, at any rate, from the tactful. Geuerally he went atraighfc to the mark. •■ I have been doing something you would nob approve tbia afternoon, voting for the Marriage with the Deceased Wife's Slater Bill," said the Priuce of Wulea to him one evening. 'I kuow you have, sir," said the Cardinal, not apologetically. " You disapprove that very muoh?" asked the Priuce in appeasing tones. ''1 do, sir," waa the straight reply. The proposal to establish au Institute for Female Aledical Students in St. Petersburg has come to nothing, Alter receiving the approval of all «he other authorities, the Bohcnie was submitted to the Council ot State, where every member favoured it except M, Pobedonoßistf, who suggested that the scheme could not ataod on a Bound financial basis, aud might ultimately baoome a burden on the Troaaury. The Emperor, who often decides with the minority, took the view of the Procurator of the Holy Synod, and put au en! to the projeot, to the intense disappointment of those who hud successfully carried it ao far.

Iho man who desires to experience tho passion vi i ove at it 3 f u n est per £ ect ion ought not lv l;o Loo young. Memories, regrets, tlio experience whioh furnishes the faculty tor making comparisons, do not spring into cxiatauco liko mushrooms iv tho course of a single uight, a ud yefc these, likewiso, oro accessary mgredieats in the compositioa of true passion. And ho -Without quito goiug so tur na that eminent novelist who, as his owayeard udyanced, added proportionately to those of his heroes, and was probably only saved by death from depicting the loves ot tho absolutely senile— l should certainly not seok for the constant and devoted heart beneath the striped flannels of an undergradunto any nioro than I should look for it within the trim bodioo of the raw schoolgirl, whoso vorioioua besom d'aimer might lead her to fall down and worship the very first man that comes aorosa her path, Speaking at a demonstration iv Pete* borough against gambling, Mr A. 0. Morton, M.P,, remarked that the law allowed a man to bat on a racecourse on credit, but forbade him to stake the money at the time; he might bet or gamble in his house, but not iv a street or inn.. It was illegal to ndvertiso willingness to give information or to advertise bots ; but it was quite legal to advertise advice how to bet. The law courts lud also decided that betting commission agents could not be legally interfered with, but Lord Hersoholl had promised to introduce a Bill fcj remedy this. The Bishop of Peterborough took part in the meeting, whioh was very emphatic iv its condemnation of betting. A large number of the principal English and Scotoh breedora attonded the sale of Her Majesty's pure-bred Shorthorn, Here* ford, and Devon cattle, whioh took place at tho Prince Consort'a Shaw Farm, Windsor. The list comprised soveuty animals, many of them with famous pedigrees. Iv the Short* horned cattle, the highest prioo realised was that made by New Year's Gift, a splendid foiuvyenr-old roau bull, the winner of cix iirat aud four ohampiou prizes, whioh was purchased by the Eirl of Fovorsham, Presi • dent of the Royal Agricultural Sooiety of England, for 1000 guineas, The Prince of Wales bought Lucy, it, white two-year-old heifer, for 1 05 guinons, Baron Ferdinadd do Itothsohild gavo 7G guinons for Sylvia, a roan two-yoiir-old heifer, and 71 guineas for Caroline, a similar animal ; Strawberry Bud, n roan heifer calf, being sold to the Duko of Counaught for twenty-six guineas. The Earl of Derby, the Marquis of Abergavenny, and Dord Trddogar were also purchasers of Shorthorns, The Hereford* and tho oattle wero subsequently sold, aud in most iv. stances realised good prioea. "At Homo" days are gointr out of fashion. Wonieu who held them with irritating regularity ouco a week, and were sometimes even unkind enough to have a second for their husbands on Sundays, havo now reduced their numbor to one a month. A few who iiud them Bpeoially flat, stale, and unprofitable have with admirable outeneea, fixed on "fifth" Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, or Fridays, and so make these lively occasions ocour only ouoe in three months or bo. It only now remains for some smart woman to adora her card with the legend, "forty-second Friday, 1892," aud so oap the practices by whioh so many ate eliding out of their weekly penance. Evan thai migat bo battered by a more daring individual who should promise to be "At Home" the eeoond in the week, "At Home days bavu a certain oonvenienae, it is true, but the inconveniences they possess are oouoUeas, chief among them being that it is most; iuoonvoniout to talft to the very woman you have come miles to see in all the bustle of a crowded room, and, if you have something very important to say to her, you musl go home and write it. Second, that one invariably meets the people that one does not want to meet, seldom 'ok never those Whom one dues.

A mau died at Molton-Orreon, Cheshire, His baptismal certificate was dated 9!) yaara back, and he lumbered w&lkiog to tho onuroh for the oereinony, The fastest regular tnuu ia the world is run between Hamburg and Berlin, Germany, making lifty-two and onexthird miles an hour, including abopa,