WEEKLY WHISPERS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue XXXVI, 13 December 1902, Page 4

WEEKLY WHISPERS.

(Continued ftom Und page.) Pi inters errors and advertising gems of tbe week * Tbe derated was committed for ti ial.'' ' Geese, ducks, poultry, and eijgs, for 'Xmas wi 1 ' be deliver ed idlcc or dressed." An egg alive or dressed mu^t be quite a phenomenon. Somo time ago tho Intelligent One killed a man on a railway line after the unfortunate victim's legs bad gone to =1. . ■- the i ails." * .* » I'bere is excellent ground for believing that the rolls this year were tamper. d with to an alarming oxtent, says L'bristchuieh " Truth.'' In more than one electoral o it is surges ed that agent. — drawing Go vei nm ent pay — obtained the names of eligible voter., gave lhem to understand tbat tbeir name-* would appar on the ioli, and instead of performing their duty, carefully suppressed lhe claims of many of the eltctoie, who, thinking that plau-aible, person drawing Government pay was as pure as the Government itself, made no attempt, to verify their enrolment till too late, when they found themselves. disfranchised. A Napier paper asks for a wholesale enquiry, and our Chri> bc"burch. contemporary adda its roice to the request. It is unnecessary to state the politics of the electors who were so bamboozled and defrauded by official* in the Government employ. \* hen .such roguery, says " Truth," is shown to exist, an uneasy suspicion arises tbat all may not have boen well in other branches of ihe election. The necessity for recounts the corrections and general reparation of scrutineer-.' muddles, strengthens the suspicion. * * * The " profession of bridesmaids " seems to be growing in New \ork. This is literally tbe fact, since it has for some time been the custom to pay bridestna ds, who, of course, are selected for tbeir beauty. A recent fashionable bride bad as many as fifteen lovely bridesmaids each of whom received a solatium of £o, besides the beautiful toilet whiob sbe woe at thc wedding provided by tbe father of the bride. Some young ladies accept as much as £^J to their utiico i f honour.' - One woman who is much sought after for her beauty, has appeared as bridesmaid at more tbau ).wo hundred weddings, and hus in a -bolt time amassed quite a goodly >um, be-ide- -_r«ceiving many costly presents. Another innovation in the way of bridesmaids was the feature of a weddiug wbich took place in ; Nuw Yerk a few weeks ago, the five attendants of the bride boing married women instead of young girls. * * • A telephone incident which lately caused some mirth m the welt settlement of Ulackblocks (.ays- lho Wellington ••Post " in Kiug Cainbyoes veiu) seems too good to be lost. \ resident pres nted him.*=**)lf at the bureau aLd culled up a. livery table in the nearest township and gave the usual paitieulars of name and loca ity. " 1 want a nurse sent up— ut once What :- not in your line:Surely you cau find ono for me ? I tell you, its hutgoul Weil, then, surely ono of tlie other -tables has got OQ6 - . , — ; :•' and bn mng off iu disHU-t. " Might a- we'll have kept my shilling. Couldn't make the fellow understand. Thick headed chump : I'll bave \o go to town my_olf. after all." !'<> toivu. accordiugy, he weal, and ia dm- timo returned with his requiiement — "an 'tai-e." • * * Au lllinos (L'.-S.) phy.ici ,n of jn years btanding. declare*, the change, in tho milling pruce.se- ot *he nge a'e rf sponsible for the remarkable spread of appendicitis. The disease, he states, wa. practically non-existent until tbe trade demand for exceedingly while Hour changed the methods of griiidiog. ln suppoit of hi. assertion, Dr Huwaid point*, to lhe fact that where coarse breads aro u*.d, appendicitis is unknown, but (hat as soon aob be fine bread stuffs are introduced ti<e dis.ase follows. Tho people of agricultural cummuuities, he >ays, wee free fiom the trouble while they secured their flour from the Bmall mill- ; but when tl.e large mills crowded out the 1.-ser tlablishments, the disease promptly appeared. _* similar state of affnir> was noticeable among tbe ne^ioe-, ei tbo bouth, and among the Germans. Prior to 1575, according lo the doctor, there wa-._li.tle 'or none of the ailment among the people. In his own personal experience, he asserts that in 26 years of practice b» ore tbat time he did not eoo more thau forty cases of appendicitis, whereas now ihey are cemtnon. Experienced inilleri te -ays, will tell you that the fine dour is a Jess desirable flour tban tbat made by the old process ; but the trade demands it, chiefly on account of it. whiteness. Uu account of its digestibility, the disarrangement of the digestive o.K&n- of the people eating it has greatly increased. The prime cause of appendicitis is found in. tbis disarrangement Aooording Lo Dr Howard, quite small children suffer from tho imhammatoiy complication. MOFUSSILITE.