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Oamaru Mail, Volume XX, Issue 6228, 10 April 1895, Page 3

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Miss Marie Castilla, Bachelor of Medicine of the Melbourne University, has just been appointed permanent resident surgeon to the midwifery department of the Women's Hospital in Melbourne. Dr Castilla is Australian born, and took her degree two years ago. Miss May Yohe, the charming young actress, has for some months been Lady Francis Hope, although the marriage has been kept secret hitherto. In spite of her altered circumstances JVliss May Yohe is still to be seen at the Avenue Theatre, as " The Lvly Slavey." At Neuinarkt-, in Germany, a widow, named Kosloski, died some time ago. Her daughter, aged 12, had been lately troubled by dreams, in which her mother appeared to her. This she communicated to the sister of the deceased, who said, "I know how your mother can obtain rest. She often expressed a wish to be buried with her first husband, but this appears to have been forgotten " The aunt and niece, a short time after this, went with three men at night into the Churchyard, where an exchange of coffins was made, that of the deceased woman being placed in her first husbaid's grave, and another coffin which had been placed there put into the grave from which hers had been ! taken. Pentonville PrisoD is claimed to be' the healthiest spot in England. No fewer than 12,050 criminals passed through it during the year, there being only nine deaths. Among the " co-eds " in the University of Pennsylvania in the recent biological examinations, three girls headed the list in anatomy, with averages of 100, 99, and 99 : while the highest young man got 98i In botany the same girl took 100, another girl 97. a man took 99, and the fourth, j also a man. 95&. j There have been In 1894 some notable deaths in the feminine ranks. Constance Fenimore Woolson, Celia Thaxter, Emma Fursch-Madi, the singer; Mrs Mary Hemenway, the millionaire philanthropist, of Boston ; Laura Schirmer Mapleson, the singer ; Helen Shafer, president of Wellesley ; Elizabeth-Peabody; Rosina Vokes, the actress ; Isabella Thackeray, the widow of the novelist; Christina Rosetti, the poetess ; and last, but not least, Mrs Bloomer English ladies have all admirecT the Duchess of Yors's prettly little curl in the middle of her forehead, and not a few women have imitated the notion, supposing it to be the mode. It is not fashion, however, says a London paper, but necessity which makes Princess May wear her hair so. When a tiny toddling child of tender years she one day stumbled and fell, and gashed her brow in a manner which, notwithstanding skilful surgical treatment, has left a permanent mark ; the cunning way in which her hair is dressed hides the scar from the public gaze. The Grand Council of the Swiss canton of Jfeuenburg has decided that funerals shall hereafter be paid for by the public. There is reason to believe that gold in paying quantities has been discovered in the Isle of Man. Relics of Jenner. the discoverer of vaccination, were sold in London recently, the 183 lots realising L2BO. They included his seal, diploma of the freedom of the City, documents relating to his discovery, and a lock of hair from the tail of the cow that furnished the first virus for vaccine inoculation. A statue of Highland Mary is to be erected on the rocks skirting the beach at Dunoon, not far from the farmhouse in which she was born. Admirers of Burns in America, and Canada are raising the necessary funds. Last year, for the first time since 1890, the births exceeded the deaths in France, but that excess only amounted to 7000.