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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XII, Issue 2376, 5 June 1906, Page 6

An American agent says trade follows brains, not flags. On the very day that Laura Claridge opened a provision shop, an inspector called and bought some “ butter " there that turned out- to be margarine. “An unlucky kickoff.” commented the Magistrate, in fining C'laridge 40s. At a jubilee dinner of the Forester' 1 Society at Yarmouth the Secretary said that in perusing the old minutes he came across a rule in which fines of a pc-nny were inflicted o7i members for swearing at meetings and sittings on the cashbox. After thirty it is the character we read on the countenance, and just as bad life can blur and degrade the n.O't finely-cut and expressive natural f, ■. «o i' there no limit to the trails- ■ - " British Weekly." Municipal jealousy of private ent ■: pri - • in tramway construction has left Great Britain far behind in pro- •• ei people with proper facilities. The result has been to paralyse the extension of street railways in Great Britain and to keep the people i iddled up in small insanitary spaces near the centres of population, while th“ir -mug officials write rose-colour-ed r-ports about the gro's earnings of t :i carefully selected tramway 1 1 i i throwing dust in the eyes of t! i “Joui nal f Politic, I • Chicago. A rie' told l.v a v. l iter in ibraham Linc-o 1-i • become a well-known writer, at the 1 I. Chib l • ini;, Almighr '. oo .’-i at him. and k'lieu i i-*' , \ 1 < hair 1 Ijrj.r -i r . ' ' ball i ig t Pa-' -r .

An incident occurred in London which would have shocked the military officer ot a century ago. A battalion of the Irish Guards, led by two mounted officers, was marching along Oxford-street to the merry accompaniment of a fife and drum band Suddenly with a flourish of drum, sticks, the music ceased, and for a little time the soldiers tramped along with a solemn and steady tread. A boy came tip a side street whistling the song of the moment, “ My Irish Moly, 0.” A soldier in a fit of abstraction joined in. The refrain was immediately taiien up by the others, and it flew to the front and rear ranks, until presently the whole battalion marched to its own whistling accompaniment.

“ Out of her fifteen children, ten have died, and of these ten seven were insured.” This startling statement was made in the Clerkenwell Police Court with regard to Mary Ann Howard, a married woman, ir Prebend-place, Camden Town. She was charged with neglecting two children. The husband stated that tlie children were not looked after by the mother. One of them was ill, and she refused to give it the medicine, saying, “ Let the little die.” Said the magistrate: If I could send you to prison for life I would do so. It is the only place for you. However, as I have to deal with it, I will give you the maximum term—six months’ hard labour. A lady has just been appointed conductor of the theatre orchestra at Dresden. Mr Edward Harris, seventy-four, the 41b amateur quoit champion, lias just died at Barking. His prize bulldog would not leave the deathchamber, but lay on the bed licking its dead master’s hands.

Behind tlie announcement of the death of Major John Lumsden, of the Indian Medical Service, lurks a sad tragedy. He was the son of the late Mr Lumsden. of Bandirran House, Belgeggie. Perthshire, and Aberdeen. Consequent on ill-health, Major Lumsden was an inmate of a nursing homo in Mandeville Place. Marylebone, where the state of his health, although critical at times, was considered to have improved lately. His attendant one morning, however, found him in bed with his throat cut. Medical aid was at once summoned. but tlie unfortunate man was dead. Comparatively a young man, only 40 years of age, lie was one of the chiefs of the Indian Civil Service. He graduated in medicine at Edinburgh, and spent fifteen years in the Indian service. During the Waziristan campaign, through which he served, he was at the Waziris’ night surprise of Wano camp. He was an intrepid sportsman, and his wife had penetrated further into the Himalayas than any other white woman.