OUR MAIL BUDGET.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11231, 21 March 1908, Page 3 (Supplement)

OUR MAIL BUDGET.

Charles de Ghruchy, who claims to be a descendant of iNapoleo-n, was sentenced at Leeds for begging. Professor E. H. Strobel, general adviser to the Government of Siam, has died at Bangkok from blood-poisoning set up by the bite of an insect two years ago. A competition in the "Church Family Newspaper" has proved the most popular hymns to be: "Abide with me," "Rock of ages," "Lead, kindly light," "Jesu, lover of my soul,". "O God, our help in ages past," and "Peace, perfect peace." Mr Stewart Dunbar saved his life in a remarkable manner at San Rafael, California, when his foot became caught on a railway line. He set fire to a Clearing House certificate which he had in his pocket, and stopped an approaching train by waving it. Mrs Mary Nelson, who has died at Carrick-on-Shamum, at the age of 104, was one of Miss Nightingale's ' nursing staff in the Crimea, and witnessed the charge of thb Light Brigade. She danced a jig on her last birthday. , Messrs Bass and Co., Limited, have placed an order for the supply of more than 1,0d0,000 bottle labels a day for one year. Father Bernard Vaughan, speaker at a meeting to demand a- living wage for sweated workers, said that the so-called "political refugees", who found an open door -in England were lowering the standard'of'living to a point to which our own'.race: coutd not sink withirig sinking into Hhe sgrave itself . • ' A profit of £282 has been made on the yearls working of the Norwich Town. ' Council's .municipal farm, which -is run as a means of sewage disposal. Dairying is carried on, and stock pigs and poultry- are kept. Mrs Louisa Fy field Has died at Swansea in consequence of swallowingva piece of glass, which fell on some vegetables after the- bursting of ail incandescent light globe. The three : masted .British steel sailing ship King .George has covered 325 knots in -one day during a voyage from Hongkong to New York, while she averaged 295 knots on seven consecutive days. This speed^ equals that of several Atlantic liners. ' The chief criminal court in Vienna sat until 4 a.m. on Saturday in order to! finish a case. One juryman asked the judge for a certificate that the trial had lasted until that hour. "Otherwise," he said, "my wife will never believe me." The' judge granted the cei'tificate. The express, from Scarborough to Hull crashed into a horse and cart at a 'evol crossing, near Brjdlingtcn, killing the driver, David Dixon, and the ani;n;ii. The express had a marvellous es- ape, one of the carriages leaving the metals but regaining them after 100 yards. Michael Duffy died at St. Ho!cns from injuries received by falling into molten metal at the smelting works, where he was employed. ■ The ancient parish chipvh of Prfvvaeombe, North Devon, lias been struck by lightning .and wrecked.! The tpwer was torn away, the walls twisted, and the pulpit splintered. The fields aromu; were strewn with masonry /. . It is rumored in Paris "that ex-Presi-dent Loubet- has decided to present him. aelf- for • re-election to the- Senate, in spite of his former declaration that he would refrain from politics in -future. A gentleman living at Beit. :. France, lias been taxed 18s 6d a year for a p ece of land which he does not possess. Every year he has complained . imfc in reply the 'authorities have dernaaded that he should prove he does not own the land, and he has paid rath !•• than go to tho expense of a lawsuit. At the annual meeting of shareholders of the Letchworth Garden City, it was announced that the place now has a population of 5000, of whom 900 are employed in model factories. After clearing his court of 200women, Judge Keeler, of Cleveland, declared : — "AH women are cats. They will turn suddenly on their best friends and spit and claw and scratch them.''' The Rev. W. MpPheters, of Tekonsha, Michigan, has ' had to resign because .he referred to the young women of the congreg&tion sis "a flock of cackling. parrots.'/' The correspondent of a Brussels paper spoke, in a recent article^Afe Jbitterl}' cold weather prevailing- •on-fehe* Riviera. By way of proving that the weather was very fine there, the authorities at. Nice inHtracted a lawyer to go to the. shore,' accompanied by a photographer, take a photograph of the bqthers, and secure their names. This was done, and the names and photographs have now been published. There was a moment of -intense emotion in the Paris Law Courts when a barrister rose and said : — "ln the name of my client, Mme. Fallieres, I am here to ask you for a divorce against her husband. Armande Fallieres, who— — " All the reporters in the court were rushing to the telephone, when the barrister continued : — "Armande Fallieres, who does not occupy the position of President of the Republic. My client is a scullerymaid." HAIR Bft. 2in. LONG. . Franlein Elsa Burghardt has won the first prize in a Berlin competition for \vonu i n with long ha if. Her hair measures exactly Bft 2in. " STRANGE BIRTHDAY PRESENT. The New York Tribune states that a ■ day or two ago two Michigan gentlemen Who gave a party to celebrate then sixtieth birthday sent an invitation tc Dr William Osier, the originator of the "too-old-at-forty" -theory* Dr Osier replied by sending the men a bottle ol thloiofoint «« a birthday present. SPAIN'S BABY PRINCE. The Prince of Asturias' foster-mother has ceased her duties. It was only after a council of the palace doctors, at which the King and Queen wer e present, that the decision was taken that the exceptional hrtiHh of the young Prince warranted thiv cessation oj" the fostermother's duties. The iWer-mother took a pathetic- leave of the baby Prince-, big tears rolling down her cheeks as she said farewell. The King and Queen were deeplv touched by' her devotion. ' INFLUENZA SCOURGE. It was reported to the Liverpool Health Committee that the death rate of the city timing the last week has been 33 per' looo, as against 19 .a year ago. Tlio' total number "of deaths during the week was 489. The medical officer stated thai the influenza epidemic was now showing, signs of abatement, but so many pt> 1-son.s were ill that trained nurses had to tie procured from Manchester. Owing la the abnormal death rate funerals have had to be postponed because of a shortlist of hearses. JHISU LEAGUE BANS COURTSHIP. A young farmer of Bornacoola, County J.oitriin. lias been courting the daughter <»l" an uu|i"iM»lar neighbor. The "offence" was brought under the nni.ee of t lie Uornaccoola branch of the Unitod Irish League, which passed the following resolution : — "We, the United Irish League of Bornacoola, warn the party ' from Ton-man that if he persists in' his match-making with , the grabbei % \s daughter the same treatment will be mot t»il out I:'.- him as has been doled out to the giubber from Coiduff." DEPORTATION FROM CANADA. Arrangements have been made by the provincial authorities of Ontario to deport a disabled Englishman named Edward Barnshaw, who arrived in Ontario last I\\ay «nd obtained employment with a farmsr in Durham County*. In July Barnshaw was walking with the farmer's son wffen a gun which the latter was carrying exploded and blew off Bamshaw's right hand. Barnshaw received £10 compensation, but as he cannot work he win be deported. The Immigration Law of Canada provides thai any peWn who. within two years after he lands in the country, has be--4?omo. or is likely to become, a public chanre. maybe deported. BCHOOLCH ILDR EN' S STRIKE. An ••■•xtraordiuary scene was witnessed at Ihe Ross National School, near Boyle, Co. Rnsi-omnion, when sixty pupils -in a body lpf't as a protest against the schoolmaster continuing to keep on the roll and in attendance at the school several small childien, the sons and daughters of two \m\h named Mjillooly and Brennan. The herds have the care of the extensive grazing ranch of» Mr J. Wonlfe Flanagan, who has recently fallen under the ban and displeasure of the United Irish League.. At a prearranged signal the senior pupils left, accompanied by the pupils, leaving the teacher in charge of the four children who were the un-witt-ing oau^e of the trouble.

CLAIM FOR £80,000,000. Count Kapnist and another gentleman (states a St. Petersburg telegram) have been deputed to visit London to investigate the claim of 615 descendants of a certain Polubotko, a former Hetman of Cossacks, against the Bank of England for a sum of £80,000,000, which is alleged to have accumulated with the Bank. Polubotko's descendants and representatives of banks in different parts of Russia and other countries have just concluded a three days' conference at Starodub, in the Government of Poltava, at which a sum of £600 was voted to cover the expenses of the delegates' visit to London. r TRAGIC FIGHT WITH A BOAR. .A tragic shooting accident took place in the Epioux Forest, near Arlon, Luxemburg on Saturday. . A band of huntsmen were searching the forest for a herd of boars when one of the boars suddenly jumped from a bush. He was hred at by one of the hunters, but the shot missed, and the animal,' rushing at the man,' mauled him so terribly that he died on the spot. Another hunter fired at the boar, but. again , the shot missed, and the animal threw the man to the ground, seriously, wo'unding him. A third hunter succeded in killing the boar, but not before he had been terribly bitten in the arm. . The condition of the two. injured men is serious. KAISER'S NEW ROLE. The Kaiser has added one more role to, the many in which he has appeared. At a recent inspection of the Ist Regiment of Infantry Guards at Potsdam^ his Majesty conducted an examination of the recruits in mythology, history, and general ' knowledge, and found the replies most unsatisfactory. At the conclusion of the examination the Emperor picked out a* number, of generals, arid placed them in the ranks among the conimon soldiers. The recruits were then ordered to point out which were .generals, which lieuterjant-generals, which major-generals, and .' which brigadiergenerals. All the recruits answered these purely military questions with perfect exactitude, and the Emperor's anger avus- somewhat appeased. GENERAL BOOTH ON BACHELORS. General Booth, in a message to the Daily Mail, on the subject of the; declin. ing birth-rate, which in England and "W.ales in 1906 was the lowest since; civil registration ■ was' established, says -. ''The root of the • difficulty lies undoubtedly in the selfishness of the age, for which there is only o)»e remedy— namely, the love- and service of God and the recognition of His r claims. Among the contributory causes I-would^riame the abominably housing conditions in many of the large cities and, indeed, many of the villages, and- 'the insensate attempt to employ women, especially married women, to do men's work. All bachelors should, in my judgment, be taxed, if hot absolutely compelled to marry. Men who are unable to select a wife f or themselves should apply to the Salvation Army "_ HUMAN TOBOGGAN. * , Two officers who were hunting wolves on the Dry Mountain in Central Servia last week had a remarkable experience, in consequence of losing their way in a fog. After, wandering for fourteen hours one of them lay .down in the snow and speedily became unconscious. His comrade, after trying vainly to rouse him, bound him with cords, placed' him in. a sitting position, and then' rolled him down the mountain. He glided down the slope at terrific speed arid reached the bottom safely, being found an hour later in an exhausted condition by a peasant. The officer who was used as a human toboggan is now in. hospital, being treated for the lacerations he received in bumping over the rocks during his descent. His companion is unhurt, and has resumed his military duties at Mish.' MYSTERIOUS POISONING. A poisoning affair at the Chateau Abbatiale, belonging to Mme. Hebert, sis.of. the Minister of that name under Louis Philippe, 'is engaging .attention at Bernay, France. Mme. , Heber,t/s family is at present engaged in Jitiga* tion. After a recent communicationntvith a justice of the peace she invited, . her brother and several other persons to the chateau. At two meals the food had such a bitter taste that it was impossible to eat it. Examination by an expert showed that it had been sprinkled with strychnine, and. a cat which a/ie* of it died almost immediately. It is b'e-i lieved that the) poisoner had entered the. chateau during the night. M. Rous-' seau, brother of Mme. Hebert, directly accuses a person in the service of the eventful heir to a part of Mme. Hebert's fortune. This individual was interrogated by a magistrate.' ; . ALCIBIADES' BUSY DAY. \An agile thief with the romantic name of Alcibiades Deblondes stopped traffic on the Boulevard St. German yesterday and nearly became a popular hero because pf his attack on the. police. Two detectives saw him steal a rifle from a carriage wh^ch was drawn up on the boulevard, and when they gave chase Alcibiades climbed on top of a cartload of stones and pelted the detectives so vigorously that they were seriously bruised before capturing him. A few minutes late'r^ he wrenched himself away and darted into a water-pipe lying on the boulevard. In the presence of a large crowd the detectives phlegmatically filled -one end of the pipe with straw, lit a fire, and waited. Presently Alcibiades crept out of the other end. nearly stifled with smoke, and the crowd cheered him as he was led away to prison. EPIDEMIC OF MURDER. Berlin's epidemic of mysterious? murders of women and little girls, which the police are apparently powerless to check, has claimed a fresh victim. A widow na-md Wiesner was found dead in her bedroom in the north end of the city , last night Avith her head cut open. The murder was committed twelve days ago, apparently by a man, who left behind a blood-stained unsigned love-let-ter, containing threats against the woman's life. The murderer forged a note to the woman's lodger saying that she had left on a four-day trip into the country, but when at the. end of twelve days no trace of her could be found the polio e broke into her room- and found her dead in bed.. Two men who were accustomed to visit the woman were arrested on suspicion. The widow is said to have possscssed £300, and robbery is suggested us the motive of the crime. The newspapers comment on the disquieting fact that murders in Berlin are following one another in alarming succession, while none of the perpetrators are caught. A STRANGE STORY. Lily Whiterose, a circus rider, charged with drunkenness «t Bradford, told the Bench an extraordinary life story. She was the daughter of on Army' officer, she .said. She ran away from home while in her teens, and joined Buffalo's , Bill's show in Massachusetts. She became a crack shot and an expert rider under Colonel Cody's tuition. Later she married an Austrian army officer. She followed him to South Africa, and managed during the war to secure some secret information respecting the movements of the British Army. She went to the Boer general Do Wet, sold him the information, and was engaged as a despatch rider. She wore military attire and passed as' a man. Remorse for her trechery overcame her, and she deserted the Borers and joined the British Army at Modder River disguised as a trooper. She went through several battles, she said, and earned special distinction by carrying a wounded soldier part of the way across the river on her horse. Afterwards she became ill with enteric fever, and in hospital her sex wns discovered* She then became a nurse, and later, she concluded, she returned home to resume her professional career. She was fined 27r-\