NEWS OF THE DAY.

Colonist, Volume LIII, Issue 13082, 17 April 1911, Page 2

NEWS OF THE DAY.

Tho funeral of the unfortunate man Frank Gaigor, whose death under tragic circumstances was reported on Saturday, took place at the Nelson cemetery yesterday, being attended by a largo number of the employees on the railway works at 'j'ui. The Rev W. S. Lucas conducted the burial service. At Manchester a woman recently sought to be separated from her husband because "ho thought more of his pigeons than he did of his wife and children." Tho order was not grantCigarettes art; taking the place of opium at Shanghai, tast year i' 600.000 worth were imported there. Mr A. J. Gorrirgo, a tradesman, of Ditchling, has v bantam which lays her cies in different parts of the yard, but his" cat never fails to find them. She takes tho egg between her teeth, carries it to the back door, places it on the step, and rattles tho door handle with her paws until her mistrass arrives to take in the egg. Not one of the eggs has yet been broken. Ar:-f.rica has defined the other half of the suffragist as the husbandette. The title has sprung into instant popularity, and has come to stay. The jiiisbandetto is tfie kind of man who is terrorised by iiis wife, and who, though secretly opposed to or indifferent to giving the franchise to women, iicverthpless is afraid to argue the; matter with his wife. The husbandel to remains at home, perhaps furtively suioi'ing a. forbidden pipe indoors, while the wire is out in the streeLs giving a p..bl;c' exhibition of a hugging match with constables?. A hiisbaiulotte never holds an opinion, from the odour of a cigar to tlio colour of a iH-;ktie, which differs from the opinion of his wife. Hypnotism is being employed on a man in Westminster workhouse in tha i:ope of restoring hi s memory. The man, who gives tho name of Maollr.e, is unable to rcmombor where he eoir.es from, o;- whether ho has any friends. He is able to do light work', and has raised no objection to being hypnotically treated. According to the""Expross" the treatment has been undertaken by an expert in hypnotism, under the supervision of tho medical officer, and MaclSae lias improved in health to such an "xtsnt that Ire has been transferred from the infirm ward to the able-bodied department. A sickening crime occurred in the town of Godoiich, Ontario, two or . three weeks ago. In the home of Goorge Vanstoue a little fellow sixyears of ago way going over his school lessons. His father asked him to write the figures from one to twenty, and for some rcifon tho lad refused! The father ordered him to do it under ' pain of a whipping, and when this threat war, ineffective a severe bop.tiii;; was administered. Still the child remained stubborn, and this seems to have worked the father into a frenzy. Ho took the handle of a broom aiid continued to boat the child for upwards of an hour. Members of the family went arid tried to get help from tlio neighbours, but no> one would respond. Finally a police officer was secured, but when he arrived the child was quite dead. The Temperature.—At throe o'clock this morning, tho thermometer [outside this officj rugisterei 4G degrees.