NEWS AND NOTES.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 17 July 1901, Page 4

NEWS AND NOTES.

Kate Livingstone, a cousin of the late missionary and African explorer, has her age set forth in the census papers as 105. She is known as the Mull centenarian. A still more advanced age has been attained by Kate Stewart, of Gobsealach, Ardnamurchan, the figure in her case being 108. A statue of Cupid, dating from the Roman period, has been discovered near the village of Montegent, in the Canton of Fribourg, Switzerland. The remnants of a Roman wall and some pottery were also discovered.

The reason given for the substitution of the drum for the trumpet in the Italian army is that in the these days of short service a young soldier learns to march to the drum far sooner than to the trumpet. Again, it is found that trumpeters are very subject to pulmonary affections

The absurd craze for titles, notable among Americans, has recently developed into giving such names as "earl," "duke" '•Lord," "marquis," etc., to their offspring This is certainly a democratic distribution of rank as far as appearances go. It is one, moreover, which may—sooner or ater —cause.a great deal of confusion.

The United States Naval Board of Construction has ordered the use of 12-inch guns on the new American battleships. This story, illustrating Kentucky morals, is told by a contributor to Scribner. A preacher, riding down a ravine, came upon an old mountaineer hiding in the bushes with his rifle. ''What are you doing there, my friend?" "Ride on, stranger," was the easy answer. "I'm a-waitin' for Jim Johnston, and with the help of tho Lawd I'm goin' to blow his head off.

Tolstoi has no objection to the despotic system, and never mentions Alexander 11, without the highest praiso. The onl,y Constitution he cares about is the ancient one of the Ssrmon on the Mount.

The Canadian newspapers express a growing sentiment in that colony of a separate tariff union between the colonies, not necessarily to include Great Britain ; thereby forcing upon the attention of the Mother Country the mutual advantage to the Empire generally of closer trade relations.

Leeds Corporation tramways show a clear profit of £31,058 on the past year's woridng, A profit of a little over 6Jd per car mile is provided by the electric service to meet interest and sinking fund charges, etc., whereas a loss represented by some £6OOO or £7OOO is entailed on the other sections.

The Earl of Yarmouth, whose recent libel action against the Morning Telegraph brought him into prominence, has been engaged by Messrs, Rooseveldt and Schuyler in New York to sell champagne at a good salary.