Notes from Far and Near.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 September 1910, Page 4

Notes from Far and Near.

Germany _ prohibits tho employment of union men on government works.

JAy.ii : I wmi's say "obey." Bill: Never mind, iruv'nm , . (lot on wiv it T'll soo io that!

■More than I.OflO.finn people aro treated in the hospitals of .London each year.

The fellow whose courtship drives him to bankruptcy has no business wondering why marria"c i.s a failure.

_Tn a recent Leavenworth marriage tlio unite,! acjos ol'n;room and bride wen> V) 7 yenr.s, ' am l boMi cried.

Curate fat Sunday school): Now ••)89, liittlo Drops of Water. Now, do nut a little spirit into it

The Persian Gulf is r-nllod the Ureon Sea. | n , m a romarkfilile strii) o water 'of a green colour nlon" tlio Arat)iau Coast.

A fart niig iKMvspnpor is the bitPst novolty in Vnvix. \l i.s ~n l |,,t l La \ if. ' and is odited by M. I'olantinet, an anarchist.

Each Dreadnoimlit has a bakcrv a barber's .shop, ; , tnilor's shop,'a boot repairer's, a canteen, ami a hospital Jioldmjj a |, ( , llt ,si xtv pnt ieiit.s witli two surgeons.

lho flimsy p;,|) Or c -« 11 ocl 'tissue Paper wns orin-inally made to place between tissue doth of or silver to prevent its fravino- or tarnising when folded. " "

Joseph .Roslhowsky. a.ged 102 who ;has committed smVido at ']) m h Pasth, left a. letter cxplainino- that lie was terribly bored with 7iJo, and that alter wnitiiig patientlv for moro than half a contnrv to make "s exit, he had finally 'decided to take the matter into his mm hands

Dγ Tlorlillion, hond of tlio Anthropometric* 1 department of the lam police, has invented a new method o itloiitif.viiiK criminals. I'w the lutiiro not only will « record be taken of tlio ' fmgor and ■thiimlj prints of every convicted person but the colour'and texture ot the hair will be noted. Dr nerttllioTi has drawn up a chart giving to tho various hair slmrtcs i,ame« wflijch are likely to become an in•ternational standaird.

A good story is told by Mr Pbuden (tiro , V oll known London Magistrate) about the wife of a notorions burglar whom he was erossoxnmnun«. "You are the wife of this man?" naked counsel. "Yes" ion know ho was a burglar when you married him?" "Yes" Htovcnmo you to contract a matinmoma alliance with sudlr a man?" Wdl, witness admitted, "I was Retting old and I had to choose 'between a burglar and a lawyer "

-n. TT Onl ' V (1() ma ". v tf'oxfcs "walk" the House of Com rutins, but there is on record an instance of a "host taking parfc in the business of Te<Wslation. IJiis wiiirrod some forty years ago A certain member was abroad when he 'received a "whip" "urgently ,rer,iiestin K his attendance at /Westminster in time to take part in a critical division. He ■replied, promi.sinrr to bo in life place. On the fateful night tho ■Honso divided, and at the'door of ■tho division lob'by the tollers saw the member, and ibis vote was counted. At the time when the division was taken the. M.I , had (breathed his Inst, many hundred ol miles from Westminster.