GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2416, 11 April 1922, Page 1

GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

Two Detroit lovers quarrelled fifty years ago, and decided never to meet again. The man, now aged seventy-eight and the woman, aged seventy-four, met by chance recently, fell in love with each other again, and have married. Judge E. A. Smith, of Loup City, Nebraska, gave a substantial dinner recently to twenty friends at which the only item on the menu was one bean. The bean was more than three feet long, and was grown from a seed of the tropical “giant wonder” bean, which the Judge brought back from a far Southern trip. British aeroplanes are being delivered to a Swiss company which is conducting aerial .joy rides above the Alps, and an aerodrome has been erected at St. Mortiz. The two pilots who are taking the machines from London to Switzerland are experienced in flying among mountains, having taken British aeroplanes from London across the Pyrenees for the Spanish Government.

William Ansley and lola Maloney were' married by Justice of the Peace Eugene Gharpe, at Detroit while the ink was. drying on their respective divorce decrees. Both decrees were granted by Judge Hunt within a few minutes of each other. The. bridegroom was granted a decree divorcing him from his former wife, Nellie, on the ground that she insisted on attending festive parties and finally left him. Mrs Maloney was freed from her husband, Guy C. Maloney, when she testified that he frequently heat her, and on one occasion struck her with a lamp. The top of a lead pencil, nine small pebbles, and several other articles about the size of a chestnut were found in the stomach of an unknown man \yhose body was taken from the River Lea near Edmonton, li was staled at the inquest at Edmonton that a piece of paper in Hie man’s possession bore an address in Forest Road, Walthamstow, but the police had not been able to find out who he was. A doctor expressed the opinion lliat the man had been in the water for about, seven days. An open verdict was returned. A mild sensation lias been caused in certain towns of German Switzerland by the appearance of what looked like a miniature Noah’s Ark on wheels. Having acquired a small property in Alsace, a farmer dismantled his chalet and reconstructed it on a huge motor-lorry. When all his furniture and poultry had been installed, the farmer and his wife and four children moved into the front room. A stable at the hack was occupied by a horse and cow, who gazed complacently out while the farmstead rumbled along in easy stages toward the new home. A pig has been promoted by its owner to the position usually occupied by a dog. In the streets of Ashford, Kent, a young man is often to he seen leading his pet pig, of the white, variety, along the pavements of the town. The unusual exercise appears to agree with the pig, for it strolls contentedly along by the side of its master, and shows no impatience when he gazes into shop windows. Its chief concern is with the dogs, from whose surprised and curious attention it suiters some inconvenience. But it lifts its snout high in the air to express its superiority, and when this fails a good gruff grunt usually sends the dog about his proper busi-

ne.ss« The law in all its power and dignity assembled at Beverley recently for the East Riding Quarter Sessions. There were: —Sixty persons who had been summoned from various parts of the riding for grand and common juries; forty-live magistrates; six barristers; a corps of newspaper reporters; a large force of policemen from different east riding centres; numerous Court officials and clerks. The only prisoners before the Court were two boys, who were sent to reformatories for stealing chocolates. The feelings of a juryman from Filey, who lmd to rise at 5 a.m. to attend the Court punctually, may be imagined.

THE CAUSE OF CONSTIPATION. The most common cause of constipation is a lack of exercise necessary to keep the muscles of the bowels active. That is why constipation is often brought on by too frequent use of purgatives. They act violently, performing the work of the bowels for them, and so weaken them that they will not act without assistance. Chamberlain’s Tablets will relieve constipation because instead of doing the work of the bowels they gently stimulate, them to voluntary action. Their frequent use will not injure the most delicate person.—For sale everywhere. —Advt.