News in a Nutshell.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 89, 10 March 1884, Page 2

News m a Nutshell.

„;..., . ..; :~joo: — ' Finger cosy ' is the latest nane invsa* ted for ladies' muffs. , ; >!;,j To be m fashion, mis» r ya« will no longer brush your hair from the nape of the neck upward. •About the happiestjday m the life of a jppng lady is the day upon which the re* ceives an engagement ring. The Balmoral estate of Qdeetfc Victoria is only of the annual value of <£8400, si* though it covers more: than 2{>,&o seres, r, Buskin's latest rage is that lady grsda» ates instead of marrying oarate^ should become- barmaids at pio,tureiq«sr country inns. ■ „, .. . :l ' The new, and lovely little theatre bon* nets of Alack velvet. and tfbite tullt, embrdidered with pearls, are worn 'without strings. .; . : ;. .-! ,- -1 The new German Theatre m Berlin hu put upon , IU playbills i» laree UtUrs » ( Ladies areTreques'ted to|.tike l off their bonnetg.'- . : . : . ..-. An Indi»m lady- a mofliil wife and mother her husband off the Mloon habit by walking up te^he bar beiideiiini and calling for ihe beer. s ', Ver j' l e w.meh a,re io s tingy tb,at thej will hot share a k^fp with a pretty glrL As they perambulated . the Square oa Saturday evening the floodgates «f heaven opened and the rain , djMcended. Thomas, she enquired) as they sought re* :fuge under a verandah: / Whk| u that beahtiful vi»ion In the sky.* 'A lunar rainbow,' he rtpliad. .« What is a • lunar ' Thoj^s.' He looked into her bright eyei, their lips met. 'The or cis a heavenly lunar ' and that is^an eai tblyon*.' *On Thomas.4 Ilikd lunara better than comets.' Compositor c.are the most generous people m the world. ,They.. are always ettfiig 'dm'np. 1 ' ; ; A barb«r'a shop on Saturday nights is sths only pltOd whioh we o*n e^l to mind just now tua» ' has no vacant cb^ir. 1 An indiscreet man qpn'^ded( , a. secret to another, and togged- him not to 'repeat it 1 ' It»s all right, 1 was the reply J't will be aB close as you were.' ' ' . If the oldest inhabitant conld be bound ia calf and kept on a shelf until wanted he might bt uaefulj-but be can never ba found when his facts are required, and so hr> goes for nothing. It is contemplated at no distant period to provide railway carriages with a com* pl.ete system to enable passengers te communicate with both the guard and the eigine driver. At least two and a half millions are " spent every year m ta« colony for drink* Dr R. Ledenfeld, a famous German naturalist, has arrived m Sydney. Australian fruit has reached, jladia m excellent condition, and freah sopplias are aatced for. • : :'? t. the National Liberal Reform Leagueat Adelaide. hay« carriflda m(ti a fc favour of the payment of members, - In Liunheston twenty. ona : bootnaak»ra have been: arres{«d /or leajing itteir work without giyingiproper a^ic»i j. Sir George , vV hitmore, whjlatravellin» by the bverlind txp^ess \o Htalbourntj was robbed of a bag containing £52. ' Sir E' Eaper, the footballer, is dead k He captained the IS ew South Wales Foot* ball team oft it* tour iv New Zealand. Tb« MelbWrrif correspondent of the Hawke» Bay Herald announces positively that ; Sir Georg6 Grey l Isibout to visit Melbourne. ' : Sir W. P: : 0lark»» iart Jl *itll be ln% stalled as District Grand faster of Free* masons for Victoria, Eaglujh Constitntion^ on the 26tb of Marcb< : ;I ■;■ .-,'. " <„, Shqckt of earth^ttakQiconiiittt to b* felt m Tasmania* >. ■ , -[;