Show T THE WIDOW SHEARS AND ALL SHE HEARS The London Chronicle says that when a man attains t the l age of 72 he is naturally disposed dispose to rest content with the Ute clubs and the associations to which he is s already att attached The promoters of the Old Od Diggers Diggers' association r re recently organized In In Australia forgot that fact when they they wrote to Lord LoriS Salisbury Sal Sal- asking Nm hm to 1 become a mem mem- bar ber The Pre Premiers Premier's lers ler's reply is what mig might t have been expected a expected expected-a a courteous courte courte- ous ous expression of t r regret gret at his in inability inability il in- in ability to accede to to the request The Theold Theold Theold old diggers Cl'S regard Lord Jora Salisbury ry as one of us on the strength of his br ef sojourn on on the tha Bendigo field in 11 1852 when wilen he ne W was S Lord Robert obert C Cecil ci and a a. younger on son It H t Is difficult tp to imagine the nO noble Je marquis o of today clad cad jn jn in a red shirt white moleskin trousers and cabbage tree hat but by byal byall al all accounts hs he a did thoroughly adapt himself to his Bendigo environment of ofa ofa ofa a half halt century ago Germany is the birthplace of socialIsm socialism social social- ism lam and it has attained attained p a higher development development de de- de- de there than anywhere e else I In 1877 the Socialists Socialists' cast votes I at the Reichstag stag elections as against the Centres Centre's 1341 00 and against the I National Liberals Liberal's In 1878 and I 1819 owing to Bismarck's repressive measures the Socialist vote dropped to from that time u until til the thelast thelast thelast I last general ejection that of 1898 the Socialist vote rose rose steadily The SocIalists Socialists Socialists So So- today are in iii in point of Cumbers by f far fr 1 th the largest party and at the next general elE election they will reach I the mark and possibly exceed it it 1 I Irle The British vesse vessel Ban which recently got into I s sc much uch trouble in South America was America was named after th the late Queen Victoria The Celts Colts of ot Scotland had made madd no provision in their language for tor toria ia a a l reigning Queen and and as p ced tee lee is Gaelic or ot king icing Ing a a. Way wy ay had to be found o out i of the difficulty difficult and ban was prefixed pret the word signifying fair or or woman so gp g that Ban High Rih means I Woman King i iThe The lasgow corp ra has decided i t to carry out the extensive water scheme at Loch so o as to secure that thi-t galI gallons alls s of at water vater shall be emptied Into L Loch ch Katrine from v Glas Glasgow ow ge its water wate supply The water vater commissioners were empowered empowered empo I ered eted rece recently to borrow in the first I in instance stance in connection oi f with the scheme i 1 The fruit of ot f the tree of South Africa yields a strong intoxicating drink for the nath natives s. s A traveler ti say says saya elephants ts are IS if nd j of it and often be become ome q tipsy stagg staggering ring about playing antics screaming so as to be heard for fog mlle miles jj and ct having tr tremendous men men- dous tl fights T f l and glaciers glacier are on ont t 0 V H r Grel thick and move I ee e eZ f a d Mx X of 01 them yearly Y l P t J four our Bi squa square e miles 0 ice V- V t 4 I J iv J C 6 lf i 11 t i r. r Ai e g 1 |