The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-20
Weeks Gossip ofLondon
 BY w. HAMILTON RnopEs.

London Dec. ls.--What must be written off as the quaintest At Home" of the season took place at the Carl ton Hotel the other day. The recep- ton was given jointly by Count dc Beaufort and his friend "Bob.' as- sisted by St. John Rowlandson. When 1t is explained that Bob Is Q fine, heavy. brindle bulldog 1t will be easily understood that the function was far from being of the ordinary, cut-and- dried, conventional character. The Count. who ig & young bachelor of 21, and has recently succeeded to one of the oldest Dutch titles Issued regular invitation cards, with a portrait of Bob printed on them, and with the message underneath, "I hope you will crime" Bob Is four years old and is valued at $2,500. In July last, when his master was living in New York, he captured burglar who paid the Counts quarters a visit. Since then Bob has been the hero of a continent. The dog got quite used to holding re- captions on the other side of the Pond and now that his master has come to this side Bob Is ably assisting him in adding to their list of English friends. Among those who attended the recep- tion were Sir Bindon and Lady Blood. the Hon. Rudolf Lemieux Postmaster General of Canada1 Lady Weldon. General sir Harry and Lady Prender- gast, Miss Hart daughter of Sir Rob- ert) Lady Mary Cunningham, Sir Law renee and Lady Jenkins.
 An TFfah Giant.
 The ghost of an Irish giant, per- haps Finn McCoull himself, who built the Giants Causeway, has been amus- ing itself for the last few weeks by frightening the people in the neigh borhood of Galway. On Saturday night a couple of young men on their way home from a party at the village of Newcastle were crossing the rail- way line near place called Granvilie. when they saw a human form about nine feet high confronting them. When they approached the spectre 1t vanished, but reappeared about forty yards further down the railway, and was last seen going in the direction of Lough Corrib. The young men brought the story into Galway City, and the next night half a dozen of their friends started to interview the giants ghost. They were armed with shotguns and reyolvers, and soon after they arrived at the place they saw the giant coming toward them. One of the men raised revolver, but before I he could fire he became unconscious and fell into the arms of his compan- ions, who paid no more attention to the ghost One of them declares, how. ever, that he heard the ghost laugh ing. The unconscious man was car- ried into Galway. and taken to a med ical man. who revived him after some hours work. Other parties went out on Monday and Tuesday nights, but the ghost failed to appear.
 The manner in which 8 lady raises her skirt to cross a muddy street was demonstrated at the Brompton County Court this week. A dressmaker Sued firm of cleaners for damaging a lady's dress. The defending solicitor. however, asked if the "puckkers" and marks in the skirt. which formed the basis of complaint, might not have been caused by it's owner having Seiz- ed her skirt at the back-"Like this"
 He seized his own garmets at the back by way of illustration, but the dressmaker interposed In a horrihed tone:-
 "A lady does not take hold of her skirt there, sir. She does it like this.'
 And she deftly wheeled round in the witness-box and elevated her skirt above her ankles in the correct way, to the edifcation of a smiling court.
 Well, you know more about skirts than do," said the solicitor. But Sir William Selfe reproved him also.
 You might know" he said, that a
 
 middle of the back
 T don't know sir," the solicitor re- piled when the judge broke in once more with the remark: why, you are a married man!'
 GIanders In London.
 That terrible and mysterious dis ease glanders has caused the death of at least five human beings in Loadon in the past ten weeks. And there are foR, been recognized. These statements were made at an inquest at Kensing- ton. Henry Sales, aged 59, a coach man, died in the Marylobene Infirm- ary, and pr. Lunn said that death was probably due to glanders. Sew eral medical experts. 1t was stated saw the man during life, and agreed with the diagnosis. The clinical signs were there, but no organizm was found in the blood, ana there was no reaction with the "malleln" test.
 The period of incubation of the dis casa is twenty-one days. Glandors. said one expert, could be inhaled from the sneeze of a passing horse suffer ing from glanders or by ineculation through an injury. B. H. Salisbury, who made fautopsy, said the symptoms MT. Hunting. the veterinary sergeon of the London County Council. said that many cases at London hospitals had been treated as another disease. and that there was possibility of nineteen out of twenty victims of zlanders being buried without dis eoyery of the actual cause. The main point in the diagnosis was the skill of the person under whose care they An extraordinary occurrence was re- ported recently at a meeting of the Richmond (Dublin) Lunatsc Acylum l Committee. The chief medical sup perintendent stated that a male patient who had been transferred to | ths auxiliary asylum at Portrane com- plafned some days later of internal palms, and stated that he had swallow | ed a knife and fork. On examination | tba nraRapcA oY A foreign wubstanco