The sun., 1908-01-19

ara running These are exceptions. b,t
bad business is the rule.
The meeting 0t Parliament will put An end
TO one OF the Kings greatest pleasures.
namely. shooting. As was recently stated
in THE Sum, the King. although a keen
aporterAAn, ia not a first rate shot. but he
has good eye for improving the enjoy
ment Of a shooting party. and many OF his
hosts have benefited by his hints. He
takes great delight in the Prince Ot Wales's
fine shooting and is very fopd OF having
him with him on the shoots But IL il re-
marked that the Prince never seems % III
at ease as when he is with his father,
The Duchess Of Portland oontemplates
big ball in London, which will nQminally
bS the London debut oH her daughter.
hut really social Te Deum for the end
OF the Druoe scare. While Lord Howard
dc Walden never bothered himself about
the Druoe case, though IL would have beg
cared him had Il come oct otherwise, It
an open seoret that the Duke OF Portland
was sorely harassed, although no matter
how the cAse was decided he would have
remained a rich man.
CURzoN-BANNERMAN FIGHT
AuTAOns VINO - hueduy CHAndFllOT
OF Oxford, il now a candidate for the rector
ship Of Glasgow University. This il always
a strictly political fight, and in view OF
Lordon Curzons recent attack on Prime
Minister Campbsll- Bannerman for refusing
him an English peerAge the contest will
be peculiarly piquAnt, as the Liberal nomi-
nee is Sir Henry himself. Inthe competition
for the chancellorship OF Oxford Lord
GIrzOn beat one Sootchman in the person
Of the former Liberal Prime Minister. Lord
ROsebery. He 10 now fighting an actual
Scotch Premier on Scotch ground.
SMART sET MORALS:
aIt il understood that the reason for
their action is dissatisfaction with the
state Of morality prevailing among some
Of the upper classes in certaia districts OF
the diocese"
SO runs the explanation of the recent
resignation OF the honorary canon and
rural dean Of the diocese Of Worcester.
IL is a question whether the smart set Of
the Midlands is smarter than elsewhere,
but Lopdon comment on the action OF the
clergymen is a suggestion that a little
more Of the spirit OF Father Vaughan would
be more oreditable to them.
SCARE IN DIAMONDS.
A rumor is current on the Paris Bourss
that Sir Julius Wernher of the De Beers
diamond syndicate wasso convinced Of the
value OF Lemone's alleged invention for
producing diamonds that for several months
past he has been selling great blocks Of
De Beers shares. and thereby realized more
than ten times the $500. 900 which he gave
TO Lemoine. On the Paris Bourse the quo
tatiOns for De Beers have fallen in the last
year from $50 TO $50 francs per share
LONDON CHIT CHAT
Over a million dollars has now been
sent TO five papers which are running
imesick compositions. The Post Ofice
secretary states that the purchasers OF
sixpenny postal orders for these competi-
tions stand TO OF the population.
The Earl Of Limerick has issued an appeal
to the winners Of limericks TO send part Of
their earnings to charities in the city which
gave the name to the competition.
The list Of the unemployed has been
steadily rising. In November. 1907. il was
5 per cent Last month 1t advanced to 81
per cent. of the population.
The Governor Of New Zealand is rebellins
against the constant influx Of consumptives
from England. He has decided that unless
they go directly to a sanitarium on their
arrival and are able TO pay their expenses
they must return by the next boat. There
are plenty of sanitariums in New Zealand
and most Of them are owned by the Govern
ment. Il is desired that only these shall
harbor consumptives in order To prevent
the place from being overrun with patients
of this character.
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County Court pointed out yesterday man
whom he ordered the usher to bring before
him Then he made this address 10 the man:
= That Ia the third time that | have seen
you splitting. You are fined three shillings,
and II you do not pay ii will send you to
prison
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