Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-31
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Whe hear no more of Lebengula, who, according to rumof, may be still alive, but Lord Bryce solved the fnyst= cry as to the end of that Kings sister. Her great influence over Lebengula diminished when he took to wife two daughters of a powerful Zulu chief. She nagged them and him, and he threatened her with death ef she did not desist from her persecution. The lady consulted the Prophet of the Matoppe Hills, who told her that she was fated to be killed. So she nagged to the end then went eheerfully away and was strangled.
 Botuisn is not a new disease: The bacillus hotulinuS was discovered and named by von Ermengen 22 years ago, when a German orgy of half-raw foods had caused an outbreak of "sausa ge poisoning" Ermengen found whole colonies of the bacilli in a ham which was not decomposed. The bacillus, be proved is dangerous, whether ad- mitted by way of the alimeftary canal or simultaneously Kempner prepared an effective antitoxin, but the grand preventive is thorough cooking of food. Germany stayed her horrible
  to cook smoked ham before eating it.
 Of rnisspelt surnames, especially those of remote origin, there is no end and in the category that of the new Irish Chief Secretary has place. How either the Shortts of the Seetts came by an extra "t" is ifiexplicable unless we assume that it was through ignorance. Each family at any rate can boast of an old=tirhe celebrity who disdained the use of the superf1uous praised by Roger Bacon, and in George IFS reign the James Short who made and sold to the King Of Spain for ,200 the finest telescope then in the world.
 A fleet of five or six wooden vessels l is being built for the Cunard Company | by the National Shipbuilding Company 1 of Texas. The first, named the War Mystery, has already been launched ! says the Liverpool Courier" and the second. the War Marvel, follows in a fortnight. The new Cunarders are l the largest wooden vessels in the world, and the builders can construct one within 30 days. The War Mystery is 315 feet long, 49 feet inches beam 34 feet draught and 28 feet inches moulded depth.
 Our books on, naval history whicf i give. in terms of flags, Nelson's sigma at Trafalgar, will have to be brought up to date to include, in Morse dots and clashes, the immortal "St. George for England of zeebrugge. Our Ja- panese Allies will be the first to not( the fine watchword, for Togo, an in To1- varient of the Trafalgar signal in tht great sea battle with Russia. Said h. in his report: q ran up this sigma for all the ships in sight-'THe fat of the Empire depends upon this event every man is expected to do his ut most"
 The clarion four word message iron Sir Roger Reyes to the Vindictive i not excelled for brevity or effective ness by anything in our records. Vel lington's Up Guards and at em" wa ) really, he said Guard stand up," an i the prelude to a general instruction E To balance the phrase from the term
 Of ehivalry flashed into the midnigh air at; zeebruggt we must seek tn
 opposite pole of patriotic exhortation Admiral Sir Charles Napier's roar t his bluejaekets at Acre, Forward yo
 
 A little friendly advice was given b Judge Selfe to a solicitors woma clerk during the hearing of a case g < MaFyleb6ne County Court recentll ! His honour invited her to step int I the witness box, and asked: Are yo
 going to be a lady lawyer?"
 The young lady confessed that sl 6 did not know.
 : The Judge: We'll, take my advic | and don't The law is a nasty, beast :, business. You will come in eonta, Q with all sorts of shady people.
 Mir. Newman (eednsel): I hope vol honour does not include counse n Daughter, in which the judge joined i Under the new pensious warrar . which came into operation yesterda t the allowances of children latel widows and disabled men are raise
 to the same amounts as those for u # soldiers children which were given # la Mondays 'Ddily Chronicle" Tht h are as foliows:-
 " New-First child, s. 6, d. s; old s. 5, q. 0.
 l. New-Second child. s, 5, d. c; old
 S. 4, d. 2.
 New-Thira child, s. 4, d. 2; old Il s. 3, d. 4.
 Q New-others, $. 4, d. 5; oid-s. n d. 6.
 r Under this revision a widow wi U six children will receive ss. 4d. ext a week.
 s Widows of soldiers who fell in fo ,f mer wars are to have their psnsie | a +n a iv1rlia iaAf