The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1906-03-10 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A respectablydressed woman named Francis Warrington, of Holt Hill, was charged with having attempted to commit suicide by swallowing poison.,-P.C. SC (Kelly) stated that at 8.90 p.m. on the 6th inst, he was informed that ' a woman had taken poison in Pearson-road. 'Proceeding there, he found prisoner sitting on a public seat. She appeared to be very distressed and had a wild :ook in her eyes. He asked her what she was doing theve.and she replied, "Look at me and you will see," adding "I have taken a lotion." Witness gave her an antidote, and having summoned the ambulance she was conveyed in it to the Borough Hospital. Dr. W. Munby, senior house surgeon, said that prisoner wag admitted on Tuesday night She was evidently suffering from the effects of poison.— Mr. Copeland (Magistrates' Clerk): What have you to eayP—Prisoner: I took it became my hneband told me I could not go home any more, and I have no P-ace to go to.—The WrOULall was discharged on hey hue. band promising to look after her.  "The Captain" for March is chock full of the does of reading matter in which healthy-minded boys deLight. Mr. P. C. Wodehonse's admirable school story, "The White Feather," is brought to a fitting and exciting close, the deeeriptian of the winning by the supposed coward of the boxing competition at Aldershot being stirring to a degree. Rugby School is treated photographically, the boys being shown both at work, exercise, and play. The "Captain" is unqueetionably as near to being an ideal bogs' book as can be imagined.  In the current number of the "Royal Magazine" another railway detective story is told, and the series of ghost stories entitled "The Ghost Hunters" is continued. In this number General Baron Faverot de Kezlireoh relates the thrilling story of the battle of Sedan, this being the lath of the series known as "Survivors' Tales of Great Events." There is an article on the salt mines at Wieliczka, showing all the wonders of this City of Salt, and a_so one entitled 'The Stay-at-home Girl," which, in a very interesting way, tells haw three girls, started with only .215 between them, succeeded in making money. -Government Publications.--Messris Wyman and Sons, Limited, Official Sale Agents , in England and Wales for Parliamentary I Papers and Stationery Office Publications, I beg to notify that they have published the following:--Queen Anne's Bounty: Report and Accounts, 3d. Navy: Supplementary Eatimate, id.; Naval Worke, Id. Passengers to Places out of Europe, id. Proceedings in Parliament, 511 inst.: Lords, 5d.; Commons, laid. Parliamentary Debates, 27th Olto,'la. 6d. Nautical Almanac, 1969, 2a. ed. Vagrancy Committee: Report, Is. Id. Army Prize Money and Legacy Funds, Id. General Lighthouse Fund, Id. Local Authorities (Liabilities), Id. Parliamentary Voters (Registration) dill, lid. Parliamentary Debates, 20th ulto, Is. 6d.  The new "Rioters of England" which Cassells are issuing forms a very important addttion to the literature of the country. Not only is the matter well arranged, but it is wet and profusely illustrated. We have received Nos. 59 to 57, dealing with tile Victorian period, and among other subjoins dealt with are those of the Indian Mutiny and the Fenian riots. The History is well worth careful perusal.