Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer, and Clitheroe Division News. — 1892-10-28 (Nelson, Lancashire, England)

ABOUT MEN AND WOMEN.  Miss Frances Power Colobe, who has irritated Dr. Victor Horsley by her book vivisection, is an extremely jolly old lady, very stout, with a round rubicund face, and her merry laugh is most infections. She worships the animal creation, and is generally surrounded by pet dogs.  IN Finland, above all ether countries, do women enter into the business of life. They are clerks, doctors, dentists, builders, managers of small companies, and bank cashiers. They are especially sought for in the last capacity, on account of their reputation for honesty.  THERE IS a "Suicide Club" in New York, and J. B. Moorhead, a wealthy theatrical manager, has shot himself in accordance with the rules. Each member en joining is compelled to fix a date at which he is compelled to take his own life. Considering the character of the members, the club may continue its existence and mission for some time with a ivantage to the community.  Miss Kate Marsden, who is about to leave for America in the hope of raising funds for the foundation and endowment of two leper  colonies, which she will return to Siberia- to superintend, has had interviews with the Queen, the Princess of Wale, Princesses Victoria and Maud, and Princess Christian.  Mn. Johannes Wolff, whom the Queen has just presented with a paper-weight ornamented with a gold five-pound piece and her name in gold, is a well-known figure in London musical circles. There is no artist who is more generous in placing his art at the service of the poor and suffering than this Dutch violinist.  AFTER a three months' holiday in Switzerland, Professor Tyndall has roturned to Hindhead, _  Haslemerci.  MR. Percy Ricardo, a well-known member of the Stock Exchange, has jast died at Bramley Park, aged seventy-three. He was a relative of the famous political economist.  Mn. Austen Chamberlain, M.P., is at presett on a visit to the United States. He is described in a New York journal as "a young, smooth-faced man with an eye-glass." When asked by an interviewer to make a statement about English politics, he replied: "I came to America for pleasure and to g€t away from • politics, which are a dweadfal boah, don't you know."  ONE brother and two sisters of the poet Longfellow still live.  Wno is the anonymous Australian lady that has presented a peal of bells to the Imperial Institute? Rumour says Mrs. Thomas Austin, the widow of a wealthy Australian squatter.  THE New Zealand newspaper which Sir John Gont edited, printed, and published in the Maori language bore the attractive and euphonious title of the Pilioikoi Ifokenzok,e. It is not surprising that a paper bearing such a name came to a violent end. The office was attacked one night by the rebel Maories and demolished.  FRANZ, the 'composer, died at Halle on Monday, and at Naples the sudden death has just occurred of Charlotte Edgrew, the wellknown Swedish authoress.  THE amusing announcement comes from Melbourne that the Prince of Wales and Mr. Henryj Labouchere, of Truth, have met at Homburg and been reconciled. It is stated that the Prince said to Mr. Labouchere, "Let us ever be friends."  DR. Oliver Wendell Holmes says :—" There were four great men in the lives of whom I felt I had a certain relationship. They were Darwin, Gladstone, Tennyson, and Lincoln— men who made the year 1809 conspicuous, and I was so unblushing as to creep into that year too. Gladstone only remains; he is just my age."