The Birkenhead News and Wirral General Advertiser. — 1908-10-31 (Birkenhead, Merseyside, England)

QUARREL. GIRL ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.  A young girl named RASA Annie McKenna, of 10. Brook-street, was charged at the Borough Police Court on Wednesday with having attempted to commit. suicide by swallowing a quantity of salts of lemon. Maggie Campbell, of Moon-street, stated that she was a servant at Dr. Harrington's, and the prisoner was a cook there. At twenty minutes past ten on Saturday morning. prisoner got dressed to go out, and asked witness to give her a kiss before she went, because she said" You won't see me again." Witness followed her a little way. B.nd saw her go into a druggist's shop. but afterwards missed her. She did not see her again until Saturday night in the Borough Hospital. Prisoner got a pemnyworth of salts of lemon on Friday night, and told her it was to take a stain out of an apron. The prisoner had a quarrel with her sweetheart on the night previous, and this upset her no doubt. _ _ . .  Dr. Johnstone said the girl was not unconscious when he received her, and there were very little signs of poisoning. She told him that her mistress had scolded her, and that was why she bad taken • •  _ Mrs. Campbell said the prisoner came round to her back door on the morning in question, and when she (vritness) went out, she fell into her arms. Witness then called a policeman. P.C. Kameen said he went to the house, .9, Moon-street, and had the prisoner conveyed to the Borough Hospital. In reply to the charge she said "I am very sorry, I will not do it again." The magistrates remanded the prisoner for a week.  Mr. Aaguith had a warm reception on Wednesday when he opened a basaar at Highbriry Corner, London. A large party of Suffragette's had practically taken pcie session of the hall, and for half nn-Lcur pandemoninm reigned. the Prime Minister, whenever he essayed to speat. -oeitg greeted with cries of "Wirr don't -y.iu give the women _justice?" and references to the Ims prisoned Suffragettes. Fourteen interrupters were ejected.  transit low down in the southern sky. Between Cetus and his victim shine two of the zodiacal constellations; Aries, the Ram, distinguished by the neat little triangle of stars ' forming- its head and .Pisces marked. out by. two long lines of small stars meeting together at the Sea Monster's neck. To the west of Andromeda is Pegasus, the Winged Horse, the last of two stars of the "Square" having passed the meridian by about an hour. The southern horizon in general is held by the " watery.' constellations; the Sea-Goat and the Southern Fish are setting; the Waterpourer is stretched out above them; then comes the great Sea Monster, whilst Eridanns, the river which he has poured out of his month, flows all along the..south-eastern horizon. The western half of the Milky Way holds the birds, for the Swan and the .Eagle with the L_yre fly just above the Soaring Eagle. The eastern branch of the Milky Way brings with it Pegasus coming to A.ndromeda's deliverance, Auriga, the Bull, the Twins. and bright Orion, now completely risen above the eastern horizon. _  --I,..l;crtic".ariiiW-MifliT-Way are the four constellations, which, with Cassiopeia, are always with us; Cepheus, Cassiopeia's husband, the Dragon. and the Greater. and Little Bears. Hercules has partly set; Bootes and the Crown that he grasps have almost entirely disappeared. Only two planets are visible; Saturn. moving slowly in a barren region in Pisces. and Neptune still in Gemini. The former is near the moon on November 5, and the latter. on November 12. Mercury is well placed for observation on the mornings of November 12 to l, when it is at greatest elongation west, but it does not rise until about half-past five.  . N i r " so4I Odir-i, •!* , * , .., ..,,„,S • \ - . ••••utTecoje ~ I / MINORt' VI. Poiarie, , t". 611 0 • CEPKEUW• ~ %LYRA Pollux•-•Castar A 7. . eyat4US 60,_ il•-• ,' 1,41 AgiRLA it• ! AIWA/ Z GUM N t • \a _Sir.% E ; „,..._4% ; V/ ' irrl—wie, 44, / .cuiftNus. 1 4444 z in 4 . °IPRARIDA C .• ilf• •••••2„ TM . To" ..4 I PEGASUS, p % (10 %uses .' t Kitrs"\ <l•.. 41.1nip.;_—___.-.-. e"..pltuAle.l fau ~ 44,03 0 rat urn 4 Sodi ie•-•••••-itit Tips 0 ,s, 0® 6.. , .0 .9. 'ap, %Malta" .....'4l" ...4 if ' S