... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. Do you suggest that client liit you with malice aforethought?” asked, a solicitor of witness at Thames police court on Saturday. The witness: No, hit with brick. ...

... TO-DAY'S SHORT STORY. The long arm of coincidenoe has re united a husband and wife in police station at Roerrnond, the German-Dutch frontier, where they received the blessings of burly Dutch policeman who ■seemed genuinedy pleased this happy re-birth ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. Your friends are as interested as you in The use of “surgical ants” with powerful jaws to stitch the wounds of men and women, and other strange medical practices developed by the Indians living in the interior of Peru, are described ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. Two bears guard a garage in New York. They are kept in cages during the day, but at night when the garage is locked, they are released and roam at will among the cars. The proprietor of the garage does not anticipate any more burglaries ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. Shortly after 3.0 p.m. yesterday, H. M. Marshall was addressing the Doncaster Town Council when he protested that members were paying no attention to his remarks. If you will let us know' the winner of the Derby we shall probably ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. When it was reported Glamorgan Agricultural Committee, yesterday, that lectures on horticulture had been given at Cardiff and Swansea prisons, a Councillor said that after one of the lectures at Cardiff some the prisoners went to ...

... TO-DAY'S SHORT STORY. A parrot that was drunk for three days kept one of the tire brigades of Chicago running to imaginary fires for 48 hours (says the British United Press). It perched in a tree and shrieked out Fire, fire.” at the top of ite voice. ...

... TO-DAY'S SHORT STORY. Soalyham terrier, named Sill.” the proud possession of Captain noyhton, of Kingsdown, near Deal, proof that “Every dog has his dny. Yesterday Bill had his. Noticing number seagulls the edge of the cliffs. Bill gave chase and over ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. While out walking Lugar, Ayrshire, local man came on rabbit which refused to more even when he touched it. Investigation revealed that the rabbit was sitting on a bird’s nest con tainiug four eggs, and was apparently watching them ...

... TO-DAY'S SHORT STORY. Mr. H. St. J. Raikes, K.C., addressing the Committee of the House Lords yosterdav in opposition to the Sheffield Corporation Bill,| said that the ca>e of the promoters was like that the young lady whose legs were so thin that the ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. A grand juryman at the Old Bailey yesterday before taking his seat asked to be excused. When asked the reason he said: “I only want to excused for five minutes while I outside the court, as I left car unattended.” was allowed quarter ...

... TO-DAY’S SHORT STORY. We have all seen the screen crook who opens safes listening to the falling tumblers in the lock, but an Amerioan lock expert has now gone one better, states Reuter’s New York correspondent. An office girl lost the combination of ...