LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1707, 9 November 1887, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

.»■ ■ j To-iay, being the anniversary of the Prince ' df Wales' birthday, was observed as a close \ holiday m town. A great many people went to Christohnroh, and the streets wore a very deserted appearance. Owing to the great extent'to whioh poach, ing has been carried on the creeks on the Lagmhor Estate, Mr Donald MoLean haß been compelled to pat a stop to fishing there. In the past he has been very liberal m grant- 1 ing permission to fish on^the estate, bat his good nature was greatly abased, and there is good reason to believe nettingQhas been freely indulged m. Mother (to daughter) : " Why, my dear, yon are not going to ahuroh without corsets, are you?" Daughter: "Yes, mamma, it's an ioe cream festival, you know,?and I want to aooept all the invitations. Mr Whiteohoker Bays the churoh ia badly m debt." A stable boy, by charging the combatants with a pitohfork, is reported to have prevented a duel at Washington recently between the ion of a Congressman and the -brother of a member of one of the foreign legations at the capital. * It is said that one'i tarn'to be killed on the English railway doea not oome till 7367 journeys have been made. That is to say, that that proportion of journeys has bees made during the past year to eaoh person who haa been killed; 225,684,190 journeys were made last year, and only ninety-nine passen. gers were killed. A movement is on foot among a certain elasi of English Jews,!headed iby Dr Adler, to prevent (men r who are merely elected Ministers to small Hebrew congregations from assuming the title of reverend^without under, going some form of initiation. In Amerioa the " laying of hands " is recognised as the *te*DS of conferring the title, but m England, it seems, no such form of ordination exists, and this slate of things Dr Adler proposes to mend. Milk m any form, sweet or sour, is liked by birds of all ages. Buttermilk is very aeoeptable and highly nutritious. It pays far better to feed 'your spare milk to chickens than to pigs. Try it one season. The American nation pays every year nearly £40,600,000 sterling for tobacco oonsumed m oigaro and oigarettes, and £4,000,000 for tobacoo consumed m pipes. In addition, the bill paid annually m the United States for chewing tobacoo amounts to £10,000,000 sterling; so that the entire sum spent last year upon the commodity by our Transatlantic kinsmen amounted to the amazing aggregate of about £54,000.000 eterling. It is remarkable how the name of " Wood " has become renowned m the annals of sport. At the Canterbury Amateur Athlotio Sports lately P. and D. Wood both ran m excellent style. C. G. Wood is the craok English amateur sprinter;*, "Charlie" Wood.England's premier jockey ; Frederiok'and W. Wood, the English champion bioyolis*a ; C. E. Wood, the New South Wales amateur ohampion cyclist ; H, Wood, the wicket-keeper of the famous Surrey County Eleven ; and many others of the same name are equally well known m the different branohes of jsport. The importance of soft water for domestic purposes is illustrated by the experience of a large London asylum, m wbiob a change from hard to soft water has resulted m an estimated annual saving m soda, labor, etc., of more than £800. "Mary, this is the stillest house I ever lodged at. The landlord and his wife must live like angels m heaven together. I haven't heard one single sound sinoe I have been here." " That's all very nice, just now, Mr Imith ; but wait till they make friends again, They quarrelled a fortnight ago, and they haven't spoken to each other since." Several of the Frenoh railway companies and other publio bodies havß resolved on having their printing done on green instead of white paper. The reason for the alteration is that they believe the combination of white paper with black oharaeters endangers the eyesight of their workpeople. An immensn drainage work undertaken by the Russian Government oontemplateß the reoovery of the vast region known as the Finsk Marshes, m the south-west of Russia, near the borderi of Gallioia, and whioh hitherto has prevented communication not only between the Russian diatriots on tither side, but also between Russia and AustroGermany. Up to the present time about 4,000,000 acres have been reclaimed by means of the construction of aevoral thousand miles of ditches and canals. The " Estate Gazette " says that the number »f farms which will be vaoated at Michaelmas next is entirely without precedent ; some farms, which have been m the occupation of successive - members of the came families for generations, are thtn to be given up, owing entirely to the impossibility of farming without incurring loss. Queen Viotoria has oonsentod to close the Jubilet year by a progress through London from Buckingham Falace to St, Paul's, where a thanksgiving service will be held, followed by a grand function at tho Guildhall. London will be again en fete, and the city will be more gorgeously deoked than on Jubilas day. •Rough on lich."—" Rough on Itoh" cures ekin humors, eruptions, ring worm, tetter, salt rheym, frosted f«at, cbfibl&Up, tohi iyy pwei a re tab.