THROUGH THE PAPERS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1741, 16 January 1888, Page 3

THROUGH THE PAPERS

AN ARGUMENT FOR OREMATJO^.

The advocates for cremation point to the fact that no less than 2200 acres of land are occupied by London cemeteries, at the low prioa of £123 psr acre, The coat at starting was therefore more than a quarter of a million, to say nothing of the needless expense of faneral. Of course, were cremation to become a recognised instltlon all over the country the land thns wasted, and the cost incurred, m'ght be turned to more profitable advantage, AN INTERESTING DIBOOVKRY. Last month some exoavations at Pompeii brought to light a set of surgical instruments many of which resemble instruments m use at tb,e present day. Some days later four beautiful silver urna of fair s)£3 were found ; also four smaller Vessels, eight open vases, four cups ornv mented with leaves and ogares of animals, and a very beautiful statue of Jupiter seated on a throne. Besides these silver objects, several gold ornaments, suoh as rings, earrings, etc., were also found. JEWJBH PIOGREBS. The Jews In Amerioa, according to the " Avaf rican Magazine, " numbered m 19,45. 50,000 m a population of 20,090,000'; today they artf 500,000, and increasing far more rapidly than an? other race m the United States. They have increaaod tenfold, while the population of the country has but trebled, placing the United States fourth among the countries of the world m the number of its Jewish citizens, exceeded only by Russia, Austria, and Germany. TSB IAKOE6T GBAVINCI DOCK. A. syndicate of Cardiff merchants has been formed to construct what will bo the largest graving dook.ln tho world. Five sores of land have been aoqulred at Barry Tslaod, a few miles from Cardiff Barry being the Bite of the great dock which is being mado m opposition to the dooks of the Marquis of Bute. The estimated coat of the graving dook, the construction of whion will be completed this yetr when the Barry Dock is finished, is £150,000 A BOTAL EQiJESTBIKNNK. It is related that one of the little Archduoheßses of Austria was recently taken to a olrous, where nothing amazed her, and very little pleased her, Ojn. her return home the Emperor ag'^ed how she had enjoyed the performance. "Oh, very well," the young lady replied, « only mamma does everything the circus women i 1 did a great deal better. Why, I have 1 seen her jump through six boo D*." It' • appears that this Is really true, and that i ' the Empress, has on more than osa occasion given a strictly private entertain* meat to hoc intimates, m which she bai 1 er spilled* them with feats equal to those * of tht moit filled dross fld«r«