THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1763, 10 February 1888, Page 3

THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES

A FftBNCH FL WEB F*EM: A FreDcb flower farm <f ab ut. seventeen aorea was planted with 45 000 tufts of violets and 140.000 <f tbe white j »smine with roses, perlargoniamß, tuberoses, and j rqni'p. A laboratory was erected for the manufacture of perfumes, aDd ia the fourtti year after planting, lucrative results were obtained.

S M THIKa LIKE A J^MP. The athlete world will be stirred at the news of the very rdtnarkftbla high jimp performed by MLt W, Byrd Page of New York. Tbia gentleman tied for the Eogllsh High Jnmp Oha ■ pionship, and at Siourbridga he went a Ii tic higher by jampicg 6 feet ?]- inoheß Ie is n w anooui ced from Plnladelph'a that be has cleared a bar at a hefgh < f 6 f*et 4 inches.

POPULATION OF CHINA China paperu, speaking of a recent census nf the empire taken by tbe author! ties of Pokin, atato that tb- figures ritnrned by rhp vnj'»»ge bi;i flfi make the popuaion 319,383 500. which together wi>h tVe esiim-tte* of five provinces omitted, makes the segregate abcrjt three honored and ninety two millions. Thoae figo-es »m independent of the population ot Ojn aTHlbe*. anr) K»»hear

THE FATHKR OF THE FOREST. I<-. is ib stated thu the ia tree m Oa'ifomla is t<i b^ found m Talare c nntv It is 450 feet high, and the tunk is 138 feet m cironmference. To comprehend the size of the tree, one has only to r fl j cr that a building 45 f c* equ*re c >nIH be act on the botc f r a foundation if the tree were cut down *>nd not project ov r the the aides. (> The Father of the Forest" seems to be a fitting name for Buoh a monster.

COTTON MANUFACTTTUE If INDIA: One of the most str king developments that has take* place m India Is that of ha cotton spinning manufacture. In 1876 there were for y teven mills, containing 9139 looms m operation ; thprc are n>« uinety four mills, contain!* g 17 f 455 loon a In 1876 exports o* cotton iut»i-nf«c*n'->»!i wer< 7 926,0001 bof yarn, and 15 544.000 yards of piece good* ; but last year u•/ co «s'ftd of 91,804 0001 bof yarn, and 53 406 OCO yards of piece goods Lancashire ia beginning to wit.cc under thii great competition.

MDBDER WILL OUT. A Pydney gentleman » ho had carefully trained up his servant m the way ho ehould go, bo that, when his wife was present, he might not depart from it, snt bim with a box ticket for the Theatre to tbe houee of a young lady. The servant returned while the trent'emsn and ha wifo were at dinner. "Did you see himV said the gentleman, giving him trip one •• Yes, sir," rep'led the servant ; '' he said he'd go with a &ood deal of pleaßnra. and that he'd wait for you, sir." " What was he doinu V asked tha wife, oirelestly. " Putting on hie bonnet, ma'am "

yoCfTOBITAL TaRGET fRACTICB. The Admiralty have leaned s fhet oUcular, emphasising the importance of target practloe being oarried out after r ft*k with quiokfirlag mi machine guns Where vesßelß DOBoeßs the electric li^ht it is to be used at the discretion of the emmaoder* Beyond 500 yards tho ■earoh lights may be employed for the purpose tf dttcoveiing the targets, but at lets ttan that distance tbe targot le. supposed to b'J discoverable w'thiut such aid. Where ©Metrically illuminated sights are not used, the best way of lighting the sights is left to the direction of tbe oonimaoder.

OMB HCNDEED AND SIXTY fOUHDB FOB AN EGO At Mr J O. Stevens' auction rooms, m Km* street, Oonvent Garden, a lar^e namber of ornithologists assembled to

witness the sale of an egg of tin great auk. Brf ire c fficinc; the lot Mr Stevens re marked tbnt la 1880 two eggs of tho bird, both ot whioh had be»n broken, were sold by him, and that they fetched 100 and 103 guineas lespeotivelj. Of the recorded egf>B, 25 w«ro m eighteon museums and 41 la nineteen private collections— 43 out of the 66 being m Great Britain. The fin t bid of 53 guinea*

was made by a well knowi ornithologist, and this was fo" o *■■ d by 60 puioeas from Mr L Fu'ld, to whom the eg? war eventu*llv knocked down at 160 uaineas THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD. The following letter, s»ya the " LHtel- | ton Times," was received by the Wo»k« Qjmmi tee of the Sydvnhim Borough 0 unoil, and by them referred to the i Chriatcharch O> y Council, under wbote control the Sou h ' T"wn Belt 4 s We print it as written ;— JVery 23, 1883 to City borro of Sydehham conail— . Bm your honors plase will i be aloud to rent the south town belt from Montrlal street to Oolurabo street to run my gooses like Jonny pepperell i *\\ kape tha ashfelt clean wh/o'i a gosoon of a boy will do it, 1 am to opo.a poultp erera »h>p m paddle? market if i c't yoiv p v j'ksbnn 1 wont hßv» more not 100 gooies o» the bllt at wan time, bea«d t | twfeeyi foxvf ob»gent