The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1763, 10 February 1888, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Wp. ere m reoeipt of a latter from on« who ■igna with the legend " A No c of Warning," eomjilßiniog of the exhibition of a nu.ubo' of photographs contained m a framo hnnfting outside 4 certain tußinean establishment m [ East street, which ha oharactera as "an i insnU to the public taste, degrading to the public morale, and an outrage to public as well as private deoenoy." Before publishing this letter (which, besides the foregoing severe expressions, contains stronger remarks than vro Bhouid care to admit into our oorrospondenoe column), we have stopped rouni end taken a look at the photographs m question. We find that the,* are merely a Collection of representations of popular actresses and danseußes m stage costume, and are quite unable to deteot anything which justifies the terms employed, Low dreasoß and tights are doubtloßß not quite the bind of costume m which one oaree to see one'a daughters, " sisters, cousins, or aunts " arrayed, but after all, so far as many of these pictures are concerned, much more exception might fairly b« taken to what ladies of the highest rank are pleaied to oeneider full dress for balls and Court functions. Benan m his new book, " The History of the People of Israel," writes five hundred pagei to prove that Abraham never existed, that Moses waa a rebogade; Egyptian, and . tba David waa a brigaod, a bandit, sq mania, ood evea a worshipper o Bi»J, I

Thiß morning before Major Steward, J.P,, ) two " drunks " were severely fined 5s eaoh, with the usual alternative, one of them being further ordered to pay 20s the cost of conveyance to the lock-up. A seoond death from sunstroke baa ooourred this season. A man named Cbeenall, wb,o was working near Methven, sustained a sun* stroke about a week ago and died m the Hospital yesterday. A North Island exohange says that "as wheat threshed from the stook oannot be successfully treated by the roller system of making flour, the propietors of these mills are ; refusing to purchase from farmers who thresh oat their grain direct from tbe a took."

A. ; "Do you know where the custom of mothers taking their marriageable daughters to tbe watering plaoea originated ? " B;"I have no idea." "Well it dates fcackto the days of Abraham. You know it was at a well that Bebeooa found her husband." A patohwoik quilt, made by ohildren m the United States, and an Indian shawl, the gift of Queen Viotoria, were buried with Jenny Lind at her request. News comes from Presoott, Arizona, of the discovery of a wonderfully rich ledge of goldbaaring rook, 20 inob.es wide, on the Hassa* yampa Elver. The assay shows 100,000 dollars per ton. Tbe pieces of the rook, when broken, hang together by the gold m them. romantic story oomea from Nagambfo, Victoria. Forty years ago a courtship took place between a young couple, who, however, became estranged. They eaoh formed new alliances, and, after many years of wedded life, they found themselves widower and widow respectively, after rearing large families j They resumed the courtship of tb?* /oath, I and are now united.

The menu for the Oentsnrx i ntato ban* quefc at Sjdney was of .uite a r€oJierohe character. In anticipation of the event an order was sent to England some months ago for 200 pheasants, 200 partridges, 200 grouso, 200 solea, and 100 salmon. These delicacies, packed m ice, arrived by the steamship Lusitania m ample time for them to be used m connection with the State banquet.

The Baroness Burdett-Ooutts has just reoeived a bequest of £1,800,000 from a relative. The Kansas Penitentiary olaimß to have within one of its cells a son oi one of the Siamese twins. He is a horse thief. At Hanley two butchers were sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment for torturing a sheep by skinning it while alive. The Germans have trained pigeons for use m time of war. The Russians are training falcons and hawks to catch tbe pigeons. A richly cut solid plass badstead was recently made at a Birmingham (England) faotory for a Calcutta millionaire. The King of Burmah also has one. Princeas Beatrice of England is to be created a duchess m her own right, so that her son by Prinoe Battenberg will inherit a peerage and sit m tbe House of Lords. "Why, Bobby," said bis mother, very muoh shocked, «• where m the world did yon J hear tbat expression ? " "I heard pa say ic ' when be was patting up the stove tbiß morn* ing," explained Bobby. A, reporter who attended a banquet eoneluded bis description with the candid state* ment that •• It is not distinctly remembered by anyone present who made the last epooob."

It is understood that if Vioe-Admiral the Duke of Edinburgh be appointed. to the Ports- { mouth oommand, Vioa>Admiral Sir Anthony H »Bkins will taka over the command of tbe Mediterranean Squadron. According to the " Wangonui Chroniole "a Maori seer predicted that there would be an eruption of Tarawera beforo the 10th met. Tbe Maketu natives are laying m tin days' stook of provipions. Prayer servioes are held hourly among the tribe. Statutory Declaration.— l, Franz Raabe, Ironbark, Sandhurst, m :be colony of Victoria, Australia, do solemnly and sincerely declare that on the 25th June, 1877, my son Alfred, ■ix years of age, was accidentally but* with an axe on his knee. lat once took all pains to secure medical assistance However, m spite of all efforts, on the 27th August, 1877, the opinion was given by Dr Maogiilivray that an amputation of the injured limb had become imperative, m order to save life. At this juncture I called on Messrs Sander and Sons, procuring boa.- c of their Extract of tho Eucalyptus Globulus, and by the application of the same I had the satisfaction of seeing my son within a fortnight out of all daDger, and to-day he is recovered. I may jußt add that it was when the crisis had been reached .that the Extract referred (o was first applied. And I make this solemn declaration, etc — Fiunz BjuCj^. Declared at Sandhurst, m the colony of Viotoria, Australia, this seventeenth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seyenty-Beven before me, Morita Oobn, J»P. — (Advtj