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THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES.

A SOJOd LLiit KISS. Kisses, B*ya mo " New yYrk Herald," aro reckoned expensive m Ljone, IS V Jnunle Walker, tiie pretty young wifs of ! D tniol Walker, ii» Ourano, m <hia coantry, * hiß begun aotiot* against Hen<y Eimau, the wealthiest mau m that locality, for 5000iuls. damages because of a kiss ht *;ave plaintiff upon the cheek last August .ylra Walker alleges that Elm*n o*lied .'p<>n hnr t.uab&iid, and that while her huabaud waa m an a.rj lining room he ato pod over her chair and kissed her, 'She wao bo terribly shock d and grieved &i hie hasty action that the waa oonQnec ! to btd several weeks and was unable to di ' auy household work. Elman ad a. its toe kigp, but will defend the suit. Seven i awyers hay* be- n retained m the oaee CLBKIOAL BKALBD ORDERS. It is i-aul thai Mr SSpurgeou ia m the habit of ttßtiug the abm lea of the more prow sing ot tha students of his co oge by ojl gi^g them to go up tuto tuo pulpit with a suuled envelope m 'heir bauds coutaining ttio texc oi ihuiraldruaa Un one of ttieae occas one a ttudent, on open ing the paper, found thid subject get — '• /»pply the story of Zicchraus to. your own personal qua ific<tt:o jh and call " And be da.ivered him elf m tiio following «ay : — '• My brethren, the subject on which I have tv adtireas you to-day is a comp-irisou between Zaccheeus and my own qualifhdiiouu Weil, th firdt tniag that we r«ad of about Zacuha3U<J was that i.c was Bfnall otbtauro, and i never islt so small as Ido now. In the second place,

ye re^d that ho climDed up into a tree, which is very much my posaion now. .Thirdly, ue read ibat Zciuubseua 'uiide ■lasta to cotne down,' ia which i joylul.y toiiow bis example."

A TUMMY DBBCKIPTION

' The folo-viug iuuu> uubu.ip ion of a a .rayed horse is a veroaiim copy of <* commuuicatiuu sent to the (jieu Innia Xx tuiiutr, for publication, by a q.w airiv u l (rom the fmheilaud : — Run'd av^y, or var oacrayed, my largo pack ho^aa, about 16 auda tue tio'« iffi pi .ck le^s— X panmd aud 2 pofore. Idee pl.ck ah uvti tin pody, but he'e got Bumu vne htira ou via pamc vere the sen k n vaa rub off • bui i grcashbd 'em, anx iht> vita bchpvua ib plack again. He drot aud he kanter, anu uoniaiiuica he vain, and yen he vuik ail niu ieetr go one p. fore thd oder. He has ears apou hia hot, boia a. ike, put one i oiacker deu do uder, aud a ieetle pi urger. tie baa two wyta — oue ib put oui aau de oder m ou de side of his hod, au v Vju you no to thu oder Bide he vili uot sab you ; yen be eata he geia a gout dea, p;-gur» He hia a l^u^ tail vioh hau*a yubinJ, put I out it bhon de '.dor dsy, dud now it la not ao long vot it voa. kiu'b anoed all rou id, pat hia pebind nhoeb ojuaed oft, and now he has only got shoea on pefore. If anypody find a pouuci foi tim. I fetch hun to pu: him out.

A (SHANGHAI SOLOMON.

The OniutJßo <.f tinaugbai are lost m amazement at the wisdom of tbolr D.airlni vja^iscrrtte. A man brought before httu charged with ateahng a taoie denied iht coarse, alleging tnat he was bo feeble from ill-health that it was physically 1m uoßoible fur him to commit such a orim*. . The Magair^te listened gravely to the iale, aud coufeßßed hia sympathy ana iorrow for tae poor caau m hrn tustoriULO

• G» h..me and get cared," eaid lie, ntudly, " and aa you &re v< ry poor tak< hat bt»g, which contains 10,000 caoh, ac * preaeut twin me.' The pnauuer cn^d obeisance, threw ihe heavy bag of ooiii .<ver his shoulder and departed. He had uot gone far before he was re-arreateo brought back and found guilty, the Ma^ia rate remarking that a man who cuulo carry off a heavy sack of caah oouid httVi uo difficulty i>> stealing a Huht table. A NKEDLE IN THK HEaRT. Some Liuie ago a German medic 1 student laving gruwo tirtd of exiateuct•Jetermined to com nit auioLn. His modt of procedure **& oert»in!y origins. Having procured a ahtrp needie, he thrutt i< between two of hla ribs, straight into the

. ifcht ventricle ii the heart. Hib coudition w)ib a most perilous oue, and, ac it was considered that, death might occur at any moment, Dr Helz.mr determined, as a lf*at resource, to ateinpt an operation An opening was made into the cheat wall and the heart exposed to' view, beating violently. The needle was fait projecting trum the Burface ot the heart, and the operator was proceeding with extreme o»re to withdraw it. when suddenly strong palpitation occurred and the needl. vanished, lc had slipped Into one of the chamber aof the heart Obviously nothing uiore could be done, so the wound «a* dewn up, and the care left to .Nature. But auw comes the extraordinary part of thit ttuly marvellous c»se. To the astonishment of BVeryone, the young man recovered with scarcely a bad symDtom, »no s apparently m hia usual health. Bui whfcr* ia thnt n^erilf ?

CIhCUMVBMI>G HE RABB IS. Ia eume p rnuna of the ouoatry tb( rabbit pest haa proved a te ioaa one the past eeaaon, and the damage done i< newly planted orchards and v»neyarU uts.de the more densely settled localities has iv eo cue instances, been a source ot • ieoonrH^emeut to the planters. Bcoie.-. of plans for destroying the pistß have beeij tried, bat gßiiO'a'Jy with poor eucoeea. *mong thnee who have had io fight \hn »aV>bit nuisance m a young vineyard or oi chard we h*vo beard of but on« perß n who baa d'ftated the army and saved hia tender vim-H and trees. This parson is Edward li ach of Waahingt >n Colony. Mr Kjach liven near the outakirta of th? oolony, an) feeling that it would be a hopeless undertaking to try to kill all the rabbits which were swarming m from the uncultivated plains he ooooluded to tr/ and m >ke his young vlneß and treeß uu palatable to the taste of the hungry but fistidiouß rabbits. For this purpose he procured twenty five pounds of sulphur and 63 cents worth of as»fcttida, and dlaaolving both m water sprinkled the mixtuie on the foliage of hd newly planted vineyard. Tho result was all that could be desired. Not a leaf m that vineyard was nibbled nfte* the sulphur and and &B r ot Ida treatment. This Bimple receipt, may be the meins of saving nnny handreda of dollars, to the planters of n»w orchards and vineyards, Its cheapness makes ita general use practicable. ! " Freeno Reuublioan. A TTHOLtSALB MUBDEBESS. A peasant woman from Cubka ( n Hani/ary), be n^ desirous ot" joining the rdigioua sect of the Nazirenes, went to see one of the priests residing at Zenta Proßelyces have to make a fall confeaslon of. their past stna extending over their whole lives That of the new convert ran thu* : "I have had eight children, and have kiih-d them all. My fir B t, a hoy, named Yic»or, b>m In l&fi, was four months o d when he died Another wan born m 1879. I forg«t wha.t we ca'led him, but tie did not nVe more than a few daya. Qa TpVbraary 29 1880, 1 hud twins, Peter and Koea. I kiUed them a weak after their birth. My daughter Ju iana was born April 11, 1881, and w»b ■lead two days Kter. Ague*, f whom I «!» coußned on Maroh 29, 18^2, alap lived only a few doyp. Oa May 6, 1883, 1 again had twins ; one wa< atili-bo.-n, and I killed tbe other a mouth afterwards. My last child oaaie m M»y, 1884 I disposed of tt m two days. I poisoned all my children with a dfcoction of popplea. I hey were all prevloqsly baptteed. I did not want any children. My husband knew nothing of what I had done. I lived on bad termo with him- and wanted to vnx him '' r * l VB * via \ xiie woman waa at once I handed over to the authorities, before whom she renewed hoi- douffn-slon.

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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1787, 12 March 1888, Page 3

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THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1787, 12 March 1888, Page 3

THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1787, 12 March 1888, Page 3

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