THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1818, 18 April 1888, Page 3

THROUGH OUR EXCHANGES.

A NOVKIi'IT IN lACES. A New York dealer m Iscta lately exhibited p, specimen of Lice of an extremely 1 delicate pattern, and so light that it conM I almost b?i blown away by a b? ath cf air. This lace m made <■■( nteel rollod «3 fine as the point of ts c-mbric nacelle ' It 13 not wov n, bat stamped out of a sheet of low grade ntfol, bo that it should not be too brittle. It was tamed out of a email Pifctßbcrg mill, and sent to the dea'er to chow what ooald be done m that line. In tho course of time otl:or patterns will bo m*de, heavier, perhaps, but certainly more tenacious than this piece. There m said to be no question aa to i<s durability, and its cheapness wori!d make it the most saleable of all laces no<? m the market. It nny create a revolution ia the lace market if rust can be guarded against. his wife's friend A oertain proininont man m Wellington orae home th 9 other night unexpectedly, and hearing a noiee m the dressing room adjoining his bedroom he cautioned his worser half to ba quiet, and stealthily he proceeded to investigate. Toe result was, aaya the " Weekly Herald," the cnrPßißting capture of a auppoaed burglar, whom ha found hiding behind the dame's dresses which hung on the wall. The burglar was well dresEeJ, when he was turned over to the police. The naxfc day, the wife of the Hobson Btreet swell appeared at the Police Station and bluahinply said that the man was not a burglar, but her " frirn 3," who was m tha habit of calling when the old man was out, but had m the present instance benn "copped." The virtuons burglar was dlaoharged, but ihe cisc does not end here, as tha huabaad o!rang<*ly eiuu^h, objects to the whole arrangement, and baa to sue for a dissolution of partnership subsisting be tw9en himself, wife, and burglar,— 11 Evening Herald." A B*LTATIOM<T A>D HER BUSTLE Ofl December 15 h last, a grand hillelujih wedding took plaoe at the village of Jjittle Fails, New York, the ooaple married being Captain Eric von Alexeon and Oip-.aiu Polly Bryan, of the Salvation Army. Since then the fair Polly h«s fffeuded tha Army, and has been expelled The trouble arose from tho fact that ah« I persist din wearing a bustle. Oiptaln T. E. Moore recently wrote tLe following lottar to Cap'aln Von Alexeo i : — (l Y.nr lettor haa re-iehed me. I huve been compelled to change my mind aB to your t-oing to Kansas m tho Army of America. 1 do not think your wife m at all a condition to lead oiliors away from tho world and b(u, and muat sty I am astonished to think yoa o >uld uphold a officer, though ahe he your wife, fa dresuing herself In the manner Mrs Alex3on did. She was kindly reproved and ehown the wrong, but persisted m wearing a bustle ou hor back lhat disgusted every decent person Until I Bee her In Blaoere godliness I cannot send her to another station." A BAGiOIOUS DOG. A bravo rescne effjetod on Mount St Barnard on the night of the last Sunday m November has just bean made public. While a violent enowstorm was inprogresi, Grand, the manager of tho hoapioe, noticed that his own special dog that was alone with him m hb room beoame vpry restless and made signs to him to go out. He took the lantern and f . g horn, and wont out on l^e mountain, the dog leading him. Iv a very short time he heard a call and groaninc, and helped by the dog, du^ ou', of the onow an Italian, whom he tarried on hia back to the hospica. Tho resousd m^n seated fiat hia father, two br >lherß, ftud auo.har Iv*liar>, all j .'timeying lone with him over tho pass, la 7 buried m the snow. Ha had puahed on to oiva'u help, but hsd been overpowered by tha storm. Grand made reply and went one again Thiß second search was more tedious, and led him further away, bit a 1 ; laßt the barking of tho dr>g announced a dsioovery. I? w<s the Italian stranger who was now saved and carried up to the hospice. A third time Grand aod his dog sallied into the tempeßt, and after a qutrtar of an hoar's search found the others, H3ar where the second, man had boon dit covered. Thoy were quite buried under the snow, and almoft insensible. He took the most feeble on his shoulders, and with diffioalty conducted the others to the hoppioe. It was now past midnight, and his toilsome task had occupied Grand over fouc hoars, In a blinding enowstorm. THE PA.BSON AND THE DB.UTS.mER. Among the Rev Henry Ward 13t>echena many accomplishments not tho leaßt was his r-bility ns a story-teller. To much amused listeners h 1 ) once told tbis > one about a Kew York drummer : — A typical •' knight of tho gripsack " \v:ib detained at a small town m Western Nmv York a whi.'e ago, where a revival niectinsj was m progress. He had met a party of convivial frienrJß during his stay thero, and had what is properly known a3 " a load on." Nevertheless lie drifted into the revival meeting and took a seat well up m front It was rather close m tho church, and the warm air was rather conducive to sleep. The drummer yielded to the r'ro.vßy god, and, after nodding a little, sunk into a profound slumber, and elept through ( the minister's mthur long aud dry dis course. Tho audience sang a hyino, and tho drummer slept on Thon the evangelist began his address, and wound up his fervid appeal with thin request : " Will all of }ou who want to go to Heaven pleaso rise ?" Everyone iD tho churnh excrpt tlio sleeping drummer royo. When tho evangelist askeel them tQ bo seated one of tho brothers m tho fame pew as the sleeping drummer accidentally brushed against him as he sat down. 'I ho drummer rubbed his eyes, an;i, paitinlly awake, heard tho lust portion of tho evangelist's request, v. hioh. waa : " Now I wa,. t nil of you who want to go to Hell to si an! up. 1> 'Ihe drummer fctrugrgled a liltl", lennp.d forward unsteadily, an-! rose from his feat m a d;>zed aort of way. A eort of suppressed laugh he board from some of tVe younger peoplo, and an expr^fi i^n of horror he noticed oi i!>e faces of forai of tho older ones. Steadying h/niself against (he rail, he looked At the evangeiiflt an instant, and then Buid, " Well, person, I don't know jupt exactly wh'vt We are' voting on, but you nn'l I eeera to bo m a h p'j!ess minoiiiy 1 " .