A SAD ACCIDENT.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1819, 19 April 1888, Page 3

A SAD ACCIDENT.

When a woman puts three biracoatft to soak over night lv a diahpan whose aides are eight inches high, and Icavea the pan on ft mairway, she haa accomplished her mlaaioo, and afcould go hence, This wae what a FJobaor.-streot woman did Friday night,— filled the pan at the pomp, and then left it standing on the atepa to the atoop, while ehe went into the next houee to soe how maay buttons would be required to go down the front of a ridinghabit. And a mighty important affair that waa to be aure. And there waß her husband tearing through the house In aearch'of a handkerchief, and not finding it, of course. And then he rushed oat into the yard, wondering where cm eartb that woman could be ; and atarted down the steps without eating the pan, or over dreaming that anyone oonld bo bo Idi jtlc as to leave it there. Of course ho Bteppad on it, or at least that ia the. acppoaitkn, bs the neighbors who were brought out by tho craah that followed aaw a horriGeu man and three demoralised baracoub ehoot across the garden, and smashing down the Bhrubbory And he was a nic; eight, waß that unhappy man, when they got him on hie foet. There waan't a drj thread on him ; and his hair wrs full ul bits of baracuuta ; and one of hla t h nliors waa out of j jint ; and hia coat waa aplh the wholo length of the baok ; and he appr-rad to bo out of hia hea' 1 . He was carried into the house by eumo of the rue 1 , and laid on the bod, while othere wjnt after a doctor ; and Bixteen womoi, asaemblod m the front-room, and talked m whispers about the inscrutable waya of Providence, and what a warning this v/tn to the people who never looked where were going.

Wellington rumor has it that Sir ltobe r Hamilton, at present tho Governor of Tasmanio, will_ probably succeed our present Governor, Sic William Jervois, as Governor of New Zealand. The Wellington correspondent of the " kyttelton Times " aays that Mr S. Brown, the contractor for one of the seotiocH of the Midland Railway, states that while sinking m tho Arnold river somo dajs ago, for the purpose of lowering bridge cylinders, the workmen came across Borne very rich auriferous quarlz, amongst the debris of the riverbed. No quaitz reefs are known to exist for a considerable distance from the scene of the operations, bo that the stone was m all probability washed down from the upper reaohes of the river. The Mahometans and Christians of Albania, m Turkey are exchanging compliments at present whioh cannot failflin demonstrating how little they yield to each other m thoir savage religious fanaticism, and mutual dosiro to show their contempt for wlmtover the other religion may hold saored. Tho Mahometans of Allesso doeocrated two churches lately by vile acts, and set up crosses for targets at their rifle practice. Enraged at so wanton a provocation, the Christians drove a hog into the mosque, and then killed tho unoloan animal, and with its blood they painted crosses all over the Turkish houses of worship. ! The Mahometans are m a great rage, and bloody oonsequenoes may yet follow this unsavory exobange of civilities. Wells' Hair Balsam.— lf grey restores to original oolor. An elegant dressing, softens and beautifiea. No oil ox grease. A Tonic Restorative. Stops hair coming out . strengthens, oleanses, hair soalp, • 2 Mothers with sickly, fretful, nursing children will oure the ohild and benefit themselves by t^kipg American. Hop. Bitters daily.