The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1820, 20 April 1888, Page 2

The Ashburton Guardian. Magna est Veritas et Prævalebit. FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1888. LOCAL AND GENERAL

• A quadrille assembly will be held m the otango0 tango Hall this evoning. The gigantio Eiffel tower In Paria is reported m danger of falling. An " express " train m Norway runs at an average speed of twolvo miles an hour. Tho Valloy of the Seine is to be fertilized by the sewogo of Paris. > A bill to prevent railroad traina from run;!j ning on Sunday is now pending m the lowa i Legislature. A pair of twins born m Somersetshire, > England, recently, were named Ju and Billy, m honor of the Queen's jubilee, ' Hero is the latest conundrum out : " What mixed number does the prosont year represent ? " It is given up, Well, lg. A farmer at the Hutt was offered 7d per pound for his wool, but stood out for 74d. At the London February sales it realised lid Henry Harms, a Minnesota farmer, has just awoke from a seven yeato' sleep. Ho is wasted almost to a skeleton and long Bhaggy hair covers his head and face. A " dioramma and mechanioal shooting gallery " was opened Jaßt evening opposite tho Oddfellows' Hall. It was fairly well patronised, and will remain opon tho romainder of the week. Tho Agricultural Society of France urges the sale of tho Stato railways, tho ro-oatablißh* merit of harbour dues and custom duties on cocoons, tho maintenance of the tax on foroign and colonial sugars, and the withdrawal of Franco from the payment of sugar bounties. " What ie tho matter? " asked a lawyer of bis coachman. " The horses are running' away, sir." "Can't you pull them up?', 11 1 am afraid not." " Then," said the lawyer, after judicial delay, "run into aomething oheap." Princess Beatrico is so offended with the treatment of hor husband, Princo Henry of Battenburg, that sho hardly speaks to any of her brothers or sisters. She has petitioned the Queen to make hor husband a Duke, and is desirous of abdicating her royal rank. A chief of tho Utah Indians on his deathbed recently requested his brother to kill, at his burial, one Pi-ede woman, to strangle two Pi-edo girls, bury alive one Pi-odo boy, and kill sixty horses and six sheep bh a sacrifice, that ho might pass m peace to tho happy hunting grounds of the Indian. Tho "Poverty Bay Standard" illustrates how elections are run by giving a list of itema incurred on behalf of Mr Graham, M.H.E. by his agent, Mr Nicoll, m shown m a court oaso. The items amount to £50, and aro all hotel accounts. The judge on hearing tho evidence dryly romarked :—" I suppose it is too late to petition." In viow of tho promised Government legislation on tithea m Great Bri'ain, it has been ascertained that tho total rent chargos payable to clerical apptoprialors and their lessoa. m England and Wales now amount to £680,039 ; payable to parochial incumbents, £2,412,103; lo lay impropriators, £760,205 ; to schools and colleges, £190,050. Hero is a singular instance of tho ruling passion strong m death. A compositor m the employment of Messrs Casaell committed suicide the other day, and left behind hir the following note:-" Dear Mr Skinner,---?loaso excuse my leaving without tho usut fortnights notice, but I have received preremptory summons to <?o to Heaven to s< the title-page of the Book of Lifo.— Youn H. G. S. Anoew." Tho jury natural] returned a verdiot of temporary insanity, A young married man, tho proud father c a month old infant, was oxpatiating upon ii charms to a bright young lady well known i St. Paul society, tho daughter of a prominor ex-Federal official. Finally, to oap th climax of his praise, ho said, triumphantly " And, do you know, it looka just like me. Rogarding him compassionately for a momenl and putting into her voico accents of th deepest sympathy, sho roßponded, •• Well, wouldn't mind that, if I woro you, if if strong." Two trarape called recontly at a farmhouse not far from Dundee and askod alms. Whili tho housokeopcr was absent for a minuto o two, with a viow to supplying their noeda they soi/.od Bomo arlioloa of clothing which wero hanging up near tho door and made off Only some ton minutoa lator a policoman accompanied by a largo dog, happenod tc pass, and on being informed of tho theft he immediately eonfc the animal after tho thieves It came up with them about a mile farthor along tho road, and detained thorn until its master arrived and took them into oustody They wore triod, found guilty, and sent to prison for 40 day&. The best medioino known is SANDER and SONS' EUCALYPTI EXTRACT. Tost its eminent powerful effects m coughs, colds, influenza, eto. — the roliof is instantanooua' Thousands give tho most gratifying testimony.' His Majesty the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all ovor tho globe, are its patrons. Ltead tho oflicial roports that accompany oaoli jottlo. We have no occasion to offor rewards n proof of tho genuineness of our referenoos. fhe oflicial reports of medioal olinios and mivetsities, tho official oommunioation of tho 3onsul-Genoral for Italy at Molbourno; tho liploma awarded International Exhibition, kmsterdam— all these aro authentic docuapnta, and, as such, not open to doubt. Wo dd here ppitomo of ono of tho various cases roatod by Siegen, M.D., Professor, etc: burning of the right hand through tho oxlosion of a small oil stove. The epidermis n the yplar and palmer side of tho hand of iie thirty r yoar.old patient was completely jparated and lifted up as far as tho joint of ie hand. Tho likewise lifted nails woro. anging loobo, and half of tho phalanx of tho ail of the middle finger was ooaled. Tho ounds thus contracted healed m throe wooks ador daily applications of Eucalyptio Extract messing. The pationt has retained tho full ie of her hand.- f Atfvtt %

Coal-tar has already given us the most brilliant dyes, the rarest scents, the most powerful disinfectants, and saccharine, which ia the sweetest of known substances, yet its usefulness seems to be far from exhausted ; and a Berlin professor the other day assured hJB olass that from coal-tar he could brew aB good a oup of tea as from tea leaves. I The London correspondent of tho " Man- ■ Chester Guardian " writoa : — " An interesting rumor is going, which 1 must givo under all reserve. If, is 1.0 the effect that Mr W. S. Gilbert has deoided to erect forthwith a new theatre m London, at whioh new comedies from his own pen are to be produced, and that m the first of the now plays will appear a new aotroaß whose beauty and talent will astonish the town. The enterprise will, it is said, m no way interefero with Mr Gilbert's connection with the Savoy." Captain McGregor, of the ketch Floronoo, whioh arrived at Lyttelton, on Thursday, reports that on Tuesday morning last, when about 35 miles northward of Kaikoura, he sighted a vessel bottom up. Tho weather was rather thick, and as near as he oould judge the vessel was between fifty and sixty tons register. It is generally believed that it is the ketch Catlin whioh sailed from Dunedin for WaDganui about six weeks ago. It is stated that she has not yet arrived, and that nothing further has been heard of her. Perhaps the most wonderful thing that has been discovered of late is the new glass whioh has just been made m Sweden. Our common glass only contains six substances, while the Swedish glass consists of fourteen, the most important elements being phosphorus and boron, whioh are not found m any other glass. The revolution whioh this new refractor is destined to make ia almoßt inconceivable, if it is true, as is positively alleged, that, while the highest power of an old-fashioned mioroßOopio lens revealß only the 400,000 th •part of an inuh, this new glass will enable us to distinguish the 204,700,000 th part of an inch. _ At the North Canterbury Board of Education on Thursday letters were road from two lady teaohers oomplaining that the new soalo would reduce their salaries 50 per cent, The Board decided that m thase and similar oases of speoial hardship salaries should be paid at tho rate of 10 per oont. less than was formerly received. A petition was read from teaoherß of small oountry sohools, oomplaining of the great reductions made m their salaries. Notice was given of motion providing that no male teacher m charge of a school receive less than £100 per annum. Foley's "Festivities" drew a fairly good house at the Oddfellows' Hall last night, when the first night's programme was re. peated with a few slight variations m the dialogue. The house was kept thoroughly amuaod from beginning to end, hearty laughter and bursts of applause being froquaat, The general verdiot was that the _ show is a first-rate one, the musical performance on the bottles being greatly enjoyed. To-night there is to be a complete ohange of programme, the entertainment opening with aoomedietta, m whioh Mr Foley will bo assisted by Mr Frank Bim» raonds. After the performance there will be a ball, to which the admission will bo 2s 6d for gentlemen, ladies free. During the Native Minister's visit to Whatiwhatihoo on Thursday (says tho Auokland correspondent of tho " Otago Daily Times ") permission was askod and given to see the remains of Potatau (Te Whoro), whioh had boon brought from the limestone oave where they had been deposited and plaood m the upper portion of the oarved house, whore tho body of his grandson, Tuluawhaio, lies. The head and face wore m perfect preservation, even after so many years ; the features being readily recognisable by those who knew him while alive. The mats and other clothing m which tho body was wrapped were also m the same state of preservation as when plaood m this oavo. It is said that there are m the oave bodies of Maoris plaoed there fifty or sixty years ago, the features of whose faoes have tho same apf eirance as whon. living, Ono of the most terriblo railway acoidonts whioh have yet blackened the records of New South Wales occurred at Homebush recently, and through which a pretty girl of seven yoars, namod Nellio Woolley, and a gatekeeper named Isaac Werrill lost thoir lives. About twenty minutes to six o'olock Werrill noticed the ohild croHsing tho lino aloso to the station, j and knowing that a train from Parramatta,' j m addition to the express from Sydney, was due, he foared for tho ohild's safety, and ran to save her. Breathless he reaohed the spot, clutched the ohild m his arms, but was not granted a second m whioh to carry his living freight out of danger. As he feared, both trains oamo along. Ho avoided tho express, but tho up-train out him m piooos, also killing tho little girU>n the spot, Werrill was terribly mutilated, his head being nearly severed from his body. He risked his lifo to save the ohild's — both woro lost. Keatino's t Coocm Lozencjks euro Coughs, Asthma, Bronohitis. Medical testimony states that no olher medicine ia so effeotual m the oure of these dangerous maladies. Ono Lozengo alono gives oaao, one or two at bedtime ensures reßt. For relieving diflioulty of breathing they a.ro invaluable. Thoy contain no opium or any violent drug. Sold by all ohemists, m mi, ljd^and 23 Od