LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2240, 30 September 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

The " Tuapeka Timeß " says, m view of tbe absorption of the Dunstan Dißtriot, Mr Pyke will be called to the Legislative Council.

Pastor (to oandidate for ohuroh membership): *' Is dis lady your wife, sah ? " " Yes, sah." — " Whar's do oertifiket ob marriage? " "At home, sab. Dey's a pair ob twins, Bah."

An industrial home for women who have renounced polygamy, bas been opened at Salt Lake City. Its support is provided for by the United States Government.

There is an Englishman m Calcutta who sends all his white shirts to London to be Washed and done up at a oost of half a orown each. He has scores journeying between India and England at a time,

The Very Bey Dean Jaoobs reoeived a reply on Saturday evening from the Yen. Arohdeacon Julius signifying his aooeptanoe of the Bishopric of Ghristohuroh. The reply was brevity itßelf — " I aooept."

"The ark was built m a warm country, wasn't it teacher ? " asked the bright girl of the olass. ', Yes, what is now known as Asia Minor." Then where did Noah get two Polar bears from 1 " Teaoher (crushed) :" Go down."

Sinoe the phylloxera has so ravaged France* Turkey is looming up as a wine producing oountry. Some of the Southern provinoes are said to be exoellent as wine growing districts both for olimate and soil.

At the R.M. Oourt this morning before Mr Kees, J.P., William Green, for having been drunk while m oharge of a horse and trap, was fined 40a and oosts. A first offender for drunkenness was Sued 5s with tbe usual alternative.

A very brilliant meteor was Been shortly before nine o'olock on Saturday night. Its direction was apparently from East to West. Although tbe sky was very oloudy the light abed by the meteor illuminated the whole landscape.

The oldest orange tree m New South Wales, of whiob any djrept reoord oan be found, is Btill growing at Colo. It was sown from the pip m the year 1819 and is still very healthy looking and boars beautiful fruit. All ovor the trunk are out the mmes of hundreds of drovers who onoe travelled the route with oattle.

Dr W. H. Russell, of the " London Times, has made a joke. Somebody asked him why Patriok Egan was sent to Chile. " Well," replied the doctor, '* Ghih) ig famous for its earthquakes, and if any man understands land agitation it is Egan."

The Bey Mr Barfield, whose name was mentioned m our oable messages of Thursday as having eloped with a girl to London, instead of being murdered m Canada as was at first supposed, was a dissenting minister m the town of Walsall, m Staffordshire. He is a married man with a family.

A new vegetable butter has been brought out by a Liverpool firm for the use of confeolionere, bakers, bisouit makers, and vegetarians. It is olaimed that thie new substitute for butter, when analysed, proves of a purely vegetable oharaotor, unmixed with any oils or fats, and ires from rancidity.

Splendid specimens of the blue ggm 0 Guoulyptuß tree are to bo found m many parts ot Viotoria, towering aloft to a height of 450 feet and measuring soma '/O feel; *n cirou inference. Theße forest giants naturally oatoh tho oye of tourists and others on pleasure bent.

The tallest man iv the New Zealand Polioe Force is Sergeant Keating, of Christohuroh, who stands Gft Gin and scales 21 Btone. The smallest is Censtable Hiokman, of Fungarehu, who stands sft sin, and ranks among tho feather woights. The Now Zealand Perma* nent Artillery, however, oan lay olaim to Gunner Moorhouso, the tallest man m the colony, viz., fjf t 9in.

The Duke of Portland's famous horse Donovan, by winning the Lancashire Plate of £12,000, raised his total of money won m stakes to as nearly as possible £55,500. This ia more than double the amount won by any other horse on the English turf. The "Ouke'd winnings einoe the beginning of the prssent jßogheb eeison SOW amount to about £70,000-

There are 240 religious scots m England and Wales, who have plaoes of worship, and are oertified by the Registrar-General.

Mr T. Lindsay Buiok will leoture this evening at the 0 dfellows' Hall on "Home Rule for Ireland." Mr Buiok has delivered i this leoture m the various centres throughout £ New Zealand and our exohanges speak very highly of his ability; The idoa of building three more Eiffel towers and then turning the four into the legs of a huge 9 platform whereupon a sanatorium can be bui t above the smoke and stir and dust and noise of the city "whither inva'i-s oould asoend m searoh of pure air and seolusion, is being disoussed with every appearanoe of Biooerity m Paris. The women who milk ten cows each, night and morning, m the west of Sootland, get j only 2s a week for their work. This is poor ? payment for services whioh iuolude Sunday labor. They work on the land as well, and the time they spend with the cows, night and morning, is not taken off the time of a day's work, for whioh a shilling is paid. It is not surprising that increasing difficulty is experienced m obtaining women to milk cows . The largest and moat remakable of the anoient bronza images of Japan is at Kara, a little to the east of Kioto. This is about 800 years old, is 53} feet high, and more than 28 feet across the shoulders: It has 966 ourls on its head, and is surrounded by a halo 78 feet m diameter, bearing 10 images eaoh 8 feet long. The figure is said to consist of 500 pounds of gold, 16,287 pounds of tin, 1954 pounds of meroury, and 986,080 pounds oopper. Two smaller images, eaoh 25 feet high, Btand before the large one, The horse parade at Christohuroh on Saturday was very successful, fine weather having set m. There were 75 entries of all sorts, but nothing of speoial quality exoept the aged horses. The young ones were not as good as formerly. A sale was held after* wards, and seven obanged hands at moderate prices. Among these were Mr Grigg's thoroughbred horse Montrose, whioh was sold to Mr Maofarlane privately, and Mr D. Brick's Clydesdale Quality Jook. whioh was purchased by Mr Riokman, of Waimate, for j 90 guineas. Lady Dilke oomes otfc rather unexpectedly m the " Universal Review " with an argument against female suffrage m the form m whioh it is now proposed. She thinks that the more capable women would be exolnded, and that the less oapable would have votes ; and she, therefore, thinks that women ' Bhould wait for tho time when there is a general extension of the franohise. Moreover, and here she will provoke muoh controversy— she deoiares that women at present want training, and she advißeß her sisters to suspect their faoulty of rapid and superficial absorption," and to go to drill quietly and unobtrusively. The foreign live stook trade continues to involve a heavy total of viotims. During 1888, m tbe oourse of the voyage from Canada and the United States, 2666 animala were thrown overboard, 109 were landed dead, and 1113 were bo muoh injured or exhauated that they were killed immediately after lauding ; making a total of 2948 whioh were either loßt on the pasßßge or so muoh injured as to necessitate slaughter at the plaoe of landing. Tbe Sooiety for the Prevention cf Cruelty to Animals doea not Beem to consider that there is any oall for its interference, Mr O.Murray, of Melbourne, has instructed Mr Joynt, the Bolioitor, to enter au action against the exeoutors ot the late Hon. W. Robinson, as he alleges that he purchased Morrie England from them by wire, and that they accepted his offer and conditions. They subsequently found tbat these conditions

oould not be fulfilled, and thereupon, deeming Mr Murray's sale off, sold the horse to Mesers Vernon, Musgrave, and J. A. Randall for £1000, The oase oomes on next week. Another mistake was made over the same atud, A telegram offering £600 for Chainshot miscarried prior to the Bale, and Mr Bay scoured him at £450.

Here is a timely bit of advioe :— Do not forget to give baby (no matter how young) a drink of water every now and then. Some

mothers .nevor think of doing this, and all the time the poor little thing is actually suffering for the want of water. Just a few

drops m a spoon will do at first. Nothing will satisfy the child until he gets it. Some years ago I heard of a oase where a child was siok. The mother sent for a dootor. Ha oame, and after ezamining it oarefully said :— " The child is dying for the lack of wator. Bring me some and I will show you." The result proved that he was right, All the mother said was, " 1 didn't know babie. needed water." — "Albany Express." Persons on the look-out for seotiona of land are reminded that the following will bo open for Bale or seleotion at the Land Offioe, Obrißtoburoh, on the 23rd Oot. Oash prioe as noted below, deferred payment one. fourth more ; perpetual lease rent 5 per ceat, or onetwentieth of cash price, viz. :— Reserve 198, lot 6, Waitohi, 50 aores, £2; reserve 350, near Winslow, lot 49, 140 aores, £1 10a; reserve 1371, between Rangitata and Orari, lot 46., 99a 3r 30p, and lot 47, 218a 14p, £2 ; Hinds townßhJp (under Village Homestead Speoial Settlement conditions), lots 23 and 23, eaoh 12£ aores, £2 ; seleotor limited to 25 aores m this settlement; reserve 198, Waitohi, lot 28, 50 aores, annual rental. £7 IDs,

As m every other thing fashions m dogs obange aooording to tbe whims and caprices of certain people. The popular pet for 1889 (says the " London Daily Telegraph "J was to be the •« sohipperke," the "little skipper." He comes from the Low Countries, and is the favourite companion of the Flemish bargee. He is a perky little fellow, coat blaok, with a Manx oat tail, priok ears, and a " hard " coat ; neither smooth nor broken haired. He should weigh at most 121 b. Within the last few weeks the demand for these animals has exceeded the supply. The breed has been recognised by the Eennal Olub, and not only were specimens being shown at Manchester, bud it was expeoted that nearly fifty entries m this olass would be made for the great terrier Bhow at the Weßtmjlnster Aquarium.

At a monster meeting of the Salvation Army at Geraldine the other" day Major Hammond gave some very interesting Btatistios as to the work of the Army. He Btated that the Army was now established m 37 different countries and oolonfea. The way m whioh some of the officer., poorly eduoated men often, had pioked up tbe different languages was marvellous In the Australasian oolonies they had 813 stations, 488 outpoatß, 8 rescue homes, 5 prison-gate brigades, and 1 oavalry band. There were 962 officers and 1 4,000 soldiers upon the roll. In New Zoalaud there were 21 stations, and ,52 outpoßts. Something over half a milliop " War Orys " were printed weekly throughout the world, and jn not one of thesn wrb a single advertisement tbat ohronioled anything, but the doings of the '•Army." There were about 16,000 offjoers alone throughout the world, and the Army was still growing and spreading. Every year it nearly doubled itself, and last year it more than doubled itself.