THROUGH THE PAPERS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2257, 18 October 1889, Page 2

THROUGH THE PAPERS

STUNG TO DEATH BY BEFS. An e'der'y firm lnboser, named John Lovegrove, living at Welfcri, near Newbnry, has died through having bean severely »tang by bees. He was m hii g«t d n rais'ng a hive preparatory to taking the honey, when t >r e bees attaoked him m an extraordinary manner, and he reo ivad hundred n of stings on his head, face and ban da He screamed fof help, and a m rried daughter, named Parkin, who wai visiting him, went to help him, but ihe was also een'ouply stung. & laboring man named Tucker, who had ran to their assistance, was also httaoked, and h»d to ; retreat. Having, however, obtained a : vdl. h j . rpturoed, rescued Mrs Parkin, and " carried Lovegrove Indoors. LoVf grove, who was exposed to the t tings of the btea for nearly en honr, was ktteaded by a medioal man, but he was so seriously injured that death ensued. Attheinqoeit h«fd bjr Mr Coroner Pinniger, a verdict of " ' ocidental death " was returned, The ooroner complimented Tuoker upon hit ■ conduct m oonaing to the resoue of tb« } deceased and his daughter. Lovegrova hid been *ki led m bee management, bat had become partially paralysed, GAMBLING IN CHINA A remwkible form of gam v l'ng is m vogue m dmton, acojrding to Oonanl Alabaster, who describes it m his last repoi tto the Foreign office. Tha Chinese, who ore inveterate g Amblers, have no system of horse racing to serve as a subject for betting, so they turn to the keenest form of competition they understand. This they find m Ihe Government etamuvitiona Canton is fall of colleges, and evetyone is more or less familiar with their doings, and even with the abilities of individual etadeais. Hence tbe Chinaman who wants to bet will risk his stakes m baokii g favorite candidates, or m some of tha regulpr lotte las curied on under speoial license. The mode m which they are conducted is very simple. Lists of those er tared for «n examination are published, and ihe priz) goes to whoever oan pick off the most correct list of those who pass. Of coarse the result of •uch lotteries is endleaa mischief. Men ruin I , ' themselves buying tickets ; tiokets are forged and stolen ; and what is incom* parably worse, tbe students themselves are injured and demoralised. Some probab c winners are hooassed, others are bribed to do badly, and the examiners themselves are exposed to great temptations, Nevertheless, m spite of the mischief done, a great de»l of good also results, for just as racing lends to develop the breed of our h-rees, so the great ■ excitemeut, induced by the lotteries, act* as a powerful inoentive to the pursuit of learning.