LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2283, 18 November 1889, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

It is annoanoed by advrtisement m another ' column that a speoial train will leave Obristoburoh on Nov. 25th, being duo at Rakaia at 0.28 a.m. and Ashburton 10.15 and arriving at jy Dum-Klin hi G. 45 p.m. The fares will be as j already Bniiouucod. Paasengera are reoom- j mended to se!oct this train instead of waiting ' fortho ordinary expresß, aa the latter haa only a limited amount of room, j The latest idea m " swoepa " ifl what ia (] known as the "Paoifio Slope' 1 Btakeß. AH j the nainoa of the prominent business men aro c enterod and the drawer of the next person who leaves his Wanganui creditors and ". oro3Boa the Paoifio, scoops the pool. Wo hear the stakes aro largo co it may bo worth tho ' while of tho holder of them to do tho ( " elope " himself.— • ' Ohroniolo." J Two young men (Mannering and Dixon) have succeeded m safely piloting themßolyea . from Bealey through the Gorge to Kiiapoi m ' oanocß, shooting tho .rapids BueoosßiuUy. J They describe the scenery through tho gorge ' as magnifioontly wild, and the journey al- < together highly exciting, but interesting; The 1 river m places passes through rooks 2000 feet I high, through which the water rushes like a : mill stream. Li Hung Chang, the Viceroy o! China, ia Baid to have lately talked thua to an Amerioan correspondent : " Before half a oentury has passed China will be covered with rail- • waya as with a net. ' Its immense mineral resouroes will be developed. It will have rolling mills and furnaoes m many parts of tho ooantry, and it ia not impossible that it may do the manufacturing for the world. _ It seems to me that the most serious question wbioh menanoeo the working people of your country and Europe Hob here," Mr W. O. Woodworth, who has visited tha priaoipal sohoola throughout Otago and Canterbury lecturing to the pupils on the manufacture of pottery, visited the Hamp. Btead School this morning with the eamo object. Teapots, ewers, vases, etc., were made before the pupils, and thus they were given a praotioal objeofc lesson that mußt prove of great benefit to all who were present. Mr Woodworth Bhowed himself not only an expert workman, but also a good examiner, for wherever the ohildren might be expected to giva a reason for the process, he took care to examine them most carefully. Every sohool of any size should seek to obtain thia gentle--0 man's services; We clip the following from the "North c Otago Times * : —At the Waimate Show >r recently a specimen of " earth-made " butter , was od Exhibition. The oream had been plaoed I ' m a cloth and buried m the earth, and after •umaining there a certain time was taken out 8 butter— not very attractive looking certainly, O but still, aooording to one who tasted it, not 15 bo bad as it looked. The judges did not taste it, but an Oamaru visitor suggested that those ' present should draw lota to see who should h cample the butter. A Presaman preßent :o hinted that it would bo advisable to except a the reporters, as they might be able to partially compensate the victim's family by | inditing a fairly laudatory obituary notioa of " the deoeaspd'B manifold good qualities. Judgin j from tin appta-anco of the butter, the old proceßß is a muoh better one than the new, and even that is bad enough sometimes. The Itoo and Steel Institute mot this yen! m Paris, when a paper of considerable interest; f, was contributed by Mr Bohneider, of Orezof, iB and M. Herent, ex-president of tho Frenoh Civil JEngineerb' Society, m whioh it was . proposed to build a light steel bridge across " tbe Dover Straits. These high authorities 'regarded the schome as perfectly practical, ° and estimated that ten years would be re. quired for itß oonstruotion. The spans of thia 33 bridge aro set down at from 800 lo 500 metres, o, (he height above high-water mark over 50 16 metres, but the cost — over 34 millions Sterling ( Meny persona doubt whether these . two engineers have over seen a big Channel , etorm, and the number is still groator who question where investors can be found, outside j"j a lunatio asylum to provide suoh a vast outlay 10 of capital Moreover, the military objections would be just ns great to a btidge qb they aro io to Sir S. Watkin'a tnnne). — "Argus " corrosad pondenoe. n- A London letter says : — Soveral ladies have of of late years gone into buflincsa to eke out their scanty incomes, tbe deficit being caused, j 0 howovcr, as ofien by their own oxtravaganoo or as by that of others. Lady Granvillo Gordon, ro tho eldest daughter of tho crstwhito millionare er Ron, the whisky man, is one of these. Her father'n failure and husband's entravagnnce oused a lack of oash, and under tho name of it Mme. Ltcrro she has started a bonnet shop, and ot is making a deal of money. Pretty Mrs Ohas. h, Pocklington, as Mmo. Lili, is making money as a drosemnkor, and both the Princess of )Q Wales and the Princess Christian aro among jU her cuatomors ; while Mra Charles Gurney, 0 another lady who once was high up m the '„ fashionable world, baa turned dressmaker,

and her customers have a chic that moßt othors do not possess. Mrs Saarmouth, who was oonsidered the Mrs Malaprop qf London until ill-fortune ovortook her, haß started a bonnet chop.

Searle, the Bouller, has arrived at Albany, and is s&rioußly ill. The nature of hiß complaint has not been ascertained^

Mr D. Thomas, the present occupant of the Mayoral chair, was the only pet son nominated for the position during the enßuing year, and was therefore declared eleoted.

Tho Catholics ohurohoß of the United States number 7424, as against 6829 one year ago, and there are 7996 olergy, as against 7596 m 1880.

The Japanese are learning how to eat moat. In 1885 only 80,000 head ot cattle were slaughtered m all Japan. In 1386 the number inoreaeed to 116,000; m 1887, to 130,500 ; m 1888, to 200,000.

Beecber asked Park Bonjamin why ho □ever camo to hear birn preaob. Ho replied — " Why, 1) Gee her, the fewt is, I have conscientious scruple!} against going to place 3of amusement on Sunday."

Assuming tho average depth of the Atlantio and Paoilio oceans to bo 2J miles, frofessor George McGowan'i caloulatta that thora aro 812,852,000 tone of salt m the water under each equure mile of surface.

A pompous physician said to a prominent philosopher — " After forty a man ia cither ,i fool or a physician." " Mayn't ho be both, doator ? " waa the reply.

A poor preacher was oaught m a shower on his way to church. He eaid — *' I Bball ourtainly tako oold if I go into tbo pulpit to wot." •• Ob, no you wont,' waß tbo reply; " you are always dry enough there."

Waimato baa juat had a most Buooeesful bazaar' m aid of tho funds of tho local volunteer band. By two days' sales £99 wero realised, and there was a balance of goods left| )ver whioh was disposed of by auction.

Alooal fisherman returned to Ashburton on Saturday morning after a trip to tho Rangitata river, where he had some good sport and landed several fi.ee Oalifornian trout. He brought with him two Hah weighingrespeotivoly 121ba and lOlbs, and he statea mat tho fish are m fine condition and plentiful.

Wo are requested to call the attention of shareholders m the Ashburton Gas Company 10 the fact that the annual meeting to reooivo and consider the Directors' report and balanoo sheet will be held m tho Arcade Ohambors to-morrow (Tuesday) at 4 p.ra, The retiring directors are Messrs R. Friodlander and T. Bullook who are eligible for re-eleotion.

The progress of woa'ern oiviliaation m China is shown by tho reoont nows, via Ban FranoUco, that the Vioeroy of Tv Eieu and Ohe Kiong has issued a proclamation againßt the drowning of female children, which haß been common ot late. Be notifies that hereafter the penalty provided by law will bs striotly enforced. The penalty is sixty blowa of tho bamboo and pne year'a banishment,

A oriokot match will bo played on WodnoB? day afternoon between an eleven of the Asihburton Olub and an eleven from the Tinwflld side of tho rivor. The teamß will be ohosen from the following viz: — Ashburton Orjoket Olub — G. W. Androwes, L. P. Ajldrewefl, p. Fowler, A. Fooka, H. G. Flower, O.iGrubb. R, W. Jenkins, W. Kidd, C. Jiano, F. Mamwaring, G. 8. Soott, Rev B. A. Scott ; W. Simpson, and O. B. Knight. Tinwald—gftwle (3)", W. Payis, fl. $3. Davis, Mokeig, Gudaell, how, goott, R. Williamsi G. Blaok, Dixon, Jophßon and p. Thomas f Play will eommonoe at two o'pjook sha,rp,

It is only about onco m fifteen yoara that Mars come as near as even 36,000,000 mileu. Ita "orbit ia bo oooentrio, that the interval betp/eon it and tho orbit of the earth varies all the way /rora 3(5,000,000 to 61,000,000 •, and it ia only now' <uid then that, aa tho two planets oirolo round m their rospeotive tracks, tho passing point is whore ttao tracks oome nbareot, The last instanoe of a very oloao nnproa^Jj yas m p77 ; tho next will be ia 1W.)?. Mara is rauoh p^naller than the e'artb, its diameter bein^ only about 420Q miles, Its bulk, therefore, is only about one-seventh, and its surface about ihree.-tenthfl of earth'g,

The ckin of plums is wonderfully strong compared witlrits thiokneno, and rußista the action of water and many solvents m a jrtmurkablo manner.' If not thoroughly Ofwtjpated boforo taking into the stomach, jtbisjJ^kiQ rnrply. if over, is dissolved by tho gastric juico. £n flomo o&bbb pieoos of it adhere to tho coats of the utomaah na wot paper olings to 'bodies, causing more or leaa disturbance or jnoonvenienoo. lia'ißin's and dried currants hr.o n;*rtipularly troublosomo p this vrp.y r and }l not jjhoppeij #p boforo cooking, should bo thoroughly ohowpd beforp swallowing. U a dried currant passes into tho Btomnoh whole it ia never digested at all.

«, Eusflin 2* tbo moment Is not m favor of German oilioial oiro!?8, A notice m a Hemi-offioial nawapapor, whioh has *U the appoaranoo ot a t'omwuuh/tic, coraplainß of tho '7«otOUsJ[luHßofioation of tho JJultio provinoea of I^"* 18 " It ia oflioially announced that tho Russian codo will triko the plnoo of tho Gorman coda, and that nil pleadings before the trjbtv £&i* must bo m liuaaian; The ncwßpapoir *efej(ife<J |p remarks that this is equivalent to a denial of juai^oo to the bulk of tho population whioh tioea not understand Ruesian. It also complains of the wholesala dismissal of the Gorman funotionarioß m tho provjnoeu.and fd *ho.obHteoles plaoed m the way of Lutheran ■tpttßioufi worsb/p, T he Minititor of Publio Worship haa impxoa a, nupibor of stringent w^th respeot to religioua worship m the Baltic provinocs, the objeot o£ which is cojapeJ flfprmiiy to tho Char's rol^ion,