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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 121, 12 May 1888, Page 1 (Supplement)

what I wont to sJ, and tho sight has ! thrown me into % peculiar mental condition." A new use has been discovered for ; the electric light. The body of a drowned boy was discovered through j the use of the electric light, a bulb ■ being fastened to a pole and sub- , merged, illuminating the water for a ' considerable distance in the neigh- '■ bourhood. The electric light pro- | raises to become an important aid in all manner of submarine operations. \ The Czar has declined to give his ; assent to a morganatic marriage be- - tween the Grand Duke Michaelo- i j vitch, who is 26 years of age, and j j the youngest daughter of Count Ig- J I natieif. j The Dressmaking at Tb Aro House has j long been un established institution in I Wellington. Noted for its accurate and | 1 admirable tit, its perfection of finish, and : its elegance of style, favorably known • throughout the province, it Tiaf succeeded in gaining and retaining' a large number j of lady customers, so much that we have ,' ; had to considerably augment our staff of ■ assistantw, at Tb Aeo Housk, Wellington. ! i With this increase of our staff, with two | large dressmaking rooms, presided over by | " I first-class manageresses, we are competent to t.ike an increased amount of orders. : Ladies would therefore do well to give their commands a-s early as possible. Patterns of dress and other fabrics, and selfmea.sureniciit charts, forwarded post free on application to tho Wholesale Family i Drapery Warehouse, Te Aeo House. j Lord Henry liruce intends, during i the session, to submit to the House \ , a motion affirming the desirability of \ i establishing a State pawnbroking ; i department, upon the model of tho ! ) French Mont de Piete. ' Tho Russian Government has been ! i trying experiments in the capture of ; i carrier pigoons by falcons, and they I i have proved as successful as the j 1 Ministor of War expected. The j falcon sees the pigeon at the distance ; of a couple of kilometres, goes for it, i and captures it promptly. The idea ! is to utilise the birds in timo of war j 1 to intercept messages sent from the ; i enemy, and falconry stations are to j 1 bo established at the different forti- : i fications in Russia. ! I In Colorado, the amended liquor ! ! law prohibits the sale of whisky for I drinking purposes unless it be two ! years and vine months old. | i The Swiss temperance apostle, M. j I lvochat, is carrying on a vigorous i crusade against intemperance in j l'aris. | At the Greenwich Hospital school ! (>2l of the boys are pledged ab- ! stainers. j In Germany, very nearly 121 b. of sugar are now made from 1001 b. of I beets, the cost of the product being i only two cents per lb. j j The Pope has been solicited to ' bestow his special benediction on i j Gabriel, tho Indian Catholic of Cali- ] ! fornia. Gabriol is now, it is said, I i HO years old. | I It is stated that since the sunflower j has been cultivated on certain swamps of the Potomac, malarial fever has decreased. At the mouth of the Scheldt, in Holland, it is { stated that similar results have been obtained. Country residents ought to know the i following facts, viz. : — Everything that ladies require, everything that gentlemen miuire, everything in tho furnishing of a house, can be had in profusion and at ; actual wholesale prices, at Te Ako Housk, Wellington. Those about to marry should not fail to first pay a visit to the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Aeo Houee.