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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1646, 27 February 1886, Page 3

An American Rape* say's the metal of the 'future* is;' 'alitmnmm t. an< l $&' >) n a few' yearfclt' wfil cuspTijJße' iron and steel, and' reybltitidniSe the' : ■industrial arts. It sayi-trfe W6rl& ■cdntairis •' ten times as muchsbfitas. of ) iron-^revery clay bed being an .^luraiqupi. mine. It is three times stronger than Bessemer steel, will noV corrode j is'ductile, is >a..third^ lighter than $as-iron, J and the raw materials for making it ate not. worth J64 a ton. " The Nevjr.ZeaJand Tablet has this week pußlißhedan Uiustratibn showing what the new- Roman Catholic Cathedral will" be like when finished. Mr' Ctiatrleti Cuji l dy, one of ; the oldest WeTlin'gtofi A Settlers and 'a .Wairarapa pioneer, d»ed ! at Featherstdn on Monday last^ at the age bt 70 years/ l Mr-Guhdy arriyed;iniWellinßton in 18.40. ■ He vwas universally (esteemed « and . leaves a large number of [.descendants.. The , ; funeral was very largely attended by Wairarapa. seffiers;-'- ..\ <Z'.'i " . Crippmy Sii?er^ana^ furnished a joke of her'bwn that hasma'de all the Bussians laugh. ' Ivan P4troff,' a merchant ,and Mayor r oithe city of Gorki, of the Tdmsk Provincey died a while ago. The citizens raised 200 roubles to procure a painting bf Ihedead Mayor. They sent the money to Mr Skotti, the well-knowp painter of Moscow,, asking him to make a portrait of 'jshe Mayor. '■'<. Ttoy, did not enclose any ' photograph, 1 but 'gave this desciptioh': — " Age^s3-'yeafs and' sik months ; stature, sftc6in ;' hair ; and eyebrows, : auburn ; eyesi;grey ; ho3e,-iaoulli, and chin, ordinary>;,face,, clean. JJe had no special traits except 'stammering,!' The. artist laughed , and gave the curious order to one of his young ; pupilsi Astrakhpff, whoin a^ew^.'daiys^aidted the pprtrait.of jthe' stammering Mayor arid sent it to Siberia. In affew iveeks ; Skotti received" a letter^ frouiitha Gdrkians, sayihiy :-r-"-The -relatives of (the late Mr Petroffiand the rest of citizens believft^that ; no . better likeness ; cpu|d have been made.. , .-, Writes ,the correspondent of the^a'ipawa.^a^ :— Talking ot bridges I know^of anb'tlier " demonstration "that s going 'lake place in a certain town in the ; bushV " I don't iniijid "whispering it to you/but it '■' mustn't 1 go" farther," don't yer, know i Well; ; a firm of business people in .that said* town: intend to put a culvert; across the road in front of their place, and Jwhen its use the're going to celebrate its on^nihg by a" demonstrationV 1 to which all tiie members are ' tb 'be 'itiyited ! Of ' course vou'll be surprised, but I am'not. ; Nothing astonished me in that wayvibecause I'know'all about them and the're such a nice family, don't you know 1 !: ■ •■ - . „; :