MvnniKn ny A Femxlj. Mixister.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2040, 4 August 1885, Page 2

MvnniKn ny A Femxlj. Mixister.-

Tlic first instance in America where ft l.idy officiated as cleigyman at a wedding ceremony was at Columbus, Ohio, a few clays ago, when Mrs Lydi* G. Romick, the evangelist, performed the mamngc service for Charle3 Pun, of Damascus, Ohio, and Miss Emma Bryant. Both biide and groom are members of the .Society of Fi lends. Makkkd picfeience is shown by various royal ladies in Europe foi particular kind« of fur. The Empress of Russia, of course, alw ays wears sable. Tho Empress of Austio-Hung.uy -will have nothing but Astrachan, while her daughter-in-law, the Archduchess Stephanie, wears only otter. The Queen of Ron mania cares little what fur she wears, so it be grey in colour, «hile the Queen of Holland piefert n.aiten, and her Majesty of Spain beatowi her patronage upon the bea\er. Tprk Bed* is Roma.— The immense wealth which Russia possesses in turf beds is but little appreciated. Its exploitation is only developed in a few prouncos, and by some of the railway c nnpanies turf is used as a combustible. Considering, how e\ er, that beds of turf exist in Russia, covering 70,000 square miles, which would furnish sufficient matenal to provide all Russia with light for 10,000 , years, tins neglect seems, indeed, to be hiding their light under » bushel —Christian Million. We be^ to draw nt f eution to Messrs Stewart Daw arm and Co.'s new advertisement which appears eKewhere. Thionirh leturn excuiMon tickets to Wellington cm now bo obtained at any railway station on the Auckland section. The fare^ (which include rail and steamer), aic exceedingly moderate, and are available for 35 days. Intending visitors should consult list of faiob published in another column. Trlui and 'So'ifrvfss — What is the best Jtnily medicine in the world to regulate the bowels, purity the blood, remove costivcness and biliousness, jid digestion, and stimulate the pholo system 3 Tmth and soberness compel vi to answer, American Co's Hop Bitters, beioc w*r»t perfect and harmless, boo