RANDOM SHOTS.

[By Zamiel.]

Home write, a neighbour s name to Inel), . Homo write-vain thought l-f or ncpd ful cash, Some write to please the country claah, And raise a din. Eorn^watalnever^sh-^

A cciuons coincidence in1 connection with the rather incongruous Ministry which presently rules the destinies and railroads of New Zealand is the fact that both the Premier and Colonial Treasurer have been prostrated by a severe attack of gout, This is the more remarkable when it is re membered that, though Sir Julius Vogel isa bit of a bon vivant, not to say gourmand, bis colleague, Mr Stout, is a very ab- Btemious and strictly teetotal gentleman. Gout is not generally belie, ved to be communicable by contact, but the fact that yetanother member of the Ministry was re ported to hare had premonitory twinges of the disease, supplies strong presumptive evidence that this form of Ministerial foot rot is contagious. In this connection I see that Mr Lake, tho new member for Waipa, is reported to bo suffering just now from an ttttaek of "Ministerial gout." This isa healthy sign,'l suppose-an indication that Mr Lako i 3 qualifying for a seat in the Cabinet. None of our "medicos" have thought fit to publish a treatise on this new and strange disorder; but "Zamiel," as a aabbler in pathology, supplies the following diagnosis and prescription, for which, fol lowing the example of Mr Milner Stephen with regard to "tho afflicted poor," he charges no professional feo :— THE GOUTY MINISTRY. Both Vogel and Stout are ill with gout, But Sir Julius " with precedence ": ThatttoYeSson why la living too high. May readily find credence. Chorus: yea • Vogol no doubt takes too nraoh utont, OlSbgoutyMinistree! Thelnndel Jew and Agnostic too In the cold shades long had been, And now Uvtog in state, renowned and great, Has given them gout. I ween. CHOBUS-Yes, &c . E'en Kftwatfs knight could not keep them right, vnSihis■weffknown"Badical cure": Httyoung Mendbold did what ho was Toted, Then why did he call him " poor 1" OHOBUS-Yos, &c. The Major's tone had forbearing srrown Towards his triumphant foes. He fdVit Is said, just half afraid To tread on theft gouty toes. " ' Chorus—Yea, &c. On hopeful wings to Watwera Springs Now cometh the wandering Jew; Aid the bumptious Bob, Quito now to the job, Intend* tho North to " do." '•■ Chords—Yes, &o. Whenin water hot tiie twain have got. They, expect It will relieve thorn; But tee publics wrath, with a hotter bath, Will make tho gout soon leave them. CHOBua—Yes, &c. As living too high ia the reason why "T)t their malaUy's aggravation, lit unjust turn out both Vogel and Stout From their too exalted station. Chorus: , Yea, Vogel and Stout mast be.both turned Krei^healthy State well see. Then we'll sing and shout> " Away with tho Antf tUe'Gouty Ministrce I"

Speaking 'of Jews reminds me that the Anglolsraelitea have found formidable rivals in a New Zealand sect of Maori- Israelites. So far as I can make out, Mr "W L Eees is the apostle of the new- super stition, and Mr Wi Pere is his most notable convert. When the latter dusky gentleman was speaking in the House of Representa tives onthe Native Lands Bill, he betrayed his adherence to the new faith in a some what singular fashion. He was trying hard to get several new clauses inserted in the bilF, and Government having refused to ac cept them, ha threatened to obstruct the measure by talking alright. Thejwtjve orator actually poured forth hurflood of eloquence for about two hours, but having run dry he made a pathetic appeal to the Premier, and then to the Colonial Treasurer, to accept his amendments. He touchsngjy urged Sir Julius Vogel in particular to Iwap • Bia prayer, reminding him that he (WiPere) was" distantly related to Sir Julius. This was a delicato way of urging a favour; bnt of course if Sir Julias is related to all the Maori-Israelites he is still more closely allied by blood to the "stiff-necked people. So he remained obdurate to the appeal of $ his "colouredbrother," and WiPere had perforce tdgive up thepoint. There w la Cistenfe rumour to the effect that Wi > is to be made a Cabinet Minister, and as blood after all is thicker than water, I should not wonder though oar Treasurer "with precedence "should call ma distant relation to a seat in the Ministry. v ■■*•;■ + ■ + /

Some of our civic fathers have been greatly shocked at the insinuations made against their literary accomplishments in connection with the Free Library; Now, there is much to be said for them; they have assuredly discovered certain new meanings for words which might establish their title to a place as original thinkers. Just look for example at their definition of & smallpox hospital aa a place of recreation and ornament. The Domain? Act so clearly seta apart these reserves exclusively for the recreation of the people of New Zealand that, after carefully looking thrdugh the clauses of the Act, I am driven to the conclusion that authority must have been found for tho erection of the pest-hoiiae upon the Domain in a new and original interpretation of the English language. Our aesthetic governors being men of literary tasteand judgment, full of old saws and epigrams, havo translated the nroverb that "Englishmen take their pleasures sadly" literally, and reasoned that those who spend a vacation in a. ftoat W ith variola have a right to a suitable lodee in ike people's park. Pleasant notion «f an ornamental lodge, that wooden de formity, like -» wen on t"6 Breen swar(l> jigfioruring the mosfc conspicuous public builling the city possesses. Pretty cus todians of ornamental grounds/ men who «ould sanction such an outrAge bbos good i^Bte!' XI I""1 my way, they should clj iTconfined in it a month, and fed on bread and water. / X,.---- ;; ':- X :-'■; X .'"'■'

- While not blind to Mr Waddel'a virtues' «a Mayor, the people ought not to hold him cuiltless of this crime of plundering the trablic recreation reserves. The Mayor's ' .election on the popular vote, if it means anything, means that he is-the special representative and custodian, for the oeople have no knowledge what Stare ho had in the wrongful and illegal diversion of this portion of a recreation re '? - eerve but I know he ought to have headed ■the movement-to prevent the act of apolia -1 tiori and that even at tho eleventh hoar he ' should come forward as the champion of I , nonnlar rights, and compel his colleagues | to retrace the false step. It is a disgrace I to Ms term as Mayor of Auc'iland. What ! ever action the Mayor may take, that hospital wttl haw to go. The present Attorney-General, to whom an appeal is about to bem<»de,waßtheprimemove«inthe ,• leeal proceedings agwnet the Dunedin Co* "*,!„., which caused the removal of the and the pulling-down of the Caledonian Grand Stand that had been erected on a enbliereoreation reserveallegally;leased by 'the T Council I cannot restrain an es> ■ -messioa of indignation and contempt for thTconduct of the Council -In dealing with the Domain, They obtained control ofihe reserve by fomenting the; p.pular outcry 'a^inst a proposed t permit enabling the «fieketers to levy a charge on a few days in h fthe year to maintain tlur ground for uurposes of recreation, and the very first Isefeey made of their power was .to alien ate for ever a portion orthe estate,; by Anting a hideous and pestilentialbuilding «n it, spreading alarm of infectious disease , «mong the unfortunate patients of the hospital. They have so thoroughly abused &eS trust that no confidence can be placed in their future management of the Domain, ■and 'the sooner it is transferred to safer fcatids, and protected by a more stringent I■-.-: ltiWi&eeMierwill be the minds of those J . "•wh6l«woreßpect.,£or the Inalienable rights I, .*' ' ''• >€•''' '■' ' '.x -:.' j ■'-■■' x'\\ ■■' ■ I \ ■ ' That young tn*ny teoensly '"managed in' i lftfti, whotisedto bow so gracefully to tho I ladles, and lift his hat to auparticulat ideal ft i <rf feminine beauty, has lost an liberty; ac m .cording to tho chronicles .af the foUce U' ' Covirt. Uia exterior appeared like the i-\ 'i J^]iw«^AjW tuttetflyi fdud ana gay, 'but under ; meaOi tho lanoyvest palpitated a d ish onost ; heart, far &s tUo book of Bamuol Balth ; tak "Theuandsonae, figured silk londkorchiof«

were not his own, but the property of another." Under tho gaslight his curly, oiled head bobbed around the billiard.table, and as champagne corks were drawn at his bidding, the snrewd, cye-to-busincsa bar maid exclaimed: "Is not Harry a nice young man? ho makes me nico presents. But such is life !" and then she breathed a long sigh ; " but I dare not love him—tho flash radical! A barmaid's heart ia no body's during a shout." The young calico vondor continued to play, with the innocent air of childhood, under the vigilant eyes of a privately dressed official in waiting. "Too fast, really too fast," said the full blown functionary as he laid his hand on Harry's shoulder, who stood aghast with amazement, and presently was led away, like Eugene Aram, "with gyves upon his wrists," a warning to other gay young vendors of ribbon and tape.

xxx People know very well the advantages of the telephone, but many are unaware of its dangers, and the latter class may draw a moral from the short tale I purpose re lating. A certain dealer whom "Zamiel" wots of frequently employs the telephone for the purpose of getting quotations from wholesale merchants, and finds it very useful in that line, as, without stirring from his shop, he can set one merchant against another, haggle ovor prices, and strike most advantageous bargains. The other day, at a time when tho market was showing a rising tendency, this gentleman had occasion to order somo oats, and "ringing up " several merchants, he found tho price quoted was invariably 2s Bd, which he declined as being too dear. At last ho was favoured by fortune. He got " connected" with a merchant's office, and at once re cognised that a clerk was replying instead of the " boss." Tho quotation was the orthodox 2s Bd, but when he asked, "Is that the very lowest you can make them?" he heard the question repoated by the clerk, and the merchant, who was evidently seated near the instrument replying, " Yes that's the lowest, but mako it 2s 7d at a pinch I" Back came the faithful clerk's answer—" Yes, 2s 8d is the lowest price, and you had better make it a big order, as they are rising." "Thank you," retorted the keen-eared purchaser, " I will make it a big order; but I want it at a pinch, and you must make the price 2s 7d, as I heard Mr say just now!" Of course there was a hearty laugh exchanged by electricity, and equally of course the dealer got his oats at tho low price, while the merchant has doubtless learnt the lesson not to ontrustoffico secrets to the telephone, which is apt, when en rapport with some one outside, to be rather much of a " teir-ephone.

The Parisian police, acting upon the advice of six physicians, havo stopped a meditated baby show. The doctors averred that they could- see no scientific use, while there wais a possibility of harm, from the gathering together of infant prodigies. The promoters appealed to the Lord Mayor of London, who certified that baby shows had been held in England without any known evil consequences, but the police were inexorable, and the proposed exhibition of juvenile humanity collapsed. These shows are quite a modern development, and the warmest*apologists of them are. bound to confess that it has not yet been scientifically demonstrated that, reason able inducement being offered, a finer set of babies can be produced as easily as plethoric gooseberries or prize roses. Yet, a colonist imbued with a proper spirit will readily admit that those who havo done special servico to the State by laying the founda tions of a finer raco havo rather better claims to recognition and reward.than tho producer of a new variety of cnulifiowor, or a champion breed of poultry.

The necessity for aPolicoCourt magis trate in Auckland is keenly felt by the pro fessional gentlemen and those who are compelled to attend as witnesses, many of them coming from a long distance. No less tlian eight hours wore absolutely lost during the week in waiting for a Eocond justice, and if Franklin's aphoriam be true, " time is money," then these delays moan serious monetary loss to' the lawyers as well as others. Mr. Hesketh's pungent remarks on the Court's delays wore well-timed and to tho point, and it is devoutly to be wiehed that in this instance it will be like the prayer of a righteous man, which "availetb much." It is quite true, as Mr Hesketh put it, that the city of Auckland has acquired quite a notoriety for the manner in which the police court ' business was conducted. This state of things was a disgrace to the city, and could occur in no other part of New Zealand. His Worship fully concurred in the statement made by Mr Heskfith ; it was- his experience in the Court. The Resident Magistrate's time is almost wholly occupied in the upper courts, and in remote districts within the sphere of his magisterial duties. His Worship . the Mayor, and several Justjces of tie Peace, are most assiduous and pains taking on the bench, but it is unreasonable jo pxpect that a few of the privileged number can sit almost daily' to the neglect of their immediate business. The want of a legally qualified gentleman to devote his tinje to criminal cases, which are continually on the inpreaae, is impera tive, and. it ia high time that fi,Qy,ernment appointed a polTcb magistrate to atfcond solely to these duties.

Those of : the "unemployed" who hap pened to be on the wharf when the Waihora arrived from Sydney on Wednesday_ last were not delightwi to see fourteen Chinese passengers cqmo ashore. Visions of more competition in the way of chp4p labour, especially in the market gardening line, no doubt were vividly before them, and re marks by no means complimentary were Mgsed about the almond-eyed sons of the oweyy Land, who went their way not withstanding, ,nnd are now probably settled down to some in a Gfejiiaman's view lucrative employment. The arrival these Celestials means an increase to the ordinary revenue of £140, made up by a poll-tax of £10 pc? head, which had to be'paid to the Customs by the Union Company, and is accordingly included in the passage, raohey. A European woman who accompanied one of the Chinamen, and appeared quite proud of •her " John," is exempt from this tax, and thus-compared to a ChineEO wife, she costs just £10 less when emigration to New Zea land is found necessary. .

| When a new edition of that amusing VJsrt, "The Slang Dictionary," comes to tie published, " Zamiel " strongly advises thecompj}ef,topay a viaitto aportion of" the Empire on whipU tha sun, etc." Many of the slang terms in sagfto in tbeae fair lands of the Southern heroispli'ere a/p of native growth, and are of a nature that woiild ©alts a Cockney costermonger die of sheer gnyy. The horsey slang so freely and persistently ueiul! by most of our sporting' writers is of .a particularly bewildering character, and must be cjufes unintelligible to the uninitiated. The vofds '' prod," '' joker," "little lady," and "youogg^jitjpffian," are used a=f synonyms for tba wofi bfl?/s« j whild "money-" is disguised under tjje terms "sqseeze"and "posh." Just_ listen to a young Auckland sportsman sitting on the top of Crowthor'ti tfrfgily- coach to an other ditto. " Say, Harry i wfcftf prft'J ar^ you going to put yo.ur posh on thife ti^?" And then bi3 comrade replies. " Hanged if I know, Bob. I lost four quid on that joker of Luehington'*, and I've only 25 deena left. Doocid hardmozzle, wasn't it," and so on. •■ • . : —,

There are sometimes more ways than one of interpreting judicial utterances, and the truth of this was recently exemplified tho Wel lington Police Court. The stery has not yet appeared in print, an*, (s therefore worth recording. Two brawi^y-ar«;ed .villagers, had fallen out, and their (juarreis-torejed the subject of a cross action for assault. The Magistrate listened with wonderful patience to tho wearisome details, but seeing no prospect of being ablo to come to a depiaion that would satisfy bctk parties, hs .suggested that they should 6Sitl,e their diJjereneoa "out of Court." Both women assented to the suggestion with un disguised eagerness, and left the.chamber with sot and determined features. Nothing further was heard of them for aoine 10 or 15 minutes, and then to the consterna tion of the Magistrate and Court officials they reappeared with dishevelled hair and faces .streaming wiih' blood. " What do you mean by this ?" severely asked the magis trate. "J 'thought you" promised to settle the ease o#t of Court. " And so we have" retorted the smaller of the women, and I guess when Mrs Jong=! wants any more settling out of Court, jlje can havo it, And she waltzed over to the clerk's desk to settle .tip, followed by the awed but admiring gaze of the throng of unwashed.

SPORTING.

PRINCIPAL RACING FIXTURES.

Now Zealand.

Takapuna J.C. Spring Nov. 29 Wellington J.C. Spring Nov. 27 Wellington R.C. Sp#ng Nov. 23,29 Dtiuedin J.C. Spring.*; Nov. 29, Dec. 1 Cambridge Spring Mooting;, Deoember 5 Thames J.C. Summer December 26 and 27 Auckland Summer Meeting.. Dec. 20, Jan. 1 and 2 Canterbury J.C. Summer Jan. 1 Hawka'a lfav- J.C. Meeting Dec. 20 Northern J.C. Summer Meeting .. Jan. 9 and 10

Dates of Nominations, Entries and Accep tances.

Nominations Thames Summer Meeting • .. ..Nov. 22 First Forfeit Auckland Cup and Steeplo chnso .. Deo. 5 Nominations Northern J.C. Summer Meeting Dec. 19

To Correspondents.

G.A.—The unbeaten St. Simon started five time 3as a two-year-old, and won on each oc casion. W.J.F.—Tho Hon. G. McLean paid 140 guineas for Lady Kvelyn when a yearling. Tigredia was purchased at the same sale (Mr G. G. Stead's) for 150 guineas. E.T.-Lord Clifden and Lo Grand are half brothers. The former is by Lord of the Hills from imported Legend, and tho latter is by Kpigram from Logend. Nemo.—Traducer was tho sire of nine Christ church Derby winners: Scandal. 1567; Knvy, 1870; Defamation, 1871; Calumny, 1872; Trump Card. 1877; Natator, 1873: Sir Modred, 1880; Tho Dauphin, 1881; aud Cheviot, 1882.

NOTES BY HIPPONA.

A jiork enjoyable afternoon than last Saturday has never been experienced at Elleralie. Tho weather was bright and genial, tho surroundings presented a glad- Jening appoarance to the eye, and the racing was first-class. One thing I should have liked was to have seen a larger attendance, but it would seem that tho public cannot afford two holidays in one week. At any rate, the day selected is a bad one for most business people, and next season the Club would do well to choose another date if they wish to mako the meeting a real success. In tho opening race of the afternoon, the Trial Stakes, we were introduced to Mr W. Waltorß'shandsome little mare Fishgirl.who from a variety of causes, has not been seen out in public since the AILC. Spring Meeting of 1882. Tho way ehe shaped in both tho event under notice and the big Handicap proved she has a bit of pace, and with luck, should place one or two more races to her credit before long. The Spring Handicap turned out to be tho good thing I anticipated it would be for Libeller, and he won from end to end in tho good time of 2min 45sec. It is a long time since the gentlemanly eon of Traducer and Yattcrina looked so well, and after the weighing-in thero was general satisfaction at the success of Mr Bobbett. Perhaps the most Interest ing contest of tho afternoon was the Wel come Stakes, the six two-year-olds saddled up being a moat creditable looking lot. In avery way superior to his com- Eanions, howover, was Mr Robertson's colt y Mußket out of Slander, and although he got the worst of the start, he came away in tho straight when asked, and won by a couple of lengths in a very easy fashion. With health, ne promises to have a big future before him,and one day this woek an Aucldander offered to purchase him for 800 guineas, but his owner declined to do busi ness. Whit a pill he will prove for the Southerners if they choose to fetch a juvenile up for our Summer Meeting 1 The Rosarlna filly, who finished second m the race, is a very speedy and taking young lady, and in several spins with the colt at Papakura, I am told she was quite ablo to hold her own. Derringer, whom I've always had a good word for, ran well up to his private form, and may be heard of lator in the season. In the matter of jockoy ship at tho meeting, the winning mcunts weio pretty oqually divided. By the aid of Mitrailleuse and the Slander colt, Corey succeeded in toppingthe list with two wins, while E. Vaile, T. Taylor, H. Taylor, and E. Williams scored one each.

The Takapuna Jockejr Club hold the first of their enjoyable gatherings for tho present season on Saturday next. An attractive programme of seven events will be decided, and with fine weather, a large crowd may be expected to cross the water. The New Zoaland Stud Company hold their yearling sale on the 3rd of January, when 26 colts and fillies are to be submitted, tho progeny of Musket, Antero*, Cadogan, Apremont, Feve, and Randwick. Among the number are full brothers to Krupp, The Poet and Tetford, full sisters to Louie and Mitrailleuse, and half-sisters to Lady Evelyn and Pearl. The brood mares Dundee Katio and Merry Katie, and a selection of draught fillies and geldings 'jvill also be offered at the same time. Mr W. Adams'desprves a word of praiso for the way in which he yyork'ed the fotiili gators on Saturday last," the good sum of £3,949 being passed through without a singiegru'mbleof any kind. Tfie facing Club Received for ftfeir share the nice"li|ttle sum of £345 clear, so thai it; cannot' >>c sdiil they have any the worst of the bargain. To show jiow the totalisator js growing on the public, J ni/jy mention' that at tb.e first Auckland Spring Opting'in' lS$2, $l,ffl) was passed through, ltfst year jt totted up to £Z,IJ7, and this year $ has increased to £3,?4Jf. Mr J. Marshall's ra»"0 Necklace will arrive here from Chrlstchurch on Monday next, and her owner anticipates she will be able to take part in oar Summer Meeting. Chaafe and Alick Sutherland will also ftjirive by the same boat. Speaking of tho latter reminds me that the popular horse man rode Lady Evelyn in fcbeC.J.C. Derby, and although he had four other mounts during the first two days of the meeting, failed to score a win. Alick's " raozzle " seems fairfy out when he travels South. The following table, showing the official times for the leading events of tho Auck- Jgnd Spring Meeting since its inauguration, m,ay not prove uninteresting :—

With threo exceptions, all of the mores at Sylvia Park have now foaled. During the past few days, Madcap has produced a filly to Musket, Lady Mary a colt to the same sire, Nelly Moore a filly to Leolinus, and Yattescy a filly to Izaak Walton (since dead). . I have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of the programme for the Northern Jockey Club Summer Meeting, which is fixed1 to take place on Friday and Saturday, gth tnc} JOth January. There are six events to b"e dficid.e.4 or) each day, the best being the Northern ./, 0. Handicap of lOOaovs., 1 j mile, and Kensington Park Handicap of 858ov8,,limite. An the Cub have again fixed upon a time when numerous horse-owners and visitors will bo in Auckland, I havo no rjoubt that the gathering will be oven a g/saisr success than it was last year. Kpimnapion3 fay a]l handicaps are due on Friday, 19th })ocgipber, and they can be left with Mr W. Pei?ci«ral, wboVfa CflPJHPP tlon with Mr' D. Atkinson, will allot the handicaps. ££c progeny of Mr Walters's mares were In gfe&fym at the A.R.C. Spring Meeting, for out b'f'ilte aiv events decided, three winners first paw the H%fih of day at Papa k^ra." These were Libeller, ffigijgr'rl, and the Sfuskfit —Slander colt, while tHe Boebi rina filfy, who asted as runner-up in tio^h the Welcome B&kes iffld Pp&#'PJsie,!; svaß also reared at that home of ijje tjjorojigji bred. It was admitted on all side| th^i, French has not had Iris charges looking so well for some years past. One of the quickest on record in filling up sweeps, was accomplished the , other week by ''Robin flood," of.Christchuroh. In a " speoiai unlimited " on the N.Z. Cup be succeeded •in'getii^pr 8i350 subscribers in seven day«, Bis third pij/a in the Mel bourne Cup, value £215, went to ft sawyer at Tairua, Auckland. The Canterbury Jockey Club have re ceived forty entries for the Welcome Stakes of. 1885. Tho N.Z. Stud Company contri bute thirteen to'the list, and other Auck land owners four., Mr W. .Walters would also .have been' represented only for1 an over sight onhia .RSJ-'ifei to the1 dny ofebsWg entries. > !■*•*>{

'" While'at Flomington, Mr M, JPenngi.!/ was eased of the gold watch and chain pre sented to him by the New Zealand Stud Company in commemoration of Martini- Henry's Melbourne Cup and Derby vic tories. The "thief entered" Mr Fennelly's bedroom when he was absent and abstracted j£, £ut offering a £10 reward the watch was afiosl'Jy .afterwards returned to the popular trainer slightly daniaged. The chain has not yet been recovered,' Mr W. Walters Inform mo that hs inji^nijo to hold his yearling sale oa Saturday, 2?th of. December (the day after tho Auckland Cup is run). Seven lots will be submitted, viz.:—Colt by Piscatorious — Yatterina; colt.by. Musket—-Venus Transit; filly by Musket-rFanny Fisher; filly by lluskot— Peeress; filly by Anteros—Rosarina ; filly by Anteros—Grand Duchess; and filly by Kt2j|iorGulßs — Slander. Mr Walters has .|ub|^dt::and';a two-y^.r=-old full sister to Mr.G. G.-gteaa'sTSjarion M'private 4ls,

On V.R.C. Derby Bay the receipts were about £250 more than they were in the pre vious year, and the receipts on the Cup Day wore more than £1,000 in excess of tho sum received in 1883. Tho Club paid away iv prize monoy over tho four days' racing £12,717, Mr J. 0. Inglis, the owner of Malua, receiving the largest cheque, £2,457 ; Mr J. Hill coming next with £1,598. The Cup was worth £1,977, tho Derby £1,200, and the Maribyrnong Plate £1,384. Writing of tho victory of Black Hose in the Chriatohurch Derby, "Sir Lauucelot" has the following :—lt was worth a bare footed pilgrimage to see the slashing set-to from the end of the lawn between Fusilier, Liverpool, and Black Rose. Where the latter came from, and what position he occupied from the Rtx furlongs post up to the home turn,will always be a puzzle to us, but at any rate he appeared on the scene at tho bottom of the lawn, and coming wide on the outside, pipped Fusilier by half alongth, the same distanco separating that colt and the favourite. The moment it waa evident that the black jacket and crimson cap of Mr 11. Redwood had once again, after an absence of .some years from our racecourse, been carried to victory, tho enthusiasm of the spectators knew no limit. As Mr Red wood walked from tho lawn to the saddling paddock, ho was cheered to the echo, and his right hand was nearly shaken off by tho crowd of enthusiastic friends that flocked to greet him in the hour of triumph, one of the first to congratulate him being Mr P. Butlor, the owner of Fusilier. Popular as was Mr Redwood's victory, tho success of tho " green and white hoops "would have been equally well received in face of tho questionable "knocking out" tactics in dulged in with regard to Liverpool, last week, and we heard more than one follower of the sport express his satisfaction, on this score, at the defeat of the favourite.

When the mail left, the protest against the V.R.O. Derby winner, Hufuß, bad not boon decided. The protest is mado by Mr G. Davis, tlio ownor of David, and is on the ground that Rufus is wrongly nominated, his breeding being given as by King of tho Ring from Princess Alice, whoreasliis data was once known by another name. It is contended by Mr Davis that hia name should also have been given in the colt's pedigree. A sirnihir protest was made against Tho Plunger last year, and on that occasion the stewards dismissed it. How ever, should tho present protest be sus tained, tho betting will not bo disturbed. .Newstead's time for the Flying Stakes, 6 furlongs, in which he defeated Malua by a head and nine others, is tho quickest time that has ever been done in the Australian colonies, Imio. 14soc. Prior to this, Mate's G furlongs, lmin. ISsecs., stood best. New stead's time also equals the best made in tho world, three horses in America, viz., Barrott, Monarch, and Knight Templar having each accomplished the distance in lmin. 14sees

From full particulars to hand Uiia week, it would appear that Vanguard's win in tho N.Z. Cup was one of the easiest ever achieved in the Colony, for after ho once took tho lead three-quartera of a mile from borne the race was never in doubt. The official tlmo, 3min. 492secs., given for this race is likely to mislead (says " Sonex "), tho fact being (Mr Stead, tho official timo, is my authority) that tho time was taken at tho fall of tho flag, and tho horees were 4Jsecs reaching the two-mile starting post. The true time is, thereforo, 3min. 45isoc. The early part of the racd was run very fast, considering tho state of tho ground, as tho following timo of the difteront distances will show, taken from tho fall of the flag:— First half-mile, 57{b6C9 ; J mile, lmin 2Gbocj 1 luilo, lmin 54$ sec ; lj milo, 2min 23Jsoc ; 1J miles, 2min 52} sco; 2 miles,3min 49Jsec. At the settling on the V.R.C. Meeting in the Victoria Roomß, it was estimated that tho bookmakers present could not have had less than £150,0O() in notes and gold with them. Ono largo fielder entered tho room with considerably over £10,000, which he proceeded to pay away. A well-known Melbourne bookmaker took £9,000 into the room, and two or three others had almost as much each. Tho fettling was heavily against a fow of the loading bookmakers, who have to pay largely to the South Aus tralian racing men, who were tho largest winners at. tho meeting. Mr J. Thompson, "tho Leviathan," issaidtohavo won i'o,ooo by Malua'a Cup victory. The " Melbourne Argus " states that no less than 3,000 telegraphic messages were gent away after tho Cup was decided. The result despatched to Wellington was done with such rapidity that it reached the capital of Now Zealand within 30 seconds after Malua pasted the winning post, or before the jockey who bestrode tho winner had pulled up to accompany tho clerk of the course back to tho scalos. Of course this message was anticipated beforehand, and the line kept clear for it.

Messrs W. C. Yuille and Co. hold a sale of racehorses after tho V.R.C. Meot ing, and amongst those submitted was Sir Modred, who was started at 500 guinea* and bid up to 1,100 guineas, when he was passed in for private salo. David went back to his stablo at 950 guineas; Sea horse, at 480 guineas ; Coningsby, at 600 guineas; Prodigal, at 240 guineas; Capri, at 230 guineas ; Anglesey, at 200 guineas ; and The Pencil at 240 guineas. 'What good business it woild bo (says " Rapier !* in the "Sporting and Dramatic News") to lay 6 to 4 that Archer was placed every time ho rodo a raco ! Last year, for instance, he was in the first threo 454' times (walks over not counted), and out of it only 165 times. Wood was a good deal more often thereabouts, if not actually there, than nowhere : he was placed 309 times, un placed 208. It was odds on Fordham getting a place, too. He only failed 96 times, whore ha succeeded 165. So with Cannon. He was placed 109 times, un placed 73. It must bo remembered, more over, that all these jocke/s ofton cease to porsi}ve.rp when tljey see that perseverance would be useless,' ■"■

The Hon. Thos. Relbey, like Lord Fal mouth, never bete, but at the same tlmo it. must be confessed that both he and his racing partner do not find the '; sport of kings" a losing game. They have won several important races, while they have been most fortunate as horse dealers. For instance, thoy gave 51gs and 42gs for Stock well find Malua respectively, and after winning over £1000 in stakes, the horses were sold for OOOgs and SOOgs. Meteor cost 80gs, won £150 in stakes, and was then sold. Anchorite and Coronet cost £39 and £100 as yearlings, and though their united winnings do not yet amount to much over £50, yet the price paid for them was a satis factory one—lOOOgs, with an additional £300 if Anchoritd won the Melbourne Cup. Peeress (the dam of Fitzhercules and Mr G. G. Stead's filly Marion) produced a filly to Hippocampus" several days back, but it is since dead. Peeress goes to Hippocampus again this year. Messrs Lyons and Blaikfe have deter mined to turn their two-year-old colt En field out till next season.

At a committee meeting of the Takapuna Jockey Club, it was agreed to remove the disqualification from firessmaker. Mr J. Lenuard again has her in work.

■ Qurfleld is in work again at Randwick, and Is reported to be looking well. Mr J. H. Hammond, the owner of St. Gatien, has won on the English turf in the past few years no loss than £80,000.

A London cablegram this week states that the famous English jockey, Fred Archer, is about to pay Australia a visit. Le Grand la now nearly sound again, and will shortly go into gentle work for the Champion Race.

Mr C. B. Fisher's two-year-old colt Man chester, and his yearling brother by Robin son Crusoe from Cracker, have been sold to &IrJjVv Long. •-■Jtia reported also that Mr A', lh Smatt Jioß iMiMttaeed Newstead. ■p;i #>c fburtli d.^'cf tho<V.R.p l Spring- Mpeting, we Jjehl'.w. Eeftrs^n nnid.9 eomei unsompUwPntiiry rpijjftrfes to J^ir garnfi'eld i with regard to' the jjandfwpping of'hjs hprneiii, The matter caipp to thp ears p{ the Committee, and MrPeapsgn was called upon to apologise, whiol) lie did.

Opera Going Out of Fashion.

Thf. kings and queens of song of half, or even a quartor of a century ago, neither expected nor exacted tho monstrous sums which drain the operatic treasury at the preggnrt time. Blame cannot exactly bo Juid'at tto doors of prinia donnas like Patti or Jfils.Bol) fgjf cjcjiranlljiigj a^||jgI'g 'ijpi%f soaaan, a higher stipendpun ihftn'ia awarded ■to a Judge ov a Minister of tho State for a whole year's hard services. Good vojegs are rare gifts, and are liable to guetain- in jury through unforeseen causes. Neverthe less, it is a pity that a great tenor, a fine soprano, or a superior contralto should be such costly luxuries. An evening at tho opera now is apt to try even well-stocked purses, But apart from this, there are iri dftatujnp [n England and here which show that other for,-irs"|)f pfjt^tain^jent ape,"for the natural Jaws of iqulable jnciipjjtion'i?, taking tho place of lyrical performances.. An element of society, formerly largely, a patron of opera, seems to have changed it» tastes. Many persons of position or wealth no longer occupy boxes or' stalls at the opera in England, and to some extent hero, because they prefer listening to non-lyrical ■ singers in their own drawing-rooms.

FIELD SPORTS AND AQUATICS.

(BY ACTION.)

CRICKET FIXTURES.

Novombor 22—Gordbn Ist v. United let, Gor don 2nd v. United 2nd, Alpha let v. Auckland 2nd, West Hnd Ist v. Auckland Ist (contlnned), Auckland 2nd v. West End 2nd, Our Boys v. Nowton (continued), I Zlngarl v. West End. Novembor 29 — Alpha Ist v. Auckland 2nd. United Ist v. Gordon Ist (continued), West Knd 2nd v. Gordon 2nd, Weßt Knd lRt v. Auckland Ist (continued), I Zingari v. Warehousemen, Newton v. Otahuhu. DecemberG-Nowton v. Auckland 2nd, Auck land Ist v. United. West Knd Ist v. Otahuhu (in tho Domain), I Zingari v. True Blues, Gordon v. Vagabonds, Alpha v. Tuakau (at Tuakau), Our Boys v. National. Decomber 13-Newton v. West End 2nd, West End Ist v. Otahuhu (continued), l'arnoll v. I Zingari, Gordon v. Vagabonds, Alpha v. Ware housemen, Auckland United v. Auckland (continued), Alpha Ist v. Unltod Warehouse men, Our Bays v. National (continued), Auck land 2nd v. United Second. December 20—Auckland 2nd v. Warehouse men, West End v. Our Boys, Auckland v. United (continued), Alpha v. Gordon 2nd, Gordon v. Otahubu (Domain), Nowton v. Weßt Knd. Shaw's English Eleven. November 14, 15, 17, 18, v. Victoria, at Mel bourne Novembor 21,22, 21,25, v. New South Wales, at Sydney. November 2C, 27, v. Hnwkeebury district, at Windsor. November 28, 29, v. County Cumberland, at Parramatta. December 1, 2, 3, v. Claronco River district, at Grafton. December 12,13, IS, IG, v. Australian Kleven, at Adelaide (probably). December 2:t, 21, v. Sandhurst. December 2G. 27, v. liallarnt. January 1. 2, 3,-5, v. Combined Australian Eleven, at Melbourne. January 9.10. v. Wollongong. January 12.13, v. Oandclo district January l(i to 22, v. Narrabrl and tho North. January, 23, 21, 2G. 27, v. New South Wales, at Sydney.

AQUATIC FIXTURES.

Novombor 21—North Shore Trial Fours. January I—Lyttclton Hegatta. January 2—Hearn v. Harrington, at Rlverton, for £200 ami Championship of New Zealand. January 29—Auokland Annual IliwiUa. Fobruary 7—Hanlnn v. Clillbrd, £500 a-Bide. February 28—Clifford v. Beach, £flOOa-aldo March 28-Hanlan v. Iloacli, £500 a-fsido and championship of the world, on tho Paramatta Klver. April 18-CUfford v. Hanlan (It the former Is vlutorloim In liia match with Beach). —Clifford v. Teemor, £500 a-sldo.

CYCLING FIXTURES.

Auckland Bicycle Club Runb. November 22—From top of Upper Queen street to Pupatoltoi. Norembor 29—From top of Upper Queen street to Ihuemata.

The six-days' walking match at Melbourne terminated on Saturday night. Raynor travelled 452 miles, and Swan 450 miles. Tho schoonor Sovereign being now en gaged in the coastal trade, will almost cer tainly be entered for the Champion Trading Race at tho Auckland Regatta.

Herbert Slado, the Maori half-caste, Las expressed the desire to light any man in America, Sullivan excepted, with fists or gloves, for a stako of from £200 to £500 a-side.

At Newcastle, in England, tho profes sional F. Wood won a 30 miles bicycle race in 1 hour 37 mm. 30 3-Sth sec, and J. Green won a one-mile amateur handicap, beating K. H. English, tho 25 miles amateur champion.

T. B. Appleby, who will bo known in connection with Diiuning's Opera Com pany, met with an accident while engaged In a game of cricket at Hobart. He was batting when a ball struck him in the mouth, placing him horn de combat, with a cut lip and minus four teeth.

At n meeting pf the Union Boating Club, Wanganui, a dincussion took placv re the Auckland regatta, and it wns decided to hold the matter over till a programme of tho Christchurch regatta hod been received, iih upon mature consideration, tho com mittee deemed it advisable for the Club to be represented at Christchurch should the inducement bo sufficient.

At a mooting at Nolson on 4th November it was decided to hold the annual regatta on 20th December. It was reported that telo grams had been received from Wellington and Wanganui stating that crews will come over from each of those pluoes' and compete. - Tho bnatbuilderg on tho Ynvra .ore (say? the " Australasian") one and all extremely busy. Edwards has no less than 14 craft of various kinds on the stocks at the present moment. Among theso are a gig and two sculling boats for the Gisborne Club, Now Zealand.

"Citizen" writes:—l see by your paper tliot a mooting is to be held early nest week for the purpose of forming an Athletic Club. Tho only real business of the meet ing, I think, should bo the formation of a company to purchase a ground for athletic sports. A pieco ef ground in tho direction Of the Western Springs is suitablo for the purpose, as the bulk of the people live on tho western side of tho city, and they are quite without uny ground for sports. I think that with tho tram cars running in that direction it would be easy of access from all parts of the city and suburbs. The Champion 10-milo Bicyclo Race is to be run in Auckland this year and thero is no track to run on. If it wore sot about at onco a new ground with running and bicycle path or track could be easily got ready by the autumn. The cricket ground in tho Domain is now quito over-crowded; every available foot of green sward boing used for practis ing and playing cricket matches. On the score of. gate money, if for no other reason, a ground is a necessity. Besides, as the cricket ground is more than fully occupied on all days — Saturday a and holidays not accepted—mukos it impossible to do anything in that direction. 1 hope that something practicable in tha shape ef providing a reeroation ground for the western side of the city of Auckland will be tl(e result, ..'•.....'

Tho prize money oflferpd for all ovpnte at the coming- Auckland Annual Regatta amounts to nearly £700, and is divided as follows:—Scows: let prizo, £20; 2nd, £10; 3rd, £5. Trading vessels, SO tons and up wards : Ist prize, £75; 2nd, £50; 3rd, £15. Trading cutters, 25 tons and upwards : Ist, prize, f 30; 2nd, £25; 3rd, £10; to this is added a special prize of £25, presented by Mr J> Marshall, for the first vessel in, and also a flag, presented by Messrs J. and D. Oxloy. Coasters, any rig, 12 tons and under 25 tons: Ist prize, £25, and cup presented by Messrs J, and D. Oxley; 2nd, £10; 3rd, £5. Yachts, over 6 tons: Ist prize, £40} 2nd, £10; 3rd, £5. Fishing beats 4 tons and upwards : let prize, £10; 2nd, £7 10s; 3rd, £5. Yachts and fishing-boats, under 4 tons: Ist prize, £8; 2nd, £0 ; 3rd, • £4. Yachts, 4to 6 tons: Ist prizej £10; 2nd, £5; 3rd, £3. Open sailing boats, 2nd class: Ist prize, £10; 2nd, £7 10»; 3rd, £5. Open sailing boats, 3rd class : Ist prize, £8; 2nd, £5; 3rd, £3. Ships' gigs, 4 oars and cox.: Ist prize, £10 ; 2nd, £5;. 3rd, f3. Five oared whalehoats: Ist prize, £100, if 10 boats enter ; £75 if 7 boats ; £60 if 5 boats ; fSO if 3 boats. To the first prize is added the U.S.S. Co.'s silver cup, whioh is to be won twice in succession or three times at intervals before becoming the property of winner. ( Kohimarama Training School: Ist prized £5 and trophies ; 2nd, £3. Man o'-wars: Ist prize, £10. . Naval Brigade boats: Ist prize, -£10. Wialeboats (for youths under 21 years): Ist prize, £20; 2nd, £10; 3rd, £5. Dingies (for youths under 15): Ist prize, £5 ; 2nd, £3 ; 3rd, £1 10s. For officers of H.M. Customs, Post office, Telegraph, and Harbour Board, in four-oared ships' gigs -.Prize trophies valued at £5. Polo race, for which subscriptions will be received on flagship.

Tho Melbourne correspondent of tho "Sydney Mail" writes on November f/jtf) :—•' Thp Australian cricketers arrived fi R.ivl.g; Mircappro tordoy, and had only a qu'ie'f; recepfipn' frpra' g Sf>\v Pgrapija} frignds.. In reply to an interviewer, the spokesman said i "We have had a : plandid trip, Never was such a season for ovioket known in England, There were fine, dry wickets, and comparatively little rain. They talk of England being a cold country. It may be In winter, but all I know is that last summer I frequently found it quite as warm as I have found the weather in Victoria. We were treated really well. Some of the leading cricketers seem to have quits dispossessed themselves of a prejudice they possessed in times past against Aus tralians and Australian cricketers as part of Australia. From the first they received us with so much cordiality that we were quite dptqnished, and ■ not the lesa surprised. Jj-'feei-e *\a do ujcesßijiy ! tg jpenc|6n nameS, jt is p»ly pepessajy jo eay'thai wtJatejm groundless prejudices may have ejisj^d at. ouo time foavo now quite disappeared, I can hardly go so far In referonae to the press, although there Is a marked improve ment in its tone when writing of us and cricket." He also remarked: "The English professional team is a good one, pretty well equal to any professional team which could be got to leave England. I see that they did, not do so very well in Afi^aidp, " gnd that tfje match on the gensingtan Qval faieyewas'^ujte afSnwj;;! As to thsjr play there, I do. npt'tjiink 'ifjuch of that, for they could not bo quite fjiem selves coming off shipboard. I think' they will play to much greater advantage shortly, and prove themselves very warm members i but for;all that we" shall' beat them whenever we nieet them, all ftt,":

The "Referee" on Hanlan's Defeat

Commenting on Beach's victory over llan lan iv thoChampionshipßace/Tetidragon," the famous editor and sporting critic of the " Referee," romarks :—

" When a critic is fifteen thousand miles or more away from tho object of hi 3 criti cism, and when he has to depend for his in formation upon what are bound to bo partial and biassed accounts of that which he sets forth to criticise, he may be excused for feoling somewhat at a loss to account for the way in which events have arranged themselves. Newspapers are now to hand from Sydney, New South Wales, but so far from clearing up the mystery of Hanlan's defeat they only increase it, I should be sorry to say or so much as, to hint a word to tho discredit of anybody concerned ; but there is no evading the truth, which will thrust itself forward, that the reports as published in the Australian papers do not piece properly together. This is the only thing that is certain about them. One other thing is noticeable; an endeavour to make the time of the race faster than it really was, and to give this extra fast time as the reason why Hanlan out-rowed him self in his fruitloss endeavour to get ahead of Beach, who never left pff pegging away, and eventually ran right into Hanlan. Hitherto tho times have boon given as 20inins. 28secs,, or at most 20mjns. 29secs. I am far from being a boliover in tho tiino test as applied to boat-races; still, I think it noticeable that in one or two very reputable papers the "otlicial time" is given as 21mins. 10secs., or nearly a minute longer than the other. Also, tho intermediate times as given do not lit in at all well with the measurements of point-to-point dis tances. "During tho past twoor three days I have steeped myself in such antipodean newSp apers as are yet to hand ; all I can say is, I am vory much astonished at what I have road in them. In tho lirst place, oven the Australian reporters are compelled to admit that Hanlan got so far in front during the first mile that Beach's chanco looked utterly hopeless. ' After a mile had been passed Hanlan commencod to row easily, and once really stopped for a stroke, and another time missed pulling with his left hand.' Thus the 'South Australian Ad vertiser,' which presently goes on to tell us that ' about a mile and a half from the start Hanlan went away three or foirr lengths ahead of Beach.1 After this came the foul, which can only be accounted for among those who were looking on by tho foot that Hanlan not only left off going ahead, but pulled across and compelled Beach to run into him. Thie indictment is not mine ; it is the ground on which the umpire, 'Mr J. P. Clarko, one of the best judges of rowing in Australia,' decided against Hanlan. Said Mr Clarke, when Hanlfin went through the form of appealing to him at tha end of the race, ' You got over into Beach's water; that caused tho foul, and I give the race to Beach.' What ever may or may not be Hanlan's qualifica tions on the score of speed alone, a more consummate waterman, or one who knows more about the management of wagor craft and the rules of racing, never was seen j so we are bound to feel astonished at his having, as it wero, compelled Beach to run into him.

"Here is tho position of affaire as far us it can bo summarised. Hanlan, who is as well as over he was, who is in such splendid condition that 3 and 4 to 1 on him go beg ging, has to row a man who is with out an atom of doubt docidodly the inferior of Trickett and Laycoek, and those mon wore when meeting Haulan here on the Thames Thero is no gamo at which stylo gives such immenso advantage as sculling, especially since the introduc tion of tho long j-lidoiv Hanlan is the perfection of stylo—of this everyone is agreed—whilo Beach is by comparison clumsiness personified. On both public form and prirute trial the odds are the pro verbial guinea to a gooseberry on Hanlan, Indeed, the race is oqly rowed beeauso eno of tho conditions of Hanian's visit was that a match with Beach for a good stake and expenses should be ensured him. In the drat part of the race Haulan slips away in tho style now so well known, and pre sently he begins to ease up and to play tho old cat-and-mouse game. By-and-by a steamer, chartered by Beach, tho Tomki, gets into the way, and Hanlan spurts so aB to avoid dangor. ' Hanlan pulled right up to within a few foot of tho steamer's side . , . ho put on a inagnificout spurt, that passed the bows at a marvellous speed, and then dropped again into a steady stroke. Ho hau thon put between four to five lengths between-himself and his op ponent.' He goos on his way aguin, laugh ing and nodding, and to all appearance rowftlg well within himself. Then he begins to falter. Presently he almost comes to a dead stop, and, pulling •cross the courso, causes the foul upon which he afterwards claims the stake money, although ho must know, unloss all tho reports aro utterly untruo, that he is ontirely in the wrong. After the foul Hanlan appears quito unable to keep pace with Beach. He might start level with Beach if he cared to do so, but he does not. Beach goes away with five or six lengths' lead, and, although Hanlan seems once or twice to be going up, he never after the Btoppago is able to make .any impression on his opponent. " In tho foregoing I have endeavoured, without favour or feeling, to give in the space at command a summary of tho story as it is told in tho various reports that have come to hand by tho advance mail. Naturally the Australians make tho utmost of their unexpected and so far inexplicable success, but they cannot help feeling astonished at it, and, as i everybody who cares to take the trouble may read for him self, they cannot refrain from admitting that Hanlan/s cpjjapae not foreseon by any of t'hpm until' it actually happened. By-and-by, when tho fever has cooled down, the bettor class of papers may hare something to say about this miracu lous intervention in Beach's favour. I shall study tho next journalistic arrivals with considerable intercut. Meanwhile the solution of tho riddle must be. left between two alternatives, neither of them at all pleasant. That Hanlan rowed across Beach and brought about the foul hlmaolf is, according to the various reports, undoubted, He must hare done this be cause he did not Want to win, or because he loses heart directly he finds that after a certain point his opponent is beginning to hold him. It is with great unwillingness I say this. Until now Hanlan has had no stauncher supporter than myself, and I cannot even now bring myself to belisve that such a magnificent physique and such exceptional skill should be accompanied by softness or cowardice. But this only throws us back on .the other horn of the dilemma. Perhaps the best way out of the trouble is to leave readers for once to form their own opinions about what must be regarded, no matter how wo look at it, as a very doubtful transaction."

Making Germans by Force.

Marshal Manteuffkl's manifesto, which has created euch a storm of indignation in France, as well as in Alsace and Lorraine, is as follows :—The rescript deals with young men residing in the annexed territory who are fit for military service, but claim exemp tion on the ground of foreign nationality. The coses dealt with are those of sons of Frenchmen by origin and of Frenchmen by option ; young men who were recognised as foreigners by th« Option . Committee, and young men who wont abroad with the emigration certificates, and who either have returned or may yet return to Alsace-Lor raine, As regards the first &nd gecojid classes, whpn tho young wen in question have reached their seventeenth year, their fathers will bo called upon to naturalise thonsEolvoß or thoir bods as Germans, In case of refusal, the family will be allowed to remain in the country, but their sons will be expelled. If the authorities should not consider father or son a proper person to be naturalised, the eon will nevertheless be expelled. After expulsion young men will not be permitted to visit their relations for three weeks in the year. The same rules are to apply as regards unmarried men recog nised as foreigners by the Option Com mittee so soon as thov marry and have sons. As regards the third" class, who belong to the richer families and have been educated abroad^ thjjy arp suuiuionec} to prove "a jnpsb $jit tgey .Myig.:'fl'oe}vpd a riey,-pat'iojiality. Pr at'onpo ta'Ecrye their time in the army. IE they provo that they have acquired ft new nationality, they will be expelled on the same conditions a3 the other young men above mentioned. .According to' the rescript, this measure has been taken in view of the fact that 19,400 persons, forming 4,500 families, are residing in the Reichsland as foreigners. " These,"says Marshal Mantenffel, " might inor3?sa from g?neration to generation, till tfrey'jSfiintqf a^nHjdtrabjp S^PiM $d?)Y/ in Alsace : Xorrain,el to the' gfpaj; deft'iment of the German aVmy,!' " ' '

THE GARDEN.

[Rvr HonTtJß.]

[llop.tus is willing to answer any queries. Cor respondents miißt give their full names and addresses, though not for publication.]-

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Fish Manure (Amateur).—All that is required is to compost the flsh -.vlUi muck, leaf mould, or even common soil from your Holds. Use about twieo as much aoll as there ia fish, and place in layers of soil and fish. When tie heap has Bottled and tho fish become partly decomposed, turn all over and break up line, adding more soil if necessary to absorb all ihe oily matter and odour that my bo given off during decomposition. Good dry muck or leaf mould are the beßt absorbents, but soil from your fields -will answer the purpose well. Never use lime or wood ashes to hasten de composition, unless tho heap is covered with suillclent soil to absorb tho ammonial gases that are sure to bo given off during decomposi tion. Fiah manure ia a capital help in either the garden or farm, and where fish can be pro cured in quantities, and no market can be found for them, make Into manure, and .the results in the garden will return your labour three-fold. SowiNd Seeds of Cyclamens (W'.T.K.).-The proper time to sow cyclamen seed la Imme diately it i 9 ripe. It shonld bo ripening now. Sow in seed pan, using a light compost of leaf mould and snnd—a lißht loam. Put in a s»ady part of tho house till it germinates. When farj?o cnougli, prick off Into Brnall pots; shade and water till they get established, afterwards grow as rapidly as possible. Draining (Subscriber).-The depth of drains Bhou!d always be 2ft. 61n. at least, if for ordi nary grand land; if for garden or orchard pur poses, they should beat least 3» deep. If your soil is vory stid; wut clay, from 15ft. to 18ft. apart would be little enough. The cost of draining about Auckland with Sin. tilea, and art. Cm. deep, is about 9s or 10s por chain (tlleß and labour found). Brush drams are not quite so elfeotive or durable aa the Mb drain,, and where hrußli Is used your trenches ou#ht to be deeper. Ihe cot of these will vary, perhaps, from 7s to 93 per chum. according to the doptli, oise, or othorwißO that bußh or scrub can bo obtained for putting in tho drains. If you elect to use tiles, and if there are plonty of rushed about, c;ve the tiles a Rood covering witli It before lining in tho drains.

Kitchen Garden.

Make another sowing of peas for succss sion. Earth up and stake those previously sown as they may require it ; also earth and stake the running Varieties of beans. Finish planting out tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, marrows, pumpkins, &c. Protect and water till they get established. Those that were sown in hills, see to the thinning out of, leaving the strongest plants. Onions : Thin out. Continue trans planting out; hoe between rows to keep weeds under. Of «abbagea and cauliflowers plant out another patch ; water and lime in the evening to keep them free from slugs till they get established. Make the usual fortnightly sowing of mustard and cress for salad. Lettuce, sow a fresh patch; prick out those that are large enough. Celery, plant out one trench. As the early potatoes come off tho ground, prepare fresn trenches for planting out the main crop next month. Leeka, prepare a break of ground for planting them; dig deep; give plenty of manure. If very large ones aro wanted, prepare trenches the same as for celerj. They like rich soil and plenty of water. Thin out all tho different vege table seedlings, giving each plant sufficient room so as to properly develop. All crops ought now to bo making a vigorous growth, ana ovory assistance should bo given them by frequently working over the surface soil and keoping weeds under. On'poor soils dust a little guano between the rows on a wet day. J

Flower Gtirdon,

Tho planting out and transplanting ef all annual* should be finished as soon an possiblo, filling up all blanks that may havo- occurred both in tho beds and borders. The dry season is coming on,*and to savo troublo in watering, it is better to gdt everything well established beforo it properly sets in. Bedding plants will now bo making strong growth. Attention must bo given to tho pinching and pegging out, so that they may properly (ill the s-paco allotted them. In pinching pinch at a place that will cause more shoots to grow. The moreshoots the more flowers. Gladioliand other tall growing plants will need attention in staking and thing. Hoses—Where they hove received proper attention .must now be giving a fine show. Givo liberal supplies of liquid manure'; pick off all flowers as they pass their best. Never allow seed pods to form, as they rob the other flowers of their strength. Dahlias — Continue planting out; keep the surface continually stirred, so as to stimulate growth as much as possible. Lawn — Mow and roll con stantly ; look after slugs. Walks—Rake once a week.

Greenhouse.

There ought, now to be a strong activo growth going on. Re-pot all quick-growing plnnts as soon ob they have filled their pots with roots. Give liberal supplies of water never in little driblets. Water well, and only when tho plants require it. Syringe at night. Give plenty of air during the day. Shade whilo the sun is very strong.

Watermelon liaising In America.

Lodi is the great watermelon centre of the San Joaquin Valley, "as the soil sur rounding that burg is better adapted for raising the festive ague promoter than any other section. The following is d: list of £ few of the principal melon-raisers around the town :—Armstrong "and Endleman, 200 acres; Colonel Gillispio, 100 acres; W. S. Knight, 80 acres; W. Keene, 80 acres; Mr Pleas, 80 acre?; Ah Lang, 80 acres j Mr Smart; 60 acres.; Deacon Foster, GO acres. There are'many small fields of 10 to 20 acres each; which bring the number of acres Up to 1,600. The cost of shipping the melons to San Fran cisco is £4 12s a carload of 1,200 melons, for which thoy get 3id apiece at this season. In the forepart of the season they receive ns high as 16s pee dozen. At present the country is a sea of melons, and the fanners cannot get men enough to pick them as they ripen. About 000 cavloaas of melons will bo shipped from Lodi this season. The cost of raising thorn and laying them down at the depot is about £1 4s per acre.— " Chico Record," September 4.

CodUn Moth.

There has been so much said during' the last few months about the introduction of the codlin moth that I think a few lines about the method adopted in America for reducing or killing the poet while in the moth state may be of some benefit to our orchardists who have the pest already in their orchards. The moth usually appears abdut the time the .young apples are forming, and deposits an egg near the eye of the apple. This egg develops into a grub in the .fruit, working its way through the fruit till it cuts into the pips or heart of the apple. This usually occurs before the fruit comes to maturity, utterly spoiling the fruit for. keeping, as well as the flavour. In America it has be come the greatest post the fruit-growers have to contend with. They are forming strong associations all over the country to collect information as to the best means_of keeping it under, and acting in a body for its suppression. In tho San Diego country, the. starving process is being adopted. This consists in destroying all fruit for one season. This is the best method of all systems, as the moth cannot lay the eggs on fruit, and if laid upon the limbs or branches the young grub will not have the pulp of the fruit to feed upon; therefore, it cannot exist.thusridding the country of ths pest in one year. But where this plan is adopted it must be done by the entire fruit-growers of the country. If ono or two neglect doing it, these would be breeding places for dis tributing the moth to others the following season. AMr C;. Do Long, of Marino, has adopted two. novel 'methods'of destroy ing the coldin moth. One is to fasten.to the tree tin cans partially filled with liquid, flip mgth jligg or drpps into the can, a'fld' i? thus destroyed, Another method* is to! adi a nuiflbpr of lamps in pans of water and distribute them about the orohard. The lumps lighted at night attract the moth, which is stunned by flying against the lamp, and falls into the water, where it can be captured and destroyed the next morning. Another good method is to take a number of nail cans, coal-tar the inside, fix a candle in tho bottom, place the enns under the trees and light the candle at night. The moth will be attracted by the light and stick in the tar, "where it can easily be destroyed in the morning. The above aio a few of the best means for destroying the moth while flying about, but they are only, partial; the moth ia sure to denpgifi ft/'HipW 'pf 'W (lli in? .frHlS.gci a^ne? meana iflu^t b^ respited tp. stjl} further. ' }{ill all fruit whenever it allows the least signs that the grub h at work Inside. Infected fruit should be pulled at once and given to pigs or burned, to kill the insect in the fruit. The limbs of the trees should also be dressed with straw, ropeo, and old bags, so as to give uicc cosy places for the insects to. build their cocoons in. After the fruit has all been taken from the trees, thesa should "bo removed, pn.^ feurngd,, thaa siestrsying hlorp of piae jheppM in tlijs "sfage pj ejistcpep.' fn, a,, few weep tjip moth wijj Up about jiere, »nd(>hoße who ■were troubled witliitlaet season should, try some of tie above experiments, and give their .follow*, settlors aii idea, of the success they attain,' so that when the insect gets'

into other orchards they will be in a position to tit once apply the best means of keeping it under. I may here state if there is not a continued and united effort made by fruit-growers at tho first on set of the post, it will take thousands of pounds to bring it under again aftor inllict ing great damage on the fruit-growiug in dustry.

GOSSIP FROM STAGE AND STUDIO.

(By Euterpe.)

Chike-hs Gordon's "Letters from the Crimea, the Danube and Armenia,' have already reached a second edition.

Tho London "Times" is indexing ita whole file, working backwards, and has just reached the volume for 1857.

The name of Edward Solomon's sew opera is " Pocohontas," in which Lilian Russell is to fulfil the title rflle.

Mr W-. H. Bent was presented with a handsome gold watch and chain and an illuminated address by the Sydney Imps on the oscasion of his benefit in Sydney.

During the Christchurch show, week Chiarini's Circus Company gave two per formances daily. They have now returned to Wellington.

The Puke of Edinburgh recently gave a violiu recital to the officers and men of the Channel Squadron on board the Minotaur in Bantry Bay. No lives were lost.

Harry Richards, the comique, and a com pany of seven first-cla?s variety artists have been engaged by Mr F. Hiecocks, and will leave London for Melbourne about December 27th.

Remarking upon the fact that Clark and 'Ryman's Co. had been recently playing " Under tho Gaslight," tho Sydney " Bul letin " saya that their humour was always less funny than their pathos.

"Zulu" Thompson has returned to Sydney from the Cape one blaze of bril liants, as usual; and having won £2000 on the Melbourne Cup, he intends having a rest.

Mid Haweis, the wife of a well-known clergyman and author, has just published a birthday book compiled from proverbs by Chaucer, She calls the volume " Chaucer's Beads."

Mi- Browning is in the Engadine, correct ing the proofs oi bia.new volume of poems, which he has decided to call "Ferishta'a Fancies instead of "Seriosa," as he first intended. The book will be out thiß month. The Lewis Dramatic and Sparks Company are still in Christchurch, and have been' drawing good houses with the burlesque and pantomime of "Blue Beard" at the Theatre Koyal during the week. "Jane Shore " is now being played. ,

The Sydney "Town and Country Journal" on Saturday week cave a highly commen datory criticism of Madame Charbonnet- Kellermann's concert, which unfortunately, however, for the veracity of the journal, had been postponed till the following week.

Mdme Pauline Lucca has just celebrated the 25th anniversary of her operatic dchtt at Olmutz, in Moravia. The now great prima donna was previous to this time a member of the chorus at tho Vienna Opera House, in receipt of a handsome salary of la 8d per night.

Tho Christchurcfi Musical Society gave one of their periodical concerts last week, the tirst part consisting of Mendelssohn's "Walpurgis Night" and the second tiart of.Gmlo's cantata " The Crusader." MrH. Wells conducted, and the soloists were Miss Jonep, Mrs Frank Graham, fterr Carl' Puscliell, and Mr Maitland Gardner.

Mr Charles Sweetman, the well-known cornet soloist, died at Sydney on October 30. The funeral, cavalcade which left the residence of the deceased on November 2, en route to the pretty "God's acre" at Waverly, the hearse carrying the dead musician's favourite musical instrument as well as his remains, was very largely at tended. .

Mi- Dion Boucicault is engaged upon an edition of his dramatic works, consisting of the most popular of his fire-act comedies, dramas, the Irish dramas, sensation plays, and three-act comedies and farces. Each play will be prefaced with reminiscences of its period, forming a dramatic biography and record of the long and arduous life of the author. The complete edition' will form ten volumes.

Munkacsy, painter of the great picture "Christ before Pilate," is in a Paris mad house. Another madman, who ia not in the madhouse, but might be, is the Duke of Hamilton. A lady having casually men tioned she would like to see an opera alone, the Duke bought every seat in the Opera House at Nice, and "Sonnambula" was performed t<J her and him—an audience of two.

The Christchurch Mutual Imps U6\d their second annual ladies' social in their fine hall, which was handsomely decorated for the occasion, on Sunday, the 9th inst. Sixty-five ladiee and gentlemen were pre sent, including tho members of the Lewis Dramatic and Sparks Company, Miss Georgie. Smithson, and a number of Christ church residents. A large and varied pro framme was gone through, and thecompany rol?e up at twelve o'clock.

Air Alfred Dampier, at the conclusion of the engagement which he is now fulfilling in Sydney, intends to organise a large Com fiany for a New So,uth Wiilea and New Zea and tour. He has mode a special arrange ment with Hr Arthur Garner for. the right of production in the Victorian and New' .South Wales provinces, and throughout New Zealand, of the successful dramas, "The Wages of Sin " «id " Tho British Workman," both written by Mr Frank Harvey, of the Madame Beatrice Drarnatio Compauy. . .

Professor and Clara Baldwin are announc ing, by means of lithographed letters ad dressed to the various newspapers, their intended descent upon the colony. They modestly say of themselves that " As it was fiveyearsagOj so itisnow, everywhere packed houses welcome these favourites of lJthree continents." The Professor then goes on to caution the public against ■ a former pianist of his who, "with a few old time hanky-panky tricks "as his stock-in-trade, advertises himself to do all the latest American illusions, thought-reading, etc.

A writer in a Sydney paper remarks:— " If ever.l composed a song I should pray that it might not become too popular, for the very best composition palls.wben pnehearß it at every street corner. I don't say that ' AVait till the clouds roll by' is the best thing ever written, but at present the very atmosphere seems full of it, there isn't a larrikin who has.left it unwhistled, nor have the street musicians spared us—the very doge seem to bark it. It is just as much sung, whistled, and played, as was ■Nancy. Lee,' when the latter was at ths height of its popularity. It's certain death to a song_ to bepome so popular. So if-1 had the gift of composition, I should prefer to write a song similar to—well, Gounod's ' Valley,' for instance, which can never be vulgarised. It is very beautiful.

Miss Adele, as Molshee in the " Poep o' Day Bojr," attracts •■ attention -from the dramatic critic of the Sydney "Bulletin." He says that "she doesn't lack repose, but overflows with it. '_ And she sings too! 'Savonreen Ueelish,' and sings all of it. ■ We have no doubt, whatever, that Miss Adele could sing charmingly in a nice snug little parlour, 14ft x Oft; and though we don't say—we are too polite to do so—that her voice (a* pretty voice) is not powerful enough to fill the Gaiety-wemightsuggestthatTn future performances she should npt sjng'mttfe all of jfc. That gushing young thing' — she is gettingl tatfre Juvenile daily-splayed Mol shoe, and had. to make Up ugly {which we were grieved to«ee); and had; in the course of her impersonation, toeing a song ("Shan Van Voght") which we were grieved to hear."-

The Trappists.

The Trappiets rise every morning at 2 o'clock, and remain in prayer at chapel until 6 o'clock. They go. to work- then-mostly in the fields—until 12 o'cl6ck,; rthen they partake of a frugal meal, followed by a s{egfea of an hour. They ?atutt fp; X vbrft aiterthflt an,d r?tH* ta rps|%t 8 o'clock They are not ali fl \vpd to speak tp each other, Any, thing they havg to. communioate to their brethren Was to be conveyed through their superior, the pnly'toerson whom they may address Their food consists of bread, fruit, Thi 100*81*!!™11^,^ 0*1* wit»> P«« water. Those on the sick list may have an egg in addition. Meat or fish they never taste, nor do they everdnnkwine. Notwithstand! ing this strict diet, these men look etron" and healthy and perform the harcbat for^. *

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A MYSTERIOUS CORNISH MURDER.

Tho Witness of the Crime Reveals it

After Fifty Years.

Tun writor, then a junior in a firm in Lon-

don, of which he is now the head, came to

Penzance in September, 1834, to arrange terms among local tin smelters. He left

Penzance one evening to visit a frienti in St. Just, which is about six miles from :<' Penzance. On the way there, in a kmolv ' part of the road, he met two men, when be ■'■' heard one say, "That's him," while the '. ■'■' other asserted "No, it is not." They again " faced each other, when the two men said they had taken him for another person ' •" Almost immediately a man approached from ' the direction of St. JuHt, and the writer ''" called his attention to the suspicious charao *■ ter of the two men. The man, who said ha • ■ was a mine agent, laughed at his fears and • went on his way. lie hid only proceeded about a couple of hundred yards, when he was seized with nervous tremors. JJia lew refused to support him, and he fell in tha v middle of the road, but thought it better not1 ' ' to stay there, and so proceeded on hands and kne--e across the road, scrambled un a small bank, and found himself on a common. He dragged himself to a heather- ' •covered strip between two clumps of fur™ ' and threw himself at length and closed his ' eyes. A fter a little time he looked ardo'hd" * and the moonlight revealed to him a newly •'"' made mound. Jlearing two shots fired L> ' - crouched and waited, and he saw two man : just after, bearing the body of a third man. To quote his letter:— :;' j ; \ % " Once more athrill of horrorran through ' ■ me. On they came toward the newly ■ made grave, almost touching my feet as'" they moved past. Then ihey turned to tlm ~ ' right and throw the body into tho pit Tha ; corpse in the grave, the two men beam tn : fill it up. They had not lowered t W s mound many inches when one of them dig ' ' ■ covered me. They pounced upon me anY" demandea what I was doing there lex-" "" '< plained but all to no purpose. ' The same <: pt will do. for him ' ■ Yes ; shoot him' H • No; cut his throat.' • Stop, I'll l oad m l • pistol again; don't leave any marks of blood about; push ■ him in the . :" pit first, and cut his throat after. ' ward.' These were the horrible threats ac- '" companied by frightful tmprecations, which " greeted me. Said one of the men to me * again: ' We have decided to bury you '" alive; slip off your clothes; it's liardjy '" worth while burying that good suit of ' i clothes of yours; it will do for one of us' ' I pleaded my youth, my accidental^ un- ' ' premeditated presence, my newiy,mada : wife and only-child, and this at last aeemed : to touch the hearts of the brutes. 'Well' ' said one, <we will spare your life on condl- ' Uon that you swear, as you hope,ior : heaven and the salvation of your wife ': child, and friends ; you shall swear it too* ' on the point of this, knife and the muzzle" ' of this pistol, that, what you have st<m this night you will never speak of ordi- *- vulgo to any human being lor a space of j fifty years from this day, when we sVall all be as thip, at the same time kicking, into " the grave o clod of light-coloured clayey soil. I did swear most solemnly. I bought • my life on that lonely heath of West Pen-•'" with. I have kept my promise. It is a ," little over fifty years ago. I was then %' ' years of age, so you see lam an old man . now. These men wore middle-aged from - 45t050, at that time;" ,',!,.,'.., On his revisiting the spot, ha writes ■ • "As I approached the fatal spot the road I seemed entirely unaltered, I solemnly be*" • lioved that I crept through tlie very eatv in the low edge of earth which still im-' perfectly protects the croft; that I stood V " between tho splf-saino clusters of furzo which formed my bed—very nearly T' my bed of death—and peep hole aB the murderers hid tho result of s ! their accursed crime, and that I knelt ' on the undisturbed grave, where-" their victims bones are now imere « dust. After half a century I knelt again not to implore mercy of man, as I did then! " but of God, lest unwittingly I have sinned ■ in keeping an extorted pledge, and, to rota" myself from harm, have reluctantly shielded '-. ■ heinous criminals. I did not at the time hear : of any person connected with the district - being missed, nor have I ever learned any« - thing that would help to throw, light onthft - ', name of the victim or the motive for lha •• murder."—From the " Cornishman," . r: '

SIX SKELETONS.

Mysterious Murders Attributed to a *& German Innkeeper. ',*s} Mekides (Conn.), October T.-A cable dis- \ patch from Berlin a few daysago announced I the discovery of seven skeletons in the oel- ■.'$ ar of a tavern in a town called TurziV near '''$ Rummelsburg, in Germany. One of MiH bodies wasindentifiedas that of B. Fuersten- rs! berg, Jr., a prominent merchant of that lo* : I cality,who was never seou by his friends ■ !' : after he had entered the tavern. His fqenMSa tity was discovered by his clothing and V^ ; valise. The authorities are looking for tin ' I former owner of tho tavern, named Carl'-Ts : Seifert. Hi? has been found in tnecity' ftiul' 55$ ~is recognised t>y several Germans, who caiatt, H i from Torzig, as the keeper of the tavern in " ' question. He displayed considerable money" I after he came here l W t April, and' bougfi ''%' several budding lota. - * ■ m The Gorman Consul was notified of Suiß whereabouts of Seifert, but he replied last:; ■ night that he was nofs aware that SaifaiPS was wanted in Germany, so he has not biSea^ arrested. Chief of Police Ford went to New York to. consult with the Cousrf. " The theory is that these skeletons 'are the I bodies of travellers who were murderea and' robbed. The cable message referred t« '" says; Seifert, former owner of a tavern in Turzie near Rummelsburg,, has emigrated to America. He was a tall, good-looking 'nmfflm with a blonde beard, about 40 years old and by trade a shoemaker. The preeeni ■" owner of the tayei n found six human skele tons buried in the sand in his cellar. " On' ' top lay the body of a merchant, who ' had been missing since 1881. His name was 8.. Fuerstenberg, jr., from Zanow. ' Mis clothing and travelling-bag testify to his identification. The father of Fuorsten- ', berg, at the time of his disappearance," ; offered a reward of 100 marks for inform-¥s tion of hia son, or his goods. It waaWeWW suspected that he waspiurdered and robbed,. Two persons who were suspected were' 1"; searchedlfor by the authorities, and found by Constable Sebastian arid arrested." They were Herman Scheffelke, 38 years' of.azeiMP who was last seen with Feurstenberg iniQii4^! suburbs of Turzig, and Johann Drake, who was under arrest for eleven months, ■■■*', because it was suspected he sold the goods which Feurstenberg had He eaid .he bought them from an unknown woman. ' Ihe remaining five skeletons were pro- - bably all of merchants who were killed ' by Seifert, who robbed and then mur dered them. The horrible discovery waa " at once made known to the State author ities, and they have done all they could te ' capture tho. mux^erer, who is now itf America. . ■ « ■ {r. To-day Mrs Seifert was seen while her husband was away. She explained that she and her husband had come '^ t6 America- because their1 son-in-law; Carl Schurltzer, had sent for them. They had '^ kept the tavern at Turzig for four years.,: , She knew that a search had been made for - ' the missing merchant, Fuerstehberg, • but denied all knowledge of aSj't^. dead bodies in the cellar. She and her , hußband had intended returning to Ger- , man^r n AThey vhad Purchased a lot'horo M for and sold it for §450, as they did not intend romaining .hero, . Wuy , did not .own the tavern \t Tuwlg, bat «wply '<&**} it. The first knolledge she^.had of the suspicion of finding)the 1 Bkeletons came through reading .German newspapers, and both she and her husband H wdiusiterkiisincs discussed thp sub ject.,, lie affair, has created great excite- '. • ment hore among the Germans. - ■ > !

Opium Smuggling.

Tip " Times of India " says :~A pood deal of ingenuity is displayed- by opium aamg-: : glenun the Central Provinces in 'ranlfflS ■' ■'- ■ their contraband goods, 1,, on? case whiff " ' : came beforo'the last mt ,'twl ' and a h&U m^mfe 0' foreign opium were 1. viiscflyered stowed away in the saddles of two camels, and in another ease five aud a Lalf Waundsof the Fame material were fouud - packed m vessels suppsced to be falLof oil. On examination of theso vessels it was dis covered that a tube running down the centre ofeach was-iilled with oil,' the remaining V portions of the vessel being packod: with opium In both there eases the ( .opi.ui* '<- had been bought from HolkarV teMp ' tory,andj.he smugglers were1 cMgW ;iE -'. Nimar whilst attending tb"ru:rfF>s ■ the Bombay •fIrssid4nieV: vii esD lte^e •«>«.. ~; :J F^WiWttb«oi«sf'W oft^iiJersi in these instances, it is daily beooming a matter of greater difficulty to detect opium smug- ' gling. The well to-do importers of contra band opium rarely attempt to run tlio ■ .drug in person. They generally employ- ■:. poor agents, puch as grass and wood cut* =j| ters, who are not often suspected, aad ti? whom a period of imprisonment dm "hoi much matter, their employer in the mean-.' timo helpjpg their families.

THE AUCKLAND EYENpfQ S3IAR. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1884.

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