THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY.

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1 , h - e of"tl^ Bounty mutiny wai j j ;ji; nan" 8" _ g^g <• vith a relation 0: Uf^ilutineers and of tie settle i ;;«!'" V, ition al particulars are taken : ;>°'ing ye men remained 0.1 board the ( .hid' Christian took command, wrtf' ~ _.„« to settle on some r ;;,,0 vessel Toubouai, mitral group («>«« Tahiti), wa S P^d there they wont. In Conso l^'Jthe want of many nccewarw. bo proceed at Tahiti, they ji;Sodto^ there, but with no I s*; tftMrf^thatCapt-uußlfsh I , with their oM friend, Captain .^.i. death they had been Uopt d, who was engaged in forming a 1 >" eD !7fV>tuin Bliglmnd the rest *H «h had been sent to obtain a ' ■'*ti",".' f gtfl Te*. The native, readily i .;,l:«Pijl/r" a ,d sot about collecting i&Ato'J h^ « large quanti';-was :-on 1X bade any of tho mutineer ■ ■^ !Ot')T l liiti and as soon as all tho i eiiuin'1' 1 ""'■', .., nm \n sot sail I d **** v 'f or t, but finding it iinpo* l!^"SShor, it was at last deter- :i' er/rhaS and the small arm,, /lJffCte Aitw only two diyf stay, !- companions HoUail m tho >'' fluith them seven Tahitian men *SS W- thoy intended. d^'lTknown, but Christian had ::fl W liyUmt! he should seek for ,: ish.T h »d Wand, where there was no t ?tfjKto»S there run tho ship •^SKeir guests with the !hif polity. »"d several of tho I ffilr owned ■ Tahitian women. i^Tv, work building a schooner by >3' ,Lnt\ to reach Batavia m timo ' fleet bound to Holland. ■Ip^tmactnally started, bat Ind to stores proved too small for ' ::: fvovwe and the natives, who did SffVith then,, refuaedto give ::t During oi'diteen months theso '*Z led a life of ease and indolence ; ::SeTahitians,who treated them as 'C; "nd brother*. One of them, named :?! was 80 prized by the king of tho ' ffnanicula that ho mado tho white idl«tm" which meant that- ho 1 '\ .ococed to tho King's proporty and 4 'ft" The King dying soon alter, Slliraaduly uroelaimod his successor 1 ;:W"iio«.named Thompsonn'cxc y, "'l tourchiU's brilliant prosperity and ; insults, took an oppor ■'i- of footing him. Tho natives mso libliio murder of their now sovereign. ■ TrfoDldThompson todeatu. The white Efflbted the fiftt of tho Pornarea in T-,.loihis wars, their side being invari- I: iclious. At lut H.M.S. Pandora, ]';;inarch of thomutineers shortly after ■ ? Blish'B arrival in England, reached |«lJinMarch,l79l. Immediately on her 11,1 Goleman, tho armourer of tho ihity pat off in a canoe, arid went on ly Be was quickly followed by Hey- I "i' jn dSt9wart-two midshipmen ■ who i] .Ijtarili surrendered themselves. A I tent after tho rest, who worosoon I :-,jj and all tho fourteen wore 1 "i'^inß small prison orectcd for tho pur If poa tie quarter deck, the only ontranco fti ••iticii was by a ecuttlo in tho roof, about -ai'-itsen inches square, and confined with :S?iiep and feet in irons. An ofTicor on ■ the Pandora wrote : "Tho prisonfirx' lft#ed the ship duily and brought .1 -i-children, who werp permitted to be 'aisi to their unhappy fathers. To Utlopoorcaptivosiu irons weeping Over i^drtender offspring, was too moving a \m fe wy feeling heart." There were j-Jinghearta on shore as. well a? on board, c! the affecting .°tory of poor I'eggy hnrt-tha native wife of one of the -riser midshipmen—shows us thnt r.o ta iithfiil and nffcetionato wives and yAes c-.f-Ul anywhero bo found than taeptthese natives. Hero it is as given elktml'sionary account of tho voyage of to'Mi "The history" of Pottgy Swart Qjrk» a tenderness of heart that Mia rill be heard without emotion : she «> daughter of a chief, and taken for hiJ tife t>j ilt Stewart, one of the unhappy mti»«t.«. Ihey had lived with the old AieliatisEosttender f'.+c of endearment, a&affitllitfegirl bad been tho fruit oS their mm, when tho Pandora arrived, !fWtbei!iiminalß,aiidsfccui\-;dthemin irons sU tie Shi p. Frantic with griof, tho '.iappj Peggy (for so ho had named her) -if wiihheriafant in a canoo to the arms iilerhailmiid. Theintervicvv wa3 so nffoot b;ud affictinj that tho officers on board ueoverwlielmedwithaiiguish, and Stewart liaseli, unable to bear tho heartrending ix, begged she might not bo admitted ifliii on board. She was separated ta kirn by violcnco, and convoyed on r.orsiaastatoof despai • and grief too big fc utterance. Withhold from him, and Midden to come any more ou board, she alintothedeepest dejoction ; it preyed a kintals; shu lost all relish for food rflife; rejoiced no more; pined under a ■Viddecay of tivo months, and fell a victim ■Jittfeelings, dying literally of a broken •art." There h tragedy enough in tho '«!«history of the Bounty mutineers, as this. The Pandora 'STOlted going home, when 31 of the 'ty'icompany and four of the prisoners "i drowned, of whom ono was poor tahasband-the midshipman Stewart. UKMrvivors took to tho boats, and after |««nble voyage, at last reached the same Lieutenant Bligh and his party 4 'iz; Coupang, in Timor, whonco i-t?got homo via, Batavia. Oithoten priaoners tried by the court "Jitial,which lasted six days, four were Sfitted and six found guilty, of whom recommended to mercy, after ™i getting a free pardon. Tho other "f» were hanged on board tho Bruns- J* at Spithead, about six weeks after ai trial, Jta Christian left Tahiti, there were j°wa, besides himself, eight of the most *i*rate of the mutineers, and siii mon I*' women, natives of Tahiti and ;*»ai. He fell in with an uninhabited discovered by Carteret, and •*»byhim Pitcairn's Island (25 deg. * South Latitude and 130 deg. 25 rain. ;«longitude.) Hero Christian and his ran the Bounty on tho "ft «nd after getting out overytlnDg S B6', ™r oa fife- The English now ™*l the wholo island among them, *™g nothing for tho Tahitians, whom servants. They, howovor. Wt|Baceabl y together for two yoars, ~ fonseg for themselves and cultivated JS'Oiml; but a quarrel now broke out ;..e«n the white and the coloured men. Englishmen, had lost *Ui twho fell from tuo rocka while feting birds' eggs, and ho insisted on ■ n another ivifo, or living the island :tho ship's boats which had been SI ■ As ho waa a Uieful man, the AS wwhed to keep him, and forced one ■""Uhitianstof-ivaup his v.ifo. This Cl 'j DaUve3 dbt°™ino o- rovengo, and Hrnt &POtto murder "'I the English. ■Lm \ m made known by tho women, A,V were moro attached to Iho i"S.'- ,° thoir own countrymen, uad iS!^ '" the death of two of tho C\ l ' 0 treacherously killed in ivA • y h<?ir companions on a promiso H"^ themselves. !,j t u, rint«"alof quiet "now took place, sjl,LSrannyof their masters again drove . mma to rebellion. On this occasion Cta "??J c Bac«W«ful, and Christian, *ku AMillßfeHvictiinstotheir a ttack; f^UndJlcKoyflcdto tho mountains; ißtinn Msa.v; e(lby tho women ; and Smith, "Nal IDdhimsolf Adams, atter being %„' mada his peace with the natives Vel° Pro=eeded to choose wives for fcißim" rom tho widows of the mur lo,Z°! b\tviolont disputes arose, and H,S wllowere still moro attached Nnm. actually murdered all their f««o» S, ejEceP* one. who was shot by raon wll° "»d iled to the 4j, Bs T s now returned, and tho four, Nibl,/1" 8' MfiK'>y, and Quintal, lived C?f n "t do without his whisky, S» L 'T Olf into a Btt»to of delinum **•• cliff i rom a loot- threw" himself " fall f yearQ\iniai'« wife was kiiled -M rooks, and nothing ""V nna baft the wife of one of his

companions. Being refused this, he sworo ho would murdor thorn both ; they accord ingly cut. him down with aharehot, in order to proscrvo their own lives.

Young died about a year after Quintal, and thon Adams was left tho solitary sur rivor. 110 was a man of considerable abilitios, and now got himself to manage the littlo settlement with regularity and order, dospito its ten years' oxperionco of murdor and bloodshed. He was soon lookod up to by all aa thoir friend, advisor, instructor, and governor. Uo regulated everything, and under his rule they pro spored

In 1814 two British frigates, tho Tagus and Briton came by accident to IHtcairn's Island. Great was tho astonishment of thoso on board when thoy wero hailed by tho cre»v of a canoo, who had put off to them, with "Won't you heave us a rope now?" A few words explained raarttrs Thta captains went a-hore, and found every thing regulated with tho mot exact order. Bvery family possessed its separate pro petty, which u\-is well cultivated, John Adams hading tho young men and women to work every day. Ho was now between titty aud sixty yours of ago, and being with out spocinl instructions to arrest tho old mutineer, thoy considered themselves justi lied, under tho circumstance-1, in allowing the old man to continue his good work. Every one now kaows that tho present generation's or Adams, Christian, Quintal, &c, is to be found on Norfolk Island, though there are sime descendants who still tnako Pitcairn's Island their homo.

Tho caiK-o or cause* of (Ins famous mutiny of the Bounty have never been mado thoroughly comprehensible. "Lieut. Bligh, thoughquite unsuspicious up to the moment of its outbreak, believed it tho remit of a long-plannod conspiracy. But f 10111 subse quent disclosures, it was found that, no conspiracy had been entered into, and that tho mutiny was rather occasioned by a sudden determination on the psivt of Chris tian just tho dty boforo, and all arrange montH wuio made during the night In 1525 Onptnin Becnhoy visited I'iteairn'n Is land inH.M.S. Blossom,and hothorogot tho information that Lieut. Bligh, though othorwiso well liked and respected by his officers and crow, was rather givon to outbuists of temper, on which occa sions ho took but little puins to re strain his language. Christian had been three voyages with him, and they wero on such good general terms that tho very day of tho mutiny he was to have dined with hia captain, Nevertheless, it would seem that Lieut.. Bligb's language to Christian in particular v,as often most abusive nnd insulting, and in this ho bad tho sympathy of hia brother otticera. That, afternoon ho had been more than ever insulted,and deter mined he would stand it no longer. But that British officers, ovea wlion sympathis ing with a moro or lojs ill-used brother ollicer, ,-kmid consent, to £« the length of actual mutiny aud something very near cold-blooded murder on his behalf, seems in crediblo without some strong motivo or in ducement altogether outside of mero good fellowship. It has often been asked, " Where will you find an ovil thar woman may not bo at tho bottom of ?" nnd it seems as unanswerable now as it ever has been since tho world's earliest history. Tho recollections of fivo mouth's abandonment to tho seductive fascinations of tho Tahitian women had, thero can bo no doubt, been by far tho most powerful agent in thedemor alisation of thoso English officers. Other passions besides angci and revemro wero jobbing them of their integrity and honour. Thiir subsequent conduct would seem to Confirm this idea, and. though at first suc cessful, their tragic fate at last may well serve as a solemn warning to us all.

A TRIP IN THE SOUTHERN CROSS.

[By A CoItRKSroXiiKNT I

Tin; steamer Southorn Cross, Captain C. Spinks, Government Agent .1. Wood, chartered by tho Fiji Government to convoy to their homes in tho Solomons and Carteret Groups 121 time-expired Polynesian immi grants, left Suva barb-'iirmi tho morning of September Ist. On the second day out all tho boys wore comfortably settled with rh.ir numerous boxes of trado, and were very jolly and happy, with the ox?eplion of a!' \ who suffered from sea-sickne^. At. no -n on the 7th, arrive! at Tort Mary- Santa Ana, and anchored for tho nishl. ■ Wo put i" here for a pilot to guide us through the islands, some nf which hive not brcii tun-eyed yet, bul failed lo get a pilot, tho brothers McDonald being away at Uubinna. However, a pil t was not absolutely neci'S wiry, a- was proved by tho very careful navigation of Captain Spinks, who was a hi ranger to tho reefs, &11 , among the Solomon Islands. Santa Ana is a small island partially surrounded by a reef. It has but two villujjus and few inhabitants, uho live nn different sides of the island. Tho two villages nro hostile to each other, and periodical battles tike place, but i! is a very rare thing indeed if anyone is kiiled The surgeon seldom has any duties to per form, as nono aro over wounded. This is not to bo wondered at, as both parlies t.-.Uo every care to place a cocoanut or other tree between themselves and their tnemio*' spears and arrows, most of which generally fail short of the object aimed at. After much fhoutinu and yelling, tho battle ends, and tho parties retire to thoir homos, greatly satisfied with having defeated the enemy.

Mai, an old scamp, is tho tight ing chief, or tho'.'omraandor-in Chief, ofthol'ort Mary warriors. This bravo man dots all the tdk ing and much of tho eating, for a largo feast is partaken of prior to any engagement. This, I suppose, is done so that every man may havo a chance of a good square feed ero a spoar puts an end to bis career. Santa is of volcanic for 1 ation, thickly wooded, &c, ami has two lakes on it. Very beautiful largo trees throw outthoir branches f>o feot over tho water, forming numerous bowors, under which large boats can tako shelter. Tho branches aro thickly covered with lovely ferns and orchids In bloom, which porfuino tho air, and tho lakes ro sound with tho cooing of lovely pigeons, and gay plumagod birds aro numerous. There are a few alligators in these lakcs,bnt they are seldom seen. The harbour is small but sheltered, and has good anchorage for largo vessels. AVo left Santa Ana at 7 a.m. oa tho bth Soptember, and mado for San Christoval- Makila, a fow miles distant. Wo landed five natives at thoir homes in two places. Tho iirst <hree wero put ashore near their homos- in fifteon minutes, and the two in ten minutes. Wo then mado for Fiji, six teen miles distant, where we anchored for tho night. Hero there is a trader, ±Mr Stevens. This is a coaling station for H.M.s warships that visit thoso Islands periodically. Tho natives hero aro few and friendly. Thoro is plonty of good water not far from the trader's houso, which i=< surrounded with handsomo crotons and fino limo treos covered with largo juicy

fruit. Left Ugiat2 a.m. on tho 9th. At fort Adams, on the north end of Malata Island, wo landed nine returned labourers. Sotnc delay occurred here, us the boys' friends from tho mountains wero not thero to eseoi I th-m homo It. is necessary to wait till tno boys' fri'inds arrivo, for to loavo thorn ashoro union" tlio beachcombers would result in all boTn- killed, and their boxes of trade beiri" carried oil1. In duo course the frwnds camo down in Urge numbers, well armed with spears and tomahawks. After going through some warlike tactics tho boys and boxes wero taker, homo, but cot bofore the content! of the boxes baa been wolloxamined and materially loreeneil. All tho islanders hero usually go about perfectly nude, so that to see crowds ot theso walking about, some with jackets on and no troucors, others with a red cloth round their necks, or a blue umbrella over head, is rather laughable. Tho same afternoon wo landed four moro boys in Habard Bay, U largo and beautiful bay IS miles N.W. of Port Adams. On tho lOih wo landed three moro, and on the lUft thH»<*hen.LeftColerid|roßiyaU2.30 a .vi. on the 12th and arrived at Isabella Island at S a m., and landed one boy at boko, ■1 village which has been visited by Bishop Selwyn- Thero is a native mis sionarY here. His station was not vUited by anyone from the steamer so tha*ut is not known with what success or failure this good man is meeting in his line of &«« Ahe same day landed four moro, and did not lei've the Island till 6 a.m. on tno loth, when tho vessel made tor Bouka, were we arrived on the morning of tho 154h. Tho remainder of tho vessel's cruise until her arrival in Auckland .Harbour was marked b» no special occurrence.

»N. Z Fabmkb, Bkk and ?omx«r Journal "—More lus'im-jity as t; 1; '■;■ .;" Waltiir H»wley. l.cudihurit. l"^:^1^ ,^1 SEHS^SfSrSn gng ejl'n is I consider it hy fur tho m-ißtuMfu agTloultural paper I .have yet come aoross, via I have tried a good many.

New Guinea Trading.

iJniikk date September 16", a correspon dent of the " Sydney Morning Herald" supplies tho followingintorestingparticularu of native art and trado in Now Guinea :— tlio annual trading expedition of tho natives to tho West has just left. This is tho ovont of tho year to the native community. All the women of tho village have been busy for t'r.o last two months making pottery. Tho "pat pst. "of the wooden spatula upon tho soft clay lms been lncesauntasthe women shaped and smoothed their pots. Evuiy yearalmoat all the able bodieti men of the Alotu tribe lit out thoir largo canoes, culled lukatoi, aud sail 11 Immircd urn hundied and lilty milos to the W'.s! for sago, i'nttory is the staplo article of exchange, but; arm sheila, neck lacu-, hatchets, American axis, and beads are also taken.

The story of tho origin of thoeo trading expeditions is very interesting. Once upon v tima a man named lidal Siabo went

>'i(h his boys fishing out tow n'dn tho Bar rier Keof to a place called Hikiho. Thoy lonk their large meshed net (mm), and in tho morning, whi.n I ho sea was culm, triod fordttgong. Wliilo 'hoy wore waiting they uunio to v largo Iht rock, around and under which wire groat, quantities cf iiah. Thoy exist their tine net and enclosed tho rock. Thoy then prepared tho plant [ilnha), wliicli is iiKod for stupefying tho iish, aud put it i:i tho water. Vary soon tlio fish wore stupe (led ; some rose to the surface, wliilo othora had to bo clivod for. Thoy had a grand haul of various kinds and sizes. Among others wiun very largo Pea col [flwjuala). Rdal said to hia boys, "Takoalltho lisa ashore and dry it Lo take homo, and wo will eat tho duqnula." Thoy pro parcd, cooked, and ate it, tho hosul being Kdftl's slmro. At night the boys slept on tho beach, but Ednl made fast his canuo on tho rock whoro they had taken tho lish, and slept there with his two boys. Dining the night tho spirit ot tlio rock, Diuiufilu, ap peared to Ed:d and wanted to know why ho had ninisod him. " Didn't ho know the eel ho had lakon and eaten was no lish, but a many' lie was then snatclied out of tho canoe, and carried down below to a large ravo under tho rock. While lioio Daquala told luiu what to do to got a supply of sago tor himself nnd pooplo during the hungry north-neat monsoon. Mo showed him a pattern Of a lakutoi, instructed him how to make it, and told him how many months ho would bo away. iio told him to make himself sacred for tho voyage, and explained everything to him. In tho morning there was great consternation when Inn bo\s awoko and missed him. They railed, but got no answor. Vhey concluded ho must h.-ivo guiio ashore in the night, but when they landed he had not been soon by their companions They foirched for him far and near, but to no purpose. In tho calm of tho evening ihey went oil1 in their canoo to (he place whoro they had caught the (isli, t;ne of iboni, looking down, saw n pair of feet sticking out from a cave far down in the depths. They dived, and found it was Edul. They could not at first pull him .out, but at last succeeded. Thny put him on tho deck of their eanoo and wept over him ad dead. They started lor homo, but. on tho v>ay ho revived, and to their am izemont sat up and began to talk. Ho told his wife and people ot his strange adventure, nnd began at mice to carry out the instructions of L)ui{iuila, Ho at length nailed, leaving word l';o month in which ilia popple were to expect him buck. Four month-' altogether ho wn?tubo away, and during his absence hh wife wa* not to bathe nor go inland, but was to keep burning tho household tire le.-i it should go out and misfortune befall tlio l-ikiitnl Edul was soon given up for diad ; his wife and daughter-in-law alone waited and watched for his return. A! last Edal and his party returned with gro.it quantities rf sago. His faithful 'vifi; rejjiccd, !,ut grout was t!ie Bhume of tiio:-o women who, giving their husbands up for los^, hnd married nguin. Such is a brief account of tlio long story of tho orij-in of the hiri. At tho present tinio tln> people ndhore ttiicth to the pattern given to Edal, and in all that concerns the Inkutui and its freiglit are ritiid cin-crviitivcs. 'J'lio work ut lifting oui the tckntfii for thrir long and uftou rough voyagi. i ii.i i.-a.-y task. With out metal ol any kind in either I ho vessel or in its preparation, theji msinngnto build a ship capable.f earning i"i\ m :2U lo.'H) tons of sago ami .'lO or 10 men safciy I'm r » ivuyh tea. Tho ■'"/. 't'.i is tnado'of .1 number of largo C'lnocs, from three up to U,lashed together, a large eanoo mea.-ures -IS feet in length and about 15 in circumference. Thocanoes a>e lashed together with canes and vines from tli-.- bush ; a platform of saplings well tied lcoc|i.iall stiff and linn. The mast i.- a tree, tlio mi.t-; of which are lashed to the deck. Tho fails aiv crab-clnw-shapo, and mado of mats. The oiulking i> dono with dry bin 1:1 a leave?, and the bulwarks are of pilm leave-" sewn together, but strong eiioiiL'li to keep out ordinary sea. Tho ship i- stourul by l<.m_' puddles, and Lhcrearo loo bonnifl 10 lot. dnwn and take up ns roquirod. Thoro is no dillerenco in bo-. - and stern, and nothing to distinguish 0110 from tlio other. Alargo laktttoi is nearly as broud aa it U long- jlfcelbyolwasthemoasuremcnt of 0110la<t your. Thoanchoris a largoetono, ::;id the aiichor-cablo largo rattans. Tho rargo of pottery i< very carefully packed with dry banana leave- in cages mado on deck. 1 have carefully ascertained tho miDibor of .-cp irate piece* tukon by eieh lakntoi, ami lind that the average i.-: I,CrJS Tho en'ire number tnkeir is no loss tluin [i 7DS pots from I'ort Moresby alono. From iho oiitii.- Morn tribo KS lahttoi have gone, to that there must bo at least 25,000 pots exported by this 0110 expedition, And yet the ponplo who nr.iko them and carry their goods to a market a hundred miles away uro ottun called "savages !"

There aro only three principal kinds — tho Wilier chatty, tho cooking-pot, and (ho bowl, or dish. The women make, however, 10 kinds in all, although several of them aro only slight, variations from tho common shapo or size. They aro all globular in shape, and aro made with no other implements than a round stono or a wooden spatula Tho manufacturers never start an original design.nor depart from tho cerventional form*. Tho clay is got by tho women in tho hills, and is of threo different kinds. It is pounded, mixed with vory lino sand, and kneaded into a mass with salt water. After boing driod for two o: three days in tho sun, it is burnt in a wood lire for about half an hour. It receives a washing of solution of mangrovo bark, which blackens it, and it is then ready for use or salo. Whon tho ships are ready for soa, and boforo tho pot tery is packed, they aro given up to tho young pooplo for a regatta. Tho girls, with tliL-ir best and liuest grass) petticoats, assemble on tho platform at tho bows and dunce a la build, swinging their petticoats to tho beating of the drums. Thoy aro watched by a most eager, oxcilod, and criti cal crowd on shore, who shout and laugh as one ship or another leads. There is as much real enjoyment as at lienly or at a Hanlan nnd Bciich contest, but without tho accompaniment of betting and tho bottlo.

Madame Patti and the King of Bavaria.

THE eccentric King of Bavaria, who baa been having it all bis own way for yoars and yoars, seems at last, to havo experienced tho bitterness of a mortification. As the story goes, it appears that he asked Madamo Adclina I'atti to perform in the operas " 11 Harbiuro " and " La Traviata " at tho Court Theatre in Munich, with himsolf as solo spectator. This tho celebrated songstress declined to do, on tlio ground that she would iind it impossible to sing in an empty theatre. Thero was a paving clause pat forth, wo believe, by Madam.) i'atti, to tho effect that if !j is Majesty would allow a regiment of soldiers to occupy tho thoatro boncbos, aho, on h'jr sido, vvould bring her soif to cjiwont. Ki"K Louis, however, who apparently cannot d< rive etijoymont from music, whether it bo Wagner's, Kollinia', or V'ordi's, unless lio knows himsolf to bo tho exclusive listener, could not lind it in hia heart to grant t:ho condition imposed, llonco Madamo Fatli will not goto Munich, and the egotistical Bavarian monarch will havo to remain content vith hia own com pany of German singers and musicians, and to derive such comfort aa ho can from them. Anecdotes arc current which point to the fact that Madamo Patti has beforonow given proof of a proud spirit, sustaining admirably tho dignity of her calling. Gossip avers that when requo-t j high placed personages to grace their drawing rooms by her presence, she makes it a rulo to inquire whether the private lady or the singer is invited. If tho hitter, tho invi tation is at onco answered by a polite but enrt- refusal. Nor does she in this respect stand alone, it is recorded, among others, of the distinoui bed violoncellist, Signer L'..tu, that on being asked out to dinner by a titled lady, and betrpi-d in 11 postcript not to forgot to bring hi.- violoncello with him ho briefly replied in terms pretty much U3 follows:— "Signor Patti thanks Ludy for tho honour she has pr.id him, but bogd to inform her that his violoncello does not dine."

A Modern Irish King.

Vk.VKS ago a lingo portion of tho Tenth Ward, in South Brooklyn, was known as "Tlio Meadows." Tho land was baioly higher than tho level of tho bay, r<',d wns at times overflowed for a mile. Xow it is gridironed by streets and avenue, ini'l the fow remnants \.t tho old ponds and iio:."" •< aro being rapidly tilled in by tho ash-cut man, tho excavator, and tho streot-cloanor. These dumps are frequented by ragpickers, who ransack every load taken thero. Formerly Irish, now nearly all aro Italians. With them every morning is nn old Irish man, who. rain or shino, appears with a dilapidated horse and a still moro dilapi dated waggon, and remains until dusk or until his waggon is loaded with tho ilotsain and jestam of the stroots. 110 is known as ".Mike, tho king of tho dumps," His ragged Italian vassals and customers speak of him as " II Signor Irishamanna."

Wlion tho reporter approached ho w.ii anchaffing with an Italian over piece of load pipo the latter had unearthed in tho dump. A fow coins wore handed ovtr and tho metal was pitched into tho ancient waggon

"There's nothing liko human nature," said Mike. " Them Eyotalians aro all thieves, and that's how 1 make my monoy out of them. That follow has got his bog full of fifty or sixty pounds of papor and rags, nnd now ho tinds that chunk of pipe. If it was you or mo wo'd havo soino friend to carry if homo for us. But not much will tho Eyetaliun. Ho wouldn't trust his own brothor. and so ho soils it to mo for 15 ci nts. Ho didn't know what ho wns sell ing. It was led dips, but it was lined with solid block tin. I'll got about SO centfl for it. Thorn Kyotalinns sometimes find gold and silvor, but that thoy nevor soil to mo. I; vory thing else they do. Ono dny ono of them como to 1110 with a watch chain ho had hooked out. ' Load, no silver, he said. I looked at it, and it .ooked very quoor. 1 thought it was a powtor, but it wan too hoavy. But I answered at a cuchs and said : ' No good ; kind^of load.' Ho wantoi a half dollar but, 1 got it for a quarter. 1 didn't know what tho stuff was, and on my way homo that day stopped in at a jowollor's storoauda?kcd them. Tboy said it was a French metal callod platinum, and whs worth §~>o. 1 have beon laying for tho same stuff ever pinco, but I havo nover run across it a second timo.

"What do I buy mostly? Motala. Iron, stool, lead, tin, brass, powtor, soldor, tomato cans, wire, and tho like. Thon I buy rags and papor, and all sorts of odds and ends. Ono timo I bought a small bronze statuo of Luther. I got it for ,'!() cents, and when I had cleaned it up I sold it for :?3. Tho papor and cotton rags go to tho paper mills; cloth, worn-out clothes and woollen rage to the hat manufacturers ; tomato cans, tin clippings, and everything with tin in it to a man who has a furnace in .Tersoy Romowhoro. Ho molts out all tho tin and sells it, and thon he casts what is left into cash weights and othor choap castings. For zinc, bronco, copper and powtor there's always a good demand, and thoy bring firßt-rato prices. " Thore are lots of new trados today which use up things that formerly wero no good to any ono. Rubber, bone, ivory, leather, horn, celluloid, cane and umbrella heads and old bottloa all pay for tlio picking. Of eoureo they don't pay much. Perhaps thoy avorage §1 a day ; but that's big monoy for an old JKyotalian woman who lives on 50 cents a wook. Them Eyetalians will do anything. Thoy aro worse than pig-tailoJ Chinamen. But I don't growl much. In tho old days, when thoro was no one on the dump but Irish, I mado only a couplo of dollars a day, and I was young and active. Now the Eyetalians havo driven evorybody out of the business, and it is a vory cold day whon I don't make a five dollar note."

A Fourpenny Doss.

A freshly-painted house of goodly pro portions stands bold out amoug its fellows in ono of the many thickly;populated Btreata just off tho "Highway." 'On its front, in largo red letters, is the title, " St. Simon's Chambers," and undornoatb tho additional inscription, " Workman's Home." The usual lamp is ovqr tho door, and on it are tho words, " Beds for single men, only 4d per night," while tho gauze window blinds, which lend respectability to the outward appearance of the houso, havo on them, in gilt lottcrs, tho announcement. " Single beds, 4d per night, 2a per week ; 6d por night, 2s 6'd por wook." Altogether the house looks inviting, and a "young man from the country " might consider it a nice pla'co to stop in It is a whitod sepulchre So good an investment has it beon that, from a small beginning of forty beds, all tho cottage proporty behind it has from time to timo boon bought up to tnako tho required enlargements, and at the present timo it contains four hundred beds. Tho managor's office in at the left oi the entrance, and no one is admitted without permission or a tickot for a bed, the gate that bare the stairs leading to tho bedrooms being opened by tho porter only on tho production of this passport. At the end of tho entrance passage an immense room forms tho kitchen of the establishment, and here at any hour of the day scores of mon may bo found cook ing, eating, smoking, swearing, passing tho time with a slangy joke or coarso yarn, or differing andcheatingovordominoes - curds, as likely to produce heated argument, are intordicted. . , . And yet amid all this

misery there is an amount of cheerfulness, a bonhomie truly surprising. I have seen a man give away hia last copper to help to pay for another's "doss" and walk the streets, himself, especially when the recipient has been known to havo been out of bed for two or three nighta successively ; aud this is no soutimental story, but a truth which could be vouched for by hundreds of wit nesses if necossary.—" Good Words."

A True Ghost Story

11avi.no. tired ourselves bird nesting, climb ng tree?, leaping, and indulging in other pranks, we at laut approached tho old mun ition, a largo square, lofty, tub4anli.il house of threo stories. It had bteti uninhabited for years. Many of (ho windows wore broken, someclo-od with shutter.=, ihe lower onos built up with stnnes. Tho hfdl ('nor, approached by a Ilight of stone steps, through whoso joints long crass had grown, was also barricaded with largo stones Wo examined in detail tho front of ibis deserted hail. Wo pa-ted round to tho back, nnd, climbing the garden Will, saw the w:l!:s covered with weeds and gri-s the fruit trees eneru-ted uith mo-sand mildew, decay on all around. 1 turned round and |.-.oked up to ono of tho top window, and (here, to my utter am i:-..'iu--nt nnd tenor, bohl II standing at tho window an aged man, dressed in 11 bin.-!; cut a-.vay Bunt. Ho vvoro a three-eociiod hat, and hi* skirted eoatv.'M braided with gold. A large black dog wa.f on the window - ill bofore him, ~nd his arm was stretched betoro tlio dug's Iwi-1, us if restraining him from leaping down at us,

/■ll this whs lake., in at a d.u,,-,.\ I ii .inteil to tho window. Tho Ihrco of m 1,-.pod from Hit) wall, and rushed over "link, bush, and scaur," through bruko an I drain. Airivint; at the high rood, breathless, with clothes torn, hands «nd faces lacerated, foot and garment* be draggled wii.h mire an! wet, I asked the othor boya if tiny had noon tho old gontlo man aud his dug, as I described them. Thoy assured mo thoy had. This extraor dinary appiiiitiini at mid-day, .n much nf variance with the ordinary uxpcriouco, that such unearthly visitors of tho glimpse* of Iho moon, appear only at tho witching hour of night, l really beheld ; or at least I bclisvod that 1 beheld it, a-! truly as any object I had ever soon before. 1 visited tho placo lately. Tho old houso h.is com pletely disappeared. Not a trneo (tf it ro mains Of ray two oompiiiion-mi that day 0110 has longsinca stolon to his eternal rest. Tho round earth intervenes between tho othor and myself. For years uo dmiht crossed my mind thai I had actually soon that ghost. If you ask 1110 if 1 beliovo it still, with tho knowledge and experience of aftor years, 1 must confess that I havo devised a theory to explain the apparition. Thoro wero ghost stories connected with tho dosortod- mansion of Martinstown. 1 re collected, on reflection, to havo heard an old nurse toll how, when the family had all loft and some sorvants, remained, thoy wore talking ono night round tho tire in tho servants' hall. Suddenly they heard a footstep aa of 01,0 walking down the stairs, Sti-p by stop MlO foot camo until with stately tread there walked into tho room an ancient gentleman, with three cocked hat, cut-away braided ooat, silk stockings, shoes with broad silver buckles, and a diamond-hiked rapier by his sido. Hognzedintoutly for 11 momont onthegroup by tho fire, turnedelowly round, walked from tho room in the same dignified manner, was hoar! ascending step by step to tlio top of tho houee and shutting a door behind him. That svus tho last night any of tho servants stayed at Martinstowii. Tho conclusion to which I afterwards camo, looking at my ghost iidventiiro through tho shadows of years thut had passed, was, that fomo ono with a black dof,' must, hare boon in tho house at the timo ; that ho camo to tho window and lookod out at us, and that to my mind's eye ho assumed oven to tho minutest particu lar the appearance of the old gentleman whoso apparition I had heard described years boforo, but of whom I had no conscious thought at tho time. It may bo asked how I account formytwocompaiuonshaving wit nessed exactly the same apparition. The only answer I can give in that they bohold the man and dog, and that it was only in answer to my questions they agreed as to tbo cocked hat and braided coat.—"J.J.lv." in tho " Irish Monthly."

Balloon Accident.

Theke has beon another balloon accident which has all but had a fatal termination. Tho balloon started from Folkestone on Friday evening—whether or not with tho purposo of crossing the Channel it is not stated—and tho occupants of the car were a Captain Dalo and two friends. Tlio wind carried tho balloon rapidly eastward along the coast, and the journey went well enough until tho aeronauts had passed Dover Castle, whon it was noticed that tho balloon, which was now about two miles out from shore, was rapidly descouding. Boforo long it fell into the Hea, a lit tie to tho went of the South Foreland, and began to drift, eastward with tho wind. Tho Dover harbour tug ga\'o ineffectual chase, as the balloon tore too rapidly through tho water to bo overtaken, and tho occupants of tho car, who were clinging to tho rigging in an exhausted con dition, woreatlast rescued with considerable difficulty by a quick galley which i-hot out, from St Margarets and throw thorn lines. What has becomo of tho balloon is not yofc known. Of course all i* well that ends well, and it is matter oi sinccra congratulation that Captain Dale and hia companions havo notshared theunfortunato fate of Mr I'owell. But, as wo have before now pointed out, balloon ascents are of no real scientific im portance, andgontlcmcn who like to wilfully risk their livee in a machine over which thoy havo practically noccintrolnmat expect liitlo more than the applause cf the hour, and must certainly not look for any groat sym pathy if they havo a narrow escape. Thero is nothing heroic in ballooning, and much that is worse thon reckless.

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The Automaton Chess-Player.

WoiiFUNU, Baron yon Kempolon, the inven tor of tho automaton chess player, was born in Hungary about tho year 1723. 110 was an riulic Councillor of the Royal Cham" bor of the ILungarinn Slatos.amanof extra ordinary mechanical ability, a good naturalist, and an excellent artist. In 17U'.), when lit Vienna on ollicial business, bo, during his intervals of leisure, constructed tho mochanioal chew-player which was destined to render him famous.

The automaton consisted of a chest or box, upon which wai seated tho figure of a Turk. Tho ch-st m« three feot and a half long, two feet broad, and two and a half foet high, placed on castors, which onaoled tho oxhibitor to move it occasionally from ire part of (in apartni'-nt t; > another. Tho object of this arrangement wn3 to t-h'v.v the spectators that no trap door com munieatfid with the chest. Tlio left arm of the Turk was bellow, and through it a wiin ran wliieh communicated with tho iu t-ii >r of fhe chest, where, by moans of a lever, Hiu opnrator concealed within it was enabled to give every desired motion to tho firm, hand, nnd lingers of the figure.

Tho Rhe-it was divided into two compart nontsabove asd a drawer boncatli. '11 tho

smaller of tho two compartments, occupying about tlio third of the longitudinal dimen s-iniM of tho ehost, wero placed a number of piocos of bra«s, mado vory thin,and designed only for tho purposo of misleading thoapoc tal.ora, for they wero no part of tho machin ery by weich tho iiibvos of tho gamo wero ellbctcd. In the other compartment wore nlpo similarpiecesof brass, representing qundi;int>niidot her philosophical instrument intended as in tho previous instance to givo the impression that thoy conduced to tho working of tho nutonmton. Tho two com pnrtirtnfa communicated with oach other by means of a sliding panel, but; so carefully was it contrived that tlio partition had the appearance of being immovable. Tho drawor, which when drawn out seemed to bothoeniiro horizontal (■limousions of the chost.wifl docaptive, as it ira-i so constructed that, it could not be pressed brick moro than afoot and a half, whilst by a_s< :ou's of telescopic arrangement ot tho s-ide-: of tho drawer, it had, wlieu pulled out, tho nppearanco of being quite two feet six inches in depth. Behind this movablo buck of tho drawer thoro was consequently an unoccupied Fpaco loft which oxtonded tho wholo longtll of I he chest, and was moro than a foot in breadth.

At tho commencement of tho exhibition, on evory occasion, tho operator of tho auto maton Bat behind the mock machinery of tho sraallor of the two upper compartments of tho chest, his legs occupying the hidden portion of tho drawor. Thon tho front doors of both apartmonts wero oponed at the same timo; and a lightod candle was placed in tho lfirgcr ono, so that it could bo distinctly scon that the space not occu pied by the quadrants and other instru ments was vacant. Another candle was placed, not in, but in front of, tho other apartment, which wag apparently com pletely tilled with machinery. Noxt, after closing the doors, tho exhibitor turned the automaton round, co as to show tho back of tho chest to tho spectators. While this was boing done, the concoalod oporator moved into tho largo compartment, closing aftor him tho sliding panel. In this position ho re mained until the back door of tho small compartment had been oponed and shut again. Thus by theso ingenious contrivances tho spectators wero led to believe that it was quite impossible that anyono could bo hidden in tho chest. As regards the Turk, seated cross-logged on the box, it was per fectly obvioua that, putting aside tho fact that hia body was shown to bo occupied by machinery, tho figure was not largo enough to hold a human being. Whon tho doors of tho automaton had boon closod, tho operator began to mako bis arrangements tor tho gamo. This ho did by swinging tho wholo t limit uro of tho interior of tho chest—wheols, machinery, and partition—against the outer doors and walls of tho box, co as to throw all the subdivided compartments into one apart merit;. By this means ho had room enough to seat himself comfortably before tho chess bo'ird on which ho played. Tho moves of tho adversary of the Turk, when mado on the board bofore the figure, were communicated to the occupant of the c'io=t by means of wires connected with a number of discs inserted in tbe top of the apartment, and directly anyone of tho pieces on HlO Turk'n board was toucher! tho fact wus in dicated by the corresponding disc boing put in motion. 'I he concealed chess-player reproduced his opponent's moves on his own board, and whon ho was ready to reply to thorn iio made use of the left; arm of tlio lijfuro for that purpose, a« already stated. " Cornhill" for September.

Romantic Stories.

It is announced that Count Franz do Mcran intends publishing a biography of lii.s widely-esteemed mother, the late Countess do Meian, tho morganatic wife to the luto Archduke John of Austria. The work should prove not without its interest. Tho Counters do Meran'a maidon name was t'ochl, and she was the daughter of tho postmaster of Auseeo Tho archduke first booanie acquainted with hor as his carriage stopped at the pofithouae to change horses. Falling in love with her at first sight, he subsequently married hor, and incurring disgrace at Court through his action was banished for a term ot eighteen years. Through tho intercession of the Empress Carolina Augusta ho wa j, however, recalled, and his wife was received and created Bar oness Brandhof. At n later period she re oioved the title by which she was known up to the time of her death. Tlio countess, who reached her eighty-second yoar,diod at

tho old posthoupo whero she was first wooed by her high-placod lovor, Sho had con verted tho houso into a summer residence, and is said to havo enjoyed living there much more than in any of hor other possessions. Tho romantic story of Archduko John and; Krauloin Ponhl recall-, though in a tragic manner, that of the unfortunate Agnes Bernauor, thevictimofaristoeratieprejudice boforo tho days of thoeonvenientleft-handed marriage arrangement. Agnes Bernauer was the daughter of a humblo barber of Augsbourg, who had the misfortune to at tract tho notice of Duke Albert, tho sen of tboroigning prince of Bavaria. The young duke, conquered by her extreme beauty,con t ractod a secret but perfectly legal marriage with hor. His father, however, who wished to marry his son to a high-born lady, soon got to discover what had been done, in con soquonco of tho obstinate resistance which his matrimonial scheme mot with. Greatly angered, he ordered tho barriers of a tourney given in tho capital to bo cloi-ed to his son, thus subjecting him to tho treatment usual at the time as regards a knight who had disgraced his calling by living in luxury with a wanton. Furious on his side, tho > oungduko at oneo proclaimed Agnes Ber nauor as his lawful wifo, and established her in his castle at Staubing. This rash act, howovcr, brought about the closing scene of the drama. Tho prince, taking advantage of tho absence of his son from homo, ordered tho arrest of tho young wito of lowly birth, caused her to bo tried as a witch, and sub frequently oust into tho Danube.

A Heart-Broken Actor

Nhw Yokk, September -'5.— A special to the " World "from Syracuso of Scptombor '24th says : Harry Thompson, of Thomas W. Kcene's compauy, attempted to commit fuicido here to-day in tho Vandorbilt Houso bar-room. It was thosequol of a dramatic occurrence at the Vandorbilt Houso last night. Whon tho theatrical company ar rived in tiiia city it was known that there was a feeling of jealousy among certain members of the organisation, The actors in the drama of real life were Honrietta Vadors.Mies Ida Roff.and Harry Thompson. Of these Henrietta Vadors is tho best known in tho theatrical world. She is a brunette about 25 years old, and very protty. Last season sho was with KatoClaxton. Several years ago she fell in lovo with Thompson, who was a table waiter at tlio Grand Hotel in San Francisco. Tho rosult of this attach mont was a marriage. Henrietta Vaders thought that tho attentions of her husband to Miss Koff wore moro than were proper under the circumstances, and the rosult is understood to have been a rupture. Last night at the hotel Thompson and hie wife indulged in recriminations. About 930 o'clock this morning Thompson entered the Vandorbilt bar-room and called fora glass of whisky. He stood for a momentatthe bar, He thon said, " My name is Harry Thomp son ; I am heart-broken, and I want to die." He drow from his pocket an American bull dog revolver and loaded it. Thompson then pointed the revolver at hie heart. The bar tendershouted and Thompson missed his aim, and the ball went through the floor. He was disarmed and ran into the street, whore he was arrestod. "I want to die," said ho to a reporter in his coll. ' My wife, Henrietta Vaders, had no reason to become jealous. It was madness on hor part, for my attentions to Miss Roff weresimply those of any gentlo man who chanced to bo a member of the same company. I suppose my wife will never forgive me, and therefore I want to dio. Tho Keene Company left for Buffalo this morning, but I don't see how I can join them, for 1 havo no money. I wish they had let mo die." lhompson was much af fected during tho recital of his domestic difficulties, and cried.

A Ribbon.

In one of the London hospitals, about a year ago, an assistant-surgeon became interested in one of the patients, a poor child of ten, suffering from hip disease Sho lay day after day in hor little white cot, with nothing to occupy her thoughts but her pain. The young surgeon saw her one day trying to make a doll of her finger, playing with it, and at last, giving it up with a weary sigh, turning to watch the sunlight creeping over her bed, as she had dono for months. That afternoon the doctor, passing a shop, bought a long, soft ribbon of an exquisite rose-colour, and gavo it. to littlo Katy. She was breathless with pleasure, smoothed it out, held it up, 30ft and shining, in the sun, and looked at her friend speechless with tears of ecstasy From that timo sho was rich. The nurse told tho doctor a week later that the child played with the ribbon all day, twisted it about hor head, playing that t-.ho was a bride, a princess, ;i. fairy; hold it in hor hand wliilo she slept, and laid it, folded in paper, under her pillow at night. It was found necessary aftor two months to perform a capital operation on the child, one which if unsuccessful is fatal. It- was dono by two of the foremost surgeons in London, When tho poor littlo sufferer was laid upon the tablo, she cried for Dr S . "He is all the friend I have," she sobbed. " Stnd for him," said the surgeon, and the young assistant, blushing furiously, was brought in. Ho hold one or Katy's hands ; tbo other wa3 clenched tightly over a. pink roll which dropped from her grusp during the operation. When tho effect of the ether passed, she opened her eyes and looked at DrS . •' My ribbon," she whispered. Us gave it to iier, while the surgeons and nurses etood fjiaveSy silent. The operation had been unsuccessful, but little Katy smiled happily into the face of her friend, and, 'hugging tho faded bit of eilk, fell asleep for over. It was but a trifliug gift, yet it had brightened the child's last days with thoughts of beauty and pleasure and loving kindness,—''Youth's Companion."

Murder and Suicide.

One of those terrible dramas of which jealousy and revenge are tho leading motives, and of a sort rare in Switzerland, though only too common iri France, took place at Geneva on Sunday, the 9th August. In the street known as the Grand-rue lived a widow of tho name oi Joantet, by birth a Savoyard and by profession a dressmaker. She lived quite alone, occupying a little room on the ground floor. About six o'clock in the morning of tho day in question some of the neighbours heard a noise in hor room as of somebody trampling heavily, and v cry of " Ausecours,"but as neither noise nor cry was very loud and did not rocur, and they wero occupied with their own affairs, no further notice was taken. But towards nine o'clock a woman who had business with Madamo Jeantet knocked at the door, and as no one answered ehe naturally felt surprised, and mentioned tho matter to a neighbour, who, after aleoknock ing, equally without result, climbed up to tho open window and looked into tho room, when he saw, to his horror, two seemingly lifeless bodies, one being that of the dress maker, lying on tho floor. Information was straightway given to the police and the door broken open. Madame Jeantet was found lying on the floor, her feet undor her bed and her handsstretchedoutas if when struck down she had been in the act of ropulsing an aggressor. Close to hor, with one of his arms round her waist, lay a man, and near his right hand was a broad-bladed blood stained knife. From either body was flow ing a stream of blood, and a deep pool of it had formed undor the corpses, for life in both cases was quite extinct. Examina tion of the bodiea showed that tho man had stabbed the woman to the heart as she advanced to meet and probably repulsehim, that they had thon fallen together on the Moor, when tho man dealt his yictim a se cond mortal wound, and that this done, he stabbed himself three times in the region of tho heart and immediately expired. The body of the man was identified as that of Hippolyte Tournier, a workman who, though of French birth, had lived, several years in Geneva, and was domiciled there. Albeit ho had reached his fortieth year, and tho widow was past forty-six, Tournior ap pears to have fallen hotly in lovo with her. At first she lent a willing ear to his addresses, but being afterwards sought in marriago by a cab proprietor at Bellevue, who was a gooi deal better off than Tour nior, she rejected the latter in favour of his rival, and through a common friend let him know that his visits must ceaee. On this ho became gloomy and taciturn, lost his appetito, and appeared to be meditating revenge.

11l Treatment of a Boy.

At tho Police Court, Sydney, Mr Joseph Coulter, Seorotary of the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children at Randwick, appeared to prosecute James Crosby, head teacher of the Society, for assaulting a boy, Alfred James Sullivan, aged thirteen years, by administering a too severe castigation with a cane on the Ist October instint. Mr Coulter formally identified the defend ant, and stated ha saw upwards of 20 contusions on tho boy's legs,- af B>&, and back. George Hurst, medical pactitionef, and consulting physician of the Society, bore testimony to the effect that he was called to see tho boy, and found him bearing moro than 20 contusions, with one or two swell ings of the skin, evidence of corporal punishment, which in bis opinion was too severe for a child so young. He deemed it advisable that the boy should be kept in the hospital, where he still remains. Jessie McLeod, matron of the hospital of the asylum, testified to seeing tho bruises and tho fact that during her term of office, a period of six yoars, sho never had a child brought to her through Buffering from the effects of a beating until the boy Sullivan was ordered into hospital. Alfred James Sullivan stated he was 13 years old, and had been an inmate of the asylum at Randwick for rivo years ; on the Ist instant ho played truant until 12 o'clock, and received a beating from defendant; he again played truant till brought in by some other scholars at 4 o'clock, wli9n he was caned ; tho punishment umdohim " sing out;" he never got such a thrashing before ;he did not feel pick after the brating. James Crosby, the defendant, admitted the two punishments, and pleaded that no other course was left open at the school but cor poral punishment; the boys wero wry un ruly, and the remedy of expulsion in oases of Incorrigible boys did not apply to them aa in other schools under the Department of Public Instruction; the boy Sullivan was quite beyond control; he received his punishment with the cane produced; he had repeatedly stopped out of school, and had received many warnings ; he had been forgiven and spoken to, but everything had failed; he (defendant) did not deny that tho punishment was very severe, but ho stated that his certificate depended on tho tone of tho scholars under him, and also that every teacher at tho asylum had been reported for cruelty to the committee or board; ho declinod to go before cither, desiring to bo doalt with in a court of justice ;he kept a record of every corporal punishment inflicted aa required by law ; ho producod tho report of Sullivan's case. Hid Worship oxpreesed a strong objection to being made instrumental in destroying in any way tho discipline of any school by imposing a penalty upon teachers in such cases, unless where diroct medical testimony was given a3 in this case, to tho effect that the punishment was too sovero. Tho defendant was fined £2, and costs 25s lOd. or in default 21 days in gaol.

A Terrible Encounter

Atlanta, Ga., September 9th.—A-terrible encounter, in which three men wore mort ally wounded, occurred here after dark last night. The parties wero John and Matthew Maxwell, father and son, and John R. Shel ton, who eloped with and married Miss Ida Maxwell. John Maxwell is a highly res pectable citizen, living on Ellicott-street, His son Matthew is a well-known carriage manufacturer. Maxwell has threo comely daughters, aged fifteen, sixteen, and nine teen. The second, aged sixteen, Miss Ida, has been quito a belle, having a host of admirers. Among them was John R. Shelton, a young man of good family but careless habits, whoso visits were forbidden by tho girl's father. Nevertheless, they contrived to meet secretly, and pledged their love, At 2 o'clock this afternoon a gentleman told Matthew Maxwell that his sister and Shelton hud planned an elope ment, and the appointed time was 2.30 o'clock.

Hurrying home, young Maxwell rushed up to the second story room, which hissister occupied, and demanded admittance, which was refused. With a kick he burst the door open and there found Mies Ida already dressed for her escapade "My God, sister!" ho exclaimed, "you will not disgrace the family by such a proceeding as this?" "I will marry John," sho,"rep!iod, "if I have to dio in the attempt. It is ueo loss for you to try to prevent it." Jn vain tho brother expostulated. Tho girl re mained obdurato. He went out, locked tho door, left her a prisoner, and went to his room. Koturning in ton ininutes.ho opened the door and found the room empty. It - soon transpired that tlio girl, finding her eelf imprisoned, opened a window, jumped to the kitchen roof, fifteen feet boiow, and thenco to tho 'ground, another fifteen feet. Thence her tracks were followed to a fiitlo alley, where now-made carriage tracks told that the had readied her loverand was away. By this time the older Maxwell was upon tho scene. Tho two mon wero fearfully acitaled. They went into the houso,and at 6 o'clock, firmed to the teeth, emercedand. proceeded to Davis-street, whither Shelton took hia bride after boing married by Rev. Virgil Norcroes. Several clergymen pre viously refufiod to perform tho ceremouy. Tho" two furious mon wont to Shelton's door. Shelton wits standing oti the thresh old with si hatchet. " you," oxclaimcd Maxwell, " I will shoot you to death unless you give up my daughter." "Donotcomonear me," shouted Shelton, raising the hatchet near and advancing. .' ust then the younger Maxwell, seoing liia father in danger, .-topped in between and received tho cleave from the tomahawk. Dropping the bloody instrument, Shelton drew his pistol and fired at the oldor Maxwell. Simul tanoouelv Maxwell also firod,aud all threo men fell across each other wounded and bleeding. The girl who had been the cause of all this bloody work rushed out upon the scone, and embracing her dying husband, called him by endearing names, while her father anil brother wore neglected. Jn five minute.- hundreds of people had collected, Officer? cv,'.:c nnd had the men removed. Shelton and young Maxwoil will die, whilo the death of ihe old man is highly probable. Just a month ago Matthew Maxwell was himself the hero of an elopement scrape. A young lady engaged to another man eloptd with him the night before eho was to have beon married.

ALL SORTS OF ITEMS

Good mssic is often hard to a-choir,

A coat of paint has no buttons on it. Taking the cents of the meeting—Passing around the hat.

The man who kills himsolf usually kills the right person

" Beware of imitations," as the monkey said to the dude.

Tha Munster Bank of Iroland was wrecked on the Amercian plan. There is compensation in all things. An organ-grinder was sunstruck the other day.

Shear nonsense—Clipping funny items from exchanges without giving credit.

It is only in the free, wild West ihat a mob can bo composed of tho " vory best citisens in the place."

" It's a poor rule that won't work both wayß," as a boy said when ho threw back tho ferule at tho teacher's head.

Why is it that two fishermen with a single bottlo can never agree ? Because thoy find it impossiblo to pull togother. Tho wealth of our language is shown by tho fact that "hang it up " and " chalk it down " moan precisely the same thing. A Minneapolis man sued a neighbour and won $303 damages, his lawyer awarding him the odd §3. Minneapolis lawyors aro more liberal than tlio usual run of legal luminaries.

The giraffe, it is said, has never been known to utter a sound; but thon eho don't have to. Anybody can sco that her dress is low onough in the neck without her calling attention to it. A Texas clergyman endeavoured to con sole the last hours of a dying man. " What is it that you regret most to take loavo of '!" he asked. "My life, parson."

The petticoat is now said to havo boen first worn by mon. That is probably tho reason why so many women now insist upon wearing the breeches. They want to get even.

A Yankee philosopher wants to know why it is that the man who whangs an old copper cent into tho contribution box gen erally leans back with a twenty-dollai look of benovolenco.

Years ago N. P. Willis -wrote of tho belief of Saratoga, "as timid as tho autolopei whoso hazel orb 3 thoy oclipsc." The belles of to-day can collar a man, and with a mother's assistance find out how much money ho is worth in a vory short space of time.

A bank holiday. " Woll, Jarvis you have beaten your wife, you have had your own head broken, and your eyes blacked. and your front teeth knocked out, and you spent the night in a polico cell." " Well, Sir John, it's a poor 'art as ncvor rejoices." Maid (to Irish milkman)—" Missus sayii she's sure there's been a great deal o' wator in tho milk lately, and that if ■" Pat— " An' can ye wander at it, my dear ? Small blame to tho cows this thur-rsty weather, poor cratures." Mdme. Adolina Patti was prcs-onted last week with a bracelet and address at tho Royal Italian Opera House, in signification of the 25th anniversary of her career on tho lyric stage. From the theatre to the Mid land Hotel the diva was escorted by torch bearers and a band. She was the centre of a procession of some twenty carriages and cabs. The scene was an extraordinary o*o.

" All, doctor, they tell me you have bean buying another new house. How can you afford it?" Doctor—"Easy enough. Supi mer business, all owing to summer busi ness." "How's that?" Doctor—"Well in the first placo 1 go into the country whore there is a rush of city folks. At least half get sick while away, and the other half sick after they return homo, whore I am ready to receive them. Money at both ends, don't you sec ? Millions in it."

ORIGINAL POETRY.

SONGS OF THE NEW MOTHERLAND.

No. 3 Over tho broad Pacific sea A vessel boro her way, With canvas bending every mast, And pennona streaming gay ; Alono. itpon the mighty deep, Alone, when skiea woro fair, Like a young quenn, she moved in Btato, And all was gladness tbcro. Ovor the clear and gentlo bluu, A weird cloud floated by ! A quiver oi pain, an deuth swopl on, A murmur and a sigh ; Alone, upon a treachorous sea, Alono, where surges rave— And tho doomed ship, like n dying bride. Wont trembling to her grave. But. 'tie than-when sorrow coinotli With whirlwinds in its van, 01 'tis then wo ecu tho daring, ?homajesty'.if man. Not the gilded leek of vessel. When waves are calm and blight, But by the Bhattered bulwarks- There man stands In his might. Caßt loose theboat-and tho Crdor Carno like a burst of jor, And o'er tho sinking vessel's eide Wont woman, girl, and hoy, And tho boat was nigh to sinking, . Vet " There's room for you," they cried ; But like a sentinel on duly, With hia daring, ift his pride. Ho stood, whero last wo saw him And tho billows fretnnd dash, And the mountain torrent hisses, The lightning round him Hash— Tho thunder sang hia requiem* The ocean-wares replied A eongburst to tho monarch man Who in majesty had died. W. It Wills.

THE HERITAGE.

The rich man's son inherits lands, And piles of brick, and stone, and golil. And he inherits soft, white hands,1 ■■'- '■ " And tender flesh that feels tho cold, Nor dares to wear a garment old ; A heritage, it Beams to mo, One scarce would wish to hold iv foe. " Tho rich man's *on inherits cares; The bank may break, th<; factory burn, A breath may burst his bubblo shares, And soft, white hands can hardly earn A Hying that would servo his turn ; A heritage, it seems to me, One scarce would wish to hold in fee, The rich man's son inherits wants, His stomach craves for dainty fare; With sated heart, ho hoars the pants O( toiling hinds with brown arms baro, And wearies in his easy chair; A haritage, it seems to me. One scarce would wish to hold in fee. What doth the poor man's eon Inherit? Stout muscles and a sinewy heart, A hardy frame, a hardier spirit: King of two hands, he does his part , In every useful toil and art ; A heritage, it seems to me, A king miKht wish to hold in fee. What doth the poor man's son inherit.' Wishes o'erjoyrd wi-h tumble things, A rank adjudged by toil-worn merit, Content that from employmonti-prim r. A heart that in his labour sings; A heritage, it seems to me, A king might wish to hold in fee. What doth the poor man's son inherit.' A patience learned by being poor, . Courage, if sorrow come, to bear it, A fellow-fooling that is sura To make the outcast blePB his door; A heritage, it seems t j mo. A king might wish to hold in fee. Oh, rich man's son! there is a toil That with all others level stands; Largo charity doth r.evor soil, Hut only whiten, soft, whiio hands— This is the best crop from thy lands; A horitngo, it f eems to me, Worth boing rich to hold in feo. Oh. poor man's son! scorn not thy state ; There is worse weariness than thine, In merely being rich and grcul; Toil only gives the iioul to :hine. And makeß rest fragrant and benign ; A heritage, it seems to me, Worth being poor to hold in fco. lioth, heirs to some cix feet of tod, Are equal in the cvi la at last; Both, children of the S'lmo rivir God Prove title to your hwshh' vast By record to a woU-filxd past; A heritage it scciim to me, Well worth a life to ho!d in fee. —James Russell fcovvtw.

THE LORDS OF LABOUR.

Tbaycamo. khoyco-*f ;Taglorjownniro)i You can hoa" their t «ii !.(ccda nigh; As they dfivh through Skill-" triiiMphaljireh Orplun.o '/nld tiiodaneimrnpruy. Their biln Ilivs blu« In tin. lVilifhl.y forao Their lifft-pub'i thro'.s in tin mi:!, ' Their light; itw] shiver 'lit' Kiijiinir Kuifjn. An"l thuir thunders "=hfilro tiio liiil. JIo! ilicse arc Utj Til^im of roil ami trir!e Thelicrofs who wiuldno iahic: But nighliov connuestw roupctli thi> tjl :l .' 'J hat is barno bj tho Mortis of Labour, Brnvn lioarta like jewi kt li^hl tlic nod, i V Throu.h the mist of oommurco ehinr Ana souls flat-h out, l;ko r>tfti-ci of (Jod, ' From tlicmidtightot theminu. No palace ia their?, no oa-t c ifrtnt, No princtly pillar'd hall; But th3y well uiity luuk^ at' lie roofs Of Biiitv Vcath the heaven which ia ovc all llS,L t\ ese are tho 'l'"«ns of toil and triidc The heroes who wield no sabro • But.miKhtier conquests reaprMh iln lilmln W h'oo )■! borno by the Lords of ltfibo.. v. Each bares h'm arm for r)>^ i K-'glng otii/o T:ia* m >r;i'uil3'hegoiiß <;■' ».ia>. aoii. Ani t\v sweat-drops slicd in their baltlo r.;'!: Are gems in tho crown of toil. , ■ And better their well-worn wreaths, I troiv. Than la.ure!3 with lifu-bloo:' wot; And nobler the iircn of a haro boJit brow Thana cl'ißDOf acoiwot. '■■ • Th*n hurrah tore*, h lioro, nl(Jaou..-h }Üb,. • Bo unblown by the tump or luboi- Forholi.r, liMipi". .b" mer.i That crowneth the J.ords of Labou <

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1885

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