RANDOM SHOTS

[By Zamiel.l

dome write, a "?«sbourt namo to la*h, Bnmo write—vain though'.!—for needful casn. Soino write to please the. country clash, Asa nv.se a din. rcr m% » ata I ■««*J!g*jJ r ,^

I have had placed in my hands the follow, ing extraordinary letter which has been received by a citizen who is conspicuous for the outspoken expression of his opinions. The missive is handed by v skull and cross bones, with the word DEATH above them, and the same menacing figure appears at tho bottom. The letter runs thus: "Auck land, July 21st To . I have nover had the misfortune of coming in con tact with you, in fact never saw you to my knowledge. But never theless it requires but a glance at your miserable orations to see that you are an ignorant scoundrel of the lowest grade, who, with what little education you received at come charity school, iead a number of fanatical Orangemen to believe you are a God. You scoundrel, you belong to a class of low sneaking curs, destroyers of happy homes, who deserve nothing short of alow torturing to death. lam not going to make any further remark?, but give you due warning that if you do not desiat and lead the life of an honest man, you will cer tainly die a premature death. -Also, you can rest assured that you are watched day and night by men whp will not flinch at an opportunity to carry out your deserved sentence,—l am, <sc, Dkath to the K.SIFR."

This letter is written on Collins's hand made paper of a superior quality, and although the hand-writing ia evidently dis guised, it does not conceal the fact that the writer ia not an ignorant man. Tho object of the opbtle ia clearly to intimidate, and yefc the ruffian who thus avows himself a skulking assassin has the consummate impudence to stigmatise as " a sneaking cur" a man whoso fearlessness in avow ing his convictions haa alarmed and enraged such creatures as "Death to the Knife." A letter coached in such terms cannot be treated aßa hoax, but it is pro bably the production of some chicken hearted cur, whose courage ia about equal to the brave exploit of dropping anony mous threats into the post-office, or in timidating weak women. One would be justified in saying t at any creature who is morally capable of producing the letter would aUo be scoundrel enough to commit the outrage which he threatens, were it not for the fear of detection and the nuve wreaking of vengeance on his own miserable carcase. Men of stamina, how ever, are not to be frightened into silence by anonymous bombast. I have not an atomof sympathy with religious intoleranco, or virulent abuse dirocted'agoinst opinions that differ from those we entertain. I also regard the Orange Society as a mis taken perpetuation of old country feuds, not required by the circumstances of this hi"hly-lavoured land, and very much bettor kept away from it. Nevertheless, every man has a perfect right to assert with all the force at his command, the things which he holds to be true, and to challenge beliefs which he regards as erroneous. Truth can never suffer from controversy honestly con duoted, and freedom of speech is the first law of liberty.

The magnificent legacy which the late Mr Mackelvie has bequeathed towards the furtherance oi art in Auckland does not appear to have roused much enthusiasm or excitement. And the proposal to erect a etatue of Mr Mackelvie as some Blight ac knowledgement on the part of us Auck landers of the benefits conferred, remains a mere suggestion and atirs nobody's interest. But this sort of apathy is not at all sur prising, for what do we as a community care about art ? It will readily be granted by the majority, nothing whatever. _ Art, you see, is so unpractical, so wanting in utility. Art in fact does'nt pay. What we want in the colonies is something to make money out of. If somebody were to come along and phow us how_ to make our few one-pound notes into five pound notes offhand, why we sbquld very nearly deify him. This is precisely the reason why bo much consideration and re spect is shown to Mr La Monte, who is going to put us in the way of doubling the returns from our gold-fielda. He is a practical man —"prahctical mahn,"-as the lodger with the diamond pin would say. He knows what's what. He is aware which siie of our nature is the softest, and like a sensible man approaches us in that direction.

But an Artist ? A man who merely paints picture*, covers good canvas with expensive paints, and so spoils both. Or perhaps he sculpts { that is, ho disfigures marketable building stono by chipping images out of it. What is the us 3of him ? He says ho wants to cultivate and educate our perception of the beautiful., and "a thing of beauty ia a joy for ever." Fine words butter no parsnips. Will the beauti ful give me another pair of boots when the scoria paths of Auckland have done their worst with the present pair J Will testheti cism provide me with a new coat when, very shortly, I have to cast the shabby shiny garment I wea? now on one eide ? Look, for example and warning, at the author of that line about " a thing of beauty!" Who was he? A poor weakling, s tolerable poet perhaps, but what else in this wide world was he fit for ? Would he, had he lived, have made a decent draper s assistant, for example, a tailor's journey man, a fair cobbler, oraven a clerk ? I dare wager he would not. They have found out since he died that he was a gwsfit poet, but between you and me, he was not such great shakes as the critics would have us believe. This is rank Philistinism, somebody says. Of course it is, for are we not every one of us Philistines, and do we not glory in the fact?

I fancy our friend Gerald Massey must have found that out when he abandoned poetry and took stock in his Satanic Majesty. Auld clootie aeems to be an uncommonly eood investment. The scoffers vow that the parsons make a living out of him, while Masse? acknowledges that he forms a very substantial part of his own stock-in trade. In'spreading " the ter-uth"-as that trans-eendental L.«mbu«, Thomas Walker, uaedtocallit-thereigningapstle of Spirit ualism is orthodox enough to stick to etrtet business principles. Bettauy.s enthusiasm for the deliverance of his fellow citizens from the bonds of the Evil One was speedily iced by the douche apphed to his impetuous liberalism with the lecturer's pro perty. Massey's reminder that the xe eenaration of the human race was a very fine Sine, but wasn't just the Bummum bonum of a profewional lecturer's business, was frank to o fault. In fact, one cannot refuse Massey the «r«dit of frankness. His con fession in that very interesting conversation witha Stab reporter that his religious opinions had closed to him all chance of success in a literary career, and that his book had fallen stijl-born froj» the press, was a self-immolation that bor ders the transcendental. If an enemy bad ctated that the entire literary taste qf the world—which is eynonomous with its uobolarebip and inteWgance-Js arrayed a^ainßt Ma opinions, wkat a howl there would have been-what a ahakmgup of the dry bones! Nevertheless, on occasions, Maseev can measure the swallowing «apa oitv of MJ audiences and proportion his loses thereto, as well as any man «n the etump. I fancy I hear the Ward cackle that vibrated his mid- Jiff when speaking of his private stores of "evidence such as Renan (or Strauss) never dreamed of," and which oust of course have come to light ainoe Renanpuh-' iistaed bis " Marie Aunle La Fin dv Monde, Antique " just two yeara ago. And when,, •without the trace of a smile, he described! the furbished up stuffing™ those .old and, exploded casoaaa "the latest invention in! modern torpedoes," I had no doubt what wer that the poet and radical had developed mo little expertnees in bis present vocation.

la tho breeze of sensationalism agitating j the serene atmosphere of the churches, and; •upsetting the sedate equilibrium of the parsons, or what istho matter ? Last Sun-1 .flay the pastqr of the Tabernacle announced a lecture to young men, and when he came ; t-tAnve out bis text, startledtthe congrega-; tion by the selection of that curious passage torn Mark 14 chap. 52 v., "And he ran; *way naked." The young men who were in Sproximity to wmbers o the opposite «exbecame uneasy, wi Jopked straight ■ahead, while the girls blushed and mt their «y«dawn. Bkw, when the ray, toftg?

went on to describe tho process gone through by the youth in jumping out of bed, and drew a graphic jicturo of how hands woro laid upon him, and he fled in continently, presumably without even the green covering of the Adamite period, there was sufficient of suggestivenoas to make the congregation feel uncomfortable. Of course, i othing in the address itself could ba objected to-it was instructive and interesting enough of its kind ; but its homilies might just m well have "been tacked on to another text. Just so, Mr Apologist, I beliovo 1 did onca — nay, perhaps oven twice—in some remote epoch of my existence, hoar that sweet sentiment about the unsullied purity of all things to the pure. But then jou know, my dear sir, we are not all pure, and if we were why wns such a toxt chosen unleaa for its touch of spice ''. I* there anything either in the passage or the context which makes the unceremonious flight of that antique young mnn, an example and a study to the tiousered mashev of our mndorn Christian societies ?

1 supposo wo ought to be thankful for small mercies, but candidly I don't think our new railway station is anything to evince much gratitudo over Ever so ninny thou sands of pounds wero to be spent on our station, and wo wore to have had tho finest in tho colony. If tho present structure has cost all the thousands promised, it ia a very dear affair, nnd the contractor must have made a small fortune out of it. But I rather Huspect that we have been "retrenched." Alongside the tall buildings flanking it, the station looks as if it had been sot down soft and had spread out flatter than was intended. The tower doos its very best to look imposing nnd to atone for the surrounding sqnatnees, with very in different success. Then there is the plat form on the side nearest tho harbour ; what can besaid forthat? Every little Poddlington in England has a more substantial, bettor looking and comfortable structure. Aftor pondering the matter 1 have come to tho conclusion-that in tho future Guide Books of Auckland, it will not be advisable to in clude tho Railway Station among "the handsomo, well proportioned,solid and com modious public buildings which are tho glory of all good citizons."

Tho entertainments in connection with many schools and Bands of Hope are in featod with larrikins, who stamp, hoot, and whistle to the annoyance of peaceably-dis posed citizens at those assemblies. Tho Committee to whom wa3 intrusted the getting up of a deeorvod welcome soireo in Symonds street on Thursday evening, con sidered how best to avoid the discordant human noises which are so sadly at variance with musical harmonieß. Several sugges tions wore made, and finally the following effectual motion was unanimously carried : —"That the full price of admission be charged for boys and babies." This recipe should be set down in the note-books of promoters of such entertainments.

The cases of lovanting which have been reported in tho daily papers, prove the necessity for tho exorcise of great care in dealing with smooth-faced " birds of pas sage," who periodically alight in our city in tho expectation of profiting at the expense of the more credulous section of tho com munity. Recent events show that, granted tho possession of fair vocal powers, an insinuating address,and "brass" enough in his countenance to start a foundry, a young man is certain to find his way into tho hoart3 and pockets of a goodly crowd of people in Auckland. A great deal has been said in defence of Abernethy, whose case has excited some attention, but had his antecedents been known people would have been very chary of trust-, ing him to the extent they did. Twice he was threatened with exposure if he did not ceasohis attentions to unsuspicious girls, but his natural "cheek" carried him through, and although snuffed out in some quarters, he continued to shine in others.

My sympathetic nature haa been severely Btirred by the beef question. When taking a constitutional one fine morning, my atten tion was diverted by the exclamations of an interested little crowd of people who were watching the discharge of bullocks from a vessel. While I looked and wondered with the rest that animals usually so wild should prove so docile when slung up fifteen or twenty feet in the air, a whiff that savoured not of Ceylon's spicy breezes revealed to me two deceased members of the bovine species, encircled in a most power ful odour. The defunct oxen were placed in a cart, and, after their stiffened limbs had been doubled up with the aid of ropes, they were carted off, and the general cry was, "Where are they all going to?" One amusing individual suggested that "there would be a plenty of fresh meat for somebody," while another, with a knowing wink, observed that "They would make excellent sausages," and a third considered it advisable that the "dead uns" should be kept persistently in view in order that we might make sure that they were properly disposed of under the sod. I left the scene in a thinking mood, and I have since been meditating profoundly and oft, but the fate of those unfortunate quad rupeds remains an unsolved problem.

"A Note-less One," who in anguish of spirit breaks forth into precarious rhyme, sendß me the following:—"lt appears quite the thing in Auckland te bo vic timised. Only the other day, per Tara wera, departed one whom many mourn, and to day, per Rotamahana, a fair but fruil housemaid left her palatial residence after having done ' brown' more than one of the too-confiding boaidera.

Oh. woman, in our hours of ease We let yon borrow what you please. With pain and anguish, now you'ra gone, We call to mind you've ' had each one."

The following letter apropos of the Parliamentary Union came to hand dur ing the paßt week, and will doubt less prove of interest to the elect of Slocum:—"Dear 'Zamiel,'—l compas sionate your unsophisticated young friend —' the hon (?) member for Slocum.' It was certainly a cruel laceration of his sensitive feelings not to find 'the intellectual feast' upon which he had been accustomed to browse. How could a delicate palate like his, so long tickled with the pungent juice of the succulent thistle of Mutual Improvement discussions be expected to relish the dry husks of current Parliamen tary questions ? Is it reasonable to suppose that & young man, accustomed, under the guidance of his spiritual father, to debate such profoundly important questions as the comparativopotency of yealthand eloquence, the "probable results of a Spanish jnvijsion in the Elizabethan era, the culpability or innocence of Mary, Queen of Scots, ov the value of Froude's estimate of Henry VIII -ig it likely, I say, that the mind of a young man so fastidiously regaled should be nauseated with such plain matter-of-faot fare as the Representation Bill, the Abolition of Plural Voting, the L#nd Tax proposals, the removal of the Gold Duty, the Cessation of •Colonial Borrowing, t the Endowment pf University College, the Abolition of Sta tutory Oaths, or even the Amendment of ■£he Law Rotating to Blasphemy ?"

your young—oad am I right in cdling | bucolic ?-friend has also my hearty sym pathy in his other two points of complaint. His soul revolts at the pomp displayed in ' a middle-aged man' bearing in the m,ace, " and he felt quite lonely, for young men were conspicuous by their absence/ Men °f Gromwollian souls like the genius oi Splo.eum may afford to despise that 'bauble' the macs, and I would counsel him to at once table a motion for its suppression. Suoh pomp is repugnant to the feelings of all who can rise to the stature of Spartan simplicity attained by this young Lycurgus. The 'conspicuous abeence of young men' from the Parliamentary Union is deeply regrettable for Sloeum's sake. They should be run in at all hazards say—by the police, and ' the middle aged' and the greybeards run out. Adolescent genius—some people might call it conceit—is repressed by the presence of the old parties and of .couree tho youth of the fag end of the 19th century havo nothing to learn from age or ex perience. The veteran politicians who are passing away are but 'political infants' after all. Hath not our Attorney- General said so? and who better able tthan he to judge? I will say, however, that so-far as these Parliamentary questions are concerned, the House, this se-sipn, has got through a rare lot of .business; and Ministers have taken a very active part in the proceedings. Mqre than that, the Premier (Mr Gorrie) has given to the debates gn elevated and ,manly tpne which has .been well maintained on both sides .of the House. And by Mr G. M. Main the Opposition has been led in a way that could hardly be Bur passed. He was a vigilant and daring foe, but a chivalrous one withal. No lobbying under his regime, no factious opposition, and no striking below the belt. In Mr 'Bruce he has a worthy successor.- Yours etc., The Member, fob Podges."

SPORTING.

To Correspondents. O.N. (Helonavlllo) —No oroviso boing made, the backer cf Macaroni (A), of course, wins the wager. J.K.— Derwenter was not by Manuka from Miss Jackson ; Tasmania by Manuka from ZUlah.

S.L.—Forerunner la a half-brother to Vanguard, being KOt by King of Clubs from Kn Avarit. During his two and three-year-old career, he started In ten races, of which he won four. Argument (Freeman's Bay).—£so.ooo to £2.W ii^ntnst Navigator and Gudnrz for tho V.U.C. Derby and Melbourne Cup, 18S2, laldjby Miller, Joneg. and O'Brion. ia tho biggest wager on record ia Australia: while the am nil oat is £1,000 to five drinks, laid by the late Mr Slack to Mr Crais a(?airst Croydon for the Metro politan and Ximblefoot for tho Melbourne Cnp.

NOTES BY HIPPONA.

the annual meeting or tne Ancwanu Racing Club took plaoo on Monday laflt, and tho statement and balance-sheet road showed that tho (Hub was novor proviously in such a flourishing condition. The large sum of £7,76S was paid away over the four meetings that were held, each of which showed the following profit over the ex pendituro:—Spring Mooting, £231 17a lOd; Summer Meeting, £1,838 18s; Autumn Meeting, £049 7a 6a ; and the newly-started WiDtor Meeting, £39 Ss Cd. The succofis of tho gathorings uaa enabled the Club to wipo off thodebitbatanco of £I,GOO odd with which thoy commenced tho year, while they have upwards of £400 to the good, and a capital account of £14,900, Of course, the greater part of tho receipts of the Club wore obtained by the totnlisator, which poured no less than £3,350 lfl lid into its coffers. Nothing was done at the meeting with re gard to the appointment of handicapper, and it will come up before the Committee in the oourse of a few days. The suggestion of Major Walmsley that the retiring handi cappers, Messrs W, Porcival, F. \V. Marks, and .T. Kirkwood, bo made a proeontation in recognition of their services, was certainly a most fitting one, and it will be agreed on all hands that sinco the gentlemen named have performed the duties, it has been their ambition to carry them out honestly and well.

1 understand that it is tho intontion of Mr .1. Marshall to send both Turquoise and Necklace down to Chriatchurch to fulfil their engagoinonts at tho Canterbury Jockey Club Spring Meeting, and in all probability Howitzer, the two-year-old colt by Mueket— Titania will also take part in the gathering. No date, of course, has yet been fixed for tho doparturo of the team, but tho end of next month is the date spoken of. For several days past, Turquoise has been supported in local circles for thoN. Z. Cup, and the best price now offered about him is Sto.l.

Mr W. Proffit camo up from Napier during the week, and intends remaining here for a short time. Ho tells me that Macaroni and Scrutineer are located at Percy Martin's establishment, and that lie has had an offer made for the pair by the trainer mentioned, but they have hot succeedod in coming to terms. Tho acceptances for tho New Zealand Cup fell duo on Saturday last, and after the amount of abuae bestowed on the handicap, tho compilers must havo felt somewhat flut tered at tho largo number who have paid up. OutoftheG6nominated,onlyl7havedeclined. and the majority of thoso who havo dropped out, it is pretty certain, c.iuld not win a New Zealand Cup with a saddle-cloth tied on their back. With Taxman, aud the badly-treated Trenton and Lady Evelyn, out of the road, the handicap now bears a very presentable appearance, and at tho prosent juncturo requires some picking. Caoutchouc, who ran second to Tho Druid for the last Wanganui Steeplechase, has been purchased by the local gentleman Mr J. W. Buller. He was brought up from Taranaki during the weok, and I under- Btand is to be qualified for the Pakuranga Hunt Club Meeting. J. Rao, who has been absont from Auck land sinca the middle of June, returned in the oarly part of the week. He brought with him a three-year-old gelding by Sator out of a mare called Fairy Queon, which he purchased by auction in Napier for 19 guineas Mr J. Marshall has nppropiatoly named his two-year old colt by Musket— Titania, Howitzer,

A pleasing feature in connection with the printed balance-sheet issued by the Auckland Racing Club is tho item of £40 14s which tho Distressed Jockeys' Fund in connection with the Club has to its credit. Considering that the fund was only started twelve months ago, this is very creditable, and Mr Percival, who was the main mover in the rnattor at tho outset, is entitled to great praise for his efforts to promote this doeerving object. It may not bo genorally known that Macaroni, the crack steeplechaser of the pa3t season, has only been at tho racing game about eighteen months. Previous to tho time mentioned, ho did hack duty for Mrs Sutherland, at Gisborne, but Mr Proffit taking a liking to Macaroni, prevailed on his fair ownor to dispose of him, which she did for the modest sum ot £CO.

"Mazeppa" has mado a compilation showing the fastest records made in New Zealand during the past season. They are as follow :—

Four furlongs—Nem sis, 52sec. Five furlongs—Wapiti ami Hunlan, each lmin 3? Jeo. Six furlongs—Mitrailleuse, lmin Msec. Oao mile—Speculation, lmin 43aec. One lnlle and a distance—Necklace 2mm lsco. One mile and a quattor—ltublna, 2mtn lO.iec. One mile and a-half— Rubina, 2min 3.ijsec. One mile and three-quarterj—Administrator, 3min Bscc. Two miles-Wapiti, 3mln 35iec. Two miles and a-quarter—\Vo!como Jack, Jmin lolsoc.

Last season the best records were—Four furlongs, 49 4 f>sec ; five furlongs, lmin SJ sec ; six furlongs, lmin lSJaec ; one milo. lmin 43} sec ; 1J miles, 2min 13|sec ; lj miles, 2min 40seo ;1J miles, 3min 9Jsec; two miles, 3min 35Jsoc ; 2i miles, 4min Q\ sec.

At the annual meeting of the Wanganui Jockey Club last week, the balanca-sheet showed that the receipts for the year amounted to £330 12s over the expenditure, which has been brought about by a judicious reduction in the stakea. The total indebted ness of the Club is now £188 Us Sri, after making provision for the Derby nominations of 1886 and 1887. It was proposed by one of the members to reduce the distance of the Wanganui Cup to two milee, but on it being put to the meeting the motion was lost. Mr J. O. fivett -was re-appointed handicapper, and Mr J. Paul gave notice of the following sensible motion, to come up at the next meeting :—" That any owner wishing to change the name of any horse muat give notice to the Secretary fully one month before the horse take 3 any part in a race meeting, and pay to the Socretary a sum of two guineas, the Secretary to give notice of such change to all racing clubs throughout the colony." A match for £30 a-side between Germaine and Fern Flats, 12 stone up, two miles, took place in the Wanganui district a few days b ick, and resulted in the former winning by half-alength. The time recorded was 4min. J4sec.

The Committee of the Canterbury Jockey Club have been busily engaged lately revising their racing rules, and the result of their labours will shortly be submitted to the Dunedin Jockey Club for approval. The Wanganui Jockey Club have reduced the price of admission to their racecourse, the " Colonial Robert" in future is to be the charge.

THE GAMING AND LOTTERIES BILL

T ; he following is the text of the Bill in troduqed into Parliament by Mr Hobbs, and which noiv only requires the final sanction of the Legislative Council before be coming law:—

1. The short title of this Act is " The Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1881, Amend ment Act, 1885."

Jt shall be construed as one with " The Gaming and Lotteries Act, 1881 " (herein after referred to as " the said Act"), and shall come into operation on the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-sijx. 2. Any person exhibiting or publishing, or causing to be exhibited or published, any placard, handbill, card writing, sign, or advertisement, whereby it shall be made to appear that any houee, office, room, or place ia opened, kept, or used for the purpose of making bets or wagers on any event or con tingency of or relating to any hqrse race or other rape, fight, game, sport, qr exercise, in manner as is mentioned in "The Gaming and Lotteries Act, 18.81,", or of taking part in any transaction qr Bcheme commonly known as a sweepstake on any suph event or contingency, or in any lottery sr scheme by which prizes whether of money or of any other matter or thing are gained in manner as is mentioned in the said Act, or for the purpose of exhibiting lists for bet ting, or relating to sweepstakes or lotteries, or with the intent to induce any person to resort to such house, office, or room, or place

for the purpose cf mnl-ingbets or wagers in manner aforesaid, or of taking part in any i sweepstake, lottery, or scheme in manner aforesaid; or any person who, on behalf of the owner or occupior of any auoh house, office, room, place, or persons using the samo, shall invite other persons to resort thoreto for the purposo of making bets or wagers in manner aforesaid, or of taking part in any Bweepstako, lottery, or scheme, in manner aforesaid, shall be liable on con viction to a penalty of not more than fifty pounds for each offence, or, in the discretion of the justices before whom ha shall be con victed, to be imprisoned for any term not. exceeding two month?, with or without hard labour.

3. Where any letter, circular, telegram, placard, handbill, card, or advertisement ißsont, exhibited, or published—(l)whereby it is mndo to appear that any person either in New Zealand or elsewhere will, on appli cation, give information or advice for tho jmrposti of or with respect, to any such bot or wager, any .«uuh event or contingency as is mentioned in tho said Act, or for the purposo or with respoct to any swoopstake, or any lottery or scheme similar thoreto, or will make on behalf of any other person any such bet or wager ns is mentioned in tho eaid Act, or will on bohalf of any other person take a part in any sweopstake, or take tickets in any lottory orachome similarthere to ; or (2) with iutcnt to induce any person to apply to any house, office, room, or place, or to any person, with tho view of obtaining information or advico for tho purposo of any such bet or wager, or with respect to any such event or contingency as is men tioned in tho said Act, or ior the purpose or with respect to any sweopstake or any lottery or scheme similar thereto ; or (3) inviting any person to mako or tako any share in connection with any such bet or wager, sweepstake, lottery, or schomo; every person Bending, exhibiting, or publish ing, or causing the tame to be sent, exhi bited, or published, shall be liable on conviction to a penalty of not more than fifty pounds for each offence, or, in the dis cretion of the justices before whom he shall be convicted, to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two months, with or without hard labour.

4. If tho Postmaster^Goneral has. at any time reasonable ground to suppose any person to bo engaged in receiving any money or valuable thing as or for the con sideration for any assurance, undertaking, promise or agreement, oxpressodor implied, to pay or givo thereafter any money or valuablo thing on any evant or contingensy of or relating to any horse race or other race, tight, game, sport, or exercise, or as or for tho consideration for securing the paying or giving by some other person of any money or valuable thing on any such ovent or contingency as afore said, or to bo engaged in promoting or carrying out any scheme connected with any such assurance, undertaking, promise, or agreement as aforesaid, or any lottery, scheme of chance, or unlawful game, or to bo engaged in receiving money under pro tenco of foretelling future events, or to bo engaged in any fraudulent "business or undertaking, then tho said Postmaster- General may, if ho think fit, order and deolare, by notification under hia hand duly published^ in tho " Gazotte," that no letter, packet, newspapor, or pprcol addressed to any such peraon (either by hia own or any fictitious or assumed name), or to _ any address without a name, pliall bo either registered or delivered to any such peraon. Such notification shall specify every such nam&, whether real, fictitious, assumed, or any address in respect of which such ordor is inado, and such order shall, upon such notification thoreof, bo of full forco and effect, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, or in any rules or regulations under this Act, until such order is can celled by tho Postmastor-Gonornl, which lie is horoby empowered to do ; and if any letter addressed to any such person by any such name bo rocoivod at any post-offico, it shall not. be delivered to the porsou to whom or at the address to which it is addressed, but shall bo at once sont to tho Dead Lctkr Office in Wellington, and shall, if it were oiiginolly posted in New Zealand, be opened and immediately roturned to the sender, or, if not originally posted in Now Zealand, bo returned unopened to tho country from whenco it originally came. No money orders shall be issued in favour of any such person with ronpect to whom any such ordor has been made and declared by notification as aforesaid, and no money order shall bo paid to any suoh person. 5. Nothing in this Act contained shall bo construed as referring to any lottery which is or may be sanctioned under tho authority of tho said Act.

THE MELBOURNE CUP.

The following aro tho nsraos of the horses who still remain in the

Melbourne Cbr, a liandlo<u> awoopstakes of 20 SJVB. each, with l.fOi) added. The second horso to roooivo 300 aova., and the third 200 bo vs. out of tho Btalte. Two milus

st lb W. Pearson's b h Commotion, aged .. 910 L. Watson's b h Sardiua, syrs. .. ..9 2 D. O'Brlcn'B b or br h Tasinan, aged ..90 J. Redfcarn'a br h The Plunger. 6yra, ..90 3 Martin's b h Rcginild. 4jra 9 0 W, KjbioßOn'B br h Vanguard, 6jis. .. 811 J. Wil on, jun.'s b h off Colour, sjra. .. 810 J. Canon's bk g Morlln, acci 8 9 J). 3. Wallace's b b Calma, Gyrs 8 8 VV. Pe(ir.on'»brhFryinKoiin,6jTS ..8 7 U a Talbot's eh in Blink Bonny, aged ..85 W. Robl r. s ana b h Ondoia, syra 8 5 VV. Fi'ld'a b h Moxirr, ljr.s 8 2 J. Reifo.rn'ach ni JVliu'cap syrs .. ..8 0 K. W. Kllio'd eh h Lord Wilton, syra. ..SO C. J. Brackenrcg'ab h Tom Brown,syrs. 8 0 1). O'BHen'Bbh Trenton, lyre 7 13 R Philips'* b h Kit Xubblos, Gyre .. ..7 12 J. f) H<>b-rt?on',ibr h Coriolanue, aged .. 7 12 M. Jjiughltn'ii brh Sheet Anchor, aged .. 7 11 J. A. Lan*'* br h VerRT. S yrs. ' ill H. Huliioa'sbrii Uristol, 6 yrs 7 11 L Wut.toa'sbcNewstoiul.3yrß. .. .-. 7 11 T. L. H ikor'a eh h King's Own, 4 yrs. .. 710 D. M. Itobcrtsou't) b h Coronut, 0 yrj. .. 710 A. Hallnbourß'B oh h The Broker, 4 yrs. .. 7 9 J. Crozior.jun.'a, bhTho Israelite, agel.. 7 9 M Brjant'abrhßoßWorfch, aged .. ..7 9 A F. Smart's bh Warwick, ojrs 7 9 A. Ilnlinhourg's bli St. Luwrcnco 5 yre... 7 9 J. Clio inbor3'B brh Honor dow, 17rs. ..7 9 W. P( arson's bg Plausible, 6 yre 7 8 Robertson Bros, borbr m Helena, 4j ra .. 7 8 J. White's bf Uralla. 3;ra 7 8 W. KHu'a br h Normanby, 6 yre 7 8 N. T. Payten'd b X Sloth, aged .. ..7 8 W. RobitSeon'a eh h Livorpool, 4 yr«. ..7 8 A. Hahnbourg's brh Aoolyto, 4 yrs. ..7 8 J. D. Ribertaon'B bk h Precious t-tone,syrs. 7 7 J. Whlio'age Monto Chrieto 3yvs. ..7 7 W. Kolao'B bg Wi loro ■■>, aged .. ..77 J. Scnwart'abh Kingadale, 5 yrs 7 7 W. Kite's br in Kathlren.Jyrs 7 7 I). Cameron nß.chm Ojpra, syr» 7 0 J. Wliittlnsrham'sbr h Proniolhcue, flyrt, 7 6 P. Hinn'a b m Impulse, 4 yrs. . ..7 8 A. V. Smart's brh Privateer. 5 yrs 7 6 A. K. Robertson's bor br c Uunlop, 3 jra. 7 5 W. Robinson'sborbro l'hundorbolt,3yrs. 7 5 J. G. Reid's eh m Grace Darling, Cyre. ..7 5 T. Honty'a li Stornaway, 4 yra 7 5 B. Cutts's b h July. 6 yr.-> 7 4 O 11. T. Hart'agli'ounlry Boy, Syre. ..7 4 W, J. Smart's br h V.) .ci cde, 5 yia. ..74 M Jacob,'abkh Hilliop. (iyra, . .. 7 |i W. anrt A.Crozier'a br k Latitorn, 6 yrs... " 3 R. G. Talbo 'h br h IliDpogriff, 4 yrs. ..73 W. A. LongV br c Manoheater, 3 yrs. ..73 C. HT. Hart's brh St. John, 5 yrs.. ..7 2 W. and A. Croii'cr'a br in Ruby,aged ..7 2 J. Whlts'iiehD. spot, G yrs 7 2 J. Monaghan ns. b f Astrcea, 3 yre 7 2 L. Wateon'sbfJuanna. 3 yrs 7 1 W. R. HaU'achhLorrt Kxotcr, 4 yra. ..7 0 J. rl. Maddens eh m Tarpoia. 4 yrs 7 0 W. PearßOn'B bb Kingship.4 yre. .. ..7 0 W, T. Jones's b g The Andes, aged.. ..70 A. F. Smart's oh ra Brown and Hose. 4 yrs. 7 0 R Rouso.jun.'aohh Wing, syrs 7 0 G.J3. Harris's bkorbrhaignor.fi yrs. .. 7 J H. Phillipa's b h Prima Minister, 4 yts. .. 7 0 M. Jaoob's bo Sunny Days, 3 yrs »18 J. White's brb Matchlock. 3 yrs 0 w J. Whiti'abroNoidonfilt.3yrß G 12 W. K. Dakin'a b c The Pencil. 3 yra. .. »12 Sir W. J. Clarice's br o Fish o' Silver. 3 yrs. 6 12 J. White's bo Lennox, 3 years .. .. 012 W. aDd J. Leo's bo Courtier, 3 yrs Gl2 0. F. W. Palmer's b h Oxford, 4 yra. .. 612 .1. Mayo's eh h Prince Imporial. 4 yra. .. 612 C. H. T. Hart's b h Jocular, 4 yrs 8 12 M. Loughlin's b g Britlßher, agoa .. .. oil R. G. Talbofa b h Wayerly, S j ra 8 1} C. Kruohka'a br h Clarendon, 5 jh. .. 811 11. Osborne'a bo Abnor, 3 yrs Oil W. Kelao'a br o First Chßster,3 yrs 6 10 S. M. Wilson's oh h MonaUeh. fi yre. .. 610 W. Poaraon's b c Araonal, 3 yra .. .. 6 9 S. G. Cook's oh o Remus. 3 yrs 6 9 H. Osbornfi'a oh o Cardinal, 3 yrß. .. .. 6 9 W. Robinson's bo Winohe3ter (lato Man cheater), 3 yre , • V W. J. Sanphy'a b h Myles na CopaJoen, 6rs ' •• • ■ ..G"8 W. Moran's br H Little John, 5 yre. .. 0 8 H. J. Bowler'a b m Minerva, 5 yrs. "52 Cant Halmes'dbk m Lantern, 4 yra. .. J ; J. Harper's bgUnoaa, 4 yrs. .. .. 6 8 w. Coopors'a oh m HoppyThought, 6 yrß. 6 8 W. Gannon's oh g Caliban, aged .. .. 6 7 J. G. Reid'a g m Luoky Hit, 5 yrs 0 7 J. White's b t Percussion. 3 yrs. .. ;. 1 J. Harper's bfK. Odille, 3 yrß. ~ . S W. CooDei'abkoCairo. 3yra. .. .. 0 0 M. Jooob'fl b h Metal. 4 yra » 0 M. Bryant's br h Rea' Jam, 4 yrs GO J. H. Maddon'y eh m Hecuba, 4 yrs. ■•5 5 E. Kvims'ab h Vangnft-d, aged ~ ..6 6 J. Goueh's b c Clareniion 3yra. ~ ..8 8 MP. WhUty'sbr g Forlorn Hopo, Oyrs. 6 6 J. Monaghan nab g Ksgle Grange, 3 yrs. G 5 G Osborne'a bo Alßerian, 3 vrs 6 5 M. O'Shanaasy'a br o First Pdr,09,3 yrs. 6 S J. Monaghan n». eh g E<jpeigle 4 yrs. ..6 5 B Gray'sbroUrara, i yra. .. .. .. 8 4 F. Henty'B bo Cyclops, 3 yrf. 0 3 F. Yeoman ns. br h Falarenda. 5 yra. .. 6 2 a. W. Knight's borbr h Dagobert, 4 yrs. 6 2 T. Sampson* br c lago. 3 yrs . .■' .. ■ 6 ? A. Selman'sbrmTooToo, Syrs. ... o 2 1. Allen's br g Snip. Hied :' 6 0 J. S. W. Harper's br h Liberty, aged 8 0 A. F. Bradahaw's eh h Yellow Haiflmer.Syrs.6 0 A. F. Bradahaw's bk h Kbony, 4 yra. .. BO R Philipe'sbm Tissue, iyra. ■ .. .. 6 0 I. Foulaham's oh f Bonnie Doon, 3 yrs. B 0 J. Albert's bo Perchance. 3 yra^ .. 0 0 H. Tlbballa'a b h Vidette 0 yrs. .. 6 0 W. Dargin'a b f Umbra. 3 yrs 6 0 W. A. Long's b t Lorelei, 3 yrs. .. 6 0 M. Thompson ns. b m Cerise and Blue, 4 rrs. 6 0 S. Davie's br m Leabia. 6 yra. .. ' .. 8 0 T. Rsiboy's eh h Hawthorn, S yrs. .. 6 0 L. L. Smith's bo LoutP, 3 yrs. .. 6 0 J. Leek'a b a Plymton, 3 yrs. .. 0 0 B. Bowman's b c Wllka, 3 yrfl. ~ GO

THE GARDEN.

[By Hoktds.]

Calendar of Operations, August 8.

[Hobtus is willing to answer any querlos. Cor respondents must (rive their full names and addresses, though not for publication.!

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

?oot for Fuoit Trkks (Orchard. Kuorshe),— Yea. The above U a rory good material to mix with the wash for atama of fruit tree?, as it will help 10 kill lueects which &ro secieted in the bark. Homo object to it because of thu colour it leaves on tho bark, but I should think colour wouldbe of very little importance aiming tho effect tt has on the Insects. Sulphur will also assist In killing any more which might be growing on the trees. Mix tho lime, soot, and sulphur with tobacco water. Mako tho mixture pretty thick, ana put It on plentifully. Grafting (Ama cur, Remuera).—Before re ceiving your queries I hud written a paper oa " grafting," wfi oU I think answers your ques tions. 1 would advlso jeu to vet a book which blvob Ulustiotijnß or diagrams with explanations. A book of tii« above claaa would be of Immense value to jou. " Brett s ColDnlats' Cluido" givoj aruplo instructions In thesp, as well usagrefct deal of information of value to oiuntry settlera. SowiNa Seeds ("KitchonGardeaer,"Poneonby). —'1 he best way to sow seed win rows. Tho vogotablei aro fur bettor, and easier managed iv rowa lhan when sown broid cast, You can with moro care thin them out to their propor distanc.aapirt, nnd it is much easier to keop tho plants froo from weeds by running the hoe botween the rowo. It. would be impossiblo for run to tell you tho distance apart to sow unless I knew what vegetables you wanted to grow. For instance, onions only want about fourteen inches, and pejts from two to three feet. Puunino Fbcit Thp.rh (A.B , Auoklana> —The sooner your trees ore pruned the better. Tho sap will Boon begin to lice now, aid it U nlwayu hotter to p uno early than late. Late pruned treca will always bleed more or less, and this blooding Is prone to cause cancsr toensuo. Further, tho sap lost by bleeding la so much ntreneth lost to the trees. Your vinuH should also be pruned and cleaned at oncu tor the samo reasons.

Kitchen Garden.

Evert advantage should be taken of fine weathor, so as to get sown or planted as many of the early vegetables as poseiblo now. Plant oarly potatoes, also cabbage and cauliflower. Earth up those that aro growing. Sow a freeh patch for later plant ing. A small patch of onions should bo sown' for early salad. Proparo a large patch of ground for the sowing of the main crop at the end of this or beginning of next month. The best way is to get some woll rotted manure spread over the surfaco, and fork to the depth of about three inches : then lot it lie till wonted for sowing. Peas : Make a fresh sowing now, about every fort night, co as to keep up a good supply. The dwarfs aro best, as thoy do not require 80 much staking. The eeakalo should now be attended to by forking over the bads and giving plenty of manure. Those that are required for forcing should havo the boxes put over them and covered up with hot for menting stable litter. Make successionol sowings of mustard, cress, and radishes. Also sow a small patch of lettuce ; prick out a few more; tie up some of the advanced plants for blanching. Keop the soil well stirred about all crops. Never allow Ilio weeds to get a hold. Tlio hoe lightly seiit through the ground on ft fine day checks them till the fino weather Beta iv. Take every advantage of fine weather so as to get the so.l properly turned over and sweetened for the reception of the later spring crop Flower Garden. The spring is beginning to toll ou many plants in the bordora, clearly showing thut wo mus-t be alivo so us to get all manner of hardy plants lifted, transplanted, 0. ---planted as soon as pjsnible. Also tho usual early border favourites will require to bo planted or sown. Gladiolu bulbs : Tut out a few on every favourable occasion. Put a few wosd ashes mixed with well-rotted msnuro undor each bulb. This treatment will give greater brilliancy to tho flo.vers, and also bring the bulbs up to a bett* r ttato of cultivation. A good numbsr of tho hardy annuals can now bo sown with rapidity. In sowing make a little straight stroke or circlo in the ground about »n inch deep, fill this up with some fino rich eaiidy compos', proas this gently down, sow the seed on top of this, then co '«r slightly with more of tho compost. The above will greatly assist in germinating the seed?, especially on stiff clay soils. In planting out small hardy plants put a little of a similar comiwist in each hole. Keep tho soil stirred about all spring Honoring bulbs, spreading a few ashes over tho surfaco. Box edgeings can now be laid whenever the weather is suitable. Keep the grass on tho lawns and edgings as ghort ni possible, and frequently apply tha roller. Lime for slugs. Greenhouse. Cinerarias and calceolarias should bo pottod into their floivorihg pots. Give plenty of room to expand thoir leaves ; keep now tho glass, and attend tot he watorlngand keep the green Hies undor. Thoso that aro established in flowering pots give occasional waterings with liquid manure. Azalias coming into flower givo plenty of water. Camellias done flowering take out of tho house and placo in summer quarters. Give plenty of air on all favourable occasions.

Grafting. " You sco. sweet tn&ld, wo marry A gentle scion to tho wildest at' ck. And mate coneolre & bark of baser kind

Hy bud of nobler i aoo; this it An art Whlohdoosinondn&turo: ohanßO Itrathor: but The art itself la nature"- Siiakkspeaue.

Tho season is again approaching wbon tho usual oporation of grafting must bo performod. Without tho art of grafting it would be almost impossible to prepngato in numbers the different varioti63 of fruit trees which aro tho glory of our orchards. Whenever a now variety of fruit is produced, ■it is easy by tho above art to multiply it almost inde finitely, and also by budding, which is only another method of grafting. There are one or two conditions which aro imperative before it can be successfully per formed. The first is that a scion or branch of a tree with one or two buds must be cut and applied to another tree (or the same tree) furnished with roots, so that it may draw nourishment from the soil and trans mit it to tho graft, so that it may grow and flourish. The best time to perform tho operation is just when the sap is beginning to rise in the trees early in the spring of the year. And it is better to have the grafts or scions cut for some time, and heeled in tho ground boforo the operation is performed. The reason of this is that when the scions are cut, tho action of the sap is almost nominal, and on the other hand, if the stock or tree to which the graft h to be applied has been some time in the ground, the sap will be rising, so that when tho wood is cut and the scion applied thereto, the fresh cap at once begins to form a union; whereas if the scion is in a more forward state then tho stock it would receive a check that would injure it and prevent it from making such a good or porfest union. Another consideration is that the stock and scion must belong to the samo family or species, and if possible the stock and scion should have about the same vigour of constitution, arid about the samo time of commencing to vegetato in the spring of tho year, and also about the same period for re-paring off in tho autumn. Hew often J)ave we seen stock used for grafting because they hod only one or two point's in their favour, and these were that they were easily propagated aiid were vigorous growers, and were only likely to be able to produce plenty of timber when anything was grafted on them. I have also seen a plum stock extensively used, and its qualifications were simply :— Easily struck from cuttings of strong growth, and an almost perpetual state of activity—green leaves at the extremity of the shoots whon the buds were beginning to swell for burstpg in the spring. Plums which were late in starting in tho spring or were early in ripening off in tho autumn were indiscriminately grafted upon 'this ttock. Now, if other junctions connected with a stcck are possible, the choice of one should be made which has the qualification of ripening off its own wood early in the autumn, as it will then tend to ripen off what is grafted upon it earlier, thus giving a longer period of rest to the fruit trees, which is ■ a consideration in this country with our short mild winters.' The question of roots attaohed'to a stock should also be one of first importance, as on their oha'rac pet will depend the future praspecta of fruit trees. Some are proved to send £lieir roots down deep into the ground ; these are tho roots that wijl promote an abundant growth of wood, and are tho class of stock which should be used when timber is wanted to be grown, ns they go deep and travel a long distance seeking food in all directions, thus promoting a strong, vigorous growth. Other stocks,'again, possess the qualification of growing a multitude of fine fibres at their roots, and, as a rule, they travel near the surface of the ground. The growth usually produced on the tree is generally of a close jointed and harder^grained wood, and better adapted for the production of buds, and consequently the bettor development of fruit blossoms. Here I would add that the question of suitable stocks for grafting the different varieties of fiuit trees is only in its infanoy in this part of the colony ai yet; and until there is a strong Fruit-Growew

Association formed, where the above and other questions affecting fruit-growing will bo discussed by practical men, very little ad vance will be made in refference to the above questions. There are a few other matter to which I will draw the attention of amateurs. Never graft on suckers of other trees, as sucker growth is sure to produce suckers at tho roots of the future trees, nnd these only rob tho trees of vast quantities of sap. All stock should be healthy in eoneti tution, as unhealthy or diseased stocks are sure to mako an unhealthy or diseased tree. The same can bo said of the grafts or scionß. If the tree from which they are taken is diseased or unhealthy, tho young tree is sure to develop the diseases of the parents trets. Anothor great consideration is always to take the wood for scions from trees that have already produced fruit. By doing so you will make a oortainty that you are propagating tho variety you want to grow, and your tree will also produce fruit much sooner than if they wore taken from troos that havo nevor produced fruit.

GOSSIP FROM STAGS AND STUDIO.

(By Euterpe.)

Mme. Camilla Uvso has been giving violin recitals in Chicago lately.

The marriage is announcedof Mr Stantly's second daughter Gertrude to Mr Henry E. Meigge.

The publishers of Grant's book say that they have already received advance orders for one hundred nnd fifty thousand copies.

MM. Massenet and Sardou are collabora tears in a " f^orie mußicnle " for the Porte St. Martin next year.

George Alfred Townsend has written a play for W. B. Sheridan. It is called " Cromwell," and deals with the reign of Charles I. of England.

They have a'grand opera in Paris in which 1,027 girls wear ballot dressea. Even a Frenchman is bewildered trying to look at all of them.

Mr Archibald Forbes is about to print an account of his personal experiences, under the title of " Souvenirs of Some Continents." It, will be partly old and partly new matter.

At a largo mooting of musiciant, London, on J uno 21, a resolution was passed in favour of tho adoption of tho French pitch of 518 double vibrations for tho treblo.

The cantata which Mr A. C. Mackenzie is composing for the Leeds Festival next year ia on the Bubjtofc of Mr Edwin Arnold's '•Pearls of tho Faith."

A new tenor named Miihlenfeld, formerly a first lieutenant in tho German army, has made a great "hit" at the Royal Opera Uouao, Berlin.

Tho "Threo Musketeers" of the elder Dumas, a favourite novel for boys in the youth of the present generation, has at lust been turnod into a comic opera for the Folies Dramatiques.

Mr Dion Boucicaulc's engagement at the Melbourno Thoatre Royal has proved a most uumistakeablo financial and artistic auccees. The building is nightly crowded to its utmost capacity.

A'• Trio Pilthe'lique l; for piano, clarinet, and bassoon, by Glinka, is übout to be pub lished at Mo.-cow. It bears the curious iuutto"l have known lovo by the trouble it causes "

Al Paul Blouet (Max O'Rell) has resigned his mastership at St. I'aul's School, London, His forthcoming book will contuin a study of the best sides of the English and the French character?, and recollections of his b'ugliih school experiences.

Antoinette Trcbelln, daughter of thocclo bulled contralto, lias been ongaged for a seis'iin of two years at ihe Grand Opurn in l\.iin. She will bo assigned light Boprano ro!o-, and lior voico is deaciibed to bo one of great promi «.

Ruiiioursaystliat Mile. MaileVan Zandt is going to many a Ruscian (Irand Duke, who fell in love with her in IVtoreburg, chased h«r to London, and wouldn't let her alone until .-he said "yod." It is to be hoped she hasn't caught a Tartar.

Young Dion Bcueicault—known famili arly as Dot, becaute of lia size—has a dream of playing Hamlet, with his sistor Nina as Ophelia. It i» a horror with him that when he becomes a tragedian managers nill upring tall Ophelias on him and malio hid Hamlot ridiculoiiß.

Carolus Duran, tho painter, is not a victim of inordinate modesty Ho is leputed to hare summud up tho universe of art in the trinity, "Moi, Diou, ot Velasquez !" And ho ofton su7.es at himself rfcllcctcd in a mirror, exclaiming, in tones of fervont admiration, " It is the torao ofnn Apollo I'

Miss Floronoe Warden, authoress of "Tho Houjo on the Marsh," has dramatised her remarkable novel, and ha? boon playing tho part of the heroine herself, acting the part of tho plucky and resolute governess, Violet Chnstio, with not a little freshnesi and forco.

According to tho 'Frisco " Argonaut," Miss Bouciiault is reported to have takon to hor bed with grief when tho news of her father's ongagemont to Miss Thorndyke (now his leading actress) was confirmed. Mi-a Boucicault is as fragile ai eho looks, and has. always griovod over tho domestic entanglements of her family.

At tho Thoatro Royal, Sydney, the comic opera season commenced on July 18, with Lococq's " La Petite Mademoiselle."—On the ramo evening Mr Charles Hawtrey's farcical comedy, " Tho Private Socretary," was produced at tho Gaiety.—Miss Geno vievo Ward and Mr W. H. Vernon aro still at tho Opora House.

Sir Julius Bonedict has left several com positions still unheard. Among them are two overtures, " Axel and Walburg " and " The Return of the Crusaders," and a sym phony in C, two movements of which have been porformed in Liverpool and at the Crystal Palace. Several of his earlier chamber compositions also remain unpub lished.

Tho Dunning London Opora Company, under the management of Messrs Howard Vernon and C. Norman, aro playing at Bollarat; Miss Annotto Ivanova, Alias Fanny Liddiard, Misd Julia Gwynne, and the Micros Kate and Annie Martin, aud Annie Schrador, Messrs Loredan, Howard Vernon, T. B. Apploby and Fred Dark aro thu loading characters, Mr George Dean is stego manager, and Mr JuncUer conductor.

Hugo's Buffalo Miaßtrols openod at tho Christchureh Theatre Boyal on Thursday, July 23, the low prices attracting a crowded houto. Tho programmo was similar to that usually provided at higger entertainments, the first.part being "chair businoss," in which nine ladies, costumed in red and whito, sang ballads and choruses, supportod by four gontlomen vocalists and one gentle man pianist.

A complete and impreesivo account of Victor Hugo's life and caieer is given in Alfred Barbou's " Victor Hugo and bis Timo," which is just published in a double number of tho "Franklin bqiiare Library," with an immense number of illustrations, many of them from drawings b> Victor Hugo himself. Published by Harper & Bros ; for sale at tho bookstores. '

M. Rubinstein is stated fa bo at St. Petersburg writing a new opora. Hie '• Nero " was recently performed at Vonics, and is damned by the critics The " Freie Presse " says that fn addition to its utter inadequacy as regards dramatic effects the score of ' Nero ' is mucically uninteresting, poor in invention, and without a phyciog riomy of irs own. Even the rhythmic life, boautyofjt',ni«blending, and snnsuous fresh noss mat distinguished Kubinstein's piano pliiying aro waiting in his operas."

The London anticipation at the present moment is Mrs Langiry's now play, "Tho Tramp," in which the Lily is to appear in boy's clothe*. Langtry fooled London once before, when she carae to play tho part of Rosalind, but the present interest is none the less great, as no one know 3 what con struction the inventive Langtry may choose toputonfihe term "boy's clothes;'.' It is an open secret among Langtry's nqarest and most intimate friends that she has the largest and most sufficient reasons for ad hering closely to the conventional dress prescribed by the society drama.

The rash author of " YVomen of IJI9 Day " makes public the ages of the women she wi'ites about. Mmo. £dam, sho says, is 49 ; Miss Alcott, 5% ; Miss Anderson, 26; Sarah Bernbar'dt, 41 ; Rosa Bonheur, 63 j Mrs Maxwell (Miss Braddon), 48; Dinah Mulock Crajk, 49; Mies Amelia B Edwards, 54; Eugenic, of France,'s9; Emily Faith Ml, 50 ; Mrs Gladstone, 73; Mrs Julia Ward Howe, GO; Mine, de Novikoff, 43 ; Jenny Lind, 64; Lucca, 45 ;• Mmo. Modjeska, 41 ; Florence Nightingale, 65; Christine Nils eon, 42; Mrs Olipbant, 67 ; Miss de la Ramd (Ouida), 55; Patti, 42; Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 41; Christina Rossetti, '55; Mrs Stowe, 73; Ellen Terry, 37 ; Mrs Weldon" 48; Mrs Henry Wood, 65.

The novelties produced at the Cologne Stadttheater during the season just conclu ded consisted of Dflibes's "Lnkme\ kess ler's " Trompeter yon Slikkingen," and H. Hofman's " Aonnchen yon Tharau. The principal revivals were " Der Wiederspens tigen Ziihmung," "Zampa," "Cosi fan Tutte," "Joseph en Egypte," " Genoveva, and "La Fav u rita " Eighteen ovening3 were devoted to Nessler ; 15 to Wagner; 13 to Mozart; 7to Offenbach ; 3 to Beet hoven ; 2 to Adam ; 6 to Auber ; 1 to Bizet; 4 to Boildieu ; S to Delibes ; 4 to Donizetti: 4to Flotow ; 3 to Goring Thomas; 5 to Gotz; 0 to Gounod ; 2 to HaleVy ;4 to Hofman ; 2 to Herold ; i to Kreutzer ; 5 to LorUing ; 5 to Marachner ; 1 to Maillart; 2toM<Shul; 5 to Meyerbeer ; 2 to Rubin stein ;2 to Rossini ;2 to Nicolai; 3to Schuman ;4 to Verdi ; 3 to Weber; and 4 to Suppe.

Tho Sydnoy correspondent of a Southern paper thus writes :—"ln tho list of pas sengers to Hun Francisco by the nrnil of Thursday last, occurs tho name of M rfl Verdi, who, with her little son, returns to her mother after a checquored career. Married when very young to tho popular baritone, sho gladly devoted most of her dowry to affording him the best means of cultivating his beautiful voice in Italy. Mr Verdi, who translated his English name of Green to its equivalent in tho language of the land 01 song, came to Australia with tho company, of which Madame liose Heraee was prima donna. The unhappy lady was latoly left in Italy entirely without, means, and has been indebted to the liberality of Australian professional friends, who generously P ut aside recollection of her husband's failings, and found the money for her and her child to return to her mother."

The late F. W. Fargus ("Hugh Conway ") was a thorough sportsman and a football player of great roi.own. He is lamented by Bristoliane as a remarkably genial and generous-hearted man. Mr Fergus's first tale appeared in " Arrowemitli's Annual for 1881, and was entitled " The Daughter of the Stars." This has been bound to gether with several later storie9 which were First published in " Blackwood's" and in "Chamber's Journal." A longer tale, which if republishcd would make an ordin ary two or throe-volume nove1, was contri buted to successive weekly numbors of the Yorkshire " Pest" under tho titlo of "The Redhills Mystery." Two stories—' My First Client " and "Tho Bichwa"—were specially writtan for the Bristol "Times and Mirror," and therein published as Christinas talos. " A Family Ailuir," now appoaring in the "English Illustrated Magazine," will probably decidothe author s true place in literature.

Says the " London Figaro "—" It is surely time that some public step were taken to protest against the rush of well-paid foreigners whom tho executive have engaged for the Inventions Exhibition. This week the gardens are occupied by two German bands, the E Strauss orchestra and tho Pomeranians. Early next month we are to have a still more important foreign invasion. A series of concerts of old music are to be given on ancient instruments, and the claims of native players are onco more to be roughly brushed aside, the nxocutivo going to the continent for their performers, Mdlle. Elly Warnots is to be the vocalist. Mdllo. Uhlmann will play the clavichord, Ilerr Eduard Jacobs the viol da gamba, and M. Dumon tho flute ;\ bee. Furthermore it is stated that the ' Marcho dcs Lans quenets'of the lflth century willboexecutod by * party of Belgian students. While wo aro thus paesiug over good English monoy to foreigner*, wo might as well complete tho abiurdity by importing a continental audience to listen."

Mr Gladstono has, we hoar, oxprossed a most favourable opinion of tho Revised Version of tho Old Testament. Ho con siders it in every respect much more satiifactory than tho revision of the New Testament ; but then, as all acquainted with tho task aro ready to acknowledge, the old Hebrew text is far simpler than tho original of the Gospels and other books of tho New Testament. Tho German theological world is, however, looking for sjmo more definito expression of opinion from the Premier, as they have been keenly critical of his attitude with regard to religious questions ever sinco tho lecture ho delivered some years einco upon Strauss's formidable work, "Tho Old Belief and tho New." Tho Jewish world, as well as all the more advanced theologians of Europo, aro at the same timo waiting to see the full effect of somo of tho alterations in the ro vision, not only from anyone whose opinion is valued as Mr Gladstone's is, but from the genoral public, as tlioy arc fully awaro that tho pigniticanco of tho marginal emenda tion to Isaiah 7, verto 14, is not yet grasped. Tho value of tho vewo to the Christian Church is pointed out as considerably weakoned, ai:d tho oxcitemont ia great in tho Geinvjn critical world owing to Eng land having been the first nuttoti to publicly make an emendation which centuries ago was pointed out by Hebrew scholars all the world ovor as beiug necessary. Even now, howover, tho alteration is only partially made, philologists maintaining that the translation should be "young woman " and not " ma'don," and that the Hebrew word used in the verso can by no means bo con structed as "the moiden." The Revi-ed Vcraon is indeed cronting extraordinary controversy in many quarter?.

The Lime Kiln Club.

Brotbor Gardener Delivers a Lecture

on Matrimony,

"I should liko to spokoa few remarks to Brudder Slide Bar Skinner," observed tho presidont, as tho dust began to sottle in Paradise Hall,

Brother Skinner, who is a young man of 23, with a wild eye and a lilac necktie, ad vanced to tho front, and the president con tinued :

" Brudder Skinnor, de news has reached my ears that you am about to be mar'd. I true' that the report am true, because t be lli ye it am de dooty of ebery young man who can support a wife to fake ono."

" It am true, sah."

" Don't let me compliment you wid one hand an' spoke a few remarks to you wid the odder. Gittin' maid has it worry eerious side. Fur instance, am de gal gwine to mai'y you bekase ehe loveß you, or to spite her folks bekaso dey kept her away from de ekatin' rink ? Am you gwine to mary de gal fur lovo, or bekase her father has some wealth which you hope he'll shell our fur your benefit?

"Love am a poworful emoshun, Bruddor Skinner, but lovo vvidout pork and 'taters to keep it goin' am like do froth on top of sodauater.

" Don't mistake your sentiments. If you am surtin dat you love, ahead. If it am only lollypapy, hire out as a deckhand on a steamboat fur a weok an' it will all go away. I hoy known couples ez seemed to be dyin' of love. Deir silly ackshuns mado 'em de laftin'stock of a hull nayburhood. Doy seemed to dote and dote, but it didn't last. Arter a cou pie or y'ars de husband war at home grumbler an' tyrant, an' de wife a gadabout an' a scold. What dey B'posed was love was only loliypop. "Doan1 marry a gal hopin' dat her fad Her will eoty'o'u up in tho barber bizness. Most fodder-in-laws not only want all doy he:j got, but am willing to struggle fur another §20,f)00. ' " Doan' sot down an' figger dat fo' taters, a loaf of broat, half a pound of moat, an' a quart of applutass am gpin' to run you fur a week. You will want" all do salary you kin aim, an' you had better look'aroun' an' find somebody who will lend you a dollar now an' then. ' '

" Poan' flatter voreelves dat all you hey got to do am to hug in de house an' kiss obor de pate. You'll bo hungry f, r con beef ati baked beians ; your close will wear out; your llourand butter will waste away. an[ A bill fur two mouths' rent will send a chill up jer back. De man or wrmin who specks dat mar'd life am a green and shndy lane, hntd wid orange blossoms on one fide an ten dollar hills on the oder, am gwine to wake up Boms day and find de rats leavin' de place in dusgust. '! Think of deso things, Brudder Skinner. You kin gtfa wifo in about five minutes, but it takes five y'ara to git shet of some of em. Expeck about one day's sunshine fur a wotk of oloudy woather. Reckon on rent comiu' due de fuet of ebery month, an' de grocer an butcher keopin1 an eye out fur you each Saturday night. It will amaze you bow de wood pi!p decides, an' how de floUr glass outen do hari so soon. D6ai,' walk into matrimony like a lobster into a box, but figfjer on wheih -r'do baitam Wurth de risks. If you conclude to marry you kin depend on dis club atteridiii' de obsequies in a body, bringin1 along a bounteous supply of ham sandwiches. If you 'decido not^o, it ami probabfe dat you will soon be pro moted io come poaishun of trust and respon sibility. "-" Detroit Free frees."

Woman's Friend.-A mother's advice to ? f r s c oYiiUKt&, B%^ *™ invji.uaWo for the weaknesses, hdidachss. ReadHS)VT 0? ' experienced' by feraal-e.'1

GENERAL GRANT

SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.

Bis Brilliant Military Successes.

A RECENT cable despatch announced -the death of this distinguished soldier, at a country residence, where he had gone hop" iug to spend the cummer months, on the 23rd of .July. His funeral obsequies were marked by the observing of the day as an occasion of national mourning through out the United States. The following sketch of liia early life, some of the events of his military career, and the individual traits that led to a series of unprecedented successes, has been taken from a variety of sources, but to a great extent from the personal recollections published by General Adam Badeau, an officer of the U.S. army, who was intimately associated with General Grant throughout tho War of the Rebellion. Ulysees Simpson Grant was born at Point Pleasant, in the State of Ohio, on the 27th of April, 1822. His father was in good circumstances, and gave his children all the advantages of education attainable in a frontier settlement. When seventeen years old an opportunity was offered for young Grant to enter tho Military Acadoiny at West Point, tho Govern mont School for Cadets destined to hold commissions in the army. He graduated in 1843, was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant, which rank he held for two years. In 1845 he was made a full second lieutenant and ordered to Mexico. He served during the three-years war between that country and tho United States, taking active part in every battle from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico, and was twice brevetted for "distinguished gallantry." He resigned from the army in 1854, his regiment then being stationed in Oregon. Spending but a few months in California, he returned home and purchaeeda farm near St. Louis, Missouri, where his wife's family resided. He built a log house, did his own farm work, and lived a very simple life until 1860, when, finding that be was making but little headway towards gaining an independ ence, he removed to Galena, Illinois, whero ho entered into business with his father and brothers in the leather trade. Hero he remained quietly until the break ing out of the rebellion in 1861. On the 11th of April in that year Fort Sumptor waß attacked; on the loth the Galena papers announced that the President had called for Volunteers. On the 19th Captain Grant, remembering that he had been educated by the country, and that the country had a right to whatever of military skill or eipeifence he had acquired, was drilling a company which he led a week later to the capital of the State. The ignorance of military matters was almost universal, and his knowledge of organisation and routine provod of great service. Ho served five weeks without a commission, mustering in new troops under the direction of the the Governor of the State. In June ho was commissioned as Colonel of a regiment and ordered to Missouri, and in August he was made a Brigadier-General. At this time Kontucky was divided in feeling as to the war, and the Governor had sot up a claim of neutrality, but two days after Grant had assumed command as a Briga dier at Cairo, the Confederates threatened to take possession of Puducah, a place of groat importance, as it commandod both tho Tennessee and Ohio Rivers. Perceiv ing the situation, Grant notified General Fremont, his immediate superior, and sot about making preparations for a movo. Without waiting for a reply from Fremont ho started on transports with two regiments and a battery of artillery. He arrived at Pnduttih, and seized the town without firing a gun. By this prompt action Kontucky was secured to tho Union. A prominont writer, commenting upon this affair, sayc : "This event was the key-note to hi 3 entire military career. Tho keenness with which he perceived both the strategcticnl importanco of Paducah, and the necessity for immediate action, the promptness with which lie decided to act, tha celerity in put tinor resolve into execution— the6o are traits which were displayed a hundred timss afterward, and which brought in the end tho earns result to the General-in-Chief as itt Paducah they insured to the district Com mander."

After Paducah came his successftl opera tions against Belmont, Fort Henry, and Donaldson. In each instance he was indebted for success to some peculiar personal quality. At Bolmont not a man of his command had ever boon in battle before. Ho landed throe thousand under tha guns of strong battery placed by the enomy on the op posite bank of tho river ; thoy surprised and destroyed tho hostile camp, and then, in toxicated by their triumph, became uncon trollablo, running about like schoolboys, shouting and hurrahing. The enemy, re covoring from their panic, and comprehend ing the condition of things, reformed and received reinforcoments from the opposite shore. Finding it impossible to restore discipline, Grant set firo to the camp, which, as ho expected, drew the attention of tho gunners of tho battery, who imme : diately opened fire on his little command. The mon, seeing their danger, returned to the ranks, but in the meantime the onemy had taken position to resist his return to tho transports. One of his officers cam 9up exclaiming, "We are surrounded, sir," " Well," said the General, "if that is so, we must cat our way out. We have whipped them onco, and I think we can do it aguin." His men were inspired by his quiot confidence, and the result of the expedition proved entirely successful.

While other officers wore discussing the noressity of capturing Forts Henry and Donaldson, Grant succeeded in obtaining an order to make the attempt. Ho started imoiodiatfly.and four days after telegraphed to his immediate oommandor, "Fort Henry is ours. J ehall take and destroy Fort Donaldson on the Bth, and return to Fort Henry." The reply was, " Hold on to Fott Henry at all hazards. I will send sliovolb andpickstofltrenTlhenit." Grant thought its boat defence would be the taking of Fort Donaldson, which he proceeded to do without delay. The day of its surrender his departinont Commander, not knowing the fact, telegraphed to him " not to bo rash." Aftor Donaldson came tho capture of Vlokerurg, culled from its strength the Gibraltar of the Mississippi. If tho former battles illustrated his aggressiyo uudacity, as well as quickness of perception and celerity of action, the siege and capture of Vicksburg brought out tho characteristics of Grant's strategy and the more purely military peculiarities of his genius. For a year it was besieged on tho north and west, both on tho river arid on shore. But Grant never b3lieved that this would result in success. When ho undertook tlio cam paign ho throw his army south of the city, and Blowly but surely, by mine and trench, reduced'the beleaguered enemy to tlio last extremity. Afternearly five months' steady perseverance ho forced their uncon ditional surrender on the 4th day of July, 1863', when 37,00.0 Con- JoJeratep, including 15 general officers, were made prisoners of war. Sixty thou sand stand of arms ai>i an enormous quan tity of stores wbib captured. This, the greatest surrender of men and matorial known in modern war, was a lieavy blow to the South, as it secured the free traffic of $ha Mississippi River.' At Chattanooga, the next great batt'o. one of the m»t elaborate of tho'war, ail mancuuyiing being in the sight and presence of tlie enemy, success again attended Grant. In fact, it did ep to the end.

In March, 1564, President Lincoln made Giant 1/eutenant General, and placed him in commat.^of all" tho ainves in tho field Haying r. or.iai.ised the army of the East, he orrong d will General \V. T. Sherman, commanding the army of the West, that he was to move against" General Johnson, the confcdei>to commander, at tho same time that he (Grant) moved ugaintt Gonoral Lee Both' armie3 moved early in May, and, afror a seres of hard-fought baltles, alter nating with repeated fl ink ing movements, General Giant crossed the James River between th* 12th and loth J.une, ond'pra ceeded to hy si go to Richmond and Petoos buigh froui the s. uth and souih-east, while an am y was cu'tling off Confederate eoppfas, ana Hestrcyin? railroads in the north and north-west. At length, om road alter anothe- having btth dtetn y d. find tbe cities of Richmtnd and Te^rsbir'h reduced (o gre.t siraite, the army: t)f Gem ral L' c rapidly diminishing, and only keeping up its courage by the most perilous sorties and v.ntuivs, the lact line was broktn ou tie 2nd of April, ISGS, and Leo with the remnant of his army, flod west ward. ■' Be was'pursued by Grtnt Until the 9th, when he surrendered his whole com mand at Appomattox Court Hou^e Virgin a The armies in North Carolina Alabama, and T.exas surrendered very soon after, and the war ended -' On the 25th July, 1866. Congress created the grade of general of the army,' and Grant was so commieshnad, Geneial Sher rn nant-G" g n e ?a rr° ted to%° "^

rtlripßaßu??beral Orant waa electee!, by the Republican party, Preside.* of the

United States. In 1872h^^^* for a second term ; friends wtaS,"**^ ate him for a third term,W ,r *?< abandoned. In 1877 he ir«+ jVfoe^ pean tour, and mK^aEjj great person °f ancient or modern?*"** hae. Ho passed through Zf^C Europe, and the most if po &»»t^ Africa, being received evc^WJ equal of potentates. I n E e5"S M\ enthusiasm was a marvel »&« Every great city welcomed M m 2^ and the Prince of WaW I"11 fc Whameliffe, the Mtterc.t£ Efen 5 hadamongstthenobiUty^S^^ at public dinner*. Hi 188Oandwasasenthu ? L eShott» by the people of the South afc*3 —the men whom he had co™ heNom forgot the magnanimity SW* granted them at AppomaUor tann,^ The characteristics of q ' V military character may be sZ \ 6%. few words-directness and «2 "Pit t pose, clearness and oertafaW,g< soli-rehance and immutable doWs^' There are many persons (^""t% look below the surface »(,„ S judgment, who represent ri Nut having accomplished bw »« t:« butchery or hammering, but Zi^ k upon a man who was capabLl^ tho operations of a twelve tan il *% every movement was part o f Z ',*> M finally concentratinghisforceaZ P T'l*i of the continent, and consumm^«< what he set out to do a yea°Wgeilc!l) eeera very weak to the intelligent *$?** Since his return from eX,^ Grant had been employed I "N history of the war, which, unfort^'H' had not completed at the C&>« It will, however, even in its mcom'?** be a valuable addition to W"*"* the future as a plain and manl»» ■ * the most important events iJJi lw<l hietory of the United States VSI contributed several valuable J<&**** "War.Papers" published fa ?s&«,■ Magazine. Thess papers were Ur®*! in tho latter part of 1884 most graphic history of the battlesffi % bullion, tho authors beine \maL ?ei* on both the Federal andCo.fi X*» General Grant accumulated 6 |,,^ fortune. One of his eons wai>yS* become a partner in a privala iK1' house in New York, the fir Xi™ 5* Grunt and Ward. Ward^S experience, a director of theMaSS and supposed to be thoroughly S3 General Grant was induced from ' isentations made to him by the PrSP1 the Marine Bank and othen.totr1 silent partner in his ITT1 and invested nearly all his ' therein. Tho story of Ward* vJ? the complicity of James ]) If the President of the Marine Bail. the sudden oollapee of the firm «Li,™ in the loss of General Grant-uSS arrest and punishment of both w3 , Fish, is fresh in the minds of tie S Young Grant was entirely exotdni? any complicity, but proved H thoroughly inexperienced in theiibL of banking business, hatine S implicitly to bia partners in e'S Instead of being crushed by tMi h»? poctod loss of fortune, General Grisly the situation in his usual calm bitnZ way. Without a moment's hfflitaftE about reducing expenEcsjhoise, w carriages were disposed of, oostls j*! furniture and servants dispene«l't',y a modest, inexpensive borne solecyii quiet country town, tie had b Mn i,J to make a largo loan immediatelj [4 the failure, to be, &b ho suppowd nttrnf the next day by tho firm. Within iM four hours after the failure was -tijuu he had transferred to the lender b&S property to cancel the debt. Alttajl gentleman-William H. VtoflgbjL tested strongly against it, and iisiiy j, 1 and over again that, under the m I stances, ho would not accepts ratm 1(4 § loan from tho Genoral, the latej raj* « and firmly adhered to his doa. 51 there was but ono honourable tou-k'■' him to pursue, and no peHuaiisa «J swerve him from it. As soon 118 the extent 6f his HH was made public a resolution m tbi and carried unanimously by both Hubs Congress, restoring him to the tAi General of the army with fall ptj, fe insuring him a handsomeeompeteiojiri^ tho remainder of his life. Several months ago General (batnil prostrated by a terrible diseaselmifi epithelunia of the tongue, atfintisi,*,!^ to be tbo result of excessive wnofek M afterwards pronounced by hu'tijiaiH not to be so. An operation invoWjuß division of the lower jaw, the eitiijiinH the entire tongue and the greater primal eoft palate, was discussed as eif«iioi,kH after several consultations, tliedidialKJS decided that it.could not powibijtw^H other effect than to tempotjnTy'jfllM life at the post of great suffering,. Hnt^H out his illness, tho General,"'£ifc?Hg thoroughly awaro of the impo'aiffllM recovery, was patient, calm, tad ten Whenever his strength wouidpcit^K devoted his time to his boot, sfij writing, dictating, or revising.; ,• . . ia In private life Grant was sim'fiii«Sß habits. In camp his tent v&i njtetlstiM that of his officers. He shared. MB with his nide-de camp, and 'tel';»p|l the night circle around thecattpiiiSjH personal staff were thoroughly "("He to him. After the war the wffl| enthusiasm ii his cpHntrytneh'*■ chango in him. He returned-fa feWH in Galena tho moment he could |(t>4D from the ovations which were BhofffpH him, vi>ited his early friends JiWJH assumption of superiority, andch>jli'lJ°j|^ their crop3,&o..asif he had neyerwiwfflß generals nor manoeuvred » mjltowlsfc across a continent." during l)i^|fflM| the Sovereignsof Europe, tlieCi9rWjji|B thcSulfan of Turkey, thePope/tIwWW &c , all met him on a level InstfflW^Bfe inflated by such unusual hon3urs,bpig*|j tho same simplicity which I**»*{"JJE fested at his home after the cl«li«m»» The present Eaijl "^^yP^Sl^B universal verdict by saying •■:^'rff3R be no question aboat GenertlGrUt-SB ; man who has achieved what all D?*2^^s and can retain his simplicity BBiiP*iW| must be a very great man," |§|

UNKNOWN.

Tin; hut in which 1 found mjetH JJK was a fair sample of the rest, *•■ j»§: rudest possible description. li« *'!>-;: was so small that it was a tusk to the walla were composed "WWMJT trees stuck into the ground aIiW«"SMB. interstices' being filled wiW'2tfilß wood ; the roof was thatyihM&iM^H Tliree sides were ocnupied by nSSfi: sleoping platforms, somettUeWgHJß; the ground ; there were no 9fffijßf one fide was o slight °>Pf*£». ground, which served as a Wlgß trees being laid over it, W 'MM ' constantly pushed f«rthor,! Q.. u ti 3H i ually consumed away. | ded in—women, -young g'rllMfaM of all sizes; but the malo Bay's ,Jji»: exception of those sent on a hunting expedition.« 4"f JIM j gone several days. From !»,?»;, suspended various tnumiei .^KBt bows,' arrow?, and deer TOfM sundry articles of *«f&iß' of the rudest kind. HaTf BJS»; thing to eat, I strolled ""'^W , other huts, and e^« >hf MMi,' ceived.' What particularly ***¥$$§/£ J fearlessness of tho anom»y frankness of the children, J^Mwß ■ teresting. They '^^T^WBk amined my clothes with *%SHft.: eyes, pulled my whleker6lSpHß; tired of looking at my : bright; and I should say j'Sffiv incomparably more inter*^*Jjjj^B chUdren-fo simple, ■^•■i^Mß: ticated. All emoke, I** 1 J| the oldest of both fexaj, r^Hr ludicrous to see .tiny three summers-stark »"%»«': their mouths. «»*"»*,vgw| their pipes of bamboo 'T^jjjjfflt; somewhat in tho le*yiiß' head dress of lbflPek«g» ° d jgkjH the tobacco-bags hunp r«un ,| They atonco ottered «»•' ,'ttWS of them were kind of jow'sJiarii,- nia«^ l;(j Ji«|< of bamboo with thread ono girl, of about ff^^m dance was nei^herjfe* s? (ife nor yet a minuet, WJffijßMSs blar.ee to all three; it tosque that I »»0(&d JgfflaKs sooner had she finithen P^j7|^H >.t up to me, and, offering mft t H?Mm made signs |o me 1^" waa a sufficient myeW ,ttg«|': the miniicfwas *M-*< , r , w*.Sj I completejmy oudien*^ 1,-* ---down and screamed V^ I ,^f : p £ this performance I pa-' s «•& somewhat differen* <^SjHH | alongapath, »;'f>^ before a scaffold ot C""- „ -| which reroß9'dla f"?™J*li«B . skulls, the Leads of WffiLjtWM V A. Hancock; in" Go« VYOi

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1885.

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