THE GARDEN.

• ■''' '■"■'• ' ' ■ >o B?^ Cinb(,rl2 " ,-il : W^-t«nri—Your question is l^?l-re the best manures K ; S?rited l * 6 ? have always believed, nfcht-soil is the best «fipHK£ cow following ; butt Wfimif* deal depends on tho so. . aSwfSft'P ß8 * •,?*« if lielit porous soil, £ cannot be pro- JrfS W.-SffiuMS. such as guano, mSmfi Canufcs, can bo used, S#! f rtvffnftHa a capital ingredient w well As possess n «rßt-class manuriai agent. KS^ rf ? will keep the. »^&o8 4 / oU A,,ia simply consists of 84 W* SftXof trees. If !Wte£rf S native bush, you, Ipei«T?end ybu a bag of it, whiOh r& f ?nr your purpose. In col «%,& bettor. P?° fl I "of Overcrowded Tbbes &s M rt *wLtair of superfluous fruit &?ivS much better quality, E?S#frlS T » I™ amuoh better chance fa &> W neri year. The fruit on SB* \XX yet to be thinned, gP" ISight drop off natm &m°i*mao ias better to wait for »^ n iS,th before thinning out, thinned till after »WSSSiwM« durin K period off. Apples and pears Ljp*" 9 T$ attain about the size of ff«*SftiSp] dealt with Paris greens. if not, obtain

&H ot Poits (Continued). J™ do sometimes become quite Pfeife insects that once infested indent of anything we may dp, in a few cases, especially black scale; but we must isolation of this phenomenon either fijll increas° of its special para- climatic con ! Ipstances havo come under my |ktiop 'ffhere numbers of Jf S *he black scale had been killed g: hot weather; but this con- Seieather seems to have had no meet upon either the red or the Wk£& .ln fact this latter Sactiveand multiplies the most Sing the hottest part of the sum- Srwclianges contains the state mmm of the orange trees £S by bSe fliaalea were, at least in one locality, Vgte getting iid of these pests StWinfcoa- new growth. Ims is Swhatwould naturally be expected. «&' fesects have so reduced the llieiree that it no longer supplies Mi sufficient- quantity of sap for I'Mmee, they must necessarily iSatarvation, while the tree, thus mM hoßts of insects thafc wero |lini^ite oUfc it!J life-blood, would sufficient strength to make a ftppUt a new growth. This is ffimi"that nature employs to gjfi -.iplete extermination of any litteeor plant'by the insects that liOt learn from this, fested t rea we a * fc he -insects.which infest rtflising element is (ties to supply these 4 they - require, we «tm its proper fune e insects that infest Seat and Fruit, asked the advice of $%'"sbeiety as -to the hod of sending some raie to the English irfcant question than .p.Society, and they | special meeting so I tfie matter. Now, tepee' Of the Scotch jnty years ago, per se wjho may be in inay bp of benefit, ft-class quality will et, and as I under- I be by weight or st as much to send best; whereas the Mice would be con gest as what is ob >. badly-ppeked and ibgthe season in our 3 price obtained by st-class fruit pye>r lye seen inferior "|d'per lb, at the ijass Jersey applets oßd per lb. Now, (would have the ujtinto the British iostfree of European tf April all the long- to get ex- May and June the j; but during July lifts begin to make h_s British market, »n market prices, n Jnne I believe the found for pur fruit, to be shipoed from jril, and May. All a boxes of a specified oaidn|pßt likely fall dealerl, who- supply ide would probably wing exactly what it, Not only would ices'spit the trade at gapd handling in P curtail space and mode of packing ns consideration, so in the very best the consumer. The ruled by such con cur fruit, too, moat efationV Our fruit w' Zealand is riot ;-qualities a«.that aimates with colder pur apples, •would be hard to 50jally what do we ssueofthe fruit are !|han those of fruit fi«ates, , This ques inded to when pack ings© few matters! Subject; before, those npt.peable to attend |W» meeting when cd. Any practical wit. bearing on the cc glad to publish* : |PVpHruit to Epg |e|ed,' will bo the. pleiablp wealth, to who intends ewand that nothing p?ctly sound,;Ves remunera yiam'e time make a *uib in the British wo^ points are gained the three nrit-class fruit New W& Second-class for the freight and

DRAUGHTS.

Game No. 43.—"Cross."

Game No. 44.—••Whilter."

GajTeNo. 45-r"BriatoL"

Game No. 46.—"OldFourteenth."

pRogjjBJS No. 12.—Correct Mutfo.AS> sre. ceived from E.. Button, North Shore. " J.L.," Auckland.

PBpBLEM Ho. 15. By G. Price {from Gould's » Book of Brpblenis.") Black.

ri* White. White to move and draw.

Solution to Problem No. 12. I T> 1 By C. Brown, Combuslang. Black men on 3, 31, king on 29 ; white men oh 30, kings on 11 and 23.

The above is the author's solution as it appeared in the Glasgow " Weekly Herald" of Auausb 27th, 1887, but 23-19 for White's first move wins much quicker, and is similar to a well-known problem by Lyman, of Aiiierica. The following play shows the win for White:— 23-19 30-26 19-15 15-19 25-30 11-16 29-25 25-29 21-25 White wins. [D.Ed. E.S.]

In the match between G. Wilson and H. Henderson, 5 games have been contested, with the result that Henderson wins 4 and 1 is drawn. The match being the best out of 10 games, another •win for Henderson will decide the match ia his favour. The following are four of the games played :—

Wilson's move.

DRAUGHT ITEMS.

A match of 10 games; for quid's " Book of Problems," ia to take place D, Grubb and R. Battersby. It should prove a very close contest. Mr Grubb plays a very good end gatne* and will have rather the advantage in that respect, but his opponent will have a more extensive knowledge of the openings, and if he gains an advantage will no doubt do his beet to retain it. AUCKLAND V. THAMES.

This match was arranged t| take place at the Thames oft the 9th, but owing tq a hitch in the steamer's, running only five of the Auckland players got away. They were met at the wharf by someof their opponents, who leceived them warmly,: a,nd showed them to their qoartere, where arrangements for the following day were made. The weather being fine, the Auckland team visited the batteries and other places of interest, and moat of them not having seen the for extracting the precious metal before,wer.e much interested, and as they were fortunate, in having some experienced miners as guides, who did all thfvboulcl to explain thedi#e.rent processes, thetrip was all thatcould bedesired m the way of pleasure and information. The match commenced at 2 p.m., m the qotnmodioua room of the, ■ Pacific Hotel, 4ere being a good many visiters to watch the progrfs*' of the fflf I and who evinced interest as to tbe~rit> which was as follows 37 \ t &

:''-•••"■ ■■•'.' \l a $ * ■ .-■ .SA &-2 Sa 9' * '4k *3 -S ' ■■'" ' rail f IfII? , .: . »s#s«# »s«^ 2222210 J Kelly* Uf i i p VJ ,J.G Blakey 2*l* 1 2 1 7* W. Munjo. 2 1.1J&26J It Batterfiby ' ' •■-■_! Total wins fo* Auckland 3? Thanjesf- 2 i * P 0 3J R.!N.!Smith 0 0 1 2i 1 4 Wilson 0 jjp Iff 3J ■J. Johns 0 2 10 2 5 'McGowan 0 14*0- 1 2-61 Moy«i ' ;..,..■■' • ' ■ > ~. .-- ,:'.■ .....■'•' OT" Total wins f<« Thames The contest oyer,, playo** and .friends M t down to dinner, catered ih host ffood things-provided for the L« rtSr Mr Henderson- proposed 'tS health of the Thames team,* and a hearty vote of thanks for the Ma**-*Jfe ob&t&PA ■;■■;' "-■: ' - ,

STAGE AND STUDIO.

[By Euterpe.]

I cannot allow the Choral Society's'finai concert of the season to pass by without a few words about the programme. In the first place, the association on it of composi tions by two BUch illustrious masters of the divine art as Haydn and Beethoven must have proved a most powerful attraction to all lovers of music. There was a peculiar fitness, too, in the bracketing together of such particular worka as the excerpt from " The Seasons " and "Engedi."

" The Seasons," which was first performed in April, 1801, was practically the final effort of Haydn's prolific genius, and "Bngedi," or rather the "Mount of Olives," which, singularly enough, was produced just two years later, viz., in April, 1803, was the first vocal composition larger than a scena that Beethoven attempted. It served to pave the way for his immortal achievement in opera—"Fidelio." Both productions are thoroughly characteristic of their respective composers. Though Haydn started upon "The Seasons" with reluctance, and though after it was completed he was wont to say that it had given him his finishing stroke, yet it ia marked by much of his youthful freshness and melodic suavity. •;

"Engedi" is au English version of Beethoven's " Christus am Oelberge," or " Christ on the Mount of Olives," and _ the British objection to the intro duction of the Saviour as a personage of an oratorio is accountable for the other wise singular change of subject. It was nob produced in England until 1814, and the word 3to which the music were sung on Tuesday night last were adapted in 1842 by Dr. Hudson, of Dublin, from the Book of Psaims. Of late years there has been a strong reaction against this unwarranted liberty of violently detaching a groat com poser's music from his chosen subject, and tardy justice was done by the production of the work at the Leeds Festival some 7 or 8 years back to a suitable version composed by tho Rev. J. Troutbeck, in which the composer's own subject of " Christ on the Mount of Olives" is restored. In; view of this circqmstanCe it is strange that the Auckland Choral Society should have adopted an obsolete version the subject matter of which has no relevancy whatever to the beautifully descriptive music of Beethoven. One might as well take " The Messiah," for instance, and wed the music to an entirely different metrical subject adapted from the Book of Job, or from the Koran for the matter of that.

The Devonport Shakespeare Club has brought its first season to a successful close, and the Parnell Shakespeare' Club winds up its season on Monday week by a series of dramatic readings in the Parnell Oddfel lows' Hall. In the course of the Devonport Club's season the following plays have been gone through :—"As You Like It," li The Merchant of Venice," " Midsummer's Night's Dream," " Hamlet," " Much Ado About Nothing," " Richard II," "The School for Scandal," "Romeo and Juliet," and "Othollo."

The Committee of the Auckland Choral Society has exercised a wise discretion in yielding to the , general desire for the customary performance of "The MesawUi" at Christmas time. " Calvary" will accordingly be pro duced about Easter. The following ladies and gentlemen have been asked to take the solos in it:—-Miss Gilfillan and Miss McMillan, sopranos; Mrs Edger, contralto; Mr Edwin Hosking and Dr. Cobbett, tenors ; Messrs Worrall, Charter, George Marker and Hamerton, basses.

The celebrated Viennese conductor, Hana Richter, upon one occasion at London con ducted Brahms' Academic Overture, and as usual, withoutrouaicj ashepossessee&marvel lous memory. However, on this occasion he forgot the change of tempo from 34 to 74, through whjch mistake a slight unßteadi ness occurred in fcho'.orcpesbra, which wan of course noticed by the audience. Instead of making it appear, as so many conductors would, that it was the fault of the orchestra, he turned round to the audience, saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, the mistake was mine, not that of the orchestra," and undor a perfect ovation he resumed his work. Verdi's " Otello" is to be produced at St. Petersburg on Monday next, 14th Nov., the birthday of the Russian Empross. There is a great run at Mudie'e in London jusfcnow after a dismal and somewhat re pulsive novel called "An Evil Spirit." In reality it is really a treatise on the mischief caused by the use or rather misuse of mor phia. Miss Isabol Gordon, a charming girl with a lover, friends, and most things that make life worth living, suffers from neuralgia. A doctor injects morphia to afford her relief, and in course of time the poor woman becomes a slave to the drug and utterly demoralised. The crisis oi the story arrives yfhen Isabel's lover, Geoffrey, after four years' absence in India, returns home suddenly. She had intended to pull herself together somehow for this occasion when it came; but the.young man takes her entirely by PufpriSje; He js knocking at | the froDt door almost before the unfortunate girl has realised>his arrival and in the horror of theraomenfc she tipples offsome brandy&nd flies to her room.' The tirdentloveijif6ll6w"s, and is horrified tp find there, instead of the blooming damsel he left behind him four years ago, a half tipsy woman raddling her pale face with 'rouge. Isabel sees his look of horror in the glass and falls (senseless with drink and drug) to the floor. Natur ally her lqvej ?does not return. Isabel pre sently sees him paying attention to anbfther woman, an old friend of hers. Mad with jealousy she follows 'the pair to the top of the cliffs at the seaside place where they are staying. Geoffrey kisses the girl's hands, upon which Isabel furiously springs upon him and pushes Mm aver the preci pice. The doomed man gives her a look of •-' overmastering horror "■ as h.B disappears, and Isabel's supposed rival cries out: "What havfySu; dcffte, tybftt have you done? He nei;<r"made lo%i h me. We wefe only talking about you." For sentimental reasons the witness of the murder does not hand over Isabel to the police, and Geo ffrey's : death is allowed, to be supposed the result of an accident. ' For an ultra sensational novel with a daring and most unconventional plot, how ever* commend me to the latest effort* of the author of *'-The Souse on the Marsh." Jb is called " Scheherazade, or a London Night's Entertainment," and as the title suggests there is a strong flavour of Orientalism about; it. The heroine, Nouna Weston (a sensuous, little animal when we first meet her) imagines herself the daughter of an English officer and a native Indian Princess. Her father is dead, and her mother (amost mysterious personage) lives abroad with a Polish Count, her second husband. A governess looks after Nouna, Who resides in curious rooms over an Oriental warehouse, near street. Here the hero, a young officer, meets the little Anglo-Indian, and agairistJ his better, judgment falls in love with hsr arid resolves to marry her. No obstacfea are placed im the way by the mysterious mother, who, however, doeS nob turn up at the wedding. After the marri age a niimbei* of extraordinary circumstances puzzle the bridegroom. His suspicions afe at length aroused; and. in course of time culminate in* a most painful and. crushing disclosure.- I need scarcely say, perhaps, that Nouna's mqihei- , and father -are asso ciated 'with it:' Terrible trials folldw. Th6'Vilfiin of the story is a M'lly named Rabas, and a notorious courfcesaii, one Chlbris.White, also plays' a prominent part in bringing iibout misfortunes which for a tinie threaten to overwhelm the youiig couple: The'sto'ry is briskly told, and nob a dull page- % and- qn the whole Should add to f ip) , ireputatioo.

THE LAND OF THE SHORN LAMB.

From Welliiipfotti} jto Auckland ou Foot

Aboot a month ago J was i n Welliiigton out of work, and in a penniless condition. Not earing to exist any longer by borrow ing small change from acquaintances, I made up ray mind to to Auckland, Friends to help or advise me I had none. As for the sunshine friends, who will favour one with a smile so long as one dresses fairly and ktsps out of the hands of the police, I generally feel incommoded by their styla of reminding one of their financial superiority. I aid not look forward to such a journey as a walking tour, because I knew by bitter experienc 6 how hard it is to be forced to ask for food, or shelter, even when one is ready to tackle any kipd of work, at the lowest and for perhaps the lowest sort of masher. I knew well that some people would de lightedly say, " He had to beg his way from Wellington to Auckland." However, I thought it was better to strike for the M Sunny North " than to slave In Welling ton. Besides, although I did not intend to go out of my course after work, there was a possibility of obtaining employment I?y the way. I had no swag to carry, not evena rug, the most necessary part of a wallabi'e outfit. The only thing I carried bulky enough to be described as impedimenta was a copy of the Criminal Bill, which the House of Representatives very properly refused to rush through in 1886 at the instance of the Minister of Justice. It was the only available chattel I possessed, and having been brought up to the law, I took it with me to read at night, or while taking a spell on the road. ,

I possessed a suit of store clothes in fair order. Being the only one I had, I wore it. I looked dubiously at my boots, for they were becoming infirm. I feared they would not stand the severe strain of a long journey, in bad weather and on worse roads. Having thoroughly made up my mind to start, I lit my "Cherry" and started one.Monday after noon. It had been raining heavily in the morning, and I Avaited until the rain had subsided into a gentle cooling Bcofcch mist. I had not proceeded more than a mile before the rain poured down heavily and the wind blew with eucli violence that I was soon wet to the skin. Rather a, bad start and enough to damp one's spirits, as well as clothing. I slushed along until I reached the Lower Hutt, where I unsuccessfully endeavoured to eet " a shake down.' "At the first hotel at which I called I was mot with a curt negative—not by any means a pleasant thing to fall in with. At the next the landlord, after informing me that he was full up, abstractedly stirred up the coals of a nice fire. Somewhat chagrined, for it is not a pleasant thing to tramp along in the dark, weary, hungry, and wet through, I again faced the wind, rain and darkness. After proceeding about 4 miles further 1 reached an hotel kept bya humanitarian, and got a shakedown with blankets, in which I snoozed very comforably till morning. The rain and wind ceasod before dftwn and the morning was , warm and the sky clear, save where a few white-grey clouds rested as if to show its bluenese. Having washed, I started on the road again. 1 had not proceeded far before I came to the conclu sion that nolens voleni I must seek

Charitable Aid

and obtain something , to eat, I had eaten nothing; since the previous morningr, and being accustomed to and being a thorough Believer in the religion which prescribes three'square meals at the least per diem, I considered that it would be suicidal folly on my pert were Ito starve on the road. The etiquette, if I may 90 term? it of the Wallabi Track is ofcourse to sundown as much ac possible, for the request for a shakedown implies that you are penniless and in want of food. When inquiring , for a shakedown few " wallable ''—I don't like the term swagger: it seems like the word tramp to have a grand ring about ife—will ask for food. When a perpon of any de cency gives a man permission to shelter him self on hie premises, the shakedowhee genei'ally gets something to eat without being , put) to the "humiliation , of asking for it. Were a man with a swag on his back to say, "Can you give me a shakedown to nighfa and* something to eat?" he would be frequently answered, "You might as well older your tea, bed and breakfast." It ie after all a question of natural hospitality, but I know that the most painful thing to those who walk in search of work is the daily necessity of asking for something to eat. There are,.of course, some " old hands" who show no of embarrassment, even when they arc reminded ■ that they "are receiving charitable aid. But the major ity of men' who triivol ' hard up in variably feel backward in asking for food, and this backwardness does not wear off easily. What an easy thing it seems to say, " Can you spare me soinething to eat ?" Yes, i< - . is easy enough to utter the words, but is not so easy to crush the thought they give rise to. It does nob matter how kindly the penniless seeker after work may be treated, nor whether his poverty has been oaused by no fault of his own—he generally feels bad or rather galled and humiliated. But after hehas discussed a meal and gone on his way his spirits will rise and keep up until be gets hungry agajn< Fortunately, foocj is plentiful in this country. In sbme places and in some fatnilies it may be scarce enough, but there is always enough fqod stored and bonded in warehouses and shops, or depasturing or growing in the country, to feed perhaps six times the num ber of people in, it. That farfners and run holders give more relief than the inhabi tants of the townsis a well-kn6wn fact.: Station owners look.upon the feeding and sheltering of wallaßis, asa kindof tax;the.t pay fcffifcheriKht of tilling the gfouod or running stock upon it, and, to their credit be it SaTd, most of them do* give freely and gracefully.; -After all it does not come hard upon a big squatter or farmed in comfortable cir cumstances to feed a few wallabis per week. If it were not for the relief given in this way to men seeking employment up country, the gadls \#6uld not, -in times of distress, hold all the poor devils who would be forced to Steal in order to live. I heard a Minister of the State say ing in Parliament .last, year, !i that the man who had not enough to pay for a week's food was a poor specimen of a working man." The statement was made by a politician who is fond of talking about the power of sympathy;, aj«| of laying M in" an "I am what I am " kind of style rif autocratic indifference about what he calls the "weeds of the community." The, same individual brags occasionally abputi having lived upon 5s a day'; but he forgets that when liviner upon that sum he was learning or preparing for a profession, and thiatl" he had something' to look iorw,ar4f to. How many people are; there in this country who live and support others upon 5s a day or try to do so upon less than than sum, and say nothing about-it, although they have scarcely anything bettor to look forward to; Q r • ftope.; for. If every perspß; who is asked by the hungry in this country! f or ! f ood were to teply, '' You are; hot a decent working, man or else you could pay for' a week's tucker." the colony woula soon be reeking with crime. , ■ Self Preservation

she gave me food, and I did eat. Knowing that there is nothing like taking tilings coolly, Tout a walking stick and placed a flower ii» my coat, and slid along at the rate of 3 miles an bom , , I reached Feath'erston on the evening of the second day, and again wag fortunate enough }Q obtain civility, blankets and a shake down. At Greytown I earned 2$ 6d by en grossing a deed for a solicitor, and as it was too early for dinner, I ordered a tankard of beer and drank "a service to my bonnie lassie "—the only one, "and left en route for Masterton. After lunching upon some biscuits and apples, I called in at the nearest Hotel to Masterton, and ordered sutne further refreshment which was gracefully supplied by an admirable ; specimen of the Gael. This was the proprietor. 'His accent, although not broad, unmistak ably betrayed hia Highland origin. After discussing the terrible expense of Govern* ment in this country and the number of guineas earned by the canny fossils who perch on Education and Waste Land Boards, I took a spell by a blazing fire. It was just as well that I stopped, as it came on to rain very heavily. That night I reached an establishment a few miles, from Masterton. Htre I was most hospitably entertained by the man in oharge. He had seen the world and was a most genial fellow. Afoer a substantial tea we sat down before a roar ing fire and spun yarns, played cribbage, smoked, played the "concertina, chewed and spat after time - honoured custom of bachelordom. Next morning I passed along through Masterton, a large township. Here I expended my last sixpence in biscuits and apples. • ■ '

I will not weary my readers by attempt-, ing to describe the country through which I passed, I stuck to the main road, and ac 'it is a .well beaten track abler pens than mine have described what scenery is worth looking at. JL reached Eketahuna about midday. The weather was most unsuited for pedestrianism. The roads were slushy and the snow began to fall. Without any overcoat or macintosh, it was anything but agreeable. If J. A. Froude or G.A. Sala were to tramp through the country Without swag or money, they might certainly have gained more know ledge of it, but I doubt whether they would take so much pleasure in recording their im pressions, "The Land of the Golden Fleece " quotha. When I thought of the avaricious ness of Ministers as regards salaries and ex- Eenses, the uselessness and expenses of the legislative Council, the West Coast Middle Island Railway, and the difficulties with which North Island settlers have con tended as compared with the South, this North Island appeared to me to be fittingly labelled as "The Land of the Shorn Lamb."

(To be Oantiiiued.)

is the first lav> 6f naftireyaiid I did: nbfc starve. A* the first the man v { YouVeinpt- to ao tHat, you know/ but the "otter and better half of him said, " I'll give you something," and

HANGED BUT NOT DEAD

Tko Tale of a Negro who Narrowly

Escaped Death.

Thk other afternoon a coloured man was taken ill on the common, and would have fallen but for the timely assistance of two bystanders. The man had been wandering about the common since morning, and had been noticed on account of the peculiar way in which he carried his head. It hung toward the right shoulder, and he seemed to take no pains to pull ifc into the position in which people commonly carry their heads. Hβ was respectable, dressed in clothes thab had evidently been made for hihi, and his boots looked as if he had walked a considerable distance.

When he had been assisted to a seat he fainted, and when he regained eonseious riess he clutolie,<l at bis jjhrpat, tore away lua dollar and saidappealingly, "No, no! My God ! Not again !" His embarrassment when he looked about him was marked. One of the gentlemen who. , had assisted him to -a seat,left when the' coloured riian iiad recovered, but the other remained and questioned him as soon as he reopvered his composure. He did not belong to Worcester, he said, apd he had never lieen here; before. He had walked from New Haven, begging shelter and food as he went, and had only got to this city in the early morning. He had rib friends, and he said he was not able to work. The man seemed flurried by his fairitness and weak, and the humane person who had remained by his side took him to a restaurant and saw him properly fed. It was in a. burst of gratitude and confidence at being so well treated that the coloured man told a tale so utterly marvellous as to be utterly unworthy of credertpe, were it not corroborated by known facts. It was sitting in the cominowafter he had dined that ho said : " I have had trouble with my neck and been subject to.fain ting spells ever ".since I was hanged in Arkan sas." ... . The expression was startling enough to make anyone think this man was crazy; but he was circumstantial, as to details of time and place, and it is a well-known fact that a negro was legally hanged three years ago in Arkansas for assault on a white woman and afterward recovered conscious ness.; .......,■•! The case attracted much attention at the time. ' As published then, the negro was suspended for 20 minutes after the drop of the old-fashioned platform gallows fell, and the body was given by the sheriff to the father of the young man, who, with some friends, was waiting near by with a wagon. It was the intention to take him to the settlement where he formerly lived, and bury him there. This settlement Was 14 miles from the county seat at which the hanging took place, and 'was through a lonely piece of country. When the waggon was nearly at home, the father of 'the Supposed corpse • aiid his friehds Were startled by groans coming fi-orii under the tarpaulin, thrown over toe sup posed dead man, and his struggles to get from under it. , As sqopr as; thoy had re *' povered from their fright they" went back to the wagon, from which they had fled, and helped the legally dead man up, gave him i a dripkfrpm tpP omnipresent jug of whisky, i and took hup home. Instead pf leaving; the settlement at* once, the hanged man .stayed around his old home, and the superstitious coloured people _ demanded his rearrest and the completion of the hanging* The case was taken to the Go vernor, and pending discussion as to the right of the authorities to fake cognizance existence of a convict who had been pronounced legally dead, the pian fled and has been a.yvanderer ever since.. The story of- the Pegro coincided with the Pase as recalled, and there? was no ropm to doubt that he really wa3 the' Arkansas culprit. ,'i r It was only, after, repeated urging, sweetened with promises of help to leave the city in coriifort, that he told his Story in the dialect Of a. Southern field-hand, some what tempered by residence in the North. Divested of its quaint dialect, his tale'is weirdly and perhaps morbidly interesting. "I waslookedup '* he said,!"more than si* months, but I never thought I was gpipg to be hanged until the night before. Then i knew the gallows was up and I got scared. They prayed with me all the time and tiled to keep" me froriithirikirig of ity but I didn't pear whao they prayed about. I was too excited. I didn't go to slpep ail the night before, and when they-came to fetch me I .'.wast! to weak I couldn't starid up. . The Sheriff gave Pie a drink of whisky and then they tied my elbows be hind mybaok and took me along. I know there were orewds around when I wpnt to the gallows, but I didn't seem to see 'em. I heard soniebody singing and I joined in,- Thpn they pushed pae up on the gallows? find I! afiw the rope and got beared, again, and tried to hang back, but they pushed iae! along jind made!";mjp stapd, up straight. ..|ffffwtet their putting iue nopsa on »y

neck and, drawing ib up tight, but 1 was thinking of whether they Jwere going to hurt me, and all at once I dropped. I p a .d shut my eyes when they pulled a piece of cloth over my , face, but I opened them then and tried to get my hancls up to" tea* the cloth off so I coiild see; but all at once I thought some one hit me a terrible blowron the head and I lost my senses, 'When I woke up I- thought someone was choking me and tried to get loose, but I couldn't. Then It seemed as if my head was bursting and I saw awful lights before my eyes» arid my ; feet and hands deemed to be so heavy I couldn't stir them. Then great rings of all sorts of bright coldUre began at my eyes and went farther and farther off, arrowing bigger and fainter until I lost them. My head felt pricky all over, and so did my hands arid ieet, arid I couldn't breathe, and then I fainted. Once I knew I was being hanged, but it was only fora second."

The man told his story in almpst com monplace fashion, but when he spoke of his life since it affected him.

" When I woke up in the wagon I waa worse scared than before, and when I got out from under the tarpaulin I thought I had been, dreaming. Then, when my neck got to hurting me so, I knew what was the matter. For weeks afterward I could hardly ewallow, and I couldn't turn my head, and I can't now very much. The cords are all stiff on one side and drawn down."

"I can never go home again," he said, '• and 1 can >iever see or hear of my folks again. They were going to catdh me and do it all over again, so I ran away. I've been knocking around ever since, princi pally in Canada, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, bub .now I thought I'd come up here,where I might get some light work I could do." . .

, The man did not seem like the bi-ute he must have been, and, in fact, be had the appearance of ordinary intelligence, ,'at least. According to his own story, he has done little work in his wanderings, andhas begged both food and shelter and clothing. " Sometimes," he said, " I have wished that I had never come to life again. That's been when I've been nearly frozen and starved. I never go near coloured people, for it was my own colour that tried to have me hanged over, and I hate a black face." Asked if he wasn't afraid of being arrested for the old crime, he said : "No, boss ; I don't think they'll ever look for me as long as I stay away from there, and I'll never go back to Arkansas." — "Western Tele graph." '

ANOTHER NEW TELEPHONE.

Some Remarkable Experiments

in the Open Air.

The other day William A. Hayward, man ager of the Pulsion Telephone Company, in vited the " Herald " representative.■> and other newspaper men to inspect the opera, tion of a private wire at North Milford. Jerome Prince and Lemuel MiUett, of Mil ford, have perfected the pulsion telephone after months of close study. They use no battery or electricity, operating; through a wonderfully ingenious transmitter and a No. 18 taut copper wire. Mr Hayward led the way to an apple orchard, where, 1,600 feet from the house; a single wii?e, with a loose end lying on the grourid, stretched froni house to tree. One of the party went t<? the house and spoke through the transmitter, arid an Associated Press agent took off his hat—a common straw laid it on the wire, using it &a a receiver, and held conversation in an ordinary voice. Ab- the time' WilUarn Bantcfpffc, of Hopedaleittiok |io|d of the\ wire* between the two speakers, to prevent any vibSation and also to r;onduct off ajpossible electrical; current. This had nY effect whatever. | During the talking three oth6rs q! the j party also overhe?td the cpnyersation by listening in hats .placed on the.wire at the end of a, stick placed against the tree-1 limb to which the wire Was attached, Mr Hayward placed the line at the service or the party for tests. The newspaper men, then arranged a test to discover the range of audibility, the " Herald" men held a stiff Derby hat against the Wire near the tree and carried on a conversation through the wire with the house, his associate mean while steadily retiring frbm the hdfe at right angles to the wire. When away,sixty feet from the hat, the latter; plainly under stood the conversation of odth,- and at seventy-eight feet could hear, but not dis tinguish words. A whispered conversation was plainly aitdible. All this' occurred wholly out of doors and one-third of a mile from the speaker at the transmitter in the apple orchard. A brisk wind was blowing across the wire. • ■ This closed the experiments' with the single transmitter and grounded wife. The party then went to an adjacent building, to the unoccupied loft of which a wire from the first house wa%- stretched, coft nected M'ith the second transmitter. Ordi nary conversation through the transmitter could be heard anywhere in the room. Whispers/singihg, music, etc.; were dis tinguished with great clearness. ! Mr Prince left the transmitter, Went out of the room and down a flight of stairs; and his conversation that distance from the transmitter was very distinctly heard at the other end. The "Herald" man, stan Sing in a yard, heard Mr Prince clearly over the wire, although the nearest transmitter was forty feet away'in a direct line upstairs in an interior roomy The above tests were tfied by each of the party in turn. The transmitter Giorttains a. de*ic6 for imparting to the tones of the voice a peculiar vibratory force, not only persis tent, as against other vibratory forces, but easily controlled. From Mr Hayward's Office lines to North Milford, Hopedale and Upton will be constructed > and tne most rigid tests that can h6 devised will be tried before it is presented td the publiCi-i-Mfli fordCorr. >♦ Boston Herald." ■ tJd

Dog Stories.

I heard two travellers tho other day telling tales about the sagacity of dogs. No. 4 I declared—and I believe the story has been recorded in print as a fact— that, a shilling was put under a stone, arid a bet made,that the dog aretrievPr, Who iawitdPhe, should fetch .the shilling after being taken twenty miles- The dog, however, did.not return, for two days. The sequel was this, The stone was too heavy for the animal to move; and a gentleman passing by, being at tracted by its antics, lifted the stone, arid pocketed the "treasUrPtroVe" that he found concealed beneath, The dog followed him with seeming docility, arid" so, taken was he, by its appearance and fondness that he' allowed it 1 to slepp ih bin Lrithe! middle of the night a crash was heard; the dog, faithful to; its trust, 'escapirig through the window with the trousers 1 containing: the shilling, which was marked, arid return ing intriumph to its ptoud owner. .Travel ler No. 2 affirmed he !knew of a similar, but' .still more remarkable case. A gentleman showed his dog a five pound note,' alid made a bet that he would hideit,and that the : dbg should find it out, although first removed a long distance oflv Denouement: The dpj| turned up with' (apparently) in its mouth, 'its master arixiorisiysaid,*" Where's; the note; sir ?"" The animal doggedly silent, and the question.was .%&■ ponied in a loudertone, when one by ono five "golderi sovereigns'" were dropped frbrii'lts' mouth into the outstretched na'ftd of its master, - The intelligent quadruped hpd; riot only found the note, but had actually cabhed "It at the bank, Traveller No. 1: X'Thatfa a lie.' 1 ''Well, aren'li wP : both telling -'ofia t"

MANY UNIFORMS.

Tho Clothing Warehouse Over Whiott , ■ the- 2?rinoe Breitdea. ''a j

Talluded recently to. the increase in thd nu,mbfcr of "his uniforms whioh the rocent( gazetting of the. Prince of Wales ac an Ad* miralof the Fleet would entail, and haz arded a guess as to what that total number? must be' at the present time. It would seem that niy figures need to be consider ably increased, and that the full total of unforms—naval, military, civil and mis cellaneous, including, of course, those perr taining to the various orders of knight hood the Prince holds—cannot be lese than 100. This may seem a startling fact to some ot my readers, but I may remind them that of military, militia; and volunteer uniforms his Royal Highness has, Or should have, thirty-nine. Most people are aware that he is Colonelrin-Ghief of each of the three, regiments of Household Cavalry, of the Tenth Hussars, and of the. Rifle Brigade; but it is not so generally known that he is also honorary Colonel of eleven East India, regiments, includ ing the Sixth Bengal Cavalry* the Guidee Corps and the, Second Goprkhas.- Of commissions in militia and volunteer regiments he holds seventeen in all, and,< as everyone knowsj he is. honorary Colonel' of the Pomeranian Hussars (Bluchers Own), aa well as a Field Marshal in the German: army. Among the ]?rince ; 's more mis cellaneous uniforms may be reckoned those attaching to his office as Lord of the Islea: (if, indeed, this office entails even this sartorial responsibility), High Steward o£ Plymouth, Doctor of Music,; Grand Mason of Freemasons, Elder Brother of Trinity House, Commodore of five yacht elufoa,i President of the Society of Arts, Governor of the Charter House, and Bencher ofi the Middle Temple. Thus it will be seen how easily a .three-figure total? may be reached; and granting thafc ! in a liberal percentage of cases , no uniform has ever, to be worn,; there must be still a sufficient number '.of varied costumes left to constitute! in them selves a very large wardrobe and one needing- the most systematic care in the method of its arrangement. > I have doubts,, however, whether the suggestion of » kind, of Mme. Tussaud's devoted entirely to the exhibition of the Prince of Wales in biet various uniforms would be a populaC show, even if admirably carried out. It is well to remember the moral of the saying,. " Toujours . pedrix,'\ which, being- trans-, lated freely, means" it is possible to have too much even of a good thing.—f" London Figaro." -..i ■:; ■■'>-)

A TRAGEDY IN FIVE ACTS.

The Cheerful Scheme of a New Iforlc! Fortune - Hunter and its Bireful ■■■■"■:.... . Kesult. . •<-■>'

"Who was that in your box the other! night, Moljie?''. .asked a beautiful blonde! being, framed by nature to support the' struggling milliners at the expense of the head of the' family, first arid some other! man after, to a brunette being of the Same \ kind. - : j "Oh, that was Mr Smith of New YorkJ He's'awfuily handsome, isn't he, f "He's just splendid." ■ ' { ; "He'sof good family too." "Introduce me, won't you?" ; "Oh, he's poor." ' '■*Poo> thing i"•".'.■ ■ r v " I*ll tell you what we'll do; I'll keep hini| for the Santa Cruz trip, -and you can hay©! him for the springs." ~ ' - t ! . : in ; j Extract pf a letter frpni Augustus "Caesar Sa,n iFraricisco, to bis 6ister in Neqr York. " You will he pleaded, my dearest sis, to. know that I am progressing finely in C 9117 ■ fornia. I just met a'most, cbarpiipg young lady. Miss Mollie Blank, whose father has devoted many years most success fully to .dollarculture. She is much struck with me ? arid it seems to be quite genuine. She hoi invited me so strongly to go to; Santa Cruz while her family is'there, TOatlC trust to cpnsutapiata; the matrimonial, scheme very shortly," I feel that I only] need apeak hpw to be.acpeptied. Cpngratu late me." ! '"..'■."' ;! : A* „ 'HL, . " ! . "How was he, Mollie?" . 1 "Who?" ' ' •. <■ - j "Smith." " Smith.: What Smith If* " Smith, of New York." "Obj he was; splendid. The firpt two 1 weeks WP had gp elegant tin^e." "Well, you remember your- promise?" f" J What; about?' "Givenim tp me." . "Certainly. You can have him. He's all, right; very pleasant and agreeable until he proposes'to triarry you. Theh he's ho ? gopd. :Look Opt; fpf hinl. He made eight holes in the sand with his knees at Santa Cruz imploring me to become Mra Smith*"-' ' ;-:-r . ■:!■ •• .v -: .A:. . < ■" IV. A- " ' Extract from a letter from A.C. Srhitht'p! his sister:— , '~'..■-, f' AA'.'i. "You will be pained to learn thpt I fppndf the Miss Mollie Blank % told yPP abplit a.-i ---little fool. I couldn't, stand her after, twp weeks' acquaintance. I have become; smitten with a true and noble little woman,]. Miss Josie ;—•, who is in evpry respect! the antithesis of that coquette. She will] make a lovely little Wife—and sheis quite/ as wealthy. I aril happy this time, forll knbw' she loves me." '■•■,'':<■■.■"

Brief note from A. €. 'Smith to li|ai k sißter:t*3T-;. .''.■•■! :,:-' ?■;}.!'■ ' :~'.'.•, ! V--'.' 'v:'""- , ---'• My. dearest sister,-rrStrike father for; 250dolSr for me to get home with.—Your? affectionate brother, Guis." -- -*' Atalanta.' Constitution."

A Nihilist's Disguise.

j The Odessa correspondent of the "Dailyi News "writes :—A case transpired here the' other day which reveals in a curious paan ner the successful rUses adopted by thel Nihilists for the spread of their revolution ary literature. An apparently ch'aif detnented and barnileSs person, a ypripg man of sonic twenty-five years of age and very poorly clad, has for *omp time pass pickedup a precarious livelihood as a petipa- J totic vendor of almanacs,calendars.children'H' story-books, eto. All these articles were of i the *cheap, popular quality, , His basket! ano\ wallet contained also thP showy prints' pf religious Sribjects much affected by the! poorer classes, A few days ago he was de-' tected in the salp of Nihilist literature.A Ho was arrested, and his stock confiscated. Ijis character'of a poorirabeoiie, supportejl by, the evidence of the police, and his'stprypii acquiring the forbidden literature at a! trifling cost from an unknown' ~strahger,| arid his general incoherence and inability j to read or write, were so evidetot to the bench that heAyas at once discharged. A pbpplp of days; later it was found that!the, iriibecile Oolpbrteur's passport was false; ■ aridj the police discovering that he Was. > Jjuown' to certain citizens as appearing on niariy occasions in private circles as a weli i dressed well-educated, highly - informed i young man who spoke learnedly on matters .of ipterrial policy,' a' warrant was imme : diatelyissuedforhis re-arrest.; It is need >! Wis'to say that he has not been found, por ( is he: likely to bp. The characters arid dis r gu'ises-assamed by many'of these young ! propagandists ■ defy the utmost vigilance of ' the rogubir and secret police, and success r fplly" deceive, .as' in" this 1: case, ■ both «iaing|A: ! trates and the so-called lynx-eyed Russps : ? judges of instruction. ' ;A.:" ..;';!,. \. ;; ;''"^ ! '''

THS AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATTOPAY, tfOVEMBEI* 1% 188?.

11



*23-18 18-22 29-25 3- 8 11-16 16-20 L-25V29 8-12

20-24 12-16 24-20 16-19

22-18 29-25 30-26 25-30

18-23 16-19 21-25 23-16 23-16 2041 30-23 W. wins,

1.

3- 8 8-12 .6-20 20-24

12-16 24-20

16-19 30-26

25-30 White 18-23 wins as above.



11-16 26-23 23-18 • 4- 8 ' 9-14 23-19 18- 9 6- 9 5-14 17-13 22-17 15-18 8-11 13- 6

Wilson s move. 2- 9 32-27 25-22 9-13 18-25 31-26 29-22 1- 6 11-16 22-18 27-23 14-17 16-20 21-14

10-17 19-15 17-22 26-17 13-22 15-10 6-15 White

18- 2 22-26 23-19 26-31 2- 7 3-10 19-16 3 wins.



ienderson's move.

9-14 !2-17 .1-15 !3-19 7-11 !5-22 .1-16 (6-21 5- 9

17-13 3- 7 29-25 7-11 22-17 16-.2Q 30-26 11-16 26-22

8-11 17-10 26-30 23-18 6-15 17-13 16-23 18-11 30-25 24-19 23-26 22-18 15-24 13- 6 10-X5 28-19 1-10 18-14 11-16, 21-17 15-18 19-15 19-24 14-10 10-19 25r21 25-22

27-23 18-27 32-23 24-27 31-24 20-27 Black wins.



Ll-16 34-19 8-11 52-18 .0-14 J5-22 .6-20 22-17 9-13

17-10 6-22 26-17 13-22 30-26 5- 9 26-17 7-10 17-14

9-18 23- 7. 3-10 2L17 11-15 27-23 15-24 2A-19 4-8

31-26 8-11 19-16 12-19 23- 7 2-11 29-25 20-24 25-22

1- 6 18-14 17-14 23-26 10-17 32-28 22-13 24-27 11-15 28-24 26-22 26-30 15-19 24-19 22-18 30-26 19-23 Drawn



Henderson's move. MS 9-14 6-22 22-26 6-10 14-17 53-19 31-26 23-18 29-25 15- 6 6-1Q 8-11 5- 9 7-10 26-31 1-10 19-16 52-17 21-17 24-19 25-22 8- 3 10-15 4- 8 14-21 3- 7 31-27 24-15 16- 7 7-13 23- 5 27-23 23-18 3- 7 15-18 5-18 15-18 11-16 14-23 10-14 23-26 54-20 26-23 20-11 11-8 5-1 30-23 im 18-22 7-16 +2- 6 15-19 17-22 25-18 *18-15 22-18 7-11 Black 8-11 10-15 10-14 27-24 16-20 wins. 56-23 19-10- 15-11 18-15 1-6. , ♦32-28 is the correct move here, ■t£I-#l letter. - ' ■■ '■'■„!





I y have received, ex Aipmenf of boys', Mm direct from tweed trousers at 6s $5 clothink V l s ?> unsurpassed