STAGE AND STUDIO.

slden 7tes" recently returned Ijfl*6"^ in America. | Dd° n of Pro>*i* *** Just i3SU6d ! (<Konradin'" f sne T.«rfon at the Lyceum was to 1 fa^TrfUS Madame Bernhardt oitW^iKeatest s^cess known in W»-*?i£«fin|lino and Maria n r thecetebratedFrsnch actor, States during the #*?"«*f» iS* ** management Sptf 1888/\ b bey. Hff will also_ act j,SooUJfIJU « American Auction- Ellis N^^Ler by the Tarawera, eeT^i PsSMelbourne ten days S*leftiTe tm to bave netted £4 000 »r ""^i Ssulfc of his New Zealand deWPjjS over barely six month ß . W BnUivLvthe tragedian, ia accredi- £S*l opinions, and on one h tnlrectingan actor during a ladies, Circassians, or other & bf> wi wno, in return for a true 6TidSJhusband, would travel HtSeyatthedoor." *it «M-*6ta Shakeperfan phrase, ti» in a Name" recurs rather "^wiinection with the late Opera cun° D'y pLSr ft appears that the piece SffibS housewas opened in 1840 1 musidal critic of the Cologne (lG VSrecogni B ed 1« "Patience" iSbtay creative talent and consum frSstio taste, arid declared that Corftto choruses alone would insure ♦ T Arthur Sullivan a foremost place fithe very first of German com- Mjan." The fourth concert of the Auckland ftaal Society's season takes place on Tues £ evening next, the works to be per tLri bein" Henry's Smart's cantata SSwIrf.DBArtWB - and J, Brahms ig of Destiny.^ the soloists for the Jab on: Miss Whijbaker (aopraao), Mr TSng (tenor), and Mr Wdrrall (bass).' Nellie Stewart i* announced to appear iiihe'^nddigore" at the Savoy Theatre, London** an early date1. She has been in careful training since she arrived in Eng land, and her voice should be much bene- J$ byfer longest. Miss Christie Fuller, anothef colonial singer, has been creating a nuld ganSStfOrrat sSirctr dbflcfirts in London, and is in much demond for private parties at fashionable houtfea

jjjjr J. ft tongslaff, who recently won the m iSflAl "fif tte Victorian National Gjllerv, was married this month to a Miss (Mer, a ?6tfng Lsdy wlfcti artistic tastes. If ikpttffs medal carries a scholarship ttftilSfr, tefiiißfe fSf thfcS years, so the iippj pair start at once for Paris, where WtbyMfit painter arid his artist wife M Wetabtacer every privilege and o> Mlitjf l6r pdffeeting themselves in their W profession.

to, I Pj Emehfc (Philip Mortimer), uaof ''Racked in the Cradle of the V''Shß Wore-a Wreath of Roses," lijostrtwp hundred other vocal composi ii^id at Y«u?jhouithV England' Jiine 1. ijltotorn.Jnly26, 1&12* and while in Assies, in 1836, hfc wrote " Rocked in the Cndteof the Deep," a song that will live ailragu Ihsbos sii\g. tot a time he was connected with the ministry of the Church ofEngland. His old age hact been passed iopMtMlffippln-em

llt is Kid thai Miss Florence Meydr, sister AftliiMelir, of Melbounle, will be to Idatfc 6T tne future; Her soason in iifipe has Been crowned with immense mcceas, royal personages and the aristo cracy of the continent being" enthusiastic sdmirera of the young musician. Miss Meyer has composed a nve-aefc opera, which mil &tfHf Be prbdubed or* the Vieliha rtagft; Jt ft s&d by compettrtt judges that the composition is • crowded with sweet melodies and rich harmonies, and bears the mpress of rare musical genius.

'Princesslda" has done five weeks at ™ Princess's, Melbourne, which was jusft >tat as much as shfe deserved.' Miss wonoraßraham takes up the running ia .B«foiy;' f Mt CeHiei-'s agreetnetifc with to Triumvirate stipulated for throe weeks' «reßearsal of his opera, and it will ®f <8 felk-^6b4Hy stand-^by the fii>t performance. Miss Braham's hubby cornea »th front in "Dorothy," which reminds f ??&«! Bulletin " that Mr Leutnane, ™Mmy imported tenor, is going to stand r«. this journey. Neither he nor Mr m S {ih Baritoni3) has PrOT<*l an owrifiielinning success. Wiliard, who brought the JW Japanese Village to these cSlonies, Kift-SW? -America not long ago. S eCßristcWh Zoological Gardfns «w.«fflmg vttraAd<!agte. c&ntaining three »X? monkeys, and a panther. These Sif^f by *c Sheriff lately under STft^J-J. Mil^, printer, to S'^f Of.*«Sl4S. *he Zoological J*J«*4 dtan- fof board atflountin* md w,I" i.l*! a? imals realised £102 ss, 7iZm- bou Sht by Mr Mark Fay, a! Ghristchurdi, cWeh lJ« a&^[ res Pondenfc of the Christ- tlielm Sf'lr^ssor Herbert, Coniurerf» 1 nbe as tbe "Kingof «3 terwJL E<? yal <* We«nesday last, Wio D 3» fl 7,r. Patter," which is as *fii cSw °f a,n,enfertainment an 101 sive' wh^n that 600'^ fully commen. f^^SSS^^^rytowns Hiohards^oh tour for Mr Locke *N> redtori accoffiPlished Shak ?l)oafcthenuddi W enC"[ g sunedin S" Awskßif * oTember and reach- VJ-frl? the beginning of reßaltsin AnckknH 1' l U- sUy looks fol' !^ge I^»"«SSf A h he is Phased to city ff S.^ I*, th 6 premier lee- Jur i^ tra?la- Th^ a acorn- S**allnM Au £ ' ai- dsOn has beenmo-et auc &*» fiftf,*"- The^Sydhey ft*I** coTcL; Jb ?U3tlßfchjias the a splendiri ,f- Performing be !?"*«» ijraf^MEwgraminoß

THE GARDEN.

[Bt" Hortusl

*O COitftESPONDfiNTS.

CabbaqU Plants (A., Ponsonby).-<1) Your plants have simply been checked by the cold, wot winter, With the late flue, warm weather they should now be showing signu of 81 arting into growth agam. To assist them get a little guano and dust round each plant; a little afterWard3, stir over the surface Soil between the rows. The above Weiitnieht will ass st them, even if your soil is poor. (2) Tne best manure you could use for treneral purposes is that from the stable. Your soil being stiff, it will help to keep it more open, and in time will matte it more frip.blo.

Pbizb PbasG. DohJch (vP.B.).—'I cannot under stand (if the seed peas were good when your brother obtained them) how they did not grow. The lots you havo obtained should be sown in succession for tbo next two or three months, putting in the bulk during next month. They should succeed in any deep, rich gardon soil. The better it is manured, and the deeper it is dug, the better they will succeed. Sow in rows about four feet apart and about two inches deep. Co"ld you leave a small parcel forme at the efflce, so that I might try them also ?

Growing Sub-Thopioal Plants (Sub-Tropical". —Th<* question is a very large one to doal with in detail, but I will point out a few things for you to think over. Our climate in the winter Is so very mild that a larii'o number of plantß live and grow that suffer severely from the cold in otner sub-tropical countries. Again, our summer heat is not nearly f o high or so dry as that in which most of the sub-tropical plants bcome high-paying industries. Our rainfall may be just about equal to some ot the other sub-tropical countries, but the mois ture is in our atmosphere, which is evapor ated from the vast expanse of ocean surroundinsf New Zealand. Such moiat atmosphere is not only detrimental to the ripening of some fruits, but it also keeps our temperature much lower. I have been for a considerable time t-ying to get climatic data to compare with ours. Up to the present I have been unable to obtain any with Ruch low summer temperatures as ours, where Bub'tropical plants become highly paying. !Many a time I have thought that it would b© a good thing if the GovernTient of this colony could obtain the services of a scientific gentle man who thoroughly understood thesp matters. Though a high salary had -to bo paid for such, it would pay the colony in timo, for it would lead to more accurate informa tion regarding plants and climatic conditions.

Potatoes.

Late potatoes required for use from the present time through the spring' should bo turned over occasionally, as they will soon begin to throw oub sprouts. The sprouts should bo rubbed off before they have attained any considerable size, for if allowed to remain on they spoil the quality of the tubers for eating. Keep them in as cool a place as possible, so that they may not be ex posed to any dry wind. Those required for seed should be picked out. Only choose those of a medium size, or those a little larger than an eg~g; these can be planted whole, which, I think, is much better than cutting. Continue planting a few more early" varieties whenever the weather is suitable.

Rhubarb.

AbOtifc the end of August is tho best time for replanting old plants of rhubarb or transplanting the young seedling plants raised lasfc season. Seedling plants, in my estimation, will always give the best crop. Where only old plants are obtainable the outside crowns should be cut from the plants and planted out. The centre of the plant is the oldest part, and will bo prone to throw flowering stalks instead of stalks and leaves. The above crop, from the large quantity of leaves and stalks annually stripped from the plants, quickly exhausts itself and the surrounding soil, therefore it is not desirable to let the plants remain in the same posi tion more than one season in North New Zealand. Plants that are allowed to stand in the same position undisturbed for over two years have a great tendency to produce flowering shoots, which, even if cut out as soon as they make their appearance, inter fere with the growth of the edible stalks. All rhubarb plants should therefore be ; lifted, sub-divided, and replanted every winter or early spring. Only a few of the ; old plants should be left in the old positions, for the purpose of forcing or supplying a few dishes till the fresh-planted ones gain strength. It sometimes ruins newly planted plants to pluck the crop too early. They should always be allowed to grow afc least six leaves before any crop is taken from them, so as to encourage strong root action. As rhubarb is a deep-rooted, grass feeding plant, care should be taken to plant it on such soils as it v ually succeeds in. The best soil is a deep, rich, friable, loamy one, with a large quantity of vegetable matter in Its composition. Suen soils should be trenched to. a depth of eighteen inches at least, and well manured. The plants should be planted in rows, about four feet apart each way, and at the bottom of the hole made for planting each plant, a few forks full of well-rotted manure should be placed be fore planting. The crowns of the plants should just be covered. After planting the rhubarb a few rows of lettuce or other quick-growing crop could be pricked out between the row's. After the plants begin to grow, liquid manure in quantities will greatly increase the quantity and quality of the crop. Soap-guds, chamber water, Or cow-droppings placed in a tub filled up with water, allowed to stand a day or so and strained off, will greatly assist the crop. Whenever the dry weather sets in the bed should be mulched with litter such as long fresh stable manure, straw, freshly cut grass or' any similar material. Any cottager could with a little trduble grow sufficient of this delicioue vegetable for the use of his own family. Grafting (Continued). These remarks are, however, only by the way, and lead us on to whab we "have called the "new aspect" of grafting. Hitherto it has been taken for granted, and without any reason, that the stock, whether used because of its hardness or vigour, permanently influenced the subject grafted upon it, even when not allowed.to produce any growth of its own ; hencfe, in crafting apples, plim'iS, vines, loses and other plants, the rule has been to employ the root of the stock only, with sometimes a portion of the stem, as in the case of standard trees and roses, &c. For some time, however, the fact has been gradually forcing ifcself on the minds of gardeners that by this method the" value of the stock is greatly impaired, if not lost in numerous ihstancee. It is found that by grafting a weak variety on another aad stronger variety, a more vigorous growth is the result at first, but that in the eiid, And sometimes very soon after, the graft becomes just as weak as if ifc had been on its own roots. The reason of this is plain on reflection. A strong root pfoduces a strong top growth, and while the strong top remains and extends the root extends reciprocally in the same ratio. When, however, we cut the top off and sub stitute by grafting another and weaker top in its place, the root is for the time para lysed, and never afterwards does more thati - respond to the weaker growth grafted on it. This is very easily denronstrated in the case of the vine, numerous examples of which the writer has seen. I more than guspect, too, that the reason why the quince and raradise roots require so touch pruning in this country is, that while they do restrain the luxuriance of the strong-grow ing subjects grafted on them, they are at: the same time acted upon reciprocally, and i niade to grow stronger tlian they would do if they bore their own natural and less vig orous brandies. A correspondent, in writ ing On dwarf stocks for apples years ago, said they should '' furnish a dwarf and fertile growth without any root-pruning whatever ;" and this is whab was expected of them in culture, and what theorists said Vould happen, but it is found that such trees require regular root-pruning under some circumstances. On the other hand, it may be well believed that the "tffat> and pear stocks are enfeebled by having weak ,va\ietiois.wbrked upon them in the reverse way. (To be Continued.)

DRAUGHTS.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

J.G.B. Newtoti.—Thanks for games and pro blems ; shall utilise them next week. Glad to find that our efforts are appre3iated.

PROBLEM No. 4. By Mr R. Watson, Kinross.

Black,

White.

White to move and win. Solution to Problem No. 1

27-31 27-18 15-19 11-16 7- 3 2-11 28-24 19-12 8- 3 20-11 8-12 9- 2 31-27 18-15 19-13 15- 8 3-7 12-16 24-19 12- 8 3-7 B. wins.

The following is another of the games played between Mr A. Craigheady Canter bury, and Mr H. Henderson, Auckland :—-

Played at Providence, U. S., between Mr A. J. Heffner and a prominent local player.

Game No. 11: "Cuoss." Heffner'a move.

DRAUGHTS ITEMS.

Stricklandv. Jackson. —A match often games, restricted openings, was played at Manchester between these well-known ex perts. The result being a tie—one win each, and eight games drawn—other four games were contested, but these also re salted in draws.

Mr Barker, the American champion, has finished his tour through the Western States, and is now home again at Boston. During his seven weeks' " starring" he con tested in all 1,146 games. Of these he won 979, lost 25, and drew 142—a capital score indeed.

CHALLENGE.

Mr Barker has issued the following challenge:— I hereby challenge any player in England or Scotland to play me a match at checkers for £50 (fifty pounds) aside, restricted or unrestricted (restricted preferred). If unre stricted, the match to consist of fifty games, wins and draws to count; if restricted, the match to consist of all the opening's that are laid down in " Barker's American Checker Player," or those laid down in " Janvier's Anderson," the rules of "Anderson's Second "to govern in either case. Will give or take £li) (ten pounds) for expenses. C. F. Barker, Champion of America. We observe tbafc the above challenge has been promptly accepted by Mr J. Smith, the Engligh champion, and the Scottish players are going to back the ex-champion, Mr B. Martins, to uphold the honour of Auld Scotia against the American Cham pion.

RELIGIOUS FRENZY.

T&e People of a Spanish Town Made

Mad by Their Faith.

A Ma&bid telegram of July 23 says: "A very extraordinary case is about to come before the high tribunal of Malago. A few months ago a woman, a native of .the village of Torrax, declared that the Virgin Mary had appeared to her and had ordered her to preach the new gospel for the salvation of mankind, as the end Of the world was at hand. The woman's story seems to have been believed without hesitation, and soon the whole,village was in a state of vei'igions frenzy. The woman preached in favour of the abandonment of earthly possessions, and advocated a return to the mode of life and habits of primitive man. During the height of the frenzy a large fire was .lighted in the village, into which the converts to this fantastic superstition threw their valu able*, furniture and clothes, men, women end children dancing and shouting around the fire in a ptate of nudity. Being warned of what was goinjj on, the local gendarmery arrived only Just m time to save the infants from being, thrown into the fire by their frenzied mothers, and to prevent the houses of the village from being set on fire."

A Japanese Birthday Ball.

The China Squadron, having finished their evolutionary ernise, took v little relaxation at Yokohama before dispersal ; they entertained, and were entertained. There were letS&A (these confined to few), races, and general high jinks. Tlie fates had considerately arranged that the -anniversary of the Mikado's birth should f&H-afc this time, but, as he -has not quite " chough, to libld dancing parbies, this function . v/as delegated to the Minister ■of Foreign Affairs and 'the 'Countess Mohye (Ittboye). The Empress, "however, had decided that the high-bone Musnmt should appear in West ern dress, fov how could Pitti Sing dance in her cli'nghig robe and clogs, and, in fact, do more than clatter round ? In truth, the Japanese ladies took their Western dancing an (j'reind seriettx. Rigid eftbrts are made to keep time and torn their toes out, leaving lib freedom for smiles and daintinesses. One damsel, probably suffi ciently high-bone to be able to disregard sumptuary laws, appeared in the old-iash ioiied Court dress, withher hairtred up in the hideous manner depicted—she was a Con servative Minority of One. The Japanese heroes (excepting in the navy) affect the French staff uniform, qualified by an oc casional big-topped rigid German cap, and are resplendant in aiguillettes and decora tions; The tiharm of the entCrt&inmenfc lay chiefly in the decoration of fcfafe 'milding, which was bright with chrysanthemums and wisteria, the loving labnuf of deft JapUhese fingers. The country itiay love ko well was not forgotten, there being an old tree, full of birds, capital ih this respect, and a hjmitttnn'e gardsn, thle ch&fm 61 rus in urbe being an instinct in Japan.

ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

The Trip a frenchman Proposes to

Make in a Balloon

Professor Javis, the French aeronaut who, together with Manpassant, the novelist, made a successful balloon trip to Holland from Paris, is busy perfecting arrangements for a more extended aerial voyago across the Atlantic in October. This enterprise is under the management of bhe French National Society of Aeronauts, and the Government has taken an active interest. I saw Javis this morning at tho society rooms. He is a small black-bearded, black prowed Frenchman, who talks with more than usual volubility. He is a veteran balloonist and an unusually successful one. He did some good work in the late war, and wears a red ribbon in his button-hole.

" I intend," said Javis, as he led the way to his laboratory, "to cross from New York, not from this side. I will choose a very windy day and will be in Paris fifty hourfi after I leave Nbw York. The bal loon in which I made my last trip will be used. It is 800 kilometres in size. I shall have a double car made, the bottoh and two feet on the sides of which shall be waterproof, so as to be of service if -we fall. I shall use my patent self-acting escape valve, which is a great improvement. My balloon will be varnished with a prepara tion I have invented, making it fireproof. I shall take photographs of the trip, which I shall have enlarged, and arranged as a panorama to exhibit in the exposition of 1889."

The room was lined with photographs taken on previous voyages. A frame con taining medals awarded to Javis hung over the mantel. I was taken to tho balloon, which was spread out in a large shed. It was a monstrous affair, and was being varnished bright yellow with a preparation which had a very disagreeable smell. Javis has already crossed the Mediterranean from the coast of the south of France. Malla, his lieutenant, will accompany him from New York on tho proposed trip.

THE DYNAMITERS.

Allege* Existence of a Band of Bold

Conspirators,

The London " Evening Globe," a very Con. servativo paper, prints the following re markable statement: —" We are in posses sion of information which, emanating from an authoritative quarter, leaves no doubt that so far from the dynamite conspiracy having died out or its objects having been abandoned, there is in one of the provincial towns in England a sworn band of skir mishers known by the police authorities of the town to exist and to bu engaged in a treasonable conspiracy. All the members of the society, and also their aims and objects, are known. From some reason, however, the conspirators, who number about 100, have not been disturbed, al though their meeting-places and residences aie watched night and day by detectives. It is feared that after the passage of the Crimes Act desperate outrages on life or property may be made. The Scotland Yard authorities are, we understand, tak ing no part in tho investigation of conspir acy, as it is practically out, of their juris diction, but there is no doubt that inform ation has been given to the Home Office of the matter."

Bankruptcy of Lord Colin Campbell.

Loftt* Colin* Campbkix was in tho Bank ruptcy Court Jately confronting liabilities of about £20,000 with some £120 of available asset*. Strangely, Heorge Lewis, who pleaded so well that his lordship might be released from the bonds of matrimony, ap peared for the creditors. His crosa-oxain ination of his former client was marked by great acerbity. "Why did you hot pay your creditors with the money your father advanced you ?" said the learned counsel, reprovingly. " Yon know better than any body," came the testy reply, " that tho money in question was raised for the pur pose of carrying on my divorce case, which you had forced me to undertake." Mr Lewis thereupon got very angry and asked that the bankrupt be made to behave.

All Embarrassing Situation.

At Aldershot during the recent; review the Prince of Wales had dismounted from hi 3 horse and was awaiting the coming of his royal mother when suddenly he discovered a lady in a superlatively efo'c gown, who in the confusion of the carriages could not find her way to the grand stand. \Vifch grandi ose courtesy the Prince extricated the lady from the labyrinth, and on parting asked if he might be allowed to know her name. " Certainly, your highness," replied the lady, with a suave smile. "I am Mine. De Kalemine ; you doubtless heard me spoken of at the time I married your brother-in law, the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt." At this unfortunate moment the Qu6en drove up and relieved tho Prince of his embarrassment. It will be remembered that the marriage between the Grand Duke and Mme. Kalemine was annulled, chiefly at the instance of Queen Victoria, who did not like this successor to her favourite daughter, Alice.

Retaining the Colour in Dried Flowers.

Tiiosk who visited the International Ex hibition of ISG2 will remember, in the eastern annexe, two or three trays Of natural flowers in which the shape* as well as the colour, was well retained. Those were produced by a German artist, named Schwartz, and were considered so success ful that a trade was established at Erfurt and in other towns, having for its object the substitution of real for artificial flowers. Whether the trade is still prospering, or whether its success was but'" temporary, we do not know; but the following1 details of the mode employed cannot fail to bo of interest. The flowers which it is intended to preserve should bo gathered when fully developed, but before they show any ten dency to shed their petals ; they must be quite dry—that 18 tto say, no dew or rain must be on them—and to ensure this, it is advisable to keep them for a few hours in a room, with the very extremity of 'their stalks in water. A box is then taken, con structed for the purpose, having a movable bottom and a framework of wire at various intervals, on which the flowers rest. The bottom is filled with fine white sand, and when the blossoms are placed in the re quired positions on the framework, white sand is carefully sifted over them through a fine sieve, uhtil the box is quite full. It is then closed, and placed in a stove "raised to a moderate temperature; after a short period it is taken out, and the bottom removed, wh.->n the sand fall 3 through, leaving the flowers, in the frame. It is best to have only 'One stage in each box, as when more are used the pressure upon the blossoms is not so equal, and they have thus h, greater risk ME shrivelling. Tho eand must be carefully wafjhed, sifted, and dried before it is used again. Even on tins system, however, certain plant? will losrs i their colours, ar.fi, although white, blue, and yellow biopsoms are .pretty sure to turn oufc satisfactorily, those of more delicate tints, such as rose or vislet-, cannot illways be depended upon, although th&y sometimes retain tbteiv colours.

A SINGULAR WRECK.

Bobbery by the Crew,

The story of the wreck of the steamer Merrimac, as told by several passengere who arrived at Halifax, Canada, on Jtily 11 is one of the most remarkable in the history of marine disasters. The people on the steamer escaped a terribls fate after being driven ashore on a clear and cloudless night, with moon and stars shining brightly overhead, but according to their own asser tions their baggage was rifled and a number of valuable articles stolen while the owners were on deck seeking to save their lives. The passengers declare it is their conviction that these depredations were committed by members of the <Srew-, who, immediately after the ship struck, received a consider able quantity of liquor, became drunk and created a disgraceful disturbance. The facts connected with the disaster are re lated as follows :—

Nearly all the passengers were sound asleep, when suddenly, about 12.30 o'clock Saturday night, they were awakened by a half-dozen shrieks of the whistles, followed immediately by several heavy shocks and tearing, grinding sounds, as though the steamer was forcing her way over the rocky bottom.

Captain Crowell, the pilot ahd two officers were on deck when the steamer struck,and, so far as learned, could give no satisfactory reason why they were so close to the coast. The steamer was going at full speed when she struck, and forced her way over the rocks for fully five minutes. There were a number of heavy shocks, and the vessel tossed about so fearfully that those on deck had to hold on for their lives or they would have been dashed into the water. By the time she came to a stop all on board were out of their berths, the women and children being huddled together in the cabin, with terror on their faces and sending forth piercing screams for help. Indescribable confusion and excitement prevailed, but the efforts of a few men snc ceeded in restoring partial calmness, and the work of launching the boats was com menced. It was while this scene wa3 being enacted that the pillaging of the passengers luggage took place. The staterooms were entered, valises were torn or ripped wide open, and the goods of value were removed. Jewellery, clothing and other articles dis appeared, and when their owners, after ascertaining that the vessel would go down at once, went to their rooms to secure their property, they found it strewn on the floor, with the most valuable portion gone. One passenger stated he lost about £500 worth in this way, while a number of other passengers tell a similar story. At the same time a number of the crew became suddenly drunk and got into a dispute which ended only when they wore com pelled to abandon the steamer in the boats which had been launched by the aid of other handc. There was some delay in getting the boats afloat, caused apparently by poor management, but eventually every body was safely removed from the steamer.

As has already been stated, the passen gers were all safely landed, though there were a number of narrow escapes. Tho passengers who arrived here this afternoon travelled by teams all last night and all day to-day. The remainder are reported to have reached main land to-day. The steamer City of St. John will be dispatched to take them to Yarmouth. They will be Rent from that place to Boston direct. The wreck is believed to have been caused by a disordered compass, a statement to that effecb having been made by the Merrimac pilot.

A NEW CRICKET CRUISER.

Tfio Latest Addition to the Navy.

An important addition was made to- the active list of the royal navy on July 2nd by the completion for sea at Sheeniess of the hew fast cruiser, Mohawk, which has been built at a cost of £100,000. The Mohawk is tho first of a new type. She is armed with Six-inch breech-loading guns and seven fifteen-inch tubes discharging Whitehead torpedoes.

THE QUEEN OF HAWAII.

Her Gift to Quoen Victoria,

Says Vanity Pair: The Queen of Hawaii un doubtedly intended to pay our Queen and our nation a great national compliment by coming to be present ftt the Jubilee ; but un doubtedly the court officials find her Majesty riohiewhat of a white elephant (if I may be pardoned such a misstatement of eoloiir), on their bawls. For instance, tit Bucking ham Palace, the King of Saxony was blandly informed by the1 Court officials that he was requested to take the Queen of Hawaii in to supper. " The" deVil lam !" brusquely re plied his Majesty. " I'll toe everybody first before I take a black woman in to sup per." The King was accordingly assigned to the Queen of Belgians, and the Duke of Edinburgh had to sacrifice himself to the altar of patriotism. The sister of the Queen of Hawaii, Princess Lilokolani, is now styled tho " Prine?* Lily of Killarney" by people who are helpless when they try to pronounce her name.

The Queen of Hawaii has presented to Queen Victoria a piece of work made en tirely of the feathers of a very rare bird, from the Sandwich Islands. It appears that there are only two of these particular feathers in the bird, and it has taken Some thousands of feathers to make a wreath, which is the work of the Hawaiian Queen's own hand. It lias been mounted on royal bide1 plush set in a frame of gold, with royal arms and the arms of the Queen of Hawaii on either side, the whole being again surrounded by a border of royal blue set with golden stars with eight points, re presenting the eight islands of the Sandwich group. Above is the royal crown on a cushion, set with diamonds.

RAILWAY BUILDING IN CHINA.

Native Opposition to the Worn.

A tißmtsix correspondent of the " News " h.in the following in regard to the difficulties of railway building : The railway people are experiencing a"good .leal of difficulty with the inhabitants along the line, and it seems quite on the cards that the grievances of a few individuals may grow into a general opposition to the railway. At Tongku, opposite Taku, the salt people are up in ftfms, headed by an important village llampden, who wears a button of some kind. They will nob have either their houses, their graves, their land or their water courses interfered with, and as they muster a pretty strong force of men employed about the salt business they simply refuse to allow the rail way navvies to proceed. The foreign en gineers have also been threatened. At Sin ho, the village in rear of the North Fort at Talan the state of matters is even worse, and the latest news is that the whole force of the railway coriipany, foreigners and all, have been driven off! The delay as well Ks expense will be sefieus, for the line has been all j>egged out, and if tlrey are forced to alter ifc a fresh survey will require to be made. The main cause of the opposition is I said to be that the land has not been bought; the officials merely proceed to occupy it, promising to pay afterward, but the Chi nese have an incorrigible mistrust of such promises. < The Keehvng railway line is making pro gress. Five thousand soldiers are employed, under the siiperintendencb of two Euro peans, and the tunnel excavation is about to eomnmnfce.

GOSSIP ABOUT ROYALTY.

THE PRINCE OF WALES AN

ADMIRAL.

The Queen's Jubiiee Expences.

Mr Labottchere's cable despatch of July 27th to the American press says:—The

" Service Journal" describes the appoint ment of the Prince of Wales as honorary admiral of the fleet as a great honour to the navy. It seems to me to be a fantasti cal puerility, and one calculated to bring both the navy and the Prince into ridicule and contempt. The Prince of Wales has merely received the appointment in order that he may be qualified to wear another becoming uniform. There seems to be no limit to the tailoring craze which now prevails in what are termed exalted quar ters. Even George IV. never went to the length of getting himself made an admiral. It is a grievous resurrection of the sort of fatuous extravagance that prevailed fa the French court for a century before the revolution.

The papers continue to indulge in a rig marole of gush about the amount of court expenses in connection with the jubilee. The "World" gives- it as £100,000, the "Pall Mall Gazette" £200,000 and a London corres pondent £80,000. I stated a fortnight ago that the Queen's outlay will not exceed £50,000, and I have since heard from ex ceptional authority that £47,000 is about the total. There is not the slightest founda-. tion for the unjustified report that the Queen was desirous to obtain a Parliamentary grant toward her outlay. There is a large, accumulation from the civil list,, and it was long settled that everything was to be paid out of this. It should be remembered by the people who talk wildly of £100,000 that the royalties from abroad were only the Queen's guests for a few days, and that there was no extra entertainment except half a dozen State banquets, one ball in Buckingham Palace and a garden party. The most preposterous exaggerations have been published in connection with the court, one imaginative journal- going the length of announcing that fifty clerks had been employed by the Master of the House--, hold at Buckingham Palace. All the sbories, too, about the redecoration and re? furnishing of the palaces are myths,, as hardly anything was done- beyond ordinary routine work.

A garden party was given recently atsa well-known house near. London,, and in cluded two wealthy members of the- royal family. It was expected that theywould drive clown, but instead of going BO- they thought fit to go by train. Carriages were sent to meet them, but this did not satisfy them, for I heard that they expressed sur prise and displeasure because the host was not at the station to receive them, as if it were likely he would leave the other guests in order to gratify such silly notions. The country is becoming so overrun with royal ties and quasi-royalties that their company will soon be regarded as a nuisance instead of an honour, and this feeling is already very prevalent among personages whose birth and position entitle them to display independence. So it behoves these exalted beings not to give unnecessary trouble to their hosts.

Tlie performance of the Queen's yacht-on Wednesday last in running into the Orontes is equally discouraging to British, taxpayers and British sightseers. That after the thousands of pounds which are yearlyspent on the Victoria and the Albert she should proceed backward, when intended to go forward, and thus knock hundredsof pounds worth of gilding aud ornament off herstern, is bad enough, from the taxpayers' point of view, but that she should indulge in tlrene vagaries when presumably being extra carefully handed, because of the preseneeof the Crown-Prince of Germany on board, is absolutely terrifying to intending spectators of the naval review. The regulations for the navigation of the royal yachts are highly idiotic. It will scarcely be credited that in compliance with a most foolish and absurd royal order, these vessels are always taken alongside a landing-place at full speed, ths* engine being altered from full speed to full speed astern, only when the-jetty is being approached. It is wonderful that any officer can be found to undertake the charge of engines under such preposterous con ditions, as the delay of a second would cause a bad accident. All vessels have their engines stopped before altering speed in this way and the royal yachts ought to fol low the usual national practice.

The Prince of Wales rarely makes a speech without dragging in a laudatory al lusion to his beloved and lamented sire, and now wo actually find Prince Albert Victor bursting into irrelevant eulogy of his revered great-grandfather, the Dnke of Kent, of whom, I apprehend, the young prince's knowledge is what Lord Beacons neld would have termed " blundering and defective.1' The Duke ot Kent was a sly,, manoeuvring personags, who passed hia very useless life in contracting debts which his daughter paid twenty years after his death. The Dnke was principally remark able, after he was emancipated, as the French would say, for his truly Gargantuan appetito, combining within himself the at tributes of "Gorging Jack " and "Guzzling Jemmy." I heard that the ladies who went down to Windsor to present her Majesty with £80 were somewhat surprised at having to pay for their tea. When the Queen laid the stone ot the pedestal of Prince Albert's statue on Smith's lawn, in Windsor Park, some'person put up posts and ropes and made an inclosure into which horses and carriages were admitted at a Charge of 5 pence each. By whom was this 'permitted and who got the money? Last week the Queen received at Windsor a representation of officers of the Indian army who came over for the jubilee. It might well be supposed that those vieitows would have been invited to lunch at the castle, and it will scarcely be credited that they were relegated to one of the Windsor hotels for refreshment. This is a glaring example of the gross stupidity which animates all court arrangements. Putting aside the flagrant lack of hospitality nothing could have besn more impolite than to treat these Indian officers in this scandal ously shabby fashion. What is the use of State apartments at the castle, which are maintained by the country at vast annual expense, if they are not to be used for the entertainment of visitors.from abroad, and especially when they are persons who ought to be sent away with godd implwsions 'i 1 hear from undoubted authority that the favorable bulletins about the Duchess of Cumberland, which appear weekly in thfc papers, are altogether unreliable, a« there is not the slightest amelioration in her men tal condition. The Duchess still labors und«r several most troublesome delusions, one of which is thafc .she is in constant dread of being poisoned, and she has violent par oxysms of despair at periods in which she imagines she is surrounded by enemies. She i 3 much stronger, however, and all the efforts of the physicians have been directed toward the improvement of her physical state. It is generally thought that her ap proaching aceouchment will bring the case to a crisis and that the unfortunate Duchess will either sink into hopeless insanity or gradually recover. The Duke of Cumber land, whose own health cause&mach anxiety, receives medical reports twice every day and bulletins are telegraphed «ach evening to the Empress of Russia, the Queen ol Denmark and Ihe Princess of Wales.

POETRY.

AD LEUCONOEN.

(From Horace, Gabm!* xi.fe Seek not to know what is in store In coming years for you, or'me; Seek not by Babylonian lore* To penetrate futurity. Seek learning, quaff the golden wine— For as we speak time flies away; The present hour I know is mine. And hence I'll live and feast to-day. 0. E. Hugo. •Babylonias numefos — Babylonian art of divination by means of numbers. ■■■■- -* *Mr-

TOO LATE.

" Tis vain to ask me now," she said. " Tho time for love has long: gorie'by ; Our autumn time has come instead, And nothing but regret have I. And I have known since then,"'she said. " What bitterness it is to Wait, The bitterness at last has fled, And now it is too late—too late 1" " Life is to all but sad,"' she said, " It might have been more sweet to me; The hopes that once I had are dead, I only ask to let them be, lam alone—l blame you nofc*- The ill you did you scarcely knew, And now when you are half forgot, You Bay that you were always-true* Had you but asked when, we were younif. Time had anotti ef tale to tell; I know the teardrops that have sprung— I know tho sadness that bef el. But all is calm within my breast. And ldve arid grief have passed away. And now your love you have confessed It is too late—l tell yon nay!" Inda. !

THE CAPTIVE BROOK.

A brooklet from the mountain sped, And wandered on ita merry way; It wandered where its fancy led, The livelong night, the livelong day. It sang of dells wnere bird-songs flow, It nang of haunts where lilies grow, it sang in tones that lovers know, All day, all day. The sunbeams on its ripples lay, And hußhtcr through its cadence.broll% And as it dariced.away, away, Unnumbered harmonies awoke. It loitered' by the drooping flower". It sang the love-dream of the bower, THe song was new from hour, to hour, All day, all day. A miller came., one morn.o'..May,. And bound the brooklet to his mill, Where labbur wears the hours'awtiy,. And its harsh sound is never still. AndToiind and round-to fill-his. stdto The water tui^ns- the mill-wheel.o'er, ; But, ah! the brooklet sings no more, All day, all day." —Laura F» Heksdale, ia "The Ainericaa. Magazine."

A BORN ORPHAN.

I am alone, unfeathered chick, Of artificial hatching: A pilgrim in a desert Wild. By happier mother chicks-reviled, From all relationships-exiled. To do my own lone scratching. Fair Science smiled upon my birth ■ One raw and gusty morning ;.. And now the sounds of barn yard mirth To lonely me have little wortrU I anr alone in all the earth"— Au orphan without homing. Seek,l my.mother? I would find A heartless tiersonator; A thing brass"-hjded. man designed. With ateampipe arteries intermitted, And pnlse oss'co'itou batting lined— A patent Incubator. It wearies me to think, yon see— Iteath Would be better. ruthier— Should children e'er be born to EMj .< : By fate's most pitiless decree Sly little ones, alas,jvould he With never a grandmother. And when to earth I bid Sdietf, To seek a greater^ Iwi 1 not ftp as others do, , - IVKo go to join the ancestral crew, For I will just be gathered to My Incubator.

WILLIE O'NEIL.

A LBXIISttJ OF tOUQH NEAG3. Oh! bright are the waters of lovely Lough Neagh As gHdingly dancing, the summer sun's, ray? O'er its soft ripples twinkle, and fhittfrfngiyY I gleam, ■ Like the music enriching a troubadour's them* But dark are the waters of lonely Lough Neagli When the dolerbus- night with Stif shadows hath sway; - Then a lone woman wanders, and hopelessly weeps _ O'er the cold sullen wave1 where he* darling one sleeps. And nightly she croons her sad notes of despair. And agairi sres enacted her -wild sorrott there, For the thoughts of that night ever crowd in her mind, .. . And she hears his last cry in the voice of the wind. fooT Widow O'Neil had as merry a son As footed a reel when his day's work wajsdona. Large-hearted and manly, and trusty, when tried, And kind td his -toother as grooml to his bride. But though calm seemed his life, in bis heart's currents deep There struggled a sorrow that acted on sleep, And stilled his soul's music, that cheered hM by day, .:. Till t-.e blue sky of manhood grew drearily grey. Twas midnight; the household was hushed ill. repose . " When Willie, still sleeping, from bed slowly rose. He lifted the latch and Walked out into night While the quiok-wakened mother lay. waiting in fright. Hours passed ere he came and returned to his bed, ' And his face and his limbs were as cold as thß dead, ' . . .. And the fears of his mother grew anxious ana wild. For she knew that the fairies were taking her child. Thus nightly she saw him emerge from his rbotti By the peat-glow that battled with midnight's deep gloom, . .■ \ And a thousand wild horrors would torture her brain, Till her fairy-led son was restored Her again. One night in the old ruined Abbey .she prayed 0 er the grave where the corpse of her husbafla was laid. Oil, God, cure my Willie from sorrow and pain. And grant from to-night that he walks riot as.iin!" Then homeward she hastened, her mind more *t ease. And entered as Willie arose from his knees Saying, '"Mother, by- strange dreams I've been' sore oppressed, j? . - , But I feel that to-mght will brilai? eoalffirt and rest*" The mother sptike not,; but sbs waited the Wheri the' ghosts and thefairies arid witchea " hn,vc power, . -.. a And then to her sorrow she saw as before, H«r (soh in his nighWafatfce f6mt re»a door Then hastily are*sing,she followed hispalh By dark bush and ruin and green f airy rath: By Shane's ghostly oastle, weird, cronibling She followed'his fbbtsteps to ltfaely Longa 3Sea%h. But-what was her horror and terror to see Him walk on its Waters as o'er the greetuea? Her fear overcame her, she-gave a knld scream. And startled her Willie who woke irom bis dream. 1 Alas! fatal instinct of motherly cttre——, Alas 1 sad awttking to dootn and aespair! One shrieli and he sank as h© stirbve for. tbo slioro— ■ Her bby'a fairy rathbles and so^rro^flw'e^e O'er 1 Oh, bitter the anguish of Widow O'Neil, Her blind prayer was answered, her crashed heart did feel. ' ~ , ~ • He was cured, heaven -willed it, aila so took her Andherfloul bowed in sorrow tooahed " God'B Dtroiii) Ma'cFad^in. Biehop Wai-ren, of the MethodiS* cop&l Church, do** riot bsliev* in fentl© pr^aobing 4* rich waftefß. Ho KiJW we*a artiOmd pastors wbd go-at fcm this «fcyrei s Brethren, you aasfc ri&pent, a&ii &&*>*{ aad bo tohwtea, in a m«a*ttre j s»>j«m%iii b6 to *©ise:«*tdfii»

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 1887.

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Game : No. 10, "Switcher Dyke." Henderson's move.

11-16 19-26 6-10 6- 9 25-22 9-13 21-17 30- 7 21-17 14-10 24-20 7-11 16-19 2-11 1- 6 9-13 22-18 22-26 23-16 27-23 2S-24 17-14 14-10 32-28 12-19 8-12 10-15 25-30 26-31 31-27 24-15 17-14 25-22 10- 6 10- 7 28-24 10-19 3- 7 8-12 30-25 13-17 27-23 22-18 23-18 24-20 6- 1 7- 3 11- 7 7-10 4- 8 15-19 19-23 17-22 18-15 18-14 23-21 18-15 31-27 3- 7 7-11 9-18 12-16 11-25 23-26 5- 9 15- 8 26-23 29-25 20- 2 27-24 1- 6 24-19 Drawn.



11-15 15-18 18-27 13-17 23-28 3- 7 23-18 22-15 32- 7 22-13 28-24 6- 1 8-11 11-18 2-18 5- 9 26-31 7-10 27-23 19-15 26-22 13- 6 24-19 1- 6 9-13 12-16 6- 9 1-19 31-26 18-15 18-14 24-20 22-15 30-26 18-UB.wins 10-17 16-19 9-18 8-12 28-22 2144 31-27 25-22 26-22 14-10 4- 8 7-11 18-23 lfl-23 22-18 23-19 27-23 29-22 22-18 10- 6

(a) 18-23 loses on account of 14-10, etc. (b) Losing play 22-17 and White can draw.





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