THE GARDEN.

'- . oniiwer any queries. Kuan noting- * ou nd the stems of the tn use you mustregu ' rf We anf^^f procure. Place i KtheanßntiQr|oo tVvo forkfuls to each We veryfHlßo bVmade by a spade • &I^tare<nrnS horse or cow manure W*?t?t£°%o°s of water, to .stand wC&uThours, and used in the P«ut^rSsuano water. ; ■*&**Zq. -mi believe tliat the jycH TB^KJ'a better crop .this season V> % c pftf ffiTTo kill the moss on the M old «& A'tfoug lime-wash and paint Caches s&te ■;!r£?h kill it, and the de.-.d SpW *? Sf oft (3) It is too lato to I P**i btSa cause them to beed badly, Wty ° Znc «r You c»n eupiiner prune

Cape Gooseberry. .-f plants of the above should In in erery garden. The seed Si« B OWD about the end of September Tuning of October. Any good, rich ioSsiiitif #esesd n a w&rm s' fcu" Sow in rows about two fpet and a ipwt, placing a few seeds at intervals 7iit«'i«*«jFt in the im' Affcer SijytttEgplants have attained about three 'jßcfein!><>>#>thin oufc to °nly °ne Pknt ■ 9 e$ spot. As they grow the lateral iootesbpuld bepoe&sion^lly pinched, so as \ promote a more bushy habit, and all shoots #u?uld be thinned out. A little ought to be given occasion ;^fcr it wUI have the effect of giving [ Umh larger and of better quality. "

Carrots. Us main crop of carrot? should be sown ; Libber, fhfi soil which suits this Wy dye. Jhe weak of ground should bosUatbas beep heavily manured fora MtVinter crop, a? the putting in of ■ M manure when (sowing has a ten 'to to promote. a forked growth o ; jk roots, )$ it »lsp creates cancer of the ■ joots. /nie se*d jghpyld be s,own in drills of .'itetafooUpSKi, in order to give plenty : tomtonfej-bj?^ between the rows. | SotrprettytMck, as the slugs are very fond oftiieyoung plants, and" it is well to pro ft a forte them- When they become ; fcire enough thin put to about four inches I ijßt The 'jlig cjjltujre wi}l siojpty cP n" »t in |«' Between the' rows so' as to .Wp the ground freei from weeds, and also ifejag fe jk^pfphere fee get better .at ; t!s»i| flw ?int»r crop a few rows of eHjten cSrrot shopld be sown in the end dJjtfyor^egiijijmfjpf Feh-uary. This - OTigrtlewfi » good supply during the | rcitr months.' Kidney Beans, Tip one of the most useful of all W vegetables, and in favourable hmd!i g«a' siipply bf' delicious' beans m k lept up all summer and autumn. % fjii 1}( $o*n &ny tune during the ■ m^'^^i -froni October -on to' the | antaitn, oaly1 recollect that the last ewing sioqld be pat in so as to come in fornsebefore tjjeejid of May, as the usual frosls "are genjffally get ai that period are Stt death to fche plants. The dwarf wwlwtial^ te sowji in rows about two fid i-ialf&ftl; apart, and the beans placed ibontsix Inciuss apart, in the row. The be four, feet apart ■*W|iJ«l rows,: and the beans placed •tatMt inches apart in the row. The «ii for this crop pijojild be a. rich deeply wted one in whiclj plenty of manure has ».Wfked. When the' plants have «*»»» WgHfc of about six inches they «be earthed up jp the usual, manner, ratogfte climbing varieties at the same % Jlenever the crop is ready for fH pic£ "af'once, as "allowing 2™ to come to maturity simply robs « W &t)d curtails the crop. Always • f FWf? f?F"as a rule the more you H ««yoa*fll"gefc to pick. During Wot%TOmn ?e r,if possible to obtain P yofwaterft should te used copiously ?*» W»»to.Veep the plants gr°w »' 1 /7 n. enJ Wings during the summer »gy»bleinbraerto keepupasucces lSi^ r "Wd autumn crops is *p- VuSiSS Wty *W summer and | AWt^ ht PF benched soil re fcooS? Oug^ £Ojl- Dn shaHow- JfiS" 1 Wtureis soon exhausted, M ?S?Jm aDd 6r does no S,ft>^^ the roots of 18 Xl?" VeKe^ bles ' Penetrate Wiftjf the wrought jatat Si cf hey t^e to a great Wof2rf "? at 9re their fruits, ?^fi?S&fta??llb rain^all for» 4gww period than where ground is ifi^^^ fofsummer 11? 1 apd this °an be HtoiEK cxlf Ilt byb««*inff up 18 *«? KSf.^P*^ Possible, at F'*?obPlQOßea^ active; I H^B^iLj^ n^nnre helps this ?^lfft 0c t0 "•^ the PsurfSe S^Talfe heir* Shf^ es the soil> and N b re^ifc for a loQger Btflhu -

fiS %a b$ qata L^ c Bf^is dissolved. Wiffl^ you will let it 8^ Pound.

DRAUGHTS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Problem No. 5 Correct solution reofiiyed from J. L. '

Problem No. 8. By Mr A. Larnach, Wick.

Black.

White,

White to play and dvipw-

Solution to Problem No, 5. By J. G. Blakey.

10-14 6-10 12-16 15-24 10-16 15-18 27-23 25-21 24-19 28-12 12-Bdrawn.

Problem No. 7. Correction.

This problem, as printed, appears rather absurd. The White man on square 1 should of course be a King, the White man on square 17 should also be a King. The Black man on square 9 a King also. So as there should be no mistake we give the correct position of the pieces. Black men on 3, 8, 26, King on 9. White men on 12, 18, Kings on 1 and 17. White to move and win.

Analysis of "First Position." Game : No. 16.

The position at the finish of the above game, as published last week, was as follows. White men on 28 and 30, Black men on 22 and 18, White bo move and Black wins.

a27-31 would allow White to draw. 610-15 would allow White to draw. ell 17-14 Black wins by 1-6. dli 13-9 Black wins by 16-10. els-18 allows White to draw.

+18-14 allows White to draw. The following game was played between Mr Hood, Canterbury, and Mr Mcllwrick, Invercargill, in the last Otago v. Canter bury Draughts match.

The following game was played at the Auckland Draught? Club between Mr D. Grubb and R." Batfcersby, in the Ponsonby v. Auckland draughts matph. Game—No. 18 :" Sej^e Corner."

28:24 21-17 28-24 £4 1? 13 Drawn,

*Generally considered a weak move for White, although Dnimmond's first edition gives play for a draw on it.

Draughts Match.

PONSONBY V. AUCKLAND. The return match between the above teams was played lapt Saturday in the Auckland Draughts Club Booms, and, con trary to expectation, proved a very hollow victory for the Auckland playei's. The-fol lowing are the respective scores :—

Mr J. Wylie, the champion draughts player, was to have left''Melbourne for Dunedin on. the 9th of this month. It is expected that the New Zealand players will score a larger proportion of draws against the. champion than was scored in Australia.

CRIME AND FAMINE.

Unfortunate Condition of Spain

The remarkable increase of agrarian crime in the northern provinces of Spain is caus ing more anxiety to the Government. Xn the province of Seville, fch,e " Elapk Hand •! secret is again at ftp work. Ifqt? a day passes but what S9.WB spore of boluses are mysteriously burned at Catalonia, Vatenea. Castile. Whole towns have refused to pay taxes and the collectors, though supported by large bodies of troops, have been com pelled to give up the attempt to collect them. Meanwhile fche scarcity of food is something appalling. A few'dfays ago the " Ira partial" pubji^hed lists of towns of over j.QiQOO inhabitants where the consump\ tiop of jiieats was lipjit^cj tfl iQQ""pbun<Js a day. A compii^e |rb|a fc}je Cortes Mia* vestigating the cause of the faipioe and the reason of tb© poverty of the people.

A NIGHT OF TERROR.

Scenes Attending the Recent EartnqtmKo

In Kentucky.

A Chicago " Times'" special from Evans yille, Ind., referring to the sinking of land Trigg County, Ky., since the earthquake recently, says: — From a gentleman who has just arrived from Hopkinsville, the following particulars were obtained: He pays that the country about the scene is low and swampy, and almost inaccessible in places, save by the old beaten paths. Much of it is wild and contains large and dense woods. Golden Pond is a mere hamlet containing two settlements of ne groes, who eke out a living by working on several large faring owned by non-residents. On Monday nighfc about 6 o'clock several of them felt the earth tremble, but thought nothing serious had occurred beyond a slight tremor. After gossiping ov^r it they went to bed. After 12 o'clock everybody was awakened by a sharp shock, and had barely jumped to their feet when the earth, with a shading, dizzy motion, sud denly sank a distance of five feet, carrying the houses and terrified darkies with it.

The scenes that ensued baffled descrip tion. The negroes fell on their knees and in frenzied tones prayed the Lord to save them. Others began shouting and pray ing, eypr and anon casting an upward glance to see if chariots of fire were not descending. Added to this pandemonium was the intense darkness which prevailed, the moon being completely obscured by heavy black clouds, which hung very low, and like a pall over the doomed district, and rumblings were heard from the depths below, which gradually became louder. Numerous springe hidden for years suddenly found an opening and began to bubble up ward in constantly increasing streams. The terrified inhabitants, not pausing for household goods or chattels, gathered their offspring, hurried and rushed away from the doomed spot. The more courageous ones only fled until they reached safe ground, and there waited until daylight, when they ventured back to the scene of the night's terror, and gazed sadly upon the ruins spread before them. Over 250 acres of fine farm land, including one magnificent plantation owned by Z. H. Hayden, lay from five to six feet below the level of the surrounding country, and con tained about three feet of water from springs started by earthquakes. A large area of tobacco and corn will be a total loss. Nearly all the cabins have been torn loose and are floating about in various positions, while household goods are mixed up in inextricable confusion. Fortunately no lives have been lost, but the loss to pro perty is incalculable. The catastrophe was undoubtedly caused by the earthquake which was noticeable in Tennossee, Missouri, Kentucky, and Indiana afc 12.30 a.m., as the rumbling sounds and vibrations felt were similar to that seismic disturbance. Golden Pond is about 100 miles distant from the spot where a similar catastrophe occurred about seventy years ago, when a lake of large area suddenly disappeared, leaving nothing but the bed, in the centre of which was a hole of unfathomable depth and several hundred yards in- diameter.

A COWBOY ROBBER.

Sensational Incidents Connected With

His Arrest.

Ojm^ka, August 18.—The arrest of Charles Parker, the cowboy and highwayman who last spring robbed Paymaster Bash of $8,000 at Antelope Springs, Wy. T., has developed some very sensational features. Parker was arrested in Logan county, Neb. After robbing Bash he located in Logan county and went into business with the stolen money. He built a rude store fifty miles northwest of the village of Gandy. This money being all in new bills, he was soon suspected. Deputy Sheriff Carter with a strong posse undertook to arrest him on a warrant chargipg him with the robbery of Paymaster Bash. Parker fired several shots and stood off the posse, after which they let him alone, though he was closely watched. A few days ago, three men named Bag nell, Lucas and'"Johnson went to Parker's etore, and getting the drop on him while he was eiatinglris supper, arrested him. They claimed to be Deputy United States Marshals, but in fact they were frauds. Taking Parker into the hills, they robbed him of 2,100d015,, and also of a horse. They then jet him go. The horse, however, be longed to another party, who caused the arrest; of Bagnall, Lucas and Johnston at Plum Greek. On Wednesday these men secured their release through the aid of lawyers, who got most of their money as fees.

Parker, who had followed the three men as far as Garidy, was arrested there by Sheriff Doane. After a desperate fight Parker drew a revolver and knife, but was tightly held by Doane. Parker then got one of Doaxie'6 fingers in his mputh arid held it there and severely stabbed him in the other arm. A crowd disarmed Parker, whg still held on to Doane's finger and would riot let go until gomeone ran a knife into his throat. He was boun,d hand and foot and taken to North Platte last night. A writ of habeas corpus was sworn out tfiere and his bail fixed at $2,500, which he could not give. He will be taken to Cheyenne. Paymaster Bash, it will be remembered, was tried by court-martial for negligence, and has been suspended until'the amount stolen by Parker is made good to the Go vernment.

DEVOURED BY SHARKS.

The Shocking Fate of a Shipwrecked Crew.

A Nogales special to the '* Democrat" says: The sloop Sara, eighteen tons register, owned and commanded by Abraham Bale aram, left Mulejo between 1 and 2 o'clock on, t}ie morjiing of July 2oth loaded with twenty tons of tan bavk consigned to Sel dener and Vandettle. The vessel had on board the Captain, his wife, her children, i^iece, $ntladgo Halle, Superintendent of the Baltimore copper mines at Santa Ros lia, and a crew of five men. While bet\reen San Pedro and Martinez, in the Q ulf of California, the vessel was struck by a heavy surf and capsized. All on board perished excepting toe Captain and four sailov/?, who saved themselves by climbing on the bottom of the capsized vessel. On the second day after the accident the dead bodies of the Captain'a wjfe arid children rose to the sur face and were eaten by sharks while, the husband and father looked on the awful sight in horror. 0n July 30th two pf the aailora became crazy, and said they were going ashore and immediately plunged overboard. They had no sooner struck the water than sharks devoured them.

The Captain, one sailor and a small boy remained on the bottqnj of the vessel for eight days, sustaining life by catching tur tles that would come near them, and suck ing their blood, They were rescued in.a most pitiable condition by the fishing sloop Refugio, and afterwards transferred to the Balee arid the company's steamer Kerrigan, which was sent in search of (be Sara, and arrived at Guayniaa last night. The Captain of the Sara is mentally and physically a wreck. Captain Bakaram says there was ■another small sloop, name unknown, near his vessel in the same gale. It.is supposed that she went down with all on board- Halle was a man who stood high in th,e coiwmunity. His age was 34 years, and he leaves a wife asd "four chil dren in Mulejo.

A RUSSIAN GUNBOAT.

A New Largo Vessel Added, to the

Czar's Navy.

A new gunboat, built for the Russian Government at Copenhagen, has arrived at Cronstadt and has been visited and in spected by the Czar himself, who crossed over in his yacht from Paterhoff, the pre sent domicile of the imperial. family. The vessel, which has been named the Man churia, has been constructed of steel at a cost of £55,000.; The following are the principal dimensions : Length, 21Q feet; beam, 35 feet; displacement, 1,200 tons ; draught, fore, without artillery and war material, 10 feet 2 inches; aft, 10 feet 7 inches. The boat has two engines, with an indicated force of 1,000-horse power each. They can, without any particular strain, develop a speed of more than thirteen knots. The armament of the Man churia will consist of two eight-inch long range guns in the stern, six Hotchkiss, one Baranovsky and four nine-pounder guns. The bottom of the boat is divided into forty-two water-tight compartments, and the hold is am ply protected by fourteen air-tight partitions. Moreover, an ap paratus for ejecting Whitehead torpedoes will be placed in the vessel's bow. The average speed attained during the run from Copenhagen to Cronstadt was eleven and a half knot* The new gunboat is des tined for service in the Pacific ocean.

WAS IT AN ACCIDENT?

A Nebraska Man and Hla MotHer in-law.

Omama, August 9. —A remarkable tragedy occurred at Brownville, in this State, on Sunday night. Hiram Schoonover, a gardener and small farmer, has a melon patch which has been subjected to the depredations of thieves of late. Schoon over loaded ar> old musket and went out to watch the patch. While waiting he was at tracted by the barking of his dog in a corn field near at hand. Schoonover went to see wha,t the dog was barking at. The animal acted peculiarly and Schoonover at once concluded that there was soms noxious animal in the corn. Walking to within ten or fifteen feet of the spot, he raised tho musket and lired. Some heavy body dropped, and on Schoonover going up to see what it was, he found that he had put a load of buckshot into the side of his mocher-in-law, Mrs Mary J. Sloss, aged 67 yeara. The old woman never spoke, and expired a few minutes later. She bad been gathering green corn for the table. The Coroner recommended that Schoonover be held for manslaughter. Schoonover claims that he mistook his mother-in-law for a skunk. Ho bears a fair reputation, but his story is hardly believed, as there are stories of family trouble. Mrs Sloss wanted her will drawn recently, as she was afraid Sehoonovcr would kill her, and she did not want to leave any property to him.

A SINGING BEACH.

An Interesting Feature in California.

Many people have heard of the sinking beach at Manchester, Mass., where the sand, when driven over or stirred, gives out' a peculiar and not unmusical sound, but few, very few people know that near Pescadcro a beach exists much larger, giving oufc sounds in no uncertain man ner. The beach near Manchester is said to be one-fifth of a mile in extent, but here the writer and a small party of friends lately investigated the matter, and found the" sounds very clear, though vai'ying in loudtiess, for a distance of one and a half miles along the coast line. The sound is loudest and most distinct where the sand is dry on top and damp beneath. A light vehicle driven over it gives a clear, musical sound, a footstep not quite so loud and even the hands or a stick stir ring or lifting the sand causes it to " sing " quite plainly. What causes this sound I do not attempt to explain. The coast at that particular place is well worth a visit, independent of the "singing sound." The bluffs are .wilaly frand; the sand dunes are strange and esolate, mixed with enough of life, though, to make the drive a lovely one on a clear day, and for two or three miles the driving along the ocean sand is excellent at low tide.

Perhaps the strangest thing about this sand is that persons who have lived in Peecadero for many years seem to kqpw nothing of it. It is out of the way of the celebrated Pebble Beach road, and the in habitants and the pleasure-seekers seem to think that is enough of a -good thing for one place, leaving this really wonderful and beautiful beach to the few fishers and hunters who go there occasionally for the excellent surf-fishing and sea-fowl shooting, and never think that the lofty cliffs, with their faces carved as if in Egyptian hieroglyphics and pierced with caves, forming as fine a scenic effect as the Palisades of the Hudson, a thing worth no ticing,

He Laughs Best Who Laughs Last.

" You've got some nice wood over there in your yard," said a seedy-looking tramp to an Austin Avenue lady.

" Yes," said the lady of the house. " I would like tp carry it in to you," said

c'My husband intends to carry it in," said she.

'• Well," said the tramp, " I will carry it in and pile it iip nice if you will give me my breakfast." At this offer the lady consented, and the tramp went to work.

After he had carried in a couple of arm fuls, the lady stepped to the door and found him sitting on the pile with his clawe oil his knees and his face buried in his hands.

" What is the matter?" said she.

ff Oh, lady,"said he looking up, "I am so weak, for I have had nothing to eat since day before yesterday," and he again covered his face with his hands.

This seemed to rouse the lady's sympathy, and she wept in and soon returned with,an excellent breakfast.

After be liad swept everything from the board, he arose, and said— " Thauks, my good lady, for the sump tuous repast. Now, let me give yon this advice - Never again let yoru1 sympathy get away with your discretion. I'm off. Ta, ta!" and he walked majestically to the front gate. The tramp had gotje but a short distance when hp became deadly sick. IJe seated himself on a curbstone, and a few moments later, having two or three spasmodic contractions of the'stomach, ho lost his ill-gotten breakfast. Indeed, his Stomach would have followed suit had it not been thoroughly dovetailed to his diaphragm. He believed that he was poisoned, and became very much alarmed. As soon as he regained strength enough to get his feet, he slowly retraced his step, and found the lady standing at the front door. "Madam," he said in piteous fcones, 'my breakfast did not spay on my stomach. I believe I am poisoned." "That is not to be wondered at, said she. "I suspected your little game, having been caught once before in the same way, so I prepared myself for it by dosing your coffee with tartar emetic. Now let.mo give you a little advice : Never again Jet your rascality get away with your breakfast, lo beat a dead beat beats everything. la, k !" and she shut the door in his face; Tl"% teamp started sorrow fully down the a t- ' ' •-4i<iering, no doubt, -\vhere he coujd p, '■ " :'mt that would stay with hira,

BOTH KEPT THEIR SECRET.

An Incident in too Life of Frederick the

Great.

The days of the historical " long bridge " leading from Berlin to Potsdam are numbered—a bridge which played an im portant part in the career of Frederick the Great. In the days of that king all travellers between the two cities were com pelled to pass over the bridge, and few ,ed caped the monarch's notice while sitting in the study pf his neighbouring palace. But he, of course, did not wish to be observed, so he placed a mirror in the room, which accurately reflectecLwhat occurred upon the bridge. One day, in the evening of which a masquerade was to take place in Berlin, he sat as usual at his desk, when, glancing in the mirror, he saw a cavalry captain in the act of crossing lie concluded at once that the object of his ride was the masked ball, which his Majesty also intended to visit, but had forbidden his officers. A few hours later the King started for Berlin, and appeared in the opera house afc the proper time. His sharp eye soon .recognised the sinner in the mask of a jjoble Venetian, ; and he followed him, step by step, until he was thoroughly convinced <that he had made no mistake. Stepping in front of the culprit, and gazing at him with a transfix ing glance, he thundered, "Mask, I know you. ' The officer, who immediately re cognised the tones of his iking, was fright ened for a moment. He knew that a heavy punishment, probably dismissal, would be meted out tp him. But he collected himself and replied: " Mask, Ido not know you." "Mask, you are Cavalry Captain !" With a resolution of despair the officer answered: "Yes; but lam here without a leave of absence. He is a scoundrel who betrays me." The king bit his lips. The answer was unexpectedly collected and impudent. But presently he said :'' Upon my word it remains our secret."

The officer left the masquerade, hurried to hip hotel, sprang upon his horse, and galloped back to Potsdam. On the follow ing morning, at 8' o'clock, he appeared punctually for duty in the Lustgarten, whither his regiment had been com manded. The king soon began the review, staring strongly at the captain as he passed down the file. Suddenly he halted at the centre. "Cavalry Captain !" resounded his stentorian tone. The officer, now cer tain of his dismissal, rode forward in the strictest military fashion, saluting the King, as he thought for the last time. " Nearer," commanded his majesty, as the captain stopped at the customary distance. He obeyed. " Mask, your are a major, but he is a scoundrel who betrays it." " Upon my word, your majesty, it remains our secret," answered the officer, relieved now of his heavy heart.

A year went by, and the promotion re mained an unrevealed secret, the captain doing his duty as hitherto. On the anni versary of thp event, when again presenting his regiment to the King in the Lustgarten, the following parole orders were read: "Cavalry Captain——is promoted to the rank of major, his patent dating from a year ago to-day, and has four weeks' leave of absence for the carnival in Berlin."

Not Afraid of Animalculae.

Til ebb ie a Scandinavian tradition to the effect that kissing was first introduced, into England by Rowena, the beautiful daughter of Hengiet. Again in Cromwell's time, says the Dcs Moines (Iowa) "Journal," when the banished Cavendish visited a French nobleman at his own chateau the mistress of the house, at the head of her maidens, thus greeted him": " FofSSffiuch as ye be an Englishman, whose custom it is in your country to kiss all the ladies and gentle women without offence, and although it is pot so here in this realm yet will I be so bold as to kiss you, and so shall all my maidens."

And now at this late day the habit which is as old as the first courtship, and which has produced barrels and barrels of satis faction from th« day which is mentioned in the sixth chapter of Genesis, when " the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were" fair," ibis beautiful habit is condemned by a hard hearted old scientist, who is probably bo repulsive and gloomy that no pretty woman has ever ventured to place her pearly lips in contact with his cuticle of mucous membrane.

The idea ! Only think of it. This old fellow says that kissing is unhealthy, that the mouth is inhabited by an innumerable number of animaculse, and that these are set in the act of kissing, and pass from one mouth to another. All right; let them come. We are not afraid of animalculfiß.

The First Use of Gold.

The most interesting question about gold is, how did it came to be the root of all evil ? What has made this particular yellow metal, above all stones and minerals, the standard of value, the medium of exchange, and the object of all men's ardent devotion? In order to solve that curious problem, we must look at the origin of its use among mankind, and the pradual evolution,,of its employment as money. Primitive man, hunting about in the rivers for fish and in the forests for venison, had other .wants, philosophers tell us, than those of mere vulgar food and drink ; the noblest thirst for trinkets', the aesthetic desire for personal dceoiation, which now gives rise to fashion plates, and drapers' shops, and jewellers' windows, was already vaguely alive within his swelling bosom. He adorned himself even then with necklets of bears' teeth and shining fossils and girdles of shell and belts of wampum, all of which things are found, in company with all white chalk and red ochre that made primitive women beautiful for. ever, among the concreted floors of the Dordogne caravans. Primitive woman was not fair to outer view, as other maidens be; on the contrary, she was no doubt distinctly dark, not to say dusky— somewhere about the precise complexion of the modern negress, her nearest surviving representative. But already she knew how to keep in the fashion ; she loved gold, as Walpole long afterward remarked of her re : mote descendants, and, when she could get them, diamonds also. Ages before any other metals were smelted or manufac tured into useful implements, gold and silver attracted the attention of our savage ancestors, and probably still more of savage ancestresses. There was every reason why this should be pp. They are generally found in the native state, and they have glitter and brilliancy and beauty of colour; they are soft and workable and easily pierced ; they can be readily strung in ingots as beads for necklets, and at a somewhat higher grade of culture they can be hammered with ease into rude orna ments. Hence, it is not surprising, that from a very early age primitive man should, have prized nuggets of gold and ingots of silver for personal trinkets, just as he prized the shell and the pebbles, the garnet arid carnelians,, the jade and crystal, the ivory and feathers, from which he manu factured his rude ornaments.

Said Miss Spinster (no longer youthful), when she heard that her friend Miss Mar riwell was going to wed: " Well, let those marry who wish, but for my part I never saw a man I could care enough for to be his wife." ''Thdtistp say, aunt," remarked Kate, very demurely, ,*' you never yet saw a gentleman after your own heart."

Conversation overheard at a fashionable cricket match in England. —Jones to Smith: "And how dWßlank' giefc out?" Smith: "Qh! the ball broke afoot. 7' Elderly lady (in gre^t concern): " Dear in'e,! how poor fellow J which foot!""

SEQUEL TO A CREMATION.

A Harrowing Vale of What Bcfel ft Buffalo Man After Bis Demise.

James Potter, of ;77 Sycamore street, died last winter, and was, in accordance to his wishes, cremated. His lachrymose relict placed the terra-cotta urn containing his ashes on the parlour mantel, .be tween a couple of soap lithographs. Last Friday morning the new domes tic, while dusting, knocked both pot and Potter to the floor. The ashes, in their wild desire to getja sniff of fresh air, forced off the cover and spread out like the genii in the Arabian tale, till they' filled every corner of the room, and flying up the servant's nose, caused her a tremendous fit of sneezing. " Sure, and its a quare place to kape the pepper," she remarked to her self, and restored the urn with the remain ing dust, to the mantel.

When preparing dinner she found the pepper-caster needed replenishing, and, having none of the condiment in the spice closet, bethought her of the pepper-pot in the parlour, which furnished her a suf ficient quantity. After dinner had reached the second course the widow with a plaintive sniff, declared that " suthin" in the air reminds me o' James. I can rally smell his breatli. Jest as it used to be when he came home from the lodge." A young man who boards Avith Mrs Potter finally observed that " This here pepper's pretty white, and I can't see it seasons up much."

The servant, on being questioned, ex plained that "the pepper was all out, and there was some in the shtone crock in the parlour." " What do you mean," inquired the widow ; " there's no crock in the par lour." "Troth an' there is, mum, jist on the mantel shelf wid the black shtripes around it." The widow, who had par taken of her husband sprinkled on a dish of succotash, here shrieked, and fainted, while the young man who had eaten about an ounce of Mr Potter in con nection with his beefsteak, turned pale and rushed away to his physician. The widow no sooner came to than she faintly but firmly ordered the domestic to pack up her trunk and go, and Mr Potter now reposes at the bottom of a chest in a garret.

SLEEPING WONDERS.

Feata Accomplished by Some Men Whilo in the Arms of Morpheus.

Sleep in most individuals lasts for the space of eight hours. Exceptions to this statement are numerous ; whether these arise from duty or laziness we shall not venture to examine. Sir E. Codrington r the famous naval officer, when a midship man, could watch on deck for nineteen hours; this only left five for sleep, which in his case was most profound—so profound that no noise was sufficiently strong to waken him ; yet if the word " Signal!" was whispered in his ear he awoke and was on deck instantly. Reporters of the House of Commons re quire great exertions to keep themselves from sleeping. A few years ago a dis tinguished member of "the gentlemen in the gallery ■" took down a speeoh while he was sleeping. His statement rests on his oath. Calvin tells of a friend of his read ing aloud to him while asleep. The organ of vision was alone active.

Coleridge, the dreaming philosopher, composed " Cubia Khan " (one of his poems) while fast asleep. Next morning ;he was sure there had been an acquisition to his literature, but was too negligent to write the stanzas. A few days afterward he at tempted to recall the verses, but they had for the most part fled, and the poem as it now stands is but a fragment. Every one knows that extreme fatigue in duces sleep, and this in spite of •surround ing relations, which in ordinary eifcu"ni stances would hinder anyone from Testing. Previous to the shortening of ,the hours of work, factory children frequently fell asleep while working at the machines, although well aware that they would incur Revere, punishment by doing so. The North Americon Indian, at the stake <of torture, has been known to go asleep on the least remission of agony, and will slumber until the fire is applied to waken him. It is on record that during the heat«f the battle of the Nile some of the ovfir fatigued boys fell asleep upon the deck, and during the attack upon Rangoon, in the Burmese war, the Captain of one of the steam frigates most actively engaged, worn out by the excess of continued mental tension, fell asleep and remained perfectly unconscious for two hours within a yard of • his largest guns, which were being worked energetically the whole period. Habit and. time, place and circumstance predispose us all to sleep. The celebrated pedestrian, Captain Barclay, when accom plishing his extraordinary feat of walking 1,000 miles in as many successive hours, ob tained at last; such a mastery over himself that he fell asleop the instant he lay down. The doctor's wife never hears the door-bell during bhe night, although the noise is sufficient to rouse *he wearied husband, but should a child in the nursery cry, then the mother, oblivious of all .other sounds, hears at once the infant's v'pice. It is related that tho. Abbe Faria, who ac quired notoriety through his power of in ducing somnambulism, was accustomed merely to place his patieut in an armchair, after telling him to s\jut his eyes and collect himself, and pronftance in 41 strong voice, " Dormez," which \^as usually suc cessful. There seems to be no limit to the wonders displayed by man in sleeping. Condercet, the mathematician, solved one.of the most difficult problems while askep— f problem, boo, which puzzled him during bis waking hours. A professor of theology, in, £he Uni versity of BasJe, once wrote a sermon while, asleep : he found it on his desk nex^motn ing. The preceding night he coulis not grapple with the subject as he de^fed, but the performance of his sleeping h6urs was quite satisfactory to him. Wf Jenny Lind was one of the most cele brated singers of her time. No one couW rival her powers except a factory girl, who sang sometimes better than the famous Jenny. The girl could not attempt any difficult piece when awake, but when sleep ing she sang so correctly, so like the re nowned artiste, that it was-- difficult to distinguish between their voices. On one occasion Mile. Lind heard the girl, and; even tested the accuracy of her powers fey | giving her a long and elaborate chromatic exercise. This the sleeping girl performed, much to the wonder of the famous Swedish singer. ________ _________

Society Women and Their Children.

In society there are many young married ladies who seem to think that their whole duties in life consists of "going out h as much as possible, and being as well and expensively dressed as possible, no matter what their husbands' means" may be and i what bills they may run up at their clres6 maker s and milliner s. They are eaten up entirely by the craze for society, and it does not seem to enter into their brains that they have duties as wives and mothers. Quiet evenings at home with their husbands, who. very likely have been workinghard all day and have little inclination for constantly going out at night, are ''such a bore" to such as these. And the idea that they owe a duty to their children, putting affection aside, and should be with them some part of the day, strikes them as ludicrous and absurd. Thei-e are some even who openly avow that they do not care at all for their children and that they are a necessary evil. They must be brought down for five minutes by the nurses m the morning,, and after that they may be dismissecT froni thought for the rest of the day,

POETRY.

GOD'S ANGEL-DEATH OR REST.

Tmimblino I saw him enters siiertfciy Ho watched bosiae the bod., Where lay my darling, sleeping quidtiy j An angol-f orm bent o Bt' ms head i And soon ho oped his oyos finrt looked ftfc ftids . 'Tarewoil, beloved i' = Oil J Stf set, "ley dead!" Hush! 'tis the angels singing, " mtleesje hmm I*' The weai'y day is past, And now the quiot ovon-tide is come, The toiler rests at last. Be still, lay heart; and cease thy weary pain, The angels tell mo we shall uncut again.. Death's wings are folded, silver-lined, The "shadow " fades from sight; He turns his shining face to me, Audio! a heavenly light Illumes the silo at room, as there revealed, I see the love by which all pain is healed* The angel of his love, whom men call "Dedlit^* How tenderly the silver cord Is loosed at last, and man's immortal breath- Ascends to dwell with God— Poor heart: be still, and know that be Is blest* God's messenger has borne Win to his Vest, 'Rest' is the name he gave me, ere he sped* On noiseless wing to yon bright home. To tell me not thathe I loved i» dead • ■I know he lives, and will most snrely coma To welcome me on yonder gleaming abate, Where loving spirits meet to part no more. Jeexjt Wisest.

THE RIVER OF LIFE.

When the crimson son is setting- And the land in. purple glows, While the lowing: of the catfie Faintly comes and faintly goes. Then; ah! then my weary sgffirft Vainly struggles to be feee. As I walk the flowing: straxnafet Wandering: onward to the sea. Sadly, sadly cometh o'er me Thoughts of her, Oh! once setcEeaP, Who now, alas! has jjone for erex As the streamlet joins the sea. Ah, our lives are like a rrirer Rushing forward to the sea. Some go madly, swiftly, rnsfifng, Others, slower, deep yet free. As our lives are like a. river. So may mine be swift to me. That flowing over all obstruction Meets at length the open. sea. So may I when life is ended Meet her in eternity.

NOTHIN' TO SAY.

Nothin' to say, my daughter! Nothin' at all to Bay!— Girls that's in love, I've noticed, ginerly has their way! Yer mother did, afore you, when her folks ob jected to me— Yit here I am, and here you air! and your mother—where is she ? You look lots like your mother; party much. the same in size; And about the same complegted, and favour about the eyes. Like her, too, about livin' here, because she couldn't 6tay; It'll most seem like you was dead like her I— but I hain't got nothin' to say I

She left you her little Bible—writ yer name acrops the page— And left her ear-bobs for you, ef ever you come of age. I'veallus kep' 'em and gyaurded 'em, but if yer goln' away— Nothin'to say, my daughter! Nothin' at all to say! You don't rikollect her, I reckon? No; you wasn't a year old, then ! And now yer-how old air you? Why, child, ■' -not"twenty!' When? And yer nex'birthday's in Aprile? and you want to git married that day 1 * * * I wisht yer mother was livin'! —but —I ain't got nothin' to say!

Twenty year! and as good a gyrl as parent ever found! There's a straw ketched on to yer dress there— 111 bresh it off— turn round. (Her mother was jest twenty when us two ran away!) Nothin' to say, my daughter! Nothin' at all to say! . . --James Whitcomb Eiley in the " Century."

OLD TEXAS JIM.

I know that you thin-skinned fellera As sw«llb it abput the town. Looks down on us desperadoes An' thinks we's but fit to drown; But I'm tellin' ypu, my giblet, ifhere's more in us toughs of man Th«n ever was under a fine boiled shirt, *)r a la-de-da, understand I aint'tflgjoin' to brag and boast, ' For it ain't my nater to, But I'm j ust the grittiest man alive, If I say'it, 'twix me and you. I'm a pretty bad lot, I reckon, An' when I've been ginnip.' a bit, . Jdon't mind what I tackle— Ain't particuler what I hit. An' I can't stand impoliteness; Be civil, that's what I'sav; It don't cost nothin' to take a drink When the other man's wi lin' to payy I see this measly stranger A warmin' hissolf at the stove. "Come up," says I, " an drink wi' me!' " No, thank you!" he says, this cove. Wai, I was hoppin' yon bet your life, But I kep' my temper stout " Come up an' drink, you son of a gun, Or Til Wow your inside out." " I don't want a drink !" he says to me,. An' my blood begins to rise, The man who insults Ole Texas Jim Can do it but once—he dies! He was sick, I know'd, but I didn't care; I draw'd my gun, d'ye see ? I'd made up my mind to kill him then When I seed ho was smaller than me. An' I stopped an' I said, " I'm a man," says I; You can drink or let it be, But I'm" if I'll hare it said I killed A man as was smaller than me. An' J know when they talk of angels An'speak of the judgment day. They think it's a-f?oin' ri<rht hard wi' me Ween the Lord has said his say. But I tell you, boys, if there be a heaven, Wherever that heaven may he. There's a harp for Jirh, for I nevsr killed A man as was smaller than me.

The Young Folks.

Little Philologist — Father, if cows are catties, why are not calves kittles ? One day when they had a boiled dinner, papa asked Roy what kind of vegetables he would like. "I'll have.all kinds of vege tables except meat," was the quick answer.

4- little boy, while playing, fell down £he afceps and hurt himself severely. His toother scolded him for his carelessness and Lesobbed out; " Mamma, please don't scold me till I get through hurting." ''Ypu must not do that, my dear," said a motliertoherfour-year-old daughter. " Nice little girls never do so." "\es, they do, mamm#, sometimes; didn't you just see me do it ?" was the bright retort. How to put away jellies so that they will not.get mouldy—Why, leave the pantry dopr open, and if there are $ny children in the house they'll solve the question for you in five minutes. '-'Habit" is hard to overcome. If you take off the^irst letter it doesn't change " a bit." If you take off another you have a "tit" left. If you jbake off another the whole of " it" remains. If you remove &n ---other it i§ now " t?1 totally used up. All of which goes to show that if you wish to be rid of a bad habit you must throw it off altogether. A Tanner.—-In a Sunday school in the neighbourhood of Everton, a visitor, in examining the scholars, asked who the Apostle Peter lodged with when on his mission to Cornelius. " With Simon," was the answer., " And what was Simon's trade ?" questioned the visitor, H A tanner, sir." "Very good," the interlo cutor continued ; " apd what is a tanner ?" ♦'Sixpence, sir !"

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, BEPTIMBEE 24, 1887.

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