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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

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STAGE AND STUDIO.

[By Euterpe.]

The Auckland Choral Society is badly in need of tenors, and this division of the chorus will have to be reinforced if the per" formances are not to suffer. At any rate, there is an opening for bashful or dormant talent in the direction indicated, and Herr Schmitt is prepared to welcome a score of decent tenors.

This matter just reminds me that the attendance of the performing mem bers (both vocal and instrumental) at the Choral practices has — not to put too fine a point upon it—grown a trifle irregulai*. This must be exceedingly dis couraging to the conductor, who spares him self neither time nor trouble, and unless it is to be allowed to develop into a settled habit, prompt measures mnst be taken to nip it in the bud. Members should be called upon to furnish satisfactory reasons for their absences, and in default of this their names should be struck off the roll.

The North Shore Lawn Tennis Club intends to inaugurate its season with an attractive concert, to take place at the end of the month. The comic operetta of " Cox and Box" by Messrs Hudson, Walpole and Edwards will form the second part of the programme.

I am also told that another oper etta namely "The Barber of Bath," by Offenbach is being rehearsed for a concert in aid of Holy Trinity Church. The solo parts have been allotted to Miss Queree and Messrs Hookey, Hipkins and A. Bartley.

t The Auckland Amateur Opera Club is still sitting on the rail dozing in the sun. Like the little boy at the confectioner's shop-window with an un accustomed penny in his pocket, it can't make ttp its mind what to do. After spending money on the music of "Chilperic" it went right back on Herve's extravaganza, and for a time prepared to pay its devoirs to "Madame Favart." Then it was seized with a strong desire to do " The Pirates of Penzance," bub in a foolish moment someone mentioned "La Mascotte," and Audran at once became.the hero of the hour. How ever, the witchery of "Glou-Glou" has now lost its potency, and the Club is again suffering a severe spasm of " The Pirates." The knowing ones say this seizure will either kill or cure it. So mote it be.

On dit that the Philharmonic Society is in financial difficulties. Why not try a bene fit concert? I should not like to see the Society, after, years of labour, incontinently throw up the sponge.

It is said that Miss Louise Davenport (Mrs W. HJ. Sheridan) is wanted in America. The /jura of $2,000 dollars is due to her from the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of which the late Mr Sheridan was a mem ber.

Mr Robert Kennedy is giving a series of Scottish concerts at the Sydney Protestant Hall. He opened with an amusing " Night wi' the Jacobites." Such good old songs as "Allister MaCallister," 'Johnny Cope," "March of the Cameron Men," and "The Women are a 1 gano wud," wore given. Mr Kennedy's dialect is unimpeachable, bis voice full and melodious, and his humour never at fault. " A nicht wi' Burns" proved equally successful. The Germans are eulogising Sir Arthur Sullivan to the skies. Taught by "The Mikado " that there was something to ad mire in. fch& despised English .muaic, they have now gone into transports of delight over the aesthetic opera of "Patience." Thus speaks.the "Kolnhche Zeitung:"— "The music from' first to last, is a proof of the extraordinary talent and perfect artistic taste of the English musician, of whom it seems more and more incomprehensible that he should not havo become known on the Continent long before this. The music to ' Patience, is even lighter than that to ' The Mikado ;' the' movements are somewhat nervous, and here and there it is hurried, but it is always bright, freshf and amiable, ahd the listener has always the impression that he is listening to a man who is jesting, but who could "also attract in serious con versation. . . . There is much in the music which is characteristic of the home of the composer, and besides many other parts some of the choruses alone would ensure Sir A. Sullivan a place among the very first of our composers. . . . The chorus, to which falls an enormously large share of the work, is beyond all praise, and its treatment in an English operetta which we hailed for the first time in 'TheMikadp' arouses even greater1 admiration in ' Patience/ and is a perfect revelation to us. Just as the Meinfnger have opened.our eyes to the fact that a wise and intelligent action of a crowd on the stago can greatly heighten the effect of the piece, so the English are teaching us at present that the parts of our operetta choruses, even on our best stages, are ridiculous and clumsy when compared to the real artistic performance of the English Our managers have to learn everything from the English. Let them only notice the way in which the girls sit down, Ho on, the floor, get up, form groups, and appear on or leave the stage. Hitherto none of our ballets have been able to.give us a clear idea of the dignified and graceful step of the antique dance. This strange charm we have only begun to understand when we see the ladies of the English chorus leave the stage, deeply moved after the performance of the idyllic poet, walking away with rhythmic* step and heads turned back. With what perfect artistic j i careTlas every detail of dress been treated 11 i How beautifully do the colours harmonise ! How delightful is the cut of the robes ! How charmingly has the stiffness of some old pictures been repeated ! Briefly, we can-, riot but numbly confess that, as far as the chorus is concerned, we have to begin over again at the beginning andlearn everything from the English."

Recent aYlvices from the Cape convey the intelligence that the Searelle Opera Company were performing there, Mi* I Frank .Weston, late of Melbourne, had beCdme the acting manager. . Mr Leslie and Miss Nellie Farren will shortly start on a burlesque tour through Australia. ■ , a There is a rumour that Madame Sara, Bernhardt contemplates a visit to Austra- Madame Ilma'de Murska, the celebrated cantatrice-j is also reported to be contemplat ing another tour in Australia. ■ , t ' j It is stated that the next novelty at the 1 Standard Theatre, London, will be a bona fide storm at sea, the waves being managed by air pumps operating upon real sea water. , ' , „■ , Alfred Cellier's new opera is to be called "Dorcas." ... T j The greatest sensation m the London musical world at present is the pianoforte playinEf of Joseph Hofman. Although only ten years of age, he has as " big a tone wt RubenEitein or Buldw," and his expression is simply indescribable. No such musical phenomenon has been heard since the days of Mozart. ! ,■ L i w■l2 • Fanny Carandini's husband, Captain Moreland, who presented a Jubilee address and casket of jewels from India to the Queen, has be<Sn knighted. ~ , Miss Kate Alma is fast becoming a urii- Versal favourite at the Sunday evening con certs at the Sydney Criterion. Her songs are all well chosen, and she sings them Ch»DShy," which has proved mcfr^ success at the Princess's Theatre Mel bourne,.finished its last six nights on- September 23rd. The Melbourne "J™?\ states that it cost the triumvirate £3000 to tour of five month* Madame Patti has earned £71,0UU.

DRAUGHTS.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Km^w 0,1 '.--Correct eoHHlons received X R- Walsh, Newton; G. Battersby. Mount Albert; J. L. , Auckland. "F. M.," Newton. The rule is veiy distinct, and is as follows: The player has the power cither to huff, compel the take, or to let the piece remain on the board, as he thinks proper.

Problem No. 10. (Selected.) Blaok.

White to play and win.

Solution to Problem No. 7.

17-14 18-15 1-6 14-9 15-10 9-5 a 9-13 26-31 31-27 13-17 17-13 W.w. a 9- 5 26-31 31-27 10- 6 27-24 15-10 18-15 14-10 W.w. " ■ ; The following game was played between IMr A. Craighead, Ashburton, Canterbury, and H. Henderson, Auckland :— Game No. 21.—" Old Fourteenth." Henderson's move.. 11-15 31-26 7-10 24-20 23-19 4- 8 23-19 5- 9 32-28 22-26 11- 8 16-19 8-11 21-17 11-15 20-11 26-31 8- 4 22-17 14-21 20-16 26-31 8-4 2-7 4- 8 23- 5 3-7 11- 8 31-27 3-10 17-13 15-18 27-23 31-27 4- 8 15- 6 15-18 26-23 22-26 23-18 27-24 4- 8 24-20 18-22 23-13 14-23 8-11 19-15 11-15 25-18 15-22 19-15 24-20 8- 4 28-24 10-15 30-23 23-26 11- 8 15-11 8-11 19-10 10-14 8- 3 1915 Black 26-23 6-22 16-11 27-23 8- 4 wins. 9-14 23-19 7-16 15-11 20-16

THE "HERD LADDIE" IN NEW ZEALAND.

Weave indebted to the Otago " Witness " for the two games given below. They were played between Mr W. Mcllwrick and Mr J. Wylie. Game No. 22.—"Dyke." Mcllwrick's move. 11-15 29-25 6-14 26-23 19-24 14- 9 22-17 4- 8 31-27 10-15 27-23 5-14 16-19 17-13 1418 23-14 16-19 10-17 23-16 9-14 23-14 7-11 23-16 23-26 12-19 22-1? 1- 5 25 22 12-19 22-18 24-15 7-10 30-25 16-20 7- 3 26-30 10-19 25-22 6- 9 14-10 19-23 17-22 25-22 8-12 13- 6 11-16 3- 7 30-26 8-11 22-18 2-18 17-14 24 27 21-17 27-23 3- 7 28-24 15 19 7-10 20-24 11-16 18- 9 19-28 10- 7 27-31 Drawn

Game No. 23.—" Defiance."

Wylie's move. 11-15 25-22 11-16 15-10 16-20 3124 23-19 9-13 20-11 12-16 9-13 28-32 9-14 22-18 716 10- 6 19-24 24-20 27-23 14-17 18-14 1-10 28-19 32-27 8-11 21-14 16-19 9- 5 15-24 * 17-13 22-18 10-17 23-16 10-15 13-17 27-23 15-22 24-20 12-19 5- 1 22-25 21-17 25- 9 17-22 32-27 3- 7 30-21 23-19 5-14 26-17 4-8 1-5 24-28 Drawn 29-25 13-22 14- 9 -7-10 27-24 6- 9 19-15 8-12 5- 9 20-27 The following is one of the match games played in 1864 between E. Martin and J. Wylie. Game—No. 24—"Dyke." Wylie's Move. 11-15 11-16 1246 15-18 25-30 16-19 22-17 22-17 22-17 24-15 11-15 15-24 15-19 6-10 16-20 10-19 21-25 22- 8 24-15 29-15 17-13 30-26 13- 9 24-27 10-19 4-8 7 -11 18-22 25-29 8-11 23-16 17-13 31-26 26-23 6-10 2- 6 12-19 S-12 11-16 19-26 29-25 17-14 26-22 27-24 26-22 6-2 9-6 28-24 8-11 3-7 2-7 26-30 22-17 11-15 22-18 13-9 9-5 2-7 10- 7 27-32 9-14 14-17 7-10 30-26 25-22 20-27 18- 9 21-14 22-17 7-11 6- 2 ■ 32-23 5-14 10-17 1-6 22-25 30-26 Drawn 17-10 32-27 5-1 1-6 7-11 714 17-21 6- 9 26-22 26-23 25-22 25-22 13- 6 17-13 27-18

GamU No. 25.—" Will 0' the Wisp."

11-15 10-19 9-14 6-29 1- 5 12-16 23-19 24-15 17-10 27-23 13- 9 15-11 9-13 5- 9 13-17 4-11 6-13 5, 9 22-18 29-25 22-13 23-18 26-22 Drawn 15-22 12-16 19-24 2- 6 11-16 25-18 26-22 28-19 31-26 19-15 7-11 16-19 8-12 3- 7 16-19 1915 21-17 15- 8 18-14 32-27

Game No. 26.—" Bristol."

11-16 1714 16-23 25-22 20-27 23-18 24-19 10-17 26-19 7-11 14- 9 14-23 8-11 21-14 4- 8 19-15 7-14 21-17 28-24 1116 29-25 12-16 9- 6 3-10 16-20 25-21 13-17 15-10 1-10 26-3 22-17 6- 9 31-26 2- 7 18- 9 W -9-13 23-18 9-13 27-23 5-14 Wins

BON MOTS.

For Young Players. .:. , ■ No. 1. Position : Black men on 1, 3, King on 18. White men on 5, 10, Kings on 6. 7. W:rite to play and win. No. 2. Position : Black men on 5, 18, 12, King on 30. White men on 17, 21, 31, King on 19, Black to play and win.

Death of a Noted Wizard.

One of the most popular personages of Vienria sobiety) nay,'of the whole world, the' prestldigitateur Professor Hermann, has just died at Carisbad. His marvellous per formances bad acquired for him an extra ordinary fame, and he was as well-known at Paris and New York as at Vienna. In '43 he lost his fortune of nearly 2,000,000f1. through speculations on the Bourse. He then set forth on a series of lone tours through France, Russia, Austria, and America^ and in a few years had re covered * the amount of his loss. He was, undoubtedly, the most clever of all his professional colleagues. He had per formed before all the potentates of Europe, arid Czar Alexander 11. was never nrsuch good spirits as when Hermann produced his sleight of hand tricks before him. The most remarkable items of his inexhaust ible programme were his tricks with cards. In Portugal he performed the following trick before Dori Fernando, He haiided the King a loaded 6-barrelled revolver, and re quested His Majesty to fire at him The King did so, and Hermann caught five bullets in succession in his hand. xne sixth missed its aim, and struck a larfee looking-glass which ifc starred with innumerable oracka. Then Hermann him self fired at the glass which at once became whole and faultless again. " You are the devil in person," exclaimed the King. So I a m;" replied Hwmann, " but a poor devil/* Tha latter assertion was not quite he truth. Hermann died a millionaire.

AN EXTRAORDINARY MURDER CASE

Convicted upon Circumstantial Evidence

Alone.

In his lucid and temperate summing-up of the case against Israel Lipski, who on July 30th was found guilty of the murder of Miriam Angel, a young married woman re aiding with her husband in Whitechapel, Mr Justice Stephens remarked that the case before the jury was most extraordi nary, and that he had never in his own long experience known of one which pre sented so many remarkable features. The Whitechapel murder is indeed almost un precedented in the peculiar nature of its barbarity and of the directness with which circumstantial evidence, and circumstan tial evidence alone, has brought the crime home to the accused man. Lipski, who has been sentenced to death is described as a mild-looking, open-faced young fellow of twenty-two. The prisoner and nis victim lived in the same house, Lipski occupying a top back room, where he carried on the trade of a manufacturer of walking-sticks, having a man and a boy as his assistants.^ On the morning of June 28th the husband of Miriam Angel rose at nix, and went to work, leaving his wife in bed. At seven o'clock Lipski let into the house the boy who worked for him, and then went out himself to make some purchases. Among these was an punce of nitric acid or aqua fortis, which he procured from an oilman in the neighbourhood. About nine/ o'clock Lipski asked his landlady to fetch him some coffee: it was duly brought, but Lipski was not in his room, and on the land lady calling upstairs to him the boy replied that hia master was not there. The theory of the prosecution was that just about this time Lipski had entered the room where Miriam Angel was in bed. About eleven in the forenoon the people of the house began to be uneasy about Mrs Angel, who usually came down between eight and nine Soon afterwards tho handle of her door was tried, and it was found to be locked on the inside. The door was burst open, and the unfortunate woman was found lying dend on the bed A medical man, who was nt once sent for, deposed that, wheu he waft called, Miriam Angel had been dead about three hours. There was no "rieror mortis." She was without clothes, and her hair was dis hevelled ; there were stains or nitric acid on her mouth, her face, her breasts, and her hands, which were covered by the burning fluid. The right eye was discoloured, ana over the rijyht temple was a patch of ex travasated blood, where the muscle had been reduced to pulp by the infliction of— the doctor held—at fewest four violent blows. Stepping over tho corpse and look ing down between the bed and the wall in search of the bottle of poiaon, which he naturally thought must be somewhere about, the medical gentle man espied Israel Lipski lying in his shirt sleeves on his back partially under the bed. He was unconscious, but on the doctor hitting him a smart slap on the face he opened his eyes wide. The police took him towards a window, and it was then seen that his lips were stained with nitric acid. He was asked in English and Gorman what he had taken, but he made no reply. He was removed to the hospital but as from the first he had been an object of suspicion the police never left him until he was formally charged with the murder, and a constable in plain clothes sat by hie bedside day and night until he was con valescent. Meanwhile a pmt-mortem ex amination of the remains of Mirjam Angel had been made. It was found"'that the back of the throat was charred, and thata considerable quantity of tho nitric acid had gone down through the larnyx and the trachea into the stomach, indicating? that it had been poured down the throat while the victim was in a state of insensibility. As regards Lipski the medical evidence was to the effect that he had taken scarcely enough aquafortis to produce unconsciousness, but that the state of syncope was the result of mental perturbation. In fine, the hypo thesis of the prosecution amounted to this that there was a small window command ing a view of Mrs Angel'? room ; that the murderer, whoever he was, had seen Mrs Angel in bed from that window ; that he came downstairs and entered her room for an immoral purpose ; that, foiled in his design, he dealt his victim the blows which had produced insensibility ; and that he then poisoned her, and ultimately, frenzied by horror, remorse, and shame, endea voured to commit suicide himself. The assistant to the oilman swore that, to th© best of his belief, the man who pur chased from him thn aquafortis was Israel Lipski, who explained that he wanted the stuff for the purpose of staining canes, and that the oilman's assistant warned him that the acid was poisonous.

One of the most damaging features of the evidence against Lipski was the falsehood he told about having had a sovereign ill his pocket on the morning of the murder, when it w.is conclusively proved that when arrest-id he only bad a few shillings in his pocket, and that he had that very morning tried to borrow five shillings from his landlady. The prisoner's statement, made through an interpreter, was to the effect that at seven in the morning of the 28th, a man, who had worked for him, came to him and asked for employment, and that he told this per son to wait until he had bought a vice for use at his labour. He added that the tool shop where he meant to buy the vice was still closed ; that as he was going along he met another German workman whom he knew at the corner of Blackchurch Lane; he then returned to the tool shop, which by this time was open, but he could not agree with the shopkeeper as to the price of the vice, and came away-without it. On his way home be again met the man whom he had seen at the"top of Blackchurch lane, and who alsoasked him for work. Lipski told this man that he was going to have his break fast, but bade him come a little later on to the workshop, when he promised to engage him He returned to- Batty-street and asked the landlady to make him some coffee, and while it was being made he despatched the first man who had called on him at sev«Sn for some brandy. Down to this point Lipski's statement is plain sailing enough; but now comes the extraordinary and incredible portion ot the narrative. He stated that, coming upstairs to the first floor, the man who had been sent for the brandy, and the man from Blackchuich Lane, were opening a box in Mrs Angel's bedroom; that they seized him by the neck, threw him to the eround, forced open his mouth, poured poison down his throat, saying mockingly, " There is your brandy/ Then they asked him whether he had any money, and he replied that h> ■-ty».~gfttH«g bfat the sovereign which he had given the first man to buy brandy .with. 'Where/ they proceeded to ask him, "was hu gold watch ?" He replied that it was in pawn, and, indeed, a pawn-tickeb for a watch was found in his coafc pocket. They threatened him that if he did not give them the watch he would soon be as dead.. as the woman on the bed-(meaning..Minam Angel); and according to his showing they mummed a piece of wood betweeh his teeth SiTasaeag, knelt oq his chert, and. at £ B Ulrew him fnder the bed, where he lay TnLn^ious It is but fair to the wretched man nowfn the condemned cell ab New- SS that Mr Calvert, the honorary physician at the London Hospital found on examining Lipski that there was an abrasion in the inside of the mouth, indicating th*t some foreign substance had been thrust in ; but Dr Redmayne, who used the atpmftch p.-mti 6n Lipski, said that the abra sion mignfc have been caused by the

instrument in question. All that fch& defence could urge wat> that, although Miriam Angel had undeniably been killed by nitric acid, there was not sufficient evidence to show that Lipski was the man who bought the pennyworth of corrosive fluid on the morning of the murder, and there was an entire absence of-motive so far as Lipski was concerned for the com mission of so horrible a crime. The jury, however, took the view shadowed forth in the summing-up by Mr Justice Stephen— that the murderer of Miriam Angel entered her room under the influence of unlawful passion ; that, baulked in his design, his passion turned to homicidal fury ; and that in a reaction of shame and terror he had taken a dose of the same poison that he had given to his victim. If this theory was pro bable, continued theHudge, the murder was much more likely to nave been the work of one man than of two. So the jury thought; and .they found that the one man was Israel Lipski, and that he was guilty of the cruel murder of Miriam Angel.

A YOUNG HEROINE.

How an Accident Was Stayed and

the Passengers Saved

At the house of a mutual friend I met a nineteenth century heroine—a young girl who wears upon her breast a massive gold medal that was presented to her by the Legislature of the State of lowa, some years ago, as a mark of its appreciation of her wonderful courage and presence of mind. Tall, erect, and well-proportionedj with her dark, bright eyes, rosy cheeks, and clearly cut features forming a charming picture of strong, true American womanhood, Kate Shelley, of Boone, lowa, is a girl that any father or any Sfcate might be proud of. She is 22 years old, but she was only 16 years old when, by an act of daring bravery, she won the admiration and gratitude of the people of her native State, and made her name famous among them. About dark on July 6th, 1881, a wind and rain sborm of unparalleled severity btirst over Kate Shelley:s home in the country, near Honey Creek. The Dos Moines River rose six feet, and every creek was over its banks in less than an hour. The window of this brave girl's room com manded a view of the Honey Creek rail road bridge. Peering out into the dark ness she saw, by the aid of the vivid flashes of lightning which at frequent intervals illuminated the scene, that houses, barns, fences, lumber and everything portable within reach of the flood had been carried away, while the wind swept by with fear ful and ever-increasing velocity, and the waters continued quickly and steadily to rise.

Through the blackness and storm she saw a locomotive headlight advancing swiftly in the direction of the bridge which the flood had borne away. A second later and the light suddenly dropped down out of sight, and, though the roaring of the wind rtntl waters rendered it impossible for her to hear, the frightful crash it must have made, she knew that a train of oars had plunged into the abyss. There was no one at homo beside herself, save her mother and her little brother and sister, and she know that if help was to be given to the sufferers and a warning conveyed to the engineer of the express train, then nearly due, she Must undertake the awful task alone. Throwing an old waterproof about her shoulders and Hastily xagntlng a lantern, she ventured forth into the storm. The flood was far above all roads and pathways to the water's edge, and she soon realised that ift woiild be impossible to. reach the Wreck. She must try some other plan. A steep, rocky bluff led up to. the track. She [ began to agcerid it. With her clothes torn to rags and her. flesh, lacerated by the thick growth of bushes, she at last ranched the rails. There was a small portion of the brido-e left. On her hands and knees she crawled out On the remaining ties to the last one, and, holding on with one hand for life, she leaned out over the water as far as she could, and, waving her lantern, cried out at the top of her voice". # ■ From the black gulf below there came m answer the faint accents of the engineer, who told her it was a freight train that hud ! gone over, and that, though badly injured, he had saved himself from drowning by crawling up on some broken timbers. He believed that all the other trainbands had perished, and advised her to prdceed at once to the nearest station, warn the ap proaching express train of it* dangers, and return with help for him. Retracing her steps, the vdung heroine was soon hastening along the track with all the speed she could make against the howling tempest toward Moingonaj & small station about one mile from Honey Creek. To reach that point she had to cross the high trestle bridge over the Dcs Monies' River, a distance of 500 feat. He* trembling foot had scarcely taken its first step upon the structure, when a sudden andappalling burst of thunder, lightnings wind and rain nearly threw her over into the water, and at the same time. ex tinguished her light. Matches would have been powerless to relight it in such a hurricane, even if she had them, and she was now unable to see even a hand's length before her, except when a vivid flash of lightning revealed the raging waters be neath her, or the dark outline of the sway ing bridge to which she clung. Throwing away her lantern, this dauntless American girl again dropped oh her handri and knees, and thus made her way thrdugh the dark ness and storm from tie to tie over the perilous trestle. Reaching fiim ground again, she floori covered the short remaining distance to the station, bre&fchlessly told her story, and then fell in a dead faint at the station agent's feet. j Succour was hastily despatched to the suffering engineer iiv Honey" Creejsi. Tele^ grams went flyingi.up an.c| down the line, notifying the railway officials that The Bridge War Goae.

Just orie minute after the brave girl had fainted, arid while she still lay unconscious, the express train dame rushing; in. When the passengers learned of the awful acci dent from which they had been saved by the indomitable courage" of one fragile girl, loving hands took her up tenderly, chafed the torn and bleeding limbs, laved the pallid face, and sbon called hei* back to life again. Then they collected for her a sub stantial purse. „, „ , When tile fara« of bf-ave Kate Shelley's exploit spread throughput her native State men and wpiiien tf all classes united to d 6 her honour. Several subscriptions wer6 started for her benefit, and if money is ever an adequate recompense for stich heroism she has been well rewarded for her brave cohdu6t. The Legislature vftted that a medal should M given her to commemorate her daring act, and appointed a, special committee td present it, hei heroism being made the therhe of ttlany eloquent speeches. On the day When she received the medal from the bands of the Legislative Com mittee iii the town of Boone, lowft, the efent was celebrated in a manner which surpassed any previous public demonstra tion ever held in that State. A procession, music, speeches and a banquet Were fea tures of the occasion on which not only the people of her native State, but also many: ; distinguished guestß from abroad, united ta I d 6 hdnoiir to bmye Kate Shelley.

SINGULAR SUICIDE OF A LUNATIC.

Death From Swallowing a Forle.

Dr Yoitl held an inquest at the Kew i Asylum, Melbourne,, upon the body of a patient named Julian Smith, a man 30 years of age, who was admitted by him on the 9th of March, 1886, and died after a short illness. It appeared from the evidence of the attendants that deceased had repeatedly tried to commit suicide by hacking his. throat with knives, swallowing paint, needles, and in a variety of other ways try ing to terminate his life. His suicidal mania was so pronounced that special watch was kept upon him night and day. On. the 20th inst. he became very ill, and when questioned as to the cause he stated that he had swallowed a fork some -months: previously. Nothing couki be done for the sufferer, who gradually gre* worse; He further stated that he had not told anyone about the fork for fear that an operation would be performed upon him to remove it. Soon afterwards he died. In consequence of his statements and the* mysterious cir cumstances accompanying his death it was decided to have a post mortem made on the body. Dr. Nield conducted the* examina tion, wibli the result that he found a large; German silver fork, the handle of which was in the stomach and the prongs buried in the kidney. This foreign substance created an inflammation which was! the^ cause of death. A verdict of peritonitis was therefore agreed upon. The fork in question did not oelong to the institution, and there was no explauatioa as to how he obtained it.

A. Heartless Mother.

Many cases are known in which a third party has beet* mysteriously influenced to do something—often against both reason and interest—which ha» resulted in the detection of crime. A young unmarried woman, living in a good situation with an Oxfordshire farmer Ivad with her her child, as boy of two-and-a-half years old. This incumbrance standing m the way of her being married, she made up her mind to rid herself of it. Obtaining a holiday, she left the farm with the boy, giving out that she was about to visit a relative some miles off. Next day she re turned, and stating that she had- left> the child to be brought up by her cousin, the statement was naturally believed, Next day two men were at work harvesting in a field on the next farm to where the mother was employed. One- of them was a labourer on tramp, and raquired of Ms companion the best way to get to the place where he had taken lodging.?. The best way was told him, and he was, farther instructed that when he reached a small coppice* he was not to go throng!*, but round it, otherwise he might fall dow» ai* unpro tected old dry well. All the remainder, df that day the thought of this well worried the tramp; be felt an intense and unac countable desire to see it, and so earnestly solicited the man working with, him to accompany him to- see it that the' other agreed to do so. When they arrived at the coppice and found the well, both were afraid to stand on the edge and look down, and j la yd own to do so. Presently one threw down a stone, when instead of hearing the sound of its fall, they heard a cry. Another stone was dropped with the same re sult. Certain that something alive was at the bottom, they pr.omp.tly ,w^nt to the nearest farmhouse and returned with more men, a lantern, and ropes. A plucky lad volunteered to go down, and was lowered, the rope round his waist, tfie'lan tern tied to his wrist. He found at the bottom, 120 feet from the surface, lying between four pointed, perpendicular stakes—on either of Avhich a rhan might have been impaled—a living, bleeding, and sobbing, baby boy, which, when brought to the surface, was at once recognised as the child of the girl at the adjacent farnv The mother, after conviction; when asked how she got the child down the woli without killing it instantly, replied that she had not the heart 60 throw the poor boy down, so procured a long cord, doubled it under the child's body, and When the reached the bottom let go of one end and drew the cord up by the other; The amount of heart possessed by a, mothdr who c6uld leave her offspring to slowly perish of starva tion in preference to slaying it outright must be very small both iri quantity and quality. The poor innocent was thirty-six hours without food and iri pitchy darknoss, and was so cruelly cuti scratched, and bruised that he still Bore th^ marks weeks afterwards when', at Oxford Assiz6s rit the trial, he was stripped arid placed on the table to show them. And Bad his inhuman mother any heart in her Composi tion she must have felt .cut to the very core then when the poor little fellOVr put out his arms and cried to go to her. The death sentence was recorded against her, but commuted to penal servitude for life

A French Love Powder.

A ctteiwS instance of hovir deeply old superstitions are still robtedin remote p&its of the country is a case which has lately been brought before the magistrates- of Marquet, in the departmeKib of Lofrefc, in France. A short time ago the gravedig^er of Fontenay-sur-ioing said to aome work men with whom he was talking at a For ri6ree fsietory : "Perhaps you, think that dead men's bones are of no use to anyone; but you are mistaken. I have 6old some to two women from Ferrieres." The policy hearing of this occurrence, made inquiries 5 and the following facts were rev&sled: The women from Ferrieres went to F&iitenay sur-Loing and asked the gravedigger for some human bones. At first he refused, but was soon persuaded to yield for an ample bribe. The women, who passed in the district for sorceresses, returned home hiding the bones for a short time, and then burning them and carefully gathering up the cinders, their purpose being to prepare a love draught) for a young and pretty country lassj who had ordered it to recon quer the heart of a lover who had turned her off. ■' - -•- •■■ !' ' •

Her Bustle was Off.

"Oh, it was perfectly awful," said one young woman to another in a streetcar which had stopped on the Lake-Btreei? switch the other day. " I was lying in th'o hammocki" she went bh, '*' and wai dressed in my pink nun's veilih^^jcid, ii I dd say it, my young man was sitting in a porch' chair beside, trie. It was a, lovely evening, for there wastft a sign of a moon and even the street lamp on the Corner Htas not lighted. We were having a delightful time, and he grew Hflore ■ and more affectionate; Oh, it \¥M delight ful/ He field one of my handi and kept the hammock gently swaying bafek and forth. Finally he leaned toward rtie* his face almost to mine, and I kWd# fie was jtisfc aboat to say something awfully fife© when —V/hat do you think—the liammbek eti'ittg broke-! I Had taken Off my bustle BO I ciould x^ecline comfoffcably in the hammock, and 3ay, the way I struck that porch—" But jost then the car sped bh.

POETRY.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

Many a heart is full of woe. Yet God His loving care doth show; For those who mourn, 'tis truly said, Most surely shall be comlorted. Many a loving word and deed Hath ministered to others' need, And " bread upon the waters east Returns with blessed joy at last.

Hath bound the woundedheartsthatbleed, And God hath tliese dear names in store, Written in love for evermore.

Many a spirit bowed witli care Hath waited with angels uMfware; But when the time of reap ah»ncome The sheave 3 will all be gathered home.

Many a, silent tear and prayer, A thousandfold-of joy^shall bear, For those whose love hath sought to ; W6SS, The widow and the, fatherless.

Warm tributes;yet,l hopatopay To those who cheered lay 15 nel.L fl J^« May life for them be. decked with no,wSM|» And sunshine gild it* liappy.oeurs.

I thank you, all with grateful heart And eyes from which the teardrops start, But God above, who "knows om? way- Your loving deadacaaaloneirepay/.;

The poet's song can scarce express My sense o£ grateful thankftilnessk Yetstiil whene'er I take: nay pen,. I &m K your3 truly, Jbnnx Wren.

HUMOROUS.

\ Wife — "Dear, I wish you would invite 3 young Professor Y. some day. I hear he i« 80 dreadfully absent-minded; perhaps ho !will take our Cecelia." ,; ''Have you heard rSing to Me Only Once again'?" she asked sweetly. "No* but I shall be delighted," be said, with un ' necessary fervour. ~ ■ The collector of Bombay: has among* bis curiosities* a Chinese god marked Heathen I Id<4" and next to it is a gold dollar marked " Christian Idol. " < A lover of statistics has discovered thafr your wife has to put m 19,908 stitchetf every 'time she fashions1 a hand-made shirt, And •even then it doesn't lit. I The streets of Canton are only three or ifour feet wide, and When" a woman with a bustle on gets into one. of them she has'to go. clear through before she can turn around, She w,as. admiring a big: Newfoundland at the dog show, and, throwing her arms Wand his neck, said: "You .dear old fellow. f I love you I" A youth who. beard |ncr remarked :. "How | wish 2 was a dog,' 1 ! The answer came from tile, same sweefe : Ips: " Never mind,, (leaf; you'll grow." , ; Member of Anti-Poverty. Society — **I. tell you* Tom,, it's hard time* for. a. poor man nowadays. No flbuf in the'house, rents irt arrears, and I haven't done a stroke of 1 work for six months."" Another (pityingly/) —>■" That's tough. What are yoii goirt^ to do—commit suicfde?" Member (gloomily/^ —" I suppose t'll have to go to work." Wa violate no confidence when we" say , that gentle! spring hats colct feet. 1 landlady—"Can you tell me whstfc fis 1 good for bedbugs ?" Hfygg -" Seems to inf that fat boarders ought to. satisfy fern." A, New York paper .declares that "tha lowrneckdress must go," Where? Jiveix now it is somefiines mistaken for a garter iii the East. First.lady caller—"ls your husband ab home?" Young wife (playfully)—"No ; he has left me for a time." Second lady caller (aside)—" And a pretty Mg one as usual', I suppose." A popular writes, who sometimes has a -bad--"spell*""wrote -6he name«,ofthe^iUuftj- a trious autJioir ,ofj"Pilgrim's PicgresS" as "John Bunion." His publisher suggested thafritb^iii'afootDoler* •■-....•..•h *> Fogg: What dp you think of Dole! , Bogg : I think he is one of the biggeafc liars 1 ever knew. Fogg :0f course ;he said I was afool the other day. Bogg : Indeed! Well, I may have misjudged him- , The girl who keeps a diary faithfully wants to be mighty sure that she keeps ib under' lock and key. And if sl>e doesn't) want to bring down her grey hairs in sor row to the grave she must never read it when she gets oldi. , -. . . Wife of a rich rural Califorpian at her first grand dinner. The colonel offers his arm. "lam to have the pleasure of taking you out to dinner, Mrs A." Rich rural wife™" Go 'long with you ;, my husband is here; take your own wife out!"

The Milliners of Paris.

Boms great arid smallj the Paris milliners form a highly interesting cpinmuhity; bat, with the exception of..it. Emile, Zola, whose indefatigable pan has left hardly any de parttnent of social life uritouchefdi th& mbdistekhavendtbe eiia faV6tirite topic With writers. While "M. Zola's possible prbduo« tioh about rhilliners remains m an embry otie cdtldttipn," the great realistic Writer has been atiticifiated by M. Le koux, who gives am admirable sketchof the ordinary life and labours Of the" Lutetian milliner; According to hinl the ranks of the modistei are largely recruited from schoolmistresses whd cannot find pupils, daughters of theatrical people who; did nofe like t6 expose their children to the perils . rof the stage; and persons whose" parents h&Ve' come down in the world. Never does the Parisian milliner allotf herself to be called an ouyritSre. She" is, on the contrary^ a demoiselle, and the very poorest of those demoiselle^ wotild di# rather than cfoss the street like a Workgirl, that is" to. say, withottt fiat or gloves. In some 5 greafe houses of millinery, dignity is ;*!»■; much ttcnighfc of. that the St%iricsasg leadings to tha modistes' rooms is oftfen matltea '" escalier dcs artistes." The apprentice. mtllifferj ■^rhft ba6 paid a premium, is all6AYed'tS riew we around ha*ts and to Wofk'"^ on old mddelSj -*hile the charity apprentice^ or rtiodillion picks tip pins^ from.; the wttrkrpdm," rutis erraridg for the artiste^, and carries parcels for the firm all over Parish After aDout two years' apprenticeship the blossoming modiste become an ttpprenteuse and earns about £2 per month,' eagerly a\vaiting the'Avhile her eleyatioa to the. rank o! gafhisseu*e. These (the gar-, nisseussesy at*e the stare of the profession.; They are to be met everywhere looking for hints. They are at fii-Bt nights in theatrps; ■•• scanning with close scrutiny the dresses of the-actresses who, like Marje Magniev have a new costume for each scene in which thW appear. They attend -fashionable weddings at the Madeleiney and even hunij aboufe the boPk'Shops and stalls on th© q[uay, peering over dld-fashioned erigrav* ihes. Not so well paid as these are the Vendeuses^ who must have a good deal of. ,ta*it, an eye for form and colour, and bft lible to hit'off the taste of customera W' a nicety. SbinQ of the verideuses, who speak English in addition tp their other aceomplishm^nts!, receive as much as £130 per annum in good houses. A few of I the " sellers " are also employed in solicit* ing orders foi' theit houses. Milliners are divided into two classes, those in shops and t^ds(6 in apai*tmentpS Or private rooms. Tho modiste en boutique is not a " creator " of fashions, so she generally sends one of her most aristocratic-looking i assistants as a ciisfeOmer into the private rooms of ;the lead* ing milliners in order W ask for the novel* ties of the seasofi. Bonietimes the trick is di»cdVei'6d ariii vengeance is taken in uiany ways peculiar to 'the inventive female mind. Oh one occasion a premiere, or. forewoman*, from a milliner's shop was identified by * fashionable Mine. Mahtalini in her rooms afid locked up iri a closet, where shd received bread and water for her sustenance* until her mistress had to come, crestfallan 6nd cShfused, to claims her. These ara some Of the sidelights of the life of Parii milliners, but the subjecib might easily ba enlarged upon.

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THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, DCTOBEK 8, 1887.





Povjsrtv and Suffering.— " I y*s dragged down with debt, poverty, and suffering for years, caased by a sick family and large bills toy.dootQrinK, yvhijsh didtb^m npgoQd, J.was. completely discouraged, until qnc year agp, by thd advice of my pastor, I procured Http Bitters, and commenced thqir ufie, and in one month we were all well., and. none of ios nave seen a sick day since; and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your famljies well a year with American Co.'s Hop Bitters for le*a than one doctor's vißit wM post, I fcn»w $t,~4 WOBfc ing Man." Read.



Mrs Jollyboy--" Where on earth have you been ?" Mr '3t— v I caqn6fc ■te.ll a lie | I've befeih at m?6ffißh;'? Mrsi J.—MTb&t'S were we differ. I can • le.lt a lie—when I hear one." (Gruel silence^ during which something ia heard to drop."