LITTLE FOLKS' COLUMN.

"FATHER'S COMING."

Oh, father is coming! Through all the long day We thought of him often, When he was away; We knew he was working Whilo we wore at play.

He'll be tired, I think; I have set him a chair In his own cosy corner- He likes to sit there— And we'll bring him his alipporSi His old favourite pair. .

I think it's the nicest To watch "at the gate; And Dolly sits by us While thus we all wait. He'll be here very soon- It's so seldom he'B lato.

See, baby knows too Who is coming to-night; She is crowing, and clapping Her hands with delight. There's his footstep at last! Oh, hurrah! he's in sight!

A pretty little girl, in whoso cheap and plain dress the child of a labourer could be recognised, contemplated, in company with her mother, the rich show-window of a toy store on the boulevard. Her mother point ing at the biggest and most richly-dressed of the dolls, said, " You would like to have that, wouldn't) you, Louise ?" " Oh, no, mamma, not that one ; it's too well dressed forme." " And what difference does that make to you ?" " Why, I'd wnat to be my dolly'a mamma, and not her servant girl."

FISH THAT WALK AND CLIMB.

It is not to be supposed that a fish ie ab solutely comfortable away from his own element, but it so nevertheless true he sometimes sees fit to live on the land for a short period. Of all land-fn menting fish, the most famous is the climbing porch of India, which not only walks out of the water, but also mounts into trees by means of sharp spines situated near its head and tail. It has a peculiar breathing appara tus, which enables it to extract oxygen from the water, stored up within a small chamber near its gills, for use while on land. The Indian snake-head accommo dates himself to the season when the pond which he inhabits is entirely dry by storing enough water in his special chamber to moisten his gills during that trying time. He can thus remain for a long period in a dormant condition, buried within the dry bed of the pond. Old resi dents of India say that these fish will survive for many years in a state of suspended animation, and that when ponds which have been dry for several successive seasons are suddenly filled by heavy rains, they are found to be swarming at once with full-grown snake-heads. In countries where the ponds regularly dry up at certain seasons, the fish inhabiting them either lie dormant in the mud, or make their way overland to a fresh sheet of water. Full-grown eels journey across country when the ponds in which they live become dry in summer. To keep their gills wet during these excursions they dis tend the skin on each side of the head, and the pouch thus formed with water A walking fish is the periophthalmus, '(d the tropical Pacific shores. At ebb tide i&e literally walks oat of the water, and, <BTect> on two legs, promenades the beach in search of stray crabs and other marino aasimals left by the receding waves.— v a Youths' Companion."

CHARLES READER FIRST SCHOOL MASTER.

Charles Dickens's Squeers has always been accepted as a broad caricature, but this same character in some respects, though not in all, was highly coloured in the person of Charles Reade'a tutor, Mr Slatter.

" Life under his roof was more than purgatory—it was a positive inferno. His system has accurately been described as one of all punishment and no reward, and the wonder was that he preserved till death a steady average of subjects to ex periment upon. Nothing but the generally diffused superstition concerning the neces sity of never sparing the rod could have kept him going, for severity increased with his advancing years ; and though at thirty five he was only a harsh martinet, at sixty five he seemed to take pleasure in the physical suffering of his pupils. "On a high platform, covered with red baize, in the angle of the room, posed Mr Slatiser. The boys on forms sat round the green baize-covered table, a stool at the angle of the table nearer the door serving as the vehicle for one species of execution, and a very painful one indeed. Each pupil was summoned in turn, hia lesson assigned to him to learn by heart, and in due time he was called up to repeat it. Probably he got through the first three lines correctly, then followed some slight lapse of memory. t'Hold out your hand," was the prompt Command, and down came the cane ir respective of chilblains and bruises. A Bmall child of course would yell, whereupon the punisainent was repeated for the fresh offence of crying. In the course of a single lesson a dozen cut 3 would be showered on the hands or arms, while if the boy had omitted to learn even the first few lines the stool above referred to was requisi tioned, the child clung across it, his back bared, and blows rained upon him. After this infliction a sitting posture was excru ciating torture, for the skin was abraded and the flesh severely bruised. This, how ever, was not supposed to be the ne plus ultra of the inquisitor's art. In the event of any grave offence being committed, the offender was invited to " come into my study, sir," a small room across the hall, and then all ears were attention to count the number of strokes inflicted on the bare flesh by the birchrod. The shrieks of the sufferer after each stroke were duly timed, but not seldom obscured by wild and frantic cries for mercy—an appeal utterly fruit lees."

Curious Automatic Stories.

An English firm has supplied the streets with convenient apparatus where school children can buy chocolate sticks and butternuts by dropping a penny in an open slit. London is filled with these shops, and they are found everywhere in Great Britain. America has the automatic scales by which one can weigh himself by dropping a 5-cent piece in a, little hole; but the Englishman has extended this device, so that now the children on the street can stop at the corner, drop in a penny, and a little drawer will fly out, and in it you find a cake of chocolate or a piece of butterscotch. The desire is regulated by the place wherein the copper is deposited. To the right for chocolate, to the left for butterscotch. Nor are the children the only ones cared for. The dude can drop in a penny at a certain box and out will come a cigarette. What a boon for an impover ished dude with only one cent, but who is too proud to go into a cigar shop and ask for one cigarette! By this device he is relieved of all impertinent looks or knowing smiles by the self-sufficient tobacconist, for he has only to face an iron frame which gladly re sponds to his trifling copper. The proprie tor of these automatic apparatuses knows, also, how often a pedestrian or traveller wants a sheet of paper and envelope, or a postal card, and he has a number of stands filled with stamped envelopes, containing a eljeet of paper, which falls into the hands of a purchaser, who deposits 2 pence, or a pos tal card on a receipt of a penny. The auto matic scales seem to have found their way to the Continent, but as yet England enjoys the monopoly of the automatic shopkeeper.

BALLOON VOYAGE OVER THE IRISH SEA.

Exciting Experiences.

Subjoined is Mr Joseph Simmon's " log " of his balloon voyage across the Irish Sea. from Preston :—ll a.m.—Started at the moment annpi* »ed by the Mayor of Preston. 11.5. md it impossible to land in England, east wind taking me over the j river Kibble. 11.25. — Midway between Lytham and Southport. 11.30.—Consider-1 ing rather gravely of the fact that I am j not provided with anything as a means of keeping afloat if I have to come down on the sea. I have with me the hose with which I inflated the balloon. This is 18ft. long. I cut it into four, then tie up one end of each piece, blow it full of air, then tie up the other end. I think, if the pieces are not sufficiently air-tight, I can keep blowing into one or another and so keep up a snpply of air sufficient to float me by these roughly improvised 'buoys.' Up to 12.30 very few vessels seen, ana I do not feel as much tempted to go down and attempt to be rescued as I do to try and cross the sea. Pluck is all very well in its way, but I am to a great extent forced into the position I now occupy. The baloon is a very small one (it contains when quite full only 11,000 feet of gas) and much manoeuvring will be neces sary to go co long a distance with so small an aerostat and so slight a breeze. Up to 1.50 I endeavour to console myself by watching the courses of vessels, and as nearly as possible convincing myself that 1 was going on a ' true win»l' that is to say, there wore no cross currents to contend with. I begin to get very sleepy. I cannofc attri bute this to any inhaling of gas, for .none has yet escaped through the neck of the balloon. 2 p.m.—Two vessels nearly under me, heading same way as I am. I shouM like to leave them behind mo quicker. Am \ very thirsty. Have not tasted anything to drink to-day, and only about half an ounce of food. Not a bit or drop of anything with me.Vl cannot see far ; but I manage pretty continually to compare the sun's rays on the sea with my course, and as the day ad vances it is with considerable satisfaction 1 find the acuteness of the angle between my course and the sun's rays increase, for it partially convinces me that I continue to go west. The ripples on the sea provide me with a further means of ascertaining this fact. 2.35 p.m.—l see land, which 1 take to be Anglesea. 2.50 p.m.—A steamer heading due west. I think she is going from Holyhead to Dub lin. I had passed Holyhead before she started ; but I manage to keep my gaze on her, and this is a good check. The coast of Carnarvon now very distinct, and co is Bardaoy Island. I nave another good check by watching two fixed points on the coast. 1 am going in a straight line. 3.12.—1 begin to wish I had forced another 1,000 feet of gas into the balloon, for I started with it not quite full to allow for ex pansion whilo ascending. At this time I see something in the west which has a very fixed appearance ; but clouds have that, and I was too soon expecting land. 3.16. — The steamer which I said I thought was from Holyhead, still right in my course be hind mo. 3.24.—5 he appears to be going away south, but this must be fancy. 1 find her again straight for me and Dublin. 4.34. —A steamer three miles south of me going east. I suppose from Dublin to Holy head. 4.50. — I dimly trace what 1 take to be the south shore of Dublin Bay. Several black specks right in the sun's golden rays on the sea. 5.10.—1 hear several voices from the deep. Up to this time I have many times shouted to vessels, nearly under me ; but the only responses I got were repetitions of my own words (echoes). For the last hour I have continu ally heard the rumbling of the tide on the shore,, and it is with intense satiafaction that I hear it increase and see it increase moment by moment. 5.50 p.m.—Can see a train going, as I suppose, from Kingstown to Dublin. s.sß.—Right over the bay, be tween Kingstown and Dublin. 6.50. —Safe in the hands of a labourer on the farm of Messrs Fagan •Brothers, at Ballyboden, Rathfarnham, seven miles inland from Dublin. After packing up the balloon I proceeded with Mr S. M. Holmes, to his residence, Rookwood (close by), where I eagerly ate a good dinner, and here I am. on board the steamer Express, bound for Liverpool. To describe the grandeur of the scene on approaching the land on the Irish coast is more than I dare attempt."

The Brennan Terpedo.

A secret is a secret no longer when it be comes known to more than one person, and the acceptance by the Lords of the Ad miralty, advised by the Royal Engineers, of Mr Brennan's invention has been speedily followed by a disclosure of the details of its working parts, and of the mechanism for which special originality is claimed. The invention, made in 1876, has required five years to mature and five more to render of practical value, its originality and merit being so highly recognised that the inventor received a gratuity of £5,000, and an annual sum of £1,000 till his torpedo was perfected. He now enjoys the satis faction of seeing his work passed as com plete, and the substantial reward of £110,000 as payment for the exclusive right of manu facture in England.

The primary difference between the Brennan and the Whitehead torpedoes, both built on the same lines, those of a fish, are that while the latter is an uncontrolled projectile discharged from a ship, and fur nished with an automatic steering ap paratus, the former is a captive torpedo, intended as an auxiliary weapon of har bour defence, launched and guided from the shore. It is not the first invention of the kind, its most notable predecessor being the Lay, adopted by the Russian Govern ment some 10 years ago, but apparently since discarded. American and other in ventors have been puzzling their brains over a controlled locomotive torpedo for the last decade, but although tjie Sims- Edison, the Nordenfeldt, and the Patrick inventions have attained a certain degree of completeness, not one of them has com plied with all theconditionsrequired. Should the Brennan ratify the judgment of the Home authorities, it will be a source of no little pride to Australians, and possibly go far to convince other nationalities that some good can come out of Nazareth. The great difference between the Bren nan torpedo and its rivals lies in its unique means of propulsion. Whereas the Sims- Edison and the Nordenfelt are driven by electricity, generated in the one case by a dynamo at the starting point, and in the other within the torpedo itself ; the Berdan, with gas produced by the burning of rockets; the Lay and Patrick, with com pressed carbonic acid gas; and the Ericcson, like the Whitehead, with compressed air the propulsion of the Brennan is effected by means of a powerful engine on shore rapidly unwinding two slender wires, 18 W.G.,with a breaking strain of 6 cwt to 7 cwt, and weighing 331b per mile, from two drums within the torpedo. The un winding of these coils of wire gives a rapid impetus to the two propeller shafts with which they are connected, just in the same manner as a rotary motion is imparted to a schoolboy's peg top by the string round it when rapidly drawn off, and through them to the screws which drive the projectile. Thus the beautiful mechanical paradox is afforded by the fact that the faster the stationary engines are driven, and the hafder they are apparently hauling the torpedo to shore, with the greater speed is she progressing in the opposite direction. The strength of the wires, which must of necessity be light, is a matter of the utmost importance, for should .either snap the cruise cornea to an 'i

end. The length of wire, required to be wound on the reels is three times that of the iourney Thus, if the vessel against which the torpedo is directed is a mile away each drum must be provided with 3 miles ef wire or 6 miles altogether, weighing in all l»b lbs The torpedo can be neither dragged back nor turned round, though she may bo deflected for 30 to 40 degrees either to star board or port. To retrieve her therefore, ,a steam launch must be employed. The dimensions of the Brennan torpedo are 25 feet, by 3 feet by 2* feet; her weight, fully equipped for a 2 mile run, is 2o cwt; speed 20 miles an hour, and range from 1J to 2 miles.

Henry's Rival.

" Angelina, dost thou love me ?" His accents were sweet and soft. It is not surprising they were sweet and soft. He was built that way on general principle.

" Of course, Henry, with all my heart. "Then fly with me to-night. Let us leavo this house at once, and seek some blessed spot where we two will have a well defined monopoly on all earth's joys and sorrows. Hasten do not lose a moment. As he delivered this impassioned speech her face grew bright with an intense light" of joy Then a thought seemed to strike her. She had them often. Her smile was o'erclouded with a look of deepest pain. " No, no," she sobbed. " I cannot fly with you. I cannot, I cannot." " Dearest," he murmured, " that is three times you said you cannot, and I only want you to'fly once. Why cannot you ?" " I-I-I-," she stammered, incoherently. "The l's have it," said he resignedly. " Yet I fail to understand your suddenly conceived prejudice against flying. I thought that you were partial to that mode of matrimony. However, no fly if you say

BO *' "Forgive mo, I would leave wealth, parents, friends, for your sake, but securely jocked in yonder room is a treasure from ■which 1 could never part. I know not whether it is a device of my father's to stay my flight, but 1 cannot leavo without my treasure." _ A dark look of suspicion mantled his face, and in three strides ho had crossed the room and burst open the door of the mys terious chamber. " Now," said he, " secure your trea-

Bure." She entered, and when she came ont with a, tan-coloured, pop-eyed, snub-nosed Chinese god of a pug dog, Henry picked up his hat ayd went out and flew all by him self. „_____

HUMOROUS.

Motto for'barbers. —Cut and come again. A fishernwi's gains are based on his not profits. It is a wise old saw that knows who filed it last. "Yes, my child, yes, dun is the future tense of due." Everybody is troubled with too much change—change a f weather. A Co-operativw Mill Association.— A travelling company of prize-fighters. The farmer who- raises a glass too often isn't likely to raise much else. A health journal says that marble-top tables are unhealthy. They do look pale. Architects are not as pretentious as actors, but they draw uniformly better houses. Some Socialists say they will till the soil when it is made free; but they will not till then. Three degrees of mining speculation: Positive, mine; comparative, miner; specu lative, minus.

A mustard plaster is not a very poetic subject, but, ah! how warmly it appeals to a man's feelings. "A man should always live within his income," says a financier, "even if he has to borrow to do it."

"You and Jones don't seem to be as thick as you were. Does he awe you any money?" ''No; he wants to." As a general rule, the man who makes extemporaneous speeches can give you the manuscript if you want to print it. It is said of a great man, just dead, that he began life a barefooted boy. Come to think, we boys all bogan that way. It is eaid that women dross extravagantly to worry other women. A man who dresses extravagantly generally worries hia tailor. If you wish to have a shoe made of durable materials, you should use the upper leather of the mouth of a hard drinker, for that never lets in water.

A man advertises for " competent person to undertake the sale of a new medicine," and adds that " it will be found profitable to the undertaker."

Markctman: Why did you return that pair of fowls yesterday ? Customer: Because I thought you had bettor sent them to a home for aged couples. Ordered to clear the court, an Irish crier at Ballinasloe did so by this announce ment: "Now, then, all ye blackguards that isn't lawyers must lave the coort." "Yes," sighed old Mrs Gumbo, "that accident was horrible. When I read about it it exaggerated me so that I couldn't de compose myself for several hours." A West-end bank, with a humour that half atones for the tyranny of the act, has ordered that " gentlemen must not wear beards or moustaches during office hours."

¥< That man over there has made seventy five per cent, of his fortune from watered stock." "He looks like a bloated monopo list. Some railroad magnate, I suppose ?" "No ; he is a milk dealer."

Ob, softly the lover did lute on his lute, 'neath the pale, gentle light of the moon. But he swiftly turned and began to scoot when be noticed the dangerous large-sized boot of the pa who came too soon. " Speaking about the artist who painted fruit so naturally that the birds came and pocked at it," said the fat) report, "I drew a hen that was so true to life that after the editor threw it into the waste basket it lay there."

" And them's what folks calls handsome, are they ?" said a Leicestershire farmer, as he watched a couple of hansom cabs rolling down the Strand. " Well, I wonder what they'd think if they could see a new waggon with red wheels ?" Said Captious, pointing to a sign which read, " Umbrellas repaired and recovered," " There is a palpable lie." ", Why, how do you make that out ?" asked Senex. " Well umbrellas may be repaired, perhaps, but they are never recovered."

A bookbinder said to his wife at their wedding, " It seems that now we are bound together, two volumes in one with clasps." " Yes," observed one of the guests. "One side highly ornamental turkey morocco, and the other plain calf."

Shortly before his death, being visited by a clergyman, whose features as well as language were more lugubrious than con soling. Hood looked up at him compassion ately, and said, "My dear sir, I'm afraid your religion doesn't agree with you." " We bend the knee, but not the elbow," enthusiastically exclaimed an orator at a temperance meeting the other evening. ' * That's so," said an unreclaimed sinner on a back seat. " It's the only way you can get your mouth to the bunghole. '' Have you ' Hours of Idleness' here ?" the maiden asked, as she sauntered into the second-hand bookstore. "No, we haven't, miss," said the youth behind the counter. "The boss is an old skinflint, and when we ain't doing any business he keeps us dusting the books."

There was a missionary concert at a Southporb church the other evening, and among other things was a paper on mis sionary work read by a young lady. When she had finished the leader of the meeting said, "We will now sing ' Hallelujah, 'tis done."' Whereat everybody smiled.

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

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Inviolable Secrecy and Certain Kclief are Boons I offer to Suffering Humanity. It is self-evident that a physician paying particular attention to a cla.ss of cases attains great skill, and physicians in regular practice all over the country knowing this, frequently recommend cases to this oldcnt office in Australia, where every known appliance is resorted to, and the proved good remedies of all ages ana countries are used. On account of the great number ot cases applying, the charges are kept low—but the Important matter is to secwre the ■ Kill, and get a speedy and perfect life cure. Medicines forwarded free from observation. All Correspondence held sacred. Call on or Address — Doctor W. KNOX PARKER, POST OFFICE CHAMBERS, Corner Bourko and Elizabeth Streets, Kelbourne, Victoria. DR. J. COLLIS BROWNE'S CHLOEODINE. The Original and Only Genuine. Advice to Invalids.—lf you wish to obtain quiet, refreshing sleep, free from headache, relief from pain and anguish, to calm and as suage tho weary achings of protracted disease, invigorate the nervous media, and regulate the circulating systems of the body, you will pro vide yoursolfwith that marvellous remedy dis covered by Dr. J. Collis Browne (late Army Medical Staff), to which he gave the name of CHLORODYNE, and which is admitted by the profession to be the most wonderful and valu able remedy ever discovered. CHLORODYNE is the best remedy known for Coughs, Consumption, Bronchitis, Asthma. CHRORODYNE acts like a charm in Diarrhoea, and is the only specific in Cholera and Lysentery. CULOItODYNE effectually cute short all at tackt a? Epilepsy, Hysteria, Palpitation, and Spasms CHLORODYNE is the only palliative in Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Gout, Cancer, Tooth ache, Meningitis, &c. From Symes & Co., Pharmaceutical Chemists, Medical Hall, Simla, January 5, 1880. To J. T. Davenport, Esq., 33, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London. Dear Sir,—We embrace this opportunity of congratulating you upon the wide-spread reputation this justly esteemed medicine. Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne.has earned for itself, not only in Hindostan, but all over tho East. As a remedy for general utility, we much question whether a better is imported into tho country, and we shall be glad to hear of Jta finding a place in every Anglo-Indian home, lhe other brands, wo are happy to say, are now relegated to the native bazaars, and, judging from their sale, we fancy their sojourn there will be evanescent. We could multiply in stances ad inftnitum of tho extraordinary efficacy of Dr. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne in Diarrhcea, and Dysentery, Spasms, Cramp 3 Neuralgia, the Vomiting of Pregnancy, and as a general sedative, that have occurred under our personal observation during many years. In Choleraic Diarrhoea, and even in the more terrible forms of Cholera itself, we have wit nessed its surprisingly controlling power. We have never used any other form of this mcdi cine than Collis Browne's from a firm conviction that it is decidedly the beßt,and also from a sense of duty we owe to the profession and the public as we are of ©pinion that the substitution of any other than Collis Browne's is a deliberate BREACH OF FAITH ON THE PART OF THE CHEMIST TO PRESCRIBE AND PATIENT ALIKE —W c are, Sir faithfully yours, Symes and Co.' Members of the Pharm. Society of Great Britain His Excellency the Viceroy's Chemists. CAUTION.-Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Pasre Wood stated that Dr. J. Collis Browne was undoubtedly, the Inventor of Chlorodyne ; that the story of the defendant Freeman was de liberately untrue, which, he regretted to say bad been sworn to.—See " The Times," July 13,' Sold in bottles at Is ljd, 2s 9d, 4s 6d, and lla each, h one is genuine without the words "Dr J. Coins Browne's Chlorodyne" on the Govern ment stamp. Overwhelming medical testirnonv accompanies each bottle. Caution.—Beware of Piracy and Imitations Sole Manufacturer—J. T. DAVENPORT 33 Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, London., ' IT is singular how blind people are to their own interests, by selling imitations of the genuine Wolfe's Schnapps.



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