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. t„ answer any queries. Am a *---- Dg r live their real names and — — _.„ „ CORRESPONDENTS. T° ™ <3ub criber) -(!) Your __tk PEAS' Aum o obtain a good crop. f^^ was too deeP ro«A ted with the t?SSi bee" i»«r£ bottom . letting V'SSoffiS*l ,ro,n t-.fp before sowing the &&s*or fc2_« theS prepare the '--ifTriwe »- ¥I n-Lw ein shallow drills -•tL finely, the seed from *>i m inchesapai^, (WPP » distance of SSuS If '_* i&hll^wlth soil. As soon as ffch»:»* tf v K hoe to keep weeds Sfeplants f n e t ?' „op so as to prevent over "•jwandthin tlie". w f parsnips is a SSC ""JKEt 2?P as should be SSferfS fwo inches. After $» tßde, lined a sufficient height they EvfiffflStt 'r° euablc Ui em l? % l 0 b,° Sof Bnmmer better, trench %i the dro'gW pi go deeper, he gr°and s^ mulching would also help Bfil fL'S^' WhetliW. if sown » 1 Ll'leV"Would germinate, never iiaebesdwp. « d t thin k very ueep &2KB "atiers- ilather tmitll «P_ MhesSoe, and water. gj#|!g aro pical).-The ques itiwoFlCMk are inst the onei that should Wa^Jd of the various well-known sjffiffiv_tt£wiilb Ki«ng theirdif 3«Sri Whl simply print your que* Wiilecture*: i^ 1 gentlemen an oppor raaity of w l™™ -"where the temperature *aW ni,Wrtr low to entrcly check 5 4W5a almost continual activity tajSry.tf «nr. and to what of^W.A h;; "ill it affect say for instance «leDt,a vine'(2)lsitpossibl; tor our yme *j£&_ai fully mature fruit for wme flfl_™-_. whare the summer temperature s^/Uchhtelier range than that of *m n i„nH!(3l Fioni lime to tune wo hear Ne w Zealand? w* '' . N Zea i an d. HffiSffaS ™ in what way does it Hf ,t fi riDeniig and proper maturing: ot _BM_BsXoai timeto timetellusthat *& thffinest climate in the Southern s?i£L_ for vines and oranges. Can you HtS these two fruits, requiring almost •W'f ?nm_e climatic conditions, can both SlaShS In ripening.the orange gSaßdmobtutft . The vine in hkes scessiv^ Such being the case, g!he New Zealand climate be the best BStaTSEEDS(Amateur).-(l) One of the *___«» tost the vitality of any kind of 2 tati count out 50 or 100 seeds. Place the sel 1 _S of flannel in a saucer ; SSmwS the seed and die flannel. •SSS nlace a piece of damp blotting- S2A whole, and place in a warm S Keep lhe paper, etc.. continually- S and iv a short time the seeds will ger d2>Hfttf * a-reasonable time count all Shared uted and you will thus be able Stain the percentage of good see«. (2) onXing seeds as to their pilrity, scatter En a Piece of black cardboard, and the Sgralnsare readily observed. It.agood Son of seeds true to their kind is kept (orcomparison, the impurities can be easily detected,

The Leett.

Ik leek is one of the most useful vege. tables, and ought to be more generally ram It will grow on almost any soil, but a rich, dry soil suits it best, and when liberally treated it attains a very large size. lhe seed should be sown during the end of September or during October, much •in

the same manner as a row of onion seed. After the young plants have att-ined a height of from five to seven indies they should 'be transplanted into a fell-prepared piece of ground into which plenty of ianure has been dug in the pre paration. The distance apart will very naci depend oij the nature of the ground aridtkwnts of the -cultivator. The rows should be about 18 inches apart, and trie plaits from six to twelve inches apart in fie row. When planting it is-; better ioA-air vriththe hoe a trench about four inches deep, into which the young plants are dibbled. ;In> planting, first take, off some of the,leaves, then drive down the dibber and put the plant down as deep as the base of the leaves; close in the feilaboMV the plant without pressure, so is to allow for expansion. During the iammer use water liberally, and whenever the plants have attained sufficient height the earth should be loosely tilled into the drill they were planted in. Use liquid toure frequently, and hoe between the to»s to keep weeds under. Good leeks can «grown as above. Where extra large oasare required, trenches should be pre yed the same aa for celery, but a little closer together, and plenty of manure paced in the bottom of the trench. The M Plants should be planted in this. wing the season give plenty of water, ™one earthing up towards the middle of «season should be enough. On light m especially it is better to follow the WW course in order to obtain good plants. Maxims. Seeds will not vegetate unless within the ■Jtt of moisture, air and heat. Be weM, therefore, not to sow your seeds JJ? first leaves which appear on young Jungs (called the seed leaves) are thl tl , 30f "-Paying nourishment to the 3 PT\ fcil- ft Eas acquired roots : 12 iihe* are serious-y in J«red or 7°M the plant must die. -Kk mosfcsoedlings are not strong SSfefff removal till they have made H \ fon.,Pn>per leaves, for by this St^ s r°otswillbc able to perform their

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STAGE AND STUDIO.

[By Euterpe.]

In consequence of the Auckland Choral Society having decided not to perform th c " Messiah " this year, the Ponsonby Chor.ij Society propose performing it in the Choraj Hall about; the 23rd of December. Mean while, the Ponsonby Society are rehearsing Mendelssohn's 95fchPsalm for the first part of their next concert. The second part will consist of miscellaneous items. The solos in the 95th Psalm have been allotted to Mesdames Judson and Johnson (sopranos), and Mr W. L. Prime (tenor).

Jack Edwards is at Melbourne, where he has signed a three years' engagement with Williamson, Garner and Musgrove. He is busily engaged studying stage business.

Charlie Dobson, a Christchurch boy, has been engaged by Emelie Melville and Wybert Reeve to play in "Masks and Faces " the part of Colander.

Some of our itinerant professionals are de veloping a taste for football. The other day at Waipawa the Herman Family, not content with "strutting and fretting their hour upon the stage," issued a challenge to the local football club, and a closely-con tested game was the result, tiie actors losing by a few points.

Mr Alfred Wyburd, who, it will be re membered, was round New Zealand with " His Natural Life " some months ago, is at present in Sydney, where he is going to open a new theatre to be called the " Bijou," which is being built on the sifce of the old Masonic Hall. Mr Wyburd tried to arrange a skating match for £200 with the American Champion afc present in Sydney, but was unable to do so.

The question as to whether the theatres in Christchurch, the same as other towns in New Zealand, can be opened on Sundays for lecture purposes, and admission charged, is likely to be tested. The City Council, at a late meeting, decided that they had nothing to do with the matter, they merely giving a license for six days. On Sunday week Mr George Grant, an American orator, delivered a lecture at the Theatre Royal to a large audience, and was well received.

The first rehearsal of the Auckland Choral Society for the last concert of the season, which comes off some six weeks hence, took place on Tuesday eve- ing. The pro gramme comprises the "Spring" part of Haydn's " Seasons" and Beethoven's "En gedi." I understand that the solo parts have been allotted as follows: —"Spring" —Miss Jahn (soprano), Mr Gilmer (tenor), Mr Hamerton (bass). " Ehgendi " —Miss Bleazard (soprano), Mr E. Harker (tenor), Mr G. Harker (bass).

The following incidental selections of music will be rendered during the perform ance of " Guy Mannering " for Mr and Mrs McGowan's benefit on the 26th and 27th inst. :—Overture, " Guy Mannering ;" con certed piece and chorus, " The Fox Jumped Over," and " Away with Dull Care," etc. ; ballad, " Oh ! Slumber, My Darling ;" echo duet, "Now Hope and Fear My Bosom Bending ;" song, "Be Mine, Dear Maid ;" ballad, '* Cherette ;" gipsy glee and chorus, " The Cough and Crow ;" song and chorus, "The Old Brigade;'' air, "Hark Ye, Young Henry;" song, "Safely Follow Him;" characteristic Scottish dance ; finale, " Welcome Home the Rightful Heir." Mr W. Baxter is the musical cou-

ductor.

Herbert Fleming, a well known actor, appeared at the Central Police Court, Sydney, recently on summons, at the in stance of Minna Fischer, the actress, who is his wife. She applied for an order for £3 a week for maintenance. Plaintift'stated that while in Melbourne, in February last, a quarrel took place with her husband, who told her he could.. not speak to her, as he had lost confidence in her. She went and lived with her parents. At that timo she was in engagement at £8 a week, and was engaged until a fortnight ago by the Gaiety Theatre Company, when the Company broke up. Plaintift'stated further that Fleming was in receipt of a salary of £12 par week from the Theatre Royal Company, Sydney, and asked that an allowance of £3 for main tenance be granted. The Magistrate dis missed the case.

Gilbert and Sullivan's fairy opera of " lolanthe " has been successfully produced at the Princess Theatre, Dunedin, by the Amateur Opera Society with the following cast:—The Lord Chancellor, Mr Montagu Pym; Earl of Mountararat, Mr W. H. Dowling ; Earl Telloller, Mr J. 0. Kettle ; Private Willis, Mr Booth ; Strephon, Mr A. H. Collier ; Queen of the. Fairies, Mrs Rose ; lolanthe, Mrs Israel; Leila, Celia, Flcta, Miss Ethel Jones, Miss Daisy Ross, Mrs Dowling; Phyllis, Miss Johnson. On the opening night the theatre was crowded, every seat in the circle being booked several days in advance. The dresses were exceedingly tasteful, and the troop of fairie*- made a very pretty picture indeed as they tripped upon the stage in the first act. The peers were well made up (especially one gentleman, who was instantly recognised as the late Lord Beaconsfield), and they sang their choruses in lirst-rate style. The orchestra, under the leadership of Mr G. Martin, was a very strong one, composed mostly of amateurs. The encore gained by Mrs Rose for "Oh, Foolish Fay," in the second act was the most enthusiastic of the evening.

POPULAR SCIENCE.

A damp cloth held over the mouth and nose, or better, made to envelope the whole head, will enable one to pass through the most dense smoke without suffocation.

A German professor has discovered thread-like worms the length of the little finger in the white of eggs. He said simi lar worms were often found in the small intestines of the domestic hen but seldom ftt the egg.

The London " Lancet" say people can easily protect themselves and their children from the bites of gnats and other insects by sponging the skin and hair with a weak solution of carbolic acid. It will drive away the whole tribe.

A .remarkably strong oil, valuable for medicinal purposes, is obtained from pine needles, while another product is pine wool, which is bleached, dyed and woven. The wool is Useful as a moth destroyer when em ployed as a carpet lining. A strong, cheap matting is made from it.

Manufacturers and architects have had their attention called to a fire-proof paper or board made of a composition containing 60 per cent, vegetable fibre, 20 per cent, ashes, 10 per cent, alum or copperas and 10 per cent, plumbago, lamp-black or Venetian red. It is mixed in a pulp-engine and run through an ordinary paper machine into boards, and is found to have great fire:re sisting properties. A correspondont of the "English Mechanic " gives the following remedy for l'heumatism, which he has tried with success : One quart of milk, quite hot, into which stir one ounce of alum : this makes curds and whey. Bathe the part affected with the whey until too cold. In the meantime keep the curds hot, and after bathing put them oh as a poultice^ wrap in flahdel and—go to sleep (you can.) Three applications should be a perfect cure, even in aggravated cases. ■ An interesting series of experiments has been made by Dr. J. VV. Fraser on the in fluence of our common beverages on diges tion. Among those drinks he finds that water is usually the best. Of infusions; tea or cocoa acts most favourably when bread is eaten, and coffee is the best for use with meat di- eggs. Eggs are the best animal food with infused beverages, and should be soft-bniled when tea is the beverage and, hard-boiled with coffee or cocoa.

DRAUGHTS.

Problem No. 6. By D. Grubb, Auckland,

Black.

White.

Black to move and win.

Solution to Problem No. 3.

The following game is an example of how the men are weakened by playing too much to the side squares. Black, although a man down, has a very strong game, the men being compact, and much in the form of a pyramid. The White men are scattered, and thereby much weakened.

Game—No. 14: "Fife."

The following gives an example of what is called the " Gross " opening.

GAME—No. 15: "Cross."

* White must play the above move, or Black will get a king and be on level terms as regards the number of men, and must win the game.

Draught Items.

"Is there any definite principle by which a certain win at draughts can be in sured ?" inquired an enthusiastic neophyte at Huddersfield a short time ago. "Oh, yes," replied a cynical old hand, "always open your crown-head as early as possible, and leave an open square between all your men whenever you can do so." A week later the youngster complained that whenever he acted on that principle he was sure to lose. " But what about the other fellow ?" asked the cynic. " Why, he always won, con found him !" replied the green hand, and a light seemed to dawn upon him, and his face was a study. "Yes, my friend," calmly said the cynical one, " you will see the principle right enough, but I never said which fellow was to win."—Bohemian.

We are glad to hear that a Chess and Draughts Club has been formed at the North Shore with a membership of forty not a bad start, certainly. We wish them every success, and would like to hear of them challenging the Auckland Draughts Club to a friendly contest across the board.

AN IDAHO WEDDING.

A Scotch Minister Shocked at its

Informality

An unconventional, if not romantic, wed ding took place on the North Pacific train at Rathdrum, Sunday, June 24. The bride is Mrs A. A. Mitchell, of Minneapolis, aged about 35 years. The groom is B. F. Buck a well-to do grocer of Spokane Falls, where he has lived about a year. He is about 50 years old. They made each other's acquaintance several years ago in Madison, Wis. Each moved to Minneapolis. About the middle of this month Mrs Mitchell secured a divorce from her hushand and started West to meet her new husband. The train was due at Rathdrum about 2 p.m., but did not arrive till midnight. Mr Buck intended to be married on the train in Washington Territory, just after the train had passed the Idaho line, and had taken Rev. Mr. Beebe, of Spokane Falls, along to perform the ceremony. While he was waiting at Rathdrum for the delayed train, he decided to be married in Idaho, and fortunately found a Justice of the Peace. Under the law of Idaho ho license is necessary. The train stops for water at Rathdrum. Mr Buck hurried into the car, found the bride waiting, des pite the late hour, led her to the rear plat form of the Pullman, and there they were married. The couple stood at each side of tho door, the squire in front of them, and the two official witnesses, Pa.ul F. Moher and Ned Rice, just inside the car. Near them stood a Scotch missionary en route to Alaska. The justice, a good-natured little man, tilted his hat on the back of his head, took out a led pencil, and sort of marking time with it as a conductor does with a baton, began : '• Please Join hands." Addressing groom — Do you take this woman to be your lawful wife ? Groom—l do.

Addressing bride—Do you take this man to be your lawful husband ? Bride—l do.

Addressing both — Then under the authority conferred on me by the Ter ritory of Idaho, I pronc-unee you husband and wife,- and what God hath joined to gether let no man put asunder. Then, fearing the train would start off with him, he stepped off the cat- to the depot rjlatform and called out in the dark ness to Mr Buck, " I'll sign these papers and send them down in to-morrow's train." The groom called him back and handed him a coiii. The squire looked at it, re turned thanks and exclaimed, " I'll set it up fine for the boys on this." The Scotch missionary was almost dumb with astonishment. Recovering his speech, he said to Mr Rice: "Eh. liion, is this legal ? Do they do things lank that in this koontry." Mr Rice assured him that this ceremony was strictly en re'gle, and that it tbbk no more tii_e to hang1 or Bury a than iii Idaho.

"LEWIS THE LIGHT."

A Religious Crank Cornea to Grief Amid

London Fog.

To nearly all San Franciscans (says the " Alta ") the name of " Lewis the Light,'' self-styled the "Messiah," is well known. It has not been many months since he paraded the streets dressed in his fantastic costume, and indulged in his habit of dis turbing meetings in places of worship. His last performance was at Dr. Spreecher's church oi: Geary-street. He \va< ejected " unceremoniously by two stalwart dea cons." Then Lewis disappeared and it be came a question whether he had gone to the cannibal islands to impress the inhabi tants thereof with a sense of his standing as a first-class deity, or whether he had de cided that as a professional Messiah lie was not up to the mark, and had joined the Northwestern division of the United Order of Tramps. It has since transpired that Lewis is still engaged in his character of a diffuser of alleged light, and that his wife and children are earnest and zealous assis tants in his insane work. The party is in London, and from aocpuntsreceived in this city last week it would seem that the fog of that metropolis does not agree with them, and that they do not agree with the English people in general. The rock upon which Lewis and his tribe came to grief was the Queen's Jubilee. They endeavoured to celebrate it in their own peculiar way, and now Lewis is languishing in a lunatic asy lum, the children are spending their leis'.ire time in the poorhouse, and Mrs Lewis, the Light, otherwise "The Queen of Hades," is putting in her spare hours in attempting to reach her husband's place of confinement. Lewis and his wife endeavoured to enlighten the English people by circulating in churches during service dodgers, of which the following are samples : Joshua to Jericho. Jesus at Jerusalem. Lewis in London. Prelates, priests, parsons, pharisees, prostitutors. Physi cians of no value ; wolves in sheep's cloth ing. Hireling hypocrites, Baal worship pers, Balaamites, 1 say now, not bye and bye. I said, "Occupy till I come. lam that I am." I swear by myself, for I can by no greater. There is no longer excuso for your infernal existence.. Ye cannot bark, but eternally howl your own damna tion. Lewis the Light, author of the Little Book.

All —stay in Hell and be damned— All. Take it. grin and Laugh ; ye shall die-jest in bitterness the dose of the Great Physi cian.—Leicis the Light the Perfect Cure. I. am here to reign and to rule, and, if I fancy, play the fool ; not bound to answer every oilier hog, though he may be my elder brother; arguiner with a greater, lesser devil would bring me down to your level. I have condensed the logic of the lot; I hold it all you teach a little jot. All your gab, gas 'tis gammon rot. Blind leaders of the blind can't see 'tis not. Acts Xxvin. 27 ; Jno. v. 39 ; ix. 39. Judgment first begins on you, and I the Judge of Right, have a soft snap. Is. xr. 1-5 ; XIV. 23 ; xt.tx. 7.

Artful dodgers, charitable humbugs, base hypocrites, impious professors all. Stay with the damned—all. The world is mine. I am proud as Lucifer to hold the Power above all that, is called good, God, or is worshipped. I alone reign and rule, giving no reason but my own sweet will for casting you into the mire of hell During my pleasure you shall first enter in derision : noxt, howl with rage; lastly, moan in anguish, shriek in agony, terror and despair. Too late. I told you so. Ha! Ha! Ha! Lewis; the Li flit, Lion, Unique Horn—old Serpent and Dragon.

Lewis's wife was arraigned at Westminster Police Court. Sho appeared arrayed in her robes of state. Her bonnet was trimmed with emerald green satin, embroidered with the words : " Qncen of Hades." On her right breast was a banner of green with tho inscription, "Hope of Erin." Testi mony was adduced to show that Mrs Lewis had jumped upon the crucifix in Brompton Oratory and thrown out blasphemous circu lars. Hhe was turned over to be examined by a doctor, as doubts of her sanity were entertained by all who saw her.

In the Mansion House Police Court Lewis was examined upon similar charges. He had exerted himself in his old fashion at St. Paul's Cathedral, interrupting the cere monies by making a stump speech from the back of a pew. When asked to explain his erratic conduct Lewi? pompously replied that he was not present to plead, but to rule ; and then threw out the interesting information that he was crucified on Good Friday between two thieves, and had risen again. He had no friends, and did not want any. After an examination it was determined that Lewis was of unsound mind, and he was remanded to the City of London Lunatic Asylum. As he vanished out of Court Lewis gave a whoop, and cried out that missionaries in strange lands must expect to be chawed up. He wound up by saying: "Belshazzar's feast; yah ! Queen's Jubilee ; yah ! yah !"

In a letter written in a serious vein to a friend in this city, Mrs Lewis, the Light, draws a harrowing picture of the family disasters in London. She naively says that Lewis has not made many friends in his progressive work, and that he is not appre ciated by Englishmen. She expresses her determination to get at him in his asylum (she has just been released) and to throw her arms around him. The asylum people, she says, will have to feed her with a stomach-pump, as she vows she will not eat as long as Lewis is in durance. She winds up the epistle with a flourish worthy of the late lamented Mr Micawber : "I must say in conclusion, like Esther, that if I perish, I perish. Signed, the Queen of Hades."

How Pins IX. Utilised the Sul tan Saddle.

A ctTßious story is told by a correspondent of the "American Register" in regard to the magnificent tiara presented to Pins IX. by ex-Queen Isabella on the occasion of the protaulgation of the immaculate Concep tion. It appears that the Catholic, mon arclis had neglected to furnish a chalice to match the tiara, so His Holiness, who was of an inventive turn of mind, remembered that in the previous year the Sultan Abdul Medjih had sent to him as a present an Oriental saddle, tho cloth and leather por tions of which, with the exception of the seat, were studded with precious stones— mostly diamonds. Now, the highest ex pression of the Turkish Emperor's apprecia tion of a person, whether an ambassador or the ambassador's master, is a horse or a saddle. But " the turbaned Turk,-' who doubtless had seen old pictures and en gravings representing the "head of the Church" in procession on horseback, did not know that since _ Clement XIV. (who became Pope in 1769) was ' thrown from his horse in the Roman Forum, the Pontiffs have ceased equestrian performances. The Sultans saddle then had no practical or possible destination beyond being hung up on n peg within a glass case, so Pius IX. ordered the precious stones to be picked out, so that they might become the decorations ot a chalice, which should equal in beauty, brilliancy, and costliness the tiara pre sented by the ex-Queen Isabella. Thus the Vatican jeweller built up a vessel which was enamelled over the deepest blue. On this deep-blue enamel the diamonds were grouped in bouquets, but the mil mere de resiAtan ■__ was a cross made wholly of diamonds, which stood out in magnificent relief ogainat the azure.fond. j.his chalice was used on the occasion referred to and the clerical journals say that the sight of it "A.--Priced a profound impression.

How it Feels to be Matte Mot to Feel.

Experiences With Ether and Chloro form.

Lookers-on, they say, see most of the game ; and a correspondent, who gives the fol lowing account of the apparent effect of ether on a friend, judged by what he saw and heard, thinks that in such cases the "subject is not a good authority on his own experience. He writes thus :—

A., an old friend of mine, was to be operated upon oa a recent Sunday morn ing. He begged me to be present as amicus curia>.. At 10 a.m. I found him iri bed fasting, and on the whole cheerful. At half-past the surgeon appeared, accom panied by the do tor and a dresser (a medical student). Tae nurse was already there, prepared with lint, scissors, sponge, etc. We "arranged" A. on the kitchen table, opposite the light, and the ether bladder was at once applied to his nose and mouth. I held' his 'hand, and he gave me an occasional squeeze to show that he was still conscious, while he inhaled deeply. Presently the doctor raised his eyelid and advised his companion to begin. The operation was an internal one, and A. was under the ainesthetic for forty-seven min utes. The operation over, the inhaler was removed, after which the surgeon bandaged the wound, and we carried A. back to his bed, still unconscious. I sat beside the bed and watched. A.'s face was then blue, and his breathing very ster torous ; but presently he assumed the ordinary appearance of a sleeping man, except for a little froth which had collected on, aud still clung to, his moustache. A few minutes later his eyes half opened and rested on me vacantly. I spoke, but he took no notice for another rive minutes. Then his first words, uttered with incon ceivable solemnity and very slowly, were, "It's—all—confounded—rubbish." "What is, old chap ?." said I. He looked at me sadly, and said, " Such—a—gop," and closed his eyes again. Presently he spoke again in a crescendo voice, vising to almost ashout. "These scientific asses think they know everything. They tell a man he can't feel. But—he—does—feel—all the time— SMC/Vagop." "Old chap," he added presently, " when they tell you you can't feel, don't believe them. It's a lie. You can feel them carving you all the time." In answer to my question as to whether he felt much pain, he said: "Awful. They have cut away all my inside;' and he persisted that he had felt the whole operation. As con sciousness fully returned his pain increased, until at last the doctor gave him a morphia injection, after which he soon fell into a heavy sleep. He had felt no nausea what ever. Next day A. was better, though still suffering a good deal. On the third day he felt uncomfortable. But he was not able to leave his bed for three weeks. He had then come to believe that he felt nothing of the actual operation ; but that the whole time, from when he last .squeezed my hand until consciousness dawned upon him in bed, was in reality a perfect blank. As his faculties returned so did the sense of extreme pain, and con necting that in mind with his morning anti cipation of the upcration, he believed, as ho recovered his senses, that he had felt everything. He is conscious of having ex perienced nothing whatever of the pleasur able and other mental sensations that some persons have described ; he never moved after the first minute of the inhalation (during which the ether made him cough slightly) ; and tho last thing he remem bered was the final squeeze he gave my Itand as he dropped oil into what seemed to him to bo the ordinary sleep of a drowsy man. From this and other experiences of the kind I am myself convinced that ether acts upon different periods in different ways. It is, in fact, an intoxicant, which acts, roughly speaking, in much the same way as other intoxicants act, but being more volatile its effects pass oft* more rapidly. Mrs" Ormiston L. Chant gives the following account of her experience under chloroform :—

Having been under the benign influence of chloroform nine times, ether once, and nitrous oxide gas too often to remember, I am somewhat of an authority on some of the sensations produced by amesthetisation. I have been twice very nearly drowned, and have fainted once or twice in my life, and recovery has been the same as from chloroform, as also the lapsing into the unconscious state. This is the process: the light darkens down through altenations of purple and yellow, which give nic the impression of falling bars and with a thought, "Now I am nearly off, but I won't let them think so yet." I begin to listen to some very loud and noisy bells, which always glide down into the sleepy chimes of Chepstow church bells, as I used to hear them of a Sunday afternoon when a little child. The bells always ring in my un conscious states, whether when under \yater, or fainting, or. under an anaesthetic. I have not heard them actually since 1 was five years old, but I remember, how dreamy they were, and how they came to me across the Wye on those summer afternoons with the sound of the M-ind in the elm-tree at'the corner of our garden. A curious part of hearing these bells is that I possess consciousness enough to think, "I shall hear them when I am dying, and they will give place to " but 1 never get further in my thought than ohat; and the next thing lam aware of is a petulant, reproachful voice expostulating with the doctors for not beginning the oper ation in the one word "because." Then sight returns, then a very strong desire to prove that I am all right, nnd much pleased with the whole thing. No feeling of nausea or headache ever follows the taking of chloro form with me, but directly I am quite re covered 1 experience the pain of the opera tion so acutely as to need the instant ad ministration of opium. It is almost more or less of a problem to me as to where that pain comes from. Does it really emanate from severed tissue, or is it purely o.nd simply a vivid conception on my part ? Wherever it springs from, it is unbearable. Do others ex perience this, I wonder ? In my hospital days I remember how often a man who had had a foot or leg amputated would complain of the pain in his toes ; or a girl who had had a hand wrenched off in machinery would cry with the painful clenching of her fingers for hours after. What is pain ? Where is it ? What kingdom do we visit when the brain is unable to perceive and balance the conditions in which the body is still par tially at work, as during unconsciousness from drowning, fainting, or anaesthesia?

LIFTING A SHIP.

How They Successfully Raised the Sunken Vessel LdcUsley Hall.

The following item, taken from " Engi neering," a London publication, will prove of interest in shipping circles :— It will be remembered that at the end of last February the Locksley Hall, a large ship that had just arrived in the Mersey from San Francisco, Was sunk in that river by falling across the bows of.a steamer at anchor. Since that time until a few days ap-o the sunken ship has proved a source of obstruction to navigation, and danget- to passing craft; The aUersey Dock and Harbour Board had determined to blow the vessel up, but to this the Mersey railway people objected, as the wreck was in siich close proximity io the tunnel that there was danger of it being injured. Under these circumstances the Dock Board ad vertised for tenders to lift the ship, but for some time without result, until a syndicate was formed in London by Messrs Bullivaht, the wire rope makers, Messrs Fletcher, the well-knoWri engineers and ship repairers, of Limohouse, and Messrs

Rennie. This combination undertook to lift the ship and carry it into shallow water for the sum of £15,000. The dead weight of the Locksley Hall is set down at 1,000 tons, and she had on board, when sunk, cargo to the extent of 1,4C0 tons. Some of the latter had been lifted, but on the other hand it was estimated that this had drifted in, so that the weight to be raised was put down at 1,800 tons. The first step of the adventurers, on the contract being signed, was to set about making the cables and to purchase four lifting hulks. The latter were represented by the Constitution, Resolute, Odin and Ocean Child. These were capable of raising 500 tons each, so that there was but 200 tons left as a margin of safety—a factor, however, which has necessarily often very modest proportions in wrecking operations. The two first named vessels are of iron, whilst the latter are of wood. The ropes consisted of flex ible steel wire 9-in. and 7-in. ropes. The latter were made into strops of various lengths from 2 to 20 fathoms in order to facilitate the operations by giving greater ease in handling. The 9-in. ropes are made up of six strands, each strand in turn consisting of 37 steel wires, the metal having a tensile strength of about 100 tons to the square inch. There is, of course, a hemp centre. The main lifting ropes were passed round the wreck, having been placed in position by divers and see-sawed into the required spot under the hull by means of tug 3. The hulks were strength ened in all directions by massive internal timbering so as to withstand the nip that would be brought on them when the wreck began to lift with the rising tide. The bight of the main lifting ropes being passed under the wreck, they were hitched over the hulks by means of strops, the latter being turned back and secured to them selves by clamps specially designed for the purpose. The outside of the hulks was protected by wood packing faced with iron.

On Monday, the 14th inst., the first lift was made. At low water the deck of the Locksley Hall was about nine feet below the surface. In spite of one or two minor mishaps, the hulks, in rising with the flood, carried the wreck clear of the rocky bottom on which she reposed, and, guided by a couple of tugs, the whole flotilla was carried into shallow water. The success of the operation was to a, great extent in sured, and the final lift was made on Tuesday last. The whole work was carried out within six weeks of the signing of the contract, which was half the specified time.

AN AGED ALBATROSS.

An Old Bird Captured Off the Aus

trallaa Coast.

Captain Heard, master of the British ship Duchess of Argyle, narrated the following curious circumstances relating to the cap ture of an albatross in Australian waters. The ship was off Capo Howe when the big bird was caught. Around its neck was fastened a small brass pocket compass, secured by three strands of copper wire. Tlie box was very much oxidised and was only opened with difficulty. Inside a paper was found, the writing being very faded, but legible. The subject was as follows i " Caught May 2, 1842, in latitude 38 deg. 6 mm. south, 40 deg. 14 mm. west, by American ship Columbus." Captain Heard did not kill the albatross, but after fixing a plate around its neck, with the ship's name, the position and date of its recapture and the account of its orginal captors, let it go to seek further adventures. The date of this albatross being first captured some forty-five years ago affords an interesting proof of the ago which these large marine birds attain.

Inquiries among the old salts who fre quent nautical resorts elicited the informa tion that the ship Columbus was one of the early vessels trading from Boston to the East Indies in the " forties."

A Mad Bull in London.

ABULL.whichinjuredatleast twelve persons, causedgreatexcitement in Poplaronarecent Sunday. About half-past nine o'clock two policemen had their attention called to a bull which was running along the East India Dock-road in the direction of the docks, followed by a large crowd. It made a rush at a woman who was with her three children, and knocked her down, breaking one of her arms. One of the children also received a severe scalp wound and other injuries. The bull then made its way into tho East India Docks, where it knocked down a policeman. From the docks the bull rushed towards the Poplar Hospital, and on its way threw over a pony which was attached to a cart in which six persons were seated. It then tore wildly along towards Aberfeldie-street, and overthrew two tramway horses. A constable then managed to drive the bull on to a piece of vacant ground ; but it rushed away and got into Benleader-street and attacked a van and also a cart. The animal then ran its horns into a dog and tossed it over a high Wall. In Leven's Road a woman was tossed and severely injured. Constable Wallett then obtained a rifle, but being too excited to use it himself, handed it to Mr Marsh, who fired two-shots, but with no effect. The rifle was then handed to Mr Gould, who fired'two shots, one of which struck the bull in the head and brought him to the ground. Altogether about twelve persons were treated at the Poplar Hospital for injuries received from the infuriated beast. Later on, the carcase of the bull was claimed by a slaughterman of Aldgate Market, who stated that about nine o'clock that morning two bulls broke away. He succeeded in killing one, but the other escaped.

A PLAGUE OF LOCUSTS.

Minnesota Wheat Fields Destroyed by

Those Insects.

A recent Chicago special from Perham, Minnesota, says : Tho prairie is alive with locusts. Trees, walls, and buildings are covered with them. They arc crushed under foot on the sidewalks and in the streets. In the fields they rise in a cloud about you and beat against your face in their clumsy flight. High in air every clear day, when the wind is -strong, the white wings of millions of them can be seen goino- in a black cloud as the wind carries them. The crops at Perham are a dead loss. Ten thousand acres can already be counted as destroyed. Vegetation in places is.devoured to the root. Elsewhere the leaf is stripped off, and the kernel bared, leaving the bare stalk and husk withering in the sun. Everything is eaten except the wild grass and foliage. In some places the currant bushes and young trees are stripped of the bark and foliage. Numerous as these in sects are, this is evidently only the begin ning of their ravages. Their increase is I something beyond computation. It is said that after hatching in the spring they keep together in swarms, and at that time may bo caught on tarred sheets and cremated. It is the general impression that this might have been done a year ago with effect, but after they begin to fly there seems to be no protection or defence against them.

POETRY.

THE QUESTION.

Still on the lips of ill we question The finger of God's silence lies. Shall tho lost hands in ours be folded. Will the shut eyelids ever rise?

Oh. friends ! no proof beyond this yearning, '1 his outreach of our souls, we need ; Goa will not mock the hope He t^ivetli; No love He prompts shal) vainly plead.

Then let us stretch our hands in darkness, And call our loved ones o'er and o'er; Some timo their arms shall close about us, And the old voices speak once more. John G. Whittikr.

COMPENSATION.

One woman, in furs and velvets; Another in squalid rigs : One, rolled by in her stately carriage; The other, stood ,on the flags.

One woman, alone in her carriage; By the other, a little child Who. watching the prancing horses, Looked up iv her face and smiled.

She stooped to her boy and kissed him, And gave him a hoarded crust; The other had just left costly blooms Where her one son lay in dust.

One back to her darkened mansion, Wealth cannot iiold death at bay! One. back to the hut where labour Brought bread, for the coming day.

Perhaps, as over the sands of life, Time's great tide ebbs and flows, More fates among us are equal Than their outward seeming shows. —•' All the Year Round."

THE FATE OF TOWN CHILDREN.

Oh, the children ! Ob, the children ! How they sufF'T, dioop and die In the close, and crowded city, when the days are not and dry ! How they gasp and groan and murmur, in their ceaseless, voiceless prayer For a bit of Gods great bounty, for the blessing of the air!

Rooms and houses packed and reeking hold the children day L,nd night, Shutting oif lhe hea'thful breezes, with the sun shine and the light; Only noxious odours reach them, that can enter everywhere, All the gases of the garbage, all the fever-laden air.

There the dark death angel fans them, watch ing well their failing breath, Holds thorn, folds than in his arms until their eyes are closed in death. Oh, the coffins nightly filled, and oh, the hearses that by day Through the city's narrow, nasty streets are driven fast away!

Breezes blowing all about them, blowing freshly he c and there. All the glory of the ocean, all the sweetness of

the air; But t- c children cannot reach them, from the

freest blessings barred, i.nd we do not ned to wonder that their lives arc brief and hard

"N. Y. Sun.*

MULLINS, THE AGNOSTIC.

As Told by Deacon Stillwatek.

His name was William Mullins, and He had a sneerin' way Oi turning his proboscis up At everything you'd say. " Wall, now, how do you know?" said he; " Humph, now. how do you know 2" The way it closed the argument It wasn't by no means slow.

You might be talkin' social like With tho fellows at, the store, On war or politics or sich, And. you might have the floor And be a-gelt v' it down line, Provin' that things was so, When Mucins would put his long nose in With " Humph, now, how do you know?'

I seen that critter set in church And take a sermon in, And turn his -rose v*p in a sneer At death and grace and sin. With no regard for time or place Or realms of endless woe, Hod rise and burst the whole tiling up . With " Humph, now, how do you knowT

He cut his grass whene'er it rained. He shocked his wheat up green. He cut his i-o'-ii behind tho frost, His hogs was alius lean. He buiit his stacks the big end up, His corn ribs bis end down : " Crooked as Mnllins's roadside fence" Was a proverb in our town.

The older he got the wus he grew, And crooi cder daj* by day: The squint of his eyes would wind a clock. His toes turned out each way; His hoots and his shoes wero both of them lefts, The rheumatiz twisted so; But if you said he didn't look well He'd'growl, " Now, how do you knowT

And that darned grit led to his death- He was on lhe railroad track, Crojsin" a bridge; I heard the train And yelled. "Muilins, come tack! The train is around the curve in sight !" Says he, " Hump, how do you know '? I helped to gather him up in a pail— The engine scattered him so.

I think it's best to have more faith Tn every-day concerns, And not be alius a snooping' round To git behind the returns. A plain stat-ment will do for me, A hint instead of a blow; A Coroner's jury may fetch out facts, But it's lather late to know. "Chicago News.

Madame Bernhardt's Pet Tiger Cub.

Sarah Bkeshaedt and her pet tiger cub, "Minette," says the "Chicago Times," had a royal time a few days ago at the Hotel Richelieu, which was not so pleasant for the other parties concerned. After wrest ling with the startling and artistic emotional ecstasies of "Fedora" at the Colombia, Madame Bernhardt gathered her felino pet in her long graceful arms, and was driven to the Hotel Richelieu. Here she had ordered for herself and party a sumptuous dinner, which was served ac cording to her lavish and expensive tastes. " Minette," the pet infant tiger, was not to be overlooked ; and Madame, calling the ch-f of the hotel to her side, ordered' a special dish of " consomme and poached eggs " for the snarling little brute which was attached to her wrist with a golden chain, and was gazing with hungry eyes at the tempting hand upon the daintily-spread table. While this dish wa3 in preparation the young tiger could hardly be restained from mounting the table and devouring the unpronounceable dishes upon which Madame and her party were feasting. When the consomme appeared in a silver tureen, borne by a trembling and' awe-stricken waiter named Frank Logel man, the hungry young tiger made a spring and fastened Tiis teeth in the arm of the terrified attendant, which caused him to utter a howl of agony and hastily deposit his assailant's dinner on the richly carpeted floor. This little episode, artistic in its natural gracefulness and emotional in its painful realisation of suffering, diverted the attention of Madame for a moment; but, finding her pet uninjured, she laughingly resumed her repast. The bitter waiter rushed from the room, and in a short time his wound became so painful that he was pUu to bed and a physician summoned to attend him. Hugo Zieman, the head waiter, gallantly offered to take charge of Sarah's amiable pet, and as he reached out his hand to take the chain, a warning " Take care* in Madame s most dramatic tones was heard, and the terrified Hugo stepped back just in time to escape the sharp teeth of the snarl ing animal. This was enough menagerie for one afternoon, and no one could be induced to offer any further civilities to the angry " Minette." When train time arrived Sarah gathered up her voluminous wraps, and, fondly caressing her delightful but some what carnivorous pet, left the hotel and was driven to the depot without so much as an inquiry after the welfare of the poor fellow who was groaning with pain in another parb of the hotel. It is said that Logelman's in juries are serious, and blood-poisoning ia feared.

THE AUCKLAND EVENING STAB, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1887.



31-26a 6- 9 25-29 13-17 21-25 14-17. 2- 66 9-14 29-25 17-21

17-21 25-29 26-22

29-25 18-15 23-18 11-25 25-29 19-15 W. wins.

a

2- 7 8-11 31-22 11-15 7-16 30-26 19-10 12-26

22-18 26-23

18-14 14- 9 23-18 18-14 Drawn.

o

2- 7 7-16 19-15 30-25 25-21c 12-19

23-16 17-22-

PM7 *16-12 21-14 14-18 Drawn.

*16-11 would lose.

c

25-22 23-19 27-24 19-15 31-27 11- 4 22-31 16-11 17-22

15-11 24- 8 4-11

22-26 26-31 11-15 20-16 W. wins.



11-15 +19-16 18-25 32-27 8-12 24-15 23-19 12-19 29-22 7-10 24-20 6- 9 9- 14 26-23 10-14 31-26 12-16 13- 6 22-17 19-26 22-18 10-15 28-24 1- 26 5- 9 30- 5 14-23 26-22 3-8 18-15 17-13* 15-18 27-18 4- 8 21-17 Drawn 14-18 25-22 8-11 27-23 15-19 *26-23 is a good move for the White. +lf you don't like taking the three for two, play 21-17.



11-15 23-18 8-11 26-23 10-14 30-26 7-10 24-19

15-24 28-19 12-16 19-12 11-16 *18-15 10-19 22-17

6-10 17-13 10-15 13- 6 1-10 32-28 4- 8 25-22

5- 9 27-24 16-20 23-16 20-27 31-24 2- 7 26-23

9-13 8-11 16 11 29-25 7-16 11-15 24-19 25-22 15-24 15-24 28-19 22-18 13-17Drawn. 22-13





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