A THE MAITLAND MERCURY, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1893. ITEMS OF INTEREST. AND Those sanject to eruptions of any sort should be on intimate terma with anotber of remedies, and that is the lemon. Ire sold in just what most people need, more An orsage every morning is 000: indispensable with maoy for the that its acid is more grateful to the that that of the lemon, bat hardly se The clear juice of one lemon, taken without sager, in wine-zlana of cold is a thorough remedy for muddy complacions and eruptions of the skin. Drinks that are cooling in their properties should be tavourites with those who expect fair akin.
Simple enough in cream of tartar, one spoonful stirred into glass af water, two or three times a day. No fewer then 400 cases of urgent distress were relieved at Saturday's distribation of food and clothing by the Adelaide committee for aid of the distressed WOmAD and children. Abdal Wade, so Afghab carrier of Bourke Port Augusta, has paid off £832, that the total indebtedness of the mosque in Gilbert-street, Adelaide. Among the cases beard in the Divorce Court, Sydney, on Monday, was one in which Mary Dawes prayed for divorce from bor husband Thomas Dawes on the ground of desertion sad adaltery. In bor evidence Mrs.
Dawes alleged that bar husband had leit her sine times for different women; that he joined the Salvation Army in 1884, was made captain" Miami in 1887, and was demaded" three years later for miscoadaot with as of the lasses under his care, A decree midi was granted. In consequence of the rapid spread of massles about the city and subarbe, children will be prohibited from visiting the Sydney Hospital till the epidemic abates. Two named J. Mabalm and W. Barton caught a good-sized shark messuring about 9ft.
long at the mouth of Cook's River on healing is the not at about 11 o'clock last might. It gave a great amount of trouble in the net, bat was eventually landed, the help of four other men being called in. It is that this is the largest caught in Cook's River for some time. This story in Ran. Francisco giving them bath.
Later, bearing the children laughing in bed, she mid: What are you obildren laughing about Oh, nothing, replied Edna, only have given Edith two baths and haven't me any." The Premier of Tasmania has definitely announced that it is not bis intention to sccopt the Agent Bir Robert Hamilton, late Governor, will be asked to represent the colony from January pending the completion of other arrangementa. Signor Balsamello, the inventor of the Bella Nautica, the submarine rossel with which several successfal experiments ware perfermed lately at Oivita in the presence of a commission appointed by the Government, declares that by the aid of his invention he can float her Majesty's ship Vietoris at a cost of less than £40,000. He says that with the Bella Nautics be 08D make arrangements for raising weights far exceeding that of the sunken ironclad. The preparations and placing of grapnels and obsins round the Victoris would take a month, and would be performed by the crew of the sabmarine ship, which has already descended to and been succosetally at depthe beyond that in which the Victoria lies. The bringing of the ship to the surface would take two daye.
Amid the inatances of beroism, gallantry, and pluck of which the loss of the Victoris has given us 40 many examples, none the World) stande out olearer than that of young Lsayon, the little middy can who stuck by the Admiral to the last. We fancy the boy standing by the great barly figure of Sir George, giant, Fronde somewhere describes bim, and the sense of secarity which his presence must have inspired in the youngster. You had better jamp," the Admiral is reported to have said, and aberp came the reply, "I'd rather stay with you, air." The subject is one worthy of being placed on the walls of the Academy Dort year. The receipts at the Victorian Customs Department during the last few weeks show considerable increase in the import trade. During the present month the daily receipta have gone op to £7905, £8512, £9703, and £10,910.
The revenue from imported spirita during the present month amounta to £15,541. A man who was reported to be suffering from leprosy at Taens taken to the Bathurst Hospital on Thursday. Dr. BrookeMoore made diagnosis, and found the disease to be senile gangrene. The man Was in a terrible state of Alth, and several of his toes had dropped off.
On the 10th instant some gentlemen interested in the coal baulage rates on the Illawarra line received aDawer from the Railway Commissioners in reply to request for the reception of deputation, appointing Monday next" the date. Accordingly On Monday last Messrs. Campbell and Nicholson, with the Mayor of Wollongong and some half-dozen other gentlemen waited at the Commissioners' Office, only to be told that it was the intention of Messrs. Eddy, Fehon, and Oliver to meet the deputation on the following Monday. Naturally a good deal of feeling was expressed over the bungle, bat this the Commissioners very obligingly tried to allay by promising the deputation free passes in consideration of the inconvenience to which they had been subjected! There has been considerable discussion in the labour circles in South Australia during the past year or two as to the restriction of labour candidates to wage-earners, it being felt by many that this debars many earnest workers in the cause of labour.
A circular has been issued by the secretary of the party Adelaide to the different branches asking for an opinion upon the proposal that any member of the party should be eligible for nomination for a plebiscite, provided he subsoribed to the platform of the party, and agreed, if at the ballot, not to contest the sleetorate on his own account labour candidate is being zun. It seems that Sir Wilfrid Lawson and Mr. W. 8. Osine are amongst the latest viotima of the practical joker.
Sir Wilfrid is well cupplied with bottles of whisky and soda- water despatahed by deluded tradesfolk. the With more lugubrious touch of humour," ankoown recently caused the representatives of four undertaking firms to call at the residence of Mr. Caine for the purpose of measuring his sorgee for a coffin. Beginning with the Orpheus, which rooked in the Manakan, bebind Auckland in 1868, when about to land troops for the Maori War, acd ending with the Victoria last month, the British Navy has lost a dozeo ebion daring the past thirty years. In the Orpheus affair 190 lives were lost, and in the Racehorse, which sank off Chefoo in 1864, there were 94 deaths' In the same year the Bombay sank in the River Plate with a loss of 91.
and in 1870 there were two ships lost the Slanoy, off Paracela, 40 lost, add the Capt- in, off Finisterre, 472 lost. Then the Eurydice went down If the Isle of Wight, 818 1978 the Atalanta in the Atlautic in 1880, 280 liren; the Wasp at Tory Inland in 1884, 52 another in 1887, in the China Bear, 73 lives the Lily, off Labrador in 1889, 7 lives; the Serpent, on the comet of Spain 1890, 173 lives; and now the Pictoria The Inst dissater, with the eXception of the Captain affair, is the worst in this terribly black list of the last three decades. Clearly, the force majoure may be held to be as dangerous to us the God of War. From Odesas comes the news that the glacier of Devdorak, on Mount Kashek, one of the bighest peaks of the Central Caucasus, is causing great slarm in Vladikavkas and all slong the course of the Terek river. Ita movement downwards bas recently been greatly accelerated, and there is great danger that in very abort time it will temporarily dam the Terek, sad divert vast body of water on the plain where etanda.
So great is the alarm that numbers of people are leaving the lower parts of the town for higher The levels. Queen the Million) made her will in 1876. It is engrossed on vellum, quarto sise, and it is bound as a volume, cured with a private lock. Several blank pages have been left at the and of the book for codicils, some- of have already been added. Thus, when the Princess Alice died, in 1878, modifications of the bequest were necessary, and in the summer of 1884, after the Duke of Albany's death, farther revisions wore imperative.
One entry relates entirely to the disposal of the Queen's Jubliles gifts, which are not the property of the nation. Sir George Dibbe, referring to his Northern tour fow days ago, said he supposed be would bave to make some reference to the of off Henry and Mr. Reid. Ho bed set these gentlemen good example at Penrith by not indulging in personalities. Bat you he remarked, that example was lost upon bad people Referring to the question of taxing land values, Sir George observed that the socialists were only drawing Mr.
Wise and Mr. Reid on. Yee," he said, in reply to a question, provision was made for this kind of tar in my Loosl Government Bill, and that," be added, is all they will ever get from me on the subject." The -Secretary for Mines and Agricaltare, Mr. EL. Wood, visited Newcastle a few deva The object of the visit was to try sad arrange matters in connection with a plantation of mulberry trees at Booral belonging to the A.
A. Company, and which number of ladies wish to secare in order to carry on sericalture in the locality. It is believed that profitable employment OLD be found for women in this work. It is probable that arrangements will be completed in the course of few dan the firet instance, cortain number women want to get instruction in the process, scoom modation being found close to the plantation. About 12 women will probably be fret started on the work There are 7a.
in the plantation, two of these being in good order, bat the remaining fire will require to be pat into proper condition. Mr. Slattery has agreed to place the plantations in suitable order. The 7a. are obtainable at 1 a nominal rental.
The Government have decided that the colony shall not be represented at the Antwerp Exposition. The Belgian Consal has been duly informed to this effect. Referring to the determination of the Government, Sir George Dibba, who evidently remembered consigning Obicago to a warmer olimate, remarked We have bad quite enough of these exbibitions." The labourer has more money nowadays, in most parta, to spend on food than he bad Bfty years ago; but it is question whether the food he gets in so nourishing as it used to be. An old man said to Mr. For (socording to that gentleman's report to the Labour Commission about Northamberland), A man should eat the food of the country in which he is bora.
This foreign staff, snob as tea, is no forage for man. Bannocke made of poss and barley made a man bard brick. Man would take a lump of bannook out for the day, and drink water, bat now they eat white bread and drink tea, and ain't half so bard. A man shonld eat the mest that's grown on the spot." It would be an interesting subject of inquiry whether the wheat and tea from abroad in not gradually turning the physical John Ball into something very different. For having uttered forged bank notes on the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, John Francis Condon was sentenced at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on Monday to 18 months' imprisonment with bard labour.
Joseph Williame, whose record was a bad one, was sentenced to three years with bard labour for having uttered forged bank notes and for having had 188 forged notes in his possession. At the Anglican Synod, on Monday, Mr. William Ewart gave notice of his intention to move a resolution which contemplates that at any future election of Primate the selection should be confined to the clergy of Australis. The Olergy Superannuation Fund Ordinance, which had been entered for the third reading, was referred to joint committee, with the request that such committee would bring up a report on the whole question of superannuation. Eleven members of Ropertawood (Victoria) Artillery, under Major Hughes, arrived at Adelaide by the Arcadia on Monday on their return from Eagland.
They were welcomed by representatives of the South tralian defence forces. Mr. Copeland stated to an interviewer that, though be had never been a strong supporter of payment of members, be did not believe making laws and then repealing them saddenly. He considered that the messure had not yet had time to be properly tested, and he was not inclined to range himself against the labour members. Great efforts are being made at Broken Hill by Masers.
Sleath, Ferguson, and other labour leaders to reform the anions, which bave become thoroughly disorganised. On Monday the Customs receipts amounted to £8889. Towards this the 10 per cent. ad valorem duty contribated 81218, and the 15 per c*nt. £244 00 Monday the Viotorian Cabinet deoided that, from the lat proximo, the praotics of enrolling children under six years of State school pupila abell be discontinued.
-The dosting island of the Atlantic appears to be always with Petermann's Nit. teilungen, in a recent issue, speake of a ing island about 80 miles long and broad, covered with trees from 30 feet to 40 feet bigh, which has been met with in the Atlantic several time since last Joly. It drat on July 28 in lat. 89 deg. long.
65 deg. and the last time on September 19, having travelled 1075 miles DesPer Europe. It is sapposed to be a detached fragment of the coast of South America, beld together by the roots of the trees. It baa not been seen since September, and bee probably been broken up by the winter tempests, so there is little chance of our receiving visit from an island covered with tropical vegeta tion With regard to the communicatione from the Premiers of Victoria and Queensland in regard to the establishment of Union between the colonies, and in reference to the advisability of Now South Wales joining the Federal Council, 8ir George Dibbs sage the correspondence has not yet received bis attention Sir George says these things do not concern New South Wales so much the other colonies, and the New South Wales Government bas more pressing things to think about just now. He bad been in favour of the Federal Council some years ago; bat be bad not given it a thoaght since the House would bare nothing to do with it.
That bad ended the matter so far as be was concerned Nothing would be done antil Mr. Barton osme back, sad the matter would stand over till then. Bir George Dibba bee seat cablegram to Mr. Barton to let bim know how things are getting on in this colony; bat so far Du communication has been received by the Government from Mr. Barton.
On Monday an old man named Alexander Riddle was picked up in the Domsin, Sydney, by the police and removed to the Hospital, where he died abortly afterwards, the cause being thought to be starvation. The DON Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean, Admiral Sir Michael Seymeur, comes of an old fighting His the frat baronet Sir Seymour, born in 1768, distinguished bimself all over the world by his bravery and gallantry, and lost An arm in the service. He was crested baronet, and died in 1834. His eldest son beosme olerayman, and the secomi a soldier, who died young; bat the third son eguelled hie father's fame a cosman. The second Sir Michael served as Commander-in-Obief in the Bast Indies and at Portsmouth, and sat in Parliament for Devonport, He became G.O.B, and died as recently as 1887, having married daughter of Bir William Knighton, the physician and biographer of George IV.
Admiral Biward Hobart Seymour, O.B., is his nephew. The present sad third baronet, who is the successor of Sir George Tryon, completed his 57th year in March last, and is married to a daughter of the late Mr. Watson of Rockingbam Oastle. His eldest son is also Michael Beymour, and is in the Royal Nary. Henry Doohsn, William Pearson, Thomas Howell, David Howell, Radolph Van Kampen and Robert Milross, originally arraigned for the murder of Thomas Pert, at Miller Point, were discharged on their own recognisanocs on Tuesday morning.
Hie Honor Mr. Justice Stephen counselled the young men not to have anything to do with street rows in the future. The Sydney manager of the London Bank of Australia, formerly the London Chartered Bank, has received instractione to release immediately all current accounts and deposits at call not bearing interest. Daring the progress of a football matob which was played on Saturday last at Elmore between the Goornong and Mount Pleasant a difference arose between two players named Conroy and M' Kay. At the tion of the game the two men resumed their quarrel, when a man named Hennessy, match who bed noted goal umpire daring the interfered and took M'Kay's part.
He shaped to Conroy, and when three rounds had up been fought Hennessy mosned, Ob, I'm done," and fell back dead. Conroy has been arreated on charge of manslaughter. The French press expresses the deepest sorrow at the loss of the Victoria, and pays a generous tribute to Sir George Tryen. The Debats refers to the death of the Admiral He could have saved himself, or allowed himself to be saved, and no voice would have been raised against him. He did not wish it, or rather, he did not deign.
The proud exigencies of carried more weight in his soldier's delicate and exacting soul thm those of duty pure and simple. Commander-in-Chief, he laid upon himself the duty of joining in the green grave the men of bis sbip and his country. The British countless Navy--which, record like our of noble brave deeds- Nary, can may inshow soribe in golden letters the Dame of this Admiral. He died victim and martyr of honour, sailor and a gentleman. The British Navy mourns--ours bares her BOrrow.
There for the present between the two great nations who have learnt to esteem while Sghting one another, and between the two fleets which measured themselves together formerly and are both manned by brave sailors, a most cordial and sincere change of sympathies. The two flags veiled with the same crape." A draft report of the commission of inquiry into the sweating evil has been been prepard. in It states that sweating has growing Melbourne, but it is nothing like the sweating known in England. Its growth might be obecked by legislation regarding arrangementa for the hours of labour, and by ing the duty on number of articles wbich cannot be made which form raw material for the manufacturers. It is pointed out that the manfacturers bare to 44 pay heavy Antios, before in they get it as to operate as upon, and if par they cannot find a market within or can beyond the colony for their manufactures, then they receive no interest on the money paid at the house.
The Commission of Inquiry believes that with legislation in the direction indicated, and with the exercise of public opinion, which is distinotly adverse to sweating, the evil would dissppear finally. The report stropely supporta the proposal to have an inquiry made into the operation of the bigh duties imposed last season. In the possession of men named Michael Devine, arrested for stealing in Newcastle on Monday was found miner's right and railway pass to Tamworth, issued by Mr. Creer on the Friday previous. The barque Girvan, which laft Newosalle for San Francisco on the 5th Jane, has foundered The barque George Thomson, which hove in sight before the dieabled vessel went down, has arrived Norfolk Island with the captain and orew of the Girran.
In the Winton (Queensland) Police Court on Batarday sa important osse was heard. Mr. Cowan, manager of Kyonna Station, eummoned 39 abearere for breach of agreewent. The bench disminsed the case, with costs against Cowan of 87 9a 3d in each case. failures.
In the course of the bearing of Some matriages are certainly decided I case (Newton Newton) in the divorce court, Sydney, on Monday, it came out that the petitioner was married in 1890, and bat 17 years old at the time, and had never lived with bie wife, whom he bad been intimidated into marrying. The womsa bad given birth to an illegitimate obild since the contract, bat not withetaading had obtained two maintenance orders against bor bueband. decree nisi was granted. Io cunnestion with the illicit still discovered by the police at a shop in Abercrombiestreet, Redfera, on Friday evening last, when man named William M'Oarthy was are rested, another arrest was effected on day evening of men named Maurice Ickerson, Hebrew. He was brought ap at the Redfern Police Court on Monday, charged wish making use of a still at 278 street, for the purpose of distilling spirita without having fret obtained license, Ickerson pleaded guilty, and was fined £200 sad costa, or six muntba' geol.
The other MAD, Cartby, will be brought before the Coart to-day. The only warship of Naw South Wales, the Wolverene, which has been out of commission for several months, is to be sold by suction by order of the Goverament on August 24. The Wolverene when launched in 1864 was one of the crack ships of the navy at time when stasm was gradually replacing sails. She hoisted Admiral de Horsy's pennaat as fa*gship of the West Indisa station, where she perticipated in quelling the riots at Jamaica. After seeing service in nearly every part of the world the.
Wolrerede was commissioned as the flagship of the Australian station and modore Hoskins, admiral. The flagship prior to her arrival was the Pearl, on which Commodore Good. enough few his fa*g when be met bis sad end at the hands of a dusky South Islander. For six she was the Britisb warship in Australian wafers, sod the shapely vessel became familiar to almost all who ever visited any of the leading ports. Shortly after the arrival of H.
M.8. Nelson, the frat Britieb ironelad commissioned on the station, the Wolverene was declared obsolete, and was ordered bome to be broken up in the Admiralty dookyards. Representations were made to the Imperial Goverament by the New South Wales Goveroment, with the result that the ship presented to the colony on January 16, 1882. It has taken 10 years to discover that the Wolverene useless as a defence ship, during which period she cont £44,000. An extraordinary And of coal has just been made near Morriston.
While some workmen were engaged in making exosvatione for the salargement and rebuilding of the Tabernacle Baptist Obspel, in the village of Own-rhyd-y. ceirw, they discovered that they had got into vein of coal about 20 fest deep. An expert was consulted, and he declared that the coal was the valuable 4-foot seam, the whereabouts of which bed pussled the bleat surveyors, and in searching for which Messra. Vivian and Sons had spent over £7,000. The manners and customs of the Thibetane, Do doubt, leave much to desire, from the European and Christian point of view.
Bat Miss Taylor, of the China Inland Mission, who has succeeded in travelling through considerable part of their country, gives them credit for at least the virtue of chivalry. She was at one time in danger from an attack by brigands, bat was at once left unmolested when a Lama informed the robbers that their intended victims were women; for among the Thibetane, well as the Mongolians, it is regarded as dreadfal strike WOmaD." The savages of civilisation might learn with advantage from Buddhist barbarians. Apropos of "tips" in America (writes correspondent to contemporary), I have just returned from a visit to the Chicago Exbibition, and confess I did not And that immaculate disposition I bad expected. Why, even before we touched land the know. ing ones on board had their dollars ready in order to square the Customs officers.
Having heard of American independence I refrained from any such preparation, and boldly met the official with my luggage. Pointing to my camera that worthy asked if it were Eagliab or American make. I replied. Well, 40 per cent. duty, please, on that." And then, attacking my other chattels, be quickly ran an enormous bill.
intimated I winced, -well, that it could be managed for a consideration. whereapon the inspector I sequissced, and escaped for fire dollars. Wherever I went I found bribery to be the order of the day, and I have come back firmly convinced that American tipa" are all too. real. It has been decided that for the future two armed warders aball guard the corridors of each division of Pentridge.
The efflar to West A from Victoria is continging. Another large party of miners is leaving this week. Namerous reports have. been received from sources speaking of the splendid prospeota Coolgardie. The prices of provisions and water are still enormous.
Only 400 scholars oat of 4000 enrolled attended the City State schools, Adelaide, on Monday. A miracolous prospe from death occurred in Argent-street, Broken Hill, on Monday afternoon. A Mr. Robertson WAS out shopping and left her baby, 12 weeks in old, wrapped op in bawl lying at this asleep is perambulator. The footpath spot 00 an incline, and the perambulator suddenly got away and struck horse which Was standing opposite.
The horse plunged violently and smashed the perambulator to pieces, but strange to say the child scratch picked up unburt, save small on the arm. number of reports of crime were recorded at the Melbourne police barracks on Monday. Those which dealt with housebresking and robberies represented a total value of property of over £200. The most theft of £100 worth of jewellery from the important of these reports was one recording bouse of Mr. Frederick Potter at South Yarra on Thursday night.
The Victoria Government has decided that on and after the lat proximo the rate of interest in the Savings Bauk and the Savings Bank shall be reduced from 4 to 81 per cent. It is anderstood that fresh proceedinge are about to be taken in the matter of the Mer. cantile Bank prosecutions. Io the Queensland Assembly on Tasaday night the Civil Service Salaries Reduction Bill passed throuch committee. Daring the debate Mr.
Powers an amendment on the clause providing 10 per cent. reduction to the effect that all salaries between £600 and £750 be reduced 15 per and salaries over £750 be redaced 20 per cent. The voting yes equal, 28 being for and against. The Chairman gave his casting vote against the amendment. The South A Treasurer made bis budget speech on Tuesday.
The revenue for last year was £2,459,000, leaving a defcieney of £201,000, less the credit balance of 837,000 brought forward from the previous year. He estimates to close the year on June 80th, 1894, with a credit balance of £6800. Superintendent Larkins left Deniliquin few days ago for the holding of an inquiry into the circ*mstances connected with the peculiar robbery whiob took place at the Wilcannia police station some time ago. It appears that a man named Patrick Daffey was oberged with stealing fourteen pounds of opal on April 22 last, at the White Oliffs opal fields, the property of Richardson, Tarner, and Coulson, and was committed for trial, but admitted to bail. The bag ing the opals were taken posseasion of by the police, and was sealed op and looked away in the police station by the Customs officer, The keys of the safe were kept in an ing room.
On the 27th alt. it was found that the bag of opala had disappeared. The Quarter Sessions at which the sconsed was te be tried opaned at Wilcannis on the Slat ult. before his Honor Judge Coffey, but in the absence of the stolen property the Crown Prosecutor was gusble to proceed, and spplied for remand until the pext sessions on November 27th. The application was granted.
The robbery pecaliarly daring one, and DO clue can be found to the perpetrators. mysterious nature, sod Superintendent Larkins has gone up to investigate. The opals are worth about £900. A meeting of the new democratic party was beld in Parliament House on Taeeday afternoon, Only members attended, amongst them being Traill, Chapman, Newton, Barbour, and Sharp. Apologies were received from Mowers.
Hoyle, Walker, and Hayes. The members who attended bad a conversation for about an hour upon the situation, principally the Premier's recent utterances upon the payment of members. Finally it was resolved that Mesara. Traill and O'Sullivan aboald sot so committes to draw up basis of operation. It suggested that the democratic party aboald deliver addresses in certain constituencies before Parliament meeta, but nothing was decided upon in the matter.
Juat admire the bright galaxy of intellectual talent named, and then let as pray unceasingly that mothing will centinue to be done in the matter. The Minister of Pablic Instraction is having prepared the necessary regulations for charging higher fees to children over 14 years of age attending the Pablic Schools. It is not Mr. Battor's intention to bring the change into effect till the beginning of next year. Interesting evidence was read in the Speigbt 8yre action on Tuesday.
Evid. once taken in England on commission bowed that the expenses of working English railways was far less than that of working the Viotorian railways in 1890. The cost of co*ke, wood, and coal averaged £1 40 9d on the English against £2 9a 2d on the Victorian lines. A case which excited a good deal of interest was heard in the Divorce Court, Sydney, on Tooday. Mary Louise asked for a dissolution of marriage with William Edmund Humphreys because of his cruelty.
The parties are well-known lion tamers Ongaged in separate circuses which bave sppeared in Sydney. The evidence of the petitioner among other things showed that she used to go into the lions' deo, and on one occasion wounded severely. While she was lying ill of her wound. the respondent threw his boots at her, and struck her on the wounds. The decree pisi was granted, returnable in one month.
Serriwa Markets. Serriwa Markets. EDWARD REPORT. I have to report that at my weekly sale to-day, store cattle were dull of sale. I sold steers from 18 months to 2 years at from 21 to £1 158 cows, 22 milkers, 28.
The country looks well all around, and are improving in condition. Merriwe, 12th 1898. Sydney Markets. Sydney Markets. HARRISON, JONES, AND DEVLIN'S REPORT.
our fortnightly suction sale of wool held on Tuesday we put forward a catalogue of 230 composed of country fellmongered parcels, togetber with a consignment of greasy wool (new elip) from south- -western over Queensland. This somewhat line of wool, branded Haselfeld TWK, was tender in staple, and carried rather a large quantity of earth. For the greasy fleece we were offered prices at which sales will probably result, but for the present we have held over in order to commanicate with the owner. Pieces of the same brand, to the number of 21 bales, sold at 14d, while a portion of the clip in the scoured atate brought li4d for inferior fleece, 10d for fleece, noticeable 9d for lines pieces, and for bellies. Other in the scoured section were the over Sunnyside from Yass, of which 19 bales 1 com.
akin sold at and 4 bales 2nds at 10d, J. Walsh over Betany, pieces, 27 bales brought 84d, and a well-scoured line from Inverell, branded GG sold to 18d for 1st skin. Throughout our sale we experienced very good disposition on the part of buyers to operate, all descriptions of wool being freely competed for, and ruling prices comparing very tavourably with those current at previous suctions. For the fortnight our total sales by auction and privately have amounted to 585 bales, including the following over TWE From Cannamutis (9), 21 lat pcs. at lbs.
at 5d GE, 8 at 64d, 1 1-bred at 74d E.J, 1 at 5d GT over 1 locks at in dia, 1 at 6d Hazelfeld over TWK, 1 rams at 5d. Scoured over Sunnyside from Yasa, 19 1 com. skin at 124d, 4 2 com. at 10d; ov. TWK from Cunnamalla, 16 fleece st 114d, 7 do.
at 10d, 8 pieces at 9d, 7 bellies at 24d, 8 locks at 61d Walsh over Botany in heart (local), 27 pieces at GG over Inverell, 11 akin st 18d, 1 skip at 94d, 18 skin at 74d, 11 dead at 94d 1 COM, 1 3rds at 74d, 1 dead at 67d Ulimba over TWD, 8 skin at 101d; Walsh over Botany in heart, 2 black at 11d JMcI over Waterloo, 6 A clothing at 1 A clothing and A combing at 14d, 2 clothing at 12jd, 8 clothing at 1 cropsbred and clothing at 12d; EB over Ferndale, 18 1 combing at 127d, 4 2 combing at 10d Walsh over Botany in heart, 362 bales, Washed: 1 at 64d. Sydney, August 15, 1898. Indian Intoxicant. The name of the intoxicant produced and used by the Indians of la It is factured from the fruit of the giant and its use or abase is common to all the Arisona tribes. The Indians say that ita mode of manufacture and have been headed down through of their tors.
The mahnara (Fereus in the largout and most remarkable of the esotas family, and la liar to Arisona. It blossoms in May OR June, having large starlike flowers of pure white with golden centre. In July or August the fruit is ripe. It is pearshaped, being attached to the limb at its pointed end, and when mature tarns brilliant red, and splits open at the top and sides like a chestnut burr, exposing to view a Inscions red morsel of pulp Alled with minute black seeds. It resembles strawberry jam.
In taste it in slightly like the raspberry, though not so the fruit ripens the squaws and children travel miles over mountain and plain to gather it in large baskets, which they carry on their heads. As these giant cacti are from ten to Bity feet in height, much of the fruit is out of their reach and is left for the woodpeckers and bine jays, which are extravagantly fond of it, and frequently indulgs to such an extent as to become stupefied and unable to fly for a time. The squaws, however, sally gather much as they want from the smaller planta by means of long, this poles with wooden hooks lashed at the ends, with which they pall down the fruit. The gathered fruit is deposited day by day at a common centre, where it is prosed and the juice collected into large earthen olina, where a modicum of water is added. These ollas are stored in a closed dark room where a slow Are in kept up for several days until the liquid begins to show a foam on top, a sign that it Is fermenting.
It bas then attained the desired intoxicating power, and word passes from mouth to month and from village to village. As soon as the welcome news arrives all bands knock off variona kinds of loafing and hasten to the tizwin camp to put in their time around the improrised barroom, stapetying themselves with frequent draughta of the liquor and dancing or fighting between drinks. The squaws and children, who are never allowed to join in the revelry, manage to get their fun out of the affair by climbing to the low roots of the wickiups and viewing the drunken revels of their lords and masters. Thus the orgy continues night and day until the supply in exhausted, and by this time the passions of the Indians, naturally Serce and cruel, having been inflamed a hundredfold, someone in the crowd utters a war whoop, and they leap on their ponies and ATe off on raid against the whites. The Apache at best is bat a devil, but when his bleed is heated with tizwin the father of evil himself is refined gentleman in comparison.
As sahnara fruit ripens only once a year it is a whole twelvemonth between drinks with the Indians, and all their worst outbreaks have occurred in the tizwin season. Abnormal Memory. A Germac scholar, Herr Muninghen, who died several months ago, is said to have possessed memory which retained an indelible impression of every word which he had either read or heard. He was able to repeat whole volumes in Latin, German and French. A well-known American clergyman, now in his 80th year, has almost as remarkable power of verbal memory.
After once reading aloud or hearing read two or three pages of prose or poetry, he can repeat them without the omission of a word. Instances of this abnormal power of memory are not rare in history. An officer in the army of Nicolas I was said to have been able to repeat the roll-call of any regiment in the Russian service after reading it over twice. Cardinal Mezzofanti, the famous linguist, required to read over only once the grammar of any language to remember accurately its every detail of rule or exceptions. Boys and girls who And an irregular Freuch verb or a few historical dates a heavy tax upon their powers of learning by rote must read these accounts with envy.
They may find some compensation in the fact that these marvellous memories clutch all that come within their clasp, both bad and good. They apparently have no power of rejection. "I forget nothing," said one man so endowed, "A page of nonsense or of vulgar trash, if I read it, is me indelibly Axed in my brain as the most sublime passages of Holy Writ." Many physiologiata hold that nothing is ever lost from the memory of any man. Impressiona remain, they assert, in the recesses of the brain like words written on paper with invisible ink that are ready to start to light before us some day. What seems to indicate that this may be true is the tact that each of can tell of trifling Laota and words which memory sometimes suddenly brings to mind after they have been forgotten for That we must nome day ourselves remember all the follies and events of our lives is a terrible saggestion.
But if we forget, may there not be One who will know He that planted the ear, shall He not hear Be that formed the eye, ball He not see He that created the power of memory, shall He not remember Ejected From a Window. On one occasion at Windsor a youthful peer of the realm, who had just joined the Guards, and whose head was rapidly outgrowing his bearskin was marked for discipline. At dead of night, says writer in a contemporary, when all the senior officers had a general court-martial of the juniors wa avened. Two officers, one of whom is well-1 va baronet, sad was until recently a member Parliament, was detailed to bring the accused before the Court. Hie lordabip was in bed, bliesfully unconscious of the deliberations of the court-martial below.
So summary were the procodings that he was not even given time to dress, but www brought tuto the room in his robe-de-nuit. Still more summary was his conviction, and more precipitate yet was the execution of his sentence, which was that he be ejected from the window into the public street in his scanty attire. The window of the court-room opened on the highway, and, as the victim was gently but firmly lowered to the sidewalk, his descending form just grazed the helmet of a passing policeman. Scarcely freed from the stern clutch of military justice, he narrow. ly escaped the rigours of the civil law.
With the policeman at his heels, the noble lord sprinted heroically towards the barrack gate in big ghostly garb. "Gate," he shrieked madly through the wicket. Who goes there sternly responded the sergent of the guard. Officer." Pasa officer," and the wicket clanged in the policeman's face, while the fleeting form of the disciplined junior sped along the barrack square to his quarters, parsued by the laughter of his brother officers..
