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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 197, 6 December 1872, Page 6

•Erom time to tiine ; we hear a good deal 'about "woman's sphere" and £; . woman's ; mflu.mce" from those who regard rhe sex. from one point of view, and of " woman's, attractiveness" from devotees of. another order. The other day I came across a little story which exhibits tne "sphere," the "influence," and the "'attractiveness" as combining to a deal of mischief in a quiet w.vy. A certain g.d'ant commander K.N.., found to his dismay that his' ship was thirty miles.or so but of c her course. He.was sorely puzzled to account for tlie fact.. The instruments were overhauled and found tobe faultless,;, the calculations were checjkfd, ,and pronounced correct. What could ii, be.? ..Suddenly it' flashed upon -him. A lady, was sitting, near., the binnacle -reading a novel in the most..innocent way in the world. The lady wore a drinoliri'ei = whereof the-hoops were of tempered steel. As- the elder Mr. Weller remarked, "a petticut, is irresistible.'" The coinpass couldn t stand it. .The fickle needle was no longer 'true to.the pole, and the man at the wheel followed the eccentricities of the : ' needled We know the gallantry of sailors, and Can fancy how the., brave commander *said' to the.fair delinquent :—"Madam", your at'i tractions are unbounded, but could you not find for. them some worthier object ban a binnacle'?"

„ In the course of a month or two there will be placed a line ~ or-very large and—powerful steam tugs : aPbotli-enuraiices/oth.cq .the^S ttfiiCaFof Magellan '; for the': of itß.w'fn&'tsailingl vessel's bound; to r-and from' ,the, \VeSt '(Jojfst of; SquLh^Ahieri'calJ;;'' 1 through the S'tr.aits, /thiLs,d^iHg'i^^^jf^,'.'.the]ditfi(?|ilt ahcj f^' * round rtlT-js rb e^leve the; services ;cqm-.j;,* •pany,will meet with the;paJronagt.ii the--venture deserves,, and that"irL,;.ifu£urje j - to. vessels making-the . s age^rouud 17 'the/Horn will be'4Vw and -far \ between, as' of towing a ; Vessel * '■-• through J 'the"S ; "raits w'ill'it is • estimated, . « ,co< t: hot more' than £ i'X) to £!250: • ; -"' -"'""'

The ' (JLiarjvari'..- "jia'sta^pictorialliit -_a.t ;;.'- jhe, meeting of the j^nper'pj-s'oT' Prussia,'. ; Ru^sskjwaud^.Austria.' .a < ,',r ri >w, eaeh> x w.e.arjug ti are .seen, nap?,, * pingL their wings and giyj.ng .vent to a. . sort of mutua!ly-congratulatorj:.oroLW>ver„. : < a coming- feast of good' things.- .'.Perched; -.- at a liltle* distance is'a fourth eagle, repre- 7 seriting - the' ex- Emperor JNapoleon; his *- beak, hanging down, his feathers" torn-to : ■ shreds," "and his .whole "aspect 1 'fallen.". aud "melahelioly, while'lie ruefully says-":? to himself, -" Ijaid tjjju? cloth for .them, and r " they mo longer in vife! me."_~ .' ."" '. "! . QXE FOR .TH.B,J)EAN. —A. lugubrious- ' .looking , individual-, approaching a street- ' musician som3 i'ew. -.d.iysrag >, asked, 'him . ci in earnest and/melancliolys.tones; "Frien&.cj do you kn >w ' M urs 'chief- en I ?'."'■ Tne .:> innocent fiddler cheerfully replied, " INTo, <l sir; hut"if you'll-\vliistrt I play't." The*"in >vement"""in- 'G\asg»w to erect ' ; a; monji nent to. Burns by means of skill- ; ing^subscriptioris,has'made good progress!. Upwards of eleven th >usand ' individual*''* have contributed their, shillings making a "* sumctofal of £soßßs. . Therp is a report that the Pope-is ab, nit, \ to take up his *at Pau, wh. i re a I C'liat,eau/*lias,*,it'is;s.aid, b.'jen- placed at hi* tlie'Prehch'&overnment. A '. fan being asked ifhe'had' v ; eVer\yTit'teli a'-d"scoursj,' repliid,-*' I would [ ratherjbe hung!" K '[' " ; - : - ; - - , S'oihe time ago, an I oivM.mday, a well-- - * know, angler, was fishing at a trou~ing~ s stream, when he , was accosted by" the rJf minister, vyhp.asked him-as to his, success. * The angler, afcej replying said to the. in in-' ' ye no try-the rod yoursel'?" ,' *j Oh, mo," said the minister, with pious awe and eyes upturned, *' I am a tisherof men." : " Oh, indeed,'' replifd , S.uutyy'.but I do'ob ye're nae great hand at ir,for I "lookit into your creel yesterday, and - it wasuncoempty." •' . - . A Ma.oei Visiox of Another World. —The present appears to be an era ofwonders and portents among our Maori" neighbors. We allud-d, the other day, ' to the circumstance of a prophet and miracle worker having arisen at Paki , P.iki ;'we have heard since of a case" of ~ trance, accompanied wifch visions of other., worlds, at Wairoa. A Maori there— we \ have not been able to learn his name — lay recently in a state of complete un- -. consciousness, without motion and appa- * rently without life, for three days.wards the close of the third day his neighbors begin' to think that if was about ' time to bury him, and proceeded to put - him into; a coffin preparatory to doing- so. On their lifting him, however'! 'to"their no" snail astonishment, he moved,' opened' his eyes, and at last woke up. After par- ' taking of some refreshment,.he proceeded" to inform-then what his wMi'iid (spirit)'; had been ; about, all the time that .his body, lay. unconscious. 'He had passed acrosi the bridge that connected this world withV th< j nether one, and on reaching the other" side, saw a lake offi.ro before him. li. was intimated to hirr that he must plunge iiv 'and hi <lid so, and swam across to theother side, his sensations during the pro--. of a v.'ry excru-iating- ch.arac-' iter. ,Ori ( h ■ opposite bank' he' jwas led b / 'tlu aug d of death d)w.i alon ' a.steep, dij-'c pathway till 1 they reacliiiai [cave, in which all manner of hideous, slimy creatures . with malevolent eyes; and cruel fangs were winding lost human' beings in tlnHrloatjisome f>>lds. His frame,, thrilled with,horror at the fate jwiiich ap-' peared-to .be waiting diim ; the!•'"angel,* however, .told, him he.might pass on for! this time. They on till they* 'reachedan enorm >us staircase ; ascending !it they found themselves . before the massive golden gates ofheaven. were flung open and they entered and biheld our • Lord. seated on a great, white throne. 'Our Lord addressed him in gentle and merciful accents, bidding him go Ivu'k ta earth and tell'his fellow-men what they, had to expect'in the next world .if they! lived a life of 'sarin this,' and,-on the other hand,, what happin'essf arid'-'glory' they might, look forward to as the'reward of a life of virtue! . He is how, we 'hear/ preaching repentance to the othe Maories at the Wairoa. '.'j!' "-" ". : '•=•■ 5 ,N6w. that has . gone, says, the /Pali 'Mall. .Qazet'te'j. there* is but one.personage in Ertglahd'• who," by virtue .of his office,,excites the' slightest feeling., approaching to awe oh the continent,- and that is the Lord Mayor of London.