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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 5100, 28 July 1877, Page 2 (Supplement)

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Spelling Bees jin America have given place to atfbther amusement. It is called a " Cap Festival." Caps are provided for all the ladies attending a party, and neckties corresponding to each cap are sold to the gentlemen as they enter. It is expected that each gentleman will find the cap that corresponds with his necktie, and make himself agreeable to the wearer daring the evening. Wincey Dressesffnll lengths, 2s lid. A: vcoebespondent writes :—-Some : of your readers may be interested as to the nature of the food of theßussian soldiers. It is clearly the pods ; of; the carob, a common tree in countries bordering the Mediterranean. It is sometimes called St. John's bread—from the tradition that the Baptist 'lived npon its fruit in the. wilderness; -It is, however, generally.supposed that, his diet consisted of genuine locusts, which are much more nourishing.' The "husks that the swine did eat," to whiehithe prodigal son found himself reduced, were, however, ■ no doubt, carob beans. And from classical times they, have been.used as food, by the extreme poor. At the present time they'are imported into' this country to some' extent for cattle ! food, arid may be often seen in oprnchandlers! ,>shops; but as they are saccharide ; j and;; fattening rather than nourishing, it is, ,to" be hoped'that the Russian soldiers will have something more substantial to fight upon. ' Messes tor everybody. 13 yards Japanese,Silk, ,4s lid 14. yards Japanese ; Silk, 9s ,6d 1 14 yards Japanese \ Silk, 14s 6d I*4 yards Japanese B>lXk, 18s'"6d SERMONS, BY TELEPHONE. ' No doubt our'readers'- have noticed the introduction of i a new instrument which bears! the. ' name, \of telephone, by which a concert of music, performed in one city is conveyed to and heard by an audience in another city three hundred miles distant. There is no exaggeration in this statement, as it has been donein-several instances within the past two months. "We now learn that a remarkable application of the telephone is about to.be tried. It is proposed to erect a marble' retreat in Union Square, New York, with tubes connecting everyH&urch id the city. ?0n Sunday the congregations will assemble as usual, but instead of gazing into the minister's face they-will look at a huge funnel-shaped projection in the middle of the chancel. A, popular preacher will, be placed in the marble retreat with ' an eloquent and stirring sermon. He will preach at about 'SOO open tubes, and his eloquence will be transmitted to as m/iny congregations, and emerge from the bell-shaped projection in $e chancel with all the r various modulations of the preacher's voice. Church music will be,, managed on the, same principle by means of the " pyrophone " an organ with copper pipes, whose notes can be distinctly heard over the whole city. This latter invention will enable people to sit in their own houses and listen to a sacred concert, or gather on their "< r "stbbjs"'aricl unite in'a congregational'hymn' a precentor up ; iri a "balldonbeatsithatimaf It is said that we shall,, shortly, -have . an.y opportunity of realising .the, .wonderful, results achieved "by the .'aid of this the latest American ; Bcientinc'disc6veiy,astheinventor intends io tsLk&ihe telephone to England, and to play,;the (first, air. in England on her .Majesty's^.birthday. ."God save ; the Queen" will, be .played, in Liverpool and heard in Buckingham Palace. ■V.'.f! '■■: : 1150 yards . BLACK ALPACA, per yard. An Irishman of the better'class, who thought jhje must conform to the fashionable mania of paying "a visit to the Falls of Niagara, arrived at the Falls, and on staking a look at the surrounding wonders addressed himself to a gentleman with—- " And is this Niagara .Falls?' "Yes," was the reply. " And what is there here to make snch a bother about 1" asked Pat. :" Why," said the'gentleman, " do you see that mighty river, and deep abyss, the great sheet of water pouring down?" Pat looked at the water, and replied, hesitatingly, " And what's to hinder it?" MJ^I^DEESSES, Consisting of Satin Scrolls Satin Scrolls Trail Fancies Paney Stripes All in Full Dress Lengths, Reduced from 13s, 15s, 16s 6d, 255, 5s lid, 7s 6d, 8s 9d, 10s 6d.