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Temuka Leader, Issue 251, 4 May 1880, Page 2

The conduct of two friends at auction sale the other Jay created no iitlle amuse nent. They were bidding against each other for- e. rtain propertywhen Mr A. consen od to act aspurchaser nn 1 t<».divide the property oqu illy witfip his friend B. W hen A’s account sales were made u , it tt:is f<iund ihmt lic -hsA-; -- el larged B. 'five p. r cent, commission - . . on all the property, including what had been purchased-by the latter before theli+tlo arrangement had been made.. Besides charging the percentage mentioned, Mr A. got two-"nd-*'-half p r o nt. discount. “ Like Engl-n I’smorm* ing king of old,” B. has determined • “ never to smile again.” The Empress of Austria (remarks the ' World) has a beautiful stoit on horseback, weras a habit which fits to perfection and nne cepti >nal hat. The tout, ensemble, however is not exactly like our . type of the English horsewomen. A certain foreign dash pervades the whole. Perhaps one little incident which tends , to' this nn—English effect is the tan, - r ■ -which hangs as an appendage to ■ Her Majesty's o»it ( lle-treenr- J Pl»«-3Iacfc-an(?-yellow fan is not used as a excessive heat; bet as a ; shade acrainst the suns rays, The Empress, it is odd V* suffers from weak'eyes, and cannot - stand the rays ot a Mght spring sun, even in the Emerald Isle. The irritation existing between Russ’a ■ and France, in consequence of the refuia of the latter to extradite Hartmann, ha* :• cooled down.'' Chanxv remains at Bt. Petersburg ; Count Grloff returns toParis. j , Abdul Balnlati claims o be rorogniged as A mi or of Afghanistan.