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Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1228, 13 May 1880, Page 4

COUNT YON MOLTKE AT -^ — u-#j: "In a recent publication by Baron A. yon Firks/" %?'//r?% ?'//r ? flinc) states, "an intcjfditipg i^ {preac^ted of the, private and,, doine^tic, life of the £-reat German strategist, Count yon Moltke, .- f <Tli»hap^y marriage of the Chi4f ( qf the 'Pr6ssi|n getieral was ' (lUsolyerl hv ■ l tho" d«ith"bf Avifc' W the 21th of ' I)eceml^r, I#6B'. , Sinc^e thcA his domestic affairs haVe be6il man'a'goS ' K% iiis 'onlj' survi\ing sister, Frau yon "Burfc, \vh6se brfly son has ' likewise 0 bfeen^ attached as second adfn'talit ' to ' K\s, ilucle. Count Moltko resides in the new building belonging 1 to ( the j^neral staff! It is situated • on tlie King's l .square, ' ' or Konighplatz, Berlin. His' apartnicuts have a \ 1 sOnthei'ri aspect, and look out ujiou the Column of Victory, whidh conuneinorate^ chiefly his Q\vn unprecedented triuinphb over the Aubtrians and tile French. His habits aud ; oio(le af life^re cluvacterised by the greatest sii^plioity and regularity, . bis time bejng divided* and si)cut stuctly according to, the rules h,o has pre\ iously laid ijown for himself. , .During the winter half .Qf, the \year in his , cjrea^ng^gqwn and with his head covered „ by a ).\tp\B round ginokjng-cai), enters his ¥ stu^y or (Working-roonif.at'Beven o'clock <<eveKy f morning, «iud.,t}vkey'liis early cup of , over which he . smokes a cigar. Tlien he commences, tl^e regular work of the { day. He writes ver,y .quickly and 'regularly, 'bAt not nhfi'equeritly on reading over his manuscript niala-s alterations ami additions, % ' f <HJiß'bandwriting is flow- , ling and vei'y,legil>l«, the 'characteis l>eing clear, Jinn, and i^iiforro;* At this work he goes On. till nine a'clock, when his ofK- « c^.l lettei's arethrouglit iii add laid before ■ him* - 1 Aftei; -reading these; lte proceeds to pnt on his uniform a#U finish his toilctfor „,the day. sAt 1 1 o'clocK hp, hears. the daily iHepprtp'at his adjutants., aud then takes , Lp ltujeheon, wjachis generally of a very #)^imple cl^arac,ter., iVft«r tl^s lie is gene- " l'ally engaged iu,liis study till two o'clock. At the stroke ot two tlie divisional chief of th$ f gveai^geffcral staff T appears ■and makes hisTepoii; for the tlay^he time '. he" ' occupies vailing 'according to cir- > • :c\iii»stauees. . i When' thi^wotk ia finished, --•the Count, as a general rttle^'takcs a w.ilk, and, on returning home, diries with the members of His favourite wine; at dinner, is moselle. Afcer bisprin- [ cipal' meal of j^be^ay he takes coffee and a '' cigar in .bis sttuly> wbere-tbe members of ' liis family, or' friends generally find him rejidy to engage in a .cheerful 'conversation on the, topics' of theuay. \From five to seven o* clock uijthe.'evenjingfj however, the field maEshal. i« again .at his books and papers, writing- iettef-s and 'finishing up his official work of the' day. '"Between hcven and eight o'clpck he looks at the evening papers, and at 8 p.m. tea is served in the family circle^f ter .which Count Moltke is very fond of joining in a rubber of whist. Then toyarqLs the plose ,of the evening there toa £nd J at 10 o'clock the Field Maishal retires to , rest to, rise again at Half -past 6 fora mmilar day's work on the morrow. During thp .vuminer H months Ooutfesroltke^pends'-inost of his time on -Ms <<&tate" aH'Kreisan, near Schweidnitz. in Silesia. At the enhance ' to the forecourt/ there ai-e twd Ixiecian . athletes, and "ndt far from them, resting i on large flat base's of %'toiif, tAvo cannpn taken in the late Franca- German war, presented by the EmpeVor tb Iris' 'victorious chief of the geneYal staff: The CoimtSf favorite spot'ini his \mik is a „ sea* ni^ler the shadowy* branches of a giant oak.- whence aviuw of the liills <jf i .the Eulengebrig'is obtained. 'In the park, • too, is! the toitb oi liis deceased Avit'e, to whom he was greatly attached."

" THE Elj<ESSI)*E> OAT ClloA . » ' ,1-Ti ; ♦— f > 1 i THROITOHOtrr the district (says the Xwili OtAffo Tories) the oat crop grown this season is 'being, with but 'few exceptions, 'stacked This cereal is y/e oc^'eve, at a lowerprice than it-has been 'at any pretious period iri. the hihtory of the colony,' ard-farmew, doubtlpssj are waiting for a tiua in the direction of higher price*. The .stacldng^pr^Qesj.JujH certainly one 1 advantage — it >vill prepare the grain for shipment to the Home mark'dt with more safety than if thresfebd immediately after being" cut." JVTany year.^' ago, when cats 1 " liad'to be" brought to Kt'W Ee'iland from California, tiibst of the .ship'monts vere ' foniidtobe musty. f ThL^ rcndeied the grain of comparativqly little vstlne, either for inil r^g. Tho.-e imported bats we're reason srbly .supposed to hivr- l»oon throsb'ri -md 4ii[l|t"d immndinroly, aft^r tbt i» tp:c\nd \v rfo iy . r\ \t< work. BtiH-kinir tha'etorr. viiti 'jriVc ftu • ■ • g»riri thelaivantigeof I>Ding' thoroughly dried, and the rtslc of what is termed . "sweating '* taking- plhce will bo considerably more remote than, if .the oats were threshed without being stacked for any length of time. If the! English market has to*be relied upon ;is the market for our surplus, oats-pit enn reasonably be assumed that the different shipments will rjgach I^nro jrt bet tejc-cowHtbn than did'tiie'C'.ilifornia shipments reao'a New , Zealand. [The (large quantities »ir»f • 6ats • grown in Now Zealand, this ' soasen,. and , the want of a local or colocinl market, has suggested the idea of adopting some , mode oilier than the expensivo one of sacking ,for, seud'-ig-.oats to the Home market. The. plan suggested is that the gram should .bo subject to hydraulic pressure to ffuoh aii exteac a.s tr> ,tiipi -out "" 'an'a'rticle Avbfcirinigirtbe packed similar to- oil-cake. The* market- in Kngland, for,) gon nine, cattlt}-f oo(l >s always a good bn^, ' and the idea is quite worthy the attention 1 ! . of those most interested in the matter. !

A SUBSCRIBERS SOLILOQU^. To p.ij ,oi not to ]).)} , that is tlir qtifstion— • Whctlu'r 'tU lx:ttv?rVor mo tomHu^o ' ' ' 'lo t.ikr tin- lihml p iper, and deprive ifyjf.uuilj from n-.idm^^ill^lu; ih-wn. Or pay upjiromptly what thf'printqr rules' . Anil; bytsttch i p.i) milnt . theer lriih ? St> \u>\ , no paper - TliOn iui moro slvili X I>c ported on the new* Aild Inc:l] haps thHou^lionftho town, And divers topics— 'tis a consiiniin'ation { That i, l«m^ ha\ e K-art'd. fo-pa.v, or stop ? ' To stop ! pi-r< h.mcc to lo*e— x\ ,' thi-rc'.s t)w iub : For in tli.it .stop no 'interest do "1 ta"ke In .inj-**^!' Siff.iifs'nhich mow the town. AnjlVueJi a slnitllinj»- offot .ill tint's tyood Mus-'t make me p.tu^e. lliere's the respect "Which every L'ditorniaiixt.iins toi tlu>se "\Vlio < ome duun <vith^rTic< .ish and ne'er del.ij To settle up " th.it littk' bill." Foi who would ,' ' . -. ' ■ • 4 ThO poirtted squibs .md pungent p.ua^iapb Which f.ir too ntt reflet t upon the nun * , l ''"Who firijs ro settle his subscription b'ili ?' '« I'll haste me now unto the editor, And, with jny purse plethorjic \n in_\{ hand, "Will so'ttle up in full, one year from d.ite, Hv l>.iyinff to him from ni\" read} cash Tlie sum which is his due.

Tjie man who goes fishing and sits in a cramp-ihvitiug postureou a narrow thwart ' from e^u'ly niorn till deywy eve, and calls, it fun, is the same man that never goes to, ,<;liuceh b^pause the, pews; are not comfort■"ablel ' • ... , .-,, , Bs'Clish Land Laws are Viewed in .AVEfctdA.-rTheso laws are the embodiment of evei y false notion of economy, >igrcery ftpjbblo in verbiage^ every* oßAacle in the way .of perfdMmh^ ai straight transaction that it is -possible to imagine. „• JJJheyajtTßofcriphnatt-Fisench brigdnj^rlippedin the, ob^ouritiea bf ft language that J dead; eft olunbered with fora*el intpoeing. . because their j^expensiyeness a charm >toj tiheir , ; and fastened upon the, -practice i tboHxiiylo* bands' of '