GLEANINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1711, 23 June 1883, Page 4

GLEANINGS.

AFtffiCTrON •WHICH 13 NKVJJII KKOtPItOOatrd. — Neui alaio nffootion. Madamk Christine Nilsson sivs :— " Next senson will be my farewell to America, and tlicn T shall retire from the operatic stage, and live in England, but I wi 1 die in Sweden and will be burie I in the churchyard of mv little peasant olmrclr nt Sketlof, nearVexio." Yon K.ylkhrkxnkk, the note I pianist, used to prid« himself on thu particle which preceded his name and paraded it on the occasion. "Do you know," ho once said to an acquaintance, "'that t'linobility of my family d.ites iiom tlie Crusades ? Ono of my ancestors accompanied the Emperor B.irb n ossa " "On the piano ?" asked the other. The total indebfedtien-< <>f Queensland at present is -£13,219, 150, the actual Htnount of ii"tt cnh recMved beinir £12,211,517. In a letter lecoi.tlv published in the Jtrhbaur Conner tlu> Premier of the (,'i.lony, SirTh(ima> M'llwr.iith r-h-mated the amount that would bo a< t tally required dining the next three ynns including the present loan of £3,000, «)00, and providi'ijr for the ledemptiou ot debentures aud the continuance of public works on a moderate scale, at £7,000,000. I see announced (says a writer in the " Wovld*'), unfertile patronage of Mr Irving, Mr Toole, Mr Bairy Sullivan, and a number of other gentlemen, a Dramatic and Musical Directory, which, if properly complied, will "supply a long-felt want " in the profession to which it refers. — M. Massenet, the French composer, is engaged upon two hew operas. The libretto of one Is taken from " Notre Lame de Paris," by Victor Himo, and the other is drawn from " Manon Lescaut."— Henry Irving has 1000 wigs, no two of which aie exactly Of the same shade. —Mr Call I»os.i engaged Miss Amy Sherwin, without tri.il, at a salary of £40 per week. An English paper says this lady's " small and leally sweet voice is un&uited to Duuy L.vnc, however pleasant it might sound in a drawing-ioom.' 1 Thkkk ate thirty-six theatiesin London. They repicsent an investment upon laud of o\<i i' 10 ,000 ,000, in buildings ot £25,000,000, ami in other property of sufficient to make the gtosa amount £'100,000,000. They employ at leant 10,000 prisons— actois, stage hinds and people in fiontoftho house. Thc«c tire in direct and continual sen ice. They give indirectly employment to as many lnoic. The seating capacity is 7>"),000. Tbt 1 average attcud.incu eic'n night is 61,0"4, as shown by the Loid Chamberlain's repoits. Thoa\einge admi^iou is one shilling clc\en pence lialf penny. The a vet age return, then, ia about t'4ooo a pel foi malice. This h foi e\eiy performance, which inuiudes mntiuecs. A \VoM\>* uho mill dci cd her husband nt Amoy lect'iitly by getting liim diunk and pouring oil on him and setting lire to it, has conk'«sod her ciimc to the uifc of the magistrate, ho piomiml to intercede in hei bclialf. \\'\m\ fiiht taken Into court the mUidciTffl dnnii'd hi'r guilt lind HOO lashes urn 1 ndmluisteml on lu-i brenstu itnd body, but Ntill she persisted ill denying her guilt. Sti.itei(\ was then tlsul by tin* niagistiiito ,ukl his wife, with the remilt thnt **!ie conles-ed the rlime. j:i\iliL; iii a motive hei bi inir in loxewitha man who acti a woman's pait in thialiieal pel foimaiK Ls, implii.itiiig hei pai.imom in the cc 1 I mo. Mjingho told liei hoy to do the deed ■\Mthout di awing Mispn ion upon lift - wlf.

Si,\\ I in in Bit v/n, — The slave population of the iiiiiiiKipah 1 y of Rio de .lanuno oi Sept. .">(), IN^J. vas ;>,"> S .")."). ,1 deeu\i-e of 577! in mm' m.ii >, although 70S.') liad lii-fii iiilik'il to tlic |ii mutiv c number by the e\ei'ss of t lit i iCs over dep.u tun s In the nine j eat \ the di itlis weie 8373, and the emancipations iUKJIi. onl\ H(i of ■vv In'cli vveie ofluial om *•. Ihe value of tlie slivesthiis fieed was piobtbly about I'SOO 000, In the I'liivmee of ' Rio de J.UR'iio the oniniial iJOl,.').")^ existing on the Kgistei at the <ml of Septembei, JS73, hadhi en iiuieas( dol,o!)7 b\sutplus of cnlici.s over deparUms ; but at the end of last August had decreased to 2(iS,S3I by ."i),-J4!) deaths, and by 12,740 emaneipitions ]!J7!) of these belimd official In Ceaia it is ebtimaded that tlm 3o,0()0 iCL'isteicd slaves have dewrased 111 about nine and a n.uartet yeaia to \B,QOO — /liif/fo-Ji)'iw(iini '111 1 mi \, Somi: anon,\mous but picstiinably pious person lias been in the habit for ninny yeius of sending M. Kenan this daikly biiirnestiv e sentence • —" ,\i jiinn/nif il 1/ uiini mt mln ''' — " if there .>lionld be a hell !" M. Kutirin wiva that lie is Inuth olibgul to the peiscn who i" so hnxmiis foi his su\\\\ Mclftlie. '"But hell.' 1 he add.s, "is a supposition very JnconsHttnt with what v\e kiiitW of Di\ ilie '<s Moil o\ci', if thelO )>e one, 1 can eoiisi ientlously alliinitliit X liivenot desiivediL. A s|n,)H ailloilnt of pni'^.itory v\(iii!d peihaps lie lan ; and I would tun tliu cli.ince of tliat, as pnadise would conn 1 next ; and pious '•oul-, I Jiope. w onld olit.un indul^ein.cs to slioi ten my .stay in pni',Mt<n y. The lnlimte goodiies-i that ] have e\]ieiienu'd in this woild inspires me with a tvnn lotion that at least an e<nial goodness pi evades eternity ; and in that I put my tiust."' I'm-' myo foi Mi Ruslun's books .senins to l)e as gieat as evei , if one may pidce from the piics tealisid at one of MessiPuttielv and Simpson's latest sa,les. A copy of " Mo'lein I'.vmteis" fetelied L'"J3, (Uthonirh the iiiat two volunies weie of the sixth Lililionand the ]'latistlnonyhout weieiathei badly spotted. The "Stoms of Venire,"' with plates in mueli the same condition, and .1 veond edition liist vobinie, .sold 101 £10 •")•, and tlie second edition (1,507) ot the '"Seven Lamps of Aicliiteetuie I ' foi -ill I.ls A ropy of the Kdinburtrh "Lietmes on Areliiteolme and I'aintin^" (also second edition) leached '-'Is. The onlj book that went at all cheaply was an onjrnial edition copy of the " Ciown of Wild Olive,"' forwhieli the bidding began at % Js (id and stopped at 8* But thfii Mi Uuskiu has lately vepublishcd these ess.iy on "Woik. Traffic and War" in one of his sumptuous nev\ editions, and as the book contains, 110 illustrations, even bibliophiles may reasonably piefer the nicer edition especially as it has an added article on the Economy ot tlie Kines of Prussia. JNIr Ruskm :> titles, l>y the way, arc often misleading : and Mi Hill Button has recorded how the " Notes on the Construction of Sheepfolds"' (a little pamphlet on chinch discipline, 18.")1) "had a considciablc run among the muirland f.n inei s, w hose reception of it \>ns not ilatteiing."' X \ts wiiMici.- If you v\ish to detro\ them ta p irki t r,| ||n i\ A| \(,, ( \ i km, n K.ll 1 1 uin p. i' ki-ls (id, 'Id, .mil Is, to he nht uncd of all Ntoii kripus, in liom J J! J i 1 1 1 bj cnclo<;iu^ .in 1 \ti.i st mil) J»uy t,he best sewing machines, iiacked in ho'\i's 1 iin.iife pud Hume Sluittle, £,i; "White, £•'• 10-' Weithfim. £l 10 1 - , l-nstir.md Kossnian'-., £*4 10s; in walnut < n\i>r, £\ Kni'-ninn-inarhini's, £7. hinj;ei s., Howes, ]),i\ib', Jones', .St.md.ml. .mcl all tlie hctter tl.ism's of m.irhincs in '•tuk C.isli, or dik-ucd. I) S. Chambers' \\ holesnle and Ket.ul Depot, 70, Ouecn-strcet opposite tliu ]!ank of Kew/e.-.l.md.

LlJ'i'. I> TJIh JjfSlU — TIILX AM) NOW. — It is jiciht.iUv supposed tli it in tlu- bush w< ha\e to put up with mam di-c onilorts .mil prn.itmns in the shape of food l'oimcrly it was so, but now, thinks to T. I!. Jlin, who has himself dwelt in the busli, if food docs < ousist chiefly <>t tinned meats his I'm o\i u Svui j,nvcs to them a most dole< table II nour, making them .is will as the plaint it food must 1 1 |<i\able, and instead of hard btsi mis inn indt«;i <l idle d imper Ins lu1>I(O\ II) CoIOM H I'\MM. PoWMIK lll.lkfS tllO \cry l)(-'t bii-ad, scenes, takes, and paslij fat supenor and moie wholesome than vast or Ic.ixcn. Sold b\ all stosekeepeis who tan obtain it from an) met chant in Auckland You will do well to furnish your bouse from Gailick and Cranwcll's-. They have now the most coinrlete Fuinishinß Warehouse in Auckland, iurnitutc to vut all classes, good stronir, and cheap. T!le^ h.i\e l'apcstr) Carpets Jrom "2> 3d per yard, lirussels from 3s lid per Vird. Linoleum from 3s !)d to ss, Oil Cloths from Is Cd to 4s Od per yard, good 12 feet wide Oil Cloths at 8s Gd per, yard. Immense assortment of Iron HedstLMds from Infants' Cots to 5 feet wide hnlf-tcslcr Jiedsteads. Double iron J!cdfteads fiom 2."is. 480 Hedsteads in stock to select from. ik-ddiriß"! ot all kirds and sues kept in readiness. DiuinK, Sitting, Drawing-room Furniture, and and a large assortment of Manchester nnd Furniihinff Goods, including a lot of Cretonnes. Hook Catalogues sent free to intruding purchasers. Garlirk and Cranwell, gjty Hull Arcade, Queen- rtreet, Auckland.