CLIPPINGS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1727, 31 July 1883, Page 4

CLIPPINGS.

The Aeadcmy hears that Mr Ruskiu lias consented to prepare for the press a new edition of. .his "Steven Lamps of Architecture," the, aecoml of his works, originally published in 1840. Fkkderick N. Crouv, the composer of " Kathleen Mavourneen/f is a greyhaired man, who lives on poor fare in Baltimore. A tattered coat of Confederate grey keep 3 some of th« cold out. He is now out of employment nnd too old to help himself. He has a wife and five children. In view of the public interest now being directed to New Guinea by the recent proceedings of the Colonial authorities, Messrs Sampson Low and Co. are about to publish a new and cheap edition of Signor D'Alberti's "New Guinea," the only work that describes any considerable portion of the interior of the country. Tiik Jewish colony in Spitalfielda is being provided with a monster free school, which is being built to accommodate 3000 children. The cost is to be about £30,000 and Sir Nathaniel de Rothschild hopes to have it formally opened in October or November. The increase of Jewish population in this quarter has been caused by the emigration from Russia. 'Havjb you had a job to-day, Tim?' enquired a well-known legal gentleman of the equally well-known, jolly, floridfaced old diaymen, who, rain or shine, summer or winter, is rarely absent from his post in front of tho Michigan Exchange. 'Bedad, I did, sor.' 'How many?' ' Only two, sor.' 'How much did you get for both !' ' Sivinty cints, s)r.' 'Seventy cents! How in the world do yon expect to live and keep a horse on seventy cents a day ?' ' Some days I have half a dozen jobs, sir. But business has been done to-day, aor. On'y the hauling of a thrunk for a gintilman for forty cints, an' a load ay furniture for thirty cints ; an' there was the pota an' the kittles, an' the divil on'y knows phat ; a big load, sor.' 'Do you carry big loads of household goods for thirty cents? 1 'Shewor a poor widdv, sor, an' had no more to give me. I took all she- had, sor, an' bed.id sor ; a lawyer could have done no better nor that, son' And old Tim had won the first fall. Mb Waltkr B roast's forthcoming memoir of Professor Palmer is delayed (the Academy states) nntil the fresh evidence connected with the tragedy has reached him. It is expected thet Colonel Warren will arrive in England in a few days. It is said that this evidence proves conclusively the complicity of the Sheikh Meter Sofich, and a strange— a very strange— story is told of a midnight conference between him and " Abdullah" in the "Wady Sudr after the attack. The latest details as to the murder only add to the horrible nature of the crime. The alleged disci cpancy between the private journals and the official statement is, it is said, completely reconciled. Tub so called International Literary Congress will hold its sixth meeting at Amsterdam in September, at the same time that the Amsterdam Colonial Exhibition will be opened and the Contrre&s of Orientalists will be sitting at Ley den. It is proposed to have a prize competition for essays on " Holland as the Asylum for Liberty of Thought during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries." MKSMW G. ROUTLKMJI. AND SONS.— have arranged to bi ing out a series of standard woiks of the world's literature, edited by Professor Henry Morley, entitled "' Motley's Universal Library." E.ich book will contain 320 pages, crown octavo .size bound in cloth, and will sell for one shilling. The series will be in monthly isssucs. The first volumes will be " Sheridan's Plays." " Selections from Moliure," " Goethe's Faust," and The Chionicles of the Cid." A. Cask yon a Lvwvkr.— Here is a cutting from an old number of an Essex payer :—": — " A coi respondent furnishes us with the following slip from a genealogy cal tree which, accoiding to his statement, appears to have flourished in this country. A widow married a young man, and her daughter-in-law married his father. By the widow's marriage with the son she became her husband's grandmother, consequently great grandmother to a son, the fruit ot this marriage. Now, as the son of a great grandmother must be a grandfather or great uncle, this boy must be his own grandfather. Cai't u\ R. F. Bukton has at last (says the Academy) sent off to his publishers (Mcssis Chatto and Windus) the last pages of his book on the " Sword," and he is now at work upon the fifth volume of his " Camoens." The first two volumes, it will be recollected, contained a translation of the " Lusiads," and the next two a life of the poet and a commentary upon his epic. Majok Arthur Giukkitiis, author of the •' Memoiiah of Millbank," and one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Prisons, has in the press " The Chronicles of Newgate," a work on which he h»s been engaged for some years. The articles on " Prisons and Prison Discipline, 1 ' in the new edition of the " Encyclopaedia Britannica" will be contributed by Major Griffiths. Gvzino into tho show windows of a Woodward avenue store recently was an individual who was considerably •corned.' and he as he was attempting to balance on his heels and take in the show at the same time, along came a woman and child and halted beside him. Both were poorly dressed and evidently hard up, and the child's exclamation of delight soon attracted the attention of the befuddled. ' Slio you want' one 'er 'em dolls in yer Christmas stocking, eh ?' he queued as he patted the child on the head. ' Oh, yes, sir, but we are poor,' she replied. ' Poor, eh ? Too bnz— too baz. Sho you want doll, eh ?' ' Yes, sir ; but I can't have one. Can I, ma ?' 'No, indeed,' answered the woman ; (we have hard work to even get bread.' • Is thas so ? That too baz— too baz. Jus' hoi' on lizzie while.' He began feeling in his pockets for money but the search revealed only a piece of tobacco, a bottle with a little whiskey in it, and a pawn ticket for a watch. ' "Want 'er doll, eh ? Want it purzy bad ?' ' Yes, sir, but ' ' You nezzer mind 'about that, Shay !' ' Yes, sir.' ' You waiz right here till I cum back.' He at once pushed his way into the store, was absent about five minutes, and then returned, carrying a doll by its leg. Handing it over to the girl he said— 'This dolly f'r you. Sorry f'r poor folks — very sorry. Thas my Christmus prcsens. Run now, hard as you can !' The woman and child hurried away, and they were only well out of sight when the man was arrested and walked off for stealing the doll. He went? willingly, calling back to the crowd— 'Yon bez I'll make somebody glad on Christmas ! Sorry f'r poor folks— very sorry !' — " Detroit Free Press. Rats axd Mice. —If you wish to destroy them get a packet of Him.'sMagic Vermin Kn 1 1 r in packets, Cd, Od, and Is, to be obtained of all storekeepers, or from T. B. Hill by enclosing an cNtra stamp. Lifjb in the Bush— Then and Now. — It is generally supposed that in the bush we hare to put up with many discomforts and privations in the shape ot food. Formerly it was so, but now, thanks to T. 13. Hill, who has himself dwelt in the bush, if food does 'consist chiefly «>f tinned moats his Colonial JJauck gives to them a most delectable flavour, making them as well of the plainest food most enjoyable, and instead as hard biscuits and indigestible damper his Improvbij Colonial Baking Powdkk makes the vciybest bread, scones, cakes, and pastrj far superior and more wholesome than yeast or leaven. Sold by all storekeepers who can obtain it from any merchant in Auckland. • You will do -well to furnish y«ur house from Garlick and ( Cranwell's. They 'have n«w the most complete Furnishing Warehouse in, Auckland, furniture to suit, all classes, good 'strcag, and cheap. They haVe Tapdstry Carpets srom zs 3d per yard, Brussels frem >3s lid per yard. Linoleum from 3s Od to 6s, Oil Cloths from Is Od to 4s 6d per yard, good 12 feet wide Oil Cloths at 3s 0d per yard. Immense assortment of Iron Bedsteads from Infants' Cots' to 5 icet wide half-tester Bedsteads. Double iron Bedsteads from .255, ,480 Bedsteads in stock to select from.' ' Beddings of all kintls and sizes kept in, readiness. Dining, Sitting, Drawing-room Furniture, and and a large assortment of Manchester, , and , Furnishing ' Goods; ■ j including- a; Aot (of Crqtonnos.' ' Book Catalogues sent free; t<? intending purchasers. Gar lick and' 'Cranwelr, CityH^UAr^do.Quee^ftwtj'lucWwdi ' : ' . CM'rf d }«•.»"» ,<Mln'* i •