TABLE TALK,

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4545, 18 November 1884, Page 2

TABLE TALK,

" Music hath powers "to make men fall out over trifles. . .

Epitaph on an Author—" Finis." Another body has been recovered from the wrecked barquo Clyde. • " Israel in Egypt," without tho timbrels, in tho Choral Hall to-night.

A pretty rough page in natural history— The rampage. Major Kemp has been re-appbintcd Native Assessor.

"Vogel on wheels " will soon be changed into Vogol on springs'! At tho ond of July last there were 2,330 Polynesians in Queensland. Various Ministerial changes are the subject of Wollington gossip. A sword-fish, ten nnd n-half feet long, has been captured at Birkenhead. No European cable news, as the Australian overland lino is down.

Women only know extremes—obedience or tyranny—no less. II earn is in active training for his match with Harrington for the sculling championship of tho colony. If a ship makes eight knots an hour, how long will sho inke to make a crochet collar ? Yesterday was the monthly meoting day at Parihaka, when all passe- off quietly, Hon. Mr Richardson left Wellington for Christchureh to day, but returns in several days. It is not poverty as much as preteucethat harasses a ruined man.

The Rifle Association meeting takes place at Wellington in February or March next. Parihaka, natives are taking vigorous measures to stamp out the epidemic of erysipelas lately prevalent. He that buys and lies shall find the Ho left in his purse behind. Government have now in hand the arrangements necessitated by the passing of tho Government Insurance Association Bill. Another Maori embassy to England is talked of on behalf of tho Ngapuhi, who wish to have Home Rule of a sort conferred upon them. It is always noticeable that when _a patient begins to feed more, his doctor is always feed-loss. "Miriam, the Woman of Mystery," will be performed tonight in Abbott's Opera House. It is estimated that the sea-borne commorce of AustralasiaarnountstoJElOO.OOO.OOO per annum. The bathing machines on Cheltenham Beach, North Shore, are at pressnt'only for ladies. Bh ?—Most people have seen a rope walk; but did you ever know anybody who has ever seen a magic lantern slide ? New Zealand Refrigerating Company's works at liurnside, Otago, turn out from 300 to 400 frozen carcases per day. There ore now 5,500 carcases ready for shipment by tho Victory. Great damago is being done by grass' hoppers in tho northern districts of South Australia. Tho conductors of the Palestine Survey Expedition think they have identified the sepulchre of Joseph of Arimathea, in which our Lord was laid after the crucifixion. Tho influence of woman bogins at maidenhood, and lasts to the grave. . She leads by tho silken thread of love, nnd guides by tho clear light of example. " In what condition was the patriarch Job ut the end of his life ?" asked a Sundayschool teacher of a quiet-looking boy at the foot of tho class, "Dead," calmly replied tho boy. Hero is what " Snooks" contributes, I which, if not poetry, is at any rate both ! rhyme and reason :— Tho Kvkninu Stan, it shines afar. And many a home doth oncer, Juat try a quarter; better far Than to indulge la beer. It is woll-k'nown that many " swells" have fallen from their high estate to the pilotage of tho London Gondola. On the cabstands of the great metropolis there are, it is said, officers enough to have led the Soudan expedition, doctors sufficient to keep half-a-dozen graveyards constantly yawning, lawyers more than it would need to sot a continent at logger-heads. A clover rhyme describing " People* Proper Places" has the following lines : — From Spitheod cooks should go to Greece ; And, whllo tho miser waits The passage to tbe Guinea Coast, Spendthrifts are in the Straits. Splnstors should to the Ncodloo go, Winobibbors to Burgundy; Gourmands should lunuh at Sandwich Jules, Wags at tho Bar of Fua-day. Bachelors to tho Uuitod Stutus, Maids to tho Iblo of Man, Let garduiierd go to Botany Bar, And shoeblacks to Japan.