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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5576, 13 July 1889, Page 4

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"Pickwick" has heon dramatised in Banish. Eiffol Tower is tho latest design in icecream patterns. They say SO, 000 Canadians have settled in the States in a yeivr. Boots and shoes were sewn up to the First Empire, then naila were introduced. It ia reported that James Bussel Loivell is to marry an English woman of rank. A railroad from tho City of Mexico to the California coast is said to be assured. About four million four hundred thousand Germans have immigrated to tho United States in the last 100 years. The productive power of the machinery of the United States ia more than equal to tho labor of 500,000,000 men. The young King of Spain's nurses pro- ! bably havo little trouble in keeping , him clean, siuce ho ia himself Castile's hopo. The eldest son of Sir John Millais expends his inbred artistic tastes by working as a sculptor. Hβ is " great, on dogs." Madame Mario Roze has determined to observe a commendable rule in not accepting flowers whott she is on the operatic stage.

In New York last year there were 92,601 county paupers, 43,112 town paupers, and 57,8'JG needy poisons who procured temporary relief. A company uith a capital of £30,000 in £1 shares has been formed for the erection of a new theatre (to bo called tho Regency) at Brighton, Englnnd. During the last uineteen years 310 amendments to tho Constitution of the United States hnvo been proposed in Congress, but only three havo been adopted. The Keveraink, a smaller yacht than any that over orossed the Atluutic, left Boston for Paris via Havre. Sho is thirty-six feet over all. Three persons sailed on her. You can always tell just how much a •wife loves her husband hy watching to see herw long she lets him have tho operaglasses at a spectacular show.—Somerville Journal. i It is eaid that Sir Arthur Sullivan's next work will be a now opera for tho Savoy, to follow "The Yeomen of the Guard." The popnlarity of the latter still continues, and it will doubtless run for several months yet.

The costliest leather in the world is that which is used in covering piano keys. It is a peculiar kind of buokeniu, and the secret of tanning is not known cmtsido of a family of tanners in Thuringiu, Germany. The romowhat astounding statement is now made that during the past year the Argentine .Republic has received more Irish and Italian immigrant* than havo gone in the sumo period to the United States. Rider Haggard i« about to start, or has started, on a tour in Asia Minor and Persia, ■with visits to and about Pertepolis, Shiraz, and Bagdad, in order to procure local color for a projected story, of which Queun Esther will bo the heroine. The lato Mr. Carl Rosa is stated to havo left nearly £.50,000 in cash, as well as £35,000 in Curl Rosa Opera Company shares. In hie will he made provision not only for his family, but many old friends, servants, and retainers. A party of American gentlemen contentplates a hunting expedition in Zanzibar. The idea is to reach that country in November and proceed inland after big; game and adventure of all kinds. They will have an escort of 400 natives.

The trustee* of tho Brooklyn Bridgo havo decided to double tho traffio facilities of that structure. The terminals will bo enlarg< d find the train* will havo platforms on each sidu of them. Half a million dollars will bo expended for the Improvements. Ihore was recently filed iv Now York tho certificate of the birth of Joauncttc Flecker, who was tho 23th child of her father, David Flockor, who is 73 years old, ami has been married twice, and the ninth child of her mother, Mrs Jeannetto Flocker, who is -ill years old. Ten years ago tho superintendent of an lowa railroad booted a tramp out of his office for having the check to ask for a pass. To-day that tramp is the superintendent of that same road, while the rotin that lifted him on his boot keeps a restaurant and sends him over lunches.—Detroit Free Pross. The full programme of the musical performances in connection with tho Paris Exhibition is pronounced to bo disappointing. In addition to two concerts of Russian ramie thiro will be two by v <hoir from Christiana, and four by a Spanish orchestra from Madrid. England and Germany will be unrepresented. In Great Britain theiv are many mure widows than widowers—the latter numbering i>89.641, tho former l,JiO,(;8l, nr a majority of 821,010. Moreover, of Ihesi , a very large proportion are yminif widows. England aud Wnlcs having .V2,01!> widows under the ago of 2").

Californiiin fruit cun&erg Imvts discovered that peach mones bum as well aa tho bo.»t coal, und give out more hunt in proportion to ■Weight. At tho prenent time tho stones taken out of tho fruit tlmt is tinned or dried aro collected, imd Nell at the rate of 2-ls per ton. Apricit stoiiew alw burn, but not so welt as peach, and do not command no good a price. Thrio jouniiils, describing ulinOAt tlm whole of Inn political life, Juivo been discovered, tin; It«li;tn papers t>ny, nrnong the papers of Signer Dopretis. They have been placed in the lumde of v deputy, who will decide whether they cm be published without injury to the intercuts of Italy, f.'ne journal ia described us of surpassing interest with regard to comparatively recent political evente. 3f. MußHcnetVnL".vopcra"E.soliirinondo " •was recently produced at the Puris Opera Comique. Tho plot is fantastic, with n j strong admixture of the supernatural element, and the music is said to bo in tho stylo of grand opera, resembling that of the sumo composorV " Le Itoi de Lahore." Tho title role was sustained by Miss Sibyl Sanderson, a young singer from California, who has ft wonderful range of voice extending to G in alt.

JYunohetti, tho Italian composer, has tho advantage of being the son of a banker who is as gontrous as ho is rich, and probably but for bin aid tho "Azratl" of his t-on ■would never have boon brought out, much lees performed in the magnificent style in which it has been. It, is said* that " Azrael " is to be produced by Mr. Mapleeon at Her MajestyV Theatre, London, Tamagno, the tenor who appeared in the opera in Italy, was paid £320 a night. Aβ sampler of unique musical criticism in America, tho following may bo quoted : — "The glorious Patti got there last night ■with both, fefat." This, it may be presumed, is intended to give the information that the singer made a great success. Concerning a lady pianist:—" Summer night or stately ewan is not more restful to look upon, yet her fingers play like swift wind about a flower." Dr. yon Billow indulged in a delicious bit of satire, by way of a parting gift to tho United States. It hcohir that oiin of the critics, in bis notice of the doctor's recitals, devoted lohr spnee to the music than t,o it lively description of tho opera-hat which is the groat pknist'.H inseparable companion on the concert platform. So Dr. yon Bfllow made his headgear into a parcel, and despatched it to tho editor, with h polito note l.h>it as his critic seemed to know more about opera-hatH than about Beethoven, ho might like to keep tho thing as a souvenir.

According to tho hotel clerks, strangero in the city j;o to clturch for various reasons. *' Which is the newest church i " is a question frequently asked. And " Whore will I bear tho best music?" is asked quite as often as "Who is tho best preacher ?" to learn the characteristics of the preacher ; and they ply tho clerk with mich questions as " la he flowery V " Is ho sensational ? " " Is ho old or now stylo ? " Women ;irc also deeply ititorcwted in tho question whether Or not a church is fashionable, and a majority of them, perhaps, will malco their choice on that (rround ulone. One clerk tells of a lady who came to him tho other day and fninkly told him that sho wanted to go to tho church where she would be likely to see the greatest number of stylish bonnets and gowiu.— N.Y. Tribune.

Sir Arthur Sullivan beini» unable to carry out his promise to present a new work for production at tlio Leeds Festival in October, tho managing committee has accepted a cantata for soprano and tenor soloists, chorus, and oruLestiM by Professor Villiors Stamford. The work is babed upon an Irish legend of tho eighth century, and is sot to the text of tho Poet Laureate's "Voyage of Maeldune." Tho following ate to bo tho principal vocalists at the festival: —Sopranos—Madame AJbani, Madame Vnllerin, Mim M'lntyre, and Mica Fillunger; eoafiaito.s— Mibn Hilda Wilson and Miss Diiinir.n ; tenors—Mr Edward Llojd, Mr Iver M'Kay, mid Mr Henry Piercy; bussw—Mr \Vatkin Mills, Mr Brcrton, I'i'rl Mr Barriiiglon Footo. Senor Sarasate will tho violin solui.st at two concerts, Mr Camillas will lead the orehesti-H (Englishmen alinc-t to an individual), and Sir Arthur Suliiv.'m will conduct.

Waldemar Meyer's houso and told the servant that he was sent to fetch that gentleman's thousand-pound Stradivarius, but it happened to be locked up. On another, he drove in a cab to tho residence of Mr. •, W. G. Cusins, and said that, as Mr. Cusins had been called upon to attend a rahearsal suddenly, ho wished his violin brought to him. Tho servant-maid had the sense to say that she would herself take tho violin, and'tho disappointed thief took a sudden departure. He is possibly tho same scamp who occasionally goes to the house of some professional vocalist, telling the servant that bur master has an unexpected engagement, and has sent him for his evening divas-suit. Iho thief is a humorist in his way : for some time ago, after obtaining a suit ot clothes from the home of a well-kuowu singer, he wrote :i polito letter saying that they were too worn for any pawnbroker to tako them in pledge, and consequently thoy had been left at a certain railway station till called ! for. The artist, though deeply wounded in pride, duly recovered his property.