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Thames Star, Volume III, Issue 1660, 25 April 1874, Page 2

'■' A OHBMist at Fittroy (Melbourne) of the namft of Constant Brpyer, has. been obm> mitted for trial tor manslaughter in attending as « medical adviser on a woman>ho died ef peritonitis. ■V;- (V V."',^. : .".'■.:''■'.''■'':.'. ■, ■"■'.'/.. .•''"' ,\...

The reporter of a Nashville paper, who, mentioning a young lady's decease, touchingly alluded to her as •' one of the brightest jewels^ that ever glittered in the diadeni of.an earthly home ; one of the purest. stars that ever,gleamed upon the frontlet, of jsur social sky; one ; of the sweetest flowers that ever bloomed in the garden of earliest association," has had his salary increased to four dollars a month, half cash r and the balance in cut-wood. , joshßillingi says V" There is but phW things on the face of the earth more worthless than a poodle, and yet I am glad that there is .poodles, for if there was nol« there some ipeSple/who- wbuidn-t' have any object in livings and have nothing|toluv.'* v . c i:. :

'ihe following: :is « colored advertisemant, put down verbatim by the publisher's e!ei?k :—J had lost a parisol in gwme home; from -M ibawl todder night, WflO-. somebber find the same is ticklaily quested] to leab him at dis office and pay for disladi^iis^entwwlliiiaji Gole;" i /j r,,-

'f Histbionic " Thent.—The manager of the Prince of Wales Theatre, Liverpool, not'finding in the town sufficient goodlooking singing;ladieß for his Christinas entertainment, had recourse to an advertisement in the London Era. \He received nearly 300 replies, some of which are Worthy of notice*; as tending to show that the! stage has yet attractions, for'all classes. Th? head chambermaid at one of the' county hotels writes to be talcen on,!' as she; is- full of "histrionic''talent" and afipe figure. A lady of title, with £7000 a yjear in her own right'would-like to join, if she can bring her own maid, and rely on her incognita being kept. Would buy her! own dresses. A yojirig lady from Tauntonj, feeling that she has the "germof something great in her,' 1 regrets not having a photograph, to 'send, 1 but encloses a yard of auburn hair, and one of her old boots, to prote that her Jeejt ,ar,e' unusually small forlher;age. :'■ -' I'laundry maid l considered nice-looking, would like to join at once ; is o!f a cheerful disposition, andwould willinglymake: herself useful in the day, time, or attend to a dairy. "vi! ;: i;

A Jewish Joke.—Among the regulations for the members of the congregation of orthodox Jews in Vienna, is one, strictly enforced, that any member who fails in^business must take the last seat in the house of worship, and occupy the same until declared solvent by his creditors,* when' he may resume his own seat a^ain. One of the first victims of the great Vienna crash was a member of the congregation, who, very reluctantly, but in jcoworniity with the rule, took the bankrupt's seat. A friend entering the synagogue a fortnight after, and finding him in the front row of pews, briskly stepped up to him and, 'extending his hand, said, "Mr, Meyer, let me congratulate you; I see you are solvent again." " Solvent again," replied Mr. Meyer, smiling bitterly; "you are miltaken ; but so many went down after me thatlhadtomoYeup.*', . , „ ,

SUPPOSED CROSS BETWEEN A

KIWI AND A DOMESTIC FOWL.

Yesterday we inspected some fowls, which had all the appearance of%eing hybrids. They consist of a cock and two hens, and have been obtained by Mr. Hood from different places north of the Waitara. There is no marked peculiarity about the heads of ,tho birds, except that they have small, sleepy eyes. All three have wings, but which are so small as to be usele?s for .even the short. est flight. One of the hens, is nearly Apteryx; the form of it being quite so. The plumage of the whole of the fowls strongly resembles that of the kiwi; conBisting, as it does, of long, lanceolate hairMe feathers, of a brownish color. Mr. Hood informs usithat the Maories aisert that the kiwi breeds freely with the domestic fowl; and a native boy told him that he more than once saw a kiwi pock with the hens in the long fern, morning s?' *¥%*%> ne*r Tupwi. There are three different kinds of these hybrids north of the Waitara, in situations most likely to afford opportunities for. the kiwi joining the fowls near the Bush. At the time of the massacre of Mr. Gascoieue E^i^ a ifc *¥ W^ ite Cliff *' ifc i» »«d that the fowls about Pukaaruhe went into the bush, and the Maories may hare caught the hens,, which had .become accustomed to the companionship of the Apteryx so common in the neighbour* hood. Mr. Hood says he has not had an opportunity of noticing whether the cock crows, nor has he been able to ascertain whether the eggs from which they were hatched were larger than usual. It is his intention, we believe, to forward the birds to Professor Owen.—Taranaki Herald.