The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1874.

Thames Star, Volume IIII, Issue 1704, 19 June 1874, Page 2

The Evening Star. PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1874.

Apbopos of oath-taking the Melbourne correspondent of the. Ballarat Star, in a recent, issue, tajs-.—An iimueing circumstance occurred to-day during the process of Bwcaring in the new. members. Gentlemen of the Hebrew persuasion take the oath, it it well known, not. precisely after the fashion of Christians, but Mr Cohen gave it to>day a new rendering.■ He placed the book on the top of his head and kissed the crown of his hat. The hoD. gcntltmen seemed-to be quite obliVioui of the matter, and is n© doubt, quite as conscience-bound as though his lips had come in contact with Mosaic paper instead ef gossamer.

Th« Academy of 14th February, 1874, says:—" We are informed that a number of persons at .Zurich have entered intoLa com-• pact to make such provisions as lie within their own power, to secure that their bodies .•hall, after death, be burnt, and not buried in the ordinary manner. This id«a of cremation in opposition to burial is engaging the attention of professional and scientific men in other parts of the Continent. At Leipsic, Dr Beclam has made it the subject of a special address, in which he minutely de; scribed: the .'process by which, through the agency of excessive heat, and by means of chemical agtnts, human remains may, in the course of twenty minutes, or less, be reduced to a handful of snowy white ashes, which may either be enclosed within a rmall urn for. preservation, or be -scattered abroad over the ground." - ••;-:■•-.■

'The expariment of employing ladies in the Post-office and Telggraph Department has (•ays the Ago) been attended with Very fortunate results. Wot only have the G-evern-meat been able to afford many deserving women the opportunity of earning a respectable maintenance for themselves and families dependant upon them, but a considerable saving has been.effected. In every rase where a post and. telegraph mistress has been appointed :tb take charge of a station, she receives a much smaller salary than would have been given to a male official; and telegraph-offices have been- opened at several; places, such as Eirrtgurra, Winchelsea, and Brighton, where the amount of business would not -have justified, the appointmant of a telegraph-master.

The weather last night was, if possible, Tforflo than its predecessor, rain falling in torrents, but that did not in the least affect the attendance of viiitprs to/witn«ss the performance of the Smith Combination Troupe, the Theatre being comfortably filled. The performance was splendidly carried out;" and most heartly' applause"was given by the audience. Some of the delineations of character giren fairly convulsed the spsctatiors wifeh laughter. Mr St. Vincent an d Miss Mon • tebello were more amuaiug than ever, the lady's dress and make-up as one of the stern sex was admirable. The De Castro. family introduced several new features in their part of 'the entertainment, the children showing to advantage. -Mr Airec on the trapez seemed to be as comfortable standing on one leg on his swing as he would be .sitting on a chair. By'desire Mr St. Tiricent gave his local song of "The Goriiorv" Mr: Val Vqse with his talking hand astonished the audience by his veritriloquii.l powers^ " : - "

Tub Weetern Star is a peculiar paper., In its i6sue of the 23rd ult. tboro appeared the following advertisement:—" Wanted, a Wife. Pleasing manners preferred to orood looks. Must bo accomplished, nnd nfc the same time, able to do house-work. Address, W. Ay, Postoffice, B,ivert°n > .enclosing carte-de-visite and address" The successful remit of this advertisement may be gleaned fronv^an extraordinary announcement published in the siine paper on 30th ult.:—" Public Wotice.—Our Editor having, in a fit of mental aberration, committed matrimony, this issue is rather weak. What effect on the future of Southland this will have remains to be proxed. — Th« Printer."

Tut Sydney Empire reports fch*fc; "on the 15th instant John Ward, a butcher, living in Crown-street, Wooloomooloo, the husband of the victim of M'Orow, who was executed ; somo months since for her murder, committed 1 suicidt by hanging himself to one of the i rafters of a room at the back of his shop. On the afternoon of the loth, Ward, who ' seemed in his usual spirits, told his two children, a boy and girl, aged respectively ten •and nine yean, to go out and plaj foivan hour. They stayed away about that time, 'and on their return found thoir father suspended by, a rope from the. ceiling of a back skillion^ "Whenfound,.he was quite deal; the rope was not tight round his neck, which was, however,, completely broken. A stool, lay upon the ground upon its side, and on thii k soap case was placed, to, as to serve him for a stage. He had then passed a piece of thin Manilla rope, not much thicker than bed cord, round one of the battens that support the shingled roof, andswnng himself off. When found suspended, his feet were about a foot from the case; The only relative, besides his children, Wai d had in Sydney was his late unfortunate wife's sister, and to her the children were sent. Mr. Hart states that since his wife's death Ward has not apparently been depressed, nor has he behaved in any that, would lead one to suppose he con •: tcmplated tho rash deed. Of the three adult members of| Ward's household a few months since, one was murdered, the second died on the gallowgj and the ; third committed suicide. It is reported that Ward was lately beard to »ay that he would make away with kimself." . "