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Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1779, 15 September 1874, Page 3

4 .ABOUT THOSE APPLES. A f.w days a^o we published a short j article from the South Australian Advertiser with tho above title. It gave some ingenious " calculations" of tlio number of apples consumed by our first parents. A correspondent of the Ballarafc Star has gone a bit further —has put the cap on the others, we think. The correspondent, writing from Creswick, and signing himself " C.8.," says : —I have just accidentally come across your issue of Thursday last, and have been greatly interested in ah extract from the South Australian Advertiser, concerning the number of apples from the forbidden tree which were consumed by A dam and Eve. The editor of the South Australian Advertiser makes the total number 820,364, and he has got nearer the mark than any of the others. But, from calculations that I have just been making, I have discovered that he, too, is incorrect. It has been taken for granted, that when Eve tempted Adam it was the first time she had been at that apple tree. It is a great error, as I will clearly prove. Eve be-48124-taste of the knowledge of good and evil spoken of by the serpent. Thus it will be seen that Eve alone ate 48,124. Various motives are ascribed to Adam for taking the " lion's share" of the fruit; but they all are wrong, I will now give his true reasons which, to any unprejudiced individual will be conclusive. Eve did not make a secret of her first folly, but frankly confessed to her " better half" what she had done. Adam, when lie heard her statement, was, to use a vulgar phrase, " knocked into a cocked hat." He could not sleep a wink chat night (although there were no fleas in those days), but, unlike many of his male descendants of the present day, he determined to bear part of Eve's burden of woe and partake . of the apples. So Adam, early next morning, be-4681210der his lore to Eve, to palliate and to share the penalty of her sin of disobedience. It will therefore be I seen that the total number of apples con- I sumed by Adam and Eve were 4,729,334.

1.0.0. F., M.U.,A.D. LOYAL WAIKATcTIODGE, -No. 5444 mHE regular Fortnightly MEETING of L the above Lodge -will be held at the Odd Fellows' Hal], Richmond-street, Shortland, THIS (Tuesday) EVENING-, the 15th September, at 7.30 p.m. Chabkes Ahieb, Secretary. A. O. F. COUET PBIDE OF PAENELL, 4409. -T^^^l^^fe. np^^ regular Fortnightly tiwll-'^^^^P -I- (ari(i special summoned) w|ip|ij[flP<Sta MEETING- of the above J^^^^^ffigf Court will be held in the I MwSWr^ i Masonio Hall, Queen street, M^»^¥i^o Q-rahainstown, on 'THURSDAY EVENING-, September 17, at 7:30 o'clock p.m. Ceas. Ahieb, Secretary A CADEMY OF MUSIC—THIS (TuesXJI. day) EVENING-, 15th Jfcpt ember. Grarad Chango of Programme. PEKFEOTrOHf; or, The Maid ofMunster. Kate O'Brien (with forip;), Mi's Maggie Knight; Sir Lawrence Puragon, Johnny Crourtay. Rest of (he characters by the c inpany. Miss Maggie Knight in New Song-Dances. Johnny Goui-lay in a new Sluiksperinn senna, Othello. L. Booth in new Loc>K Ned M»<oi in new Negro Specialities. Miss Maggie Knig'itand Mr Ned Mason in a new Double Hong and Dance.( First time of The Laddkb of ITame. Full particulars in. day bill. To-morrow, Complimentary Bmnfit to Miss Aluggio Knight. Tiio Japanese Dwarf (2ft 6-Jin in height) wilt shortly appear.—Admission : — Front Scuts, 3s j Upper Circle, 2s ; Pit, Is. a 7501 TUESDAY, 22nd~ SKPTKMBBE, At 12 o'clock. VALUABLE GROSHING- PLANT, ENGINE, BOTLEE, &c. TAMES G E A I G has been favored with instructions from the Directors of the Shotover No. 1 Goldmining Company to sell by Public Auction, at the Company's Mine, Uuranui Creelc, Grahamstown, on above date, all their Valuable Plant, consisting of— 12-STAMPER BATTERY, complete ] Pair Horizontal Engines, 16 hp. nominal 1 Cornish 80-ler 15-6 x 4-3 400 ftct 8-inch Piping, with door pieces, plunger pile and ban-el, stuffing, box, &c. 1 La;"g3 Avery's Weighing Machine. 1 „ ' Set Gold Scales Buttery and Engine House, and a quantity of material as per inventory to bo scon at the office of tho Auctioneer, Albert-street. Terms Cueli. ■ R' ANTED— \ SERVANT—AppIy Mrs. VV AiiCHir, Parawai. tc748.6 FOR SALE—TWO HORSES, Staunch in Light and Heavy Harness.—Apply AJjSX. Piiixxips, Bboriland. b7492 mENDERS -will be received td Noon of X WEDNESDAY, September 16th, for DRIVING- in Dixon's No. 1 mine. Plans and Specifications to be seen at tho Office pf the urc'cr.'igned, where all tenders, must be addrcsßerl. ' . W. O. WfiiGHtr A. Batidok, b7490 Mining Surveyors. EVERY variety of Label for Soda-water Mnnufiicturers, in letterpress. Superior .dcßigngiu lithograph, at the EvBNTiSCi Sixth OlSpe.