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A MIRACLE. • . A zealous but ignorant negro preacher, in expanding tohib flock the astounds nature of miracles, got a trifle confused in the matter, *Hb said— :• " My beloved friends, the greatest of _?iniraoles was _bout de loavej and Dere was five thousand loaves and two. thousand . 6ahea,. and the. twelve .pomes bad tri eat em all, and de miracle waey didn't bust I" ' miscellaneous. The payment received by Lord BeiconsGeld for "Endymion" (£10,000) was; equal ta £lO per page, or nearly 2s perwnrd ' the original of Tom Brown. Itls said thiit the greatest of George Sand s works were written with hardly an erasure. It ia said that an unpublished play by Goethe has been discovered by Professor Arudt. No particulars have yet been given; Mr§. O. Hall has retired from the editorship of tho Art Journal, which he commenced forty-two years ago. The Academy Btales that °a selection fram Mr J G. Whitter's poems has just been rendered into Portuguese by the Emperor of Brazil. Russian translations of Banyan's " Pilgrim's Progress" and " Holy War" are to be puhlishod shortly, along with the illußtrations which appear in Messrs Cassell'a edition. Mr Anthony Trollope has just com- '' pleted a new novel under the title of Ayala a Angel," which will appear in the first instance in several provincal newspapers. ".' Mr Millais returns his income to the Commissioner at seven thousand pounds per annum, A rare collection of engravings of Old Glasgow has been found in the library of Bothwell. Castle, and Lord Dunglass has permitted them to be reproduced. Mr Holtnan Hunt's picture, "The Shadow of the Cross," is now being exhibited at Now York, in a gallery arranged fat its reception. The Society of Arts in London has put commemorative tablets on houses once occupied-by Dryden, Reynolds, Dr Johnson, Byron, and Faraday, and is to put up others, among them one on the house of Dickens. A large painting on the subject of the J' Last .Supper" has just been completed by Mr E, Goodtvyn Lewis. The artist spent some time in the Holy Land preparing for this work, which.has taken four years to execute, Two men have got three years and bard labor for garotting at Maryborough, Victo ii, The Swiss nation has, by a plebiscite, rejected the proposed revision »f the Fedpn.l Constitution by-a-maiont? of two-thirds. .; . In Brigham Young's diary, just published, he says he looks hack to the year 18a7 with grateful emotion. He was only married four times that year. Kemtniscenceb o* vt RULimwiN.—ln tha year 1840 & wortiiy citizen pioaaed his w.ty with some difßculty through turn ami ti-treo to Te Aro Flat baing in search of the snr. veyr's opeg which had been driven in at the corner of what is now. Cuba and Dixon streets, Upon this spot was erected a small house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by two ladies of remarkable talent nnd energy, who have long since retired from the scene to the land of their birth—"Land o* the mountain and the flood, Land of brown heath and shaggy wood. In the year 186G it passed into the hands of Mb Jahkß Surra, the present proprietor, who gave to the premises the appropriate name of Te Aro House, and under whose management business has steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city, until at length it was found that a considerable enlargement was necessary, and the result.was, Te Aro House, as at present, ofieof'the most complete and Extensive Drapery Establishments in the colony oi New Zealand. The General Drapery occupies a large space, being 49 feet by 25 feet, amply sufficient for all Manchester goods, Fancy Dresses,. Silks, Gloves, 'Hosier}', Ribbons, Laces, Ac, The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Dopartment measures 24 feet by 14 feot, and has attached a comfortable fltting-room. Carpets and Household furnishings have a similar space allotted to thorn. The Show-room for the sale of Mil linery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, &c,, ii a very spacious apartment, elegantly fitter up, and beautifully lighted from thelroof and measnros 39 feet by 22 feet. The stocl of goods is at all times largo and we) selected, and patterns are forwarded pos free on application. A special feature a Te Aro House is the Order Department, am very careful attention is paid to the want of Country Residontß. Allordoraara execute under the immediate supervision of the pro prietor. and securely packed and forwardei to their destination with' that prompmes and despatch .which, have always distil guished Te Aro House, Cuba-street, Welliuj On.-fADVT.I

iNTED.-To Buy 1400 SHIiEP, h* \Y ewes and 1ml! wethers-2, 4, a 6-tooth, in lots of not less than 250. App C, Cockburn Hood, or Box 6S, Mastertc Post'Offlce. " ■ . 61 ■'"» 'Of TO '&'.'■ MASTERTON PUBLIC LIBRARY. no,w will be received by the oust dim. *, , BED. W. HALES, 689 Secretary. IJASTERTON. RABBIT ■ DMRIC KOTICE TO LANDOWNERS. The Landowners' List for the yea' 1831 is deposited for inspection at the Highway Board Office, Masterton, Copies of the same F. and C. Minchin, Alfrcdton, and Mr F. Jagerhorn, Maxiricevillo. , The Trustees have appointed SATURU\Y, the 19th of February, at Jl a.m., at the Counoy Offices, Masterton, as the day and place on and at which they will sit to ''ear objections to and finally complete such "int. ■'...... By order of.the Trustees, ■....'■'..■'■ F, G.MOORE, .'Secretary. :'M|9Wrtoai February 7th, 1881.' .; 686