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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 7, 14 November 1890, Page 20

Mesers Himon Brothers, George street. Dunedin, announce the arrival ff large bhipments of their excellent boots and shoes. All iequir< ments are provided for at moderate pricep. Residents in the country distric 8 will no doubt be pleased to learn that tbey are about to receive a visit from Messrs. Frank Armstrong and T. J. Collins, both of them very capable and skilful members of the dentist's profession. Particu ars of the tour will be found elsewhere. The French army manoeuvres opened on Sunday, Augmt 31, in the north of France. Smokeless pow^ er was used in the firing The smoke was nearly invisible. The detonation was as lou las that mace by ihe old kind of powder, and was sharper and barsher. The Dublin gallery boys have long been r.o'ed for their ready pungent wit, and despite the depressing influence of a recent visit from ote of those creeping leprechauns that St. Patrick banished, the characteristic is still iv evidence. Miss Belle Bilton or Lady Dnnlo, of whom our papers have bad too much to say recently, appeared as "Venus" on the Dublin stage. The disguise was a thin one. A donkey— real, live, and foui footed — plays an important part, and on his first appearance a voice in ihe gallery brought dowi the bouse by crying out, " Three cheers for Lord Dualo " — Sydney Freeman. In his lett°r of mvitntion to the Anti-Slavery Congress, Cardinal Lavigerirf repeats that he has great hopa from the competition of authors for the £800 prize for h popular book on the slave-trade. A mere novel — " Uncle Tom's Cabin "—says the Cardinal, decided for ever the suppression of American slavery. The Congress has been hur/iei on. It will meet on September 22 instead of October 15. V