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QUEER rfiinHs III MAURf LAND.
sn,okiux Mo"%pis,ns. Boiiini;x sSriuss
Mud Volcanoes.
[san Francisco Bulletin

Visiting innumerable springs, we passed
the base Of mountain about onethird mile
long and 800 feet high, the side of which
was honeycombed with smoking aud steam
ing openings So close together and the crust
50 thin that even the Maoris dare not ven
ture to climb the hillside. Leaving this re-
markable place, which Is suggestive of q
traditional region where unquiet spirits are
remanded, We passed a cave, the entrance 10
which was formed by two large stone posts
and heavy stone cap, ard the interior walled
up sitnilatlyi II was quite small and very
pleasantly warm, and Is said to have been
the birthplace Of some distinguished Maori
chief.
One of the features Of these remark able
springs and geysprs was q boiling spring
about eight feet in diameter in rock recess,
which seemed iudisposed to perform While
We were there, but after several false alarms
and waiting about twenty minutes, IL burst
forth with volume of boiling water several
feet In diameter -throwing itself fifteen TO
twenty feet In the air-making us, anxious
| walters, beat hasty retreat into the brush
ont Of harms way. Thence descending the
Hill TO sort Of mud Nat, We came into the
Valley of RotokanapaDaph, u region of mud
volcanoes, active aud dead, presenting de
ploraIle appearance Of irrtated dry and wet
mud ard dirt in all fOrms. There was the
same gurEling, vomiting. and spcwing tina.
We saw III s0doih and donorfah.
| One of these MUD volcanoes, Ts Huka,
spews forth a vety plastic and fine paste.
which the natives eat aui enjoy. 1t tastes
like -four paste very slightly sweetened.
did not like it, aud doubt II it is fattening.
We were by this time quite hungry, but the
edible mud did not tempt Us, aud We moved
on to the margin of Lake Rotomahana where
lunch was waiting US. The Maoris had
cooked potatoes and fresh alter crabHsh fol
us in the stream of the boiling springs, GOV.
ering the opening with CROSS sticks, placing
the pot etc., on those aud covering the
whole with grass, which sufficiently confne:
the steam. 1 sat down on Nat stone, and
enjoying my lunch and the surroundings,
gave myself up to the quiet pleasure of til.
occasion, when l felt an increasing warmth
where I was sitting, aud suddenly had &c
spring from my seat, an unexpected burst o
steam from under the rock giving me tn.
hint to leave. Lunch finished, we stepped
into canoe Of the fmsiest kind. The party
consisted of ten whites aud natives. All bu
the paddlers squatted down in the bottom o.
the canoe, aud brought the edge almost IL
the level with the water.
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Ecn,lI,.x a. Lo.w Branch.
lphllaaelphIA Press Long Ilraneh Leller.

lfhhuuclphih fTssh Long brahch Letter.
Nine. Victoria Notwithstanding aud her
coachman husband stopped TO take dinner
aud q drive. They came on one Of the OK
cursion boats. She was very tastefully
dressed, but her husband had on frock
coat aud a pair Of light trousers that he must
have bought in Chatham street. The coat
could have gone halfway round him again,
aud thu trousers bagged frightfully at the
knees. They didn't register at the hotel,
but their presence In the dining room soon
became known. She has been singing at
the Casino 80 long that her features are now
familiar to every one. There il u story 60
ing about that Mrs. Schilling 10 getting
awfully tired Of the life she is leading, and
that tho possibility Of q separation and y
return to a parental home Is not 80 remote
as il was before the destinations OF the foot
lights had become the irksome necessities OF
the life abe had chosen. The story, as Il
was told and retold here yesterday, is that
her father has consented TO take her abroad
for several years II she will agree to out.
grow her affection for his late coachman and
blot him from her memory forever.
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fected yesterday, had evaporated, and his
handsome figure was as nervously alert as
an Indians. lie wore close fitting jersey
OF q splendid golden yellow, and white
corduroys with high soft leather boots. A
square polo cap Of ye,,..ow silk was infinitely
more becoming than the "Ane w,..ttte straw,
ard his. round sun burned neck, from wh,o.,
NE Lergey wfs libefslly tufned away, Vas A
decided Improvement, on hid high linen col
lar. The wooden iIdllct With which he
whacked and thumped the ball, 1hfsh a,
thai moment was tossed into the midst o.
the square, WAS q much more effective
weapon than tho light cane he had twisted
so persistently in his hand the day before.
There was q scrimmage Of horse, men, aud
fhsffets for few moments, and then out
rides our exquisite befofc all the rest, fol-
loving the ball, which, with Succession Of
stAstt Strokes. he. sends home 10 the goal,
thus scoriiIs HE FIRST ssms for the yellows.
Between the games he tidss 10 beside our
carriage and speaks TO us; he is flushed sha
his eyes are very bright. l admire his
pony; he strokes the creatures neck and
admits that he is "nice little BRUTE"
"You look as II you enjoyed this" say,
for want of something better.
well, rather" he laughs, forgetting his
drawl, forgetting 10 be bored, forgetting that
he Ia a dude at Newport, speaking to lady
saying, lawfully afraid Of you Bostonians;
all 30 dreadfully clever-know Greek and
all that sort Of thing
compliment him on his good playing;
he looks as pleased as a child, and says he
is not In very good practice yet. "They
are g1ins to begin now" he adds; good
bye"
And turning his potft, the two gallop of
with the motion Of centaur, 50 perfect is
the understanding between the horse and
the rider His existence, some people may
claim, Is not very useful, but this Ia great
mistake. He Is very kind, has a good heart,
is the idol Of his mother and elder sisters,
whose chief occupation In life he Is. He
does not drink; he smokes only In modera-
tion and the very best tobacco: he never
talks scandal, and the gossip he tells you is
Of an inhocuous description, amusing enough
and doing nobody any harm. Why should
this handsome, rich, CHEEKY young fellow
(more than 10 gamble at iDi Why should
he bother his head about Plato or Herbert
Spenceri His manners are exquisite, his
dancing Is like faun's, he is pretty and
sweet and amiable, and can ask nothing
more of him; nor would have him changed
in any particular. No one, save some en-
Filtered grub, grumbles at the female of the
human butterfly species, and thereby enter
a claim for the male butterfly, with his gay
summer raiment, which is really this year
approaching the picturesque. He improves
the landscape, lie embellishes the drawing
room, he adds charm TO art and to Nature,
and IL he could only stay just where be is
now, he would be joy forever; but a dec.
ade hence. shall meet him here again, and
shall | find him like the other old butterflies
who futter about the Casinoi The thought
is too painful for this perfect summer day;
let us pursue IL no farther.
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More Practical Schools.

Now that the long vacation Of the schools
has fairly begun, 1t would be a good time for
teachers aud all others connected with their
management TO consider whether In the com
ing year they cannot make some improve
ments of great benefit. To say nothing of
introducing manual training or any kind OF
industrial education into the curriculum, is
there not still grand chance TO increase
the practical element In our schools Are
there mot many changes which might be
made which would result In better fitting
the youth of the land for active service in
every day life 7 With all their modern inn.
proyements, II does seem as IL our schools do
not turn out as practical graduates, gradu-
ates SO well fitted to cope with the actual
facts OF existence, us the old fashioned dis
trict schools, with their short terms, used to
do. The reason of II appears to lie IN the
fact that more attention has for a few years
past been given to perfecting u system OF
education, TO adapting the whole course 30
as to preserve the equilibrium of that sys-
tenn, than to stimulating and strengthening
free and vigorous thought among the pupils.
The children are all pressed in the same
mold. Teacher as we'll as pupil Is hampered
with the requirements Of the system. There
is a tendency to make a fine parrot of a
child, Instead of thinking, reasoning boy
or girl. The children are stuffed with facts
aud rules. More time should be spent upon
the why's and whersfores and less upon
mere assertions and statistics. II this inter.
feros with the balance Of the system, 81
much the worse for IT,.
II certainly shonld he the province of the
schools to give such training rs will develop
robust, reasoning, sensible minds. Any
business man who wishes to employ boy
or girl would give far more for one who car
furnish reasons for tho various processes lit
has mastered, even II they be few in mum
Der, than for another who can repeat every
rule In his arithmetic and give the date o
every change in the Carlovipgian dynasty
but who has no more appreciation of thu
practical side OF life than has the chair OF
which he sits. The common sense, tn,
mother wit OF children, can be cultivated a
we'll as their other senses can DO trained
Aud II ought to be. We commend this mat
ter TO the consideration OF all connected will
our schools.
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[san Francisco Post.l

Isan Francisco Posil
Mark Twain and Dan De Guile roomed to :
gether in early Comstock days. One morn.
ing Dan missed his boots, and after a vain
search he suspiciously inquired of Mark,
who was lying in bed lazily smoking a clay
pipe: mark, can't find my boots; do you
know anything about them p
"Your bootsf" complacently replied Mark.
"weli, yes; threw them at that blasted
cat that was yawlipg around the house last
night"
"Threw my boots al the cat!" howled Dan,
in rage. "Why in h didn't you
throw your own boots 7"
"Dan, said Mark, after a reflective puff
or two-"Dan, if there is anything hate 1t
ia a selfish man. have observed Of late
that you are growing selfish. What differ
ence does II make whose boots were thrown
at that cat Z"
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YOUTH AND AGE.
YOUTH.

when am old, these hills that bound
Ny ne Within their marrow round
viii 10 the threshold Oh the door
That leads 10 Freedom aud TO Fame,
And the wide world beyond no more
An idle dream, an empty name;
But I, from cares and troubles free,
lite glorics and It's Joys shall see.
The summer isles Of Southern seas;
Great battles, glorious victories;
The boundless prairies OF the West,
Where red men hunt the BUFFALO,;
Whatever faIrcst gifts AMI best
--"~ hollow
The gods have gwen " ,av.-..
These, heart Of mine, these shall we SEQ
In tho brave days that are TO be.
AaH.
NhHn was voting this iiartdw round
~ RUS q eloflods world did boiind;
iiete, on, the aulet valley Hoor,
dtcaifcd "a fteetoiii md OF Fame,
Ere vet learned they wcte no more
Tlian d vain drcain, an empty name;
III that glad CARELESS long ago,
fhc happy hours seemed oil too Glow.
iSeys been WRECKED lpi stormy seas;
t'ql mine iifS,s sloflo9s Victories;
doie the bright spell Oh toyhood cast
No more along the primrose way
wander, for my paths have passed
-, no this sad world OF every day.
An, hcurt Of mine, no more we know
The DAYS aud dreams Of long ago.
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2rppasals.
TT S. NAVY PAY OFFICE,
~ AGIliEuTnE IN

I 7 y. NdN It II VTTTNfsI - -
W WAsuIsGToS, ID. e., July II, 1850.
SEALED PROPOSALS, In duplicate, indorsed
"Ir0pOsds FOR ICE," Will be received at this ONCE
until noon, August II, 1856. for supplies OF zee 10 DO
delivered TO departments OF the Navy Yard, wash,
ingion, ID. g., subject TO the usual Inspection anu
conditions, aud free Of all expense To the Govern
ment. blank forms for proposals and schedules
giving details, 10 be had AZ this olllce.
THOMAS II. LOCKER,
Pay Director, u. S. g., Navy Pay Agent.
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PROPOSALS FOR ELECTRIC CABLES.

WASHINGTON, ID. o., July ~, issd.
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing and deliv-
ering about $500 feet OF leacovered Electric Wire
Cables for the Building for state, War, aud Navy
Departments In this city, will be received at this
oflce until ~ NJ. on WEDNESDAY, the nth day OF
August, lSs6 and opened immediately thereafter IN
presence OF bidders.
Specifications, general instructions TO bidders, aud
blank forms of proposal will be furnished to estab-
lished manufacturers and dealers on application to
this onira. THOMAS LINCOLN CASEY,
aul-2iG Colonel Corps Of Engineers.
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NAVY DEPARTMENT.,

nv
IN BUREAU of MEDICINE AND SURGERY,
WASHINGTON, July 20, 1856,
SEALED PROPOSALS, iudorsed "l'roposal for
Repair OF Iron Fence NIL be received AT tue Ill.,
reau Of Medicine aud surgery, Navy Department,
Washington, untl MONDAY, August ~, iSsG, at II
A. NJ, when they VIII be publicly opened, for Repair
OF Iron Fence al Naval Hospital, Washington, D. q.
Blank proposals., with specifications, aud all neees-
sary ufoi nation, can be obtained from the medical
ofcer IN charge OF the hospital
The right ia reserved 10 reject any or all bids
F. NJ. GuNNEl.L,
aul-4l6 Chief OF Bureau.
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PROPOSALS FOR cAsrIRoN PLATES.


WAsuISGroS, ID. O., July 80, 1886.
SEALED PROPOSALS for furnishing, deliver
ing, aud lifting Ia place tho Cast Iron Trench Plates
required Ia the door OF the subhasenent Of the west
and centre wings of the Building for state. War. aud
Navy Departments, IN this city Will he received AT
this once until ~ N, on WEON fSDAl, the lilh
day OF August, 1856, and 0pcned Immediately there
after In presence VI bidders.
Specifications, general Instructions 10 bidders, anu
blank forms of proposal viii be furnShed ON appca-
ton TO this Oilicc.
THOMAS LINCOLN CASEY,
aul-2t3 Col. Corps Of Englneers
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Bar Harbor ia as full as IL can possibly be,
and notice has been given suthoritatively,
according TO the Boston Gazette, that from
this time on there is room for men only
Accommodations for ladies are out OF the
question, as at the few dances that have
been given the women have stood fathoms
deep in the ball room, and the men have
been few and far between. This will be
remedied next month, when young fellows
In banks and Offices get their fortnights
holiday; but alas ons thing is certain
that while all the prettiest and most attrac.
tive girls are at Mount Desert, Newport has
a monopoly Of all the eligible men.
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OF theatre gOers and made II signal success.
The embarrassments Of Mr.. Simon Buttercup
aud Mrs. Daisy Buttercup were matters of ab-
sorbing interest and amusement. The presen,-
ment of stern aud tyrannical parent was
also touched with the hand Of truth, and
the cutting sarcasms leveled at paternal am.
billions were hailed with applause. The au-
thor Of the comedy was spoken Of as q COM
ing power. Who was he Hitherto the man
agsr had maintained his incognito. Natur-
ally, when the new thing at the Star was
talked of at every dinner table, II
SOON came to Mr.. McKilligin's ears that ii
was worth seeing. lie booked two stalls
three weeks In advance, aud Undue course Of
time appeared at the theatre with his meek
wife. This lady, who was tender hearted,
wept furtively In the love scenes between
the young couple, but Mr.. McKilligin only
writhed uneasily at the just ironies aimed
at the mefcenary moods and inolinations Of
parents. lie recognized strange similarity
OF circumstances between the performance
aud his own Experiences. His own senti-
rs-echoed from the stage. His counsels to
his daughter sounded from other lips . very
inaterialistic doctrine.
BY aud by, between tue acts, Mr.. McKilli-
gin began 10 look about the theatre. To his
surprise, Margsry and her husband were
located in the stage box. There waa SOME
thing very uncomfortable about II all. Mar.
gery's saucy eyes were fixed upon him, and
she was smiling In her most radiant mood,
He levsled his glass at the next box al
though he had not seen her. Presently the
play was resumed, and came to happy ter
minaton with benignant aud repsntan,
father giving advice to his younger children
to follow the dictates Of their hearts. On,
by one the actors were recalled, u storm o
applause following. Finally some one se
up a shout for "author",-a shout that hat
on other occasions been In vain. There wa
a rustling in the stage box, and Margery ans
her husband disappeared. The manage
came forward and announced that the join
authors were in the house, and would b,
happy TO acknowledge the warm reception
their play had received. In u moment tn
Evening star., 1886-11-10

The Secretary Of tho Treasury this afternoon
Issued the following order. which will releass
about $4,000, 600, to meet the demand TO,
money needed in the movement of crops:
by virtue OF the authority conferred by law
upon the Secretary of the Treasury, notice is
nereDy given that the interest due December
lst, 1855, on U. s. coupon bonds of the funded
loan OF 1891 will be paid without rebate, On
me 1re p.esentatson or the proper coupons at the
gus sub-treasuries. The checks for registered
interest OF that loan will be forwarded to holders
payment without rebate, on or about the 2Oth
Instant. Coupons Of four per cent consols, OF
I0O1, falling due January 1. 1887, will be paid
on presentation before maturity, upon rebate
OF interest ut the rate Of per cent per annum.
fhe interest on registered stock Of that loan
VIII also be paid on and after December l.
1855. upon receipt by the treasurer of the
Unateo states OF application, accompanied by
power OF attorney authorizing that officer 10
collect the interest for the quarter ending De.
cemoer 81, 1856, and to retain the proportion
applicant"
Evening star., 1886-11-10
Condition Of the Crops.
NOVEMBER REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT Oh
AGRICCLTCHE.


AGKICULTCRE.
rapid progress Of picking, the unusual cleanness
Of fiber and the shOrtness OF the Late crop liz ht
uplands ard districts most affected by droug 1t.
Light H0sts, sufficient to arrest growth, have
occurred in the northern districts, and to tile
center OF the cotton belt. In Arkansas and
Tennessee q large yield Is assured, and IN Texas
the yield Is higher than in The census year,
wnen The product was thirty-seven nundreutns
OF bale per acre, aud tue October coudition
sixty-tve. On the Atlantic coast the effect of
the excessive early rains ana long continued
drought OF the later season is apparent in re-
duceu productio The general average is Two
or three points lower than the result Ol the Oc-
tober eturns.
The yield of corn, according to the revised re-
turns OF yield, Is 22 bushels per acre, making
product, upon the present adjustment Oi
acreage, of 1.66S, ,OUU, ,UOO bushels. Tnis accorus
we'll with recent returns of CONDITION., aud will
not be materially changed in the final review
ot the work of the year.
The potato product Is nearly the same as last
year, with higher yields In the east aud lower
giving product OF 16S, ,OOU, 900 bushels. !
The buck wheat crop inakes yIeid vi about
IL busheis per acre, promising prouucL ex-
ceeulng IL ,OUOOUO bushels.
Tue apparent production Of tobacco Is at q
rate slightly exceeding an average OF 700
pounds per acre, or about 4S6, ,UOU, QUO pounds,
which is equal 10 the average requirements OF
CONSUMPTION ana exportaiivn.
lhe average rate Ot yield iOr the hay crop is
close u one and tWO-tenths tons per acre and
the apparent product abuut Al, ,OuO, ,OOU IONS.
Evening star., 1886-11-10
Will There He n Duel?
TILE II ISE-I M u I+NpI A G a >--r>rr,S,e


A dispatch 10 the New York Times from Nor
folk, Va, November 8, says: The alleged ap-
preaching duel between Congressman George
D. Wise, OF Richmond, and Col. William Lamb,
OF Norfolk, is the subject OF much talk here to-
day. That there Is bad feeling existing between
the two gentlemen named there can be no
doubt, aud W ise's presence In the city to-day is
very significant. II Was AT republican meet
ing i'm this city last month that Lamb rekindled
the tire OF hatred which has existed between
the TWO men Tor some years. Al thaat meeting
Lamb made serious Charges against Wise, 10Th
socially and morally. II Was through ex-Con.
gresham DezenaorI, who courts noIoriety,
these charges reached Wise's ears, and siace that
time tlIe matter has become pubic properly,
Lamb Is also here and Is Keeping quiet. 1t is
thought that w ise's purpose is 10 get retrac.
ton 0f the charges made against him, or ar
range tor q meeting in this neig ghborhood. Wise
certainly has The sympathy of the public be-
Cause Oh Lambs action i'm trouble he had tour
oi the Norioik Landmarks All that time "A meet-
ing was arranged, and Hope was on the ground
but Lamb, VINO was mayor and had control of
the police force, was arrested by one OF his
own men, Notwithstanding the iact that in
tlmate friends offered " convey him safely
To the ground selected for the duel. Pre-
vious to that time, however, Lambs record
for fearlessness aud bravery had not been inn
peached.
= Richmond (virginia) special dispatch
TO the Baltimore Sun Says: report reached
here tonight that Hon. Geo. ID. Wise, Repre-
sentative III Congress from this district, mad
had d hostile meeting win eX-Mayor Lamb, OF
Norfolk, in which Mr.. Wise was said to have
been shot II was ascertained, however, very
quick, " that there Was truth in the report.
MIR. W ise Was found at his home In this city
SAFE aud sound. He denied that there had been
any meeting, or that any meeting OF the kind
was contem mpiated. For u week past there have
been SENSATIONAL rumors to the above effect In
some northern papers, but not word oil the
kind has appeared in the Virginia press.
Evening star., 1886-11-10
Law and Order League,
4 CALL EoR THE FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION
ISSUED.

BosToN, Nov. 1O.-The following call will be
issued to-day: "The filth annual convention oi
Tue citizens law and order league, oi the United
states, VIII be held at Albany, N. Y, on the
2Oth, 21st and 22nd days ot February, 1887
Details OF the local arrangements will be In
Charge OF Committee OF Cue Albany league,
consisting OF William Barnes David A. Tholnp D.
son, John A. McNamara, Albert n. Huestead
anu J. Townsend Lansing. All state and local
leagues ana kindred societies in the United
States are requested 10 send delegates aud all
persons interested are invited u attend the
meetings. state and local leagues are requested,
wnen convenient, to hold meetings ON one oi
the days named aud interchange kilograms
with the national meeting at Albany. Clergy.
men throughout the country are requested to
YET apart one service on sunday, the 21si, to
tue confederation otthe subject Of the enforce
ment OF the Laws intended to promote the NOR.
a,,ty al and Welfare OF tue people 1he broad and
All important principle OF the league IL the en-
iorcement vi the laws. Its specific work is TO
maintain the doctrine that the enforcement OF
law Is essential 70 good government, anu by
promoting the formation OF state ana local
leagues having the same object In view, 70 se-
Cur In al proper Ways the enforcement Of the
existing laws relating " the liquor traffic and
Ali onences against the morals aud peAce and
good order OF society,""