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PARLIAMENTARY. A. Dominion Parliament. OTTAWA, April 9.â€"~Mr. Young moved that witnesses examined by the Public Accounts Committee in connection with the Northâ€" West accounts be examined on oath. Car- ried. Mr. Lullame introduced a bill respect- ing persons imprisoned in default of surc- ties. Read a first time. On motion of Mr. IIolton, the bill to conâ€" fer certain powers on the Montreal Building Association by the name of the Monti 0:11 In- veslment 00., was read a first time. Sir John Macdonald notified the Govern- ment that on Tuesday next, when the House was moved into Committee of Supp‘y, he would propose a resolution referring to the He would to day submit his Quebec matter. amendment to the Premier. Mr. Mackenzie said he thought the better and more proper course would be to make the motion a substantive one. Sir John Macdonald moved his promised amendment in reference to the Quebec coup (Fruit, and justified his proceeding in Com- mittee of Supply instead of by a substantive motion. So near the commencement of tlirir career it was important that they should not establish a bad precedent. It was a strange thing that having gained Responsi- ble Government for Canada, almost at the point of the bayonet, they should be called upon at this day to defend its first prlnci- ples. It had boon contended by an eminent lawyer in Montreal recently that the goverâ€" more of provinces had not the same constitu- tional powers as tho Governor-General of the Dominion, but, though if a case were brought before the Courts, he (Sir John) did not say that view would not be sustained, he did not intend to take that line of argument. There was a great difference between prero- gative power and constitutional right. An Act which might be sustained by the Courts as the legal prerogative of the Crown might be exercised in the most unconstitutional way. (Constitutional usage was now pretty well defined. He read from “ Brougham” and “Freeman” in support of this view. Setting aside the legal view with regard to the Quebec difficulty, he contended that the Ministry should have governed, and be free Sir John Mucdouaid said his objection to to govern, so long as they possessed the that course was this, that it was possible for confidence of Parliament If there was any . tion to this doctrine it was when the any member to move an amendment which excop ‘ 3 would avoid a vote upon the constitutional Grown had wagon to beheve that the PM' - - ,_ liament did not represent the country. , quesnon mvohed' He prefefiefi‘ to take 9 ferring particularly to the Quebec matter, be “m' gen 8' said the Lieutenant-Governor when appointr ed found a Government in office sustained by large majorities in both branches of the Legislature. gave for their dissmissal would hold water. and were he placed in a. like position, the illustrious nobleman of whom they had been spcaking a while ago, would have cut off his right hand before he would have acted as the Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec. referred Sfl‘galim to the several dismissals of Government which had occuraed in Eng- land. The only case which was referred to by the defenders of the Lieutenant-Gover- nor of Quebec which was worth noticing was that of the Melbourne Government, and Grcviile, whose account had been confirmed by Baron Stockmeycr, showed that the fail- uro of Lord Melbourne to sustain the Whig cliniacter of his Government afforded Wil- liam IV. a reason for the dismissal, which was not generally understood. Even then, however, the dismissal was unconstitution- al, and no authority now attempted to justify it. The case which came most nearly to that of Quebec was the South African care, where Sir Bartlc Frere dismissed his Ministry. great danger in which the Local Govern- ment declined to use the burghcr force for the maintenance of Imperial interests, and Sir Bartle Fcrcre took the course in which he did take in the support of those interests lie was appointed peculiarly to maintain. Sir John went on to lay down what he con- sidered the true doctrine, quoting at some length from “Ba-gehot,” perhaps the ablest Constitutional course he had announced. men did not approve of it they would not accept it. After some further discussion the matter dropped; On the order for the third reading of the bill in reference to the Attorney-Geiin'zil and Receiver-General’s offices being called. Mr. Laflammo moved the House into Com- mittee of theWhole to consider an amendâ€" ment, the object of which was to get over the difficulty of dual presidency in the Ministry of Justice, pointed out by Sir John Mac- donald. On the motion for the third reading, Mr. Mitchell moved an amendment, the effect of which would be to strike out all the clauses referring to the Attorney-General. The amendment was lost :~â€"Yeas, 01 ; navs, 105. On the motion for the third reading, a second division was taken, which resulted in Yeas, 108 ; nays, 66. On the motion to go into Committee of Supply. Mr. Bechard moved the amendment of which he had given notice, in reference to imposing a duty on coarse grain. After brief remarks from Messrs. I’ (Compton) and Masson, a division w as follows :â€"Yeas, 51 ;nays, 101. The House then went into Committee 0 Supply and passed a number of items. he House adjourned at 1.30 a. Ill. OTTAWA, April 10.â€"â€"Mr. Laflamnio intro- duced a bill to amend the Election Law. It would do away with the system of envelopes and introduce the provisions of the Quebec law, which would preclude the possibility of detecting who had voted. It also provided that in cases were voters, being unable to read the names on the ballot papers, could ope as taken f modern Government, “F reemun.” Not a single reason which be But he acted in the face of a writer on British and, also These an extract from a Government which had a ma- Re- ’ He extracts went to show that in those days no Sovereign would dare to dismiss not make their crosses, assistance should not be given them. Read a first time. On motion Mr. Dcwdncy, it was ordered that the correspondence which led to the in- vestigation before Mr. Justice Gray, pf > ac- cusations against the agent of the and Fisheries Department bia, be brought down. Mr. McDougall (Renfrew) moved for orders- in-Council fixing the route of the extension of the Canada Central Railway. and of the Georgian Bay. The intention of the Gov- ernment was to proceed with the cxtcntion by the valley of the Bonueolicre, but it had been stated they had changed the route, which would now be from the town of Porn» broke to the present terminus of the Canada Central. - Mr. Mackenzie said he could not bii down any orders-in-Council at present, but in a few days he hoped to be also to bring this whole question before the llouse, and move the adoption of a new order inâ€"Couli» cil. ' The motion was withdrawn. Dr. Tupper, for Mr. McCarthy, moved for a statement respecting the loan of 1876. It we: very unadvisable, he said, that the loan sloild have been put on the market at a fix- ed price. He contrasted it with an open loin made at the sametime by South Aus- tralia, and said it was clear that the Finance Minister’s course has lost three per cent. to Canada. He disputed the claim of the Fl- nzince Minister to credit for having reduced the rate of Interest on the public debt, though he ought to have been able to reduce it when negotiating loans at a. low rate of interest to redeem debentures which bore a lr‘ .ll. rate of interest. .\Ir. Cartwright defended the loan of 1870. Ho s. id be had fixed the price of the loan, before asking the financial agents to sub- H: lbs to it, and he was aware that they held .. urge portion of it some months later. He w .3 speaking when the House rose for re- i'-.. S. ALer recess in Ctmmittee. .- lie following bills were read a second . -0. 1‘0 confer certain powers on the Montreal la ..lding Association by the name of the Montreal Investment and Building Company ~ â€"Mr. Holton. Mr. Cameron (Victoria) moved the bill for the relief of Victoria Elizabeth Lyon, from me Senate. The House divided, and the motion we carried. Yeas, 70; nays, 70. Mr. Barthe moved the second reading of the bill to fix the rate of interest. He pro- -;-osed to make the rate six instead of eight per cent. Mr. Langevin could not vote for the bill as it stood. Mr. Mackenzie said if they could make money cheap by Act of Parliament, they might as well make it two per cent. Ho be- lieved in free trade in money, and would use his utmost power to prevent the passage of the bill. Mr. Ouimet did not think six per cent. high enough. for money was worth more, but. if the rate was put at eight he would vote for the bill. Mr. McMillan said it would be most un. fortunate to interfere by Act of Parliament with the rate of interest. lie had seen ex- orbitant rates paid when the rate was fixed. Mr. Charlton would vote against the bill, because if the rate of interest was fixed, capital would cease to flow into the country. Mr. Methot would support the bill with a maximum of eight per cent. A division was taken with iesult:â€"~Yeas 24, nays 122. Mr. Kirkpatrick moved the second reading of his bill respecting the law of evidence in certain cases of misdemeanor. It provided that a defendant or his wife should be en- titled to give evidence in a proceeding instiâ€" tuted for enforcing a civil right for libel and for forcible entry. The bill was read a second time, and re- ferred to a Select Committee to consider. The House adjourned at 11.45 p. m. in British Colum- 11g , several bills were considered 8 the following OTTAWA, April 11.~-Mr. Mackenzie moved an address to the GovernorvGencra]. He said he did so with pain and pleasure, and proceeded to pay a high compliment to his Excellency. His personal relations with his Excellency, he said, had been of the most gratifying kind. He moved the address, seconded by Sir John Macdonald. Sir John Macdonald spoke in the highest terms of Lord and Lady Dufferin, and said it gave him infinite pleasure to second the resolution moved by the Prime Minister. After some remarks from Messrs. Laurier and Langevin the motion was carried. It was ordered that a message he sent to the Senate asking its concurrence in the address. Marine jority in Parliament. In the Quebec case every objection taken by the Lieutenant- Govci'nor to his late Ministry, except one, had i~i,-fr~rvuco, not to their Administration, but to their legislation. In the English cases, the question of legislation was never mo .icnml. 110 had been a member of the Ati‘itlllllollilllnll under five Governor-Gene- rals, il‘illl he ventured to assert that the llliiii ry IMP-VCI' submitted a bill to the repre- srruliiiivc of the Sovereign, and only had his rail assent at the commencement of a sesswn to its financial measures. fiVVhy, only tho other night the Stamp Act of the Minis- ter of Inlcmd Revenue had; been so changed that the. inlroducor could not recognize his child who” the House got through with it. Was it to be said the Governor-General had any l'i.‘.'1p0llsll)llll._‘y’ for that bill, either in its inception or after it had been virtually de- stroyed? 119 had only power to warn, and it should be used with extreme care and caution. The Lieutenant-Governor of Que- bec allowed. legislation to proceed without a. suggestion of warning, and at the last hours of the session unceremoniously dismissed his Ministers. His conduct was a coup d‘cmf, It was unwise and an outrage upon the constitution. (r in Mr. Mackenzie said he agreed with a good deal of what the hon. gentleman had said. He (o‘ir John) was hardly in a position, how- ever to lecture the liberal party on responsi- ble Government. While he admitted their right to discuss the conduct of the Lieuten- ant-Governor, it was only an extreme case which justified such a course being taken. When it was only the simple case of one Ministry being removed, and the ap- pointment of another, he denied the right of the House to review his conduct. Whether the action of the Government was wise or unwise would be decided by the electors of Quebec. Suppose the House condemned the Lieiitenanthovcrnor, in what position would it he placed if the verdict of the elec- tors should be in his favor?- This interfer- ence was unwise and unwarranted, and de- stroyed the autonomy of the Provincial Government. He read from Sir John’s re- port as Minister of Justice in rerereuce to the Ontario Orange bills, and said the leader of the Opposition did not hold the same views in that document as he had expressed tonight. llc would not defend the conduct of tho LieutenantGovernor of Quebec, but would leave it to be judged by the electors. The llouse should not be asked to pass a. vote of censure, for it would be a censure, not only of the LicutenanLGovernor, but of his Ministryâ€"He denounced the conduct of Sir Edmund Head towards the Brown-Dori- on Government. It was hole and out- rageous. The resolution moved by the lead- er of the Opposition was both indecent and unwise. he asked every one who loved Ite- sponsible Government to vote it down. Mr Masson said a more damaging speech could not have been made than that to which they had just listened. The man who was responsible for M. Lettellicr‘s appoint~ ment did not dare to defend him. If the will of the Legislature of "Quebec could be set aside by an appointee of the Govern- ment at Ottawa, the people of Quebec had no security for their liberties. Mr. Laurior charged his opponents with being enemies to Responsible Government, quoting from Conservative papers with a view of proving this statement. It was not in the province of the House to criticise, much loss condemn, the action of Lieut~ Governor Lctellier. However great the wrong committed, the Federal Parliament had no power to interfere. Mr. Brooks spoke of the paramount im- portance of the question to the Province of Quebec. If the Lieutenant-Governor’s con- duct were justified. it might be the lot of a different party from that which suffered toâ€" day to suffer to-morrow. The Premier, he regretted to say, had declined to discuss the question on its merits, and the Minister of Inland llevcnuo had taken the same posi~ tion. It was the first time he had ever heard of an authority which conferred a power declining to discuss its exercise. The Federal l’owcr might be dcbarrcd from dis- cussing t e Acts of a Provincial Legislature, but it had the light to consider the conduct of a Iiir‘utciirint-Governor. Mr. Langovin moved the adjournment of the dclmte,a11d the House adjourned at 2.10 a. in. 0'1"l.t“.\., April 13.â€"â€"Iu answer to Dr. Tup- per, Mr. Mackenzie said he was not yet prepar~ ed to say when the papers relating to the route of the Canadian ’ccific Railway would be brought down. Mr. Langevin resumed the debate on Sir John Macdonald’s motion. He ridiculed the pretensions of the Minister of Inland Re- Mr. Mackenzie moved the House into Committee of Supply. venue. The Minister of Inland Revenue approached the Quebec question by refusing to touch it. June next.” The conduct of M. Letellier he said was con- trary to Responsible Government, and was a more autocratic not than even the Chancellor of Russia. would dare to commit. If this House had not a right to interfere with that official, he might do what he pleasad for five years with the people of Quebec. What did they Re now ? Men who never had the con- fidenoe of_the people, and might never have it, spending their money and exercising the patronage of office. They valued their great institutions in Quebec, and they would not allow the Government of the Province to ,de- prive them of them. If Mr. Crawford, when Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, had done such an act as that of M. Letellier, the whole Province would have been roused to a sense of its great danger, and there would have been meetings and speeches and petitions to the Queen. Perhaps they were more patient in Quebec, but they were not less earnest, and would have their rights. The motion Sir John Macdonald had moved was not a. party motion. They might have made it contain a. censure on the Government, but they refrained from doing so, and the resolu- tion was of a nature which ought to receive the unanimous s upportof the House. At this stage Mr. Langevin sat down. owing to a sudden palpitation, and the House, it being than half past five, took recess. After recess, The Ontario Express and Transportation Company bill was read a third time. . Mr. Oliver moving an amendment provid- ing that the powers of the Ontario Charter should cease when the bill went into force. Mr. Cameron moved the second reading of the bill for the relief of Victoria Elizabeth Lyonâ€"carried, yeas 60, nays 48. Mr. Langevin resumed his speech, going over point by point the reasons given by M. Letellier for the dismissal of his Ministry, and pointing out how utterly baseless and unworthy they are. The name of the Lieu- tenant-Governor of Quebec would go in his- tory with the names of Craig and Haldimand, the destroyers of their liberties, the oppress- ors of the people. Mr. J ette said our constitution was a limited written constitution, and was, there- fore, not the same as the English oonstitul tion. He denied that the Parliament bore the some relation to the Province of Quebec as the Imperial Parliament to a colony of the Empire. English precedents were, therefore, not applicable. This time was in- appropriate beside for the passage of the motion, and he would, therefore, vote against it. The question should be left to the elec- tors of Quebec. . Mr. Devlin said the object of the motion was to consign an honest name to infamy. Why had the Opposition not moved to con- demn M. Letellier, or the Dominion Govern- ment? That would have been the proper course. The Lieutenant-Governor had the right to dismiss his Ministers, and if he could justify his conduct to the Legislature and the people, no one had the right to impugn his motives. He cited the case of Lord Musgrave in Nova Scotia in 1860 in defence of this view, and entered into a thorough-paced de- fence of M. Letellier, whose name and memory would be honoured because of the step which he had taken. He was the right man in the right place. The motion and the opposition speeches were for political enact, but he could tell the gentlemen opposite that the latest news from Quebec was to the chest that the Joly Governâ€" ment would have a majority of twenty. Mr. Palmer characterized the action of the Lieut-Governor as a monstrous invasion of the popular liberties. Mr. Cameron (Victoria) defended the dis- cussion of the question in the House, and urged that the Lieutenant-Governor had not the same powers as a. Sovereign or a Coverâ€" nor-General. M‘ NEVER DESPAIR. People are apt to thinkfiist the hard times which they experience are the hardest times that have ever been ; and so they are for them. But one only needs to read the his tory of the world to learn that hard times have baun'psrpstually coming to all nations in all periods of their existence. And so have good times, and so have chances for honest people to better their condition. There never vet was a night that was ' ot followed by a day, not a storm that we. not followed by a calm. The sun is forever steadily shining in the heavens, and the clouds which some- times obscure his toys are sure to break away and disperse, no matter how dark and threatening they may be for a time. The brave-hearted that hope on and work on need never despair. m DON’T FRET. Don’t fret, for what can you gain by it? Will .it lighten} your cares any? Will it brighten yourliio any? Will it strengthen you for the performance of your daily du- ties? Will it add to the sweetness of your disposition or the force of your character? Will it increase for you the affection of those around you? Once acquired the habit is not easily overcome? You think it strange to see such an arti~ cle addressed to house keepers, but who need the caution more? No person has a right to fret, but who has more cause for fretfulness than the manager of a household, â€"the wife, the mother, the housekeeper. A home may be very happy, full of bless- ings and comforts, but there are little cares, little burdens, little annoyances, little trials, that will always find the housekeeper, espe- cially if she is one who is thorough, and sys- tematic, and realizes fully the responsibility of her position. “I wouldn’t mind if it were something great,” I overheard a lady remark the other day, “I could endure it themâ€"but such a little thing, no one gives you any sympathy or credit, or realizes it amounts to any- thing.” To what she referred I did not know, but it was easy to guess, it belonged to the little cares; a little grief, nothing worth speaking about, but sodaard to be borne. Yes, those little burdens are hard to bear, but fretting won’t help to lighten them. Does it make husband more amiable, pa- tient, loving and considerate, to hear you constantly fretting? Does it make him any more cheerful, any less tired, when he c mes home at night to hear you always comp ain- ing about your hard lot in life? And if he happens to be poor and money scarce, will fretting replenish your pocket-book or enâ€" courage him in his daily toil? Does it add to the good nature of your children ? Can you not see your own frot- fulncss reflected on their countenances ? Their little hands, their little feet. make much extra work, but you would fret still more should they be taken out of your house» hold. Their little busy fingers ransack mother’s closets, overturn mother’s work- basket; their little sticky hands soil mam» ma‘s white paint ; their little crumbs of cake litter mammals carpet, but will fretting re- store order ? Fretting will magnify, multiply your la- bors, but never diminish them. . Oh, be cheerful, be loving, be kind. Try to forget your own troubles in comforting some one else. See how bright, how pleas» out, how sweet you can make your home. Don't always introduce your troubles to mar the enjoyment of others, but see how much a place of rest and happiness you can make it. There is wonderful power in a cheerful, loving and patient woman. There’s a sweet grace in her heart that makes her a blessing in a household. You need comfort ; you need rest; you need sympathy and strength, but instead of fretting go to One who has said, “As thy days so shall thy strength he]: “Casting all your care upou himpfor He careth for you.” â€"â€".â€"._..._._. rI‘lie Port Hope Times says :â€"â€"“Mr. (of Toronto) has begun work on his sp of road. have the ur‘line He in forms us that he expects to first load of ore in here by the 1st Myles ville, N. B Nova Scotia. of absence till July next. ITEMS OF INTEREST. Italy consumes ovc§17,000 tons of tobacco a year. ’ A llondout lady gets up in the night to play on the piano. In 1840 there were 500,000 choc-p iii Con necticut ; there are new 4,000. Franco smokes 150,000,000 cigars annu- ally, and 182 tons of. cigarettes. Dubuque has a professor who teaches ladies how to iron shirt fronts. . Allochestcr pliysisian advertises that baseball accidents will receive his prompt attention A negro in Newtown county, Ga., is credited with the possession of a. foot twenty- three inches long. “He looked the character to the life" is the doubtful compliment paid to a San Francisco actor who played Satan. English servant girls have their monoâ€" grams on their note paper and envelopes and insist that their lettcis be delivered at the front door. -In the South Unitaiian Church. Boston, the bread and wine are displayed on the communion table, but not partakcn by the worshipers. A Vienna City man was knocked down for whistling on the street, and the Court ruled that he was served just right and not en- titled to damages. Chicago has 2,000 liquor saloons, or one for every 178 people or thirty-live adultmalcs; Thepoople of the city spend $510,000,000 for beer and liquor. An Ithaca constable diovo sixteen miles after a man, and just as he was about to nab him he discovered he had left his warrant at home. ’ Iowa. is one of the greatest States in the county for lead, and more ten cent pieces are taken up in church collections there than any place in the Union. Four school boys of Glover, Vt., thrashed their school teacher recently and put him out of the schoolhouse. He had them arrested, and it cost them $60 apiece brforc they got through with it. Pius IX. had a. curious habit of writing the clauses of his will on separate sheets of paper, just as the idea. struck him. Those sheets, eleven in number, were attached to each other by a silk thread. The aborigines of Victoria, Australia, who, when the colony was formed, some forty-five years since, numbered 5,000, have dwindled down to 1,000 and are decreasing at the rate of thirty-five per cent. a year. At Jahnslown, R. I., a bed of soft soup- stone has been uncovered which proves to have been an old Indian' pottery, whore basins, pipe bowls and axe-heads were made in immense quantities. The story comes from Woodstock. Vt, of an old clock that no tinkering will induce to run ; but at every annual gathering of the family it starts itself, and keeps on ticking and striking the hours until the visitors have departed. The reason given for a girl‘s not being able to throw anything with the accuracy of a boyis that her collar bone is some inches longer and some degrees lower down, and. being long and crooked, interferes with the free action of the shoulders. Triplets, sons ofLeonard Hackins, born May 24, 1861, and pinned by President Lincoln, are at present residing in South Starksboro, Vt. They have a letter from Mr. Lincoln announcing the namesâ€"Abraham Lincoln, Gideon Wells, and Simon Cam- eron. Miss Blair was one of the most beautiful girls in Atlanta when Mr. Wetherstono cu- gaged to marry her : but afterward she fell down stairs, br okc her nose, and was dis- figured for life. Mr. Wetlierstono now re- fuses to marry her, saying that she is a damaged article. The title‘,‘ Queen of Tramps, is given td a. woman who walked from Bangor to Kansas City and back. She was three years at it, and her route was far from direct, being varied by her wandering inclinations. She worked a little on the way, but generally lived by begging and stealing. In 1802 the United States government paid out on its pension rolls $852,170.42. In 1871 the amount reached 034,444,80468, which was the largest sum. In 1877 the pensioners received $7,008,752.27. The total aggregate of pensions paid since 1791 to the present time has been $428,205,650“ 66. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes met in San Francisco after a separation of twelve years. He had been seeking a. fortune, with very moderate success on the Pacific coast. She had been livingin Pennsylvania. Did they rapturously embrace at sight of each other ? No. She drew ii. revolver and fired three times at him, and he knocked her down with 'a cane. It seems that he had deserted her, an d she had found him after a. long search. Gustavo Labutat killed his wife, in New Orleans, because of jealousy. In his account of the murder, he says. “I then told her, your fate is sealed, but I will give you time to pray, and God bless her, she did pray.” His first stab did not kill her, and he con- tinues, “I picked her up, kissed her, and said, ‘God bless you, I love you ; you are not dead ; pray again, because I am goingto finish you.’ She placed her arms around my neck and said, ‘Giistavc, I love you.’ ” Then he relentlessly completed the mur- der. - m EDUCATIONAL NOTES. The new Jacques Cartier Normal School at Montreal is about completed. The County of Middlcsex S. S. Associa- tion hold its meeting on 2nd April. Revs. Mr. Atcheson and Dr. Castle, A. Andrews, and others took part. The Commissioners of the Protestant schools in Quebec have procured the neces- sarv apparatus, and engaged a competent instructor, to teach telegraph)". Mrs. Mackenzie, wife of the lion. A. Mackenzie, has given two gold medals to a girl’s school in Ottawa, as prizes for for pro- ficiency in domestic economy and plain sewing. It has been decided to open a college in Montreal in connection with, or as a branch of Laval University, which will -illclllll0 the four facilities of Law, Medicine, Divinity, and Arts. The Monitor says that the monthly mect- ings held by the Victoria Public School, Brookvillc, are exercising a favorable in- fluence on the pupils and are looked forwaid to with great pleasure. The Lindsay school authorities intend raising the standard of education in the word schools after next midsummer. They have also directed the managing ccniiiiittee to have shade ll‘LCS planted in each school lot. The Stratf Old School Board has under its consideration tenders for the erection of the new High School. There were only two. one from Mr. Townshcnd, of Toronto, for 318,952, and one from Messrs. Edmoiids rl' \Vilson fol $10,251. Neither was accepted, as it was thought they Wch much too high. The Quebec Government has formed ii Commission, With lion. G. Ouimet as chair» man, for the purpose of collecting materials for a. School Exposition at Paris. The meagre show made by the Quebec Province at the Centennial, should stimulate the Government to make an exhibit worthy the name. The Rev. Howard Spiague, M. A., has been elected President of the McAllison (Wesleyan) College and Academies, Sack- ., in the room of Ilcv. Dr. Alli- who succeeded the late Ilcv. A. S. as Superintendent of Education foi- Dr. Allison has received leave Mr. J. Condon, son, ant - l . . . . 7 , ' - r t amax acts 35 tion of a special jury. Mrs. Firebraca then ifissqfigiltoyoinfifgfi‘;mime? ’ Isued for a restitution of conjugal rights, to The Court of Queen’s Bench has decided thh her hufiband [dialled Phat’ havmg .0”â€" - . . ’ ly an Australian domicile (he had mcicly Tin the case of Loyd v. Bobcaygeon School .1 in. y . t] . Board (argued last term) that Union S. S. Stayed “t howls Whl 9 lmvo "Sum. .“s N o. 0 Verlam and Harvey, was legally form- country)’ h? wasnot Wlthm the Junsd‘lftégn ed. it was constituted by the Reeves of 0‘ Alba EnghSh coutt' yesmrday “ml du be Verulam and Harvey, and the Inspectors, ‘19“de that lb? respondent never. 1"” .f“? M,- BIZOWD, of Ijeterbom.’ and ML Km-ght, English domicile, and the‘rlefore lis W1 (3 s of Victoria, in 187 3, and the question to be pet‘tmn mu“ be dlsmlsse ' decided was whether or not it was legally formed, being made up from two municipal- ities. The folldwiog is an outline of a. scheme for enabling teachers, at a minimum (x- pcnse, to visit the. Paris Exposition. The total cost, exclusive of the time of board during the stay in Europe to be $136. The excursionists will ti avel from Quebec or Montreal by rail first.class to New York ; thence by one of the regular steamers of the Hamburg and American Steamship Com- pany cabin passage to Cherbourg, France, thence in secondâ€"class carriages to London, Eng, thence to Plymouth to embark in a returning packet of the Steamship Company for New York. l The Quebcc Journal of Education contains an interesting paper by Mr. Thomas Witty SUNBEAMS. Mint‘s meatâ€"Gold and Silver. Uneasy lies the head that wears a fro so. What ales the beer when it froths'.’ It is drunk, to be sure. A \Vyoming man won 010 in a wager by eating twenty pig’s feet. This was 8. pigs feat, indeed. One good mimic, who feels well. can break up an entire community provided with teleâ€" phonesâ€"N. Y. Telegram. A Tennessee paper has a poem entitled “Smile whenever you can." Tennessee edi- tors always do.â€"â€"Boston Globe. Gentlemen‘s vests are made this season on “Man and the different transformations he undergoes, according to the zone he in habits, and his mode of living," read before the French Teachers’ Association of Mon- treal. Ile traces the influence of climate, diet, physical surroundings and habits of life on the various aces now known on the globe. He thinks, the recent awakening of Japanese is of great interest in dctcrminin the question how for the Mongol is capable of civilization. The annual report of the Chief Superin- tendent of Schools of New Brunswick, for 1877, records the increasing prosperity of the School system. The increase during that year in the number of schools was 7 0, in in teachers and assistants 6 5, in numbers of pupils in attendance 3,718. The male Leachcrs’ average salary in first-class, was $555, decieuse 016; female teachers 3343, decrease t5; male, second class, 3359, de- crease $6 ;femele, second class, 3255, do- crcase $5 ; male, third class, 0250 ; decrease 38 ; female, third class, 3187, decrease 04. These decreases are ascribed to the general depression in the business of the country. The Nortliumberland Teachers’ Associa~ tion hold a most succsssful Convention last week. Among others papers were read by Mr. W. E. Sprague on “School organiza~ tion and discipline," which is characterized as able and exhaustive. He stated that the following general principles sl ould regulate all school arrangements :H (1) Every child should be placed where he can work with most advantage to himself, and should have that amount of work which will most profitably occupy his time' (2) Each class should be so airanged as to be completely under the teacher’s eye. (Elll’rovismns should be made for a change mental powers. (1) Change of pelition frun sitting to standing or rice verso, should at all times be effected with the least possible noise. of position and of work severely testing the ‘ with handles onâ€"to pull them down, you know.â€"~Worccstcr Press. - A farmer out toward the Ridge, who bought a kicking cow three weeks ago, al- ready talks of withdrawing from the church. â€"-Romc Sentinel. Many times, when 'Washington was sup- posed to be swearing, he was merely allud- g ing to Martha's first husbandâ€"Bicycle Ea; press . It is curious that the habits of one peo~ ple (re gradually taken up by another.â€"â€"Ijl.v- change. “I hope this is not counterfeit?” said a lover, as he was toying with his sweethearts hand. “The best way to find out is to ring it i” was the quick reply. You see how walking up and down a ros- tauraut quicklv with dishes on your arms improves the physique. A little, tliin, one- eyed waiter in London has won a walking match. A man that doesn’t know anything will tell it the first time he has a chance.â€" Ea-change. Now I suppose you are satisfied, since chance has favored you.â€"â€"N. Y. News. When Ebenezer Ward, of Oshkosh, re- fused to have the ceremony performed, his girl promptly knocked him downâ€"in other words, she razed her Ebenezer.â€"Chicagn Tribune, “What's your occupation, Dub ‘2” asked a visitor at the Capitol, of a bright boy whom he met in the corridor. The boy happened to be a page in the House. "I am running for Congress, sir," he replied. Maguire, of Newaik, is a. cool philosopher. One morning at eight, he found fault with the fish cakes, and his wife broke the dish over his head. Turning to his daughter he said, “Your'motlier is celebrating our china. wedding. “The girls of our day are very badly edu- cated,“ sud one of the members of a com- mittee on education to the Bishop of Glenâ€" ‘On the house occupied by the women being A paper was also read by Mr. N. L. Holmes on langungelessons ; by Prof. Reynar, on “English Undefiled ;"’ by Mrs. Fish (for- merly of Toronto Model School) on “Object Lessons ;" by Mr. Ash, on “Grammatical Analysis,” etc, etc. Compulsory religious instructions in the caster. “That cannot be denied,” rotorted his lordship. “However, there is one con- solation, the boys will never find it out.” A student while at college could not pro- nounce his “R’s. One day he told his pro- fessor that the students on the campus were V havingawow. “A what 7” asked the pro~ public H’llOOlS of Genoa, Italy, has been fessor. “A wiot,” said the student. “A abolished by the city authoritles. what ?" said the professor. “Oh, it wumpus,” Tho Empress Dowager of Japan is said to have contributed $30,000 towards founding a school in Tokio for young ladies. The Clinic-lion, (Grim avocates using the strong arm of the. law in dealing with the rowdyism and rioting at Princeton, Yale and Harvard. The Elcrlic Teacher thinks that the estab- lishment of a complete University by each State is the desideratum, if we would lift up our youth from ignorance, crime and misery. he exclaimed, as he stalked away. A young gentleman of this city was once teacher of a Sabbath school class, in which was a bright colored boy. The lesson was about the beams, etc., in the eye. Teacher ~“I read here about the mote (addressing the black boy). Do you know what a mote is ?” John (chuckling)â€"“Clar don’t, ’les it's nigger.” Rochester Chronicle. A sympathetic but inquisitive young man, who was visiting a country prison, gently asked a girl prisoner the cause of her being in such a place. “Oh,” said she, with a contemptuous toss of her head. “I stole it water mill, and got off safe, but, like a fool, I' went back after the stream that turned it, and was arrested." The sympathetic young man left immediately. What a. difference it makes in the appear- ance of things when you come to survey them from a. scientific stand point. Mr. Tyndall says when a man commits murder it is be- cause he hasn‘t phosphorus enough in his the Emperor of Austria, has left a third of brain. If that's the case, every man who bisfortuno of £2,100,000 to the poor. has blood-thirsty feelings should carry A, Birkonhom Ponce Court, recenfly‘ a matches in his earsâ€"Cincinnati Breakfast witness said he could drink two and a half lab”- gallons of beer any day, and be none the They were contributing toward a fund for worse for it. the extinguishment of the church debt the The local press of London is to be rein- Other 9"]ng ‘g‘t ’1 meeting 0‘“ ,WeSli New' forced early in April by the establishment of “if congregatlon- :‘I’11 contribute 020." the Citizen, a weekly newspaper, to be entireâ€" sud 01?" brf’ther‘ _"1 11 8° “31”? better. and ly devoted to reporting and discussing the make It 000‘" Salli “will!” brow“:- And public affairs 01‘ the City. then the first contributer, in the excitement The stupendous pile of buildings erected 2:13:18 floménd’ mud" “I” can yon; What by Mr. Hankey for furnishing dwellings in N y the)”; S , . flats for the opulent classes, Wlll, when fin- 0W .9' 0 “Drama you” has .dec‘qed ished’ have cost £690 000‘ The aggregate thatarailway company is responsiible if a annual rentals are set gown at £60,000_ lady laces herself so tightly that she can't Th S, V ' _ . move her arms, it followsâ€"of corset does l--â€" . e ‘ 1”” “ma” ba-VS the meant .acmdent that the women will all be redressing them- lwhic'h hag’f’afie‘llttogv‘ Arlier’ “MS”! in? selves under the new stay law. Conductors jocrey, a 0 en am, as prove a a . . l - ‘ - , I He was riding Salvanioin a. selling hurdle bhoud be lnsuucted to mSPGCt we!) W0 IlI’C when the in re fell and rolled over man enteringac“ before anowmg her to hitn’ a pay her fare. A woman whose corsets won’t let her raise her arm is a great waste to The War 010% are about to arm with a railroads, however small a waist she is to six-chambered revolver the non-commission herself. ed UfllOOl’F,ffll'l‘lE‘l'S, and trumpeters of all A New York mammal-fist whom proceed, “Wally lycglmcmsa “1 Pecomanc" with . 9' iiigs for a limited divorce had been begun by recommendation of the Committee on Equip- his Wife, testified that he had to keep his mems- hair closely trimmed to prevent his wife The Prince of W'alcs has informed the from pulling it out. then a man takes such Governor of the Isle of Man that his duties a. moon advantage of his wife we are not sur- in connection with the Paris Exhibition, as prised to hour that she wants a divorce. No Well a3 Olllt‘l‘ emoluments, renders it ex- doubt if he had permitted his hair to grow as tremer doubtful if he can accept this year long as a wild spiritualist‘s, so that she the invitation to visit that Island. could got a good grab and drag him around Among the stories floating about is one the mom “"09 01' [0111‘ times 11 day to relieve to the effect that the new Lady Roseberry the dull m0110t013y Of 1191‘ 1101159110” (fillies. presented her husband on their wedding day 511? W011“ Dover have thought 0f bringing Wm, ,, box in which, on Opening it, he found suit for a divorce. Husbands should read a a cheque for £300,000. At least it is said lesson from this- tliat he did. Naval men are of opinion that the loss of the Eui'ydice was due to the peculiarity of her construction and the exhaustion of the water in her tanks. It is thought that the Times wntcr, which formed a part of the ballast, now was so reduced during the voyage that the agui -tauility of the ship niusthave been serious- but not so very long ago a. law was enacted ly affected. ' in that chivalrous old Southern State, Vir- TllC Times of India ridicules the idea of Emmi ‘70 Prom“ “1.9 Sterner Sex from the danger from the troops kept up by the na~ heflfllessmsb 4909”; “9d treachery 0i Womfm' tivo l’rinccs, and adds 2-“Tlie native States, , (“115 leglslafiwn PICOVlded that “every min. whim the). mummbnhuce one Women also istei' should give notice in his chuich, that act as a countci‘poise to possible mutinoei's ; “mat ,‘Voma”? 509V" would use 5111.7 WOW] 01’ as long as they exist anything like a simul- 5P9” '1 “mm” to 3' contract of mm'l'mgei to tancous iieing throughout the length and two Several Persons at one “me; although breadth of India is a politicalimpossibility." 130‘ premse and legal! 5',“ so 9:5 mlgm ann' It was state-ll some time an) that the new gle or breea scrum-e m the” Femalences’ Upon “1:; “FM 0,0 £11m Primnuica" should, for such their offence, either under- Of "flb 3. 'v .V‘ ‘ 1 L‘ A5 .1"; . ’l V D I go corporealcorrection, or be punished by ,“M will Lime} m .lmm’“ ",1 a“ “nice 0 fine or otherwise, according to the quality of its publication In lllld countiy. This fact the person so Offending... 10") to lfi‘luuj'fii’. “}f]1‘l}3}}1“lle t’fs’umd "i the If such a law as the above cbuld not cure a??? )7. ‘1'” j‘ 11.11111‘Il’f;r1f’“€£ion V“, 0 large woman of her love of flirting what could? 0. Elfl‘t‘lllifxpmo a l‘ej‘bol )8 Rift 05,) Ear And they tell us that this law still remains “'9‘ ‘““ '10 3mm ‘35 9‘11 coma-1 e 0! upon the statute books of the state in all tlm‘l‘ its ciiginal severity, unre has long been a dead letter. Now, however, pending the agitation on female suffrage, some long-headed individull has brought forward the fact that such a law exists, and and the question is raised, “If such laws were necessary to protect man against wo- man's artfulness before the subject of uni- versal suffrage was ever dreamed of, what stringent measures will have to be resorted to for defenceless man in the near future w stolen goods w BRITISH ITEMS. The Duke of Richmond refuses to make any concessions on the Cattle Bill. . The Elephant and Castle Theatre, London, seating 3,000 persons, has been destroyed by fire. The Archduke Francis Charles, father of W PROTECT MAN. have changed indeed! Woman is clamoring for laws that will guard her nst man’s avarice, cupidity and sins; ’I‘hc detectives in the eastern district of Glasgow have apprehended several women on the charge of bavmg trained alarge num- ber of boys as thieves. During the past few months juvenile delinquency has been on the increase in the eastern quarter of the city. The detectives recently began to sus- pect that the boys Were being regularly trained to nefarious practices, and their in- quiries tended to confirm this suspicion. searched, a large quantity of was IGCUVGI'C‘d- But so preverse is woman's nature that Six'yoars ago an Australian gentleman she will doubtless see, in the resurrection of named l-‘ircbrace failed to get a divorce from this old-time enactment, only another rea- his wife, his allegations against her in the son for granting that right for which she has Divorce Division of the English High Court labored so persistently; and we may rest of Justice not being proved to the satisfao- assured that laws of that nature cannot or- ay. ’2 “Wmâ€""W nament the statute book of any state long after woman marches to the ballot-box With a Vote in one hand and a baby in the other. m BRITISH COLUMBIA MINING TES. Six assays of quartz from the Duffprin mine gave an average of 002 per ton., .The Company has a capital stock of $300,000. all in 02 shares. ’ The report that a well-defined vein of coal had been discovered at Yale, turns out in- correct. What they call “some indications" have been found, but that is all as yet. The American and St. Laurent Compan- ies of San Francisco have amalgamated their interests with the British Columbia Milling and Mining Company. This will constitute a powerful combination , and one frOm which excellent results may be anticipated. The mill has been ordered, and a part of the machinery landed in Victoria. - ' The Victoria Colonist says :~“Skeptics are being converted rapidly Men in all walks of life are investing in stocks, and not a few have realized handsomely. Consider- able sums are received by city brokers by each boat that arrives from the sound and. Nanaimo. This quartz mining fever, has reached ice-bound and snow-clad Canada. We have a. telegram from Toronto and two letter from Otttawa seeking information.” On March 26th, Mr. B. B. Minor of San Francisco, recently elected a member of the Victoria Stock Board, addressed the, mem- bet on the subject of British Columbia's mineral Wealth. He spoke of that Provinco as the great mineral storehouse of the Pa- cific coast, and predicted an inflow of Cali- fornia capital for its developcment. He left the end of the same week for San Francisco to close out his mining interests in Arizona, and will in the month of May return With his family, for permanent residence in Vic~ toria. The Dominion Pacific Herald is happy to be able to assure the world that there need be no fear of a “mule famine" this year on the upâ€"country route, packers and teamsters, it says, will be found equal to all demands of the carrying trade. They have animals sufficient to carry over a million pounds weight each trip, and, the average time for the round trip being put at forty days, they can move a total of over 5% million poupds during the season. Our contemporary says: â€"“lf we estimate the number of people to be supplied in the upper country this sum- mer at 0,000 (which is rather a. high esti- mate, we think), and allow each man three pounds per day, for eight months, we have 4,320,000 pounds of stores required; add to this two thirty stamp mills, at 200,000 pounds each ; we have still‘ a. margin of 920,000 pounds for general merchandise.” The following words of caution, from Mr. Sheriff Byrnes, are published :â€"“As, an all resident here and largely interested in quartz mining, I hope the following remarks may cause some to think well before they determine on migrating to Cariboo. The re- cent developements of our quartz mines may be the cause of a large emigration here next spring and I would through your columns give a. word of advice to the public : If you have steady and remunerative employment don’t throw it up; if you are looking for work and hard uptake it when it is offered you on the Island or lower country, as the quartz mines here are not sufficiently open- ed up to give employment to a large number of men. 1 could only adw'se those who have means and are able to prospect for themselves or buy into some of the good locations to come during.the present sum- mer, otherwise they are liable to suffer great hardships and injure the country and our quartz developments by leaving it_in disgust and giving it a bad name, and thereby stop immigration when we are prepared for it.” .__"’1"':'_' â€".__L 'â€""" HEAT OF THE HUDIAN BODY: Some remarkable observations have lately been made in regard to the heat of the human body. By means of an ingenious instrument recently invented by Dr. Lombard, of New York, it is ascertained that a woman's body is warmer than that of a. man by about three-fourths of a. degree, and » sometimes as high as one-half a. de~ grce, whilelin no instance has the warmth of a male’s body been found to be greater than that of a. female. Isis also definitely ascertained that children are decidedly warmer than adults, the difference being about one degree Fahrenheit, and that the younger the child the greater the di- versity. A difference in the heat of the sides of the body is discovered to be an invariable law. The left side of the head, and extending downward to the base of the neck, is much hotter than the right side. These curious facts open up to medical -men a. new line of research and inquiry. m HANDâ€"SKA KING. “Who is it that will shake hand with me?” asks Job. “A man void of ’ understanding strikes hands, and be- ' cometh surety in the presence of his friends,” saith the wise King of Israel. In this old-world custom of striking hands, hand-shaking, no doubt, orig- inated, for, before it became a mere friendly greeeting, a. shake of the hand was accepted as a. pledge. When Fer- dinand and Miranda. strike their ten- der bargain, he says, “Here is my hand,” and she replies, “And mine with myheart on it.” Dunbar, Lord Treasurer of Scotland, congratulating Yclverton upon having made his peace at Court, said to him, “I will desire your friendship, as you do mine, and Ilwill promise to do you my best; whereupon as pledge I give youmy hand l” And so, shaking Yelverton by the hand, he bade him farewell. Nowadays a shake of the hand may mean very much, or nothing at all. The strong, hearty grip for grip of twp old, long-partedfriends, meeting un- expectedly, is one thing; the nerve- less, loose, indifferent clasp‘ of” at. quaintanccship another. Sydney Smith attempted to classify hand~ shakes, dividing them into the high official, the sepulchral, the digitol'y, the shakus rusticus, and the retentive. The first was practiced by the then Archbishop of York, “who kept his body erect, carried your hand aloft tb alevel with his chin, and gave ftka rapid, short shake.” Sir John Mack- intosh reflected the sepulchral, "lay- pualed' though 1-, ing his open hand flat on your palm, so coldly you were hardly aware of its, contigulty. ’ ‘ with the high clergyâ€"was adopted by Brougham, who used to put forth his forefinger with, “How are youl” The. shakus rusticus was having: "your hand seized as in on non grasp, be~ tokening rude health, a. warm heart, hen the gentle sex have it all their own and diStance from the metroponsi but producing a sense of relief when hand is released with the fingers 1m. broken. "â€"All the Year Round. The, digitoryâ€"in . favor your “ALA _.__ .V. The Public School teachers ofLindssy hold a meeting every month.