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The portieres in many of the most fash- ionable houses in [his city are made out of Mexican horse blankets and Arabian blan- kets, and are merely thrown over the brass or walnut rod and drawn to one side. These portieres can easily be made at home out of an old pair of dark blankets that have first been thoroughly washed in ammonia and water. Collect all the bits of colored silk floss in the house and also pieces (f fine split zephyr worsted. Take a large darning needle and put one or more colored threads in it, then run through the blankets in zig- zag, scollopped or straight lines, taking care to have them all run one wayâ€"that is,e ither horizontal or perpendicular. The ends of the floss or worsted should not be left loose, but knotted on the next piece. The more the colors are mixed the prettier the effect. The edge may be embroidered in a leaf design in applique velvet and the bottom finished by a fringe of all the colors. A pretty decoration for a dining~room ceiling is made out of five Japanese paper umbrellas, one being about a yard in diameter and the other four and a. half yards. Those with the designs of birds and butterflies are the best to pur- chase. The large one is placed about the chandelier in the centre of the room. The handle is first removad and the chandelier then unscrewed from the top. After the umbrella. is placed on the upper pipe, fitting nicely to the ceiling. With the top outward, the chandelier is screwnd on and the umbrella further flutean with brass. headed nails. The other four umbrellas are put near the corners and fastened by two tacks in each rip. They are placed top outward and look very artistic,especiallyon a white ceiling. If the room is smallthe centre umbrella is sufficient and one smaller may if placed over the mantel, up quite high. able and chair scaris have taken the place of tidies. They are made from two to two and a half yards long, and from a half to three-quarters of a yard wide. The most fashionable kind are those of Mexican silk gauze run with gold, silver, red or blue silks in Oriental figures. For tables ones oi! plush, velvet or silk embroidered in aresene are used. Ones to imitate the Mexican gauze, and whicJ look fully as well, are made out of the thinnest and yel- lowest unbleached muslin, which can be purchased for three cents per yard. This washes well and has the limp, soft look of the gauze. Run them in some odd uncon- ventional design with red, blue, gold and iilver'cords an’d silks, and fringe out the ends. When placed on sofas they are first tied into a knot at one endâ€"N. Y. Journal. Captain Gardner, late master of the ship Guyana, of Glaegow, was landed on the 12b): ulb. at Southampton. and removed to the workhouse suffering from acute reli- gious mania. When off Ascension Captam Gardner attacked and mortally wounded Ody, his chief oflioer, and a colored Seaman named Rowland. The Stevenson Brothers Mxpinle 'l‘lxeir Crime at Beginn- A last (Thursday) night’s Winnipeg des- petoh says: John and George Stevenson were hanged at Regina this morning for the atrocious murder of John McCarthy at Troy junction. McCarthy formerly lived in Perth county, Out. The halt-breeds madeefull oonfeeswn of their guilt and admitted the justice of their sentence. They met death with cheerful, expectant laces. Father humane Hugonant attended to their spiritual welfare. The ecaflold and appliances were complete and worked admirably. The drop was ten feet. Both died instantaneously. The execution was private, and no demonstration'wns made by the hall-breed Indian population. The execution will have u. salutary (ffect. The confession of the prisoners in very long. A Caledonian who claimed that the best poets were Scotch. giving Shakspeare as a specimen, replied to an objeotqr's doubt whether Shaknpeare was a Sootchman, that " his ubaelity would warrant the sup- poseetion l” It is rumored that at the approaching tar-centenary celebration of the Edinburgh University three professors will be knight- ed. The medical professor said to be selected for the honor is awell-knowu toxi- oologist. Bishop Wordsworth, of the diocese of St. Andrews, preached on March 16911 in the Established Church 0! that town, appearing in the pulpit in full Episcopal robes. The last time a similar event took place in St. Andrews was in 1688. Lord Maodonald of the Isles is reported to be lying at Nina seriously ill. Sir Lye}: Playfair has been asked to not as President: of the British Asacciation at Aberdeen in 1885, and has consented. A Prlze Fight Rev-unâ€" in the Death 01 Three Men. A Pittsburg, Pm, telegram says: A Cumberland, Md, special says : A prize fight came off at Hyndmsn, Pm, near the Maryland State line, at an early hour this morning, between a. Hungarian named Niokvesb, formerly a. St. Louis sport, and an unknown, alleged to be Kilrsxm, s Bos- ton pugiliefi. The fight was arranged a. short time ego and the party left Hunting- don, Pun, last night in coal care, arriving an Hyudmen at 3 this morning. During the trip a. melee occurred on the train in which several persons were injured. Arriving at Byndman a. ring was pinched and a. fight begun. Fifty-three rounds were fought with the advantage about even, when the cry of “ foul " was raised. A terrible riot ensued in which pistols and knives were freely used. The rich lasted some time, and at the con- elusion three men, including Nickvest, were stretched on the ground deed, while several others were badly wounded. Nick- 'gest was allot thrqugh the heart. 1‘10 arrests reported. 7 The site of Tothill Field prison has been handed over to Cardinal Manning and steps are being taken for the immedime erection thereon of the Roman Catholic Cathedral for London. Samuel W. Baker, the African explorer: isiquoted as saying that camels will erassi adesert with a load of 400 pounds at the rate of thirty miles a. day, in the burning heat of summer, and require water only every third or fourth day. In the cooler months the animals will work seven or eight days without water, and it graaing on green foliage, without labor, will only drink once a. fortnight. Lord Tennyson retired immediately after being sworn in as spear. without taking his seat on either side of the House or on the cross benches. But as he was introduced by two Liberal peers, and, so for as can be judged from his writings, his sympathies run with that party, the Liberal journals claim him. But it is still a. subject of dis- cussion and doubt. ‘Ib‘is customary to poke a. mild article of fun at the boy, who, with the polar wave chewing at his ears, and his nose adJueted to the upper end of an icicle, pulls a heavy sled up a. steep hill for the momentary pleasure of sliding down, but that boy is a. philosopher compared with the last young man who fritters away his vitality by dissi- pation m; the penalty of dragging a. debili- tated body through the rest of his natural Among the sixty-nine gentleman who will receive the honorary degree of LL.D. at the Edinburgh University tri-centensry commemoration are Professors Cavley, Helmholtz and Haeokel, Sir John Lub- book‘ Sir Henry Maine and Mr. Archibald its. Latest Scottish News. A DOUBLE IIANGING. DEADLY CO TIBA T. Pretty Decorations. From a. pecuniary point of view the Duchess of Albany is left In a comfortable position. She has the dowry Voted by Pur- liament, which amounts to £6,000 a. year. The Duke was careful in the management of his financial affairs, so that he was enabled to settle upon the Duchess by his will a. further yearly sum of £2,000, and leave he: also a. sufficient sum for keeping up Claremogt. _ -Clmrles Reade, who has been lorg an invalid, is now dangerously ill with bronv chitis. His condition to-dayia so cribwal that; there is little hope of his recovery. The divorce suit of the Earl :of Euston developed matrimonial complications of opera botffe absurdity. When the Earl had produced the husband of his wife, who was alive at the time of her marriage with him, and had apparently won his case. the wife produced other wiuueeaea to show that the first husband had a. wife living when he married her. This rendered valid her marriage with theEarl. _ Mr. Gladstone is suffering not only from bronchial difliculty. but also from sciatica. His wife and family strongly urge hlm to accept a. peprage withqut dglay. Erlwin A. Abbey,the American artist, and Alfred Pat-sane, the leading landscape painter of England, gave a dinner on Thursday evening to Mr. Lawrence Bur- retn at the Continental Hotel. Covers were laid for forty guests, among whom were some of the most prominent men in art and literature in London. The details of the Colin Campbell case are gradually oozing out. They are of an unpleasant and painful rather than of a disgraceful character. The husband is very indignant and, it is said, threatens to bring an action against his Wife, who is notoriously indisoreet. A nobleman is mentioned in the oaae,who hasnlready had more than his share of Divorce Court pro- mmence. The Queen maintains good health in spite of the shock caused by the death of she Duke of Alaany. Her medical advisers Insist on the necessity of outdoor exercise. In oonsequanoe of this she drives daily about the private grounds at Windsor. The Sun says Mary Anderson has found it necessary to protest against the many matrimonial paragraphs which are cer- tainly beginning to harm her, as there was an uneasy impression that they were advertising puffs sent out by injudioions friends. She protests that they are the production of an enemy. As a proof of the good-will she enjoys among but profession, she mentions that she received 800 letters after her professional matinee. She is very tired after her long engagement, and rejoices at the prospect of rest. Her theatre is the only one that remains open to-night on account of the funeral of the Duke of Albany, and this Ina-y get her into a. scrape. _ ‘ t ' A Budget at NeWI Notes from the Great Melropolls. Mr. Bright's illness has been more seri- ous than the bulletins have avowed. He was said for some days to have extensive inflammation of the lungs and much fever. and 1113 condition was not than has from danger, his age being considered. He has since improved under the skilful treatment of Dr. Dudgeon, one of the leading homom- punbio physicians, and is to-duy decidedly better. Society is portentiouely dull, and the see.- aon is practically destroyed by the Duke's death. Marshall & Snellgrove, the most fashionable men millinere. have counter- mended an order for £2,000,000 worth of silk. The great social success of the day ie Salvini. He has hundreds of aristocratic udorers. A society journal draws the moral that the secret of male success in London is to be aononus and sentimental. The memoirs of Mmio, the great tenor, are to be published shortly by Zanichelli, of Bologna. 77 The Council of the Society of Authors has formed itself intoa legal corporation called the “Incorporated Society of Authors.” It includes Matthew Arnold, R. D. Blackmore, Wilkie Collins, W. S. Gilbert, Lord Houghbon, Prof. Huxley. Thus. Hughes, Cardinal Manning. Mrs. Oliphant, George Augustus Sula, Prof. Tyndall and Prof. Sealey. It may not be generally known that the Creditors’ Relief Act, passed by the Provin- cial Legislature in 1880, i now in force. At the time of passing the Act it was not known whether or not they were dealing with matters within the province of the Dominion end a. clause was inserted to the efiect that it would not come into force un- til so proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Gover- nor. Thet proclamation has now been issued. It provides that in the issue of write no priority shell be given. A sheriff may seize on one writ, but all others filed within a month from such seizure shall have an equal claim. At the end of the month the assets are distributed, and any- thing left over is held for creditors filing writs during the second calendar month. Hitherto, the first creditor who had a seiz< ure made got everything, or enough to satisfy his claims, and the remainder had to go without, or take what was left. The handsomest girl in Sylvania County, Ga, became engaged. nearly foray yeaxl ‘ ago, to John Gross, the son of a wealthy planter. Shortly after the engagement was announced, Gross went to New Orleans on business, forgoh his lady love. settled in Texas and did not return home until two years later. Though the lady had not heard a word from him in all that time, she was still true. They renewed the engagement, then quarrelled. and Gross went off again. He remained away until a few days ago, when he returned to his old homestead to celebrate his 60th birthday. He found his fiancee still waiting and promptly married her. She had refused many offers of mar- riage during his absence. Three men whom she had refused became respectively a Congressman, a Senator and a Governor. In View of his veto of the reduction of the marriage Iicense tee, the Baltlmore Ameri- can suggests to Gov. MeLa ne, of Maryland. that he might augmenu the State’s revenues bv putting a tax on divorcee. His Imperial Highness Prince Earn, the only surviving child of the Emperor of Japan, having almost reached the age of 7 years, is having a. separate palace built for his occupancy. _ Col. Burnaby, 01 the “ Blues," who is one of the remarkable figures of Landon atandlng six feet tour, holds four somewnu‘.» widely ditfering appointments at present‘ being Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Horse Guards BIue,Silver Stick in Waiting, special correspondent of the Morning post, and acting commandant of a. levy of raw Soudanese and Egyptian troops. He figured in the front'ln the recent battles. GOSSIP FRODI LONDON. VOL. XXVI. Creditors’ Belle! Act 01 1880. A Tedious Courtship Ended. 4. The exammamons for second-class will immediately follow the intermediate and thirdclass examinations, so that both can be taken by the same candidate, but third- olass certificates will not be awarded on second-class papers. 1. Reading has heretofore been neglected to a certain extent in our High Schools, and as a. ooneequenoe no examination was requxred in this subject from candidates applying for second or third (218.58 certifi- ostee. The new regulations provide that every candidate must read a. passage to be selected by theCounty Board of Examiners, and in the presence of an examiner ap- pointed by the County Board for this pur- pose, the result of this test to be sent to the Education Department. It is thought by this means that greater attention Wlll be paid to this very important subject of the school curriculum. 2. Another eubject very much neglected ie mating, and in this no standard was required. Under the new regulations excellence in penmenship will be abso- lutely necessary. Although Writing is not generally regarded as a. nest of scholarship, still it is very desirable that greater atten- tion should be paid to it in our public schools, and excellence in a teacher is one way of securing excellence in t_he pugil. .‘ 3. To encourage the study of music and drawing an examination may be passed in either or both of these subjects, and the number of marks obtained by nhc candidate will be added as a. bonus to the total oli- mined in she obligatory subjects, and thus assist in making up the aggregate necessary for a. certificate. It is hoped by this means no encourage the study of music and draw- ing in 8.11th public schools of Ontario. 5. Every candidate will be required to pays fee of one dollar towards defraying the expenses of his examination. Herero- fore these examinations have cost; the Province between $5,000 and $6,000. It is considered just that candidates themselves should bear this burden, and in doing so they are only submitting to the obligation imposed upon candidates at the law exami- nations at Osgoode Hall and elsewhere. 6. It has been the practice in the depart- ment in order to retain successful teachers in the profession to renew third-class certi- ficates on the recommendation of the Inspector and the Board of School Trustees without reexamination. This cunt-om has been found to operate injuriouely, Many teachers were content to continue teach ing on the third-class certificate trust- ing to the indulgence of the Inspector and the exigencies of the Boards 0! Trustees for a. renewal. Under the new regulations no renewal can be obtained without re. examination except under very special cir- cumstances, but in order to prevent the worthy teacher from leaving the profession the Inspector is to be allowed to add any number of marks up to 200 to the number made by such 9. cendidnte at the non-pro- fessional exnminntion. Changes Relating to the Examinations for Teachers’ Certificates. By regulations reneutly gdopted. some changes are efleoted respecting the exami. nations for teachers’ cernficates in July next. READING AND WRITING TESTS INTRODUCED. Provision to Encourage Illa Study of RI “sic nnd Drawing. In this way the teacher is obliged to keep up with the edueamonal advancement of the country by constantly revising his amines, and if successful his services re’ ceive an appropriate reward. In is also hoped that: a reexamination will have the tendency of inducing many who 'would be disposed to repose 11an their laurel: to press into the higher ranks of their pro- feasion. "Elleâ€"following is a. full list 0! the regula- tions regarding the fornhc ming examina- tions : SUBJECTS FOR THE NON’PROFESSIOXAL EXAMINA- TIONB. NOTE.+It will be observed that the only material change introduced into the curriculum for the present year is that, the subjects of reud' lug and writing are required. Candidates for the intermediate only will take the subjects 1 to 7, and eigher aub‘jeeta 8, 9 or 11 as formerly. fBIRD-CLABS NON-PROF!) SSIONAL EXAMINATION.* The obligatory subjects of this examination for 1884 are as follows: HEW SCHOOL REGULATIONS. 10. Mental arithmetic.......... 75 10 11. And (a) any two of the followmg three: Ne.- tural philosoyhy, chemistry,botany...... 2C0 50 Or (12) Latin, " “ (0) French. " ((1) German. To encourage the study of music and drawing an examination may be passed on either or both of the subjects, and the number of marks obtained by the candi- date will be added as a. bonus to his total. The value of each of these is fixed at 75 marks. The total value of the obligatory subjects is 1,400, and in addition to the prescribed mimmum on each the candidate is to make 700 marks on the aggregate. _ -â€"~ "(10’ ' o The presiding examiner in the subject of Reading shall be selected by the County Board of Examiners, the result to be re- p'erted to the Department. He shall hear each of the candidates read a. passage selected by examiners from an authorized Fifth Reader. The paper in Writing win also be considered by the Central Com- mittee. *Those who have already passed the Interme- diate Examination are notrequireu to pass again in the same Subjects for Third Clash. A female candidate may, at either the Second or Third Class Examination, substitute for Algebra one of the subjects of French, erfnan,‘ Music or Botany, iu‘which she has not een examined for the Intermediate. The bonus for Music will not. be alloww where Music is taken as a substitute for Algebra. Miss Beatrice Persons, of London, was the winner of the highest honors o! the recent Cambridge University examination, in which no less than three thousand bright British girls competed. According to a. report published by the company for excavating the canal on the isthmus of Corinth, the works will be finished bythe time appointedâ€"i. e., in the year 1887. The canal, twelve miles in length, wxll unite the Ionian and ZEgeen Seas, and save the vo'yege 01120111118! around the Cape of Mutapen. Southern Italy and Sicily will derive the greatest Vadvantage from the new route. ation .......... {Algebra ......... Euclid. . H iatury .. {Geogrqphy :.. Reading Writing... English gmmmar...‘ English literature. Competinion Dictation ...... . Arithmetic and measur- .... RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1884. Minimum Value required. 100 9 75 19 153 45 150 3‘7 mo 25 50 12 45 Prof. Goldwin Smith refers to the death or the Prince in this manner: A more amiable disposition or pleasanter manners there could not be. Prince Leopold’s life seemed likely to be a happy one. It had, at least. the prime element of all happi- ness, union With a women- worthy of love. Claremont, the palace which was built by Clive out of the spoils of Indian conquest, in which his last dark years were passed, and where the wild story 0! his fierce and towering ambition came to its tragic close, had become, by a curious turn of destiny, the joyous home of the- young Duke and Duchess, with their litti»; domestic court. One large room had, according to tradition. been built by special order of the imperious prooonsul to accommodate a carpet of vast dimensions, the gift of an Indian prince, which still covers the floor. In that room and on that carpet gathered round the piano the bright little circle which seemed to have the promise of many years of domestic happiness. But the gentle and gracious young wife, who was the centre of the circle, is a young widow. Perhaps, after all, as these are not good times for royalty, the Prince who had such a high ideal of royal duty may have been tnken from evil to come. His aspirations might have been disappointed, and disappointment might have brought a cloud even upon the sunny life of Claremont. A last (Saturday) afternoon‘s telegram is as follows: The funeral services over the remains of Prince Leopold were held this morning in SE. George’s Chapel. The Queen, Prince and Princess of Wales, Princesses Chriecien, Louise and Beatrice, Crown Prince Frederick William and other royal pareonuges were p1 esent. The Prince of Wales followsd the coffin as chief mourner. The remains were deposited in the vault at Frogmore. A London cablegmm Ian: (Friday) night says: The Drama of Wmdsor awaited the funeral procession am the euvmnce to the Memurml Chapel. Conspicuous among the wreaths of flowers was one from Ex Em- press Eugenie. After a short: redgiuua servnoe the royal pernonagea withdrew. A second funeral vsezvioe was celebrated luter, wxbh none present suve the Queen. the Duchess of Albany, and the Dean of Wind- 1501. An Account of a Link: War That Preceded El [makers by Many Cell.- turics. The Soudau is none other than the (lush of the Bible. which tho Septuagint and the Vulgate render Ethiopia. When Moses had. arrived at manfi -‘sie Flgyp: Wm: invaded by an Ethiopisn army, which successfully laid waste the country as for us Memphis. In their despair the Egyp- tians prayed to their oracles for sid.a.nd the advice they reoeivsd was that they should offer the leadership of their armies to ‘fi Moses, the Hebrew." This they did. The great difliculty of the campaign was to traverse the roads which led to the Ethiopian camp. in consequence of their being infested with dangerous serpents. The wily Israel- ite provided his advance guard with a. num- ber of ibes in baskets and instructed the soldiers to let the birds loose on the ser- pents. By this ingenious expedient the roads were speedily otesred and Moses was enabled to surprise the Ethiopians and de- test them With great slaughter, Carrying the war into Meroe itself, Muses then laid siege to the capital, Ssbs. The obstinate resistance offered by the defenders pro- longed the siege for some time, but eventu- ally the city was delivered up by Therbis. the daughter of the Ethiopian King, who had watched Moses from a. distance, and from admiring his Valor had fallen in love with him. The story ends happily with the marriage oi Moses and Therbis,â€" American Hebrew. PRINCE lEOPOlD’S FUNERAL. An Impressive Ceremony Attended by the Queen and Royal Family. GOLDWIN SMITH ON THE PRINCE. A Little Rock preacher, during usermon told the (allowing touching story: "A little girl dreamed that she was sitting in the dooryard, and that near her stood her grandfather. Presently two angels came down, took hold 0! the old man and carried him up until he almost faded firom tight, but pretty soon they‘hegsn to return with him, and at last, when they placed him on the ground, one of them said: ‘Not now, old man; you are too heavy.’ The little girl related the dream to her grandfather, and the old fellow was so much impressed that he went around the next day and paid all of his debts. Thus released of heaviness, he died shortly after- wards, and, we have reason to believe, was taken up by the angelsr” ' r u . ,1,._.AAL As the minister vsv’as leaving the church, he aawa. member who had not: paid his part of the salary necessary to the finan- cial comfort of the shepherd. Approach- ing the delinquent gentleman, the preacher adi'd : “Brother Buddleton, I dislike to speak to you on such a. subject today, but I have repeatedly called at your house without being able; to find you. The amount you owe me is $20.” “Parson, I would like to pay you butâ€"” “ But what 7 Haven’t you got the money ?" ’ ' .H. 1 “ Oh, yes! but you see my little grand- daughter has had a. dream very much like the one you told about, and I am afraid that it I pay my debte,I’ll die. Imn’t ready just yet for the angels to fly away with me. If I wasn’t; afraid it would kill rile, VI’tir bay everything I owe."â€"Ark. Traveller. I cannot help interpolating an anecdote as to how parafiine candles were thought of. ‘ The solid wax from tar had been discovered by Beichenbeoh, but was so rare when I first became professor of chemistry that I was proud in having a. quarter of an ounce in a bottle to show my students. One cold day Mr. Young called upon me with some Derbyehire petroleum, and asked me what I thought the solid crystals floating in it could be. I answered that they must be pereffine, and asked whether he could not prepare sufficient for me to make two candles. With these I lighted the desk on the lecture table of the Royal Institution, and pointed out that though the coat of these candles was more than twenty Bhlllingd ealch, yet before long they would become the common candle of the country, This eefe‘prOphecy baa long since been realized, for saraffine is now menufactured in thou- aan s of tons annuallyâ€"Sir Lyon Playfair. The veteran warrior Von Moltke is the leader or the prohibitionisca in Germany. firenms with Different Eflccli. [ROSES I [HE SOUDAN. origin 01 Parkman Candle)». The Marquis of Lorne is treading in his father‘s footsteps as a sensational doctrin~ sire. He has come out as an advocate of Irish Home Rule, With abrandrnew panacea fur Irish discontent. He has elaborated it in a long article just published in the April number of the Contemporary Review. Ire- land, he says. in clammiugfor a Parliament of her own, but at the same time the English statesmen deem it intolerable that the imperial sway of England should be removed from one of her fairest possessions, or that the vast interests of Englishmen should be left to the mercy of an indepen- dent and perhaps hostile legislature. He therefore proposes as a compromise what he calls "Provincial Home Rule in Ire- land.” He would have four Provincial Dietsâ€"that of Leinster, to sit at Dublin ; of Munster, at Cork; of Ulster, at Ballast, and of Uonnaught, at Galway. These Diets should such consist of an upper house or senate, and a popular branch or chamber of deputies. The term of service in the upper house he would establish at six years, one-third of the members being elected every two years, while all the members of the lower houss should be elected biennially; all the members of both houses to be elected by popular ballot, subject to the same regulations and the same qualifications tor elec- tors as now prevail for Parliament. The powers and duties of these Diets the Marquis would have confined strictly to local purposes, such as the imposition and collection of the poor rates, school taxes and assessments for local public improvs- ments and the maintenance of public order within the provincial limits. He would leave undisturbed the administrative machinery of the island, comprising the Lord Lieutenancy, the County Lieuten- ancies and all other Grown officials, and would leave to the Imperial Parliament the levying of the Queen’s tax and the enact- ment of all general laws lor the government of the island as at present. I The Marquis argues that the Irishmen’s pride in their local assemblies would sup- plant their desire for a. central Parliament at Dublin ; that their taste for electioneer- ing and for enjoying the power of the ballot would be amply gratified by th frequent elections provided, and that those functions of government of which they see and feel the results most directly, being exercised by their own representatives, they would have the feeling of governing themselves ; while in regard to all things vital to Eng- 11811 or imperial interests, matters would remain the way they are at present. LAUGHING AT LORNE'B STATECRAFT. A correspondent this evening asked Mr. A. M. Sullivan, the eminent Irish pub. hoist, for his opinion rat the Marquis' article. The Marquis Proposes to Give Ireland a Four-Barren“! Parliament. “ Bosh l” exclaimed Mr. Sulliilan. “ His Lordship doesn’t Know what he is writing about. His proposal shows that his ignor- ance of Irish affairs is simply deplorable. The Marquis is fresh from Canada. The Canadians are peculiarly loyal and at the same time extremely jealous of their local rights. They possess local legislatures and are contented with the general domina- tion of England. Lorne thinks it would be aeolution of the Irish question to apply the Canadian system to Ireland. But the Irish situation is the very reverse of the Canadian. The people of Ireland are con- tented with their district governments and are at war against the general domination of England. The Canadians don’t wish to be a nation ; the Irish do. The Canadians protest against independence ; the Irish are rebels against allegiance. The main source of trouble in securing desirable legislation for Ireland is that those who controlBritish opinions and Parliament are all at least as ignorant of Irish affairs as Lorne. His proposal to end Irish re- bellion against English Government by giving the’Irish more local rights and less nationalitv is like an attempt to quench a breadvstufied beggar’s thirst by giving him more dry bread. Perhaps, however, should give Lorne credit for the intelligence of the malignity his article appears to con- tain. His idea seems to be to set the Irish people by the ears by reviving the four hos- tile kingdoms ; in other words, to conquer ‘ the Irish by dividing them 'against one another. His scheme is so ridiculous that a in the London clubs it is already dubbed ‘Lorne‘s Irish Home Rule (Limited).’ " llome! Sweet Home. Where ? When the dear old mother runs from her arm chair with a smile to greet WE; Where thehrue hearted father glue 3 you in awarm hearty grasp. Where the right faces that cluster areund you are full of happy remembranoee, and every heart thiobs in unison thh yourlife and labor. Where, when the buetlee and hurry and strife of living are over, the weary hands and aching heart can lie down a. while ; lie down and wait a little and look into the far off Celestial 0ity.just beyond the billows that touch our feet. Where some one will miss us when we’ve crossed to the other shore, and loving eyes will look wretfully through the surges and the mist that lie between them and us, and their love will bear us on almost to the portal where Heavenly messengers welt. G06 pihy‘the foot wanderer who can nevar know the joy of this earthly resting 919.98; WILL THIS SUIT THE AGITATORSP This little glimpse of heaven to the heart so long a stranger to the tender accents which fell from loving lips, or the gentle touch of father's. mother’s or sister's hand with the warmest solicitude, smooths 31:: gay into the valley of the shadow of em: . Poor stranger 1_ who in a. far 'off land, amid sickness. poverty and want, can only dream of the home he may never reaoh. unnamed for, unloved, alone. Alone save the sweet administering of God’s angels, who come to the beggar, the hungry, the sick, the homeless, the outcast of the earth, who take them in all their poverty of body and soul, for within the pearly gates that encloseathe “ Father’e_ma.nsious."â€"Pretzel’s Weekly. Charles Barrett. of Ashburnham, Mass., now 96 years old, had his life insured for $1,000 in 1836:; Having reached the extreme limit of life, according to the table of mortality on which the Insurance com- pany does business, the President sent the other day a cheque for the amount of his policy. It) is believed to be the only case on record where a. man has beaten an insurance company by outliving a. life policy. â€"Mr. John White, of Milton, lost his valuable mare Sunnyside, on Tuesday last, when she died in fouling. ' [ORNE AND HOME-RULE. Drawing His own Lite Insurance: M {Lazfl7 (4/ I! L A, M Teefy WHOLE NO 1,815 NO. 45. Apropos of Easter, I read the other day cfacharming idea for a children‘s party given in England by a lady, and called “ An Easter Party.” The drawing-room and conservatory adjoining were ornamented with bushes and little trees containing a number of birds’ nests. Other birds’ nests hung from brackets and gas fixtures, or were tucked in the angles or screens and hidden about in any convenient; spot not too difficult to secure. Every nest had a card tied to it with the name 0! the little child for whom its contents were intended. and it was. contrived that most of the children should find their own nests. They were told at a certain time in the late afternoon-for this was a sensible children’s party and commenced at 5 o’clock â€"they were to go bird-nesting ; and it was delightful to watch them and to hear their exclamatione of pleasure at the discovery of the nest which bore the looked-for name. It occurred to me this would be an exceed- ingly attractive idea for a party for our own little children, not diflicult at all to manage, and which would have the great charm of novelty. llenllhy Window Plants. A lady whose beautiiul plants are the delight of her life and the envy of all her acquaintances reveals the following secret of success : The soil is about two-thirds good garden soil and the rest is sand. It is kept light and loose about the roots ; they are watered as they“ appear to need- it and not according to any particular rule ; but the chief reason for this wonderful growth and bloom is this : " When any of tne leaves wither and fall, instead of picking them up and throwing them away, I make little rolls of them and tuck them down in the earth and let them decay, and this is the only fertilizer I have ever used." “ This," she added modestly, “ seems to be nature’s way. And the plants that have the afternoon sun only. grow and rival those that have the morning sun.” Spring “at; That Are No! Taking. The spring hate that have made their appearance are straws, the crowns of which are generally very high and the brime narrow, and the shades are so striking as to be obtrusive and to many undesira- ble. Naturally, women Will fall back upon bonnete. Seasonable Topics in Regard to the Drawing-Room and Kitchen Acidity of the stomach is an expression used to denote the feeling of something tasting sour to the patient, and, in some easesl rising from the stomach into the mouth. The same fuult is often likewise indicates by a feeling of heartburn. The remedies must commonly used for its cor- rection are bicarbonate of soda. or bicar- bonate of potash. Ten grains of either may be taken occasionally in water. Their action will be assisted by a. light diet, and the patient should carefully avoid perk taking of beer, wine, or too much sugar, pastry, etc. Na. 1. Take one pint of oatmeal. look it over and pick out any black specks you flud, put it in a. two-quart dieh, add one large teaspoonful of salt: and one quart of how water, place in a steamer. and steam three hours ; do not stir it but add more hot water if needed. To be eaten with milk or cream, sweetened and flavored to suit the mate. No. 2. Take one large tablespoouful of coarse oatmeal, add one and one-half pint of hm; water, boil two hours ; adding water as 1t bulls away, salt to unit: the taste, and add one-half pm: of milk. No. 3. One cup of rather fine oatmeal, three cups of warm water or one-half sweet milk is better, 59.15 to mate, stir together and let the meal swell ; butter a. shallow nin, pour the butter in. bake until a rich brown color. No. 4. Mix fine oatmeal in warm water salted to suit the taste ; make it still enough to roll out one inch thick ; cook on 9., griddle ; cock as soon as you can after It is rolled out, as it will grow brittle ifit: lies. Chocolate Pudding.‘ One quart of milk, four tablespoonfuls of cornstarch dissolved in one cup of miik, to which add two tablespoonfuls of grated chocolate. Boil the remainder of the milk with two-thirds of a. cup of sugar, add the cornstarch and chocolate, bell three min- utes, add one teaspoonful of salt. To be eaten cold wnh sugar: and cream flavored with vanilla. Fanny cards and plaques can be made more attractive by making velvet or satin frames for them. Cut the frame of card board. covm: it with muslin first, so there will be something to new against. Gather or plait the velvet, leavmg a ruflle at the edge an inch wide. than flaw in nicely over the cardboard and finish on the back of frame. Another pretty way to preserve cards is to out the handle ofi a Japanese umbrella. up close to the hinge that holds the umbrella open ; hang it as you would a picture, with the outside against the wall, then detauh the ribs of the umbrella from the cover and slip the cards underneath. arranging them to please the fancy. When finished it makes a very bright, pretty novelty. Pendants are fashionable. Moliere vests will be the rage. Hosiery is more pronounced. Light wraps are of delicate shades. Boarfs are very much worn by young ladies. Gloves and handkerchief must match the coatume. Young ladies wear the plb‘ve only to the elbow. Bunda of black velvet, for neck and wristLare bpsozpipg. G016, steel and sifix embroideries will take the lead. In shoes End slippers the “ Louis Quinza" heel still finds favor. ' Vinita sleeves are noi of the same mate- rigl ag the garimgnt. Cironhier. Havana browfi, eoru, gray and beige are favontes. Gold ruffling is among the latest novel- tieg; it 3391511311 the “A Unique.” _‘7Velours apingle” and sicilienne oom- bme beautifully. V Pearls are what fashionable worn wit black velvet bands. » Very handsome walking suits are made of wool and velvet checks. Pjnin uni-colored costumes are also worn. Newport sashes are laid in folds around the neck and down the (rent. confined at the waiauyith g. banquet q! flgwers. NEWEST FASHION NOTES. THE lADIES’ COLUMN. Butterflies of velvâ€"et tinsel, gauze and hildren'u linden- Parties. A‘Few New Fashion Notes. [low to Cook Ontmenl. To Correct Acidity. Velvet Frame. 4 fl zit/£7 // “ (12/ “flu/‘- Among the new shapes in hatsâ€"t}? “ Buden," “ Mignon,” “ West Point, ’ “‘Mllitflil‘fl ” and ,“ Etelks." The newest in oapotes is the “ May.” L'on‘gioetrioh plumes will be worn. Nune’ veiling comes in very lovely figured patterns; le‘eves, buds and butter- flies. scattered terxupsrt. » multi-colored little feathers, lady-apples, acorns, mushrooms and grasses trim film may spring hats. The cross’ atinah‘ Irish point lace is the most durable and taahlonable to: children’s wear. Point Duchess, Point d’Alenoon and Languedoo make the most beautiful even- ing lingerie. Venison-Bone Soupâ€"Use the bones of a shoulder or heunch of cold roast or baked venison ; break them rather small, pub them into a soup kettle with four quarts of cold water, one medium-sued carrot, one turnfp and one onion peeled, a. dozen whole cloves, 3. level tebleepoonful of salt, quarter of e. eeltspoonful ot pepper and a. blade of mace, and boil them for four hours ; just at the expiretlon of this time pun four level tablespoonsiuls of flour and two of butter into a. saucepan over the fire and stir them until they begin to brown ; then gradually stair them with the soup, shunning in through a fine sieve ; when all the soup has been used if ifi is too thick add enough boilmg water to make it; of the righfi consistency, see that it: is palate.ny seasoned. and serve it hot. By Juliet Col-sou, Superintendent oi the N. Y. school at Cbokery. Economic“! Soups.â€"In cool weather the bones and scraps of any kind at meat. the drippinga from roast meat or poultry. and cold gravy, should all be carefully saved to uuam soup; the rice and vegetable used with the ubuve named ingredients are almost always in the house and their pre- paration is very euuy. Cold Gravy Soup. Peel and out in small pieces 3. Carrot of medium eize, alerge white nuruip, an onion and u. oupful of trash or owned tomatoes; piek over and wash half at oupiul 0t rice; put all these ingredients into a. soup-kettle, with four quarts of cold water. a level tablespoonqu of nah, quarter of a. saltspoonful of pepper and a. yint of any kind of cold gravy. or a. oupful of (inp- pings from roast or baked meat; boil the soup slowly for about three hours, keeping in well covered to prevent evaporation; if when it is done it seems too thick add enough boiling water to make in the proper consistency. See that the seasoning is palatable and serve it hot. Beefanesk Soup.â€"â€"Chop fine 9. oupful of pieces of oold beetatesk, leaving the bone entlre, so that; it"can easily be removed from the soup; put both mesh and bone over the fire in four quarts of cold water, with a level tsblespoonful of salt, quarter of a. Balnspoouful of pepper, hslf a oupful of rice, picked over and washed in cold water and two oupfuls of tomatoes, either fresh or canned. chopped finely rboil the soup slowly and steadily for two hours; then remove the bone. see thaw the soup is palate.ny seasoned, andserve i6 hob. Rye will grow at a low temperature and continue to grow later and start earlier than most other grains; - One acre of ground in lawn and garden in sufi‘mienh to maintain the family cow in any village or rural locality. Ibis said that Harriet Beecher Stowe gathers on an average 60,000 oranges per year from her little grove 111 Florida. Put a few ears of corn into the oven and let them remain until reduced to charcoal. Feed this to the {owls and notice the in- creased egg production. As a. rule, the nearer the surface the seeds are planted where the soil is reason- ».ny moist, the bathe! chance there is for 8: quick, steady and ‘ngorous grownh. ' Hlokory and ohearry require a. growth of thuuy years before they are valuable for timber. maple twenty years and beaches: fifteen years. In the Pubho Garden, Boston, there will be planted Ibis year 500.000 pausies. The firan floral display wul conunue through Aprxl, May and June. The land that is well drained can be worked soon after rains and endures the drought better, while the ground wan-ma earlier in the apt-mg, and permlta of more abundant crops and better tillage. Some fruit misere keep a book in which they register the age and variety at every tree in than: orchud, together with any items in regard to its gramng, productive; nears, treatment, etc., which are thought) to be desxmble. New oats are not good to feed horse. They relax the bowels, and often if the ahavge from old to new is sudden, the value of the oat ranion is almost entirely lost. As they shrink a. good deal in drying, the old oats, though nominally dearer, are usually cheaper, as well as better feed. than thgnew crop. _ The now stable should be kept neat and clean, or the milk cannot be perfectly pure. The air of a. filthy'etuble will taint milk that is drawn in it; and when the air is foul the cows under such lack of care will be more or less dirty, and some of this filth will find its way into the pail. When horses eat their outs too rapidly the evil may be checked by placing some clean cobble stones in the box. The horse will thus be compelled to pick his 0MB slowly, mustioume them more thoroughly, and they will do him much more good than if hurriedly anon in phe ordinory way. Lime with asolution of salt and water, and than properly thinned with skim- milk from which all the cream has been taken, makes a. permanent whitewash for out-door work, and, it: is said, renders the wood ineombustible. It is an excellent wash for preserving wood. and for all farm purposes. The plan of cutting seed potatoes to single eyes and planting each by itself is a good one where the operation is carefully performed, so that imperfeot eyes are thrown out. But it is not so novel as is commonly supposed. A oorrespondentwrites that his grandfather out potatoes in this way a. hundred years ago. This indicates that for ordinary careless planting whole potatoes or those out in larger sizes are best. ' A. Montreal despstoh says : The Pew- vian,“ the Allen Line, will be the first vessel to leave Europe this season for Men'- tteal, and will start from Liverpool on the 17th of April. The company has added two more large steamers to its fleet this yearâ€"the Siberian and Carthagenian, each 4,600 tons; These ships, which are being built in the Clyde, will be launched in about three weeks. There the fleet will also be increased by the Inman Line steamer City of New York, purchased dur- ing the winter and fitted up under the name of the Norwegian. The Dominion Line will this year have the finest vessel that has ever traded between Montreal and Liverpocl. She is named the Vancouver, and is of a. tonnage 5,300 tons. A gentleman who has just returned from Washington Territory wee asked how he liked the country. “ Well, sir.” he replied, “ every bunch of willows is a mighty forest, every frog pond a. aylvan lake, every water- tell a second Minneapolis, every ridge 0 rocks a. gold-mine, every town a count Beat, any every man a. â€"â€" liar. 'The‘ late Mr. James White, of Overtoun. has left a. number of legwles to charitable inamutions in Glasgow, and also to various funds in connection with the Free Church, the total amount thus bequeathed being about £35,000. N ew Canadian ocean Steamships. PLA IN COOKING. Farm and Garden.