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M. Waddington, the French Ambassador to London, had a long private conference with Mr. Gladstone on Saturday. The fact caused much speculation in newrpaper circles, and extraordinary efiorts have been made to ascertain what transpired at the meeting. It has been learned from good authority that at least one thing was de» cided on. It was agreed and arranged that Mr. Gladstone and Prime Minister Ferry should make similar and simultaneous statementsâ€"the former to the House of Commons and the latter to the French Chambersâ€"concerning the mutual under- standing arrived at by their respective Governments concerning the conference of the Powers. It was decided to make the statements either on Thursday or Friday of next week. In an interview im- mediately after his consultation with Premier Gladstone, M. Waddington deplored the hostile attitude of the English press towards the concessions to France which were assumed to be the basis of the international understanding. The bitter- ness of the English criticisms, he believed, would have a tendency to provoke retaliation from the French press and produce a state of unfriendliness between the two peoples which might result in weakening M. Ferry and Mr. Gladstone and jeo- pardize the success of their work. There can be no doubt that public opinion is England is bitterly hostile to the arrangement with France, because Eng- lishmen generally believe that it was secured by concessions derogatory to the national honor and prestige of England. On the other hand, the French people are equally opposed to the arrangement, be- cause they believe that France did not obtain enough as the price of her allegiance. In the rural districts of France the belief is growing that Mr. Gladstone has practi- cally outwitted the French Cabinet and secured an alliance for Conference pur- poses. which is certain to be resented by Germany, and to bring new troubles upon the Republic. This belie! is being energetically stimulated by M. Ferry’s enemies, and is finding robust ex- pression in the provincial press. The latest outburst of this anti-English sentiment has foundavent in a project for a general series 0! national fates throughout the Republic on the occasion of this year’s J can of Arc festival. A movement has already been organized to petition the French Chambers to at once declare this anniver- sary a French legal holiday, and to make the arranged fates, while ostensibly a cele- bration of the new holiday, in reality a national demonstration of French feeling. The seriousness of the English political situatlon, especially since the confirmation of the terrible news from Berber, may be inferred from the fact that Mr. Gladstone spent a. great part of this evening in per- sonal efiorte to reach by telegraph every one of his supporters in the House at pre- sent abroad and induce them to return to London at once for the purpose of being present at the threatened stormy debates next week. The general uneasiness of the times is indicated by the number of menacing dis- putes which are going on all over Europe. While the Ministers of both Italy and Spain profess to believe France’s assur- ances that she intends to respect the independence of Morocco. the peoples and press of both countries express open dis- trust and sore feeling. The dispute between Servia and Bulgaria will probably be settled by the intervention of the neighbor- ing Powers. The King of Abyssinia. has undertaken to provide 30,000 men to aid the English. Admiral Hewitt promised that a. large sum of money would be placed at the King’s disposal fio defray expeneee._ ‘ Men and Supplies to be Hem to ma Emu Immediatelyâ€"fling John to l‘auu'lbulfl 30,000 Merv-Bridal. and Fran-h Negolinuonu at a Crillcal ulnar. Tue We: Office and the Admiralty con. tinuem make active preparations for an expedition to Khartoum. The Admiralty has applied to the steamship companies for the names and tonnage of vessels which could be used for transport nerviee in August. Dmbe of engineers, officers and mm for transport and oommisseriet ser vice are being hurried off for Egypt. Most of them are going to Suekim. The approaches to that port are being prepared for a. large number of transports. A London despatch says: Three mem- bers of the Salvation Army were before the Police Magistrate 10-day charged with makinganmsc on the streets bv singing while on parade. The large court-room was crowded to excess with sympathizers. embracing every class of citizens. Mr. E. Meredith, ex Mayor, defended the accused, and his brother, Mr. Thee. G. Meredith, prosecuted on behalf of, the city, and ad- duced evidence from several respectable citizens who live near the barracks, all of whom testified that life was scarcely worth living it they were to be pestered by such unseemly noises from day to day. A num- ber of people were prepared to give evidence that the Salvation Army do not annoy them, but it was showu that not one of the witnesses for the defence lived within two blocks of the barracks. The arguments of counsel were listened to with great in- terest. The accused were fined $10 and costs or 10 days in jail. Their counsel gave notice of appeal. BRITISH WAR PREPARATIONS. In life it is difficult to say who do you the moat misohieb- enemies wnh the Worst intentions or hiends with the best. Neither a great tact, nor a. great man, nor a. great poem. nor a. great) picvure, nor any other great. thing can be fathomed to the bottom in a moment of time.â€"Ruskin. Women are the poetry of the world in the same sense as the stars are the poetry of heaven. Clear. lighfi-giving, harmonious, they are the terrestrial planets that rule the destinies of mankind.â€"â€"IIargrm-c. False shame is the devil’s pet weapon. He does more work with it even than with false pride. For with false prlde he only goads evilx but with false shame pawl) 289 good.- Ruskin. Persona interested in carp culture will be glad to know that a. gentleman in Vuginia. has been able to send by express living carp of four pounds weight, packed in wet moss, which arrived}: good health at the end of a. journey eight hours long. The Walrond Ranohe Co. have purchased the Sweat band of cattle from the Sun River, M. T., numbariug about 3,400 head. The cattle are to be delivered on the 4:11 inst. The future destiny of the child is always the work of the mother. â€"Napole(m. Rev. Alex. J. Baird, D.D., of Nashville, Tenn, aged 60, died suddenly on Sunday at the Park Avenue Hotel, New York. He was on his way to attend the meeting of the Presbyterian Alliance in Belfast, Ire- lend. Mr. Bandelier, who has long been study- ing the matter in Mexico and along the southwestern border, reports that he finds a well-defined system of growth from the temporary Indian lc dge to the many storied pueblo-building, “ which 0168.er does not owe its origin to an external influence.” J. J. Franklin, Superintendent of the Toronto Street Railway, met with a serious if not fatal accident yesterday afternoon. He was driving a young, restless horse, which became unmanageable and bolted. The buggy was capsized and Franklin was dashed heavily on the pavement. Hie collar bone was fractured and his body severely bruised, and it is also feared he has sustained fatal internal injuries. Butts are thick on Brooklyn bridge. Fnlvnlion Army Prosecutions. The skeleton of a boy was found in a pond at Avondale, 0., on Saturday mom- ing, with arope around his neck, and a. stone tied to the rope. There is no clue to his identity. For fear of provoking a. renewal of the riots in Brussels no Corpus Christi proces- sions took place yesterday, under the advice of the religious authorities. The family of Mr. Brunk, of Carthage, M0,, fled to the cellar for safety durmg a storm, leaving a. son, aged 17, sick in bed. When they returned they found the boy had (1186 from fright. The accident to the Ashland. Pa.., ex- pres, in which eight persons were killed, is attributed to neglect of orders on the part of a. telegraph operator. On Friday mghh Abe Massey, charged with brutally outraging a 6~year-old girl at Oxford, Mum. was shot and killed while resisting arrest by Constable Joy. The Pope has instructed Monsignor Rinaldini to undertake negotiations for the restoration of diplamatio relations between the Vatican and Belgian Government. M. Labouohere, of London Truth, declares Bishop’s claim to mind-reading to be quackery. He adopts Stewart Cumber- land’s explanation that it is only “ muscle reading.” Five hundred of the Irish auxiliary battalions have already sent in applications to the British War Office for permission to serve in the projected autumn campaign in the Soudan. The social season in London is still very dull. All the big houses, except those of politicians. are closed. Out of doors. how- ever, there is much enjo; ment. The Ascot meeting was Very brilliant. Ameronntile crisis is impending at New Orleans. Several heavy cotton failures have already occurred and others are daily anticipated. M. Pqu De Cassugnac has oonvoked the Imperialist Committees to meet on the 21m inat.for the purpose of arranging a. party programme, with Prince Victor as the recogmzed head. LaXest News Irom All Over the World. Tawhiao, the Maori King, is the social lion of the season in London. The Government prosecution against Bradlaugb has commenced. The papal consistory has been postponed until November, when the Pope will appoint ten cardinals. Mr. Popham,a Somerset landlord,who had i pay £10,000 succession duty on getting bi.;astabes, in telling timber to meet the amount. At 21 monster meeting of Orangemen held at Belfast yesterday threatening resolmions were adopted against Earl- Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, should he carry out his intention of visiting Ireland. The suicide of a Swiss doctor at Monaco makes the 32nd this present season. There are renewed reports about the betrothul of Princess Beatrice to a. German prince, but they are strenuously denied. The Eu! of Seafield, who had been disinhented by his predecessor for becom- ing a. L beam], has received £4,000 a. year from the countess, the mother of the lete peer, who received the entire property. Prince Kmpotkine’s liberation from Claitvaux prison on July 14th is assured. The Princess is permitted free entrance to her husband’s cell, and passes the whole day assisting him in his literary work. The historic island of St. Helena. is re- ported to be in a. very bad way, the aban- donment of the Cape route since the opening of the; Suez Canal having taken away its trade in refitting and revictuel- 1mg. Recent statistioa give a startling view of the decay of farming in England and Wales. There were 25,964,01: 10 per cent, fewer farmers in 1881 shun in 1871, and 18 per cent. more farmers' bailiffs. There were also 10 per cent. more farm laborers. The marriage of Princess Elizabeth, of Hesse, and the Grand Duke Sergius, of Russia, was solemmzed at St. Peters!)ng yesterday with customary pomp. In the evening there wuss grand ball. All fihe festivities were on a. scale of unusual magnificence. The Czar and Ozerina. met the Princess Elizabeth of Hesse at the St. Petersburg depot yesterday. The route from the station to the palace was double lined with troops. All restaurants and bar-rooms along the route were ordered to be closed during the procession. It, is stated that the Cabinets of Vienna, Berlin, Rome and St. Petersburg have agreed to an interchange of views concern- ing the Egyptian Conference proposed by Earl Grenville before taking any part in it. This will necesarily cause 8. delay. Mr. Johnaon,1ately private secretary to Earl Spencer, has just married one of the wheat heireasea in Ireland. The lady wag a. Miss Reiss, and her present. annual revenue is $20,000, which will be increased to $200,000 per year upon the death of her father. TELEGRAPH“) SUMMARY Moody preached at first service in the Temple Gardens yesterday. Among those present were : Gen. Lord Wolee‘ley and many other officers of the army. Earl and Countess of Aberdeen, Duke of Aberoorn. the Earl of Jersey, several members of the Rothschild family and a. number of mem- bers of Parliament. ,4 The overwhelming majority of 271 to 135 by which Mr. Woodnll's proposition to extend the suffrage to female householders was rejected by the British House of Com- mons on Thursday night has caused the leaders of the woman’s suffrage movement to reconsider their determination to refuse the payment of taxes pending the extension of the franchise to women. The reports of the engineers appointed to consider the question of providing for in- creased shipping accommodation across the Isthmus of Suez have been handed in to the International Technical Commission, which meets today. A special cable says the engineers are unanimously in favor of enlarging the present canal. On the Franchise Bill Mr. Gledetonel continues to deieet all opposition with un- ‘ expected ease, and the Bill will now probe.- bly be ready for the House of Lords next wek, and there its rejection will be diffi- cult unless the discussion of the French treaty sinks the Government in public estimation. Two Boston brides have chosen the apple blossom as their floral decoration, in ‘ place of the orange blossom or the graceful white lilac. One bride carried a basket of VOL. XXVI I. The Princess Beatrice is making a statue of her mother for the Lichfield Cathedral. Several dressmakera in Helensburgh have been fined for keeping their girls too late on Saturday. Emperor William, during his stay at Ems, makes every effort to appear to be in substantial health. He walks out fre- quently in public, but his stride is apper- ently feeble, and his constitution Visiny impaired. He will remain at Ems twenty days. From Ems the aged Kaiser goes to Hsinsu, and thence to Baden, where he will remain but ten days, and will go thence to Gsetein in Austria. He will sojourn among its hot mineral springs for three weeks. While at this famous watering place the arrangements will he completed for the coming conference between Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria. This interview will take place at Ische on Trsun in Upper Austria. Rev. David Macrae, Dundee, has re- returned from the Mediterranean, but not restored to health. Seven men were executed on Saturday at Jerez, in Spain, by the garrote. for Black Hand Socialist outrages. The sentence of five others has been commuted to impris- onment for life. One has become insane, and one, who turned informer, has com- mitted suicide. The garrote is a mode of execution practised in Spain and the Span- ish colonies. The criminal is seated, and leans his head against 9. support prepared for it. An iron collar closely encircles the throat, and the executioner turns a screw, the point of which penetrates the spinal marrow where it unites with the brain, and causes instantaneous death. In the Lochaber district no marriages took place during 1883, and the register for 1884 is still blank. Perth Parochial Board have resolved to memorialize the Board of Supervision for power to allow old marned couples to live together in the poorhouse. The Established Assembly has deposed the Rev. Mr. Whyte, of South Queeneferry; and the Free Assembly the Rev. G. L. Campbell, of Glasgow. All nature is full of the love of ornament, all the habitations of creatures, even in the lowest scale of being, are rich in coloring and in carving of the most exquisite and elaborate decoration. It is only an ignorant and uncultivated spirit which denounces the same love of ornament in man, and it is aatupid doctrine which sees in it; nothing more than a waste of means.â€"I)uke of Argyll. 0n the 19th ult., Christina Allan or Coohrane, Allan's Close, committed suicide by.lea.ping from her window, seven stories high, . The Aberdeen Journal first saw the light in 1748, the Glasgow Herald in 1782, the Kelao Mail in 1797. the Dundee Advertiser in 1801, the Dundee Courier in 1816, and the Scotsman in 1817. these blossoms in her hand to the altar, and another received congratulations in a bower of the same. and her white satin gown was trimmed with them in combina- tion with tulle. Lieuh Colonel Wm. Greefiflifimr‘ BIBLEE" Watch.” Royal Highlanders, has been ap- pointed a Commander of the Most Honor- able Order of the Bath, in recognition of his services in the Soudan expedition. The Rev. John Maunaughton, the dis- tinguished Presbyterian minister and Liberal leader in Belfast, died there last month, at the age of 78. He was a. native of Greenook, and one of the Disruption worthies. T. L. Phillip, timber merohant,Leith, has been sentenced to five years’ penal servitude for forgery. Afew years ago he was left a. fortune of £20,000, which was all swamped on joining his father in busi- nesa. The House Committee of George Hariob’e Hospital. Edingurgh, have had before them no fewer than 581 applications for the vacant office of hospital gate-keeper. The salary is £52 a. year, with free house, fire and light, and uniform clothing. The Earl of Seafield, according to some, was deprived of the anoeatxal estates by the will of his predecessor. on account of his adhesion to the Liberal party. The Premier has marked his sense of obligation to the noble Earl by raising him to the House of Lords with the title of Baron Strathspey. It is expeched that Messrs. Blackwoodmf Edinburgh, will publish in September Lord Archibald Campbell’s ” Records of Argyle." The book will be a. quarto, with 17 pages of etchings by Mr. Laurie, of Edinburgh, and will be dedicated to Mr. John Campbell. of Ialay. A meeting was held recently in Glasgow of those interested in the movement to place a bust of Burns in Westminster Ab- bey. It was unanimously resolved to commission Sir John Steell to furnish the bust. It is likely that it will be unveiled in the Abbey on the next anniversary of the poet’s birth. The sheriff of Lenark has decided that the tenant of John Peterson, at 50 Ann street, Glasgow. was not liable for the rent of a. house which he was obliged to leave because “ the rats ran about the house like big rabbits, and stole the meet on the table before their eyes, end his wife had to sit up all night and protect the children from them.” The Aberdeen “ Royal ” tradesmen have just been put into a. great state of conster- nation, through an unexpected cell by the Home Office for the production of the requisite letters patent by all tradesmen, describing themselves as purveyors to the Queen or RoyalFemily. There will be a great change in signboerds at Aberdeen immediately. At Culoeigrie, Wigtownehire, the other day a. servant hung out a pair of ourduroy “ unmentionablee ” on the'hedge to dry, and on going to lift them two days afterwards he found a bird’s nest carefully built inside. Another singular incident occurred on the same form. A oat belonging to the house had five kittens. tour of which were drowned, and one preserved. A young rabbit strayed into puesy’e told, and in now being suekled by her. Many Sootchmen will rejoice to see the selection of Colonel George G. Walker, of Crawfordton, as an aide-de-camp to the Queen, in succession to the Duke of Buc- cleuch. Colonel Walker represented Dum- fries for many years, and has been Lieut.- Colonel ' Commandant of the Scottish Borderere Militia since 1873, when he succeeded the Hon. Henry Butler Johnstone in the command of a regiment with which he has been connected for over 30 years. We have been at a. great feast of lan- guage and heme stolen all the scraps.â€" Shakspeare. Latest. Scottish News. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, J UNE 26, 1884. ‘ Sale 01 Paupers lo the Highest Bidderâ€" A Disgracelul Law. A writer in the New York Telegram describes the recent sale of eighteen paupers in Tucker county, Md. By a State law paupers may be sold for a term of one year to the highest bidder. A crowd of 600 people had assembled at the sale. An old man at 70 was knocked down at $26 Among the group was a beautiful little girl of 10 years, who cried bitterly because she had to leave the family to whom she had been sold the prevmus year. She had neither lather nor mother, or, if she had, they had thrown her adrift when an infant. She had not even a name, and the auctioneer facetiously dubbed her “ Sally," whereat his listeners laughed immoderately. She sold for $850; and her purchaser was a minister of the gospel. An old woman was led to the block crying as though her heart would break. When she stepped upon it she wailed in her anguish, “ My God, I wish I could die. My husband and son were killed in the army. Oh, if I could only die.” She was sold to the keeper of a boarding-house at a logging camp for 157. An idiotic girl was sold to a hard-looking mountaineer for the sum of 60 cents per week. An old white-headed negro chattel laughed as he looked over the throng with good-humored and jolly eyes. “I golly,” said he, “dis yer is like 01’ times, bless my soul.” He was sold to a farmer for $11. The sale aggregated $113 for the "able bodied ” and an average of 32 cents a week for the invalids. At the conclusion of the sale the jolly auctioneeer, with a parting jest to the crowd, stepped down from his stand and entered the hotelgefreshing him- self after his fatiguing duties. The pur- chasers with their “ bargains,” as some or them termed the unfortunates whom they had bought, started off homeward. The stories of cruelty to these people are numerous and beyond question or doubt. They are worked to their utmost capacity. They are fed on refuse, made to sleep in barns,have to gobarefooted for 10 months in the year, and are whipped, and whipped savagely. on the slightest pretext. The tales of immorality are frequent and too often true. The children are allowed to grow up without education, and, it is said, some of them do not even know that a God exists. They are in the most degrading bondage in the world, a bondage which is more absolute, more terrible and more appalling than that of negro slavery. A Little Girl Since a Boy’s Lile nt the Risk or Her Own. A New York telegram says: Nellie White. a child of 10 years, at the risk of her own life yesterday, saved Wm. Youngs, aged 8 years, from being run over by a train at West Hampton. The boy deliber- ately laid his head across the rail when he heard the care approaching. Nellie euc- eeeded in dragging him away .though he stubbornly resisted. Breaking away from his rescuer the lad again threw himself in front of the train. Though the‘ lonnmotlve wae.dangerouely near-the ehild, the herome again rasped him and -~..gnagnd to 'hold m) ‘Gl'eifi‘ol the traok until the train had passed by. The engineer shut ofi steam, and‘ soon an excited crowd of train employees and citizens surrounded the children. When questioned regarding his motive for attempting self-destruction, the boy innocently said : “ I thought I’d make the train stop it I put my head in front of it.” Rev. E. W. Brown, of Brooklyn, related instances of faith cures at the Adelphi Gospel Theatre to day. He said he knew Miss Hutchins, of Brooklyn, who had been an invalid for twelve years. She was afflicted with a curvature of the spine and a tumor. By prayer alone she was cured, so that she arose from her bed and has been well ever since. Another lady, a member of the Bedford Avenue Baptist Church, of New York, had been deal for thirteen years. Her pastor laid his hands upon her head, prayed, and she was instantly cured. The Rev. Mr. Jones, of Ithaca, N. Y., was on the point of death from dyspepsia. He was a living skeleton and scarcely drew a breath. The speaker prayed that he might be made whole. and a sure was effected in one night. _ Wm. E. Catlin, of this city, said he had been instantly cured oi catanh and deaf- ness in one out by prayer. One Thanks- giving Day he attended the Free Methodist Church. He felt the power of faith seize him. He went forward to the altar and was anointed by a. negro. When he arose from his knees the pain had left his head and the deafness in his ear had disap- peared. , y: AI,A -r__.4 LA: u-.. r _, Another speaker said the Lord had per- mitted a Massachusetts doctor to almost kill him. After taking 9. sample bottle of all the patent medicines made he tried the faith cure twelve years ago. He is still suffering from disease. but hopes to be cured by faithâ€"Chicago Special. Toronto is extending the electric lighting service. George King, a. painter, died suddenly at Kingston yesterday of epilepsy. M‘Ertin blarke, aged 10 years, was drowned while bathing in the Don at Toronto yester- day. 3 no. Flasher. of Orangeville, has received a. land agency in the Northwest, from the Government. A Mrs. Ogarth, of Orangaville, took an overdose of neuralgia medicine last week, from the effects of which she died. SamuelPrath, who was injured at the railway some time ago. died in the hospi- tal at Kingston yesterday afternoon. A large quantity of military stores is being shipped from Kingston to Brookâ€" ville, including 40,000 rounds at rifle ammunition. Judge Ferguson has made an order up- proving the scheme for the distribution of the amounts awarded the sufferers by the Humber dlsaster. The death is announced at his residence: Toronto. on Sunday, of Alexander Card. in his 83rd year. Deceased was a. York Pioneer. J. R. Martin, Cayuga, barrister-at-law hos been appointed a. commissioner per dedlmus pobeabatem for the county of Hal- dimand. Mrs. Leach, widow of the murdered gov- ernor 01 Sandwich jail, has been allowed 350 a. year pension by the county. The Ontario Government gave her $750. At Toronto Asaizes on Saturday the Sheriff handed in the sealed verdict of the jury in the case of Miller vs. the Canadian Pacific Railway, which awards to Mrs. Miller and her son 0118 sum of $45,587.07. Rem nl'kable Faith Cures. BRAVE NELLIE. wnu‘i: SI‘AVES, (Aunt Kate‘s Budget.) Brains in Housekeeping. Girls should so thoroughly master the science of housekeeping that they shall be competent to teach their servants to carry out their plans,or, if need be, to throw themselves into the breach with ease and confidence, and, unassisted, carry on the household machinery without a jar. Brains are as necessary in housework as in any- thing else, and an intelligent woman can master every detail a great deal quicker than her less cultured sister, but those details should be studied in the leisure of her girlhood, and not when she has the responsibility of a new home-making on her hands. This is like a physician going into practice before he has studied his profes- sion. Women rush boldly into enterprises which it takes men years to prepare for. All our girls cannot expect to marry moneyed men, nor can they be sure, in the uncertain conditions of our modern life, that men who are rich today may not be ‘poor'and struggling‘in a short year or two ; and, surely, these men have a right to ex- pect that the woman they place at the head of the home they have, in many oases, toiled hard to win, shall be able to fulfil her duty towards that home in the true spirit, bringing it to a full comprehension of its cares and duties, and an ability, so far as it could be gained by conscientious study before hand, to perform those duties well. Mothers. There are two extraordinary things about mothers. One is their patience, and the other is their impatience. He who sees a mother care for a child through a long and dangerous sickness, tending it by day and by night, saving its life. not once merely, but many times, hoping on when all others despair, and keeping up when all others give out, and at last coaxing and loving the little creature back to convale- scence, sees one of the sublimest things in nature. The same mother, when the child is well again, will sometimes exhibit an impatience with it that borders on the ridiculous. It is noisy, boisterous inquisitive, careless, as all healthy children are apt to be, ' and the mother wears out her soul in scolding it. This is often a case of cause and effect. The child has recovered its nervous force, but the mother has not. During the ten weeks’ illness of a child its mother may expend the entire reserve of vital energy, and contract'a large debt in that line besides, which she may be years in liquidating. l She may never liquidate it, but live on fiatful and irritable tn the and. fnr a. mother seldom passes a whole )ear without incur- ring some new drain upon her resources. ‘ It is for this reason that, in all the arrange- ments of a home, the ease and comfort of the mother should be considered before all things. This is her right. Nor is it less the interest of the family, for their happi. ness depends chiefly upon her health and checrfulness. Feminine Fancies in Dress and Homehold Decoration, Brains, Housekeeping and Motherly Solicitude. THE LADIES’ COLUMN. Make one or two large balls by tying odd pieces of all colors together in short lengths ; the more variety and the brighter the shades the better. The centre, or crazy stripe, should be fully a half-yard wide. Upon each side of it should be a still broader stripe of some very dark color in afghan stitch. Star or spider stitch is the best for the variegafed centre, and a deep fringe, introducing all the shades in it, should be tied into the bottom of the fancy stripe (the others are finished differently) Across the top of the same stripe may be worked, in shell crotchet, an inch- wide border of the plain color. The plain stripes are left that much shorter than the other, but maybe kept from curling by working, in color, a row of close crotchet. The bottom of each plain stripe is bordered by working nine double crochets in one edge stitch, skipping six edge stitches, and fastening down the last one of the nine double crochet stitches to form one scallop. After working across once, add another row of scallops, made by putting nine double crochets in the caught down part of the first row of scallops ; fas- ten the new scallop to the centre of the one below. Work a third row the same way. The fringe on centre stripe should fall at least four inches below the scallops on each side, and should be very heavy indeed. The stripes can be joined by sewing or crocheting them together. Easl lmllnn Corsels. The bayaderes of India, who possess the most perfect figures of any women of any country on earth, have a much more 1 healthful and charming device than any Europeans. Their corsets are formed out of the bark of a Madagascar tree on a prin- ciple which permits them every freedom of movement in breathing and in any form of exercise. Those are wonderful productions of ingenuity. The color resembles the skin to a remarkable degree, and the material is so fine that the most delicate touch will hardly distinguish it from human flesh. Once made, these corsets are seldom re- moved, the bayaderes even sleeping in them. They thus preserve astonishingly beautiful figures to an advanced age, with- ‘ out pain or discomfort to themselves. Decorations. Rugs of Chinese matting are pretty for summer houses. 7 Humw~- _- .m V , Iron cmdleaticks are much in favor for parlor manuals. Grimagn and yellow por- tieres ia a. new combimitlou:~ In jewellery the taste will now be for Byzantine and Etruscan styles, and again for the most; outre forms and every species of oddity, even to the danglmg of a wheelv barrow at a watch chain. A combined fiugerbowl and flower-holder in glass is the latest folly. The bowl con- taining the wahet is concealed by the flow- ers in four small vases attached to it on its several sides. In came of knick-knaoka ornamental art succumbs, though only temporarily, in a thousand instances to fashion ; but such departures, as in hanging round walls white chine. her-rings. with blue ribbons round uheir necks, and mouths wide open for flowers, are to be regarded as eccentricniee. Home-made rugs, claimed to be excellent imitations of Smyrna. and other Oriental rugs, are beirg introduced by a London firm. The idea is to interest ladies in making these rugs at home, and the firm In question supply a. coarse wool and full CORSETS IN EAST INDIA. Crotcheted Crnzv Alnlmu. WHOLE NO 1,355 NO. 3. A long, narrow panel of thin wood is covered with olive-green canton flannel or sateen, as their color will show the flowers to best advantage. But the peacock-blue or olive eolor will also be found desirable for anything but pansies. The flowers and grasses are then arranged as gracefully as possible in a long cluster. and fastened to the panel here and there with gum. A narrow ribbon loosely tied around the stems has a very good efleot. Painting and gilding on pottery is done with ordinary colors and the best gold leaf. Washing will destroy the surface, but the article painted may be handled and cleaned. A thin coating of best gildere’ size is fol- lowed by a oostingof flake white color, to be smoothed off by abadger‘s brush, and when dry, rubbed with very fine glass paper. The surface is then resized with gold size. The leaf is now applied, being first warmed before the fire. Care must be taken that the edges overlap. The leaf is to be slightly rubbed with cotton wool. It is burnished with an agate burnisher rub- bed over the waxed surface of paper placed over the gilding. The outline of the design is transferred to the article with red tracing paper, a fine pencil lightly pressed being used. The painting is executed in ordinary or] colors. The gilding and paint- ing may be left unvarnished or covered with a coat of mastic varnish. Feminine [ranch-s. The travelling cloaks of this season are preferred of plaids and checks, bars and stripes in dull colors, enlivened by afew threads of bright blue, red, yellow, green or white. A very ornamental panel can be made at a very trifling cost; it is, however, neces- sary to have a stock of well-preserved flowers and dried graaaea. Daisies and butteroups will bear having the life squeezed out of them particularly well, 8Jin pumice; and such flowers as will not bear it can be imitated in silk, or eVen in paper. A pretty screen is an invaluable addition to a. pretty room, and will go far toward redeeming an ugly one from hopeless dow- diness. It can be used to make a. cozy corner by the fireplace, or to shutoff the draught from door or window, or to relieve the monotony of 8. blank wall and make a charming nook instead of a dreary waete of open space where the sensation of comfort would be impossible. '7 Plush is the favorite material for parlor furniture. rOxford ties are fashionable for house wear. instructions as to weavmg or knitting the rugs. White, lilac, pink and mushroom shades are those most used for drriyingrdregses. V The French rarely shake “hands, and only with intimate friends. They give the left hand, which is nearey the hemp. _ WWl’JiiGe bullé veils that merely serve to hold the fluffy front hair in place without flat- teging _ih are_worn with summef: banners. V 7 Poflierea for summer aremade of Madras muslin, thm silk, lace and all kinds of deli- cate fine materials. The dreaeieau jerseys have white silk jersey cloth waistcoat-1. {and are made of silk jersey cloth for the jackeh. in all colors and black, and these are frequently decorated with embroideries or fine beads. wi’iahnrlreaf fans that are allowed to remain uncovered are now painted in some large, bol_d deaign_and_ h_u1_1g 9}; t1}_e wall: To destroy moths in carpets take a. wet sheet or cloth, lay it upon the carpet and than rub ahob flat-iron over it, so as to convert the water into steam, which per- meates the carpet beneath and destroys the life of the gr_ub. _ The simplest baby sashes of wide aurah silk, hemmed on the edges, and tied in a. large bow with drooping loops, are worn wihh the Spencer Waist. Some black spenoera of French lace or of beaded net are made over dull red or dark yellow silk, and the sash matches the lining. Vfiaéé'rxxcx’ade of 010113 like hhe costume will be much used tut newlqu um] muuumin wear. The gathered Spencer waists in fashion twenty years ago are revived to Wear with skirts of different colors or of different materials, anédn is said,will take the place of Jerseys as the season advances. Velvet requires very careful manipula- tion. as it loses its fine appearance if wrung or pressed when it; is wet. To remove dust. shrew very fine sand upon the velvet. and brush in the direction of the lines until all fine sand is removed. The brush must be clean. Shades grow more fanciful. Many of them now have deep hand-painted borders running around the bottom. The plain eoru linen shade, with fringe to match along the edge, is the most durable of the many varities of shades, and generally harmonizes w1th the furniture of every room. Tucked waists belted, and around skirt with tucks and no overekirt,are in favor, or simple wash dresses of white Victoria. lawn, linen lawn, plain colored hamberys, gingham, etc. The wide belt is covered by a. sash of the material, which has a. large bow and tucked ends in the back to serve as the only drapery. _ The newest tennis dresses are extremely simple, and aprons ere nowadays seldom seen. Flannel and all woollen materials are worn for play an seriux, though almost every kind of fancy stuff may be employed for costumes donned for tournaments or garden parties where tennis is much played. The bodioes are plainly made and gathered at the waist. ____ .‘A. 1.. -AL‘I :: Same.-- ..- -_- Matting will last for years, it is said. if given a. thin coat of varnish when it is first put down, and if the varnish is renewed about every six months. The varnish pre- serves it, and, besides, gives it quite a. hand- some look. Mstting is growing in pa: ulsr- ity as a. floor covering. and in some houses is now seen on the floors in every room from the kitchen to the top of the house. The petterns in mahtings are more artistic and varied than in days gone by. Reports from various parts of New Eng- land show that the heavy frost of Friday night seriously damaged the growing crops. The rroapect for the cranberry crop in the Cap" “10d district is ruined. W’illie Chalke, aged 8, fell into the Humber river from a. platform of aboat- house, on Saturday afternoon, and was drowned. The boy and his brother were out for a day’s fishing with their grand- father. Martin Cahill, a. tenmaber, belonging to Georgetown. had his left; leg broken in two places at York station, on the Grand Trunk Railway, yesterday afternoon. while load- ing on barrel»; oi oil, one slipping and fall- ing on him. Judge Caron, of the Quebec Superior Court, yesterday decided against the appli- osmon no transfer Eno to Monsreal for trial, and ordered proof of his alleged crime to be presented before him next Thursday. An application by the private prosecution to lodge the prisoner in jail was also refused by His Lordship. M Tecfy 'l‘hc Gram Influence which a Fair One May Exert Over a Youlh. Plato says, “ A boy is the wildest of all wild beasts ;” and it cannot be denied that there is a good deal in one side of young America to justify the estimate of the Grecian sage. But there is “ a balm in Gilead”for every human bruise. Provi- vidence has given us the natural remedy for the small boy disease. in the big girl. The small boy is the natural tyrant of the little girl, but the big girl has “ the inside track ” with the bad little boy. After all. nobody in the World, neither papa nor mamma, pedagogue, nor person, nor policeman, is halt so influential with the average boy under 14, as his big sister, pretty cousin or youngish maiden aunt. There is about each of these dear creatures, it really superior, a flavor of the infinite grace and glory of maidenhead which captures every boy who is not a brute, and leads him, a. willing captive, in silken bonds of beauty, truth and love. No earthly being. not even the mother, is so near the small boy as the maiden older than himself, yet drawn to him by the subtle sympathy of a youthful spirit. If truly womanly in culture, char- acter and manner, she bends above the boy with a gracious superiority, to which he bows with the highest instinct of the man- hood to which he aspires. Unconscioust he presents the best of himself to her ; his jealousy of restraint is not aroused in her presence ; and, through that turbulent period, when he is atrial even to the mother that bore him, he is most easily led and wisely guided by_th_is potent spell. The day is dead; the owl a requiem shrill Shriekpi] through the startled silence of the nig t, Wakening the echoes, leaving all more still ; Andy zilutturo slumbezing wait: the morning lg . The day is dying. Yet another day From out our evenshortening span of life, Leaving us further on that chequered way That all must go. till death and earthly at ife‘ Dear girls, you do not half realize that your finest opportunity to stamp yourselves on the coming society, and shape the nation’s new life, is the providential rela- tion to the small boy. Begin, to-day, to indulge your own selfish desire to be left to yourselves; drive away this rough and dreadful little rascal that breaks in upon your girl parties, musses your fine apparel, sees through your little shame, disturbs the reading circle, and injects a war-whoop into your piano lesson, and you may have your little feminine world all to yourself for a. few years. Meanwhile, you have done your part to fix that boy’s ideal of woman- hood ; to make him despise her as selfish, frivolous and unworthy the serious companionship of the upper storey of his manhood. Deprived of that peculiar guidance you might ao- quire, he grows up into that very peculiar style of young man who goes about his business, his pleasures, and his plans in life With perfect unconcern to the opinions of his young-lady friends, and marries the woman who is content to be the “ annex " of his majesty and the slave of his obsti- nate and whimsical manhood. When young ladies tell us they “have no influ- ence over young men,”we know that means that they have neglected their 'greatest op- portunity to be the best friend of their little brothers, and surround themselves with a circle of devout admirers among the small boys. Dr. Johnson said, “A Scotch- man is a capital fellow if caught early.” The secret otwoman‘s influence over man is for the superior young woman to work upon the boys, as sister, teacher, always the dearest friend of the man that is to be. The day is dying, and the night draws near, With its attendant quietude and rose; Man to his roof retires, beast to its lair, And feathered nature seeks its leafy nest. The day is dying, and the night doth cast Ice sable self o'er all the silent scene; The last; mint my of twilight fadeth fast, And, as it fades, deep shadows intervene. A young man who viflihed the circus the other day ruined his black cloth 009.15 by inadvertently leaning against the sacred elephant. Friendship which films from the heart cannot; be frozen by adversity, as the water but flow a from the Spring does not oongeal 1111 winter. â€"â€"The report that there are no pins in China. is all a. mistake. The wife of the Chinese Mmisher to the States is named Ah Pin. â€"â€"Mra. Elizabeth Stuart Phe‘pa has put forth a. theory that in the race (or immor- tality the same conflict takes place as in the physical world. The fittest only survive in the process of spiritual evolution. There has nearly aiwaya been a. good wife behind every great man, and there is a. good deal of truth in the saying that I. man can be no greater than his wife will let him. Mrs. Livingston, wife of Mr. John Liv- ingston, editor-in-chief of the Herald, died on Sunday night at her resie dence in Montreal afaer an illness of aboua a. month. Much sympathy is ex reused for Mr. Livingston and the berenve family of eight: children. A burglary was committed in the ware- house of Messrs. RH. Holland & 00.. fancy goodsimporterspn St.Pa.ul street, Montreal, between Saturday night and Sunday morn- ing, the thieves getting away with {$2,000 worth of goods without any clue to the perpetrators. In the Commons yesterday, Lord Fitz- maurioe, Under-Foreign Secretary, said that the correspondence with the United States Government on the subject of dyna- mitere, subsequent to that already laid before Parliament, was resumed on May 10bh,1882, and had been continued since. He could not enter into details at present. not give the dates of the later despatches. In the House of Lords last evening, the Duke of Argyll moved for returns showing the working of the Land Act in Ireland. He believed the Act defeated the intention of its framers, and placed a. pernicious power in the hands of the lawless and dis- contented. Eerl Derby, Colonial Secre- tary, regarded the Act as a disagreeable necessity, and deprecated the Duke of Argyll’e strictures. â€"A True Wifeâ€"Mr. Finkeâ€"May the stars help us. We are ruined! Mrs. Finksâ€"Ruined? Mr. Finksâ€"Yes. I in- dorsed a note for a friend and all we have is lost. Mrs. Pinksâ€"Not all. dear. You know you told me when we were married, that it I made my own bonnete I could keep the difference in the expense for my- self, and I have saved $675,000. There mime a briefer word one day; My dearest friendhad passed away, Ere yet the winter day was long, Or spring bird thrilled its mating song, And Iâ€"dom‘ haart~thy word was true, Again the summer skies are blue, And. thou and I together roveâ€" Denth cannot sep'mte hearts um love. A Berlin despeteh says a. woman has been arrested at Elberfeld having in her possession four boxeeof explosive material, which it was intended to explode at Wies- beden. The discovery has prevented the Emperor’s intended Visit to that place. It is stated that the woman came from America. She is described as being tell and stout, and having a. deep‘toned voice. She was tracked from Bremen to Elberteld. The railway oflioiale had strict orders to examine all travellera’ baggage during the Emperor’s recent visit to Ems. “ Bv meadow brink and daisied way Our happy feet shmll idly stray. With happy aflonce on our 11115 Our eye: will meet in love's ecli so, Wheu'er the summer skies are b ue I‘ll wait: and watch to welcome you." " We‘ll meets when summer skies are blue, Sgwrote my apayegt friqu-apq true, GIRLS AND BOYS. The Death of a Day. J N .H’ORTELLE.