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Later details of the night attack on Gen. Buller’e forces while on retreat from Gubat towards Korti, says the attack was made by a. party of 400 Arab sharp-shooters at long range, and the British shielded them- selves behind the hastily constructed entrenchments. No serious attempt was made to return the enemy’s fire, owing to the necessity of husbanding the ammuni- tion. 0n the British bide two men were killed and eleven wounded. Among the latter is Charles Williams, correspondent of the London Chronicle, who was shot in the leg, not seriously. Buller hes erected three new forts, and is preparing fore. siege. He has despetehed a messenger to Wolseley, describing his situation as critical and stating that the Mahdi is advancing upon his position With an immense torus. The only correspondents now left with Bullet are Williams and Burleigh, ot the London Daily Telegraph, who was wounded in nation near Gubst in which Gen. Stewart was shot. Gen. Dormer will shortly take command of the troops at Kort-i. Gran. Graham, the commander of the Suskim-Bsrber expedi- tion. sfgrteqfio; Suakim t_o-nigm. The Met-(1i has ordered all the tribes on the east bank of the Nile to assemble opposite Gubet. When the Mahdi heard of the result of the battle at Abu Klee. he proclaimed that his troops had gained 9. great victory, and announced that the English were destroyed. He paraded British ecooutremente on spears as proofs of the truth of his statements. When the Prophet made this proclamation the garri- son in Khartoum were on short retions, and they believed what the Mahdi said. When the Mehdi’s men approached Khartoum the dieafieoted garrison levelled 9. portion of the well to admit them. A deepatch from Gen. Bulls: at Abu Klee says: The enemy‘e cavalry scouted around us all day on Monday. They were reinforced before sunset by 400 infantry armed with rifles. The infantry crossed the hill to northeasn of us, and have kept. upewell-eimed deeultory long-range fire, which has caused sixteen casualties. I am perfectly safe here against the attack of even a. larger force, but this long-range firing is annoying. Wuleeley adds mat Gen. Wood, who is an Gnkdul, is sending a transport of camels to Buller. as the have: needs additional transport. eemce. Woleeley aufiieipatee than on the arrival of the camels an Abu Klee. Bulls: will move to Gekdul. A deepatoh from Korui further explains the retrem 0! Bullet. The Mahdi on the 11th had been engaged for three days in collecting an army outside Khartoum to: an advance against the Enghsh at Gubat. He was loading steamers w1th guns and ammunition. 0n the 8th he deepetched two aheikhe wiuh three thousand men and four guns down the right bank of the Nile to erect a. tort opposite the English camp. Gen. Bullet, who began m retreat, from Gubsfi several days ago, was compelled to halt at Abu Klea Wells 'uud entreneh his troops in order safely to defend 11111188“ against she Mshdi's men, who are gathering in large numbers on his line of mutant, and are continually menacing the British. It is believed shat Woleeley will have to send strong reinfordemente to Bullet if he is to be rescued. Grave fears are euturnaiued that'Buller may mean the late 0: Gordon unless he is speedily succored. Gen. Buller reports the firing of the rebels continued all Monday night. Two men were killed and tour officers wounded. The despatch from Wolaeley announcing the death of Gen. Sbewarh says: “ Stewart: will be buried at Gakdnl. No braver sol- dier or more brillmnt leader ever wore the Queen’s unitorm. England can ill afiord tojosg this ypung general." Irish weekly newspapers generally dis- play a. feeling of jubilation over the British reverses. The Nation, of Dublin, describes “ The British Skedaddling Out of the Soudan,” “John Bull Still on the Run,” etc. It hopes “worse things may yet befall the British marauders,” and prays that “ success may shine upon the Mahdi’e banners.” An Arabian paper reports that the Mahdi promised Farag 140,000 thalers to betray Khartoum, but he gave him only 60,000. When Farag complained the Mahdi hanged him. Arab Bitumen Taking Pol Shots 8! Tho-i a! Long Rangeâ€"The Govern- ment (lulled out use mum- and Preparing tor- a Long War. A last (Friday) night’s London cable says: The Government has called out the militia and suspended the transfers of officers from the regular army to the reserves. The action of the Government has created a profund sensation, and a general feeling of alarm rerpeotmg the safety of, not only the forces under Buller, but those under Wolseley and Brecken- bury. The opinion is widely expressed that the War Oifioe has received more startling information from Wulseley than that conveyed in the telegram in relation to Buller being hemmed in at Abu Klee. The 1 quantity of ammunition and prujecbiles under process of manufacture st Woulwieh for transport to Egypt is greener than the quantity sent out of the country during the entire Crimean war. The Government is evidently preparing for a long campaign. A committee, composed of all the Euro- pean nationalities represented in Alexan- dria, with the excepnion oi Englishmen, is raising subscriptions to a fund for the erec- tion of a monument 30 General Earle’u memogy. _ Sir Herbert Stewart has been spoken of sometimes as one of the “luckiest” of sol- diers. He was fortunate, but he had deserved his good luck. He entered the servme in November, 1863, under the old purchase system, and he was a captain in April, 1868. He had, however, to wait upward of eleven years for his majority. In December, 1878, he passed through the Staff College, and the Zulu War of 1879. gave him an opportunity of showing the stuff that was in him. As Brigade-Major of (laValry he then attracted the favorable notice of Brigadier Russell. In the operations against Sekukuni Stewart did admirable service, and became Chief oi the Stafi and Military Secretary to Wolse- ley. The close of the war found‘him a Lieutenant-Colonel, after his name had been frequently mentioned in despatches. He was on special duty in South Africa in 1881, and in the Boer War he served as Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster- General. In the latter capacity he was present with his ill fated friend, Galley, at the disastrous aflair of Majuba tlill. His friends thought that his military career was then checked,and that the road to future honors and promotion was blocked ; but Wolseley remained staunch to him through good and evil report, and having so powerful a friend. Stewart was not " laid upon the shelf.” In the Egyptian campaign of 1882 he did excellent service with the cavalry division, and after the battles of Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir, followed by the capture at Cairo. he was made a CB. and A.D.0. to the Queen. But further work and honors were in reserve for him. In the Soudan last year he commanded the cavalry brigade under General Graham, and was present at the actions of El Tab and Tamai, winning his spurs as K.O.B. He was only 43 years of age. THE ’RBl’l‘lSll HEMMED I! 0! General Bullerfs Force Overtaken in the Desert by the Mahdi. IN A TIGHT PLACE They say that but: are to be very fashiona- ble this spring, quite taking the place of the bonnet, even to: visiting. ALI. SIDES A Town Full of Paradoxes â€"§ peaking French in an EnuIi-h cm. The approach to Quebec from the St. Lawrence is one or uhe most remarkable that can be tound anywhere, says Mac- millan’s Magazine. To describe it as a river scene is misleading, 19: file scaleie Nadine in giving his story was at times nervous and uppmrently greatly frightened, but upon being assured no harm would be done him he would become calm and col- lected. If the truthfulness 0! his story can be verified it completely annihilates many important details of the testimonygiven by Schroeder and Mullen, whose appearance seemed to indicate that they had rehearsed their story together. Nadine told of many orueltiee inflicted upon the patients by Schroeder when‘the latter was 111 a. violent temper. Schroeder after his arrest admitted he had intended leaving the institution, but denied the truth of N adine’s story. too large for comparison with European river scenery. The city is built nn a cliff commanding a magnificent reach of water below. Looking down (tom the citadel on the St. Lawrence the traveller has one of the grandest views of this kind' in the world, heightened by that wonderfully clear atmosphere which in England We vainly long tor. Only the clear early light of the finest English summer morning can be likened to the atmosphere which people live and breathe in all day on the western continent, and even that falls short of it. Quebec is a city full of paradoxes. You go up to the citadel and see asentry in a uniform exactly like that of the Royal Artillery. You naturally address him in English, and he answers you in French. This, one learns, is what Lower Canadians are apt to do, having retained their lan- guage. their laws and their institutions, and become, as one of their statesmen said of. them, excellent Englishmen who happen to speak French. Passing troubles there have been, but they may now be forgotten. The city of Quebec is also paradoxically built, as if it had been shot out of a sack down the back of the cliff and shaken itself into place as best it could. It is more like Nadine said Schroeder gave him a match the night 0! the calamity and told him to set the place on fire. Nadine then went to the drying-room and set fire to some rubbish on the floor. He then alled Se oeder, and the two, with the see stance oi attendant named Mullen, endeavored to get the patients out, but the fire gained such headway that they Were forced to leave the building themselves. Nadine says when Schroeder gave him the msteh he told him to set fire to the building ; that he was tired of the place and was going to leave, and that he disliked Dr. Richards because he refused him a railroad pass. Nadine intimates that attendant Mullen knew he set fire to the building, but thinks he did not know of it until the next day. Mullen will be detained as a. witnees egeinst Schroeder, Nadine says he twice before set fire to the building, but both times the flames were discovered end extinguished before they gained any head- way. He ssys on both occasions he after- wards told Schroeder of his acts. but the latter assured him he would not report him to the authorities. a French provincial city than anything else, but it Is not even like that, as no French city can be found over which the revolution has not passed" Quebec wee saved from the French revolution by Eng- lieh conquest. Below the citadel stretches a long and spacious terrace, now named Dufierin terrace. whence we have after dark a fairy-like view over the river. with the crossing lights of its many ferry boats. And here the people of Quebec. being sim- ple enough to admire their own view, have a laudable custom to stroll up and down at most hours of the day, but especially during the hour or two before the evening gun. Taking day and night all round. Quebec is as fascinating as city as one shall have the fortune to ace. The Canadians speak disparagingly oi the boats used by Lord Wolseley’s expedi- tion in its journey up the Nile. and declare that they were decidedly too trail for such service. In pulling them over the cataracts it frequently happened that their stems would be torn out, and during the ascent of the river thirty boats were damaged so that they were no longer fit for use. Ten of the voyageurs party were drowned in the Nile, two others died of fever, and two were killed on the railway in Egypt. The Canadians complain of the severe heat of _the climate in the Soudan, and say they suffered a great deal from sore eyes and blisters. They speak in grateful terms of the manner in which they were treated by the British oflieers attached to the expe- dition and express anguish at the fate 0! General Gordon. The Building Fin-d by an Inmate n! the lusllunlion a! One 01 the omelalsâ€" A Startling Conlession. A Philadelphia despateh says: At the coroner’s quuest yesterday afternoon in regard to the deaths of the twenty victims of the Blockley Almshouse fire, a sensation was developed by the confession 01 Joseph Nadine, a young negro, that he set fire to the building and that he was instigated to the act by Peter J. Schroeder, one of the chief attendants. Nadine, who is 23 years of age, was committed to the institution as an imbecile. The physicians of the insti- tution say he is morally responsible and was frequently permitted to go home unattended. Schroeder has been jailed to await further developments. Experiences oi the Canadian Voyageurs. International Militia Competitions. A New York despatch says: Arrange- ments are being perfected to hold a series of competitive tests of physical endurance among members oi the militia. under the auspices of a military committee and a committee of prominent citizens. The object is to promote the improvement in the military ability of citizen soldiers. In the third week prizes will be ofiered for a competition between members of volunteer militia regiments from three cities in Genetic. and from three cities in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire. Wisconsin, Illinois and Ohio. Fourth week, greet international contest between ten picker] men of the National Guard of the cities of New York and Brooklyn and ten picked men from the best of the volunteer regi- ments in London. It is the prerogative of God alone to truly comprehend all things. To Him there is nothing past or future. Everything is present.â€"Q’erva1des. Lampblaek is the principal adulterant tor rubber of which overehoes are made. The more lempbleek in your overshoes the sooner you need another pair. THE ALMSHOUBE HOLOCA VOL. XXVI UI’I‘Y 0F QUE-BISC- “ It evar a. heart beat real sterling Wishes mine does tonight. 1 can safely say I never felt to haVe so much love for you as I do to-night. We have often heard of people’s love growing colder and colder, but ours, I can conscientiously say, has been quite the reverse. I can safely sayâ€" at least, I think eoâ€"t-hat it. was the first Monday in July. 1879, when I might term that our love took root. From then till April, 1880, I ielt I wanted something to make my life complete. I had alwayea longing; I could not realize what it was until I became conscious that there was a true heart yearning for my love and I for here. (Laughter.) Since then visiting you and receivmg your letters have been the brightest parts, and as yours roll on I realize more fully that life without you would be nothing but a blank.” (Renewed laughter.) Defendant after- wards went to the plaintifi'e home and offered her marriage, and the parties became actually engaged on the let Decem- ber. In aletter to the plaintiff, the defend- ant thus philosophised: 0n the 22nd October the detendaut sent the plaintlff a. ring as a. small token of his “ sincere love.” In the letter accompany- ing the ring me detandaup wrong: “My own darling Annie,â€"â€"Here I am once more. What; a world this isl Wham a. change from last nighu to this time (9.30 9.111.) Really. dearest, I have been wishing shun I had not been over to see you. For why ? you might ask. Not because I have not enjoyed myself, but simply because it WIll be such along time before I see you again. Take very great care of yourself as mme goes on. I am sure 1 neVer saw you look better than when you were making a. little pashry on Seturday nightâ€"(laughter) â€"â€"snd I am sure I never felt) more happy or prouder or you than I did then. What: is dress, other all? Just as the poet says, ‘ The mind’s the snandard o! the man,’ so it Is with women.” (Laughter) “Ah! the 1st of December has come! What a. strange story it tells with its advent! When is truer than the proverb, 'Time and tide wait for no man.” How short life is I I am sure the last few years since I finished my time have passed with lightning speed, and yet, after all, I shall have to say, as the poet puts itâ€" I live for those who love me. For those who’ve proved me true, For the heaven that smiles above me And. waits my coming too. (Boats of laughter.) Again. on the 8th December, the defendant thus delivered himself: “ Home once more I Fancy being at home! Through a. enowenorm quite a new era. in my long Me has been opened. Just imagine a. man among the moors about here! Wordeworth’a lines would be very appropriate : So faint I am these tottering feet No more my teeble frame can bear, My sinking heart forget: to beat, And arming snows my tomb prepare. “ Ah! only two weeks motel Speed, speed, oh, time 1 Speed quicker in thy career! I would not care about being snowed up it there was only a. friend or two to keep me company]? *(‘Ilaughterj In 1878, when the plaintiff was a. pupil- teueher at: High Green. the parties first met. and a. strong affection soon atom-wards rose up between them. No set engage- meat, however, was come to until October, 1882. Taking advanhage of me plaintiff as binhduy. the defendant wrote to her on the 2nd Ooaober : At the Leeds Aseizee last weekâ€"before Mr. Justice Lopes and a. juryâ€"she ease of Lewis vs. WlddlSOD, an action tor breach of promise to marry, was heard. The plaintifi was Miss Augusta. Annie Lewis, aged 26 years, the daughter of a farmer and uuderwewer at ngh Green, near Berneley, and the defendant: was thn Widdieon, master of the Board Schools M Snamlnnd, near Halifax, and formerly at Sheffield. Mr. ngoy Seymour, Q 0., and Mr. Fen- wiok were oouneei for the plalnmfif; and Mr. Kerehaw appeared for the defendant. Only Three Counties and Two Cities in Ontario Uuorgauized. All the counties and cities in Ontario have been organized by the Scott Act eup- portere except Welland, Wentworth and Haldtmand, and Hamilton and Ottawa. A convention is being arranged for Baldi- mand, and the temperance people are getting ready to organize in Victoria county. So far the Scott Act has been adopted in 54 counties, and defeated in 11, the total number of contests being 65. The aggre- gate vote polled in the 65 counties and cities where the Scott Act was submitted is as follows: In favor of the Act, 109,549; against the Act, 71,918; majority for the Act, 37,497. In 28 of the 47 counties carried, the Scott Act is already in opera- tion ; in 11 of them it Will go into operation on May let next, and in the remaining 8 it will be brought into force on May let, 1886. A Schoolmaucr’s Breach o! Promise Case. Wriiing on Ebe ’46!) Febnfary, 1883, the defendant says; “I was very happy to see you look so well, Annie. 1 am not saying this in any spirit of flabtery, but; I believe I say it in a. spirit of pride when I say you look nicer every time I see you. (Laughton) Yes; What can make a. men happy? Solomon says rightly, ‘ A virtuous woman is a crown no her husband.’ How many men have been drawn from the snares of worldly pleasure and amusement to eublimer thoughts, and how many men owe their happiness to the love of woman.” (Laughton) In the following August the defendant’s letters began to cool down, and he told the plaintiff he was fickle and unworthy of her love. Finally he returned her letters. Mr. Seymour said the defendant had been trained at the college at Westminster, and that he was now earning only £120 a year. His prospects were good. His father had substantial means, and the defendant had also expectations trqm his uncle. The j'ury eventually found fog, the plain- tiff, with damages £160. Many years ago, in consequence of a commercial panic. there was a severe run on abank in South Wales, and the small farmers jostled each other in the crowd to draw out their money. Things were rapidly going from bad to worse, when the bank manager in a fit of desperation suddenly bethougbt himself of an expedient. By his directions a clerk, having heated some sovereigns in a frying pan, paid them over the counter to an anxious applicant. " Why, they’re quite hot.” said the latter, as he took them up. “ 0! course," was the reply; “ what else could you expect? They are only cut of the mold. We are coining them by hundreds as fast as we can." “ Gaining them," thought the simple agriculturists; “ then there is no fear of the money running short.” With this their confidence revived, the panic abated. and the bank was enabled to weather the storm. ~ THE 5001"]! ACT. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1885. Saved the Bank. Rqsperatingfihe Annuity 13:11 {inmates Fund Socibu}; of the Bank of Montreal.â€" ME White (Oardwpll); ‘ Mr. Wood (for Mr.‘ Foster) introduced a Bill to amend the Liquor License Act of 1883. He said the B1“. repealed the 145th section of the Act, and was considered necessary in consequence of a. late decision of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. that decision being to the effect that the section repealed certain portions of the Scott Act. The Bill was read a first time. Mr. Ouimet introduced a Bill respect- ing disorderly houses and to suppress the same. Mr. Blake said the discussion showed that it would have been better for the Gov- ernment to refer the matter to a select committee. The circumstances were evi- dently different in dxflerpnti Provinces. 7 Sir Leonard Tilleyâ€"Thau is the other side of the question. The following Bills were introduced and read a first time : To incorp‘orate the-Pension Fund Society of the Bank of Montreal.â€"â€"Mr. White (Cgrdwell); Refipeéting the Canada. Congregational Migsionary Spoiety._â€"Hgn. J: J. Abbgth. To authorize the Dominion Grange MutualFire Association to insure the pro- perty of the Patrons of Husbandry in Ca33§a.- Mr. Whitfe (03rdwgll)._ __ To incorporate tha' Btantfoid. Waterloo & Lake Erie Companyâ€"Mr. Patterson (1339”); Mr. Wood (Bloakvule) said the Canadian Pacific ferries in crossing the Sr. merenca in cold weather frequently broke the ice, and it would be very inconvenient it the law_applled to them: ' Respecting the 89.th Ste.Marie Bridge Co_mp&ny._â€"-Mrr D9._wson_. Mr. Davies and Mr. Maodonald (P. E. I.) objected to the Bill as it would seriously interfere with farmers who cut holes in the ice in the rivers to obtain mud to: fertiliz- ing purppses._ Mr. Mitchell said it would be a. blow to the fishing industry in his county. which employed seven 01- eight hundred men. The matter could be dealt with better by th§_Prc_>‘vinc_ia{l_or municipal authorities: Mr. Com-sol presented a. petition Signed by over fifteen hundred citizens 0! Mon- treal, praying‘that the Scott: Act he not amended to make prohibition more easy, wihhoub at) the same time granting compen- sation futile iptgrests alrgady endangered. Hon. Edward Blakeâ€"Is the designature wide enough to embrace this august assem- MY: Sir L. Trlley said he hoped to bring down the financial statement on Friday, the 27th instant. Sir R. Cartwrightâ€"Not earlier ? Sir L. Tilleyâ€"No. The House went into Committee on the Bill to declare it a misdemeanor to leave unguarded {and exposed holee out intbe ice. The Bill was read a first time. The House resolved itself into a. commit- tee on the Bill providing to: the tskmg of a census in Manitoba, the Northwest and Keewatm. Sir R.Gertwright said that the House having been called together two weeks later thanleet year, had now eat more than three weeks and the people were anxious to know what the Finance Minister was going to Bey about the financial condition of the country. It would be a. great con- enience to know when he would make his financial statement, and when the esti- metee wont}? be brought down. Sir Leonard Tilleyâ€" The intention of the Government on this subject will be com- munionted to the House when the Budget is ggogght down. ‘ Sir Leonard Tiiiey, replying to Mr. Gam- eron (Huron), Bflgid the Government was considering the application of the town of Emerson for financial aid. Hon. David Mills objected to the taking of a. census in Keewatin. There were no white people there and what was the use of the Government; pretending to enumerate the pop_u!a.tlo_q there ?_ Respecting representation or the terri- tories in the House of Commonsâ€"Mr. 029136199 (Hurop)._ Mr. Forbes askedâ€"Is it the intention of the Government during the present session to increase the duty upon imported flour or cornmeal in accordance with the request of the Millers’ Association of Ontario? 1! so, will the duty on coal be increased also ? For more effectual prevention of cruelty to animalsâ€"Mr. Charlton. Si} :Iohn Maodonald moved the second reading of the Bill to provide to: the apgpintggph of a Dep_uty Speakgp _ -C-l‘he Bill was mid 5. séoond time and paggedjhrough qgmmitfiee. The following Bills were read a first time: Mr. Cameron (Huron) moved the second reading of the Bill further to amend the law of evidence in criminal cases. The measure, he said. was an exaeta copy of a. Bill first passed in the House 01 Lords,per- mitting persons charged With criminal offences to give evidence in their own behalf. The principle was not only admitted by leading lawyers in England, but) lawyers and judges of high opinion in Canada favored in. The following Bills time : Further to amend the Act to incor- porate the South Saskatchewan Valley Railway Cempany.â€"Mr. Robertson (Elam- ilhon). To amend the Acts relating to the Great Western & Lake Ontario Shore J uno- mion Railway Companyâ€"Mr. Ferguson (Welland). Mr. Tapper opened the debate on the Bill of Mr. Cameron (Huron) to further amend the law of evidence in criminal cases. He held that the propo aed provision would place a. prisoner in 8. ielee position. The Bill left it to the dieoretion of the accused to go into the box or not, as be pleased. But, as every lawyer knew, should he decline to' testify, it would tell against him. The provision was practically com- pulsory. He moved that the Bill be read a. second time this day eix months. Mr. Woodworth supported the Bill. Mr. Lister stated that the law had worked well in the United States, and he did not see why it would not operate satis- factorily here. Tube vote was taken on Mr. Tupper’e amendment, which was lastlyâ€"years, 55; nay-87; This Bill was read aaeoond time and referred to a select committee. Mr. Beaty thought the lel was in the right direction. It is more than suspected that very many of the snake-bites causing death in India. are caused by puents desiring to put an and ' to 'auparfluous offspring in a manner which defies discovery of guilt. DOMlNION PARLIAMENT. were read a second Mr. Gibson (Hamilton) Wished to repre- sent the state 0! public opinion in his district. He had attended a meeting of the united societies of Wentworih, which had come to the conclusion that the time had come when the grant should be stopped. Prominent sgrionlturiets like Mr. Stock and Mr. Rymal thought that the exhibition had outlived its usefulness, and the opinion of the meeting he had referred to was that the grant should be divided up to. diflerent sections of the Province. ‘He thought the suggestion made for the division of the hind among the ridmgs for the. pix;qu oi holding Fermers' Institutes was a good one. The Institute held in Hamilton was a good one. and the County Council had already taken steps for making it perma- nent, and had secured lecturers for this purpose. He contended that the expression of opinion generally was against the grant being continued. Mr. Dryden moved the following resolu- tion : “ That in the opinion of this House the time has arrived when it is undesirable to continue the annual expenditure out of the public funds for the purpose of holding a Provincial Exhibition under the direction and management of the Board of Agricul- ture. and that it is desirable to consider other channels through which the appro- priation might be used more to the advan- tage of the agricultural interests of the country.” If it was urged that the Pro- vincial Exhibition was maintained as an educational institution, then he said the others were educational institutions also. He claimed that in Toronto, Hamilton and London they were able to give a better exhibition than the Board of Agriculture. He was not blaming them, for he believed they had done their best, but it was not possible that men coming from all over the country gathering together in a strange city could undertake to run so successful an exhibition as those who were on the spot all the time. Of what use was its geing to London the present year? If the Provincial did not go there the usual exhibition would be held anyway. In Eastern Ontario it was not the same, because they could not hold large exhibitions there, and he was willing that the Provincial should be held there every three or four years. The Exhi- bitions at London, Hamilton, Guelph and other places were suflicientiy Provincial for the purposes required. Then it was argued that we must have some exhibition which was purely a farmers’ one, because there was a danger of the others degenerat- ing into a horse racing, dog-training circus. His idea was that if; these features were obJectionable the only way to stop them was to educate public opinion to frown them down. For his own part he had never been at a Provincial Exhibition where these features were not pi esent. He urged that there were other directions in which the money might more profitably be used. and suggested that it should he turned 1 into the direction of the Farmers’ Insti- % tutes held with so much success this year. Then he would suggest that some of the money should be spent in the direction of printing more reports interesting to . farmers, or givmg prizes for the best farms, ‘ or essays upon farming subjects. Hon. A. M. Rossâ€"I am glad, indeed, to have had the benefit of the discussion that has taken place to-day. Surprise has been expressed that the Government has not come down With a policy upon this subject. I think any person who considers tor a moment the great interests involved in this question, the diversity of opinion with regard to it which has been expressed, will see that the Government ought to be slow in dealing with this matter until they are aware of the feeling of the people of this Province. The Government desire nothing further than to devote the money in accordance with the feeling of the farmers themselves. If the farmers are generally of the opinion that the exhibition has seen its best days, and that it should be abolished. the Government. would be prepared to give emphasis to that opinion by doing away with it, and devot- ing the money to some other agricultural object, because we think all parties will recognize that if this money is withdrawn from the Provincial Exhibition, it ought to be devoted to some other purpose in which the farmers are interested. It is question- able whether some better way might not be devised tor spending this money. The main arguments advanced in favor of doing away with theExhibition were: That in regard to agriculture the eastern portion of the Province is not so far advanced as the west, that many of the exhibitions which have sprung up have now become large institutions, and are taking the place 0! the Provincial Exhibition, and that some places actually refused to have the Provin- cial Exhibition at all. It has been said that 'when the exhibition goes to the east it is not successful, but that it ought not to be done away with altogether, because of its educational benefits ; that it is really doing a benefit to the east by the holding or it there every four years. and that, con- sequently, it might be well to hold it every four years ; but there seems to be a differ- 1 ence of opinion as to whether it should be done away with altogether or not there. Now, the whole amount of $10,000 which we give is not devoted to the Provincial Exhibition. I believe, under the manage- ment of the Agricultural and Arts Associa- tion, only about one-half is devoted to that ‘ purpose. The other half has been applied lto other agricultural objects of late years, ‘ showing that the holding of the Provincial ‘Exhibition is not the only way in which the association can work in the interest of the farmers. They have taken up the matter of prize farms, stimulating our farmers to improve their farms. They have also taken up other branches, such as the holding of ploughing matches and the getting up of prize essays,by which means they have succeeded in bringing out the views of agriculturists themselves. In all these branches they have done good work. As to what might be done with the grant it withdrawn from the Provincial Exhibition, a good deal of force, as I think, is to be given to the suggestion that has been made that this money might be devoted to grants to the Farmers’ Insti- tutes. Our experience with these Insti- tutes this year has been eminently success- fulâ€"(hear, hear) â€"and the high appreciation of the farming community of their advan- tages has been evidenced by the number of applications which have been received since the recent Institutes were held to hold them in other localities. One of the professors has informed me that they have received upwards of twenty.five applica- tions,from places in which these Institutes were not held last _year, since last J anuary: Mr. Meredinh-Fot What purpose wouid the hon. gentleman propose to apply the mgey ? A wfiéi’l.iA. M. Rossâ€"In oonneotl'bn with the Institutes. Anybody who has had experi- WTARIO LEGISLATURE. WHOLE NO 1,390 NO. 39. Girls, first make up your minds that you will do something. All the rest: will follow. What you shall be will come more easily and clearly in due time. A girl of 13 cannot decide, with any dia- oreoion or assurance, whether she will be a. sculptor or a. wash-woman, a. farmer, or a. poet ; but she can decide distinctly whether it: is her wish or her duty. after leaving school or college. to remain dependent upon her parents or to fit herself for a self- prgyiding life. ' The practice in book-keeping,which may some time regulate your: dealings with flash-and-blood customers, becomes as interestipgps §_new story. The dull old rules to: inflection and enunciation fairly turn into poetry, it you hope to find yourself a. great public reader some coming day. The education by which you mean to get your bread and butter, your gloves and bonneta, is a very different aflait from that which you take upon yourself as an orna- ment and an interval in lite. The chemical experiment which you may some day have to explain tovpupile of your own is quxte anether thing from the Region that you may never think of again. And the very sawdust: of the French or Latin grammar becomes ashes of. roses to the about little fancy that dreams of brave work and big salary In some foreign depart- ment at Washington or tutoring girls or boys for college. All over the terrible ocean. among the lawless sailors, the men with wives and children to work for are those who lead the gent It stand cleanest; lives: I fancy that I can select in a crowded street the busy, blessed women who sup- port themselves. They carry themselves with an air of conscious self-respect and sell-content which a shabby alpaca cannot hide not a silk bonnet enhance. nor even sickness or exhaustion quite drag out.â€"St. Nicholas. ence in getting up associations of this kind knows that the great bulk of the expendi- ture devolves on a few, who have to put their hands in their own pockets for the purpose of paying the expenses. My View is that these institutes ought to be organ- ized, not merely for the purpose of getting the Professors to address them once a year, but that they should be permanent institutions, conducted on the same princi- ple as the teachers’ associations. I think the Farmers’ Institutes might meet not merely once a year, but four or five or halt a dozen times. to exchange views on agricultural matters, and discuss all the new phases coming up in regard to their profession. The expense of bringing the professors from a distance, it they were to be met by those interested in bringing them to a particular locality, has to fall on a few, who soon tire of this, and very often the institution falls of altogether. A grant of $25 to each electoral district for this purpose might be a very fair way of dividing this money. I do not think the Govern- ment have come to any conclusion about the Provincial Exhibition, but from the views expressed here to- day in favor of doing away with it, I judge. that there is a considerable feeling in favor of that course, and if the grant is to be taken away from the exhibi- tion, it is a question whether this might not he as good away of devoting be money as any other. The hon. gent eman has accomplished, in bringing forward his motion, a good deal in drawing the atten- tion of the House to the matter. andI would suggest that, having accomplished all he desiredâ€"1 do not think it would be desirable to commit the House to a definite proposal that the exhibition should be 1 closed and the grant abolishedâ€"the hon. j gentleman withdraw his motion, and it will induce members and others, who are not present in this House, to discuss the subject in the press and the' agricultural periodicals. Advice Io Girls who Aim to be Womunly. V So on the great ocean 0)‘. school-life, the girls with aims to study for are those whose labor _is the ri‘qpeat and ripest. Ah I you will never realize until you have tried what an immense power over the life is the power of possessing distinct aims. The voice, the dress. the look, the very motions of a person define and alter when he‘o; she beginsjo live (gt a reason. A Bridal King With a Historyâ€"A Relic of the Huguenot-3 A smooth, well-worn ring, which Miss Elizabeth C. Hyde, of Milton-on-the-Hud- son, N. Y., wears on one of her fingers, has a curious history. Among a band of Huguenots who were driven from France 200 years ago on account of persecution for their adherence to the Protestant Church was a newly married couple full of courage and religious zeal. The bride wore on her finger a plain gold ring on which was engraved her name, Elizabeth. The hoop of old gold, a. mere shadow of what it was once in weight and size,has been bequeathed from generation to generation, always bringing with it its record, and always going to a direct female descendant named Elizabeth of the Huguenot bride who landed on the hospitable shores of America two centuries or more ago. The present owner, Miss Hyde, daughter of Capt. James Hyde, is one of the seventh generation. The ring was given to her by an aunt, lately deceased. This Huguenot heirloom may be considered to be one of the oldest relics, which has been almost in daily use, of the landing of the French Protestants. Many of the leading families along the Wallkill Valley, in Orangeand Ulster Counties, are direct descendants of the Huguenot settlers â€"the Dutch Reformed Church at New Paltz was founded about 200 years agoâ€" and they are all proud of their descent. but of rings like Miss Hyde’s they have none. ' Mr. Dryden. with the consent of the House, withdrew his motion. ‘ The “ zareba " is a kind of fortification much referred to in the despatehee from the Soudan. It is probably an invention of the slave hunters of Central Africa, who, at the end of a day‘s march in the enemy’s country, construct a defence of brush or loose stones it they are at hand. On the Nile a zareba can be quickly made by plucking the mimosa out by the roots and piling the trees with the roots inward. The brush is toward the enemy and sand is banked against the roots. forming a good breastwork. The brush is a good defence against assault by Arabs. Of course artil- lery would destroy such a defence in short order. The English in the Soudan have made good use of this kind or defence in the desert. a small garrison being sufficient to keep off quite a large force of Arabs. The death in London of Mme. Sainton- Dolby is announced. This eminent; con- tralho singer was born in London in 1821, and achieved great'auooeas in. oratorio and ballad singing. BE SELF-SUPPORTING. What the Zarebn ls. Teefy In hate the brim is moderately wide and the crown is pretty high, the trimming being principally placed in front in the shape of bows of ribbon. birds, wings and ostrich feathers. Chemisettes and plastrona oi tulle, gauze or embroxdered crepe are most fashionable for evening wear; They are also made'in gold lace adorned with colored embroidery representing flowers. So far there is no great change to note in the out of mantles; they are either worn very long or very short. The close-fitting jacket is suitable for young ladies, the tavorite material for this garment being velvet. stamped or plain. Long Hearts of fine silk mull are edged with a frilling of some fine, delicate 19.09 or touting, and are gracefully knotted It the waist and fastened with a lace-pin. £ attempted yet. In Paris it is Wm favorite, and is suspended from the neck by 9. white ribbon, either matching the con- fiume or the trimming. v White boas apd mufflers are now worn by those who are not afraid of adopting Parisian fashions before they are common. These whlte fur wraps set. ofi the com- plexion and give a. bright; finish to a. dull costume. Meohlin lane is most used on these attractive neck-arrangements. although oriental lace still holds its own as a. pretty and becoming lace. The tights-fitting underaleeve is often of the same color as the vest and trimmings. while the outer sleeve is of the principal material of the dress. Short. sleeves to: evening dresses are very short,tor the most part being more straps. Wire mull ties or a plaited fiohu with lace trimmings are both becoming and NEE?!- White neek lingerie is again asking for favor at the hands of those who follow closely the small fancies as they come. For morning and afternoon wear the favorite colors remain much the same, brown in all its variations, dark blue. Bordeaux. Angel sleeves are used on house dresses as well as on out-otdoor garments, and the tight undersleeve is often of different mete- rial item that of the long, loose outer one. These sleeves are, of course, lined, and very good afieots are made by the arrange- ment of color. rrhe newest and prettiest house jackets are made at pale blue rose or poppy red satin numb, laid in pleats down the middle of the front and back, and trimmed on the entire edge and fronts with gathered black thread lace. A sash belt 0: red velvet is worn with these, or it may be merely in front. A Word as to Billing. 1n the country, where there are gross plots for whitening the clothes, that process might be dispensed with, but it is necessary in the city, where the clothes grow yellow. or in the winter when the grass is covered in the country. In old times the bluing was what it even now pretends to be, indigo. This is the best substance, as it does not injure the clothes, but none is offered as bluing, though the indigo might be purchased and used for the purpose. Solid and liquid bluings consist of “ Prus- sian blue,” 9. compound containing iron. I! used carefully, it makes a good thing, but it used carelessly it is Without doubt the cause of so many mysterious iron rust spots. An alkali, and even soap. will decompose Prussian blue, and it clothes are not properly rinsed before being put into the water containing the bluing spots of iron rust are liable to be found where the soap still remains. Ultramarine blue is beautiful, but not soluble, and the little particles are apt to settle in the clothes, and are difiioult to remove, except with hydrochloric acid. 80 the safest way is to buy indigo, and use it in the old fashion. in a bag. Jet and beads in general are favorite adornments. The short round skirt divides honors with the train skirt. the latter being essentially adapted to married ladies. Trains are generally made of rich. heavy materials, such as velvstmfitomsn. brocade. terry velvet,ete. Plain materials prevail for twins. The following is the description of an elaborate evening gown seen at Worth's : Fourreau skirt of pole rose-colored terry velvet veiled with silk tulle embroidered with pearls. Thrown on it, at about the height of the knees, an immense spray of pink roses with foliage. At the bottom of the skirts trimming of silk fringe mixed with pearls, of most striking effect. Low bodice forming an immense train of rich broom-t; ground, a green with a large floral design woven _in Silver. It is whispered that the turban is to be revived again. not in the modified form which had its little day a. short time ago. but in the huge towering arrangement. which was wont to decorate for a. cycle of fashion the heads of our grandmothers. but I think that we of this last quarter 01'. the nineteenth century are becoming much too advanced to seriously adopt any new' fashion unless it comes provided with good recommendations from common sense. Another revival in Paris is the old-time gowu made with 9. demi-train and worn long in the house. It is made of cloth or velveteen. Clean lieu-es. Ate meetin of the National Health Society, at the arkes Museum of Hy 'ene, in London, recently, Sir Robert Raw ' son presiding, a paper written by Mrs. Priestly was read on some “ Unseen Dangers in the Home.” She advocated the periodical inspection of cellars, their scru ulous cleanliness and ample ventilation. here was often a plague-spot in the cellars and basements, she thought, of our houses which was never thought of, and which gave forth insiduous germs, destructive to life when once they found a suitable soil inside the house or the human body. The house should be treated as a faithful servant. It would either beafriend or enemy, according to the amount of consideration or neglect it reeived. Let them give it daily care, wash and tend it, avoid obscuring the light by covering the windows with too numerous folds of lace, drawn silk blinds and heavy curtains, which was to choke the house by pressing on its windpipe. The windows should be opened wide every morning. so that the house could have an air-bath ; the air should be cleaned if possible, and care should be taken to drink clean water I: having the filters cleaned regularly, an , last of all, court and welcome the sunshine. A sweet little fancy dress for eehild, intended for “Mary. Mary. quite eon- trery," has the bodice and skirt both trim- med with silver bells and ooekle-shells,also silver. The “eolumbines” all in 9. row were dollies sewn on round the skirt at equal intervals, their costumes harmon- izing with the tints of the dress itself. Another pretty one is made of pale pink nun's cloth, with a novel garniture of lens in wall flower red silk. A series of fans. composed of pleitinge of this material ornament the skirt. placed with the wide pert pointed downward. A smaller one fills in the front of the bodice blouse fashion, and a tiny one trims the top of each shoulder. A Richmond, Va., judge fined a. refrac‘ tory lawyer several times for contempt of court. and when the lawyer made aflnel settlement of his fines it was found that the court owed him $2.75, supposed to be the balance due on a small game of draw indulged in the night beloze. THE LADIES’ COLUMN. wish and fastened with a. hog-pin._ H L, The white muff has fluidly been" Fresh Fashion Freaks.