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A London cable says : In the House of Lords last night Lord Dunraven made a personal explanation, giving the reasons which caused him to resign the Under Secretaryship for the Colonies. He said his action was principally caused by con- siderations of public economy. He differed with the Government on colonial questions, but he did not resign on that account, The Ministerial motion on the fisheries dis- pute between the United States and Canada had not influenced him, for he agreed with the Government in the course it had pursued, but he strongly disapproved of the action taken in another matter of colonial policy. The position taken by the Government in the Newfoundland fisheries he did not approve of, as well its in other points of colonial policy. He disapproved of the course being adopted towards Ireland. That country needed liberal measures and proper system of county government. But above all there should be arigid economy in the public expendi- tures. The Marquis of Salisbury replied humorously to Lord Dunraven’s explana- tions, Mr. Labouchere’s motion was negatived without a division. Mr. \V. H. Smith, replying to a question, said it was not intended to release Irish or other convicts on the occasion of the Queen’s Jubilee. The recent release of prisoners in India, in commemoration of the Jubilee, had been Ordered by the Government in accordance with an Orientle custom. The order did not apply to Great Britain. Mr. Labouchcrc moved to censure the Government for its Bulgarian policy. He said the Government had tried to prevent the abdication of Prince Alexander. and had acted without the concurrence of the other signatories of the Berlin Treaty. He accused the Government of trying to stir up a war against Russia, and asked if there were any dynastic reasons! for trying; to keep In obscure German Prince 0n the throne of Bulgaria. Sir James Fergusson, Under Foreign Secretary, said the policy of the Governr ment was in accord with the overwhelming popular feeling in Bulgaria in favor of Prince Alexander. The support which the British agents gave Prince Alexander was simply moral and diplomatic. The Gov» ermnent did not mean to stir up war 01' design to enter any alliance against Russia. There was no reason to doubt the good- will of the Czar. Thé motion was carried by 28‘.) L0 74 and the address was adopted by a vote of 283 to 70 amid Conservative cheers. Mr. Speaker said it was evidently the sense of the House that the subject had been sufiicieptly fiiscnssefl. Mr. Smith moved ” That the question be 1103 put." 7 Mr. Arthur O’Connor moved to adjourn, on the ground that the Parnellites had not been fairly treated. The motion was rejected by 261 to 119. After another attempt to continue the debate, A London cable says: In the House of Commons last evening, on the motion to report the Address in reply to the Queen’s Sgefzchl Mr. Speaker again interposed, and, in reply to Means. Dillon and Kelly, ruled that the subject should not be refm‘red to in any way. Mr. 11111011 repm u‘ that it was u matter of common knowledge that the post had been offered to Capt. Hamilton. He proceeded to refer to the jury panel. The Speaker ruled him out of order. Mr. Dillon bowed to the chair, but Said he hardly expected that he would not be allowed to refer to his being tried by a jury that had been deliberately and maliciously packed by his enemies. (Loud Parnellite cheers.) Thb Spefikcr than suggested the putting offihe quejation on the Address. Mr. Dillon complained of the removal of the Venue of his trial, and accused High Sheriff Hamilton of having dismissed the sub-sheriff, who had compiled the jury panels: for thirty years. in order to appoint Capt. Hamilton, who was a personal enemy of Mr. Dillon. Sir D’IichaelHicks-Bench, i11terposing,said )apt. Hamilton had not been appointed subâ€"sheriff. Mr. Smith announvced tlmrtr it‘lie‘agxérn- ment would begin giving precedence to the Rules of Procedure 01.1 Mpnflay. Mr “V” Mr. Smith said he thought the proceedâ€" ings of the last three weeks were sufficient to show how useless it was to go further into the Irish legislation until the rules of procedure were settled. Mr. Parnell’s resolution was rejected by vote of 242 against 107. The announcement of the result was re. ceived with cheels by the Conservatives. Mr. Parnell asked the Government to concede time to discuss his proposal for admitting Irish leaseholders to the benefits of the Land Act of 188]. Under Mr. Smith’s motion, he said, it would be five Weeks beâ€" fore any Irish question would have a chance to be heard. He therefore moved : ” That the rules of procedure be not considered before the Government dis- closes the nature of their proposed legis- lation for Ireland.” (Cheers) Continuing, he said he was not disposed to surrender the interests of Ireland in order to give the Government precedence for their procedure proposals. The motion had been sprung on the House suddenly in defiance of the fact that there were no precedents for such an interruption of the debate on the Address. The affairs of Ireland were in too critical a condition to be thus put aside. The W'est Government Board of Guardians had just received notice of intended evictions of one thousand persons, while Lord (fork was asking for police to assist in further evic- tions. \Vas it at such a time as this that Irish members were debarred from bringing forward grievances ? Mr. Labouchere objected to giving a blank cheque of this sort to the Governâ€" ment,thereby permitting them tolmonopolize every day with the discussion of procedure rules. He did not think the Government was able to effect good legislation. The ses- sion ought therefore, in his opinion, to he made an educational session. An amendment that a flay be granted for debating the \Velsh Discsmblishment Bill was cargicd 17)):201 to 158. - Ur ' * “*"~ 1" ‘ “ Sir “Villiam Vernon Harcourt said the Opposition did not desire to place obstacles in the way of the progress of business. He hoped the matter of procedure would not be made a. party question. Mr. \V. H. Smith moved that the discus» sion of the rules of procedure have pre- cedence over all orders of the day. He said the prolonged debate on the Address showed the necessity of puttingI some limit to the speaking, which had become prolix. “wu- The Speaker declined to put the motion or to permit a debate on the subject. He said that according to a previous decision a motion to adjourn could not be put on a subject respecting which a motion stood on the order book, and that as Mr. Sexton had already placed a motion referring to jury packing, Mr. Dillwyn’s motion could not be entertained. A London cable says: In the Com- mons to-night Mr. L. L. Dillwyn (Liberal) moved to adjourn the debate on the Address in reply to the Queen’s Speech, for the purâ€" pose of discussing irregularities in the con~ spiracy trial at Dublin, by which the interests of certain members of the House of Commons were prejudiced. Discussion of the New Rules of Procedure. THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. Lord Dun ‘aven's Resignation. THE ADDRESS CARRIED Rev. A. H. Ball, pastor of the Central Baptist Church, of Springfield, 111.. Chap- lain of the lower house in the last Legisla- ture, and both able and eloquent, has resigned his pastorate because, as he says, he has come to the conclusion that “ close communion ” is wrong. He will go to the Congregationalists, believing in their doc- trines and form of church government, Young Humanitarian, referring to a preformer on the bagpipes: “ Oh, momma, couldn’t you interfere ‘2 There’s a horrid man squeezing something under his arm, and he is hurting it so 3” “ How many cuts had the countess with her?” The complainant did not know, but the inspector of nuisances declared that he had come along the day before and removed twelve. Mr. Justice Puget said that he had heard of the countess before. He expressed great sympathy for the com- plainant, but said that the only way for her to get rid of her troublesome guest and her cats, since they had come into her house by invitation, was to put them out by force, if they would not go by moral suasion. The lady returned home and had the countess and the remnant of her visiting contingent of cats ejectedâ€"Cor. New York World. All mankind has heard of the Countess de La Torre, of London, who is crazy on the subject of cats. She has a whole string of cats following her wherever she goes, and her house is occupied by cats from garret to cellar. It has never yet been definitely settled just how many cats the countess does possess. She sometimes goes to visit her friends, and is invariably accompanied by a feline coterie. Her for- tune has been exhausted in various freaks of disordered fancy, and she is now almost a beggar, She went last week to visit a lady at Hammersmith, and, as she took a. whole tribe of cats with her, she became such an intolerable nuisance that her hos~ teas, after many hints in vain to get her away, in a fit of despair went to Police Jus- tice Paget, of the district, and made acom- plaint. Her case was up yesterday, and among the questions propounded by the justice in his monotonous inquiry was: a lumber yard, and sent home his money regularly every week. He expected to get work here this week, and left Boston on the 5th inst. He wrote that he was com- ing. but on Wednesday last a telegram was received by the Chief of Police stating that Duanan had fallen off the train at Tilton, New Haven, and was killed. At the request of the widow the Chief telegraphed to for- ward the body here. which was done on Saturday last, but on its arrival the poor woman had not a cent to bury it with, and was only living in lodgings. The corpse lay in the depot until to-day, as the civic authorities would not do anything, when Dr. Laberge, the medical officer of the city, had it removed at his own expense to the cemetery, the widow being the only mourner who followed the hearse. The Struggles ofa Poor \‘Vidow with Pov- erty and Misfortune. A last (\Vednesday) night’s Montreal despatch says: A sad and distressing case has just come to light here, in which a, Wife and family are left in poverty and deprived of their bread-winner. About two months ago a laborer named James Dutman left here for Boston on the promise of getting work there, leaving his wife and young children behind. He found employment in V ._.._.n~- it might run down and injure several children then playing in the street. Mrs. Van Slyke ran out in the roadway, caught hold of and hung on to the reins, and finally succeeded in stopping the frightened animal. The children’s danger was witnessed by a crowd, but she was the only one who had lives of others might not be endangered. Men quickly gathered to say that she had wonderful nerve and presence of mind, and then they suddenly remembered that im- portant business required their presence elsewhere. She Stops a Runaway Home and Saves Several Lives. A Kingston (N.Y.) despatch says: A runaway accident occurred here this fore- noon which afforded an estimable lady an opportunity to shame every man in town. The horse of Mr. John R. Styles, becoming frightened at a piece of paper in a roadway, dashed down the street. The sleigh was broken, and the animal rem through several thoroughfares with only the broken shafts attached to it. When near the First Re- formed Church, where Mrs. Van Slyke, wife of the Rev. Van Slyke, D.D., pastor of the church, was walking, there was danger The boy is very lean and of less than the average height for his age, being only about three feet high, and weighing but forty pounds. His skin is thick and yellow, his cheeks hollow and sunken, and his eyes give an unmistakable proof of his constant hunger, which he evinces on all occasions. Seldom. if ever, does one encounter such an appetite, and it is a. wonder where he stows away so much food. No physician here can satisfactorily diagnose his case. A Youth with a Bottomless Stomach Eats Everything Within Beach. A special to the Indianapolis Jumva from Martinsville says: Henry Flowers, a 14-year-old boy of Jefferson Township,this county, is one of the most peculiar speci- mens of humanity that have ever come to light in this section. He came to town last Saturday, as is his usual custom, and was taken to the Mansion House of this city by two prominent citizens, who bar- gained with the landlord to furnish theboy a square meal for 55 cents, they wishng to satisfy their curiosity as to his abilities as an eater. They did not have long to wait until their fondest hope of getting the joke upon the landlord was realized. He ate six pieces of light bread, two pieces of ‘ corn bread, two large slices of beef, roasted 1 with gravy; two large slices of roasted pork, four large potatoes, one dish of beans, one dish of slaw, two dishes of hominy, one dish of parsnips and two pieces of pie. After eating his pic he called for a bowl of oysters, and was informed that they were not on the bill of fare for that day. He then went to Dr. Blackstone’s to eat again, and his meal there consisted of seven potatoes, three slices of bread, each six by eight inches; two slices of roast beef, two cups of coffee, one dish of tomatoes, one dish of butter beans and two pieces of pie. As is usual with him his hunger was not yet satisfied. He went from Dr. Blackstone’s to one of the city bakeries, there purchased ten cents’ worth of cheese and crackers and ate them, and at last accounts he was in his usual condition. Boggared by Her Devotion to Cal‘s. A LADY’S \‘VONDERFUL NERVE. VOL X V III THE YORK HERALD. PRETTY TOUGH. A HUNGRY BOY. At the Valier street railway crossing at St Sauveur, Que., acurter named Falardeau was, at an early hour yesterday morning, run down in his vehicle and received fatal injuries. He was still living yesterday afternoon, though his skull and both arms are reported fractured. A 14-year-old school-girl met a. sad death at DuBois, Mich., recently. She returned to the school to get her books, having for. gotten them. She pushed the window-sash up, and was in the act of climbing into the school-house when the sash fell on her neck, holding her there until she died. The School Board has commenced an investigation into charges made against members of the Board of various irregular practices. ' The Rossin House, Portagela Prairie, Adams & Jackson, proprietors, was de- stroyed by fire this morning, supposed to be incend'ary. The building was owned by Mr“ \T- The Orange Grand Lodge“ has been in session to-day, the principal business being the amendment of the constitution and an address on the state of the Order delivered bngrand Master Robinson. Mr. Nevins. v The damageflto'iiievlgfiiia-igé and stock is about $8,000. Nothing new or important has occurred in connection with the murder hoax in this city. Schofield has been released by the Minneapolis authorities and has skipped out. Miller, the unfortunate night watch- man, has been released. In consequence of the discovery of blood marks on his clothes the matter might have gone hard with him but for Schofield’s appearance. Dreadful Attempt of a Rejected Lover 10 Burn the Object of his Afl'ections. A Nashville, Tenn., despatch says: The arrest of Elisha Graig here last night reâ€" veals a diabolical plot to commit murder and arson. On Sunday night the residence of Mr. Jesse Nolan, a farmer in Davidson County, was burned and the inmates of the house, Miss Mattie Ormand and Mrs. Hamlet, barely escaped cremation. The fire was supposed to be incendiary, and last night Greig made a confession of hav- ing set fire to the house. He said he had been hired by a neighboring farmer (Jim Bulleyjack) to burn the place. Bulleyjack had planned, he said, to burn Miss Ormand, who had refused him in marriage. The plan was to catch her if she escaped burn- ing and murder her. They took a rope along to drag her to the river and throw her body in. After they set the fire both got frightened and aroused the ladies~who had barely time to get out~could see who they were. Greig was arrested on sus- picion, and confessed as above related. Miss Ormand is to marry Bullcyjack’s rival next week, hence his desire for re- venge. entirely restored to health. This afternoon her father’s housp was filled with friends and neighbors, who waited in silence and awe for the predicted manifestation. The girl’s face wore an expression of joy and seemed to grow in beauty as the hour drew near. Exactly (Lt the stroke of 2 she arose from her chair with her crutches in her hands, and, flinging them aside, walked about the room, to the overwhelming astonishment of those present. The cure seemed complete and she jumped about like nehild. The news was noised about and almost the entire population of Banksville turned out to see her. Her parents wept with joy and the greatest excitement pre- vailed. Miss Beadling was seen by several reporters and she pronounced herself well. It is the belief among neighbors that the young lady was sincere in her claim of affliction and her recovery is regarded as a miracle. A Girl Raised Froln an Invalid's Bed and Restored to Health. A Pittsburgh, Pa., despatch says: A remarkable faith cure was reported from Banksville, a mining town two miles south- west of this city, to-day. For several years Maggie Beadling, the 16-year-old daughter of a coal miner, has been bed- ridden. Frequently of late she has lain in a trance or comatose state for days, and when she would return to consciousness she would tell her friends that she had been to heaven. In proof of this she told the names and described the appearance of relatives who died before she was born, and of others whom she knew when they were alive. In October and November last she lay in a comatose state for several weeks, during which time she partook only of a small quantity of liquid food, administered to her by at- tendants. When she revived she said she had received divine communication to the ; effect that at mum» on Email 17111 Shel Would The interior of the building very much resembled a muaeum, there being many curious articles hung upon the walls. In all about thirty muskets and guns were counted. 0n attempting to take one down Mr. Schenck was astonished at its weight. Upon examination he was rather surprised to find it filled up with ten dollar gold pieces. In all nearly $50,000 in money and Valuable papers were found concealed around the hut and outbuildings. The old hut is daily visited by many sight-seers. This ancient, tumble-down building is hardly two stories high, with an old style roof slanting nearly to the ground. There are four rooms, the largest being 8x15 feet. The staircase is made from an enormous oak log, with deep notches cut in it. Much of the furniture was made from oak trees cut on the farm. After his removal an investigation of his hut was made. In a little shanty which was built in a thicket was found an iron box containing papers worth $10,000. In other corners of the tumble-down building was found quite a. large quantity of gold and silver coins. Under one of the beds in his two»story rookery which answered for a home was found an old woollen stocking filled with money. of paralysis. and had it not been for the timely visit of his brother he would cer- tainly have died at the time for want of nourishment and care. The near neighbors had noticed that he had not been out for several days, and, suspecting that he was sick, sent for his brother, who found him Very low. The \Venlih of the Monmouth Hermit who is Slowly Dying. A Keyport, N.J., despatch says: John I' Sclienck,tlie old Monmouth county hermit' is slowly dying at the home of his brother‘ to which he was taken about nine months ago. The hermit is nearly 80 years of age, and for nearly fifty yearslived in seclusion, allowing no one to cross his threshold. Just before his removal to his brother’s home he had been suffering from a stroke LOVE, HATE AND CO‘VAKDICE. Latest haul the Northwest. $50,000 IN AN OLI) LOG HUT. [hut at 2 um» (m Kebru ' Tieâ€"med. from an invalid’s “'OND ERFUL FAITH CUR E. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1887. bed 835 Maud S. will not be sent to beat her re- cord, unless some other horse approaches dangerously near it. Mr. Bonner says she can trot in 2.06 easily, He says, although the record may be lowered in time, he does not believe that the two-minute mark will ever be reached. Mr. Joseph Harker, who bought Maufl S. when she was only 4 years old for the late The ocean yacht race between the Cor- onet, owned by R. T. Bush, and the Daunt- less, owned by C. H. Colt, will start from ()Wl’s Head on March 5th, at 1 p. n1., pro- vided the Coronet can be got ready in time. The finishing point is Roche‘s Point, Cork harbor. The race is for $10,000 a. side. The T1111. The Detroit (Mich) Driving Club an» nounces that it will give a summer meeting,r on July 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd, 1887, and offers $25,000 in prizes. There appears to be a general desire among rowing men in Toronto that the next regatta of the Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen shall be held in Toronto, and that special efforts shall be made to get up prizes of more than ordi- nary value, in honor of the year of Jubilee. There can be no doubt that amateur rowing in these parts needs aboom.â€"~Toronto Mail. Yachting. Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt’s million-dollar steam yacht Alva sailed from New York for Bermuda yesterday. Hamm and Teemer have challenged Ross and Lee to row a three-mile race for $500 or $1,000 a side, giving the latter crew five seconds start. They will row Hanlan and mate for the same money on even terms. Bubear, who recently defeated Perkins 0n the Tyne course, is expected to Visit America soon. W'alluceRoss says he will row him for 31,000 a. side and allow him to choose his distance. Edward Hanlan is reported by some Harlem oarsmen as stating in a letter to a. friend that he would make George Lee sick of rowing before the coming season will end. He will do it, too. George will find that he will not get along as nicely as he did when he had Hanlan for & partner.â€"Pittsburg Dispatch. Wm. Beach, the champion oarsman, is a. great lover of the gamecock. Recently some birds of the old Devon fighting strain were shipped to him from Eng- land. Oxford is reported to have a slight call in the betting on the ’Varsity race, to be de cided March 26th. {ll .‘ Ten thousand dollars, Kelly dear, H415 been sent on to bring you here; E-xcuse us if we call you “ dear.” O-h, diamond gem, beyond compare, N-o jewel ever half so rare, book out, dear Mike, we humbly beg, Y~on must not, must not break a leg. $7. 2!. Ii 11"}? M-onarch of players, kindly list, [invite no chance to sprain a. wrist, K-nowing you cost us mighty wealth, :76 Hâ€"xpensive Mike, preserve your health. A special meeting of the New York National Baseball League will be held on Friday either in New York or Pittsburg to consider the claims of Indianopolis to be admitted into the League. Kelly will take a trip to Europe with his wife before the ball season opens. A. L. Richardson has signed his name at the bottom of a contract of the Bradford Baseball Club, of the Pennsylvania State League, and will play short for that team. The Oar. tléz'fi 31’ bake up th‘ loqgl players Thé Chicago Mail goes into poetry over the purchase of Kelly by Boston, as fol- lows: ball players, were among 105 heckless in- dividuals who were boarded ove ‘ night at public expense at Cincinnati recently. They were caught at a. cocking main. A number of gentlemen in Ottawa are talking of organizing a baseball team. They propose to import four or five players and wt- L. .fl, “ Bui'5rlwmv3 aml"Kid” Km dn‘iu the r 3 There are 646 baseball players now under contract, and many of th." clubs, as well as associations, are still incomplete. Probm bly 1,000 players will draw a. salary in 1887, and very likely 1.500 p ople, div ‘ -ctly or in- directly, will be suppm ted by th‘ game. A ‘...\,V-._y, nu. uc nupyul you U} hllt guuw. Boston has offcu-d 9.1500141‘ Glosscmk, of the St. Louis Maroonw. 9‘â€" “Bobby” Caruthers, pitcher of the St. Louis Browns, has been ill for thepast four weeks with pneumonia. He is now much improved, and states that he is undecided as yet whether he will enter the diamond next season or not. He has not signed With the Browns, as Van der Ahe has not made him any definite proposition, for he seems to be under the impression, since the club took the championship last year, that every member is going to demand an exorbitant salary for next season’s work. He is accord- ingly very cautious about making offers. nn, ,7 n The San Francisco press siyis that the new rules are a. failure, after the game of Jan. 26th, in which the Louisvilles were defeated by a picked nine by 8 to 6. Mor- ris was punished for ten hits; and Foutz. who filled the box for Louisville, was hit for fifteen bases. J. M. Becannon, of last year’s Buffalo and Binghnmton clubs, has been engaged forJhe New York reserve team. l The Boston Herald dééét‘és four columns of its space to the purchase of Kelly from Chicago. It talks like this : Kelly, your “short cuts” across the diamond are all forgiven. \Vonder if the Detroit friends will call the Bostons the “ bum ” club now. Boston’s stock has taken a tremendous up- ward jump since yesterday morning. Pre- sident Spalding can take the money he received for Kelly, purchase the release of a good outfielder, and have a few dollars left. It was a big price for a baseball luxury, but Boston had to have it. Boston is also able to pay for it. The other League clubs will not be asked to contribute one cent. The Boston plan is far superior to that of Detroit. The schedule meeting of the Interna- tional League will be held at Rochester, on March 15th. Manager Chapman has about secured a. first<class third baseman, whose name will be announced in a. few days. nn 1‘ . â€" _ - A meeting of the directors of the Buffan Baseball Club was held yesterday after- noon, when the following officers were elected : President, Frank T. Gilbert; Vice-President, C. C. Candee; Secretary, John R. Kenney ; Treasurer, E. S. Dunn ; Executive Committee, Moses Shire, James Franklin and John R. Kenney. The extra 33,000 which was recently added to the capital stock of the club has'neurly all been ‘ taken up, and by the directors. TURF, ROWING AND YACHTING NEWS What Leading Baseball Players and Clubs are Doing. pp the- remainder of tfiéiéam from LATE SPORTING NOTES. .1 va-H Baseball. James Arbuckle, of Missouri (zlty, gravely insists that he has a cat that can sing “Sweet Violets." It cannot speak the words, but can “ carry the tune” SQ that it is ensin recognized. This cat can also say “yes” and " no.” ’ A pretty suit for boys from 3 to 6 years of age is made with a jacket of red or green corduroy and a kilt skirt of serge of the same color. For instance, a red serge kilt is sewed to a Silesia waist that he: a black velvet vest sewed on the front ; then a red corduroy jacket with a broad short book, all in one pieeeY buttons once at the throat and slopes away to show the vest. Tiny black buttons are set close together along the edges of the front as a, trimming. A blue serge suit similarly made has a red corduroy vest fastened by gilt buttons. The vest is sloped to two points at the end. Brown serge suits have white corduroy vests and small pearl buttons. For suits of light weight for the spring are cheviots and Angora cloths in fine lines, pink checks and stripes of black and white together, or of dark Havana brown with Suede dark blue with white, or else green, copper, red or plum color. The spring jackets are made of barred or stripped cloths of dark colors, or of the favorite Suede and tan shades that are always worn in the spring. Theselighter colored jackets are made with the overlapping seams of the covert coat that Redfern popularized. They are worn both double and single breasted and are frequently completed by a hood lined with dull silk. Girls at the intermediate age, a year or two before appearing in society, are diffi- cult to dress, the little foulard frocks lately imported from Paris come nearer solving the problem than anything yet designed for them. The skirts, without being short, are not long, exposing the boots laced with narrow ribbons. Made straight and without drapery they are trimmed with three narrow flounces which are bordered with narrow ribbon, d'fferent for each flounce, repeating the colors in the figure of the fourlandâ€"pale pink, bright pink, pale green, green; the corsage then is of plain foulard, pink or green, to match the sprays in the figured skirt ; a wide sash of plain foulard is rustled about the waist. The whole effect is very fresh and charming. The tendency in the coming season will be to match the dress in the color of the straw bonnets and lists, which are being dyed in all the new shades hown in the spring goods, old rose, old lue, the new green shades, absinthe and renaissance, Charles X. pink, and all the dull red and mahogany shades, called by French mil- liners vennis de Japon. These will be trimmed with upright bows of the new loop-edged ribbons of mousseline, tafets and gauze, combined with small stiff wings or small fine flowers. At the ice carnival at Montreal have been displayed some luxurious skating and sleighing costumes, entirely of sealskin. They are, of course, severe in outline and without drapery. The skirt has all its fulness massed in the back, and the postillion basque clings to the bust as if moulded upon it, with close sleeves and high officer’s collar; the only ornaments are pendent balls of seal. The long pin thrust in the hair at the back to hold the bonnet in place is made of gold or silver and set with Rhine stones or Austrian garnets, and is worn by women Whose fancy inclines to elaborate jewellery ; but those of quieter tastes prefer a large flat hairpin of blonde shell. A pretty tewguwm of dark pansy plush. has a pale pink satin front with velvet pansies appliques. Tiny diamond em‘~screws have had a cer- tain popularity of late, as the betrothal gift, in place of rings or bracelets. The lover puts them in, and they remain until replaced by the bridal gift of pendent soli- mites. Two rinks of the Thistle Curling Club defeated two of the Caledonians in a match for the Gibson medal Thursday by 19 points, Mr. W. Vallunce’s rink winning from Mr. McPhie’s by 5 points and Mr. J. Simpson‘s defeating Mr. \V. G. Reid’s by 14 points. The trophy was first played for in 1875, and has been held since that time as fol» lows: 1875, Hamilton Thistles; 1876, Toronto; 1877, Toronto; 1878, Hamilton Thistles; 1879, Bowmanville; 1880, Port Hope; 1881, Hamilton Thistles; 1882, Toronto Caledonians; 1883, Brampton; 1884, St. Marys; 1885, Orilliu; 1886, Toronto Granites; 1887, Paris. James Adams, J. O'Neil, J. H. Acklmld, J. Brockbunk, skip....16 J. Maxwell, 0. R. Adams, .1. (Iraigiu, jun“ M. ()avml, skip The second draws in the final competition for the Ontario tankard was played in Toronto Thursday afternoon, the compet- ing clubs being Paris, Orillia, St. Marys and the Toronto Caledonians. A great deal of interest was shown by the Toronto and visiting curlers and the Granite Rink was well filled with spectators. Paris deflated Orillia by 24 points, the score being 50 to 26, and St. Marys defeated the Toronto Caledonians by 3 points, the score being 37 to 34. Paris and St. Marys played off last night and Paris won the Ontario championship, which the tankard repreâ€" sents, by three points, the score being : Runs. 7 ST. MARYS. le. H. Vanderbilt, has just offered Mr. Bonner, on behalf of a gentleman of large wealth, $100,000 in cash for the Queen. Mr. Bonner paid Mr. Vanderbilt $40,000 for ' Maud S. ; but she was lame the day she was delivered at Mr. Bonner’s stable. Mr. B., however, shod her so as to relieve her of her lameness, and since then she has twice beaten her record, having lowered it to 2.08:2. Now he is offered $100,000 for the peerless mare, so that he would make 360,000 profit if he should dispose of herâ€"a pretty large sum for shoeing a horse. But Mr. Bonner refuses to sell Maud S. at any priceâ€"Tiny”, Field and Farm. The Ring. Articles have been signed here for a six- round fight between Harry Gilmore, of Toronto, and Billy Hawkins, of Ottawa, to come off within a week. It is understood that the contest will be private. Skating Contest. Frank Dowd, of Montreal, and H. J. McCormack, of St. John, N. B., met ’00» night in Crystal Rink, Montreal, in the second of the series of three races, the distance being 10 miles. The race was close all through and was won by Dowd in 37 mins. 30 secs. McCormack was 10 yards behind. Latest Fashion Notes. Rink N0, 2. Rink No. 1 Curling. J. I). Moore, (J. Myers, \V. Somm'ville, W. Andrews, skip.... ..19 J. M. Weir, (i. McIntyre, G, Grant, 8‘ Spurting, skip WHOLE NO 1,492 NO. 40 WIn China. a man never sees his wife until he is wedded to her for life. Chinese courtships must bevery inexpensive affairs, but contain no more fun than walking two miles home from church alone on a dark and rainy night. ' â€"Rev. Marcus Reinsford is probably the first clergyman to preach in a. sewer. When a new sewer in the north of London was recently being built Mr. Rainsford, whose work is among the people of that neighborhood, went into the sewer one evening and held service for the workmen. VA 8-year-old child who died recently in Wisconsin expelled a snake a foot long from its stomach Shortly before its death. The parents recollect lmvinggiven the child a drink of spring water in the dark about a year ago. Sponge your windows with alcohol, is the advice of an exchange. Many men sponge their alcohol. â€"A song for the girl we love, God love her I A song for the eyes with their tender wile, And the fragrant mouth with its melting,r smile The rich, brown tressos uncontrolled, That clasp her neck with their tcndcrost hold : Am] the blossom lips, and the dainty ohin, And the lily 1mm] that we try to win The girl we love. God lovn hm- ! “Pa,” said Johnny, looking up from his book, “ what does it mean to pile 039:; on Pelion?" “There, don’t bother me now,” replied pa; “ask your ma; she understands all abont millinery.” A disgraceful scene has occurred at Ches ter in connection with the burial of an aged man named Candeland. He lived alone and had been attended by a nurse from the Deaconesses’ Institution and by several neighbors. The latter, thinking they had a claim on the old man’s effects, locked the door of the cottage and refused to relinquish the key until they were paid. The funeral party, including several relations, were unable to get possession of the corpse until they had burst open the door, and then they found that the bedroom in which the deceased lay was also locked. Force had again to be resorted to before the corpse could be carried to the hearse. In the meantime a large crowd had gathered. and there was an angry demonstration against the persons who had perpetrated this out- rage. Pall Mall Gazette. There isLsomething almost romantic in the design and construction of the monster Lick telescope. Being the greatest work ever undertaken, presenting difliculties that had never before been encountered, inviting and suffering drawbacks and disasters that seemed to be sufficient to stagger the most persistent and painstaking skill, watched from day to day by a world of anxious observers hovered over and caressed by the united wisdom of a generation, the lens has come into the world with its great cyclopean eye ready to pierce the mysteries of the heavens. Captain Thomas Fraser, Superintendent of the Observatory, fur- nishes some hitherto unpublished and highly interesting information concerning the grinding of the crown-glass lens, and the plan adopted for transporting it from Cambridgeport, Mass, to San Jose. On the subject of the grinding he says that the closest measurement at command was the 110,000th part of an inch, but in grind- ing the great lens it was discovered that even this infinitesimal fraction was too large. A still finer measurement was required in reducing the lens in numberless places to a thickness (itself unequal) that would exactly concen- trate parallel rays of light, filling a circle three feet in diameter, to a point a little larger than a pin. In order to reduce the fine measurement already at command the following ingenious arrangement was em- ployed by Alvin Clark & Sons, the makers of the lens : A gas jet was placed before a mirror, which sent the rays of light through a telescope to the great lens. thus magnify- ing the r ys. The magnificent light, passâ€" ing through the great lens, was still further immensely magnified, and after having passed through the lens it was observed through a second telescope and thus further magnified. In this way the least failure of the great lens to concentrate perfectly was detected, and there was also deter» mined the amount of glass in it, at any given point, that had to be ground off in order to secure a perfect focus, Thus a measurement of the 2,000,000th part of an inch was secured. It took very little grinding to remove so small a thickness of glass from a given point, a gentle rubbing with the thumb being sufficient, as the glass is softer than common window glassâ€"- Bostnn Transcript. feared that the jarring of the train will dis~ turb the present arrangement of the mole- cules unless the position of the glass is daily changed and all lines of disturbance thus broken up. The glass will be insured to its full value~or rather its cost~8~51,000, and all the precautions mentioned are taken to prevent any accident to it. It would probably be impossible to replace it, as Fell, who cast it, and the elder Clark, who ground it, are bot-h old men. The glass will be shipped by express. nu Extraordinary Precautions Taken to Pro- vent its Being Injured. The two great lenses for the Lick teles< r cope, on which Messrs. Clark, of Cambridge, ' have been so long at work, are now practi- 1 cally completed, and will soon be sent to ‘ their destination. The plan adopted for shipping the double lens, worked out by Capt. Fraser, is as follows : The two glasses will first be wrapped in fifteen or twenty thicknesses of cloth, drawn very tight. The cloth will be cotton, and, in order to make it soft and perfectly free from grit, it will be washed many times and thoroughly beaten. Next to the cloth will come a thick layer of cotton batting. ‘ and then a layer of paper. A box made of i wood and lined with felt will contain the glasses when so prepared, the felt lining of the box coming next to the paper. The lenses with their covering will be packed tightly in this box. The shape of this box Will conform to the shape of the lenses. The felt will be attached with glue, so that ‘no nails will be anywhere near the glass. Outside of this wooden box and inclosing it will be a strong steel box, about the shape of a cube. The wooden box will be tightly packed into the steel box with curled hair. To inclose this steel box willbe stillanother steel box or chest, and the inner steel box will be kept from touching it by a large number of spiral springs covering the whole interior of the out steel chest. This outer chest will be packed with asbestos, to ren- der it fireproof, and both of the steel boxes will be made airtight and waterproof. The outer chest will be suspended by pivots in a strong wooden frame, and a contrivance has been adopted for turning the chest one- quarter around every day during its pro- gress to California. This is to prevent any molecular disarrangement in the glass and to avoid the danger of polarization, it being #nnunJ «1...; LLA :, SHIPPING A BIG TELESCOPE A Scene at a Funeral. The Duke and Duchess of Nassau and their son Prince William have arrived at Cannes, on a visit to the Crown Prince and Princess of Baden. Prince William of Nassau, who was born in 1852, is the best royal parti in Europe, as he will inherit an immense fortune from his father, and he is not encumbered by the possession of a crown. The commemorative diplomas; of the Colonial Exhibition are being mailed to lanudian exhibitorsby the clerks in the Department of Agriculture as rapidly as possible. The medals will not be forwarded for about a fortnight. â€"~A man begins to understand what a Winter carnival is like when his wife reâ€" minds: him that the coal bin is empty and that she wants a new funlined tyoboggun suit. “ No change of food is contemplated. Every man can have food of the kind to which he is accustomed, or which he pre- fers. It will be as easy to produce cabbapes as oranges, and pork as partridges. We shall actually produce these very things, but in a new form. It will he cabbages and oranges that have never felt the wind and rain, and pork and partridges that have never been alive. “7e merely take a short cut and snatch the food from the earth without giving it the trouble of growing. It will lack fibre, which is the only percepti- ble difference. “ The equivalent value of an element is now measured by the number of atoms of a monatomic or equivalent element with which it will combine. It is known, for instance, that chloride combines with one atom of hydrogen, oxygen with two, nitro- gen with three, carbon with four, and so on. I have struck some astonishing exam- ples of allatrophismwthat is, the pro duction of entirely dissimilar compounds from nearly similar elements. Nature is full of surprises. For instance, I make bananas and chocolate out of the verysame ingredients, and the methods of combining differ only a trifle.” “ The extraordinary analogy between homologous groups of organic compounds and certain small groups of the elements, as chlorine, bromine, and iodine have been remarked by many chemists. Not only isolated triads, but all the elements, may be brought into such homologous series ex- pressed by the general formula of Abe. However, this is beyond the average reader, and will hardly be intelligible. “ Sir Issac Newton said : ‘ The proper» ties of all food are in the dirt under our feet and in the air over ourheadsâ€"but they elude our grasp.‘ I was led on by Dalton’s great discovery of the law of multiple pro- portions, that the atomic weight of comâ€" pounds is the same as the atomic weight of their ingredients. I was helped also by the well-known law of ismorphism, that cer- tain groups of substances exist, any mem- ber of which can be replaced by any other member in equivalent proportions with» out changing the crystalline character of the matter. “ I think that after two or three years New Yorkers, for instance, will no longer eat meat or vegetables. They will not send to the tropics for fruits, or to Europe for wines, because the head of every family, by turning a crank (or, perhaps, without turnâ€" ing a crank, if a. clock apparatus is at» tached), can produce more delicious fruits and wines at a tenth of the cost. _ ' ' 7 ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ ' g ‘ ‘ V ‘ ' J wthat is, the same bonds by which they unite with one. another, or with compound molecules. This great invention has not been ‘hit on’ before, because analytic chemistry has received too much attention to the exclusion of synthetic chemistry; men have been more devoted to learning than to doing. Lavoisier was just on the edge of it and missed. Sir Humphrey Davy, Liebig and Faraday were all in sight of it and suddenly turned aside. They suc- ceeded in makng urea out of the elements and several other inorganic substances, but they stopped at that. They overlooked the simplicity of this thing. “ I can make a wine, and have made it, with New Jersey earth and water that no man can tell from Chateau Yquem. I find that those elements combine at the lowest temperature that have the same atomicity 5L“; :,. LI_. ,, “ There are sixty-five elements. Car- bon is the king of these. It is the great organizer. It is never absent from any plant or animal organism. It is at the base of almost everything. It is the key to my discovery, for it possesses the pecu- liar capacity to form molecules from its own atoms. The diamond is pure carbon, so are graphite and charcoal nearly pure carbon, though they are so different. Sugar and starch belong to the hydrocar- bons, and I cannot understand why their manufacture out of earth and water hasn’t been hit on before. I form all my_meat compounds by exposing three elements in a red hot state to nitrogen gas, though I use different flavors, which I get from the earth too. I have had to bring from West- chester county some argillaceous soil not found here. them in an hour, or perhaps a. few minutes. and arrive at the same result by combinâ€" ing them organically. This I have done. I first find out what a. particular kind of food is made of. There are sixtyiive simple elements in nature; that is, sub- stances which we call simple elements, because we have not yet succeeded in prov- ing them to be compound. I am afraid your readers will not generally understand what I am going to say. If you use it be careful to take it down verbatim. “ It occurred to me that this process might be hastened; that instead of wait- ing a year for nature to collect those eleâ€" ments into an organic seed 1 could collect “ How is it now ? ” said Edison, “About 53,” replied the man. That was all. We returned to the room above. “ I shall simplify that machine one-half,” he remarked. “ Yet with that I can turn out at least five tons of food of various kinds every day. I have already made eighteen kinds of food. I will tell you something if you will not say a word till I say ‘ go ahead.’ All food comes, of course, pri- marily from the earth. The plants and fruits we eat come from the moist ground, and the animals we eat live on the plants, or on other animals which the plants have kept alive. So all food comes from the ele- ments stored in the earth, air and Water. You eat a grain of wheat, for instance. The wheat is mainly composed of a. few simple gases and salts that last year were lying dormant in the earth, the air and the water. an iron vessel, holding about a. barrel, attached to something that looked like a. hydraulic mm. The shelves were lined with chemicals. There was a small battery in the corner from which one wire Went to the vet. A kerosene lamp burned under a sort of retort. That and four crooked pipes with handles were all that was visible. ,v__ Paw». . He led me down a, pair of stairs into a. light basement room, where a swarthy- looking man was busy Pboutfi big machine, -m. . MuADUII then exhibited samples of food which he said he had made from dirt in his cellar and from water taken from the water-pipes in the house. The writer says : 77,1,1 Edison's Latest Invention Puts All Pre- vious Ones in the Shade~A Story That Reads Well Even if it Isn’t True. A writer in the Washington Post gives an account of a recent interview of a. most re- markable character with Edison, the in- ventor. In this interview Edison is made to describe a new machine which he calls the nutricator. This machine, the writer says, has accomplished the problem of com- bining the natural elements so as to manu- facture wholesome food. Edison is made to say in this interview: “ In ten years my machines will be used to provide the tables of the civilized world. Meat will be no longer killed and vegetables no longer grown, except by savages, for my methods will be so much cheaper.” Mr. Edison A WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.