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The Duchess of Albany wore a black corded silk, with bead embroideries and a black veil; ornaments. pearls and dia~ monds. Both the Princesses of \Veles, granddaughters of the Queen, wore trains of pearl white satin broche, lined with faille and bordered in tulle, and bouquets of lilies of the valley; corsage to corres- pond, trimmed with tulle and lilies over a. jupe of tulle in bouillonces and plisscs looped with bouquets of lilies of the valley ; ornaments, pearls, diamonds and rubies, also the Orders of Victoria and Albert. The Princess of Wales wore a dress of silver grey and silver brocade, with dra- peries of brocade and crepe embroidered in silver, looped with grey and silver mara- bouts ; a. train of brocade lined with satin duchesse and bordered with silver fringe and mambouts; a corsege to correspond; head-dress, a. tiers. of diamonds and feathers and veil ; ornaments, pearls and diamonds. It was three hours after the clase of the reception before the last carriage left the precincts of the palace in a dense fog, which made vehicular traffic and pedesâ€" trianism highly dangerous. Pathetic Story of Her Attempts to Save Her Husband’s Life. A Shell Lake, Wis., despatch says: Fritz Hass and his wife were in Shell Lake doing some trading on Thursday, and about 2 o’clock in the afternoon started for home. The aged couple had walked to town in the morning and felt equal to the task of walk» ing back again, a distance of five miles. It was a bitter cold day, and as they advanced the wind began to blow. Before half of their journey had been accomplished they were wrapped in a blinding snow storm, and their progress became slow and diffiâ€" cult. Soon Mr. Hass sank down in the snow, thoroughly exhausted and unable to proceed. His now frantic wife tried in vain to urge him on. But she was compelled to leave him and seek aid at the nearest house. When she arrived at the house she sought she found a woman alone. It was then about 10 o’clock at night, but taking blankets the two women started back to succor Mr. Hass. He was unconscious when they reached him and with difficulty they succeeded in getting him a few rods further toward shelter. But Hass was a large, fleshy man, and the women were compelled to abandon their efforts in his behalf. Wrapping her exhausted husband in blankets and again giving him some nourishment, his noble helpmeet sat down beside him, while her kind assistant started for home. Mr. Hass remained with her husband until he died, about 8 o’clock in the morning. When help arrived at the scene the unfortunate couple were taken home, one nearly as lifeless as the other. Mr. Hass was nearly 70 years of age, and his faithful wife a few years his junior. The Princess Beatrice wore a. dress and train of ruby velvet, embroidered with beads of the same color; headdress, a dimâ€" dem of rubies and diamonds, feathers and veil ; ornaments, rubies and diamonds. The Queen wore a train and bodice of black velvet and silk, trimmed with Rusâ€" sian sable over a black silk skirt trimmed with tulle and jet, a white tulle veil, snr» mounted by a coronet of diamonds, neck- lace and earrings of diamonds, and the Kohinoor as a brooch, with orders and ribbons dazzling in number and arrange- ments. Lord Randolph was absent from the Commoners, but her ladyship was present, smiling away the baseless scandals lately rife. Lady John Manners, who is a veteran at drawing-rooms, was heard to say that never within her recollection had there been such an immense and brilliant at- tendance at a drawingâ€"room. The Lord Chamberlain’s presentation book really makes up a bulky volume. Thennmber of debutantes mindful of the notable Jubilee flavor of the occasion was very large. The supplement to today’s Com‘t Journal runs to sixty columns. He is Cremated, and His Ashes will be Scattered Over a Saloon Keeper’s Grave. A Buffalo desputch says: The remains of the late Edward Kuehl, of Omaha, arrived here yesterday. Mr. Kuehl was engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. He had been in ill-health some time and unable to attend to business. On Mon- day last he took an overdose of morphine, from the effects of which he died. A week ago yesterday he made his will. In it he directs that his body be cremated and his ashes placed in an urn, and that when a certain saloon keeper in Omaha. dies, that they shall be strewn over his grave so that no flowers will bloom upon it. The body was put in the crematory at 4 o’clock, and it took one hour and a quarter to incinerate the 200 pounds of flesh and bone. The Queen, standing on the dais in the Royal Throne Room, looked a remarkably happy matron, with the Princess of Wales and the Princesses Beatrice and Helena and the Duchessxof Albany just below her. Beyond the royal group of ladies the Prince of Wales looked as buoyant as one should who had slept through an earthquake. He wore the brilliant uniform of ColoneLin» Chief of the Royal Horse Guards, of which Field Marshal Sir Patrick Grant is the active colonel. A squadron of the same regiment had escorted the Prince and Princess from Marlborough House amid‘ the hearty cheers of everybody. The Marquis of Salisbury and nearly all the Cabinet were in another group beyond the Prince of Wales and suite. Some of the Ministers displayed in their court dress larger heads than calves. The value of the cotton plant, great as it is acknowledged by all to he, seems to have the {possibility of being increased, since It his ately been discovered that the bark of the root contains what prqmises to be an ivailuble coloring matter. A Halifax despatch says : The con- tinuous strike of coal miners at the Pictou mines has created a. coal famine in this city and very serious results will ensue if the strike continues much longer. The Cape Breton ports are frozen up and no coal can be obtained thence. The Spring Hill mines cannot supply their orders from the upper provinces. Halifax people, therefore, will soon be compelled to burn wood or pay about $10 a clmldron for coal. Buckingham Palace Thronged With Rank and Beautyâ€"Description of the Dresses of Royalty. A London cablegram says: The Queen yesterday afternoon held at Buckinghaur Palace her first jubilee drawing-room. The rush was so great that the Queen had retired before a large number of carriages had reached the grand portal, around which the brilliant military guards of honor were attending. One line of carriages extended eastward along the double roads of St. James’ Park beyond the club district of Pall Mall, and another line westward around the Buckingham Hotel and past Hyde Park corner into Piccadilly. At least 5,000 curious spectators clustered along the lines staring at the inmates of the carriages and their gorgeous dresses, not omitting to make the usual sarcasins on the Jeames Yellowplushes who adorned the hammer- cloths. There was the usual fatigue of the guests awaiting their turns, a more than customary crush on the grand staircase. There was the wouted battle of trains, dis- regarding the. motto ’Ilobll'ssa oblige. There was the traditional pushing and wedging and the use of fans as weapons, all accomâ€" panied by the time-honored jealousies for precedence or degree in the royal sunshine. J UBILEE DRAWING-ROOM. AN ECCENTRIC MAN’S EDD. Coal Famine at, Halifax. A NOBLE WV] FE. A “ Spook" Disturbing Baltimore & Ohio Train Employees. A Tifiin, 0., despatch says: The village of Republic, 0., has a ghost which stops trains, and there is great excitement there. A few nights ago when limited express No. 5, the same train that was wrecked and burned on January 4th, was approaching the scene of that horrible disaster, the engineer saw a red lightâ€"the danger signal ~ahead. He applied the brakes and reversed his engine, and the train came to a standstill on almost the exact spot of the great wreck. Strange to say, when the train came to a standstill the light had disappeared and could no- where be seen. Before stopping both the engineer and fireman noticed that the light appeared to be carried bya woman dressed entirely in white. Puzzled by the disappearance of the signal,the engineer and conductor walked over the track for some distance ahead, but could discover nothing wrong. The train then hacked to Republic station and the operator was questioned, but he assured them that no signal had been Sent out. The train pro- ceeded on its way, running cautiously for several miles and the engineer keeping a sharp lookout, but nothing more was seen of the mysterious woman or signal. This strange apparition has appeared on three different occasions and has greatly excited trainmen and residents. A posse of men have watched the place for Several nights, but the ghost has not since appeared. The Kind of Animals \Vanl‘ed for the British Army. A London cable says: Col. Ravenhill lectured last night before the Institute of Agriculture on the breeding of horses for military purposes. He said that the horse wanted was a cross on an English thorough- bred stallion, upstanding, with short legs, good bone, heavy shoulders, plenty of length, depth of girth and good action. Col. Goldie has been instructed by the War Office to purchase 300 horses in Canada for army purposes in England. Veterinary Matthews, of the Royal Horse Guards, has been ordered to Canada to assist in the purchase of horses which are required here. Owing to continental coun- tries having prohibited the export of horses, Canada can, by producing suitable horses, obtain a large market. There is no reason, if the matter is properly undertaken by Canadian farmers, why the Dominion horse trade should not become of large importance and as profitable as the cattle trade. The Township of Otonabee is treny honored. Its Reeve, Mr. Jno. Lang, has been elected M. P. for East Peterboro’. Its Deputy-Reeve is Warden of the county, and Mr. Blezurd, M. P. P., is a resident of the township. Zach lady will be most awfully low- necked, with train reaching from almost anywhere to the door. With that train wrapped two or three times round her lower extremities she will sit for a good long time in her carriage in front of the palace, while the carriages of most import- ant personages drive in, and while more or less gilded youth walk up and down and stare. By and by she will be huddled into a cold room with about 499 other trains as big as her own. She will wait there for an hour or more. probably more. \Vhen her arms are getting blue and her dignity has pretty well oozed away she will be re- quested to hand a card with her name on it to the Lord Chamberlain. He will read it and steer her to the door. She will drag the train past a bigr chair on which the Queen sits perched, and as she goes past will make her finest how. i Her eyes will be dazzled by gay costumes, and her wonder will be excited, if she is not too much flurried, by the tremendous dis- play of calves all about, from the Prince and noble ambassadors right down to the servants. Then everything will fade like a scene from a magic lantern, and she will find herself outside the second door and not at all impressed with her own greatness, and free to find her carriage and go home. Next day there will only be one thing to console her. It will be the pleasure of mail- ing to all her friends and relatives a copy of the Timm which tells of her presentation to the Queen. The knowledge that her deluded relatives will picture her sitting on a lounge with the Queen of England drink- ing tea and swapping baby stories will be the only sordid return for the considerable investment. Apart from an excusable vanity, the presentation at Court can be of use only to American ladies who intend residing in London, who want to go into society and bring out their daughters. Measles and diphtheria. are very prevalent about \Vatford and have proved fatal in a number of cases. Three members of the family of Mr. John Lightfoot, of Brooke Township, and two daughters of Mr. Wm. (Ilutberbuck, of VVutford, have died. An offer of prizes by the Brant County Sabbath School Association to the Sunday School pupils on the Indian reserve has borne good fruit. Three schools have sent in lists of those entitled to a. prize for attendance. One school carried off forty prizes,t\venty-two of whomhadbeen present every day ; another school claimed eight, four of Whom had been present every day ; the latter school seventy-two, most of whom had been present full time. There are now 16,000 colored teachers in the United States. The average price for peaches received by the Delaware growers in 1886 was 52; cents per basket. The Bemstead, N. H., brass band. which claims to be the oldest band in the United States now in active service under its original organization, will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary February 22nd. The stalls of the famous “Marche (in Temple” at Paris, where great sales of second-hand clothing are made, are rented at an annual charge of $400, and the receipts for each occupant are said to average between $8,000 and $10,000 a year. Two men of Burnett, Wis., have trapped 3,000 muskmts and 65 mink at Horicon marsh this winter. They are paid 11 cents apiece for the muskrat skins, Last season their trapping receipts amounted to $800. It is never too late to mend; but a. man need not expect to have 9. button sewed on much after midnight. The London correspondent of the New York Sun thus describes the presentation at court of American ladies: How New \Vorld Beauties Look and Fee] THE CANADIAN HORSE TRADE. FEMALE AMERICA BEFORE THE QUEEN. Current Fuck and Curious: l’igurva A PHANTOM SIGNALMAN. VOL X VIII THE L “Indian News No“ Tonexro,illon. A. S. Hardy presented the following: Commissioner of Public ‘Vorks, annual report. inspector of Insurance, annual report. University of Toronto, annual report. Mr. Guthrie, on rising to move the Address, in reply to the Speech from the Throne, was received with loud applause. In opening he expressed the regret, which he was sure was shared by all, that the Lieutenantâ€"Governor who had opened the Legislature had probably addressed them for the last time, at any rate in an opening speech. The second paragraph of the Address referred to the Jubilee of Her Majesty. \Vhile such an event as the attainment of the 50th year of a monarch’s reign would, in the case of any ordinary monarch, be an event of more than usual interest, in the case of Her Majesty it is an event of deep and universal congratu- lation. Canada and other dependencies had risen from a state of almost complete lack of development to that of a nationâ€">04 young nation, in the case of the ‘ Dominion, but a vigorous and hopeful one. It appeared that the Government at Ottawa had failed, notwithstanding re- quests from the Government of the Pro- vince, to take the necessary steps to give effect to the Privy Council’s decision in reâ€" lation to the boundaries of the Province. He supposed that Ontario’s communica- tions had been treated as those of the half- breeds had been. He hoped also that the Government’s action would have the sup- port of both sides of the House. Respect- ing the litigation now pending as to the lands and timber in the disputed territory, they had to congratulate the Government upon its success in the courts so far as the case had gone, and one reason which caused the Government to be returned by a greater majority than before was that the people knew it had defended the rights of the Province and would continue to assert them. The Speech promised a number of measures and he doubted not they would be eminently useful. He made special ref- erence to those relating to police magis- trates and scientific education in the schools as to the effects of alcohol and with respect to prison labor. Respecting the latter he expressed the hope that the Gov- ernment that had the courage to grapple with this difiicult question would do it successfully. Looking at the laws passed, he thought they were a standing proof that the experiment of legislating by means of a single chamber was a pronounced success. Not having been a member of the House before, he could express without vanity his belief that the legislation of this House would compare favorably with that of any other Province or State on the Continent. They were informed that a measure would be brought down to accomplish what was known as University consolidation. He expressed himself as heartin in favor of this scheme, dwelling upon the necessity and advantages of a great central seat of learning, which would be equal to the best in America, and to which all could have access. The Government met the new Parliament with a larger majority, he believed, than ever before. The verdict was an expression of appreciation and reward. That verdict was due not alone to the breadth of the Prime Minister’s policy, or to his conspicuous ability, or to his original successes as a constitutional lawyer and champion of Provincial rights, or to the fact that he was surrounded by able colleagues, but mainly to the fact that the people had formed a just and high estimate of the Premier’s character as a man. He concluded by moving the usual formal resolutions. Mr. Evanturel, seconding the motion for the Address, said that he was told by very old politicians that whatever might have been their past experience in public life, when they were called upon to address for the first time a House of Assembly all the subjects that they had counted upon deserted them and they were left to the inspiration of the moment. He regretted very much to find himself in that position. He was glad to know that the appeal which was made in that portion of the press against the eastern districts had not been favorably responded to. Sir, when the Union of 1841 came into force the members for Lower Canada came within the precincts of this very hall. His father and the pre- sent Premier of this Province were then young politicians, and the French Canadian members then had the advantage of speakâ€" ing in the language in which he was not allowed to speak. He‘ was sorry that so many years afterwards appeals should be made against two of the elements of the population of Canada. There was one paragraph of that Speech which would be hailed with satisfaction from one end of this Dominion to the otherâ€" and that was the paragraph referring to the completion of the fiftieth year of Her Majesty’s reign. This event had been a source of satisfaction not only in Canada but all over the Empire. He had no doubt that the people of Canada will so com- memorate that event in a manner which will adequately show their devotion to our Queen. The Factory Act had been referred to in the Speech from the Throne. That was one phase of the great question of labor and capital, and it was a proof of the pro- gress of the great agitation in favor of the working classes, which had resulted in the election of two representatives of that class to seats in this House. The labor question was one that would demand at the hands of this House as large a share of care and attention as the great question of Home Rule for Ireland would demand at the hands of the Parliament of the Empire, for they were both questions which could not be put off, but must be settled speedily in the interests of the people. Mr. Mere- dith belonged to a party whose, leader had for many years been kept in power at ‘ Ottawa by the votes of the French Jana- dians and the Catholics. The newspaper which now held the Catholics up to dis- grace had at one time courted their support as a great and powerful element in this Dominion. It'was said today that the English people were going to be oppressed because French Canadians held three or four seats out of the ninety»two. Now there was another element, which was a growing one, and which was a credit and 'a benefit to this Provinceâ€"he referred to the Germans. The Germans predominated and held the balance of power in twenty- nine constituencies, and they had schools where German and English were taught just as French and English were taught in the French constituencies. Mr. Evanturel reviewed the history of the French Cana- dians in Canada. The Irish Canadians were united with their French brethren by many ties. He sympathized with them in the great constitutional struggle which they were carrying on in Eng- ONTARIO LEGISLA’IURE. RICHMOND HILL THURSDAY, )TARCH 17, 1887. Mr. Meredith congratulated the House upon the addition to its debating talent shown by the speeches which had just been made. He was sorry that the member for Prescott, while complaining that his nationality had been attacked by certain journals, and while asserting that those attacks had driven him out of the Conser- vatlve ranks, had not borne in mind the fact that attacks such as he had repudiated had been made, not by irrespons1ble friends, but by men high in the counsels of the Liberal party, and that the Conservative members of the Local Legislature had on many occasions defended them from such attacks. The Government was not in a majority because of the policy or because} of the victories which had been claimed for the great “ constitutional lawyer,” the Attorneyâ€"General, but because the Church had chosen to fulminate against the Con- servative party. It was also, in part, be- cause appeals were made to sectionsâ€" notably to the French Canadiansâ€"because justiceAand the Attorney-General could not say otherwiseâ€"was meeted out against one who had offended against the laws of the country. He repudiated, forthe Conserâ€" vative party, any desire to raise sectional or religious cries. The whole record of the (lon- servative party was against such a course. He joined with former speakers in eulogy lot the gentleman who it was said would “succeed the present Lieutenant-Governor. ‘ lIc cordially endorsed what had been said respecting the Queen’s Jubilee, and the, more formal action in recognition of it which should be taken. Referring to the Boundary question, he said he was not there to dispute that the Attorney-General had fought for the interests of the Province or to detract from what he had done. But he desired to call attention to the fact that while the Provincial Government had been sustained by a greater majority than ever before, it was to be borne in mind that in the same Province the veteran leader of the Conservative party for the Dominion without any adventitious aid, but upon his broad policy, had also been sustained. Hel agreed that the duty was cast upon the Dominion Government of seeing that proper ratification by Imperial legis- lation should be given that the technical rights of the Province may be secured and the question settled forever. There was a passing reference in the Speech to the mineral resources of the country. He thought that as the minerals must take the place of importance now occupied by the timber industry the Gowrnment should lay before the House some scheme for assisting the development of these resources. He was not in a position,notknowing what legislation would be proposed, to speak at length respecting University Federation, but there were complaints made that the amount of money spent upon Common Schools was disproportionate to that spent in higher education. The providing of efficient Common Schoolswaspre-eminently the work of the State, and he believed there was room for improvement in this most important work. Respecting prison labor, he complained that the contracts for the labor of the prisoners were kept back from the House for eighteen months, after which it was impossible to reject them. On the Parliament buildings question he said that the House had voted $750,000 on the faith that no contracts would be made on a greater scale than that, whereas just before election one contract was made which would cause the expenditure to be increased beyond that limit. This was an act which deserved the censure of the House. Reference ought to have been made to the reasons which led to a dissolu- tion of the House before its ordinary term had expired. If the object was for the Hon. Premier to help his friends at Ottawa he had failed, and the blow intended for the Dominion Government had fallen upon the Opposition here. The Government here claimed a large majority, but in the 92 Ontario members at Ottawa none would be found who had a minority of votes. The hon. gentleman might yet find that the very crisis upon which they had sought to injure the Conservatives would yet hoist them from office. He had borne false witâ€" ness against the Conservative party in seeking to make it responsible for the No Popery cry. Hon. Mr. Mowat concurred in the re- marks of previous speakers respecting the first clauses of the Address. He had no doubt that the presence of able French- Canadian members of the House would assist in making the two races know one another better and in promoting that harâ€" mony which was essential to the prosperity of the country. Since they were to part with Mr. Robinson, he was glad that Sir Alexander Campbell was to be the new Governor. Sir Alexander Campbell and himself had been fellow-students, and they had been intimate friends ever since, though they had no sort of sympathy politically. They might rely upon it that he would manifest the same attachment to the Con- stitution and the same devotion to duty as his predecessor had done. The leader of the Opposition had claimed that his party did not raise the “ Nol’opery ” cry during the recent elections. The hon. gentleman could say some surprising things with a steady face, but this was perhaps the most surprising statement of all. It was notorious to everybody that this No Popery cry was raised, that it was used down to the very day of the elections, he might say down to the time of both elections. How were people to decide what the views of a party were? It must be either from the organs of the party or from the utterances of its representatives. Nobody would deny ‘that the Mail had raised the No Popery cry. The Mail was the organ of the Tory party, specially recognized by a convention of that party, and it continued so until it was seen that the No Popery cry was doing the party more harm than good. The No Popery cry was raised most assiduously during the whole campaign in Haldimand. The leader of the Opposition at length repudiated the cry, but repudiated it very gently. His election address on this point was so ambiguous that the Mail, which raised the No Popery cry, declared that it was quite satisfied with Mr. Meredith’s declaration. (Cheers and laughter.) After recess, The resolutions proposed were carried, and the Address based upon them pre- sented and carried after the usual form. Hon. Mr. Mowat said he believed it was customary at the last session of the incum- bency of a Lieutenant-Governor that the Address should be presented by the whole land, and which had found so distin- guished a champion as the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. Conclucling‘ihis speech Mr. Evanturel said that it would be one of his efforts to try and heal the breach which a certain portion of the press had done its best to create between two great elements of the Canadian people. He hoped that these cries would now be dropped, and that they would all work together to build up on this continent a mighty nation under the flag of England. Evening Session. The Lieutenant-Govcrnor in replying to the Address said : Mr. Speaker and gentle- men of the Legislative Assembly, I am happy to learn that you agree in the opinions that I expressed in my Speech in the opening of the session, and that these opinions have met with your approval, and I am glad that you are here to-day to present me, in answer to that Speech, with your dutiful and loyal address. Mr. Speaker, allow me to take advantage of the opportunity to say that I have had. both officially and personally, the pleasantest relations with your predecessor, (Jol. Clarke, who, during the whole of my career in office, so ably fulfilled the duties of the ofiice which you, sir, are now called upon to occupy. I need hardly say to you, Mr. Speaker, that the pleasure it gives me to receive this Address is greatly enhanced by the fact that it is presented to me by your- self, a native Canadian, and one who has, for more than 20 years, devoted himself so heartin to the public affairs of his Province and who enjoys the confidence of hisfcllow- members, as shown by your unanimous election to a high and honorable ofiice. Of course, I appreciate most highly the comâ€" pliment that you have paid me in coming, perhaps without precedence since Con- federation, to-day, but there is one draw- back, and that is that in all probability 1 shall not have the pleasure of receiv- ing another Address from the Legislative Assembly of my native Province. Mr. Speaker, I will be candid with you, and say that I had an ambition and a great desire to fill the office of Lieutenant- Governor of this Province, and I am glad to learn from you, Sir, and from the repre- sentative men of this Assembly, that, hav- ing discharged the duties appertaining to that ofiice for six years, I have done so, in your opinion, in an impartial and constitu- tional manner, that I have upheld its dig- nity and prestige while I have not weak- ened, I trust, its ancient rights and privileges. Sir, I can only now wish you a kind farewell, expressing the hope that my successor in office may have the same prosâ€" perous and happy career in Government House that it has been my good fortune to enjoy, and I hope that your deliberations, prompted and guided by the same spirit as hitherto, may have as successful an issue as the deliberations of previous Parliaments with which I have had the honor to act. And now, Mr. Speaker, I would be doing myself an injustice, seeing my friend the Attornevaeneral at my side, were I not to express to himself on behalf of Mrs. Robinson and myself the gratitude which we feel, not only to himself, but every member of his Ministry, for tl‘e kindness, for the good-will and for the consideration which they have extended to us during our sojourn here, which have tended to make a happy home for us, while I hope it has been attended with some little advantage to the public. “This is it great subject,” said a grandiloquent orator; “ can you name a greater?” Hon. C. F. Fraser said that in that case he would ask that the motion stand. The motion stood accordingly. Hon. 0. Mowat proposed that the House adjourn, so that the members might pro- ceed to the residence of His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor and present him with an address. The House adjourned at 2 p. m. Immediately after the adjournment of the House, the members, preceded by the Speaker, the Sergeant-ut-Arms bearing the mace, and (ilerk, went to the residence of the ]lieutenant-Governor. After the members had been introduced to the Lieutenant-Governor, Mr. Speaker read the address in reply to the Speech from the Throne. greater ‘2;7 He paused for effect, and, to the horror of the audiepce, a. small poy piped up: “ I can mister, a nlltmégigi'aierpilmroit Free Press. The death at Margato, England, is an- nounced of Mrs. Jesse, wife of Captain Jesse, Royal Navy, who, when Miss Emily Tennyson, would have been married, but for his death, to Arthur Hullam, immor- allized by Tennyson’s “ In Memox‘ia.n1.”â€"â€" Boston ant. Mr. Creighton said that he thought the old tenders, etc., would be of assistance in discussing they matter. A citizen of Pocahontas, 1a.,has invented a new fuel. which bids fair to take the place of coal in the prairie countries. He grinds cornstulks and coarse prairie grasstogether and moistens them. This pulp is pressed into blocks about twelve inches long and four inches thick anddried. One block will give rm hour’s steady heat. This fuel can be produced for $2 a. ton, and the inventor claims that it will last- twice as long as the best soft coal. Hon. C. 1“. Fraser said he supposed the motion referred to the advertisements, ten- ders, etc., of the past year. Tenders were called for several years ago, but he sup» posed these were not required, as they would make a very voluminous return, and would afford no sort of information to the House. Sir A. B. Walker, the founder of the lValker Art Gallery, Liverpool, has given £10,000 towards the building’ of the Liver- pool Cnthedrnl, and suggests that the Queen’sjubiloe would be an appropriate occasion for the laying of the foundation stone. Mr. Creighton moved for copies of ad- vertisements for tenders, specifications and contracts in connection with the new Par- liament Building. . Emperor \Villiam has: conferred the order pour le merite for arts and sciences upon the historiographer of Prussia, Privy Councillor Professor])r.von 'l'reitsclika, of Berlin; on Privy Councillor Dr. Gustav Freytag, the author of “’iesbnden ; on the composerY Herr Johannes Brahma, of Vienna, and on Maestro Guiscppe Verdi, of Milan. Mr. Watersâ€"0n Friday nextâ€"Resolu- tion, That in the opinion of this House the time has come when Upper Canada Col- lege should be abolished, as the instruction given in said college can be obtained in any well-conducted High School in the Province; and that all the real estate belonging to the Endowment Fund, with the block of land upon which the college buildings are erected, together with all investments and the interest thereon accrued or accruing, cash in banks and all other assets, shall belong to the Province ; and any future disposition of said property, investments and cashm‘ other assets shall i be subject to the approval of this House. House. He lmoved a resolution that this course should be followed and directing the members of Council to ascertain at what time His Honor would receive the Address. This resolution was carried mid the House adjourned at 8 o’clock. Death of ’l‘mmyson's Sister. Eq mil to the Occasion. WHOLE NO 1,494 NO. 42. Advice to Those \Vho Have Suffered From Fi reâ€"Preservation'of the Skin. In all burns great care should be taken to save the cuticleâ€"the raised portion of the skin that forms the blister. Clothing, etc, should be removed with the utmost gentleness. Blisters should be carefully punctured with a clean needle. The best way to be sure that a needle is clean when required for such service is to heat it red hot, allow it to cool, and then use it It will thus be freed from any organisms, for in such a place as a burn germs will thrive abundantly and prove most detrimental, so that the utmost care is necessary. Then the raised cuticle should be pressed down to the true skin, and covered with a large quantity of clean cotton wool to prevent the access of air, as free exposure tends to increase shock and pain. Equal parts of lime Water and linseed oil applied on lint and covered with cotton wool is a favorite remedy, known under the name of carron-oil, or the blister may be covered with Wheaten flour. Lately powdered clay has been employed, but for the first few days it is best to wrap the part in cotton wool, sufficient oil being employed to prevent its sticking. The dressings once put on must not be removed for some days-amt, indeed, until they have been lossened by the discharge or be» come offensive. The constant removal of dressings is disturbing, painful and conse- quently injurious, and to obviate any neces- sity for it oarbolic oil, as a disinfectant, is used in the proportion of one to ten or more. Small burns or scalds may be ‘ treated by water dressing, lead lotion, chalk , and water, collodion or Friar’s balsam. 3 Two parts of collodion to one of castor oil 3 is an excellent application. The patient should be kept in a warm atmosphere, well ‘ covered up, and some wine or brandy and hot water may be administered.â€"â€"Thv ‘ Family Doctor. This remark at once set the whole Paris press agog with a pleasing wonder as to whether or not the great enemy of France was really likely, himself being the judge, to pay the debt of nature so unexpectedly and conveniently soon. There were innu- merable articles on his age, on his rheuma- tisms, on his gout, on his dyspepsia, on his other ailments, and on his possibly immi- nent “ shuffling off this mortal coil." All these jesting and jubilant comments were based on the above quoted allusion, which he was erroneously thought to have made to himself, I venture to declare that this allusion was not to himself at all. It was to the Emperor. The Chancellor could not decently say: “ The Emperor is very, very old, and may drop off at any moment.” His real meaning, however, was: “ The Emperor has but a few days left; while he lives his prestige will be enormous; but his life, and the phenomenal weight and reverâ€" ence attaching to him as the honored patriarch of living sovereigns, may be lost to the Imperial party in Germany at any moment; and hence before the Emperor dies, 1, his Chancellor, who expect to be Chancellor also under the new reign, want to put the German army, now while I may, beyond all possible interference by the next Reichstag.” This was Bismarck’s real meaning. “ I may hope to be alivé at the end of thigerbut notA at the end of gavel} yiearis.”r Utter Inability of the From-h to Solve the Great Man's Riddles. (Paris Letter in Chicago Inter~0cean.) As an American I recognize in Prince Bismarck a gift which he possesses in a greater degree than nature has vouchsafed to any diplomatist since the days of Benja- min Ij‘ranklinâ€"finamely, that of appearing frank, simple. and sincere, and yet of being, at the same time, deep, cunning and enig- matic. In fact, the Sphinx, Franklin and Bismarck have been the world’s three great masters of diplomacy. The Sphinx out- witted all the world; Franklin outwitted 1all Europe, and Bismarck outwits all France. This is because the astute (Jhan~ cellor, conscious, like Pericles, not only of his great position, but also of his great ability, always, or nearly alwaysâ€"«that is to say, ninety-nine times out of a hundred speaks his mind with honest simplicity and audacity, and without the “ forcible feebleness ” of diplomatic reserve. ()n the other hand, once in a hundred times he ceases to be Bismarck and for the nonce becomes Machiavelli. In all the Chancellor‘s recent utterances, save one, there has been a charming frankness. For instance, he said sublimely that the German victory over France was an acci- dent. A lesser statesman would have ‘ boastineg claimed it as a foregone con- clusion. But Bismarck. the Franklin of Europe, is capable also of the most drab and downright Quaker duplicity. The Chancellor’s Parisian critics, subtle as they are, have failed to fathom one of the most ‘ deceptive of his recent meanings. I mean deceptive in the honorable sense, just as a varnish, aveneer, a stucco, is a pleasing and commendable deception. I have vainly saarched the volumes of twenty French journals to find even a passing reference to the point to which I refer. It has strangely escaped French notice ; the Gallic mind does not comprehend the Germanic. Bismarck, in asking for an army appropria- tion covering seven years instead of three, adduced as one of his cogent reasons for the proposed measure a singular statement, which, on being rendered into plain Engs lish, would be the following: Spiders are one of the great obstacles to telegmphm‘s in Japan. Filling the trees along the lines, these insects spin their webs between the earth, the wires, the post, the insulators and the trees. When these webs become wet with dew they constitute a. good conductor, and the lines are found to be in connection with the earth. The only method of obviating this inconvenience is by employing brooms of bamboo to brush away the webSrJz'oml Clmar. Little Belle McNicho], of St. Louis, play- ing with her pet Scotch terrier, accidentally locked herself in a small and nearly airtight closet. The dog at once ran down stairs, and by his actions induced a servant to follow him to the closet, where she found the child unconscious. Belle would have died in a few minutes more but for the terrier. Little Felippe Maldonado, a seven-year- old Spanish boy of Los Angeles, while play- ing about the yard with his father’s horse, tied the end of the halter around his own ankle. Then he and the horse trotted around until a jerk by the horse threw the boy under his heels and frightened him so that he set off on a run through the open gate, dragging his little play-fellow after him. He ran two miles without stopping, and little Felippe was alive then, but unconscious. He died soon after. CURE AND CARE OF BUR BISMARCK AS BIG AS EVER. Spiders and Tclng ‘aphers. 'eefj, Hon. Car] Schurz slipped on the side- walk in New York on Friday and fractured his thigh bone. “ The very next dnyfithoy sent a trainload of our fellows on to Salisbury, and among them was my chum. About two weeks after that I was exchanged with a lot of othersY and got back in the Union lines. But my chum fell sick in Salisbury and died there. That’s truegevery word of it~ which is more than you can say for the majority of war stories nowadays. I figure it that I owe my existence at present to that big black plug of tobacco, and it will take a regiment of Concord philosophers to make me believe anything else. Gi’ me a. chew, kurnel,” and the “Vet” threw his wornout quid at the Maltese cat under the Stove.’*‘(}hi(ifl‘(]0 News. Gen. B. F. Butler fell in the railway station at Philadelphia on Friday night and dislocated his arm. Rev. A. M. Banchet, Romrm Catholic Bishop of Nesqually, died at Vancouver, W. T.,Voni Friday night, aged :10. Justin McCarthy was banqueted by the Boston Press Club Saturday night, and delivered his final American lecture last evening. Dr. Horatius Bonar, now of Edinburgh, but for many years of Kelso, Scotland, one of the poets of the modern pulpit, the author of not a few of our most popular hymns and of many religious books, has made arrangements to retire from active ministerial life. Dr. Bonar was ordained in 1837. He this year, therefore, completes his fifty years in the ministry. “ One day the news got abroad among the fellows that the Union forces were pushing on toward Richmond, and they were about to shout for joy when another rumor swept through the prison that the rebs were about to ship a lot of us to Salis- bury for safekeeping. A death-chill seemed to seize everybody, for all the boys knew that if they once got to Salisbury there would be no chance for them. It was bad enough in Libby, but all reports pro- nounced Salisbury infinitely more horrible. I didn’t care about jumping out of the fry- ing~pan unless I knew I could escape the fire, so I thought I would fix up a scheme to stay right there. 'I called my chum and told him that our only chance of living was in staying where we were. ‘ Now,’ says I, ‘ if we can get sick enough to get into the hospital they can’t move us. I’m going to eat this plug of tobacco and get sick on it if I can.’ I gave him the other one and told him to do the same. He tried it, but couldn’t swallow the first bite, try how he might. He smiled in a patient kind of way, and said that he’d have to take his chances. I ate my plug, though~ swallowed every bit of itâ€"and may I be blessed if it made me sick a bit. I waited for effects, and when I saw the doctor coming my way I trled to play sick, but he was too smart for me and wouldn’t have it. I was disgusted with my attempt, and thought I would just take chances, same as my chum. I had some bread- crusts, and I burned them black and made some coffee from themâ€"we called it coffee â€"â€"and drank a lot of that, wondering all the time why my stomach hadn’t rebelled when I ate that plug of' tobacco. But as soon as I had swallowed that hot coffee I heard from the tobacco right away. There was a row in my stomach equal to a Mexican revolution, and I began to roll and kick and double up with such energy that the doc- tor saw me from a distance and came and examined me. He didn’t notice that I was the same follow that he had caught sham- ming, and he knew at a glance that I wasn’t putting it on this time, so he ordered me to the hospital. The Board of Trustees of Rev. Dr. Tal- mage’s Brooklyn Tabernacle are puzzled on the question of enlarging the church. The church now has seating capacity for 3,700 people, but very often at the evening ser- vices there are over (3,000 people present. The building will either have to be en- larged or extra galleries will have to be put in. - An old colored woman stood at the station yesterday, waiting for the Jacksonville train. Beside her stood two little pickanin- nies with faces as black as the inside of a Stovepipe. When the old mamma’s train arrived she exclaimed : “ Bress de Lor' l” and then looking down at her children, re» marked : “ Here, you Abraham Lincoln. take hold of Jeff Davis’s hand and come along heal), quick I” And the namesakes of the two great statesmen of the war joined hands and walked away together as though their names had not expressed such a dissimilarity of purpose.â€"Palatka (Fla.) Harald. After the close of the services in the Methodist Church of Switzer, Ind., the other evening, a number of young men waiting for their girls blocked the door- ways, and retarded the exit of the large congregation. Pastor Howard asked the boys to get out of the way. They paid no attention to him; whereupon he grabbed James F. Smith and threw him out, and the others hurried after. Smith had the preacher arrested, and he was fined 31 and costs. He has appealed the case and filed a charge against Smith for disturbinga religious meeting. A foolish woman at Butler, Gm, buried $110 in bills in the wood yard for safekeep- ing, and when she dug them up for use found that they had been so badly eaten by woodlice as to render them almost beyond recognition. Customer f“ I must say I don’t like this milk.” Milkmanfi” Why, what’s the matter with it ’2” “Just look at it; don’t you see that it is blue?” “ Well, yes; it is a little darker than usual.” “\Vhat is the cause of it ‘2” “ I think I can explain it.” “ I’d be glad to hear it.” “ You see, we weaned the calf a few days ago, and proba- bly the old cow feels a little blue about it. That’s the only way I can account for it.” â€"Tc:c¢m Sifti'ngs. Remembering Life in Libby Prison Prompts a Veteran to Tell a Very Queer “’ar Story. “ Tobacco! It’s a blessingto mankind,” said the 01d veteran, as he hitched a little nearer the sawdust box. “ It cheers the sad ; it consoles the weary and heavy- laden ; it comforts the despondent ; it lends hope to the hopeless ; it makes the present enjoyableand thefutnre rosy; it exhilarates the rich and makes the poor content. Yes, and occasionally it saves a life. Did I ever tell you of the time it saved mine? No? How did I overlook that reminiscence, I wonder? Well, it starts off a good deal like an antiQue chestnut, for it hap- pened when I was in Libby prison. Don’t run away 1 I’m not going to tell you how such and such a battle was won or how another could have been won, like the magazines are doing. My story is about tobacco. I was a prisoner, and was lolling in luxury as all the boys were at Libby. I wasn’t having such a terrible time of it, though, for I had two big plugs of black tobacco, and Ihada chum who didn’t chew. You see there’s such a thing as luck even in Libby Prison. My chum was the nicest fellow I ever knew. We were captured from the same company and had kept together by good luck. He didn’t have fun at all, though in prison. He was the most temperate man in the companyâ€"neither smoked, chewed, dra k nor cussed. He was amodel. Still hewas a prisoner just like any common every-day chap, and it was about an even thing for a good while as to our living through our im- prisonment or dying there, as scores of the boysfiwere doing right along. _ THE LOVE OF TOBACCO. An Explmmtion. l‘e) anal l’oin Aim and Jeff.