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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1884-04-18, Page 6LORNE AND 100E -RUL The lllarquI. .Pr Give Ohre lire F°'3I'-Darrelled irarliantent: - • - t - WILL THj8 -8UiT THE AGM() • - - -- -.- i,'" • • The / Marquis of Lorne is treading lo his .-: -father's footsteps as a sensational cltAtrirl- , aire. He has 0011101 Out 'RAI an - advocV, e.of • ' Irish Home Rule; with eh, rand -new p . a •- - for Irish cliboOntent. : He has elabore, d it, in 1 - • an a long article Just published in •thet4pril number of . the Contemporary Review.MIra. ' land, he says, is clamoriOg for . of her town, hitt at - thei sanie tim ,F -the „. IS Parlipent - Englishi statesmen deem 4 intOlerabic4; hat • -• the imperial sway of England sihc!" , be • .renieved tram one of her tau, est poe.eisipne, or thati the vast interests of Englisiten. should be left -to -the Morey of an ink, en:. • dent ana.-perhaps 'hostile legielatureFille • _ theretore proposes as a eompromise hat - he calli64 ProvincM ial ime . Rule in gra- 1E442' • . a iwould. have; four Piovi: al- t, Diets -t at of Leinster„: kit at Du - of Mun+r, at Cork; of Ulster, at -Be and Of Connaught, at Galway. -• These 1. • should each consist Of . an upper -ho .- senate, and a, popular branon. or -olia . ' of deputies:'' -The term Of seryke -i • upper liciuse he Would establish a - years,: osi-third .of the members 'ic ng _- a li elected -I very two years . while alltphe •,members • of . the lower house ihoull be elected biennially ; all the memberof - both • houses to -. be eleeted by - pOtaar ballot, subjeot to the . same .r.egulaC!: ns • , and. thoi•- same qualifications' for . tors -.- se 1 now prevail, , for . Perlis . • .The powers and duties of . these - Diets he -• Marquis. ttwould- have - confined'. edict' ii • _ local purposes, such. .as the limpositien Lnd • - collection • ..and- asse meats-. for local publio inipr, e-- of the poor - rates, sobotti : es , ments and the maintenance . of -p ic •- order Within the provincial.. limits. , e _ would leave undisturbedthe administra a . t - - machinery of the island, comprising ilt -Lord Lieliteninay, - the •_Cieint.r-Lieu • . &nobs and all other Crown officials,- , would leave to the Imperial Parlianient a- levying.olithe Qinien's • taiazid-the en ment of all general :laws for the governm t of :the itilatid as at Present. 1 ..• • - The Marquis argues that the Irishin- pridein their local assemblies -would's - •_plant. their desire for 'a central- Parham t a . in at Dublin that their taste for election - ing and forenjoying the power of the ba • would-beply gratified bythe frequ - elections provided, and thatthose tuned - - - of governixient of whioh they see land . the resulteiniost. :directly, being : exerci brtiteir orepresentativ#,- they wo have the feeling of governing themsely . • while in regard to all things !vital to E 6 - „bib or ,imperial interests, =Mere Wo _ -, 'remain the way they are at Present, 0 . .i._ . - LAUGHING AT meet's STATECRAFT. - - 1‘1 : . a t • . -1 - ,- - A correspondent this -evening asked •I• A. BE -Suli:ivan, .the.emine4. Irish *p PI• hoist; for his opinion of theMarquis' attic - "Bosh 11' exolitimed MirISullivan. • - Lordship doesn't knew • what' he is writ' ii - about: HI th proposal 'hems at bit ignOz . '' ince of Iris, affairs is simply "deplOrate The Marqutr. is fresh from Canada. „T - Canadians re peouliarly loyal and - at ti aanue time extremely jealous of their their loo tfghte. - They. posses lout legislatures at, -are contented with the generalldoininm tion- of England. Lorne thinks it would I' a-sOlution. of the Irish -question . to appli the Canadian system to: Ireland. ..Bat., ticil Irisb. situatiOn is the -very reverseof th'. Canadian.._1 The: people of -Ireland are od - - • tented *with itheir districtgove ments-an rear -are at war against the gene dorainatio,„. __ of England The Canadians oil wish tr be a nation; the Irish db. The Canadian , are rebels against - allegianiie. . The mai protest against independent:11r the Iris source of. trouble in seburing desitabl legislation fiii Ireland ie.. thai . these • wh • contrOlBritiet Opinione and Parliament ar all at least as ignorant of Irish affair _as Lorne: His proposal to end Irish -re : hellion agenist English -. Gaiernnient b • , giving the Irish.more 1600 rights and les . nationality ueLlike an attempt to quench a •. bread:siiiffed beggar's thirst by giving .him more dry bread. . : Perhaps; however, • :.should give Lorne credit for thaintelligenoa of the malignity his artible appears- to con- tains His ideaseemsto be to set the Irish -• people by the ears by reviving the four...hos- ' tile kingdoms; in Other winch, . Ito conquer -the Irish by: dividing - them against one • another. His scheme- is so ridioulons that •'. in the London tilubii it is already dubbed 'Lorne's Irish' Home 'Rule (Limited)." " - .•. - • • t 4- t • •mp ; *It • ''" • i - 4agailfitent ' Weddle* Dress. . A cablegram from Paris - says: The : -- - marriage of Print*. Carlo Poniatowski to Miss Maud Eli Goddard yesterday was the -great-- social event 02 of ' the. week. .The Protestant ceremony was solemnized in -the. American Epfscopat Church, Rip Bayard; The... Catholic ceremony .otionrred _lei - mediately afterward,- in the ChUrCh Of St. Pierre de Chailcit. _ The toilet Of the bride consisted- of. li'dress of raised velvet freize. upon white' eatin ground; tepettiooat_ richly ,worked with keed . pearls,_ Ili , bouquet of orange blossoms at the side of the.skirt and another (glister looping up- the train Of the petticoat. he wore a necklace of - a triple row of - ptiarlel fastened with' al .dianiond snap - without ;pendants,' the ',•gift. , Of the bridegrobm,-: tii . tulle , veil, and a - bridal , .wieath Of orange -. blogsoms. • Among the presents were a diamond - neck. . lace from the Mother.of Prince - l'oniatoW- • `Oki,. a corbeilleliciOnipoeed of white and blue forgetine4tots' _forming : u,- • the „lid' at -0-bronet of pansies. -a diamon ,uecklace with, interlaced diamond chain,- : a bracelet; a. gold widish with - monogram in Om:acmes,. a carnation loaded With brilliants: and •:- sapphires, a bracelet (mint:lotted la tOOSaio of Jewels, a diamond arrow sheet . .forming - a brooch, -a vinaigrette set With brilliants,.a . set of alabaster i vases from LadY-Kinnoul ; and Lady Muriel Haigr l, a fan Of 0tli fea -ers with birds, presented .4 , by Mme. -De Bronte, a.silver gilt miles servide ifrom Mme. De Banged,- sister of . the 1 Duc.De Morny and an antique Florence- vase - from Count Bentivogli. The happy '-couple 'left Paris by the meal_ train at 7.45 p. ni.lien route; . after a shorestiy in England; for the ted. States. - • r - - - • t. •. The late .24r.I.Joinies White,.of Overtcnin, has left a number of tegseies ticonaritable Institutions in plaegaw°, and also:to various • fUnde in - connection with the...Freel.Phurch.,.. the kg* amou thusIequesilied- being t _ about 185,000. •• • if PRINCE :LEOPOLD'S. FUNERAL. Au ItUrt.reesive 'Ceremony i,itendert by the • QUeen Sod ItoYal'Ferrtilp - GOLD-WIN:SMITH ON THE .PRINCE. . . A London cablegram lad (Friday) night says The Dean of Windsor Awaited the funeralprocessionat . the 'entrance tO the Memorial Chapel: COnspionous among the wreaths of flowers was one froui Ex -Em- -a press Euge e. .,Aft;r a short religious SerVICO the royal Perenagewithdrew. A second fune al eervice. was celebrated with none present save the, Queen, the Duchess of Aibany, and the•Deaii of Windr mor. - . A last (Saturday) afternoon's telegram is as foliows: The funeral services over the remains of PrinoeLeopold were: held this morning in .St, George's Chapel. . The -Qtteen, Priu�e and - Princeton of Wales, Prim:teems C ristian, 'Uwe and Beatrice, Crown Ptic� Frederiok.Williamland other royal- personages were -present. :The Prince. Of Wales followed .,. thecoffin as (thief - mourner. The remains were deposited in the vault at Frogmor�.. Prof.Gojdwjn 8n:0h:refers tothe death of the Irinoe in this manner: A More billable disposition or pleasanter manners there could net be. Prince Letipold'e life ti k, the me element of all happi- seemed likely to be a happy one. It had, at lea ness, union th a *man worthy of love. e palace whit% - was built by a...moils-of Indian conquest, t- dark.. years k were passed,_ wild story of his fierce and tion °sine, to its tragic close, a curious -turn of _destiny, me of the young Duke' and. Claremont, Clive out of t in whioh his I -and where-th towering amb had become; -the joyous h Duchees, with their . little domestic court. OOM • had, according to built by-speoial order of the consul to - accommodate a, imensions, the gift ofan One: large tradition, bee imperious pr carpet of vast Indian prince, hich atill covers the floor. In that room al d on that carpet gathered • the bright -little circle -which. the promise of many years piness. But the gentle and wife, whO was the centre of • oung widow. Perhaps, after not good times for royaltW. .round.thepian seemed to hay of domestics ha [gracious -young the circle, is e all, as these ar the Prince who had such a high ideal of have been taken from evil spirations might have been. zid disappointment . might Cloud -even upon the sunny ts • royal duty Ma to come. His disappointed, have brought life of Claren:to DEA sat cti isliA. PrizeFight liesette- In the Death •_ A Pittsburg Cumberland, fight oan:te off- a Maryland State morning, bet en a Hungarian named Nickvest, formerly a St. Louis sport, and an unknown, alleged to be Kilraim, a Bos- ton pugilist. The fight. was arranged a short time ago and the party left Hunting-. Pa., telegram says: - • special says : • A prize Hyndman,. Pa., near the ine, au early hour this don, Pa., last ni Hyndman at $ trip•a melee octo several persons Hyndman a ring begun. Fifty-thr • the advantage 'a "foul was -rais in which pistols Theriot lasted s elusion •three were stretched o several others we •vest WaEl shot thr reported, ht in coal cars, arriving al his morning. During the rred on the train in which were injured. Arriving at was pitched and a fight e rounds were fought wit Out even, when the ory of d. A. terrible riot ensued d knives were freelyused. me time, and at the con - en, including .Niokveett the ground dead, while e badly wounded. Niok-i ugh the heart. N o arrests A. DOL HANGING. The sievenseri 'ether* Expiate Their -Crins at Resin,. •- 4 last_(Thursd y) night's- Winnipeg -des- patch'says : Joh and George Stevenson were hanged . at R gins this morning for the atrocious murder of John MtiCarthy at Trby junotion. MoCarthy formerly lived in Perth county, Ont. The half-breeds iniade a full confession of their guilt and :admitted the .jinvicie .of their Bente**, They met death 'th oheerftil;: expectant aces. Father L oche Httgonant attended to their spiritual • elfare. The iioaffoid and- pplitinoete were complete and - worked admirably.' The • top was ten - feet. Both died inetantaneot y.. - The execution was rivate, and no de .. onstratiOn was Made by he: hal&lireed In . iati population. • The xecutien wilt hay a salutary effect. The nfession Of the . • dealers is very long. • . . - New Canadian Ocean Steainships. - A Montreal des atch..-payi : The Peru- ian, of the .Allan Line, Will be the first essel to leave Europe -this season for Mon. real, and willstartfrom Liverpool on the 7613. Of April. Th company' has added wo more large 6 earners to its fleet this 'V ear -the Siberian lid Carthagenian, each ,600- tons. These hips whit% are being uilt• in the •Clyd ,‘ will be launched in bout three weeksj There the :fleet will so • be increased by the Ionian Line Jetimer City.of.N0 York, purchased. due!. g the winter and fitted up. underthe ame of the Nor gian. The. Dominion: ine will this year have the finest vessel at has ever traded between Montreal and iverpool. She is amed the Vancouver, d 18 01 a tonnage ;200,ioni. •• -- arriage With a Deceased Wire's Sister. An interesting de feign _on the effect . of arriage with a deo ased Wife's sister on e rights of property was delivered yester- y at Osgoode Hall by Chancellor Boyd. "efly; the dectiiion was. that after ,death the wife the husband is entitled to a e Interest m thep'opertyas tenant by furtesy, and further, that to entitle a bus - d to tenancy bydourtesy a legal mar- e only, isneoettac ry. • It. need net be • • . . t is customary to oke a Mild article of •At the.boy,•who, with the • polar wave c *hie at his ears; nd-his nose adjusted t the upper end Of a Icicle, pulls a heavy s up a- liteeti hil for the Ifionientary plaque of sliding do "n but that boy 18 a. 1.306pherooinpare with the fast young mhofritteirs away his Vitality bydisii- fkattlitepenalty ofvdreeeingrae4-debilio- ed body through the rest of his -natural .. o jiteri NEW• SOHO REDOLA7ONS. Chops. Relating ,ftsatinatieinil for • • teirthir0•Ctrtifitates.• READING AND WRITING TESTS INTR10410EO. • , 1- • Provision to 'Bacot/mime the igt,upy ot • - and Drawing:' - By regulations recently - adopted, some -changes are effeote0 respecting the, exami- nations for . teachers' certificates in July - eglected• qohooler, on was didates oertifi- e that e to be miners, er op? pur- to the ght by Will be Of the- Oedted was ations I abet - is not arship,publio - 'js One ic and is& in d the, didate 'r thus 1 ob.- Beery 14E418 draw-. • Will e and aan third - d on to- aying reto- 4 -the at is elves k ati J. pert. ers erti-• next. 1. Reading has heretofore been n Wei certain eaten* in Our High and -as a cionctequenoe. no examined applying tor seoondl or third class. required. in this teibjeot from pa/ cates. The new regulations provi every -candidate. mist read a passag selected by the County Board of ate and in the ..presence of 'in-.' examin pointed by the County Board for th pose, the result of this test to be sen Education Department. is thou this means that greater- attention :paid to this very iniportant stibjec school curriculum. .0. 2. Another subject very:much:. ve writing,18 and in this no standar, required. • 'Under: the - new regul expellende-: in penthanthip will be lutely•nectiesary. Although writing generallyregarded as a test of sohol still it is very desirable that greater den ,sheigld be paid to it it our schools, Ind 'excellencein A teacher Way of spouting excellence in the pu 3. To encourage the study of - mus drawing examination may be pas either or both of these subjeots, .an! number of marks -obtained by the -can will be addedasit_ bonus to the tot talkie(' in the obligatory sUbjeote, and assist in making Up the aggregate nece *for a certificate. It is hoped by this to encourage the study of niuticeahd _mg in all the public schools of Onto= • 4.1 The examinations for second -die immediately follow the intermediat third-olassetaininations so that bot be taken by the same. candidate, but. elasEi eertificitee will not be awarde pecond-olass. papers. - - ;5. - . -• . 4.Every candidate will be require pay a lee of one ' dolla towards defr the :expenses of his examination. Be fore these examinatioes have -Cost Province between $5,000 and $6,000. neiciered jiietthat candidates theme otild bear this burden, and • in doh( ey•are only submitting to the..oblig booed upon candidates it the law ex dons at Oigoode Hall and elsewhere . It has been the prOtioe.in the de nt in order to -retain euceessfal teao the profession to renew thir&classc tee • on •the recommendation of the pector and the Board Of :School Trustees. bent re-etamination. This cuitom ;been. found to Operate injuriouttly. nyi- teachers Were content to 'ocintinue 'Aug on the third-class certificate trust- tO the indidgence •of. the Inspector. and thiigeneies of ' the Boards of Trustees a renewal. • Tinder the new regulations renewal can - be obtained- without mination except underyery special eir- standee,. lint -in order to prevent the thy teaciner Irian leaving the profasetion Inspector is tcli be allowed. to:add any lii3e of marks up to 200 to the dui:fiber e- by such a .eandidete. at the non-pro-- ional. examination.. - • • • • 'this *fiy the teacher is obliged to keep. with the educational Advancement of country by. itonstantlY ; revising his ies, and . if Successfeil. his Services te- e an 6piiroptiate riward;. It is also d that a re-exaininatiOn.Will haVe the enoy ,of .induoing who would isposed to repose upon their laurels to intethe higher ranks of their pr On, . - - - • 1°. e following is a:full list piths i.egiiia" -co eh th im ne, 6 • ine ID floe • Iris wit has Ma team ing the for no exa CUM wor the num mad fess In up the stud cote hope tend many bed pres fessi Th tions tions SuEJE regarding the .forthe ming •-examina- :c CTS FOB THE NON-PEOFEssiONAL ExAMEIA- • • TIoNsi. . No. -It will ..be observed that the " .only material change introduced into the curricallum for the Present year is that the subjects of reed - 'intend jwriting are required- . Candidates for the intermediate only will take the subjects 1 to 7, and either subjects 8, 9 or 11 as formerly. - 3 1 • r THIRD-criAss- .Now-pitorEssioHAL ExAsHNATioNt* 1884 are as follows: . . • - . The obligatory subjects of rhisexarainatiori for " . r Minimum N . il value required. 1. Readitig ' ..ioo .• a 1 2; Writing ,- 75 - 19 3. _ English grammar • 4 151. 45 i 4. English literature t. 159 • 37 ' .5. Composition . ' i - 1./0 • 25, , 6. Dictation - . ' 't • - 50 ..12 7. Arithmetic -and mensur-• - .--1 Algebra• ation. • • • 150 45 .. 100 - .1 100 25 "( Euclid 25 - gr { alsotgphy •. 75 19 10. -Mental arithmetic .."....i II,- 7754 . 1199 • 11. And .(a) any two of the •• ' 'following threee. 'Ne...' . . egaijiletiz--!3/131g giTYP. 12 Y.! " 200 50 . Or (by Latin, .. - - •;." (0- French, - • 1" .(c1) German. .• To encourage the duly of MUSie and; : , . drawing an exaMination may be passed. on either or both : of the subjects; and the: number of =irks- obtained ' by. the candi- date will be added as a biting to hie -total.; The *aloe of eaoh of- these is fixed at 751 marks. *; . . . - -_, • - ; - '-• . The 'total value of the obligatory eubjeota is 1,400, and in addition to the presoribed - initiimiam on each the candidate is to make 700. mirks on, the aggregate.- ., ''- • - The presiding examiner in the subject of :Reading shall be ..selected by the County - Board of Examiners, theresult to be re - parted to the: Department: . He shill hear eaoh • of the • -candidates-I:sad . a passage selected by examiners from an authorized Fifth Reader.. The paper tin- Welting will also be oonsidered by the Central • Coni..; Mittee. - • - " 1 '- .810. P 11K04 140111DON: ftedget News Notes irons' the -Gres •, itietriepedia. . • . •Brig4t a illness has been more seri- than V* bulletins have avowed. He said fOt, Atirne days to have extensive .4amniatzp4 of tholuage and much fever; - - 4' his ootitif *on was not then heti from riger, a being oonsidered.- He has moo improv under the skillul treatment Dudg n,_ one -of the !seeing homoso- - athio lane, and is to -day decidedly :tter. The Queon maintains good health . in of th hock. caused by the death of tivici'Puke o f, A oany. Her medical advisers it.k.sit on thit, amenity of outdoor exercise. -6 OPPseig.1101 of this She drives daily lit the pri te'grounds at Windsor.. Frm. a qot uniary point of view the _ obese of any is left in comfortable pileition. She hap the -dowry voted by par- .1104ent. whieli. amounts. to £6,000 a year. X)uke welece,reful in the. manageMent o :tOS finatlical- affairs, BO that he was e to !NON upon the Duchess by his WV: a further yearly sum of £2,000, and sufficient sum for. keeping e, who _ has been lorg an dangerously ill _with broil- dition tii-day is so oritioal le hope of his receverv. issufferingnot only from her &lad u laremon.. les Rea iN!d, is zul# His faci th.-;r. Gladstbo *liere is 4t ty, buttalso-from• sciatica. Elk_ Wife and .fainfly strongly urge him to a peeregt without delay. :ewin: A. ;A hey, the American artist, fred POS:uns., the %leading landscape. Mk,' rt. of /Ingland, gave a dinner on Thday -evening to Mr: Lawrence Bar- re: the -Continental Itotel. • Covers were lakiifor- forty gees* among whom Were see -,•e; of the iciest prominent men in sit ankMerature London._ • - • • divorce siiit of the Earl of •Euston dey4ped- matrimonial complications-- of opo*-bonffes alieurdity. - When_ the Earl, hatqroduoed the husband of his wife, who W&; • ve at the time of her marriage with d had apParently won his (see, the • oduced.bther witnesses .to show that the3t Intel:104 had a wife living when he, meti?,,,..led her. This rendered valid • her mavage with -Ift •• details Of areta;acluallypo una-Asant and disg4reful char veri?„ indigeanft a d, it is said, threatens to. brieVan actitfint against his wife whole notepiOusly itifilkoreet.• •A noblenian 18 mektfched ihdl case, who has already had mo t• an bis ,aliare of Divorce, Court, pro - e Earl. TT, the Colin Vainpbell case lig out They areo!an painful rather -than of a acter. The husband is • un eats it n sary te matp. opniid tairoo ginnitig Q harm her, as there was an 1-loaasyi ini#ression that they were airy Anderson has found reteit against the many graphs which are cet- • advez _mg pitftei sent out by injudicious frie*1 ' She prbtests that they are the pro tion of a enemy: As a proof of the goodl, she enj ys'among her profession, she 0-_344itions *lithe received 800 letters aftek Or profeeei nal matinee. She is Very areal ter -her long engagement, • and rejoiW at the roved of rest. . Her thea:-; is th On y one that remains open to-niAt' on con t of the funeral of ' the UV e,, . . Duk • Alb 74 eni d this may get her into soe:' ' . 800,07 is pogi' ' eitiously dull, 'and the sea - !ion -•.p tioalt7 Idestroyed by the Duke's Sal ',.. ' He has [hundreds oraristooratio i del* : Marshal & ..Snellgrove, the most faiditvnahle man milliners, .have counter- mabOaaan orcikir for t2,000;000 worth 01 silk.f ' '-e great ial inmost'. of the day is adorerei -A indiletY journal draws the • mbrit-phat the :beret of male success in Lon opiie to hi, e norms and sentimental. - Tb:' eznoirgio Mario, the -great- tenor, are publidi shortly by Zanichellt of BoEOgna. • -. , it '. Thii. - 'inicil a he Society of Authors has f: ,.ueed HO into a legal corporation mile he " Eneorporatek Society' .of Auth 4 -it thaludes Matthew Arnold, R. lackmafe; :Wilkie Collins, W. S. Gibe'. 'Lordnoughton, Prof. - Huxley, - e`,0, , Thos.: pgues, ?Cardinal . Manning, Mrs. .01iphpo : 4-G-eorgh:el , Augustus Sala, Prof. Tynd,§11.'„And Prot eeley. .. . IMS8 IIE SOUDAN.. - : •:? An tont 81.1 a Little, War That sr* ed Etri ahdrit by Mislay' Cen. . 0 - , . , - I' " ' ' TheOlciudam is pad e -other than the Cush of tbe ehgble„ whien ' he Septuagint . and the Vulga ii tender lore. When Moses had -0.4,0ed at raciln's 'estate Egypt was invade; 1,?y - an Ethiopian ., army; - which euticeetif4y laid, aste the oountry as far , . as Methpliis.- In Iheir , desp.air the Rap- .' glans r-Oad to thaik, oracles for aid,and the advice :' c4reoeived was that they should offer .r.,-,,Avleaderthito of their armies to "MoseL ' the 1 i4ebrew."-, . .. This they-" did. li.ok) great , difficulty of • the pompailinr was t2,. I to traverse the - roads =ii-Aich . tkil j to the . Ethiopian camp, t.0„neequeepe of their being infested with da'.*prouis serpents. The wily Israel- ite protted his adValice guard with a num- ber Of 44.0 in batlike and 'intruded the soldiereielet the 1 Iiieds• loose. en the ser- pents. if4By this ongenious expedient the roads wkielipeed*qieared and Meow was. •enabledIAeurprisetheeEthiepiens and de- feat the:: gilt -slaughter. -Comb the warNififo Meroii i'self; Moses then laid -siege tOthe oapitali_ Saba. The obstinate, retiistano.'pffereclf,0 the defenders prsi-` the daugoter of th"'" thiopian Sing, Who longed . N1..4 eiege fo-i 8 me time, but eventte. ally theN , was kli ered up by Tharbis, had waksoid Mosee rth. a - distance, -and frouradWring his - r had: fallen in love with h- ' 1 The Ei.4o y ends happily with the maage of, ., ties and Tharbite- .Americaf „arew.r. 4 . • ' . . 6 4 . A $4 ,0 0 Fire. . t. , - ' *Those wko have already .paised theinterme- -diatepramination are notrequired to pass again in thesame subjectelorThird Clasl. -.A female candidate may, at either the I Second or Third Class E)tarnination, substitute for. Algebra one of the subjects ef French, German,: Music or Botauy,41u Which she hes not been examined for the Interrnediate. .The bonus for Untie will not be allowed where Mnsic is taken as aeubstitute for 'Algebra: -.1 • • One of the serious outgrowths Of the riots- , iitteincinnati is the. tendeney;deeoribekin .Att,4-100....A.04.--flix--4040.14hets driver to stop a -street -car. Rioting is the result f a sort of madness. • 1 - i (.• Prince bert; IsTT * f; . ., has sustained a great lok „ n the Wining, week before last, of the HO' n Bay grit mill. The fire was Occasione by the heating of the machinery, 44 :The lose .4 laced oit 40,000. , v I • • 1 Mrs. P ngton glit•yi; that there • are few people no -days Who suffer from-!‘ stigges- . T 'Kin On t' am.. . • e A j _ . . -- i, MUM pie Pars ins, of London, Was the winr,Oi of the ing' hest honors • of the treeen, t'Ogi tidge tti6itefeity examination,; in which '' eesili three thousand'. bright Briti h 4 • Latest SetottIsh News. Lord.MaOdonald-of the 'Isles is reported to be lying at"Nioe seriously ill. Sir Lyon Playfair has been asked to act' as Pretedent of the British Association at Aberdeen in 1885, and has oonsented, Bishop Wordsworth, of the diocese of $t. Andrews, preached on March 16th iu the Established Church of that town, I appearing in thb °pulpit in full Episcopal robes- The last time a similar event took whether Shakepeare was a specimen, replied to an objector's' doubt poets were Sootoli,.giving Shaltspeare as a pima in'St Aedrews 'wee in 16880. ounan, Caledonian who claimed that the best •. pthollieet elity would warrant4e sup. ° tion 1" It is rumored that at the approaching ter -centenary celebration of -the Edinburgh - University tiniee professors will be knight- ed. The medical profeeser said to be selected for the honor is a well-known texi•;., aologist. _ Captain Gardner, late master of the ship ' • Gayana, - of Glasgow, was landed on the 12th ult. at Southamptort, and removed to the Workhouse suffering from acute relit- gious When -off Asoension Captain Gardner attacked and mortally wounded Ody, his chief officer,And a oolored seaman. named Rowland: . • • 1 • PrettYf Deco' _ rations. - The portieres in many of the most lash - 'enable houses in this city are mai* out of Alexiinin lime blankets and Arabjdin. blan- • kets, and are merely thrown over the brass or walnut rod and drawn to one side. Thetis portieres can easily'be Made at hothe out of an old pair of dark blankets that have first been. thoroughly washed in ammonia and water. Collect all the bits of oolored silk floss in the house and also pieces of fine split zephyr Worsted. Take a large darning , needle. and put one or mere colored threads '. in it; then run through the blankets iii_zig- zag„ scollopped or straight lines, taking care to have them all run one way- that is,either horizontal or perpendicular. The ends of . thelloss or worsted should not be left loose, more the - colors are mile the but 'monad on the next pie(); The prettier the effect. The edge inay be embroidered in a leaf design in applique' velvet and the bottom tibiehed by a fringe of all the colors. A pretty .decoration for a• dining -room ceiling is .ziiade out of five. Japanese paper umbrellas, one being about a yard in diameter and the other four and a half yards, Those with the' designs of '. birds and butterflies -aid the best to pur- °bade. The large one 18 place about the mbrellaJs placed on the upper pipe, i ohandelier in the centre of the r om. The handle is first removed and the chandelier hen unscrewed from. the top. , After the . tting nicely to •the .ceiling, with the top utward, the ichandelier is sorewed on and • he Umbrella further fastened with. brass- - eaded nails. The other four umbrellas eke put near the eornere .and fastened by wo tacks in each rip. They are placed Op utwarirand look very artistio,eepeciallyon a hite ceiling. If theroom is sinallthe centre nibrella is sufficient and one smaller may placed over the niantel, up quite `high. ableAnd chair made have taken the place f tidies. They are made froni two to two nd a half yards long, • and from -khalf to ree quarters of a yard wide The most shionable kind -are those of Mexican silk auze run with gold, silver, re or blue ell, are madeeout of the thinnest and yel-- ii llts in Oriental figures. For ta les ones plush, Velvet or- silk embroi ered in arasene are used. - Ones, to imitate the (Wean . gauze, and whiol look fully as west unbleached muslin, which can be mimed - for three oente per yard. This . ashes well and has the limp, soft look of e gauze. Run them in some .odd "unoon- ntional design with -.red, blue, gold and • ver cords and silks; and fringe . out the ds.. When placed on sofas they are first d into a knot at one end. -N. Y. Journal. fi 11 be a th fa si of lo pu th ve sil en tie * -, Dreams with Different Effects. - A Little Book preacher, during a sermon told the following touching story: "A little girl dreamed that she was sitting in the dooryard, and that near .her stood her grandfather. Presently two angels came down, tool hold of the old man and carried him up until he almost faded from sight, • but pretty mon they 'began to return With him, and at •last, when they placed him on the ground, one of them said:- . • Not now, old mac; you are too heavy:.•- The little. girl related the dream to lier grandfather, and the old -fellow was so math impressed that he went around the next day and paid all of his debts. ThUS released of heaviness, he died short after. wards, and, we have reason to e, was taken Up by the angels." • As the minister was leaving the church, he law a .member who had not Paid bis . pot of the salary necessary to the Mien- - .mal -comfort Of the shepherd: Approach- ing -the delinquent gentleman, the preacher said : • • • "Brother Middleton, I dislike to speak to -you on such a subject to -day; but I have repeatedly called at your house without being able; to find you. The amount you owe me is $20." • "Parsbn, 1 would like to pay you but-" "But - what? Haven't • you -got the money 2" "Oh, yes; but you see my little grand- datigliter has -had a dream very much like The one you told about, and I. tam afraid. thst If I pay my debts, I'll --440. I ain't ready just yet forthe angels tiN- fly away with me. If I wasn't afraid it would kill me, I'd Gray everything I owe." -k.: Traveller. • • The office of Inspector of Constabulary for Sootland is 'now vacant consequent on he retirement of Mr, Charles Carnegie. His Imperial Highnese Prince Ram, the only surviving child of the Emperor of Japan, having almost reaohed the age of 7 -years, id -having a separate plasmbuilt - for his eociipan.cy. *Col. Burnaby, of the. "Blues," who is . • one.of the remarkable figures of Loadon standing six feettoil.r, holds four somewhat . .Widely differing appointments at present' being Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the Horeet-uards Btfie,Silver Stick in Waiting,., special correspondent of the 'Morning Post, and acting commandantof a levy of raw • Soudanese and Egyptian troops. He • ftgured in the front in -the recent battles. - -Mr. John White, of 'Milton, lost his valuable mare Sunnyside, on Tuesday Usk:- when,she died inloaling. = • 1 .gay ;.;