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f m 1- ^ JUBILEE DRiWING-EOOM. Bueklnsham Pklae* Thr«iig«d With Ksnk â- JSd B«auty I>«>crip(iouof the DraWMM) of Koyalty. A London Ckble^ram says; The Queen y««t«rda;' afternoon held »t Buokin^jham Palace her first jubilee drawin(;-room. The rush was so great that the (jueen had retired before a lar^e number of carriages bad reached the grind portal, around which the brilliant military guards of honor were attending. One line of carriages extended eastward along the double roads of St. Jamea' I'ark beyond the club distrii.t of Pall Mall, and another line we^tward around the Buckingham Hotel and past Hyde Park corner into Piccadilly. At least ,'i,000 curious spectators dusttirod along the linee staring at the inmates of the carriages and their gorgeous dresses, not omitting to make the usual sarcasuiH on the Jeanips Yellowplushes who adorned the hammer- cloths. There was the usual fatigue of the j^uoBts awaiting their turns, a more than customary crush on the grand stai case. There was the wonted battle of trains, dis- regarding the motto nobley^f oblige. There was the traditional pushing and wedging and the use of fans as weapons, all accom- panied by the time-honored jealousies for precedence or degree in the royal sunshine. The Queen, standing on the dais in the SPRING FASHIONS. 0»ble News of th« Latest Novelties. Pari si an THK HIGH HAT TO UO. .\ cablegram from Paris says : March sunshine has given a new impetus to the fancies of the Parisian modistes, and a coming revolution in ladies' head covering is impending. The high hat is decidedly doomed, and tw/iifj are making their appearance in all kinds of pretty fancy straws, trimmed with velvet and with wide faille ribbon, with a wing placed at one side or else two quill feathers. The capole bonnet, with the sides covered with large loaves ii>.>jtead of birds' wings, is one of the latest novelties. CULOIIKU STRAW BOSNETS A pretty innovation is the bordering of the bonnet brim with small flowers, such as primroses, violets or very small rose- buds. Tortoisi^ shell pins are a good deal employed on black lace bonnets. Colored straws are e.xclusively shown for the present, and are very styhsh trimmed with faille ribbon of a paler shade than the bon- net itself, such as Ophelia lilac on dark purple straw, pale blue on marine blue and pink on wine colored straw. A few high Royal Throne Uoom, looked a remarkably i y^p^^.^^.j Tyrolean hats that are still shown happy matron, with the Princess of \\ a'es ^^^,. ^ trimming in some cases passing and the Prmcesses Beatrice and Helena over the crown in Hat bias folds of velvet, and the Duchess of Albany just below her. ^^^^^ ^ ^^J.^^ (^g^.^^ caught here and there Beyond the royal group of ladies the Prince ^mo,,^ the folds. This style of trimming of Wales looked as buoyant as one should i j„ ^^^^ pictures<iue, but has to be carefully who had slept through an earthquake. He I n^n^ged in or<ler to prevent a topheavy wore the brilliant uniform of (.'olonel-in- i j-pg^^^jj^,^ 'hief of the Uoyal Morse (Juards, of which j â- ^^^^^ „,..wcmI colors of the season are a Fi;ld Marshal Sir Putrick Grant is the n^.iip^jg gj,^jg „; „|j jji,,)^ ^^ jyi,,^ rose, as active (»lonel. A s<iiiadron of the same j, j^ poetically called, and a silver whade of regiment had ert<»rted the Trince and I I'rincesB from .Marlborough House amid green known as serpent green IWiiU.KIiANT Tlill.KTS. Two elegant dresses worn by hostesses the hearty cheers of everybo<ly. The MarfjuiB 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 i;Hlves. ] Ix)rd Randolph was abs<-nt from the . . Commoners, but her ladyship was i)res<nt, or trimming. The pointed corsage was smiling away the bas.-re8s «<-»ndal8 lately ^ high to the throat and was 8hade<l by a rife. Lady John Manners, who is a veteran Ji'-li'i in exquisite old /nnnt d'Atetuon. 'I'he at drawing rooms, was heard to say that other toilet was worn by a young married never within her recollection had there, laily. The corsage was in ulive green vel at two recent receptions were made as fol lows : One was in crushed raspberry vel vet, made with a long train and plain, full skirt, the beauty and richness of the material rtsjuiringnoelaboration in making The Lord , hues and bordered with a fringe in dark i wide lejidance at a drawing room. , Chamberlain's presentation b<xik really green jet. The skirt, was compoBed of makes up a bulky volume. The number of I'ckin, in very wide 8trip<« of olive /m //if lietrutaHlet mindful of the notable Jubilee , and net, loope<l over an underskirt of olive flavor of the occasion was very large. The faille. A costume, all in silver gray velvet, supplement totodays Coiirf ./(iiiriui/ runs to' even to the bonnet, mulf and jacket, was suty columns. I worn by a young lady visitor. The Queen wore a train and l»di<* of | It must be admitted, in fact, that some black velvet and silk, trimme<l with Ku»- , of the most effective of these afternoon «ian sable over a blaik silk skirt trimmed ^ dresses have been in plain rich velvet, very with tiUle and jet. a white tulle veil, sur | "imply made, and witli scarcely any trim- mounted by a I (lionet of liiamonds, noi-k- , nnng, the beauty of the material ami the lace ar.d earrings of diamonds, and the ' |)erfe('tioii of the lit of the dress forming ttohinoor as a bnxxh, with orders ami , the highest ty|>eH of eletgance. ribbons dazzling in number and arrange- inents. The Princess of Wales wore a dress of silver grey and silver bnxade. with dra- peries of brocade and i rape embroidered in « 1AN< V COSTI!M»'. .\n original cOHtiinie, to boworn by a well known military man in Paris at a fanry dress ball, is calletl iimi'tf tCI-'.pinnl. It consists of white satin breeches and a coat, silver, looped with grey and J'lver mara- „|^,„ ^^.^j,,,, ^^j. prmt.Hl in colors and in lionts , a tram of brocade lined with <u«tin â-  ,„|^n «,„^re blocks fairy tales of all kinds. for its fiilrv ir Ih'e aa.h.s«r»nd borderr-i with sliver fying* ),; j,,^! ,„ t,„, Vosges, is famous f and marabouts . a .orsage to , orrespo.Ml . ,.),ii,ir,.„„ ,,,,-ture books. Sheets of V^..n.l Aw,.,,.' K • .a CO . vf . I I a • . . . . â-  . . t u ,1,1.1 ti.u t 1. <.,*.. *... IhIcs are sold there to the multitMih' fi ni'jclest price cif one cent each. A NOIII.K WIFK. I'm hell I ^I4ir> II rr Km/. head dress, a tiara of ilianionils unci feathers and veil ; (jriiani'^iits, |s-iirls imd dianHuids. The l'rinc<ss Heutrii e wore a dress mid train of ruby velvet, embroiiiered with rvads of the same color ; heaildress. a diu dem of rubies and diuinoiids, feathers and veil ; ornaments, rubies and diamonds. The Duchess nf .-'iim.iy wore a blai It corded silk, with l-.-ud eiiibroideries and a black veil . ornaments. |K!arls and <liii inonds. Both the l'rinc.4!sses of Wales, granddaughters of the Quiw-n, wore trains "f pearl white satin bruclie, lined with faille and bordered in tulle, and bouijuets of lilies of the valley, corsage to corres | pond, trimme<j with tulle and lilies over a | ,, a\ , .11 n i 11// !',.,,,„ II- 'the Winn began to liliiw . Hetore ha f (if jupe of tulle 111 Ixniilloiices and pliHwsi,, i 11 1 1 1 .1 ( f^ . ... -. ,. , ,, '^1, the r joiiriie\ had Ixs'ii ai conip ishcii they lies of the vallov i â- " - . 111 ' . â- ' â-  vvrapi«sl III a nliiiding snow storm. iif Her .%lteiii|il« II iisl>uiiil'^ Life, .\ Shell I. like. Wis., despatch say Mass and Ins wife wi-ri- in Shell Lake doing SDtiie triitliiig on ThurHday, and alxiut '1 oMiM-k in the afteninon started for home. The aged couple had vvalknl to ttiwn in the inorniiig and felt ii|iml tii the task of walk iiig buck again, a distuini' of live niili's. It was a bitter ciild day, and as they advaiii-eil looped with bouquets of lil ornaments, pearls, diamonds and rubies also the (inlers of Victoria and Alliert. It was three hours after the close of the j reception before the last carriage Ivft the pre<;inct» of the palace in a dense fog, which made vehicular traflic ami pedes trianism highly dangerous. THR CANAIIIAN HUKHK Tll.tl>K. Thft KlDil i»f Anliimls Wuiileil for llie llrlliah Army. A London cable says: Cid. Haveiihill lectured last night Inifore the Institute of Agriculture on the bre<sliiig of horses for military purposes. He said that the horse wanted was a cross on an Knglish thorough bred stallion, up standing, with short legs, good bone, heavy shoulders, plenty of length, depth of girth and g(j<xl action. Col. (ioldie has been instructed by the War Office to purchase HOO horses in (yanada for army purix>8e8 in Knglaiid. Veterinary Matthews, of the Royal Horse Guards, has been ordered to Canada to assist in the purchase of horses which are rupiir<<d here. Owing to continental couii tries having prohibited the ex^mrt of horses, Canada can, oy producing suitable horues, obtain a large market. There is no reason, if the matter is prop<!rly undertaken by (y'anadian farmers, why the Dominion horse trade should not become of large importance and as profitable as the cattle trade. •♦ <;oal Famine at Halifax. A Halifax despatch says : The 1 011- tinuous strike of coal miners at the Pictou mines has croate<l a coal famine in this city and very serious results will ensue if the strike continues much longer. The f ;ape Breton ports are fro/,en up and no noal can be obtained thence. The Hpring Mill mines cannot supply their crders from the upiier provinces. Halifax people, therefore, will soon be compellcHi to burn wood or pay about SIO a chaldron for coal. Kmperor William has conferred the order pour le merite for arts and sciomes upon the historiographer of Prussia, Privy Councillor Professor Dr. von Treitschka, of Berlin; on Privy Councillor Dr. Guslav Freytag, the author of W ioMbadon ; on the composer, Ilerr Johannes Brahma, of Vienna, and on Maestro Uuisopije Venii, of Milan. Itev. Archdeacon Kllwood, of Ooderii h, was struck with paralysis the qther day, und now lies very low. and their progress b«<'Biiie slow and difli cult. Soon Mr. Mass sank down in the snow, thoroughly exhaiisttsi and unable to pro<^e»!d. His now frantic wife triMl in vain to urge luin on. Hut she was i'oni|H-lled to leave hiiti and siH-k aid at the nearest house. When she arrived at tli<> house she S' light she found a woman alone. It whs then alsiut 10 o'cliH'k at night, but taking blankets the two women started back to HUiM.or Mr. Mass. He was im< oiiHcinus when thny reached him and with liilViciilty they succeeded in getting him a few rods further toward shelter. But Mass was a large, desliy man, and the women were â„¢in|)elled to ahiindon their efforts in his lielialf. Wrapping her exhausted husband in blankets ami again giving him some nnurisliiiieiit, his noble helpmeet sat down beside him, while her kind assistant started for home. .'Mr. Mass remained with her husband until he died, about H 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. HaHH was nearly 70 years of age, and his faithful wife a few years his junior. AN KUCKN'TltK; MAN'H KND. He In i'relimteil, and IIJh AHhes w 111 lie .Seattereil Over a SaltKin Keeper's (Iruvr. A BiilTalo despatch says: The remains of the late IMward Kuehl, nf Uniaha, arrived here yesterday. Mr. Kuehl was ongage<l in the manufacture of boots and shoes. He had been in ill-healthsome time and unable to attend to business. On Mon- day last ho tcsik nn overdose of morphine, from the elTects of which he died. A week ago yesterday he made his will. In it ho directs that his body be cremated and Ins ashes placed in an urn, and that when a certain saloon kneiH^r in Omaha dies, that they shall be strewn over his grave so that 11(1 flowers will bloom upon it. The body was put in the crematory at 4 o'ldmk, and It took oiu) hour and arjiiartcr to incinerate tlio 'JOO {miiiids (if flesh and bone. Michael Kruegcr, of Manchester, Wis., WHS liorn 113 years ago in Posen, Prussia, lie is tlio father of nine children, seven Ixdiig sons, and when the seventh son was born Michael r«r,eivo<l a letter and 85(1 from the King of Prussia. Four of the children are dead ; and the oldest living child is Gottlieb, who is 7H years old and lives in Milwaukee. The youngest of the nine is now r>0 years old. FEMALE AMERICA BETORE TEE QUEEH, How New World B«auti«ii Look and Feel. The London correspondent of the New- York .Siiii thus deecribes the presentation at court of American ladies: Each 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 ui0|8t import- ant p<'rsonagos 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 4'.l'J other trains as big as her own. bhe v/iU wait there for an hour or more, probably mora. When her arms are getting blue and her dignity has pretty well oozed away she will be re- (luested to hand a card with her name on it to the Lord Chamberlain. He will read it and ateer her to the door. She will drag the train past a big chair on which thcQuwn sits perched, and as she goes past will make her finest bow. Her eyes will be da/./.led by gay costumes, and lier 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 amjKissttdors right down to the servants. Tlien everything will fade like a scene from a magic lantern, and she will lind herself outside the second door and not at all impressed with her own greatness, and free to fliil"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 Timet which tells of her presentation to the Queen. The knowledge that her deluded relativM will picture her sitting on a ounge with tne Queen of Kngland drink- ing tea and swapping baby stories will lie the only .sordid return for the considerable investment. .Apart from an excusable vanity, the presentation at Court can be of use only to .\niorican ladies who intend residing in Loudon, who want to go into society and bring out their daughters. \ I'llANTOM MfiNAL.tlAN. A " .Spouk " UUturblnK llultliiHtrr ii Ohio Traill Kiiiployees. .\ Tifiiii, O., despatch says : 'The village of Kepiiblic, 0., has a ghost which stops trains, and there is great excitement there. A few nights ago when limited express No. .'), the same train that was wrecked and hurned on January 4th, was approaching the licene of that horrible disaster, the engineer saw a red lightâ€" the danger signal ahead. He applie<l the brakes and reversed his engine, 'knd the train came to a standstill on almost the exact spot of the great wreck. Strange to sav, when the train came to a standstill tha light hud disappeareil and could no- where be seen. Before stopping b«th the eiigiiie<'r and fireman noticed that the' light appeared to be i;arried by a woman dressed entirely in white. Puzzled by the lisapiiearaiu'e of the signal, the engineer and conductor walked over the track for some distance ahead, but could discover : nothing wrong. The train then backed to Hepiiblic statltB and the operator was qiieHtioiied, but Im assured them that no sigiuil hiMl lH<e^/M[bt out. The train pro- ceedeii on its way, riiiiiiing cautiously for si-veral niihs and the engineer keeping a sharp lookout, but nothing more was seen of tlip mysterious woi'iiiii or signal. This striiiige apparition lias apiK-ared on three ditlert-iit occasidiiH and has greatly excited trHiiiiiieii and residents. .\ /«,<,, of men Imve watched llie place for several nights, but tin ghost has not sime a|i|M.arisl. Whul Hii \ri»l«*Mn >lMn i>lil, riiere reiently died at Potsdam, St. Lawrence ((Miiity. N.Y.. Kichard Donovan, who WHS in some n-speets (ine of the most remarkable imn in northern New York. Twiiity yeiirs ago, when a hov, Donovan worked ill a tlmir mill. One day he was caiit.dit 111 11 lull iiiid re(-eived injuries that iieci-ssitated taking olf Ixitli arms at the shoulders. Tliis iiiiBfortiiiie did not dis- courage him. and after recovering his health he set alsiut earning a livelihood as Im'si he ciiulil without the use of hands or arms. Part of the time he lived alone, and from the necessity of helping himself he iHHaine Wdiiilerfiilly adept in |H'rformin{ all kinds of work, using his feet nioiitli principally. He owned a horse, of which he took the entire care, liariieKHcd It, fasteiie<i and unfastened the biicklcH with his teeth, and drove with the reins tied anmiid his shoulders. Being in need of a wsggdii. he bought wlusds and axles and hiiilt a Ikix buggy complete and painted it. lie went to the barn one winter ilay and huilt a cow stable, sawing the timber with his feet, and, with the hammer in one foot and holding the nail with the other, he nailed the boards on as well as most men could with their hands. Ho dug . well twelve feet deep on a farm in this town and stoned it himself. He could mow away tiny '.,, holding the fork under his chin and letting it rest against his shoulder. Me would pick up potatoes ill the tielil as fast as a man could dig them. Ho would dress himself, get his meals, write his letters, and, in fact, do almost anything that any man with two arms could do. Uuflon Transcript. ...« lleeiiriiiii In Western Courts. " When Kasturn people read V\nk and stu' signs which are claimed to be taken from court rooms out West, they imagine that the signs ire burlesipies. I thought so until I W(«nt West," said a gentleman to the Arounder last night. " I know now that the signs are literal in every sense. I have two pasted up in my office which may do as Hamplea of those I have seen. They were taken from a court room in the north- .-n part of Wyoming Territory, and read : ' No cracking |ieaiiuts in this courtroom,' and • Lawyers are not allowed to kiss the baby during court hours.' This latter being translated means that they arc not allowed to take a drink. Then I saw one in a court-room at a town on Lake Superior which read : ' This court adjourns at '2. HO ; the court is going to the dance at H ' The dance was held in a camp | about six miles back of the town. Ihiffalo Courier. BUMAKCK AS BIG A8 £V£K. I'tter Inability of tiie French t« Solve the Great .Man's Kiddles. iParia letter in Chicago Inter-Oceau) As an Amaricai' 1 reco^^^ize 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 Franklin â€" namely, that of appearing frank, simple and sincere, and yet of being, at the same time, deep, cunning and enig- matio. 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 all Europe, and Bismarck outwits all France. This is because the astute (Chan- cellor, conscious, like Pericles, not only of his great position, but also of bis great ability, always, or nearly alwaysâ€" that is to say, ninety-nine times out of a hundred sjieaks his mind with honest simplicity and audacity, and without the •' forcible feebleness " of diplomatic reserve. On the other hand, once in • 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 franknes?. For instance, he said sublimely that the German victory over France was au acci- dent. A lesser statesman would have boastingly 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, a veneer, a stucco, is a plcatfog I and commendable deception. I have vainly , searched 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 bis cogent reasons for the pro|K)sed measure a singular statement, . which, on being rendered into plain Fng- I lish, would be the following : , " I may hope to be alive at the end of , three but not at the end of seven years.' 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 bis other ailments, and on his possibly immi- nent " shutlling off this mortal coil." All thew jesting and jubilant comments were based on the above <|uoted allusion, which | he was erroneously thought to have made I to himself. 1 venture to declare that this ' allusion was not to himself at all. It was ' to the Kniperor. The Chancellor could ' not decently say : "The Emperor is very,' very old, and may dropoff at any moment." His real meaning, however, was: "The' Kmperor has but a few days left ; while he ' lives his prestige will be enormous; but his ' life, n'ld the phenomenal weight and rever- ' ence attaching to him as the honored ' patriarch of living sovereigns, may be lost ' to the Imperial party in Gcrtuaiiy at aaY' Moment ; and hence before the Em(flKK dies, I, his Chancellor, who expect to be Chancellor also under the new reign, want ' to put the (iernian army, now while I may, beyond all possible interference by the next Keichstag." This was Bismarck's real meaning. ';s The value of the cotton plant, great as it , is acknowledged by all to be, seems to have , the possibility of being increased, since it has lately been discovered that the bark of j the root contains what promises to be an , available coloring matter. Personal Folntn. Hon. Carl Schurz slipjH'd on the side walk ill New York on Friiiay and fracturi'd his thigh bone. (icn. B. F. Hutler fell 111 the railway station at Philadelphia on Friday night and (lishsnted his arm. Ilev. .V. M. llaiichet. Uonian Catholic Bish(ip of Nesipially, died at Vancouver, W. T., on Friday night, aged !tO. Justin McCarthy was baiKjueted by the Boston Press Club Saturday night, and delivered his tinal .\merican lecture last evening. 1 Dr. Horatius llonar, now of Fdinburgh, but for many years of Kelso, Scotland, one of the |K>ets of the nuKlern pulpit, the author of not a few of our most |iopular hymns and of many religious books, has made arrangements to retire from active niinlsterial life. Dr. Bonar was ordained in Ih:i7. He this year, therefore, completea his flfty years in the ministry. The Board of Trustotts of Rev. Dr. Tal- mage's Brooklyn Tabernacle are puzzled on the question of enlarging the church. The church now has seating capacity for H,700 IK'ople, hut very often at the evening stir- vices there are over t),000 jieople present. The building will either have to be en- large<l or extra galleries will have to be put in. I A Natural .Mistake. 1 Amateur Arctic Kxplorer- Well, well ; the books are all wrong. I thought those [Htople dressed in sealskins. Native -Oh, no I Ordinary fur is good enough for us. " Great St. Arctic. Where did you learn English V " English ! We all talk English. " " Well, I don't see how these former Arctic explorers could lie so. Say, my friend, the North Pole is right about here somewhere, and I want to got together a party of natives to help me tind it." " You're wrong in your geography, young feller. This is Dakota."- OmaAa World. An Explauatlsn. Customer--" I must say I don't like this \ milk." Milkman--" Why, what's the matter with it '/" "Just look at it; don't | you see that it is blue?" " Well, yes; it is , a little darker than usual." "What is the cause of it?" " I think I can explain it." '. •' I'd be glad to hear it." " You ace, wo weaned the calf a few days ago, and proba- ' bly the old cow fe«ils a little blue about it. ' That's the only way 1 can account for it." Te.ras Siftinqg. -*. ( It is never too late to mend; but a' man iiotnl not cxiieot to have a button scwod en much after midnight. When a young man in the Aleutian Islands goes to see his girl in the evening, the parents of the girl thoughtfully rotiro to another compartment of the ico house, ' leaving a burning candle with the lovers. ' Do they let the candle burn ? Not much ; they promptly blow it out and eat it between thom.- jVfw York TribuM. BISiHOr B.ALUWIN'S FKOHIBITION. No Church Revenae Should b« Raiaed by Games of Chance or Theatricals. The following decree has been issued by Bishop Baldwin in bis Diocese of Huron : " Inasmuch as serious injury has for some time past been inflicted on the cause uf Christ in this, our diocese, by the use of unscriptural and utterly fallacious methods of raising money for church purposes, and seeing, moreover, that the principles which should regulate our giving, advocated by us in our primary charge in 1884, have in some instances been neglecte<l, forgotten or ig- nored, we deem it best, for the interests of our Redeemer's kingdom and the further- ance of His truth among us, clearly and un- reservedly to state what are the practices to which we refer, and to take such action as the welfare of our sacred religion demands. While allowing to congregations all rea- sonable liberty in the conduct of their own affairs, we yet feel that certain abuses in couuoctioD with the raising of money for church purposes have crept in among us, of so secular and unholy a character that to leave them unchecked would be not only tc injure the spirituality of the church at large, but also, by implication, to make as partaker of other men's sins. In accordance with the above, and in virtue of the authority committed unto us, the chief pastor over this portion of our Lord's flock, we now formally inhibit all churches and congregations within our diocese using the following methods of raising money for ecclesiastical or parochial purposes First â€" Raffling, throwing of dice, games of chance or gambling of auy kind. Secondly â€" All theatrical, dramatic or impersonating exhibitions, whether public or private. Beyond these two injunctions it is not our intention to proceed, preferring to leave all other matters connected with this sub- ject to your Christian judgment and sense of what is right as professors of the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ. We may, how- ever, state our opinion, and in this we think we have the " mind of Christ." The only true and Scriptural method by which we can raise mousy for the cause of Christ is the exercise of the divine principle of self-renunciation. The spirit too often invoked is that of self-gratification, or aggrandizement. Our offerings, to be tkc- ceptable to God, must represent, not the price which some have paid for amusement and others for gain, but the self-denial of our hearts for the love we bear to Christ. MAcmcii S. HuBON. (ONFKKUING THE RED HAT. R«>|ireHentMtivea of Canada and the United States to Receive It. The two American cardinals, the Cardi- nal Archbishop of Baltimore, Gibbons, and the Archbishop of Quebec, Tascherean, who are at present in Rome, will receive their red hats at a pu'olic c<}n8iBtory, to be held March 17th, the feast of St. Patrick. The insignia of a cardinal can only be given by the Pope himself in person. The ce.c- mony of conferring the cardinal's hat is a very impressive one. The new cardinal is led into the Pope's presence by two of '.he cardinal deacons, and h-? immediatifly make^ a triple profnui><i revereno* to the head of the Catholii; Church- one at the threshold of the hall, one in the middle and still another at the foot cf the throne. The Pope then bestows upon him the kiss of peace, and he is embraced by all his cardiiialitial colleagues in turn. The Te Deuin is chantert, and, after encircling the altar with his colleagues, the now car- dinal prostrates himself, and remains in that position while the canticle is being linished, and the projHM- prayers said by the cardinal dean. Arising, next his hood is thrown back, the cardinal dean receives his oath of office, and leads him before the Poi*, who confers mion him the red velvet hat, with due prayers. The Pope then withdraws, and the new cardinal receives the congratulations of his brethren. The cardiiialitial ring and title arenotconferretl until the second consistory ; only the hat is given at the first. The cardinal's hat is of red cloth, with a very small crown and broad brim. Two ties, each ending in five rows of red silk acorns or tassels, three in each row, are fastened to the crown, and fall on either side, being long enough to meet under the wearer's chin. Originally, instead of this fringe, each tie had but a single tassel, because the hat was then usedon all solemn occasions. At present the hat ib not worn, and, therefore, the fringing may be more elaborate. Iiidce<l, after the hat has been conferred, it is not again seen till the car dinal's death, when it is placed upon his bier, and, as a rule, suspended in the church above his tomb. The red hat of the late Cardinal McCloskey may be seen thus suspended in St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The red ferreta of the cardinal is of felt, of the same shape as those of simple ecclesiastics. On ordinary occa- sions they wear a black hat, with a red ribbon gold embroidered. The ring given to the cardinal to consecrate his marriage with the Church is a sapphire set in gold. Canadian Newa Notes. The Township of Otonaboe is trebly honored. Its Reeve, Mr. Jiio. Lang, has been elected M. P. for East Peterboro'. Its Deputy-Reeve is Warden of the county, and Mr. Itlezard, M. P. P., is a resident of the township. Measles and diphtheria are very prevalent about Watford 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. ('lutterbuck, of Watford, have dio<l. An offer of prizes by the Brant County Babbath Hchool 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 (or attendance. Oiie school carried off forty prizes, twenty two of whom had been 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 (iresent full time. ^ â€" Little Belle McNichol, 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 induce<l 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. ^. â- â- r