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BBIOHT ON OAHADA. Imperial Federation Only ta Cloaory Dream. THi: DOMINION, THE STATES ABD B&ITAIN. A last (TtiiirBday) night's London cable Mya: Mr. Jubn Bri»;ht'B spooch at the bancjuet nivfn to Mr. Cbamburlain in liir- minKharn Uet night is creating a great deal of esciteuieiit in political circles, and re- ceives the attention of the principal London papers. Mr. Uright, who had to propose the toast of " Our Kinmnen Key ond the Koa," said he liad never addressed n meeting that was in sacii entire sympathy with its object. They could honestly congratulate Mr. Ohatnberl&in, and hope that he might on many other occasions render services to bia ooantry. He liked the wording of this toast, for bo thought that Knglisbmcn had a right to call all ix^oplc on the other aide of the Atlantic "our kinsmen," •ud that Knglishinen were entitled to look upon a man as an enemy to mankindâ€" not merely to their own Knglish-f>|>caking raceâ€" who would do any- tiiing to excite anger, disorder or dispute between America and Great Britain. There were other (|ue8tions besides the fisheries i|ueBtion which ought to be con- â- idered. Kur instance, the commerce of iAnerica and Canada had built high walls, and had called them "tariffs." These walls prevented freedom in trading. The Canadians wished these barriers to bo •bolialieil. That was a very sensible wish, •nd ho wsH |>erfectly certain it would be •ooompliuhed. His opinion was that, if the economical facts were bo strong, there would be a tendency hardly resistible to get over the sentiment that it was better for Canadians to be associated politically witk Great Britain than with the United States. He considered Imperial L'edera- tion ini possible. The scheme was no bettor than n dream. lie would like to ask the advocates of Federation whether the colonies were likely tn link themselves with the stupid foreign [lolicy of England, •ntering into (juarrels and wars with peoples lO.OUO miles away. lie had, how- ever, the strongest belief in the great fntore of the Hnglish colonies, which he hoped would be strengthened by amicable relations with the Mother Country. Might they not hope tor the highest and nobleet federationâ€" under different Governments, it might bo. but united by race sym|)athy, freedom of industry and communion of interestsâ€" a federation of perpetual peace that would lead the world to that better time that all hoped for and believed in, •Itbough it might not be permitted their mortal e>eB to behold it ? Mr. Bright's s|)«ech, which was a moat •lo(]uent one, was loadly cheered through- oat. His reference to the Commercial Union movement in Canada is regarded as highly signilirant. The Dully TrUijr<tyh (Independent Con- servative) praises Mr. Chamberlain for the bosiness skill which Mr. Gladstone com- â- Moded him for in Parliament, and says happily there is little chance now of any iliapate in the future between Kngland ami America being aggravated to the point of war. If li iM'acfful and an arbitrating apirit does not yet largely prevail in the world, it has at least strongly touched the two great Knglish-speaking communities. If the present protective system continncs in America, Mr. Bright believes a strong tomptatioQ will be placed in the way of the Canadians to throw in their lot with the Ktates, simply because of the great material advantages which the abolition of the internal tariff would involve. Happily, pablic opinion in the Htates secnis to be advancing, if not towanls absolato free trade, at all events toward a modification of tho existing protective system. The .S'(. Jam's' Guielte (High Conserva- tive) says Mr. Bright spoke in a fashion that seems to show he has neither learned tho signs of tho times uor marked the lapse of years. In tho prospect of a peaceful adjustmont of a fraitful source of contest between Kngland and tho Btates, Hnglishmen see a foreshadowing of a possibility of unspeakable beneticcuco. No question of commercial interest can bar the way of an etjaal partnership in the near future. Whatever Mr. Bright thinks, the picture of ngreat future is not hopeless. The I'lill Mall (lazelte (Radical) says Mr. Bright's discourse was far moro pernicious treason than any Irish harangues. It is mournful to reflect how invoterato must be tho pr*ju<lice which blinds Mr. Bright to tho obvious teachings of history. His policy is " cut the painter," dismember the empire, turn tho colonies adrift, and wreck tho fairest chance the world over had of establishing a world-wide federation o( peace. The (llobf (Tory) says the mutual good feeling between America and Kngland is now strong and bids fair to last, but the real cement must boa natural alliance based open tho welfare of both. The J/oniiii;/ I'oti (High Tory) says : There is no need of insisting upon Mr. Bright's idiosyncrasies. lie appeared as a representative lOnglishman, aniiif his good- will was not (|uito tompere<i by discretion, his words will be judicially interpreted in America « IlKt HANK HTOOK IIOI.UKRN. n>ci Weultliy Cuniullans Who Head the Lilt. A Montreal despatch says : According to the figures publiHhed by tho Uovernment tho following aru tho largest holders of stocks in (Jnnadian banks: William McUoiinlil ».'i«n,000 Jtobert AndurHun :17U.(XI0 J. II. II, MoiBiiii aao.ooo fUr Donald A.Hmlth U0a.4i)O John Uuricmi lia.'.KiO Andrew Allan ~ lai.iiOO (toorg* A lirunimond 107.^)0 U. II. Ilurlaiicl m,m> Haiiiuel K. Molsnn H0..V.IO Jelin 'riiDinas Molaon « Ttl.UXi JohnOasslls - M.UOU The total paid-up stook of Canadian banks (leaving out the Bank of British North America and Bank of Dritish Coliimbin, wtdrh are owno<l in the Old Country) is IS?, H'i3, 960. Tho eleven Mon- trealers named above, theroforo, own almost exactly ono twenty-ninth part of thewhole, their united shares being given at Sl.tlO!!,- 610. TEE WOMEN'S OOHVENTION Mrs Harry's Paper ou " What ihe Knights uf l.uborar« l>oliig for Women "â€"Other Interesting Pujiert Bend. A last (Wednesday) night's Washington despatch says : The moruinfj session of the International Council was devoted to the general subject of industries. Laura M. Johns, President uf the Kansas K'lual Suffrage Association, presided. The first paper uf the session was read by Mrs. Mary A. Livcrmore, ou " Women's Industrial Gains During the Last Half Century." Mrs. A. M. Worden, Worthy Master of V'ineland Grange, Nu. 1, read a paper on the subject of " Women in the Orange." llulda ii. Loud read a paper ou "Women in tho Knights of Labur." The next speaker was LidaBarnay Bales, (Corresponding Secretary of the Sociological Society of America. Uer paper described the work of tho society, and discussed the question of co-0{>erBtiun. The President next introduced Mrs. Leonore M. Barry, organi/er of theKuights of Labor. The subject of her paper was, " What the Knights of Labor are Doing for Women." Mrs. Barry spoke with perfect ease and great earuestness and ttTect, and was frequently interrupted with applause. She saiil : We aiu buiUling around our working girls a wall of protection to defend and protect them from tho indignities and humiliations to which heretofore they have been subjected. Any condition of society, any environment of society, that prevents a woman or child from cultivating and developing those three elements of which humanity is formed, the moral, physical and mental elements, making them lit subjects to do the work for which those beings were intended by an Almighty God â€" that state of society is false. There are no better law sup(X)rters, no more loyal citizens to the laws of their country and to their country's Hag than the organized working men and women of to-day. They do not demand revolution, bat tbey do demand reform. They do not ask it by the power of physical or brute force or strength ; they do not ask it by tho destruction of life or property ; but constitutionally, and by the law-abid- ing way, present their desires to the law- making bodies of their uaiion. Only four years ago I became a Knight of Labor. Seven years ago 1 was left without know- ledge of business, without knowledge of work, without knowledge of what the world was, with three fatherless children looking to mo for bread. To support these chil- dren it became my duly lo go out in the army of unemployed, and in one of the largest factories of central New York I went, and for four years and aeveu months became a factory woman for the support of my littlo ones. Four years ago this spring I became a Knight of Labor. I joined an assembly of I,.'iUO women. And let me say to you here that although there wasnotone amongst them that could boast of more than a minor part of a common school education, yut in that body of women could be fouad more executive ability, mure tact, moro shrewdness, moro keen calculating power than could be found in twice that number of any body of men. We are instituting co-operative industriAs throughout the breadth and h^ngth of our land. We have co-u|>erative shirt factories in Baltimore and New York conducted solely by women. We have our collar and oufT factories in Waterford, N. Y. We have our co o|H>rative knitting mill at Little Palls, N. Y'., and many other indus- tries. I liavo during my connection with the organi/.ation instituted what is known as the Working Women's Natiutial Itene- ticial Pund. This gives women not less than J.) nor more than S5 per week, and in case of death not less than (75 nor more than 81(XI. It gives protection to every woman, whether she be a Knight of Labor or not. Por it is tho duty-the aim and the object of tho Knights of Labor to ele- vate woman, no matter what her national- ity, creed, color or position in life. The Knights of Labor are taking tho little girls from the factory, the workshop and the mine, and educating them, because wo know that the little child of to. day is the mother of tho future. We know that the tireaide, the city, the State, the council and the nation are moulded by tho hands of the wives and mothers of ourchildrou. .Xs these are tho children to-day, and as these will bo tho working women of tho future, wo demand that they shall be taken from tho workshop, factory and mine, and put into the schools to educate and dovelop them. If there is any ono State for which I might make special ap|)eal, it is themono- poly bound State of Pennsylvania, with her hundred and twenty-five thousand children under tho age of !.'> employed in the work- shops, factories and mines. Tho session closed with a well received address on " Women as Farmers," by Ksthcr L. Warne. At tho evening session Prof. Kena A. Michaels spoke of " Women as Lducators," and contrasted tho mo<lesof traiuingeduca- tors fifty years ago with those pursumi to-day. Laura ('. Halloway spoke ou " Woman in Journalism." lir. Sara Hac- kett Htovenson spoko of " Woman in Medi- cine." Mrs. Alia Hittenbeiidor, National Bupormtendent of Legislation in the W. C T. II., read a paper on " Woman in Law." Bev. Ada (!. Howies spoke of " Woman in tho Ministry. ' Other addresses wcremade by prominent ladies. A onrrisgn nontaining Miss Margaret and Miss Annie O'linilly was struck by a train at Providenue, It. I., ou Batiirday evening, Mid both ladies killed, FltnesH 111 Man's Dress, "Why do you insist on carrying an umbrella in your hand, although there is no apparent sign of rain ',^ " was naked of an Knglishman now sojourning in this city, who nevertheless, has none of tho duito element about him. Tho answer was oharacteristio of tho English inclination toward thotttneasof things, oven in matters of dross: "Because 1 wear an overcoat, and 1 do n«t think that a mere walking stick or cane belongs to my dreaa." Tho same Englishman remarked on tho wearing of tall silk hats that " they are not in character with ulster or travelling coats, since ono would scarcely choose to aiiend n long day in a railroad car wearing a tall hat. But in a .frock coat or snrtout or Princo Albert, then a tall hat bouonirs a proper finish to the dress, and a round felt or a fur travelling cap is entirely out of place. Similarly ono wonid hardly top off a flannel boating suit with a tall hat." â€" - New York Vren " I' very Day Talk." THK LOCOXOTIVB 8TBIKK. Tough Fight It«tween Btrtkera and grubs In Chlcaguâ€" An Arrest and HhortNtrlke. A last (Tharsday) night's Chicago de- spatch says : The first eiicoontor between the sympathizers of the striking switchmen and tho men who have replaced them took place at 4.30 tbia afternoon, when a " Q " switch engine and its crew attempted to transfer some freight cars to the North- western tracks. A crowd of switchmen of other roads were about the place, and began to jeer at the new men on the " Q" engine. When the train reached Kinzie street and Western avenac it ran off a switch that bad been turned, and a number of cars were ditched. The mob then set upon the crew of the train, and tho fireman and engineer took to tber heels, getting numerous cuffs as they escaped. The new switchmen followed suit, and were porsned and roughly used by the crowd, which was made up of the toughest kind of citizens. The PinkertOQ men, of whom there were six or eight on the train, attempted to pro- tect the trainmen, bat the mob set upon them with savage glee and disarmed them in a twinkling. They were powerless, and after making a few efforts to defend themselves took 'to Uigbt to eecape the drubbing they wero receiving at the bauds of the furious mob. Several of the Pinkerton men were hurt, and one of them is thought to have sustained serious injuries. Oo the same train was Division Superintendent Besler, of tbe Burlington road. When the trouble com- menced he hurried to the front and some one in the crowd recognized him. The dis closure of his identity was the signal for the mob to fall on bim and beat him. The attack came from all sides, and it was only after having been badly used up that he escaped and ran to a switch house, where he looked hioiself in and escaped further punishment. The riot created great ex- citement, and tho Pinkerton meu and otlicers Uockud to tho scene. The mob quickly dispersed however, and only one man was arrested. Ilis name is Quirk. Police were ordered to tho scene of the dis- turbance from nearly all tho stations. Quirk, who was arrested, was a Chicago, Milwaukee ^V: St. Paul switchman. Uis arrest precipitated a strike of I'Jl switch- men, 'M engineers and 28 firemen on the Chicago, Milwaukee \ 6t. Paul road. When it was known that Quirk had been arreated, a crowd followed him to the station-house and endeavored to get bim released, but he was locked up. When the crowd realized that their comrade had to remain in the police station tho Milwaukee iV St. Paul men in their rage decided to strike, and immediately deserted their engines. The whole yard force of switch- men, engineers and firemen, 2'J7 in all, quit work, leaving 'J4 engines standing on the tracks. It is rumored that the brakesmen of the same road will go out to-night. Division Buperintendent Besler, who took refuge in the switch-house, bad both eyes blacked and was very badly bruised up. The fireman and engineer of the train which was attacked were also badly pounded. It is said that at a meeting al 500 engi- neers, firemen and switchmen held this afternoon, at whicl; rej^reeenlatives from all the roads were present, it was resolved that a general boycott bo declared against Burlington freight on all roads. The strike came to an end as quickly as it had begun. At d.'iO two ofhcials of the St. Paul company sucoeeded in having Quirk released on bail, and it was speedily resolved that a resumption of work was the proper course to pursue. By y p. m. the men were again at their posts. IIOYALTY AND SI'IKIT KAfrlNC. Thr Wlldi'ttt Story Vet About Uurru Vic- toria and the MpdliiinH. A Uochestcr despatch says : Mrs. H. 1). Jencken, of tbia city, formerly Miss Kate P^ox, one of the ladies whose name is asso- ciated with spiritualism and tho " Roches- ter knockinga " of early daj.";, told your corresijondent to-day that her sister, Mrs. Margaret Kane, widow of tho arctic ex- plorer, had on Thursday laat sailed for Glasgow in resiwnso to a summons re- ceived from Queen Victoria, who wants to consult her in regard to matters beyond tho ken of ordinary mortals, but supposed to be visible to spiritual mediums. Mrs. Jencken said: "I have just re- turned from New York, where 1 was visit- ing my sister before her departure for Kngland. She told me that her visit to Kurope was the result of letters she has received lately from tho Koyal Family, urging hor to go over. I saw the invita- tion. It was signed by a committee of gentlemen, retpiesting her on behalf of the Queon to visit Kngland. Thotjuoenhas lost many friends of late by death, and she is anxious to learn something about them from tho other world. They say John Brown is her medium. The letter was worde<l in the most urgent terms. It said : ' Don't fail to come. I'll trust you with tho money.' They sent her money before and she did not go, but they again gave her abundance of money. She told me she had received a large sum. When ray sister sailed she told me to go and tell it all to tho Now York IleralJ, but 1 was tired. She sailed for Glasgow, where the com- mittee is to meet hor and take her to Ijon- don." ^ l4»nghrd Got of » Freak. .\ San Francisco despatch says : A great crowd assembled laat night nt Kalloch's old church to witness the marriage of a spiritualist woman to her alleged affinity in tho spirit land. .\ thousand invitations had been issued during the week and the church was gaudily decorated. Tho crowd waited in vain till lato for tho bride, but she came not, aa newspaiH-r ridicule had frightened hor away. It seems the woman belongs to a coterie of cranks who have engaged in all sorts of ridiculous sohemoa during tho past three years. One of her friends waa induced laat yoar to deed all his property, amount- ing to nearly $70,000, to charity and go forth a tramp evangelist preaching in the street. VF IN ABIU AQAINST THE DONS. Victoria College StudentM Euraged at the 6iisp«oBlon of Two of Their Number, A Cobonrg despatch says : The students of Victoria University are up in arms against the college dons. Acta Victorianu is a monthly journal published by the literary and theological eocieties in the interests of the students and alumni of the University. Its contents are contributed by a staff of editors appointed by and responsible to these societies. An article ap[)eared in the March number of Acta discussmg the cur- riculum of the University, suggesting cer- tain changes therein and recommending that the subject of minerals should be rele- gated to a summer clime. When the article appeared the College Faculty immediately took cognizance of it, and, summoning Mr. J. F. McLaughlin, editor-in-chief, and Mr. Henry Langford, local editor (son of the well-known Metho- dist clergyman of that name), demanded that the two editors should make a humble and unconditional apology under pain of suspension. The students solidly backed their editors in a positive refusal to apologize. The faculty then decided to suspend the offend- ing journalists foi the period of one year, and the Chancellor of the University pro- nounced the decree of excommunication at a great meeting of students in Alumni Hall last evening. As soon as he had finished reading, Messrs. McLaughlin and Langford arose and gave notice of their intention to appeal to the Board of logouts, the court of last resort, against "an unjust and tyrannical sentence. " They were greeted with tremendous cheers, the demonstration lasting several minutes and shaking the building with its enthusiasm After the retirement of the faculty the students organized a massmeetinK,at which a resolu- tion was passed, declaring that if their classmates were not reinstated they would apply for certificates of standing and leave the university. Two-thirds of the senior class in arts asserted that tbey would apply for an nd eundum ttatevi at Toronto or Queen's. According to the provisions of her charter, if Victoria fails to graduate a class in arts each year she forfeits her status as a university. The situation is therefore a critical one. HIGH LIFE BOMANCE. A l)islnl>«rlt«d Scotch Lord aad ilU Widow'"* Wooing. A New Y'ork despatch says : It is re- ported to-night that Lady Drummond, widow of Lord George Essex Montifez Drummond, who died penniless last August, intends to marry Harry Master!', the iron- moulder of Newark, N. J. Since the death of Lord George the widow has been living economically at a boarding-house in Brook- lyn. She earned a living for herself and daughter May by sewing. May is heiress to the oldest title and estates in England. Sho is not yet N years old. Several at- tempts have been made to kidnap her by English emissaries. Masters was a friend of the late lord. Since his death Masters' attention to the widow have been marked. Lord Drummond, when a boy, married beneath his station and incurred the enmity of his relations. He came to this coantry, straggled for sixteen years to maintain his family as a fisherman, hunter, pressman and salesman. Uis wife was Miss Eliza Harrison, daughter of a prosperous London wholesale tea merchant.. Their life in America was a battle with want. Lord Drummond was first porter in a commia- sion house, then fisherman and duck- hunter in Long Island, then a salor before tho mast, and packer in a clothing house. His abandonment, education and rough life incapacitated bim fdr better work. He could hardly write his own name. When he died ho was hving with bis wife and little one in a miserable room on the third floor of a Brooklyn tenement.house. Cornelius Vandorbilt and his wifesailml from New York for Europe on Saturday. Lady Randolph Churehill contemplates s visit to the land of her nativity this sum innr in company with her husband. They will probably go lo Newport, where Lord Uandolph will hear many rominiscences of his brother, tho Duke of Marlborough. Justice lietlfield, a wealthy retired busi- ness man residing on the Tons Uoad, near Florenoe, N. J., oommitted suicide on Bktnrday night. Qe was 79 yean ^d. MIRE EXPLO.SION. Over Une Hundred Miner* Entombedâ€" MoreThau Fifty Killed. A Kansas City, Mo., despatch says: The following despatch has been received from Kicb Hill â€" About t o'clock yesterday after- noon there was a rumbling sound in mine No. li at this place and a moment afterward a fearful explosion wrecked the mine and buried in the dtbrit over 100 miners, who were cut off from all means of escape. I'p to the hour of sending this despatch 40 bodies have been taken out, and at least fifteen more are expected to have met their death. The superintendent of the mine was taken out badly injured, but will sur- vive. In tho terrible excitement and con- fusion it is impossible to give a list of nanus or even an estimate as to tho ftUl extent of the disaster. It is now thought over fifty were killed. Later news is to the effect that the mine is situated six miles from the town. There were two explosions, and it is said the total loss of life will reach CO men. Rich Hill is located in Bates oounty, about 100 miles south of Kansas City on the Missouri Paci- fic Uailway. It is in the centre of a local mining district. Latest from Ireland. Dr. Wood, who was coroner for Sligo for many years, ia dead. The Irish language is now taught in twenty- six national schoola. The Dublin Corporation have borrowed i'lij.OOO for tho erection of a new fish and vegetable market. The Dublin Corporation by '2'i votes to .'i, have resolved to petition against the Samtay closing of pubUc houses. An estate in county Clare, for which a yoar ago tho sum of i'U.OOO was bid and declined, has now been sold for £13,000. Tho emigration statistics show that the numlier of emigrants who left Irish porta in 1S87 was 8:i,20-2, an increase of 19,78C as compared with 1886. The t;ounly Cork Grand Jury has awarded £1,000 compensation to Consta- ble James Li<ahy, who was injured in the Miohelstown riot on September 9th. Itov. Isaac Nelson, who was returned aa a Homo Ruler for Mayo in 1880, and ili.rin^ the session which followed was more than once forcibly removed from the House, died in Belfast recently in his 86th year. At Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, the other day was buried I'attison Jolly, aged lot, the oldest printer in the world. He served his time in Ballantyne's Edinburgh, and pulled tho first sheet of the Edinburgh Jounutl over seventy years ago. FAMILY FAILVBES. Some J^'amoos PeopI* Who Fall Freaa Position uad Wealth. U we believe that it is better to visit the house of monrning than the house of feast- ing, it follows that the atory of the dechne and fall of our great families is better than the story of their riae and progress. It is better, we presume, inasmuch as the mora] illustrative of the instability of human greatness, etc., is a profound one ; other- wise the record is a truly =ad one and the reading of very melancholy interest. Never- theless it is very curious, and we venture to give here an account of some of the most noteworthy lapses of great and royal families from wealth and princely power to menial servitude and beggary. No race in Europe surpassed the Plantagenets in royal positioB and personal achievements, and yet, not to descend further than the year 1637. we find the great grandson cf Margaret Plantagenet, daughter and heiress of George, Duke of Clarence, following the trade of a shoemaker in Newport, Salop. This is a conspicuons fall, but not more so than that cf another branch of the same family, for among the lineal descendants of Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent and sixth son of Edward I., occur a butcher and a loll gatherer ; the firat a Joseph Smart, of Halesowen, the latter a George Wilmont, keeper of the turnpike gate at Cooper's Bank, near Dudley. Then, again, among the descendants of Thomas Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, fifth son of Edward III., we find a Stephen Jamea Penny, who was, not many years ago, sexton at St. George's, Hanover s<iuare. Another melancholy fall was that of the Cromwell*. Before the time of the protector the family possessed estates et^nal to those of the wealthiest peers of the present day, and tho great Oliver himself inherited con- siderable property, which, augmented from private sources, made up a total sufficient to maintain bis family perpetually in easy circumstances. But within a century after his death we find Thomas Cromwell, bis great grandson, setting up as a grocer on Snow Hill, ana his son, Oliver, the last male heir, as an attorney in London. In the female line the fall was much mor« striking. One of the protector's grand, daughters, after seeing her husband die in the workhouse of a small Suffolk town, died herself a pauper, leaving twodautihters, the elder the wife of a shoemaker and the younger the wife of a butcher's son, who bad been her fellow servant. Another of Oliver Cromwell's granddaughters had two children, of whom the son became a small working jeweller and the daughter the mis- tress of a small school at Mildenhall. When the twelfth Earl of Crawford was impris- oned in Edinburgh Castle, to restrain hie recklessness and prodigality, he left one child, a daughter, who, having no one whatever to look after her, received not a scrap of education and was allowed to run about like a gypsy. She eloped with a common crier, and at one period of her life lived by mendicancy. Charle!^ II. granted her a pension of £100 a year, bot owing to her utter degeneracy it proved more hurtful than beneficial. The male head of this family died in the year 1744, in the capacity of hostler in an inn at Kirkwall, in the Orkney islands. The estate had been dissipated by the " Spendthrift Earl," his father, and with his patrimony he. Lord Lindsay, Earl of Crawford, bought a small property on which he resided for some year8,until through ad- verse fortune this went too, and to save him- self from starvation he was fain to go as a hostler. A story is told of a scion of the great bouse of Uninhart, of Cromarty, who was necessitated by his extravagance to sell his inheritance, and who, sinking step by step to the lowest depths of wretchedness, came at last a wandering beggar to the door which had once been his own. A similar story is told by Eraser of Kirkhill, who re- lates that he saw the Earl of Traquair, cousin of James VI, begging in the streets of Edinburgh. " He was," says Eraser, " in an antique garb, and wore a broad old hat, short cloak and pannier breeches, and I contributed toward his relief. We gave him a noble. He was standing with his hat off, and received the piece of money from my hand as hnmbU- as the poorest appli- cant." â€" London TeUgraph. ♦ Late!(t lhlng« in DreAft. Long colored mitts are shown worn closely and plainly to the bend of the elbow, where there is a puff of escurial lace. A continuance of the same lace covers the upper arm nearly to the shoulder, where the mitt is held by an elastic band. " Bebastopol cloth " is a fine woollen material that comes in soft and bright colors and in " cashmere " patterns that closely cover the whole surface. A very noticeable design in this stuff had a groundwork of vivid red and was figured along one edge with boughs of peach twigs, foliage and fruit, all in natural colors. Smaller brown twigs, blossoms and leaves were scattered over the rest of the cloth. The same pattern on a cream ground was much more refined in effect, though lees striking. A variety of white Henrietta cloths are in market. Some are woven in fine lines or checks ; others have a plaid effect, while still another shows i>olka dots of various sizes. Chinese and Indian silk pocket-handker- chiefs come in all the plain light and dark tints, both with wide and with narrow hemstitched borders. One of these bright bits of silk tucked into the front of a da'rk, plain gown brightens it up wonderfully. In cambric handkerchiefa a novelty is found in quarter-inch stripes of red or pink, blue or yeUow and white. These handkerchiefs have narrow hems edged with a border of narrow Italian lace. Others have irregular blocks of white set thickly and proiniscn- oualy over a ground of a solid color. Bonnet frames come in different colors of silk sheathed wire and have a thickness of tulle to match stretched over them. Two shades of red, pink, blue, heliotrope, green, yellow and goKl are shown. Of course it is much better to make a transparent bon- net on a frama of the same color as the lace used, and this device is most popular. ^ . A Righteoii« Judge. Jndge (to dude prisoner)â€" What a shame for a well-dressed, gentlemanly fellow like you to bo arrested for yelling on Fifth avenue at 11 o'clock at night ! What is your profession ? Dude â€" Howling swell. Judge â€" Ten dollars.