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. THE MARKETS fiices of Grain, Cattle, etc in Trade Centres. Toronto, Aug. 25.â€" Wheat>-Tho market ia (irni, with a fair demand for Ontario wheat. No. 2 white and red winter, old, quoted ut 7,5c; now was offered to-tlay at 7U\ with Tiic bid, low rates to mills. Majiitolm wheat is firm and scarce. No. .1 hard is quoted at OSc. No. 1 Nortliorn, 9(4c, Godcrich. No. '2 Nortiiern, 93Jc, grinding in transit; la,ke and rail 6c per bushel more. Oatsâ€" TTie market is qviiet. witli fair ofTeringa; No. 2 white quoted at aOi to JJOic higrh freights; No. 1 white quoted at H2c east. Barleyâ€" Trade is quiet: No. 3 ex- tra quctoH. at 43c middle frcig*its, anW No. ;i at 4(Jc. Rye â€" The niaricot is quiet, witli export value at 48c middle freights for No. 2. Peasâ€" Trade dull, with No. 2 white qnioted at 61c high freights, and at 63c east. Comâ€" Market is unchanged; No. 3 AmeJ-ican yellow quoted at 61c on track, Toronto, and No. 3 mixed at BO^c, Toronto. Canadian torn quot- ad at 54c outside. _ Floiirâ€" Ninety per cent." patents quote'^ to-day at $2.90 to 82.,»5, inkJdle freights, in buyers' tacks, for export. Straight rollers of gpeolal $3.25 to 83.45 in bbls; Manitoba braTids for domestic trade quoted' at flour steady; No. 1 patents, $4.40; Bti-onjf bakers'. §4.0.5, Toronto. Millfeedâ€" rBriiai steady, at $16, and £hofts at $17.50 hore. At outside points bi'ffln is quoted at SIS. and shorts at S17. Manitoba bt'a.v. in Back.s, S17, and sliortB at 517 hore. COUNTRY PnODUCF:. Beansâ€" Trade is very quiet, wit'' prifc-s nomiaal. Prime white ai-e quoted at §1.75 a bush. Ifay â€" The market is quiet, with demand tlow. No. 1 old timothy is wortJi $11 on track. Tororato. and medium grade's. 89 to 810. No. 1 new is nominal at S9 hero. Stra.wâ€" The marlcet is quiot at 5^5.26 to ^o.-'O per ton for car lots on track. Hops- Trade dull, with prices nominal at $17 to $20. Potatoesâ€" The offerings ore fair, anrf prices are easier. LobkIs are q.uoled at 50c per bushel, and small lot-s at 55c per buslhel. Poulti-iV-^The market is steady. CXliickens, 60 to 75c per pair; atcks, 70 to 90c per pair; turkeys 12 to 18c per lb. "TlrTE DAIRY M.\RK-ETS. Butterâ€" The leceipts of but-tor con- tinue good and orices generaJly un- riiajiiged. The demand is chiefly tor finest (jrades. We quote :â€" Choice 1- Ib. rolls, 15 to 16c; selected dairy [•ubs. uniform color, 14 to 16c; sec- i>ndary grades, store ptu;keid, 12i to 13c; creamorj- print.'^, 19 to 20c- solids, 17i to 18c. The strength of creamory butter is due to the scarci- ty of the dairy ai-ticle. Eggsâ€" The market is quiet. We quote :j Strictly new laid, 14} to 15c; fresli (candled stock), seconds ati'd checks, 10 to lie. Cheoseâ€" The market is highex. Wo quote :â€" Finest, lOi to lOJc. HOG PRODUCTS. Pressed hogs firm. Cured meats are steady, with a good demand. Baco.n â€" Long clear in good demand, with supply below requirements. We quote : â€" Bacon, long clear, lO to lOJc, in ton and case lots. Pork- Mess. 19 to 20c; do., short cut. $21. Smoked meats â€" ^ams, 13 to 1,4c; rolls. 11 J to 12c: shoulders, lO^c"; backs, 15 to 15-ic; breakfast bacon, 14 to 14ic. L/ar<d â€" Market is unchauged. Tierces 9Jc; tubs, Ofc; pails. 10c; com- pound, 8 to 9",. No. 2 mi.Ted, Ci5c. Barley and rye â€" Nothing. Canal (reiifhtis â€" Steady. Minneaiiolis, Aug. 25.â€" CloKe ; â€" Wheatâ€" Sojrtember, a3| to SSjc; Do- iviii-hor, 79Jc: on track. No. 1 hara, <>t4c; No. 1 Noa-thern, 93c to «1.02; No. 2 Northern. 9lc; No. 3 North- ern. 83 to 84«. ilJlwaukoe, Aug. 25. â€" Wheatâ€"No. 1 Northern, a4c; No. 2 Nortliern. 90c; Scii)toml)or, .Sljc bid. Ryeâ€" Stciady; No. 1, 54<;. Barleyâ€" Stea- dy; No. 2, r>S to OOc; samjile. 40 to 56c. Cornâ€" September, 511c bid. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. Toronto, Aug. 25.â€" liuarinesa in cattle at the Western Market was Oiostly confined to butohers' de- scriptions to-day by rea»on of tthu absence of oITeringjS of eJ^porters'. The ai rivals i'ncluded about eight or nine loada of good to choice but- cJ-.ors' and the remainder weie most- ly light â-  but»;her8' and rtockors. About tjie highest price obtained for, liutcheis' was $4.50 per cwt. The nifcst of the cattle (â- â- old at lower liEfures than the foregoing-. Hogs were weaker than on Tuos- dny, and the outlook is for lowor l)rices should piejent conditions in the Old Country continue. T^he feeder affid stocker gitajation was steady without much cliange in prices. The vol-ume of busimess tj-ansacted in these was consi-do.a'ble as may be seen from the roiwrt fol- low' ing. Calves were stronger in value, and Uie demand being good all that c-a.-tT!e forward were sold early in tJic dav. The receipts amounted to 71 lo-ads, G(>8 cattle, 1,511 hogs, 1,154 sJheep and lambs, an'd 50 calves. Twenty horses also arrived. TTiero being veiy fow exporters' I>rlces niaj' be consaderod as nomin- al at $4.«0 to $4.70 per cwt. A little higher niig'ht be p-aid for amv extra gocd. Butchers' cattle sold at SH-.25 to $4>.50 for the be^^t, 5:i.85 to $4.25 foT fair to good. $3.50 to S3.8'5 for medhmi, and $2.75 to S3. 40 for common. Cows brought S3 to $3.75. accoiiding to quality and woi-ght. Trade in feeders and frtocke;.-) was fair. We quote :â€" Feeders 9010 to l.l&O lbs.. S3. 50 to $4.25; .s-tockors, 40i) to 700 lbs., $2.75 to $«.50; ofU-coIors, and poor brt^ediing quali- ties, same weights, 52.2'5 to S'3.75 per cwt. 'n-.e arrivals of Siheep were light anid the market for owes and lambs WBS stron,g. We quote :â€" Export erwos, $3.50 to $3.60; export bucks. 2i to 22c por lb. and $2.50 to $4 each. The tone of the calf mai'ket was firm and business was .steady, al- thtyugh the run was largo. Wo quote :â€" 4 to 5Jc per lb., arjd $2 to ^lO each. frogs wore weak without a quota- ble t'eclino. Selects. IGO to 2iiX) lbs. of good bacon que.bty. $6.50; faits and liglits, $6.25 per cwl. TWO MEN KILLED. Diet Death Shooting- Oil Well at Leamington. A despatch from Leamington, Ont., says : â€" While preparing to »h'oot an oil well aujik by the Leamington Oil Company, of Detj'oit, a ten-gal- lon can of nitro-glycerine proiiiature- ly cxplodc-d about 2.30 on Saturday afternoon, blowing two men to atoms and wrocking tie well plant. The man killed are William Booth, of Potioloa, who was an expert shooter of oil wells and had hand- led nilro-glycerine for years, and Miller Kenny, a driller, who lived with I'l-is widowed uiot:her and .sister at Kingisaille, Ont. Kenre.v's father was killed in a railroad accidont in Detroit aboiit a year ago. Si.x ten-gaJlon cans of nitro-gly- cei-ine had been braught from Pctro- laa tx) shoot the well, ar.d two of l.iie cans hiad been lowore.i saioiy Ui t.l-.c bottom. A big crowd wai" r:iref;ent, but they st«o-d .sei\oral hun- dred feet away, only Ucoth a>nd tihc man who aasdstod him to cairy the cans of nitro working around the derrick. Kenny ha/1 not touched t'l-.o first two cans lo-woied, but he assiated Bootjh to cany IJie thiid can to the platform of the derrick a;nd the cable reel was afcta.dliad to lower it. Kenny then stepped oft the platform and Booth htwl just inserted t'le can into the pipe wnen the terrific detonation was Jieard and the air was filleid u"ith flying pieces of timber and iron. That many people were not .-^erlously in- jured is marvelous. Several of the workmen who stood nearly a hun- dred feet from tl'.e derrick "wer© k!iioctk<wJ down amd stunned. It \\ a« several minutes befo-ixj an investigation revealed the exionit of the aj:cident, though ovoi.vone knew that the two men at *he doiT-ick had been blown to pie.os. A pole twen- ty-live feet across and abou-t fifteen feet deep wa" torn up around the well, an<i the 70-foot denrick was blown iixto pieces, aomo of the latter being carried over a hijnldrad yards. The ex-'lcision was heard for miles and the concussion biioike a nTimber of win'dows in a farm lilo'Jse lOiO feet awa.y. Wliat rem:;i.inad of the bodies of the two men presented gruesome sifihts. Two BUSINESS AT MONTREAL. Montreal, Aug. 25.-^0 i-ainâ€" Peas, 63c high freigfhts. 72c afloat here. Rye, .5.3c east, SSjc afloat here; l>uck wheat, 48 to 49c; oat.s. No. 2, 38c ill store here; f3axsieed, $1.15 ori track here; feed barley, 50c; No. 3 harloj-. 52ic; corn, 60c for No. 3 yellow American. Flour â€" Manitoba patents $4.35 to $4.50; seconds, $4.05 to $4.20: strong bakers', $3.00 to $3.»5; Ontario straig'ht rol- lei-s, ?3.60 to $i8.70; in bags, $1.75 to $1.83; patents, $3.75 to $>t; ex- tras. $1.55 to $1.60. RgjjfBâ€"Can- dlcd. selected, 17 to 17ic; No. 1. l/5c; straight receipts, 14c; No. 2, 12^0. Feedâ€" Manitoba bran. $17 ; shorts, $19. bags included; Ontario bran. in bulk. $16 to $17; short"*. In bulk. $19 to $20. Bean.sâ€" Choice prlmeis. $1.90 to $1.85. Provisions â€"Heavy Canadian .short cut pork, $19 to $2\1; liRht. short cut. $19. Con»i>ound reflncci lord, SJ to 9e; pure Caaiadian lard, 9J to lOc; fin- e.s(t lard, lOJ to llic; hams. 1.^^ to 144c: baton, 14 to 15c; live hogs. $6.25 to $6.50; fresh killed abattoir hogs. $9; American clear backs, tl3.75; clear shoulder pork, $18.50. Cheeseâ€" Ontario, lOJ to lojc; town- Bhips, lOJc: Qtipbec, 9|c. Butterâ€" To^*:ra>itps creamery, 19 to 19Jc; Qfu9boc, ISJc; Weartern Uairy, 14 to 16c. UNITEIT) STATES MARK-fTTS. BulTalo, Aug. 25.â€" Flour â€" Firm, y^heatâ€" Rpi ing demand light; No. I Nortihern npot. carloads. offered $1,012 c.l.f.; winter firm for rod; easy for white; No. 2 red, 85c; No. 1 Vhite, 81c oaked. Cornâ€" Quiet and •a«y: No. 2 corn. 57 to 57 fc. 0at.<i â€" We«k and loT»-«r; No. 2 white, 381c ELECTRIC SHOCK. Men Electrocuted in the Streets of Otta-wa. An Ottawa despatch says: George Stone, a plumber's apprentice, aged 19, was killed b.y an electric shock on Saturday afternoon at the Col- legiate Institute. He was holding an incandescent lamp, looking for leaks in tho water service, and in doing .so, by some means a circuit was established. A French-Canadian from St. Genevieve, named E. Ray- mond, was also killed as the result of an electric shock here on Satur- day. Uaymond. who was aged 26, and was working as a lineman for the Bell Telephone Company, received a shock while on a pole at the corn- er of Elgin and MacLaren Streets. He fell thirty feet and was picked up dead. QUEBEC'S BALANCE SHEET. Revenue For Tear Near the Five Million Dollar Mark. A. Montreal despatch says: The financial statement of the Province of Quebec for the year ending 30th June, 1903, which was made public in the Official Gazette yesterday is as follows: â€" Revenue for tho year, $4,703,296.43; oxpen.ses. ordinary and extraordinary, $4,590,584.23; surplus revenutt over ordinary and extraordinary. $103,712.22; extra- ordinary expenses, $65,443.77; sur- plus of ordinary expenses, $168 155.93. IHE WESTERN CROP. Estimated at Fifty-eight millions of Wheat. A Winnipeg' despatch sa.vs: The wea- ther is favorable for filling, ripening and harvest ing. The crop is esti- mated at fift.y-eight millions of wheat tor Manitoba and the Terri- tories, which will toe six millions shorter than last year. It is expect- ed to sell at a higher price, how- ever, and farmers will thus do as well OS last year, as they will save in the cost of harvesting. LORD ROBERTS' VISIT. Will Sail for Boston on the May- flower September 24. A Dundee dedpaitcn 8ay;g :â€" T!he FA-ening Po»t says it learns from authoritative sources that the ar- rangements for the viait of Lond njnd l-«dy Roberts to the I'nitad States have advanced so far that pa<-s«g«P have been booked on the steamaihip Mayflower, which will sail for Boaton on S«pteinbQr 24. RUNAWAY DINING CAR. Ran Seven Miles and Then Plunged Into Marsh. A St. Catharines despatch says: An accident occurred at the G.T.R. station, Merritton on Saturday night, which cau;:cd much excitement. Pas- senger train No. 17, due at Merrit- ton about scvun o'clock, had pulled in for* the AVest, and the dining car was taken off and run on tho Wol- land division siding to await the arrival of tho 11.47 train west. When Baggageman Bradley undertook to bring the car to a standstill he found the brakes would not work, and tho car .slowly but surely gain- ing speed. Mr. Bradley worked hero- ically until the car reached tho Lin- coln Palmer Mills, when he jumped, and allowed the car to go. Aboard the car were five colored waiters, and as it passed the Geneva Street station, .St. Catharines, two of them jumped olT safely. The cer had gained sufficient speed to carry it up the grade to the canal crossing and over the bridge. Here tho remaining occupants managed to jump off Tlio car continued its career until it reached Port Dalhousie, a distance of about seven mites from where it started. In tho meantime .a despatch was sent to Port Dalhousie that the car was coming. The port agent opened tho switch and turned the runaway into the siding that it might not crash into a number of pas.senger and f^eight cars standing there. On went the car. until the stop-block was reachocJ. This gave way and al- lowed the car to run oH tho tracks into ths marsh, where it la,y in about, six feet of mud and water. As soon as possi.blc tho "pilot" had been sent after tho runaway car. but the latter had gained so much start that pursuit was in vain. The aux- iliary, with several engines, managed to get tho car out of the marsh about noon on Sunda.v, it not having sustained much damage. 18,000 TON BATTDESHIPS. British Admiralty Has Decided to Btiild Three. A London dcsjiatch says : â€" The Adn«iralt.v has decided to build three now battleships of l&.OOO ton.s, which have been du.-iigned b.y Philip Watts, the diroctor of naval con- stsuotion. Those are the first vc.s- scls dosigned by Mr. Watts .since his appointment two yoats ago. The roost notable departure in the new ships will be in the armor-plating for the sides and hull. An armor beit of 10-inch Krtifip steel, tapering away to 6 inches, will be contimied the whole length of the broads-ide. This ia the first time this has been attempted in the battleships of any countrj'. Include In the arnm- roent of the new vesecls are four submerged torpedo tubas, four 50- ton wire guns, eight quick-firing 37- ton guns, and twelve 8-ineIi guns. The voffscls must attain a 9i>eed of 19 knots jier hour. The demand for the annexation ,of Orote to 0-recce ho.* been renewed and it is believ«d bl'.at Turkey will consemt. LORD SALISBURY DIES. After a Long- and Agonizing Struggle For Life. A London despatch .says: On Sat- urday, on exactly the 50th anniver- sary of his entrance into public life as a member of Parliament for Stamford, Robert Cecil, Marquis of Salisbury, and late liritish Premier, passed away. His disappearance from tho scene leaves a vacancy which men of the newer generation will lind hard to fill. He was tho greatest figure loft on Britain's poli- tical stage on which he had remained until tho limit of his endurance was reached. Lord Salisbury's death occurred at Hatfield Ilouae at 9.30 on Saturday evening. He was unconscious for eighteen houi's before he died. He had a temporary rally at 11 o'clock Friday evening. This was followed at 3 o'clock Saturday morning b,y a relapse, after which the patient did not regain consciounnoss. Ho grew weaker hourly as tho morning ad- vanced, and as early as eight o'clock Saturday morning the physicians in- formed the waiting members of the family that the end was only a question of a few hours. Ox3'gon was administered almost constantly. As a last resource Sir Richard Doug- lass • Powell, physician-extraordinary to tho King, was summoned, but his skill was unavailing. A few minutes before 9 o'clock in the evening the physicians informed the family, who had been gathered at tho bedside, that the end was at liand. About half an hour after the noble marquis was dead. Lord Salisbury, a few weeks ago, realizing that death was near, ex- pressed a wish to be buried beside his wife at Hatfield. A propo.sal un- doubtedly will be made to bury him at Westminster Abbey, but this will be declined by the relatives. When half a century ago young Lord Robert Cecil had just returned from a Wsit to the Australian gold fields he became a member of tho House of Commons for Stamford, which was practically a pocketbor- ough of tho Marquis of Exeter, him- self a Cocil. Since thou Lord Salis- bury's career is part of modern his- tory. THREE MEN KILLED. E:xplosioa in Powder Works at Tweed. A Tweed de3i>atch ,suys : â€" At ten niSnutes pia.st ten on Saliirulay morn- ing the Oiitario Pmvder Company's pa.fkho,u.se blow up. The village w>a<s quite .'•ovei'ely sthaken by tlie e.x- plosion and in a few sofonds the s^irnets wo:o full of excited ai.id alarmed people. Tho source was quickly diwovered and u guT.eral rush to tlie scone ensued. The build- ing was !ito;,«.lly lifted fiom its foiuaiilaitions and torn to splinters, its location being now only marke;! by a black, snioluog sijjot on ithe gi-ound. Tlwee men, Charles Moon, Lymun Moon and Edward Tebo, who were worsting in the building wore blown to fragments. 'Various p-ieces of the bodies were to be seen h^tnging in the trees which surroundod the hudlding. Tlie two former men ware brothers and all thjco wore married meiii.. Man^r curious stories of the efl'ect of t.,he exptoisioM are being told. In one bouse the cooking atoxe was lifted fnom the floor, in anothor a laidy lying .sick was lifted bodily from the bod. No serious damage was dome outride tko powder comi- pany's prenu.ses although glass was bro,ken in .'overal paris of the vil- laige. inchiding one plate gUvse in T. H. Pra.stoin's .s-tore. The shock rooa:hed as ar as Nap- anee. where it was quite distinctly heard and felt. TO CHECK CANADIANS. Baltimore Becoming Anzioua About Grain Trade. A Baltimore despatch says : â€" A meeting of the grain exporters was held in the President's room of the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday and tho divorsion of freigfht from the Atlantic seaboard points in the United States to the Crulf and Canadian ports was dis- cuas^ed. President James C. Gor- man was authorized to select a com- mittee with himself as one of its members and to bring the matter to the attention of the Baltimore transportation companies and after- ward the grain exchanges of ^'e^v York. Philadelphia and other sea- bourd ports. B.v concerted notion ' it is hoped to hnve the eastern Am-^riciin grain carriers reduce the rates so as to enable the .Atlantic cities to compote with t.hcir Cana- ddau and southern rival.'*. BRITISH VICTORY. Enemy's Loss Given as Seven Hundred Killed. A London desj>ati-h says : â€" De- .<fl>atchos rocoive" ut tho Colonial Oflico on Thursday from Siugura, Xortheni Nigeria, dated .\iM;imt 17, give details of the dcatvuf-tion uf tjie Town of Burmi by a BritisSi force of bhlrty whites and five htmdrod natives, rank and file. The enemy's IcX'-a w«» 700 killed, indiKfitig the former Sultan of Sokoto and a ma- jority of the rhiefsf Thv British lo«i8 xkls 11 men kill(>d.* includinir one officer. and sixty-two nien waund^d. 'nic etMiiiiy mad(> a des- pei ate ^ouse-to-bouive r»jistanc«. WINTER CROPS. Results of Experiments Through out Ontario. Varieties of Winter Wheat.â€" Tbre* varieties of winter wheat were dis- tributed throughout Ontario by thu Experimental Union in tho autumn of 1U02 for co-oi)erative experiments. Good reports t>t successfully conduct- ed experiments have been received this year from eighteen counties, ox- tending from Ks.sex in the South to Haliburton in the North. Th« following is the averugq yield in weighed bushels of grain per acre for each variety for five years at the College and for 1903 throughout Ontatio: Imperial Amber.â€" 61.0 bushcia logo), 21.4 bushels (Ontario). Uuda Pesth.â€" r)7.2 bushels (Col- lego), 24.9 bushels (Ontario. Turkey Red.â€" 53. 4' bushels (Col- lege), 20.7 bushels (Ontario). All three varieties are bearded. Tho chall of tho Imperial Amber is red. and that of tlie others is white. The grain of each variety is red, hard, and of good quality. All three varie- ties are rather weak in the straw. The Imperial Amber is a close rival to tho Dawson's Golden Chaff in yield of grain per aero. Fertilizers With Winter Wheat.â€" In the co-operative experiments with different manures applied in thft spring of tho year, the average re- sults show a yield of 29.7 bushels of'| winter wheat from an application of, one hundred and sixty pounds of ni- trate of soda per acre, and 35.7; bushels from a top dressing of twen- ty tons of well rotted cow manure! por acre. The unfertilized land gave an average yield of wheat per acre, of 22.7 bushels. The yield of wheat! from one hundred and sixty pounds of nitrate of soda surpassed the yield from lour liundred pounds of com- mon salt by 3. .5 bushels por nxiro. Nitrate of soda, when applied in tho^ spring, gave better results than when applied in tho autumn. The usual cost of nitrate of .soda is about thri'e and one-half C(>nts per pound in small quantities, and throe cents por pound in ton lots. Winter Rye, Hairy Vetches, and Crimson Clover as Fodder Crops. â€" An interesting co-operative experi- ment was made for tho first time by sowing Wintur Rye, Hairy Vetches, and Crimson Clover, in tlic autumn for tlio purpose of producing green fodder in the following sununer. Tho reports show that tho Crimson Clov- er received the greatest injury from the oarly spring frosts. The highest individual yields were produced by tho Huir.v Vetches. In tho average results, however, tho Winter Rye surpassed the Hairy Vetches by 420 pounds of green fodder per acre, but tho quality of the feed of the latter, was superior to that of tho former. In ten out of a dozen tests, tho Hairy Vetches wore eaten readily b.v farm animals, and seem-d particul- arly suitable as a feed for hogs. A Hruce farmer reported that "tho Hairy Vetches gave a largo yield, and were relished by all classes of ani- mals." DISTRIBUTION OF SEED. Material foi' any one of the five QX()arimeats here mentioned will bo seaht free to any Ontario farmer op- plying for it, if I'c will conduct an •xpei-iment with great care aaid ro-' port the results after l.a,rv«.st next year. Tho .feed will be sent out in the order in \^h.ich the ai)(plicatioi«l are received as long as the supjily llVitl. 1. Testing Haio' Vetchos, Crim- son Clover, and Wintea- llyc as fodi- dor crops, 3 plots. 2. Te-tir,g tliree varioltcs of win- ter w'hoat, 3 plots. 3. Testing five fcitili-/.crs with winter wheat, 6 plots. 4. Tes'ling autumn and spring ap- plicatic-iis of nitrate of soda and common salt with winter wheat, 3 plots. H: Testing Winter Barky and win- t'er Rj-e for grain proi.'uction, 2 plo.B. The proirer size of each plot ia one rod wide by two rods long. T'ne iiinterial for either of the fi-i-sit two experiments, or for N'o. .5 e.xperi- nient, will \yo forwarded by mail, and f»v ouch of tJ:e otlior two by expTe.s.s. , lOach person wishing la coridv.ct ono of t'hosc oxporiments .nlujul'd ai>i;i,v as .soon as i>o.i»ible, mentioning which t<>.'»t Ire dc^iies; and the niuterial. with in.structions for toTHfting and tjhe blank hyrin on which to .-oport, will be furnished fi-ee of cxyfri until tno sl.^|)pl.v of ex- po.-imontal niatoiial is exha.u.stcd. Tt miglit be well for each ajNplicant to make a second choice for foar the (ir.t could not be gi-anted. C. A. ZAVITZ, tJuelpii, Ontario. Aigricultural College, /Mugust 21st, 1903 ROASTED TO DEATH. Two Boys Killed by an Electric Light Current. A Saginaw, Mich., despatch says; On Thursda.v evening two boys, •lames Budd and Kugeno Ross. climl> ed for fun on aQ electric light tower 125 feet high. The bo.vs were caught by the wire that, carries the lighting current, and held by tho current un< til roa.sted to death. The wire car- ried a curnent of 22,O(l0 volts. Po- li<'e and linemen reloa-sod the corpses, h-ttinjf them ilown with ropes. Thej vnjxv in a horniblo- condition, tha clothing being nearfv al! burm-d off, and their bodiiiS. praseatad a .sickening Kpuctacle.