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She to pick «k Cashier. wage, mallet rpedo This f the ti fgu S» vn know, have no name: 3 I a New son de- Jdbe m Far 2.19 11: Ni zhto Dte en- One canndt help feeling that apart from the actual and practical benefits which you, and others through you, derive from the >pportunities here afforded of acquiring a :eal scientific acquaintance with the great pursuit of agriculture â€"one cannot but ecognize that there is an indirect influence .0 be gained in this respect, namely, that it will induce the public generally more and more to recognize the dignity as well as the useful and practical character of this great )rofession of farming. (Great applause.) A gentleman in England was once travel- ling in a railway train for a considerable distance. and one of his fellow-passengers was a gentleman with whom he fell into conversation. He found his companion well informed, and a man of considerable ability : they conversed about many things, and, after a time, the gentleman first refer- red to said to his companion :â€"-“MayI ask you what profession you belong to '3” “Oh I have no profession,” said the other. “I am only a farmer.” “Only a farmer,” said the first gentleman, “\V'hy. sir, what more use- ful and honorable profession could you wish for?” (Loud applause.) I think there is a great deal of suggestiveness in that remark, and it may enable you to understand What Imean whenI say that the indirect influence of such an institution as this college is of value apart from its immediate effects. (Applause.) There is also another influence which will make itself felt more and more. The Science of farming is brought practical- ly before you in this college, but we know many farmers of the older school who have a sort of misgiving, amounting almost to a suspicion, about scientific metizcds cfierm- ing. (Laughter.) They have an idea that there is more theory than practice in them. They say, “ How can these learned gentle- men teach us to know our business ‘2” (Renewed laughter.) I remember onceâ€" Wm out to relate occurred in this Dominion, b \tin a locality remote from this, so no harm gap come from telling you about itâ€"I had a long Ldrive, and we came to a little town where there had been an agricultural show during the day. I was going out of the inn for a short walk, when a gentleman came up to me and said :â€" “ Are you ‘ the northern farmer?’ ” “ Well,” said I, “ I come from Aberdeen- shireâ€"(laughter)â€"which is pretty far north, and As to the other aspect alluded to, we see the advantage taken of the existence of the Dominion Experimental Farm at Ottawa, and those at Brandon, Indian Head and Agassiz, in British Columbia. So I say it is an indication of the intelligence of Cana- dian farmers, that as a whole they make me of the opportunities they have of ob- taining instruction and getting samples and results of the scientific operaticns conduct. ed at these farms. (Applause) It reflects great credit on the Government of the Do~ . nion that no expense has been spared in fiting good men to put at the head of these farms, and a good equipment for the work. (Hear, hear.) I know some of these men, and I can say from personal experi- ence that the Government and the country are to be congratulated on having secured their services. (Applause) I wish further to offer my respectful con- tulations on the remarkable influence which this headquarters of agricultural research and learning has exercised recent- ly, especially in the remarkable success, the illustrious success, of Canada, and especially of the Province of Ontario, in the case of the agricultural exhibits at Chicago. (Loud applause.) Now, of course that has been a snbj ect of rei oicing and satisfaction through- out the Dominion ; but it is well that we His Excellency was greeted with a storm of applause as he rose to speak. He said : -â€"-Mr. Principal, ladies and gentlemen,â€" The Principal has just remarked that I would Pl'Obably be glad to have an oppor- tunity of addressing a. body of students. That reminds me that my present visit to this part of the Dominion is, as I have al- ready Stated elsewhere, of an academical charac 9‘. and certainly with reference to a visit to Guelph Agricultural College, I in- clud: it in that expression in the strictest sense 0f these-arm. You can easily under- stand that Lady Aberdeen and I have look- ed forward with great interest to this visit, forlikemosttolerably well-informedpe’rsons, we have often heard of Guelph, and especi- ally of Guelph College. (Applause) A, E r”, so perhapsI may be termed ‘ a. northan farmer.’ (Renewed laughter.) But what is your objection to the northern farmer?” “Oh,"he said,‘ ‘I mean that newspaper chap, who publishes a. paper apparently to teach farmers their business.” (Loud laughter.) Evidently the gentleman had taken offence at the advice given in some of the articles in question. There is a saying in Scotland “ that a hungry man is an angry man,” and Practical Remarks on the Value of the Agricultural College. flaring his visit. last week to Western Ontario the Governor General visited_ the Guelph Agricultural College, and was glven a. lgncheon by the authoritiee. . ,L-“_. HE TALKS T0 THE STUDENTS. LBBD ABERDEEN INSPEDTS THE MOEEL FARE; as I had not yet had any supper, while my acquaintance was evidently in a contrary condition, perhaps I answered him some- what shortly. (Laughter.) But the inci- dent showed me that there is even in Can- ada occasionally a tendency to a. want of smmmiation of the latest developments in appreciation of the latest developments in scientific methods of farming, such as I have met with often in the old eountryâ€"on the other hand I am aware that in the Dominion there is a vast amount of recog- nition, not only on the part of the younger generation of agriculturists, as to the value of the latest developments of science, but also that among the general mass of farmers there is a widespread appreciation of the splendid advantages they may derive from the opportunities afforded them of learning the rexzults of the experiments carried on \t this college, and in the various experi- mental farms throughout the Dominion. (Applause) I am glad to know that you have in connection with this institution an experimental department ably conducted hy Mr. Zavitz, of which advantage is taken by the farmers throughout this part of the country. (Applause) But I understand that experiments for that purpose are not the primary, but rather the secondary,aim, of your institution. This is in fact a col- lege, and its fundamental object is educa- tional. (Applause). AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES DOING (:00!) WORK. I DO A LITELE FARMING, should remember the influence which this particular institution exercised in this mat- ter. This is no matter of mere inference or opinion, for we know that the Government of Ontario recognized from the outset the opportunity which was before this Province and the Dominion generally on the occasion of this great “Yorld’s Fair, especially in the matter of agricultural exhibits, and we know how well this foresight has been justified. _I refer to this for the purpose of noting especially THE SPLENDID GUIDANCE which was exercised in this matter by the Minister of Agriculture for this Provinceâ€" the Hon. Mr. Drydenâ€"(great, applause)â€" and the immediate and practical co-opera- tion of the Principal in carrying out every detail bore excellent results. And I might mention the names of others who have done grand service in this matter, such as Mr. Aubrey and Capt. McMaster, whom we have the pleasure of seeing here to-day. (Applause) The action of the Government and Parliament in taking hold of this affair, has been more than justified ; it is an en- couragement to all concerned that so large a success has attended the efforts put forth on this occasion. (Applause) We all know that the awards in dairy produre, especially cheese, have been by a vast ma- jority in favor of Canadaâ€"(great applause) â€"and it is interesting to know in this con- nection of the immense exports of c heese especially to Great Britain. I am sorry to say I have not the reports for the last year with me, and I forget the exact figures, but this trade has increased greatly, and has now reached a very high figure, about $13,- 000,000 in 1893. ['his is a splendid adver- tisement for Canada. What is now needed is that, by the increased care and atten- tion in the makingy and packing of butter, the farmers of this country may make that department more successful. (Ap- plause.) a Speaking. of the advertisements. I am afraid I have shown how one can perform the strange feat of attending a. celebration at which ice and snow form the principal features, and yet finding oneself in hot water. (Laughter.) I refer to the carnival at Quebec. 1 was warned that I would be doing harm if I helped in this way to make known the fact that there was much ice and snow in Quebec, but I think we ought not to - he too sensitive on this subject. (Applause) We must remember that there is a much better way of correcting any mistaken ideas about the climate of Canada than by ignoring an ice carnival, and that is to let the world know what Canada can produce. (Loud applause.) We could not produce fruit, grapes, apples and the rest in a country where there is a parpetual reign of ice and snow. (Renewed applause.) The people of other countries judge by these things of the capabilities of this country. (Hear hear) Formerly apples sent from this country were too often exposed in the British'markets as being American: that is too wide a term; but flow. largely, I believe owing to the exertions of Sir Charles Tupper, more care is taken to get a proper classification, and your exports in this line are properly described as Cana- dial apples. (Applause) To go no further, the existence of this college, and what it is doing, and the fact that it is bringing men from distant countries to receive a scientific training in the profession of agriculture, is a. most conspicuous advertisment in respect of the productiveness and resources of this land of which we are all justly proud. (Loud applause.) IXSULAR PREJUDICES CONDEMNED. One word more, suggested by the fact that students come here from the mother country_ and other lands. Of course, when His Excellency when on the point of leaving rose and said, referring to the manner in which ,his carriage had been drawn by the students :â€"I don’t like to allow the gathering to separate without of- fering a more deliberate and a. second as- surance of our warm appreciation of the manner in which we were escorted to the dairy buildings this morning. (Laughter-J You could not have paid as a greater com- pliment, and, I can assure you, we watch- ed the proceedings with the utmost interest. (Renewed laughter and applause.) There is one other obvious remark in con- nection with that, and that is that Canada must be a very good place to come to when we find young men coming from such great distances to get a good education in agri- culture. I want also to say that it is of the highest importance that it should be recog- nized in an especial degree that this profes- sion of agriculture is, as I hinted at the out- set, to be looked on as a fine field for dis- tinction. There is no doubt a tendency, more particularly in a country where great educational facilities are afforded,to look upon certain departments of work and labor as less distinguished than others. That is a mistake, and especially in a democratic country like this, it ought surely to be a recognized thing that every department of work in life is equally to be admired and respected, according to the manner in which such work is done. (Loud applause.) tb‘2nr. Dry den for the invitation which has led to this visit, which we shall always re- member with great pleasure. (Continued apizlause) E a number of young men are brought together from ditferent parts, you cannot expect always to have uniformity of opin- ion and feeling, but yet there may be har- mony among themâ€"just as in music you do not expect to hear one note always, but a variety of notes blended. So we should learn a great deal of each other and not allow ourselves to be influenced byprejudices such as sometimes exist when people come from different parts of the globe. 1 have sometimes observed that men coming from the old country, perhaps unconsciously adopt a somewhat criticizing attitude. and that those in the younger country are apt to resent anything which seems to savor of an assumption of superiority. On the other hand, the latter being in the majority, may fair] be appealed to to make an allowance for tze tritnitions and habits of thought which prevails in an old and long-settled country, and which are apt to appear to those coming from such a country at first as not (admitting of alteration or modification. (Applause.) That is merely a suggestion. (Renewed applause.) The subjects suggested by an occasion like this are many and various, and unless I curb the natural inclination to make further observations I may detain you too long. (Laughter.) I desire, however, to express our great appreciation of the manner inwhich we have been received to-dayâ€"our thanks to the Principal and to his colleagues, who have made the occasion so instructive to us, and. lastly, our thanks ASTOBY OF THE GUILLOTINE. In a. little flat on the second floor of No. 3 Rue Vicq d’Azirâ€"a. equalii little street within a. short walk of La: Roquette Pgison "cw“... u- ~-.v-u . â€"-â€" v- â€"resides a. man whom to know is to shun; a. quiet, retiring person, a one-time tailor, who mended clothes for the workmen of that quarter, but is now employed, to use his own ghastly joke, as head-cutter in the Government shop. .- . I n v VM:Deibler, obixerwise Monsieur de Paris,- is the executioner of France. He cuts off heads with the gpillgtine._ 1 Ann Upon a. certain day of the year 1880, from its soft red lining in a. black leather case, Monsieur Deibler, with a. strangely reluctant hand, took a. knife of oblique shape, its back heavily weighted.‘ Before La. Roquette Prison at the same time two black vans arrived ; one contained the “ woods of justice,” the other a rough pine box in the form of e. coffin. - --. wvn .u a.-- _-,,,, Mons. Ueibler, otherwise Mons. de Paris, as you may perhaps surmise, had an execu- tion on hand. ' Upon five stones outside the central door of the prison the instrument was presently “ installed," to the cross-beam of which the executioner, with his own hands, affix- ed the glittering blade. A toppling over of a. plank, a. neck brought within a. 1welf circular ring, the pressure of a. button in one of the upright posts, the swift descent of a. knife, andâ€"wellâ€" Mlle. Guillotine was now ready. To the Abbe, Faure, who shrived him, Pierre Latour, the condemned man,protest- ed his innocence. To the assistant who brought him from his cell down the stone stairway to the Depotâ€"where his lest toilet A..-L-_L-J L3,. an...» .uuvvyâ€"w‘ Not since his initial performance, when, as the saying goes. he had lost his head as well as the man he had executed, did Mons. de Paris, the executioner of France, feel so averse to shedding the blood of a. fellow- creature. The criminal, an humble herba- list of Saint Denis, through the Whole trial had seemed dazed almost to the point of imbecility. Though in the name of justice Mons. de Paris had shed the blood of his fellow-men, custom had not hardened him to the extent of being unable to distinguish between one criminal and another. Other men, to be sure, had protested their inno- cence at the very foot of the guillotine, but not in the manner, he felt, in which this humbloherbalist had done it. And then the evidence. As the black van trundled off with the bod yâ€"its head between its legs,presumab1y, as is customaryâ€" Mons. Deibler fell to recalling some points of the trial. Upon insufficient evidence he had heard more than one say Pierre Latour had been con- victed of murder. Conclusivp proofs there had been none, butâ€"mafoi !' ulna... n “'J vv ' was' medemPierrer Latour protested his innocence. Before 1e bon Dieu, as they strapped him to the fatal plank, he protest- ed his innocence ; and as the knife fell, and his black head rolled into the vessel of saw- dust below, his pale lipsâ€"those who saw them sayâ€"convulsively‘ murmured : “ J e suis in‘aocena” What a devil of a pleader was Monsieur Despard, the public prosecutor! What a. genius had he for turning the very lack of evidence to his OWn advantage; for twist- ing and turning adverse testimony to his own purposes! Ah, such eloquence, such logic! Never since the days of d’Aguessean had such brilliant oratory been heard before the criminal court of Paris. The ‘pictures he drew of society shaken to its foundations should poor Pierre Latour go free! of communities wronged and desolated should Pierre Latour go free! of the responsibility which every mem ber of the jury must assume should Pierre Latour go free! u..." - .. How they shuddered, bench, bar, and jury! bench, bar, and jury, how they wept! And the father of Mons. Despard, what tears of joy trickled down his furrowed cheek as he contemplated hls noble son, this incomparahle orator. whom he, poor humble citizen, had give; u an .uuni" (2 world. v v---- A verdict of condemnation, that was all the public prosecutor asked, only the head of poor Pierre Latour, and, as we have seen, by his masterly eloquence, he won it. A month had passed since the body of Pierre Latour had been trundled to the Cemetery d’Ivry, and again Mons. Despard, the public prosecutor, had a. capital indict.- ment to sustain. Mons. Despard met with no resistance, encountered nnthing more formidable than For days, indifferent to food or rest, had his mind been given to his subject, but now, so theysay in France, his “system” was com- plete. Into a. perfect ensemble his facts had been grouped ; facts, theories, and so- phisms, when-â€"maledictio_n !â€"a. deposition of a. Witness hitherto overlooked, suddenly presented itself. That system, which he had been so many days erecting, collapsed ; that peroration, which in eloquence was to eclipse the last, fell to the ground. The last ! Then Menus. Despard waxed angry. What intruder was this who dared at this hour of the night to spy upon his labors; to glare upon him, the public prosecutor, so menacingly? Though devoid of conscience, as we have seen, he was not devoid of courage, and the next instant he had raised the sash and reached out to grapple with the intruder. For the first time since his eloquence had won him a. head did the public prosecutor think of Pierre Latourâ€"Pierre Latour, Whose stupid look of amazement at his masterly speech he recalled to-nighb with a. pleased smile. The clock in a. neighboring tower at this poi_nt tolled “ two.” 1,," _£:_J:-L Mons. Despard turned pale; then he laughed. “ The reflection of the light,” he thought “doubled by a. flaw in the glass,” and shifted his position. Diable! ‘Only more distinctly was pre- sexfied tihp gla_r_e of thpse angry eye-s. T171, , L 811‘. 1H'_].‘_ovf‘a.i.liwith his present system of indict- ment would, in a. measure, weaken his pride in the last. To convict! Was that not his duty? To bring all the powers of his logic and skill toward enlisting that adverse testimony among his arguments agamst the prisoner ; to -â€"â€". Mons. Des. perd, the public prosecutor, paused for a. moment to gaze wearily out upon the stars. “'Stars! 7 fi’hat stars "were tailose that like two staring eves glared angrily at him thfgugh th_e winQow? - 1 .1 'I, PIERRE LATUUB'S'HEAD. Thirty feet from the ground, a perpendic That rustling in the corner ! What could occasion it? Hop, hop, hop ! Mons. Despard shaded his eyes from the glare of the lamp, and peered into the shadowy corner. Had all his senses con- spired this night to deceive him? That dusk} object which, like some uncanny bird, came hopping toward him ! \Vas itâ€" could it beâ€"Mon Dieu ! it- was a. head, a. ghastly head, with jet black locks and wide staring eyes ; a. head that with one bound gaped upon the desk, and with fiendish see rolled and tumbled over his papers, be- leattering the public prosecutor’s “system” with great _drops of blood, Nothing disgurbedthe stillness for a. time, save the scratch, scratch of his pen ; then he laid dowu the latter to listen ular wall unbroken justhere by any window below, pierced by no window above. Mons. Despardreflected. No mortal being could have reached his balcony, and, smiling at the hallucinations which thus visit men in the night, the public prosecutor returned to_liis desk again. V “Piâ€"erre Latéur !” Frozen with horror Mons. Despard sat, then, with that name upon his lips, fell in a. swgon upon the floor. _ _ ‘ For those who found him the next morn- ing insensible , a. pool of blood beside his head, the same crimson drops fiecking his desk and the leaves of his pleadings, there could be but one solution of the matterâ€" hemorrhage of the lungsâ€"and the public prosecutor was too wise a. man to deceive them. Then he laughed how he laug hed! cer- tainly Mon; Despard, the public- “prosecu tor, had never expressed an h merriment l before. That head ! The more he reflected upon it the merrier I he grew. Such a. joke, such a. capital joke ! _ The household presentfléfiecame arous- ed. As time wore on, and the head of Pierre Latour failed to return, Mons. Despard’e pride of intellect began to assert itself. The more he thought of the matter the less con- fidence did he place in the testimony of his senses. The learned Doctor, to whom only he had confided that night’s experience, pooh-poohed the whole afiair. in: 1-1 “Over-tension of the cerebral fibre, fol- lowed by congestion and evacumbion of blood. The invariable cause, Monsieur, of people seeing thin gs which they do not see,” and the able Doctor who, in his many ex- aminations of the brain, had failed to dis- cover the slightest trace of a soul, laughed cheerfully. -- It , Reassxfréd by a. theory‘s‘oagreeable, Mons. Despard at once proceeded to adopt the reme_dy pgesqribed. _ “Less brain work, recreation, amuse- ment,” and thus it came to pass that, in the pursuit of the latter, the public prosecutor found a bride. Young, handsome and well-endo wed M '. Duse was a rare prize for any man. SI 5' tought Mons. Dcspard, so thought all concerned, and, calculating more particular- ly upon the practical value of the latter qualification, the public prosecutor began at once to fall in love. No less eloquent were his pleadings before the fair than before the criminal court of Paris, and thus it came to pass that their fiuptials were set for an early day. As is customary in Franc-‘8; , thfl gflgsfi. stayed late, and it was long after midnight; ere the happy bridegroom felt: free at last to seek his vanished bride. ~Egi-mzettier wedding than theirs, ’tis said, was seldom witnessed. Magnificent the presents, brilliant the ball, and Mons. Despard, the public prosecutor, forgot for that night at least, the head of Pierre Latour. As he crossed the threshold of the bridal chamber a. tiny clock upon the mantel chimed “two.” The stillness, how profound ! For a. moment M one. Despard stood con- templating by the feeble light of a. lamp, suspended from the ceiling, the marks of graceful disorder about him. Here a. piece of the wedding dress, here a. shpper, there the blossoms which had adorned her hair. W“ Etienne l” he whispered, softly ap- proaching the couch about; which the cur- tains were closely drawn, “ dors tu ‘3” 1 Wkécréix'irng no'respons'e, Mons. Deapard with a strangely beanng heart drew back the curt-ams. Upon the lace-draped couch, in profound slumber, lay his beautiful bride, and be- mide her, its face turned from him, lay a need, a. black head calmly usurping his own pillow. “Sacra nom dc Diem!” At the sound of his voice the black head turned, the eyelids opened, and once again Mons. Despard, the public prosecutor, gazed into the staring eyes of Pierre La- tour, filled with that look of stupified amazement with which he had listened to his eloquent speech before the court and jury that day. a . I - r Anger rather than fear took possession of Mons. Despard; with an imprecation upon his lips he leaned forward to grasp the in- truder by the hair. As though divining his motive the lips of the head, like a. ferocious dog’s, curled back, and with a. vicious snarl sank its gleaming teeth deep into the public prosecutor’s hand. ‘- A bar of steel upon the fender caught his eye ; he grasped it. and with all his strength brought it down upon the gibing head. Now here, now there the hideous object rolled, until at length with a. bound it sgang to the floor and suddenly disappear- ed in the darkness. Exhausted by the conflict and realizing, now that the spectre had vanished, all the horror of the scene, Mons. Deepard sank intoe fauceuil by the bedside. The slumbers of the bride, how pro- found ! Through it- all she had not stirred, and longing for the sound of a. human voice he put forth his hand and tenderly stroked her hair. Maddehed with pain and rage, Mons. Degpard _lookefi aboutfiirg for a. weapog. mHorror! hastily he withdrew his hand: those fair locks were moist with the blood of that detested head. “Muttering maledictions upon the day he had prosecuted Pierre Labour, Mons. Des- pard arose to shed upon the bed more ncPeste ! In his haste and agitation he had turned down the wickâ€"the room was phlpged _in. darkness. 9 1 - 1 ‘ This night was now far advanced, and Mons. Despard, concluding to wait for the dawn, groped his way back to the chair. From a. fitful doze he at length awoke and by the light of day gazed upon his sleeping bride. iiglu t. At the sound of her imperious knock, Mons. Despard, her brilliant son-in-law, at onceflpgnet} the doo_r._ “Vail-a 1" he cried, with shouts of laughter, leading her to the bed. “Voila. !” One glance at the awful spectacle and glue unhappy mother fell in a. swoon to the cor. “‘ Qu’est ce que cela?” said one toenot'her in startled tones. “ Quest ce que eels. Z” The mother of the bride hastened to Still the bridegroom laughed, still he pointed with insane glee to the fair head crushed by the blows he had aimed at. the Phfi9,t9m’s3 _ c “Overstudy, eXcesSnrc upgxmurmm to business.” So said the learned doctors, so said all the worldâ€"but two. Within the hour they bore him to La Roquette prison. and, singular as it may seem, to the very cell in which had been confined poor Pierre Latour ; thence, after due examination, to an asylum for the insane. One of these was Mons. Deibler, the exe- cutionerof France ; the other a woman,who, in an agony of grief and resentment, had upon the day of the execution hung for a. moment over the decapitated boav 05 Pier- re Lato‘u After the tragedy, that ghastly head, which for some 'mysterious reason she had carried away 1n her shawl, was buried, and strange as it may appear, from that time, Mons. Despard, the puhlic prosecutor, be- gan to mefid. A young Englishman named Ingram, who has been working about Windsor, Out, for the past; three years, has purchased his ticket; and will start at once for England to claim a. fortune of $50,0001eft by his father, . CANADIAN. Mr. N. E. Davis, an old residnnt of Ham ilton, is dead aged 88. Total fire losses in Canada. during J anu- ary were $301.000,Eand insurance losses were $269,600. THE WEEK’S €EWS. Mr. J. H. R. Molson, of Montreal, has donated five thomard dollars to the General hospital. A scheme is on foot in Ottawa t9 form .. park on the Rirl‘eau naval bank thhin the city limits. who died recent} y. BRITISII‘ The London Globe makes the unqualified statement that the Government has become seriously divided on the question of the maintenance of the navy. Mr. Gladstone is said to be decidedly opposed to increased expenditures. The London Standard says:â€"Adrian Hope, one of the largest depositors in the Bank of England, was permitted by that institution to overdraw his account to the amountjof £420,000, Hope having lost all of his deposits in speculation. Subsequent- ly the bank made a. demand upon Hope for £350 000, which was not forthcoming, and finally settled with him for £150,000 to pro- ~tect Hope against ,absolute bankruptcy, filTCl‘, ‘wo’fi‘id‘have involved the total loss to the bank of hisTndebbe(1neSSg UNITED STATES. A bill to abolish the consular sealing sys- tem on foreign goods passing through Can- ada. has been introduced in the United States Senate. A cyclone desnroyed dwellings and barns and caused the death of an aged colored woman near Warren. Ark. on Saturday night. The natural gas snpp'Iy obtained in But?- alo from Canada. is said so be running short, and Buffalo people who have been using it for fuel are becoming uneasy. " The United States warship Bennington has bee 11 ordered to Behring sea to enforpg the provisions of the Paris arbitration. * iEH Linder, of Boston, a. Harvard sfiif dent, who was injured in a friendly boxing . bout last Tuesday, died on Sunday. ' A New York paper publishes despatches from all over the States going to show signs of an industrial revival. _Matthew Ashton, a. convicted murderer, has died of smallpox in jail at Madison, Wis. He was worth $350,000. The British steamer Baker Standard, which arrived at Philadelphia. on Tuesday from England, crossed the Atlantic using oil residum for fuel, which, it is repcrmd proved very satisfactory. Erastus \Viman was arrested yesturd’ay in New York on a bench warreut for forging notes on R. G. Dun 85 Co. for two hundred and twenty-nine thousand dollars.and com- mitted to the Tombs without; bail. \V'nile the freshmen of Cornell University in Ithaca, N. Y. were having a supper on Tuesday night, some parties introduced chlorine gas into the room by tubes from a room below, where it was generated. As a result of this outrage a. coloured woman was killed and several of the students were overcome, and are in a critical condition_ A Port Huron paper says United States oflicials have discovered that the St Clair Tunnel Uompany smuggled through from Canada a large amount; of material for the completion of the work on the United States side, and that Uncle Sam’s Govern- ment was defrauded of a heavy sum of money. The paper says thatEitjis likely ac- tion will be taken against the company in the United States courts. The salvage of the World’s Fair 15 bring- ing more money than the financml experts expected, and it; is now calculated that, the stockholders will be given a. dividend of about. thirteen and a. half per cent. Mr. \V. L. Land, of Au Sable, tufted about 2,500,000 feet of fine pine lumber from Michigan for Tonawanda, N. Y. The late blizzard and accompanying gales broke up the rafts and now the timber is a. part of the great- ice bridge below the Falls. Mr Land will try to capture the lumber when the bridge breaks up, and thus save some of the $40,000 at which it was valued. GENERAL. Yellow fever is increasing in Rio J aneiro at an alarming rate, from eighty to a. bun- dred new cases being'added daily. A despatch from Montevideo, by way 0- Lisbon, which is not generally credited, has reached London, stating that all the vessels of the fleet of the Brazilian Govern - ment except the Nictheroy have joined the squadron of the insurgents, and sailed away from the harbour cf Rio.