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LORD ABERDEEN INSPECTS THE MODEL FARM. B TALKS TO THE sfi l i:\Ts I ihonld remember the influence which thi* particular institution exercised in this mat- ter. This is no matter of mere inference or opinion, for we know that the Govarnmeut of Ontario recognized from the outset the opportunity which was before this Province and the Dominion generally on the occasion of this great World's Fair, especially in the matter of agricultural exhibit*, and wo Frarllral fk>*marlu e the Tale ef the know how wall ihis foresight has been Acrlesjliiiral ollc*;r. j justified. I refer to this for the purpose Bating his visit last week to Westsrn ' of noting eipe-:i*liy Ontario the Governor General visited the Guelph Agricultural College, and was givea a luncheon by the authorities. His Kxcellency waa greeted with s storm ef applause as be rose to speak. H* said : Mr. Principal, ladies and gentlemen, The Principal has just remarked fiat I would probably be glad to have an oppor Till Sl'I.KNDID iM'IDANi'K which was exercised in this matter by the Minuter of Agriculture for this Province the Hon. Mr. Dryden (great applause) and the immediate and practical co-opera- tion of the Principal in carrying oat every detail bore excellent remit*. And I might mention 'he names of othe-s who have tnnity of addressing a body of student*. I done grand service in this matter, such at That reminds me that my present viiit to this part of the Dominion is, an I have al- ready stated elsewhere, of an academical character, and certainly with reference to a visit to Guelph Agricultural College, I in- clude it in that expression in the stricteat tense of the term. You can easily under- stand that Lady Aberdeen and I have look- ed forward with great interest to this visit, for like most tolerably well- informed persona, we have often heard of Guelph, and especi- ally of Guelph College. (Applause.) One cannot help feeling that apart from the actual and practical benefit* which you, and others through you, derive from the opportunities here (.Horded of acquiring a real scientific acquaintance with the great pursuit of agriculture one cannot but Mr. Aubrey and Capt. Me Master, whom we have the pleasure ot seeing here to-day. (Applause.) The action of tha 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 succesi has attended the efforts put forth on this occasion. (Applanse. ) We all know that the awards in dairy produre, especially cheese, have been by a vast ma- jority in favor of Canada (great applause) 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 lay I have not the report* 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, recognize that there is an indirect influence , 000,000 in 1893. This is a splendid adver- to 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 profession of farming, (lireat applause.) A gentleman in England wai 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 tiaement for Canada. What is now needed is that, by the increased care and atten- tion in the making and packing of butter, the farmers of this country may make that department more successful. (Ap- plause.) Speaking of the advertisements, I am afraid I have shown bow 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 ability ; they converse,! about many things, j wator (Laugher.) I refer to the carnival and, after a time, the gentleman tint refer- ' d to said to his companion : "May I ask you what profession you belong to?" "Oh I have no profession,' said the other. "I am only a farmer." "Only a farmer," said the first gentleman, "Why, sir, what more use- ful ami honorable profession could yon wish for?" (Loud applause.) I think ther* is a great deal of luggestivenera in that remark, ar.d it may enable you to understand what Jn,eanwhe I *y that the indirect influence of such an inititntim a* this college i* of value apart from it* immediate effect*. (Applause.) There is also another influence rhich will make itself fslt more and more, j The science of farming is brought practical- I j ly before you in this college, but we know j j many farmers of th* older school who have I , 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 mnch ice and snow in Quebec, but I think we ought not to he too sensitive on this subject. (Applause.) We must remember that thare 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, app!es and the rest in a country where there is a parpctual reign of Ire and snow. (Renewed ) The people of other countries mm mm mi A STOBT Of TUB UCIU.UTI2IB. Tn a little flat on the second floor of No. 3 Kim Vu-q .1' >/ir a squall! little street withiu a short walk of La Roquette Prison resides a man whom to know U to shun; a quiet, Retiring person, a one-time tailor, who mended clothes for the workmen of that quarter, but U now employed, U> use his own ghastly joke, as head-cutter in the Government shop. M. Dm bier, otherwise Monsieur de Paris, is the executioner of France. He cuts off heids with the guillotine. Upon a certain day of the year lss<l, 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 Roqnutte 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 a coffin. Mons. Ueibler, otherwise \lons. de Paris, aiyou may perhaps surmise, had an execu- tion on hand. Upoc five stones outside the central door of the prison the instrument was presently " installed," to the cross-beam of which the executioner, with hi* own hands, aitix- ed the glittering blade. A toppling over of a plank, a neck brought within half circular ring, the pressure of a button in one of i he upright posts, the swift descent of a knife, and well Mile. Guillotinx was now ready. To the Abbe Faure, who shrived him, nlar wall unbroken justhere by any window below, pierced by na window above. Mons. Despard reflected. No mortal being could have reached his balcony, and, smiling at the hallucinations which thus visit nun in tne night, the public prosecutor returned to hi* desk again. Nothing disturbed the stillness for a time, save the scratch, scratch of his pen 'hen he laid down the latter to listen That rustling i: the corner ! Whai.onuld occasion it? Hop, hop, hop I Mons. Despard shaded hi* eyes from the glare of the htirrp, 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 ! Was it- could it be Mon Dieu ! it was a head, a ghastly head, with jet black locks and wide starirg eyes ; a head that with one bound gaped upon the desk, and with fiendish see rolled anU tumbled over his papers, be- 1 eattermg the public prosecutor's "system" with great drops of blood. "Pierre Latour I" Frozen with horror Mons. Despara sat, then, with that name upon his lips, fell in a roon upon the floor. For those who found him the next morn- ing insensible , a pool of blood beside his head, the same crimson drops flecking his desk and the leaves of bis pleadings, there could bs bnt one solution of the matter hemorrhage of the lungs and the public prosecutor was too wise a man to deceive tin m. Ac time wt. >... -i*a ...e m . j or .rusrre Latour failed to return, Mons. Despard's pride of intellect began to assert itself. The more he thought of the matter the less con- , a sort of misgiving, amounting almost to suspicion, about scientific methods of farm- ing. ( Laughter. ) They have an idea that there is more theory than practice in them. They say, " How jan these le trued gentle- men teach us to know oar business t" (Renewed laughter.) I remember once- the incident I am about to relate occurred in this Dominion, bnt in a locality remote ' from this, so no harm can come from telling you about it I had a long drive, and w* came to a little town where there had been ' an agricultural show during the day. I waa ' Toiof,' out of th* inn for a short walk, when a gentleman came up to me and said : "Are vou 'the northern farmer?* ' " Well," said I, " I coma from Aberdeen- shire (laughter) which is pretty far north, and I DO A I.ITn.l rAsMf Ifil. so perhaps I may be termed ' a northern farmer.' (Reiuwed 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 farmer* their business." (Loud laughter. ) by these thin from this country were too of ten exposed in the British markets as being American ; that is too wide a term ; but now. largely, I believe owing to the exertion* of Sir < 'harles Tupper, more care is taken to get a proper classification, and yonrsiport* in this line are properly described a* Cana- dian apple*. (Applause.) To go no further, the existence of thi* college, and what it is doing, and the fact that it is bringing men from distant countries to receive a scientific training in th* profession of agriculture, i* a most conspicuous advertism*nt in respect of the productiveness and resources of thi* land of which w* are all justly [iron, I. (Loud applause.) INSULAR PREJUDICES CONDEMNED. On* word more, suggested by the fact that student* com* bare from the mother country and other land*. Of course, when a number of young men are brought together from different part*, you cannot expect always to have uniformity of opin- ion and feoling, bnt yet there may be har- mony among them just a* in music you do not expect to hear one note always, but Evidently the gentleman had taken offence a variety of note* blended. So we should at the advice given in some of th* article* learn a great deal of each other and not in question. There i* a say ing in Scotland ' allowourselves to be influenced by prejudices such a* sometime* exist when people come from different part* of the globe. 1 have sometime* observed that men coming from the old country, perhaps unconsciously adopt a somewhat criticizing attitude, and that thoce in the younger country are apt to resent anything which s**ms to savor of " that a hungry man is an angry man," and as I had not yet had any (upper, while my acquaintance was evidently in a contrary coudilion, perhaps I answered him some- what shortly. (Laughter.) Bnt the inci- dent showed me that there is even in Can- ada occasionally a tendency to a want of _ appreciation of the latest development* in ] an assumption of superiority. On the other scientific methods of farmiug, such as I , hand, the latter being in the majority, may have met with often in the old country on ' fairly be appealed to to make an allowance the other hand I am aware that in the J for the traditions and habits of thought Dominion there is a vast amount, of recog- 1 which prevails in an old and long-settled nition, not only on the part of the younger j country, and which are apt to appear to generation of agriculturists, as to the value those coming from such a country at first as of the latest development* of *ci*nc, but not admitting of alteration or modification, also that among the general n.as* of farmer* (Applause.) That i* merely a suggestion, there is a widespread appreciation of the (Renewed applause.) the public prosecutor asked, only the head Pierre Latour, and, as we have of poor splendid advantages they may derive from the opportunities afforded them of learning the results of the experiments carried on at this college, and in the various experi- mental farms throughout tho Dominion. (Applause.) I am glad to know that yon have in connection with thi* institution an experimental department ably conducted by Mr. /avit/., of which advant is taken by the farmer* throughout this y.trt of th* oountry. (Applause.) But I understand that experiments for that purpose are not the piimary, but rather the seoondary.aim of your Institution. This i* in fact a col- lege, and it* fundamental object is educa- tional. (Applause). ACUICCI.TI RAL COLLICM DOlNOCOoD WORK. As to the other aspect alluded to, we see the advantage taken of the existence of the Dominion Experiment*.! Kami at Ottawa, and those at Brandon, Indian Head and Agassi/, in British Columbia. So I say it is an indication of ths intelligence of Cana- dian farmers, that as a whole they make use of the opportunities they have of ob- taining instruction and getting samples and results of the scientific operations conduct- ed at these farms. (Applanse.) It reflect* great credit on the Government of the Do- minion that no expense has been spared in getting good men to put at the head of There i* on* other obviou* rem.uk in con- nection with that, and that i* 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 ihould be recog- nized in an especial degree that this profes- sion ot agriculture ii, a* I hinted at the out- set, to be looked en a* a tin* field for ills tinction. There i* no doubt a tendency, more particularly in a oountry where great educational facilities are afforded, to look upon certain department* of work and labor a* lens distinguished than other*. That i* a mistake, and especially in a democratic oountry 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 win, h such work is done. (Loud 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 in which ws have been received to-day our thanks to the Principal and to hit colleagues, who have made the occasion so instructive to us, and, lastly, our thanks seen, by his masterly eloquence, he won it. A month had passed sinoe the body of Pierre Latour had been trundled to the Cemetery d'lvry, and again Mons. Despard, the public proaeoutor, had a capital indict- ment to sustain. For days, indifferent to food or rest, had The learned Doctor, to whom only he had confided that night'* experience, pooh-poohed the whole affair. "O"er- tension of the cerebral fibre, fol- lowed by -congestion and evacuation of blood. The invariable cause, Monsieur, of people seeing things which they do not see," and the able Doctor who, in his many ex- aminations of the brain, bad failed to dis- cover the slightest trace of a soul, laughed cheerfully. Kassuredhy a theoryso agreeable, Mons. Despard at onoe proceeded to adopt the remedy prescribed. "Lets 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-endowed Mile. Duse wus a rare prize for any man. 3j thought Mons. Dospard, so thought all concerned, and, calculating more particular- ly upon the practical valne 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 uame to Pierre Latour, the condemned man, protest- I Hdence did he place in the testimony of his ed his innocence. To the assistant who brought him from his cell down the stone stairway to the Depot where his last toilet was made Pierre Latour protected hi* innocence. Before le bon Dieii, a* they strapped him to the fatal plank, be protest- ed his innocence ; and as th* knife fell, and his black head rolled into the vassal of saw- dost below, his pale lips those who saw them say convulsively murmured : ".I* suis injocent." Not since his initial performance, when, as the saying goes, he had lost his head as woll as tho man he had executed, did Mon*. de Paris, the executiouer of France, feel so averse to shedding the blood of a fellow- creature. The criminal, an humble herba- list of Saint Dem*, through the whole trial had seemed dazed almost to tho 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 unible 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 thi* , humble herbalist had done it. And then the evidence. As the black van trundled off with the body its head between it* legs, presumably, as is custom iry Mon*. Dsiblsr fell to recalling some point* of th* trial. Upon insufficient evidence he had heard more than one say Pierre Latour had been con- victed of murder. Conclusive proof* there hail been pone, but inn/ui ' What a devil of a pleader wa* Monsieur Deipard, th* public prosecutor! What a genius had he for turning the very lack of evidence to hi* own advantage; for twist- ing aa4~*nrning adverse testimony to his own purposes'. Ab, such eloquence, such logic ! Never since the days old' Agnessean had such brilliant oratory been heard before the criminal court of Pari*. The picture* he drew nf society shaken to its foundations should poor Pierre batour go free! of communities wronged and desolated should Pierre Latour go free! of the responsibility which every member of t-h* jury must assume should Pierr* Latour go tree! How they shuddered, bench, bar, and jury! bench, bar, and jury, how they wept! And the father of Mon*. Deipard, what tears of joy trickled down bis furrowed cheek as he contemplated his noble son, this incomparable orator, whom he, poor humble citizen, had given to an. admiring world. A verdict of condemnation, that was all '" Qu'eet oequs cela?" said one toanother in startled tones. " Quest ce <|iie ceU t" The mother of the bride hastened ;o see. At the sound of her imperious knock, Mons. Despard, her brilliant son-in-law, at onoe opened the door. " Voila !" he cried, with shouts of laughter, leading Uer to the bed. "Voila !" One glance at the awful spectacle and the unhappy mother fell in a swoon to the floor. Still the bridegroom laughed, still be pointed with insane glee to the fstr bead crushed by the blows he had aimed at th* phantom's; Withiu the hour they bore him to La Roquette prison, and, singular as it may seem, to the very oell in which had been confined poor Pierre Latour ; thenoe, after due examination, to aa asylum for the insuie. "Overstudy, excessive application to business." Ho said the learned doctors, so .-war Id but two. One ui i ness was Mons. Deibler, the exe- cutioner of France ; the other woman, who, in an agony of grief and resentment, had upon the day of the execution hung for a moment over the decapitated body of Pier- re Latour. After the tragedy, that ghastly head, which for some mysterious reason she had carried away in her shawl, was buried, and strange as it may appear, from that time Mous. Deapard, the public prosecutor, be gan to mend. that their nuptials were set for an early dy. A prettier wedding than theirs, 'tis said, as seldom witnessed. Magnificent th* present*, brilliant the ball, and Mons. Despard, the public prosecutor, forgot for thst night at least, the head of Pierre Latour. As is customary in France, the guest, stayed late, and it was long after midnight ere the happy bridegroom felt free at last to seek his vanished bride. As he crossed the threshold of tho bridal chamber a tiny clock upon the mantel chimed "two." The stillness, how profound t For a moment Mous. 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, hern a klipper, there the blossoms which had adorned her hair. Ktionne '." he whispered, softly ap- proaching the conch about which the cur- tains were closely drawn, " dors tu ?" Receiving no response, Mons. Despard with >i strangely boating heart drew back the curtain*. Upon the lace-draped couch, in profound slumber, lay his beautiful 'bride, and be- side her, its face turned from him, lay a head, a black head calmly usurping his own pillow. "Sacrt now <l> !> >i " At the sound of his voice the black head turned, the eyelids opened, and once again Mous. Deipard, the public prosecutor, giized into the staring eyes of Pierre La- tour, filled with that look of stupiried amazement with which he had listened to his eloquent speech before the court and jury that dsy. his mind Wen given to his subject, but now, Anger rather than fear took possession of so theysay ir France, his "system" was com- Mons. Despard ; with sn imprecation upon his lip* he leaned forward to grasp the in (These farms, and a good equipment for the to Mr. Dryden for the invitation which ha* work. (Hear, hear.) I know some of these : led to this visit, which we shall always re- men, and lean say from personal expert- ! member with great pleasure. (Continued euce that the Government and th* country applause.) are to be congratulated on having secured I His Excellency when on the point of their service*. (Applause.) I wish further to o:Fer my respxotful con graduation* on the remarkable influence which this headquarter* of agricultural research and learning has exercised recent- ly, especially in the remarkable success, the illustrious success, of Canada, and especially leaving rose ana said, referring " to the manner in which his carriage had been drawn by the students : 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 th* manner in whiu't *a were escorted to the of the Proviso* of Ontario, in the caso of I dairy tmilJ<cg>i i tin morning. (Laughter.) th* agricultural exhibits at Chicago. (Loud j You could not have paid us a greater com- applaoit*. ) Now, of course that ha* been a ' pliment, and, I can assure you, we watch- subject M re i oifing and satisfaction through- ed the proceedings with the utmost interest.. out tb* Dominion ; but it :j well that we ' (Renewed laughter and applause.) plete. Into a perfect ensemble his facts ha>> beet, grouped ; facts, theories, and so- phisms, when malediction ! a deposition of a witness hitherto overlooked, suddenly presented itself. That system, whiob he had been so many days erecting, collapsed ; that peroration, which in eloquence was to eclipse the last, full to the ground. The last ! For the tint time since his eloquence hsd won him a head did the public prosecutor think of Pierre 1-aUwr Pierre Latour, whose stupid look of amazement at his masterly speech he recalled to-night with a pleased smile. The clock in a neighboring tower at this point tolled " two." To fail with 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 against the prisoner ; to . Mona. Des- pard, the public prosecutor, paused for a moment to gaze wearily out upon the stars. Stars ! What stars were those that like two staring eyes glared angrily at him through Ihe window? 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. Diablo ! Only more distinctly was pre- sented the glare of those angry eyes. Then Mons. Despard waxed angry. What intruder wa 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, a* 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. MODS. Despard met with no resistance, encountered nothing more formidable than air. Thirty feet from the ground, a perpendio- trnder by the hair. A* though divining his motive th lips of the head, like a ferocious dog's, curled back, and with a vicious snarl sank its gleaming toeth deep into the public prosecutor's hand. Maddened with pain and rage, Mons. Despard looked about him for a weapon. A bar of steel upon the fender caught bis 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 sprang to the floor and suddenly disappear- , ,1 in the darkness. Kxhausted by the conflict and realizing, now that the spectre had vanished, all the horror of the scene, Mons. Despard sank into a fautenil 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. Horror ! hastily he withdrew his hand : those fair looks were moist with the blood of that detested head. Muttering maledictions upon the day he had prosecuted Pierre Latour, Mons. Dea- pard arose to shed upon the bed more light. Peste I In his haste and agitation he had turned down the wick the room was plunged in darkness. Tho night was now far advanced, an,l Monfl. Drnpard, 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 gi>zed upon his sleeping bride. Then he laughed, how he laughed! cer- tainly irons. Donpard, the public-prosecu- tor, had never expressed such merriment before. That head I The more he reflected upon it the merrier be grew. Such a joke, such a capital joke I The household presently became arous- THE WEEK'S NEWS CANADIAN. Mr. N. H. Davis, an old resident of Ham ilton, is dead aged 88. Total are losses in Cans/la during Janu- ary were 9391,000 o ) ip"ran ' <"- w *-.9,oOU Mr. !. H. R. Molson, of Montreal, has donated five thou* ni) doU" u> U>- < General hospital. A scheme is on foot in Ottawa to form a park on the Rideau xnal b k -v>'-hi 'i city limit*. A young Englishman named Ingrain, 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 I50.00U 1st t by bis father, who 'lied recently. BHITI8H The London Globe makes the unqualified statement that the Government has become seriously divided on the quention of the maintenance of the nary. Mr. Gladstone is said to be decidedly or-puH U> iup-vd expenditures. The London Standard says: Adrian Hope, one of the largest depositors in tbs Bank of Kngland, was permitted by that institution to overdraw his account to the amount 'of ll-JU.OOO, Hope having lost all of his deposit* in speculation. Subsequent- ly 'h bank made a demand upon Hope for .150 'HJO, which was not forthcoming, and finall settled with him for 150,<)OO to pro- it ct Hope against absolute bankruptcy, which would have involved the total lost to the bank of his indebtedness. IMTKD 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 destroyed dwellings and harm and caused the death of an aged colored woman near Warren, Ark, on Saturday night. The natural gas supply obtained in Buff- alo from Canada is said to be running short, ami Buffalo people who have been using it for fuel are becoming uneasy. The United States warship Bennington has been ordered to llehring sea to enforce the provisions of the Paris arbitration, K. H. Limlor, of Boelon, a Harvard stu- 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 Ashtou, a convicted murderer, ha* died of smallpox in jail at, Madison, Wis. He was worth $350,000. The British steamer Bsker Standard, which arrived at Philadolphin on Tuesday from Kngland, crossed the Atlantic using oil residnm for fuel, which, it is reported, proved very satisfactory. Erastus Wiman was arrested yestnrday in New York on a beuoh warrant for forging notes on R. G. Dun A Co. for two hundred and twenty-nine thousand dollars, and com- mitted to the Tombs without bail. The salvage of the World's Fair is bring- ing more money than the financial experts expected, and it is now calculated that the stockholders will be given a dividend of about thirteen and a half per cent. While the freshmen of Cornell University in Ithaca, N. V. wer having a supper on Tuesday night, come parties introduced chlorine gas info the room by tubes from a room below, where it was generated. As a result of thi* outrage a coloured woman was killed and several of the students were overcome, and are in & critical condition A Port Huron paper says United States officials have discovered that the St. Clair Tunnel Company smuggled through from Canada a large amount of material for the completion of the work on the United Slates side, and that Uncle Sam's Govern- ment was defrauded of a heavy sum of money. The paper says thatjlt is likely ac- tion will he taken against the company in the United States courts. Mr W. L. Land, of An SaWe, rafted about 2,500,000 feet of fin* pine lumber from Michigan for Tonawanda, N. Y. The late blizzard ami accompanying gales broke up the rafu and now the timber is a part of the great ioe bridge below the Falls. Mr Land will try to capture the lumber when the bridge breaks up, and thus save some of the 94O.UOO at which it wa* valued. <J KM KRAI. Yellow fover is increasing in Uio Janeiro at an alarming rate, from sighty to a hun- dred new case* being added dailv A despatch fn.m Montevideo, by j , Lisbon, which i* not generally credited, has reached London, stating that all the vessels of the fleet of the Brazilian Govern ment except thi Niotheroy have }oine<l th* squadron of the insurgents, and sailed awajr from tb ''arbour cf IU