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y... THE Near Wales, Out, on Saturday after- noon, 8. man named Wart was run down by an engine on the C. T. R., and instantly killed. Jessie Brown, aged eleven years, was ‘ accidentally shot dead by her brother Are thur, aged fifteen years, at Balmoral, Mam, recently. , Mr. H. J. Ashman, auctioneer, of Mont- real, who was charged with having set fire to his premises, has been honourably ac- quitted. Mr. Robert Watson, Minister of Public ‘Works for Manitoba, who was in Montreal recently, predicted a phenomenal crop of Wheat for the autumn of H593. Mr. Thomas J. Bedford, sr., chief statis- tical clerk in the audit department of the Grand Trunk Railway, Montreal, is dead. He was fifty-seven years of age. Executive Commissioner Larke, who has returned to Ottawa from the World’s Fair. reports that the Canadian exhibit in all the courts will be complete in another week. The Earl of Derby has received a. letter from Lord Aberdeen, in which he speaks in appreciative terms of the reception tender- ed to him by the Canadians at the VVorld‘s Fair. In the imports and exports of Canada. for the ten months of the current financial year there have been large increases over the amounts for the same period in the previous year. Edouard Ouellete, one of the oldest pilots in Canada, who was for 40 years in the employ of the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company, died on Wednesday at Lachinc. No less than 34 pilgrim-ages to the fam- ous shrine of Ste. Anne de Beaupre have already been booked by the Richelieu and Ontario Navigation Company f0i the pres- ent season. A new publication has made its appear- ance in Montreal, entitled La. Croix, which proclaims itself the champion of religion, and wages war upon imported and local Free masonry and impiety. Miss Florence Shaw, special correspon- dent of the London Times, who is writing a series of articles on the English colonies, is in Montreal, and will spend several days there obtaining information. ' Andrew Starr, an Indian residing near Selkirk, Man, was shot in the neck recent- ly and it is said he cannot recover. He was just completing the loading of his gun when his child pulled the trigger. Black diphtheria is making sad havoc in one family in Hull township. On Friday the seventeen-year-old daughter of Mr. Gilmour Woodburn died, ason died a week before. and another is now at the point of death. Mr. Foster, Finance Minister, who was expected to open the Christian Endeavour Convention in Montreal in July, regrets that circumstances have arisen which will probably render it impossible for him to attend. Dr. McCormack, of Guelph, Ont., re- ceived a. dispatch on Sunday afternoon stating that his brother Mr. Albert Mc- Cormack, had been fatally shot in the breast at Salt Lake City, Utah. Mr. Larke. Canadian Commissioner at the \Vorld‘s Fair, is endeavouring to arrange with the Dominion Government to have the mmmissioners from foreign countries now attending the Fair invited to make a trip through the leading cities of Canada. this summer. Dick Hughes, a. worthless character liv- ing in Kalso, B. C., tried to commit sui- cide on Friday night by exploding a stick of dynamite under the pillow of the bed in which he and his child were sleeping. They were both seriously injured, but the child may recover. Prince Roland Bonaparte thinks Mont- real should have a. free public library, and if the civic authorities undertake such, he promises to supply duplicates of rare vol- umes ielating to early Canadian history and fee similes of valuable documents from his own library. The ladies of Winnipeg propose to pre- sent to the Princer May, on the occasion of her marriage to the Duke of York, a. pendant maple leaf design of Canadian gold and studded with diamonds, with a gold cross-bar, on which the word “ Canada.” will be traced in diamonds. According to advices received at the United States'l‘reasury and State Depart. ments one hundred and ten sealing vessels have left Victoria. for Behring sea up to date. It is believed these poachers will make a rich haul of seals before the arrival of the Americanppttrol fleet. A report of the dividends remaining un- paid and unclaimed balances in the char- 63reil banks of the Dominion for five years and upwards, prior to the 3191. December, 1892, was issued yesterday. In 1891 the balances amounted to $457,347; last year they amo;inted,to $427,931, a reduction of $29,415. Prof. Robertson, Dominion Dairy Com. missioner, who has just returned to Ottawa from a trip to the Maritime Provinces, states that much interest is being taken in the dairy industry by the farmers of Prince Edward Island and Nova. Scotia, and that considerable progress in the establishment of cheese factories has been made. Miss Bertha Summer, eighteen years of age, disappeared from her home in Kings- tm, Ont., several days ago. A search for her was made in vain. On Sunday a gen- tleman, while walking through a. wood in the vicinity of the city. discovered the body of the girl. She had. committed suicide by poisoning, and had left a note stating that she was tired of life. She was a. sufferer from the grippe. At the general meeting of the Royal So- ciety in Ottawa, Prof. Ramsay Wright, of Toronto, asked the co-operation of the Royal Society in inducing the British Asâ€" sociation to hold its 189.5 meeting in Toron- to. Afters. sharp debate, in which Dr. Bourinot stated that Toronto, deserved no favours at the hands of the Royal Society, a resolution was passed agreeing to Prof. Wright’s request. BRITISH. The wedding of the Duke of York and Princess May of chk has been fixed for July 6. A London cable announces that James Gilbert, the dynamiter has been released from Portiand prison. wrigii's NEWS CANADIAN. I A small black l) 1g is destroying the corn crop in southern Chester county, Pa", and in Cecil county, Maryland. Canadian cattle continue to be slaughter- ed at Liverpool, Glasgow, and Deptford in large numbers, but in no instancc has sus- picion of disease arisen. Lord Randolph Churchill has madc a. most bitter attack upon Mr. Blake, who, he said, was :1. failure in lianadian politics, and then sought that last refuge. of a destitute politician, the lrishpirty. A diSpatch from London says the Maui- toba (Ind North-\Vezterii railway has de- faulted. Although this was not unexpect- ed it may provca serious blow to any new railway scheme in the North-chsa The Dowager Duchess of Sutherland has been released from Holloway prison, having undergone the six weeks‘ confinement to which she was sentenced for destroying a. document in an impending will case. It is understood in London financial cir- cles that negotiations are in progress with a. view to converting the Allan Steamship Line into a. joint stock company, the capi- tal necessary to carry out the plan to be privately subscribed. The Central Committee of the English Conservative party are sending circulars to Conservative election agents throughout the country iniimating that the nextgencr- al elections are likely to take place in the autumn of 1894 or earlier” UNITED STATES. It is reported from Washington that Dr. McGlynn has gone to Rome. The Minnesota. Blast Furnace Company at Duluth, Minn., has assigned. Three deaths from typhus fever were rc- ported recently in New York. Moses U. Farmer, of Boston. the widely- known electrician, died at Chicago yester‘ day morning. An extensive and desperate gang of conn- terfeits has been unearthed in south-west Missouri by Government secret service oili- cars. The window glass blowers of the (lumber- land Glass Manufacturing Company of Bridgetown, N.J., have struck because they were refused ice water. Miss Bertha Manchester, the daughter of a. farmer living four miles from Fall River. Mass, was found murderel in the kitchen of the farm house yesterday. Gill & Fisher, grain dealers, have export- ed to France one hundred tons of American hay. It is said to he the first shipment of United States bay to European markets. Judge Lacombe, of the Circuit Court of New York, has decided that section six of the Geary law is iuefleciual, because no provision is made as to how or by Whom the order of deportation of Chinese is to be ex- ecuted. Rev. Dr. Briggs, at present on trial for herescy before the Presbyterian General Assembly in “'ashington, has been corre- ‘sponding with Prof. Morris, of Lane Semin- ary, Cincinnati, concerning the best method of forming a. new Church. The VVorld’s Fair financiers claim that the exposition is now making money. The receipts are placed at 816,000 aday. About l3,000 workiiigmen have been laid off within the past two weeks, and the surplus is growing at the rate of $5,000 a day. Rev. James Bruce, D. D., of Andes, N. Y., has been elected moderator of the Unit- ed Presbyterian General As embly. Upon ,taking the chair he was presented with a. ‘gavel stone from a piece of granite from Mount Sinai by Rev. M. G. Kyle, of Phila- delphia. The United States Government wil shortly issue an order forbidding the cross‘ ing of the border lines of the United States by the residents of foreign countries be- tween the hours of seven in the evening and six in the morning to prevent the intro- duction of cholera. and Chinese into the country. A letter has been sent from the United States Treasury Department to the immi- gration inspector at Chicago informing him that under the Alien Contract Labour law no Canadian officers or seamen can be em- ployed on vessels of the United States doing business on the great lakes. EB. Milburn, said to be a son of the blind preacher, for many years pastor of the Uni ted Sta tcs House of Representatives, cs, committed suicide in Chicago on Sunday by cutting his throat. He committed the act most deliberately after receiving a let- ter from his father refusing him any fur- ther remittances and denying him entrance under the paternal roof. Miss Jennie Newell, twenty years of age, employed for some time past as a domestic servant in several of the hotels at Niagara Falls, N. Y., threw herself into the river at Prospect park on Sunday night. She was observed and rescued. It was subsequent- ly learned that she was about to be a. moth- ther, and she confessed that having lost her situation, and being repulsed by her rela- tives, she had determined to end her life. GENERAL. The Czar and his suite are in Moscow. A death is reported from Asiatic cholera in Hamburg. Repeated. earthquakes are doing great damage to property in Thebes. Hamburg was supplied on Monday for the first time with water from the new filter beds. Fifteen thousand prisoners, exclusive of women and children, are awaiting despatch to Siberia in the prisons of Moscow. Pope Leo yesterday, in an address to the Viscomte Vogue, affirmed his views in favor of the French republic and of Democratic institutions. A private lettei',rcceived in Montreal from Paris states that the operation undergone by Mr. Chapleau has not been as successful as expected. The duplicate cable of the Central 8: South American Telegraph company be- tween Saline. Cruz, Mexico, and Chorillns, l’cru, has been completed. Countess Marie Reischich,wife of an Aus- trian army officer, has been arrested for conspiring to murder her six-yeaiuold twins, children of a former husband. During a. bull tight near Madrid on Mon- day, a crowd of men invaded the ring and worried the bulls. Two young men were gored to death, and many others were in- jured. A special despflld‘li from Vienna states that Austria. succeeded during the past three months in obtaining gold to the amount of $57,000,000, principally from the United States. The “finish Government is uneasy over I c agitati ~" in the Province of Navarre agummhe‘Go ""Inent’s taxation estimaies in the n.wbudg 3 and against the Local Administra An all. 'l‘ivelve young nohlcmen have been or. i‘cstml by the Austrim (.x‘ovcrnmeni :itllajc Peninsula, in Istrin, for high ircison, charged with conspiring to separate Trieste from Austria. and annex it to Italy. he Berlin newspapers concur in declar- ing that the awards at the I 'hiczigo \Vorld's lil<position are valueless. since the Fair Committee refuse to give an international complexion to the system of awards. l Herr Miiluel, the Prussian minister of Finance, expresses the opinion that the re jeciinn of the Army bill by the Reichstag would again dccreise the respect of foreign Icouities for the power of Germany, and increase the danger of war. An English officer who has just arrived at Simla from the Pamirs says the Russians had prepared for the arrival of sixteen hun- dred troops at the Murgliabi fort and he believes more Russian troops will be moved through the Oxus valley during the sum~ mer. Ari (xx-Prussian oflicer who, on the close of the Fraiicovilerman war, emigrated to the United Slates and amassed a small for- tune, was, on his return to his native land, arrested and sentenced to six mouths’ im- prisonment on a charge of having left the army without obtaining olliciul permission. A despatch from the Hague says that Queen \Vilhelmina. is rapidly developing symptoms of consumption, and that the Queen Regent, who is now in t it} country with her, and the royal physicians fear the worst. In the event of her death the Nas- sau-Orange dynasty would become extinct. l’ETll ("ACTH l-‘(IIK STE-3.1 "SHIP Flllllla. Results of the Flrsi Transatlantic Trial ('0nslclcrml l0 Augur (‘olllplclo Sui-coma. The new steel tank steamship James Brand, (.‘apt. Harding, the first vessel ever to cross ihe Atlantic driven by steam gen- erated by petroleum instead of coal, arrived at Philadelphia recently from Dartmouth after a passage of sixteen days. \Vhile the results obtained ware not altogether favor- able, they were suilioient lo convince the engineers and Officers of this vessel that in the course of a short time petroleum fuel for steamships will soon be used. For the first three days the steam was made through the burning of the petroleum, and the undertaking worked most success- fully until the new machinery became some- what deranged. After this cool was used as fuel during the balance of the voyage. ,No difficulties were met with that cannot ,be overcome, and immediately on her return ‘to England she will be taken to the ship- yards again to undergo some slight altera- tions. The new ship is owned by A. Stuart of London, who is also the managing owner of - a large number of the tank sica'nships en- gaged in the bulk oil tra Is. In the event of the petroleum fuel provinga success after i further trial. hc will introduce the same i system on board all of his vessels. The Brand is the object of much interest and has been visited bya number of marine engi- neers. She is 3,780 tons register, 345 feet long, 43,1,- fect beam, 21! fret deep, and is supplied with powerful triple-expansion engines. Her voyage throughout was a stormy one. ‘i‘rapt. Harding, in speaking of the voyage stated that had they had sufficient oil to havelasted throughout the voyage, and bar- ring the slight derangement to the machin- ery, the trip wrrld have been made in twelve days. For three successive days the oil was used with wonderful results. The only difficulty experienced was with the flames beneath the boilers, which could not be properly regulated. For some reason, the flames burned very low, whileatothvr times they burned too brightly. A proper i'egdla- tion of this, he thinks, is all that is required to tender this new and economical under- taking asuccess. Capt. Harding is positive all the difficulties brought out in the ex- perience of this Voyage will be overcome on the return of the ship to the builders. The Brand Will return to England with coal as fucL m A l'nolnc l‘nblc. Apropos of the interest which has been aroused in Australian matters since the an- nouncement has been made that the direct service has been inaugurated, recent advices from the Antipodes indicate a. disposition on the port of some of the Australian Govern- menls to welcome eouimissmners from Canada to discuss closer trade relations, as well as united action in reference to a. Pacific cable which Mr. Sanford Fleming has so much at heart. It will be remembered thai five years ago a commission of the kind was appointed consisting of Sir John Abbott, Mr. Adam Brown, ex-‘l.P., and Mr. Parme- lee,l)eputy minister of Trade and Commerce. The deputation, however, did not leave Cun- ada, and shortly after it was named devices were received stating that the question of fedirstion in Australia was then becoming a live issue, and that it would be well to defer sending the commission until it was seen what the outcome of the confederation con- ference might be. By some people it might be considered that the l\ppoiutmcnt of acom- mission to visit Australia this your would be ill-timed in view ol the present crisis in Australia, but on the other hand it has been suggested by a gentleman who takesadeep interest in the expansion of Canada's trade that this would be the most fitting time to send such a counnissiuu, inasmuch as the Australian Governments would be glad tol take council and advise with the representa- tives of a sister colony. ‘â€" Wnuteil a (‘heap Funeral. William J. M icdouell, who died in To- ronto on March 4, leaving an estate of$44,- 151.04, drew up a peculiar will previous to his death. He directed that his funeral ex~ penses be not more than 310 and added : “This can be easily accomplished in manner following : Any carpenter can make a plain box of rough boards. This will be sufficient for the purpose of a colliu. Some of the men who hang around the corners seeking jobs can carry this box with its contents down stairs. Lot an express waggon be hired in which to make the final journey.” The property was ls-ft to Samuel C. W'oods,sole trustee and executor, to be sold and disposed of to about 160 dif- ferent parties. ceed $.30. SPORTING EX PERIEYCES. “And just now happened the only hap- pening that 1 am ashamed of, showing con- ‘clusively that too much larking is not safe on a wheel. Our rule of the road is exactly reversed in Ireland â€"one passes on the fight and meets on the left. I had school- ed myself to be careful, and had never made a mistake so far; but whether it was the fun. or the pace, or the last cup of tool know not. Certainly this time I did for- get, and made a rush at the lessening space on the left (for the good inspector was care- fully giving us lots of room on the proper side). There was a about from Tim and a. prance of the spirited horse, a wobble of the wlrccl, a. lurch and a crash, and land the wheel in a tangled mass on a. cruel heap of broken stones. ‘I'vo killed the lady ‘.‘ shouted the inspector, scrambling down, while the orderly ran to the horse's head and Tim wheeled back. They lifted me out, and then Tim dragged up the wheel. Such a. wheel! Anyone who has seen u pneumatic wheel wrecked can understand how it looked, and how I laughed! \Ve were two miles from Kilkcnny, so the in. specter took me up beside him, and the orderly let down the back seat, and Tim carefully handed him up the unfortunate wh el, wavy in the tire and crazy in the spokesâ€" a veritable “drunk and disorderly” in the charge of the police lâ€"[”Through l'lrin Awhcel,” by Grace E. Denison, Outing for June. ‘ “ There is neither need for nor sense in taking gun or rifle into the woods at a. sec.- son when the law forbids its use upon birds and animals certain to be seen. Maiiyanother- wiscbonest camper has become alawbrealier simply because a gun or rifle was within easy reach at the wrong moment. Take all the fishing tackle you may desire, butleave the firearms at home until the proper time for them arrives. ‘ But We might see a bear 5’ a. Camper exclaims. Well, suppose you do see a bear? It won't hurt you, and you won’t see it long after it sees you ; nor is there glory of much worth in killing a summer bear in poor coat and of no earthly use. ‘But we might see a.â€"â€"â€"â€"’ Yes, exact- ly ‘. I'llfinish it for you. The word was stopped just in time. The fact is, you might see a. moose, or a caribou, or a. deer, or grouse, or duck. or any one of the ani- mals or birds which the law of the land, of honor, and of common sense forbids you to meddle with for a. reasonable time. And, furthermore, my friend, if you should see one of these creatures you’d promptly try to ‘ plug it,’ and that is precisely what you have no business to do. ‘ .ead us not into temptation ‘ is good, and ' Don’t lead your- self into temptation ’ has also certain merit of its own ; so why not make a. sure thing of it by leaving the tempters behind, so they can tempt you 2’” ~[Ed. \V. Sandy's in Outing for June. “ Let the boy fish, boat, canoe, swim and tramp through the woods on explming trips to his heart’s content : go with him if possible, and encourage healthful exercise and observation as much as possible, but don't teach him, nor allow him to ampiire, unlawful and inhuman tricks. Upon near- ly evory one of furred or feathered things seen during June an‘l July depends a fanin of helpless lives, which may be doomed to the miseries of slow starvation by one thoughtless shot. “The boy with the firearm sees abird and says, ‘Watch me plug him.’ and if the aim prove true the boy thinks he has done something clever, and most likely his iond father tells him that he has so done. In reality he has brouen a. law, and probably sounded the doom of half a dozen wretched fledglings hidden in a nest near by. Men will cheerfully give up a. handful of dollars for the privilege of drinking in the won- drous melody from the trained throat of a Patti and go into ruptures over the sweet- ness and the elevating influence of peifect music ; yet the same men will blithely murders poor little feathered Patti, and still forever life and song such as no Patti ever aspired (oâ€"iu fine, destroy what the concentrated brains and skill of the worl cannot replace. And for what purpose '2 Simply to gratify a. taste for the shambles, or to ‘show ofl'â€"to prove that an eye can glance along a hit of iron or steel truly Enough to insure the planting ofa nugget of lead within the limit of a poor, unsuspectâ€" ing creature’s bodyâ€"to kill a beautiful, happy bird. It is not right to slay without good reason ; it is doubly wrong to kill a bird during the breeding season. Slay the oyster-patty if you must slay somethingâ€"- it can be replacedâ€"but let the feather- cd Patti live. in peace."-[Ed. W. Saudys in Outing for June. .._â€"...â€".._â€"- Dr. ‘Vllil M Detroit. Rev. Dr. Wild, of Bond St. Congrega- tional Uh urch, Toronto, may be erratic in his views, but at any rate he has most pronouncedly the courage of his convictions. A Sunday or two ago he preached at Detroit and in the. morning con- cluded the serviceby praying for the Queen and her family. In ihe evening he went yet further and begged the co gi‘egation to join in singing our great and glorious na- tional anthem. At first his hearers were dumbfounded and then it dawned upon them that it was but a. compli‘nent to a visitor they were asked to pay and that in the hymn itself there was nothing that an American might not sing as well as an Englishman. Slowly the grand old air bo- gun to rise and then louder a id louder grew the sound until the window; of the filtered edifice fairly i‘utt‘eil. It Was a. bold thing for the doctor to ask an alien congregation to do and in many places would have caus- ed not only a hubbub in the church, but would probably have led to dissensiors. \Vhile, therefore, we can admiie the :loctor for his unflinching loyalty and patriotism, there is yet room for doubt whether his ac- tion was altogether wise. Montreal is mak'ng strenuous c: d avouis to ensure adequate accommodation for the approaching Christian Endeavor Conven- tio. to be held in that city. So far as bil- letting and feeding the thousands which will be present those having the insitcr in hand are succeedingadmirably with their arrangements. The \Vitness, however, is quite apprehensive that the convert n will be thrown into alsolutc confusion by the incapacity of the street railway u- “Pliny. The Witness says that “those who 0 .nnot daily walk considerable distanceS, say two or three miles, had better not come at ltll. for with the best of arrangements it w )uld be impossible to acuommodatc. twenty seven None Of the amounts ex- thousand people within any limited radius of the meeting centre. . q u THE WORLD'S tAIB. Celebration of Her Majesty's Birthday at the White City- A Remarkable .lssclnblyvkrpresenmtlves Present From Canada. Anslrnllnflndla. (‘cylou und 0II|PP Portions on!“ Great Emnlrcâ€" The Union Jack Cheer-ed to the Iii-ho. The world of wonders gathered in this \Vhite City of the Colombian Exposition was not enough to make Canadians forget the celebration of their Queen’s birthday. Two o'clock on that afternoon there was seen one of the most remarkable spectacles this aggregation ofsingular sights has afforded. From the flagstsfi’ of the Canadian Pavilion as well as from that of Victoria House opposite. and New South Wales adjoining, India just beyond and elsewhere throughout the great park where Britains had a house to fly it from, floated the grand old banner that “ For a thousand years Hus braved the battle and the breeze." British subjects from all quarters of the globe were meeting in the headquarters of the greatest colony of the Empire to celebrate the 74th birthday of Vic- toria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland and Empress of India. That so many men of so many climes, so many races, so many countries, so many colors, so many languages and so many religious should. meet here in Chicago in an alien land, to ‘ pay homage to a. common sovereign and to cheer one flag was one of the grandest trib- utes a. worthy woman ever won. Bunting had been gaily festooned about the largo reception room and the Canadian pavilion and flowers from the unrivalled Ontario ex- hibit in the horticultural hall lent their light and cheerful efl'ect to a charming en Stunt/p. Senator Parley, commissioner from the Northwest Territories, was chair- man. Colonel Sadler, British consul at Chicago made the opening address after “ con ssvs 'rnn ovens" had been sung. G. R. R. Cockburn. M. P., honorary commissioner for Canada, made a clever speech. Dr. Renvvick, commissioner for New South Wales, Aus- tralia: Messrs. Grinlinton and Pillery, commissioners from Ceylon and India spoke spiritedly. They were followed by Gobind Pcrshad, a Brabmin priest. Clothed in the robes of his religious office and speak- ing in his native tongue the pundit was a picturesque figure in this gathering of the races. In the absence of Mr. Nichols! Awrey, M. P. P., Ontario’s Commissioner, whose arrival from Toronto was delayed until night by a. late train, Mr. A. H. l’etiitt, Superintendent of Ontario’s fruit exhibitâ€"which, by the way, it is more and more evident, will win the World's prize for the immense variety, general excellence‘ and artistic arrangement that makes it such a. good advertisement of the leading prov- ince of Canadaâ€"said some neat things that caught the attention of the audience. Mr. Starr, Nova Scotia’s Commissioner, spoke for the piople from down by the sea; the' Rev. Leonard Gaetz, offhe North \Vest Ter- ritories, brought the risible faculties into play by laughable references to his numerous family; and Mr. LS. Lsrke, executive com- missioner for Canada, made a capital speech in one of his happiest veins. Several na- tional airs Were played on a piano of Cana- (lian make, and accompaniments rendered. to Rule Britannia and the national antheml by Mrs. Gerldes. At the conclusion of thy speaking light refreshments were serv ‘ from the landing of the stairway .from which spring two pair of stairs leading to the offices of the different provinces, the smoking room and ladies' reception room in the second story of the pavilion. At night the grand banquet at the Virgin- ia hotel on the north side of the river, given by the BRITISH AND COLONIAL commissioners, was a fittingly splendid social function with which to close the day. The Hon. \V'alter H. Harris, the British commissioner, was chairman. There were ,present representatives of all the countries exhibiting at the fair, dis- tinguished citizens and visitors to Chi- cago. The decorations were very fine. An orchestra. discoursed music while the elaborate menu was discussed. The post- prandial exercises Were of an exceptionally high order of merit. Mr. Larks, as Canada’s commissioner, had a seat of honor on the left of the chair, and between Carter Harâ€" rison, the Mayor of Chicago, and Director- General Davis of the exposition commission, who proposod the toast of “Our Hosts," coupling with it Mr. Larke’s name. The gifts of speech, which are so wellvknown by the people of Ontario as that gentleman's chiefest accomplishment, came in good stead upon this notable occasion, and he fairly excelled himself in felicitcus expressions. ‘ There Were also present from Ontario Commissioner Awrey. Henry Wade, Dr. ‘S. P. \Iay, Toronto; A.H. Pettitt, Grimsby: John Cameron, “ London Advertiser ;" Alex. Pirie, Pres. Can. Press Association; Mr. Massey, '1‘ )TOntU; C.\V. Young, “Corn- wiill Freeholder,": T. J. Bell, Dundas; F. Howard Amos, Whitby. C. W. Youso. Filtering A FOg. A London fog is worse than “ a. darkness which may be felt” for it is loaded with filth. Sanitary engi ieers hive been battling with it for many years, trying to prevent its foul particles from invading the House of Com- mons. One night two years ago they suc- ceeded in conquering it. Outside the fog was so dense that the lights twinklcd like half-extinguished matches. Inside the House the air was clear and pure, as it is on a starlit nighz. One who was curious to see the process by which this trunsformaLion had been effected Would have been taken down- stairs, fur beneath the feet of the unsuspecn. imz members, and shown is. vast layer of what looked like cotton \vcol «li'aggrd through the Thames mud andsprinklcd with ink. A few hours before it wuss. mess of virgin- “ lilte wool, six inches thick, and extending over an arch of eight hundred feet. Through this bed the nirlfi'om the outside had been driven by the force of a. steam fan, and then, purified, allowed to enter the House of Commons. T :0 bed of wool served as a. filter, and thl filth deposited therein was a startling sight, but one that attested the triumph of the sanitary engineers. Soldiers of the Italian army are allowed cigars as part of their daily rations.