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IMPERIAL FEDERATION. Fmeipal Grant, of Qaeeo's College. KisgstoD. Speaks io fliisiiltdo TO A PfiETTT FAIE AUDKNOE. It Is Decided to Form a Branch of the League in HamiltoD, It wk8 somewhat of a surprise to tboee who attended the Imperial Federation meeting in the Grand Opera Boaae on Saturday night that the attend- ance was not larger. The down stairs waa fairly filled and & coaple of dozen or so of people gat in the gallery. In all perhaps 500 people were present. Upon the stage lat qoite a large number of tnSaential citi- zens, among them being ministers, doctors, lawyers and representatives of other pro- feisiona. Mayor Doran occapied the chair and In opening said â€" Whenever a poblic meeting ia called and I am requested to preside 1 do so with pleaaare becanse it ii a duty. The qoestion of Imperial Federation is one of importanoe, bat my views apon it are not yet definite enoagb to express here. I will therefore call apon Principal Grant and Mr. McCarthy to address yoa apon the â- nbjuct. piusoiPii, oba-nt's address. Principal Grant was given a hearty ovation apon arising. He ^lid â€" Mr. Mayor, ladies and gentlemen, I wish to ask a tew plain qaestioos of my (ellow citizens tonight and lo answer ttem calmly and without imputing motives to any one. My first queetion is a very important oct.', as npon Its answer hangs the weight of all the others. It is, " Is Canada in a condition of stable equilibrium ?" You may ask what that means. Well, apply it to a man and a man is not in an enviable position if he is not in a condition of stable eqoUi- brium. A country not in a condition of â- table equilibrium is not on a sound politi- cal foundation. \Iy answer is that Canada ia not in a condition of stable eqailibriam. There is an uncertainty about its affairs and anxiety about its future which are alarming. Three months ago while in Australia I saw that the newspapers of Canada were diicussLng annexation, independence and other conditions. Wha't would be thought of the Slate of Maine if the same condition of things existed there ? In the State of Maine from ISIO to ISdO the population increaaed ooly 3 per cent., while that of the Maritime Provinces of i. anada increased 13 or 14 per cent. Yet the newspapers in the State of Maine do not discuss their future as those in Canada do. They do not say we are progressing so slowly that we must change our political connections. Some people â- ay why not compare the whole of thd United States with Canada ? Because it would not be fair, and the man who would do so must be ignorant or scarcely honest. You might as well compare Scotland with Kngland. Maine would have aome reason for diBcusaiog the question of secession, but that State never does so, and why .' Be cause the country discussed the question, and when one State or a cluster of States raised the question the whole country pot its foot upon it. The civil war in (he United States settled the ijuestion and decided that the separate States had no right to secede. In Canada we call secession independence, but independence moans that we are to be no longer British subjects. You may say that the connecting links between Canada and Great Britsin are not very strong. I do not agree with that but will not argue the point. But in Canada we go farther than discuss secession. Suppose the State of Texas were to propose annexation to Mexico. Xbey would not only be seceding but they would be sui- ciding ill blotting oat the name of the Stats of Texas from history. However, I am not denying the right of secession, but when a people are always talking aooession there is â- omething wrong about their stability as a people, and there most be something wrong in Canada. What is it 7 Is it or is it no tiie fact that the people of Canada have not ahare in the supreme duty of self govern- ment .' A.t present we have not. Can that state of things be continued? It we do not respect ourselves, who will re â- pectus? It is not our fault that we are without our supreme right and duty of self- government, but the question will be set tied. It cannot be put down. The yonng men of Canada will net be satisfied with a permanent condition aa at present. My â- eccnd question is this : " What is the cause that Canada is not in that condition of stable equilibrium that every well- governed State is ?" The cause is that the condition of a colony is not at first one of full citizenship. At first we in Canada were wholly itepenJent upon the mother conn try, but we have made vast strides in na- tional life. It is only half a century since Lord Durham made his famous report recommending that Canada be given the right to manage her own local atlairs. In twenty one years we have be- come a consolidated country and we have made great progress. And we will settle every home qutstion that cornea up. When great questions come up some people â- ay, " Oh, don't touch that question, or you'll smash the Confederation.' Non- sense. We will settle every homo qut'stion and strengthen the Confederation. We have done a great deal for the mother country in the last twenty-one years, and without a cent of expense to that country. We have advantages in being part of the British nation too, for it is a great Ceal for us to be able to say to our sous that they can study in Canada for positions in any part of the British Empire, and are not only Canadians but British subjects. We have constructed a great canal system, a groat railway system and have opened up oar Northwest, thus doing great imperial work. "Vears ago Mr. Blake advocated a closer oonneotion of the Provinces with the British Empire, but now he says the scheme waa received coldly then and would be impossible now. I don't think it is impossible, because any man does not see the possibility. Events are wiser than men and events make that which seems impossible quite possible. It the principle was right years ago it is right now. Oar principle ia that the union bet ween Great Britain <«nd her oolonic s maat be preserved. I h,,ve shown you the cause of oiu unrest and tuiwrtainty aa tothefatoro. Now I will ask yoa what ia the core .> Full citizenahip â€" that's the eure. Because that's the point we have been looking forward to all along. What has been urged in connec- tion with every reform that has been ad- vocated in Canada ' That every reform would make us more loyal to Great Britain because it was in accord with the spirit of the British oonstitation. Is all our work of fifty years, which haa made ua more loyal to Britain, to be ased to bring about seoeesion .' No. That would not be evolu- lution, and I believe in evolntion. It would be in the direction of destruction instead of advancement. I aay this is the only cure for oar uncertain feeling aa to the future â€" Imperial Federation. Some people say there is another way â€" by an- nexing with the United States and separat. ing from Great Britain, but ultimately joining again with Great Britain in one great British nation. I don't like that, because it doesn t seem right to separate for the sake of forming a stronger union, or to draw all a man's blood from him i - the sake of makini> him stronger. Colonies have been compared to apples falling from the tree. I don't like the comparison, bat would rather compare colonies to children, for as children grow up they strengthen the parent. Some say that when a man grows up be should have a household of his ovn, and therefore argue for secession. Well. I do think that a young man should have bis own independent household, but if the parents have accumulated great inheritances and induence. is there any reason why the children should not form an honorable partnership ? Canada could not live within itaelf nor could Canada defend her- self as an independent nation, bat the empire united coold live and prosper within itself and so defend itself that no power could attack it, nor would the empire attack any other. It would bring about a reign of peace. Some men would have as begin with Commercial Uoion, which, I believe, means disunion. This is our country and the I'niied States is anothei country, and are we to separate ourselves from our mother cotintry m order to unite with another .' It would be unjust to discriminate against England in favor of the United States, and Commercial Union, I think, would be discriminating against our own friends, oar country and our Qaeen. Then Commercial Union ia impossible, because it woald rab us of our fiscal independence, and we would not get the fancied commercial advantages without political uniou. Canadians want the greatest amount of free trade with the United States possible, but the man who believes we can get ic without paying the price of our fiscal and political independence is, I think, mistaken. We want full citizen- ship, but we would have to pay a price for it. Since we got our rights of aelf- govemmant we have run up a public debt of MOO, 000,000, I thinkâ€" that is the price we have paid for oar freedom. If we bad secession we woald have to pay for it. and if we had annexation we would have to pay as well. Of coarse there are di£calties in the way of Imperial Federation, but as Hon. Ohver Mowat has said, what are states- men for, but to ovetcome difficulties. What is implied in full citizenship in addition to oar present rights ? We would have war. peace and treaty making rights, that is, we would have representatives from the self-governing colonies in the Imperial Council. Another plank of the Imperial Federation platform is that Britain should discriminate in favor of ber colonies in trade matters. Some people say that Britain woald not consent to such a thing, but I believe she would ; at any rate she has never been asked. She should be asked to give such advantages, becaasa it would be an advantage to the whole empire. Carry the points I mention and we would no longer be a dependency of Great Britain, and Great Britain woald no longer be a little strip of land in the Atlantic. I would go in for the closest trade relations between the colonies and between the colonie-^ and Great Britain. We find that the Irish-Canadians are not so much in favor of Imperial Federation as the Scotch or Enghsh. If I were an Irishman I would be more in favor of it than I am, for the quickest way te convert England and the North of Ireland to the Home Kule theory is to convince them that Home RtUe weald not endanger the unity of the nation. I know of nothing bat Imperial Federation that will accomplish Home Rule for Ire- land. I am not opposed to sentiment in this matter and I oould not bring myself to willingness to have Canada cut off from the paat history of Britain. I want to be a part of that nation. If there is one thing that makes me proud of being a Canadian it is that in being so I am a Briion. Prin cipal Grant occupied the platform for an hour and three-quarters, and olosed his remarks by a very eloquent peroration. It was moved by Mr. Edward Martin, seconded by Mr. 1'. W. I'earman, That, in order to secure the tinity and defence of the Empire, some system of federation or co- operation is expedient. TAyrv FOB HAMILTON. Mr. D'Alton McCarthy, upon arising to speak to the resolution, waa received with enthusiastic oheering. He said he bad come to Hamilton to hear Principal Grant, not to make a speech himself. Five yeara ago, be said, he was present at a meeting in London, England, when the Imperial Fed cration League was formed. He took no part in it at that time. Three years ago the league was organized in Canada. He bad felt doubtful of its suooesa. even when Montreal, Toronto, Brantford and Kingston took it up, unless the movement had the support of the level-headed people of Ham- ilton. Separation of Canada from Britain oould not be accomplished until all Canada arose as one man and demanded it, which would never happen as long as the people of Canada were sane and Britain used them justly. When the league was organized in Hamilton he hoped he would have the Srivilege of returning to Hamilton to ad- ress the people. It was moved by Mr. George H. Mills, seconded by Mr. F. MacKeloan. That in the opinion of this meeting it is dcairable to form a branch of the Imperial Federa- tion League of Canada in Hamilton. Mr. Qeo. M. Barton at this point arose and asked it this tnovamsnt wm tbe tniaU end of the wedge by which it was proposed to destroy the National Folioy and throw it to the winds. He tbonght it was not The motion waa pat tp tba icaatiag and declared carried. .\ vote of thanks to Principal Orant and Mr. D'Alton McCarthy was moved by Mr. F. MacKelcan and seconded by Mr. Adam Brown. It was carried ananimously. In replying to the resolution of thanks. Dr. Grant called upon Dr. Bums to make a few remarks â€" just to say whether hia argnments were sound or not. Dr. Bomasaid : Mr. Chairman, Ladiea and Grentleu-eii, â€" You have taken an unfair advantage of me to-night. I came to hear my eloquent friend. Principal Grant, and to enjoy a treat, and I have not oeen dis- appomted. With the whole spirit of the address I have been delighted, but I did not come to talk. I endorse almost every word of the eloquent addrese ; I call it not an oration, aaMr. Brown has designated it, but an onaagwerable argument. The lec- turer hinted that my coimtrymen must show that they desire the integrity of the empire before they are entitled to Home Rule. I have no hesitancy in saying that if Canada had been misgoverned aa long as Ireland there would be lees loyalty here than in that country ; we woald not sub- mit to theii treatment for a week ; we would be less loyal than they are. He also said that Irishmen shoald favor federation for the sake of securing Home Role, and that Home Rule could come only through federation. Some of this aadience may remember that in my first lecture in this very house on Home Rule I advocated self- government for each part of the empire, with an Imperial Parliament for Imperial matters, and I said, " That would be the beginning of Federation which is now looming ap and destined soon to be an accomplished fact. ' I believe in the free intercourse of the different parts of oar immense empire. No one can be aajuainted with the development of the great republic on our soathern borders without seeing what real federation can do. There are 40 States, and there will soon be more.witb every variety of climate and prodact, and the product of each State welcomed to the market of every other. The grandest illustration of free trade that the world has ever seen onder such a system of federa- tion is nataral. I admired the golden cord of free trade that ran all through the lecture, and I am sure that in the composi- tion of the eloquent lecturer, both warp and woof are made op of the same gener- ous principle. Why shoald tHere be any restrictions on the intercoarse of the children of the same mother ? I wcTold favor the federation of the British possea- iona, but I would go farther, and I am sure that the lecturer would go with me. I woald have a federation of the English speaking peoples. Nor would I stop there. I would aim at the federation of the race. A fed eration of the English speaking nations could dictate to the world and shape the civilizatioB of the age. The lecturer was right when he spoke of the difficulty of cov- ering the subject in one lecture. Principal Grant moat return, and Mr. McCarthy will still have plenty to do. The subject is immense. Britain's possessions abroad are 66 times the area of the United Kingdom Abroa I she is nearly S.OOO.OOO sijuare miles, at home ahe ia only about 121.000 Her dag covers a foreign population seven or eight times that of the Unite li Kingdom. Her tonnage at home is more than e>{ual to that of all her foreign possessions, while her debt ia more than twice theirs com bined. The subject is indeed Immense and difiicnlties may be exuected. Shall this federation be like an alliance, ciUns:\e and defensive, embracing army and navy ? An analysia of the income and expenditure of Great Britain will ataow ua that an average of over sixteen shilling-^ in the pound, or over four-fifths of all taxation, is spent on war, leaving less than four shillings for all other purposes. Spite of our debts and evtravagances, that presents a fearful con trast to the war taxation of onrpeacef-al Fro vince so favorably pictured to- night. Most cf the foreign possessions are Crown culooiea whose policy is directed by Downing street But to the most important ones enlarged liberties have been given, and these liber- ties have been used by some of them to adopt a policy contrary to that of the mother country. Canada and most of the Australian colonies insist on protection. I don't present these as insuperable diffical ties, but only aa some that mast be re moved, and I would like to see them re moved. Before taking my seat I woald express my warmest admiration for the generous and manly spirit that pervaded the whole lecture. Such a discnssion must do us all good. A vote of thanks was tendered Mayor I>oran and the meeting adjonrned. latest Scottish Newa. The name of Dr. Marcus Dods ia men- tioned in connection with the vacant pro fessorship in the New College. Edinburgh The contributiona raiaed last year in aid of the aobemes of the Cbtirch of Scotland amounted to i;i3C,105, as compared with £151.S0oin 1887. The late Mr. Robert Stewart Menziea, of Hallyburton. Coapar-Angns, Perthshire who died in London in January last, aged 33 years, and waa a distiller at Paisley, leaves personal estate of the value of jf'J'.l.tjlO. Sir Frederick Leighton, President of the Royal Academy, has requeated Mr. Robert Noble to send one of his tiuest pictures to the Paris International Exhibition as re presentative of Scottish art. Mr. Noble i: the only Scottish artist resident in Scot laud who has been similarly honored. A very interesting and valuable " find' of anoient coins and jewellery has just been made in a moss in the Island of Burray Orkney. The articles were enclosed in a vessel of wood, which was turned up by a peat-cabter's spade. There are coins of Edgar and Ethelt>ert. and a large collection of curious silver jewellery, the whole weighing about 4 pounds. A Philadelphia artist has been showing the designs of the monument that Miaa Emma Abbott haa ordered for her hue- band, Eugene Welherell. It is to cost 985.000. In the monument is to be an urn for the reception of Miss Abbott's ashes after cremation. A new volume of verse by Amelia Rives ia to be pablished in September. The authoress expects to sail for Europe en May 10th with her husband. The only woman dentist in Brooklyn is Dr. Loaie Adele Cainet, who is a graduate of Pennsylvania Dental College. Mr. T. P. O Connor says that the Prince ot Wales never pays a tailor bill. The advertisement his patronage affords is all the reJioneration Poole wants. DKCGGIST WuOD BReUSHT BACK. NICE KNOIMG TO IKtMESTIC >^CA.SDAl. The ailaca<l Martlerer of Lily Charlton Comes Back Volautarily. At an early boar this (Saturday) morn- ing, John Wood, druggist, Toronto, charged with murdering Lily Charlton in Toronto, was taken to the polibe station there in charge of Detective Cuddy. He consented to leave Buffalo withoat formal extradition proceedings. He had eluded the warrants oat for his arrest ever since hia audden departure to the States when the crime leaked our. The prisoner strode up to the sergeant with his handa behind hia back, simulating by his manner and voice a mas- terly indifference to the position in which he is placed. Wood replied as follows to questions pat by the reporter : " I have simply to state," aaid Wood. ' that I came back here of my own free will, believing that, aa I am an innocent man, the law will have no hold upon me. The first I knew cf the case was when Dr. Valentine requested me to telepnone for Dr. Strange to attend his patient. I did so in the ordinary way. Do you suppose if I had been in any way impli- cated that I would have put the case in the haoda cf a strange doctor when discovery must have been certain .' Well, not much. I waa quite innocent of the whole affair. Why aid I rtin away to Buffalo . 'A'ell, I aimply went because my doctor advised me to go away to some place for the benefit of my health. ' • Were you in a state of decline when you left .'" ventured the reporter. ' Well, I should aay so. My stock had gone down about 1..J0O per cent. Now that you aak me I will tell you why I did not come back before. I fell from a buggy at BcSalo laoi I'ecember and broke my hip and am only recovering new. I opened in business for myaei: in Buffalo aboat seven weeka ago, and have been living aince quite openly with my wife and family over the store, which is situated on Erie street. Yea, I expect bail : I have received a pro- miseâ€" no matter from whomâ€" that I shall be bailed out in the morning, and that it will be fixed at less than 52.000. Why should I have to put up more .' Valentine waa only r£(}uitt.d to uive i 1,500. ' Little Sisters. a\- KJ.IE IlioB.N. Little sisters are a great trial to the young lady with her first beau. They have such a deadly habit of telling juat the secrets that their big sister wouldn't have known for the world, and telling them at ;ust the very worst times they could possibly select. And. what is more, they seem to take a malicioua pleasure in telling them If Mary Jane has kept her hair relied ap for two days to be well fri.'.zed when .laguatus calls, her little sister will note the proceeding, and jast as Mary Jane has assured her admiring swain that her hair curls naturally, and that it is almost im- possible tc nsake it stay anywhere, up will pop the small aister and tell the whole story of the curl-papers, and in all proba- bihty she will add the information that Mary Jane puts red ink en her cheeks to make her pritty." Little aistera are always cropping out at the wrong time They never want to go to bed the nights when the big sister's beau is expected, and no amount of coaxing and caiidy can convince them that they art> alcept .' 'Ihey have eyes for everything and ears that would detect the slightest whisper And next day. at the dinner table, the big sister will be mortified to death, and the whole fiimily will be thrown into convul- sions by the piping announcement from the small sister : " Gas Jones bit oar Mary Jane last night right into the month ' 1 seen him ! And ahe bit him back Little sisters alwsvs want to know all the whys and the wherefores. One of them is likely to climb en the knee of an aspiring yoimg gentleman suitor, and aak him why he doesn t have more hairs in his moDs tache . ahe would like to ask bim if be doesn t feel bad because his nose la long, and it would delight her dear little heart to im part lo him the fact that Mary Brown and sister Jane both aaid he was too long-legged fer anything but a greyhound. Small sisters will tell the family secrets with mcit delightful candor, and while the young gentleman caller is waiting for the young lady of the family to give the final touches to her toilet before coming town the small sister will confidentially make him acquainted with the fact that" papa swears at mamma right along, and that " wa have old hen tor dinner and call it chicken pie," and that 'aist;r Jane wiuits to get married awftilly to some rich young fool who will keep her without work. " Little sisters will pat molasses candy in the chair, and -^ee you sit down on it with out a word of warning ; they will wipe their bread and batter hands on your pan taloona : they will cradle their kittens in your 5ij hat ; they will pin you and your inamorata to the chairs ; they will pat burrs in your hair . they will sift sawdust from the cracked bodies of their dolls down the back of your neck : and they will make faces at you, and yell like little demons, if you attempt to defend yourself. Therefore we aay to >o-j, if possible, avoid going conrtiug m families where there are little sisters, unless you are so deeply in love as to be perfectly indifferent and reck less as to the consequences. A Clincher. Mrs. Perksits ithe young man seemed to Kke the rooms and looked like taking them) An there a another thing, sir: I've no young darters or nieces to be a- bringing breach o' promise or actions for assault agin my lodgers. ^ Lack of Material. Doctor Madam, your husband's disease I regret to aay. is cataract of the sye. Wife â€" Impossible '. He never drank water enough for that. Mme. Marcella Sembrich is to make her reappearance in London in grand concerts under Manager Verts' direoiicii in the lat ter part cf June next. Tbe '.) year-old son of Isaao Stausfield,ot King street, London, wandered from boms on 'luesday afternoon and has not since been heard cf. Some boys last evening found his shoes and stockings on the bank of tbe river near the Blackfriara Mill and it is feared he has been drowned. Ida Heath, the phenomenal dancer, ;a going to London to fill an engagement. A Bepcntant Wife B«tarna to the Anas o â- A Foryivinf Hasbaud. The following from an utterville corres- pondent of the Woodstock Stntinel- Review will recall to the minds of many of oar readers an interesting atory of domeatia trial. Tbe plotted elopement of Mrs. Kenny and John Ver.ner. the failure of John \'en ner to connect, hia sabse<|uent arraat and imprisonment, and the dramatic scene in the Coiut- house at tbe trial, are incidents that aierelyneed mentioning. Mrs. Keuny, it will be remembered, proceeded to Eng- land, where she had some friends. The hasband (Oliver Kenny] appeared incon- solable at the time for the loss ot hia chil- dren and the breaking up of hia heme : but time is a marvellotia magician. It filla many a void and heals many a wound. The happiest chapter in the little social drama is told by an Otterville correspon- dent aa follow s : Amid the ringing cf bells and happy greetings, Mrs. Bessie Kenny alighted from the train on Monday evening. She soon found herself in the fond embrace cf a lov- ing and forgiving hasband who had mourned her as lost. Oliver is now happy and things are moving along majestically. Bessie and the children are all well, bat they are so tanned by crossing the Atlantic that you would bardly know their faces from a side of sole leather. AmoDC tbe Poult rj. Ju^^t at night is tbe best time tc set hens. Sulphur is not good to give the young chickens. Kerosene and lard make a good ointment for scaly legs. After thechicKens are two or three weeks old they can be fed on cracked wheat. If the eggs are to be hatched keep a drake for every five ducks in order to be aure. Never keep a slop hole where the poultry can help themselves if ou expect to main- tain health. - -m| iJne advantage with ducks is that they do net harbor lice. They have toe much oil. Old pieces of oil cloth can be used to goc J advantage as a covering for cccpe ;n rainy weather One advantage with Pekin .lacks is that only a low fence is deeded to ccnfino or keep them out. On the farm the laying of five dozen egga ought to pay for keeping a hen a year. All above thi< is profit. On the farm !t will nearly always pay to plant a few rows cf sunflower aeed especially for the poultry. Geese are fond of weeds, especially of purslane, and will often da good service in killing out and destroying weeds. \ ery often a few drops of turpentine put m the drinking water at this time w il prevent the gapes. If the chicks are already affected, a drop or two on a â- imall piece of bread will cure. As a rule guineas should be hatched -onder hens near the hoaae. They are natorally rather wild, and thia will aid materially in making hem gentle if the young guineas are kept near the house. Milk ia much better food cr pciltry daring the summer than corn Corn is heating and fattening, two .onditioca that, as a rule, ought to be avoide-:, onlesa feeding for market. The value of the manure should alwaya be considered in keeping poultry property managed. It is one of tbe i eg : f e'rtili zera that can be had, and is weil -vcrtb the trouble of gathering up and atc.-it-g nntil readv for use. The FIga In Clover. If the hundredth part of what the New York journals say about the inanguration festivities in New York la true President Harrison must have wished himself at home teaching his Bible class. It is a pity that men who act like swine are so often alio wed to spoil public celebrations â€" Cm.uia Vreebytfriu'i. No tlO Bonne W for Her. Husband â€" You want a bonne; and I want a pair of trousers, and I have c.dy ilO. Wife (sobbing)â€" Vou don't suppose I can get a bo:!net for â- '10. do you ? ^ A Ctuv of Solf-Defeiic.-. ' Which do you love most, yoLi papa or your mamma .'" Little Charlie I love papa most. Charhe's Mother â€" Why, Charlie, I am aurpriaed. I thought you loved me most. Charlie â€" Can't help it, mother we men have lo bold together. An expert is to be brought tc London from Kingsville to look for natural gas. Frank W. Palmer, of Illinois, has bean appointed Public Printer at Washington. The C.:ar has sent a measage of con- dolence to the widow of Count Tolstoi The Czar aaya the aucoessor cf Count Tolstoi will be a man who is animated bv the same principles that controlled, the course of the late Minister of the Interior and who will continue his work. t^>n Wednesday alrernoon a: the Eustia mines, Cspelton, yue., the roof of one of the buildings connected with the smelting works caved in. Thomas Beakey who was working at the burners, observing a dis- turbance, atarted to run, but in his excite- ment ran in the wrong direction, so that the timbers of the roof fell upon him and crushed him. breaking one leg and injuring his head, his injuries resulting linally in his death. Mr. Henry Armstrong, brother of the ty editor of the Guelph IUr:i\i, died of aa aOfeclioo of the throat at bis mother's resi- dence, Brownsville, i 'bio. He was well known in Guelph. " Tbe Sea King," a new opera by Richard Siahl, composer of " Said Pasha," has just been completed. It will be brought out next season. 'Ostler Joe haa been dramatized by Lucille Loring, of Boston. She is still at large, and may commit some other atrocity at any moment. Miss Bjornsou, the pretty daughter of the novelist, ia a student of music in Paria. She 13 not quite 20 and gives promise at making a name for herself on the operatic sti^e. Charles Warner, the English actor now playing in Australia, will be seen in America next year. Uis daughter Graoeia supporting him and winning: golden opinions. She is only 17, is pretty, and her talents are said to be of a high order.