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OHAP'PER V.
Hector's lighteheart toot took him
"Balgowtie's bleele wa;
leaned on the parapet end seat his
Welmory back to the by -gone. In the
biodk Watershe eought remembrance
erf tiie. time when, he was as under-
eeraelue.te at Ing',, living greatly
with poets and romaneere in a 'Cote -
pie .of small rooms oh College
Bounds, and filling the hours spared
from them and necessary lectures'
with matchlees wancleu:ings over the
canary roads, rare rambles on the
sea -blown links and the le-v•els of
- Scoastowu Muir. and midnight fore -
gatherings with ohosen Come:ides.
lAttle by little, ,on the mirror of
the pool grew one eifver night of
clear frost and cold stan.shine, when
witha hall a, dozea 'brethren of the
a red gown, be had cone here, to the
B'rig, and rang the Gaucleaneue, that
gree,e Soils- of unconquerable .youth
and sound philosophy, over the low-
er rearehee of the Don,
What a night that was! They
had been to the _play. As they had
come to the Spital, on the home-
ward: road; song and laughter atroso.
They Were outeide the iron paleof
the New Toon laws; be it. remember-
, ed, this was before the -evil day
when the "greater" na.unizipal spirit
eeiZed New 'Peon and AM' Toon and
fused them into one, Song and
laughter arose mightily in the Spit -
al, eehoing from King's Crescent to
Powie. Gray, that melancholy -mad
merry -mad fellow, threw off his
Plea- moad, engen.dereci by the
penny-dreadfel performance at the
little thee:bre in Guild Street, and
began t:o wake the . lieges 'with
"Balm in. Gilead" and "When John-
nie conies marehing home." Hen-
derson, sedatest of the sedate, flung
pebbles at certain windows, and re-
quesited "grinder," who came re:
proachlully to the call; to ;declare if
they ded not think it was high time
.ehe were going home. What would
enaamtvet say M,aelan, wiJid'Ae•g-
yllshitre catenate. albeit he came from
a manse, spouted -•Ossian in the ori-
ginal with ecstatic lilt and stiff
flailing of a.rues.. il,Vho that saw him
would say that he was a "deeveen-
ity" ? And so on by Fowls and
King's.
For a moment they halt -ed by the
Crown, lifted' intagically into the
silver shine, and thea, in spite of
the a.we that seerned to fall on. than
from the grey-white majesty of it,
there broke spontaneously from the
young throats, the well -loved chant
of "Glory, glory to 'the University -l"
(0 ! the rich heart of youth! that
has a song for every hour of the
day and night—every sang gladder
and more rousing than the • lase.)
Stables' (happy hostel 1.—closed,
alas t at that hotir), by the Toon
House, by Old Machar Cathedral,
thee- took the road to the Brig, -the
old groy 13rig o' Balgownie.
And there, on the highest rise of
the eingle areh, at one of a morning
white with glittering frost and div-
inely silver, with such a moon as
eurely never shone sine Endymoin
'MIS struck—there they stood in a.
sudden hush. There was no sound
but the emceeing, soothing ripple of .
the water, now tintl. again hardened I
to a crystal tinkle.
G andereems igai
Juvenes duse. sumns.
Post jucueduin juventutem,
Post neolestam seneetustem
:Nos habebit irtunus.
Now, oe this morning, he Hector
Chiehelm Grant, would nejoice—by
all the gods ! he would rejoice \shire
he was yet young. He could hardly
forgive himself for the past three
years of fat dulness and inanition in
London. They had really been busy
.years, but-- His life had not been
true to the tnaditions of his father:
it held not even been true to the
pllesCil'Le3inn"lgF'aIrLtDta To 2Ttba
and atOtuieIu;efor each
and every forin of itchina
bleedingand protrudingpike,
the menufaeturere have guaranteed It. see tee
timontan in the chilly preee and ask yaurnehor
bers what they think of it. You can me It and
get; your money back if not cured. 600 a bor. at
82 dealers Or EDILtNeceeneeas ec CoeToronto,
Dr,Chase"s Ointment
ideal of that gay comradeship of
gowestnen. !Yet how bad the others
fared ? Had they gained their
hearts' desires ? Gray, ' -the dream-
er, Was a solicitor in Glasgow; Hen-
derson was the low comedian of a
travelling melodrama comPanY:
when la,st heard of afaclaa was trad-
ing in Java; Stuart, who declared
that the' blood of Prince Charlie
warmed his heart, was a sehoolmers-
ter; Somerled Cameron, terror of
mammas, and ghampioa nap -player
of the Cloak -,room (what King's
men has ever foigotten the Cloak-
room, wihece all was blue with boo)
/Smoke ?)—Cameron WaS a Free
Church minister in Skye, terror of
evil -doers, and most notable of
ext-ompore Gaelic greticlicas. Was
Romance with them, or had they
sorrowfully seen her lucring skirts
trail ann.y into the grey distance ?
And. hinesel,f ? Well, he had just
waked. He looked down into the
black pool of the Don, and there
lie saw his fature stretch befoire him
lilce a. road, now straight, now
curving, up hill and down dale,
through green pas.ses and dark de-
illes—on and on, shining' and, glieter-
ing, until it came to a great castle
el -Lose battlements blazed with a
thousand eresiset,s. The brazen gates
swung wide, and he entered the
courtyard- There, at the theeshold
of the hall, stood Queen. Maddalena,
crowned and in royal ralinent, with
a smile all sunsthine, and an out-
st:retched hand of snow. If only this
were true 1 Ily God 1 he would
make it true; for, surely, he loved
her, 'this Queen. without a crown.
threw his,head back and laugh-
ed; cued, leaning on the panapet; he
sang the old march of vial:exile-us
youth -a
."Getudeaneus igitur Prelates dum
suantus.','
-11 didn't know you were a singer,
Geeent.'"
Hector turned sharply.
He raised his hat to the speaker,
a thin little lady who might be any
age from fonty to sixty. She was
attined in a, plain black costinne,
somewhat the worse for time, but
carefully brushed and neatly kepteas
if the wearer had not too many
dresses,. On her greying hair sat
dowdily the inevitable sleeve hat of
working ,British spiasterhood, and in.
her hand she held an osteneattiottely
serviceable umbrella. Her face was
pale; her mouth a lit4tle hard yet a
little wiettful; her no.ee not unpleas-
antly stberp, and her eyes wecre of a
curious soft hungry blue.
"You„ Miss Fiore
"Even I, Judith Frere, V703210.XL
yoUrnallat a.nel—at the moment, any-
way—unmitigated bore."
"You couldn't be a bore, Miss
Frere."
"Don't perjure yourself, Mr. Grant
You were enjoying yourself, you
were happy with your own thoughts.
intrude—I must be a. bore. An
angel from heaven would be a' nuis-
ance under the eiremnstances." She
placed both hands on the knob of
her umbrealla, and leaned heavily
on it.
"What strange current has 'drifted
you to this Ultima Thule ?"
"The desire of a much: talked -
about woman to be more talked
about. You know the Duchess, of
Kincardine ?"
'Everybody knows her. The Band
of Beauty, the Society for Suppresa-
ing 'Society,' the Association for
the Roselle of Destitute Dukes, the
League of the Lord knows what—do
they not all acknowledge her as
their founder? President of the
Dolly Dimple Lodge of little Helpers,
Vice -President of the 'Simple Simon
Society of Students of Bacon's
Piers, Captain of the Kincardine
Piro Brigsde, Patroness of all the
guinea -a -year learned sooieties—is
not. all this written in the book of
Adam and Charles Bleak ?"
S.`Feven so, and more also," laugh-
ed Mists Frei* a little bitterly, it
must be confessed. '`,S,he-es a clever
woman, Mr. Grant, and" (here She
looked round cautiously) "a damned
mean one. I:few 1 scared you ? I
don't often use language, hat some-
times 1 am driven to it. I have
been interviewing her Grace this
Some indications
of Nervous Disorders
,The Warning Signals Which Foretell the Approaoh of Nerifelli
Prostration, Paralysis and L000motor Ataxia,
Twitching of tbe muscles, sensi-
tiveness to light, sound and motion,
grinding Of the teeth during , eleep,
jerking of the limbe, conthatial move-
ment such as tapping the .flngere—.
therte are sonae of the eymptoitts .of
exhausted nerVea,
Intervals of Wakefulness, headache
during the night, sparks before the
eyes, disoreere of eight and hearing,
aro other indications that nervous
collapse is approaching.
Decabse there is' rie &Cute pain
people de eot alwaye realize the
seriousrieSS of nerveng diStaees. They
do not thiak of the heiplesenese of
body and mind, which is the result
Of neglecting sueli aliments.
Because of its eXtraordintery cen-
tred over diseases of the nereee The
Cheee's Neste: Food has come to he
eonsidered the one great treatment
foe dieerders of this hattiro.
Tide great food cure uot only re-
vitalieee the weeted uerve celle, but
Seenalee forme new firm, flesh end
keemie, builds tee the eyetem dad
seeds new vigor and vitality to
evevy organ of the ,. body. Being
cOmposeel of ' the greatest restora-
tives of nature it is bound to
yolt good., - • .
Mrs, • Drinkwater, 5 -Water See
Galt.,. Ont., states :—`'My great
trouble has been, With my nerves. I
was very nervous, had twitehing of
the nerves, and eould not get to
sleep at night. I seemed quite Worn
Oft, and' believing that I needed
setae medicine began to use Die,
Chase's Nerve rood. 1 can truth-
ttilly say that this PreParation. has
preven surprisingly beteficial to me.
It lute streegthened axid steadied Any
here/ea, Made me rat and sleep Well,
and in feet built, up the system
generally!'
De., Chase'Netve Food, 50 .cents
a boat; at all dealer, Or Etimetrieen,
Tlates 4e Company, Toronto, To
protect yeti againet inntations, the
portrait and 4signatuwo of Dr, A. W.
Chase, the famous; receipt book au-
thor, are on Melee 'bOX4
...
etiOrnieig ter the Hap/ y Heine. She
wrote to Mallesou, inquiring in-
digetuttly Why he 14 d been omitted
ilrsiel the series of 'ill 'del DucheeeeS.'
SIverybody le out A tow, tbat'S
how the talk fell • to um. If it
wereiVe August seine sof the younger
aeneralacat would hav been seat,
"Il'ave you enjoyee the teepee,-
iente 2"
"Walt a minute 1 Sh wrote Mal-
legoa a seemed time, o el•illg to do
the article herself , r a geinea 1
,
IlkaNveeter, ,I had been commissioned
berme her oiler ..reaCh d bilu- And
that's why for the lapt holm. I have
been nothig doesi here" (she taped
her pocket-40We "howe much a Car"'
taill elevated, persouage, esteems her;
efliat the dear Prince reitaarkedeviien.
a bundle; of her traets arateed in his
sielteroonn how Presidebe Loubet
thfanked her go(r an illtnninated,
Sieripture text; and the crea-
tore never aeked me if I
would sit muown, although
I told her I had walked out from
AJbercleea. it's threa4nelles to Don
Vale, and 1 couldn't -afford a cab."
"So altogether you have been
gathering experiences." '
• "Mr. Grant, "at fifty a woman
doesn't want to ,gtutil4r experiences—
she is ready to selS them; and at
that 'age a woman ought to have
eaough expexierices to keep her
comfort for the rest of hew life
But I'll take my revenge- on her
Grace by writing an extra eweet,
recd -between, -the -lines sort of arti-
cle. She'll squirm if he can see
any farther than the end of her
nose.'' •
"Vieuellativenes,s is vulgar," said
Hector, half raockingly,
"Not half so vulgar as, some duch-
essee. Listen! She entered the
room. I bowed. 'You are the in-
terviewer person?' 'I Ani the inter-
viewer peesen.' 'You axe a Cluie-
tian, II hope'.? 'I hope. I, am... 'I
make it a rule only to be interview-
ed by Christians.' 'May I mention
that, your Gra•ce ?' 'Yes, you may
ineretion that; in fact, I should like
it particularly? I could have kill-
ed her,"
"Hasn't long etfetom blunted your
feelings, to that kind' of thing 2"
"It haen't, and it never will. 0!
journalism is deteStable. Yet I
can't do anything else. ,Itis vile and
it's ill -paid. What do you, think
Malleson gives me for coming all
tihis distance to be patronised by
that feinale ?"
"First-class expenses and six
guineas 2
"Thind class ! And thirty shill-
ings Apr a three-page article! I
have to pay, all„expeases, over my
train faxe."
"I caR that sweating, downright
sweating.''
"No indeed, it's not. Ilt's nice,
(Sean, upeto-date, wholesome jour-
nalism; and I trust there is a ace,
clean, up-tadiete, wholesome fur-
nace, with famed draught and pa-
tent teler,copic pokers, Waiting ready
for a few of my editors. I often
wonder why I go on doing work for
theme I euppose I've got to live—
the great argureent, though- some-
times I don't see the at/esolute ne-
cessity for living. * 0 ! mercleatr Mr.
Giranit, l'na afraid I am like 17a0St
WOM50/1, after all : I want pretty
fnooks, I want diamonds, I want
toilet ornaments, .I want good
dinners end good wine, I want a
carriage. I had them all once, and
I believe I shall have them again.
I'd do anything short of murder to
be rid of this scrape and struggle,—
it's all so ugly, so demoralising."
The little woman paused for a
moment almost out .ot breath, while
Heator wondered at her vehemence.
"Ath ! well 1" she sighed, "here
I've been ranting like a Democratic
Fecierationist. Please forget what
I've been saying. You're on holi-
day, I suppose ?"
"No, I'm on busineee."
"That's all right. The Week Illus-
tra,ted does things in style."
"This is private business."
"Paridon."
"In fact, Miss Frere, I've loft The
Week Illustrated."
"You've lett ! Why, you are the
paper."
"0 ! dear me, no 1 There',8 none
of us indespeaselde. Besides, 1'ire
got something fax mere congenial
'in.
r'°Yogeit 'ill"
' elation s ! You '11 tell
me, won't yotu ? Yeat're big enough
fox a. couple of paragraphs."
.Hectoe was moved by an impulse
of pity for this old maid, slaving
day and night for a sore-eiSung pit-
tance. He woulid let her into the
secret, and she could make it known
%Olen the time came. Some of the
evening papees; ever on the hunt
far "stoops," would give her a
sanall fortune for the /YeAVS.
"Yes," he said, "I'll tell you,
you mustn't ilea it until I give you
the word."
They had been walking towards the
town during this conversation, and
now they found themselves in the
Ca,etlegate, the old square wheito
another Duchass had raised a regi-
ment with the Klee& shillhg be-
tween her teeth. The sign of a res.-
taperan,t caught Rector's eye, Tile
class supper of his Tertian year had
been thekd there : that woe, another
famous night. He bald the whim
to revisit the place.
"If you will honor Inc at la/1h-
eon, Miee.Frera," he said, "I'll give
yoU the stery." * .
pay My own share; there"
she said sharply. Even. it she was
poor, she was net going to be pa -
tree i sad. ,
"As you Hector anewered
laughingly. "But if you insist oft
that, 1 sintll tot speak„"
She gaVe in,
Luncheon Was over, and the story
was finiehed as tile coffee came.
Mies Freya leaned forWard with spar-
kling eyes and whispered, "I should
like ter meet your Queen."
"And te0 you shall," laughed Hec-
tor, "And so you shall, You sball
interview her, if you like, but yeti
trepeet not, pliblialt it until the glor-
ious encl. Thee yet ectn Make a
little for
"Mr. Grant, bow eee 1 t.hank you,
"By bot eteving eaother weird,"
Hector looked at hie watch.
'I mnet hterey, l'in dead, I'Ve r
litteoliajf, an bettr to eatiell MY train.
Hector paid the bill, Mit a. avoncl
Of coraplineent to the peoprate;tor on
the eXPelleWn of the 11-410000, and
bade good-bye to Mies :torero, whom
be left to Aniell her coiree leielree
AS he Walked up Union Street he
still bummed the audottmus•,
proJoett wee proSpering, he bad 'clone
a need turn to a, tired woman, he
itad hunted well. AiSd so—"Let us
rejoice, therefore, while eve are
young.''
(To be Continued.)
MOW TO CRIPPLE RUSSIA.
Bowers Can Make It HelpleSs by
Cutting offl Xti Money.
• •
An article on Russia published in
the last. number of L'Europeare a
journal of ieternational influenee is-
sued in Paris, has attracted no little
attention in the European press. The
author is a Danish publicist, Bjorn-
stjerne Bjornson. He assumes that
Russia is an undesirable and.danger-
ous element be Europe and A,sia, aud
as a means of thwarting her further
advance proposes that other nations
1st8o9p9,811tphpelyilwigribteerr leYsittilimmat°ensa,Y.R8usinsceisit
has borrowed abroad $700,000,000
with which to build fleets and to
maintain an army no less than to
establish the gold standard and
build railways, and . M. Bjornson
seems to take it very tench to heart
that "the 'larger part et this foreign
gold, which has maintained the Rus-
sian institutions and served its plans
of oppression and of, conquest, has
fiowed from, the country of "liberty,
equality and fraternity.? "
"It is admitted in France and
America," M. Bjornson goes on to
say, "that without .French gold the
Russian institution would have gone
to smash long ago. No centralized
power, even the best, is, for any
length of time, capable of governing
so many and varied peoples. No
hand, no matter how powerful, can
stretch over spch an enormous terri-
tory or unite so many contrary des-
tinies, created by varied climates and
by numerous racial and religious dif-
ferences. But what the best govern-
ment, what the most powerful hand
cannot perform becomes chaos and
misery under a feeble autocratic pow-
er or a bureaucratic institution that
is mercenary and mendacious, un-
stable and oppressive. Without the
foreigner's aid it would have -de-
stroyed itself, whether by revolution
or by asphyxia. What, however,
would have been most natural, would
-
have been a general disintegration of
the administration of the colossal
masses of Russia according to a
scheme of federation.
"With the aid of the foreigner's
gold all the inflammable -material of
this formidable accumulation of in-
justice and distress has been able
to subsist until it has become a
danger to us all. Unless a war pre-
cipitates her upon her neighbors—a
war which would be followed through
long years by thunderings and tu-
m.ults—she will continue to court
them as of yore. On this point Rus-
sian and foreigner agree. But war
will come. If up to the present time
the all-powerful Russian institution
has not recoiled before any. of the
means taken to prolong its existence,
why should it recoil before war?
Whatever the result of the War, one
thing is certain—the payment of in-
terest will cease. Russia, will thank
the aid given her by state bank-
ruptcy."
•
NEW POSTAL DEPARTURE.
Scheme Devised By British Post-
master-Qsneral.
Satisfied that a "cash -on -delivery"
system of parcel postage will serve
the greatest good of the greatest
number, the British Postmaster -Gen-
eral leas had an outline of the scheme
prepared for the inforrctation of
shop -keepers, large and smell.
- The' scheme proposed is as follows:
Parcels and registered postal pack-
ets will he handed over to the Post.
Office on the understanding that the
sender receives through the Post
Office the money duatwhim on them
dr gets his Parcels beak. •
Parcels. and packets will be accept-
ed at every post office, an,d delivered
alem;enetsere.nedaert oathatnited Kingdom
by postmen, who will collect on. de-
livery trade charges of moderate
r of a trade Charge pack-
et—i.e., C.O.D.—will be required to
write on t ie cover his name and ad-
dress and the amount,to be collected
on delivery, and also to tender with
the packet a form of request. The
receiving post ()Mee will give the
sender a certificate of posting
The postman taking out the.packet
from the office of delivery will col -
!act the charge, No receipt will be
taken or given on delivery. The
money will be remitted to the send,
er of the parcel by a money order
or postal order. '
For the services rendered a small
fee will be charged in addition to the
postage. ,
Commenting on the plan, a high
official at St: Martin's-le-Gtand said'
that the advantage of the natioind
C. O. systein as against the or-
dinary carrier was that, while the
ordhiary carrier serves only where
he can Make a profit, the Post COffiCe'
will serve near and far,' large eus-
touters or smell, Without distinction
and at a. tmiforiti rate, The small
shopkeeper will , be able to order
goods frbm Wholesale houses with
g"ater thall PreVietudea
LUXURY -111011 DOMESTICS.
The most extraeedinary luXurY
the way of servants' accomaioda.tion
prev,alle Beyeneton, lialgiandS the
huge stelae° infilt by Norrean Shaw
for LOrd Portman, where every de-
partraent poesessed its own private
sittieg "'eerie, mid where the houge-
Maid% leundry-Moicle and kitchen-.
melds all have their separate apart-
ments distinct Uteri. those Of the up-
seivan 04
Sftlii:StoOlftrbItiuosy
eh:ndprolvierbi:
et the Suit. At
''').E4*****4(1***•*.*******4N
CROSS BREEDING FRUITS AND
.
In the breeding' of plants the term
cross -bred is used when referring to
the crosses produced between differ-
ent varieties of the seme species,
and trf orllis,
e wordhotraiicinelliebny SePre0aosidilnI
e
such Plants as are generally regard-
ed as distinct species. The results
obtained from efforts at crossing or
hybridizing depend much on the
eare taken in conducting the opera-
tion. In a general way, it is be-
lieved by many experimenters that
crosees in fruit inherit their censti-
tution largely flora the- pistillate or
female parent, while the quality and
flavor of the frea is month influenced
by the other sex writes Prof, Wm.
Saunders. -
The tools eequired in crosa breed-
ing are few, but a steady hand has
en important bearing on the success
of the work, The following, is all
that is. needed : A pair of finely
pointuesd paper forceand
ga
forceps, msoeuacebags
largo s 'abiaie
peruer
enough to inelose the branches on
which the blossoms to be worked are
situated, twine for tying these bags
in place, and a few wired labels to
attach to the branches on which the
number Of the cross or other parti-
culars may be written. •
In an efforts at cross fertilizing
paper bags are recommended for
co'vering the flowers on aeoo,uait of
the closeness of their texture, Pol-
len grains are sometimes blown
about by the wind, and are in most
instances $o very minute that they
would pass rea,dily through the fin-
est gauze. With grain, the panel: -
bags have been allowed to remain
on until the close of the season, but
with fruits or flowers atter the fruit
or seed is so far advanced as to he
beyond the possibility ef further in-
fluence from pollen. the practice has
been to replace the paver bag with
one of fine ganze which will give free
access of air a,nd light and thus pro-
duce healthy development.
In choosing flower buds to work
on all those which are partially
open should be rejeoted, also those
wine% are very, inernattire, the aim
being to wdrk on those which are
so far advanced as to be nearly
ready to open. Having chosen the
flowers to be operated on, remove
caxefully with the finely pointed for-
ceps the floral coverings, calyx and
corolla, without bruising oninjur-
ing the internal organs.. The stam-
ens with their anthers are then torn
away, lea.v.ing the pistil or pistils
exposed. When all the flowers select-
ed have been thus prepared, theytare
atonce inclosed in a paper bag,
which is tied to the branch until
pollen from the other variety to be
used rn the cross is secured.
HOW TO WORK WITH FRUITS.
In obtaining pollen from the an-
ple, pear, plum, cherry, strawberry,
blaokberry, gooseberry, etc., it can
generally be had in sufficient *quan-
tity and often in abundance, if
branches well provided with blos-
som buds which are just about to
open, ate cut and placed in a veseel
of water, in a sunny place indoors.
The anthers usually discharge their
pollen in the morning, and by light-
ly pinching them between the ringer
and thumb, the fertilizing powder
can be seen in small patches on the
surface and with care can be trans-
ferred by the hand to the flowers
awaiting fertilization. , Where one
depends on obtaining` pollen from
flowers outside, it will often, be
found that bees and other insects
have preceded the hybridist, an.d in.
their efforts to gather nectar from
the Slowers the anthers have been so,
knocked a:bout that emelt of the pol-
len has been scattered. -
If the variety from which it is de-
sired to obtain the pollen is later
in blooming than the indiviclnaleto
be crossed, the opening, of the flow-
ers , may be hastened by cutting
meanbee/mhoswell furnished with
blotestom buds a few days before the
pollen ,is needed, placing them in
water and exposing them to heat
and sunlight in a greenhouse.
IN OPERATING ON 'CEREALS. •
With wheat, barley and oats, the
process is much in.ore diffic.ult than
with finite. In working with wheat
the head should be selected soon af-
ter k has pushed out from: the
etheath. This head consists of a
series of clusters known as spikelets,
which are arranged alternately on
opposite sides of the stalk. Later
each spikelet will contain from two
to five keebels of wheat. In the
early stages of the growth of the
hbad, the kernels are not formed,
but the hollow centers 'they are de-
stined to All are occupied by the
more or less developed flowers of
theNIVPtinanoe
tp.• rating on Wheat to effect -
a cross, the outer layer of chaff- 'is
torn off with the 'finely pointed for-
ceps., and the inner coating pulled
back, by Seizing it -near the tip and
bending it downward, which ex-
poses the floWer. The anthers are
then carefidly examined arid if their
condition is seilletehtly adventedsto
One the Possibility of any of the
pollen having been Shed, the *Mo-
tet to whieh it beloege Is torn Off,
ancl.other flowers Maenad ulxtil some
are tottad in the deeired condition
with the Stalnene geeen but almost
mature, 'These are removed with
much dare, es the Slightest injury to
the. soft and delkate pistil will
catiee it to wither, The. fleeter is
then coe-ered by replacing the fetter
ceatieg of °hen in its natural poet'
time After the rernoVel of the sta.-
limns front a Suffidient rateelier of
Seleeted flowers all other portions of
the head are torn Off awl rejected,
MUST BE HANDLED 0A1SEFULLY
Having previously seleeted ahead
of the eariet,y of epodes Whieh,is to
&ei'VO as the male, flowers are
setight for witiel eoatctin anthere
ttilry featured and covered witlt
'pollen, Then the individual floWtre- that train
Whleh have beau, prepared $
lization, are ePeeed again -it
sion and the soft feathery p
gently touched witb ene or
of the pollen laden anthers f
i(jolautlFartbietivuoatraletly41,11,ttienrttNivillhizioannolt)Ohr
case is again °low!.
After all the flowers in a
head halm Nee operated oi
"d
ed. by tying as to Prevent
sibility ,of ecce ,a,"st oth
Qbanl:ea.njv ef
JOO
untoueeIaykelsml
will beatneeg6ese eeSO
unti alf°'
gathered,- ech kareel whe
the fbllowing season Will to
starting point of a new vetri
In crossing different sorts
ley, the head should be work(
fore it is fully out of the shed
natural fertilization takes
earlier with this grain than
wheat, In cereals; the
plant grown the first
pro'dtice heads all
(tad these will usually
ble closely the variety on wlue
kernel has been produced. 1
ionally, however, it will to
extent take after the plant
ethich the pollen has been get
LONG WAIT Fon `JUIN TO
If the cross has been suecess
made, the grain obtained from
plant of the iirst year's „grow
when sown the next .season, will u
tinny produce different forms, son
resembling one parent and some ti
other, while other plants pr,
dace heads more or less intermedia
in character. After selecting ti
most desirable type or types from
cross all other forms are discar.do
and only those retaineel from ye:
to year which are true to the tyj
or types selected. After sever
seasons of careful selection' the ty
usually becomes fairly permanen
Variations will, however, still
some cases occasionally occur; thes
Should be watched for and separate
whenever they appear if the no
grain is to 'be preserved true to th
chosen type. —
In efforts to cross cereals ma
failures may be looked for, and wit
all the skill which trained hare
can bring to bear on the work. 11
ripened kernels are always few con
pared with the number of flowei
operated on. A partial record
the crossing which has been dm
on Wheat at the Canadian exper
mental farms shows that from 16-5
flowers carefully worked, only 22
kern.els were obtained, about one ;
every eight.
CITY WITH A ,RENT ROL
London Owns Houses Inliabite
Many Cla sses.
The municipal ownership of
ling houses in London, England,
making rapid progress, to judge
the annual report of the Lon
County, council. '
During the past year the eoun
completed and opened seventeen
blocks of dwelliuga and twenty
cottages, sufficient to acconun
4,368 persons.- *et the end of
it owned 3,881 aeriements (cont
9,552 rooms) and 324' cubicle
fording accommodation for
persons. That is a popula
enough to 'fill a town like Comte
bury or Winchester.
The gross rent -roll of the counci
is $405,435ean increase for theyea
of $91,535. The year's 'workin
showed a surplus as -regards thi
dwellings of $29,540. Interest an
eeniting fund absorb rearly half . th
rent. Taxpayers will not be surpris
ed to learn that an additional omen
diture of $4,000, has been incurre
this year above the sum that woul,
have been payable had the rates an
taxes temained at the same level a
in 1901-2. .
Loss through houses remainin
empty was equal to only 2.7 pc,
cent. of the gross rent receivabl
though removals were very nu/net-Gee
Irrecoverable rents amounted t
An interesting tabulated stat
meet Shows the class of people
live in the houses :ea
Actors ... . .. .
Bakers . . ... :
• Bookbinders
Bookseller
Bootmakers
• Cabinetmakers .
Carraen
Clergymen
Clerks •
•
' 52
' 82
112
4
. ,..107
Costermongers-... .... .
Customs officer 1
Doetors . • .... 2
Dressmakers .. ....... 85
Engineers . -
42
Laborers ...' ,.....293
Law writere . . .... 4
Librarian
Lighterinen
Market porte:s
Motor drivers
Mu sicians
Office cleaners
paeke; s
Painters .
Pensioners
' .. 21
, 35
.. 8
. . .. 43
50
48
Poleretnen . .207'
Portere ....77
Postmen . 41.
Poet Office porters 12
, _Post Office sorters , 17
-Printers .....,.., 71
JkiiIwaynsen 24
Saleeinen ..,..... 45
'Liners ,.." .115
6 '
Travellers . .... 33
Waiters ... . , .. 71 ,
The average of persons per room,
is given as 145.
TELEPHOND TO
,
Teloplionie celereturdeatien is 1,104
centplete to the Arctic Sea, Narvik,
the little Norwegian 0ox0ttletn
Moat northern arid is Mt, h.,
Which is the ter:Mints of the tverf..S
le the Aretie eirele, has been joited
up trete to -d4 telertheesealla
the 8 wettish • ca pi te 1 , Stoeich
clietance . of fli0 a:lice. It is -
tele° put into coil nect ion with fit)
pathogen, the distance in the !eta
ease being eo liewhat geeater
collagen to liona