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Steei, Trap
By Ocoee° 13. lacstee.
'&110W QV el' ,1111,1 my jaws were white
with frost and lee and 1 c,ould hear
the lee in the lake erackiug and, groan-
ing. About tnidnieht 1 saw a beautie
fel animal °outing tweeted me. I
thought 'at fleet that it waethe collie
dee, bit as he came nearer 1 zaw that
he wets different. He was about the,
, eame color as tha oath° dog, but he
1 am a steel tea. I have two strong was smaller and had a big bushy tail
steal jaws, controlled by two stiff and keen beight.eyee.
steel springs. I was made in a great He reached for the bait that hung
ellGP Where stoeitral)s were inade• At- over me and etoPPed squarely on my
ter 1had been tempered and tested' f trencher when einap went nlY Jaws and
was Put In a great stere to,be sold. One I caught, um by one Qt. bis, front legs.
day n man came into the store and "Mien, we had a desperate struggle
bought me. 1 heard eome one *ay that there in the ice and snow, but 1 held
he Was a trapper and that he had- an on. As the hones passed, 1 noticed
Iran constitution and 0 steel heart. that he didn't pull as hard as he did
The next clay he took me way off in at fix•et and pretty soon he didn't pull
the woods aud stopped beside a stream at all and, then he WaS still.
of water, He then fastened me by a. When my master, the trapper, canto
chain to a stalte driven in the ground,' next day, 1 beard him say, °Welll
opened my awe, covered me carefully- that is a fine fox. Eroee to death, didn't
with dry' leaves, hung a bait over me hey,
and went oft and left me. l Well, these are just a few a the ex -
I had beee accustomed to so much periences that 1 have had, V I had
neise in the ahem where I was made, the time to tell you aud you had the
an,d in the store, that 1 felt a little time to listen, I could tell YOU of hurel
lenesolue 'there all alone in the Silent clreds of ether experiences that I have ,
woode, but 1 had plenty of exeitement had. 1 aud the thetls.ande at' othe
l
alter on, trapa like me have been the teauee of
Pretty $0011 1 saw a beautittll ani" unteld eufferinge and our Jawa are 1
mal coming toward me. I learned at-: dyed with the,life blood of millions of 1
terwards that he was a collie dog. ---Re innocent, leiintiess little area:Cures
had soft, silky, yellow hair and beauti- who have just as good a right to level
tut brown eyes. Ile came ening as you have.
along the ground aud almost put his ecrual steel trap!. do you
nese between my jaws.. Just then he I Deem call me Gruel. Call the trae- 1
stePPed squarely en MY trencher, when per that sets me, cruel, and the man I
snap WtMt MY jaws and 1 held hiln fast who buys the furs and animals. that II
by one °f his front paws'. Well, snob- catch and the men and the women who i
a time as we did have, ale whined, wear the furs. I just hold on because
and barked and. howled. Ile reared up I am compelled to do so -and have nol
and rolled over on the grcund, He bit choice in the matter, but they do AI
his foot and bit my jaws and bit the from choice.
ground. But I just held on. It is my, I am a steel trap. I just hold on,
business to hold on. I am a steel trap. because I can't open by own Jaws and
He 'then laid down and just moaned release the Poor suffering animal as I
with pain and looked at me with those wawa like to de.
beautiful brown eyes with the most! Went you please make laws which
beseeching expression as much as to will put me out 'of business, for I am
say, "Won't you please let me go?" not willingly cruel. I hold on because
I have seen so much suffering since I can't let go. I am a steel trap.
that day, that I have lost all pity now,
but that was my first experience and I
The King's Jewel House in
I did feel sorry for the poor dog, for
London is Restored.
he suffered so, but I jnst held on. It
Scaffoldieg and tarpaulin shrouding
Is my busineas to east hold on.
ancient building behind Westmin-
In a few minutes a man came run- an
ster Abb,ey ma.rie where restoration is
in progresis at the King's Jewel House,
commonly known as the Jewel Tower
of -Westminster.
springs, opened my jaws and took out' The tower once at pd in the garden
the clogs foot and the dog with a grate-
Of the Abbot of Westminster, but is
fill cares& for his master ran liraping now so hemmed in by buildings that
away. The man aid some
very we. the visitor has to go through a mews
e
complimentary things about the People to see it. It Was built towards the end
of the 14th century, in the reign o11
who set traps, then caught me by the
jaws, pulled up the ;stake and held me Richard IL In early times theaKing's I
and threw me, stake and all, into a. Jewels were kelt there; down to 70
deep pool in the stream and told me Years ago it was the store -chamber for
„acts el Parliament; and now it is used
to stay there and rust out my life in
uselessness, anti I thought my uefue by the standards department of the
ness, if I ever had any, was at an end. board of trade and contains some of
'
The next morning I saw my master, their heavier teeting machines.
The pressure of the valuta from the
the trapper, earning. I could see him •
but he couldn't see me at fent He interior has -caused large fractures and,
01 the fissures Oil the outer surface.
finally- spied me at the bottom
The roof timbers are s.eriously de -
deep pool, and got a long Pole and
fished me out and said 801118 uneom- eaYed. PrilleinallY by the wood -boring
-sow insect Xestobimn Tessellatum, which
plimentary things about people
caused so mu,ch damage in Westrain-
throw away steel traps. My master,
the trapper, then took me a lone way .s.ter Hall.
off in the woods and set me again by
the side of a lake. I A Century of Glass -Making.
That night it was bright moonlight The name of Chance is met with in
and 1 saw a little animal coining to- scientific work all over the world, in
ward me. It was a shin, trim little connection with microscopes, tele -
creature with dark brown fur and .seopes, laberatory ware, and, in fact,
bright, black eyes,. I found out after-iwherever glass of high quality, is em -
wards that he was a mink. He smelled ployed. This great British firm, which
the bait that was hung over me and celebrates its hundred years of exist -
reached up to get it when Snap went ence this year, has a romantic record
ray jaws, and caught him by one of in glass-maleing. The Crystal. Palace,
his feet. He squealed and race:toed originally erected in Hyde Park, was
with pain for several hours and pulled glazed with. 100,000 square feet of
as hard as he could to get away, but Chance's sheet. glass. Datil the war
I held on. Pretty soon I heard a gratethey were the only British manufac-
ing, gnawing sound. It lasted for anturers of optical glass and the large
little while and then all was still and astronomical:telescopes of many of the
I didn't hear him or feel him any more. 't world's biggest observatories are fitted
When my raa.ster, the trapper, came with their lenses. Lighthouses, too,
to visit me the next day, I heard him on all the coasts of the world flash
say; "Hal the little rascal gnawed off ; their beams from prisms produced at
his feet. There is a. good mink shin the well-known Smethwick works,
gone, but I will catch him again some
dee?,
The trapper then set me again and
went off and left me. The next night taken from the bottom of a ship aster
was a terribly cold night, I shall a -voyage of :elev. months from Bombay
aleaer forget it. The wind blew the to Liverpool.
nina up. He seemed to know the dog
and called ham by name and the dog
jumped up and beise:ed
The man then put his feet on my
Harvest of Barnacles.
Thirteen 'ton" of barnacles were
10 eh:treeing pfllftiL 111 the lateet study et Ijez. Stanley 13aldwin, wife
Conserva,Live Ienetelf, Wilo is noW peeineer of Great, Britain:,
5111111 11111
ArAyder, Alaska,:the United! States and 'Canada meet en the north, 'The
cross marks the,, -boundary post. Towards the mountain is the 11.5., and on
the side near the camera is Canada.
. en..
Autumn.
The falling leaf is at the door;
The autumn wind is on the hill;
Footsteps I have heard before
Loiter at my cabin sill.
The mysterious autunite haze -
Steals across the blue ravine,
Like an Indian ghost that strays
Through his olden lost clemense.
Yes, by every trace and sign
The good roving days are here.
Mountain peak and river line
Float the scarlet of the year.
Lovelier than ever now
Is the world I love se well,
Running water, waving bough,
And the bright wind's magic spell.
Rouse the taint of migrant ioloocl,
With the fe:verof the road—
Impulse older than the flood
Lurking in its last abode.
Now the yellow of the leaf
Bids away by hill and plain,.
I shall eay good-bye to grief,
Wayfellow with joy again.
—Bliss Carman.
School Plays Forbidden.
Student plays have been bawled in
all middle schools, colleges and uni-
versities in Japan by order of' the
Minister of Edupation on the ground
that they promote promiscuous love
affairs and. are injurious to the public
I
morals.
In response to a. storm of protests
from language schools that contended,
that plays furnished one of the best
means of promoting foreign language
conversation, the Minister finally con -
1
sentedeto modify his ruling slightly.
He will allow student plays in boys'
schools with the stipulation that there
be no female impersonations and plays
may be produced in the girls' schools
if there are no male roles enacted. He
first stipulated that the plays for boys'
schools should have none but male
parts and those for girls none but fe-
male parts, but eventually consented
in special. instances to permit acting
Landmarks of London Make
Way for Progress:
The changes of tithe and the steady
blows of th'e -pick-axe have .sent 'an-
other London landmark to destruction
in a cloud of dust, says a London ells-
,
patch. This was the building at 34
Cockspur Street which for generations
housed the establishment of a famous
London clockmaker.
- Affixed to the front of this building
was a great white-faced clock sur-
mounted by a time -ball, and very old
Londoners' recall that riding to the
War Office of a morning from his home
in Piccadilly, the Duke of Wellington
would draw rein to correct his time-
piece by the one which hung out high
over the street. And now the old clock
with its time -bell, which became a
landmarle to Londoners of a succeed-
ing generation who, on foot or on
busses, could view it from the far side
of Trafalgar Square, has disappeared
with the demolition oe the building of
whiclilt was se long a part.
The passage of time has brought
strange changes to tilts part of London
which became known as Charing Cross
after King Edward L erected a Gothic
cross there to mark the spot where
his 'Queen's coffin rested in the thir-
teenth century, when the royal funeral
procession halted. on its way to West-
minster Abbey
Why Cockspur Street came to be so
named no antiquary appears to be able
to say for certain. Conjecture has it
that it was because of a fancied con-
nection with the mews adjoining the
celebrated "Cock Tavern" where Sam-
uel Pepys, who described it in *his
diary as "a great ordinary mightily
er
' cried up," dined Mrs. Turner, Bett
and Talbot Pepys, Sir Dennis Gauden,
land Gibson, and they were "inightY
merry, this house being famous for
meat and particularly pease porridge.",
In later days Tobias Smollett "was
in the habit of frequenting "a small
tavern in the corner of Cockspur
Street" called the Golden Ball, "where
of both male aim female ,roles i e
men taking female roles wore ma
costume and the girls impersonating
male parts did not attempt to make
their costumes fit the part.
Making Homes Homelike
on the Prairie.
Excellent results are being secured
by the Tree Planting Division of the
Interior Department with the planting'
of conifers in Western Canada. An
inspection of the plantings shows that
of the ,several varieties, a very high
percentage have succeeded in establish-
,
Ing themselves. The species and re- ,
sults are as folloWs:
White spruce, plaitted 1916, height 6 '
It., 98 per cent. living; Lodgepole pine, I
planted 1916 height 7 ft. -2 in., 100. per I
cent. living; White spruce, ela.nted 10
1918, height 5 ft., 97 per cent. living; -
Scotch pine, planted 1918, height 5 ft.
4 in., 94 per cent. living; White Spruce,
planted 1922. OG per cent, living; Jack
pine, pla.ritect 1922, 98 per cent, living;
Scotch pine, planted 1922, 94 per cent.
Living.
Oncloubteely these hardy evergreens
are particularly suited to prairie plant-
ing, and, once eetablished, ,seem to
withstand ell kinds of neglect, though
they respond readily to cultivation
REPLENISHING INLAND
FISHERIES
linpOrtance of Work of Dom inion Fish Cultural Service--
MethOds of Propagating.
As tile fisheries of Canada.' are :one fry so that they may be carried until
01 its„.chief natural eesourcee and fill they reach the "fingerliffg" stage aro
imPortent place in. its 'cont. being develefied and 1481 Year the die"
tributioe of "fin erlin s" and oldel
•
raercial lifer thel)epartment of Marine . g g'
fish trona the °minion Govorument
hatcheries was Increased twenty per
cent. to a total of thirty-five and a half
million. So far as is feasible the dis-
tribution is arranged on a "standard"
replenishing the rivers and other in- basis. Strearns and iaIceS ale ex -
land waters. amined and classified according to
Fish culture or Aquaculture holds a their physical conclitionethe extent to
somewhat .similar place with regard to whieh they are fished, and their,,gen-
the water as agriculture does with re- oral value from a fislepeoducing stand -1
eard to land, The formeraims at the point. I
-largest annual crop.of ash of the most Since its inception the Canadian
valuable kinds that the respective Fish. Cultural Service has given almost
waters will produce. . its whole attention to the propagation
During the spawning season the ripe of the more impertant food fishes such
fenlales are skillfully mianipulateci by as Atlantic Salmon. in the eastern pro -
trained employees and their egfi'gs are vinces; whitesle salmon trout,. and
extruded by a gentle pressure into pickerel in Ontario end the Prairie
pans where they are carefully fertil- Provinces, and Pacific salmon in Bri-
'zed with the "milt" of the male fish.tish Columbia, while the demands on
The fertilized eggs are carried' /in jars anglers has resulted in the necent
and trays in running .water in the elusion of such game ash as speckled, I
hatcheries until the young fish or "fry" rainbow,' cutthroat, and kamloops
hatch out. During this period they are trout. Some of these species are also I
sake froni injury from, freshets whiCh, becoming established in „water to.
would scour out the ape:wiling beds; I which they aT'0 not iiieligencets. Paeific I
from receding waters, which -would spring. salmon are being caught in lalte
leave them exPosecl; from severe Ontario, and eastern whitefish, blaclel
frosts, which would kill them; as well , bass, and Atlantic salmon are being!
as from.- the ravages of fisheegg-eating - taken ie British Columbia lakes and
birds and many other natural enathies., rivers. Rainbow trout are being intro -
In Canada the eggs' of the fish that dueed into streams..." on tile, eastern.
spawn in the autinuh
,natch out in thel slope of the Rockies in Alberta; aridi
following spring, or in a period of,from 'experimental plants of. the "same'
fiv,e to aix months, while tbe eggs cie species are being made in Nova Scotia,'
tale erring spawning species hatch in -of Brown and Loch Leven, trout in!
, •
from four to six weeks. I New Brunswicle and Of lake Ontario
!When the "fry" are first hatched , and lalee Superior dimming in alkaline
they 'subsist upon the contents of a ' lakes in Saskatchewan. .
yolk or food sac and whee this is prac-1 That the fisheries, of the -Countay
tically consumed and they begin to have been maintained and increased
and, Fisheries operates no less then 41
fish hatcheries, whicell are located .at
',strategical .points between. the •Atlan-
tic, and .the ,Pacific, for the ,purpose of
rise from the bottoms of the troughs in .all waterathat have been systema -
in search of other food they are trans- tically stocked with hatching fry,
ferred as speedily as possible in cans, while similar waters that have not
or scow, to the waters that it is de- been so assisted have become de -
sic -ad to stock. Tb.e absorption of the pleted are well-known facts. For in-,
food sa.c takes' from three to four stance in 1895 whitefish had become
weeke, but this as -well as the hatching so scarce in lake Ontario that there'
period is affected by the teniperathee was practically no commercial fishing
of the water. Warm water gives, whereas by 1917 the commercial catch
quicker r.esultsthan oold water. amounted to 12,031 cwt. and in 192-2
As the vitality of the little flsh in- to 21,020 cwt. This improvement is
creases rapidly as they grow older, the credited b'y those directly interested
facilities available at the various to the hatcheries on bath sides of the
hatcheries for feeding and. rearing the lithe.
Harbor Lights:
When ships sail softly into port
And hail the setting sun,
Contentment holds the voyagers
To know the journey done;
To greet the friendly harbor lights
That signal, one by One
For lights that grow at door and Sill
. Reflected In the heart,
'And' Weary men, at close Of day
Returning from the mart
Greet, each, the light that shines for
.. them
As sacred and apart,
For lights that glow, at door and sill;
Are nearer than 'a star,
And stated for holy, blessed things
Wherever mortals are;
TO reach their welcome' once again
No road's too hard'orfar.
—Faith Baldwin.
Nature Lover.
Ihave found kindness in frineclly
hearts . .
But peace on a fragrant lane,
That laughed in the shower of leave's,
! That dreamed in the poet- of 'rain.
. we had a frugal supper and a little
punch, as the finances of none of the
company, were in very go-od cord& "
I love the light that dwells in hearts,
I
In the quiet fields at twilight hush
To find eternity.
-a-W. H. Melvin.
Why.Slie Looked.
The city girl boarding in the country
spoke, to the farmer about the savage
way in which the cowregarded here.
I "Well," said the farmer, "it inust
be on account Of you weeringyour red
We Live in Deeds.
We live in deeds, not years --- in
thoughts, not breathe—
.
I lee f,eelings, not 171 figures on a dial;
Weeehotild count time .by heart-throbsI.
Ile most lives
Who thinke meet, .feel the noblest,
3 •
ects the beet, •
His Excuse.
Mother's face wore an exasperated
look as she rapped her little son smart -
ly on the lunacies. It was at dinner-
time, and everyone who has a son
aged six knows how difficult It is to
teach the little fellow table manners
that will pass in good. company.
jOhliny would persist in, putting the
foodhieo his mouth, withhis knife in-
stead of his fork. and time and again
. ,
mother had told him ,about it.
,"Sonny," she said angrily, "how
many times ha,veil told y,oili that you
must not eat with e-oier knife, "Use
your fork."
"Yes; but maintn,ae objected,
little bo"2,tI inust use ey, knife 'cos
,
my. fork leaks."
Squaring Matters.
Smith evas" walking up the street
with a box of , chocolates, under one
ern 'and a parcel of , meat under the
Other.
"IIalloa, Smith!" 'renal:keel an ac-
quaintance: ,']Peen shopping? I aid •
not lenoW you were married.",
"i'm not yet."'
What are ypu going to dowith
those eincolates and meat, then?' .
"Going to see my girl."
"Do, you thrills:It .the •family. with
meat?" •
"Oh, no; the eweets.,are foe the girt
teed the, meat for the dog, "I here. to
square bot1L,"_.
'Japan StudiesPoison Gas.
The Sapanese neve, followingthe
example of the,arrey in Instituting the
, study of new -offensive weapons, Will Iii hiehnese the efaharejah. of Alwar was the meet pictureeqie persen
establieh shortly a Iseectal beard of •
attending the reeent imperial etouferenee, hie appearance giving a weleome
aoisen gas. eee.eerche The army and
ilaVY W1,11. caoperate in 'this work. n°t° °r!c°1°1"ing t° tlie drnb,
`Meer met" 'cried the girl. "OE
course I know 'it's terribly out of style,
but I had no idea 'that a cow would
notice it," - a
Natural Resources 1301leti
The yNsaatusr11 ReSources c
Service oDept. the,Se of ti 0
Ottawa
Wtih art estimated total enteral
pr.:eduction for 1923 of $214,020060,
Caeeda reaehed the secon-i highest
value in. the his.tory of this industry.
In 1920 values reached $227,869,000,
but owing to the higher pricee then
pr.ivaihng for many minerals the
quantity produced was ',Leh below
that for 1923.
Mining is the only industry in a
country which, from its very nature,
cannot be permanent; other industries
can be made to yield an annual x•eturn
in interest while the capital remains
unimpaired or even increases in value.
With the introduction of high explos-
sives and modern machinery, the ex-
haustion of any, mineral deposit is
much more speedily attained than
with tb.e cruder appliances of former
times, and while under, modern condi-
tions, some of our great mining
camps, as for instance, that of the
Sudbury district, will continue to yield
an enormous output for many years,
or perhaps decades yet to come, others
have already passed their period of
maximum yield, and the output, while
yet large, is decreasing.
The discovery and development of
mining regions, however, even al -
these must be exhausted in time,, is
often of the greatest importance to a'
»nmunity, and in the earlier stages
of its development bring about the
opening up and settlement of remote
tracts of country, which subsequently
develop other, industries. Such a trans-
formation, has taken place in many
parts of Canada, where the develop-
ment of the mineral areas has fur-
nished the incentive for the utiliza-
tion of thewater-powers, 'the CCM-
strudtien of "railways and the estab-
lishment of Many permanent settle-
_
nents.
Business Outlook Hopeful.-
BusinessCanadaco tinues to im-
prove. slowly: That it is making pro-
gress,however, eviclent frcrn the re-
ports at manufactmers and_ merchants,
'e a arl indicate -some ex-
Palision. Although this' is not always
as extensive as had been expected, bet-
ter things are hoped for as the season
advances. The good crops in Ontario,
combined with the higther prices, mean
incre
ased prosperity for I,he farmin
comruunitY in this province, and while
the situation im-the 'West ts still not
quite clear it is evident that better
conditions will prevail this year than
since 1921.
Country business is already, reflect-
ing the highest purchasing power of
the Ontario farmer, while the reflex
of the improved situation in the West
Is encountered in this province and
elsewhere' in Eastern Canada. Em-
ployment has shown '1. noticeable im-
provement in the last three weeks in
manufacturing, logging and general
business. Building es still quiet. Some
large mercantile structures are now
being erected in Toronto, but the total
volume is not large. Textile mills are
leueler than they were. and it Ls pre-
dicted in well-informed quarters that
faetaries will shortly be ,rneming on
full time if they are not 'doing so al-
ready..
Generally spealting;the basic con-
ditions appear favorable, and it is con-
tended that all that. is 'needed to en-
sure good active business is greater
confidenee on the part of the public.—
Retail Merchants Globe.
Discovered bY; Accident.'
Sheffielci plate was distcovered by a,c-
cident in 1742 by Thomas Bolsover, a
Sheffield mechanic.
11 10 saide that he was repairing the
handle of a pocket-knife ,composed
partly of silver ancl partlY of copper,
and in making his repairs accidentally
fused the two metals. He at once con-
ceived the idea of 'uniting these two
metals and using this as a substitute
for making articles which hitherto
had been made of sterling, silver only.
He seems to have specialized in
making small articles such as buckles,
.buttons, snuff-boxes, and patch -boxes,
some of which were only half an inch
In clianie.te.r.. He did not appreciate
how important his discovery was, and
consequently did not reap the full
results from his remarkable inventiom
$2,500 for an Egg.
The most valued egg in the world
is that 01 the great auk, a bird once
common in the regione of the North
Atlantic, but now extinct. The last
auk egg sold realized about $2,500.
The auk was a diving bird about the
size of a cluck; but was unable to fly
because of its ,small wings. It laid oee
egg at aetime..• The birds and their
eggs were used laegely for '.food
among seafaring folk.' So many of
them were killed that the species has
entirely disappeared.
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Reforestry in France.
France began systematic tree -plant-
ing along its national roads, in the
reign or Francis I., more than 300
years ago. When a contract 10 let for
a new state road. in France the spec:a
fication,s include the trees to be set
out, and the contractor Is 'responsible
far his trees for two years after he
sets them out.
t
1,p
Members of Labor GOverent-
• ment Barred frOnza atereeal0113
•
The short life of Eneand's experi-
mental' Labor Government bars any
members of its ministry from qUalify-
ing for political pensions had they
been inclined so to insure their future,
says a London despatch. Service or
more than four yeaes is required
under :the Victorian Act of 1869,
which prOvides for annual peasions of
from $4,000 to $10,000, in round
figI'lleaecs.use cfthe shoit life of the. min-
istries Of the last generation the 13rit-
ish taxpayers are llat being called
upon at present to pay any poetica
pensiens, although only rec'ent',/ I ord
George Haneilton, who served as
retary for India in the 13alfoue Mee
istry, gave up his peneion or the neat:.
imum amount annually, which he had
drawa for twenty-two years.
there have been enly eieteete pohtical
pensions greeted, largely for the Tea -
son that hefore the advent of the
Labor Ministry the practice had beerx
to -appoint only mon of considerable
IlleftISS as the Premier's ofticiei co-
workers in the Cabinet. '
Aaderily Makes
Award for 'Quadr:IITTlet5
Quadruplets among a family of tee
are the cause of a spedal award of,
25,000 francs granted by 1-116 Feench
tvAlleceiaodliitetent:Ilyeint•ecivitMlaceindaectlell,d
spatch. The prize. 'comes,' as 0 speeial
honor from the fund set aside by the
(1.ogn,acq-Jay Foufedati2on for annual
distribution to Feencli fan -lilies of un-
usual size.
The four children, two boys end two
girls, were born on ;January 7, 1915,
and had as their respective godpar-
ents, whose names tilsy carry, former
President Poincare, Nina" ,George of
England, Queen Elizabeth of Belgium,
and Qtteen Alexahdra of Rueitiia.