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rnsbnr; Say Destroy the D OF CASTâ€" )ART Shie W M »npany, were OT? OUR. Deer M th cord Her 1) Total PORuP Fout ut K. "Yes, mother, because, oh God! the faintest doubt upon this subject is so horrible!" and the poor girl groaned.. "Hope nothing, Nelly. Hope nothing from what you have advanced. I have ~_"And yet, Nelly, you shudder and sigh as you say it!" "Dear mother, cheer upâ€"cheer up, mother. Oh! I know that all will be well! The new Governor cannot fail to hear us, and to grant us his life! Oh, ves! All will be well!" gether, when she came to think of it, it was unlikely, it was impossible the Governor should refuse to hear her prayers. _ And so she had urged the prisoner‘s mother to this {oumy, and now, as she rode on through the driving rain and mist, her hopes grew so strong by cultivation that sx raised her cowâ€" ering form and would not endure to see her mother sitting there in front of the wagon driving so mechanically, with her burning gaze fixed with such fierce, hunâ€" gry desire upon the forward vision of the unseen city. She said: Only one still hopedâ€"his young wife. And this was the ground of her hope: The old Governor‘s time was up and a new Governor had been elected to sueâ€" ceed himâ€"a young statesman â€" whose name and fame made the poor wife‘s beart thrill with new life and expectaâ€" tion, for he was one who had known want, sorrow, toil and struggle, and who had copquered them and his own destiny, and who was now borne vicâ€" torious upon the very topmost crest of popularity. It was natural to suppose that his bosom was filled with all graâ€" cious affections, benevolent emotions and generous impulses. He was to be inaugurated into his office the very day before that appointed for the execution of the prisoner. Was it not most reaâ€" sonable to suppose that his very first official act would be an act of mercy? Youth was always generous and merciâ€" ful, and this new Governor was young. Was it not likely that he would rejoice at the opportunity of signalizing his coming into power by the salvation of a fellow creature‘s life? a life the public were so eager to have . savedâ€"whose pardon wmfi; therefore bring him so much more popularity* And oh! beâ€" sides! oh! more than all! the new Govâ€" ernor was himself a young husband and father, with a beautiful wife and a beâ€" loved, only babeâ€"would not the pity of , his heart grow strong for the wife and child of the poor condemned? Oh! altoâ€" ' ;;ror the scaffold! A crime that had led the whole community with horror had been traced to his door. And so in evidence agrinst him on his trial that strong were the circumstances produced the whole tenor of his previous life had been unavailing to effect a verdict in his favor. He was found guilty and condemned to death. Their errand was one upon the issue of which hung life or death. The only son of the elder woman, the husband of the younger, the father of the inâ€" fant, lay chained an‘d fettered in a conâ€" demned cell, doomed to die before 12 6‘"clock of the second day a felon‘s death f0rMmâ€"Of raiher it seemed soâ€"for she sat closely shrouded in a black shawl, with her white face pressed upon her whiter handsâ€"bowed, collapsed, shudderâ€" ing and silent, except when trying to soothe the weeping babe upon her lap or venturing some anxious, whispered question to the stern driver, as: "Mother, mother, are we almost there? Can you see the lights of the city yet?" And the dark woman‘s only answer was her silence, which seemed to be unâ€" derstood by her daughter. Many weary hours had the wretched little party plodded on their way through the rain and mist. And now they neared their journey‘s end. And well might the mother send her burning ,hnct with passionate desire into the ar distance. And well might the daughâ€" ‘ter question with cager, breathless anxâ€" ety. The first was a woman, of tall and powerful frame, whose fine proportions could not be concealed even by the volâ€" uminous brown cloak that wrapped her form. The hood of the cloak, which served also as a bonnet, had fallen back, revealing a wellâ€"set, resolute head covâ€" ered with coarse black and gray hair, and a face with large, strong, clearâ€"cut features, and a stern, determined exâ€" pression. She sat forward in the wagâ€" on, driving the donkey. But as her hands mechanically guided the reins, her eyes were fixed with a fieree, devouring gaze upon the prospect before her. _ The second, her companion, was a yoiung woman of slight and graceful formj’m‘r rather it seemed soâ€"for she A sullen, drizzling rain was falling, and through this rain, over the dreary coast rmuf passed a wretched little waion drawn by a donkey and filled with three wearyâ€"hearted travellers. Eastward the darkened sea spread till it met the lowering sky. Westward the old primeval forel:{ stretched till it reached the horizon. Between the sea and the forest lay a desert of level sands. It was not dark, for the moon was at its full, and, though obscured by clouds, shed a sombre gray light over the seene. It was the fiat, waste coast of Aâ€"â€"1 County, on the Chesapeake. It was evening, and clouds sat upon the face of the deep and the spirit of the storm moved on the waters. 1°@°| And she who row bore his distinâ€" | utmost ‘** | guished name and shared his honors, the "Sir, lady who sat by iis side, was one of | a seat UC | England‘s proudest daughters. Not won you." UY | in the days of his great success, butâ€" |~ The f‘d the grandchild of an expatriated Jacobâ€" | fore t}h ‘"" | ite noblemanâ€"hy the strangest vicissiâ€" "sir, "V | tudes of fortune she had been thrown upâ€" | wili se 13 | on Daniel Hunter‘s protection while she | audienc th | was yet an infant and he a boy. Much death." 4 | trouble of every sort had the young The 0T | patrician given the boy, the youth and one, an 89 | the man. But he had carried her in his "Will 4t | strong arms above every want, and CArG) | "Rober ed ' and sorrow, loving her more tenderly for Suprem ‘}d | every burden he bore for her sake, pri> [ Ryder | ing her higher for every fault he conâ€" ter P.‘I 4 | quered in her character. And now she ’ "It is o. ‘sat _by his side his happy wife. vumee +. ie The convict sat upon the side of the cot, and the clergyman stood near him as if in the act of taking leave. William O‘Leary, the prisoner, was very unlike his mother, He was not yet twentyâ€"three years of age, of medium Ellen O‘Leary, the younger, was a mere girl, scarcely twenty years of age, whose slight figure, fair complexion and soft, delicate ftatures made her seem still younger. Soon the gates were opened and they presented themselves for admission. An under turnkey conducted them up the broad, paved walk that led to the prinâ€" cipal entrance, and along a dark, close passage to the crimizal ward, about midway of which was situated the conâ€" demned cell occupied by young O‘Leary. The turnkey paused before this door, opened it and held it while the mother and wife of the convict passed in. The marriage, on his side at least, was not one of passion. Daniel Hunter had but one grand passionâ€"ambitionâ€"and | even that was dedicated, consecru??d. | to high and holy puaposes. But from childhood he had loved, served and proâ€" ltccted her. And now he cherished her Norah O‘Leary, the elder, was a womâ€" an of about forty years of age, but whose tall, gaunt figure, dark complexâ€" ion and harshly cut features nrade her look full ten years older. At the earliest hour of the morning that the prison rules would sanction, the mother was at the gates waiting for admission. Nellie was with her. There could scarcely have been a greater conâ€" trast in any two human beings than in these two women as they stood waiting at the jail gates. _ The young wife of O‘Leary might weep and wail, but her sorrow was nothâ€" ing to the fierce, bitter, burning passion of grief and terrorâ€"the very agony of grief and terrorâ€"that fired the mother‘s heart and scorched up the fountain of her tears through all tfiat liveâ€"long night and garish, maddening day! with the old, tender, unchanging affecâ€" tion. He, her guardian and teacher, as well as her lover, had had some diffiâ€" culty in winning her heart and hand, but when at last she gave them, they were yielded up utterly, eternally, without reâ€" servation, with passionate abandonment. He was a man for a woman‘s worshipâ€" it was his right, and he received it. of the peopleâ€"the son of a country blacksmithâ€""low born, _ selfâ€"educated." Taking for his sword and shield in the battle of lite, simply right, reason and Christian principles, he had fought every inch of his way, through the successive stages of reputation, distinction and emâ€" inence, even to his present high official station. iovely child of six months old. _ Daniel Hunter, the Governorâ€"elect, was one of those sons of which America may Justly be very proud. He was a man From within us comes often all the gloom or beauty of the scene around us. (On that same night, at that hour, and by that roac, passed another vehi. cle with another party on their way to the city. It was a very handsome, spacious travâ€" elling carriage drawn by a pair of suâ€" perb coach horses and attended by an outrider mounted on a fine saddle horse. The earriage contained four persons. On the back seat reclined a handsome man in the early prime of life, and a beautiful woman in her first bloom. Opâ€" posite to them sat a ncat, rretty mulatâ€" to nurseâ€"maid, and on her u(f reposed a lovely child of six months old At last they reached the city and enâ€" gaged rooms in a tavern which was alâ€" ready crowded with guests come to greet the new Governor. eyes burned with a wild fire. "God preserve her sense!" said poor girl to herself, as she sank bac to her seat. Nelly pressed the infant on her knees closer to her bosom, as she bent forward and looked into the mother‘s face. It was white, and stern, and set, but the eyes burned with a wild fire. "See, mother! see, the light:Pof the vity!‘ Are not those the lights of the city ?" "Yes, we are drawing near Aâ€"â€"â€", Nelly! Still that wild, eager heart of yours, woman! What is the use of wishâ€" mg, longing, hoping, fearing about anyâ€" thing in life?" "Tis but three score wears ind ten at the longest. And ‘tis soon over and all is swamped in death, and prince and pauper, kin and convict are equal in the grave!" found none so proud as the prospers and none so heartless as the happy!" SHEE L w ~ ave witke L iA PCE CeoueaoMERIpLY CHAPTER IiI CHAPTER 11 sense!" said the she sank back inâ€" es often all the ie scene around t, at that hour, »d another vehiâ€" on their way to prosperous . C Mn ols nd emâ€" | _ "Mr. Hunter, I crave your excellency‘s official | indulgence for my intrusion at the presâ€" ent hour, but my mission is one of the distinâ€" | utmost importance." rs, the | _ "Sir, I am very happy to see you; take one of | a seat and let me know how I can serve Stella ! While this scene was going on in the library of the executive palace, â€" Mrs. Daniel Hunter sat in her dressingâ€"room, on the second floor of the same manâ€" sion, preparing for the inaugural ball of the evening. _ It was an airy, spacious chamber, clegantly fitted up and well lighted. Augusta sat on a dressing stool in front of a high Psyche mirror. She was attended by her pretty maid, Stella. Her aisterâ€"inâ€"law, Letty, already attirâ€" ed in her pretty, simple evening dress of white crepe and white roses, was also in the room, hovering around the lady, and adding here and there a finishing touch to her dress or hair. But just then a rap was heard at the door. Stella went to see who it was. A footman stood without, saying that two women had called to see Mrs. Huntâ€" er. They refused to go away, and inâ€". sisted upon being admitted. Augusta looked and listened with surprise and curiosity. But Letty said, impatiently : "Tell the man to send the woman away, y sc‘ > e c sns oc 0s o Emt Sn "Gentlemen, I have made myself thorâ€" oughly well acquainted with the case of William O‘Leary before toâ€"night, and ation, impartiality and humanity. The trial has been conducted with the due formality, and with the utmost deliberâ€" ation, imaprtiality and humanity. The guilt of the prisoner seems to be an inâ€" dubitable fact. I cannot have the slightâ€" est doubt of it, nor do I think it posâ€" sible that anyone else can. Gentlemen, 1 think that the judge and jury have performed their duty in convicting and sentencing this man. I am glad that neither the youth, beauty nor genius of the accused, nor his most interesting family relutions, have been eloquent enough to turn aside the sword of jusâ€" tice. They have done their stern duty; and, gentlemen, with God‘s help, I will do mine!" O hm P withes.â€"ABuatitbida l isnn i i thosiaacs d "Gentlemen, I cannot too strongly avow my sense of the humanity and kindness of heart that has brought you here this night. Nor can I adequately express to you the pain I feel at being compelled to refuse your petition." Here an expression of deep pain came upon the faces of the visitors, and was reflected in that of the Governor. He went on to say: The (Governor bowed to this remark, and, turning toward them all, said: of the prisoner would have brought us to your presence on such an errand." 7\ Sindngnyahicinlt datthmnndPmaistan Misiic® iss â€"bl "Your excelleney has heard all we have to advance. I have only to add, on behalf of my friends here present, and myself, that no small interest in the fate _ The Governor lifts the cards, one by one, and reads: "William Storrs, Bishop of Mâ€"â€"," "Robert B. Turner, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court," "Majorâ€"General John Ryder, U. S. A.," and "Commodore Walâ€" ter P. Rutger, U. 8. N." "It is the petition," said the Goverâ€" nor. "Pray, sit, bring them in." When they had entered, the Governor asked the prelate to read the petition. This set forth at large, and most logieâ€" ally and elougently, the causes why, in the opinion of the petitioners, the senâ€" tence of the law should not be exceuted upon the prisoner. It was signed by so large a number of personsâ€"all of the first respectabilityâ€"that the bishop only turned the pages, and showed the Goverâ€" nor the length of the list. When the reading was concluded, the prelate laid thevducument on the table, saying: audience upon you." The marshal lays upon the table, beâ€" fore the lGiovernor, four cards, saying : "Nir, the gentlemen, whose names you will see upon these cards, request an The last speech has been made, the last toast drunk, and the last guest has departedâ€"the State dinner is over at the Government House; and Daniel Hunâ€" ter has sought the retirement and seciuâ€" sion of his library, there to collect his thoughts, and compose himself, after the tumult and excitement of the day. And he sits alone for nearly half an hour. And then the door opens and a footman enters, announcing, "Mr. Bomford, the marshal of the State." And the State‘s marshal enters, and advances up to the Governor, and, bawing, says : Th priest spoke hopefully, and Wilâ€" liam O‘Leary led the others to speak of outside things and of their plans and hopes when he should be a free man again. as gV priest ing him with a trembling pressure as if to protect him. And while he was conâ€" sidering what to say to comfort hed, theh jealous mother‘s heart misinterâ€" preted his silence and she exclaimed alâ€" most threateningly : "Father! my son is guiltless! You know my son is guiltless!" "Of the crime imputed to himâ€"yesâ€" as guiltless as the angels!" said the Wb on cacsl cAfi s ooo 111 W ted!" The clergyman took his hat to retire. "Don‘t go, father," said Willis m. "Mother, this is my kind, most excelleat friend, Father Goodrich! _ And, sir, this is my mother, and this is Ellen, my Swife, who you see has cried her eyes out for nothing." The two women arose, and the good priest shook hands with them, and then would have left the family together, but the poor mother held and clasped his hands while she thanked him in a broken voice for his kindness to her son. "Will is innocent, father," said Nellic, weeping afresh, The priest looked pitiful]y at the poor young creature, who had involuntarily, unconsciously clasped both arms around the form of her husband and was holdâ€" "Mother! _ Nelly! dear Nelly! Dearâ€" est Nelly! Don‘t cry, darling! _ It is all over! the danger is all over! Don‘t ery so, dearest Nelly!" And his mother groaned from her bursting heart : "My son! My son!t" And his wife sobbed in silence on his shoulder. . o ut 22 s rhant, ony is over! The governor has promised a reprieve! I shall be pardoned, mother â€"pardoned for a crime I never commitâ€" Toh ty C c dinden height, of slender, yet elegant and firmâ€" lyâ€"knit frame,;â€"of fair complexion, with light hair and blue eyes and a Grecian profile. A great joy leaped to his gloomy countenance and burst forth in his tones as he started to meet his visitors and folded them alternately to his bosom, exclaiming : y mother_; poor CHAPTER v. a pretty time of night CHAPTER IV, e cards, request an matter of life and of the same manâ€" e inaugural ball of an airy, spacious tted up and well on a dressing stool mother, the ag Fruit, vegetables, or such ufrocerlu as sugar, coffee, tea, etc., should never be kept in the larder or store cupboard in the paper bags in which they are sent from the shops. Paper has a deleterious effect on any food-tu!bâ€"conulnl.:f much moisture of themselvesâ€"when alâ€" lowed to come in contact with them, and for this reason they should be emptied out of the bags as soon as possible and stored in jars or tins. Grampian attained a speed of 16 12 knots un steam trials at the Clyde. The vessel is 502 feet long and 60 feet broad, with accommodation for 200 first, 350 second, and 1,400 thirdâ€"class passengers. She is expected to make the tripnfi-:m Glasgow to Quebec under seven days. From the Avenue des Champsâ€"Elysees to the Boulevard des Capuchins in {’u:is is but a step, but there the tune is even merrier. It is a place of noises, blare, glare, the perfume of women, the rauâ€" cous honkâ€"honk of automobile horns; by day, the street of costly shops, by night, the promenadeâ€"inâ€"chief of His Most Satanic Majesty. It is at its best â€"or worstâ€"in February, during Miâ€" Careme, when the air is thick with conâ€" fetti and the denizens of the boulevards are beside themselves. No use then to sit at one of the little tables on the sideâ€" walk, thinking to sip your bock while you enjoy the swiftly changing panoâ€" rama of the festival. In a moment you would find the bock a porridge of conâ€" fetti; your hat jammed over your ears; the chair jerked from under you, and your erstwhile happy self flat on your back. It is marvellous, the penetrating qunli?' of confetti!l I have shaken it out of my innermost pockets; out of my . shoes. I have even found it in my socks, . and hobnobbing with th® francs in my g;xrse. It flits everywhere, and when iâ€"Careme is over the streets are thick with it, a multiâ€"colored snow. You buy it at so many sous the package, from vendors on the boulevards, until the deâ€" sire for more of it becomes an obsession. â€"From "Famous Arteries of Travel," by Aubrey Lanston, in the Bohemian for September. More little lives are lost during the hot weather months than at any other time of the year. In the summer months little ones are the victims of diarrhoea, cholera infantum, dysentery and stomach troubles. These come suddenly and withâ€" out warning, and when a medicine is not at hand to give promptly the short delay may mean death. During the hot weaâ€" ther months Baby‘s Own Tablets should be kept in every home where there is a young child. _ An occasional use of the Tablets will prevent stomach and bowel troubles, _ Or if the troubles come unawares a prompt use of this medicine will bring the child through safely. Mrs. J. Renard, New Glasgow, Que., says: "I cannot speak too highly of Baby‘s Own Tablets, One of my children had a severe attack of diarrhoea which the Tablets promptly cured." Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams Mediâ€" cine Co., Brockville, Ont. ho Omen o o oo es en e td knew it." "You?" - "Certainly." "Stop!" said Nelly, as a ‘ignt full of promise seemed to break on her. â€" "I have heard this new governor arose from the humblest of the people Can it be possible that he is the one we once knew as Daniel Hunter of the Forge?" (To be continued.) _ "I had forgotten whether there is anyâ€" thing to forgive, and would rather not recollect," replied Mrs. Augusta, as a shadow fell upon her brow. "Well, Elâ€" len. go on." "I said I came here in mistake. I was in search of Mrs. Hunter, the governâ€" or‘s wife. _ I suppose you are her visâ€" itor. _ Will you be so kind, Lady Auâ€" gusta, as to procure an interview for Augusta regarded her with calm eur prise, saying : me ?" _ ‘Finst of all, before I dare ask anyâ€" thing else, forgive me for the miserable past!" "Tell me what I can do for you," said Mrs. Hunter, seeing that her visitor had paused and sighed deeply, Nelly had sunk into the chair offered, and Mrs. Hunter still remained standâ€" ing, with one hand resting upen â€" the dressingâ€"table. Nelly quaffed the water presented to her by the maid, returned the glacs, and seemed somewhat calmed by the cold sedative. "Now, tell me how I can help you, dear Ellen." Recalled from her momentary wanderâ€" ing, Nelly sighed deeply, and said, conâ€" tinuing her manner of address by force of habit: "I made a mistake by entering this room, Lady _.Augustn; but now that I P it esd ragstet § itb css ’ nervously forward and sank at the lady‘s feet. _ Augusta looked at h>r in extreme surprise, which was not lessened as the light of a slow recagnition dawned in her countenance. "Ellen Falconer! Dearest Ellen! can this be really you?" she exclaimed, with dilated eyes and arched brows. "Yes, Lady Augusta; it is Iâ€"my own wretched self!" "Rise, dear Ellenâ€"rise! Tell me what is the matter with you. _ Stella, wheel forward a chair here. Sit down, dear Ellen~â€"sit down. You tremble so much! _ A glass of water for her, Stelâ€" la. _ Take it, Ellen; it will calm your nerves." S¢p, 2. )_" "j€ door was opened by the footman to admit the two women who had silently followed him, Nelly O‘Leary sprang foremost; and then, hastily conâ€" trolling her violent impulses, hurried To messemmniee o1 n l WAaTs & n for such visitors! Some one who wants some petty office or other secured to some son, or brother, or sweetheart, and wants your interest in it, Augusta, and are determined to be in time. _ Let them wait a little. Tell the man to send them away, Stella." "No," said Augusta ; "many of these petitioners have anxious, almost breakâ€" ing hearts; I know it. The least I can do is to hear them. Tell the man to adâ€" mit them, Stella,. But even when Augusta spoke, some one without exclaimed, hburriedly, nerâ€" vously : A Lightâ€"Hearted Street. Grampain a Goer. Mrs, Hunter. I thought you BABY‘S DANGER. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TOROoNTO "In the meantime the doe had almost laid herself down in the water and the fawn was approaching the spring. I was favored by the wind, being to wfndwurd, and they did not scent me. "Well, of course it was one of those breathless moments to a huntsman. I wanted a buck and I wanted that lion, and I had to think quickly. "At a pool drinking was a doe and not four feet away was a very large fawn and a little further were three bucks and two more still further on, which I could not determine at once, I had not time, because when I glanced first at the doe I saw on a ledge above what I took to be a calf, or some light yellow animal. "My second look took in the object and I saw a mountain lion making ready to spring on the doe when the chance offered. He had seen the bucks and knew his finish should he make the attack. "I had a Mauser pistol on a stock and I made ready. My horse had stopped, but I urged him on and a little turn showed me a sight I shall never forget. It was a fish trail, That is to say, the Indians went from _ their _ mountain heights to the ocean to gather sea food. Thke little story comes in a letter, which tells just what a hunting country it is. "While my outfit were riding along I sent the boy, with the man I had engaged on the outskirts of a growth of live oake (this In a deep canon) and the two other men to go to the other side while I took the middle course through _ the oaks, where ran a lovely mountain stream. I bhad got in nearly midway when _ my horse pricked up his ears and commensed scenting and i knew some wild animal was there. Meeting of Deer, Mountain Lion and a Man at a Spring. Up from Esnenada de Todos Santos, Lower California, comes a hunting tale of the kind that makes the sporteman tingle. It is merely a simple incident of the old line of march from the ocean back 200 miles to the mountains, marked years ago by the aboriginals, who pickâ€" ed out the highest places for their voyâ€" aging. .. _ . " * ~J wl " J "One of the bucks turned and looked Since the Dent varieties cannot be matured to good advantage in the more northern dairy districts, it is necessary to send south for@the seed, and during the past year there has been an increased demand for seed which is of known origin and which has received special care acâ€" cording to the regulations of our Assoâ€" ciation. Where corn is grown for grain in the cooler regions of the north, the early maturing Flint varietiee are grown. Of this class of corn we now have several varieties represented, alâ€" though the King Philip, Longfellow, Compton‘s Early, and Salzer‘s North Daâ€" kota, are most popular. While earlier strains of the Dent varieties might be developed for the shorter seasons, yet this practice has not been recommended, since early corn is believed to be anâ€" tagonistic to large yields. This in the singleâ€"eared Dent varieties is particuâ€" The system of corn breeding which has been adopted by the Association and which may be found in the second Anâ€" nual Report, page 59, under the section entitled ‘The Row Nystem,‘ has for its basis the earâ€"row test. _ Each row of fifty or more hills in the plot is planted with corn from a separate ear, which arâ€" rangement gives each ear an opportunity to show the breeding which is behind it and to which it owes its excellence. The amazing variation in the productive capâ€" acity and vigor of each ear, as revealed by this system when carefully carried out, has gone far to promote a greater interest in the work. In all the plots operated with according to this system, & decided variation was found to exist between the different rows in respect to vigor of growth, yield, etc. By this arrangement, the topâ€"notchersâ€"the best rowsâ€"may be located, and the best plants within these best rows chosen as mother plants from which to select the seed ears for the plot of the following year. (Etract from the last Annual Report of the Secretary.) The work of corn breeding in Canada, though limited chiefly to Southern Onâ€" tario, has made material advance during the past year. Not only has the number of growers largely increased, but the genâ€" eral public is beginning to realize more than ever before something of the nature and importance of this particular branch of work, and as a result the demand for specially grown seed corn has increased. Keeping in touch with the individual growers, we have been mable to notice a substantial growth of intelligent interâ€" est on their part, until we now feel asâ€" sured of the success of the work and what it will mean to the Province. Moreâ€" over, the actual information that has come back to us from the work carried on by the different growers, has added very materially to our present knowlâ€" edge of the problems of corn breeding, and we are thus enabled to work to. much better purpose. j As Conducted by the Canadian Seed Growers‘ GOOD HUNTING INDEED. THE WORK OF CORN BREEDING, AuK Mrs. Troublehunterâ€"Oh, I‘m dreadfulâ€" ly worried. Mrs. Gladsmileâ€"What about? Mre. Troublebunterâ€"My loss of memory. I was worrying about something last , 1900â€"English sheep dogs. 1907â€"Pomeranians, King Charles spanâ€" iels, Pekinese and Japineose. The new Australian dog, which would undoubtedly find a ready market in Lonâ€" don, memzle. the marsupial dingo, and feeds on lizards and ground vermin. EW ; 0, 00 VCPC°vC0 JOF the London mar‘et, fanciers say that 1t is sure of popularity, It is surprising how fashion in _ dogs changes. Here are some of the most imâ€" portant dates of the different fashions;: NEON . CuitheLne.. _ "Even dogs are subject to fashion, and favorite at present is the kind that can be tucked into an overcoat pocket or carried in a lady‘s handbag. Now we want a waistcoatâ€"pocket dogâ€"one about the gize of a watcl." Buch was the declaration of a Leader:â€" hall Market dogâ€"fancier, when he heard of the discovery in West Australia of :le‘g:_tlmt.,fu no bigger than rats. 1! l ever saw, and between his horse and himself he finally located that cat, and it‘s needless to say that I shall one day show you his pelt. "Billy is too proud for words. He has gone this mominfi for the day onl{; with my man for anything he can find. eaterâ€" day afternoon comfng in he shot quail after quail on the wing and many rabâ€" bite, ’l%ie quail are by the hundreds of thousands, and cotton tails and jacks, too I have arranged a coyote hunt on horseâ€" back for toâ€"morrow." _ "However, they sailed out _ of that place and in a few moments on the hillâ€" side F heard them firing. It secems one _of the bucks came straight on for Billy and the man, and as Blifly expressed it, he ‘really thought it was tame.‘ He got him, and then we all went for the lion as fast as we could track him. "The two otner men were standing tea or twelve feet apart on the other side of the oaks where I had sent them, and it seems the lion had made a detour and had come between them, going like blazes. They were either too mm or too inexperienced to shoot quick enough (they were only men‘I had taken to do the heavy work), but my guide (not one by profession) was the beiumn.n on the trail 1896â€"Bu at me and I let him have it. Then I turned as quickly as possible to _ the lion, but my horse was then restless and of course I shot wild. The buck fell (only 35 or 40 yards range) and it‘s a fact that if I had been off my horse proP'ably I could have got another deer. IMâ€"Spltlbergum_ 1840â€"th Charles spaniels. 1850â€"Italian greyhounds. 1860â€"Black and tan berriens. 1865â€"Mexican "hairless‘ dog 1870â€"St. Bernards. 1880â€"Oollies, 1890â€"Pug doos (atil i2 s early varieties may be made to produce crops which pay well for the time and labor expended upon them. It is a comâ€" mon practice to take some of the earlier Dent varieties and endeavor to adapt them to the conditions in the north, We believe this to be wrong, and advise those of our members in the west who desire to do something along this line to begin with corn grown as far north as possible, and endeavor to improve upon this. A large number of stalks, each bearing at least two smaller ears, should be looked for per acre, instead of trying to develop the size of the ear. Kince Western Canada comes within the northern limit in which corn can be grown in America, and since the grw ing season is very short, an early Flint variety must be looked for. Experience has IKOW!I that by careful worie these 1uestlon with a great deal of interest. lthough we do not anticipate that the A careful study of the corn erop in Canada seems to Lmoutnu that wherâ€" ever corn is to be improved it is always advisable to adopt a t which can L relied upon to mature {K;rowhly in the district. Otherwise the seed will have to be often changed as m result of nonâ€" maturity of the crop, which fact leaves no chance to improve the variety by means of selection. Corn in Western Canada. Within the past few years the farmers of the west have been stud nf the corn question with a great (hcr of interest. each of these types as regards shape and color of ear and numberof rows of kerâ€" each has its own particular place and that each is capable of being improved very materially. Our Flint corn may be classified into three types. These are the long eightâ€"rowed type, the short eightâ€"rowed type, and the twelveâ€"rowed typf. There are many variations within we have not advised that the Flint variâ€" eties supplant the Dent varieties, ‘Let we have endeavored to point out t a i d t o e o en e be made to closely approach in actual yieldofgnin;hillorthne stalks of the singleâ€"earâ€"bearing Dent types. Acâ€" cording to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment BStation, furthermore, the feeding value of Flint corn was found to be higher than that of the Dents, While other hand, may easily produce two and three ears per stalk; and, as a result, & hill of three staiks of Flint corn may larly noticeable. _ Flint mominfi for the day onl{; with or anything he can find. eaterâ€" noon comfng in he shot quail il on the wing and many rabâ€" quail are by the hundreds of , and cotton tails and jacks, too enmenaifie lc cg) i% : FASHIONS IN pogs. now I can‘t think what it dogs (still in demand). : to shoot quick enough (they en ‘I had taken t:‘h&o the , but my guide (not one by ras the bes?lmnn on the trail and between his horse and dachshunds m the Gaynor and Greene, the U. 3. defaulâ€" ters, who spent so much time and money | in Canada fighting extradition, must now | look 'lmck upon that as a complete waste, | for they are having a far better time ' than they had in this country. The Philâ€" adelphia Record says of them: 1t would serve to assuage the fears of J Trust magnates and of lesser grafters who have made themselves rich at the ;rublic expense when they read of the | laxity shown by the Government to two idistiugui-hed criminals under sentence | of five years in the penitentiary and a t fine of $5,000,000 for. embezzlement. | Pending an application for a yehearing, John F. Gaynor and Benjamin Greene, ’sl’lpposed to be in jail at Macon, Georâ€" gia, have had all sorts of privileges. Gaynor is at a Ylunlre resort for his health,. Both culprits have gone huntâ€" ing, attended hqr; walked the streets at will, have taken their wives out drivi The only restraint on these % is the compuisory attendance of T; Etates marshals, who must be t:fl for their extra servâ€" ices pending determination of the population, last yoar (1906â€"1907) it was only 0.91 of a gallon per head. Wherm we consider that the periods intervening between the two comparative years have been prosperous ones financially over there as well as here, the reduction in the drink bill is all the more surprising and gratifying. y]â€", id vmw:;z; sumption ho tha liquors seems to have reached its maxiâ€" mum about seven years ago. In the year 1899â€"1900 the consumption of beer in the United Kingdom was no less than 32.29 gallons per head of the population. Since then there has been an unbroken and almost uniform decline until last onl y The people of Great Britai doing as much drinking as th« ly did. The consumption of liquors seems to have reached murm about seven years ago. VC Uis have been in use as a mere measure of economy, displacing many men. These companies are every ready to adopt a machine, when it pays to do so; and it is not an economical machine if the inâ€" terest on its price is greater than the sa in °7 ‘meir outiits, have for years "Duried" the Barclay telegraph typewriter, which delivers messages typewritten from the wires, and only now puts it into commisâ€" sion to beat the striking operators. That is a very silly story. Had the machine been perfected earlier it would long ere this have been in use as a mere measure Nome very foolish people have set afloat the story that the big telegraph companies, "to save a costly revolution" in their outfits, have for years ‘"Dburied" the Barclay telegraph typewriter, which delivers messaves tÂ¥newrittan fram â€" Â¥#ha merease in the number of cigar ed over the year 1900 was 19.6 and of cigarettes 5.4 per cent According to a census bulletin on manufactures of tobacco just issued, the returns show a total consumption of the fragrant weed in the United States of 448,511,051 pounds in one year; the year selected by the statisticians being 1904, probably because complete statistics for a later period were not available. The quantity used in the manufacture of cigars and cigarettes was 141,020,029 pounds, and the quantity made into chewing and swoking tobacco and snuff was 307,491,554 pounds. The value of the raw material made into cigars and cigarettes was $69,201,011; the number ot cigars produced was 7,376,669,742, and of the cigarettes 3,433,0993,422, / The total value of these was $214,350,051, of which $198,186,372 represents cigars. The increase in the number of civars *Bains. The Lusitania, the Cunard turbine vessel 782â€"mile trip across days 54 minutes, or at of 23.01 knots (about an hour. Her enginee it at a 25â€"knot rate, gines have their bear The Church Union Committee does not seem to dread the questions of doctrine, but the superannuation question caused it some trouble, Surely that should bulk very small if the doctrinal diffiâ€" eulties are really solved. But are they? Are obstacles being removed or merely evaded and ignored? Is the proposed union to be one of compromises on vital Us The situation in Moroceg does not imâ€" prove, and more troops may be needed to subdue the wild tribesmen. In the sevenâ€"hour engagement of Tuesday about 800 of them were killed, but instead of dampening the fanatical ardor of Mulai Hafig, it has decided him on proclaiming a holy war, nomts? The directors of the Toronto National FExhibition look for $10,000 surplus from the big fair. It is estimated that 750,000 persons visited it. 1¢ An Ottawa Greek was fined $5 and costs last week for selling candy on Sunâ€" day. Is not candy as much a food as is In the New York election case 10,000 witmesses are liable to be summoned. What a snap for the Jawyers! (1906â€"1907) the consumption was 27.81 gallons a head. The conâ€" ion of spirits also appears to have i its maximum in 1899â€"1900, In year the consumption of spirits ed 1.18 gallons per head of the Hunting fatalities are already reportâ€" . Stay at the safe end of the gun. it effects in wa on its price is cre CURRENT COMMENT am * trip across the minutes, or at a; knots (about 27 _ Her engineer e 25â€"knot rate. no of Great Britain are not r at an average apeed bout 27 statute miles) rineer expects to make ate, now that her enâ€" bearings smoothed by the great £6,500,000 ssel, has made the 2,â€" clrar Atlantic in 5 alcoholic measure rmer cent lu §