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*,v si. fteoUè #'sftb, TChe plant breedées'ha'veotaI - t4 roé tà e n >t hà taixlig qualitiealcj late e. that filleult t ue, - etIL ôv1fy plants- J<ret-aî the b.d' qualities. 'rbué, the pIaait kingdçk las aa àout of thtir grandfathers an& keep i all atoniahiùg collectioýn 1o! uWéess the god ones. If the wickect ld ônequality geniuse.1 They 'are tuncle hm. coegod- quality, and if olten cousins te our ga&Wden pl&aats, ho happons to be a pluin-tree un cle, ancl tIi only quality niy be vend »o nov bave away cf saving the erful; but Meut ef these hundreds geod quality in his children and let- of theusands are ais usélese te us as 'Inn the rest.-of hlm go ta the wood- are th.e rotective thorna, cf the pile. Woul4nt we be gode if ve cactus'.Thon uuddenl.k the Pc xwr cou id get ail the good qualities f nom ôf hybridizing maktes them usef. aur grandfathers and send al] their A far-fetched plant vith one pro- bad unes off te the cemotery 7 notunced quaiity may enable us L, That'a the way they wonk it witb add that quality ta the enops in a wheat. million fields. Out on the wide, ricli wheat plains Here is a nevoiution cf the twe î- of Wa-hington state the wheat îieth century. It bias aine sdy ronwter tvas alwaye up against iti; given new walnuts for California, but hie was neyer surc what lie new lettuce fan Flonida, new Nvat 'c- vould be Up against. lie could, st melons for Georgia, nov grapes f( r planting timie, choose between two Texas, new peaches for all cf us î1ie wheats, each with one bad Minnesota and the Dêkotas arc quality. There was possible trou- icher by four million dollars ;)er ble witlî eachi and fine profit if lie ypan through the creations of one happened liv good chance to miss *man in flax and spring wheat. botlî troubles. Grow the shatter-I And wve have just br[-un. ing kind andI take a certain amaîl Thorniessnegs will rcplace tho'nît. lues, ur gnow the winter-killîng kind saweetnesm will rapiace bîttern.,1,s andi r 1sk comipiete loss or l)erfect fat kernels will replace siim kernets, harvest He tnicd the %inler-kili- heavy yeids will replace light lng k 1nd lnutil he lest bis nesve for vîeilds, crops will replace waste thiat, and tiien lie tried the siatter- places, prosperity will replace the ing kinîd agamia. Thon Spilimaxi. the haif4tarved commn nty, Net aince plant breeden, ea.mc aloîîg. eeam i as tiiere been so promisingi This creator of good thîngu cross- an addition to man's sources -of1 ed tiiese two gc4)d wheat.e until lie cornt It nlis as mucli govern-] finally got a new varietv that in- nment mionc'e as doca the army. t1h herited froé.t resistance frnin opîe now gels less than does a companY1 parenît and close fisedness (roui thoî of bluecoats. Let us hope for a1 other; thus il eould grobw alli u- triirn apprrriation. of utilties.-t ter desp)ite thew trust, aud holdilsIte bd s Magazine. grain f ilI the' harvester cailletr iL T fi('re was a Prhit mc'c Tliat W'ashi ngtîin wlîeat t rit-k is ~fhu i fhn ?lt one t hat Mn. liii lier Bîirhank hîîq 11 4:Il I:III II worked witli manv a plant. l(UIIL UUiUUI1 UHiiUL SIUDus fouud somi' freîîk of n plant tha-i lad a qualit'y he desired t, add to antîther tifthie sanie fanillv. Thin IN1.1NAIOA.JE O, lie crosi'ed thie t o, andI kepit 4n till SIFPTIEM B EIR 2-4. P, nie <tf tue offrspring lad the de- sîned mixture anid becaine the parc ent ()f a etrain, just as the firaltesonXll.--Daniel in the lions' Baldwin apple-trec dîd. But Mr, Bjunlank was supposed to be a kiîîd deni, Dan. 6. Goelden Texi, of lîigh-clasis deaier in chanqes. Psa. 34. 7. Tlîey called him 'wizard"ina aagec of scie nce. Verse 1. Darius-He was the l-rtur ' tely, scicnce lias soived general, apparenily (the Qneck Mr. Burbankl by solving a.nd han- îîame Gobnyas being sitnilar i-i r nessing lieredity. Europe and orn>, whe was in canand cf the à Amnenica joined in lien capture. combined fonces of Perbýa and Me-t one ()f thîe discoverere was Dr. dia when Baàbylon was captured.i Spîllinan, of the United States De- He took eontrul oi the Citiy as gov-p part ment cf Agriculture. The law ernon. The statoments' concerning, that formulates the discovery bears hbu, here and in ather 1 arts o! the the name cf Mendel, an Austrian book, erbibitint hlmj aaraa nionk. Thes. scientiste are dîuubey- ~rln vras a -royale ing Scipture by hiding their liqt ka2one ,uto-uaë unden a buahel cf big vendu lîke iidfl r ifci udr honmezygote, lieterozygote, reces- stand in iight of the knaýwn litory $ive a.u4 sean, until the plain cit- of thosae times. Tbere mêy b. soin. izen wenaene where he is "at" and o*nfusgion between this-ý man and vliere the. plant brceder je 'at". the Darius Hystaspes of the book But the plant breeder really is of Ezra, the father af Xerxes'. seniewliere:- h.ehas the great law cf Satrape-A strictiy Persiatt word, beredity, the greatest thing sic signifYing a ruler of a& province. steani, and ho as teaching us how rlie word is found frcquentiy alima to use it. Here is"-te way tu work inuEzra andf Esther. ml 2. Presidentoa-Prineg. A w,..a..- e U&U7ilyI o Ilo roof GRain- - -- " V-à% -à '.à-D -- n--11 " -Among a-il these Orientais. t1 use cf the signet, an eeal-ring, wî common. These rings were ver ancient. In onder liaititen. mugi be ne change of purpose on tii king'§ part, or anybody else's, cor cerning Dan iel, a double precautia was takcn-the signet cf the lard w-as ueed as veli as the king's, 18. Instruments ai music - Thi readingas uncentain. Ih may mea dlancing-girls, or concubines. Bli the seusie in plain-Darius did nc indulge humuel in the e ustemar pleasures of the. court, but weut t is privat. quartens supperlessau tpent a aleepiese night. 20. Sarvant o! the living God.- Ieý expresen lu so' ýstriking lIa .1 Booms certain that th. king- MUs have been 'impressed ere this thé Daniel wornshiped, no god miAde t the bauds o! men. '23. Because h. had trttsted-Vatf docs, then, mak. a difer-ence it' 24. Their cbuîdren andI their 'w-jve -Iu briuging vengeance u pc» th men o vIaa* emaliciou4 -ç»q îe 'y ht he kn trt ot 35 bo id it st, 14 ;h &,L&VÇ. 'orutrive<1 against tis egoctni Dari found noviiere else ini the Old Tee- . ushad reo to the.. ruel-saeagerj j ament excepti in this ch4pter. This. of ancient tre wihcno~e wns the. plan Belsghazzjar hLin thi. innocentfth the gily niind (ompare previoua chapter). 9â.27-Th, deCree of Darius, cal, These three men acted as a kind of uing upon aIl bi:saubjotste feau check upon the satrapa, to that the + o !Dnc treamure "nd revenue of 'the king e'w -ail&2,n4;13 were properly prot.ted btcr ail .2 u ~1 ed or prooeoted, given ý superior 's.r mmxilA& 4. Sought to fid occaslon - This Daniel, a captive .1ew, lad been ex- Ma t 8* r*Isntt. aited to the bigiiest honora o! the. Amusement vas 1 tud ini à Parïi kigdoma, and this in aPite of his t" -romi reee»ty liewhn *'=art wo severe judpments upon thei. ulînsg1mian u lmypupotbrh.n* U9 to 1111 power. 31.. integrity &bd viadoin.lahorM1 trîmoud lbat ~*lfrùn vere unimpeachable. -A u&rrow, th. aidê tb. thlace "~d fit>weci bitter apirît -of îcalouciy, iowv.r, dgegreSw out aMa wiIi #Pd veut sbmewher. ad aince.pr a ber bill. Later ais t-bore wua Do proof of di4loyaity or twà* 'an*.hic and, a eigareftt negligfee.ini Dane!. ditcharge o1 Ca Iso 1<>fr00 th*. <oê'àl <i 1bel t,edtU.s0( t4 *isdo*, Ibis *ngt .illi».ry,, for sh we v ,4p Ouè mies. fousid iauobjetof, att.ck lsq of the c.w Jbats i W4p..*tswh4ci his methof o wr#ahîp aqoordla wU.usu06t*.6%thet a otPP enuun the Iowiui3la* ().to oust the bandl>sg in» %taYg i 0. AimmubWedto&etiw4r to tbe pao*M't ad u5W15 IeOmlemintrx kint-Th. phrase l in."Original fi, very mucI more Vîid. !h tmaes. ?Io u01 4 's?<Vfr the that they' came ru$ ngtuMUltu pickpocket II1c41 irh. ev r oully inao t1h.king a préenoe, de- steientkn kiiw4o d< , at-trîm. fýn e.tr s'aie of court etiqa1t, mlag to kov in> just what heloverý so e*gprtvere thoy to l«et e .M *pot the poçket ho. vato 8 vrt astb 1087t.belr lutiA rival. fuflt". via exooepwd; it 1$ tu s<$<e 1.»Ii0 befieve itentfonully, IMeI«tSA IUn*,bit - *V the <csmgv b wa*e é,,îbý IVere Âmong IsFmn .toward Jerus - aem in, tue direction et devotion (l Kings A. 4"), as net te le îhwarted« by devicés of1 en, N~o doubt.he.,saw thrôuglh-tbmo'plot aàgàîhst- hlm, anci bis courageaus '!Ü * ose * rebellion. Ris first iuity "*&à ta his Qed. thiee limes a day-Compare >Ptsaixlt 56. 17. AIn later times,'the three seasent -fer prayer were, at thé. offering of the morning sacri- 'fiLe-, at the offening of Fthe cveningc 'ineal, and at sunset. Jews in a strange land offered these prayens with their faces turned toward Israel; tho-se in Israel, with faces toward Jerusaleni; those in Jeru- salem. with faces toward the ten- pie. Il. Assembied togethen-Same meanÎng as before. They rusbed abôut the house of Daniel in a mu~st disorderly manner. 14. The king . . . was sone dis- pleased-Compare Mark 6. 26. Re saw that lie had been duped. But his anger was mostiy with himseif for having been so ensiiy deeîved. He knew the value of Daniçi, and ail day, tilI sunset, labored strenu- ously to nescue him. As fan the scheming sàkrarps and chamberains, tliougli they were gneatly disap- point-ed that the king's wnath was not awakened again'st this Daniel, of the chi]dren of the captivity cf Judai, they were sure of their po- sition. No iaw jof the Medes asnd Persians (15), su they reminded 'nim as they once more ruishcd be.fore him without neverencc for his royal person, miglit be changed. Dean Farrar suggests that if lhe b.d threatened te cast theni into the lions' den, they miglit have enter. tained a differeîît opinion about the reversibiiity cf royal decrees. 16. H1e wili delit-er thee - This is rather hin the, form cof a prayen that Daniel may iin some way es- cape what seenis a certain fate. The king'e anxious solicitude indi- cates bis higli regard for his prime min iste r. ablee dscussio. " einterestng to know tliat eac m~ubr if tii. abinet le eup- pfied with a rey which fits th. iaock "c IN Abf! FDINCIp l f R IE.N MENTD W GRKB UT EIN PRACTICE. ACERTAIN DEST'ATCH 130X John Sinlths Who WaS Recently Apoionted "À door knocker ' e t0 a rnan'sa baue ivhnt 84Ùi àiata a eshep a a' tavern anddoffen it la aomething more. . I realized this," says a writer in the National Magazine, "when 1 stoad ou the doorstep cf No. 10 Downing street Westmin- ster, and gazed ati the dul aid dooeof the. official re-sïdence of Old Englnnd'es Prime Minister. "'What a knocker 1 What an in- tenesting specimen cf chiselled metai vonk 1 It ie probably intend. ed te, represent a iion's head, andI yet Lord Beaconsfield once describ- esI te a f nieud this particulhr knock- en as having a manked resemblauce te the featunes cf bis political op- ponant, Mn. Gladstone. "There is probabiy na other knocke - in exieteiace tint hbas been handled by so many distinguished persons. For many Y '-mie Minis- tens have resided mn the' dingy, littile red brick mansion so con- vencientiy situated for the lieuses of Panliame nt, and ma-ny great men have been their visitons. "Downing street je 100 yards long and ten yards vide, and No. 10 is men and shabby; but unimprea- sii-e as it is it je the very hub cf the British Goveruent. Hen. Palmerstono, Be.aoonîsfield, Pitt, Gladstone and ruauy another Premier have presided over Cabinet meetings fraught with the DESTINY 0F THE EMPIRE. Downing street oves its existence to a ma-n bora in America. That man vas Geonge Downing-Sir George Dewning the Britishi Mon- arcli made bum in the long nan- and he vas educated at what is nov Harvard University. "G9eorge vas a constructive1 genius and put up hie own quartera at Harvard, viiere lie studied te su& ipurpose that vien b. teck ship ta England iu quest cf a career ho found eue avaiting hum. Hie bbe- came a diplemat. Charles Il.t sent hlm ta The Hague ns Ambas- sador and -iucidentally taek occa-sion1 te seil hlm the. lithle lane aleng vhich Henry-.VIII. had been ventî to, stroll-from Whitehall Palace-ta "il,. confines George huit the1 firsÏ brick haues etimportance ever erected in Landon, and bis childreti and grandehidren ovned the street ý tintul in 1734 Baron 'Both M-ar, 'then Danieli , mbassador ta Ezuglande bouglit -no.16. It vas. ual untilf GeorgeI. okpoasestion a! XIô- 1o anid mnadotl3 lb. heofficial residence of ý!ir 'Richiard Walpole,- Lord'<a!of-h rteaaury, that Il"aesumed'roi al portance. ê ret If the-lôuB fitdr twen17y yars *ud -hé. never ,ept - el,;ewbo<m vIienh4 b .1 held anywhere thehr prôpt locale -li1t 10 ovning atreet. Î THIE nABTI4flM Trust,. 09 an Efstat, Flnds That In- fîtting Requires Sorne Thought-An Il- lustraion of Borne ofthtigfnforration Whlh ve Hava Rcentjy studied Affects Prios. (By 'Invetor"> lu the tiret of thite serbes lb wa9sbeiiew thlat 'distribution of îisk ' te an import- ant Principie ai in,-eeîment. it te a very simPle one, however, involving ne very conuued ideas. ihere Io anc"uier princi- pIe tui be borun mmd when makinng in- vFestmnant$ Whlch le of iio besaImportance but it te. however, cousiderabiy tees ob- vioujs tu those whose ilvestmeut experi- enice le 5iial-aud aven te many WiIO Rhould understand its actions thoroughty. This le the principie of iuvesrncu. ini ac-cordance with autful requirenienîs."' John Smith went imb a "bond dealers office tri invest sam ntiey whîch ha heid as trustes for the cldret itofhies bro- ther. uhe had recently die. le bad neyer beau peseseed oft sufficiarit mut-ey betore tri in veet, su, naturally, kietv lit- tGe et how tu go about it. Thcrefare. ho did the beet thing lha could think ut under the circumsaancos, and totS the bond dbealer that haoveauted tui ilveet "Weil,' eaid the dealer, "liera's mn let. Ycu eau pick eut eoaieîling te sait yeu trezu that lot,' and ha gave him a bookiet coutaining a liât t ofsr mafly bonds and secur-lUes ef vanieus sorts that Smith became confusod. Like tha Irish- man wlîh the bihl-et-tare pninted in Prencli, ha cuet his eya clown the hiet until ha saw eomething familiar. sud said. "I guase l'Il have semaeto those,' pointinu tu a pretcrred stock, euch as soe bond deabers carry for soe cli- ente et a sein i-specul ative tamn. 'cer- tainby," said the brolior. 'Those Bhanes ceustitute a very tain epet'uiative inveet- ment with good prospects et apprecia. týin." But as the Cempany le not yet finmly etabllebed we do net necommend them te investors whe canet afford te lose thein capital. uer te these whe wish something that ie readîiy sabable. As - - . ýý- zzoumamum «Im 011INCIOLit OF INVES'rINC reta&ined -he-1h.ePrime Miniater. At a-ny particuar criais viien important papers roach Downing street the 'Premier, alter preigtheni, places theru in the depteiboy andI hauda the box ta a special mosseng- or, vhe takes il round te eacli mem- ber of the Cabinet in succession. Each member opens it with his-key andI reiocks it aiter ho bas rend tie documente it centains, Ia ibis way th3 papere are prevented frcm falling iute the hands of strangers or members of Parliament wbo are net in tue Cabiet. "Nov sud agan it is found neces- sary te print copies cf a 'secret' which comes up for discussion at, a meeting cf the Cabinet. The docu- ment is cut up int-o many small pieces and distribated nmon'g a goodly number of compositons in the Goverument printing wonks, ench o! vioru sets up hie uitile piece, andI the littie piece mny ne- present only a»dezen linos cf type. When all bbe fragments are in type a highiy trusted officiai collects bohh the copy andI tie type and puts the latter togetier. The printing cf the document is tien doue in secret under the eyes cf thîs officiai and -the mon vie work the printing ma-chine are forbidden t-o ha-asle any of the papen aller it is printed upon." IMITATION SILK. Made in Anienica, but of Wood Pull) From Norway. In the manufacture of artificial1 ail k Wood pulp from Norway is îîtil-ý ized, being shipped hem-e in,. baies. This pulp le cut ia tim aeets, ench individual aheet is carefully weighhed, and à certain qunntity placed lu a iotaI tank for chemical trbatmeut. The va-nous chemical solutiýus used are mixed in huge iro-e,auiks, tram which they -are pumped àider ground thraugb a.series et leasI pipes t» the departiments requining the vtiriaus compoundh. Thiz pulp, baving beoh macèrated and digest- esIs lesubmitted toe til tunther chemîca! action -under certain fixed tempera.tui'es whith are flot, *llow- .dta vaýry. even eut-hait a degrtee. hen il la red for final trans- formation jute silk '1h#'solution 'Oloaely resernhles moi"Ses in calai' and conskeýncY. 1At thia s tge - il- par ~ ~ ~ ~ " ae t, hle o . i é Bell$ at 1021-4 and Yioidas the You dont uaderstand the priol 102 1-4 means that for every M10 value you pay 8IM225. Su filat $1.000 bond you must pay tan tim gC pnie of a $100 bond, a! 1,22.g vrill' a $50 bond-if sucli were e~#e You will Pay $51.12. This ste M stockis are quoted too, Bank of C. merce aharea seli at 2W8. but as they 0111Y $50 par value the actual cost $104 per ebare. The price is always gv~ on the basis of $100 par ralite." "W eIi," eaid John Sm th, I un realt , ', very muich ohliged. and you have aï1~ doubtadly eaved me a great deal of on and probab]y tinaucial baqs.', Thie conversation. while imaglnary k1 typical oft what often takee; place bi tween brolier Dtid client or bond dealeg- and eustomer. It ishows admuirably ho< the varionis points wre have been iluetratc Ing during the past few weeks are use( in practise, and indiopt es dèe4î 1 t ha( they are flot nierely thieoretical' bosh. rhey are serious, practicai questioîîsk which cannot b-3 overlioed With impW: SOIIL (TRJ<>LSTIPPILS. If l'un'Iiiink Yoti Coiîld D rint 'Some mien h(Astaknnwi'ng tii, taste f ci ery drink ixept water. T hey du nt. OUne tippie they hav< ilicer saînploid is -acorn cup," cf ,,thIle iquur, >tile stilff in whicla hides are turmn.-'d i leather, madU f rom oak hark an<l acornis and acorsu clips, it ba.q a Sharp, bitter tastg that is anything but agreeable W4 the ordinary palate ;but the m 'f> engaged in sortie tanneries habituald4 iy drink it iii sinall quantities-- wrnie-gla.%sf(il at a tinme is the limit- as a pick me-uip Another drin!z unknown to the gerieral tîppler -îai a favorite among iron-at-one %wnrku-rs. It is a aua product of a ver ' cii ouis ki dd In the best sort uf sucli atone are found hollow pieres, inside whic i ii about'~ a pint of nu ' a co1dA1q4pr with4 " sweet, sharp taste,.and eitherTsi' or white in color. FStrangfrs set-1 dom want more than one -eip ut' imitshi," but the workrn quaff it with a-vidity. There are, too, many kin-ds of alcoholie producîts which are rarely, if ever, tasted outside particular trades. Methylated epinit is drunk, not -only by furniture polishers, bu* hatters %%d others who s it their work, and it seernmp Fe to make it so vile that t1i4- camn swallow it. A man engaged in o. -of the shops of a London ware house was found to be drinkîng con siderable quantities cf rnethylated epirit, whereupon the reniainder of the stock waa dosed with that noisome drug, asafôeti.da; whieh, P' W&" thought, would make the st. undrînkable.: But tbeispIirit act" ly disappeared fauter the In the sanie way smie of the bol usd in sent wurks îi'drunk Il t<s wohaye the h 4nii of1 and sorne men engaged At dr wareho uses get intô tube l-;angemo habit of taking ""Q-esr adthbe like.N Otilng 4gô 'ernployed by a large A .Ifrn. 0'