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then q half bushel Is caught and placed
In a small sack and saved for seed.
The remainder Is placed In a large
sack. The vitality Of the seed Is tested
In a terminating chamber. In which
the temperature Is as low rs that Of
the soil Mt sowing time. Where neces.
sary the seed Is treated for smut.
Many Of the Russian wheats were
found to be badly mixed. although
they were samples Of the best varieties
grown In that great wheat country.
Some contain from two to four distinct
kinds.
In 1907 the 200 original varieties had
been SO closely culled out that only
eight Of the best were still retained
for further testing In order to still
further decide among these. small
amounts Of each kind were made Into
iour and were subjected to careful
tests. known among milling experts as
the "color test" gluten test" and the
bakers sponge test"
The gluten tes. IS made by mixing
water within one ounce Of flour and
then kneading 1t into dough. which
Is held under a stream OF water and
pulled and worked until the starch has
all been washed out. The wet gluten
Is weighed and then dried and weighed
again, in order to ascertain its moisture
holding power. 1t Ia stretched into
long threads and the ductillty Is noted.
Lastly 1t Is moulded into round ball
and laid upon a card. The better the
-four the better the gluten ball will
retain its shape. The poorer the gluten
the more it will fatten out and spread
over the card.
In the bakers sponge test the volume
and time Of rising Of the dough are
noted. Gluten from Bolten's Blue
Stem produced sixty times Its volume
OF loaf. while Rio Grande only pro-
duced fifty times Its bulk Of bread.
though It contains one per cent more
gluten than the Blue Stem.
In 1890 the work Of improving wheat
by selecting the best individual plants
was begun. In 1892 400 kernels Of
each OF light varieties were planted
sIngly In hills twelve by eighteen
inches. and the best plants were Sc
lected from each variety. In 1903
100 of the largest hard kernels Of
Bottoms Blue Stem were selected and
planted by hand. four inches apart
each way. As the grain approached
maturity the poorest stalks were re-
moved. Successive cullings reduced
the number Of stalks to seventy-tive.
These were carefully saved and used
for succeeding trials. Other varieties
were tested I'm a similar manner.
Another method Of improving Is that
OF hybridizlng or cross pollenating.
The grain Is planted with a machine
which places each two kernels four
inches apart. Ono hundred seeds are
planted In q plot. which Is called q
"centgener."
Cross fertilizing. or pollcnating by
hand. Is an interesting and delicate
operation. The best stalks are selected.
and when the Towering period ap.
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China Ftddles.

The latest invention in the domain
of ceramics Is the manufacture or vio'
lins and mandOlins from porcelain. A
well.known manufa cturer Of the Meis-
sen ocarinas and porcelain organs has
invented a process for the manufact
Of violins and mandolins from clay.
Some violins have already been COM
pleted. and the inventor has applied
for letters patent for the same In DIFF
ferent countries.
Under this process the violins are
cast, and every violin Is guaranteed
a success and to be unexcelled for pro-
ducIng music. The latter quality con-
stitutes precisely the chief value Of this
invention. The porcelain body. it Is
claimed, Is better able to produce sound
than wooden one. since 1t co-operates
in the production Of sound. making the
notes soft and full.
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White Cruss on Luxgnge.

London Truth returns to Its charge
that on the Continent there exists q
system of marking Luggage at hotels In
order to indicate the owners value
from the point Of view Of tips to ser.
wants. and quotes its correspondent OIL
the Riviera In explanation of the meth.
ods used: "a small white cross is
placed on the luggage close to the hotel
label II the tips to servants are unsatis-
factory" Truths informant tested Its
effect when moving about by compar.
ing the behavior Of hotel servants when
he arrived with his luggage marked
this way and when he had wiped Oh
the croDs.
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Rid p,o,scs,ou N.ed.d In Erypt.

DR.. w. IGnes. In the Journal Of the
Khedivial Agricultural Society calls
attention to the marked dlminution
which has taken place In the numbers
OF the more common species Of birds
met with in the neighborhood Of Cairo
The rockdove. 1t Is admitted. does an
appreciable amount Of damage to agri-
cultural products. but the majority OF
birds, and especially the birds OF prey.
are beneficial. In the last-namcd
group the diminution In numbers is
very noticeable. Quite as serious Is
the almost total determination Of the
ca.tle-egret which few years ago
was common on wet lands or might
be seen following the plow In search
Of mole-crickets and larvae. This
bird was 80 common In the past and
did so much good that many travellers
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AA
I AN ODD Old CHAIR.
4 Used BY the Presidents OF Harvard
= For Many Generations.

~ NE Of the most interesting
ssss; ssss'o.s OF i. s"s'ss; ,si: ssss'!s ss'ss',
says the Boston Herald. Is the
chair used by the President Of Harvard
University during the annual com.
mencement exercises in June. Aside
from the fact that 1t Is very old. the
chair has the distinction Of being nj.
most the only one Of Its kind In Amer.
ica. so far as collectors have been able
to discover.
The Presidents chair. as It Is always
called. has been used by thirteen Presi-
dents Of the college and university.
1t is stoutly constructed Of oak. In the
style known as thrown" or turned.
and dates back to the sixteenth CEN
fury. so that 1t was already something
Of an antique" when 1t was brought
over to this country by some early
Puritan or Pilgrim. Oliver Wendell
Holmes has described 10 thus:
Funny old choir with a seat Ike
wedge.
Sharp behind and broad front edge
One Of the oldest Of human things
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SportinS Brevities.

A. Slmons' Major Mansir won the
New Louisiana Stakes. four miles. AT
the New Orleans race track.
Columbia and Princeton will not meet
on tie gridirOn this season owing 10
failure 70 agree on suitable date.
III. n. Pillsbury finished third In the
international chess tournament at
Monte Carlo. Tarrasch was the win
ner.
The Canadian Association OF ANA.
teur Oarsmen want permanent course
laid out at the old Welland Canal, st.
GATHERINGS, Ont
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paper to exclude pollen from other
plants.
The hybrids produced In this way
generally show great variation In
type. A cross between Blue Stem and
Fife produced over a dozen different
varieties. In this way many new var!-
cites have been originated. though few
are equal In value to the parent plants.
Comparatively few true crosses are OBJ
tained, and only four to twenty-five
per cent. Of the experiments In arti-
fetal fertilization are successful.-New
York Tribune.
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confounded it with the sacred Ibis OF
ancient times. Although Its flesh Is
Door, this bird has not escaped So
called sportsmen. who kill 1t simply
for the sake Of killing"
II the birds are not speedily rehabil-
itated resort to other and expensive
means Of destroying deleterious In
sects will be necessary. The writer
urges the authorities to take such
steps for bird protection as may seem
most suitable without loss Of time.
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gone over. and all plants not Of that

gone over. and all plants not Of that
variety are removed.
The different varieties are planted
In the order Of their ripening season.
beginning at one side Of the field. The
earliest variety can thus be cut first.
and each succeeding plot as 1t rlpens.
The binder Is carefully cleaned after
each plot. and the varieties are marked
by placing n stake beside each shock.
The separator used In thrashing Is con-
structed so that 1t will clean itself
thoroughly when run few minutes
after the feed Is stopped.
To further guard against the admlx-
ture OF varieties. the first half bushel Of
a variety Is placed In large sack. and
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sota. The station Is located at st. An
khony Park, which Is between the
cities Of st. Paul AMI Minneapolis. The
proximity Of the great Touring mills
Of the latter city gave excellent facil-
ltles for testing the milling qualities Of
the various wheats with which expert
mems were made. All the variety
tests were not made ut st. Anthony
Park. however. A large number OF
experiments were made at the March
d Spalding farm. In the northwestern
paSt Of the State. near Warren. in the
famous Red River Valley; at Glyndon.
Iin the southeastern part Of the Red
River Valley: at the Northwest Expert
inent Farm, near Crookston. Mimi. and
at the Northeast Experiment Farm.
near Grand Rapids, MINI. Extensive
tests made at the North Dakota Sta
ZION were also taken into consideration
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EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS.
serstary Hay 6avs cabaas A.sur aues
That the President Would Call Ono.

That the President Would Call Ono.
Washington, D. C.-Entelllgence Of
the ratification at Havana Of the
Cuban treaty as amended by the
United States Senate was received
here. The action of the Cuban Senate
In thus accepting the treaty without
any amendment simpllfed matters. and
insured the exchange Of ratification
In this city before Tuesday. March 81.
Article XI. Of the treaty provided that
the ratifica tions should be exchanged
at Washington as soon as could be be.
fore March 81.
Secretary Hay. when apprised Of the
action of the Cuban Senate. expressed
his qualification. Secretary Hay added
that in bis message to Minister Squiers
he gave the positive assurance that the
President would call an extra session
Of Congress in the fall. The time was
not stated. but the Secretary said that
Congress would be convened sufficient
ly in advance Of the regular session
to assure its action on the treaty as re.
quIred by the Senate amendments be-
fore December 81.
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CUBAN TREATY ADOPTED
Island Senate Approves Measure Un-
hampsred by Any Conditions


Havana. Cuba.-The treaty Of reel.
procity between Cuba and the United
States as amended by the Senate OF
the United States was approved In
the Cuban Senate by a vote Of
twelve to nine. This approval is alb.
solute. and Is not hampered by any
conditions. the questionable time limit
amendment having been dispensed
with through the receipt Of the cable
message from Secretary Hay In which
1t was positively declared that Presi.
dent Roosevelt would call a special ses.
sion Of Congress prior to December I.
The purport Of this assurance was
transmitted to the Senate by President
Palma, and read at the beginning of
the session. an understanding having
been reached previously with Senator's
Bustamente. Capote and Dolz. COM
posing the majority Of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee. that the objection.
able condition In the report be elimln.
ated. This was done by the offering
of amendments by other Administra.
ton Senators substituting the uncondi.
tional adoption Of the amendments to
the treaty by the American Senate for
the qualified acceptance contained in
the original report.
Final action was delayed for long
time by the discussion Of an amend.
ment offered by Senators Sanguilly,
Tamayo and Recio. requiring the
House to pass upon the treaty.
The amendment requiring the House
to pass on the treaty was defeated by
q vote Of five to fifteen.
An amendment to or q substitute
for the committees majority report
was then offered by Senators Frias
Monteagudo and Betancourt. This ap'
proved and ratified all the amend
ments of the Senate at Washington
and recommended that the Cuban Ex
ecutive take action conducive to OBJ
tanning effective reciprocity as soon as
possible. To this substitute report was
added the following:
This recommendation must not be
taken as an amendment 20 or a modih
cation Of the treaty"
The vote was taken separately OF
each section OF the substitute report
The vote on the unconditional ratifca
ton Of the treaty was Il to Q: on thu
recommendation to the Executive i
was II to 8.
The present session Of the Senate
then adjourned. The ratifications VII
be exchanged by cable. ..:,:.Y.lTN
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conaular Appointmcnts.

President Roosevelt has made the
following appointments: William a.
Rublec. Of Wisconsin. now Consul
&c. ..eral Mt Havana. to be Consui'Geh.
eral Mt Vienna: Frank Steinhart. OF
Illinois. to be Consul-Gencrnl at Ha'
vana: Dean r. Wood. OF New YORK
formerly Vice-C Consul at Madrid, to DC
Consul ut Ceibu. Honduras.
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CANADIAN BEEF BARRED.
British War Once Insisis Upon Engiish
or Irish Grown Meat For tho Army.

or Irish Grown Meat For tho Army.
Toronto. Ont.-A cable from London
says Mr.. Brodrick's statement in the
House Of Commons In reply to Alfred
Davies shows that the War Office st!ll
excludes Canadian beef from army
contracts. The beef must be English
or Irish grown. not frozen or chilled.
and not from animals killed at Dept.
ford or elsewhere within ten days OF
arrival from abroad.
Mr.. Brotlrick added In typical War
Office phrascOlogy. that there would
not appear anything required to make
the terms Of the contract clearer"
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Against Treating.

A nav league. to be known as the Anti.
Treating League. has been started in Dub
lin, Ireland. by some members OF the Ro-
man Catholic priesthood. The members
wear a small badge. and at their initiation
th.v promise so long as they wear the
into a public house any one for the pur-
pose OF treating them. The league is max.
ing rapid strides among the vassisQs CON.
fraternities and societies. ant
cans are feeling the effects o
minishing trade.
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For shooting Poisoned Arrows.

Indians who use poisoned arrows do
not trust alone to the venom with
which they anoint their darts. In ad-
dition. they often apply poison to the
bow itself and utter certain spells over
1t. with the idea that 1t would launch
death with the arrows 1t shot. The
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Clark Unlver.l.y to Get It's g. 900. 900

Clark UnIversity to Get Its S:.Ooo,00o
Judge William 7. Forbes. OF the
Probate Court at Worcester. Mass.
handed down n decree in the petition
in equity filed by the executors Of the
will Of Jonas q. Clark relating to be-
quests to Clark University. As re.
suit nearly S2.OOO.OOO will be paid over
TO The trustees OF the university il there
Is no appeal from the decree within
thirty days.
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Hanged For Triple Murder.
For triple murder A. L. Belding has
been hanged at Portland. Oregon.
Abe Slupsky Acquitted.

After delibcrating over four hours
the jury in the case of Abe Slupsky.
charged with murder in the second de.
gree. brought in n verdict of not guilty
in Judge Douglas court at ST. Louis.
Mo. Slupsky shot and killed Charles
Pinkard on April 20. 1902.
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Dies at the Age OF iol.

DR.. John p. Wood. Of Coffcyville.
Kan. died at the age Of 10l years and
two months. Dr. Wood was practic.
Ing physician for seventy-hve years.
and was the first Probate Judge Of
Douglas County. Kansas.
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ar,..,.d For No. Going to Church.

To such an extent does religion pre-
vail at Gonoatoa. in the South Seas.
that every man. woman and child on
that island who does not 60 to church
Mt least three times a week is liable to
be arrested and fined, the fine going to
the king.
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CARRYING THE BABY.
Head and Spine Troubles Caused Where
Incorrect Ways Are Used.

The accompanying suggestions and
illustrations. for which We are indebt-
cd to Leonard's Illustrated Medical
Journal. are worthy Of attention:
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need bJowL out with bellows and
rubber tube. An alley two feet wide is
left between the plots Of grain. As
wheat In nearly always self fertilized.
there II little cross breeding Of varie-
I tles. After the grain heads out. the
rsots Of newly secured varieties are
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Business Failures For . Week.
Business failures during the week
numbered 300 In the United States ana
twenty-five in Canada.
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THE PRESIDENTS CHAIR. HARVARD.

Turned all over with knobs and rings
But heavy and wide. and deep and
grand
Fit for the worthless of the land"
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proaches the upper and lower spikelets
are removed, leaving six or eight on
each head. The anthers are wIthdrawn
with sharp-pointed tweezers to prevent
self.fertillzation. Pollen grains from
another plant are placed upon the stlg-
ma and the head wrapped In tissue
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The mortgage is always looking for
somebody to give 1t lift.
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"The child should always be lifted
with both hands. held lightly. hut
firmly. the entire length of the back
and the head being carefully support
ed. One of the most common and
dangerous errors Is leaving the back OF
the head unsupported. When this Is
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done. the movements Of the body OF
the mother or nurse In walking. or.
indeed. the sudden lurching OF the
baby itself. may seriously affect the
head and spine"
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IMPROVING WHEAT.
Testing Many Varieties to Se-
lect the Most Profitable...
Experiments In Cross
Fereiliz alton.
~ o. II. BArnhill.

BY D. III. Barnhin.
"HE improvement Of wheat Is
a sery important matter. snd
Il Is only natural that the
work should be undertaken
Ny the experiment station Of the lead
dng wheat State Of the Union. Mime
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-01
BARGAINS IN ALDERMEN.
CHEAP IN GRAND RAPIDS.
according to Er-City attorney,
Who Tells Hoo He Bribed Them.

Grand Rapids. Mich. Nov. 30--The story OF
ex-City Attorney Liant X. Salisbury OF the noto-
rious water scandal in this city was told to-
day for the first time in court at the preliH-
mary examination of State Senator David
BURNS. II has created tremendous sensation
on account of the number of prominent persons
il fnpIicates in addition TO the seventeen on
Gals and former officials who were arrested on
bribery charges ten days ago The persons i'm
pIicated by Salisbury in his testimony against
State Senator Burns and the amounts he al
legged they received are as follows:
George r Perry ex-MayOr, S13. 725;- J. Clark
sproat, manager Of The Grand Rapids Demo-
crat," s., 333; r. A Cameron. of New-York
$500; State Senator David 4. Burns. $500; Al
derrnan McCooI. $500; Alderman Ellen. $3.50;
Alderman De Pagter. $3.50; Alderman Muir.
$500; Alderman Kinney. $3.50: Alderman Dono-
van. $500: Alderman Phillips, 81. 900; Alderman
Johnson $3.50 or 800; Alderman Stonehouse
$3.50; Alderman Lozier. $500; Alderman Shriver.
$3.50: Alderman Mol, $3.50; Alderman Ghysels.
$3.50; Alderman Hodges, $500: Alderman Slo-
cum. $500; Cory P. BisseH. $500; Russell Thorn
son. reporter on The Evening Press" $500:
Isaac Lamoreaux. ex-Ctty Clerk. $500; State
Representative Van Zoeren. $3.50; State Repre-
sentative Van der Cook 500; f. D. Conger. man
ager Of The Grand Rapids Herald" $4,000;
Thomas F McGarry. a prominent attorney, now
in Florida s.. 800. c. :. Burch. manager OF The
Evening Press" 5000,
He also implicated in water deals Dudley E.
Waters, ex-president of the Board OF Public
Works: DIT. WiIke De Vries. ex-City Physician;
George Ellis. a local broker; Samuel NJ Lemon,
Collector Of Internal Revenue and William H.
Anderson. president of the Fourth National
Bank
Five separate water conspiracy deals were on
in Grand Rapids at one time, according 10 SAILS
bury in addition 10 the Henry Taylor 100000
Lake Michigan water deal and each called for a
big doodle" fund Every one of these six sets
of men VINO put up offered 10 advance a cor
ruption fund dupe. so salisbury said. OF
himself. Perry, McGarry and SprOat-
Pat Flynn OF New-YOrk he named as one
of those at the head OF one scheme. The men
interested in the Hydraulic Water Company
were named the hackers of another deal in
Chicago Then there were a Milwaukee deal In
which he said, Loss. contractor. of Chicago
was interested; the Omaha deal in which the
Bartons we're said 10 have put up $JOOO0. and
the Gillespie deal.
on top of all these, Salisbury duplicates Reve-
nue. Collector Samuel NJ Lemon in a deal. charg-
ing Lemon with coming To him with a PROPOSE
ton 10 buy the Council. after having bought
the Mayor for $4,000. D. H Grow OF Grand
Rapids. and Moses Grow, OF New York. are
also mentioned IN connection with one % the
deals
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LANDvoIGT DEFENDS HIMSELF.
Saws Bristow's Son Is Drawing Salary and
Doing No Work.

washington. Nov. GOV. II. Landvoigt. who
was superintendent Of the Classification Division
Of the Postoffice Department when removed from
office and was superintendent OF the registry sys-
TEN when the manifold paper was introduced there
which matter part of the Bristow report. IN
a statement issued tonight declared that MI
Bristow offers no facts in his report as reason
for his allegations against him uaneVoigp' anu
that what he does say is not true
When he rendered his resignation. Mr.. Landvoist
says ne was assured by the Postmaster Gene al al
that there was no charge whatever aBa1st nun
except that his son Was employed by the MaHIoIu
company. Mr.. Landvoigt declares that ~ - not
true that the employment Ct his son was ptoloS -
or used in any way TO affect his JuuSHSsH' d -
the manifoidnE paper .u.ar.ar, will
look into the department and Us depenoeRcIea ne
will find that his own son and the sons OF o'hets
pita as prnmfneut in the postal service nave Deeh
drawing salary for service that vas tltnea ~" - ~
dsred al all or certainly not an equlNtlet.t ~
money received by them. cannon qil' - "
stand the principle by which ne shouSa a. Frapk
10 resign because my was employer az i s
In and yet he (Br!stow) should remain anu IRA"