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.AMiikiki&.lAkk OLAAIDE BY WILLIAM BLACK i?VWwnJvifr!w?T CHAPTER XII.-Contlnucd.) "Well," said ho. uaoaslly, "possibly four father Imagined that Archie Loalle might llilnk that ho hail boon unfairly treated If ho were not told and then, I vaa lila friend, don't you o, and they mentioned the nutter to mo and and being an outsider, I wa reluctant to Interfere at first but then, when they poke of tolling you, I aald to myself that I know, or I fancied I know, what h girl Ilka Yoland Wlnterbourne would b aura to do In such circumstances nd io I thought I would venture the suggestion to tbom, and and If It turn- tl out to be o, then I tnlgtU he of some ttla help to you." That waa cleverly done; he had not told tier It waa the Master of Lynn who had Insisted on that disclosure. And now ha waa fathering her courage to her; though Ktlll she malntnlned a curious aort of constrained roserre, aa though he were keeping a tight hold of her feel ing. "I suppose," she until, slowly, "It U your Idea I ahould go there alone?" "If you are not afraid, Yolande, If you aro not afraid!" be aald, anxiously. "I am going to-morrow," she said, "If Mrs. Dell will he so kind as to come and take my place." "Don't be so precipitate, Yolande," he aid, with mime anxiety. "I hare put all this before you for your considera tion; and I should feel I waa burdened with a terrible responsibility If you were to do anythlug you might afterward re arret Wilt you consult Mr. ShortlaudsT Will you take a wvvk to think orer It?" "No; whyT aha aald. simply. "Did X not consider when yon were telling me the atory of this Imaginary girt? Had t any doubt? No. I knew what she would decide. I know what I hare de cided. What ut la there In delay? Ah. If there la to I the good come out of It that you hare Imagined for me, should I not haste? When one Is perishing, you do not think twice If yoa can hold out your hand. Do you think that I regret that I am sorry to hare a little comfort behind that I am afraid to take a little trouble? Surely you do not think that of rue. Why I am anxious to go now Is to ee at once what can be done; to know the wornt or the bent; to try. And now I shall not be speaking to my papa bout it; that would only bItb pain Trill you tell me what I ahould do. In 11 the small particular? I am not like ly to forget." That he could do easily; for be bad thought enough orer the matter. Ha gare her the moat minute Instructions; guarding against thia or that pomlblllty; nd ah listened mutely and attentively, with scarcely the Interruption of a ques tion. Then, at length, he rose to say good-by; and she roae too. He did not notice that aa she did so her lips quiv ered for the briefest second. "If you are going to-morrow, Yo lande," said he, "I will see yoa aa you fiasa. I will look out for 'you, I should ike to aay good-by to you; It may be for a long time." "It may be for always," she said, with her eye cast down; "perhaps I shall caver be back here again." "And I am sending you away Into all thla trouble and grief. How can I help knowing that It Is I who am doing It? And perhaps, day after day, and night after night, I shall be trying to Justify myself when I am thinking orer It, and wondering where you are; and pvrbap I ball not succved rery well." "But It Is I who Justify you that la enough," she said In a low voice. "Did I not decide for myself? And I know that In your heart you think I am doing right; and if you are afraid for me well, that Ls only kindness such aa that you hare always shown to me " Here she atopped; and hu did not see that her bauds were clenched firm, as he stood there opposite him, with ber yes cast down. "And whaterer happens, Yolande you may be in pain and grief and perhaps nil you may endure may ouly end In bitter disappointment well, I hope you will not Imagine that I came to you with rny proposal unthinkingly. I have thought over It night and day. I did wot come to you off-band " "Ah, then," aha aald, quickly, "and you think It I necessary to Justify your elf you, to me, as If I did not know you aa well as I know myself! Do you think I do not know you and do not un derstand you because I nm only a girl?" Her forced composure was breaking down altogether; she was tremblltig some what; and now there were tears running down ber cheeks, despite hewelf; though he regarded him bravely, as If she would not ackuowledgo that. "And now, Just aa you and I are about to say good by, perhaps forever, you think It neces ary for you to Justify yourself to me you, my best friend my more than friend " And then ah, who can tell how auch things happen, or which Is to bear the blame? his arms wore round her trem bling figure, and she was sobbing vio lently on his breast. And what was this wild thing she aald In the bewilderment of her grief. "Oh, why, why waa my life given away before I ever saw youV" "Yolande," aald be, with his face very pale, "I am going to say something; for this Is our last meeting. What can a few words matter, my darling, If we are never to see each other again? I love you. I shall love you while I have life. Why ahould I not say It for this once? I blinded myself; I tried to think It friendship friendship, and the world was Just tilled with light whenever I saw you! It ls our last meeting; you will let me say this for once how can It harm you?" She shrank out of his embrace; she sank down on the couoh there; and turn ed away her head and hid her faoe In ber bands. "Go, go I" she murmured. "What have I done? For pity' sake, go, and forget! Vorgetl" Ho knelt down by the side of the touch; and he was paler than ever now. "Yolande, It U for you to forget and forgive I have been a traitor to my friend; I hare been a traitor to you. You shall never eoo me again. God bless you! and good-by." He kLssed her hair, and rose, and got himself out of the houe. As he went down thnt wide strath, his eye fixed on nothing, like one demented; and his mind whirling this way and that amid clouds of remorse and reproach and immeasur able pity, It scorned to him thnt he felt on his brow the weight of the brand of Gain. CHAPTER XIII. And as for ber; she was stunned al most Into unconscloUAiieM by this shock of self-abasement and distress. She lay on the sofa, hor face covered with her hands; she could not face the light. What was she, then? she who hitherto had been so fearlcs and so proud. A flirt, a Jilt, a llght-o'-lore that wn how aho saw herself; and then there was a kind of despair orer the misery she had wrought, and a yearning to hare him back to Implore his pity and his forglro ness; and then sudden reaolres to free herself In another direction, at any coat of penitence and humiliation. She began to compos hurried brief messages, though the throbbing brain and the shatne-atrlck- en soul could scarce decide between the fitness of them. The were some of them: "Dear Papa I have gone away. Tell Archie not to thtnk any more about me. "YOLANDE." And then again: "Dear Archie I send yon back the engagement ring; I am not worthy to tie your wife. I am sorry If I have caused you any disappointment, but you have less to regret than I hare." And then again to one not named at all: "To-day I go away. Never think of me again, or of what has happened. For give me; that Is all." And then she began to think If this wild torture of suggestions could be call ed thinking of the undertaking that lay before her, and the thought of It was something of a relief. There would be an occupation, urgent, continuous, de manding all her attention; In time, and In a measure, she might school herself to forget. Perhaps, It this duty turned out to be n rery md and painful one. It might be taken by those whom she had wronged as a sort of penance. She was prepared to suffer. She thought she de served to suffer. Had she not proved a traitor to the man whom she had prom ised to marry? Had she not brought misery to this best and dearest of all her friends, to this fine and noble nature that she had learned to know, and that by her Idleness and carelessness the carelessneM of a vain coquette, heedless of consequences? What would he think of her? She could only vaguely recall the reproaches he had heaped upon him self; but she know that be was In din tress, and that she waa the cause of It. And perhaps If there were trials In store for her. If there was suffering In store for her, perhaps he would never know that she rather welcomed that, and was content to receive her punish ment? Perhaps he would never know how grieved she was. It was orer and done, and past recall. And she knew that henceforth her life would be quite different to her. Mr. Wlnterbourne and John Short land were on then- way back from the hill. "I scarcely know what has happened to-day," Mr. Wlnterbourne was saying. "All the time I hare been thinking of our going back. And I know what I shall find when I go back the wreck of the happiness that I hare so carefully nursed all through these years. It ls like hedging round a garden, and growing flowers there, and all at once, some morning, you find the place tram pie. I down and a wilderness. I hope I am not unjust, Shortlands, but I think be might haTe spared her." "Who?" "Young Leslie. I think he might hare spared her. It was not much. Don't jou think out of consideration" "Nousensc, man. hat loung Les lie ha done seems to me on reflection, perfectly Just, and right, and reasona ble," said John Shortlands, telling a lie In the calmest manner possible. "The young couple ought not to be hampered In starting life. A little trouble now what l that? And it will be better for you too, Wlnterbourne. You would have kept on worrying yourself. You would have been always opprehenslre about something. You would have reproached yourself for nut telling him." When they reached the lodge, Yolande. was not, as usual, standing in the porch to welcome them home from the hill. "Please, sir," said tho maid, "MI Wlnterbourne has a headache, and say would you excuse her coming down to dinner." Ho stood Irresolute for a second or two, obviously greatly disturbed, then he slowly and thoughtfully went up the stairs, and gently knocked at the door of her room. "May I come In, Yolande?" She had Just time to untie the wet towel from her head, to smooth her hair, and sit up In !ed, "Yea, papa." He entered, went over and drew a chair near to her, and sat down. "I am sorry for you, Yolande," he iiald, in a low voice, and his eye were nervously bent on the ground. "Why, papa?" She spoke In quite a cheerful way; and as he had not suffered his eyes to meet here, he was unaware how that cheerful ness waa belled by the strange expres sion In them. She was forcing herself to make light of this matter; she would not have him troubled. And perhaps, In deed, to her this was In truth a light matter, as compared with that tragio dis closure and Ita consequences, which seemed to hare cut away from her at ono and forever the shining and rose colored years of her youth. "If I erred, Yolande," aald U, "la I keeping nil this back from you, I did It for tho beat." j "Do you need to nay thnt to me, papa?" aho answered, with aotne touch of repronch, "lou are going, Yolande?" he snld, with a sinking of tho heart. "That, again, It U unnecfwsnry for you to ask mo," tho girl said, simply, "Hut not at once, Yiilnnde?" aald he. glancing at an open trunk. "Not at once?" "To-morrow morning, nana." aho an- , Rwercd. "Oh, but 1 assure you, you will be put to no trouble no trouble at all, Mra. Hell Is coming from (Irons to see everything right. And I barn uiado out lists for her, It Is all arranged, you will uot know any difference -" "Listen now, lotniide. I don't ills approve of your going. everything, and failed; If thorn Is a chance of your succeeding well, per haps one might any It Is your duty to go. lmr child, I would rnther have you know nothing about It; but that Is all orer now. Well, you 'see. Yolande, If you go, there must bo no unnecessary risk ivr trouble about your going. I hnre been thinking that perhaps Mr. Molrllle mny be a little too luiiigiiiitliio. ilo sees thing strongly. And In Insisting that you should go alone, why, there may be danger that ho has been carried away by a by a well, I don't know how to put It, except thnt he may 1 so anx ious to hare this striking appeal made to your poor mother as to be Indifferent to ordinary precaution. Why should you go friendless and alone? Why (should I remain amusing myself hero?" "Hecauso you would tie of no use to me, papa," said she, calmly. "I know what I hare to do." "Yolande, you cannot be left In Lon don with absolutely no one to whom you can appeal. The least you must do Is to take a letter to Irfiwrenco & Lang. They will do anything you want; they will let you hare what you want; If there la any hiring of lodgings or any thing of that kind, they will send one of their clerks. You cannot bo stranded In London without the chance of assist ance. You must go to Ijiwrvnce A Lang." "I may hare to go to them that also la arranged. Hut they must not Inter fere; they must not come with me; that was not Mr. Melrlile' Idea." she said; though the pale face turned still paler aa she forced herself to titter the nnme. "Mr. Melrlile!" he said, angrily. "You seem to think the whole wisdom of the wdrld Is centered In Mr. Melrlile! I don't at all know that he has right In coming to put all this trouble on you. Perhaps he would not hare been so quick If It hnd been his own sister or his own daughter " Then a strange thing occurred. She had flung herelf down on the pillow again, her face burled, her whole frame shaken by the sudden violence of her crying. "Don't don't don't!" she nobbed, pit eously. "Don't speak like that, papa! there Is enough trouble there Is enough." "What 1 It. Yolande?" said he. "Well, no wonder your nerves haTe been upiet. i wonder you nave taken It so brarrlr, I will leare you now, Yolande; but you must try ami come down to dinner. Dinner was put on the table; but she did not make her appearance. A mea sage was sent up to her; the answer was that she merely wished to hare a cup of tea oy anil tiy. Jan on being question ed, said that ererythlng had been got ready for their departure the following morning, eren to the ordering of the dog cart for a particular hour. (To be continued.) Tunic for llldiiu Hlieep, Thrro aro several pinna for making ii tnnk in which to dip sheep, mid If ono has : Hock of considerable size It la wio to obtain some of tho plan We have tried ,,,mt r offered by manufacturers. If, minever, wiu HOCK in not largo, n nouio iiuule nfTiilr Is cattily built ami ut com paratively Hiunll coat. A tnnk of IliU kind In nmiln nn follown: A convenient size la ton foot long, four feet wide and two nnd one-half feet deep. U ahould bo inado ao thnt tho tnnk con taining tho dip In reached by a slat tod walkway leading down to It, nnd nuother slatted walk lending up to tho landing from which they go. down Into tlio tank. There ahould Ik? atilltclont of the dip mUtutv placed In the tank to cover tho back of the niilmnl, which should b Immersed for nhoiit one minute, then allowed to como up on tho land- prizes to the fnrmor'a wlfo lirlngtuir tlin niont ckki otc.i mill recently tlm lilnn witn Introduced of kIvIiiu ii lulr.o to tho fnrmor who brotiKlit tlio moat women to town, When' llio women como In business plcha up nt nil tho' atoren. Tho plan worked, ono fnrmor putting cushion on a liny nick mid bringing ovor n hiimlroil In tho eoiiraa of n ilny. Denver Klold nnd Kami. Conquest Great American Desert IN. tfiifTf' - 1 1 rrtfe'rl noiiK-UADK niiTi.ta tank. tug', whero the dip Is unicexcd out of the wool nnd tho ntiluml allowed fo stnnd to drain. The Illustration shown how thla tank la built. II Indicate the slatted walkway and A shown the exact nhnpo of tho sldo portion of the box; tho llttlo drawing above the tank shown a walk down from the end of tho drainage Imx which will prevent tho nheep from Injuring their legn. which they would tm likely to do In Jumping, 87,000 FOR A KEY. A Connoisseur I'uld This Price for Historic Itellc. It mny not be generally known thnt tbero are ninny key collectors In thi big world of curio hunter. Home of the keya of bygono nsea nre rerltnbln triumph of tho locksmith' art. In Home the bridegroom presentation of n bunch of keya to the bride an alio crossed hi threshold, to Invest her with the authority of tho mntron, wnn ono of the most solemn rites of the wedding ceremony. Moreover, theso nymbollc keya had to be returned by the wife, who, when proving heraelf unworthy of the tnmt, waa expelled forever from the homo nhe had dla graced. On tho other Imnd, tho Trench widow of the inlddlo ngen, If left de tltute, hnd the right to tear nwny the sacred key of tho house from her girdle and throw them lu tho grave of her deceased husband. y thla ac tion, commonly known ns "throwing the keya In the pit," nhe publicly re nounced nil further tie and disclaimed the debt of tho limn who had left her unprovided for. From thnt moment he wn left unmoloated, for In those niiperHtltlotis daya no ouo would lmvo dared to Interfere with a woman who had tlm freed heraelf from nny mar riage rexpoiiMlbllity. Wo cniiuot but admire the work of the old locksmiths, who iiiiiiilpulnteil ut will brim, Iron nnd ateel, no na to delineate tho dellcnto tracerlei nnd fretwork of guliniro nnd church win down. Till metal craft had evidently a great fnclnntion, Hlnce it can boost not only of several mnntern of renown, notably the celebrated Heuveniito Col llnl and Antolnu Jncqunrt, but also of a royal nmatour, Louis XVI. himself, renowned for III mechanical bobby, nnd who linn loft to posterity aovernl keys peculiar for their double L'n sur mounted with a crown, In grent de mand among collector. Their reputa tion, greatly due, no doubt, to the po sition of the worker, palea before that Of tho master who executed the her uldlc chef d'oeuvre, bearing tho arm of the Strozzl family, recently bought for a wealthy connoUseiir nt tho hugo price of 7,000. Nowark Now. A KIkIiIIiiu Cow. No fewer than nix person aro at present suffering from lujurlen Inflict ed by a cw, evidently of Texan light ing stock, which broke, loose in the streets of an Kugllnh town, a few daya ago, creating extraordinary scoii.m. Tho animal wan being led by n hnlter. but when near the slaughter house It suddenly rushed nt tho mnn under wboso chnrge It was, nnd tossed him high In the air. Kxtrnnrdlnnry excite ment at once arose, an the animal bolt ed from street to street, attacking or frightening all It saw. A little girl, aged soven, wan wounded In the thigh with It horn, and a man knocked down. Leaving the town tho nnlnial directed It course toward the village, whence It had been brought. A farm er who attempted to capture It wan gored In the thigh, and finally the "en a unity list" ivn brought to a closo by n man lu Borden yard, which It had left two hour previously, having one of hk hands run through by a born. New Hugland Homestead. InvestluMtlliu tlm Hulls. For the anko of supplying delliilto and absolutely lellablo liiforiratlon lu regard to every niiiaii mile of laud In the .M,(f."J,i:i:i which eompoNii tho area of the United Htntc of Amerlcn, Uncle Ham, through tho Hiirenti of Solln of the Department of Agricul ture, will spend eighteen year and at lonnt lil.OOO.OOO. Whim the work of the Hureati of dolls linn been com pleted, It will be possible for n mnn Intending to purchase a farm to write to the Department of Agriculture, and secure from that department a detail ed limp of the section lu which hi farm In located, together with a de scription of the section. Then by look ing up his Intended purchase on the map nnd consulting the descriptive liooklet, he can determine to a ulivty It value. The map will show by diff erent color the untiire of the noil, while the descriptive booklet will tell Ita value which has been determined by examination of the soil, study of the railroad facilities, nnd the examina tion of the market mid other 'nullify ing conditions. The aoll limps and booklet will enable many farmer, who hnre been ouly pnrtlnlly nticces ful, to learn wherein they have fulled by trying to raise crops iinndnpteil to the nature of their lauds, and will lu struct them a To whnt crop nre best suited to their farm. It wilt Instruct them also n to the best method of cultivating soils of different kind While thn rxamlnntlou of soil ha been carried on for perhaps n hundred yenrn by laboratory method, the pres ent investigation Is along entirely dif ferent and far more practicable Hue. The soil division wn established as a separate bureau of tho Department of Agriculture on July 1, 1IM. nnd since that time It forco ha been In creased more than twelvefold. Up to December .11, 11XI. thn bureau ha mapped RH.JVW square mile, lu mall pateho scattered over the whole Unit ed .Slates, nnd It I estimated that eighteen yearn more will bo required to complete the work. '.f-VL'grra Hlinde for Poultry. It la easy to give the poultry tho needed nhade when the range I fairly well covered with tree or even nmnll brush, but whore It I entirely open poultry suffer ao much from tho heat of the sun that the freedom does them little good; Indeed, It would bo bet ter .for them to be confined lu largo yard, whero they might have shade MIIADKCOOl1 t'OII J'OLI.TilV. WIIIIiik to I'ronilkn. "If I tell you Bomothlng," anld Dobba, mysteriously, "will you prom ise not to repeat It?" "Sure tiling, old man," replied Hobb. "I've never heard you aay anything worth repeating." Detroit Tribune. In massaging ordinary salad or ollvo oil may be used in place of cold cream. during tho day mid a run on tho grn after the sun goon down. How ever, It I not an expensive plan to ar range n number of teuta on the oxn range by erecting n frnmo of light strip of wood and covering till frame with unbleached muslin. Ily sharpen ing tho end of tlm poxta tho frame mny be aectired to the ground, yet easily lifted and removed to another portion of tho range when desired. The plan In worth tho attention of all poultrymen. Itlch Milk Oijvn Lower Cost Ilutter. The results obtained with U2 dairy herd lu Denmark, aggregating il,7i cows, were recently studied. The cowh were arranged In eight classes accord ing to the average per cent of fut lu their milk, each class having about the same number of cowh. In tho case of Class 1 (richest milk), 70.8 food uiiltn were required for tho production of one hundred pound of milk, against 05.0 units In the case of CIiihs H (poor- cat milk), Ono pound of butter re quired KI.R'l food unit In Class I, nnd 10.r2 lu Class 8. Tho skliiunllk ob tained per pound of butter wus 2'J.tt and 28.4 pounds respectively for tho two classes. At ordinary prices of feeds nnd products It was found that n pound of butter was produced '.'.8 cents cheaper by the cows producing rich milk than by those yielding milk low In butter fnt. Amerlciiu Ciilttvntor, Klavur of HiitUr. To a very Inrgo extent tho flavor of butter depend on tho kind of bac teria working lu the cream. It I desired to have all of these of tho specie that produce tactic acid fer ment, for then the flavor will be both clean and pleasant. Hut In too many cases the bacteria belong to the putre factive order and not up putrefaction lu the casein. There Is generally a little casein left lu the butter, lu spite of the work of the best buttermaker, and till casein form a base fur the work of the putrefactive bacteria. There nre other bacteria that cause de composltlon of the fat Itself, and If these nre present the work of develop ing hnd flavor goe on rapidly. Pas teurization can do tittle to remedy this, If the undesirable bncterta have been at work for a few hour. The prob lem I to keep them nut altogether. Ittfit tr tho Million. The western purl of Virginia ban been known for year a n great sec tion for raising poultry, And the lu diistry I Increasing nt a rapid rate The shipment of Thanksgiving turkey and chicken for all season bring lu a considerable revenue. In Hocking ham county last year, .IO.ixxi crate were shipped to market, a total of II), M ,) egg rold from one county In n single year. Thl doe not Include many thousand consumed on the farm where they were laid. Tho low est price of he year wa 14 to in cent n dozen, and lu December .T- cents wn paid. The average for the lust ye-ir was '."J cents. The profit from egg alone to Hockliiglmui county farmers wus nearly f'.lXMXJO. . Prize for Trade. Merchants lu some towns aro try lug tho prlzo systom to Induce trade Pure Air In Hlnlile. Is tho air lu the stable pure and free from dust during mllldiig? Would he be willing and glad Io eat n plate of soup while ho Is milking a cow? If uot, why not? Isn't milk a biimiiu food and Isn't the milk pull that I tinder the cow being filled with food for hi table? Prnlrle Farmer. The OrowliiK PJv. The growing pigs may be helped along In two ways; ouo Is by feeding sown liberally on those feed that lend to produce milk; the other Is by giv ing the pigs clean food of the right kind, such o clover and alfalfa. DrrssliiK for Tomiilocs. A tomato fertilizer very popular on tho Pacific const Is made as follows; Nitrate of sodn, ouo part; dried blood, two pnrtn; superphosplmto of Iwnn meal, four part; knlnlt, three parts, nil by weight. llariluml I'usture, Put tho Idle mare on the pasture. Wide tires snve much horso power. A sandy or muddy road doubles the work. Axle grease pays 1,000 per cent profit. The best drivers talk much to their animals. Aluminum horseshoes havo been thoroughly tested by thu Hussion army. They havo proved quite satis factory, saving thu horses' feet moro than Iron shoes do. (iood ventilation, clean bedding and plenty of light and comfortable stall aro also necessary lu tho cow stablo, Dusty bedding and any feed that Is dusty will seed It with millions of germs mid theso will develop taint lln Nnrndn nlwnys been mi nrld and desert region? Its geological records, ns Indelibly enrved lu antiilsloue mid granite, showing the shore Hues of nucleut lakes, proclaim that It has uot, but that at one time n vast body of water, us great lu area as Lake Uric, covered n portion of the Stale, To day, hownvrr, the aridity of the coun try I unquestioned mid the ftflO.OOO ncres, to part of which Uncle Ham I to apply water, will practically doiibln It well Irrigated urea mid It agricul tural population. Nevada's ancient Inland sea 1 known as Lake La lloutau; It wn one of several great prehistoric lake distributed over the (Irent I In sin of the arid region, among them Lake Houuevllle, of which the (treat Halt Lake was the deepest portion. It area wn nine time greater tlirtn the (Irent Halt, or almost a large a Lake Mich Igan, and much deeper. The contracted remains of Lake Ln nontan lu Nevada are found lu Pyra mid Lake and a number of other small enclosed lake which were the deepest portions of thn ancient lake. Hluco these large prehistoric Inkes were land locked and did not overflow, It follow that the rainfall which fed them wa much heavier than It I to day. Should conditions revert, many of the Important point situated lu thn Great Hasln would be hopelessly flooded, such, for Instnnce, as the Mor mon Temple, which would stnnd lu fif ty feet of water, while 700 mile of railroad would be submerged. Thes prehistoric lake are said to li of very recent originthat I, recent by the geologist' count--perhaps no,. Ooo or 40,(x)0 yenrs old, Fossil havo been found showing the presence of primitive man along their nuclent shores nnd embniikmont. which In many Instances are as perfect In con tour and n distinct n If the water had receded only a few year since. Theso Inkes Included such arid and fear-Inspiring localities of tiMlny a the Hlnck Hock Desert. Skull Valley, Death alley, and n score of other places whom thn tilenched Ikhic of mnn and nnlnial attest to an awful lack of water. When the Ntate wn admitted to the Union. In place of receiving tho usual donntlon of alternate school sec tions 10 and 112 In each township he secured n flnt grant from the gnr eminent of two million ncre of public Innd to tm located wherorer her law maker snw fit. The State Legisla ture passed much a desired of thl great nnd raluablo resource Into pri vate ownership of stockmen, st a low figure a 23 cent an ncre, The laud hare been located up nnd down tho (Idea of every river nnd stream nd around every spring nnd wnler hole In tho fitnte, so Hint whllo Nevada ha to-day some iV),O0O,(XX) acre of public land, there I not n qunrter sec tion of It upon which n homeslrnder could make n living. The Innd grant ed to the State for achool purposes disposed of by the Htntn for a mess of pottage control the innd of tho State. The government's Irrigation, when worked out, will Immcdlntcly double Nevnda'a population; It will provide n now llfehlood of settlement and cltl zeushlp tor a region of unsurpassed agriculture. laud aro making It pay. They give and defects that aro not desirable. I Irrigation In tlm Knsi. That Irrigation may be employed nt usefully In tho humid portion of lh United Htate as lu the arid section I announced by the Department of Agri culture. A bulletin tin been Issued, showing the result of many expert-114-nts In thl Held, In which n steady water source wn drawn on a nn auxiliary to nn Irregular rain supply. .Nenr Pouglikeepsle. N. y , whero rnln 1 ordinarily bountiful for the crops, a grower of strawberrlo Un found thnt the iiddlllon of a plant for Irrigation enable him In Insure a per fect stand and rapid growth of new plants. Spraying, nnd Irrigation be tween the row, put In Hue condition for marketing a crop of berries which for lack of rain at the crltlenl moment hnd colored nnd hnrdened without sweetening. Mnrket gardeners In ninny other parts of the (Cast nre having similar results, The expert at Washington believe Hint ns thu country become moro compactly settled nnd more In tense gnrdenlng Is required It will be found necenry to depend mom nnd more upon Irrigation ns nn Insur ance ngnlnst drought nnd consequent crop failure, Ily Lnaarri Cabin. Tho nnarchlst had Just hurled tho bomb. Simultaneously the democratic bend of President Loubet nnd thn royal pato of Alfonso XIII. ducked to avoid tho flying fragments. "M. lb President," muttered the boy king, "which one of un do you think that fellow wan after?" - With trim Gallic politeness, Loubc't disclaimed the honor, "After you, my dear Alfonso," ho murmured, bowing deeply. Cleveland Lender. Ho Npokn TlioiiKlilloily, "Ho snld ho'd never marry ji wo man for her money," "That was before ho knuw what It was to need It." Cleveland Plain Dealer. M n I BM11H-WiriWtsV'.frsW.