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title and position to give you.", he re.
piled. Eyes, I have built my hopes on
it; that is my way to greatness, my
ambition realized"
II like him very welf,' she replied,
withs8an air OF calm musing; she Is
very handsome. But I know little
about him" /, -.
Like him!" repeated Mr.. Ransome:
That is a cold word. II can tell you,
Hildred, that some Of the loveliest wo-
men in London would be nattered at
receiving attention from him" s "
"Then why does he not marry one OF
those lovely women?" she asked,
quietly. ~. "a
s Because he. has asked to marry you,
Hildred." "a ~ ~. 49,,
She thought for a few, moments in
silence, and then she said:
II should be countess, I suppose,
papa. One Of the girls from st. Roche,
our school, became a@countess-
one envied her; but her marriage was
not very happy$one:" ,s,sSs
Cali marriages would be happy If
women expected only a>little less than
theyfdo, and were rational" he said,
hastily.
She knitted her fair, white brow,
while she thought deeply, silently. !.
p "The Earl of Caraven wants to
marry me; ,papa-did hefsay that he
loved nie?" -: = =
Gentlemen seldom speak to lawyers
about love-" he replied, impatiently.
"This is not mere sentimental, non
sensical love affair; it is of far greater
Importance. Give it your serious at
tention, Hildred; put aside all the nom
sense"
Again the dark eyes wandered from
the ripping river to the blue sky, to
the green trees, the soft, dewy grass,
the sleeping flowers uneas-
lily, as though reading something there
that did not harmonic with her faith
er's words; then she spoke to Kim
years afterward she remembered her
words.
"That is your dream, papa-to see me
Countess Of Caraven. Tell mel have
been at school all my life, and know
so little of real life-it seems to me
that have done nothing but study
have read few novels, know nothing
of what people call love, but you, my
father, would not deceive me-tell me,
is love needful part of marriage? Is
it right to marry without it? Are peo-
pie happy without it?
II ask you," she continued, because
say this to myself, papa-if there be
no such need for love-if love is only
the poets dream and the novelist's
chief resource-why, then may just
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Is There Such a Disease as Hydrophobia

Is There Such Disease "a Hydrophobia4
The belief seems to be growing
among scientists that there is after
all no such disease as hydrophobia.
This strikes deep at the root of long
established and venerable opinion, and
will no doubt be received with a great
deal of opposition, but there is so much.
to be said on the subject and so many
experiments have been made, that one
is inclined to suspend judgment at
least, and wait for further develop
ment. An incident is reported whsre
a man was bitten upon the side Of his
face by pet dog. He applied to he
hospital for treatment, and was found
to be extremely nervous. The dog was
carefully examined and pronounced by
the veterinary surgeon to be in per-
feet health. Some experiments BY
incubation were tried on rabbits with
out any unpleasant results. Again
and again were the rabbits inoculatei,
and they remained to all appearances
as well as ever. But the man became
more and more nervous and frightened
and finally died, of what disease the
attendants in the hospital found it very
difficult to determine. although the
death certificate was issued for hydro
phobia. Some eminent medical men
declare that one Of the most important
things is to attempt to eradicate from
the public mind the idea that there is
such thing as hydrophobia. They
claim that it never occurs in fact, but
that there is a nervous terror which
takes possession Of the patient, who
actually dies of what is nothing more
or less than fright and nervous convul-
sions. OF course such a statement
leaves a wide margin for discussion
and debate. AS a matter OF fact. II
there is no such thing as hydropho-
bia, there certainly. is nervous state
that becomes terrible in the extreme.
Really there must be something Of :
serious nature to cause such dread
full suffering and death. New York
Ledger, q 4 s.s9 #;
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I APPEAL TO YOU.

as well be Countess of Caraven as any
thing else"
"Most decidedly he replied, with an
air of relief.
'"But.' she went on, "if there is
reality in love, if love be needful for
happiness, do not let me marry with
out it. You are my father, my only
friend-I appeal to you" Il
He asked Heaven to pardon him for
answering such an appeal falsely. He
looked profoundly wise.
"My dear Hildred," he said, 'syou ex-5
press yourself so oddly. I believe that
the greater part Of what you read and
hear about love is the greatest nom
sense-the happiest marriages are
founded on esteem"
'But I do not know enough Of Lord
Caraven to esteem him." she replied,
slowly.
Some Of the happiest marriages"
continued the lawyer, "have been when
people have learned to love each other
after marriage"
"Then love does creep in before or
after?" she said
Possibly in many cases. The most
sensible way Of looking at marriage is
this. It is a civil contract between two
people who can best make their way
in the world by going through it to-
gether-for instance, young farmer
marrtes a girl whose dowry enables
him to improve his farm, while her
education gives her an interest In it;
the noble man with an impoverished
estate and an ancient title marries q
city heiress whose grandfather was
perhaps soap boiler"
She was listening in amazement. I.
"a civil contractw she said. slowly.
81 thought marriage was q religious
ceremony, papa?" '5 (
80 II +, certainly, most decidedly.
Ism speaking Of II from my point d
Eyisw.~s ~
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BY CHARLOTTE N. BlRAE1E.
CHAPTER III.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER III.-(Continued)
Arley Ransome had decided upon
kelling his daughter of the future that
awaited her. He was not quite sure
Of her. He had studied law In all Its
branches, money making in all its
1orWs, but he had not studied charac-
ter-zhis daughter was almost strang-
er TO- him. She had been educated
abroad. Her mother died, soon after
her birth. and he, devoted to business,
had mot cared to have a. child to dis
tract his attention. He lived then at
his chambers. But when Hildred was
seventeen he went over to Germany to
Gee her, and was charmed with her. He
found her highly educated, brilliantly
accomplished and intelligent, and trails
opinion, she gave great promise of a
beautiful womanhood. '.
He decided at once on taking house
In the outskirts of London and INSTALL
ang his daughter as mistress there.
1t was done at once, and then Mr.. Ran
some began to put his scheme into
action. He. knew that the young earl
had come to the end of his resources.
Itswould all be plain sailing for him
now ):
But there was one person he had
not taken into account. and that was
his daughter. He had never dreamed
of anything except blind submission.
Nov he began to ask himself, 'Will
she object?" She had plenty of char
sacter. plenty of spirit, life, activity,
energy. Would she submit to his bar
ter and exchange? Would she blush
and smile after the fashion of girls
who are delighted? Would she. be
pleased to be countess, or would she
draw herself up in disdain, and tell
him she was to be neither bought nor
sold? He was doubtful as to which 1t
would be, and he therefore approached
the subject with some little hesitation.
That same evening-for it was rule
of Arley Ransome's to do quickly what
required doing at all-he told her. He
Remembered it long years afterward-
as did she.
1 Hildred had gone through the
grounds down to the banks of the
river; she sat there watching the
color Of the water change as the twi-
light deepened. A tall beech tree with
superb spreading branches grew near;
the grass was studded with white and
golden flowers. Arley Ransome found
her, the daughter on whom he had
built all his hopes of fame and fortune,
her dark eyes fixed on the tranquil
= stream, her white hands lying listlessly
on her knees.
! "Hildred," said Arley Ransome, II
have something very particular to say
ito you. will sit down by your side.
How gloriously beautiful the river
. looks tonight
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udu0 up ueT mluu
about him. She watched him with
keen interest, and the sharp-witted,
keen, shrewd lawyer, who could fright
en- witness into saying anything he
wished him to say, shrank before the
dark eyes of his daughter.
She looked up at him now with some
little curiosity. What had he to say
TO her? How was it that the clear. gaze
of those dark eyes troubled him 50
greatly?
Something to say to me?" she re-
peated, dreamily. "You could not have
'chosen better time for saying it, pa
pa. l never care to talk on nights like
these; can only listen"
3'The brightest hope Of my life has
been accomplished to-day, Hildred," he
began; chat which have longed for
has been given to me. have been
pleased, proud and happy"
He saw that her interest was awakr
sned, that her eyes frightened. She
looked earnestly at him.
/. Pleased, proud and happy? That
seems great deal, papa"
IL "CnA0 q 6lCdI ucdl, I1llUTcO. ! o.
day the Earl Of Caraven has ASKED per-
mission to make you his wife"
He had stretched the point; but Of
what service would it have been to
have studied law If he had to keep to
facts? If he had expected any DEM
onstration Of delight he was disap-
pointed. She made none. She did not
blush, or look pleased or displeased.
The calmness Of her face was un-
broken.
"The Earl of Caraven. That is the
gentleman saw to-day, papa?"
Eyes, that was Lord Caraven, and
he wishes to make you his wife.
But how can he, papa? He has
seen me only once. Why should he
wish to marry me?"
That cannot say, Hildred, = he an
swered: IT am better versed In law
& than in love: 1 can only repeat what ]
have told you. The earl wishes you
TO be his wife. :, 4. IS .,S55
$ The dark. eloquent eyes Travelled
u slowly from his face to the river, and
then back to the shrewd. eager counte-
nance. y; &. ~. hi
And this Il the dream oK your life
4 papa that 4 marry him ~ sS
q NJ ~ marry some ons wh0 H.
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Notes o. Sugar Beets..

81 N0tOS "a sugar b00t1s
Ono Of the hardest things about the
growing Of sugar beets IL to get uni
form stand. Il is evident that II there
are spaces in the nsld not covered by.
the beets the losses will be consider
able. This irregularity comes often
from poor preparation Of the land and
also from putting in the seed too deep
30 that It does not terminate ct all. or
u tt DOES gsrnfnate, does 20 at PEE
Rod SO far anterior to the other beets
that the new plants have little encour-s
agement to develop Lack az moisture
at planting time is also responsible for:
much at thts unevenness In stand.
When fertilizers are used ii would seem
quite necessary TO be sure that their
admixture With the soil - perfect. to
make an even feeding ground for the
plants and thus ensure : uniform de-
velopment.
The most common cause OF failure
among beginners. according to William
Headden, 10 . lack Of thorough prspa-
ration Of soil. He advocates blowing
in the tall and subsolling TO ! deskho f
IS iachsA n the apsing narrowing q
all that II nscsssary. That, however,
y for Colorado Subspiling may not
b % necessary for sosS othsr states
and In faat thees ~ places where Il
IwoAd eeEtaiAiS - = de4rilAeAt- The
ground. howsyer, should ~ VII pull
vexi1sd OF ~ ~ - eai1S porous enough
- y 49, - - - Z. Ar,..,,
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~
4 s All sensible people hays tls same
ideas on the subject" he sre1atsds and
again his daughter,s dark EYES sought
ssthe lovely. cleaning river. T
& ct did not think continued Iildred,
slowly that marriage was accntract
of any kind. had q different idea OF
st. !, thought it took place whom two
souls were attracted ,insensibly to each
other, and life became nobler anu bet
ter and higher because Of their love;
and I thought that same love began in
slime and ended in eternity
s Arley Ransome looked IN wonder at
his daughter. Y
h Mildred" he said. IT hops you are
not going to turn out romantic"
Il hope not" she replied quietly.
"You have told me the truth. papa, and,
though 1t has, astonished me; thank
you for it-one. Should: not have false
notions. L have asked because It strikes;
me that it would be a terrible thing to
marry without love. and then for love
mot to come afterward.", s5ss
The lawyer held up his hands IN hor-
ror.: 4 =:
"such a thing could not ba, Every
woman with a well-regulated mind
loves her husband; every husband in
/, the same way loves his WIFE,
Then, i'll marry the Earl Of Car.
aven now" she said quietly, ST shall
learn to love him afterward n,
Certainly" he replied, with a. wish
that she were not SO earnestly. sim
cere. .-ss,.zq a.,,s .,.s6 81,
L 81 have not thought of marrying"
she continued, in the same; earnest.
simple tone. s'.You see, papa there
was nothing to make me think Of. it..
There were no gentlemen at st. Roche
and have been SO busy with ky books.
I liked study. like it now. Like tho
idea, too, Of being countess-it !, has
"a pleasants' sound-'Lady Carayen.,,
Andsyou are sure, papa, that I shall
love my-love Lord Caraven after mar
rage, if not before?"
II am quite sure" he replied, with
unnecessary fervor. aa#
She turned slowly to him.
81 will marry the earl" she said,
simply.
He looked delighted.
II shall see him and tell him to-
morrow" he said. "Now, remember,
Hildred, this is very solemn matter.
You cannot go back after you have
once pledged your word"
II shall not want to go back" she
said. ct is fair destiny-why should
wish to change it? Countess of Car
aven! When shall see him-the earl
again, papa?"
Arley Ransome could not suppress
slight pang of reproach. If she ex-
pected to find gallant wooer in the
spendthrift earl, she would be wofully
disappointed. It would be best per-
haps to prepare her.
every soon; and am quite sure that
he will be pleased. But, Hildred, I
want to say something else to you.
Common people have common customs.
When Darby goes to WOO Joan, he sits
with his arm round her waist. Men
like"-then he grew confused, remem-
bering that men were alike all the
world over-"men like the earl WOO in
a different fashion"
what is their fashion," she asked,
quietly. @
"They say little of 1ove-they talk
no nonsense-they send princely pres
ents of diamonds and 'jewels-they
prove their love by actions more than
by words" .e "a ~
IT See Then she added, naively,
"Do you know, papa. I think should
like what you cali the Darby and Joan
fashion best"
lTo be continued) f
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talu,sh.

Caller You call this garden scens.
June" but the leaves are III on ..hs4
ground. instead o. On tn tree.
D'Auber They werA On The trees. bst!
the pictures got gueh : withsring c1iti-
cism from tho comnittee that tAsyS
curied ~ and IN 0 ondpn ~
Bis
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onooln9 Not AlwAyo To BihNn@
~ While standing In . hprsesh osr's
shop q few days ago. = writer Ray
mond" in the Horse World, the shoer
pointed to horse. from which he had
Just removed the shoes, and said:
There is horse that i have siiudf for
several months with mo- trouble what,
ever. "A few days ago / shod him. just
as always have, and his owhen has
sent him back with message saying
that he. interferes 30 that hes cannot
drive him. The sheer then went: on
TO say that he could see. nothing faulty
with the shooting and said, Il believe
he is sick or weak from. some cause.
Or another and that the interfering, ! is
caused by that. I do. not know what,
action the sheer took regarding the
case, for.I. did not give the, matter any
more thought until this morning, when
! picked up a copy Of the Horseshoers'
Journal, in which there was an: article
on interfering by an Arkansas horse
sheer, in which appeared the. Hollow
ing: III Last year an old customer of
mine called me outside the. shop; says
he, Whatever have you done to my
horse? Ever since. you put those last
shoes on he's cutting his ankles to beat
the band, and this last day or SO can
hardly get him along" looked at the
feet and I couldn't see anything wrong
with the shoeing. I said, X Haven't
you given him more driving. than
usual? He looks mighty dull" "But,"
says he. this interfering makes him a
lot duller than he looks l advised
him to show the horse to a. veterinary.
Two days after, saw my complainant
driving another horse, and on inquiry
I learned that the veterinary told him
to take the horse home. that he was
sick, and that on seeing the horse the
next morning the veterinary pro-
nounced it pneumonia, which, of
course. in the lnc1pient stage caused the
interfering Probably there are many
cases similar. to this. At any rate,
when a horse that has never interfered
begins doing SO. while shod just az he
always sheen, 1t is good betting that
it is something beside the shooting that
Is causing it."
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Muck,

MUCK
The correct use of the word muck.
which means dung in a moist state. has
been entirely lost in England and ia
applied without much discrimination
to any bog earth derived chiefly from
decaying vegetable matter, The term
as used includes materials ranging
from a bog meadow mud to quite per-
feet peats:. Large deep boys contain
ing true peat are comparatively few in
New England, but small, shallow de-
pressions, containing impure peats, oc-
cur everywhere. The gravelly soils of
New England need the addition of
large amounts OF organic matter and
these impure peats have been thus
used for generations under thesgeneral
name of muck" While the use of the
word in this sense is provincial and
perhaps not to be encouraged, it will
be SO used here for lack Of a better
term. By "peat" Is generally, UNDER
stood somewhat similar product in
which the decomposition has not adj
vanced so far. Such material is usually
brownish in color and when dry has
considerable fuel value. III
These peaty soils or muckss are thD
results Of the partial decay, Of vege-
table materials. They ara found in
swampy places filed with, stagnant
water. The successive growth of
sphagnum and other water-loving
mosses. a. well as. the. forest leaves.
falling into the water. ara. changed by
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It. u fDfs the dst1ar hctory Th1
lla.lnswsr VIII vary accord "a ts65ndis
sti0ns ktid One of tkesss Con a Il Hons II
the prics 0f labor. 81 Ii sAt deaa III
labor = snsSS h. u Z .ts
ibe thinnsd md otherwisb Ettsn,ss
ton. The cot runs III 3 from }s5 ID yztl
per acre estinda1ed. y This Will make
the cost 81 growing ths beets ranga.
anywhere from ca u q per ton, II m
average yield Of III 81 si2 tons per acre
be figured on. Itwill thls be seen that
the growing 81 sugar bsets requires
quite 90 outlay. and that Il the crop
be . partial failure 3 viii ~ vsry. easy
for the cost per ton 10 exceed IL ~
ceipts per ton. which are Usually from
81 to IS. We do not say this IS IN.
courage any from growing susar bsets,
but that they may net forgrst: tos tals
these things into consid sratioa whsri
preparing to grow beets ..asi (. !.
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CHAPTER ".

! II - n r. ~ NAM
some loved her
fatherghe was the
only relative she
had except a cou-
sin whom she had
never seen-but it
was not with the
ordinary love Of a
girl for her father.
She had not quite
made IN her mind
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v Tina Missouri river. IN adopting 4
new channel. has cut away almost ths
whole Of Howsll's island three miles,
below Missouri City. Mo. The island
was one Of the largest in tho river, end
contained more than 1000 acres OF Rich
corn land.
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Land ComnfssionerSIHerm 'ssosdef.
suspendlng entries made under thR tim.
bsr, and stone.forest reserve scrip. viii
result in hundreds OF protests coming
in from Minnesota, where most of the
claims are legitimate One Washington
land attorney, who 1tas had Charge OF
many cases for thee Duluth and Ash
land districtsy saids that It, wa0 unfair
to delay patents on lands where. an act-i
,sal, bonas, fit1e casa had been proven.
He admitted that there are fraudulent.
entries, but for every case OF crooked
work there are ah least TEN straight.
and to compel setalers and purchasers
to await. the outaame of the. frAndulent
cases seems very much like. = discrim-
nation. s
Whist, purposAs to be 9, report from
Capt. Mercer, OF the Leec1A Lake Indian
agency was shown to Indian Commits
sioner Jones, recently. and he STAGED
thar no offioAsl reports had yet bsen
received from Mercer concerning the
lata dead ana down operations. and one
could not be filed unn the rescaling
operations, lad been carried out.
$ Mr.. Jones took exception to the pub
Nshed statement that politicians con-
trol; matters In Washington relating to
the Indian Office. The report appeared
LIMA Duluth paper And cama from the
!, reservation. 3 .s5 81 81
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Nj " IL u
q y
q nj, -, y Z, IS
& " ~ 81 ..l W.. VI
0llc' syork auItns -
Mler soistic ID f s.ss IS
Director A1errialn SemaiSIs at his post.
and 10 Watching the dali progress IN |
sevefy divlaionS 81 !hfs ya - q
~ closely az g ga Nroad engineer, with {
his hand on the throttle stermined to-
make good time, and coznes Nithin the
sehedNae. " sf e iss sas
Il Congress- has ret the limit N the cen.
sur, and II must le. cornplete TED IN alesa
than one year from date. Merriam rS- y
alixes this, gand, notwithstanding the
hue and cry, that u going ~ b. set up B
from the government prin ting ONCE, in-.3ssf
sisting that tAe3 printed reports Will .
never be Issued between now and the
dst or next July, Mr. Merriam - calmly
and complacently certain that he Will
clear I'D every iota OF the wcrh ana
have g week OF -, 70 spare ~ IS.
7 Secretary Roofs sudden. suspension
OF MS order TOT the sconXening OF g spe-
cials board to examine Into the reor- !.
ganizations Of the; military. posts Of the
United Statest is something OF q nys-
Tery. In this connection ~ ~ init
mated around the departments that I
unere- - Iractfon between. the eecreta. =.
rys once ls'e ana Gen. Miles. VINO. az com
anoins oilcer OF the army. Ms GO %
tsoIlsuiteo on al afnpof tanr cnanEsss
IL may pc stated positively Will %
one, OF the points sstronglys urged a. q
sultaple place TOE the school OF military
- oiu y
anu, several years Faso' Wnen taief Galn
hesetp legis1a.uEs otEereof .co" puronaso
the the tract ior STATE istoTtsai reserVa-
fion, SecIet ST Lamont reiuseo'
SAVING, that the tl1ne Wouia come Wnen
E ~! nleeQeRartHslnt. Woniu 1eQuire ali o1
i liie esefV VIZ. AaHu' - n. a ss
!: There Is great1 rivalry Tor the selee-
ton OF military training reservations
many ofers Of lands gratis having been
received by the department. Tue nnal
selections and appropriations to carry
the scheme into effect will be subject
to the ratification Of congress-
II x 5 =. 90 .--.---- &. ];
important decision has been reached by
Secretary Hitchcock of the interior de-
partmenti which will. for the present,
seriously AFFECT the efforts OF persons
In many states who are advocating. q
liberal extension Or the nations Forest
reserVetsyste1n'
I. is not improbable that, the score
tary'ss present attitude will operate
somewhat against a. favorable report
by the department on the suggested
plan for areserve-and national parkSin
Minnesota