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m TWII By HENKT W. The twilight is sad and cloudy. The wind blows I md and free, And like the wings of the seabirds Flash the whitecaps of the sea. But in thc fisherman's cottage There shines a ruddier light. And a little face at the window Peers out into the night. Close, close it is pressed to the window, As if those childish eyes "Were looking into the darkness To sec some form arise. The EJ MARTIN BL By Franklin ' SB evening I stepped Into Alex Kelley's store, which was also the agency post office, to await the slow coming of the mail, and found that the proprietor had gone out to supper and left the door unlocked. He had no clerk, and inside were a number of "blanket In : dlans" seated upon boxes and barrels, very much at home. I knew that Gov ernment employes nt all the Sioux agencies -were notoriously negligent in the matter of locks and keys, yet 1 was surprised at Kelley's supreme con j lidence in these Indians. When we were alone that e\ cuing I spoke to him about the matter. "Oh," he replied, in his easy way, 1 "if there are Indians in the store when . I'm ready for meals, I dou't send them out. Show a Sioux that you have per ? feet confidence In him, and you can ? trust bim with anything you've got. The/ best clerk I had, in the days when my trade needed help, was an Indian -Martin Blueshleld. Martin saved me from loss by thievery several times; the thieves were whites. "I'll tell you of Martin's fracas with 'Bi^pK?sky. Ko3ky had.a timber claim oven-here on Laroot ? Creek. . He- was some kind of a foreigner and had worked in tho piuerics; be was the big gest and thc meanest man that ever came into these partp. He was a tre mendous fellow lu size, with a neck and-chest like a bull's, and he had a black" beard as coarse as straw, that stood straight out like a hog's bristles. "At that time tho Indiana here, who have always been peaceable, were feel ins very timid. It was the year after thc Custer fight, and the people of the settlements hereabouts were not well disposed toward the Indians. "I don't know how it ls," said Kelley, reflectively, "but most white people don't seem to know the difference be tween a good Indian and a bad one. Fully nine-tenths of the Sioux have never taken part In any hostile move ugalust our people. Yet this ninc teoths have been made io suffer greater privations than the fellows who did the fighting. "Well, Big Kosky and some others took' advantage^ of the situation hero, and robbed the Indian.: whenever they f*hnd hali a chance. Kosky, nt Laroot 'i?Creek, was close to the reservation '.line, and he had a keen eye for stray povies. I suppose he stole and sold a --dozen or fifteen of them in a year. .-After every loss the Ind laus would ^herd tlreir ponies closer for a time; ,; then they'd get a little careless and J?aore stock would disappear. It did ?hot the slightest good to complain; both T and the missionary here went io the sheriffs in the adjoining counties, and /^ried to get them to put a stop to the "robbery. .y "The Indians roon came to fear Big Kosky much vs. zcvz~ people fear evil spirits. They thought he had a waker." -big medicine or spirit-"which pro tected him. They said he could look right through a person and see what was behind him. He usually carried a . two-bitted ax with a long handle, which the Indians looked tipon as his war-weapOur and they supposed- he could throw this through a man at a Tery long distance. ./ "He used to come to rny store noAv and then to trade, and the Indians al ways kept, away from him, for he hated them and would glare at them like a mad beast. But my clerk, who had been educated in white schools, had lost his fear of waknn men, and it was amusing to me to watch the play ihetween them. '"Good day, Mr. Kosky!' Martin would say,' very politely.. 'Will yon have some rope to-dny; or will you have one of these fine knives?' and he would hold up a butcher-knife or a coil of rope for Inspection. "Big Kosky's eyes would blaze, and then he'd mutter something in his own language and turn to me for what he wanted. Probably, though, there would j have been no fracas between Martin and Kosky if I hadn't been called to Fort Berthold on business. Kosky came over the next day with a cart and yoke of oxen after some flour. When he enteretr/the store be glared at Mar tin as nsjw*", and finding I was to be goi^^rji^iveek or two, he turned on ~*>hioieel and walked out: "A little while afterward an Indian came in and told Martin that the big medicine wasechun"-white man-"had taken one of my ponies, which was picketed in a ravine beside the road. The old scamp supposed it was an In dian's pony. "Martin said nothing, but locked the store, saddled his pony, and went after Big Kosky. About two miles'from the store he overtook the fellow, with my horse tied behind hfs cart. ? Then there was a lively time. Kosky got off bis cart with his axe and charged Martin, yelling like a wild man. The boy dodged on his spry pony and watched . for an opening. "He-circled swiftly around the cart and oxen until Big Kusky was pretty well blown trying to get at him. Then, when Kosky was at the opposite side of thc cart, .Martin made a sudden dash at the oxen and?elabored them with a stock^gtf~fl|^A^eded only a cuirmSUl?? H*at a jump, ^d, was left safe dis ny's rope, eward, with r him all kinds n't make vain s-later became th a couple of too good repu .buncb of fifty ndian boy was Creek. fe dared attempt er I or thc mis ,IGHT. LONGFELLOW. And a woman's waving shadow" Is passing to and fro, Now rising to the ceiling. Now bowing and bending low. What tale do the roaring ocean And the night wind, bleak and wild, Aa the*beat at the crazy casement, Tell to that little child? *i.nd why do the roaring ocean And the night wind wild and bleak, As they beat at the heart of the mother, Drive thc color from her cheek? ?ploit of We'ies CalkJn;. sionnry. Mr. Williams, had been ou tho reservation. But as it was. they only ki:d to drive these ponies to thc near est railroad town and sell thom at ?10 or $15 each, and the complaints of the Indians would avail nothing. Such robberies of the Sioux were frequent In ? those days, and kept oven tho friend liest of them in a state of hostile feel ing. "I don't suppose that Martin even would have dared to follow the ras cals If they hadn't run oft four of my ponies in the bunch they stampeded. But I had left him in charge of my property, and when a runner came In I with news of the loss he again locked | the store, and leaving some Indians (| guard, mounted his pony and followed . the rustlers. Ile was careful, after striking their trail, ?not to come in sight of them until after dark. "About two hours after sunset ho j cam_ up with them in tho coulee of Chapeau Creek. The" had just mada camp, having run the stock more than forty miles over an unsettled district, j Martin saw them without being seen. ? He picketed his pony beyond ear-shot, ' and then crept close to their camp. ! hiding in some bushes whore- be could keep an eye on every movement. "The three mon wore sitting about a j small fire, eating their supper. Their j ponies were picketed close by. and j their guns, two Winchesters belonging ? to the cow-men and an old shotgun | which Kosky carried, lay against their ! saddles within their reach. "The moon was shining brightly into ' the coulee, and just below the rustlers i ? i Murtin saw the pony herd in a elft?C bunch, most of them lying at rest. "The Indian settled himself to walt, and presently Big Kosky got up. ! saddled h's horse, took his gun :;nd . vent to look after tho herd, wh'lo tho Otters unrolled their blankets, laid their Winchesters beside them, and ! stretched themselves at their fire. "They had lipon bilking together and langhinj? and were evidently pr?t ly j weil contented with their catch; they ; seemed to fool pretty sure about go!- j ting off with the herd. Marlin watched i the fellows like a lynx, and when *hoy | were sound usleep and Kosky was out of sight looking after tho herd, ha crawled Into their camp and got borh their, guns. Then he crawled away again. "The guns he carried up thc creels and strapped io his pony's saddle. Tlwu he came back just ns slyly to look af i et Big Kosky and the ponies. So far everything had gone to his liking, and now to get rid of that rascally herder. "Kosky kept the horses in a close buueh. riding about them with his gnu across bis saddle, and Martin's pros pect for running off any of them looked pretty poor. Whatever he did must bc done before the fellows in camp were awakened, for the discovery of tho loss of . their guns would alarm them at once. "The ponies, however, themselves settled Martin's plan of action. They'd been watered at Lame Man's Creek, some miles back, and toward midnight they began to want drink, and to drop Into the bed of the Chapeau io look foi j lt. The creek was dry," with only a ; pool hore and there In dips of thc chan- : ncl; and Kosky, to (inlet their uneasi ness, worked the bunch along up to. one of tho sunken ponds some two hundred yards above his rustlers' camp. "Martin followed closely, keeping out .of sight in the dry channel. "Very Eu on he heard the ponies slipping down n steep bank into thc pond: and peer ing out of the cover of tall grass, he ' saw Kosky ride his own horse down tc drink. Martin could just see the I horse's i".:inp ns the animal stood, halt on end, and thc man's head and shoul ders, as be sat braced in his saddle. "There was the hoy's opportunity, '. and lie .ook it ns quick as lightning. He crawled slyly out of the grass and got directly behind the rustier. Then, : using the stock of his carbine as a bat tering-ram, he;made a running jump, striking th? man squarely between the ; shoulders. "Kosky was hurled as if kicked by a mule. He struck the water wich a j splash and sank like a sack of ?ind. | Martin landed behind his saddle,, and the rustler's horse slid into the water, where he floundered over his breath less master. "The ponies were startled into snort ing a little, but they were too thirsty to run. and Martin kept his seat and rode out upon the bank. He tied his captured horse to some willows, and then waded in and dragged Kosky out into thc dry bcd of thc creek. There he turned the man upon his face and slapped his back until he began to show signs of life; then he tied him. hands and feet, and left him there to come to and reflect npon the uncertain ties of rustling. "The ponies were now grazing quiet ly, and Martin moved them up-stream to where his horse w*as tied, and then drove them rapidly home. . "That experience settled the accounts of Big Kosky in these parts. I reckon the whole business was rather mys terious to him. He never came on tho reservation again, to our knowledge, and soon after abandoned bis claim. Martin's handling of him gave the In dians here some heart to protect their property, and there was less stealing Of their stock. They gaye Martin a long name-they called him Strikes-the. Bfg-Mcdicine-White-Man." - Youlh'i Companion. Accidents on Cnnncllan I::I?1?:IVJ. The number of accidents on tho Can adian railroads for the past year, ac cording to the a timmi report of the Department of Railways, which baa just been published in Ottawa, has been very high. T?ere were 330 killed, an increase of i3 per c'eut, over thc previous year, and 132S injured, an In crease of ll per cent, over IDOL IN A STATE OF DOUBT. "You daim to bo a law-abiding citi zen, don't you?" asked the man who argues. "I don't know whether I am or not," answered Mr. Sirius Barke. "There's a lot of laws and police regulations that I never read. I can't be sure that I'm not violatin' some of 'em every day.-Washington Star. FITS permanently cured. No Uta or nervou* noBS?tterflrat day sase ot Dj.Kline's Great NomRestorer.$2trlalbottleandtre-s?tl8e-fres Dr. ft.H.Ku?TB, Ltd., 1)31 ArohSt., Pbila.,Pa Some people never put anything by for a rainy day nntil they see the clouds gather UKO Allen'? lroot-Kn8?. ; It ls the only euro for Swollen, Smarting. ! 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You can stop this at first in a single night with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. Use it also for bronchitis, consumption, hard colds, and for coughs of all kinds. Tlirec 8t:es : 2.'c., SOc., SI. All druggist.. d Conflit TOUT ilorior. Ii he says take? & W then ?io M lia tnyr. ir lie t-JUj you net H io toto it. then i1??n'* tuko lt. no imowi. 53 Lcara It with I hi?. Wo ?n wlllln?. ?j J. V. AY Ell CO., Lowen, Mass, b i he June "Smart Set." The June number cf Thc Smart Set opens with a novelette by James Branch Cabell, entitled. "The Hus bands' Comedy." Thc story Is strik ingly distinctive, and as clever as fic tion may be. Among thc sixteen short stories of thc number, thc most Important are, "Thc Diary of Dewdrop." an exquisite Idyl cf Japan, by Onoto Watana; "The Artful Arabel la," an Ingenious and intimate narrative of an episode at a true house-party, by Margaret Vinton Hamilton. r.nd "A Man. a Horse and a Girl." a strong story o? thc pl?in3, by Molly Elliott ?eawell. A high standard of excellence, as well as cf variety, Is attained In tho other stories of tho number, among the con tributors being Lady Cciin Campboll, Robert C. V. S??yor?, Zoe Anderecn Norris, Richard D. Ware. Juliet Wilber Tompkins and EincI Slgsbcc Small. The vorse maintains that merit which has won for The Smart Sot its literary prestige. Thc pocm3 of the number include Edgar Fawcett, Victor Plarr. Frank Dempster Sherman. Char lotte Decker, William Hamilton Hayne, Elsa Barker. Theodosia Garrison. Clin ton S-ccllard. Minna Irving, Frank Roe Batchelder and a dozen others. Thc humor throughout Is of the best, and there is, too. an 03say. "The Parsing of the Aristocrat." by Eliza beth Duer, which is of unusual inter ?s-.. MAKING LIGHT OF IT. Scribbler-Would you call yours?lf a poet or simply a versifier? Scrawler-Weil, when the editor lights his pipe with my stuff, its a case cf verse adre.-Philadelphia Record. THOUGHTFUL OF THEM. Bacon-Why is it that the landlords won't let children In their flats? Egbert-Oh, I suppose they're afraid tho janitors' dogs may bite them. Yonkers Statesman. His Practice. Knicker-How did he become an ex pert accountant? Bocker-Proving to his wife that it was twelve when bc came home at three.-June Smart Set. I Many women and doctors do i not recognize the real symptoms ? f of derangement of the female ! ' organs until too late. | s " I had terrible pains along my '. _ spinal cord for two years and Buffered t dreadfully. I was given different medicines,...wore plasters; none of * these things helped mc. Reading of 1 the cures that Lydia E. Pinkham's t Vegetable Compound has brought \ about, I somehow felt that it, was r what I needed and bought a bottle to ^ take. How glad I am that I did BO ; two bottles brought rae immense re- ^ lief, and after using thuee bottles more ^ I felt new life and blood surging o through my veins. It seemed as though there had been a regular house \ cleaning through my system, that all r tho sickness and poison had been taken , out and new life given me instead. I J have advised dozens of my friends to uso J Lydia JE? Pinkham's Vegetable U Compound. Good health is indis- i Eensiabla to complete happiness, and , y di ti E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound hat? secured thi: 'omc." tl -MRS. LACHA L. BREMEI., Crown M Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Relief T Corps? -' ?6D00 forfeit If original of above letter ft proolngTfe'nuintr.est cannot be produced. JBItofetfdfc woman wli o does pot Understand her ailment should ^ write Mrs. Pinkhnm, Lynn. : Mass. Her advice ls free and P always helpful. HE KEEPS AWAKE NOV?. ftetov Didn't KDOTV Whore He T4 .-V9 From or Was Goina. A comedian -who is staying at the Regent, when talking with some fellow actors about the funny experience! they each lind In traveling from one city to another, told of a thing that happened to him when doing one-ulght stands throughout a State last week. "We had actually traveled so ranch, playing always to one-night stands, that "I finally gave up trying to remem ber names, and Just trusted to the manager to get there. I was usually worn out whenever we reached wher ever wc were to play, and if we didn't have to give a performance as soon ns we landed I went to bed and stayed there until we did. Consequently, saw little or nothing of tho city, and ns lor names-well, names never did in terest me, and it was just this lack of interest that got rae into trouble and was thc cause of a whole carload of people believing nie a crazy man. Wo were just leaving some place to go somewhere else. Thc traJu being very much crowded, I was grateful to oc cupy a seat willi an elderly and very talkative woman, but I didn't know that until afterward. She asked mu many questions, and as I did not wish for an extended conversation, 1 made very brief answers, which perhaps did not fulfill Hie requirements. Fina liv I was startled by her question: 'Where arc you going, young man'*:' There wasn't anything very strange about that; but it was the first time 1 realized that I did not know, and so I said: 'Really, madame, I do not know.' Of course, her amazement was complete. '.'Well, where did you como front? came back at me. "'And even that I don't know,' "1 answered; but by that time she had vacated thc seat and the hasty glance I gave thc passengers proved to nie that she had confided to a few, at least, that she had ridden for miles next to ?. crazy man. "Since (hen I have nnnaged to keep awake long enough to get thc names of towns wo leave and are io visir.' - Washington Post. WORDS OF WISDOIV. The earnestness of lifo is (ho only passport to tho jatlsCactlon o?' lifc Purker. One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.-Jamel liusscll Lowell. Let us cherish a sober mind and take for granted that in our best perform ances there are latent mnvy errors which in llieir own timo viii come to light.-Gladstone. The comfortable and comforting peo ple are those who look on tbs bright side of life, gathering its roses and sunshine and making the most : hat happens seem the best.-Dorcfiiy Dix. Demand of every common thing of life, whether it be your lody or your money or your daily experience, that lt shall bloom Into fine results In your own seul and in your Influence on the world.-Phillips Brooks. The truest lives are cut rosc-d .amond fashion, with many facets adhering to tile many planed aspects of th* world n])out them; ami society ls nlwsys try ing In some way or another M grind us down to a singlo fiat surface.- -Olive* Wendell Holmes. In our higher und happier moods, I think wc all have visions of the truth that we never are nor cnn be pn3-j for our best save only In the doing hf lt. Our finest devotion ls never recom pensed In terms of thc market: It njver1 cnn be. We give ourselves, and flndj] In return our larger life-Frederick L. Iiosmcr. The man who spends bis years ou earth In shallow enjoyment or selfish case, careless of the world's sorrow and indifferent of its sin. blind to its Unest beauties and most thrilling trag edies, moved by no great love, actuated by no high hope, stirred by no holy en thusiasm, ls ignorant of all true lift'. C. J. Perry. Soapsud* For Sunken. There was considerable excitement In the south part of town Thursday Afternoon over the discovery of a den ?f snakes lu Miss Ella Beckleen'a yard. Tor several days previous Miss Beck lem had seen a number of snakes near lier house, some of which she killed. I"pon the afternoon named she discov ered n snake emerging from a hole near thc slough lu the rear of ;!ta yard. Thinking perhaps there might be more reptiles burrowed lu the ground, she called to her sister-in-law, Mrs. Olof Becklccn, and other nearby women io come to her assistance. Together ivith various weapons of destruction lipy started out to wage war upon Ike snakes. They carried a tub of hot soapsuds, which they poured into the tole, and the excitement commenced .coner than thc women anticipated. I'he hot water had done its work i rtoll, and the snakes fairly crawled f )vc" each other as they emerged from . lie hole. Th way those women flour* shed their hoes and clubs, with which I hey were well armed, as they chased j he reptiles about tho yard, caused . inssersby to stop and wonder what i ?ras going on. But the ladies were J irave, and when the conflict ceased . ind an inventory was taken they found c hey had killed ten snakes.-Avon (111.) Sentinel. Austria's State Secrets. . ' Thc Austrian imperial archives have f icon lately conveyed from the Hofburg * o the great house built for them nd- c oining the Foreign Office. They will 1 ntcr on be opened for public inspec- * ion, from thc most auclent documents 3 luwn to those of 1S40. The rooms cou- T aining thc secret archives are of Iron- T vork, each story being completely sep- 11 rated from tho next one, so that u leither fire nor waler can penetrate. 11 lose supplying abundance of water Is * Ixed In every direction, thc windows r ian neither bc melted by fire nor de- 0 troyed by blows, and the ornamental ' ronwork before each window can be 1 inlocked in case of emergency. It ls remembered when Napoleon 1j Jona parte Invaded Austria and estab- a Ished himself at Schronbrunu, with 8 rhnt terrible haste the secret archives * vere carried off to Budapest, to the ^ )fen stronghold, these being the first ^ hFngs secured when all else was left. ? 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B. sent free by writ ing Blood Balm Co., 322 Mitchell street, Atlanta, Ga. Describe your trouble, and special free confidential medical adv: e sent in sealed letter. B, B. 3. sent at once crapaid. Thc Apple Orchard. . There is nothing more common than lo hear farmers in all the casi em ?cc lion of lue country say "wo cannot grow apples any more as we once did." Now, the cilmate is not to blame for thia, and If apples euee grew weil with yon ls it not worth while to study tho cause of their failure now? 3Ien realize that for the growing of their annual crops they must cultivate well and keep up tho fertility of the soil. They do net try to grow corn hud wheat nt the same lime on the same field, for they know that it can not be done successfully, but when lt comes to the orchard they assume that a tree can not only ttike care of Itself j like tho trees In the forest, but that : they can crop the land for oilier things !it the siime time and still got crops of apples. Herein lies tho greatest of rll lhe troubles in apple growing. So loug as tlie soi! was a virgin soil ?nd abounding lu plant food thc trees throve In spite of neglect, but 03 they gradually robbed the soil assisted by tlie crops plantet) among them there was Roon ft failure, for trcca as well as other crops need plenty of available plant food in the soil. Another thing that apple trec3 espe dally need js au abundance of soil moisture. It is useless to apply fer!Mi sers to any plant if there is not moist ure enough in thc soil to dissolve thom. Hence th? Importance for providing .a soil abounding In vegetable decay to retain the moisture needed for tho so lution of the plant food applied. Pew growers fully realize the amount of the various forms of plaut fond that an apple orchard takes from ?he sol!. At thc recent American Apple Growers' Cot'jrcss In St. Louis Professor Clo Ihicr gave some very striking figures In this regard which were taken from the experiments made at the Agricul tural Experiment Station ' of Cornell University. He showed that with an average yield (and this is a small one In a good oichard) of 200 bushels per ?cre, that this 200 bushels of fruit would remove from the soil thirteen pouuds of nitrogen, only one pound of phosphoric arid and nineteen pounds Df potash, and the apples alone would remove from each acre S2.-J5 worth of plaut food. Then the growth of tho wood and the leaves of the tree must be taken into account, and it 'takes a rcry considerably amount of food'lo ieep up the activity of a large tree. (Vltogother there waa In thc orchard a Icmand for plant food to a tolal value )f S0.01 per acre. He compared this with a crop of corn naking fifty bushels per acre, and mowed that the corn removed little nore than the fruit lrr.es, end yet every 'armer knows that ho cannot expect iffy bushels of corn per aero unless he ceeps up Ibo fertility of the soil, and ret wc see tho santo mon trying to get pplcs from a soil that has been drained iy the trees in this way for a genera ion, and not only drained by the trees, nit called upon to grow a hay ero? cr o pasture stock. Is it any wonder ih.it vc cannot grow apples as well as wc ?nco did? The statement wc have given shows hat the demand for phosphoric acid is -cry small as compared with that for iltrogcn and potash, and Ibo trees will iemand more potash than a crop of ?om of fifty bushels per acre, ami dc uand It every year, for there can bo io rotation of crops hero. In their roung state, winn growth is what1 wc vaut, applications of stable manure viii bo of great help, not only in fur- . ilshlng nitrogen but in giving some hu- ? - nus making matter to tho soil. If Kal lit has boon used in Hie preservation of his manure it will not only make tho nantira better in preventing the loss if nitrogen, but lt will add potash that 3 needed. When the trees have cached maturity we advise thc seed ng down to grass. Out not In grass to ic cut for bay, but grass to bc cut only s a mulch for the trees and left on the :rouud, cutting lt several times during he season. Then give the grass a top fessing annually of a fertiliser cora osed of 800 pounds of acid phosphate, 00 pounds of cottonseed meal and 400 omni s of muriate of potash to make a on. Uso this Ifbemiiy and got a good' rowth of grass and every time you ut the grass spread it to decay tin ier tho trees ns far ns tho limbs ex end nnd a little further. Then If you ttend to the spraying you can grow pples just Uko you did in your boy ooti ant] probably better.-W. F. Mas-* ey. _ FOLLOWING ORDERS. Mrs. Hiram Offen-Here, Bridget, iee how dusty lt is under the bed. Bridget-Yes'm. Mrs. Hira.ni .Offen'-Haven't I Tm pressVdJIpicraV'y?tt f?ia*t yent trrtrs? swfrer] f in^Sfjff?? beds?, . Bridget-Av .cooVseV m?^amV -lift low could the dust get there If I had mt swept it under?-Philadelphia Presa, A ROMANCE OF THE PERIOD, EdwJn and Aruud'na, Strictly Up ta Date. ("From New York we hear of a lover who does his wooing- with a revolver. It is alleged that he put one arm around the lady's waist, and with the oth?r held a revolver to her face. Then ho threatened that if sho did not agree to marry him he would shoot her." Dally Paper.) . . . Edwin crept noiselessly and on all fours to tho half-opened door tff the armor-plated drawing room. His heart leapt within him. Angelina, dreamily gazing into the fire, was off guard! Sliding thc door gently forward, he advanced slowly, still upon hands and knees, until he was within the firing line. Then, rising quickly and cock ing his revolver, he whispered ten derly, "Angelina!" The next moment the fair object of his desires was tipon her feet ready to give the alarm. "Do not, dearest Angelina," ho cried. "But listen to me. I love you dearly; you are tho light of my eyes, tho ob ject of my most devoted admiration -and if you move in any but one di rection you arc a dead woman." "And that direction is?" "Into these arms, darling," he re plied. "M?! ? do not mean these fire arms, but these human, that long to take you captive." He paused for a moment and then continued softly: "Immediately har.d over tho key of your heart, or I shall have to open fire upon you.'1 For a'moment the beautiful girl waB uncertain what to do. She knew that if her father were communicated with ho would quickly bring tho family how itzer-which had already accounted for fourteen swains-to bear upon tho one my. Even now ho might be marching to her relief. Her bro'her. too, she thought, was only in the garden, and might, be reconnoitering tho enemy's position from the outside. She mu?t hold out at all cost3. Putting her hand into her pocket, she drew forth her handkerchief and waved lt. aloft. "The white flag!" he exclaimed; "well, what do j'ou want?" "An armistice for a quarter of an hour," replied the brave girl. "Ha!" he said. "I-eee. You are look iag for rc-enforccmcnts. But my broth er George is covering your brother's advance from the garden, and your father is al mady in the hospital. Mu3t I open fire?" He added tho last words in a tremulous lone. She looked around her for any aid. But there was none in prospect. "I surrender," she sahl. The next moment Edwin had taken her prisoner.-London Punch. DANGER SPOT. angerous spot for pu in is the small of tho back; lt tells of kidney ills, ns do most pains and aches in tho back. Kidney ill? begin with backache nnd end with Diabetes. Drop sy, Bright's Dis 3 ease. Cure Kid ney and Blad der troubles I'?fore they reach the sori ous stage. .Read bow easily lt can Le rlono. W. J. lilli, of 40 South Union street. Concord, N. C., proprietor of hardware md harneas sioro, Justice of the Pence, olid one of the best known residents r.f that city, says: "Donn's Kidney Pills proved a very efficient remedy in my case. I got a box at the Gibson Drug Store and used them for disor dered kidneys and backache, from ivhich I had experienced a great deal if annoyance, trouble and pain. The .cid ney secretions had bothered me for i long while, were very Irregular, dark .olored and full of sediment. Thc Pilis .loured it nil up and I have not had Ul ache in my back since taking the nst dose. My back is much stronger ind my health generally is Improved i great deal. I am glad to make a pub lic endorsement of the Pills, trusting that it may be the moans of relieving ?nine other sufferer." A FREE TMAL of this great kidney ned k ine which cured Mr. Hill Avili be nailed to any part of the United States m application. Address Foster-Mil* ?urn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by ill druggists, price 50 cents per box. When Rich and Careworn. Of course this is a wicked ,old ivorld, a troubled old world, and al lays will bo, but in it there is more mhappiness 'than there need be, y.oro joylessness; such stupid, lazy mhappiness and joylessness. If pen ile would only open their eyes cul :ivato their senses, use tho gifts at land, instead of repining, envying, deeping lifo away. Arc you rich and careworn? Well, hat is too bad, and no light trouble }ither; but you can help yourself, ^ach day take., by fair means or foul, LU hour or two to yourself, writes Catherine Pope in thc Pilgrim. Walk, valle, walk, miles up and down. U t be "singing weat.h3r," find some so ? hided spot, on soft grenn grass or varm sands t?y the water, lie flat on .our back, stretch cut to your full ex ent, and take in long, deep breaths. ,Tirtue will enter in to you from nothcr earth. Your tingling ?ervos rill gradually quiet down; little by it tie tho lines on your face soften, nd by and by your whole being will eiax and mayhap you will fall asleep n tho sun. STUART'S GSNand BUCKU To ntt who suffer, or to the friends of tlmse ,'ho m'ffer with Kidney, Liver, Heart, Bladder r Blood Disease, n. sample bottle of Stuart's ?Ju nnd Buchtt, thc eren I southern Kidney and ,iver Medicine, will lu-sent nl?olntclv frei-of ost. Mention this imper. Address STUART >Kl'' - M'KO CO., 'JH Wall St., Atlnnta, Un. cartridges and shot shells aro made in the largest and best equipped immunition factory in the world. AMMUNITION of U. M. C. make ?9 now accepted oy shooters as :,the worlds standard" for it snoots .veil 'n any gun. Tour dealer sells it. The? Union Metallic iCoVriTcV? Co*. Bridgeport, - - . Gonn. SOCIETY WRECKED HER Address Dr. Hartman, President of tko l?arlmin Sanitarium, Co lumbus, O., for free advloe Tired, Nervous, Aching.Trem bling, Sleepless, Bloodless. Pe-ru-na Renovates, Rsgulates, Restores. A Tretty Nev; Yorfr Woinnn*s Recovrrj thc Tala oi lier Numerous Friends. Mrs. J. E. Finn.. 82 East High street, Buffalo, N. Yv write?! Pevuna Medicine Go,, Columbus, Qhlo. Gentlcm.cn> :-",/! feto yeats ago I had to give up social- life en tirely, as my health wits com pletely broken down. The doctor advised, a, complete rest for a year. As this was out of thc question for a time, I began to lonh -for some other means of restoring my h.calth. "Ihad often heard, of Paruna as an execlientMortie, so I bought a bottle to see what it would, do for me, and. it certainty took hold, of my system and, rrjui'-priaiad, ms., and, in less than two months I was in perfect health., and wno when I feel worn out orttrcda, dose or two of Peri tim is all that I need."-Mrs. J. tl Finn. Catarrh Canses Female DlseasPR. America is the lund o? n?rvotH women. The grrat majority of nervous women are so because they'arc suftcrinff from sooi? form of* female disease. By lax the groat* cit number of fetfnle trembles aro cajuaed directly by catarrh. Theso woiir?n despair of recovery. Fenwlc trouble is so common, so prevalent, that they accept it fl? nh*(wt Inevitable. The greatest obstrvejo bi fcbe way of recovery id that they do not wa? demand that it is catarrh which ia tho source of their "lines*. In female complaint ninety-nine casca out of one hundred are txfthiaij but ca tarrh. Perana cures catarrh wherever locAtou. RIFLE ?> PISTOL CARTRIDGES. " It's the shots that hit that count. " Winchester Rifle and Pistol Cartridges in all calibers hit, that is, they shoot accurately and strike a good, hard, pene trating'blow. This is the kind of cartridges you will get, if you insist on having the time-tried Winchester make. ALL DEALERS SELL WINCHESTER MAES OF CARTRIDGES. B?ITCffiAS S3.l?8nd &3M Shoes ??8S ?y**Yo? e?t-. stu." f?om ?:;.ooio f-ii.oo yearly by wearing.V?*. L. L>onglt;B$&CQnr ?a Shoos. Hwy aro jn.it r.r- ev<;d in ovrv trnV ns tlioao that \^"^ifet 1j'''V" r''":~':'^Y;ll?rr?':'I^'1-'''^ll'^'",'f'0' T1,? bmfte? tl I.. Drtn?liW! -hoes provea rvrr nil othermnkos. nvliorc. ^fjflp? ie >?* Oj i?;A}i- isrV?\ "T*10 acn'ulno Uavo uamo mid prlr ot??XTfiA vcC^ ra?mv stamped on thc bottom. Take w h., fiATAi ??^iStS^^?i substituto. Fast Colorn>jrl4Xa^iitrtt. ?e \ ?VV >= n, l_ AJOOglQB.B? Uli! KA DstcMlsbcd lSTfl. TTie pour1!!? wwi proctor ?f |?nn!ns th? holfom ?n?M firojuix-i mor* f)rilh!i> ?Md i<m?*r wMrliut lf?<lirr il..ip amt n!>.T IHIIII;?O. Tfif-nie". h?T<. nnrr limn do?. bled UM U#?I fotir T.?r?, *hlrh prot.'i ll> ?np*rtorhjr. l.TM finir): r??,?O:t,H^a.^tl i'JWttilcj: &>,024,34O.0V BES Tv. L. Dourf-m nwMs n-nd pollsmoro m<n'a Goodyear welt ilvmd-?ftw'id proteas) ri:oca thp.n t\ny o ber mnnoltaeMrtt la tho world. ?tog finn Ooo/-?rri ?"fi t-v psMtoanronavoo jpZU?UuU I IC7; ?Sh <"X. disurovo t lils RlAteiDcrt iludo of tim bcM iiiipoffra ana Anisrican lr.itbe/s. Oottoii_lliri^_aiifl Presses j? jt MADE BY ?* * CONTINENTAL GIN CO. Birmingham, Aia., and BOILERS Send for new catalogue just issued. CURED Gives Quick. e-?j Relief. Removec^ll swelling la Stow davs; effects a permanent cure iu joto Oodavs. Trialtrcntiueut given free. KothlnKcan be fairer wm' V.V.te Or. il. H. ?'C?n'j, Sens. 4* . Speclsllntc, Box ? Atlanta, Cc. CIR?D WfTHOlT CtniNG, A New Vcnetdhlc Remedy. Also Mire, rlurnlu nnd Sores Cure Guaranteed hi Every Ose Treated. NATIONAL CAKCKR MEDICINE COMPANY. Austell bullina, Atlanta, 'iii. PME SB? Cures Nervousness SD HIRVC?S REAv?CH?. ana 50c. at Drugstores. Company SUCCKS30R3 TO AVERY & McAlILLAN, South Forsyth St., Atlanta, Ga -ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY Dear Readers : DO YOU KNOW that sprmg time is here and ail nature hs dressed in a beautiful verdure. WHY NOT anjoy the only. life you know anything about, it is very short make it pleasant by be*ng somebody. WE WANT you to buy one cf our new WHITS STJiR BUGGIES Wt OFFER ? large reward to yon, if it does not prove to be the ?f$T and most stylish Buggy you ever owned. WRIT? US for our CATALOGUE and name of yrrur deader. With kind regards, atlanta Buggy Co. AFCO.Penialo P?lfe r>3K<- WEAK XTOWm ^trc.;?^: .ahd dclny'ed ffj rlMp ?i?y. RVPIT^ l'i^%h ug?'fTu/v nip weil. By mira ir, two-eeat shuting ...Jn \Vrappcr. Write nw book of valuable hiforn> atlon bir hoth. fr?xos. Ad dress Afro < hctjilcj^I Company, P. 0. Bos 6W, Jackvonvdtfti Kin. "Havlni? tnken ywr .vron?erful "CRSfarftt?'1 foe three aioat'j* Mid DCIIIE ontlrely cure-l o? .tomaoS ciitarrh aad ilyiptDiin. I tulr.Jt a word of pra!?e a ?uo to "l.'aacaf?M "i'or tholrvonde./u I c qr.: \mt it : on. havo token Humorous other ?o-caUed remedie? but without arr.il and T Und that (tfurarrts relievo aura in a day than ali tho otUer? 1 havo tak*a would In a yetr." Jnmes McGune, 108 Mercer St., Jeraey City, K. it Best for The Dowels Reliable Frick Zr. d Ince. Ec 11 era, all Slzeo. Wheat, Separators, JEST IMPROVED SAW MILL ON EARTH. Large Engines and Bpllers supplied irorriptly. Shingle Mills> Corn Mitts, ?|VeO??r*dW?*;saw Tee^P'a^ttfidJj? stearn Governors. Full Uno Engines & 4111 8uppdiee. 8end for free r italogue. ?"Otve the nar T of this paper when vrltlns to advet ..sors- (At. 22, '03) Ploaannt. Palat?blo, Potent. Taste Good, Do *3ood, Nevor Siokeu, W'euken or Oniio. Kc, 2ic, COc. Kover eold lr? balk. Tho Kcnnlno tablet atomped COO. Quaroutcod to caro or your znouey back. Sterling Remedy Co., Crhca?o or N.Y. 59a OMUL SALE. TEH WUJOj BOXES PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT iiyou eun (orthTnkrrou cat^ Solicit LIFE INSURA/NCE, If rite (with ro/i-ri-nces) for terms to R. F. SHEDDEN, Manager, Atlanta, Ga. Tho Mutual Life laurance Company of Nev York.-Assets over J?S2,000,000.0?. HERE ALL Tast?s t? ood. LSE Best Cough Syrup. Intimo. Sold by druKjrUtB. gggBHaaaEB