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OIA) TIME MA TWIL] Cy HEMiT W. The twilight is sad and cloud}', The wind blows loud and free, And like the wings of the seabirds Flash the whitecaps of the sea. But in the 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 eves Were looking into the darkness To ?cc some form arise. The Ex; MARTIN BL1 By Franklin V \;E 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 nnd left the door "unlocked. He had no clerk, and Inside were a number of "blunket In dians" seated upon boxes and barrels, very much at home. I knew that Gov ernment employes at all the Sioux agencies "were notoriously negligent in the matter of locks and keys, yet 1 was surprised at Kelley's supreme con fidence i:i these Indians. When we were alone that evening I spoke to him about thc matter. "Ob," he replied, lu his easy way, "if there are Indians lu the store .when . I'm ready for meals. I dou't send them out. Show a Sioux fhat you have per fect 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 Blueshield. Martin saved me from loss by thievery several times; the thieves were whites. "I'll tell you of Martin's fracas willi 'BiglJKosky. KoSky had a timber claim over here on L?root*Creek. ? He-was some kind of n foreigner nnd had worked in the pineries; he was the big gest and the meanest mau that ever] came Into tbese parts. He "was a tre mendous fellow In 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 n hog's bristles. "At that time the Indians here, -who have always been peaceable, were feel Ins very timid. It was the year after the Custer fight, and the people of the settlements hereabouts were not well disposed toward the Indians. "I dou'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 against our people. Yet this nine tenths have been made ;o suffer greater privations than the fellows who did the fighting. "Well, Big Kosky nnd some others took advantage of tho situation hero, and robbed the Indian.; whenever they hod half n chance. Xosky, nt Lnioot Creek, was close to the reservation line, nnd he liad a keen eye for stray ?povies. I suppose he stole and sold a 'ozen or fifteen of them in a year. After every loss the Indians would ?-jherd tiroir ponies closer for a time; then they'd get a little careless and jmore stock would disappear. It did -hot the slightest good to complain; both I and the misslouary here went to the sheriffs in the adjoining counties, and tried to get them to put a stop to the robbery. "The Indians roon came to fear Big Kosky much as some people fear evil spirits. They thought he had a wakan" -big medicine or spirit-"which pro tected him. They said he could look rieht through a person and see what was behind him. He usually carried a ? two-bitted ax with a long handle, which tho Indians looked upon aa his war-weapon; and they supposed he coidd throw this through a man at a very long distance. "Ile used to come to my store now 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 wakan men, and it was amusing to me to watch the play between them. "'Good day, Mr. Kosky!' Martin would say,' very politely. 'Will you have some rope to-day, 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 . Lave boen no fracas between Martin aud Kosky if I hadn't been called to Fort Berthold on business. Kosky came over the next day with a cart nnd yoke of oxen after some flour. When he entereir'the store he glared nt Mar tin as nana), and findlDg I was to be goua-^rjusveek or two? ?e turned on """"Miisiieel and walked out: "A little while afterward an Indian came in and told Martin that the big medicine wasechun"-white mun-"had taken one of my ponies, which was picketed in a ravine beside thc road. The old scamp supposed it was an In dian's pony. "Martin said nothing, but locked thc store, saddled his pony, and went after Big Kosky. About two miles" from the store he overtook the fellow, with my hor?ericd behind his cart. Then there wa; a lively time. Kosky got off his cart with bis axe and charged Martin, yelling like a wild mau. Thc boy dodged on his spry pony and watched for an opening. "He-circled swiftly around t"?e cart and oxen until Big Kosky was pretty well blown trying to get at him. Then, when Kosky was at the opposite side of the cart, Marlin made a sudden dash at the oxen andbelabored them with a stodj^g?B^?^ed'.'d only a .'ut JJJ^??S K at a jump, tal, was left w. [a safe dis bny's rope. 5ieward, with r bim al; kinds n't make vain sln*?r he came th a couple of too good repu *bunch of fifty nd ian boy was Creek. re dared attempt er I or the mis [GHT. LONGFELLQW. And a woman's waving shadow Is passing to and fro, Now rising to the ceiling. Now bowing and bending low. What tale do thc roaring ocean And the night wind, bleak and wild, As thew beat at the crazy casement, Tell to that little child? "?nd why do thc roaring ocean And the night wind wild and bleak, As they beat at the heart of the mother, Drive thc color from lier check? ploit of fe'les Ca!k:ns. slonary. Mr. Williams, lind been ou thc J reservation. But as it was. they ouly had to drive these ponies to the near est railroad town and sell them at ?10 ; or $15 each, and the complaints of the ? Indians would avail nothing. Such j robberies of the Sioux were frequent lu j those days, and kept even the friend- j liest of them in a state of hostile feel lng. "I don't suppose that Marlin evett would have dared tn follow the ras cals If they hadn't run off four of my ponies in the bunch they stampeded, j But I had left him in charge of my property, and when a runner ca nie in with news of the loss he again locked j the store, and leaving some Indians c guard, mounted his pony and followed j the rustlers. Ile was careful, after i striking their trail.Hint to come in sight of them until after dark. "About two hours after sunset he came tip with them in the conloe <>? Chapeau Creek. The" had just mad? camp, having run Hie stock innre than forty miles over an unsettled district. Marlin saw them without heirn: seen. He picketed his pony beyond ear-shot, and then crept close lo their car.:!), hiding In some bushes whore he could keep an eye on ?very movement. "The three men were sitting about a small fire, eating their supper. Their ponies were picketed close by, and their guns, two Winchesters belonging lo the enw-mcn and an old shotgun which Kosky carried, lay against their saddles within their reach. "The moon was shining brightly ?M?O the coulee, and just below thc rustlers I Martin saw the puny herd in a e?e-sc bunch, most of I hem lying ?it rest. "The Indian settled himself to walt, and presently Big Kosky got ap. saddled hhs horse, look bis gun r.nd v ent to look aller the herd, wh'le the others unrolled their blankets, laid their Winchesters beside them, and ! stretched themselves at their Ure. "They had Uren talking together and ? langhing: and were evidently pretty ; weil contented with their catch; they seemed to feel pretty sure about gel? ting off with the herd. Martin wa tidied thc fellows like a lynx, nnd when -.hey were sound asleep and Kosky was out of sight looking after the herd, ha crawled Into their camp and got both their, guns. Then be crawled away again. "The guns he carried up the creek and strapped io his pony's saddle. Th?ni he came back just as slyly to look nflei j Big Kosky and the ponies. So fat everything had go. e to bis liking, and now to get rid of that rascally herder. "Kosky kept the horses in a clo-o ; bunch, riding about them with his gnu across his 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 cam]) were awakened, for the discovery of tho loss of their guns would alarm them at once. *Th? 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 droi: Into the bed of the Chapeau io look foi it. The creek was dry. with only ;i pool here nnd there In dins of the chan, ucl; and Kosky, io quiet their uneasi ness, worked the bunch along up to one of the sunken ponds some two hundred yards above his rustlers' camp. 'Martin followed closely, keeping out of sight in tho dry channel. Very soon he heard the ponies slipping down a steep bank into I he pond: ?md peer ing out of the cover of tall grass, he saw Kosky ride his own horse down tc drink. Martin could just soe the horse's rump as the animal stood, hall ou end. and the man's head and shoul ders, as he sat braced in bis saddle. 'There was the boy's opportunity, and he took it as quick as lightning. He crawled slyly out of the grass and got directly behind the rustler. Then, using thc stock of Iiis carbine as a bat tering-ram, he-'made a running jump, striking the man squarely between tho shoulders. "Kosky was hurled as if kicked by a mule. He struck the water with a splash und sank like a sack of sand. Martin landed behind his saddle, and tho rustler's horse fdid luto 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 nm. 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 the dry bed of the creek. There he turned the man upon his face and slapped his back until ho began to show signs of life; then he tied him. hands and feet, and left him there to come to and reflect upon the uncertain ties of rustling. "The ponies were now grazing quiet ly, and Martin moved them up-stream to where his horse was tied, and then drove them rapidly home. "That experience settled the accounts of Big Kosky in these parts. I rochon thc whole business was rather mys terious to him. Ile never came on Ihn reservation again, to our knowledge, and soon after abandoned his claim. Martin's handling of him gave Hie In dians here some heart to protect their property, nnd there was less stealing of their stock. They gaye Martin a long name-they called him Strikes-thc Blg-Mcdicinc-White-Mau." - Ypulh'i Companion. Accidents on Canadian l?Hilways. The number of accidents on thc Can adian railroads for the past year, ac cording lo the annual report ol' the Department of Railways, which has just been published iu Ottawa, lias been very high. There were 330 killed, an increase of 13 per cent, over thc previous year, and 132S injured, an in crease of ll per cent, over 1U01. IN A STATE OF DOUBT. "You claim to be 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'e 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 flt? or nervo?? ness ?lter first day^suse ot Dj. Kline's Qreat Nervo Restorer.$2t rial bot Hound treatise free Dr. H.H. KMSB, Ltd., ?31 Arch St.. Phlla.,Pa Some people never put anything by for a rainy day until they see the clouds gather Uno Alien'* Ftiol-Kun. It is tho only euro for Swollen, Smarting. Tired, Aching,Hot; Sweating Feet,Corns and liuuions. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to bo shaken into thc shoos. Cures while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Don't accept any substituto. Sample sont Fass. Addrcss.Allen S. Olmsted, LoRoy, N.Y. Thc fellow who has nothing to say gen erally manages to say it at great length. Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed with PCTTKAM FADELESS DYES. When a follow is in love he may fall oil i;: we'ght and still increase in sighs. F ?so's Cn re ls tho best medtcinowe evor usod lor all affections o?' throat and lungs.-Wjf. 0. E::nsi.EY, Viuiburea, Ind., Feb. 10, 1003. The trouble willi the easy-going fellow is that it's so hard to get him started. " ! have kept Ayer's Cherry Pec toral in my house for a great many years, lt is the best medicine io the world for coughs and colds." J. C. Williams, Attica, N. Y. AI! serious lung troubles begin with a tickling in the throat. 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 crail kinds. Three si:e? : 2?C, 50c., SI. All droits. Cor.F.ult TOOT tlor'nr. Tf ??e sayB tafeo lc, then 'io !>H he ww. if be i olia roo ne to t?te it. thsn i.?t.*? >:iko lt. Ho kuowi. Leave lt with i ti?. We ?re willing. J. C. AV Kit CO., LftVt'U, Mase. . i - - - iv. i he June ' Smart Set." The June number ot Thc Sr.art Set opons with a novelette by James Drench Cabell, entitle 1. "The Hus bands' Comedy." Ti:e story is strik ingly distinctive, anti as dover aa fic tion may be. Amens '-ho sixteen short stories of the number, the most important are, "The Dlriry of Dewdrop." an exquisite idyl ci' Japan, by Onoto Warana; "The Artful Arabella," an ingenious and intlmato narrative of an opisodo. at a true house-party, by Margaret Vint?n Hamilton, tnij "A Man. a Horse and a Girl." n strong story ot thc pisins, by Molly Elliott ?eawell. A high standard o* excellence, as well as ci variety, Is attained In tho other stories of tho number, among the con tributors bo'ng Lady Cciin Campbell, Robert C. V. Mcyera, Zoe Andor3on Norris, Riehard D. Ware, Juliet Wilber Tompkins and Emol Slgsbcc Small. The verse maintains that merit which has won fer The Smart Sot its literary prestige. The poems of the number include Edgar Fawcett, Victor Plarr. Frank Dempster Sherman. Char lotte Becher, William Hamilton Hayne, Elsa Barker. Theodosia Garrison. Clin ton Scollard. Minna Irving. Frank Roe Ratchelder 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 yourself a poet or simply a versifier? Scrawler-Well, when the editor lights his pipe with my stuff, its a case cf verse afire.-Philadelphia Record. THOUGHTFUL OF THEM. Bacon-Why is it that the landlords won't let children in their flats? Egbert-Ob, 1 suppose they're afraid thc janitors* dogs may bite them. Yonkers Statesman. His Practice. Knicker-How did he become an ex pert accountant? Booker-Proving to his wife that it wa3 twelve when he came home at three.-June Smart Se?. * Many women and doctors do not recognize the real symptoms of derangement of the female organs until too late. " I lind terrible pains along1 my Bpin.il cord for two years and suffered dreadfully. I was given different medicines, . wore plasters; none of these thing's helped me. Reading of tv mires that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has brought about, I Somehow felt that it was what I needed and bought a bottle to take. How glad I am that I did so ; two bottles brought rae immense re lief, and after using thr^ee bottles more I felt new life and blood surging through my veins. It seemed as though there had been a regular house cleaning through my system, that all tho sickness and poison had been taken out and new life given me instead. I have advised dozens of my friends to uso Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable ConipOuud. Good health is indis Eenslable to complete happiness, and <ydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has secured this tome." - MRS. LAURA L. BREMER. Crown Point, Indiana, Secretary Ladies Relief Corps? - S6O00 forfeit If original of above letter proulngytnmntr.est cannot be prciuced. -l2V?rj?$ck wpiannwho does not Tinderstand ber ailment should write Mrs. Pinkliam, Lynn. Mass, uer advice is free and always helpful. HE KEEPS AWAKE NOV* &otov Didn't Know Where He WM From or Was Going. A comedlnn who Is staying at th? Regent, when talking with some fellow actors about the funny experience! tbey each bad In traveling from one city to another, told of a thing that happened to bim when doing one-night stands throughout a State last week. "Wc bad actually traveled so much, playing always to one-night stands, that'I tinnily 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 we were to play, and If we didn't have to give a performance as soon ns wo landed I went to bed and stayed there until we did. Consequently. I saw little or nothing of the city, ami ns lor names-well, names never did in terest mc, and it was just this lack of interest that got mo Into trouble and was the cause of a whole carload of people believing me a crazy man. Wc were just leaving some place lo go somewhere else. The train being very much crowded, I was grateful to oc cupy a scat with an elderly and very talkative woman, but I didn't know that until afterward. She asked me many questions, and as I did not wish for an extended conversation, 1 made very brief answers, which perhaps did not fulfill thc requirements. Finally 1 was startled by her question: 'Where arc you going, young man:' There wasn't anything very strange about that; but it was tho first time 1 realized that I did not know, and so I said: 'Iteally, madame, I do not know.' Of course, her amazement was complete. "'Well, where did you come from?' came back at me. "'And even that I don't know,' 1 answered; but by that time she bad vacated the seat and the hasty glance I gave thc passengers proved to me thal she had confided to a few. at least, that she had ridden for mita* next to * crazy man. "Since then I have natiaged to kee]) awake long enough to get thc names of towns wo leave and are to visit." - Washington Post. WORDS OF WISDOiV. The earnestness of life is tho only passport to thc ..atlsfaction of life. Parker. One thorn of experience Is worth a whole wilderness of warning.-Jamel ltusscll Lowell. Let us cherish a sober mind and take for granted that lu our best perform ances there are latent wavy errors which In (heir own time viii come lo light.-Gladstone. The comfortable and coiufot'ing peo ple are those who look on tb? bright side of life, gathering Its runes and sunshine and making the most that happens scorn Hie best.-Dorthy Dix. Demand of every comuiou Hiing of life, whether it be your l.ody or your money or your daily experience, that It shall bloom Into fine results in your own soul and in your Influence on the world.-Phillips Brooks. The truest lives are cut rosc-d'amond fashion, with many facets adbwlag to the many planed aspects of th* world ?bout Hiern; and society Is Hlw?rys try ing In some way or another t-J grind us down to a singlo flat surface.- -Olivei' Wendell Holmes. In our higher and happier moods, I think we nil have visions of the truth that we never are nor cnn be paM for our best save on\y bi the doing of lt. Our finest devotion ls never recom pensed In terms of the market; It nsver cnn be. We give ourselves, and dodi In return cur larger life-Frederick L. Hosmer. The man who spends his years on earth In shallow enjoyment or selfish case, careless of the world's sorrow and indifferent of its sin. blind to its finest beauties and most thrilling trag edies, moved hy 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 Snakes. There was considerable excitement lu the south part of town Thursday nfternoon over the discovery of a den of snakes lu Miss Ella Beckleen's yard. For several days previous Miss Beek leen had seen a number of snakes near lier house, some of which she killet1. Upon tho afternoon named she discov ered a snake emerging from a hole near thc slough in Hie rear of the yard. Thinking perhaps there might be more reptiles burrowed in the ground, she called to her slster-ln-luw, .Mrs. Olof Becklccn, and other nearby women to come to her assistance. Together with various weapons of destruction Hiey started out to wage war upon the snakes. They carried a tub of hot soapGuds, which they poured into the hole, and the excitement commenced ?.oorier than the women anticipated. Thc bot water had done its work Welt, and the snakes fairly crawled over each oilier as they emerged from ! tho hole. Th way those women nour ished their boes and dillis, with which they were well armed, ns they chased the reptiles about the yard, caused passersby to stop and wonder what was going on. But thc ladies were brave, and when tho conflict ceased and an inventory Avas taken they found they had killed ten snakes.-Avon (lil.) Sentinel. Austria's Sfnto Secret?. . Tlie Austrian imperial archives have hoon lately conveyed from the Hof hur? to thc great house built for them ad joining the Foreign Office. They will later on be opened for public inspec tion, from the most ancient documents I down to those of 1S40. The rooms con taining tho secret archives are of Iron work, each story being completely sep arated from tho next one, so that neither lire nor waler can penetrate. Hose supplying abundance of water ls fixed In every direction, thc windows can neither be melted by fire nor de stroyed by blows, and the ornamental ironwork before each whitlow eau bc unlocked in case of emergency. It is remembered when Napoleon Bonaparte Invaded Austria and estab lished himself at Schronbrunn, with What terrible haste the secret archives were carried off to Budapest, to the Ofen stronghold, these being the first Illings secured when all else was left. Among the iron cases stands a plain brown wooden box, which will not be opened for fifty years. It contains Hie letters and papers of the late Crown Prince Rudolph, hur riedly collected nt Mnyerllng on thc day of the disaster, and placed in a box bought In the adjSining village.-Lon Tlon Telegraph. An .Vufori uH.-ito Heir. The irony of fate is pathetically illus trated in the case of a young man who was heir to $75,000,000. His father. M. T-ereschteiiku, the Russian sugar king, recently died, leaving his entire fortune 'f6 his eld?irt Bon, who was JyiH? ?fl fifi tfrinnes of cdn&ti nipt ion. It has j?Vt boen announced that the son bas died, before he could even formally take bossession of his father's huge fortune. FREE BOTANIC BLOOD BALM (B.B.I'.v) CURES Disease?, Ulcera, Cancer, Itching Scabby Eczema, Bone Pains, Blood Poison, Kio. DEEP-SEATED CASKS A SPECIALTY. Send no money. Simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. B.) at our expense, to prove (hat B. B. B. cures the worst and most deep-seated Blood and Skin Diseases. 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Describe your trouble, and special free confidential medical advice sent in sealed letter. B, B. B. sent at once Brapaid. Thc Apple Orchard. . There Js nothing more common (hun lo hear farmers lu all thc eastern sec tion of (he country Bay "wo cannot jrow apples any more as we once did." Now, thc climate is not to blame for this, and if apples once grew well with you is it imt worth while to study tho cause of their failure now? lion realise that for tlie growing of their annual crops they munt cultivate well and keep up the fertility of the soil. Tliey do not try to grow corn j .and wheat nt the same time on the j snmo field, for they know that it can- j not be done successfully, but when lt : comes to the orchard they assume that ! a tree eau not only take care of Itself like tho trees in thc forest, bul Unit they can crop the land for other things fi t tile same time and st 111 get crop* of apples. Herein lies the greatest of all [lid troubles in apple growing. ?o louo ns the soil was a virgin soil ?nd abounding lu plant food Ibo trees throve in spile of neglect, but ns flivy gradually robbed the soli assisted by tlie crops planted among them their woe coon a failure, for troca as wall a? other crops need plenty of available plant food in the soil. Another thing that apple trees espe cially need is au abundance of soil moisture. It ls useless to apply fer! Iii >5ors to any plant if there is not mctet uve enough in tho soil to dissolve them. Hence th? Importance for providing a soil abounding In vegetable decay to retain the moist ure needed for tho so lution of the plant food applied. Few growers fully realize the .amount of the various forms o? plant feed flint au apple orchard takes from ?he soil. At tho recent American Apple Growers' CoL'jress In St. Louis Professor Clo thier gave some very striking figures lu this regard which were taken from the experiments made at tho Agricul tural Experiment Station of Cornell University. Ile showed that with an average yield (and this is a small one In a good orchard') of 200 bushels per acre, that this 200 bushels of fruit would remove from tlie soil thirteen pounds of nitrogen, only one pound of phosphoric acid and nineteen pounds of potash, and the apples alone would remove from each acre ?2.45 worth of plant footl. Then the growth of the wood and the leaves of the tree must be Taken into account, and it takes a very considerabl ; amount of food '-to keep up the activity of a large tree. Altogether there was In Ibo orchard a demand for plant food lo a total value of S9.01 per neve. He compared this with a crop of corn making fifty bushels psi* acre, and showed that the corn removed Utile more than the fruit trees, r?uil yet every farmer knows (hat he cannot expert fifty bushels of corn per acre unless ho keeps up the fertility of the soil, and yet we see the same mon trying to get apples from n soil that has been drained by the trees in ibis way for a genera tion, and not only drained by tho trees, I but called upon to grow a liny ero? cr to pasture stock. Is It any wonder that we cannot grow apples as weil as we once did? The statement wo have given shows that the demand for phosphoric acid is very small as compared willi (bet for nitrogen and potash, and the trees will demand mero potash than a crop of corn of fifty bushels per acre, ami de mand it every year, for there can be po rotation of crops hero. In their young state, winn growth ls what/we waut, applications of stable manure ? 1 will bc of great help, not only in fur- j j nlshing nitrogen but in giving some hu- ! ? mus making matter to the soil. If Kai nit has been used in Hie preservation of j this manure it will not only make tho manure better in prevent lug tho loss of nitrogen, but it will add potash that is needed. When the trees have reached maturity we advise thc seed ing down to grass. Dut not in grass to bc out for hay, but grass to Ito cut only ns a mulch for the trees and left on tho ground, cutting lt several times during the season. Then give the grass n top dressing annually of a fertilizer com posed of 800 pounds of acid phosphate, 800 pounds of cottonseed meal and 400 pounds of muriate of potash to maken ton. Use this liberally and get n good' growth of grass and every limo you cut the grass spread it to dceny un der tho trocs ns far ns the limbs ex tend and a little furl her. Then if you attend to tho spraying you can grow apples ju6t like you did in your boy hood and probably better-W. F. Mas-1 sey. FOLLOWING ORDERS. Mrs. Hiram Offpn-Here, Bridget, Bee how dusty it is under tho bed. Bridget-Ycs'm. Mrs. Hiram .Offer!-Haven't I fm press^ViOTifll;ytm* fh'aft. ycrfl irrtrst s\vt?ep, ' uifa^tti? bea's?. . Bridget-Av .coarse*,' -ma^rrtV -aft how could tho dust get there If I had not swept it under?-Philadelphia Press. A ROMANCE OF TUE PERIOD. Idwln and Angelina, Strictly Up to Date. ("From New York we hear of a lover rho does his wooing with a revolver, t is alleged that he put one arm round the lady's waist, and with tho tber held a revolver to her face. Then o threatened that if she did noi agree a marry him he would shoot her." >ally Paper.) . . . Edwin crept noiselessly and n ail fours to tho half-opened door f the armor-plated drawing room. His cart leapt within him. Angelina, reamily gazing into the firo, was off nardi Sliding the door gently forward, he dvanced slowly, still upon hands and :nccs, until ho was within the firing lite. Then, rising quickly and codi ng his revolver, he whispered ten .orly, "Angolina!" Tba next moment the fair object of tis desires was Upon her feet ready o give the alarm. "Do not, dearost Angelina," ho cried. But listen to mc. I love you clearly; on arc the light of my eyes, tho ob ed of my most devoted admiration -and if you move in any but one di ectlon yen arc a dead woman." "And that direction ls?" "Into these arms, darling," he re ined. "N?! I do not mean these fire irms, but these human, that long to alee you captive." He paused fer a nbmcnt and then continued softly: 'Immediately hand over tho key of -our heart, or I shall have to open ire upon you.'1 For a'moment the beautiful girl was incertain what to do. She knew that f her father were communicated with io would quickly bring tho family how tzer-which had already accounted for ourteen nwalr.3-lo boar upon tho one- I ny. Even now ho might DO marching | o her relief. Her bro'.her, too, she :hought. was only in the garden, and night be reconnoitering tho enemy's losltloa from tho outside. She mu?t mid out at all costs. Putting her hand nto her pocket, she drew forth her landkorchlcf and waved lt aloft. "The ?rhlte flag!" he exclaimed; "well, what I lo j'ou want?" "An armistice for a quarter of an j lour." replied the brave girl. "Na!" he said. "I-see. You arc look ng for re-enforcements. But my broth er George ls covering your brother's advance from the garden, aud your 'tither is already in the hospital. Must [ open fire?" He added the last words In a tremulous lone. Sho looked around her for any aid. But there was none in prospect. "I surrender," she said. Thc next moment Edwin had taken lor prisoner.-landon Punch. DANCER SPOT. A dangerous spot for _ pain is the small or the back; ir 1 tells of kidney ills, ns do most pains and aches in the back. Kidney ill? begin with backache and end with Diabetes, Drop sy, Bright'* Dis ease. Cure Kid ^S^^^^s??fc?ney and Bil ler troubles before they reach the pen nis stage. .Bead how easily lt can l e lo no. W. J. lilli, of 40 Bomb Union street. Concord, N. C., proprietor of hardware iud harness store, Justice of the Pence, ?lid one of tho best known residents .? that city, >:ays: "Dean's Kidney i'llls proved a very efficient remedy in ny case. I got a box ot the dikson Jrng Store and used them for dlsor lered kidneys and backache, from vhlch I had experfonced a grear deal )f annoyance, trouble and pain. The cldney secretions had bothered nie for t long while, were very Irregular, dark .olored and full of sediment. The Pills ? .loured it all up and I have not had ! in ache in my back since faking the j ast dose. My back Is much stronger j md my health generally is Improved ? i great deal. I nm glad to make a pub- 1 lie endorsement of the Phis, trusting [hal it may be the means of relieving jonie oilier sufferer." A FRKE TIIIAL of this great kidney medicine which cured Mr. HUI will bo i nailed to any part of the United Slates 1 m application. Address Fostor-Mil Ijurii Co., B?llalo, X. Y. For sale by ill druggists, price 50 cents per box. When Rich and Careworn. Of course this is a wicked old world, a troubled old world, and al ways will bc, but in it there is moro unhappiness "than there need bo, moro joylessness; such stupid, lazy unhappiness and joylosnnoss. If peo ple would only open their eyes cul tivate their censes, use tho gifts at band, instead of repining, envying, bleeping lifo away. Are you virh anrl careworn? Well. I that is too bad, and no light trouble eltl,ier; but you can help yourself. ? Each day take, by fair means or foul, an hour or two to yourself, writes j Katherine Pope in the Pilgrim. Walk, | walk, walk, miles up and down. If it bc "singing weathor," find some se cluded spot, on soft grenn grass or warm sands lc the water, lie flat on your back, stretch out to your full ex tent, and take In long, deep breaths. Virtue will enter in to yon from mother oarth. Your H?gling ?ervos will gradually quiet down; little by little tho lines on your face soften, and by and by your whole being will relax and mayhap you will fall asleep In tho sun. STUART'S ?B?U GSNan? BUCKU To ntl who puffer,or to the friends of tims* who Hvffer with Kidney, Liver. Heart, Blnddcr or Blood DlfWPC.n sample bottle of Stuart'*1 (?in and Ruchn, tin- greal mwthern Kidney and Livor Medicine, will lie ?eui nlaHriuiely frecof cant. Mention tills paper. Add rc** STU A KT DKl'O M'KU CO., '.'?.Wiill St., Allnntji, Oft. cartridges and shot shells aro made in the largest and best equipped ammunition factory in the world. AMMUNITION of U. M. C. make ?9 now accepted ny shooter, as :'the worlds standard" for it snoots .veil :n any gun. Tour dealer sells it. The Union Metallic Ca rfridtfe Co*. Bridgeport, - - . Gonn. SOCIETY WREC tra Tired, Nervous, Aching.Trem bling, Sleepless, Bloodless. Pe-ru-na Renovates, Rsgulates, Restores. Address Dr. Hartman, President of tho Hart mun Sinltartum, Co lumbus, O., for freo advioe A Prolty Nev/ York WonmnN Tleoovrry the Talk ot Her Numerous Friends-. Mrs. J. E. Finn, 82 East High street, Buffalo, N. ?" writes! Penma Medicine Co,, Columbus, Ohio. Gentlemen:-"v4 few yeera ago I had to S> i rr up social life en tirely, aa my health, iras com pletely broken, down. The tine'or advised a complete rest fur a year. As this was out of thc question for a. time, I bejja.ii, to look for sume other means of restoring my ii ea Ith-. "Ihad often heard of P?rima, as an excellent tonic, so I bought a bottle to .tee what it would, do fer me, and it certainty took li old, of my st/stem and, ref aw naiad, me, and. in leas than tttH) months liena in perfect, health-, and now when I feel worn out or trrcd a dose or two nf Permi'h is all that I need."-Mrs. . J. fi. Finn. Catarrh Canses Female Disease*? America is t!ic Jami of ncrvoiH women. The great major|ty of nervous women are so because they* are suffering frew ?onie form of ?cumie .license. By JOT the groat): est number of fernie tremolos are caused directly by catarrh. Thew woiu?n dc?p<ur of recovery. Female trouble in so cammoo, j so prevalent, that they accept it M aioioftt ' inevitable. The greatest obstada bi sbo way of recovery u th.->vt ihey rio nut ?n* deriennd that it is catarrh whick ra tho sonne of their illncs?. la female complaint ninety-nine cases out of one hundred are otftaiag bu* ca tarrh. Peruna cures catarrh wherever looatou. iv, sl=s I 1 RIFLE <&P?STOL 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 v/IU get, ii you insist on having the time-tried Winchester make. ALL DEALERS SELL WINCHESTER MAKE OP CARTRIDGES. BO?0LAS V \ CfcO 50?v.,5 ?0 Q&ftAAO Union \a\?Oa==G?3 - ^flGGS Wade a0* \ Van cen sm.- fi nm 3W.0O1O ?.VOO yearly by wcnrluu IV. ?.. t,?o;>.-l<:f..'??5.?O<iv fi.'J Shorn*. TlK'V an: )rvl cs p. i .1 !M ovry V.r.y n< thou that \ & '^Sfoi BM* hw* - yon ir<\::'i (tl $??0, Tho "T ?ntfiov.?? ' : <M \V. I.. J.Mn?livi shoos protea (! >'?r rrj.. M< ! liy . rr nil other malms. Thc Ur.c-.-'i.k wrrrt proet-n of | nuning fl? holtnm ?njM than nnr nilK>r Lunar?. T/*??lr? h.rp loofi- limn ilnn bled Hi: > ..i ' >nf ???r?. 4rhlrh JTI.I.? ll? ?npM-lorhy. J?MS?I?M: r**,*H:t,H*O.Xl lLt?f.?ea: 8.>,O?d.3-f>.00 VS. I~ lionel IR muk?s airl p??ls moro m? n'a Ocoovoar "alt Ihand aewofl process) chooa than f?ny o hw mnnutVictum ic tac world. ?pZil I bud lietel Cl <.:;? rtUprovo rl.ls.<.1.iteui<>nt Ma.V.t of tito U-Ai uii?OCM anu American leathers. Cotto ns an resses CONTINENTAL GIN CO. Birmingham, Aian and BOILERS Send for new catalogue just issued._ CURED Gives Q u 1 c.k Q-j Relief. Resvovec^ll swelling iji 8to? davs; ciTccte a permanent cure in;..,to foiiavp. Tridltreetreeut given fn-c. KoUiluucan he fairer V.V.t? Dr. il. H. Green's Sons. Specialists, tax Q Atlanta, CC. CURED WITHOUT CUTTING, A Mew Vegetable Remedy. Also MIN. f?stula n?il Sores wCure Guaranteed m Every Case Treated. NATIONAL CANCER MEDICINE COMPANY. Austell Building, Atlante, Ga. NCER tSRfaSsWBM sm&sm Cures Nervousness ?KO OVC?S HEADACHE IO, 2."> and r>Qc. nt Hru/jstores war SUCCESSORS TO mpany AVERY & MCMILLAN, 51-53 South Forsyth Sc, Atlanta, Ga -ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY Dear Readers : 90 YOU KNOW that spring time is lisre and ail nMure rs dressed in a beautiful verdure. WHY NOT enjoy the only. life you know anything about, it Is very short make it pleasant by be*r?g somebody. WE WANT you to buy one cf our new WHITE STJiR BUGGIES Wt OPFER ? large reu-ard to yon, if ii does not prove to be the BEST ?*d most stylish Buggy yow ever owned. WRITE US for our CATALOGUE and name of your deajor. With kind regards, Jstlanta Buggy Co. Al'COlVniato PilS moliy WEAK WOSrJ?i ^<ro;^K tCtla deland rlMp ojifT.-. KVPIV I'?><% age pn:n mn WPjl. Dy tfrera for ?T, i\v<>-rfot stajnn> .nlnln '.v'rapjirr. Write l<w im<)k ot vnlnahic liiforij ntlon Mr both fexcfc Ad drCSd Afeo < hOliilCiJ Company, P. 0. Box .d, Jacksonville, Pla. "Bovine tn?con ymir vroofl^rful "Cfisforets" foe t'nee uiontb? M4 Of lu" oatircly eurc^l of htomlch cntarrh anil dv?p?-r>?ia. I tliSr.k lt word of praUe a duo to"l.'asenr?:W,'iorthclrwon(le./ulcqn:DOBlt'.oif. I havo taken iraperous other so-callcU remedlct but without avhil anti J Unrt tnftt ?n?.-nr?s rc'.lcvo move in a day than (Ul tho otUe? 1 have tak*a Would in a y.':;r." James .McGuuo, ICS Mercer St., Jersey City, N.J. Reliable Frick Engines. Bollore, all 8lze?. Whent, Separators. BEST ll?rKOYEDSAW MILL ON EARTH. Uarge Engines anej Bpllers supplied promptly. Shingle Millo? Corn Milte, ?f?6?]ffS?w Tee^Pa^tTJVa;?!) Steam Governors. Fud ilnc Engines & Mill Supplies. Send for free Catalogue. waive the name of this paper when writing to advertlsers-lAt. 22, '03) Plnaaant, Palatnblo. Pci<Mit. T??te Good. Do Oood, Boriat Si?ksu, Weaken or Grip?, lie, 2ic. Kc. Navet told In bulk. Tho Kcunlno tablet ?tamped COO. Qanrauiiod to euro or your mousy back. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago cr N.Y. 59a mm SALE, m mi?m BOXES Hi If von CUD (or tliT.'ilovou cniO Solicit Ll FE. lNSU*RA/NeE, ll rite (<n7fi references) for fprms to ! F. F. SHEDDEN, Manager, Atlanta, Ga. Tho Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.-Assets over ??S2,ouO,O00.0?. Wi PTS'O 'S CU R ET FOR mBcs mm WnkRE ALL LLSc FAILS. Best tough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use In Hmo. Sold by drucglita.