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|f?N"l?MBLE-'] ?| HERO BY THOMAS I - P. MONTFORT ;:.;V,.,1 COPVRIOUT, luoi. 15Y THOMAS P, MONTFORT CIIAPTER VII. a talk in THE i WILIOHT. After supper Mclvlll Mid ??I?1 man | Turner sat out i" Uio vard and talked that Is. Turner asked questions, and Melvln answered them. Mclvlll was 1 in a better Inn. >r since lie was slightly ] rested and his 1)01)gel' had beeil ap I peased. and to the hundred questions Turner asked he returned ready and good natnred answers, although he did not always return true ones. Finally Melvln found an opportunity io lead I lie conversation, and then he told nbout the old man hack in the Woods and of his queer experience with lilm. tor the first time that evening Turner burst into a roar of hearty laughter. "Lord a-massy," he cried, "don't you know who that old boss was'.'" "Certainlynot." Melvln replied. "How should I know w hen I am a total stran ger here'.'" "To tie shore. 1 forgot 'bout that. Still. It seems like ever'body most ort to know old in Jenkins. Lord, he's been n-livlu forever, 'pear3 lack, as the teller says.'' '?Is he crazy V" ??Crazy: Who?old III?" "Yes." "Old Hi crazy! Why, snakes an cat erpillars, stranger, what you mean by u- ..in sieh a question as that?" "I thought from the way he acted that In-certainly must be crazy." ?d eal possums an persimmons! Talk 'boltl old Hi belli crazy: Yon don't know not hin 'bout that old boss or you wouldn't never ask 110 sich a tool thing as Hint. W hy. old Ill's the smartest man in all these parts, lie sot on to a jury oticct down at the county seat." ??Thai so-.-" "Yi ?. bet it are: Yes, sir-ee!" ? W onder w hy he behaved so strange ly w Ith me. t hen V" "Why, Hint's [dain enough when you come to llgger It out. You jest happen ed to run aci'OSt him on one of his off days." "Off days?" "Y? s. one of his off days." ?What do yon mean by that?" "1 lon'l you know ?" "1 certainly do not." "Waal, by shucks, yon shorely don't know not hin 'bout the w ays an doln's of folks yere'bonts! W hat 1 mean by ili's oil day is that this is his day for chillin." "Ah. he has the chills, does he?" "To be shore. W hy shouldn't he have 'em ?" "1 don't know. I'm sure." "Course, he has the chills, an he shakes ever' other day. lie was sett In mit Hinr on that log a-waltln for ids chill to come on w hen yon seed him." "And that v as why he behaved the way he did?" "Of course. Thar hain't many peo ple. I can tell you, wants to be both ered with questions when a chill is eomln nil. an if a feller was to shoot yon under them kind of provocations you wouldn't never git 110 court to hang him." "The court would consider the shoot ing justlllable, you think?" "N'oii bet it would. I.old a-massy. I Wouldn't nigh kill nobody for UOtblll else on earth. I ^ness. but I jest most know I'd shoot a feller if he collie a-pickln an ii-nnggln at me with fool questions when my ugcr w as a-worklu on me." "You say Mr. Jenkins shakes with a chill every other day?" "To be shore, I said that. Why wouldn't he shake ever' other day?" "It's a regular part of his life. Is It?" "Jest as much a part of his life as eatin an sleepill is. Yes. sir eel W hy, say. if anything was to happen to old Hi so that he missed ha\in his chill on his reg'In I' day 1 reckon he'd feel more lost than if his old woman was to die. In these parts ager is a part of a fel ler's rights an privileges, same as vot Itl an Imidin olllcu is." "Indeed?" "You bet your hide." "Does Mr. Jenkins live near this?" "No, not as you mought say right near. lie lives over t'other side of Coon Run river. Hain't been over In that settlement, I reckon?" "No." "Waal, you won't loscnothin, 1 guess. If you never do go over thar." "Why?" "Oh, them folks over thar ain't jest the sort a body keers to have much to do with. Leastwise I lind 'em that n-way." "Are they bad characters?" "No, I don't know as you can put it that a-Wfly exactly, 'cause they're peaceable enough an lionost an all that. They're jest so different from we uns over here." "In what way are they different?" "Waal, for one thing they're so dog gone tgn'unt. Why, say, them folks over thnr hain't got no more edleatlon than a Bang of possums, not a blame bit more. Sich Ign'unce Is plumb piti ful shore. I allUS feel sorry for thein that hain't got learnln, don't you?" Melvln looked at the old man in open eyed QStODlahmont and muttered an as sent. It occurred to him, however, that , If the people on tho other side of Coon Hun were any more lacking In learning than Turner was their condition, as far ms education goes, was pitiable Indeed. Hut ho was very far from giving utter ance to any such thought, for already ho had learned that the average Pos sum ftldgor was a sorely sensitive Indi vidual who was liable to take offense on the smallest provocation. There was a silence of two or tbres minutes, and Mclvin's thoughts had drifted back to Heokett's Mill and to the little scene there that day in which be had been a participant. And In the center of that "scene there was one llgure that stood out boldly and distinctly from all the rest What the others said or what the others did he did not know or care, but every word uttered by Louisa Hnnks and her every movement and every look was as vlv Idlj before him now as It hnd boon at that time. Nor was this strange, for ?o him she was the only living reality \orc. The rest were only so many fig urfs whose trivial deeds and existence were unworthy of a thought. Ho recalled the expression on her faoe at the moment when her eyes met his, and now It wns a wonder to him how he hnd ever managed to hold him self so woll In check as not to betray even a hint of tho great, consuming passion that filled his heart Suddenly bis wandering thoughts were recalled by Turner, who renewed lue conversation i>y opening up a new subject. "Mr. Melvln," be said, "l reckon you ain't one of theni doggoned overly nice an finicky sort of cbaps who are so dad blamed bard to please that they jest put ever'body all upon edge?" "Why. 1 don't think I'm particularly hard to please," Melvln replied. "I try not to be, at least." "That's kind of the way 1 tlggered you out, but you know a body can't al ways tell about folks. Sometimes a feller's Qggcrlll don't turn nut notion like right. One time I got pow'ful fool ed on one of them doggoned pill ped dlers, nn I been a little mite shy of folks ever since." "How was that nboul the pill ped dler V" "Why, It was this away. lie rode up to the fem e thai* one lilglll an want ed to know if he COllld stop, jest for nil the world like you dour while ago. lie j was in sieh a li/.z an a stew that be wouldn't tell me notliin seu'eely an I 'peared like he didn't waul to answer nary a question 1 asked him. though the Lord knows I ain't no hand to Inquire Into other folks' business an ask fool questions 'bunt things that don't com sarn tue. Von know that's so, I JodgC, from what you've seed of me?" Melvln sin'1'"' but with reckless hard ihood replied: "Oh. certainly!" "Waal," Turner went on. "thai t hor pill peddler 'lower In- was jest bound to stop yore, an stop he did. Hut. oh. my land, what a bother an a pester In* ' was! Staid most a month, 1 guess, an that whole endtiritl time be was for ever an eternally a-grumhllu an flndln I fault. Wa'n't never satisfied with ' notion. The very fust thing he done was to raise a furse 'cause he had to sleep in the bed with the hired mini, nn"? "Von are not keeping a hired man now. are youV" Melvln asked, a little anxiously. "No. not now. I ain't. Hut. as 1 was goln to say. when we tried tu humor "Know Sim Tinntt8!" that feller Oy put till him to sleep the next night with three of the children he kicked up a wuss furse than ever, Reckon the blame fool wanted a winde bed to hlsSOlf." "And if he was here now." Melvln said eagerly, "you could give it to him, couldn't you?" "Yes. we COUltl UoW, since the hired man's gone." Turner answered, and Melvln drew a long breath of relief. "Like enough, though." Turner added, "if WeM give him u winde bed the next thing he'd been askbl for a room all to bissclf. I wouldn't 'a' put it a bit a past him to HCl jest that miserable unreasonable." "You could you give him a room nil to himself now'.''' "Waal, practically. Wouldn't be no body in thnr with him 'eeptln n couple of t he buys." Mclvin's fnet; lengthened. "Then he didn't like it." Turner con tinued, " 'cause he had t<> go out in Hie pump ever' morn ill to wash his face. 'Lowed he ort to have it fixed go's he could wash liglll in the room what' In slept. Kver hear of slcli a ernnkV Hut that wa'n't all. No. sir-ee! Nesl he flggei'Cd that In- didn't like In use the same towel we all used, but wanted one all to hisself. [tut on top of all that foolishness be was so blamed par tleular about bis things. Cut mad 'cause in" an the hired man wore some of his clothes an 'cause my old woman got out his watch for the children to play with. Yes. sir-eel That's jest the sort of n unreasonable, finicky blame cuss that feller was, an I'm doggoned glad you ain't notliin like him shore." When Turner had finished, there was silence. Melvln had IIO observation to offer, and he felt that Iber*? was no ne cessity for him to say anything. He had his own opinion, however, of Tin ner's ideas of hospitality, but he was under the Impression that it would be Just as well If he kept that opinion to himself, lb- was sure Turner would not feel any kindlier or more friendly toward him if he should give Utterance to his thoughts. So when lifter a long pause Melvln Anally spoke it wns on another and nn entirely different subject. A little dif fidently, as If he knew be was ap proaching dangerous ground, be said: "I presume, Mr. Turner, you are ac quainted with a man named Hanks, who lives over at Heekett's Mill?" "Who?Sha Hanks?" Turner ques tioned. "I think so-a tall man with red hair and"? "Oh. It's Sim!" Turner Interrupted. "It's bound to he him, 'cause thnr ain't no other Hanks thitr." "You know him. then?" "Lord, tnc know Sim Ranks! Why, wdint a dem fool question 1 Do you reckon 1 know myself? Know Sim Ranks! Why, Lord a massy, man, I've knowed tbnt chap ever since be was knee high to a grasshopper. Yes, nlr-ee!" "He's married, I believe?" "To be shore. Yes, Sim's married." "And happy, 1 presume?" "Happy ns some, I reckon." There was n short pause. Then Mel vln said: "I saw Ranks and Ida wife today over at Heekett's Mill. I don't know, of course, that it Is so, but It appeared to me that they are a mlsmated pair. What do you think about It?" Turner looked ?t Melvln, aqulntetJ bis eyes and grinned. "Young feller," be said, "them two may bo_mlsmatcd[ for all_I know, an they may not, an if they uro uilsmuted It uln't none of my dolu s, an I nlll't dow I so responsible for It." "Certainty not." Melvln admitted, "but l (bought perhaps you had no ticed that the wife is so different from tho husband. She appears to he edu cated und refined, while he doeS not. Haven't yon observed that'.'" "I hain't blind," Turner replied quiet ly, "an what I see l see." "Do you think It possible for two people so entirely different to live to gether happily':" "I hain't been doll) no thlnkln along that line, Mr. Mclvlll. 1 don't llgge.' thut I got any call to." "Hut you certainly have an Idea along thut line'.-" Turner eyed Melvin very narrowly for a moment, then slowly replied: "Young feller, I can't make out that you got any call to worry 'bout Sim Banks an bis wife, au I 'low lt d be Jest as well for all parties concerned If you didn't do It. I'm n-glttlll along up In years myself, an I ain't lived all my Ufo in this world without learnin one or two things. One of the tilings I've done learnt Is never to mix up in no body else's business when I ain't got no interest In it. an another thing is never to bother myself 'bout what goes on between a man an his wife. 1 aln'l so blamed smart as some, inebby. nor I ain't no denied idiot asylum, an I know enough '.<> know that 'bout the most dangerous place a feller kin stick his nose Is In bei w een a man an his woman. He'd a dad burned sight bet ter slick it in a steel imp. Yes. sir ce! You bet he had." Turner paused, but Melvln offered no reply. Presently the former went on, speaking in all seriousness: "You are a young teller. Mr. Mel vln." he s!tid. "an 1 guess you ain't had no great experience with the world, so 1 11 jest risk given you a little piece of lUlviCO. W hatever else you do In this life an however many oilier mistakes you may make, be shore of one thing, nn that is don't you ever go an gtt mixed up In no mess with no oilier man's wife. No matter what comes nor what goes, don't you ever do no Blell a thing as that, for as shore as you do you'll live to see the day when you'll bitterly rue It. You mark my words for that." Melvin laughed at the old man's seri ousness and turned the matter off light ly. He had no Intention of going to any dangerous extremes, and he felt that there was no occasion for nil this sermonizing. However, there came a time In after days when those words came home to him with stunning force, and ho wish ed with all his heart that he had heed ed them. CHAPTER VIII. a cruel awak! NINO. What did It mean? This was the question Sim Ranks asked himself as he sat there holding that note In his hands, reading over ami over the few lines it contained. What could it mean, and who could have written it'.' Though Sim pondered these oues tlous long, he was able to lind no an swer to them. The whole affair was wrapped in a thick and impenetrable mystery which he could not solve. He felt, however, that there must be some thing dark and unpleasant back of It nil, and a sensation of uneasiness took possession of him. Aller his experi ences of that day. which had been a day of events m his uneventful life, he was in a state of mind to expect all manner of curious and unaccountable happenings. Could it be possible that Louisa had nn Important secret that she was keep ing hidden from him'.' Could it he pos sible that she and some man had form ed a friendship, or at least an acquaint anceship, the existence of which they had guarded so well that he had never even so much as suspected it 7 i That the author of the note was a man he was assured from the Hist. The strong, bold chirography and the I language of the note convinced him of I that. This much, and this much only, was dear to him. The thought that his wife and some man should be linked together by a sc i cret which no one else must share made his heart sick. To his mind it smacked of a dangerous and unwar ranted intimacy, and it caused him to SUrmlSC the possibility of unpleasant things. For the first time in his life he felt the bitter pangs of -alousy. It did occur to him for a moment that the note might have been written by Melvln. which was very natural considering all that had happened that du*y and in view of the fact that Mel Tln was the onlv strange man who hud been nf TTocl^fs "MITT for weeks. .Y little reflection, however, decided him that he would have to look further for the author. Melvin was a total stran ger there, so what could Louisa know of him or his name'.' Sim said nothing to his wife Hint night about the note, but He next morning when they were seated at the breakfast table he took the scrap of paper from his pocket and banded it to her. remarking quietly: "Thai's Homotbin l found last night. Louecsy, an from wbnl I can make out It must be your'n." Louisa reached out and took Hie note, and as she glanced over It Sim was watching her. lie saw the color mount to her face, while her head drooped tin til her eyes were llxed on her plate. She remained silent, and after a mo ment's wait he said: "Louecsy, is that your'n?" There was a short pause. Then she looked up, and Instead of answering his question she asked: "Where did you get It?" "I found It on the floor, where you'd likely dropped It. Is It your'n?" "Yes, It Is," she admitted hesitating ly. "Then what does It mean, an who Is It from?" he demanded almost sternly. "That I cnnnol tell you," she answer ed in low tones. "Why can't you?" < "Recanse I have no right to toll." "No right to tell anything to your man, your own husband?" "Not Hint. You had us well say no more about It." Sim looked at his wife very hard for almost a minute, his face rapidly Chang lug color and n variety of thoughts flashing through his mind. "Louecsy." lie said nt last, "that note was wrote by a man, an I want to know what It menus. I have a right to know." She flashed him n look full of resent ment. "Whether you have a right to know or not," she replied, "you will never know from me." "Why?" "Because, as I have already said, I cannot tell you." "Can't tell mo? Louecsy, what am I to think of pitch talk as that?" "You are to think what you please, I presume." "Rut what can I think when you and some man have a secret between you that I ain't allowed to share?" Sbo fixed him with her eye? and with a scornful curl of KTiililiWtflftlill_ ??Ami \\lial am I lo Lhlhk when you 1 and si.iiic woiuuu have not only <>m- so- 1 eret. but UlUliy secrets, tu t ween you that 1 ?im no! allowed tu Khun*7" II? looked Ut lit i III astonishment. "Mo IUI Millie woman bUVO secrets'." llC repealed. "What do \ou UieUII by Ibat7" "1 mean just wind I say. Last night was not So long ago that you should forget what took plaee then." "I don't understand you. I've never had a secret from you in all my life. UlUOh less a sei fet between me Uli any woman." "Are you so sure of that'.'" "1 am." ? Then you must have forgotten Mary Mann." Sim's faee Hushed Instantly, and his head drooped, lie had forgotten MlU'.V Mann, hut now he remembered her. as well as Ids meeting with Ii? r tie- night before, it was the mcinuiw "t 1 i?t *? \'#>t/ iriu never know from mc." meeting that made him blush, ami lie blushed, not for himself, but for her. "Ami your meeting with her last night," Louisa added after a pause. "Who told you about that?" Sim ask ed Inconsiderately, thus admitting the truth of the charge. "Then you did meet her?" Louisa said. "Yes, but it was not my fault. Who told yonV" "It doesn't matter who told me. Al though you say you have never had a secret from nie. 1 inn certain you would never have been the one to tell me that." "You're mistaken tbar. Lotieesy. Thnr ain't no reason on earth w hy I should not 'a' told you. an I'd a' done it. .Notli in happened at that meet in. so far aa I'm concerned, that I'd be nshnined to tell to the whole world." "Not even your hanging over the fence and making love to Mary Mann':" "I never done it. I.oueesy, nil any body that went an told you any sieh a thing told you a p int blank lie. I nev er made love to nobody in all my life but you." "That will do for you to tell, bill you can't fool me. If you were not making love to Mary Mann last night, why were you with her7" "I was jest pnsslll along the street, nn she called to me." "Aml you stopped?" "Of course. What else could I do'.'" "Nothing but stop and make love to her." "I tell you I never done any Bich a thing as make love to her. You ask her If I did." Mrs. Lanks tossed tier head disdain fully. "I'll be aid to ask any woman such a thing as that, and that woman in par ticular." "Waal, you needn't, then Hill It was Jest like I r-ny. I never dreamed ol ma kin love to her " "But you stopped there with tiet and liung over Hit' fence ami talked t" her'/" ?.ct, s'pose I did. 1 couldn't help myself. I couldn't Jest walk on an leave her wliH ? she was talkln, could I?" Tei la 'y not when her talk was so sweet ami iiteresting. You must have found it real pleasant to have her as sure you (hill I didn't love you. bin that she klleW some woman w ho did " "I didn't lind it pleasant, an it I had I wouldn't :i done the way I did." "Wotlldtl ! have staid to listen to hoi ?" "I wouldn't have lei on that I didn't understand what she meant an dlscour aged tier ever' way I could." "By hanging over the fence und talk big back to tier'.'" "If I did hang over the fence an talk line!; to her. I never said notion mil of tin' way an nothbi t<> be iisbainetl of. nary a wui d." "Some people haven't a very keen sonst? of shame." Sim paused for a moment Then he said very soberly: "I.oueesy. .Voll don't love me. If you Old, you woiddli'l never believe tie- lies somebody's gone an odd you when 1 tell you they are lies. A woman that loves her man ain't never a goin to he. Hove some old long Inugucd tattler as ng'in him. It's a -"-pel truth, if ever I spoke one in my life, when I say 1 nev er made love In Mary Mann, an I'd swear to ii on n slack of Itlblcs a bun died feel high. Voll ain't got no rigid to license nn- of any sich a thing." "Hut you have a rlghl to license nn of something Just as bud?" "I ain't never accused you of uothin I.oueesy. an yon know it." "Not exactly in so many words, pet haps, but you have intimated it pretty plainly." '"Mi- intimated lh.it you made love to some other man besides me?" "Something like that. You reinem her. I suppose, what you said about that note'.'" "I never said an 1 never meant that you loved somebody else." "1 know what you think." "If I thought sieh a thing as thai, would I 'a' told Mary Mann ylsteddy that she was a-lyln w hen she said what she did? An last night, when Jim Thorn hinted at the same thing, do you know what I done in him? I Jlsl knocked him down plumb Cat on his back, an if they hadn't 'a' held me I d 'a' stamped the cry daylights outfit him." Louisa looked up. a surprised and pained expression on her face. "Did .Mm Thorn dare to say such a thing its that of me?" she cried. "lie did." Sim replied, and. feeling sure of her gratitude at least, he added "Hut he ain't never goin to say It no more, I bet. I done settled him for that." "Yes," she said; "but you've gone ami set everybody else to talking. I wish you had let .lim Thorn alone." Sim wns n ran zed, and the look on his face showed It. "Why, my land, Lotieesy," he ex claimed, "you ain't nlinln to say I thine wrong in knockln Jim Thorn down, are you?" "You had belter not have done It." she replied, "nnd I wish you hadn't." "Waal, I'll be blamed! Why, Tap Sampson an Hicks an Jason nn all the rest, they all 'lowed 1 done Jest right, an ever' oue of 'em said he'd 'a' done Jest like 1 did If he'd 'a.' been In my place. Lord] 1 was couutlu sinne on | you belli pleased 'cause I tuck up for ' you ttutt u*way. uu uow you don't think i ort a' doue it! '1'eurs like euu't nothin I do pk>U80 you. I.oueesy. UU ever* time I try to do so tuet bin for you l seem to make n moss of It." Sim's voice was so putbotlc uud his dl8uppolntincnl so evident that, in spite of her ill humor. Louisa was touched She looked at him. ami there was nil expression of pity ami something like sympathy in her eyes. Slowly ami sadly she said: "Sim. It Is a sad thing to say. and you may think It cruel,, but God knows It Is true. It WOUkl have been better for us both If we had never met." "I.oueesy:" Sim exclaimed fearfully, starting to his feet, all in a tremble "What Is that you say? Surely you don't mean Ibem words." "I do. and what I say Is true. It would have been far better for us both If we had never, never met." He stared at her a long time In si lohee, and he noticed that her lace was painfully white and drawn. Ills, too, lie knew, bore the murks of a great dread and fear. "I.oueesy." lie said, his voice husky and scarcely audible, "for Cod's sake, don't say that! Remember, you arc my wife. riea;e take back them words. Bay they're not so." "I cannot. SilU, I cannot, for I would only be lying if I did." She folded her arms on the table and dropped her head on them and began to sob. SilU stood watching her. a sick ening dread stealing over him. Un certainly he hesitated for a moment, then went to her and put out his hand and began to stroke her hair. She drew away from him. and a cold shudder ran over her. He stood aloof and looked on her, his face painfully white and drawn and a hard, tense sensation clutching at his heart. "I.oueesy." he- said presently, "what does this mean? Why do you treat me like that?" She made no reply, but continued to sob. He reached out his hand again and placed It gently on her head, and again she shrank from him as though his touch were poison. Her action cut him deep, and a pain, sharp stud poign ant, passed through his soul When he spoke again, his voice was low and husky. "I.oueesy." he said, "is It true, as Mary Mann says, that you don't love tue none?" She did not answer, and when he had waited a moment he repeated bis ques tion. This time she looked slowly U|l until her eyes met his. From that mo ment there was no need for her to speak. In her eyes he only too plainly read her answer to his question. Slow ly, as one in a dream, he turned to leave the room. There was a queer sensation of emptiness about his head, and everything around him bore a strange air of unreality. At the door he stopped and put his hand up to his forehead ami for a full minute stood like one dazed. Then, turning his eyes once more on his wile, he snid: "My Cod. I.oueesy. you are killin me' You ha' .- otot-.-o my heart. Oh. please, felt me It. Is noTtrue, that look I saw In your eyes, and that you do love me!" She did not raise her head, but be tween her sobs he heard her murmur: "I can't, I can't, tor i don't love you!" Without another word .In- passed from the room and went staggering nn certainly clown the walk to the street, lb- felt that he had n eel veil a death blow, and in reality he bad received that which was far worse, for dentil would have brought an end to pain and suffering, and this brought pain and suffering only. At the yard gnlo he stopped, and. leanine heavily auainsi a posl. he look ed back at the house. Through the window he saw his wife sitting as he had left her. and a great yearning came over him to lake her in his arms and hold lu-r to his bosom ami kiss her. Rut the next moment he remembered the words she had spoken and the look she had given him, and. laying his head against his arm. be said sadly: "Rut she is not mine! Sin- Is not mine!" 1 [to be continued.] * As the Tennessee Legislature will do nothing for the protection of cheep, the N ishvillo American thoughtfully suggests tliat it should at least pa-s a law '-to encourage the cultivation ol a belter breed of dogs."' Possibly this is the long-sough! ground of com promise and reconciliation id" the ad miters ol the iwo kinds of animals. If only they would nol kill cheep we might have ten dogs where we now have one. INOICEtfliJN If you have it, you know it. You know all about the heavy feeling in the stomach, the formation of gas, the nausea, sick headache, and general weakness of the whole body. You ean't have it a week without your blood being impure and your nerves all exhausted. There's just one remedy for you There's nothing new about it. Your grand parents took if. 'Twas an old Sarsaparilla before other sarsaparillas were known. It made the word "Sarsaparilla" famous over the whole world. There's no other sarsa parilla like it. In age and power to cure it's " The leader of them all." SI.00 a bottle. All tfrtiftlttt. Ayer's Pills cure constipation. "After mi ft,-i-lne terribly I wae Induced to try your Sarsaparilla, I took three bottles and now fool llkn a. now num. 1 would ftdvlso nil my follow creatures to try this medicine, for It has stood the tost of tlmo and Its. curative power cannot lie ?x collod." I. 1>. Goon, Jan. 30,1W. llrowntown, V?. Wrhm Ihm Doof or. If you havd any complaint whatever and deilro ?ne beet medical advice yon ean pontbiy receive, write the doctor freely You will receive a prompt re ply, without co?r AddreM, ?, Lot. Dr. J. 0. AY Kit, ?weil, Maaa. Success Iii farming i* often caused by attention to details; failure is just ns frequently due to neglect ol details. Not every I'nrtnur appreciates ihesigui llcai ce of a rotation of crops by which deep-root ing arc alternated with shah I w?rootillg plants, for iusttllice, and yet it (tppt-ius that there arc consider* I able posibilitlcs in a practice to ihis elVecl. Thus ii is lield that there can be secured a "greatly Increased length and development of potato roots when the potato crop is preceded by a crop of, long-rooted lupines, and the con sequent increase in growth of vines, freedom Of the vines Irom disease, and \ icld of tubers. These results are espec ially noticeable in dry year-, ami arc thought to be due to the greatci supph of water brought withiu the reach of the plants by the long< r roots." It is held that deep working of the soil will produce the same sort of results. A unique battle look place in North llergen, N. J., a few days ngo. Johu I'etris. a wealthy rcsidcut, recently added Spaniard, a handsome black stallion, to nis i-table, and tho acquisi iion w as reci lvi il with anger by 1 >ow cy, another black stallion of great beauty. They fought whenever opportunity of fered, and one morning broke their h.dters and dashed out into the yard, coining together with such force that it sent both to the ground. Quickly j pu king iheniselvos up they resumed I hi stihiies, kicking und biting savagely. | Dewey finally fastened his teeth in j Spaniard's throat and did not release | Ins hold until the black was (hud. I Dewey w as covered with blood and was ' badly i nt ni.d torn. I tfltj. The far famed ? cleanliness of a Dutch kitchen cannot compare with the i American kitchen cleaned with GOLD DUST WASHING POWDER CASTORiA /CVfegctable Preparation lor As similaling lite Food andliegula tint; ihe Stomachs and Bowels of lNf?N TS /CtflL ?KEN Promotes Digcslion.ChecrPul iu'ss and Resl .Contains rteillter Opium .Morphine nor Mineral. Not Nah cotic. /frttfft ?f oh/ Ik '& Wl 'EL PiTCHEIl Hmyjim Sirel " . sllx Xfntin ? \ llotkttU S*/U - j fiftotrtfwit Hi Ciirt>iiiwlt\ulii ' ;/?*;.. w flwihtd ? Knant A period Mcmedy forConslipn lion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoen Worms.(Joimilsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. FacSumlc Signature of NEW YORK. |^ UAACT COPY Of WRAPPER. For Infants und Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought In ?S6 For Over Thirty Years COMPANY. NtW YORK C ITV. 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The uncertainty of what a jury will do or will not do was forcibly d hud rat ed in the circuit court in Iowa last week in the trial of a couple of whiskey cases. The tamo witness was used in both cases and teslilicd to exactly the same facts in ouch instance?that he bought and paid for and drank the liquor. The. purchases wore made under precisely the same circum stances, not varying an iota in any particular. The jury lined the defen dant ??O and costs in the one caie and acquitted him in the other. OABTOniA. The) fit- jt^j7 - i A NICK HPK I NO SUIT OF OLOIIIKS Will he given free to anyone who will ?ell onlyKHI parked) Seeds for us nt 6c, each No money required in advance Writeusa postal saying you accept this ofTcr, and we will mail the tioeda to you at onco. T. .1. KINO CO.,Heedamen, KlCII MON P, V A. KILLS ??d Buos.RoAeHB6.ANr5 . -r. a croton dugs. t?PlDER?>, FlIB&.iLBAS, AND ALL INSECT LITE: "v QtATH TO |N5tCT5 io AND 2'y Ct.Nffs :ALI. DBAI.r.RSv? Tmi (4 ?poi i ton Cm va </ (a ?? flALTIMORt-: MO. ' ? If l>enth l>ust is not :'or tmlp l>r your dealer, i\a will upon receipt of 2a cents ?enil yon the large packaec I>,t msd post paid . Double Daily Service Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta. New Orleans, anil Points South and Wait In Effect f? 24, i?oi. BonTasorwn. Oailr. Pail* No. M. No. n. I.v New York. P. R. R. IS Mpm 12 Iflam I.t Philadelphia, " .. 5 Wpa* Sana* I ? I.v Haiti more, .. ft I5pni (1'22a in Lv Washington, I'. It, i. .. (iftiprr. K.'tftAn Lvllichmond, S.A. I-.in mpm lifttpn LvPe ershura " .II 3lj>in i lOpin Lv Norlina .) unction. 2 0ftnin 33ipni I.v Henderson.... 23oam UNipn I.v Raleigh. 3 Warn ft1 lh>n I.v So Pinea. ft .'Tain (>/>7prr i.v Hamlet. ii xoam * P'pnr LvColumhiai .. .. 84"nni lofthon Ar8avannah.12 lOpin 2 20aui ArJacksonvillc. MftOpiii uJOam A rTampn. . ?'? OOam f < Opm No. 4?. No. 11. I.v New York, N.Y.P.A'N. 1 T ftftnill 8 55pm Lv Philadelphia, " lO'.Oani 1120pm I.v Nr? York. (> D.S.? .Co. i Opni i v Paitiiii?rc It B P Co . '?? :t0pm I.v NVasli'l. N A W .s l>. 7 ? Wpiii Lv Portsmouth H.A. I.- .. iiOUpm loeftan hvWoldon. 11 83am 12,'lUpn LvNorlinn June .. .. 12 .'.'?am 2 lupin Lvllenderson. ? l'2iam 2 Upm i.v Raleigh . 3 02am t 27 tn I vSouthorn Pines .'> i^am '; 13pm I.v Ham let. U 4ftam 8<5|?m Lv Wilmington. .< Vnor ArCharlotte. [>lam i" I 'm a LvChester.,1008am it 2oprr LvUreenwood.12 07pm i 32am I.v Athena ?. 2 10(011 HWm Ar Atlanta;.:t 'Mum 6 .'SOanr Ar August?, t: & WC _ r> lOpill . Ar Macon, (5of <-a . 7 ^Oj>m11 lOain Ar MimtiMim-rv. A & W I'. ? ?Optlill ?Oatn \ r Molil l<>, L A (f.' ?'?"miii I l'Jpnt Ar Now Orleans, Ii St N V UOain .? !M)pui Ar Nashville, N (' & St I.. ? ? ."?'?am Ii r>.'?pin Ar MwinplilB. "_ I 00|>m H liiam northbound. N<>. 402. No, ?.s i.v Memphis, N '? St St l. ? i O'lpm 8 Piptn I.v Nashville, " . .10 5')pm H ItOam I.v New Orloattfli I- & N- ? ~> 46pm . I.v Mobile, " ? ? i - ZOani I.v Montgom?rv, A St W P l> vOaiti I ROpm I v Mncoti, 0 <>( <;?._ 8 OOam l SOpin \a a tigiiflta, ?St W C. 0 4<i)iin i.v Atlanta; S.A.b.I'iuopm 8 ooprr A r A i lions. 2 4-pm 11 2 U-ir Ar Oroeuwood. .. 4 60pm 2 1 I ur Art hostor. ?? ^um ?! 25?T I.v l 'harlottc S A I.?.'tnpin? ou?m' I.v Wilmington, ? A l. ,< .-.upna . I.v Hamlet SA I. (I ftOpttl 8 iiMrr l.vSo l'ines 8 A 1. 10 > |>m 1)'13arD I.v Knlcigh. I <? |>m 11 ."<> \<i Ar llcnderaon.....'2.7it.n loOort l.r N'?rTlna ? unction . .. ?'? lOam 2 07u/m I.v Wehlon . l 2uam :t Mi.n Ar Portsmouth.7 uoam .*> ani.n Ar tVaeh'ton N & WS H. t; .v>am Ar Baitimor?, its P Co. !0 45an Ar Now York, O O 8 8 Co . : i 30pm Ar Pbiladelpbla,N YI'&Nt5 4ftpm .r> loan Ar Naw York, " 6 40pni 8 OOam Mo, 44 No. ?6 I.t Tampa, 8 A bRy. SO'pm ftOOarr JarWiiiiiTilli.|o 20tm 7 45pm lavennah. i nOpra n ntipni Calombla, f. *27|>m 4ih%m H&nilat . 0 4opm f) SOam loalbtm Pin??.I0 82pm lO 'am Kai?i?h .lS28am 12 07pm Uea4ert?a. 1 4Jam 1 JTpan vprlitm Junction. J l am 2 lr?|im Petersburg. 09?m i 4tpiu Richmond. ' -?? ?' ?i,m WashinKtonviaPennKK S I'ano H HUpm Baltimore " i 3 im 11 23pm Philadelphia " 12 27pm 2 fiOaui New York - lft?'?" ? M*m Noif -tDally Kx. Sunday. 1 lining c;irs liMtweuil New Nmk and lliulimnnd, and llaiulel and St. Augustine on Traluo Mos ill III ll 11 'Central time. jKaslern Time. SOUTHERN RAILWAY, Condensed Schedule ?>f Paaaeilget rfra4ae\ , In Kffeot .tan. 27. Idol. 'f Qroouvtll?, Washington ?nd the Emv < N o. is No. 841 No. f\] Nol l ll llOll Mil Lv. Atlanta. CP. " Atlanta, K.T. " ("tnlnorvUle.. " Athens. M l.ula. " 'l'<.in. " .TIlCi'U. " U r. i-iivillo , " Spnrinnhurg. " I>l >ui K . " IjllHt'llttU. " Charlotte Ar Ureeiisl1 >ro Ar. Durham ar K ii. ip-)i Dally Dally. Daily] l>?Hy.j 7 50 ii 12 i?> m 12 20 p 11 NJ ? s 60 it 1033 n ',' u.'i a lo :?>? u l l ;>;< u I oo p 1 2U i> ?i ?> i> ; u l* \> i ? H US lij 62 p 4 15 ft 82 f, 18 j t> 4(1 1 ; w2 i i v 65 ?? I'l *. a an v 4 19 p ft 08 H (i 1ft 1 7 07 J 7 4.1 1 i .,7 \ h :? i 11 i ftO 2 IS 8*88 a sh 4 -'S 0 02 7 0.1 7 4."> 8 (>' s 61 ?.' 50 i ;i.', |i 11 in p 12 23 f i a 6 ;t0 n Ar Danville Ar. Noi i' i.k . Ar Hi 'hinond Ai .Washington . " Hall Iii"?" PHI. ?' I 'litliii'.olnhtn. .... >..-.v York :! I i..in tl.? Hm t<> dn ' ? II : i p 12 .".1 n .,*!?, ;, -t i n h 00 ll ;l i> n 0 10 ii tl w) ii _ i) 4'! n 7 85 ii . Mi l a I? 13 ii :o 11 a'ii ii 4 1 III ? 2 ?U I . iii. a .'A p 1 ?5 p 2 50 i ii 23 i No. ??<" l>; . also IO At Inntti . ;(7 n.i. 1 I So S il \. "nily I lath 1*1.'Iplna Halt tiiiuro I.v HI<*hinonil Lv Norfolk p.. n ii .ki p . . n II 20 pi.. a hl 4.'i p 0 03 1 S-.7 r v 63 J 12 lllllll II iiu }> 11 ihi p i". "0 i Tas p ; 4o "p 140 p Lv. I inuvillu Raleigh, on . Cv RnIHgl l.v I rh III I.v Hreenslmro Ar. < liarioiin Lv.Cnstonln ,.. " I rii'lotlmrs " MnlYncy ...... M Spnrtniihurg. " (4;-ei>nvillu_ " Keneon. M T.a. " Lain. Ar. \Ibens i Inhicavllle ?' Atlanta, U. T " Athiiitii. (\T. Ar. Homo " t'ha11 nnoi -'a Ar. i'Inc iiimii ?? Louisville Ar Ar. ?'? .'.iiini u-.i In ?.ii i \ So i: N hjlMll . I.V 4 2.1 ii . l.v 7 00 :i 11 IM p Lv 7 41 ll 1,' in li " It 05 ii 7 ill a " 12 !?.*) p s:n a " 1 55 p II '-i a ' 2 ! p 10 13 n ' T_:ci p t'... :i i n iu r? ii'iA n;i llirinintdinm. 1.' ?n m in no Nnw ?irloniH STAT . Savannnli Ar Hl:i.-kvill.>_ Ar Oharivston Ar Sainini'rvtllo." i Oluiiihta . ?' Nowborry . " ..(fri'iiiwuml.. " HmliifH, . " : Ahln-vil,.- Ar ? . Holinn .Ar 7 (?i ;i H 15 l I 57 n 7 :ti i II Iii p 3 !W f I !? ;a) p 2 00 p 7 ft", p 12 20 i) 7 :<n p 11 56 ? *fi i? p li Sj j) |5 p i t 16 a !? In 15 :i l.v Andermal Ar 7 lft t> it 40 a ? :j.m|iAi- .HreiinvllliT l.v 6p }T<t 16 ^ 2 34"p 6 ?i p Lv...?reenvU)?.. Arl'l 25 ? lJ Jft'p 0 IU p Ar Spnrtnnhurg Lv 12 M a 11 ?4 83J p 7 15 p 4 r -i ?? !? I4"'1 "A" AhIiovUIa.... ?? ... Knoxvillo... " I Ar..?ini'innatt.. Lv Ar...T.onlHvlflo., l.v T h 00 a J M a 8 SB ? 7 4ft a p. in. "M" noon. "N" nicht. TrntiiH lenvn Kingvllle, daily oxcepl Bundnyi for t'nindon I0:l5n in, and 4:50 p, in, Haturn Ing leave Cnindnii for Klngvllle, daily exrapt Sunday, H 113 a. in. and 2:50 p. in, Also for Sum1 (erdally nxoo;?i Sunday 8.00a. in. 10:16 a. m.and 4:60 n in. Hemming lenvo Suinter at 6 50 a. in. 10.05 a, m.and 4:l(0p, in.. nniktiii[co>uinotl<'>l at Killgvillo with truliiH ln't wren ('oluii)lita aud Charleston. Trnlna leavo Snartnnhnrc vis R. V. A 0. fit vision daily for Qlendale, ,fi mosvllls, Union and (Jolunihia and Intermediate poiuts at 11:45 a, in. ami i'i l. p. in Train* leave Toccon, n?.. for Kilmrton, (*a., dntiy 4:25 i> in, exrupl Sundnr, 7:00 a. m. Hoturniii? leave Klhertou daily W:00 a. in. except Saiiduy, 2 i "i p. m., miiKlng conm-o lion io Toeinu with tiniiH between Atlanta, Ureenvllle and die Kasl. ChesMpealoi Line .>t":ini(>rs in daily anrvioa between S'orfolk nud Kalt I more. Nos ?'. iiii'l !it??"Wushlnston And Month' western l,imlto<l." Through Pullman sleep1 in,; curs hetween New York and N'ew Orleans, vln Was Inuton, Ailioua n?d Mont< joinery, und u *> between Now i.irk and Memnhia. via Washlmtlon, Atlanta and Bir> min?linin, AI an eloftnnt PtM.i.MAM LlliitAUf Oliai iv 11 ihn Cm-, between Atlanta and N>\? York Kirstelasa thoronnnfnrn oosohes tie t\\.->.'ii Wlishilli!tnn and Atlanta. Dining CliVi aer\" nil meals en route. Pullman Bloenlng oars hei?.n Hrf-imahoro end H.iie gh. ('lo-.' oonne Ih'iijjl Norfolk for Ol.l> PoiNTUOM ro^iiT. Also n I Atlanta with I'ullnian DT" R, tleepel for Ohntinnooua und Oinoianstl, Nos :.. and 1)0 ?'? United States Fast Mall" raw aoliii between 'A .. .? aud New .Or.'aana. i.rinf compe h| ofconchoi, tlnough withoul eh a iifr e for i aongors <>f ail olassaa. Puiiinan drawiug-room sleeping cars betwuen New York and New < Irlenns, via A t Ianta ami Montgomery and i'i'ween Hlrnnnghnni and rtlcrimond. Dining ears nerve all monlsenronta, N". . IBI nnd ;<4 ?"Atlnuta and New YorA Bznreas," Now loc^al train butwaan Atlanta ami Charlotte, connecting at charlotte with through 11 inn* of same numbera. oarr v lue I'lillmnn *ieoplnij i-?ri between Charlotte and Utehinoml, Norfolk. Wnihlngten and NeW York. No I'tillmnn cara on iliaan train* l.iv tween Atinnui and OlinrlottO. Leaving Waah lngion onch Monday, Wodneiday and Friday a ionrlsl H.eeping r.ir \Till mili through b?? tN\o. Ti WSShingtOn and P*.n Kranelaoo without ?hangn Conneelion At Atlanta with through PiillniMri ili au ihi; i i~om s>einng oar for .la^lc* aonville : also PttUUiau slcttplng oar for Mr ana wick, Conneetton made at Spnrtanburg wits through I'nllmnn sleeper for Ashevllle, Rjaox< rill" tind Cinelnnsti; also at Columbia for hmt taiiiinh mid ,In<'k?onville. FRANK 8. HANNOS*. S. B. U a UDWK1K, Third V P. St linn. Mgr.. Oaa F>a*a A(?., Wnehlngton, D. 0. Washington,"). Ol W. Ti. TAY I.OB, J. D. MoOHB. Ash'i 0< n l Pea*. Ag'i., Paaa * T'kt Agent, _Atlanta, 6iw_ChHI^Ut S, ft MONEY TO LOAN On fnrmirg landa. Haey payments. No eommiMloni charged. Borrower pays ac tual cost of per fact! tiff loan. Interest 7 par cant, np, according to security. .?NO. B. PALMER <*. SON. Oftlnmhia. H. C More calls tt?an we can poaatMr All. ftrjar anteeof pnattinna hacked \iv %sn 0. Conreee mrieica led. Bnter an v tlaie. catalorue frae. ?*.i-ir. ii. coi.rMiilA Bt'llNIll ? ;<u.i,set it,