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5 A SINNER
ET SOPHIE (
I "My, but your mornin' glories do look
nice. Miss Phemey! Wish you'd save
tie some Beed offen that white one."
: was Mrs. Ridley coming up the
;alk.
*'I will, Mis' Ridley. Come in and
bt down. There's a pa'm leaf on the
Hinge, an' mebbe you'll take a glass
ST cool water. It's a scorchln' inornig."
said Miss Phemey.
i "I would like a drink, thank you,"
wsponded Mrs. Ridley. "Seems like
when anybody's fat as I am, they just
net he't' up like a coal stove. My, that
tastes good. You got a grand well,
Miss Phemey."
The hostess smiled a flattered smile,
but before she could speak Mrs. Ridley
went 011: "1 brought over three of Mr.
Ri?lley's vests. Miss Phemey, to get
you to mend 'em. He's bu'sted 'em
ever* one right down the back, f'r all
the world like a seven-year locust, 1
tell Mm, an't seems like 1 got no time
to flx 'em, with Emma May gittin'
married next week. We're Just livin'
in a regular whirlwind, an' sorry as
I'll be to see Emma May go?not that
I don't like Charlie Koote. but you
know what 1 mean?1 cert'ney shall be
glad when all this fuss is over."
"I expect it is trying," sympathized
Miss Phemey. "Rut Emma May's always
been a good daughter, an' she
deserves a fine weddln'."
'* 'Tain't that I don't want her to
have it," said Mrs. Ridley, hastily.
"But I'm just dog-tired this mornln'*?
for the land sakes, it's half-past ten
o'clock a'reody; I got to go. You
bring them vests over when they're
done. Miss Phemey, an' I'll pay you
Tr 'em. I'd send one o' the boys over,
but Emnu. May wants you to come
particular an' see her presents, so 't'll
be klllin' two birds with one stone."
She chuckled comfortably as she
stepped outside the door.
iVliCO I lltTKIIl'J lUUMfU UlUT UtT lieparting
form with rosentful stare.
"Yes," she muttered, "she can get
Miss Maxwell to make Emma May's
weddln' clothes, but I'm good enough
to mend tip Jim Ridley's old vests. I'll
charge her 15 cents apiece, see 'f I
don't; that'll be 45 cents. Does seem
m good bit to cliurge f'r mendln' tinfee
..vests." . \ 7
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Miss ruemey^vent In and shut fout
the glare of the summer day. As |she
picked up the package of vests I her
thin little hands trembled. Tfears
sprang to her eyes and she burst! out
fiercely: " 'Taln't right! I made Eimma
May Ridley's dressB to be christened
In, little teenty baby as she was,/ an' I
made her a dress to be confirmed in,
an* I made her a dress whep she
gragwated at the high school, an/', she'd
always said I should make hen* weddiu"
dress. That flauntin' city/thing's
got all my trade! I've sewed pere all
my life and dealt honest by all / an' It's
not. fair." The tears rolled duwu her
withered cheeks and fell unheeded
upon Mr. Ridley's second bestt peppercmd-salt
vest. Presently hf>r wrath
flamed anew.
"Emma May wants you to come portickler
to see her presents! 'Taln't no
hint; oh. no? Sally Ridley needn't
'a' troubled herself to say that. I got a
present for Emma May, an'/ I'm going
to give it to her. I'd like to get even
wiiii iiic in( ine wuuie kii in oui. aesi
as if I couldn't 'a' made Emma May's
weddin' clo's. They tell me Miss Maxveil
uses a chain-stitch machine. I
always did say chainstitch machines
was made for the careless, an' 1 don't
see no reason to change my mind.
Well, 'pon my word, this vest ain't
on'y bu'sted. but frayed int' the bargain."
Miss Phcmey fell briskly to
sewing.
The next day, despite the threatening
rumble of a distant storm. Miss
Pfaemey dressed in her best and started
toward the Kidleys, carrying two packages.
She was graciously received by
Emma May, a fat. fair girl of pleasant
mien and placid disposition.
"I brought home them vests," explained
Miss Plftmey; "and here, Emma
May, is a little present I brought
for you. It'll be nice f'r your dining
room table. 1 thought." She held out
a smull white pasteboard box, with an
expression of the hcaping-coals-of-tire
kind.
"Ma." called Emma May, "come
here; Miss Phomey's brought in ^ a
butter knife; Wisht you'd look. That
cert'ney is beautiful." ?
"It's solid pilvcr," said the donor,
proudly. "My neicc down to New
"York got it for me." She received the
thanks, delivered a trifle embarrass
rui}, ui iiiinucr uiiu uaiiKiiiiT, wun
polito coolness. u*
When the brld^?iect invited her to
an inspection of the presents. Miss
Phemey looked them over and
made few comments. She turned the
eet of silver spoons, "presented by the
groom's parents," so that the pinto
mark was visible, and she Lapped the
globe of a gaudy china lamp with the
remark that th?y were just $2.25 cents
down to Ueedhmn's When she had
looked at all, she said, cheerfully:
"Now I want to scC your clothes.
Km ma May."
Mrs. and Miss Ridley exchanged
glances of annoyance, but the latter
led the way to the spare room, where,
on the bed and chair, lay the creations
of Miss Maxwell, "City Modiste."
There was the white silk wedding
f drers, the tan traveling dress, sonv
odd waists a black satin, stiff with
jet, and a "tea gown." No girl in a
country town marries without these
last indiepensible garments: they are
the real backbone of the trousseau.
Miss Phemey looked at the display,
* felt the qiinlity of the material, and
# examined th? despised chain-stitching,
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without a word. At last she said,
pleasautly conscious of paying old
scores:
"If I might persoom to criticise. I
really do think it's a pity you got your
wedding dress made with a p'inted
overskirt. All the latest fashion books
say they're not worn at all this season;
and box-pleats, too, is kind of
droppin' out. I was rcadin* only yesterday
that 'twas just the cheapest
goods was made up so any more. That
black satin's real pretty, though. Did
you see Lena Sullivan's black satin?
Hers was a beauty?finest piece of
satin I ever cut into, an' all made up
with these here pleated ruffles. Why,
Emma May, seems ii you'd be more
afraid to leave all these iine things in
here with the winder niwni fliii! f#w.r?
on the ground floor like it is. It's been
a real treat to see such elegant clothes,
an' I hope your married life'll be happy.
The Footes have all got terrible
onreasonablc tempers, they say: but
1 hope you'll be able to manage Charlie.
Good-bye, all."
Miss Pliemey walked home slowly.
Even the thought of the darts she had
planted in Mrs. Ridley's capacious
breast brought her no real comfort,
when the vision of the snowy wedding
dress rose before her.
"Things ain't edge even yet," she
mummured. A low growl of thunder
startled her and she hastened into the
house to shut out the cutting flare of
the lightning. When the kettle boiled
she set her lonely table and made tea.
The quick thump of heavy rain-drops
on the roof made her start nervously.
Night had come with the storm, and
after her supper was over. Miss Phemey
sat in the dark and meditated.
About 10 o'cloek the rain ceased, and
she flung the shutters open. The stars
were shining now. The air outside
was cool and damp and fragrant. She
looked over toward the Ridley house,
and as she did so their last light went
out. M'ss Phemey strained her eyes
to iro avail. All was darkness there.
"I'm a-going to do it." she said aloud,
determinedly. Rummaging over the
table, she found a pair of scissors. She j
took a match from the box beside the
window and unlocked the door. The
moon was creeping up, a flat disk of
pale yellow. Miss Phemey looked down
at herself and saw that she still wore
her hest dress. "It'll be all drabbled,"
she thought; then recklessly, "I don't
care, nohow."
She brushed against the dripping
flowers beside the garden path, and
held her breath as the gate gave a [
whining cr-e-ak. Out on the road,
walking noiselessly, she went. Once
she heard a team coming and crouched
in a corner of the worn fence, behind
a little sweet-gum sprout, till it was
pnst. She recognized the doctor's
rig and her heart came up in her
throat and beat there, with great
frightened leaps; but he passed by
safely and she crept on.
At last, after a seemingly unending j
journey, she reached the Ridleys' gate. !
The maples threw deep shadows, and, ]
so sheltered, she reached the house.
Round to the left wing?slowly?slowly?and
the window was still open!
She stopped and looked in. The moonlight
lay in patches on the floor, the
dresses spread upon the bed, and there,
within reach, it fell upon the wonderful
pearl beading of the wedding dress
and made scintillating lights. Miss
Phemey saw all this and slowly?slowly
?her hand went out toward the glis
tening beads. A quick jerk, and the
waist of Emma May Ridley's wedding
dress lay across her knees. She sought
tho seam in the middle of the back.
She could feel the dispised chainstitching
and she slipped her fingers
deftly along toward the collar. What
was this? A lose end of thread?a little
pull?r-i-i-i-ip it was done! In a
spasm of fear Miss Phemey hustled the
waist through the window, back into
place, and ran into the concealing
shadow. Out to tlie gate, down the
road again?she was almost home.
Suddenly she stopped and gave a little
chuckle.
"Them bastln's '11 hold it together
so nobody '11 s'spect?lucky she left
'em in. But when Emma May puts
it on, big an' fat as she Is, It'll bu'st
square up the back like a frog." She
couldn't help laughing at the idea; it
tickled her fancy so. She forgot her
wet feet, her draggled, muddy skirts,
and went to bed with a smile still
pulling at the corners of her mouth.
The next morning the exposure had
done its work. She was hoarse and
feverish, and there was a sharp pain
that stabbed her at. every breath.
"Threatened with pneumonia," the
doctor said, and commanded her not
to stir from her bed. though she could
not have done so had she so wished.
TUo nAUkl.?- ...
i in.- u> ijiiiuui n were very Kind and attended
her faithfully, and the tenth
day found her sitting up. very weak
and frail, but with life in her eyes and
voice.
Mrs. Emerson, the town gossip, came
in and brought a bundle.
"Jest as soon as you git able. Miss
Phemey. I want you to make mo .1
dress. It's one Mr. Emerson got me
over to Bristol, an' he showrd real
good taste for a man, I must say.
Look a-lxere, ain't that fern leaf real
pretty?"
"It's just beautiful," assented Miss
Phemey. "Seems If you'd have Miss
1 Maxwell make it up, bein' she's from
the city and all."
She'll never cut Into a piece of
goods f'r me. I c'n tell you," raid Mrs.
Emerson, with cmphnals. "Ain't nobody
told you how she made Emma May
Ridley's weddlu' dress and never
| sowed up th2 back, an' Emma May.
not Buspicionin'. put it on an' bu'stcd
it chan wide open? O' course, you
was sick an' didn't git to the weddin*;
but I was there, an' the weddin' party
was nigh an hour late jest on that account.
Nothin' but a bastin' thread
to hold it together; such shifleRsness!
Course, bein' bad luck, Krnma May
never tried on the dress after it com:*
home, like she did the others, an' I
c'n tell you she was hoppin'. People
at the church didn't know what on
earth was the matter. No 'ndeed.
Miss Maxwell makes no clo's f r me."
After her visitor was gone. Miss
Phemey lay back on her pillows and
looked out of the window a long time.
" 'Twas an awful mean trick. I
know," she said at last. " Twas right;
but I got tb's spell o' sickness to pay
up fer it, an' that butter-knife was
solid silver and real expensive. I'm
evened up all 'round?an* somehow?
I jest can't care."?Ladles' World.
HOW CROKER FICHTS A FIRI.
In tlio ltiri) o?" l liuiw* IN* Cnn't Stuml
IUIii- ltoih?re?l.
Croker's method of directing tile
fight on a fire is typical, says Lindsay
Denison in Everybody's Magazine.
Bonner taught the fire-chiefs of the
world to take up a position commanding
the best possible view of the fire,
and to hold it; issuing orcK rs to the
deputy commanders and receiving reports
from them without moving from
the spot. Croker's first step 011 reaching
a fire is to look over the building
thoroughly; then he selects his position
commanding a view, but he does
not stay in it; he leaves Oswald there
and starts out on a dare-devil chase
through the lire. He goes to every
spot where there are men at work and
to many where there are not. Everywhere
he drives the men, encourages
in em, warns mom, and directs mom.
From time to time ho sends a messenger
back to Oswald with an order for
a change in the disposition of the attacking
force, or for a call for re-cnforccnicnts.
He may be traced around
the outskirts of the (ire by the feverish
ferocity with which the firemen
work where he has been. His very
presence seems to transform thorn
into jumping erows of devils, and the
spoil docs not pass from them until
they have soon him toss aside his helmet,
null the crumpled brown hat
over his eyes, and stick a black cigar
siantwise in the corner of his mouth.
When the chief docs these things, the
(ire is out. It may smoke and sputter
for hours, hut it is beaten, there
is no more light left in it; all that remains
is the "wotting down."
Once a man stood in front of Croker
and obstructed his view of a building
which was burning. Croker did not
ask him to stop aside, neither did he
push him out of the way; he knocked
him down. Afterwards he denied violently
that he had struck anybody; he
could not remember any incident of
the sort. Hut he could remember with
absolute accuracy every order thai lie
had Riven to his men, he knew from
what engine every one of the 20 lines
of hose had received water. Another
time he struck a police captain in the
face for asking the question. "Fire almost
out, chief?" There was murder
I in his eyes when he struck the blow,
but in the same second he was giving
orders to his aides in as calm and
cold tones as though he were asking
them the time of day. His own expression
for the feeling that comes over
him at such times as these is that he
"can't stand being bothered at fires."
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
By applying a prolonged pressure of
18.000 pounds to the square inch a
Montreal professor makes marbles
flow like molasses.
The censorship is a very real tiling
in China. There, anyone who writes
an objectionable book is punished with
100 blows of the heavy bamboo and
banished for life.
The Danube flows through countries
in which ail languages and dialects ar<>
spoken. It is 2000 miles in length, and
bears on its currents four-flfths of the
1 commerce of Europe.
An eel nearly nine feet long, two
feet and four inches in girth and
weighing; 148 pounds was recently
| caught on the beach at Snettisham,
near Huntstanton. England.
Red snow is frequently seen in the
j Arctic and Alpine regions. Chemical
experiments have led to the eonclu|
sion that the red color is due to the
I presence of vegetable substance.
An immense trade is done in China
in old English horseshoes, which are
considered the best iron in the world
for making small household articles,
such as bracelets, hooks and bolts.
The town of Nylstrom. South Africa,
received its name .10 years ago. During
a trekking expedition the lJoers, it
appears, came upon a river and at once
wrote to their friends saying that they
had just reached the Nie.
Some remarkable relics of the early
/.IrilOotin,.
vXIMMItlVIl <11 linn- ICITIllI)
been unearthed and deposited in tu
British Museum. Among them Is a
beautiful impression of a royal seal
which represents the king wrestling
with a hippopotamus and spearing a
crocodile. That must have been the
kings busy day.
S?rprl??il itl tlio Clock.
"What time Is it?" asked his wife,
suspiciously, as he came in.
"About one."
Just then the clock struck three.
"Gracious! When did the clock
commence to stutter?" he said, with a
feeble attempt at Justification and u
, joke.?Philadelphia Timos.
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About Ihmiii
Beans are divided into two classes,
pole or running and dwarf. These
are again divided into wax, green podded.
white and English. The first
two are eaten pods and all. The wax
beans are considered the richest but
arc not as hardy as the green-podded.
Itnx Stall*.
Every barn should have one or more
box stalls in it for the accommodation
of sick animals and cows that are
about to calve, large enough so thai
the animal could turn round, and those
working about it would have room
enough, and it should bo on the sunny
side of the building and well ventilated.
Tho M nrtn.
The cabbage worm is hatch d from
nn egg laid by tho white butterfly.
Numerous remedies have been proposed,
hut the best method is to destroy
as many of the butterflies as
possible. Hot water, saltpetre, black
pepper, etc.. have not given satisfactory
results. The kerosene emulsion
will prevent attack, but it leaves an
odor on the cabbage. For a small
patch insect powder is excellent, but
it must bo used frequently. Paris
gre n is used, but consumers object,
fearing its poisonous effects, though
it is claimed as a safe remedy.
Proper Food for I.living Hen*.
Haying hens require food rich in tho
elements which compose the albumen
or white of the egg. The carbonaceous
material is plentifully supplied when
they are given corn and wheat, but
meat. milk, linseed meal, bran, finely
cut clover, gluten meal and bone meal
should also be given by way of variety.
Those foods need not he allowed
every day, but may be fed as required,
or about three times a week.
Tho ground commercial meat should
be given if fresh meat is not obtainable.
Cow peas may be grown as a
special food for poultry, as they cannot
be excelled when used for layiug
hens and growing chicks.
Coii<|Ueriiii; lliit Onion Mitceot.
In some sections the onion maggot
is the greatest nuisance. These ure
hatched from the eggs deposited hy a
fly in the leaf just below the surface
of the ground. This trouble is more
apt to appear in old beds, yet not always.
for 1 have had crops greatly injured
by the maggot on ground but
two years from the sod, on which onions
were never before grown. Thick
planting is to a degree a wise precaution,
but as the fly passes from onion
to onion, depositing her eggs, the b? ?I
will present but a patchwork of a crop
at the best.
Many remedies are prescribed, hut
most of them are practically worthless
on largo areas, as they involve
the outlay of too muc,h time .and raon
1 cy. The two that I have most faith in,
founded on the experience of myself
and neighbors, is to run over the bed
with a roller immediately after plant inK.
This compacts the earth so that
the fly cannot so readily deposit her
eggs below the surface. The other
remedy is to dot the piece with cinalh
movable coops, which confine the hens
hut permit the young chicks to ramble;
these will soon learn to be on the
watch for the IIy. Sometimes a slight
change of location will give ground
free from the maggot. The coming
and going of the maggot is well illustrate
1 in my own experience. The
laud which 1 am now cultivating to
onions is free from the maggot, though
years ago it was so infested 1 was
fairly banished front it. ! sometimes
meet the idea that the pest is earrh d
Ir. the seed. This is untrue, because
impossible, as all entomologists will
agree.?J. J. 11. Gregory, in New England
Homestead.
When How to I'runr,
All persons familiar with birch*
and maples know that if any limbs
lore taken from thorn in the late winter
or spring time, the stubs will bleed
freely for a number of weeks; and if
such limbs are large ones, they seldom
heal over before decay bus commenced
in them.
Apple and pear trees will bleed more
or Uss when pruned at the same sea
sons of the year: and for that reu.-< i
nc? pruning, when large limbs are to
he taken off, should be done at that
time of the year. When pruning i.-done
during the midsummer months,
the stubs commence to heal over quite
soon, and tli y can be painted within
a few days after pruning, if the weath|
or is warm and dry. which cannot be
done, and have the paint hold, if tlio
pruning is done before the bleeding
has ceased to flow. During the sum
mer months the sap is thickening for
the making of new wood and is largely
near the bark and not in the older
wood of the trees. Trees that are
pruned in the spring are from one to
two years longer in healing than if
pruned in summer, and that fact is of
great importance when the life and
health of the trees are taken into consideration.
Now how should a tree ho pruned ?
Should the stubs ho left King or short,
or with .as little wood as the circumstances
will permit. Any person who
has taken much notice of how others
have pruned, as wall as his own work,
has noticed that the longer the stubs
are loft the longer they are In healing
over, and in many cases they never
heal over, but dry up or decay, which
in many cases is tho beginning of the
decay and death of the tree.
One other error in pruning is often
made in not sawing the limbs off as
nearly as possible perpendicular with j
tho body cf the trees or the larger
limbs from wcicli they are taken. lJy
taking off the limb3 perpendicular
rather than horizontal, more or less,
the lower parts of the stub or wound
will heal over nearly or quite as soon
as the upper part.?Jonah II. Pries, in
The Country Gentleman.
tho Soil.
That an animal may be inoculated
with disease or with rome remedy for
disease, is well known, but the science
of agriculture has so far advanced
as to aid In inoculating the
soil. This subject has been previously
treated, but experiments are being
made every year, and they add much
information for farmers who are interested
in soil inoculation. In Farmers'
Bulletin No. 124 the United States agricultural
department gives the reports
of results in this direction. Nitrogen
is the most expensive fertilizer.
yet it is tho most abundant, forming
four-fifths of the atmosphere.
though only under rare conditions is
free nitrogen available for plant
growth It has long been known, how- i
ever, that leguminous plants, such as
clover, alfalfa and cow peas, are rich
in nitrogen, and increase the nitrogen |
contents of the soils upon which they ;
arc grown. They have the power to
appropriate the free nitrogen of the
air. but only when small nodules aro
found on their roots. It is now he- j
lieved that these bacteria draw their
nitrogen from the air and convert it
into forms which can be utilized by
the plants on which the nodules grow. J
Whenever one or more of the legumin- j
ous crops are grown it should be tho
duty of the grower to carefully exam- '
ine the roots of some of the plants for !
these nodules, if they are not found
then the plants will not make any ac- I
tual gain in nitrogen, hut when a crop
like clover has been grown at inter- j
vals for a number of years it is proba- ;
ble that the soil contains the proper
bacteria for forming the nodules, hut
the bacteria growing upon the roots <
of clover may not grow upon the roots 1
of another genus, such as the cow pea
or vetch. Every genus has its own J
characteristic bacteria. When the nodules
are not formed on the roots of
the plants it is possible to produco
them by inoculating the soil by pro- j
curing soil from a field which has proflllpod
n f*rr*n i if t lin c:i nm I'ind whinli
had the nodules or> the roots.
The soil may he inoculated when the '
seed of the crop is sown, or at some |
time during its growth. In Kansas '
inoculated soil was obtained from a
soy bean field in Massachusetts, and 1
by scattering it over the Kansas land
plants with tubercles were grown, pro- |
during rn increased field and a higher
percentage of nitrogen. Several methods
of inoculating were tried. Tim
seeds were thoroughly wetted in a
bag suspended in water into which
some of the Massachusetts soil had [
been stirred. Again, the dry soil was
broadcasted over some plots, and in
oth< r cases was drilled in with the
seed. The best results were obtained
by drilling in the inoculated earth. To j
secure plenty of the inoculated soil
the following is the method: In a row
500 feet long incorporate 100 pounds of
inoculated soil at the time of sowing
the seed. After harvesting the crop
take up the soil in the row to the depth
of four or live inches and spread it
on boards in the shade to dry. When
dry it may be stored away for use in
sacks. When planting a field to sow
beans or cow peas apply the inoculated
soil with the seed by means of a
fertilizer attachment to a grain drill,
or broadcast for clover, but do not
overlook the fact, as stated, that inoculated
soil for soy beans will not answer
for cow peas. Each kind of legume
has its own special bacteria. '
There are also artificial cultures hot- |
tied for use. known as "nitragln." but
which are too costly to use, except as '
a "stirter," from which a certain
amount of sc.il <-.?n he inoculated. Any j
farmer who will procure a two bushel j
nag of soil from a fi Id upon which ;
clover, cow peas, soy beans, vetch or
any other legume has been grown, provided
the roots of sucli plants contain
nodules, may inoculate bis own soil |
for such crop.-.
Experiments with hairy vetch, |
grown on a soil for the first time, one |
lot of seed was dipped into a water
solution of earth from an old garden
spot upon which v tch had been grown
and for comparison another plot was
sown without treatment. The inoculated
plants had large clusters of tu- '
percales on the roots and produced 2i?tn I
pounds of cured hay per acre. The
uninoculated plants had no tubcrcules
and produced only lb'112 pounds of hay.
In a crop of crimson clover inoculated
seed produced an av< rage of '1057
pounds, while the uninoculated seed
produced only 7?">1 pounds per acre.
These results were at the Alabama station.
the commercial bottled "nltragin"
being used. The gain in nitrogen
is large, that from the inoculated
crimson clover being about 148 pounds,
while the nitrogen from the uninoculntr.l
i>lot was less than five Mounds.
The inoculated hairy vetch pave over
10.r> pounds of nitrogen and the uninoculrted
only seven pounds. At tlio
Mississippi station the yield of hairy
vetch was increased over G4 percent by
scalt ring inoculated soil in the drills.
The nodule* will, no doubt, in time, develop
without inoculation, hut th-?.
work is slow, honce it is better to
inoculate the soil. It will probably
bo found not necessary to inoculate
soils that are capable of producing
large crops of the legumes, as no doubt
the nodules will be found on the roots
in such ciuses, but for poor soils that
are deficient in nitrogen, and upon
which the leguminous plants do not
thrive, the coil should bo inoculated.
Superstitious persons say that a
wart cut off by tying a silk thread
round It and drawing the ends tightly
will naver return.
LA30R WORLD. 1
Croat Britain imports cue-tIiI:\J of
her food.
Italy now supplies considerably ovc.*
one-third of the world's silk crop. ?
Snusag^mnkers in New York City
arc demanding a shorter workingday.
The Irish linen Industry is said to by
just holding its own in the textile markets*
of the world.
Boilermakers at Bayonne, N. J., havo
I ciiui-K lui- an lucreiilQ or pay aud tlionlnc-liour
work da>\
! Tko Machine and Tool Company, of
Toledo, Ohio, the largest plant there,
has signed the union scale.
Five unions of blast furnace workers,
at Youngstown, Ohio, will ha, the
nucleus for a national organization.' -v
The skilled workers on the rapid
transit tuur.el ia New York City have
struck, practically- stopping construction.
Bricklayers and masons at New Ycrk
City have returned to work. They
; will receive sixty cents an hour, a'j
J advance of live cents,
j The striking bricklayer.'. plasterers
and masons at Trenton, N. J., have returned
to work. They will get Sd.oO a
day and work eight hours.
Owing to the depressed condition of
manufacturing industries in tlcnnauy
twenty-live per cent, cf the workmen
of the country are cither idle or itisaklcleutly
employed. (
President O'Connell. of the Machinists'
Association, at Washington, said
he would rceomiucml a movement for V
a nine-hour day on all the railroads of
the country, and a strike if the demand
is not granted.
The different unions in the tailoringtrade
in New York City. Brooklyn,
?.....ii1111 i>c\vuru nave issnovl
n notice to the manufacturers that
they are preparing for a light for theabolition
of the middlemen in the
clothing trades. Who
think* of the United States as
a large importer of agricultural products?
Will not the statement that
its importations of foreign-grown products
exceed in value all its vast exports
of grain of every kind, including
wheaten tlour, by $17u.ut>0.000 excite
surprise? Such Is nevertheless
the fact. The United States Iiepartineut
of Agriculture's report states the
total value of the principal agricultural
imports for the year that ended
Juneau. 1SKM1, at $42u.i:V.).2SS. Our
com I lined exports of cotton aiul eor- ^
eals for the same period were valued
at $4ha.uoo.ooo. using round tigures.
The total value ot all our agricultural
exports for that year was cSll,tilt;.."ai>,
so that the American people are Inlying
very nearly half as uiueh farm and
plantation produce from foreigners as
< hey arc selling to tliem.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Ccntml Time at Jacksonville) aai Savnanala
Eastern Time at Other Points.
Schedule in KTi-ct Jim. 27th. IDJ1.
NOHTIIIIOl'.M). 7^?'i'S ^ '
Daily Dauy ex su
tv. .lacivviimi.f u'. ) ... a ;ijn 7 46 p 1- -vo
" .Mvmm:iii v^> Ky > l -'.V.p,12 U)n 4oJi)
" bill IIWeil , 4'2.,p 4lMa
" btuekviuo 4oi'v 4ita &;ap
Ar. Oo:u??liui_ .. v.- 0 1 "'t' 0 lu? ?4o^
Lv. Chur.c>;ou, uy ; w ., jiuopl s>2.>i?
touiiiliiervilie 7 4ia l.Uootj lioi>V>
Hiauo?iv...o a .Son 2 Don 7 60
" Orangeburg p fca , 46a 7 .Vo>
' Kingville lu l.Sa 4 26a ' ?W?
Kr. Columbia . li 00a 6 66u Pb4t>
bv. AmputR, t&ol ivy.) ouupi"vtiup| ITajp
Lv. Oriuutcv-ihu a aap lo 16p
Lv-.Aii.eu aiap 7 lip
Lv. 1 ronton 4u2p lUXml
" Johnston 4 17p 11 Jot.'
Ar. Columbia, (L*. D.) i 66p 2 lea:
Lv. Columbia, tbidg ot 6Atp ti 2un !?iVp
" \V innslHiro 7 lap) 7 fea loa.v
;; V'bl't'Vr 8o1p' swain 24p
Hoek Hill ?BBp N 46ft 11 4S1>
Ar. Chwrlotto . ? y gup 0 46n 12 liia
A: Dim villa 12 ilu1! gipj a 11a
Ar. itictunong . * rtUJH H26p'
Ar. SVasnmgvou . ; a.?|"a5ut.;10 16%
Huluuioro tPa.KU) 0 lin'll Biplll 26a
" Pliiiudeiphlu llA'.a 2 irta! 1 UtlA
J "?? iwk I aOBp 1126a; 4 ISA
Lv. Columbia 1140a; 8 2Uai
Ar. Spartanburg 6 10p!ll 25u
' Afh? villo 7 lop! 2 4?pj
Ar Knoxvilie 4 lia 7 Bop
Ar. Oineinnaii ~ 7 ?ip 7 Aa . .. 1
Ar. Louisville .TT.. ~ i < 4upi 7 floai
SOUTH UOUXD. 7VJ'i"! N'o.ss No.Bl
Duily Dally ex e>u
Lv. Louisville .. . . ~ ~ 7 46u \ 4up
Lv. < 'l.-ieiimau .. " I M .H.a ?l?jp
I \ U' 111 I voi I !a t >1 .. ' ~ ,
u<. i -ia o ?-.m
" Aahcvllio nun' a05l>;
' Spartanburg 11 4Cmi OlSpl
Ar. winmUto I h2jpl l)KUyl
Lv. isevv YorkiPu.ti.li) i HiJbp lt'liio: i-4,tu
" Philadelphia ; 00op I';V? 318p
" Baltimore ! t -^7p ?l isda 52.V
Lv. WinW'iit'n (.So.Hy>... fltOpll lt> 085f>
Lv. Ki<*nnin i.? TT"i-jp IaTihi1 . ...
Lv. Danvlllo t .,*4? . i
l?v. Charlotte llw H(6p! 4-la
' liook Kill I Pirn lulAp i u,u
" Ohrstor 1 ti.taUljp V.la
" Vjiniyboro . lv) 1 :? l.'u.,u tl t/'rv
Ar. Co.uiu'v.fi, t lildg St 11 v.'-a 1 lja 7 o.a
Lv. ( tiluiiMiiit, iU. !>.) il .'ft 4 ;*<n
' Jonr.Htua i 1 Dip r. Ibo
' Trenton | 1 );!;> 8 4wi
Ar. Aiken 7 nr. It 1j?
Ar. tiruiitcrillo * 13p 7 l>n
Ar. Aryan'n . ... v . 2C0p strna 103Jt>
Lv. Columbia tso. ityj 4UUp|Tatel 7 OPi
" Kiiikvillv 4 4in> It'll ' Uj\
" Orangeburg... &!ttp'U46n 8 4la
' Hrnnchtillo filjpj 4 26n 0 S.a
" Summorvlllo "Ulpl 5 57aiu:<oa
Ar. Cnwrlcuon L . H15p. , una 11 ITi*
Lv. Columbia (So. Ky.) li .tea 1 lia 70t?
" Biookviilc 1 10p i 67n 8 liia
" Barnwell 1 ,'4p ? lin
" Savannah .. 3 Hop f 'Am 10 2Jr?
Ar. Jm-k-^vll h ip. ?:.) 7 4upi 0 26n! 2 20p
hioepinf; Car Sorvioe.
Excellent dally passenger acrvico Ik-t ween
Fiorida and Nt v\ York.
Nov .1 outiNew Yorlt and Florida Limited.
Iiaii.v usi-ejii Sundal, rnnipOMid exclusively
or l'ulln.an finest l'riivvtng Komi .Sircir
lop. Compartment and Observatory Curs bo
iv?ooa r\"\v York.t" lum'.iu and >t. Aucuntme.
i iliu.au >. K onra Iwiwi^n Au?rrHtn au l
A!) i lUifl Nowk run- Irom 4Q|Qlt> to
l.'o.uiiiliia \ia H.u-kviliw 1 urior curs Ixr
iwoci) Charleston ui(1 O'oumbiit.
Niw. J> nr.d ?v<?Now York ami Florida Et[
rcks. Drawing-room alec'.inj <nrs twuvcca
Augusta and New York. Pullman druwinir*
room iilec|iiiii; . urs between Fort Tun:\>n. Jacksonville,
buvunnan Washington and \ ow York.
I^tUmon alfctd in* cars l.ct\s?o:i Charlotte ami
Kichmond. Dining cant beiwoeu Cuiirlutla
and Havuannb.
Nos. .i5 and TU5?IT. 8. Fast Mail. Through
Pullman drawing-room buffet aleernag car-" between
Jacksonville and Now York and Pullman
tdceping oars l>etween Augusta and Churlotie.
Dining cars serve all mcnls esironto.
Pullman mceping run letwrfn Jack
and Columbia enrouto dn.iv between Judutoavtllc
and Cincinnati, via AioovUle.
KKaNK A.OANNOK, n. H. H ARDW1CK,
TMrd V-P.C*eu. Mgr., Oau. Pa? A(iWashington,
D. O. Wiuthiugtou. L>. 0.
W. H. TALOE, ft. W.BUNT, I
Aat torn. Paa*. Ar t., Idv Pana. Ag't.. _gM
Atlanta. Oa. Char tea ion, a. C.