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-- c,pyright, 1S .- 1, c'It k 1U l.I It w:s in Ihat v"oyIgt' that I took in the Rlmphirr th:at I nlade ' luly n'ind to knock off the Ft a. \\' ':.i hont'ward bong lookoult n,'t :Ila"k night on the tok'ale, w\'hcn, fil It' ;I' a yt ilng spit. of Soaking bl.st sl:II, ino I y face, I lifts up m3 tI t ti-t a"d l'ti; it dow il (itt tal. lt 4H O. t1:4 .'il year had I the rail. For inl , th n vrlu ttset th14 sea. aind wlt.tt \as it com' to? Al old chest, t\ot or thrre shifts of tags, a pair of sea hoot, and, 311ll 1ni', 1it mnore. Through thl hilu-rrttviienc'e of [lit, sailor? Iy thttiler, then, li) What's Provide'nc' got Ilt 4144 with sii"h a withered lift' a' the otc:nti SavilI umeans gettlinfg, al whit' io il;ggels is the getinLg to be foolntl wit re it's :l1 living hart, fatinPg h:irdt ting hard and going to h, 11 after all: Beef you coubI his l it) stch blocks, pork ti o fold to grtai' your boots with, kick1{ andt t'ltl'es aft, \\t andc fatnine ftrrn -- i it t:' l n i nough.' W ith a fik' le 54o fll t tilc'd I tlttth menl---why, when t hcy 1t lt t he I lish redl ensign the th;lg's Illh, hitt II r,"5t lie since Annyvniu. atil "oldna:. But how :S I to gl a iin'g ahor ? That. was the <t ti tbn tl <i cullditi my at tettio i \' I Idl d clth,' tld't itn seitud te. I'di 1ay to ty In at, " it 'fid yiOtl do if youin l : t i' tn l 14d slke was for p:oiu to sea :1.tn, :tntl the rest Wastfor thl minI It f tn so little of lift a o i- that I "r a: 't guess how muen goit iti liv in:g, 'i mt was:l merchault: sI ' was a ny, who traded. What w\as a eitlil.': wa1~ cov'ey' wtl t i t t'n a \1t t,' n wr t inl 't book. No u' . of Iy hyinp I coutri for tht liit.c of th1at. ?ly t t W. t t to the' cotuntry, dl,cep inland. I tlie I'dl like to lt i job undi'r I a L t gard'n er. I'l feel pit a,t u hIn iV1it i g ht if reaping wt:Iat and enit ng414 down gl ass, of Poling hornl at sunl, w\n r,n lopl tt' a wagon i:i of hay,th ai sw eta. ''hm ll I' t4, h1\l', ''s \\. '' tr. nuts, and(l sit ting14 lt.ttwn t (f 11 luisting blowout of tit :ui 1l rgl :t v i l bi'1,'s :ulcl breadl and chc, s', awayin, salt WateUr! d I hl l lkt ! I wt alit'ut :I' :' r t - a:ld and lk ed 1 'tt 45.1 ibsa ous -': l i t s 1 vi y ii , ;-l' ' (ie1 t ha i w\"eath'. Ih . : ,il a \e\t l a a;lt t l i:ts t1ld lt 44' l it' 1 1' 4I( It t ill ,it i otllp a l4 hilly' w\cl'' th:llt a do,';i ttl< Vltal, an,il if s<tll 1,li i a\, \ i't , th iii tht' in liiUl howx a..;n: sayenus <he Iu'il 11lt'' i d h i\' 11 tt soup til 1 it : ut t wrinkh : l hc: Shit ' r u l \!y 1:414 : ll 1, alatng With tht' te st . \\;s lm ; : t Tl' lh, ro Was 22 'oilsr' %'t or ;lh , ' l"" 1.hu lirulnb'c 1S w t 1 1tti ni .fill Lorokn- *trit, i'. n1ey, il t.l, ald sllent i ii ht. hi n I was at. :1 lor. Th :u1n11 , Ilal' t ii. loltt July w\ai .\Ir . '2r,ot r, :an trl 1 , r hl-, ban 1wa1 a Iinu . .\111 1111( in h41r tun) dhy rinotiw lIaelIel 11( 1( 1411s gling ICo tok t the oap' EWt :1hot n4ie, it 11o.s:44 J llCx l ba -fo.ete 1110i ;OS \lhillgr "Certinly ofir0, '4411 it oilwers. Ol "'41 nt lt'si' 11411 ut b ''e g, 4ys 1.( "i'ni wio og t" lCe1144 v't iIS144 Shehoe's lit-gilig( : tof a4 tiarlOr,43' ao littl lin hi ove utw mantel ief,l n d l . g ,z ,wih o s t ''Ihtl forlo t:i-dliagliflatents,rtindy frltw l c1Joilhl h1z4w.Sagti toCime it':" 941s 1. -rnigdw "Wy ys sy setmiig."t "Yntour nveu. " a ol" tls I p'n ut fornin ap tand took afthro saidltn:m alpell lith and01 shcomi hlat fo4( r omeh time, ind tI wantiym toWell wrct how I ought to1 go to work0' "You'll uyour agot "h ofy sh, loini 0 and o'erIV'leii-iigo tu times 11a1 1bn arsiuiiins andoi'ig to wan for la 1jobrbery norn atei "tNo morl Cwater for1l.Al e g," s .i e"ight potr "m tsays sh eso. h Tought shde~ meant,R1 s'methoing GA=: RUSsU. for another ship They non-t"wiant siu ors on dry laud. You'll be drove buck to it. " When I returned to my lodging. I found at lotter ailressed to Mr William Pooley. "Blistered if it ain't been seen arter all!" said I, grinning like a fool. I opens the letter and, going to the window, holds it out andui reads it. It was from a gent, saying ho had seen my ad!vertisomeltt and Wias willing to give ine a job, but I muust invest .m01110 molley along w if t him Mrs. Bloomer said that 1nISt look to get" i number of lotters of thmt. sort. They was all thieves who wrote 'Ilm, and I was to take 11o notico. S ho tore tho letter up, fearing that I imlight h teipted to call upon the old Will, after that letter I heard no more. Who Was a-going to seo my Itmo down ill that thero corner? I looked round at tho ortico four days after tho itice had a ppeared tind says to at clerk, "ct'onsidering, " I say's, "the cost I'vo Ieei put to, I'm sulrprised, " says I, "not to have got anty answers." "Plut it in aIgilln, " says ho. "Down in tlihat corner?" says I. "\hat's your chargo for half of ono of them paiges of your'n with that thero notico printed l:ig, right amidships of the white?" Wo don't do business in that sort of way, " says ho. "If wo did, the cost 'ud keep you o wvind'ard of jobs for tho rest of your shilling days. " - When I got to tho lodging that- after nwon, AI i::. Bloomer told 11e a party had, called to sco 1110. "Something in the job line?" says I. "I cian't, say, I'1n sure," says sto, andl(1 I theuig ht. that her milllOr was eb.angel. S ho had i sort of cast in her (yes aucl looked at the wall past my head, t bough she was it-staring hard at mle, taking lte inl. "\hait did the party want?" says I. "She was a female, " she answers. "I bielivsill 'ii be ablo to lind you a job, Mr. Pooley. She'll be hero at half past 10 tomorrow morning if convenient to yvou." I went to my room and smoked a pipe. Thwro was no letters inl answer to my tint ico. The paper might have -the big gist circullatiotn in the world, but its corner piees wasn't read. Whait femalo party was this a-asking after me? A gooudl imnly women kept-shops. Numbers was wilows ill the 'bacey, sweetment 1nd ot her lines. Any sort of at job ashore \wonld suit lue, 11d ono to my taste for .ll I knew might be coming along to torriw at half past 10. Illf past 10 (!amtoe roundI right enough, fur if theo's one thing that never dis aIp,iints at muan it's time. That old bloke, dIrawied wiithi a beard and1( a log ghIass, atlways keeps his blushling word. 'Tero was no lettecr froml the largest circultat ion. 1 had11 como11 back froma get tinlg a niiouithful (If btreakfast and1( was a-shaving-it was about half past 10 Whii le I wats all hutther comles a knock, anid MNrs. liloomer sinigs Out, "'Mr. Pool(y, thei party t hat e1l led yeouterdauy is awal iting to Slo yolu in 11y3 parlor. '' 'Right,'" says I, andl wiping off' thoe 5(oap1 1 put Oin 1my3 jac~ket and1( wenlt dlown stairs. There was a womanut and( 11er little hoy stalitdinig by the t abio. Sihe wioro a Igreen hat anid looked .to be got up for a Suniday outinig. 'VT boy fill his tidy looks was hi keone o1(f themll ChIidren that sings in the( streets ailong with mlenl inl ('leanl jumpers~1 and1( women~ wit h b.abiis unde11r t heir shawl"s. Mrs. 13loom 5r, sitamdlig besidio 111h door. 5113y, " Thlis is .lri Pooley,." Whien I ste-Is ini, tihe wo11ii too1k antd dod(i(g'ed a1 iit, shtoo ting hert headth 1irst toi 1o11, thIeni fto stalrboard, 1-sew dli iving of htor eyes itt tleo with tile twistinogs of hecr face. She then says fauiit ly: 1.or--whyl3--yes, lili"1' Attd gratspintg thte t able silo fell to rockinIg herself, - very quliet ly, saingtl 1n1ce or tio' soft ly, "13il1, 13ill," 'but wit h a tnoto of such grief 11ux( reprolach that ani old goal mlighlt havie beenl mioved byv it. (o "W\Vhat's this?'' says 1, turning upoi Mrs. lilootmer "Ohi. 13i1l," shriieks the wonuna 0n11 8suiden, hold(Iig 0111 hecr hands to me 0, ''(oin't pretetnd not1 to kn iow 11u0 if 1'1l 5. ownt lit tle William. Hie was I mtotth Andil with1 ihaf sihe lifts hIIim right on t hto tile table, enl litg (tut: '"h ook tat you h10 father', liilly. Asko im if ho ?111 aishamledl t(1 hlav lefIt h1is 1po1or wifo f< 1(d say whethe11r ill was0 al iv or 11 dead1(?" '55 ill thot largest circue: hioli ate read I tl- j rs. Illolnet-'s face was ii ko a sluj) figurehlead, hlard wvithI feelings. Lt, . ''You're quiito miistakenl. '" says I. al- never' wasl nltarried iii1 this heire' world r- and so if I've got a wife sho must tie a idl anigel." it ' 'Never was maltrried( I'" shte sereliumi( 5. runnling up to me, while thit boy Slut >k out, ' 'Mother, I shall ftillI'' and5 lr: 11 Bloomer put him dlown. '"Never wi 3' inarried I'' she shrieks. ' 'D'you1 tttlan1t 1- Say yeou forget 'cor.rtitng Itl ait luly ft :s t her's, Simon11 Dadds, who kept thte bol1 tillery' called tile Sinking Star, on011 I Sandichi'1 rotid? N 'ver was mariedli o, a1 (1ui(k rattle like coail from ai til "when'i the church waIs St. Georgo's, a SDeal, and1( the (dato Jutne 24, 187( Neve' wats ma1ried? Oh, Bill I" And seIzimg itO by) tile arm, shoe pullIs me) t tile windw n sobis Oult:"hBi, yeol amt't so chianiged, I can't ho! I'y IiJbeent 1lon1( for nigh six yoars. Look a toiyour ch Iilid. It's 1310 as ha11d1iman (dono0 for him11, or whelre'dl ho ho? Doll' say you (1011't know 111. I never oxpeot or d thait. ix And here, lettitng go of lay arm, sh oburies her face antd lets fly all lho neorves inl screechings. "Why don't you comlfort 1her?" smy Mr.Bloomer. "Whly don't you?" says I. "Siho's go After coulstiWring the thing ad ui derstandinit it might find me a chane if it did no moro I walked round to an other liew$l-aper with the samo pieco that had appeared in tho corner of the largest circu4ation, only instead of sign ing my natue William Pooley to it I took the namo of William Treakell, my mother's uimo aforo her marriage, partly because I reckoned that as Wil liam Pooloy I'd had all the innings I was going to got, whilo Treakoll was liko starting' on a fresh voyage, and partly becauso I didn't want my name to meet the eyo of the lying party. And now I'm at-going to tell you what, I ditra say, you'll not believe, but if it ain't true then my eyes aren't twins. Two days after the pieco had ap peared I u'turned to Stepney from a oruiso to Rlgent street. When I walks in, Mn. Gamblo oalled out from her back room, "Is that you, Mr. Pooloy?' "Pooley it is," says I, stopping at the foot of the steps. Sho comeis out., and, looking hard at me, says, "'Thero's been a party, with a boy, inquiring arter you." "Fenialo party?" says I. "Yes, " sho says. " What does she want?" "Shil says that her husband left her when her chil(d was a months old. He vas it seafaring - man. His na-mo Was P'ooley, " says she, looking at mo very lard. "Io didn't always used to sign m under that name, and sometimes hipped hinself as William Treakoll." [ breathed short. "It was her mother's laidenl ia(e," said Mrs. Gumblo. "What brought her to this house?" ;ays I, talking as if I'd just had a tooth ritwed. "She's alwavys oi the lookout for hor husband awl reails the a8dvertisenents in the papers Sie saw the 11111110 of Treakoll and says you're her luan. Sho (loscribed you," says Mrs. (umble, be ginning to talk witi a sort of snarl (thero's at durne(d sight too much of fol low feeling among people of Mirs. (uin ble's sort). "She gave ite your likeness in words as though she talked wit I your picture in her 'and. Sho says you lodged at Mrs. Blooner's, (lown out of the Commercial road, and left that house beouuso she discovered you. " "Well?" says . "Well," says she, ''she'll be here tomorrow morning it 10 o'clock and hopes it'll be cullvelieit to you to see her. " "It'll be convcnient for inc tosee her in"-- but I stopped myself. '1h bloom ing joke was past beyond all cusses. "How in tilles (lid she know, s'ays I, ''that I called mnyself Trcakell?" "She asked if the Treakell its lodged hero 'answvrel to the description she gave of you. 'No Treakell lodges here,' says , 'but I've at party stopping in tho house as is tho samo as you de scribe.' 'hen his name's Pooley,' says she. ' [Pool(-y it is, ' says 1, the surprise making mii ' answer quick. Then sho tolls itie you ii irried her at Deal and lesarted her when your infant babe was 6 mouths (11(. " "I'll not se th le hedgehog, " I burst out. "S he's tel sin ii o' lie from hat to heel. Don't. let me be troubled by her. Sie's no wifo of n1111110. "You won't see her, d'you say?" "Look hero. Is thero any letter for nie? " Nary let tor You won't see her, dl'you say?'' '"Nary letter?'" I says. '"It cost mie 4 bob, a11ul who thle bloominug blazes is al-going to see it where t hey'vo geno and1( stuck it, right amilidships~ of a wh'lole smiiother'i of like niot ices? If they takes yer money, why idon't they 11hul yer' in answers? D)amn 1me if it ain't worse thani picking yourl pocket, to enitice a man11 into sptendcing 4 hob)1 and1 novel' a one witheredl reply ini two days'51" ''So y'ou won't see her, then11?'' says Mrs. Gumnble, liftinig of her eyebrows and sourly sprcadinig of her lips till I saw the red of her false teeth at thle back of her jiaw. I just wishedl deepJ down in inc that tIno'd ben Gumible instead of his wid der nd1( )15( pase up stirs. I went to a coffee hoeuso for breakfast early inext mloring an11 ~d a messing about all day looking aifter a jell, but could1 get nothing to do, not even down'i ait tIle (lecks, though I remiember- think ig, w',hen it CamoW to miy turinlg myi) eye ini that direction, that if I was to knock about ships for a living I'd better go to 5011 for good. Therre wi15 nio coun tr'y fancies ill the isle oft Dogs, no sniell of the hiaysta('k, nIo l cnt (of the milk miaidl ini the breezes t here. I wenit back hioiii to my13 lodgings ill thoi eveninRg, wor'o out. Mrs. G4umble tol me that the party had called lat i10 o'clock along withI thle boy, but I wouldni't hear toll of hler and1( went stra&ighit to myl btedr1ooml and lay dlownl on my bied to smoke a pipe and to conisidler whlethier this sort of seeking for a jobl wasn't like asking the Way to the work'us. I lay late nlext mlorniing, being, as I have said, wore out. 'Sides, what was the(re to get up for? Of course it would be the old joke over aigain, ways of re fusing of a mani that wasui thle same as5 punching his l.eadl, loafing about all (lay long, coin Rg homo11 and no letters aind wlond(erinig it' drowvning was aIs quick as hnangin g. I was getting out of bed at noon, wheni cimes a knock upon the door, anid Mrs. Giumible's voice says, "'You're "Whio wants mte?'' says I. "An eflc(r of thlo court," she aui Iwers. I Openied the door to her, and, putting my headto ou t, says, "W~hat court?'' "The plolice court," says shlo. "What dlOes he wanit?'' "'You comic down' and he'll tell you." I dlressed and( went> downi stairs. Mrs. Gum ble, hearing my footsteps, beckons mIe into the front parlor, and there I found the party as claimled mie foi' heIr husband, the young un, and ai tall manl with at rong whiiskers, dressedl Ii ke a police boss. "Now, sir, '' cries cout thle palrty w~hien I stops in, ''that's my 'usbaind, William Pooley. II desarted imi" "is~~ feimale',"' says the ofleer, "w~ias up at the court this morning, ask irig the magistrate's advice. Ihis wash up senlt 111 rounda to inqu1)ire inito lien comlplainit. SIhe says you're her huts band1(. If she can1 provei t hat, you 'ro liau blo for her mlainteinance--hers and1( her youngster's.'' ''Iis youngstei', ' 'sayls the1 part'. "Thiis aill comesC alonig,"' says I, ''(f my stopping ashore and1( put1 tin g a pliece' ili the paper wit h thle 'ope's of gettinig ia job. If that,"' says L.h pint Iing to t he party, ''is thle sort (of a jb, I hat'so(ff'ered to sailormlen whent'i thley comlles atshori' sick of the sea, the soeri it's aboardii and 'up keoleg' wiihtemi aga in t h bettor. Mr. Otmeer, r'In 1 ,ma,,- .... With that lI'Wilks out. Tbo woman flies after bjo. "1Bill, 1311" she bawls, catching hold of me. I turned and said, "What's it you want?" Hero the young un began to cry, roar lug for mother. "What's all this about?" says Bloomer, coining up from the kitchen. He'd got a cold in his head and was a-lying by "'Joe, "' anLswered1 Mrs. B3lomer, '"this poor woman has been deserted along with her child for nigh upon six year, and now she says she's found her man in Mr. William Pooloy. " "I've had alost enough of this hero larking, hain't you?" says I to tho woi an. "Wiho aro you and what d'you want? You don't bolievo I'm your husband. ( Bloomor, s'elp me, as I stand a living man, I never .was narried, and that womian knows it. " "How should she know it?" squawked Mrs. Bloomer like a gull in a gale. "Got you there, Pooley, " says Bloom or in a voice thick as gruel with cold. "I was married, " cried the woman, "at St. Georgo's, Deal, Juno 21, 1870, and William Pooley was my man's name. Simon Dadds was my father and kept a hostillery Oh, ma'am, that ho can stand' thero and pretend not to knowa nor reineiber. If my father wero alive-ho was a sailor then, " sho sings out, poiniting at 1110. " Will you tell me that you don't recollect stopping tho carriage at the )eal Lugger inn as wo drove from church and treating tho boatiiten? )idn't you likewiso stop at tho YarinoutIi Packet and keep father awaiting dinner for us" "I tell you," I roared out, breaking in to her noise, "that I don't know you, and that I never was married, and that you've iistook your man." Hero Bloorner, stumping back to his kitchen, stops at the head of the stair case to call out: "5ettle it qluickly, and don't muako no noise, for this 'ousu 'its got a name11 to lose. I know what sailors are, and iubbeo it is and mubbeo it ain't. Liz 'zio, keep you clear, and if the parties'll como to tariis outsido it'll be agree able. " And down he went. "Are you going to tell me, Mr. Pooley," says Dlrs. Bloomor, whoso faco showed at relish for this shindy, for all that it was as hard as sailors' beef, "that there's no truth in this party's statements?" "Nno, " I yelled, for their working up of my old iron was a-making m1o redhot. "And you tell us," says Mrs. Bloom er, with a sneer, "that a wonian's memory won't allow her to recognize her husband after six years of deser tion?" "HI-Io was 6 months old, " says the other, sobbing and pointing to her boy, "when we was left. lie sailed in a ship called tho Miranda. I've never heard of him since, but I knew 1he was alive, for ho desarted at Sydiey and arrived at Liverpool in a ship called the Simon 'Orkins, and that I larnt, " sho screamed, "Oh, Hill!" shrleks t' teomni. rounidinig upion melt, "'froin ,lim1 Red1 ('1u111 hom111 wi*th yIou ill the Orkins,." W~hien sheo had1 said t his, 1 11 lpue oIf 1m1y jacket and1( waisteent, bared 113 any ats to tile eIlbowIs, andu, opieninIg lmy starch'led shirt, I turnedc it unider, t hat they might see to tile flesh of 11uo. They yetlledh anld fell back, t hilling 1I was going for thleml, a11(l Bhloo(lI''r Cimlio up stairs againI, snee'(zinlg. I ran1 1my3 finIger's through myl hair1, 1111l, thiinginig openi tile houiise door, thtat thle light. Of God, whlich the miilster' says is thet truith it self, miight shine1 upon01 111, 1 lay3s hold( (if then wonumllil and1 pu~lhs her onll to tile doorstep andS111 sings ouit: ''New look lat lme. (Can y'ou sec mel? r \Vas5 this '(.rc 1hest 3(our1 Williami's?"' * And1t 1 gives 113 iny-itom a thum lp. ''Was "Yes," 'shett shrieks, "tha Ilt w as his crucitige." r '"'Was thi1s 'ore fatuc' your WI'illinan's?"' tsays I, slapping my1 forehead, and I o "Loiok iagainl. hook11 by3 (God's light. Loo~k, it your' Il durned perishinlg Wiill iaml 1 ' eer hand such at fa'e upon11 him l as 111mi' S litirimg it, I stI'hs inito thel paissatge, lpicks upj my13 clouthies ma11 goe's u1p staIirs. ,wats111 noting ti be lust, I athllowedt, hiv a a (chan lge of addlress, as thley- call it. ',' (if thle largest c~i'ulation01 wats clean1 gonle. *I hire ati roon n111 1 SmiiithI Strleet, St epney. - The' houlso was keplt byv Mmrs Uumllo s wido1w of a toast intg skipper1.1 W~henl I o lo d Mrs . Bloulmer,' shte took my13 money10 spoke, but 1my ('yo kpit i'-r qulliet. My o pullinilg 0tf 1my3 l'oat, too,1 andt ha:uiling of a,donie( Mrs. hIloonl-r goii I st.ill carrt'id ome111 liounds. ini good m ioniey 11 lIy hl(iket, but guessed if I I? didn11't faIl in withI a situaIt ion soon1 tho old leathler purs1o 'itl I'. 5 how'',ing liko o theo ('nd of ai lonlg 'Ovyage. I answoered f advert isemnents anid hiunted about. It a was all no( good-nobody3 wantd 110 t What was expectedh was itl'ways exactly Swhat I hadn't goit. Theni tey watetd but ''V. G." ''(ertihientes to show, 'em. I told firs. Gulithe I wan'dltedt to givo up the sUa and1( settle aIshorie, and1( she a Insworedl that ~in her hiearit shni couldn11't blame me. Sho advised mec to putl ill a Ilittle notice. I told hecr I'd dIone so. Says sh1: ''Tihoug h onto Iighit bo of no uso, twice miighit work thet traverse. Trv anothe nunm,." bulk of the bales carried was not con sigied to-liin. Of a total of 277,415 bales in the cargoes 169f981. wore con signed to bll. As a cotton king of Europe his words have the weight of authori!y. Referring to a consign ment of cyliindrical bales which reacl ed Genoa by the steamship Istria in Sep tember, lie writes as follows : GL:No.A, the 2d of Oct., 1897. "To Mr. lle:-bei t 1). Marlin, Ropresen. tative of the American Cotton Co., of Now York-(enoa : "DiEA Rt Si lt---''his is to inform you that, in the coinpatiy of Air. 11. Kuhn, of this place, I have personally super intendetd te weighing and sainpling of the Cotilsignnent of round bales arrived here per steamship Istria, aund et:elost (I I beg to han<l ytlu the weight slip of these bales, showirig a total of Kg. t722,o, equal to 10,414 poutids. "My packer, in my presence, sam ped severil bales, and I can safely say that the sampling of the touild bales is as easily (onle as lUnder the old systcmn, the s utiples drawn being in prime coli dition and equal to any I have ever seen. Without the use of an instru ment I succeeded in going through five layers, and could havo gune farther if requested or necessary. "The bales easily cal recordlition by a lew stitches, and will load onl the tairull withouit the linlt being exposed. "As regarls the expenses of repairs, they are less than under the old sys teni, and the same number of men can hantile imuch more bales in the sKame tile. "1 congratulate the Americat Cot Ion Co., on the neatiness of the pack ages on arrival, all the marks and llutn bers being e-' ily dlistinguislcl on each bale, ati I can recommend those bales to all spintners, being sure that the round.bales they receive will always be in a spleiidi(i conlition. I remain, "Yours ve:y truly, "FtANCESCO PAlisi." Tll FIIS'1' COTTON MILL. Several different towns in the United States claim the unique di,tinctionl of havinig erectel the first. American cot ton mill, but from the best information t'tal can be obtainedi, it seems that the SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensod Schedule in EUD>e JUI.Y 4, 1807. STATIONS. * L v Charleston ............ ..... Pruu,erity...................... 11 1 p " No erry .......................12 S Ninety-.ix....................... 1 a A . Greonwood ..................... } 1 66Hodjee .____ _ 126 f Ar..bTdvtiZe . r. _ el ton........ -, - .- - -- 0 Ar. A ieron ........................ Xr. Greenv le. .......... Ar. Atlanta .................,... STATIONS. No. 2 Lv. Greenville .................. Piedmont .. ................... 10 a a " W llam on .......... 11 1$ a a v.~ AI oes>~ ... ................. 11 06 a Ar. Donnalds ......I....... 19 p L1v. 1elle ...............g " (Gr,-nwood............. 0p3i "Nixnety-8ix........................P 26y "Ne.wberry ...................... 25 96 n r.(((ty.....(..(......(..(s e p a ~niYD~IYVTATiONS. LN'I 530p loA Lv... Charleston...Ar I 11l a 907a121 4 . ..Aision... ....."4 55d 1004 15 .. .auntuo . . " 5 i ' 1080an 2239 " ... Jounesville ... 122 jG5 30 54ni 2879 :.a.Puet..... i 4p 0 4p 11 25m& S 10p Ar.. Aparmanblurg. Lv it 45a 620p 11 Ia|883 Lv . pa r)t nburg.. Ar ei 2a 6 05p 24('j 700pAr..Ahevlle.... Lv 8 20a $ "P1."' p. m. "A," a. mn. Tains 9 aund 10 carry eiegant Pull n *lee.pinug ears het ween (Colunbia anid Ash'e lle, enroute daiiy bet ween Jacksonville and Ciaoin nati. Tirainn leave Spartanbur g. A. & 0. diviion porthbound, eI:t7 a. m., 8:47 p. mn., 8:18 p. mn., (Vestibule L4imited); southbound 12:26 a. mn., U:15 p. mn.. 11::87 a. in., (Vestbule Limited.) Trains leave (Greenville, A. and 0. division, por tkboiund. 6:45 a. mn., 2:31 p. m. and 5:80 p. a., 'YouztibuIrI Lin.ited.)-5)) onbound 1.25 i. ., ~,20p. mn., 12:80? p. In (Ventibuied iAmited). Pullman service. Pullman palace sping cars on Trans85aad Ve6, 87 and 8, on A. and C. division. W. H. GREI: , Je M. CULP Gen. Snuperin tondenl, TraffBo M'g'w Washington, D. O. Wabhington, b. O. W. A. TURIE B. H ARDWIOK G~en. Pass. i't. As'iGn. Pass. We__ On ianos, Organs an< drhive ourl business these hal Prices. We don't sit dlownl of monley like the 0old fossil: 01n wheni they won't pay the want to puirchase a Piano of us5 andl we will sell you. ~ and( best selectedl stock of I some of the best makes on tI to sell them. We guaran, than; any other reliable (lealk time purchasers are easy. C rcq(uired andl( we make Sp)ot (Cash Buyers we will s Organ cheaper from us thar business We keep consta of' small instruments, cons M andlolins, A utoharps, Violi parts, strings and supplies: Sewing Machines at ridicu want one, just intimate it, an low you can buy one. Our vocal and instrumental, is kej of the p)opular and up-to-dat< lime. Yours t ALEXAN DER GRIEEN VI1 discovery mty- be of igterest to oite credit properly bel6ngs to the town of B6verly, Mass. The circumstances loading up to this readers. Sone two or three years ago Mayor Rantoul, of Salem, Mass., was Invited to l'awtuoket, It. I., to attend the centennial exercises held at that place in commemnoration of the open. ing of the famous Slater mill. In send ing out invitations to this centennial event the owners of the mill claimed-it to be the firsi establishment of itsI'int over erected in the United Status. For some reason Mayor Rantoul was una ble to be present at the evercises, but being deeply interested in historical re searches, he decided at his leilure to investigate the claims of the Pawtucket mill owners. Thi s investigation led to the discovery that the old cotton mill at Beverly, Mass., which was burned down in 1838, had been In operation for several years prior to the estabbsh= ment of the mill at Pawtucket, and thit no less a witness than General Wash init:n himself could be cited in con--' lirination of the fact. It seems that General Washington while on a tour of the New England States in 1789 made a visit to the old Beverly cotton mill, andi wis so impressed with the novelty of the spectacle that he devoted sev eral pages of his diary to its descxip# tion. This old diary is still to be found aInonIg General Washington's papers. As the reasearches of Mayor Rantoul seemed to settle the matter beyond all controversy. the resilents ol' Beverly, Mass , have recently caused a lild some tablet to be erected on the site of' the old iill, commemorating the estab lishment of the first enterprise of its kind inautu'ateti in the United State$. MUTHERN RAILWAYe Oentral Time Between Columia aN jbqh, soaville. Eastern Timne Between a. lumbla and Other Poi1te. EF FEc:TVE AJAN. ip, 16sT. Northbound. No. 30 + . iUwe- - Daly. Daily. *a, Lv. J'ville, F.C.&P.Ry.. 6 5 8 Savannah........... 11 20p 12 2 p6 Ar. Columbia.......... 865 418p 6 Lv. Char'ton.8C&GRR. 5 OP 7 10 . Ar. Columbia.......... 10 10 p 10 6 a. Lv. Augusta,'So. Ry.... 9 0 2 Graniteville ........ 10 12p 2 88p " Trenton........... 10 &)p osp Johnstone........ . 11 10 p 8 20 p Ar. ColumbiaUn. dep t. 2 17 a 4 p .p Lv Col'bla Bland'g at ..610 a 528 p Winnsboro.......... 6 18 16 Chester ............7 08a 7 01 Rock Hill.......... 7 48 a 7 84 J Ar. Charlotte............ 60a 8 20 " Danville............1 8 p 12 eon 6 . Ar. Richmond ..........6 40p 6 00. Ar. Washington ..... 9 40p 6 42 9 4.a Baltimore Po. t. R.. 11 25p 8 00 4 1B Philadelphia........ 8 00 a 10 16 a p New York........... 620a 12 48 1 . Southbound. No. 85 No. 37 no pie . 1Dally. Daily. Daily. Lv. New York, Pa. R.R. 1215nt 4 80 p10 Philadelphia. 60A 6 56 p So p . Baltimore....... ...6 81 a 9 20 SOOp Lv. Wash'ton, So. Iy.. 11 15 a 10 48p _p_ Lv. Richmond ......... 12 56p 200 ........ Lv. Danville ........... 6 20 p 569 a 1.1 1 $ " Charlotte........... 10 20p 9 8 6 , " Rock Hill........ .. 11 OO p 10 20 a 9 Chester ............ 1187nt 10 65 a o a " Wnnsoro.......12 26.a 11 41 a7 14 a Ar CoI'hla Bland'g at. 1 87 a 12 S0nm 317f a Lv. Coluni bla Un. dep't. 8 00 a 1 16 " Johnst ons. ......... 5 61 a 2 68 14 Ob " Trenton............615. 5 808 10 1i a "Graniteville ........ 657 a 8 88 10 a .a Ar. Augusta..........7 45. 4 1p 11 Wa. Lv. Col'bia, 8.C.&G.Ry. 7 00.a 4 00p .. Ar. Charleston.........1 00 a 8 00;9... Lv. Col'bia. .C.&P.lty. 12 47.a 11 65 ml 7 27 a "Savannah........ ..5 00. 4 88p1 1) 82.a f.r. Jackonville...9 00 a 12 p48 SimE'IN( C/.R t4EGIVrCE. T1ipe (liy ass nger, service, beiween Pise *Nos. iii and W-New York and Florida 1484. Ited. Through vostibuled train between 8t. August ine and Now York, leaving each term nat point (St. Augustine and New York) gaily. excet Sunday, compotsed of Pullman compira. metsleeping cars, PilHman drawing too - slooping cars, Pulman obserYation ~.e a oteldii cars. Also Pullman dra~. net leep ng care between Augusta No.87 Band 88-Washing~ton and Southw Limited. Solid Vestibuled train with --nng oars and first ulasn coaches north of br.t Pullman drawinig roomn sleeping --sbw5 Tau p a, Ja' mville Havannah, waaina - EPullma. sleep;ing car between Augusta and Nos. 185 and 36-U. S. Fast Mail. - - Pullman drawing room bnfret sleeping tw.sen Jacksonville and New York e. gusta and Chatrlo,tte. Pullman sleeping eart between Jacksonville and Columbia, en -d dail between Jacksonville and Oink.i,i W.H. GREEIN, J. M. CULP . G. Su .Wahington. T. . WasI~ 44.. A.. Wahington. A .P I Sewing Machines. We .7 -d times by selling at, Cut andl croak about the scarcity 3 who let purchasers pass nm great long profits. If you an Organ come and see le have on hand the largest 'ianos in the State, including Io market, and we are going '~ ee our prices to be lower. r will make Our terms for nly a small cash payirent ~he sailing smooth For ay, you can buy a Piano or from any concern in the ntly on hand a full stock isting of' Guitars, Banjos, ns, &c. Also the various [for same. Wo are selling lously low prices. If you d you will be surprised how stock of sheet music, both pt full, alnd you can get any i songs and music at any ruly, BROS & CO .ELE s. /l/I ll'' I "Oh. 1mou l'P'! man, and she knows I never was her husband. I was in Bonbay in at ship oalled the Sutlej when sho says I was a-marrying of her at Deal. " "Ol, you liarl" shrieks the party. "If lie can prove he didn't niarry you, thoro's an end,'' says the oflicer, turn ing to tho female. "Ho's got a crucifige on his arm,'' sho yolled; "so had my William. What made hin tako the nine of Treakell? Don't it stand to reason? His name's William Dooley, and, Mr. Oficer, ho's my inan-growed nothing, broadened a little, certainly, but it's Willian's faco after six years, and, oh, Willian,'' she ories out, "how can you deny it?" The officer looked very hard at me and then very hard at the female and then says to her: '-If lie can prove an alibi, what aro you going to do? Have you got, no certificates of discharge," says he, "going back six year?" "Have I?'' says I, and rushing up stairs I brought hini down a handful. There was seven, and they wont back 12 years. Ilo turns 'eni about, thon, asking for the date of the marriage, says: "Hero y'are. He's spoken tho truth. This muan was at sea when you said you were married to him." "And at I to believo they're his own certificates?'' cried the wonan. '' Aren't sailors every day a-forging of these hero V. G. 's?" "Put 'em up, " says the officer to me. "I can't help you, mnissis," says he, taking up his hat. J ust one hour later I met an old ship mate on the steps of the shipping yttrd at Tower hill. "What are you doing hero, Bill?" says he. "Looking for a ship, " says I. "I heard that you'd squared yards with the sea and was ashore for a sot tlenient.. " Auid a settleient it's bleen,'' stays I, Aind just then, solne 0n0 silging out for hay(ls for a China clipper, I steps in, searco siuiling as I thought of that night when I brought my fist down on the fok'sle rail of the Empire. TiltE END. Pcanuts as a Vegetable. Peanuts may be baked and served as a vegetable. Remove the skins fromu the mneats and(1 put 0one cupful iunto an earth en baking dish, Pour over thenm two lpits of boiling water, cover the dish with a plate anud p)lae it in at mloderato ly cool ovenm and baike from four to five hours, or until the nuts are tender. Wheni thoe nuts are partly cooked, sea sonl them with salt and stir among thiem a teaspoonlful of butter. M1:taufac'turer's R'ecolrd. It is a well -recogn izedl commerfc'il lprincViple that. thefoegnbue or the Iinail tlaker of anly export,l aricle is thle 31nan1 whose v iews must be met by the seller. Th'lis is;esp)eciailly true of cot.lon. For years' compinalits have been made abou,'t thle coiniit ioni of Am)er'ican cottonl in) European markets. T1he necessi y for an3 inlIprov'emenCt itn hling 1has been~i emIlphasl'zed tiune ant1( agaIn. Th'le new (Tyl(irical b:ale is dlesignied to imeet thc. aleemanat fo ai be ttel pacekaige, and<i liost cottoni hand1(lers wholi hiave been0 le( into opp)osit ion thIiis latest advance it balin jg will dloubt less apprIeliate tIn sleif icance oIf thle facts (conitaineil ii the followinmg letter. It. is from Fran cesco~( Parisi. HIe is at the head1( of large imptortinig house, wit h chief cfllet ait TJrieste, and branches at Viennia Prague, Eger, Ala, Muich,ell Venice Gienoa and( UTn<line. Durinig the0 yeaa end(edl Septembler I , of 144 eargoes oj American cotton arriving at~ Geo the e wer on auly el even ini which th<( Th'le tnanm who is blown up)by a hiridenm 11nine of expltosives. anlay havel' seen thintgs that shouldt 13ave S 'a rouised hiM is supi etons.115 but hieedletssly /'N- pj3tIlctei asidec as of ~~,1oiotitet. It is thle sane wihthe sick. \ esthat end(s ill dteathi. Inid(ioums dis orders of the dligestionl and) bilious spells are passedl by as5 of no0 tutolnent. In thle in selves these co1tulinits ta~y 31ot be dun gerouls, but3 if nleglectedl their (33nuluat ive effect is terrible. Th'le tuan who neglects the little dlisorders that arc the signs of a pproach ig ill health Is walkinig over a hidden101 line tha1t mnay Cause his death. The explosioni wilt collie in the guise of conisunii tti or sote 01ther deadly d''isease. D r. Pierce's Goldten al.d lea)l Discoveryr cures altladisorderas o,f the Rtoathachi alId liver. It cureus (>1 per cet. of all cases of consutiuption, bartinchitis, asth Ina, laryingitis, weak Iun gs. spittinag of blood, linigering) cough, nasal catarrh anda diseases of the air ,passages. It acts dlire'ctly oin the dliseased tissues, dIriving ont atl iitupurities anda disease-gerntis. It is the great flesh builert b)1od - maker anid nerve -toie. 'iTiere is niothting in the mnedicine store "just as good." "Ilave heen in poor health for about seven years" writes Mrs. 1. Albert IEakins, of No. 148 haini street, nlaltas. Te'xas. "Elvery sunutner I'd have a buions attack lasting two weeks, besIdes headhaches all miy life, general debilIty and an inaictive liver, I suafTet with my1 bladider attad kidneys for five years at least. I could not1 standt on 1ny feet long at a timec iutit I cominenced youir treaitmtentt. I too0k Dr. Piteree's Glolden Med1ical IIi'covery.' Favorite PrescrIption ' andi ' Pleasant P'ellets' Tlhey have helped mue wonderfully. I had a disagreeab,le draIn and irregullar periods. I thought I should go Insane somietimie. I wor ried abontt everythIng: had the blues alt the time and did not care to II ve. Now I am well." Constipation Is a little Illness that if neglected builds a big one0. D)r. P'ieree's Ple asant Pellets eure constipation. One little " Pellet ''Is a gentle laxative and t wo