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v THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., MAY 21, ISQCL and thoir ried she. tburden I am.”, le poor throw |ie sup* ebo Ivoy to ]prove lirror (thing is the no THE ftUIN OF THE YEAR. 11 gW^TTourt, ” said tho Fpair. “Harsh as our roia- fail to lx) moved by r V^ntycf Jacinta. Sho a . k i?a few hours at Jaast, r ^cuict Which has caused our inot without d'dlculty that ho ntho youug girl to let him take ft e palaco. She did uotjike to •self and asked of what use l a mirror; only to impress her .■ply with lier misfortuuei But wept her heart wannoved, urul Rented to please him. i. it is all this?” said the wicked "Who are these people? And they want?” ' r • majesty, j-ou havo before you unfortunate lover on tho faco [arth.” you consider that n good reason ^ug here to annoy mo?” .. pity on me. ” havo I to do with your love |a would permit a mirror”—* ^ecn rose to her feet, trembling “Who dares to speak to,mo r?” sho said, grinding her [be angry, your majesty, I Along the hills and by the slw>pln* stream A warning falls, and all tho glorious tree*— V<‘Stnrrs of gold and grand embroideries— Stand mnto ae in a sad and beautiful dream. Brooding on death and nature’s vast undoing, And spring that eame an age ago and fled. On summer's glory long since drawn to red, And now the fall and all the slow, soft ruin. And soon, some day, sweeps by the pillaging triad. The winter'r wild outrider, with harsh roar, And leaves the meadows sacked and waste and thinned. And strips the forest of Its golden store, Till tho griip tyrant comes, and then they sow The silent wreckage, not with salt, but snow. —Archibald Lampman in Beribnur’a. he was abundantly fed, and fnch ad- vantage did betake of this novel crept rh ence that on tho second day ho began to Buffer from an alarming disorder. A sc- Profitable When Avulnab! ▼ero pain oppressed his breathing, and per,id from hi, h«irt throbbed violently. At Imp]., n.™ a V. tb TRANSPLANTED. with a ma- I never saw ty thero Rnta, who 5u the rest, Valentin. For icantiful and i so ho is al- fould say. k » > [icncfs. ” flaek?” Br.ehead is snow, and ses. ” fell,” said the queen ms grin, “she Is right, ore hideous object. ” Jaeiitt' 1 at these cruel words,-thought the womL'"' ‘ ^ was uo^ ugly. Her o of mortification. Doubt er possible; she must Ixj eyes closed; sho fell ou the aft- fhted, rords nud rself So ler ked stops of the throiftT in a deadly swoon. But. Valentin was affected very diHer*’ ently. IIo cried out loudly that her maj esty must bo mad to tell such a Ije. He had no time to say more. The guards seized him, and at a sign from the queen tho headsman came forward. Howaa'fll*. ways beside tho throne, for she might need his services at any nioni<iut. 1 “Do your duty,” said the queen, pointing,out the man who had insulted her. The executioner raised his gleam ing ax just as Jr.ciuta came to herself and opened her eyes. Then two shrieks lierced the air. One was a cry of joy, lor in tho glittering steel Jacinta saw herself, so charmingly pretty, and the other a scream of anguish as tho wicked soul of the queen took flight, unable to boar tho sight of her faco in the im promptu mirror.—From tho French in tibort Stories. Bn*. ivboi T deep gat au' nd V iiingl app re niornti one p\oy tbo Btl ute younl bov? VO« >5 t\\^ but' t\on. store 1 and' \iinr- ] Tho cab was piled with luggage, and within sat a young matron, her cheeks fresh ns the meadows she -had quitted but a few hours ago. Long Bill, lurk ing on tho limits of tho railway station, caught a significant nod from the cab- drive. nncl at once started in pursuit. * Long Bill.was not very tall, but had limbs so excessively slender and so meager a trnhk that his acquaintances naturally thought <rf him in terms of length. 'When unoccupied, which was generally the case, he let his arms hang straight and closo to his sides, as though trying to occupy ns little room in the world as possible. lie walked on his ‘ toes, rather quickly, and almost with out a bend of the knee; his back was straight and tho collar of his filthy coat always turned up to shield tho scraggy, collarless neck. Observe him in motion at a distance, and yon were reminded Of n red Indian outho trail. Catch sight of him suddenly close at hand, and his sidling, furtive carriage made yon anx ious about your pockets or watch guard. By his own account Bill was 19 years old, but he had the wizened face of in, and deign to hear me. This l senility; his hairless chocks hollow irl whom you see before yon, so over tooth gaps, his nose mero cartilage, !ud pretty, is the victim of. a • hi&Mnnll eyes a blink, yet ns eager as delusion. Sho imagines that sho .■( those of a hungry animal. For more than a mile ho ran along by the laden cab, and seemingly, without much eflort; when it drew up in front of a comfortable bouse, Bill sprung to tho door of tho vehicle. “You’ll let a pore young feller help with tho luggage, lydyr I’ve ran nil tho w’y from Victoria.” , IIo panted his mendicant humility, and with n grimy paw shook drops from n scarce visible forehead. Tho fair young matron regarded him with pain ed, compassionate look. “Yon have run all the way from Vic toria? Certainly yon may help, of course yon may!” the alighted, entered the house, and stood there in tho hall watching Long Bill as, with feverish energy, ho assist ed a servant to transfer trunks and par cels. Relatives pressed about tho lady, hut sho could not give them due atten tion. • “Look at that poor creature! He has followed my eab all tho way from Vic toria, just to earn a few pence. Oh, these things are too dreadful!” The simple heart of this lady was a law unto itself. Sho had possessions, and spoko with authority. In happy moment. Long Bill had pursued the wheels of her cab. Holding money in readiness, sho talked with him. Could he not got work? What was his story? Where did ho live? To every question Bill made fluent reply, panting oft, and squeezing the rag which served him for headgear. Work! Only give him the chnwuco ! See what it was to be rigidly Jionest j pqt since yesterday at this time kind a pmrsf 1 pf bread passed his lips. -WorkI lie fbrew up jiig pyes ip appeal to powers superpal. “Copie pp<j spe WP teffPi?o\v o'clock, M , ...... Hi* Immediate wants provided for, Bill passed the evening jq contempla tion. Ho felt uo.prompting to impart to any one the wonder that had befallen, ^ Very punctually next day did he pra^ Bent himself at tho area door of the comfortable heuso, and silently ho wa> led to a r^om where tho lady waited for him. To various searching questions ha again answered with a tremulous candor which had its full effect. Then, bidding him listen and perpend, the ludy offered hor suggestion. Fur away from Loudon, in a very beautiful country, she had a .hon.'-e, with gardens and fields, and •there,, if so it pleased him, William could support himself honorably by the labor of his hands—could learn tho rural. life, could gain health and strength, could forgot tho horrors of his j early ycari. Was William disposed to. consider this? Tho head gardener, an estimable man, would direct and sn- oonrago him. He would receive wages, and ot»t, tjic bread of independence. Whiit-euid he? William once more threw up his eyes, and, in very truth, know not how to re- spond, but his faco answered for him. Very well; he should have this chance of proving his sincerity. In a day or two tho arrangements would bo com- Lpp him come again, at a time gd; qi.d be in readiness lean while he niostiM ' ' “T t w f ^ _ ei cr A ie t ry "'*1 • PuniNlilnx a Hell. Tho Kamaoulio Koloko, or bell, is one of tho um>t curious sights in To bolsk. This bell is cajlc(j by tho Rus* sians “tho bell with t|m <?ajr tom off”- and is kept in a kind of shot) neat the archbishop’s palace, where its jromnntip history is always to be heard, In the sixteenth century Princp Pimifft, thP rightful heir to the Russian throne, was deposed by -i revolt headed by Boris Godunoff, who was then priKdaimcd czar. Tho seat of tho Russian govern* ^mrnt was at Uglich, and there Dimitri •us sent to be under tho immediate con* rol of the unlawful ruler. Tho usurper, fearing that the popn* :o might, awake to the claims of the lung prince, planned his nsfussination, utterly overcome, he lay gasping a- ■ for life. A doctor had to be summoned. Soon thero followed a second and no less violent attack. William had secret ly eaten two largo cucumbers and a pound of cheese. Ho paid the penalty. Work, from tho first not only distasteful, but difficult, was for some days impossi- bJe. Presently it appeared that ho had caught a very bad cold. Ho was threat ened with congestion of the lungs. Writing to tho lady of the manor, tho doctor explained to her that William s constitution had suddenly broken down in consequence of the great and sadden change. Thero would have to bo care. Figuratively and literally this poor fel low had ns good as no legs to stand upon. IIo seemed ripo for all manner of diseases. If his diet and habits were not strictly regulated, tho result might bo lamentable. A month went. by. William bad pre- ten % to work, but always gavo up on the idea of weakness. Ho looked very miserable and did not talk much. His cough was bad. Ono day, after spitting on the gravel walk, bo showed the gar dened a red stain. Mr. Brown, though ho did not like William, looked trou bled. “Ever seen that afore now?” Ruefully and resentfully the other de clared that ho had never known what it was to havo anything the matter with him. Then ho went apart into a quiet, spot and lay on tho grass and was beset with terrors. Moreover, a great wrath awoke in him. Ho cursed tho place and tho peoplo and above all tho well mean ing lady who had sent him into bxilo. Faroff London called to him with irre- iifitiblc lure. IIo longed for tho streets, tho noises, the smells, for his old com panions, for the lurking places of his homeless nights. Money ho had none. As yet his weekly wages only paid for board and lodging. But, with or without money, ho would got back to Loudon. His purpose must bo secret. If the en emy got wind of it, ho would be forci bly detained. That evening ho contrived to make a stealthy entry into tho grapehouso and to rut the roots of all tho vines. Early tho next morning ho did the like dam age to a number of rose trees. A poor revenge, but it soothed him. Suspecting that his malfeasance among tho vines must soon bo discovered, ho held him self in readiness for flight at any mo ment, and while listening eagerly for every word spoken by tho peoplo about him ho sought now forms of mischief. His troublesome cough kept him in mind of tho wrong ho had suffered. It urged him to malicious activity. But before bo could do anything worse than pinch blossoms off certain valuable plants tho alarm struck upon his car. “Hoy, London Bill! Mr. Brown wants you, and look sharp. ” It was ono of tho undergardeners shouting from a distance. In sudden terror, in a mad desiro for liberty and home, ho slunk rapidly out of sight, then took to his heels. In tho night, at a village some 20 miles away, tho constable curao upon a tramp who lay helpless by tho roadside. “Sovcro hemorrhago from tho lungf,” said tho doctor. And, but a fow days later, William Higgs was again trans planted, this time to a yet more quiet locality where no work would ever be asked of him.—Sketch. he was Jabbed in tho yard, , lers showing the help him. |ho saw tho crime fry, immediately. r great bell, which Eh ‘occasions as the fe at this expression (hided that tho jiriost, and exccq!p(l, and be pulled down and body of its ringer, jlfllled, and tho boll populace hcad- ( se.o Siberian exiles wore jug out on thoir jour- sir nostrils torn off It was decreed exiled to Tobolsk, jls the ruler of all jth grim . ihonld .« dis- trs. of a Hint Animal* In Hie Ilaln. Horrrs and enttlonever look so miscr- ablq as jvhon standing exposed to cold pm) driving rain. Every field in which pat tie are furuct} loose should havo some fpdo shpjter provider!, however rough am) |mr4y tho stock. If left to thom- Bplvps ip a stntp pf natpre, they would travel piUes to pppie wclj (mown op thicker, wliich wopkj pt least give cover agnipst tjm wind, phut np bo- tweeu four hedges, they are denied alike tho aid of human forpthopglit and of their own instincts. Bewick’s vignettes of old horses or pp^ happy donkeys, huddled together in driy^ ing showers on some bleak common, ex* press a vast amount of animal misery in an inch of woodcut. It seems strange that no animal, unless it be tho squirrel, Booms to build itself a shelter with tho express object of keeping off tho rain, which they all so much dislike. Monkeys nro miserable in wet and could easily build shelters if they had tho sense to do so. “As tho creatures hop disconsolately along in tho rain,” writes Mr. Kipling in his “Beast and Man In India,” “or crouch on branches, with dripping backs cot against tho tree trunk as shelter from a driving storm, they have tho air of being very sorry 'or themselves. ” But even tho orang outang, which builds a small platform in the trees on which to sleep at night, never seems to think of a roof, though tho Dyaks say that when thero is much rain it covers itself with tho leaves of tho paudauns, a largo fern.—Exchange. iP>l pat» \knks i ded |ly usetoj^ uthori*i?A 1 in • tVtci conducted, Fai ‘. ' • mVi oh in, 1 r. d.: in a V* wuA-\ Mi -Tiri stating 'f*r, nv} for two to cix v lilio to bo Aloxi! of Hebron, Barf kota Red, Pearl Now Y’orker No. find the Triumph Triumph and Ten most prolific and if Homo grown » slightly better rosn abroad,and at south fcrenco in favor of h marked. Spring plan or second crop seed of has everywhere given than spring seed of th Three stations have ex seed from the best hill that these improve yield Twenty stations havo t of ono eye, two eye, qua’ whole seed, with couflicti this matter it has been ever, that the larger tho s earlier tho crop, and the ri the loss difference in yield h seed and small seed. Cn pi large seed gives much tho To plant largo seed whole req' 40 bushels of seed per acre, single eye pieces tlirco to fop( aro sufficient. For very early c largo seed whole; otherwise ecem most profitable. Ten stati tested tho merits of seed ends, stl and middle pieces, and tho ave: suits show no material difference, varieties and early planting give salts. Five stations havo experimenter! depth of planting, tho best resn most eases being from a depth of t three inches. Eight stations have ox merited ou distance, drills generally ing better results than hills. A fair! dnetion favors rows :»0 inches apart small seed pieces 12 inches, quarton inches, halves 24 and whole seed inches apart in tho row. Alabama, Kii sas and Utah stations favor level cultu while the Indiana station favors ridgiu ami Maryland, New Y’ork and Ohio fin' no difference. The general tendency i toward thorough preparation of soil am! shallow, level culture. In dry countries and dry seasons mulching pays well; otherwise it is in jurious. In ficfclo climates mulch half tho crop. The best fertilizer depends ou tho defleien-y of tho soil. Generally commercial fertilizers aro preferred to barnyard manure for potatoes. Rolling seed in flour of sulphur or soaking an hour in 1.1 gallons of water in which 21-j ounces of corrosive sublimate has been dissolved prevents scab. Sublimate cor rodes metal and is a rank poison; hence mix in a barrel and bo careful S^pray the growing plants early and often with Bordeaux mixture containing paris green, and neither bugs nor blight will troublo tho crop. I.’nd Cato of V/ngon. A cimplo and durable device for se curely holding the end gate of a wagon in place, and permitting of quickly loosening it for convenient removal, is shown in tho accompanying illustration from the Philadelphia Times,. The end gate slides loosely in cleats, extending through ono of which ia a short screw rod with a nut on its outer end and an eye bn its inner end, and tho eye is: con nected by a rod with a link adapted to engage a projection from tho fulcrum end of a lever pivoted in a bracket at tached to tho other side of the wagon body. Tho link is readily engaged with a re coss in tho outer end cf tho lever, when bpuotv \ k/\s^ UvefT * s T abul^ pptiy upV and intJ a, habvtuj sivcbrec netabulcl .ptom of s, dizzim ins, or def ill surely a| e whole 50 cents! iabules learest dn! receipt ot vial, to ;hem\c/ Ipruce Stcc Jw YORK*! ll-P-A-N’ oil lotlcrn si amily Cures >n ever Ihumanit) •cans T.ULU ' 1 w E v i Teetotal. It is said that tho late Rev. Joel Jew- originated tho word “teetotal- ”A'hn '\*/r — — • y PKVKK ton ItOlUISQ Tin: j:xu (iATp. tho latter is swung outward, after which the lever is swung inward closo to the wagon body, as shown in tho illustra tion, thus drawing the two sides of tho wagon body toward each other to bind tho end gate in place. As tho screw eye may bo drawn in by means of tho nut, any slack in tho link and transverse rod may bo readily taken up, permitting of always closely binding the sides upon the end gate, and, as the clamping lover is entirely on tho outside of the wagon body, it does not obstruct tho loading or unloading of the wagon. MoDukal Wo -rr-tK dninltMonumunt special. Agent IKON KNCKS. j originated the word “teetotal. ”^ho f'U'iu ^'■Ts . 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