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■;x- 0 THK LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C„ AUGUST 18, 1897. A COOKED UP ROMANCE. •Oh, lady." *aid a hravi' and ■ lurtoou, knight, tt’hllt' w»lti ig for h:s tht a» »n Inn, '*To mi- it Jj a n-rr falnfnl Mitlit To we you Idintor-.iig yi ur very un-tty nkin Ov< r that liroiling tin- and iduzirg light. And though a thou^.tid triuiaph-i 1 might win In Held or t--nrni y < r in offhand light, I rmlly think it would lx- i)Uit«: a sin Kor mo to now fori-ak< you in »uch a jilight. “Wo, whili- I tire not of the ImttleV din, It i-auit.- 1 am a i-rav, and oour - oUH knight, Jr I might h :«■ y< i.r fairy hrud t" win, 1 \v - itld i ha-igc tdaei *. if > on think it ’« right, And ■ tir tiie porridge tliu-k or sl:r it thin, •Jn-i an you old me, morning, nom or night, And th-.;^ tog' tin r we might k.-en tin- inn. For, eaoed in armor. I'm prot.-c ted ijmte. While you would rave your lily , mili: wliito -kui.'’ So runs tin- legend. Tl-.r.s do nun explain Yh ■ ;ueer design l-y v hi- h i* still benight TiHihi -u tin t marka through wmd and sun .mu rain, “The Hostelry of tLa Host Courteous Knight.' —idudol’ h 7. --unnrr in St. Niciiolaa. TEIiEX! i rt 4 1 i. r-J't’ier tell in yo a as always fond I was j.if> tin? soijfht av a illts !i was all me leift* il'Op UV |jOtht“ll, but roubletl I've always •e siiy. An so ye see, thou^Ii oultl I : ::i this very ni<mih, j.: it).. i but an ould bachelor aft in r Kow, I w*.;i ’fc be \r. '■* av a - -r\v av tat gyurl-. To party bits' cy t co] as n f resin u ii.* (] <x'li, 'lis t* rril •le t win Ijtell ’ti 1 I’m all ’'J'wrtH a I' lifr teimc I had a notion av HIi. I,,: Kali • UTlyun that lias a bate Lit lam: i at Ballybi^gau. but niver a word av Ir.vi cud I say to her, all be- caa.-s- av the shy. Howandiver, mayh s —bur wait till 1 i< 11 yi now. Wan cow Id moruin this very wake I n .w d a letthcr an ’twas a quare wan, so it was. ludade tae letthcr was nothin at qll at all but wan av thim post kyan’.s that uuld Ban.e} the postman is bo fund av biii;:,dn to jK-ople, since ’tis the inquisitive ould fella lie is to be sure. O;- the jxisr kyard was nothin but four lines av tbi- luveliest pix-tlay ye iver seen. Twas this: It n r.rr-ed l-iisg ye wild injoy. Just ax svvnte Kate O’Flyr.a. To be your own wud give h.-r joy. Terence, go in an win. Barney was ypiunin all ovir whin he hand- d me the kyard, so he was, so sez i to )<ii<i. “Aeh ye ould spalpeen, ye’ve been aiihvr readin m<‘ privii eorrispondenee. " ‘‘1 bavt , si z he, ‘ but where’s the hairnini' An sari? tis the l est av advice ye n afther to-ttiu, T< ren<-<, me 1/jy. ’’ “l-’aix an y- re roiitht, Barney, 1 ut d’ye think she'd Le alther lookiu twie at n y;oss<xjn loike me?” “Why not?'' sez ke> “Misthnss O’Fl.yim is not so young as she looks. ’Tis the illigant bhoy ye are intoirely. ” “Aisy now. Barney, aisy, ” I. “Don't be alther asjxrshinthe luvi-h'-st uv Jier wx. But I know ye don’t mum nothin dishrespeetive. I wonder who was afther seudin mi this kyard now.” Barney winks at me. “I wonder,” svz he, an he walks ufl' down tin* street wbistiiu "Kate Kearney” as eb ui' as a laik. Well, tliat kyard made me feel IxjuM- <T, so the same eviuiti I <lrey«es im-silf in me lest, puts on me eaulMieii, takes me siiillalali in me hand, an sets off for Mistliress O'Flyuu's furium at Bal ly Diggau. Winn I g< ts to the dure, I ku«x*ks as bould as brass, an who should open it but the luvely widda hersilf. ‘‘(iood evenih, Misthress O’Flynu, ” «ez I. "Is it all a:ou< ye are?” “It is,” siz she, “will yo be sittin down?” “i will,” sczL “V.'idall the plazure in loife. ” Wid that I goes in, an she shuts the dnre, an into the kitchen we goes an sits down at th<* tir**. “ 'Tis a e«iwld evening,” sea I. “ ’Tis that.” sez sii<*. For the loife av me I cud say jjo more afther that, an so I sat twist in me euu- en between me hands an wouderiu bow J was to s;.y what I d eome fur. TJ:in I sez: ‘“Tia a gran lire ye have there. ’Tis a i'oine thing for a cowld eveniu. ” “’Tis tliat." sez she. Thin we sat slitili for another space av toime. hhe was knittiu sum tlnn'wid rid wool, oo *KZ I: ‘“Tis the foine warrum color for cow Id weather is rid,” sez I. “ ’Tis that," sez sh<*. I was alth*r thinkin I must have ollkiued ii r in some way, an might be si ti j-jun borne again wi lout a word av iuw , but I (ieternun'd to have another thry, so I s«z: “Is it not lonely ye are sittin here at uoights all Is- your -ilf?” » z I. " Tis not," s**z she. “I’m afther in- joyin the D st av eompany. ” “Who’s that?” sez I. “Just mesiit, an no other,” se:: she. “Oeh sure now, ye ean’t mane it. Whin ye're all be yersilf ye must be fed:n an aebiu void tills worruld can niv< r fill, as the pote sez. ” “Throe for yt—I *lo sometimes.” “I was sui t in av it, a<*usiila. Where .is it at all, ut all? Is it in yer heart now?” “No,” sez she, “’tis in me hollow wisdom tooth.” '‘Aeh now,” sez I, “ ’twas always fond av yer joke yo was, Mistliress O’Fly im.” “Sorra jok<‘ there is about it, Mistber Mag* sv—on less ye eall it a joke to have a feeiia in yer jaw loike a ridhot needle stit< hin away at double quick toime to tin* tune av ‘The Wind That Shakes the Barley. ’ ” “’Tis longin 1 am to comfort ye, alannah. Wud ye not be afther givin me an iugagcniiut as n sidiut physician? Faix, au ’tis mi-silf wud be afther chas- iu away from ye the toothache, the headache, th<* h«*arta«*he, an all the other aelies tliat il* sh is heir to, as the pote sez. ” “ Tis thiukiu I am I’d lie safer wid a dentiat for th<* bsithuche than wid au ould omadhaun loike ye, au as for the other aches ye mmtiou I niver have none av thim. ” “What, niver no heartache, whin ye’re sittin hen* all alone in the even* ins?” sez I, sittin up close to her an thryin to slip me armw round her waist. “Get along wid ye,” she crie-q liftin her chair along the flurc. “I nivi'r wen a man loik* ye for imraltin motions. Kap*- yer arrum down." “Aeh sure now, mavourneen, ’tis tinsl wid hangiu down all th<* evenin.” “Well thin, hould it up above yer head to n*st it. ” “Tliat wud Is* too high intoirely. Twud Is* high enough if 1 kept il ju>t about the height av y< r luvely iii***k. An b* sides, tliat wud kajs* the eowld away from ye, an tiiin 1 **u<l kill two birds wid wan shtoue, as the pote s *z. ” “Maybes, but sorra fear av nn* bein wan av thim binls yer j)**te talks av. ” “Is it fond av poethry ye are, aeush- la?” “At toiines—good ]S>*tlirv.” “W-ll,” sez I, “I have some poethry in me pocket. Maybes loike to }i**ar it. ” “I rnoigbt. What’s it about?” “Sure now tis about yer luvely ellf, au no wan * Ise. ’ “L t’g hear it thin. ” “Arr.Ui now, maybes ye won’t ba loikin it.” “How can I tell ye till I hear it.” “Well, this the way it goes.” Wid that 1 rakes ?h< kyard out av me pocket an reads it: If iM-rried His* ye wild injoy, Jus: ;ix sv.ate Kat • tJ’FI.viii). T-> i>« your o-.vu wud givu lur joy. Terciu--, :;o i:i an via. “Ach, ’tis luvely. An: ye afther com- posiu i: j’ersili?” she axes. "Niver a word. ’Twas from Burney postman I got it this m* min. ’Tis 1 THE YOUNG TLNCR. I woke. The harlx-n-i'. melody Had crossed the slaiu'iM-r bur And oot upon the- ojs u sea Of ooancwuHi'-ss i-.ftir Swept on w ird, As echoing the ■Ai; ii a fainter ■train, dream again. So soft the silver so-: Outp*iured ujioii *li Tim* 'il -ace '• e. ir 1 O’erleaning with <*. The slender nnssi, r a 1 and char • • night i listener ■light flap r tip Upon the port il < f in-’* lip. —John !!. Tal.-b in Century. HARK WATER. “Tli'i’ll live to ru - it. ” “Well, Av ca i: of go again my f. cl ’s. Aw cam o’ hell) n* t lovin thcc. ” • ’Ip Naw, an lli;.’ ca;.i!<.i li**li> 1« vin Fomeb’dy else, con ta? Tlia’U live to rue it, Aw tell thee, an so will tliat kupslalt thaks sc* t thy heart on—mind that.” Th« girl ad-in ss**d blu. liwl faintly, but did not hang her head. Batin r she lifted it, with a proud look wki<*h, <1.*- spil* h< r working shawl, plain black hat and somewhat pasty wlxite <*<)ni- pli*sion—the common heritage of mill girls—hut souk thing'"queenly to In i whole ajxjjearanee. Had you ms-ii Baeb* 1 Sw.*uin on Sun day as she w alked, with 1 *r Bible anc hymnlxsik, to the Methodist Sunday S!*h«s .-1 to teach her class you would R- a."<--ly have known her. Dr s.s <1 in th< lat st styl* —or the 1/ ;t that had per- co!at:*d to th*- j>roviuc**i— -from th( “tip's” in lu r hat and the “fall’’ whiet ( spn .-s'd rath* r than hid her (lili<;it* featuns, to her ia*ai little shoes, s;h« look* d, what she was, a lady And had you s ail her, at the chapel door alt* i evening s *nice, without a*:*) or even greeting beyond a mutual l«sik of satis faction, meet a pleasant faced young man and walk uwav bv liis side, von would have D cn in jsiss: ssicu of the secret—nowa ret now—that James Sum ner, a-sistant cashier at Hess ’s. P(<*l’s mill, and Bach* 1 Swann were “kwping company.” Jim Sumner had nt:irte*i life as a half timer and little pier * r; hut, naturally an intollig* ut lad and a great favorite with th* 1 sch'sihuaster, he had, in spite <if th* great dise.rdlity of l/ ginning to earn his living at 10, made such good use *,f his oj/jiortuniiies that he w:*.s early taken ii:t<; the “oilicc” and v.’a< n«J quite “looked up to” by right think ing folk its a man who “could addle (earn) his brass ’out tukkiu his coat off.” Moreover, he was junior “ehujiT steward” at the M*. th-slist chapel, and altogether a man a y girl in that place might Le proud to “keep compaijy” with. That Rarh'-l was proud of her lover everybody kn* w. They had only “made it up” a short time ago and had walked in public less than a fortnight when th** above conversation took place. Tla* man —for such he considered himself—who threaten* d to “tnak’ her rue” was con siderably oldci than herself, an«l an “overlooker” at the mill in which they all worked. He had long fon-ed his at tentions upon Rachel, who, while giv ing him no euw.-ragemeut, had not ab solutely repri- d him until she hoard that he did :• iJl'.I*- private bookmaking among the yoi thsaud young meu in the great mill. Until then she l ad regarded him as a decent fellow and shrank from hurting liis feelings, hoping h<* would desist in tim-r and giv<* it up as a ban job. oh** did not know Jabrz Smethurst. ! H«* was the i/.rt of man whose love can i turn to bitter hate, and now, both agairs* the g:rl and the man he deemed | his supplant* r, his rage burned fl< rcely. ! “Aw’w fan* miserable at my work, Jim, now,” said Rachel os she walked j with h»*r !ov* r from hhs mother’s cot - ! tag** along the <-mbaukineut of tjje great ! reservoir. “Why, how’s tliat, ray lass? Aw 1 thought tha’ war HI reet now an grade- ly iu*t up wi’ four looms an averagin It an <> awlk > ”for, though Jim was au ass :,-taut cashier, lie «lr**;.'p*-d, like hb lady lev**, into his native Doric on all familiar occasions, “au tha’ tov.d me that even thy cross grained owd aunt could epeyk civil now. ” “Ay**, Aw wn« fain enuf, Jim, but— Eh, lad, Aw can hardly tell yo’, A v’ve Ciiving Hiiu Adv:c«. | kept it to my.ol for days, but Aw can- “I’m not the man to yield weakly or » J0t b, ’ ar B »o longer^ Tl«’ overbsik* rV tl wouderiu I am who cud have sent it. But compose it or not, tis a hint I’m alther takiu. An now mavourn* en, ye’ll Is* crool no longer? I luv* y<* to distra* lion, an if ye’d only say th w- rd ’tis yer own devot* d T< rence I’ll K* from now to me dyin ind. ” Here I g* ts me chair up beside her again, an thin all th<* shy win! out av me at won: t. I puts m<* arrum round her waist an tri* s to draw her to me. But before I cud kiss bn - she twists her- si if away an sez she: “Is ii in earnest y<* iu^*, Tereii* *-?” “It is,” sez I; “dea*l «*arii**st.” “Well,” sez sh**, “d’ye promise to be tru 1 , true till death, as the pote sez?” “I do.” “An will ye niver lave me, deceive me, nor grb v** me?” “Niver, me own jewel.” “A:i if 1 many ye will ye always get up first in tin* morn in an pat on the fir** an give me a cup av tuy in bed?” “Dade will I, me darlint, me precious wan. ’ ’ “Thin I’m y* rs for iver an a day longer, Tereu***-, me bhoy. Y** may kiss m*—ju>t wan now. Oeh, o**h, <x*h, y * Uiurtli**rin tlinfe. How many d’y<* want?” sh** cries, for be tliis toime 1 had her in me arrums an w as last in the delicious lips av h**r. After that ’twas th** doloightful cven- iu w<* had intoirely. Sittin there at the fir**, sez Katie to me: “Y< ean’t tell yet who sent ye that kyard wid the p*icthry?” “.Sure an I haven’t the last** notion.” “Well, Ter**uoe, ’tis thinkin I am I can tell ye if ye won’t be angry. ” “Angry, mavourneen, ’tis deloight- ed I’ll be. Tis the foiuest letthcr 1 iver j. be morally responsitile, if not actually criminal, and, according to the imme morial custom of the firm, “had togo.’’ Poor Jim! He did inrt wait to meet his chapel folks and intimates. He just kissed liis widowed mother, who would not have believed “owt again’ Jim” on the testimony of au archangel, and went out into the frosty air, straight to the station and away to a town 80 miles distant, to make a fresh start His sweetheart was still in the mill. He ought, « f course, to have waited for her and told her. But he didn’t. He would v. rite, .'■the would b arn soon enough. Tin* village would buzz v.ith the *»a?ws as though the new “hooter” hud pro claimed it by nightfall. And it did. Tin re \v< re girls w ho seemed glad to tell Rachel, and when she Han d up and said: “ Yo’ know as well as Aw do’at Jim ne’er did it,” they only n plied: ^ “Well, he's ta’en his luxik, at any rat**. Yo r Aunt B* t seed him goo an says‘good riddance to bud rubLbigc. ’ Hi* doesn't seem to think as weel o’ Jimmie as her niece does.” What could Rach* 1 say? fc'h** vent hors with rage in her heart against her aunt, and some thing like i i sent mmt against her lover f*ir hasting away without j*. word to ■In' girl who could have died for him. Ah, little did she think, yet even now a dead misery had taken possession *;f h( r. “Well, Miss Proudie, an how's thy fine g« mi* man naa?” (Aunt li**fs own lad had had Imjx s of th<* “<i{iii*t:” once, tut ha*l turned out a wastrel; lienee hei bitterness.) “Aw tl:* ut wot it ’ud be. Som** fowk can’t stand gettin up i’ th’ world. Pride’ll hev a la’, an thy whip- persnupper’s come a cropper, ut ouy rate. ” in tongue warfare Rachel was no- wh(*re. Besides Aunt li* t wasn’t worth answ* ring. Then, chat very day, the overlooker had threatened to reduce her to two hxims and hail humbled her so terribly before the other weavers that TRUCK FARMING Directions and SutcK«-»iloii» Troui the Lou ikiHiitt Experlinent Mwtion. Truck famrng means intensive liigh fanning. Lands dixlicated to truck must be heavily fertilized, not with conmier- eial fertilizers only, but with siuli homcmatle manures as will insure large supplies of organic matter. Tl:*: fre quent incorporation cf vegetable matter by the growing and turning und* r < f some leguminous crop, p.-cfcrHdy (ow- p**as, supplement* d by min<-ral manures, will in a few years r a*l**r these .sells well adapted to truck growing. If stable ima’crea be us -d, they should first lx* tboniugbly composted and e v er;:! times pil* d and <*ut «lowu in < r r to bring them into a most available (•<-;- ditioii su< plant food. A etaupost of stabl** manure, cotton seed, acid phosphate and kainit, mixed iu siwh prop*irtioiisas will suit th** cr«jp t*i lx* grown, will b* f*iun<l a very effective fertilizer, perhaps supe rior to any other mixture. When the supply of home manures i*; iuadequat** for t: 1 ,*’ diaimutis of y< - r crop, tin s** may lx* supplement dhyc* *• tons*'**d meal, a« id pkesphab*and k o- it, mixed to .suit the Luid of vegetable grown. Projx T rotation must lie obsf rv* d in truck growing us in g* m ral fanning i .' the f«*rtility of tl:** soil he maintain' d and maximum r* .->ult.sd* sired. Akuowl- odg*- «if Isitany and of the elianvcti r of vegetabUs grown will gr**atly assist the farm* r in determining the rorution to lx* adopted. Melons,cucumbers aJul squash es belong to one family and should not succeed each oilu r. Eggplants, toma toes and Irisii potatoes form another, au*l Ix-ans and peas another. Always follow a crop by another of a different family. E«pr ssed in a simpler manner, roots should not follow roots. A tap rooted plant will follow well a fibrous rooted one. After a heavy mu- all tli** spirit seemed clean gene out of , miring cabbages, onions, Irish potat*x s . Was Very Neifyous Had Smothering Spelis snd Could Not deep - Ooctoro Called It Neuralgia and indigestion. “f bad pains in my Lead, reck and shoulders and ad through my bouy but they were most severe in my left side. The doctor called it neuralgia and in digestion. I waz confined to in v bed for , eight months. I was very lurvous, had smothering spell* and e<,uId not sleip. I read of cuies by llool s h-ir-iEpariila and of a cr.se similar to rr.iae. liy husband procured a bottle, and I began taking ff. After taking one botile I Kb Ix icer, was able to reel and my appetite improved. I continued until my nervousness was cured and I was much Ixttir in every way. My husbauu has also been bene* filed by Hood's Sarsaparilla.'’ Mazy 3. Sione, Spainville, Virginia. ft J ^ ^ ^ Carsa- <£> parilla • Oi. Tru-* Il’axul PariCer. s;x lur f ■>. Is the Best—in fact ti: - Sold by all drnxgi! I ,, ,, >->.,1 net liariiMJiiioiisiy iviifi SiOOU S k^ll'S lioous oorsajiii-iKa. 8**i n. “Arrah. thin, 'twaa s**<*i!i I was y<> was that shy ye wud niver spake yer luve widout iiicourugin, an as ’tis leap year au ’tv. as wishiu to s**e yt* happy I was, why, 'twas just maailf tlmt sent y<* that w* ** pom** av m<* own **omposare. ” “Ye man** it—thru*?” I crus d*- loigiit***!. “Faix, 'tis not a word av a li* I’m afther tellin ye,” sez she. “Thin luxiruy for leap y**ar!” I shouts. “An ye’re tin* grandest jsit** as iver was. Sure ye’ll lx* afther givin me another kiss or maybes two, as a thrilli* more ineouragmint, wudn’t ye now?” Loik** tbe jewel she is, she iucourag* <1 me again. Be tlietoim** y»* r«*ad tliis ’tis marri<*d we hope to be, lor I 'm just afther seein Father Doimvau about the woddin.— Bcotlish Nights. without a struggle, ” declared Write’y as he walked tin* fl*x)r, iut**rtwiniiig his' long lingers or running them nervously through his still longer hair. “1 have written poems, says, plays, criticising and stories. 1 have rang* <1 m my work from tin* most profound meta physics to the veriest rough and tumble humorof the day. Disjxisingof jxjliticul problems, removing tie- clouds *if mysti cism, accounting by natural laws for what has been i***gar<lo<l ;ts supernatural, producing tin* most beautiful conceits iu the realms of romance, writing under the inspiration of propitious muses and showii.g myself the incarnation of tru** wit, 1 have done a vast labor for the gixxi of humanity and have nothing tv show for it but dusty piles of unaccepted nuumscript. No wonder that ambition is crushed and that the fruits of my en deavor seem as th** apples of Sodom.” ‘Brace up, old man,” advised his ta’en one o’ my looms off me an says he’ll tak’ another f Aw don’t mend my work.” “Dost mean .falx* fmethnrrJ? Av.’ll see that r« **t, neV r heed, Rachel. ” And as th*-y had passed th** railway station which stood at theup]x*r **nd of tin- n s- ervoir and w* re iu a somewhat s:xdud**d place he put his aim around her waist, drew her to him and kissed her fondly. “Say nov. t, Jim. It’ll do no good. Gaffer thinks w**cl o’ Jalx*. Hehearktns to him as if Jalx* knew everythin an him nowt. An it d*x*a l*x»k us if my work was bud, for he gives me such bad soarts at Aw con on’y do half what t’others con, an my aunt says who’ll gie me th’ key o’ th’ str.*et if Aw cannot addie more nor a little w ench. It’s piece work, tha’ knows. ” “Aye—well, ne’er heed, my lass. Kis- mas’ll s*xiii be hen*, .m we’ll get w*xl a*' soon as th’ New Ye’r comes in. Aw’m friend Lctt**rgo. “You ar«* not th<* first gettin £2 a week now, an Aw’m prom- genius to suffer the pangs of the unap preciated. Keep plugging away with a stiff upjx-r lip. Never say die, my man. tiet your name before tbe public and wake tbe people talk about you. I can have your name par-ad*xl in every news paper and magazine that you want, pro vided yon follow my advice.” “Commit some (Time, I suppose?” “No, sir. Advertise your wares. Blow like a side show* man. Run your picture with every advertisement. Fay in advance, and the world will learn for the first time that there is such a hidden treasure as yourself. ’ ’—Detroit Free Press. A JU<* of Dwarf*. The inhabitants of the Andaman is lands are said to be the smallest race of people in the world. The average height of a full grown Andaman is leas than 4 feet and the anthropological experts who recently visited them found bat tow that weighed over 75 pounds. k 1 is*d a rise wi’ th’ New Ye’r.” • • ft • • • A month had passed. Poor Jim! All his fair holies seemed blighted. Bromley Bros., a firm iu the neighborlnxxl with whom Messrs. Pod occasionally did business, iu checking their bankbook found themsehes debited with an amount paid by chock to Peel 6c Co., for which they could find no corresponding item iu Peel’s account, and, on making inquiry from them, found that there was no account of its receipt iu their cashbook, nor did such an account ap pear to have been paid in the usual way to their credit at the bank. Evidently a check had been drawn and paid of w'hich the books of neither firm had any record. It was a sum under £10. But as the youth who ran between the mill and the bank in the adjoining town of Black- bnxik appeared too unsophisticated to transact such a fraud, und as Jim bum- ner was immediately responsible for the ccrrcr.t rash of the firm, ho was buhl to her. bhc went to bed, but n*.t to sleep. The “knocker up” had aa easy task next morning. That day was the black est of many black ones during tbe past few weeks, ami now no lover’s comfort awaited h* r. Everything went \vr< :g. The stuff wouldn’t weave. Her hxims K»s*mc*l bewitched. The overlooker over looked with a vengeance. “YoTl start on two looms tonioni.” he said. “Thinkon that! Aw’ve let ; a’ wenches o’ 14 ’at weave lx-tt**r nor th'. '* an do moor war!: on two looms fan tha’ con o’ three. '* it was tin last straw. I-'bc dare net fan* Aunt B<-t and her sneers. “Oh, Jim, Jim,” was the cry of her heart, “why couldn’t yen say a word to me?” For when her heart spoke it cried for Jim, and not for looms. Coming out of th<* hot mill it was bitter cold. She drew her shawl over her head and hur- ri***l away—not to the place she called “home. ” She scarcely knew win re she went. A hopeless despair weigh* <1 on her sensitive spirit. Tears, miclached anil unheeded, dropped as she walked. “Anywhere, anywhere, out of the world!” would have been li* r exclama tion could sh** have expressed her deep est wish/ Sudd' nly she found herself on the top of the reservoir embankment. Tbe moon was shining upon the water, which sparkled and shone with a crys talline brilliance. “There’s nowt left to live for, an I won’t live!” and, easting her shawl from her, she threw herself from the embankment. There was a sharp, ring ing sound. Tho moon shone on, and all was still. * • ft • • • “Now, Aw wonder what'a come out about this money?” thought Jim .Sum ner us lie struck the reservoir bunk on bis way from the station home. “Folks are fain to stay iu toueet, Aw reckon. Aw’m glad uob’y’ll s**e me till Aw’ve cleared mys'T—if clearin it is—and what c..u th’ masters ha’ taken th’ trou ble to /ret my address fro’ mother—for no’dby else knew it—an telegraph for me to come instantly, if it’s not? My, but th’ frost 1ms bin keen tliis two days! AwTl bet th* lodge’ll bear. ” So saying, he ran down and tried it with his foot, and, finding it safe, walked a distance on the margin. “Whafs that? Good heavens!” He had stumbled over the prostrate form of a woman lying a few feet from the em bankment. The ice was starred in every direction where her head had struck it. ‘ ‘Poor wench!’ ’ He tunn-d k< r over, and tho moon’s light fell upon a face he had often kiss***!. lie reeled as though he had received tin* blow that made the blood flow from that marble blow. How (*i!d she was! But she breathed. He picked her up and carried her, ho knew not how, up th<* bank and away till ho stag ger'd into his mother's cottage. Could she lx: in belt* r builds? .Still unconscious, but withsignsof returning animation, ho left her and hastened to the milk The lights still burned in tho office. Th** masters were s*;at**d by the fir**, and iu the background sat the m* song* r and Jubez Smethurst. “How d’ye do, James—you got our wire?” “I did, Mr, thank you.” “Boy, tell us again what you told this morning.'’ Whereupon the penitent lad, with fearful looks at Jubez, told how the overlooker hud terrorized him about small betting debts; how, ut his i/litigation, be had obtained a blank check from the office lad at Bromley’s; how Jubez had filled it in, copying tho wilting from another of Broni'ey’s checks; how he had presented it with the rest ut the bank and got th: cash. The sequel wan known and did net need m ounting. Jubez swore it was a parcel of lieu, but the boy’s evident sincerity, rev* lutious of Jubez’s Ixxikmuking trans actions and later RuchePylocount of her rejection cf his suit, and bis subsequent thii uts and persecution, convinced the m.i.'ters of Hmetliurst’s guilt. Theyfim- ply discharged him and cuxud their oou- ■ciousacM of Jim's overliasty dismissal by raising his salary to £160 a year. The folks who cheered a happy pair and pelted them with rice did not aoc a sea:' on the brow of the bride, for it was covered by h«r bridal veil—Tit-Bit* and eggplants should lie planted, sin e these require excessive fertility for b* -t results. Follow these crops with toma toes, squash, ( tc., and those in turn by Ivans, jx us, etc. A farmer will soon have a profitable rotation of both crops and fertilizers. Trsu*|>:»ntlii{* Ornnc* Trret. Some growers advocate autumn plant ing, giving for their reason the supjx w d root growth during the winter months, and consequently to the tree a better chance to establish itself; then, again, that on a newly transplanted tree the circulation of sap is chocked, and there fore nipt or**» f the cells during u freez ing temperature hardly possible. Other growers, again, advocate spring plant ing. An authority in tin* Florida Fruit Grower gives preference to spring plant ing and for the following reasons: Orange trees as well as other ever green trees should lx* transplanted jusl at the time when they almost start grow ing. Then hardly any interruption in growth takes place. Tin* theory of root .growth during winter is not well prov* <1 and is doubff d by a good many physiologists. It is suppored that no plant, w hether deciduous or evergreen, will form u;:y new roots before the cir culation of sap, and with it growth tak<*s place. We admit that in a tr**** trai a- pluutediu autumn the circulation of sap is checked and that it will stand afn z- ing temperature better, but we niu-t alni bear in in:u«l that a tree not estuli- lish* (1 has Den through the act of trans planting rendered sick and will perhaps* Buffer more than a healthy one. Wkik; one may die from rupture of the (el’s, the other may get killed by a freezing temperature as well and perhaps easier. Baling Cotton. The New York Times calls attention in a communication from Galveston to the prospect of tho formation of a stock company iu Galveston with a capital of $5,000,000 for tin* introduction and op eration of cylindrical bah* cotton com presses throughout the cotton states. “As this system of compressing involw s a complete change iu the present man ner of handling cotton, it is aimed to make it au international affair in order to find a ready outlet for the cotton thus put up. The advantages of tliis system of baling cotton are manifold, and espe cially e«> under the patents the company will control, and will result in great savin*; to the producers as well as to shippers of cotton ovi r tin* present meth ods of handling the staple. ” Farrow Irrigatioa. Having tho water upon the land, it can bo applied iu various ways. Fhxxl- iug or allowing the water to spread over the surface to the depth of from two to ten indies was formerly extensively used, but it is now* employed only for grain and similar crops. The most com mon m< tlnxi for vegetables and fruits is to make furrows and run the water along iu them so that it can soak into the soil. Professor Taft, iu his article on irrigation incorporated iu the year tsxik of the United States department of agriculture, says: If properly arranged, tbe water can not spread upon the surface, and by Low Rate Excursion tb Eastern Cities. The Southern Railway and its con nections wii! sell on August 12th. 13th and 11th excursion tickets to Wash ington. 1). C., Richmond. Va.. and Norfolk, Yu., at one fare the rocni trip, good to return within fifteen days from date of sale. The.-e tick ets are open to the public and will be honored on all passenger trains, in cluding the great 'Vestibule*! Limit ed.” and the “U. rd Fast Mail” trains. Railway round trip tickets, will be as follows : Washington to Baltimore and re turn, $2 00; Washington to Philadel phia uud return, ijiff.00; Washington to New York und return, $10.00; Richmond to Baltimore and return, (via York River line,) $3.00. Meals and state rooms extra ; Baltimore to PhiiudeJpliia and return, (via rail,) .fl.t/O; Baltimore to Philadelyhia and return, (via rail,) $4.00; Baltimore to New York, fviu rail,) $N.00; Norfolk to Baltimore and return, (via new Bay line,) $l.o0, state room $2.00, berth $1.00. supper $1.00, breakfast 7o; Norfolk to Philadelphia and re turn (via Cape Charles rail route.) $ , J.00; Norfolk to New York and re turn (via Cape Charles rail route.) $13.00. The above tickets are lim ited to ten days. Norfolk to New York and re turn (via Old Dominion Steamship, including meals and stateroom—lim it #10 days. 3 he Houtlx r i Railway runs through trains to Washington, Richmond, Norfolk and through ears to Balti more, Philadelphia and New Work from many important Southern (^i:ts. — - • — Betting With a Judse. There is evidently a certain laxity of demeanor allowed in the proceedings of courts of justice in the up cu/utry districts of some of the colonies, i* 'he following cast: may tie taken a . jmp)e: it happened at (Jala, a littl: ; la the Queenstown district cf th** * ape. The trial was for sheep ..Lug—a probably not unusual cccurr.*::'*? in that part of the world—the stealing of sheep being for seme oeeult reauou a crime to which every new district is peculiarly susceptible. All of a sudden the court was startled by the prisoner in the dock, who was evidently of a sporting tendency, lean ing forward and offering to bet tbe judge half a sovereign that the view lie was taking of the case was not a cor rect one. Order having been restored, the judge went on with his charge. The jury re tired and subsequently returned into court with a verdict of not guilty. Instead of hastily leaving the court the prisoner remained in the dock, busily engaged in searching his pockets. “What are you waiting for?” asked the judge. “Trying to find that half sovereign,” returned the erstwhile prisoner. “Half sovereign?” queried the judge. “Yes,” was the answer, “yea were right after all iu your view* of the law. I lost that bet I wanted to make, and now I want to pay up.”—Mtraud Maga zine. Wafuvr ft Fiend For Work. M. Roche, the French musician who auderbxik to adapt the libretto of “Tannhuuser” for French opera, tells of the trouble lie bad with Wagner. “He came at 7 o'clock in the morning. Wo were at work without rest until mid day. I was bent over my desk, writing and erasing. He was erect, pacing to and fro, bright of eye, vehement of gesture, striking tin: piano, shouting, siuging, forever bidding me ‘Go on, go * i on. rusnoir mktiioo or ikkioatiov. turning back tin* furrows as s<»on as the water has soaked iu and cultivating tin* soil the moisture ean be prevcrit«*d from •vnpornting. (Keecmt.) Care should lx* taken to so lay oot the rows in the orchard or garden tliat the furrow* for tie* water can lx* run at a very slight slope, 8 or 8 indie* iu 100 feet being all that is desirable, while 1 foot in 100 feet is an extreme slope. With a little can* iu laying out the far rows water can be used upon land that at first sight it wUl aeeni impossible to irrigate. An iiour or even two hours after noon, hungry and exhausted, I let fall my pen. I was iu a fainting state. ‘What’s tbe matter?' he asked. ‘I am hungry.’ ‘True, I had fmgotten all about that. I.et va have a hurried anack and go on again.' “Night came and found us still at work. 1 was shattered, stupefied. My head hurued. My temples throbbed. I was half mad with my wild search after strange words to tit the strange music. He was erect, still vigorous and fresh as when we begun our toil, walk ing up and down, striking his infernal pituo, terrifying me at last as I per ceived dancing about me on every aide bis eccentric shadow cast by the fantaa# tic reflection of tbe lamp, and crying to m* ever like one of Hoffman’s crea tions, ‘Go on. go on!' while trumpet ing iu my ears cabalistic words and supernatural music And, after iRl. tbe work failed, partly because the French htuguage *ms un»ui.ed to lt« peculiar