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tumorous department. THE WIT OF CHRISTMAS EVANS. Rev. D. T. Phillips, in The Standard, gives some interesting anecdotes con- i cerning the famous Welsh preacher, Christmas Evans, among others the i following: He bad a fine horse named Jack. ( He claimed that, for his itinerating purposes, he needed the finest animal that could be purchased?that it was 1 no credit to the ambassador of Jesus Christ to be straddling a skinny, 1 played-out-looking apology. Once in his travels he was met by several I Church of England students of Lampeter college, who twitted him upon | his inconsistency. Having respect- < fully accosted the old preacher, they propounded, as they thought, a difficult , conundrum: , "We want to know, Mr. Evans, how * - 1. you can reconcile your pracuce wuu } your profession ? You know that you t have been a great stickler for following Jesus Christ as literally as possi- , ble, and that- in everything. You know, Mr. Evans, that the Scripture ' declares that the disciple must not be above his Lord, nor the servant above ( his master. Our Lord was content to I ride upon an humble ass, but you seem to think that you must have a fine I horse to ride on. Do you call that t consistency ?" ? "Well, young men, I see your diffi- < culty. You cannot understand why I, j a servant, must ride on this fine ani- < mal of mine, while my blessed master rode on an ass. I can easily explain ( the difficulty. You see, young men, j the country where I came from, Angle- ? sea, is very scarce of asses; and when they happen to find one, they send him right off to Lampeter college to make a parson of him." THE COURT CAME BACK. Judge Randolph of the Kansas dis- j trict court was one of the frontier judicial officers who believed in upholding the dignity of the bench, and as well was tenacious of his own personal honor. A divorce suit, in which a gray-haired veteran of the late war was plaintiff, came up before him while he was on 1 the circuit out in a prairie county. ' rrL- /wviiff rmim TX'Bq filled with ' JL Lie X UUC VVUIV iWM. ? ?w .... spectators, and the old maa seemed ( unwilling to go od the stand in his own defence. s "I am not going to grant divorces i without good reasons," announced the t court; and the plaintiff went to the f chair that served as a witness box. "Now," said the attorney, "tell us < just what your wife did to make you t leave her." } The witness looked appealingly at j the judge. "Answer the question," was the or- ( der. < "Well, she called me names." f "That is not ground enough for a $ divorce," said the court, sternly. "Aod she neglected me." 1 f "Is that all ?" i "And she said that I was a coward 1 and a sneak, because I went to the war i and came back alive. She said that all the brave and worthy men died in , battle, and only the traitors and cow- j ards came home, and?" f "That will do sir; the decree prayed , for in your petition is granted," broke in the judge. "I want you to understand, sir, that this court went to that j fnnr roQrc thprp?and >Y Ui j auu ojj^u \> ivui j vm*w ?? ? ? ? the court came back, too." ( She Shut the Door.?Down at ( Bridgton there is a professor who does l not like the bicycle; but his daughter j likes it just the same, and has one. t The Bridgton local paper says that the other night, while the family were c grouped about the evening lamp, the ^ young lady was talking proudly about her "bike." Now and then her father j wriggled a little in his chair, and presently he said to the daughter: "Lucia, would you mind closing that s door? I'm as cold as an ike." "Cold as what, papa ?" "As cold as an ike." "I don't understand." 1 "That is strange. If it accords with your theory of verbal expression 1 to call a bicycle a bike, I don't see 1 how you can object to my calling an | iniola on ilrp " * She shut the door, and the family 5 noticed that it came to with- a hang. 4 Sargent S. Prentiss was once en- * gaged in a political discussion on "the 1 stump," with a gentlemau who was ' wordy, dull, and spoke "against time," so that Prentiss mighty^r^lr jiti Midi? advantage. It was nearly dark when ' Prentiss rose. At the same moment a I jackass in a neighboring pound began braying, and kept it up until Prentiss's friends were annoyed and his 1 opponents delighted. When the jackass stopped, Prentiss, casting a comi- < cal look at his antagonist, said, "I did 1 not come here today to reply to two equally as eloquent speeches." Then i he sat down, aud his friends carried i him from the stand in their arms. i A Startling Truth.?Mr. Shock- ) er?Don't you remember, my dear, our honest old neighbor, Mr. Withers, who ] met with such heavy business rever- 1 ses, and became so reduced in circum- i stances? Mrs. Shocker?Very well indeed. What of him? "Poor fellow ! He is now filling a drunkard's i grave.". "Impossible!" "Not at all, i my dear. He recently got the posi- < tion of sexton at the chapel, and is ] over there now Durymg an inmate ui ; the Inebriate asylum." < A Disappointment.?Robby (to young Mr. Featherly)?I heard Clara tell ma that she was disappointed be- I cause you didn't call Sunday night. < "Young Featherly (in a tremulous i whisper)?I say, Robby, did your sis- ] ter say how disappointed she was ? Robby (thoughtfully)?I'm trying to think. Yes, she said she was agree- i ably disappointed." 'i tt'atisirte teatltmngs. W&T A prayerless day is a perilous day. r P&T America has over 5,000 islands round its coasts. SOT Life is not so short but that there is always time for courtesy. The happy people of the world are those who love their occupation. ^ t&" Nearly 300,000 bushels of chest- g auts are sold in New York annually, j .ttaT Experience is the best school- f master but the school fees are heavy, v ?ST Recollect that trifles make per Fectioo, and that perfection is no trifle, t V&T Consciousness of honesty is a w greater comfort than a big bank ac f :ount. v ti&T Truth is violated by falsehood, a ind it may be equally outraged by 11 silence. tS&T Pleasant manners make friends, ^ ind without friends there can be no n success. True: "Worry," says Davie the a Wise, "is jus' a lot o' thinks a feller g jan't stop." a t&r Tne people of the United States o :onsume about 4,000,000 bottles of n pickles every week. b 8?" Lawyers and doctors get paid for n ;heir advice. Other people give it y iway with great generosity. a jSTIt is a queer thing that some men jannot consider themselves truly reli- 6 jious without making other people un;omfortable. 8?* Trees which grow on the north- ll ;rn side of a hill make more durable a umber than those which grow on the P iouthern side. 8?" When a dentist in China is pullug a tooth for a patron, an assistant Dounds on a gong, to drown the cries )f the victim. 8?* Bicycles have reached the Ari- a sona Indians, and people of Phoenix p -ecently noted a Pima riding his wheel ilong the Tempe road. t] I?" The cheeks become pale from o - ? J: fear because tbe mental emotion ai- o ninisbes tbe action of the heart and ung3, and impedes tbe-circulation. a t8T There are men in the world & vho, if they displayed one-half the ;nergy in business that they exhibit in b oafing, would soon become indepen- r< lent. h 86T Guntersville, Ala., boasts of a c icuppernong grape vine which covers i trellis 100 feet long by 50 feet wide, b md on which is at least 200 gallons of 81 ruit. a SfiTThe total product of cigars for ^ jonsumption. in the United States for . he last manufacturers' year was 4,- 11 137,755,943, and they all ended in ?' .moke. " At a recent meeting of railroad ^ sngineers the following toast was offer- , ;d : "To our mothers?the only faith- 11 :ul tenders who never misplace a n switch." 0 40?" The empress of Japan and her ?! adies have taken to the bicycle, and * ise a maze of walks made on purpose or them in the secluded part of the 11 mperial gardens. iST'It is claimed for Ireland that, ^ fvith its less than 5,000,000 of popula- " .ion, it has more centenarians than iny country in Europe?perhaps in the ^ vorld. They number 578. The Chinese believe that the ? vater obtained from melting hailstones s poisonous, and that rain water j( vhich falls on certain feast days will :ure ague and malarial fever. (l Success in life is very apt to make is forget the time when we wasn't nuch. It is just so with a frog on a jj ump ; he can't remember when he was i tadpole, but other folks can. f, J6T A French doctor says that perions who attain their 30th year with- <t >ut suffering from any serious disease y ire likely?all things being equal?to a ive till they are ai. least 73 years of age. a flttf Education is leading human a souls to what is best, and making IV svbat is best of them. The training Lvhieh makes men happiest in them selves also makes them most service- ti able to others. 5?? For two hours some boys in s< Kew York kicked a small bundle 0 about the size of a base ball around he streets and played catch with it. ^ Finally the buudle was opened and n ?780 in notes found within. I*' SOT The Yellow river is style.d ihe .l 'Sorrow of China." During the last J' century it has changed its course 21 . times, and now flows into the sea through a mouth 300 miles distant P from that of 100 years ago. Jg?j^Palhrick, me bhoy, you've had quoite enough to dhrink," said the ^ senial host. "Take me advoice. When ye get to the top of the sthreet ye'll see two cabs; take the first, be- n cause, begorra, there's only wan !" 8?* After smoking tobacco 50 years y ar more, a famous Massachusetts centenarian has thrown away her pipe, with the determinaaion never to smoke n again. Although she is 107 years old, ^ she has been convinced lately that the t] use of tobacco was shortening her life. g( SfiT" "I suppose you have forgotten v on thai j*ou own me len suiuiugs r aaiu Phillips, severely. "No, I haven't," v retorted Wilbour. "I meant to have 3one so, but I haven't succeeded as fj vet. Give me time, old man, and I ivill." v VST Some idea of the vast extent of c the surface of the earth may be ob- r tained when it is noted that if a loftly g church steeple be ascended, and the c landscape visible from it looked at, g 900,000 such landscapes must oe viewed in order that the whole earth may i be seen. c Jgy In use on the electric street railway at Biddeford, Me., is a peculiar h track tester, based upon an adaptation of the telephone. A man sits in a car ti and talks continuously into a mouth- n piece which is connected electrically ti with a receiver held by a man in the v power house. A break in the conver- ii sation shows where the track connec- n tions are faulty. s Ibc $tonj ?titer. ["HE GUIDE'S STORY. BY MAJOR HAMILTON. We were in camp on the south ranch of the Platte, a hunting and shing party of five, with two guides, Ted Longstone and Billy. Whether iilly was short for William or not, or rbether it were Christian or surname, o man knew. It was enough , that be oldest and best guide in the region tas Billy, and that he was with us. low and where td find trout and deer, then to hunt and fish, what to cook nd where to go, Billy knew almost I oiuiuvejy. Longstone was a good man, a fair untsman and a faithful guide, but jongstone aud Billy were not to be lentioned together. "The old ?un lays over me an' over 11 the others," admitted Ned, with a rin. "He orter," he continued, after moment's thought, "fur he's twice as Id as I am, an' was born in these mountains an' raised among the timer an' the Iojuns. . He's been woodslan, huntsman an' scout these 40 ears. He orter to be better nor me, n' he is." "Scout?" said Dick Black. "Has he old man served in the army?" "Indeed he has!" replied Ned. He was at the Lava Beds when Capain Jack killed all the white men, , nd was with Custer in bis last camaign." "By Jove, boys!" cried Black, "we'll i ave a yarn out of the old chap toight 1 Be sure to be in early." We were in early, all of us, and i fter the evening meal bad been disosed of, and our pipes were lighted, s we gathered about the camp-fire, ?-J e? ? >iuy was caneu upu iui a muij, "Give us a tale of early u?yR and i be redskins, Billy," said Harry Webb, i ur youngest companion, "and some < f your own escapes." i The old guide ruminated a moment, nd then, tucking bis pipe into the < orner of his mouth, he replied : "I'll give ye a bit of my own life, oys, if ye'd like it; an' about as nar- j er a squeak it was, too, as ever I ad?from Injuns, leastwise?if ye are to hear it." i We all signified our desire to listen i y stretching our blankets and our- i Blves at the old man's feet, and after moistening touch of my wicker flask j e began: "Something like 20 years ago I was < 1 the employ of the government as a sout and guide, my headquarters bemilifapv ntnlinn npnr flhp.rrv 1 Jg an nug uimvai j UWv.VM ?? y ireek, now Denver. From that point ranged in all directions as informaion might be demanded of the move- I lents of the Injuns, sometimes alone, i r with one or two companions, and i jmetimes with a troop of cavalry, i 'he service was dangerous, but to a I ian of my nature it was very attract/e. i "One morning, early in the fall?I ' isremember the year now?tne cap- 1 tin of the post called me, and said : i " 'Billy, I hear rumors that the ' ilackfeet are ranging along the footills to the north, and that they are 1 athering in force and propose to atick the Creek. How soon can you ' xamine the truth of the report and I 3t us know ?' I "'Within five days, sir, an' perhaps 1 bree,' said I. 1 " 'How many men do you want?' ] " 'One besides myself. Tom Ster- * ng,' I replied. "Sterling was a soldier, but a good { iend of mine, and an excellent scout. ' "'All right,' replied the captain, ake Tom with you. Go wherever ou choose to the north, find out how < iany Blackfeet are in the country, nd what their plans are, if you can, nd report to me as soon as possible. 1 leantime, take care of your hair.' J "I smiled. " 'I'll try to, sir,' I replied, and jrned away to find my comrade. "Two hours later Sterling and my jlf, well armed and mounted^jod^ ut of the camp. "All that day we galloped unhesita" rtrMtvioo fon/ltnir ! U?iy lui wmu, VI V WUiOU V>Ulll..b V?MV orth, and not far distant from the >olhills of the Rockies. We knew hat the reds were beyond one day's? jurney ; hut at night we picketed our easts and rolled ourselves in our lankets, without any fire or even a ipe after our supper, lest the flame or he smoke should betray us. "We had covered more than 40 ( liles, and were close to the dangerous 1 and. 1 "Our precautions were evidently eedful, for about midnight, as nigh s I can recollect, Sterliug awoke me, nth his haud on my mouth, and 1 rhispered at my ear, 'listen.' "I obeyed him, half rising. The 1 ight was dark, for there was uo ioou and clouds hid the stars. A soft reeze wus blowing, and at intervals here came to me a strange, far-away ound, like the wild music of human oices. " 'The redskins are holding a pow- ; row back in the hills,' whispered Tom. ?ee, yonder's the reflection of their 1 re.' "He pointed away toward the northwest, and peering in that direction I ( ould distinguish a dim red glare, ising and falling among the gloomy orges of the mountains, evidently aused by the camp-fires of the savaes. j '"Old man,' said I, 'you're right, 'he copper-noses are holding a coun- , il, and we must jine it. Let's away.' "Quickly rising, we saddled our orses, mounted and rode forward. "As we advanced cautiously through he darkness the sound of the savage lusic grew louder, aud the light from heir camp stronger, and at length, : /hen a short distance from the gorge i i which they appeared to he, we dislounted, hid our horses among the tunted cedars and with all the cau tion of scouts engaged in perilous duty, continued the advance on foot. "Before we started we advised together a moment. '"No noise, my boy,' said I, 'an' if we're discovered, each must make the best of it. No shots, either. If we run ag'in any Injun, use the knife." "Tom agreed, and stepping softly as rabbits in the brush, we crept toward > the Blackfeet camp. i "One mile was passed in safety, and we were at last climbing the only i ridge that separated us from our enemies. The singing and shouting had now ceased, but the light of the great fire Bickered still, and, reflected from the heavy clouds above, made an i uncanny, blood-colored light, exceed- < ingly dim, in the timber all about us. Silent as shadows, with eyes like owls, we moved onward and upward. A i dozen rods more and we could view the bostiles in their camp and listen to the councils. The utmost care was i necessarv. i "loch by inch, removing every bit of broken branch that obstructed our i way, we crawled toward the ridge; i inch by inch, while the sounds of the > Injuns so near at baud filled the air, i and the night was driven backward by the light from their fire; slowly, but i surely onward aud upward we moved, i uutil at length, each sheltered behind a stunted cedar brush, we lay at the i very crown of the gorge, and gazed i breathless into the canyon below. "It was filled with Blackfeet. Fully 200 armed and painted for war, were gathered about the great fire, and more were out of sight, for we could hear them. No squaws were to be seen. It was evidently a party prepared to fight. "For a few moments we surveyed the scene without moving; then, noticing a tree trunk that extended over the wall of the canyou, and from which a better view could be obtained, while the branches of surrounding trees would effectually conceal me, I informed Tom of ray intention to secure that perch, and began to wriggle my way toward it. "Sterling laid his hand on me, and drawing near, whispered in my ear: " 'Don't try it.' "I thrust his haud aside, and re [JJ1UU 1 "I must." ( "With watchful eyes he followed me t as I writhed along the ground, reached the tree and begau to crawl slowly out along the trunk. "It was 50 feet to the bottom of the gulch or gorge?not a perpendicular fall, but with steeply-sloping sides, covered with rocks and bushes. I had worked ray way out along the tree until 15 feet in the air, when a sudden tremor ran through me, and I paused?the trunk was breaking. t "For a single instant I sought re- j treat, but it was too late. A sharp, j crackling sound broke upon the air, < mingled with a crj' of horror from my J companion ; then, with a crash, the , break came, and clinging for life to my i whirling seat, I felt myself falling. I i caught one glimpse of the terror-blench- ! ed face of my friend, saw the red fire j of my enemies leap up as if to receive < me, heard the wild cries of the Injuus and then knew no more. "I fell into the very centre of their camp! I "When consciousness returned, I found myself bound hand and foot and ] guarded ' by a dusky redskin, who j grunted as I opened my eyes, and j turning, called in a gutteral tone to ] mother who stood near. He approached. As I looked up at him he smiled. " 'Ah! white scout visit red man. Sood! Come pretty quick?hurt his J bead !' j "And he grinned again. < "I knew my head was hurt, for it iched terribly. " 'White scout want to go away?' "I wondered what deviltry was in the redskin's mind, for already I had Jecided my own fate?the stake; but [ muttered in reply : " 'Yes.' " 'Good ; the white scout shall go at lawn.' "And with no further explanation he turned away. "Although racked with pain, I awaited the dawn with considerable impatience, pondering on the words of the Injun, and debating what new torture had been devised for me ; but as ? -IT 1 _ J . _ ,L . Ifte day Droae, ami ji was leu to me mouth of the canyon opening upon the plain, I knew the end. ."There, in two long lines, half a hundred warriors stood, with a lane about six feet wide between them, all armed with knives, hatchets, bows and arrows. As I appeared they shouted, j "I was to run the gauntlet! "Weak from loss of blood, wearied from lack of sleep, I was placed atone end of this red pathway to death, and unbound. Then my questioner of the night before appeured at my side. "'White scout want to go home? \ Go!' { "I went. "Down the flashing line, between the faces gleaming with blood thirstiness and hate, between the thrusting knives and falling tomahawks, through fliahr. of arrows, over, under, in "*o - I I and out, my soul filled, not with fear, but with a fearless rage, yelling in answer to the yells of the demons about me, striking to left and right as they struck, leaping, ruuuing, crouching, plunging, cut in half a hundred places, wounded with half a score of arrows, until, maddened beyond control burst t through the line and ran with the 3peed of a deer toward the little thicket where stood my horse, reached it amid a cloud of missiles, sprang to my , saddle and escaped ! "It is the only time, and I hope the J last, that I ever ran the gauntlet!" < ! A Soldier's Food.?"Though the array has changed in many ways," ( observed an army officer connected 1 with the commissary general's depart- , ment, "the ration today is the same as it has been for years. The soldier is allowed 12 ounces of bacou or 20 ounces of salt or fresh beef each day. He is also allowed 1 pound and 2 ounces of soft bread or ilour each day, 12 ounces of hard bread or 20 ounces of cornmeal per day. To every 100 rations is given 15 pounds of peas or beans, 10 pounds of rice or hominy, 10 pounds of green coflee or 8 pounds i of roasted or ground coffee, 24 ounces of tea, 15 pounds of sugar, 4 quarts of vinegar, 8 pounds and 12 ounces of salt, and 4 ounces of pepper. "The soldier ij, therefore, as you will see, well fed. The United States is not only particular and liberal as to the supply, but goes a step further and says that the bread shall net be eaten until it is ,cold, and that soup must be boiled at least five hours. The soldier is not, however, required to eat all that is issued him as bis ration, and but few of them could, if forced to do so, at least lor any length of time. They are allowed to coinmute their ration ami use this luud to buy such other things and delicacies as they desire. The soldier, however, is not strong on angel's food or things of that kind, hut is content with his roast heef or steak three times a week, with hnm and eggs the intervening days; good bread, eullee, tea, potatoes, cabbuge, tomatoes and other vegetables in season. He eats to live, rather than lives to eut."?Washington Star. &4KlNC POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest >f all In leavening strength.?Latest Urilted States Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., New York. APEX OF BICYCLE PERFECTION. MONARCH Bicycles have, during the last two or three seasons, come to be ;he King of Bicycles in every sense of the word. It is the Lightest running, the Prettiest and tbo most Durable. It makes i man or woman happy to know that he oko Atrno tho RPsT RiPwIa 111 thfl ivorltl?the MONARCH. You see lots of bicycle dealers who say the wheel they jell are far superior to the Monarch and >f course they may think so ; but it is not tease of "think so" with us. We know ;hat the MONARCH IS THE BEST BIBYCLE on the market. It has been ihorougbly tested by the best riders of the jonntry. Catalogue for a 2-cent stamp. Prices of Monarch Bicycles range from ! ?85 to $125. Ride a Monarch ana you'll 36 happy. THE DEFIANCE [s a cheaper wheel than the Monarch and s fully guaranteed. It is made by the Monarch Cycle Co. If you want a wheel ;hat won't cost much, you should buy a Defiance. Prices range from $40}o$75. TIKES?>1. & W. Should your bicycle need tireing, we jan furnish you with Morgan ?ft Wright's iuick Repair Tires. They are best. If jrou wani'a Monarch or Defiance Bicycle Dr Bicycle Tires, call on or write to GRIST COUSINS. Explain Charles Kind The popular writer of stories of military life is sometimes called ClK American Ripling The resemblance between the two writers is slight, except that each writes of army life in a masterful manner. Captain King was famous before Kipling was heard of and is today the foremost American novelist. < fort Trayne : Is Captain King's LATEST -? dnrtinn and is even a better ?tory than "Dunraven Ranch," The Deserter," "A Soldier's Secret," "An Army Portia," all jf which THE ENQUIRER ' las published. You Should i WATCH FOR THE OPENING CHAPTERS. 1 OHIO RIVER ABU CHAHLESTOS R.B. TIME TABLE of the Ohio River and Charleston Railway company, to take effect Monday, June 1,1896, a 7.40 a. m. omiwniDn PAOTPIJV TTMTf GOINO MOUTH NO. 12. | Leave Marion - 2 00 prn Leave Rutherfordton? 3 35 pm Leave Forest City - 4 05 pm Leave Henrietta 4 30 pm Leave Mooresboro . 4 45 pm Leave Shelby 6 00 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 8 15 pm Leave Earls..; 0 25 pm Arrive at Blacksburg 6 40 pm No. 82. | No. 84. I Dally Monday ! Except We'ns'd'y 1 Sunday. Friday. Leave Shelby 7 40 am: Leave Patterson Springs... 7 50 ami Leave Blacksburg - 8 SO am 8 40am Leave Smyrna 8 50 am 6 05 am Leave Hickory Grove 9 05 am 9 25 am Leave Sharon ? 20 am 9 50 am Leave Yorkvllle 9 85 am, 10 20 am Leave Tirzah....v 9 47 am 10 45 am Leave Newport 9 51 am; 10 55 am Leave Rock Hill 10 30 am 12 55 pm Leave Leslies .. .... 10 42 am 1 15 pm Leave Catawba Junction.. 10 51 am 2 00 pm Leave Lancaster 11 17 pm 8 40 pm Leave Kershaw 11 57 pm 5 25 pm Arrive at Camden 12 45 pm 6 45 pm ? going north T | ~KoT33. |. NoTST. Dally Tuesday Except Thursday Sunday. Saturday. Leave Camden 1 15 pm 8 00 am Leave Kershaw *2 15 pm 10 15 am Leave Lancaster 2 55 pm 11 50 am Leave Catawba Junction 3 80 pm I 20 am Leave Leslies 8 38 pm 1 40 am Leave Rock Hill 8 54 pro 4 00 pm Leave Newport 4 00 pm 4 20 pm Leave Tlrzah 4 15 pm 4 35 pm Leave Yorkvllle 4 80 pm 5 00 pm Leave Sharon 4 45 pro 5 80 pm < Leave Hickory Grove.... 5 00 pm 5 55pm Leave Smyrna 5 10 pnt 6 15 pm Leave Blacksbure 5 30 pro 6 45 pm Leave Patterson Springs.. 5 50 pm Arrive at Shelby 0 00 pm No. 11. | Leave Blacksburg 8 20 am I-eave Earls * 8 40 am ljeave Patterson Springs 8 50 am Leave 8helby 9 80 am . Leave Mooresboro _ 10 20 am Leave Henrietta 10 80 am , Leave Forest City 10 50 am Leave Rutherford ton 11 20 am Arrive at Marion 12 50 pm t Dinner. CONNECTIONS. No. 32 has connection with Southern Railway at Rock Hill. Nos. 34 and 35 will carry passengers. Nos. 11 and 12 have connection at Marion with Southern Railway. At Roddeys, Old Point, King's Creek and London, trains stop only on signal. . S, B. LUMPKIN, G. P; A. A. TRIPP, Superintendent. SAIMPL HUNT. General Manager. D0NT FAIL TO WATCH T3V>t? fVio finrniinoe fflio/ntiH'fl nf X U1 tug V^UULUg VUM^WAV WA port fr1k.1s . It is a great literary treat m in hi mill Schednles in Effect from and After Angnst 30, 1896. G. W. F. Harper, Receiver. CENTRAL TIME STANDARD. GOING NORTH. | No 10. | No 00. Leat e Chester Z | 8 20 am | 8 80am Leave Lowrysvllle ' M 46 am 9 05 am Leave McConnellsvllle 0 04 am 939am Leave Guthriesville .... 9 12 a to 9 56am. Leave Yorkvllle 9 35 a m 10 50 a m Leave Clover I 10 18 a m 11 33 a m Leave Gastonla .... 10 56 a m 150pm Leave Lincolnton ; 11 55 a m 8 16 pm Leave Newton 12 50 p m 4 45 pm Leave Hickory j 1 23 pm 6 15 pm Arrive Lenoir I 2 30 pm 1 8 00 pm GOING SOUTH. | No. 9. | No 61. Leave Lenoir | 240pm 6 30am Leave Hickory | 3 42 pm 8 10 am Leave Newton 5 08 pm 9 10 am rT,lr?fvilnti"?n I 6 55 Dm 10 30 &ZX> . Leave Gastonia 6 57pm 100 pm Leave Clover 7 37 pm 2 02 pm Leave Yorkville 8 06pm 3 10pm Leave Outhrlesvllle ... 8 20pm 310pm Leave McConnellsville 8 38 pm.1-3 56 pm Leave Lo^rrysvllle ...... 9. 00- pin ; 4 25 pm ArriTtrChesier : 0 32 pm I 5 10 pm Trains Nos. 9 and 10 are first class, and run daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 60 and 61 carry passengers and also ran daily except Sunday. There is good connection at Chester with the G. C. & N. and the C. C. & A., also L & C. R. R.; at Gastonia with the A. & C. A. L.; at Lineolnton with C. C.: and at Hickory and Newton with W. N. C. , L. T. NICHOLS, Supt. G. W. F. Harper, Receiver. Lenoir, N. C. Fort Frayne Is the title of our New Serial Story and it is written by the wellknown "pen-pusher"?Captain Charles King. Be sure and watch for the opening chapters in T^l _ V"* ine enquirer. ~>ETNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD CONN. Cash Capita] S 4,000,000 OO^ CashAsse's 11,000,000 00 Losses paid 77,000,000 00 S. M. ?fe L. GEO. 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