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THE ANARCHIST. Pani Le Marchant, clockmaker by trade and anarchist by principle, sat atbreakfast in the little parlor at ttie hack of his shop in the Rue St. . Antoine carelessly glancing through ins morning paper. Opposite him sat ills young wife. On thia morning after breakfast instead of going into his shop, as tras customary with him, he drew his chair over beside his young wife, anil taking her hand in his he gazed upon her sorrowfully and with pe culiar interest, and said while strok ing her hair: ''Lucille, darling, if anything should happen to me what would you do? If I quitted this life with the curses of widows and orphans and the hatred of a world, would you still remember me only as your loving and manly Paul, or would you, too, join with the world in Wasting my memory ?" Alas, Lucille knew too well what. Paul's principles were and bow strongly he cherished them. She had strange forebodings always that harm would come to him or that he might be chosen to execute some of the terrible sentences passed by the secret councils of the anarchists, and siie know that he could not disobey any order of these councils with im punity, even if he was so inclined. While her husband spoke to her the tears rose to her eyes, and throw ing her arms around his neck she sofcbedi asking why he spoke thus, hut he merely said ho felt melan choly, which was more or less a lie, for Senor Morova, the Spanish prem ier, had been sentenced by the very council to which Le Marchant him self belonged, and the sentence had been effectually and fatally carried ??t tibe previous day by Cassello, the member of the brotherhood on wiiom the lot had fallen, and Le Marchant knew this, and he was greased. It always pleased him when the vengeance of the brotherhood r?tieved the world of one of its rul eefcu He had ?est been reading the par ticulars of the murder-though he did not view it in that light-in the .newspaper, and he knew that Mon teure, president of France, would be t$re nest victim, sentence having been pronounced on kim immediate ly after Senor Morova. He knew also that lots would be drawn to tie aide who should carry out this vile sentence, and he had a kind of pre sentiment that the lot would fall to ism. It was this thought that made him address Lucille in such a strange fjBhien. For some day3 after this he at tended in his shop as usual, and Lu cille had almost forgotten his mo mentary strange .manner, till one evening she went up to his room and entering quietly found him ad justing a black mask over his face. On her inquiring what he was doing, he tried to pass it off as a joke, and told her ho intended to play a littlo trjck upon her, but Lucille saw ly ing on a chair close by a black cloak with a hood, and also something bright among the folds, and she was too well aware that this meant a summons to a meeting. And in truth she guessed right, for when Paul set out that night it was at the call of the chief of the brotherhood to attend the meeting to decide who should execute the sentence which had been passed on President Menta ure. When Paul entered the room, he found a large number had already arrived, but there were three or four wno had not as yet put in an ap pearance, and for these the council * waited till all but one had come. Unis one was Signor Rapelli, and the j members becoming impatient at his j nonappearance had sent twice to the j man on guard at the entrance of the j house to know if he was iii sight. He was looking out for the last time when a hooded figure came hastily ta the door, gave the password and j ??iras admitted. The man in the hall, | assuming it was Signor Rapelli, ad- { pressed him by name, and told him ? the brotherhood were impatiently [ waiting, and urged him to hurry up J s4aire to the council chamber. Now this person, whom the guard j took to be Signor Rapelli, was mme j other than Lucille. Le Marchant'? wife, who, impelled by love for Paul, as well a? curiosity, deter mined to risk a visit to the council disguised a? a mein bei , especially as Paul hud trusted her with the pass word. When the guard addressed : lier a? Signor Rapelli, Tho true worn. [ ?n's wit divined that the signor had not arrived, and ?he therefore deter mined to play hi? part a* best she aould. When she entered the council ahamber, the president welcomed ; her as Signor'Rapelli, and shr. hav | mg merely bowed, went and tonk ? j seat with the other members. I She shuddered inwardly when she ? looked around the room at the som ber drapery on the wall* and tbe ! black hoods of the member?, which allowed nothing hut Mit- eyes to he seen, and then the: awful thought ; ?rosaed her mind-that if some one recognized lier a? a ?tranger what jj would become of her / Worst of all. they would think abe was there with the approval of Paul, and sim knew that if they thought him guilty of trencher}' he would not leave the place alive. However, the voice of the presi- J dent cut short her thoughts as he j arose to formally explain the object of their meeting, which was to de cide who should rid France of its 2>resident. He then explained the mode in which the drawing of lots was to take place. He produced a large pewter jug with a necic 31 wide enough to allow a hand topi in, find this jug was filled with car< on each one of which there was number from 1 to 100. Each merni was to walk up to the president, 1 fore whom the jug was placed, a: draw out a number, and when drow it out he was obliged to a nounce his name and the number drew, and then retire to his sei Whoever drew the lowest numb was bound to carry out the coi mands of the council. Then each one walked up in tur Lucille among the number, and dre a ticket. The numbers drawn by tl first seven members were 53, 30, 17, 88, 70 and 12. Then it came Paul's turn, who drew a ticket bea ing the number 7 and retired io h seat, and the drawing went ou. ? one drew a number lower than and when all had finished the pres dent rose and addressing Le Ma chant announced that in accordant with the rules of the sooiety it hi i fallen to his lot to cut short the li: of M. Felix Mentaure, president < France, within ten days, but fe preference on the day when tl president was to open the Exhibitic of Arts and Industries in Paris. Th was tho day on which Cassello, tl anarchist who murdered Senor M< rova, was to pay the penalty of h: crime. Then, having exhorted hil to do his duty, he presented hil with a dagger, this being the onl warrant for execution issued by tb society when it passed sentence c death. Afterward the council brok up for the night, and the membei dispersed to their several hornes Lucille running nearly all the waj so as to reach home before Paul. She knew him too well to attemp to dissuade him from carriyng ou the sentence with whioh he was ir trusted, and she also knew that eve; if she did succeed in dissuading hin it would most certainly endange his life. But she was revolving ? little scheme in her own mind, whicl she thought, while it would save tin lifo of the president, would als? shield Paul from the anger of thi brotherhood if he failed to executi Mentaure. Now, before Mentaure had becomi president Lucille had been lady'i maid to Mme. Mentaure, and onl} resigned that position when she married Paul, on which occasioi madame gave her a beautiful ant costly present, with a request thal if she ever wanted any favor sht would not be slow to ask. it. Lucille therefore wrote Mme. Men tature, requesting to be allowed tc ?ee her, as she had something mosl important and pressing to inform her of and which would not bide delay. Lucille sent this letter the second day after the meeting at which she had been present, and re ceived a prompt reply, appointing an hour at which it would he con venient to madame to see her. Mme. Mentaure received her very kindly, and having made several inquiries as to herself and family requested her to state the object of her visit. Lucille then told her rdainly of vw husband's principles, and relat ed how she had gained access to tho council chamber of the anarchists, who had decreed the death of tho ?resident, and how it had fallen to her husband Paul's lot to carry out the sentenoe. Mme. Mentaure listened quietly to all Lucille had to say, and except for the paleness of her face and tho twitching of her lips did not betray any signs of emotion. She inquired of Lucille whether she thought Paul would carry out the decree, and Lu cille answered that she was abso lutely certain that ho power on earth could stop him, but that if madame would hear her she thought she had a plan which, if it met with her ap proval, would save both the presi dent and Paul. She told Mme. Mentaure that Paul would probably attempt tho murder of the president when he went to open the Exhibition of Arts and In dustries in a week or so, and sug gested that madame should secure the services of Lieutenant Travis sier, the world famed ventriloquist, to aid them in carrying out her plan, which was that Travissier should have one of his walkiug fig ures made up to resemble tho presi dent, and that he, Travissier, should take his seat beside it in the carriage on the day the exhibition was to be opened and make the speech declar ing the'Arts and Industries open which would have been spoken by the real president. Thus, when Paul would strike the fatal blow, it would fall harmless on the stuffed presi dent, and would exonerate Paul from all blame from the brotherhood when they discovered how they had been foiled. Mme. Mentaure fully agreed with all that Lucille suggested, and while warmly complimenting her on her coolness, tact and ingenuity could not help smiling-serious though the subject was-at tho idea of the stuffed president. It was further ar ranged between them that a para graph should appear in the morning papers of the day preceding the opening of the exhibition describing a cycling accident wiiich befell the president and necessitated his keep ing his room for a day or so, but stating that nevertheless the presi dent would be able to open the ex hibition on the day following. It should be mentioned that this Lieutenant Travissier was the fore most ventriloquist in France, and that his mechanical ligures liad been brought to tho highest state of per fection-the}' could walk, smoke, drink, etc., under Travissier's guid ance. They had appeared before the crowned heads of Europe and were famous all over tJie world. Travis sier, uiiou be was oommunicatci with anti bound over to secrecy, en tered into the spirit of the thing a once, and immediately began prepa rations for playing his part. Of course nothing would hav been easier than for Mme. Mentaur to have had Paul arrested on tin spot, or at least kept under suvveil lance, but she was sufficiently keei to appreciate that if he was arreste* another member would be d?put?e to take his place, and besides shi felt it would be a poor return to Lu cille for her trust and devotion. When tho eventful day arrived Lieutenant Travissier, disguised a< the president's secretary, appeared at the door of the palace supporting on his arm the dummy president and entering the carriage whicl was in waiting drove to? the exhibi tion attended by a military escort, So far everything went on well, anc the route rang with the loud cheer* of the French public for their be loved president. Many were thi sympathetic words exchanged among bystanders anent the pale ness of the president and the diffi culty which seemed to attend his least movement. At last the exhibition buildings were reached. The president en tered, still leaning on the arm of Travissier, and mounted the plat form i>rovided for his accommoda tion. The ventriloquist stood immo diately behind the dummy and de livered in fine form the president's address opening the exhibition. Toward the exit from the build ings, where a great crowd had gath ered to see them and while the air rang with the cheers of the multi tude, Le Marchant, who was wait ing, suddenly darted forward and before any one could interfere plunged his dagger thrice into the breast of the president, crying pas sionately: "Down with tyranny I Long live anarchy 1 Cassello is avenged 1" The president sank back into the arms of Travissier, and he was im mediately carried to one of the pri vate rooms in the exhibition and medical men sent for. When Travis sier had the committee who reoeived the president alone in the room with him he hurriedly explained to them the ruse that had been played upon them and the publie in anticipation of the attack that had just taken plaoe, and impressed upon them the necessity of keeping up the farce a little longer. As for Le Marchant, he was in stantly seized by the crowd, and notwithstanding his strength would have been most severely handled if the gendarmes had not rescued him and taken him into custody. Within an incredibly short time all the newspapers had special edi tions outy recounting the assassina tion of the president, and the news was flashed all over the world, only to be contradicted a few hours after ward when it became known how ingeniously anarchy had been cheat ed of one of its moat coveted vic tims. As for the anarchists them selves, they were quite dumfound ed when the}' learned how they had been foiled. Meanwhile Paul, in jail, was kept in ignorance of the failure of his at tempt on the president until one morning after things had settled down he was quietly conveyed be fore the Tjresident and his wife, who, with Lucillo and Travissier, awaited his coming. The astonishment of Paul when he saw the president, whom he thought he had finally disposed of, hale and hearty before him, can bet ter be imagined than described, and his surprise was intensified at sight of Lucille, who he thought had come there to beg his life. M. Mentaure, calmly addressing Paul, said: "I expect you are aston ished to see me here when you thought you had terminated my ex istence. But Providence, through this devoted woman, your wife, or dained otherwise. It is to her that you and I owe our lives. We all of us have our faults and misconcep tions, but if you will take a little friendly advice you will renounce the principles you have entertained, if not for the hopelessness and dan- : ger of the principles themselves, for the sake of the devoted companion of your life, to whom 1 repeat we j both owe our lives. However, as I I trust you will now see how blindly you have been acting, the only con- ! dition I will impose with a free pur don is that you reside out of France , for three years, till this altair will have been forgotten. I will provide you with what will keep you till ? you obtain employment in sume for eign land, but you must not settle on French soil. I ask you to give me : your hand to seal the compact be- j tween us. " The generosity of the president astonished Paul beyond measure. Grasping M. Meutaure's hand he warmly thanked him for j his mercy, forgiveness and kindness and promised to adhere to all he had said. Within three days he started for England, together with Lucille, to whom he was more devoted than ever. Travissier became the darling of Paris, and presents and congratu lations from all quarters of the globe were showered upon him. There is now no more popular ventriloquist in France, and when he announces 1 that ho will include a little piece in his entertainment called "Travis sier's Triumph" hu is always sure of a bumper house.-London Tit Bits. Children ?nd adults tortured by burnH, scalds, injuries, eczema or skin diseases j rnny seen re instant relief by using he Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is the great Pile remedy. Evans Pharmacy. 1 THE ROYAL BUCKHOUNDS. Hunting: In Old 15nj;lanil In tl?? Day? of Kin;; Gooroc III. But, though the royal buck hounds as an institution can trace their descent back to bluff King Harry, tho present fashion of hunt ing their game began with good King George. Tho date cannot be fixed precisely, hut it is certain that j the carted deor was first used in I George Ill's reign, when inclosure j acts and the spread of agriculture j had made the chase of the wild stag ! impossible in the settled districts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire, j His majesty was no thruster (which, seeing that he rode 19 stone, is not surprising), and the hounds had frequently to be stopped for him. He rode to a pilot, but, as tho follow ing little anecdoto shows, reserved to himself an ample discretion: "On one occasion they came to a place which the king did not quite fancy. He hung a little. 'John has gone over, your majesty,' said one of the equerries, hoping, no doubt, that a hole might be made for him. 'Then you may go alter him,' said tho king and jogged off to find n nicer place." Mest of the household seem to have taken their cue from their royal master, but one of tho equerries, Colonel Gwyn, who married Gold smith's Jessamy Bride, wontso well in a famous run in the autumn of 1797 that he was complimented-by the nimrod of the day, we presume -upon displaying "more of the gen uine, unadulterated sportsman than the effeminate courtier." The hounds wero from 24 to 2G inches, lemon pyes and black and white. They could go very fast, we are told, for half an hour, giving tongue tho while like Big Ben, but they must soon have sobered down, for some of the runs seem to have covered a portentous tract of coun try. Perhaps none was quito solong as that famous one in Charles H's reign, when a Swinley deer ran for 70 miles before it was taken near Lord Petres, in Essex, and the Duke of York, with the master, Colonel Graham, was among the few who lived to the end, but they must have been long enough, to judge by the names earned by two of the stags, Moonshine and Starlight. The deer were housed in tho same paddocks in Swinley as tho deer of today, and close to them stood the master's hunting lodge, when high jinks used to go on in the old roy 8tering, three bottle time. On June 4, the king's birthday, as Eton boys know well, the master used to give a dinner to the farmers and forest ers, and sometimes the king would drive over from Windsor and watch the lads and lasses footing it on the green in front of the houses. Tho building was dismantled and pulled down in 1821, but the grounds may still be faintly traced. The king rode in a light blue coat with black velvet cuffs, top boots buckled behind and, after 1786, a hunting cap. The master wore the familiar gold belt anti couples, but apparently a green coat faced with red, something like the hunting coat of tbe second empire. The yeoman prickers wore the same heavy gold laced scarlet coats as now and car ried French horns, which they wound lustily on every conceivable occasion. Later on a less noisy but more ef ficient instrument wa6 added to the horns. After Mr. Mellish, master of the Epping forest hounds, had been robbed and murdered by a highway man on his return from hunting a couple of boys were added to the es- ? tablishment, each armed with a brace of horse pistols. When the run was ended, these pistols were handed to two of tho j'eoman prick ers, whose dut j* it was to escort his majesty hack to Windsor.-Macmil lan's Magazine. Already Rewarded. The last joke at the expense of the French Society For the Protection of Animals is to the following effect: A country man, armed with an immense club, presented himself be fore the president of the society and claimed the first prize. He was asked to describo the act of humanity on which he founded his claim. "I have saved the life of a wolf," replied the country man. "I might easily have killed him with this bludgeon," and he swung his weap on in the air, to the intense discom fort of the president. "But where was this wolf in quired the latter. "What had he done to you':" "He had just devoured my wife," was tho reply. The president reflected an instant, and then said: "My friend, 1 um of the opinion that you havo been sufficiently re warded."-Pittsburg Dispatch. A C'j?:li*t'c S]>?'eil J-'or an Hour. Cyclist's private opinion, 10 miles ; cyclist's opinion for his friends, ls miles; police constable's private opinion, 12 miles; police constable'* opinion for the magistrate, 24 miles; cyclometer's opinion, 30 miles; old lady's opinion, who was knocked down, 40 miles-, actual speed, 8 Miles.-Pick Me Up. mt mt mt - There is no man so bad but that he has a secret respect for one that'll g ?od. !?. Mr. F. C. Ilelbig. a prominent druggist of Lynchburg, Va., says : "One of (?ur citizens was cured ol' rheumatism of twa years standing, by nue bottle of Chamberlain's Pain Halm. This liniment is famous for its cures ol' rheumatism : thousands have been delighted with the prompt relief which it alford*. Fer sale by Ilill-Orr Drug Co. young woman's character, silence on my part seemed befitting. He dui not speak again until we had drawn within hailing distance of the other boat, when he motioned me to him. "We'll run right across their | bow," ho whispored. "Don't you ? mind me. I can see bottom here, j Keep right on, and they will have ? to take me in. Now, lookout!" We swept across the bow of tho other craft and, by a seemingly clumsy maneuver, went about. The boom swung around, and an instant later j Archer was floundering in the bay. ! I grasped the tiller, and the Miriam scudded away before tho wind. Poor sailor as I am, had necessity de manded it I doubt if I could have navigated the boat back to where j Archer was flopping about in the ; water, so it was an easy matter lev ; me to obey his injunctions and SJi! away oblivious to his cries, which I mingled with those of the girl in thu tiny sloop. ! Only twice did I look back. Thc j 1 first time was to see my erstwhile companion being dragged by main ! force into the other boat, the sec?n;! . to see two men and a girl gesticul?t j ing wildly to me to return, but 1 : smiled grimly and pointed the Mir- ; iam toward home. I On tho very next day I returned ; ? to town, and I heard no more of the J j sentimental man until late in No- 1 ; vember. I was walking up Thirty- j ninth street one afternoon on my I way home from the office when my attention was attracted to a well ap- j pointed brougham that swerved into the curb close by rae. I heard a voice call, "Kemp!" It was Archer, and as I took his outstretched hand he returned to the pretty young woman who had just emorged from the carriage and said: "Kemp, my wife."-St. Louis Re public. What Is a Hobby? If it is somebody else that rides it, we are quite sure to call it a hobby, but if it be our own selves who am ble along in this fashion we are apt to dignify our steed by the name of a very strong bent or an enthusias tic inclination. We are quite apt to apply the terms "crank" or "opinionated idiot" to those who oppose our pet theories, forgetting that we, in our turn, may bo even more intolerant of theirs. It is a most difficult thing for the ordinary man to maintain what would be called a rational equilibri um. The tendency to extremes is so strong, in the average character that often insensibly one drifts into arbitrary holdings of beliefs and ideas and is either unable or un willing to allow that other manners and methods can boe\en approxi mately correct. Hobbies are very comfortable and desirable things if one rides them with a tight rein and sufficient in telligence to keep them from pranc ing over other people's preserves. But the hobby that lifts its heelt-: whonever it comes neal* to any of our special friends, or that throws dust in the eyes of the community at large and mud spatters every thing that passes by it, is simply a nuisance, and it and its rider ought to be impounded until they are somewhat tamed down or at least taught the wholesome lesson of re spect for the rights of others.-New York Ledger. Th? Millionaire and His Family. This anecdote is told of the late Commodore Vanderbilt. At Sara toga, on one occasion, when sitting on the piazza at a hotel, a some what overdressed lady approached him and claimed his acquaintance. The commodore arose and talked affably with her, while his wife and daughters sniff ed tho air with scorn. "Father," said the young lady, as the commodore resumed his seat, "didn't you remember that vulgar Mrs. B. as the woman who used tu sell puultry to us at home?" "Certainly," responded the old gentleman promptly. "And I re member your mother when she used to sell root beer at 3 cents a glass over in Jersey, when I went up there from Staten Island peddling oysters out of my boat." As this homely reply was heard by a group surrounding the family, there was no further attempt at aris tocratic airs on the part of the la dies during that season.-Nuggets. A Hiff Book. Dr. Parr is credited Avith having answered a "cheeky" youth in most effective fashion. The latter, wish ing to "take a rise" ont of Parr, who was a man of much dignity of aspect, before some frivolous ac quaintances, observed that if the doctor ami himself were to collabo rate they could write a very big book. "An enormous une," said Parr dryly, "if we put in all that I know and all that you do nut." San Francisco Argonaut. Kaluj S??i?>u Hnilriing. Builders say that walls built dur ing a rainy season are th? strongest ajnl that when mortar dr-iis quick ly it becomes crumbly and pus?.es8?s little bindHig power. mm m mm. - "1 cannot u nd erstand." said thc bachelor clerk, "why a man's wife is called thc 'better half.' " " Y ?ii would," iaid thc married clerk, "if y#u had to divide your salary with <>ne." _ Wc are anxious to doa little goodin this world and can think of no pleasanter or hotter way to do it iban by iecom mending Ono Minute Cough Cure asa preventivo of pneumonia, consumption and other serious lung troubles that fol low neglected colds. Evans Pharmacy. JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY. An American Hoy Who Became tord Chancellor of linjjland. "What delicious coloring-worthy i of Titian himself!" exclaimed Ben jamin West, president of the Royal j academy, on receiving a portrait, unaccompanied hy name or letter, of a beautiful boy with a squirrel in his hand. All he could say was that the painter must bo an American, for tho wood on which the canvas was stretched was American pine, and tho squirrel was such as is found only in American forests. West's powers of deduction were not at fault. Tho artist proved to be John Singleton Copley, a Boston boy who, without instruction, with out even, as he himself avers, hav ing seen a decent picture till he left America, had produced a piece of work that, contrary to all rules and precedents, was at once given an honored placo in tho academy exhi bition. Encouraged hy West, Copley set tled in London. He intended that his son, who boro the same name, should also boa painter, hut the boy had oilier ambition. He would not bo known as tho son of "Copley, the painter." The world should rather speak of "Copley, the father of the lord chancellor." The way to that eminence lay through the law, but success tarried. At last came to the young barrister acaseof great importance, relating to a spinning jenny. Finding that he could not, from a mere descrip tion, fully understand the points of the case, Copley went to Notting ham. His client explained the prin ciple of the machine till at length, impatient at his listener's apparent indifference, he exclaimed: "What is the usc of talking to you? I have been trying this half hour to make you understand, and you pay mo no attention !" In reply Copley went into the whole question, showing such a mastery of it in every detail that his client was astonished. Finally, seat ing himself at the machine, the at torney turned out an unexception able example of bobbin net lace. Subsequently, in court, his explana tions were illustrated by tho actual working of the model in such a man ner as to carry judge and jury with him. Fees now poured in upon him ; he took rank as the leader of his circuit and was recognized as a man mark ed for distinction, to which he ulti mately rose as three 'limes lord chan cellor of England. He did not forgot that he was an American by birth. Scupulously careful of the feelings of others, ho was keenly alive to any lack of cour tesy toward himself. On one occa sion, having expressed some opinion not quite palatable to the king, Wil liam IV, his majesty inquired: "Pray, my lord, when did you leave America?" "Please your majesty," returned Copley, then Lord Lyndhurst, "I crossed the Atlantic in the last ship that sailed from Boston under the British flag before the Declaration of Independence."-Youth's Com panion. New York's Millionairedom. When you get up beside the park and Fifth avenue, beyond the region of superb hotels, you begin to come into millionairedoin. Everybody seems to he some sort of a million aire there. There aro sugar kings and railway kings, Wall street mag nates and mining princes. In com pany with a competent cicerone the conversation is a series of names great in the business and social world. Here is the house of the steel and iron millionaire, over there is the house of the baking powder one. There live the multimillion aire pork packers who emigrated from somewhere in the west ten years ago and do not know anybody yet. Over against them is the palace of the great railway king. Some of these have names to con juro with in that mighty world of fashion which in New York is so large and so serious a part of the life of tho idle rich. Others are names known only in the business world through the simple articles they have made their fortunes out of. But tho agglomeration of wealth is stupe fying, almost terrible. These sol emn palaces, brooding in bulky maj esty in an endless vista suggest all those fearful questions which must seethe in the minds of tho unfortu nates who live across town, herded in the misery of huge tenements. New York Letter in San Francisco Argonaut. The Velocity of Light. lt requires four years and four . months for a ray of light to reach Us from the nearest star, and' yet light travel* at the rafe of 186,330 miles in a second. At this rate a first ( lass express train running at the speed of 3? miles an hour would require a continuous rim of 7.1?, 000, U0O of years to reach Alpha C?n fauri. It would .take 250,000.000 of years for a cannon ball traveling at tie usual speed of such projectiles to reach this same point, whieh ia <D?T nuareat ?tar neighbor.- N^w York Ledger. - Tile amount of capital invested in the manufacture of bicycle tires ia the I'n i ted Staten is estimated at $8,000,000, the number of persons em ployed at i),000. and thc number of tires produced annually at 4,000.000. --mm- ? m* After years of untold suffering from piles, lt. W. Pursell, of Knitnersville, Y'H.. was cored by using a single box of Dewitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Skin die- ? eases such a* eczema, rasb, pimples and obstinate sores are readily cured by this famous remedy. Kvaus Pharmacy. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT, The undersigned, Administrator of Estafe of Margaret McCullough deceased, hereby givej notice thal be will on the 2i>th day of February, 1808, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County fttr a Final Settlement of ?aid Estate, and a drBcbarge sro ra his office as Administra tor. A. w. MCCULLOUGH. Adm'r. Jan 26, 18P8 31 5 .LIMITED ^g^S^ DOUBLE D?UV ^aa* SERVICE TO ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON, KEW ORLEANS. AND NEW YORK, BOSTON, RICHMOND. WASHINGTON, WORFOLK. PORTSMOUTH. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT FEB. 7, 1896. SOUTHBOOii; No. 403. No. 4L Lv New York, via Pona R. B.*ll 00 am ">3 OJprn Lv Philadelphia, '. 112 poi 12 <B am Lv Diltiraore " 3 15 pm 2 90 am Lv Washington, '* 4 40 pm 4 3D am Lv Richmond, A. C. L.?12 5G am *i 35) mn Lv Norfolk, via S. Lv Portsmouth, Lv Weldon, Ar Henderson, Ar Durham, Lv Durham, *6 30 pm ?9 03am 3 45 pm 9 '/tain ..*11 28pm*ll 55 am 12 50 a m ?1 39 pm ~?7~d2~&?T |4 (15 pm . f5 20 pm fll 10 ?in Ar Haleigh, V?, S. A. h...".. *2 16 am *3 31 ?57 ArS?iiford, '* . 3 35 am 5 03 ?m Ar Southern Fines *' -. 4 2.1 am 5 56 pm Ar Hamlet, " . 5 10 am 6 68 pm Ar Wadesboro, " . 5 54 am 8 ll pm Ar Monroe, " . 6 41 am 9 IB ya ?"r Charlotte, " ..~*3~30 am *10~2Sjun Ar Chester, " .*8 10 am 10 4? gm Lv Colombia, C. N. A L. H. R_." fSQi gm Ar Clinton S A L..... 9 45 am *12 ld ?rn Ar Glenwood " ._10 33 am 1 Ot aaa AT Abbeville, *. .w. ll 05 am 1 4% am ArHherton, " .12 07 pm 2 41 am Ar Athene, " . 115pm 3 ?aw AT Wi txler, " .".. i 59 pm 4 39 an A t Allanta, SAL. (Cen. Time) 2 50 pm 5 2$ am NORTHBOUND. Un. m. No. 38. LT Atlante,S.A 3l.(C?n. Time) ?12 00 n'n *7 511 pm Lr Windei, " ..... 2 40 pm 10 411pm Lv Athena, " .._3 16 pm ll 2*1 pm Lv Elberton, * .4 15 pm 1ft 3)! am Lv Abbeville, " . 5 15 pm 2 41? am Lv Greenwood, " ... 5 41 pm 2 Kl am LT ( linton, " _ 6 31 pm 3 011 am Ar Colombia,CN. Je L. R^R.-.H 80 pm *7 45 hm Lv Cheater, ST?TL . 8 13 pm 4 3Sl?m Av barloUe. " _.=?10 25 pm *H JWljm LT Monroe, LT Hamlet, 9 40 pm ll 23 pm 6 anon 8 gram ia afgrn 9 a? Bm ll Siam 1 Oil] Ar Warmington Lv SoBthcin Fines, LT Haleigh, A? Hendeaeon Ar Durham, LT Durham i.. ?5 30 ara Ti 14 am *2 16 am 3 28 am Ar Weldon, " ......... Ar Richmond A. C. L. AT Washington, Fenn. R. RH Ar Baltimore, " . Ar Philadelphia, ?* Ar New York, " ., f7 ?2am . f5 20 pm r*4~58 tm . S 15 am . 12 31 pm . 1 43 pm . 3 50 pm . *6 23 pm T4 ?I. +11 *l ter Ar Portsmouth S. A. L.... 7 30 am *r Norfolk " ._*7 50am ?Daily. j Pail r, Ex. Sunday. +Daily Ex Nos. 403 ar.d 402 "The Atlanta Special,*' Vestibuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers and Cw es between Washington and Atlanta, also Pbiu man Sleepers between <Tortsmouth and Chestea, a Nos. 44 and 38, "The S. A. L Express," Solid Irain, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between Portsmouth ai,fl Atlanta. For Pickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to B. A. Newland, Gen'l. Agent Pass Dept Wm. B. Clements, T. P. A., 6 Kimball House Atlanta, Qa. E. St John, Vice-president and Gen1]. Manger V. E. McBee General Superintendent. II. W. B. GloTer, Traffic Manager. T. J. Anderson, Gen'l. Passeng?r Agent. General Officers, PorUnaonth, Va. BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD H. C. BEATTIE, Keceiver. October Gth, 1895. Eastbound WI2J5D No. IX s 10 50 a in f 1025 am f 1016am s 10 00am s 942am I 9 3.1am s 8 95am s 8 25 am s 8 VS am Be:,ween Anderson and Wal halla. STATIONS. Ar.-Anderson.Lr 3 35 p m .'......J)envcr... ". 3 95 p m ...??...?.Antun. 4 05 p m .-Pendleton. 415 p m .Cherry's Crossing.4 25 p m .Adam's Crossing. 4 89 jun .Seneca... 5 05 7m ......... " . 5 5?pm .West Union. 6 2?p]H .^...Walhalla.[ 6 30p LT Ari WeBtb'd MIX? No. U J. R. ANDERSON, Seperintendent. W. C. COTHRAN, General Agtbi. Connections at Seneca with Southean Railway No. ll. At Anderson with Southern Railway Nos. ll and K. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA AN? ASHEVILLE SB O K t LINE In effect February 7,1S97. Lv Augusta*.~ Ar Greenwood-. Ar Anderson. Ar Laurens. Ar Greenville. Ar Glenn fpriugs-.. Ar Spartanbur|{ Ar Saluda.. Ar Henderson rille. Ar AshcTille. LT Asheville.... LT Spartanbur. LT Glenn Springs LT Grecnrille. LT Laurens. LT Anderson LT Greenwood Ar Augusta LT Calhoun Fails Ar Raleigh Ar Norfolk As Petersburg Ar Richmond 9 40 am 1217 pm 115 pm 3 00 pm 4 05 pm 3 00 pm 5 23 pm 5 51 pm 7 00 pm 148 pm 6 id nm 700 Un 1015 afc 925 am LT Augusta Ar Allendale Ar Fairfax Ar Yamassee Ar Beanfbrt Ar Port Royal Ar Savannah.. Ar Charleston LT Charleston. LT Savannah. LT Port Royal. LT Beaufort. LvYemassee.j 3? p ml LvFairiax.1. 10 82 am LT Allendale.... . 104T?rn Ar Augusta...-.1.1 12 5Pf?n ^"foseTconneciioo at Calhoun Fail? forAtbea*, Atlantaand all poi ats on S. A. L. Close connection at Augusta for Charlista?, Savannah and ?ll point?. Close connections at Greenwood for all pointa en S. A. L., and C. A G. Railway, and at Spartanbatrg with Southern Railway. For any information relative to ticket?, ratas, Mbfdule, efe., J .dd ress W.J. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusta,Ga. Bl M. North, Sol. Agent._ ATLANTIC COAST LINE. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT,. WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec. 20,1?7. Fast Line Between Charleston and Ool umbiaand Upper South Carolina, Nottb Carolina. _" " CONDENSED SCHEDULE. GOING KA ST No. 53. GOING WEST, ?No. 52. 7 00 am SM aaa 9 35 am 1085 am 11 58am 12 JO pm 1250 pm 1 10 pm 4 Vt pm 3 10 pm t 12 pm 5 30 pm C 05 pm 7 00 pm 'Daily. Nos. .12 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleston ind Columbia,S.C. " w _ H. M. EMEBSOS, Gen'l. Passenger Agent. J. R. TCHSLKT, General Manaitw. r. M.FMKKSOK.TraflIc Manager LT.Charleston.Ar Lv."Lanes.Ar LT.Sumter.Ar Ar.Columbia.Lv Ar.Prosperity.Lv Ar.Newberry.Lv Ar.Clinton.Lv Ar.Laurens.Lv Ar.Greenville..Lv Ar.Spartaubure;.Lv Ar.Winnsboro, S. C.Lv Ar.Charlotte, N. C.LY Ar...llendcisonvillo, N. C.Lv Ar.Asheville N. C.LT 9 15 pm 7 36 pm 6 20 pm 5 00 pm 3 13 pm 2 57 pm 2 10 pm 1 45 pm 10 30 am 11 43 ara l l 41 am 9 35 am y IS am 8 V) am