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' IN THE OLD HOUSE. Thc fruits are stored, tho fields aro bare, The ground is hard, the skies aro gray. "November's chill is in tho air. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day. The farmhouse stands in sheltered nook. - 2is walls are filled with warmth and cheer. Ita fires shine out with friendly look To welcome all who enter here. Pull forty years have come and gone Since first this hearthstone's ruddy glow, Fresh kindled, flung its light upon Thanksgiving guests of long ago. Long was the list of squires and dames. Prom year to year how short it grew' ; Head out the old, familiar names They heard here when his house was new. Grandmother? Ave, sho went the first 1 Grandfather ; By her side ho rests. The shade and sunlight, interspersed. Have fallen long above their breasts. Our aunts and uncle? Sundered wide. Their graves lie east, their graves lie west. As veteran goldies, scarred and tried, ' They fought their fight, they earned their rest. Our father? Dear and gentle heart ? A nature sweet, beloved by ali. How early turned his steps apart To pass from human ken and call! Our mother? Brisk and kindly soul! How bravo she bore fate's every frown, Nor rested till she reached the goal Where all must lay their burdens down! Our brother? Toward the setting sun, Prom us remote, his home is made, And many a year its course has run Since here his boyish sports were played. Put by the book I My heart is sore. The night winds up the chimney flee. The fires within gleam as before*. But none are here, save you and-me! But, elster, you and I again Will heap the hearth and spread the board And serve oar kindred now as then With all that home and hearts afford. The scattered remnants of our lino We'll summon 'neath this roof onco more And pedge, in rare affection's wine, The memory of those days of yore. God bess them all, the fond and true! God keep them all, both here and there, . ; Until the old becomes the new Forever In his mansions fair! -Marion Hicks Harmon in Youth's Compan ion._ BORN ON FRIDAY. Judge William Richards was busy patting away his papers one bright winter afternoon, preparatory to leaving his office for the day, when he was interrupted by the entrance of a tall, well dressed young man, who asdef he wished to consult him on a very important mattdr. It was the holiday season, and the judge was the last one left in the large of fice building, but he acceded to his visitor's request and courteously of fered him a chair. The stranger took a cigar from his pocket and lighted it, glancing sharply about the room meanwhile, and spoke in a-brisk, businesslike manner. "Judge Richards," he said, "be fore telling you my name and busi ness- /wish to mention a few inci dents in your past life and also to touch on your circumstances at pres ent. I see you are surprised, but I wish you to see that I know a good deal about your affairs; then my business with you will-be more read ily understood. " The judge nodded,- Wondering. "At the age of 21, " the stranger continued, "you commenced prac ticing law in this city. A year later you disappeared out west and were gone two years. Almost immediate ly after you came back you made a great 'hit' with a brilliant speech, and business began to come your way. You settled down, worked hard, and your success has been great. You have a big practice, are an ex-circuit judge,' and 18 months ago you missed an election to con gress by only a few hundred votes. Another election comes up in six months, and you are confident of ' winning. . Mining investments you . made out in Colorado have yielded enormous returns, and you are re puted to be worth between $200,000 and $300,000. Your social position is high, and-pardon me-in ten days you are to be married to Miss Holt, the only daughter of Senator Holt, lihe most distinguished and aristo cratic mau of this section of the country. I am right so far, I be lieve?" "Yes," replied the lawyer, "right enough, but I must say I fail to see how my private history can affect any legal business you may have with me." The stranger laughed easily. *'Perhaps when you hear my busi ness you may not call it strictly .legal. Judge Richards"-he paused to relight his cigar-"I am a little hard up at present, and so I came to you. I want $10,000." "Oh, you dot" ejaculated the as tonished judge. "Exactly-$10,000. The day be fore yesterday you deposited $15,000 in the First National bank. Most of it, I believe, was to go for a certain ornament you are to give to a cer tain young lady, but I want $10,000 of it and must have it. Blackmail, you understand." "Well, I'll be d-di" said the judge faintly. "Yes," laughed his visitor. "You certainly will be, socially and po litically, if you do not provide for my necessities." "Well, you certainly are a cool one," ejaculated the judge, slowly recovering from his astonishment, "but before I turn over this trifling snm to you perhaps you will kindly enlighten me as to the obligation I am paying off with it." The judge had recovered enough tobe ironical, but hardly very angry as yet. "That's only fair. Hear ono part j of my story that I omitted a mo ment ago. While out west you mot a certain May Robbins. Remember her?" The lawyer mado no reply. "Well, I had a talk with her some j time ago, and she says that she is j your wife. What do you mu that?" "Think of it? I think that it unmitigated lie!" "Oh, indeed! Well, what do think of this?" And he took his pocketbook a folded sheet of paper and handed it to the ji He read slowly : MY DARLING MAY-I got to tho Point a iv. the night and leave for the coast early morning. I will send for you and tho one in a few weeks. The sheriff manag "wing" mc, but it is nothing serious, affectionate husband, W. H The judge looked keenly at visitor. "Well?" "This is your writing, I belie1 The judge nodded. "And the initials of your n form the signature. Now, wha you suppose would happen showed that note to Senator Ho For reply the lawyer quickly it into small bits and tossed tl into the fire. "Oh, that's all right!" said other cheerfully. "You surelyd suppose that I was a big enough to give you the original, do y That was a copy-tracing paper, know. Now, judge"-and he d] ped his bantering tone-"come d< to business. You don't want Se tor Holt to see that note. Give f.l0,000, and in 24 hours the i shall be in your possession, ai will be out of the way. " "Pshaw, man," said the law contemptuously, "don't be a fi Don't you suppose that a note 1 that can be explained away? If y woman - what's her name, A Hobbins?-has any documents, br them out, and I may talk to y but in the meantime I intend to that you work out your term in penitentiary." "But you acknowledge your w: ing?" asked the stranger, ignor: the threat. "Yes, I wrote that note, but if 3 know anything about it at all j know that I wrote it for that geni manly thief and all around sooi drei, Harry Roberts, after the sh iff had shot him through the ha and he could not write for himseli His visitor lighted a fresh cig and gazed calmly up to the oeilin '"Judge," he said, "I hardly < pected you to give in just because that note, but I thought I might well try it at first-just as a 'feele you might say. Now listen to n We are alone here. No one is aron to listen. I never like to bluff when I hold a good hand. So I s going to make honest confessic and if my soul don't profit by maybe my pocket will. I know well as you do that that woman not your wife, but I must have mo ey, and I wouldn't hesitate to swe that she is. Harry Roberts, wi afterward married her, saved yo life when you first came out to th country, a 'tenderfoot.' So when J got in trouble and had to skip out 1 came up to your cabin on the Poi: with his hand all smashed to fli dors, and you felt called on to wri that note to his wife for him and help him out of the country.-.-He w? caught, however, and hung afte ward, so he is out of the way. "Now the case stands this way: am a-tolerably well educated ma myself, and it was no great troub for me to take May's marriage ce tificate and make William Hem Roberts read William Herndon Rici ards. If you remember May, yo know she is unscrupulous. I had friend in the clerk's office, and managed to get in there and chang the license the same way. So yo see we have documents a-plent-) You'll give me the $10,000 befoi noon tomorrow or I will show you note to Senator Holt and commenc legal proceedings to compel you t provide support for your wife, ne Robbins." The judge was mad clear through now, and he rose up and started fo his visitor with blood in his eye The stranger sprang behind the ta ble. "Easy, now," he cried, "or I'l let you have it through the pocket.' And the lawyer saw that he wa grasping a pistol in tho side pocke of his coat. He was by no means ; coward, but he did not care to rm against a pistol bullet. He took hi seat again. "That's better," commented th? stranger. . "There is no need of vio lenee in this matter, I hope. I don' want to hurt you. Just cool down 1 little and consider my propositioi for a few minutes ; then tell me wha: you think of it." "I don't have to consider to tel! you that you are the most unmiti gated liar and ?scoundrel unhung 1' said-the judge, keeping bis tempei with difficulty. "But I don't suppose that a man who is so shameless at to confess himself tho lying black guard that you have to me can be affected by anything I can say, so I will spare myself the trouble of ex pressing my opinion of you. But you are as great a fool as liar. Admit ting that you have the license and certificate-which I have no proof of except the word of a confessed liar -don't you know that it would be the easiest thing in the world for me to prove by dozens of poopl6 in Red Gulch that Roberts and this wo man were living together as mau and wife and that I lived by myself ? Don't you know" "Now, judge," interrupted the stranger in his turn, "I didn't try any bluff on you, but up and told the whole truth like an honest man, and yet here you are a-bluffing al ready. Nobody knew whether this woman was married to Roberts 01 not, and nobody cared. The class of women who live in a mining town liko that was are not usually over particular as to their morals. Be sides. Red Gulch is a dead town now. ana mts Deen e'ieaci rur nvo yea: Where would you go to find a sing man whom you know there sev years ago? Now listen to inc. Sr pose you don't give mo tho $10,00 What happens? I go to the senat with my proofs; the senator puts 1 foot down on a certain marring you say it is all a blackmails lie; the senator says my eviden looks pretty strong; that yi must prove it a lie. Then y< have a nice job on your hands. Y< have got to hunt up a lot of peor, that you have not heard of for yeai and if you should happen to fit some of them not one would be ah to swear that the Robbins womi was married to Roberts or was n married to you. All of that wou take time and money and accor plish nothing in the end. "On the other hand, give me tl money-and $10,000 is ?heap, too, tell you-and in 24 hours all tl documents are in your possessio: and I am out of the way. If ye don't, think what my little stol to the senator means for you." The judge obediently thought, ai: it was not pleasant thinking. I did not believe that the woman cou. win the case with her forged doci ments, but this fellow was just tl kind of a daredevil to go to the sei atorwith his story and then to lav The senator would certainly pos pone the wedding, and there wou] be a long delay. Even though h daughter did not believe the storj she would suffer. Of course thei would be endless talk and gossi] The story woujd be in the paper; old pranks of his younger dav would be raked up, and even thoug he cleared . himself finally thei would be a bitter sting left. Thei would be many to say that whei there was so much smoke ther must be some fire. Then his polit cal aspirations 1 The election waa t oome off in six months. Nice can paigu material this scandal woul make for his opponents! These thoughts and many mor flashed through the judge's minti and he glared at his visitor savage ly. He hadn't a doubt that he mean every word that hp said. Throug! his light, bantering tone there ran ? vein of earnestness and confidenc that was more dangerous than an; loud blustering would have been He was confident that he had ; "good thing" whether the judg paid up now or not. The judge's "good thing" seemec to lie between paying out $10,000 ? cash and having a big scrfndal on hi: hands. Suddenly a dmile flashed acros: his face, and then the lips were com pressed tightly. Tho strauger dir not notice the change of expression "Well," said the judge, "I mus confess that this is a pretty tigh place. Maybe we could discuss i better over a drop of liquor." He rose and opened a handsom< mahogany cabinet that fitted snugly over the low mantel. In anothej minute whisky, water, sugar ant glasses were placed hospitably ot the table. "Fill your glass," said the lawyei graciously. "Ten thousand dollar* is enough money to deserve some consideration before being parted with. Bring your chair around ii: front of the table. It must be cold back there." He pulled his chair closo up to thc fire, and the stranger did likewise, so that they were sitting right in front of the grate, with their face:' not four feet from the smoldering Hames. An}- ono looking in would have thought that they were two old friends taking a social evening toddy together. "Now, then, sir, your scheme is simply to blackmail me out of $10, 000, I believe?" "Exactly, judge." "And you think you have a pretty good thing?" "Suro of it." "If I understand you rightly, you say I must give you this money, or you will go to Senator Holt and tell him that I have a wife living out west, and then you will go to law to force me to give money to this wo man, but if I give you the $10,00C you promise to turn over the proofs to me and leave the country?" "Yes, that's just it." "At the same timo you admit that all these documents of yours are forgeries and that that letter you have of mine was written for anoth er man who happened to have my initials?" "Oh, of course I know all that, but if you :et it go to law I wouldn't hesitate to swear just the opposite, and I defy you to prove that I am lying." "Well, you certainly aro candid. Aren't you a little afraid to acknowl edge all this so boldly?" "Not a bit of it. Of course I will deny that I ever admitted anything of tho kind. If I hadn't admitted it, you would have known it just the same, so what difference does it make? It doesn't help you tiny, and just makes things cloarer between us. I admit that the wholo scheme is a lio, but you can't prove it, and I think that after a little considera tion you will rather givo me what I ask for than to try it." "Maybe you aro right," muttered the judge. "Just wait a minute." He stepped over Hu? '.?ig desk in tho corner, anti when ho turned ho was grasping a pistol. "Now, my young friend," said lie. pointing it at the visitor's head, "you sit where you arc and linton." He reached in the cabinet over tho mautol anil touched a sitt ing. There was a phonograph concealed in tho back of it. The judge bad started it when lie got out the brandy, is ow lie reversed it and attached a funnel shaped device, and tho whole of tho conversation came out in tones that could bo heard all over the room. The judgo sat in his chair, holding his pistol and smiling pleasantly. The stranger's face was a study. Surprise, rage, fear carno and went, and were finally succeeded by a look of comical disgust. When the last word was finished, tho lawyer could hold in no longor and hurst into a hearty laugh. The stranger glanced up in surprise, and his look of cool impudence returned. "Judge, I tell you what we'll do. Give mo ?100, and we'll call it square." "Cool as ever, are you, my cheer ful liar?" laughed the other. "Now maybe you will tell mo why I should not send you to the penitentiary?1 "Oh, you don't want to do that I You are going to be married next week, you know, and you would not like to think that your marriage meant the beginning of a long term of suffering to one of your fellow mortals. " The judge was so pleased at get ting out of what a little while beforo had seemed a, tight place that he laughed again. "Well," said he, "you come back here tomorrow at 9 o'clock and bring all your little documents with you, and we will see what is to be done. In the meantime you need not try to slip out ot town, for I am going to put the police to watching you right away, and, my boy, before you try this kind of thing again let me ad vise you to study up all the latest appliances for thief catching," and they walked down the stairs togeth er. Just as they reaohed the street a handsome double seated sleigh dash ed up, and a sweet voice said: "Oh, William, we have been looking for you 1 Come and take tea with us, won't you?" "Thanks! Delighted!" And the judge threw away his cigar and climbed in. His late visitor plunged his hands in his pockets and stood looking aft er him blankly. "D- my infernal luck!" he said. "And it all comes of being born on Friday!" - E. Jouett Simpson in Honre Magazine. Your Ancestors. ' Nearly every one has had more or lees ancestors, and a mathematically inclined genealogist has figured that even a fellow that couldn't join any thing but a church has had during the last 25 generations no less than 45,470,S62 ancestors, of whom 22, 738,432 were living at the same time 25 generations back. Calling the av erage lifetime of a generation 33 1-3 years, that would take us back to the year of the Norman conquest, 1006. Each of us had at the time of that historic event something like 22,000,000 ancestors roaming about the various principalities and jun gles of Europe, Asia and Africa, not to mention the south sea islands and Australia, and of these i Ms a reasonable certainty that at least one participated in the battle of Senlac, either under Duke William or King Harold.-Rochester Herald. Strang-e Christmas Eve Custom. /he London Mail describes the still continued practice of serenad ing the widows at Burnham-on Crouch on Christmas eve. Each widow has her five minutes of sing ing and importance. When the hymn is ended, the leader knocks at the widow's door. It is at once opened, the widow's hand is out stretched, and into it is placed a goodly amount in silver. Can't Stoop to lt. "It's a singular thing, but the commission of crime seems confined to certain kinds cf peoplo," said Bluff, putting on an air of wisdom. "Yes," rejoined Miggs. "That's well known. It's confined to crimi nals, of course." "Certain persons are almost sure to become criminals," continued Bluff, ignoring tho interruption, "while others aro never, or very rarely, found in prison." "Because they are too lucky," murmured Miggs. "It may seem strange, but fat men seldom commit crime. This ia the assertion of criminologists." "It doesn't seem strange at all tu me," remarked the irrepressible Miggs. "Everybody knows that it U difficult for fat men to stoop to any thing low."-Pearson's Weekly. What Hurt. Lily-Tho Widow Henpeck seems terribly cut up over her husband's death. Pod-It wasn't so much Iiis death (is his last words, I fancy. Lily-Why soi What were they? Pod-He said that ho was well prepared for the worst.-New York Journal. Kunniujf No Risien. "I seo that New York society wo men claim to be descended from kings." "Yes, but they have taken good caro to select kings that are very, very dead. "-Chicago News. mm . m - " I feel ii my duty to give you a truthful statement nf what Chamber lain's Colic. I'holcra and Diarrhoea Itemcdy dill." writes .1. S. Collin.- of Moore. S. C. "1 had a chihl about two years old thai had the diarrlm-a for two months. I tii<-d all the hot known remedies, but none gare the least relief. When this remedy came to hand, I gave it as directed, and in two dar.- the child was completely cured. " Sold by Hil! Orr Drug Cc. FREED FROM JAIL BY DICE. Prisoner Won Jailer's SiOO, Then Played With $900 awi Liberty aa Stakes. "Getting out of jail with a good filo seems easy enough," said an ex sheriff tho othor day, "but I don't think I ever heard of but ono case whero a xrrisoner made his escape with a handful of dice. It happen ed years ago in my county after I had arrested a crack gambler from the west for shooting a farmer. The farmer was not killed, and the westerner was shut up in jail until court convened. The chances were that he would be sent to the peni tentiary for half a dozen years at least. He went under the name cf Mike Hunkier. That, however, was an alias. "While I was going over the building one morning a stranger came up and asked to see Hunkier. He said that Hunkier was an ac quaintance of his and he wanted to talk with him about securing the services of a lawyer to defend him. I let the man in, but told Robinson, the jailer, to watch him. "The following morning while I was at breakfast a boy rushed in and told me that Hunkier had es caped. When I made an investiga tion, I discovered that Robinson had also disappeared. Later in the day I found a note from Robinson ad dressed to me. He asked me to for give him, said it was an affair of honor and could not be helped. The escape was investigated by tho grand jury and after a long wrangle I was completely exonerated, as a trusted employee had played me false. "The years rolled on and the es cape had ceased to cause any com ment. Some time afterward I got a telegram from Tennessee saying that Robinson was dead and that ho had made a request that I be noti fied. Five days later I received a letter written by Robinson previous to his death in which he told me the whole story of the escape. "It seems the man who went to see Hunkier as his friend was a not ed crook. He carried the prisoner a set of poker dioe and a roll of bills amounting to about $500. That night, while Robinson was patroling the jail, Hunkier, who got to talk ing with him, asked if he did not want to shoot a few hands. The cubes were brought out, and Robin son said he was the luckiest man with them in town. The jailer got $50 out of his wallet to start on, and despite his luck ho lost. Ho went back for another wad, and in due time that drifted over to Hunkier. Robinson had $400 in all, and he promptly brought it out. In an hour's time the last of his three ! years' savings was gone. Noticing his dejection, Hunkier after awhile said : " 'Robinson, I will make this proposition. I will give yon a chance to win your money back and mine, too, on one throw. I'll put up ?000, and if you win, you get all. If I win, you let me escarbe tonight.' "Robinson thought over the mat ter for 15 minutes, and finally agreed to play one poker hand to tho fill. Robinson won tho toss, and had to play first. He pitched out the dice and then looked down on two pairs, queens and jacks. He kept the queens and then took tho three other cubes for the second throw. He got another pair of jacks and an ace. He cursed his luck, but threw again to the queens. He turned another queen and a pair of aces. "Hunkier took the dice to bea t the full. Ho rattled thom long and carefully, and when they hit the jail floor he smiled as he saw three tens. Another ten would set him free, with $1100 in his pockets. On the second throw he made a pair of jacks, but they did not free him. Robinson held his breath on tho third toss, and to his sorrow ho saw the lucky ten turn. He told Hunk ier he was free, but that he had made himself an outcast. At 1 o'clock the next morning tho two slipped away, Robinson refusing to accept a dollar from Hunkier."-: Charleston Letter in New York Sun. I Hoity Toity. Seldeninhis "TableTalk" writes: "In Queen Elizabeth's time gravity and state were kept up. In King James' time things were pretty well. But in King Charles' time there has been nothing but French-more and the cushion dance, omnium gather um, tolly polly, hoito comotoito. " j This phrase in modern French is haut comme toit. The lato Dr. Blower, in his "Dic tionary of Phrase and Fable," says: "The most probable derivation I know is this: What we call'seesaw' used to be called * hoi ty toity,' hoity being connected with hoit (to lear; np), our 'high,' 'height,' and toity being 't'other lioit'-i. e., first one side holts, then tho other side." Notes and Queries. Two of a Kind. "I told my employer I had only 10 cents to my name." "What did he say ?" "He tried to borrow it of me." Chicago Record. The two-year-old son ol' \\ . L. Furguson, of Holton, Miss., had whoop ing cough. "After several physi cians hail prescribed for him, without giving relief.' writes Mr. Furgason, "I persuaded my wife to try a 2f> cent houle of Chamberlain's Cough Reme dy. The (?rsi "lose had the desired effect, and in forty-cighl hours he was entirely free from all cough. I con sider your remedy tho best in the mar ket, especially for children and recom mend it at all times." The 25c. and f>Qc. sizes for sale by Hill Orr Prog Co. ! -"Buzz*' is a rather lively game The guests are seated around the din ing table. The one at the head of th< table begins by saying .'one." th< next "'two," and so on ; only<the sev cntli person and every multitude oi seven must remember to say "buzz' instead. If they fail to lo this the} drop out of the ring, and ?ihe next be gins with ''one" again. Tho sj>crt oi thc game is to remember "seven" oi the multiple, viz., fourteen, twenty one, twenty-eight, thirty-five, and s( on. Thc one who holds out the long cst is presented with a prize, and th< first to fall out of the ring wins tb< booby prize. - The simplest public railroad nov operated is thought to bc one bctweer Atami and Odawara, in Japan. It i: a narrow-guage road, and is run b" man power. Thc cars have seats fo four persons each, who sit back t< back. A train consists of two o three cars, and is drawn up hill b" half a dozen coolies ; at the top of thi incline the coolies jump on the plat forms and the train runs down to th terminus by gravity, with the speed o an express. It is said there has neve been an accident on the road. - The Best Liniment.-"Chamber Iain's Pain Balm is the finest on earth.' write Edwards & Parker, of Plains Ga. This is the verdict of all wh( use it. For rheumatism, lame back sprains, swellings, and the numerou.? slight ailments and accidents commor to every household, this Liniment has no equal. "With it in the house, i great deal of pain and suffering maj be avoided. For sale by Hill-On Drug Co. - "It's funny how marriage wil change a man," said Fogg the othei day. "There is Mouser, for example, Before he was married, a glance ol May Taintor would intoxicate him, sc he used to say. Now when he comes home late at night and meets Mrs. Mouser, nee Taintor, the sight of hei actually sobers him.'' - Charles E. Ashe, of Cardville, Me., is posing as a second Noah in Penobscot County. Having predicted a flood, which he says will inundate the entire northeastern section of the county, he is now engaged in the con struction of an ark in which to escape with his family and his household goods. Mr.. Ashe has been predicting floods for the past eighteen years, and his reputation as a prophet is not of a character to justify his neighbors in taking similar precautions to keep out of the swim. - "Johnson wants to borrow some money of me. Do you know anything about him?'' "I know him as well as I do you. I wouldn't let him have a cent!" ....?JIMI,.--sn-immi, .li ii -i i ?????? *%?*?,? ini?-ix-^P^I i i ?? ? ? Woman's Diseases Are as peculiar as; AA unavoidable, and J?S cannot be discuss- /*y ed or treated as we ^M?n? y do those to which Jffift^ the entire human family are subject. }Tffi??*x ' Menstruation sus- ilW^^?~ tains such import- jbwffl . nih ant relations to her wfflU ' f I \*fa health, that when Wf jj ? W' Suppressed, ?rregu- -J'll {. j l\ lar or Painful, Jm fl ll \ V\ she soon becomes \\\ 1 Jr languid, nervous and irritable, the bloom leaves her cheek- and very grave complica tions arise unless. Regularity and Vigor are restored to these organs'. Bradfield's?one? ?r^t * most noted Jr CITiaiC physicians of the South, Regulator btroftrt?h? sort prevail more extensively than in any other section, and has never failed to correct disordered Men struation. It restores health and strength to the suffering- woman. "We have for the past thirty years handled Bradfleld'e Female Regulator, both at whole sale and retail, and in no instance has it failed Co give satisfaction. We sell more of it than all other similar remedies combined." LAMAR, RANKIN & LAMAR, Atlanta, Macon and Albany, Ga. THE BRADFIELD RECULATOR CO., ATLANTA. GA. Sold by all Druggists at $1.00 per liottle. BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD H. C. BEATTIE, Receiver. Time Table No. 7.-affective March 1,18?IS. Between Anderson and Walhalla WBKTHOUNO EASTBOUND. No. 12 STATIONS No. ll. First Clase, First Class, Daily. Daily. P. M.-Leave Arrive A. M. H 3 35.Anderson.lt 00 f 3..V5.Denver.10.40 f 4 06.Auton.10 31 n 4.14.Pendleton.10.22 f 4.?3.Cherry's Crowing.10.13 f 4.29.Adara's Crooning.10.07 s 4 47.?eneoa.9 49 i .?ill.Wpst Union.9.20 ?. r,.!7 Ar.Walhalla.Lr No. fi, Mixed, No. 5, Mixed. Daily, Except Daily, Except Sanday. Sunday. i KASTHOIIN'I?. WKSTBOUNP. J P. M.-Arrive Leave- P M. j ft fi.U'i.Anderson.ll 10 ? I' ? .'.?.Denver.ll 3S I 5.43.Antun.U 5b j s .". 31.Pendleton.12 02; 1" ll?.Cherry's Crossing.12 14 | f ,r)ll. Adams' Crossing.1*?.*22 ' H \A7 1 .Seneca.J 12 46 I H 1 IO.Seneca. ? 1 4.r> s :: .">S.WeRt Union. 2 09 i s .Walhalla. 2.H) j (s) Remlar station ; (f) Flag station. Will also >-t >p at tlie following stations . lo tak? on or let off passengers : Phin- J nevs, .lames' and Sandy Springs. ? No 12 connects with Southern Railway. No 12 at -\ nderson. No ?i connects wit]? Southern Railway I Nos. 12, 37 anil 3S at Seneca. J. R. ANDERSON, Supt. ! - Some of tlic machines for making matches which are used in these days make 200 revolutions a minute each, and turn out about 2,500,000 matches daily, or aboot 900,000,000 annually. Pitts Carminative Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Cures Cholera Infantum, Cholera Morbus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Teething Children, And all diseases of the Stomach and Bowels. It is pleasant to the taste and NEVER FAILS 1 to give satisfaction A Few Doses will Demonstrate its Superlative Virtues. ^SSB^TDOUBLE DAIIY SERVICE TO ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON, NEW ORLEANS AND NEW YORK. BOSTON. RICHMOND-. WASHINGTON, NORFOLK. _PORTSMOUTH. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT FEB. 7, 1896. SOUTHBOUND No. 403. No. 4L Lv New York, via Penn R. R.*ll 00 am ?9 OD pm Lv Philadelphia, 1 12 pru tl 03 am LvBiltimore " 3 15 pm 2 38 am Lv Washington, " 4 40 pm 4 80 am Lv Bichmond, A. C. L."...12 56 am *1 89 am Lv Norfolk. Tia's. A. L. *8 30 pm~~*9 05am Lv Portsmouth, ". 8 43 pm 9 20am LT Weldon, Ar Henderson, Ar Durham, LT Durham, ..*11 28 pm*ll 55 am 12 56 a m ?1 83 pm . fl 82 am f4 09 pm . f5 20 pm fll 10 am Ar Raleigh, via 8. A. L. Ar Sanford, ** . Ar Southern Pinei " Ar Hamlet, " , ArWadesboro, " Ar Monroe, M *2 16 am 5 85 am 4 2Jam 6 10 am ff 64 am , 6 4J am ?3 31pm 5 08 pm 6 SB pu 6 68 pm 8 lt pm 9 ?pm Ar Charlotte, .8 SO sm ?10 25pm Ar Ciaester, ?8 10 am 10 47 pm LT Columbia, C. N. A L. B. B...^...?^.. >6 00 pro Ar Clinton 8. A L. .-.- rt 4* am *?f ?im Ar Greenwood " .".. 10 85 am 1 ft? am Ar Abbeville, ..... ll Off am 1 40am Ar Elberton, .? .12 07 pm 2 41 am Ar Athena, .? . 115 pm 3 45 am Ar Winder, " . 1 58 pm 4 3(kam Ar Atlanta, S A L. (Cen.Time) 2 50 pm 5 28Hm NORTHBOUND. LT Atlanta,S.A L.(Cen. LT Winder, " LT Athens, " LT Elberton, ** Lv Abbeville, " Lv Greenwood, " Lv ( linton, " Ar Columbia, C. N. ? L No. AW.. Time) *12 00 n'n . 2 40 pm .? . 3 16 pm . 4 15 pm ......... 5 15 pm . 5 41 pm . 6 31 pm No. 88. .7 50 pm 10 42 pm 11 26 pm 12 38 am 1 40 am 2 09 am 3 05 am B. R...*4 30 p m *7 45 am LT Chester, S. A. L . S 13 pm 4 3?am Xv harlotte. " ".*10 25 pm ~*8 30 am LT Monroe, [ Lv Hamlet, ! Ar Wilmington 1 LT Southern Pines, Lv Kaleigh, 1 Ar Hendeason ; Ar Durham, ' i LT Durham 9 40 pm 6 05 am ll 28 pm 8 15 am J5 30 am 12 3d ppm 12 14 am *2 16 am 3 28 am 9 20 am ll 35 am I CO pm f4 OTpm tn io ah *3 00 pm 6 50 pm II 10 n> 12 483u 3 45 atv ?6 53 ap, Ar Weldon, i Ar Richmond A. C. L...... ! Ar Washington, Penn. R. R.. j Ar Baltimore, " ...... ! Ar Philadelphia, " ...... 1 Ar New York, ., 17 ? 2 am f5_20 pm '4 55 rm . 8 15 am 12 31 pm , 1 48 pm . 3 50 pm *6 23 pm Ar Portsmouth S. A. L.. 7 30 am 5 50pm Ar Norfolk " .". *7 50am 6 05 pm ?Daily, fDaily, Ex. Sunday. +Daily Ex. Monda;. Nos. 403 and 402 "The Atlanta Special/' Solid Vestibuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers and Coach, es between Washington and Atlanta, also Pull - ? man Sleepers between Portsmouth and Chester, o ? C. i Nos. 41 and 38, "The S. A. L Express," Solid I Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between ! Portsmouth and Atlanta. For Pickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to B. A. Newland, Gen'l. Agent Pass Dent. Wm. B. Clements, T. P. A., 6 Kimball House Atlanta, Ga E. St John, vice-President and Gen'l. Manger V. E. McBee General Superintendent. li. W. B. Glover, Traffic Manager. T J. Anderson, Gen'l. Passenger Agent. General Officers, Portsmouth, Va. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY AUGUSTA AND ASHEVILLE SPORT LINE In effect February 7,1897. LT Augusta. Ar Greenwood. I Ar Anderson. I Ar Laurens. ? Ar Greenville. I Ar Glenn Springs.... I Ar Spartanburg.. ! Ar Saluda. Ar HendersonTille. ArAsheTille.. 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 140 pm 6 10 pu 7 00 am 1615 am 9 SS am LT Asheville. LT Spartanburg.... LT Glenn Springs. LT GreenTille. LT Laurens.?... LT Anderson. LT Greenwood?. Ar Augusta. LT Calhoun Falls.. Ar Raleigh. Ar Norfolk. Ar Petersburg. Ar Richmond. LT Augusta. Ar Allendale. Ar Fairfax. Ar Yemsssee. Ar Beaufort. Ar Port Royal. Ar Savannah. Ar Charleston. Lv Charleston. LT Savannah. LT Port Royal. LT Beaufort. LT Ycmassee. LT Fairfax. LT Allendale. Ar Augusta. 8 20 am ll 45 am 10 00 am 11 55 am 1 SO pm 4 00 pm 4 00"pm 7 10 pu 7 00 am 2 23 pmi.r 6 00 pm ll 10 am 4 44 pm. 2 16 am 7 30 a? m_.. 6 00 am 8 Karn. 9 30 am 10 35 am 10 50 am 15 p m 2) pu 35 p m 2 55 pm 5 00 pm 5 15 pm 620 am 7 20 pm 7 30 pm 8 00 pm 8 08 pm 6 50 am 6 50 am 815 am S 25 am 9 25 am 10 3fi am 1047 am 12 56 pm Clos? connection at Calhoun Falls tor Athena. Atlanta and all poi ats on S. A. L. Close connection at Augusta for Charleston, Savannah and all points. Close con nee tiona at Greenwood for all pointa en S. A. L., and C. A G. Railway, ani at Spartanburg with Southern Railway. For any information rolatire to tickets, rates, schedule, etc., address W. J. CRAIG, Gea. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Ga. K. M. North, Sol. Af en t. T. M. Emerson, Trame Manager. ATLANTIC COAST LINE. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, WILMINGTON. N. C., Dec. 20,1897. Fast Line Between Charleston and Col umbia and Upper South Carolina, North Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. GOING WEST, *No. 52. GOING EAST No. 53. 7 00 am Lv.Charleston.Ar 8 2? am Lv.Lanes.Ar 9 35 am Lv.Sumter.Ar 10 55 am Ar.Columbia.Lv 11 6S am Ar.Prosperity.Lv 12 10pm Ar.Newberry.Lv 12 58 pm j Ar.Hinton.Lv 1 10pm Ar.Laurens.Lv 4 21pm Ar.Greenville.Lv 3 10 pm Ar.Spartauburg.Lv fi 12pm Ar.Winnsboro, S. C.Lv 8 20 pm A r.Charlotte. N. C.Lv 6 06 pm Ar.. Uendersonville. N. <\..Lv 7 00 pm Ar.Asheville. N. C.Lv 9 15 pm 7 3G pm 6 20 pm 5 00 pm 3 13 pm 2 57 pm 2 10 pm 1 45 pm 10 30 ara 11 40 am ll 41 Am 9 35 am 9 IS am S 20 am fDallv. , " , , Nos. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleston andCelumbia.S.C. H. M. ?MM* Gen'l. Passenger Agent. J P.. KawLKar, General Manager. > T. ?V ?EMBRI?N. Traine Manage*