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A BACKL?G FANCY. The room is dim, the logs burn low, Bat in the fitful flash I soo Upon the wall the sunbeams glow Through the green branches of the tree, The backlog sputters, and I hear The forest's leary summer note, And in the waves of smoke appear The blue pools of the wood remote. Then, like s spirit, witching, gay, Ascends a throbbing golden spark A firefly drifting on its way Across the lonely mariah dark. -Harper's Weekly. THE TEST CASE. It was Morton-I mean Montagu Morton, the well known dealer in precious stones-who told me this story. I was talking to bim in his dingy office and was struck by the almost incredibly careless way in which he dealt with some valuable diamonds. Yes, he owned that he was care less. He assured me that he never registered any letter or parcel, how ever valuable, and yet had never lost anything in the post. He did not keep a light burning all night, or use an electric alarm of any kind, or give any special orders to the po lice, yet he had never lost anything by burglary. "And yet this place is perfectly simple-outer door, pas sage, inner door to clerk's room, opening into my own office, which in turn opens into the strong room. It's wonderful that the burglars nev er try it." I suggested that he used precau tions of his own-watchmen, private detectives. Montagu Morton smiled. "Ah," he said, "ever hear of Roy nal f " I had heard of him. Seeing that Boynal advertised his detective agency in every morning paper ev ery day it would have been difficult not to hear of him, and I said so. Montagu Morton unlocked and opened a drawer in his writing table. He took ont a leather tray, divided into compartments, and from one of the compartments produced a green stone, which he handed me. "What du yon make of that?" i "An emerald. " 1 "All green stones are emeralds to you," said Morton. "It is not an emerald. It is an opal-a curious ?ort of opal-and worth whatever I can get for it. I would give ?7 or . ?B f?r it myself, but then I never give what a thing is worth, other wise I could not live. However, that ss not the point The point isthat if it had not been for Roynal the stone would not have been in my possession today." And then Montagu Morton told me the story which 1 here tell again. ' When & grocer has his silk um brella stolen by a tramp, be goes to the police. When an English count ess lends a pearl necklaoe to her sister-in-law and the sister-in-law returns it with the four principal pearls removed and excellent imita tions substituted, the countess goes to RoynaL She wants her pearls just as much as the grocer wants bis umbrella-probably even more-but the countess does not want publicity and scandal. Roynal, engaged on these pearls, called on Morton for some informa tion, which Morton gave him with his customary good nature. As he talked Roynal saw an opportunity for extension of business. He most ly divided his time between com plaining he had too much to do and endeavoring to get still more. He rarely worked on a case himself. He had any amount of assistants, clever naturally and trained by himself, to do the actual work. It was only a case of exceptional difficulty and importance that would secure Roy nal's personal attention. It having become quite obvious to Roynal that Montagu Morton must be frequently and urgently in need of a detective agency to take care of him, he took especial pains not to mention the fact at the time, but on the following day he instructed an emissary and dispatched him. The emissary was very fashionably dressed, and in face was a little like Napoleon, and the card he sent in to Hr. Morton by the hands of Mr. Morton's clerk bore the name Mr. Michael Hay vera and in the left nand corner "Mr. Roynal's Detect ive Agency. " Introduced into the presence of Mr. Morton, Mr. Hay vert began hesitatingly. He was sure that Mr. Merton would be glad to hear that the real pearls had been recovered and Mr. Roynal was taking them to the countess that morning. Mr. Roynal ?had desired Mr. Hay vers to thank Mr. Morton very warmly for tho valuable information which ho had so kindly given. Mr. Morton said politely that he was happy to have been of ?ny use. "It has since struck Mr. Roynal that his detective agency would be of constant use to you, Mr. Morton, in your business. " "Yes? And in what way i" i "In tracing the history of any gem when you thought that necossary. In finding out the financial position of any purchaser far more quickly, surely and delicately than from tho usual methods. In exercising the closest supervision over any work man intrusted with the cutting or setting of valuable gems. In repre senting you at auctions and manipu lating the auction in your favor. In a thousand ways that would save you time, trouble and expense/' "There are only two objections First, your ternfc aro very high." "When we work regularly for a man of business-much of the work being the merest routine - our charges are very moderate, excep tionally moderate." "My second objection is tu?t 1 a by no means sure that you can ta care of me as well as I can take ca of myself. You might bungle, a case of real difficulty-I've one mind at this moment-you mig fail altogether." "Really," said Mr. Hay vers, "th was an objection I had not expecte In the last ten years we have n had one failure-not one. It's in ? our advertisements - 'Mr. Royn never fails. ' Now, just let me ha1 that case you've got in your min and if we do not succeed no char; shall be made at all. Just let i show you what we can do. " Mr. Morton walked np and dov, his room meditating. "It's not fair on you," he sal "You couldn't do it" "Try us. What we can't do i that way could be written on a thre penny bit." At last Mr. Morton was persuade to put his case: "This morning sent my clerk to my bank in L0n bard street. In his absence I ha out on the table in my office a tra containing 20 opals. One of thef was curious-of no particular eiz< but of an even green color, lookin to tho uninitiated almost like a emerald. I happened to go into th strong room for a minute. I was nc there more than a minute, and heard no sound in this room to ma k me suspicious, yet when I returne the green opal was gone. "The other 19 remained intact. O course you see what happened. Th thief, whoever he or she was, cam in from the street and into rn; clerk's office, probably with som pretext ready if the clerk had beei there and really intending to exam ine the place with a view to bur glary. Finding the clerk's roon empty, he peered into mina Tba was empty also, and the opals won on the table. It was the work of i moment to snatch that opal and ge oat into the street again. I wan that opal back, but I am perfect!} certain no one will ever get it foi me. "Is that your difficult case?" saic Mr. Hay vers, smiling. "It is th( merest child's play. You may con sider the opal back in that traj again. Let me, first of all, dispose of your own theory. A thief who was intending to burglarize youi place would not spoil his chances b;? first committing a comparatively trifling theft" "Sudden temptation," suggested Morton. "Then he would have taken 20 opals, not one. The fact that the stone was not nu ordinary opal makes the case easy. The fact that only just that particular opal was taken shows that the thief was no ordinary thief and makes tho case still easier. Don't you see that tho field of inquiry is narrowed down}" "I hadn't thought of that," said Morton rather more humbly. "Very natural, but in our profes sion we have to think of such things, and we do think of them. " "I felt so sure that the case was desperate," Morton owned, "that I had quite decided not to apply to the police." "Well," said Mr. Hay vers genial ly, "they might have found it for you. They're very painstaking. I'm by no means one of those who sneer at the police detectives. Of course they cannot get the best talent. That's bought up. Mr. Roynal can very well afford to outbid anybody else for the best men. But to come to business"-here Mr. Hay vers pro duced his pocketbook-"let me take down the particulars." Morton had no note of the size and weight of the opal. However, ho made a rough sketch and gavo Mr. Hayvers the weight, approximately, and a minute description. He also handed him a piece of tinted glass to guide him as to the color. "That will do perfectly," said Hayvers. "I should know the stone now if I 8awit." He obtained also a great deal of information about the clerk. Mr. Hayvers seemed particularly cu rious about the clerk. "Now, then," said Hayvers, "we will begin with a little precaution ary measure. A man will come from us this afternoon, ostensibly to ex amine the electric lighting, in real ity to make sure that tho etone is not still in the office." Mr. Morton objected. "My clerk fcnows something of the electric business. He will find out that your man's a sham." "But our man won't be a sham. He will really be a practioai elec trician. We have assistants in all trades and all ranks of life. I may tell you, Mr. Morton, confidentially that wo have two duchesses in our pay at this moment." When Mr. Hayvers had gone, Mor ton touched his bell, and his clerk, Smith, came in. Then Mr. Morton did what may seem an indiscreet thing. "Smith," he said, "you are going to be suspected of huving stolen au opal." "Certainly, sir," said Smith. "That will be all at present.'' Smith could not write shorthand or work a typewriter. He spoke no language but his own, and of that he was romnrkably economical. Perhaps it was for this oconomy, coupled with one or two other quali ties, that Morton valued him. Ho must have valued him, for he paid him a salary of ?200 a year. Tho electrician came, examined and exhausted himself in Iiis efforts to make Smith talk. Ho received one piece of information-that Smith was going to tho Earl's Court exhi bition that night. At the exhibition a fair haired stranger got into con vernation with Smith. The stranger did most of tho ? conversation, while ?rn mi drank whisky and soda at the stranger's expense. In a burst of confidence the stranger owned that be was a collector of precious stones, had just bought a couple and would like Smith to look at them. Smith look ed and said "Good night !:} and in continently wont up the great wheel. On the following day, while Smith was at Morton's office, a fair haired stranger called at Smith's lodgings to correct the gas meter. " 'E did a deal of pokin about," said the landlady. "Ah !' ' said Smith. Then a week elapsed, during which the workings of Mr. Roynal's agents were wrapped in darkness. At the end of that time Mr. Hayvers called for a list of Morton's customers, la dies especially, who were in the habit of buying opals. "You have a clew?" asked Mor ton. "We are drawing the nets closer. Patience for a day or two." And Mr. Hayvers, who seemed very busy, left hurriedly. Mr. Morton exercised patience for a day or two. A month passed with out any news of the green opal. One's patience cannot last forever, and Morton wrote a short, sharp let ter to Roynal, ordering him to re linquish' the case, saying that he would hand it on to the police and greatly regretting that he had not done so at first. The letter prompt ly produced an apologetic reply. The case had suddenly developed fea tures of exceptional difficulty, but Mr. Roynal was now giving it his personal attention, and it had so far progressed that a satisfactory ter mination could be guaranteed in 24 hours. Early on the following morning Morton received a telegram: "Opal recovered. Please call at your con venience. Roynal." Morton found it convenient to call at once and was shown into Roynal's private room. "Your case was the most difficult I have had to deal with for three years," said Mr. Roynal, "though the difficulty did not lie in the direc tion you imagined. You cannot prosecute, and I will not give you the name of the thief. But you wanted your opal, and here it is." "If you don't tell mo how you got it, I don't see how I'm to be quite sure it's mine." "It answers your description, and -but wait a minute. " Roynal wrote hastily on a sheet of note paper and handed it to Morton. "There is my guarantee that if your legal claim to that stone is disputed I will pay you ?50. Is that satisfactory?" Morton put the opal in his waist coat pocket with the guarantee. "It is very kind of you," he said. "I have had your bill made out," Roynal went on, "and I have also had it receipted. I take this as a test case and make no charge." "It is indeed good of you," said Morton. "All I ask-and expect-is that you will employ us regularly in tho future." And then over Morton's fat and usually solemn face there came an unholy grin. "1 shall never employ you again, Mr. Roynal, because you have fail ed in this case. The story which I told your Mr. Hayvers waa a fabri cation from beginning to end. 1 have never had an opal stolen. The whole thing was an effort of the imagination, a test for you, and you have failed." "1 could never have believed." said Mr. Roynal warmly, "that you could have acted in such bad faith." "Mr. Roynal, of what use tome would a private detective be who failed to suspect where suspicion was justified? And what am I to think of a private detective who un dertakes to find a certain stono, fails and procures a substitute which he attempts to palm off on his client ! It must have cost you much time and money to find an opal exaotly answering to that description." "You will return that stone at once," Mr. Roynal said sharply. "I think not. I have your guar antee in my pocket. Good morning, Mr. Roynal." - Boston Guardian and Lincolnshire (England) Inde pendent. Comforting. Mrs. Cullen-An is this yer new baby, Mrs. Doolan ? Well, well 1 Mrs. Doolan-They say, here in the coort thot he luks loike me. Do yez fink so, ma'am? Mrs. Cullen-Well, to tell the troot, he does look a dale like ye, but whin he gets phwiskers all over his face it'll change the rezimblance so that it'll not be notioed at all, at all, so Oi wouldn't moind if Oi was ye, Mrs. Doolan. - Detroit Free Press. Why He Banc. Forain is telling a story to Chase after dinner, and in the course of it remarks: "Then 1 rang violently f?t my servant." "What," somebody interrupts, "havo you got a servant?" "No," said Forain, "but I've got a bell !"-Figaro. - Th? two-year-old .son of VV. L. Furguson, of Bolton, Miss., had whoop ing cough. ''After several physi cians ii ntl prescribed for him, without t? i v ? u ir relief," writes Mr. l'urgaaon, ''I persuaded my wife lo try a 2f> cent bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Ueinc dy. The first dose ha? the desired effect, and in forty-eight hours he was entirely free from :ill cough. I con sider your remedy the best in the mar ket, especially for children and recom mend it at all times." Thc 2;">c. and r>0c. sizes for sale by Hill f Irr l)rug Co. THE SCHEME WENT ASTRz I - j An Easy Way to Get Your Ten Acre Dug Up. A curious sight met my gaze ? turned into the road that leadi Covina. In a ten acre lot there w ahout 100 men and women of all a : and sizes working with fevei haste tearing and uprooting ground. The only party who did not pear to be excited was an old n seated on a bowlder in the shade a pepper tree, calmly smoking corncob pipe. "Howdy, stranger?" heexclain as he removed his pipe. "Yerrat late, but hit ain't been found yet, if yer wanter start in ye kin." "What hasn't been found?" "Them yaller boys, strang Thar's $100,000 out thar in thet i field." "Hew did it git there?" "Hit wuz planted thar by the ? Spanish fathers over 200 years a? an hit's all in $20 gold boys, an goes ter the man who finds hit." "Nonsense! Don't you know tl there wasn't such a thing as a ? goldpiece in those days?" The old man grinned at me a then said: "I see thet yer on, stranger, \ don't give hit away. Yer see, tl ten acres belongs ter me, an I wa: er put spuds in hit, so I jes' start thet yer yarn ter git the field d up. I reckon thet hit will all bed up by sundown." I smiled and rode on. In the evening I passed the sai spot again. The excitement seem to have increased and centered one spot in the middle of the fiel A huge bonfire lighted up thescei and the dirt was flying in all dire tions. As I was watching the novel see: I was hailed by the old man from spot near by. I walked over to hi and discovered that he was tied tc tree. "For Gawd's sake, untie m strangerl" he cried. "What is the matter?" I asked. "Matter?" whined the old ma "The matter is thet I'm an old ful After ye left this mornin I got worryin fer fear they wouldn't g the plaoe dug up before sundown, ? I went over an added another hu dred thousan ter sorter cheer the up. "Waal, darn my hide, while I wi a-hoppin ?round thar a-wa vin m arms an a-shoutin to them ter woi faster I lost a $20 goldpiece, an oi of them fules found hit, an hit s> the whole lot plump crazy, an I wi the craziest of 'em all a-tryin t< make them believe thet thet yali* boy wuz mine. "F?rst I tried argument, but the wouldn't listen. Then I tried swea in, but they wouldn't listen ter the Then I tried fou tm, but they hadn time ter fout, so they tied me te this tree. Stranger, they've got hole over yonder thet's 50 feet dee an goin deeper every minute an onl Gawd knows when they are goin te stop. "They've ruined the field, a they've ruined me, 'cause thet yalle boy wuz all I had. But, stranger, ain't told ye the worst yet. I though thet my ole woman needed a littl exercise, eo I didn't let her in on th scheme, an she's over yander e crazy ez the rest, a-clutchin an claw in at the dirt like a wild hyena. A: when night came she went an so fire ter the house, so thet they coull hev a light ter work by 1 "Stranger, I'm a ruined man, ai if the old woman gits on ter th scheme I'll be a dead onel Fe Gawd's sake, untie me, so thet I kii leave the country 1" I untied him, and he started dowi the road on a olean jump, and fo aught I know he is running yet. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Queer Things to Pump. There are sometimes brought ii] by centrifugal pumps--which art used for dredging, for pumping u? coal from sunken vessels and foi various other purposes-things thai seem strange to be handled even by such pumps as these, designed tc pump coal, and so on. An 8 incl: centrifugal pump used by a wreck ing oompany of this city to pump coal with has brought up a piece ol pig iron weighing 36 pounds. A pump with a 28 inch suction used in dredging at the Mississippi river jetties brought up two mush room anchors, one of them weigh ing 80 pounds. It brought up ende of spiles 12 inches in diameter and 28 inches long. It pumped up sharks. A pajrt of one pumped up on one oc casion was 5 feet long. Another 8 inch pump used for coal pumped up pieces of board 15 inches long and a car coupling 12 inohes long. Large pumps used in dredging in the improvement of Now York har bor brought up cannon balls and various other heavy objects, includ ing the end of a tall shaft weighing 7C pounds.-New York Sun. A Right to Bloom. Mr. Spokes - What blooming cheeks Nellie Fosdick has! Mr. Spykes-She is tho flower of the family.-Detroit Freo Press. --ma- ?> - - " I feel it my duty to give you a truthful statement nf what Chamber lain's Colic, (.'holer;- and Djarrhoa Hemctly did." writes .1. S. Collins, of Moore, >'. C. "I had a child about two years old that had the diarrhoea for two months. 1 tried all thc host known remedies, but mme gave the least relief. When this remedy came to hand. I gave it as directed, and in two days the child was completely cured." Sold by Hill Orr Drus; Co. Not Full}* Appreciated. There aro others besides prophets who are not rated at their truo worth ! in their own country. A boy who ' grew almost to man's estate in a : semirural community went out into : the great world and became famous '. as a lecturer and writer. Unspoiled i by fame, his heart often turned to his boyhood home. On one occasion he found that in passing from one lecturing point to another he would go through the old town and that he would have time to pass a whole day there. Accordingly he wrote to one of the principal men of the township as follows: DEAR FRIEND-Boing about to pass through my nativo town and having a day at my dis posal, I should be greatly pleased to greet my old friends and companions of earlier days, .nd I know of no better way to do this than to make an appointment to talk to them at the old brick schoolhouao next Thursday evoning. I shall be happy to give thom my best lecture entirely free of charge. Invite everybody. Yours faithfully, -. Having thus arranged to do the bless you my children act, as those versed in latter day slang would say, his sensations may be imagined when he received, two or three days later, this letter in response: DEAR SIR-Your favor of 14th inst, rec'd. In reply would say that I have conferred with tho trustees of tho School Disct. No. ll in re gards to opening the bldg, nost Thursday evng. for a lecture, and they request mo to say that tho same will not be convenient. With great respct., yours truly, ABSALOM SHACKELFORD. "For a week after I got that let ter," said the famous lecturer in telling of the incident afterward, "I had a curious feeling, as if I were about four sizes too small for my clothes."-Youth's Companion. Perpetual Motion. Scientists have for a long time past recognized the impossibility of perpetua] motion. About a hundred years ago tho Acad?mie Boyale des Sciences at Paris passed a resolu tion that it would no longer en tertain letters upon this subject, and it included with it the quad rature of the cirole, the trisection of the arc and the duplication of the cube. But in spite of this there were taken out of England and France alone during the ten years ending 1870 no less than 119 patents for per petual motion. It is hardly to be expected that the chevalier d'indus trie should keep his talents clear from perpetual motion, and so nu merous swindles have been perpetu ated with referenco to it. One of them was discovered in 1846 by a famous engineer in Paris. The exhibitor had his machine upon a table on a bare stage, but the practiced ear of the engineer detect ed the alternation of speed and slow ness which is invariably present when a crank is worked by hand. He and his companion sprang upon the stage, and in spite of the exhib itor overturned the table, and found a pair of wires running down inside one of its legs. These, on being fol lowed, were found to stretch under the stage and out to a back yard, where perpetual motion in persona was found holding a piece of bread in one hand and turning a crank with the other.-London Standard. How He Sold His Story. An author who had been unsuc cessful in getting a story accepted, though be had kept it going for three years, noticing that the man uscript was badly worn by constant transmission in the mails, forward ed it by express to the last available publication on his list, valuing it at He was in luck this time. The story was lost en route, and no trace of it could be found. Some time afterward a friend, who knew the unfortunate history of the story, asked: "Did you ever got that article of yours off?" "Just sold itl" replied the joyful author. "And how much did you get for it?" "Seventy-five dollars. It was bought hythe express company 1" Atlanta Constitution. ? Faithful Teacher. Marcel, a noted dancing master and posture master, was us much in lovo with his art as if he had been a great painter or musician. He could not pardon the least inelegance o? posture. In his latter days he was in re duoed circumstances and severely afflicted with the gout. A young lady, one of his pupils, got hor fa ther to obtain him a pension from the king, and she was deputed to present it to him. She ran up to his chair, her eyes sparkling with joy, and put it into his hand. He immediately thrust it from him and said, "Go and take it up, miss, and present it to me as I have taught you. " ? She burst into toars, but obeyed. "I consent to take it now, andi thank you, but your elbow was not quito rounded enough."-Youth's Companion. There's the Rub. "Pooh I I know a story that's just as good as that,:' exclaimed the bore. "Undoubtedly," they replied, "if you could only tell it as well." Chicago Post. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of lt. was very ungallant in tho old bachelor, who was told that a certain lady had "one foot in tho grave," to ask "if there wasn't room for both feot?'' AH Sorts of Paragraphs. - It costs some people mere to keep up appearances than it does to live. 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It is a blessing to any one expecting to be come a MOTHER," says? customer. UENDKBSON DALS, Carrai, Illinois. Of Druggists at ?1.00, or sent by null on receipt of price. Writ? for book containing testimonial* ana valuable information for all Mothers, tree. Th? Bradfield Begalator Co., Atlanta Ga. BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD H. C. BKATTIB, Receiver. Time Table No. 7.-Effective March 1,1898. ^??! Between Andereon and Walhalla WESTBOU?IP EASTBOUND. NO. 12 STATION No. ll. Kim Claw, First Claw, Daitv. Dally. P Xf.-Lrave Arrive A. M. s 3 3?.Auderaon.ll 00 f 3.56.Denver.10 40 f 4 0?.Autun.10 81 ft 4.14.Pendleton.10.22 f 4 Ml.Cherry's Crow j na.10.18 f 4.20.Ad.un's Crossing..10.07 a 4 47.Serie??.9 49 5 5 ll.WfHt Union.9.23 ? 5.17 Ar.Walhalla.".l,v ?U0 Ko. <?, Mixed, Ho. fl. Mixed. Daily, Except Daily, Except Snndav Sunday. EASTB0V91I. WlWTBO?Nn. P. M.-Arri?e Leave- P M. s 6.1?..Anderson.1110 f 5 55.Denver.ll 38 f 5.43.Autun.1150 s 5 31.Pendleton.12 02 f .'? li?.Cherry's Crossing.12 14 f 5 ll.adams' Crossing.12.22 s 4.47 1 .Seneca. I J2 4*J s 4 10 i .?Seneca. I 1 45 a 3 38.Wes'. Union. 2 00 a :I30.Walhalla. 2 19 (sj Ke'alar station ; (f) Kia? station Will a's?) stop at the following stations to talc? on or let off passengers : Phin iipvs, .lamps' and Sandy Springs. No 12 connects with Southern Railway No 12 at Anderson. ' ^"Z m No '*> connects with Southern Railway Nen. 12, '->7 and SS at S?uoca. .1. R ANDERSON, Supt. - An amateur punster informs UH that some houses have wings, and ke has often seen a house fly. We thought no part of a house save the chimney flue. Pitts' Carminative Aids Digestion, Regulate; the Bowel*, Cures Cholera Ioiacstom, Choler a Morbus, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Teething Children, And all diseases of the Stomach and Bowels. It is pleasant to the taste and NEVER FAILS to give satisfaction. A Few Doses will Demoostrate its Superlative Virtues. ililli '^RAulf ^&jfffSr DOUBLE DANY SERVICE TO AH, A NT A, CHARLOTTE, WILMINGTON, NEW O8LEA NH AND NSW YORK BOSTON. RICHMOND. WASHINGTON. (* OH FOIL Ii. PORTSMOUTH. SOHR'DULE IN EFFECT FEB. 7, 189?. S0UTHBO0?i/ No. 408. Nb. ?1. LT Nev York, via Pana JL R.*ll 00 ?rn ?9 Moa Lv Philadelphia, l lt pm IS 0 aaa LTBilticuore " 3 IS pm 2 80 am LT Washington, " 4 40 pm 4 80 am LT Richmond, A. C. L.-..-12 66 am *1 3) nm i.v NorfolWaS. A7L.... *8 80 pm *9 LT Portsmouth, " ............ 8 45 pm 9 LT Weld?To, \r Henderson, Ar Durham, LT Marham, -?ll 28 pai*ll Bi .... 12 96am ?1 Si -t7?am fTSl .- IS 20 pm tu 101 if Raleigh, *la 8. A. L. ?2 16 am ?C 34 pm Ar.s<. ford, 14 a 80am ii 03pn Ar Southern Pines " ........ 4 21 am 0 OJ pa Ar Ha i kt, " - 5 10am i 61pm Ar WadeatMiro, " .......... 0 04 am 8 lt pm Ar Monroe, 44 ........ 6 4i am 9 S pm Ar Charlotte, *. -.?fl ap ??5 ?T?~28pta ArChe?twp,__*8 10am 10 47pm LT Colan bia, C. N. A L. B. B_"".. fi 00 pa ' r Clinton 8 A L. "._ 9 49 am *12 ?8~m ArGrenwood " ............ 10 ?? am 107am Ar Abbeile,. il 00 am 1 0am vrBI'ierton, ............ M 07 pm 2 41am . r Athens, " ...... i 10 pm 8 49 am \r Winder, . ". l 59 pm 4 80am Ar Atlanta, 8 A L. (Cen. Time) 2 50 pm 5 SI am _NORTHBOUND._ tin.4ST~- No. ll LT A tlan ta,S. A L. (Can. Time) ?12 00 n'a *7 SQ pm Lr Winder, " ......... 2 40pm 10 ?pm LT Athens, " _ S 16 pm ll 26 pm LT Elberton, " - 4 15 pm ? 0 ?at LT Abbeville, M ........ 6 15 pm 1 40am LT Green vomi, ". 5 41pm 2 09 am LTihnton, ? _ 6 84 pm 8 WIBI Ar Colombia. C. N. ALT B. B...M 80 pm *7 49 fcm LT Cheat? < 8.A.L _ AT barlotta. ,. 8 13 pm 4 g?m ...10 25 pm "?8 90 am .. 9 40 pm 9 30 am ..1128pm a Alto " y 80 am llSifwa LT Monroe, LT Hamlet, Ar Wilmington LT Southern Pinea, LT Haleigh, Ar Eeadeaaon 13 14 am .2 16 am 8 28 am Ar Durham, LT Durham Ar Weldon, 44 _ Ar Richmond A. 0. L....._ Ar Washington, Penn. R. R._. Ar Baltimore, 44 ........ Ar Philadelphia, 44_ Ai Nev York, 44 . |7 '2am , fi 20 pm ~*4 95 am . 8 15am 12 91 pm , 1 49pm 8 98pm .6 29 pm 9 29 mm ll 80 am 1 00 pm ?SUS nd] nm ? Map la 48(H s 4?sw .9 939? Ar Portsmouth 8. A. L........ 7 30 am 9 GOA* Ar Norfolk 44 ....... ?7 90am 9 099m ?Daily, fDaily, Bi.Sapdar. tPaUy^.Mp?ay. Koa. 408 a?d 403 'The Atlanta Spec**).*' Solid Vestibuled Train, of Pullman SUepen and Cost? ea betveen Washington and Atlanta, ala? Pull maa Sleepers between Portsmouth and Chest*?,* Nos. 41 and 38, "The S. A. L Express." Salid Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers Betveea Portsmouth and Atlanta. For Pickets, Sleepers, et?., apply to B. A. Noviand, Gen'!. Agent Pass Dent. Wm. B. Clamen ts, T. P. A., 6 Kimbah" Haass Atlanta, Ga. R St John, Vise-President and Geo'l. Manger V. E. MeBee General Haperinwndent. H. W. B. Glover, Traffic Manager. T J. Anderson, Gea'L Passenger Agent. General Officers, Portsmouth. Va. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY AUGUSTA AN Li ASHEVILLE 8HOB? UNE In effect February 7,1897. Lr Augusta?....-. 9 40&m 140 pta Ar Greenwood.. 1817 pm - Ar Anderson...............".......".5 IC ]gn Ar Laurens.. 119 pm 7 09 am Ar Greenville._. 8 00 pm 10 0am Ar Glenn "pringa.. 4 05 pm ...??j?.. Ar Spftrtanburg-..... 3 00 pm 9 29 am Ar Salada.. 5 26 pm ............ Ar Henderson vi Ile. 5 91 pm .......... Ar Asie ville. 7 00 pm. LT Asheville..... LT Spartan barg LT Glenn Springs.... LT Green viHo.......... LT Laarens. LT Anderson. LT Greenwood-.._ Ar Augusta........... Smt LT Calhoun Falk.. Ar Bwstgfc_ Ar NsrfcV.. Aa Poieosbarg...... Ar Biehmond. L'f A agneta........ Ar Allendale..... Ar Fairfax_ Ar Yemaaaee. Ar Bea afc rt.._ Ai Port Boyal.... Ar Savannah. Ar Charleston. 9 30 am 100am 1050 am LT Charleston. LT Savannah... LT Port Boyal.. LT Beau lort. LT Yemassee... LT Fairfax. LT Allendale... Ar Augusta...., 13 p m 2) pu 31 p m 60am fl 90 aaa ft 10 aaa ii ?am ll 29 om 100am 10 Cam 120 pm Ho*) connection at Calhoun Falls tor Alttaas, AUantaand all points on S. A. L. Close connection at Augusta for Charleston, Savannah and all pointa. dose connections at Greenwood for aH paiaaajMi 8. A. L., and C. k G. Railway, an 4 at SpastanMrg with southern Ballway. For any information relative to tickets, rales, schedule, etc., iddrem W. J. CRAIG, Geo. Pass. Agent, Auguita.Ga. B. M. Vorth, Sol. Agent. T. M. Emerson, Traillo Man agar._ i ATLANTIC COAST LINE. TRAFFIC DKPARTMHWT, WILMINGTON, N. C., Dec 30, MW. i Fast Line Between Charleston and Col umbia and Upper South Carolina, NoKh I Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. [ GOING WEST, ! ?No. 52. GOING EAST No. 58. 7 00 am 3 26 am 9 35 am 10 55 ara 1153 am 1210 pm ?2 50 pm 110 pm 4 29 pm a 10 pm r. 12 pm 8 2!) pm r, 03 pm 7 0? pm LT.Charleston.Ar LY..Lanes.Ar LT_.Sumter.Ar Ar.Columbia.LT Ar."Prosperity.LT Ar.Newberry.LT Ar.Clinton.Lv | Ar.Laurens....LT Ar.Greenville.LT Ar.Spartaoburg.LT Ar.Wlnnsboro, S. C.LT Ar.Charlotte, N. C.LT Ar.. Henderson viii?, N. 0_.LT Ar.Asheville, NC.tr 919 pm 7 36 pm 6 'A) pm 5 Ot) pa 8 13 pm 2!V7pm 210 pm 1 45 pm 10 30 am 11 4i am 1141am 935 am 9 IS am ft 20 aa: 'Daily. Nos. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleston and Columbia,S.C. H. M. EM HRS jw, Gen'i. Pa&aenggr Arah*. J.R. KKHSJCY, Geaera? Mans***. F. M?EatBRSON. Traffic Managar