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A BACKLOG FANCY. room i" tho 1088 burn ,wr' ^o ? he fitful flash I soo thc wall tho ?anbeaiaa glow "?googn tho green brancfaea of the tree, meklog ?nattera, and I hoar ^xt?blue^'^0/tho wood'romote. likeaapirlt, witching, gay. ^n?s a throbbing golden W*fk A^lly drifting on ita way ^^,0n0lym!THt^ Weekly. THE TEST CASE. lt was Morton-I moan Montagu ?orton, the well known dealer in frecious stones-who told me this 1 ry i waa talking to him in his ? y office and was struck by the ffl?t incredibly careless way in 'bich be dealt with eome valuable Yee, he owned that he was caro la He assured me that he never petered any lotter or parcel, how et valuable, and yet had never lost anything in the poet. He did wt keep a light burning all night, ir use an electric alarm of any kind, jr give any special orders to the po li^ yet he had never lost anything by burglary. "And yet this place is ?rfectly simple-outer door, pas ige, inner door to clerk's room, ipening into my own office, which nturn opona into the strong room, [t's wonderful that the burglars nev try it." I suggested that he used precau tions of bis own-watchmen, private tetectives. Montagu Morton smiled. "Ah," ie said, "ever hear of Roynal f" I bad heard of bim. Seeing that lynal advertised his detective igency in every morning paper ev xy day it would have been difficult ?ot to hear of him, and I said so. Montagu Morton unlocked and ?pened a drawer in his writing table, pe took out a leather tray, divided Eto compartments, and from one of ?be compartments produced a green lao, which he handed me. "What you make of thati" 'An emerald." 'All green stones are emeralds to Sou," said Morton. "It is not an pnerald. It is an opal-a curious [ort of opal-and worth whatever I Man get for it. I would give ?7 or 18 for it myself, but then I never ?ive what a thing is worth, other rise I could not live. However, that mot the point. The point ia that Bf it had not been for Roynal the gtone would not have been in my lession today." And then Montagu Morton told lethestory which 1 here tell again. . . o o ca o When a grocer has his silk nm illa stolen by a tramp, be goes to ie police. When an English count lends a pearl necklace to her ter-in-law and the. sister-in-law ?toras it with the four principal rls removed and excellent imita ions substituted, the' countess goes |o Boynal. She wanta her pearls st as much as the grocer want? his Faurelia-probably even more-but B countess does not want publicity -Du scandai.^ Boynal, engaged on these pearls. Balled on Morton for some informa do, which Morton gave him with jiia customary good nature. As he jlked Roynal saw an opportunity Hor extension of business. He most ydivided his time between com bining he had too much to db and ndeavoring to get still more. He nely worked on a case himself}. He any amount of assistants, clever Morally and trained by himself, to Bo the actual work. It was only a pa of exceptional difficulty and pportance that would secure Boy pi's personal attention. It having become quite obvious to Joynal that Montagu Morton roust l frequently and urgently in need .a detective agency to take care of im. he took especial pains not to jation the fact at the time, but on K following day he instructed an B?aary and dispatched him. The ^issary was very fashionably [&&d> and in face was a little like r*poleon. ?nd the csrd he sent is to ^Morton by the hands of Mr. "Qu'a clerk bore thenameMr. *ael Hoyvera and in the left corner "Mr. Boy nat's Detect Agency." Introduced into the ?ce of Mr. Morton, Mr. Hay began hesitatingly. ? was aure that Mr. Morton be glad to hear that the real ?a had been recovered and Mr. ?al was taking them to the itess that morning. Mr. Boynal desired Mr. Hay vera .to thank Morton very warmly for (ho lable information which he bad tTly given, ?PT. Morton said politely that he T? nappy to have been of any use. ? has ginee struck Mr. Boynal bis detective agency would lie ???tant use to you, Mr. Morton, lioor business. " P*> And in what ways'* ? tracing the history of any gem J you thought that necessary. Wing ont the financial position purchaser far more quickly, "y and delicately than from tho methods. In exercising the 1 supervision over any work entrusted with the cutting or ? of valuable gems. In repro IQg you at auctions and manipu? P's" tho auction in your favor. In wsanrt ways that would save paaie, trouble and expense.'* i laere aro only two objections. i*Vrv!aUT tern* aro v?fy high.'* PVhen WG worfc regularly for a "?\?f business-much of the work tho merest routine - our ges are very moderate, excop ^Uy moderate." "My second objection ia that 1 nm by no means sure that you can take caro of mo as well as I eau takocare 9f myself. You might bungle. In a case of real difficulty-I'vo ono in mind at this moment-you might ta il jal together." :iiteaHy,"saidMr. Hay vera, "that was an objection I had not expected. ia the last ten yeara we have not cad one failure-not one. It's in all mr advertisements - 'Mr. Roy nal aevtr fails. . Now, just let me have that caso you've got in your mind, md if we do not succeed no oharge shall be made at all. Just let ur ihow you what we can do." Mr. Morton walked np and down lis room meditating. "It's not fair on you," he said. .You couldn't do it " "Try us. What we can't do ir hat way could be written on a three lenny bit." At last Mr. Morton was persuad?e o put his ease: "This morning ] lont my clerk to my bank in Lem >ard street. In his absence I hat mt on the table in my office a traj lontaining 20 opals. One of thos< vas curious-of no particular eize tut of an even green color, looking o tho uninitiated almost like ai imorald. I happened to go into th trong room for a minute. I was no here more than a minute, and leard no sound in this room to maki ne suspicious, yet when I returnei he green opal was gone. "The other 19 remained intaot. O ourse you see v but happened. Th hief, whoever be or she was, cam Q from the street and into m: lerk's office, probably with som? ?rotext ready if the clerk had beei bere and really intending to exam ne the place with a view to bur ;lary Finding the clerk's roon m pty, he peered into mine. Tha vas empty also, and the opals wer n the table. It was the work of ?ornent to snatch that opal and ge ut into the street again. 1 wan bat opal back, but 1 am perfect!; ertain no ORO will ever get it fo ue," "Is that your difficult casef" sai ir. Hay vers, smiling. "It is th aorefct child's play. You may cox ?der the opal back in that tra gain. Let me, first of all, dispos f your own theory. A thief wh fas intending to burglarize you lace would not spoil bis chances b rat committing a comparativel rifling theft " "Sudden temptation," suggeste forton. "Then he would have taken ' pals, not one. The fact that th tone was not an ordinary opt oakes the case easy. The fact tbi nly just that particular opal wt ikon shows that the thief was n rdinary thief and makes tbo cai till easier. Don't you see tbut il old of inquiry is narrowed down? "I hadn't thought of that," sai [orton rather more humbly. "Very natural, but in our profe ion we have to think of suoh thing ad we do think of them." "J felt Ro sure that the cs5S Ti Bsperate," Morton owned, "that ad quite decided not to apply to tl o?ice." "Well," said Mr. Hay vers genia r, "they might have found it fi ou. They're very painstaking. I': y no means one of those who snei t the police detectives. Of court iey cannot get 'the best talen hat's bought up. Mr. Roy nal O? ery well afford to outbid anyboc se for the best men. But to con ) business"-here Mr. Hay vers pr need his pocketbook-"let me tal awn the particulars." Morton had no note of the size ai eight of the opal. However, ) lade a rough sketch and gave M ay vers the weight, approximate! ad a minute description. He al anded bim a piece of tinted glass uide him as to the color. "Th ill do perfectly," said Hayvei [ should know the stone now i iw ii." He obtained also a gre aal of information about the clei tr. Hay vera seemed particularly c ons about the cleric "Now, then," said Hay vera, *V ill begin.with a little nrecantk ry measure. A man will come frc . thia afternoon, ostensibly to < mine the electric lighting, in re y to make sure that the stone ot still in the office." Mr. Morton objected. "My dc nows something of the elect asl ness. He will find out that ye tan's a sham." "But our man won't be a sba 0 will really be a practical el ioian. We have assistants in ades and all ranks of life. 1 m ill you, Mr. Morton, confident ia tat we have two duchesses inc ty at this moment" When Mr. Hay vera had gone, M rn touched his bell, and his ole nith, came in. Then Mr. Morl d what may seem an indiacr ling. "Smith," he said, "you are goi 1 be suspected of having stolen ?ai." "Certainly, sir," said Smith. "That will be all at present." Smith could not write short h ? I work a typewriter. He spoke nguagebut his own, and of tl 3 woe remarkably economic Drhaps it was for this econ OE ?npled with one or two other qu BS, that Morton valued him. nat have valued him, for be p ?rn a salary ot ?200 a year. The electrician came, examit id exhausted himself in his effc ?make Smith talk. He received . eec of information-that Sn as going to the Earl's Court e: tion that sight. . At the exhibition Ta fair hai ranger got into conversation v nith. The- stenger did moat of i convers?t iou, while ?iunn drank whisky and eoda at tho stranger's expense. In a burst of confidenoo tho stranger owned that he 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- j continently wont up the great wheel. On the following day, while Smith was at Morton's office, a fair liai red stranger called at Smith's lodgings to correct the gas meter. " '? did a deal of pokin about," said the landlady. "Ah I' ' said Smith. Then P. week elapsed, during which the workings of Mr. Roynal's agents were wrapped in darkness. At the end of that time Mr. Hay vers called for a list of Morton's customers, la dies especially, who were iu the habit of buying opals. "You have a clew I" asked Mor ton. "We are drawing the nets closer. Patience for a day or two." And Mr. Hay vers, who seemed very busy, left hurriedly. Mr. Morton exorcised patience for a day or two. A month passed with out any nows of the green opal. Ono'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 persona] attention, and it had so far progressed that a satisfactory ter ruination 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 tho 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 me how you got it, I don't see bow I'm to bo quite sure it's mine." "It answers your description, anti -but wait a minute." Roynal wroto hastily co a sheet of note paper ?nd 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 bis waist coat pocket with the guarantee. "It is very kind of you," bc said. "I have had your bill made out," Roynal went on, "and I have also had it receipted. I take thia UH a test case and make no charge." "It is indeed good of you," said Morton. "All 1 ask-and expect-is that you will employ us regularly in tho *_A-?. And then over Morton's fat and usually solemn face thora came au unholy grin. "1 sbali never employ you again, Mr. Roynal, because you have fail ed in this case. The story which I told your Mr. Hay ver? was a fabri cation from beginning to end. 1 have never had an opal stolen. The whole thing wau ari 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 to mo 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 stone, fails and procures a substitute which he attempts to palm off on his olient f It must have cost you much time and money7 to find an opal exaotly answering to that descriptif ' "You will return that steno at once," Mr, Roynal said sharply. "I think not. I have your guar antee in siy pocket. Good morning, Mr. Roynal." - Boston Guardian and Lincolnshire (England) Inde pendent. . Comforting. Mrs. Cullen-An ia this y er new. baby, Mrs. Doolanf Well, weill Mrs. Doolan-They say, here in the coort thot he luks loike me Do1 yez fink so, ma'am t Mrs. Collen-Well, to tell the troot, ha does look a dale like ye,' but whin he gets phwiakers all over his face it'll change tho rezimblance sp that it'll not be noticed at aU, at al!, BO Ol wouldn't nooind if Oi was ye, Mrs. Doolan. - Detroit free Press. _ Why Be BM|. Forain is telling a story to Chase after dinner, and in the course of ii remarks: "Then I rang violently fer my servant." "What," somebody interrupts, "have yon got a servant ? " "No," said Forain, "but I've got a tell t"-~Figaro^ ^_ - The two-year-old son of W. L. Furgason, of Bolton, Miss., had whoop ing cough. "After several physi cians had prescribed for him, without giving relief," writes Mr. Furgason, "I persuaded my wife to try a 25 cont bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Reme dy. The first dose had the desired effect, and in forty-eight hours bc was entirely free from all cough. I con sider your remedy the heat in the mar ket, especially for children and recom mend it a& all times." Tho 25c. and 50c. sixes for sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. THE SCHEME WENT ASTRAY. An Easy Way lo Ort Your Tva Acre Lot Vue Vp. A curious sight met my gaze as I turned into the rood that lends to ' Covina. In a ten nero lot there were ; about 100 men und women of all uges and sizes working with feverish j haste tearing and uprooting the ground. The only party who did not ap pear to be excited was an old man seated on a bowlder in the shade of a pepper tree, calmly smoking n corncob pipe. "Howdy, stranger i" be exclaimed ss he removed bis pipe. "Yerrather late, but hit ain't been found yet, so if yor wanter start in ye kin." "What hasn't been found?" "Them yaller boys, stranger. Thar's $100,000 out thar in thet yer field." "How did it git therei" "Hit wuz planted thar by the old Spanish fathers ovor 200 years ago, an hit's all in 920 gold boys, an hit goes ter the man who finds hit." ".Nonsense! Don't you know that there wasn't such a thing as a $20 goldpiece in tboso days!" The old man grinned at me and tbon said: "I see thet yer on, stranger, but don't give bit away. Yer Bee, thot ton acres belongs ter rae, an I want er put spuds in bit, so I jos' started thet yer yarn ter git tho field dug up. I reckon thet hit will all be dug up by sundown." I smiled and rode on. In the evening I passed tho same spot again. The excitement seemed to have increased and centered on one spot in the middle of the field. A huge bonfire lighted up the scene, and tbe dirt was Hying in all direc tions. As I was watching the novel scene I was hailed by the old man from a spot near by. I walked over to him and discovered that he was tied to a tree. "For Gawd's sake, untie me, | stranger!" hw cried. "What is the matter?" I asked. "Matter?" whined tbo old man. "The matter is thet I'm an old fule! After ye left this mornin I got to worryin fer fear they wouldn't git the place dug up before sundown, so I went ovor an addod another hun dred thousan ter sorter cheer them up. "Waal, darn my hide, while I wuz a-boppin ?round thar a-wa vin my arms an a-shoutin to them ter work faster ? lost a $20 goldpiece, an one of them fules found hit, un hit set the whole lot plump crazy, an I wuz the craziest of 'em all a-tryin ter make them believe thet thet yaller boy wuz mine. "F?rst I tried argument, but they wouldn't listen. Then I tried swear in, but they wouldn't listen ter thet. Then I tried foutin, but they hadn't time ter fout, so they tied me ter this tree. Stranger, they've got a hole over yonder thet'a 50 feet deep an goin deeper every minute an only GaTu kuuwB when they are goin ter stop. "They'vo ruined the Seid, an they've ruined me, 'cause thet yaller boy wuz all I had. But, stranger, I ain't told ye the worst yet. I thought thet my ole woman needed a little exercise, so I didn't let her in on tho Boheme, an she's over yander ez crazy ez the rest, a-clutebin an claw in at the dirt like a wild hyena. An when night came she went an sot fire ter the bouse, BO thet they could hev a light ter work by ? "Stranger, I'm a ruined man, an if the old woman gits on ter the scheme I'll be a dead one) Fer Gawd'c sake, untie me, so thet I kin leave the country !" I untied him, and he started down the road on a olean jump, and for aught 1 know he is running yet. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Queer Things to Pomp. There are sometimes brought up by centrifugal .pumps-which are used for dredging, for pumping up coal from sunken vessels and for various other purposes-things that Beera strange to be handled ?ven by such pumps as these, designed to pump coal, and so on. An 8 inch centrifugal pump need by a wreck ing company of this city to pump coal with has brought up a piece of pig iron weighing 36 pounds. A pump with a 38 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 ends cf. spiles 12 inches in diameter and 28 inches long. It pumped up sharks. A part of one pumped np on one oc casion was 6 feet long. Another 8 inch pump used for coal pumped np pieces of board 15 inches long and a car coupling 12 inches long. Large pumps used in dredging in the improvement of New York har bor brought up cannon-balls and various other heavy objects, includ ing the end of a tall shaft weighing 75 pounds.-New York Sun. ? n?Sttit to Bloom. Mr. Spokes - What blooming cheeks Nellie Fosdick has ! Mr. Spykes-She is tho flower of the family.-Detroit Free Press. - "I feel it wy tin ty to give you a truthful statement of what Chamber loin's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy did," writes .1. S. Collin?, of Moore, S. C. "I had a child about '.wo years old that had the diarrhoa 'or two months. I tried all tho best ?nowu. remedies, but none gave the cast relief. When, this remedy eauue LO hand, I gave it as directed, and in ;wo days tuc child waa completely ?ured." Sold by Hill-Orr Drag Co. Not Fully Appreciated. There aro others besides prophets who are not rated nt their truo worth in their own country. A boy who I grew almost to man's estate in a i ] 8eniirural community went out into the great world a jd bectuno famous as a lecturer and writer. Unspoiled j by fame, his heart often nirnod to his boyhood homo. On one occasion he found that in passing from ono lecturing point to another ho would go through the old town and that he 1 would have time to pass a whole day there. Accordingly ho wrote to one of tho principal mon of the township SB follows: DKAR frniicMD-Being about to pass througb my native town and having a day nt my dis posal, I should be greatly pluuaud to groot my old friends and oorapanionH of earlier days, .nd 1 know ot no better way to do this than to make an appointment to talk to thom at the old brick sohoolbouto next Thursday ovonlng. 1 aimil bo happy to givo thom my bvet lecture entirely freo ot charge. Invite everybody. Youru faithfully, -- -. Having thus arranged to do the bless you my children act, as those versed in latter day slang would say, bis sensations may bo imagined when he received, two or th reo days later, this letter in responso : DKAR 8IR-Your favor of nth inst, roo'd. In reply would nay that I have conferred with thu trustees of thu School Disrt. No ll in re gards to opening tho l?ldn noxt ThurHduy evng. for n lecture, and thuy request mo to say that tho aame will not bo convenient. With great respct, yours truly, AasAi.oM Sn A CK EI, ron D. "For a week after I got that let ter," said the famous lecturer in telling of the incident aftorward, "I had a curious foeling, UK if I wero about four sizes too small for my clotbeB."-Youth's Companion. Perpetual MotioD. 8cieutists bavo for a long time past recognized the impossibility of perpetual motion. About a hundred years ugo tho Academic Royale 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 rat nra of the circle, tho trisection of the arc and tho duplication nf the cube. But in spite of this there wore taken out of England and France alone during the ten years ending 1870 no less than 110 patents for per petual motion. It is hardly to be expected that the chevalier d'indus trie should keep hie talents clear from perpetual motion, and so nu merous swindles have been perpetu ated with reference to it. One of them was discovered in 1846 by a famous engineer in Paris. The exhibitor had his machina upon a table on a bare stage, but the practiced ear of the engineer detect ed tho 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 tho 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 ? piece of bread in one hand and turning a crank with the other.-London Standard. Dow He Sold His Story. An author who had been unsuc cessful in getting a story accepted, though he had kept it going for three years, noticing tbat 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 $75. He was in luck this time. The story was lost en route, and no trace of it could be found. Some time afterward u friend, who knew the unfortunate history of the story, asked : "Did you ever get that article of yours off!" "Just sold itf ' replied the joyful author. "And how much did you get for it!" "Seventy-five dollars. It was bought by the express company I" Atlanta Constitution. A Faithful Teether. Marcel, a noted dancing rn sst sr ssu posture master, was us much in love with his art as if he had been a great painter or musician. He could not pardon the least inelegance of posture. In his latter days he was in re? du oed circumstances and severely afflicted with the gout A young lady, one of his pupils, got her fa ther to obtain him a pension from the king, and she was deputed to present it to him. Sbe 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 tears, but obeyed. "I consent to take if now, and I thank yon, but your elbow was set quite rounded enough."-Youth's Companion. There's the Bab. "Pooh t I know a story that's just as good as that," exclaimed the bore. "Undoubtedly," they replied, "it you could only tell it as well." Chicago Post. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears ?he Signature of - It wes very utfjrellaut iu the old bachelor, who wea told that a certain lady had "one foot in the grave," to aak "If tboro wasn't room for both feet ?" AK Sor I? of Paragraphs. iii ha tl? oh - It costs some people more to keep up appearances thun it docs to live. A torpid livor robs von of ambition and ruina your health. DeWltt'a Little Ear ly Hlser* cleanse the livor, ?uro constipa rlo!? snd all stomsch and liver troubl?e. Evans Pharmacy. - You caunot provo that you aro good hy merely-proving that another man is bad. 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Yet the life of every Expectant Moth er is beset with danger and all ef fort should be made to avoid it. nn ?s a so assists nature Mnf ?lfir Q in the change tak IflUllIOl ? mg place that mm m ? tne Expectant Lrinnn Mother isena ?fl IK BB El bled to lookfor ? fl BV?W Ward without dread, suffering or gloomy fore bodings, to the hour when she experiences the joy of Motherhood. Its use insures safety to the lives of both Mother and Child, and she is found stronger after than before confinement-in short, it "makes Childbirth natural and easy," as so many have said. Don't bc persuaded to use anything but MOTHERS FRIEND " My wife suffered more in ten min utes with either of her other two chil dren than abe did altogether with ber last, having previously used four bot* ties of .Motber'? Friend.' IS ia a blessing to any ona expecting to be some a MOTHER," sayas customer. UBNDBBSON DALS, Carrai, Illinois. Of DrargUts at 81-00, or seat by mall on receipt ?f pr! oe. Write for book containing test i mor. i ela ina val ash le Information for all Metters, free. lae Bradfield Beaaletor Co., Atlas ta. Gs. BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD H. C. UK ATTIE, Keooivor. Time Table No. 7.-Effective March 1,1808. **?!2 Between Anderson and Walhalla WBMTBOONO RABTBOTJSP. So. 12 STATIONS No. II Kirai Clase, Pirat Claw, Dailv. Dallv. P M.-Leave Arrive A. M.v i S3?. Anderson.1100 r 3.58.Denver.i?4? r 4 OS.Auton.10 81 i 4.14.Pendleton.18.22 r 4M.Cherry's Crow ?DR.10.18 r 4.28.Adam's Crossing.10.07 i 4 47.Fenene.8 48 i ft ll.W"at Union .0.29 i ft.17 Ar.Walhalla.^ .J*v_ft.i0 Syo. 0, Mixed, So. 6, Mixed, Daily, Except Daily, Except Siindav Sunday. KASTBOUBU. WSBTSODND. P. M.-Arrive Leave-P M. i 6.10.Anderson.1110 ' ft 5ft.Denver.ll 88 r 5.4S.Antun.1160 i 5 81.Pendleton.12 02 . ft 19.Cberrv'e Crowing.12 14 ' 5 11.Adams' Crossing.12.22 I 4.47 i .Seneca. I 12 46 i 4 10} .Senses.t 1 45 i a ,18.We?t Union. 2 00 i a.10.Walhalla. 210 (al Renier station ; (f) Klag station Will also atop at the following stations o take on or lei off passengers : Ph in' ?pvs, Jatn*s' and 8andy Springs. No 12 connects with Southern Railway io 12 at Anderson. "SSS ? ">< No 6 connecta with Southern Railway foo. 12, 37 and .18 at Soneos. J. R ANDERSON, Supt. - An amateur punster informs UH at some houses have wingH, and ko is often seen a houHC fly. Wo ought no part of a house save the imnov fl u.c. Pitts' Carminative Aids Digestion. Regulates the Bowels, Cures Cholera Infantum. Cholera Morbus. ? Diarrhoea, Dysentery, ; Teething: Children, \ And all diseases of tho Stomach [ and Bowels. It is pleasant [ to tho taste and NEVER FAILS to give satisfaction. A Few Doses will Demoostrate : Hs Superlative Virtues. wllMlTBI DOUBLE DAI"/ SERVICE Ti? A'1. ANTA, ?HAHI.OTTB. VILMS NC. TOW, NSW ORLBANH AND NHW YOIt? IIOMTON. RI?IIMON?. W AMII I NC. TON. ftORPOLK. POKTNMnllTII. SrilKDULK IN BFFECT FBB. 7, 189?. HOUTHBOONu _ No. ?t. tt?.t?T .v Nf? York, ?lo Poon a. B.*lt Wim *t CA on .v Phlled-'phla, ll? pm 19 OB sss -v H.Hi.II..r.- " S ti pm 8 SD ?si .T W?j-hlnKton, " 4 40 pm 4 89 SIB ,t Kieh'iKind, A. C. L.-19 M sm ?I 99 ran .v Norfolk vit. 8. A. L. ?8 SO pro~*9 fifi? .T Porteiuuutb. " . 8 45 pm a CTw? .? WaMi.n, " ....TZ>ir28 pm?7l~IS ara tr UendcMoo, " . IS SR s m ?1 ?b mn lr Durham. " . |7 S3 ?in li S pm it Our ham. _" .fS 20 pm fil 10 sta >r Raleigh, ita 8. A. L.?3 18 am ?9 94 pm ir s'.ford, ". 3 89 sm S 09 an tr ?muharn Pines " .?._. 4 Xi sm 9 09 pat ir Ha i ku, " . 6 10 am Q6S pm ir WadfatMiro, . 9 69 sm 8 ll aa ir Monro?),_ " ........... 8 ??am 9 99ara trCbsrlntte._- ..... ?8 80 tan ?lcTt%*? lr Chester, _ _.' ..?8 10 am 10 47 pm .v rolu.i bis,O. V IL. B B...-.fl? 00am >r Clinton s~?~iI ZT.. 9 ?vin *iz issss irOr fHoood " . 10 81 sm 1 OT ats lr Abbeville, *. . ll OB am 1 99stn kr Bloerton, ". 13 <r7 pm 1 41 aaa r Athena, " . 118 pm 9-SI ssa Lr Winder, ". | ea pm 4 89?? irAt?s-'.s.g A L.(Can.Tim?)a60pm 8 99sm _KO&XHBOOND._ voTiiS: No".aT~ .v A.Unta,S.AL.(Cen.Time)*13 OOn'n *7 OB pm .v Winder, " . 9 40 pm 10 Slam i* Athena, *' . 9 16 pm ll 98 am if Elberton, " ........ 4 18 pm 19 98 aaa .T Abbeville, " . 6 16 pm I lg SSI .v Greenwood, M . 6 41pm 9 99 om iT . hnton,_ . 6 91 pm 9 Pasta ir Colombia.C. N. A L. B B...*4 80 p m ?7 48 sn ?v Cheats', 8. A. L ...... 9 ll pto" 4 88am iv barlotts._** =.?10 99 pm "*9 SOsm .7 Monroe, " -. 9 40 psi 9 B?sT .v Hamlet,_? .li 99 am 9 gi Sm it WUmlnatoa ? .". g 90 ssa 19 jgjg .v Southern Placa, " ........ 19 14 am 9 99aaa ,v Haleigh, M ......... ?I io bm ll SI sm ir Hesdesaoa_** .. 8 98 sm 1 00 pm ir Durham, " _." t7~?lam M VE? iv Durham _" ......ii 90pa fll is?f iTWeMoni " -._?4 69 am ?. WS* ir Riehmond A.S.I..... 9 IS sm 9 89 ES ir Wasb!?2tes, r?nu. IL 3 __ 13 SI eas IS 99 S ir Baltimore, " ......... 1 48 pan M ?Sgn ir Philadelphia, " ......... 9 89 pan 9 99aw ii New York,_.?6 99 pm ?6 99 sn ir Portsmoath S.A. L.".. 7 80 am 8 Ss r Norfolk " 60 am 0 03 tam Dally. tPaSy, BJC. 8andsy. jDsiJy Bn.is\>sa9aw No?. 409 and 408 "The Atienta Sp?cial;? Solid esUbeled Train, of Pallman Keepois sad fnan i between Washington sod atlanta, sis? Poll ita Btospots between Portsmouth and Cassis*,? Noa 41 sod 88, "The S. A. L Ksrprws." Betid 'rain, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers Istweea ortsmouth sad Atlanta. For Pickets, Sleepers, eta., apply to B. A. Newland, Gen'!. Agent Psss Dent. Wm. B. Clscuenta, T.P. A.,6 Kimball Raas? Usais, Us. H. Ht John, Vlse-Prendent and Gen'}. Masser V. g. UcCao General Haperlntendent. II. W. B.Glover, Truffle Manager T J. Anderson, Qaa'l. Psaaeog** Ageat. ieneral Officers, Portsmouth, Va._ H AH LEST0W AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY CG CST A AN? ABBHVIIX92 SBOBr URB In eSeet February 7,189T. v Augusts?...? r Greenwood.. r Anderson.M... r laurens. r GreanvUla. rGleoa Springs-.. r Spartanburg...... r Saluda.. r Hendersonvllls. r AsbsvUls. 9 40 am 1917 pm 116 pm 900 pm 406 pm 9 00 pm 639 pm 6 Bi pm 7 00 pm 149 pta . ?.pan 709 am 10 SI ssa var. v Asheville. 8 30 am-..... vHpertanbarg.... 1149 am ?aac~ vntec8crt=?S.... 10 00 ami.,-.-"? v Greenville.~. ll 85 am 4 Jg gsa v Laarens.". 180 pm 7 99 an v Anderson. 790 sra v Greenwood....... 3 88 pm).?.*-?. r Asgasta..M. 6 00 pm ll m nm vCtdboaa FaJLta.. vaataV*-. r Wertola............ a Petoasborg...... r BseknoadT. niest sonnscUonst Cslhoun Falls tot Ale?as, lents and sit points on 8. A. L. dose eoansottoa at Augusta for Charleston, vconan ead all points. acas soBBSsUens at Greenwood for sH nnisJaaa A. IV,and C. A O. Railway, sn? stSpoJasaMkg th southern Ballway. Paraay InPwaatler. relative to tiake^s, ?stea, ieuale, eta., address W. J. OBAIO. Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusls.Ss. S M. North, Sol. Agent. r. M. BBnereon, Trame Msasgsr._ .TLANTIC COAST LINE. TrtAvric DHPARVMBJIIT, WELMINOTON. N. C., Dec 20,10*7. ml Line Between Charleston and Col umbia and Upper South Carolina, North Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. UNO waar. OOINO BAST .No. Ki. No. SB. 00 sm 28 am 86 am 66 am 68 am 10 pm 50 pm 10pm 2d pm 10 pm 13 pm 211 pm 08 pm t>0 pm I.v.Charleston-.Ar 9 89 pm Lv....Lanes.. -.Ar 7 SS pm Lv_.Sumter.Ar 9 20 aaa Ar.Columbia.Lv 6 OD pm Ar.Prosperity.Lv 8 19 pa Ar-.Newberry.Lv 3 M pu Ar.Clinton....Lv | 2 10 as* Ar.Laurens....Lv 141pm Ar.........Greenville.Lv ?oso am Ar.Spsrtstfourg.Lv ll 4) am Ar.Wlnnsbofo, S. C.Lv ll 41 am Ar.Charlotte. N. C.Lv 9 as am Ar., ileadorsoaville, N. CLv ?IS a? Ar.Asheville. N. C.?.v 8 ?) ssc lea. 63 and 63 Balid Trains between Charleston J Columbia,8. C. . H. M. ESUB9M. Gea1!. Pssmnsn* ajjftu. J. R. Kumar?. Gear?ral Manager. MiSMBSSOV, TrafSc Manager