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AN AMERICAN DESERT. BY ANNIE WESTERN WHITNEY. Life on the great desert of Sahara would seem to the world at large an impossibility. With its vast extent of sand and its lack of water, except in spots where nature has generously provided rest and refreshment for man and beast, the thought of any thing like home life would seem an absurdity. In our own United States, however, there are deserts naturally as barren as Sahara, and on them live people whose lives, to those who love the trees, the birds, and the flowers, would seem the essence of desolation. These deserts are in Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Wyoming, and California, and on some of them no trees, grass or weeds grow naturally, while what water is found on them in spots is so salty as to be unfit for man or beast. The State of Nevada, whose whole population is only forty thousand hardly enough to make a good-sized city-is practically one vast desert. Its lack of verdure and of water has always made it a dangerous State for emigrants to pass through. At times ranchmen and cattlemen have under ~ taken to drive their cattle across the State but in the majority of cases the experiment has proved disastrous. There is a record of an attempt some years ago, by experienced shepherds, " to take eighteen thousand sheep from California to Wyoming. While pass ing through Nevada eight thousand sheep died in five days for want of water, while the. men themselves were only saved from terrible suffering by finding pools too small to supply the sheep. But the great iron horse has found his wa*7 across the State, and now travelers complain of the "alkaline plains/' whose dust sifts through the double windows of the trains and irritates their throats as they fly across the State as fast as steam can earry them. Few of these travelers realize the desolate lives of those liv ing in the tiny settlements they pass, nor do they know that before and be hind them are "water trains" bring ing from a distance ? the only drinking irater these people have, as well as water for the very engines that carry them along. And little, in turn, do the people living ou this desert know of the lives of those passing in these same trains. A bright little fellow recently inform ed a stranger that his mother had taken him away on a train, "and," he said, with all the delight a child takes in telling of something wonderful, "I saw a'tree !" Think of a boy with his eyesight, living in the heart of our United States, who had never seen a tree! Yet many of the children living on this great desert have never seen a blade of grass, and have never eaten a fresh vegetable, except such as can be brought from a distance; while horses cows, sheep, and even cats and dogs would be curiosities to them. They know nothing of the delight to be derived from a 'flower or vegetable garden, nor do they know anything of life in the woods, or of how the sing ing birds build their nests among thc trees and care for their young. And it is not the children alone who have not seen these things, but often their mathers and fathers as well. Into one of these settlements, where there are five families and eight children, a young girl has recently gone to teach. The country around her is level, there are no trees, no grass, nothing green, for the ground is covered with a white deposit of alkali which is death to plant life. There are no roads, for there .are no neigh bors; and no horses, for there IS iiO I place for them to go, no work for them to do, and nothing for them to live on. The railroad on each side of the station is straight as far as the eye can see, but no "next station" , can be seen, for it takes an express train an hour to go from one station to another. How strange a life this young teacher!s will be. How many beautiful stories she will have to tell these children of the everyday life elsewhere that will seem to them like i wonderful fairy tales, yet are true, for she has seen and lived in them. t This great desert is not all one vast plain. There are mountains and val- J leys, but they are bare and desolate. A kind of sage-bush and a low, short grass, which grows only in thc spring, are to be found, and on these a few j cattle can be pastured, but forty acres are required for pasturing each cow. J Where streams of fresh water are to ? be found or where wells can be dug, ? the hand of man, through irrigation, has caused oases to be formed; and ?rees have been planted, crop3 grown, farms formed. Those seen by the traveler from the car windows are beautiful to look upon, while others, to those accustomed to "rapid transit,'' j would be pronounced "inaccessible." : "I would like," said a gentleman recently to one of these farmers, "to : visit your place." i "I would be very glad to have you." i was the reply, "but you won't come."' 1 Then he explained that in order to i reach there he must first cross the I State-a trip of twenty-four hours by > rail-and then must go over into ? Utah, and, returning into the State by a more northern road, must take a two hundred mile stage drive. "After that," said the farmer, "you can drive to my plaae." In 1861 gold was discovered in the eastern part of the State, and the famous Comstock gold mines were opened. The mining town of Virginia City, with its own water-works, was the result of this. Other gold an silver mines were opened, towns sprang up, and in some cases substan tia! cities were built. Ardent citizens predicted a great and growing pros perity -for the State. But, alas for these hopes! the price of silver went down, the grade of ore in many mines proved too low to be profitably worked and ere long, baffled in the struggl with fortune, men abandoned whol towns and cities to the owls and prairie dogs and coyotes. Naturally since the desert opened no other op portunities for profitable labor to th disappointed miners, this has affected the population of the whole State Therefore we have in Nevada thc anomalous condition of one State in the Union that is decreasing instead of increasing in population. TRAINING RAW RECRUITS. Hov, the Newcomers will be Drilled for the Army. One of the mostinterestingfeatures of the camp life of the various sta tions of the'United States regular and volunteer armies is the training of the raw recruit. In all the camps there are at least two drills a day for the re cruits, in which they are taught the use of arms. There are many other things for the recruit to learn, and a description of what is expected of him, as told by Capt. John Conlin. who has charge of the recruiting work at IJhickamauga, will be interesting. "In the training of a volunteer for service in the American army," says the captain, "he should have at least from three to six weeks of practice the longer the better-in order to fa miliarize him with his duties ; and he should be as nearly perfect, physical ly, as it is possible for him to be. If he is a man of good habits and regu lates his life aright, the better for him and the service, as both in marches and in engagements he will be subjec ted to fatigue and other hardships, which fall least heavily on thc soldier of correct habits and good physique. "The few weeks necessary for in struction before proceeding to the front may appear as being too short a time for the serious work of armed conflict, but it will be remembered by many that whole regiments, officers included, went into the civil war with little more than the most rudimentary knowledge of arms. The men receiv ed their training on the march and in front of the enemy. Many of them had no taste for military life, they cared nothing for martial glory, yet these raw regiments were speedily molded into well-disciplined and effec tive battalions. If a move is not made on Cuba at once there will be ample time to teach the men. In the various camps of State militia instruction should be carried on daily. Recruits should , first be formed in squads of from six to twelve, and instructed by a com- i petent non-commissioned officer in ; setting up exercise and facings, the length and cadence of the step. They should also be taught the position of the soldier, that is, standing in an erect position. When they are con sidered sufficiently instructed in these preliminaries they should be next given arms and equipment, and taught , the manuel of arms, loadings and firings; that is, put through the vari ous positions merely. Then follow squad company and battalion drill, i and how to perform guard duty by i day and night. "The guard remains on for twenty- ( four hours, when the relief takes its , place. Ordinarily the soldier is on duty two and off four hours. The ( recruits are taught how to walk the ( post and challenging. The duty of ( the sentinel on post is to observe closely, using his eyes and cars to the , best advantage. He must promptly , report any violation of the regulations , or orders received when he goes on post, and, in addition, auythirig which excites his suspicion. Ile reports to j the corporal on duty. "Thc recruits are taught how to pitch and strike tents, and how to keep camp properly policed, and in a sanitary condition by observing all j the rules of cleanliness possible. ^ They are taught how to pack their knapsacks and how to care for their rifles. ? "Regarding drilling, the general 1 exercise includes these steps: Squad { drill, without arms: company drill, with arms; battallion and regimental , gvolutions, and in case of three or ] Pour regiments being in the camp of instruction, brigade drill is included. { "There are usually a good many roll calls, especially when the soldier 1 is undergoing instruction. There arc ( the reveille, fatigue or policing camp, 1 breakfast, guard mount, drill call, ;ecall from drill, parade, supper, rc- : ireat. tattoo and taps-lights out. i short marches should bc 'included in t a camp of instruction, gradually in- 1 I creasing in length until the men be come hardened to the service. "A recruit should be taught not to carry any more weight than the Government imposes in the way of equipment. It is very important that he should know what to carry. He should restrict his belongings to abso lute necessity. "In camp the drill should be not less than an hour and a quarter, and of not more than an hour and a half duration. If they are prolonged be yond that time the men lose attention and the instruction ceases to be of value. "As to the use of ammunition in battle recruits should be taught to be caref ul not to waste any of it, and not to fire unless there is something to fire at, unless, of course, they are ordered to do so by the commanding or compa ny oificers. At thc present time arms are so well and accurately constructed that a thorough knowledge of them, of their powers and capabilities, is essential to success, Recruits should receive accurate instruction in the method of becoming good shots, in theory at' least, if not in practice. They should know how to handle their weapons and possess the knowledge that makes skilled marksmen. They should be theoretically instructed how to become good marksmen, as the deadly range of small arms runs up to 3,200 yards, and in the hands of skill ed marksmen, a Springfield or other good rifle is a very deadly weapon as far as the enemy can be seen. "The duties of a soldier in actual warfare are trying even under the most favorable conditions. It is, therefore, absolutely" necessary that he should be physically as near perfect as attain able. He is obliged to endure long, fatiguing marches without food, rest or water, sometimes under a boiling sun at that. Again, he will sometimes be compelled to march in the rain, through mud, and ford rivers that will take him np to the waist. The conditions in Cuba, during the season of the year when our men could go down there with comparative safety, may be different, but rest assured of this: There is no romance in war and the recruit should make up his mind to anything in the way of hardship when he offers him self for service in war.-Philadelphia Times. - Scarlet flowers are said to stand drouth better than any others. - The man who doesn't shovel the dirt is always willing to give advice. - No man knows just what he can do till he tries. - A man who is true to himself is 4 a friend to everybody. - The curvature of the earth is eight inches per mile. - How much pain the evils that never happened have cost us. - There is great ability in knowing how to conceal one's ability. - If you want to find out how great a man is, let him tell it himself. - The greatest cataract and the highest trees in the world are Ameri can. - The mines of the world produce every year 540,000,000 tons of ore and coal. - The heart beats ten strokes a minute less when one is lying down than when in an upright position. - It will probably he; a case of Greek meeting Greek when thc cow boys meet the bullfighters. - If a man knew as much about himself as he does about his neighbor, he would never speak to himself. - The mind tolerate on long vaca tions ; the busy brain not only does the most things but the best things. "One Minute Cough Cure is the best preparation I have ever sold or used, and I can't say too much in its praise. L. M. Kennon, Merchant, Odell, Ga." Evans Pharmacy. - It many times falls out that we ?eein ourselves much deceived in oth- i ers,-because we first deceive ourselves, j - ':Work, but don't worry," the Did saw says; but some people don't work, so they take it out in worrying. - The Pacific ocean covers 78,000, JOO square miles ; the Atlantic 25,000, 300 ; and the Mediterranean sea 1,000. )00. - An old lady being asked to sub scribe to a newspaper, declined on the ?round that when she wanted the aews she manufactured it. - It is vain to hope to please all dike. Let a man stand with his back n what direction he will, he must nec essarily turn his back upon half the ff o rid. - A woman may not be able to sharpen a pencil or hold an umbrella, jut she can pack more articles into a ;runk than a man can in a one-horse Nagon. S. M. Geary, Pierson, Mich., writes : 'DeVVitt's Witch Hazel Salve is curing i nore piles here to day tuan all other remedies combined. It cures eczema and di other skin diseases. Evans Pharmacy - The longest canal in the world . s in>)Russia. It extends from St. Petersburg to the frontier of China ind measures nearly 4,500 miles. - A novel sort of window glass has )een invented, I'ersons on thc inside )f the house can sec through it, but t is opage to those on. the outside. - ''What are you going to be when ,'ou grow up, Tommy?"' asked tho vis tor. ,;1 think," said Tommy, .houghtfully, "that I shall be some )ody's ancestor." 11 THE RETIRED BURGLAR. A Very Lively Ezperleuco Following a Visit to a Farmhouse. "As a general thing," said the re tired burglar, "I stuck close to my legitimate line of work and never .took anything hut what I could car ry off myself and dispose of easily, but occasionally when I was hard pressed I would tako bulky thing? and do the best I could with them. But it never paid, and something happened once that made me give up that sort of thing for good. "A farmhouse that I was looking over one night had nobody in it, not a soul. They hadn't gone for long; that was plain enough. Every thing was left just as it was. They'd just gone off for the night some where, maybe to a party or some thing of that sort, but they was just as far away now as they'd been in China, and I might have carried the house off and they not know it, and that's what I did pretty near. "There was scarcely any small stuff worth carrying off, and after I'd looked around a little I thought I might as well take a load. I could i.ispose of it for something. 1 got together in the hall a wagon load of stuff, trunks and one thing and an other, all ready to load. I had been around to the barn previously to see if there was a horse left, because I didn't know but what they might have taken the only one, but there was a horse there. He was a big, solid looking horse, nothing partic ular about him one way or the oth er, except he looked like a strong horse that could pull almost any thing. I got the harness on him and hooked him into a farm wagon and got him around to the side ol' the bouse. I suppose 1 might just as well have taken him to the front, but there was no use of being reck less about it. "Well, I loaded the wagon with the trunks and things till I'd got a pretty fair load, about all I thought I could carry and make time with, and then I started, and we jogged along the road comfortable as could be for a quarter of a mile or so, When there was a squirrel or a chip munk or something run across the road, and I'm blessed if it didn't scare the old horse, and in about a second and a quarter be was run ning away. And I sat there, hang ing on to the reins and yanking and sawing and trying to hold him up and having just about as much ef fect on him as though I'd be?n a baby. "About a quarter ofia mile farther on-I knew it because I bad come that way-there was a bridge over a brook that ran across tho road, just a common little bridge with barked poles on each side for a rail ing. There was a road on one side of the bridge, too, through the wa ter. There was a bouse just the other side of this brook, and I was afraid if the old horse wont across the bridge hammering in that still night he'd wake up the folks and rouse tho neighborhood maybe, so I tried to steer bim off through tho brook. I thought he'd make less noiso going through the water, and I thought maybe the cold water would sober him, too, and make bim stop, and I got a twist on the reins and a brace on tho dashboard and pulled, and I did get him turned off a little at the fork toward the brook, and I thought I had got bim started for it all right, but he sheered again for the bridge, and I couldn't begin to stop him. "The bridge railings were sup ported in crotched sticks, and from these railings there were poles along the little approach on each side of tho bridge, the ends of these poles being in lower crotched sticks. When the old horse sheered back from the ford road to tho bridge road, he got the approach to the bridge all right himself, but ho swung the wagon just enough to throw the hind axle over the end of the pole protecting the approach, and it jammed in some way between tho pole and the crotched stick sup porting it and busted thu reach of the wagon und tore off tho hind axle and wheels before you could think, and the old horse went pounding across the bridge and half a mile farther yet with tho tail end of tho wagon trailing on tho ground and scattering trunks and comfortables and I don't know what not all along the road. When 1 finally got him held up, I was sitting in an empty wagon with the dashboard up in the air and the floor sloping down to the ground. "I might have got another wagon and gone back and gathered up tho goods, but there was too much risk in that. Maybe 1 could havo taken thc horse along and got something for him, but 1 might have been taken up tor horse stealing, and I didn't fancy that, so I just turned the old horse round and started him for home and then 1 started myself, and that's the last try 1 mado on bulk goods."--New York Sun. During the summer of 1891, Mr. Chas. 1\ Johnson, a well known attor ney of Louisville, Ky., had a very severe attack of summer complaint. Quite a number of different remedh s were tried, but failed to afford any relief. A friend who knew what was needed procured him a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoe Uemedy, which quickly cured him and he thinks, saved his life. He says that there has not been a day since that time that he has not had this remedy in his household. He speaks ni' it in the highest praise and takes much pleasure in recom mending it whenever an opportunity is offered. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. I Bad Village Sanitation. Village houses are always poor sanitary structures. The cellars and foundations are improperly con structed, and as a result ground air permeates the whole dwelling, espe cially in winter. A dampproof course in the walls and a cellar floor of concrete and asphalt would be con sidered a luxury rather than a neces sity in the country. Another point about cellars is the fact that they are frequently the receptacle for de composing potatoes and other vege tables, a fact which certainly does not add to the healthfulness of the house. In the winter the heating and ventilation are very poor because almost all village houses are stove heated, and for a house to be effec tually heated by stoves there must be a series of fresh air inlets and foul air outlets suitably arranged, and these do not exist in village dwellings. Outside the house the first thing Shat strikes the sanitarian is the garden, filled perhaps with decaying cabbage, kitchen refuse and the liko. It is needless to stato that a l?wn is the best thTngtohaveabouta dwell ing. If there is a garden, it must be cultivated thoroughly, or it will be worse than none at all. Decaying vegetables-in fact, all putrescible refuse-should be buried.-Sanita rian. An Awkward Predicament. Professor Max Muller in Cos mopolis recalls the story of what happened onco in the coinrooms oL the British museum, where, during a visit of a number of gentlemen and ladies, it was observed that very valuable and almost unique Sicilian coin had disappeared. All tho gentlemen present in tho room at the time had to be searched, and no one objected except one. He pro tested his innocence, but declared that nothing would induce him to allow his pockets to be searched. All the other visitors were allowed to go home, but he was detained while the coinroom was swept and every corner searched once more. At last the missing coin was found in a chink of the floor. Every apology was made to the suspected person, but he was asked why he had so strongly objected to being searched. He then produced from his pocket another specimen of the very same coin. "1 came here," he said, "to compare my specimen, which is very perfect, with the only other specimen which is thought to be superior to mine and almost unique in the world. Now, suppose," he added, "that you had not found your coin and had found my specimen in my pocket. Would anybody have believed in my innocence?" The Organ Player In Hamburg. In true organ playing the music is like a current, which in crescendo movements is increased, not by streams that dart in visibly with sudden accretions from tho side, bu? by unseen springs of sound which well up from underneath, swelling the volume you know not how. Our organist was evidently extem porizing and for his own enjoy ment, i do not think that he was conscious ho had an auditor. But in his extemporizing he wove in snatches of familiar strains, espe cially one splendid German choral. Presently the sacristan called across the church to his assistant, "Who is it playing, M-or K-?" "K-," replied the as sistant. Then the sacristan called out to him. The music stopped, and the organist, getting down from his seat, appeared from behind the key board, which had hidden him from view. And, behold, a workingman in his blouse 1 It was, if you please, a. German mechanic, tho tuner, and oe had been giving us such an im provisation as I have not often heard in either England or America. - lu Germany one mau iu 213 goes o college: in Scotland one iu 520: in he United States one in 2,000. and n Kngland one in 5,000. Eczema ! The Only Cure. Eczema is more than ;i skin disease, ind no skin remedies can cure it. Tho lort ors are unable to effect a euri', and heir mineral mixtures are. damaging o tlif most powerful constitution. The irholi; trouble is in the blood, and Swift's Specific is the only remeth rh ?ch can renell such deep-seated blood iiseuses. Eczema broke ont i>n my Inned to spread until icr head was entirely ove red. She was treated y several good doctors, int graw worse, and the Ireadful disease spread o her face. S h c wa s liken to two celebrated lealth springs, but rc cived no benefit. Mand atent medicines were taken, but without re alt, until we decided to try S. S. S., and by tho Ime tho llrst bottle was finished, her head be an to heal. A dozen bottles cured her com iletely and left her skin perfectly smooth. Shu ?5 now sixteen years old, and has a magnificent rowth of hair. Not a sign of the dreadful ilseaso has ever returner). li. T. SHOBK. .JTOi Lucas \ve., St. Louts, Mo. j i Don't expect local applications of oaps and salves to cure Eczema. They each only the surface, while the di ease comes from within. Swift's Ipecific S.S? Blood ' Xl s the only cure and will reue h the most ( bstinate case, lt is far ahead of alli * imilar remedies, because it cures cases j -.Inch are beyond their renell. S. S. S. is , " uroly vegetable, und is the only blood j F emedy guaranteed to contain no pot- ? sh, mercury or other mineral. j \ Books mailed free by Swift Specific iompuny, Atlanta. Georgia. EDGE OF A DOLU? rm doesn't look so big as the face of it. -the woman who buys soap for house cleaning loses sight of economy-she looks at her money edgewise. The woman who values her money as well as her strength uses Washing Powder. and has something to show for her labor beside - worn face and a pair of rough hands. Largest package-greatest economy. Thc N. K. Fairbank Company Chicago. St. Louie. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. THE FARMERS LOAN A?? TRUST CO. Is Now Beady for Business. | m,.? ??5 ?S^Slt. B..k. Money to Lend at Kna?<inanle Rates. Interest Paid on J>epu?:T?. The Farmers Loan and Trust Go. will tct HS Executor, Administrator or Trustee of Estates and Guardian for Minors. NINE rich men in South Carolina out of evey ten commenced life poor. They became rich bv spending less ihan thev made No one gets rich who docs not spend lesa than he makes. Any one will get rich who continually spends less than he n akes. livery young man can and should save something each month or each year. The man wbo will n t save a portiou of a small salary or smaM earning.1) will not save a portion of a large salary or large ea nings.* The boy who saves something everv month w ill be promoted before 'he boy who spends .11 he makes. True niauho <d is required ht order to deny ones salf aud save. It is weakmw aud folly to speDd all regardless of the "rainy day." Industry, econoay ai.d integrity cause p osoeritv-not luck or good fortune. For reasonable interest and absolute security deposit your savings in the Farmerj Loan and Trust Ho. Office at the Farmers and Merchants Ban t. DIRFCTORS. R. S. HILL. President GEO. W. EVANS. Vice President. ELLISON 4. SMYTH, HENRY P. McGEE, S. J, WATSON, JNO. C. WATKINS. R. M BUBKIS5. WM. LAUGHLIN, E. P SLOAN, J. R. VANDIVEB, Cushier, J. BOYCE BURRIS*, Asaistant Cashier. J. E. WAKEFIELD, Jr., Book Keeper. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. WANTED CASH. O ot to have it. Koli 'em out-Sliort "Profits. Seed Oats, Corn, Timothy Hay, Bran, Molasses, in Gar Lots, Can fill aoy size order-compare prices. (JAR HALF PAT. FLOUR. Bought 50c. under market. Sell same way. Lower grades S3 90 per barrel.. We Want Your Business, Large or Small. Bgk. Wanted at once, 1,000 bushels Molasses Cane Seed, and all your Peas, Raw Hides, green and dry, Tallow, Beeswax, Eggs, &c. Pay you spot sash. Get prices and look at our stuff. Will save you money on Corn, Hety and your barrel Molasses. All kinds Seed Irish Potatoes. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. THE BEST ?=?* Tea and Cole Store. WE HAVE SECURED A LOT OF G-ermine Seed-Tick CofEee, Which is famous for its cup qualities, aud will sell you Seven Pounds for One Dollar. We have just received a lot of SILVER TEA, A nice present with every package. We guarantee the Tea in every partic ular, and if it don't suit you it comes from AUSTIN'S-bring it back and get your money. Here are some of the Presents : Dish Pans, Teapots, Cups and"Saucers, Plates, Carving Knives, and many others too numerous to men tion. Call and see them. JNO. A. AUSTIN & CO., The Best Tea and Coffee Store. w. a MCGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE- ;mnt II ..v , ove Farmers sud Mo ch?nm Ban a ANDERSON, b. C. y?b !'. 189S Vi NOTICE. IF the Notes and Accounts due the Es tate of A. S. Stephens are not settled immediately >hey will be placed in the lands of an officer for collection. Remember, we are headquarter* for all kinds of Re.taira on BuegieH and Wagons ind keep a fn'l |?ne of iirst-class Material it bottom pt-.-.- Patnttne ? specialty. PA I" in W. STEPHENS, Ad.t.'r. March ?) ISM ?7 3a SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule in Kffect May 1. 1S0S. STATIONS. I Daily _j No. II. LT. Charleston.| 7 10, a m [iV. Columbia...".ll 00 a ni " Prosperity. li ll pm " Newborn-. 12 22 p m M Ninety-six.? I 23 p m ar. Greenwood.j 1 45 p m " Hodges.j_. . r_~?_5_S Ar. Abbeville. . ..__. . . . - 55 p m I ar. Belton.. . ._. . "_. . .'. !_Jj 10 p"m J lr. Anderson . :i ;&_p m j to. Greenville.... '? . ... 425 pm i ?Tr. Atlanta" T. _._..' :W pju ; Daily No. 12. STATIONS. jT. Greenvi! '-. 10 13 a m , .' Piedmori-. 10 40 a tn | " Williams.-ui."... I J?_r>5_a_ni ; 'jv. Anderdon . _. .I 10 60 ft :m : ,v. Belton .. ................ ll 15 a m : kr. Donnalds .I 11 39 ajm j >. Abbeville.i ?1 20 o m ? A'. Hodges.I 11 55 ? Di " Greenwood.; 12 35 p m 14 Ninety-Six.! 12 54 p m " Newberry. 2 04 p ;m " Prosporiry. 2 18 p m ir. Columbia. 3 35 p m Ix. CharlesI? tn....;........ SQQ p m )?ily|Dally ~ UTATVWQ Daily Daily fo. PINo.l:: STATIONS. y0,l4 No.10 680p HOu I.V....Charleston....Ar 8 00p llOC? g SO? ll ?ta .... Columbia." 3 25p 0 30p ?07al21.r.;> ".Alston." 2 40p 8 5Ca ? 004a 125p ".Santuc." 1 25p 7 46p 0 20a 2 02p! '?.Union." 1 05p TBfip 0E9a 223p|" ....Jonesville.... " 12 26p 653p 0 54? 2:<rp ".Pacolot." 1214p 6 42p j 125? 3 Kip Ar.. Spartanbnrg.. Lv ll 45a 6 lfip 140a 8 2up LT. . Spartonburg.. . Ar ll 20a fl 00p I 2 45p 7 Pup Ar... Asheville.... LT 820a 806D j "P," p. m. "A," a. m. Train? s? and 10 carry elegant Pullma-a , Jeeping < ar? between Columbia and Asheville, mrouta daily between Jacksonville and Cindi; lat!. Traius leav? Spartanburg, A. & C. diyisios., 1 lorthbouud. 0:S7 a.m., 3:97 p.m., 6:10 p.m., Vestibule Limited); southbound 12:26 n. m., :15 p. m., 11:34 a. m., (Vestibule Limited. ) Trains leave Greenville, A. and C. division, ? orlhbound,5:45a. m., 2:34 p. m. and 5:22 p. m., : Vestibuled Limited) : southbound. 1:25 a. m., ' :30 p. in . 12:30 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited i. Pullman Service. Pullman palace sleeping cars on Traine 35 and G. 37 ?nd 33, on A. nnd (J. division. 'RANK S. GANNON, J. M. CTJLP. Third V-P. & Gen. M*r.. T. M.. Washingtom. 7. A. TURK. S. H. HARDWICK, Gen. Pass. Ag't. As'tuen. Pass. Ag't. Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Ga. BLUE R1DGF RAILROAD. fi C. BEATTIE Receiver. Time Table No. 7.-Effective W - ii9;3. Between Anderson and Walhalla. WESTBOUND EASTBOUND. No. 12 STATIONS No. ll. Kirst Clas?, First Clasa, Daily. Daily. P. M.-Leave Arrive A. 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