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HIS FAMILY SPECTER "By Jove. Gordon. I don't know what to make of yon!" exclaimed Tom fairleigh, drawing on his gloves, with considerable show of vexation. "Amy hepburn's happiness is dear t:> mc. In fact, I came here tonight to tell yon ?flint I love her" "To tell me!" broke in Gordon. ."Why don't yon tell her":" *4Wait, can't yon"' Let me finish. I $tave told her. and she has declined me. lt was done very gently and with the greatest possible regard for my feelings, Jmt nevertheless I was declined. Don't ?thlnk me a fool because I come here ?nd make a confession which can be nothing less than mortifying. I'm do? ing it for Amy's sake. " "For Amy's sake?" echoed Gordon. "Yes; I want to see her happy, and yon are the man to make her so. She -declined me on yonr account. Of conrsc I knew long ago that yon were my ?ivan bnt did not knownntil two hours ago that yon were the snccessfnl one. Ton aren't worthy of her and don't de ?erve her. bnt don't think for a moment "feat I believe myself more worthy or more deserving." Pansing snddenly. 3Sairieigh walked to his friend's side and laid a hand on his shonlder. "I can't understand what yon mean by leading Amy to believe that yon care ior her while all the time dividing your attention with Nell Forthdyke. Wonld yon be innaman enongh to break a heart as loyal as Amy's?" "Don't get tragic. Tom. I'm not go? ing to break anybody's heart. Nell is rich, yon know" 4*And so are yon, " sneered Fairleigh, walking hurriedly to the door and lay? ing his hand on the knob, "tnt Amy . Hepbnrn is poor. Society dares yon to wed with poverty. If yon love Amy, are yon man enongh to take the dare ? Examine into the financial condition nf the Hepbnrns, reflect npon the canse nf their downfall in fortune and then let me see if yon are strong enough to leap this Brahininical barrier of caste." With this parting shot Fairleigh passed quickly out of the room and ?lammed the door behind him. Harry Gordon gave vent to a long whistle, settled himself back in a chair and thoughtfully lighted a cigar. ? "That was quite a jolt." he mut- ' tered. . looking upward through tho curling wreaths of smoke. " 'Hov/ ; nappy could I be with either were 1 t'other dear charmer away!" It's as sure as can be that I love one and fancy the other. But who will unravel the Gordian knot ? Which is it to be-Amy or Nell?" " j A knock fell on the door, not on the outside door, but on a door leading into a closet. Harry Gordon stirred uncom? fortably in his chair, a vexed look com? ing into his eyes as he fixed them upon the closet door. After a brief interval of silence the knock was repeated. "Now. what in the world aroused yon?" cried Gordon. "Business is business." came a hol? low voice from the other side cf the closet door * * I " m h ere for a pu rpose, and if I do not in:?:e that parp?se manifest once ir. awhile you'll forge: all about ne." This remark was followed hy a c lank? ing, cachinnatory outburst that seemed to grate harshly on Gordon s ear. "Weil, what do yon want?" he asked. want toc?me ont and show my? self. You know I'm her", but a little xwnxlar demonstration won t come amiss, T take it Remember. I'm showing con? sideration for you. ? might have kicked open this door and stalked ont into the . - room. But I didn't, i rapped," "Can't you put it oit ? Come ont to? morrow. I've got something else to think aljont now." j "The high and mighty orlvv of fam- 1 ily skeleton::- are not in the habit of playing second fiddle or taking back s geais for anybody, i'm coming at once. ' * ! "All right, then," groaned Gordon, pquaring himself about in his chair. "Comte om " The close* door flew open and a well developed skeleton strode ont and drop? ped with a rattle into a chair. Thecav- ; entons eyes were blankly expressive - -to Gordon. For him also ibero was something sarcastic inihe grin of line fleshless j iws. "Dust me o?r." said the skeleton. "I j want to show np as frightful as pessi : ble tonight: " The request presented itself i > Ger- ; don as a command which he was pow? erless to disobey. Picking up a feather duster, bi plied i: vlgorou ly al th : gleaming white bones i "Achoc?" he sneezed, 0r.;:?;I::g th- j duster and falling into his chair. "You i'u;'bt not to neglect me.:" ^;,i i the ski-lvT-m i'm one of the family and should be treated as such. Now, then, let's have a chati " Tho skeleton crossed its bony legs and se"!;''"! back comfortably; ? "Will it do me any good to have a chat with yon?" queried Gordon. "That remains to be se< a. it used t . do your father good. Why. li w;;s my custom to visit him every T.:-,-!IT. AS }:.; sat befen; that table there writing I'd sneak oni of that closet, come quietly : up behind him and put .<*. ava; caress? ingly about his neck./' The skeleton : laughed, working its bony jaws with a succession of crackling sounds that ma?:<'* Gordon shiver. "How ii a? I J > etartle him! Ko wonld turn white as n sheet as he looked up into my face Once he sprang to his feet in despera? tion, and we had a wr< stie ail a?>oni tho room, overturning chairs, tables and evei y thing else thal came i .a our way. " "You succeeded well ii; shortening my father's !if--. " returned Gordon gloomily. "TJnderyonr tyranny basant: into his grave long before his time. " *\So he did. so he did. Mid he passed ? jne on t<> yon with the rest ?.f his prop? erty, real ana personal It was a rich inheritance, my dear boy. even though 1 had to be dragged at its heel-. Yet I don't accuse me of any responsibility j ".for your father's taking off. Hewas the j stein, ho built me np, bone by uone, and was not content until he had marie a gigantic monster and had breathed into my bony breast the breath of life Then, in order that 1 might not airlift ; his sight, he stowed me away in that closet. Suppose J became the instru? ment of his own undoing. Is it not true that he was nevertheless the author of his own downfall v" ''Your logic seems to be as merciless as it is correct.*' answered Gordon, with knitted ??rows. "Still there are some points relating to your hist? ry on which my mind is a trifle obscure. What possessed my father to cai! into being a creature of your disagreeable character*:" "The almighty dollar, young man. He created me in order that you might inherit a little more wealth. He did not think, then, how I should one day sit astride his shoulders like an Old Man of the Sea, nor did he think that it was possible for me to afflict his son. For obvious reasons, my relations with you are not so intimate as they were with your worthy father. I was evolved out of the wheat pit. of the hoard of trade. Your father was a bull, and he merci? lessly gored both life and fortune ont of a certain bear who was not nimble enough to get out cf his way. " "And who was this bear?" asked Gordon. "A man named Hepburn." "Amy Henburn'sfather?" murmured the youngman, rubbing his hand across his brow in an effort to remember. "Y'es. Hepburn lost every penny he had in the world through that disas? trous wheat deal. He was forced into bankruptcy and. nuable to bear the dis? grace, took his own life. His money went to increase the store your father left you. my boy. and it is now* possible for you to live in luxury while Hep? burn's wife and cihldren must struggle on as best they can. However," and the skeleton got up and started back to its closet, "it is not for me to moralize. Now that I've caught myself deliver ing a homily. I'll just take my depart? ure. Au revoir, my dear fellow!" Halting at the closet dcor, the skele? ton waved its adieu and disappeared within. Gordon sat in his chair, deep in thought, while his cigar burned it? self ont between his fingers. At last he got up and shook his broad shoulders as though freeing himself of a disagreeable burden. "Society has dared me." he mutter? ed, "but I know my heart, nov:, and I'll do as I please!" * * * * * * * After Harry Gordon and Amy Hep? burn had been married and had re? turned from their honeymoon Harry brought his bride up stairs to iris, old bachelor's don and seated her in a chair. "My dear." he said. "Ihave a con? fession to make to you. Sly father once did your father a grievous wrong, and I have made myself the happiest fellow in the world by undoing it However, i as we are not tc have any secrets from each other, you must know about this." A look of astonishment came into Amy's bine eyes as she watched her husband proceed tc the closet, throw j open the door and go rummaging about J inside. '."What in the world are you looking for. Harry?" she asked as he returned to her side. "I'm looking for something that does not seem to.be lhere-th> Gordon fam? ily skeleton. Amy. For the ?rst time in 13 years it is not to be found in that closet Just then a clanking tread was heard in the hallway without, the door was pushed slowly ajar and the skeleton . imped in. supporting itself on a crutch and looking very much the worse for wear. "Thereit is!" cried < rord< a. "What's the matter with yon, old chap? Here, sit down. 1 want to make you acquaint? ed with my wife. " The family skeleton dropped into a chair and shook until it rattled like a score of castanets. "I'm donefor." ir groaned. "You've fired me, young man. I just dropped in ? ) say goodby forever. But don't intro duce me to your wife. We've met be? fore." "That's so. Harry, - * said Amy. "I know ali about this family skeleton of yours. Don't let ir worry yon. my ? lear." and she threw her scat arms ab hi > neck, -l.-t the dead past bury its dead. ?f we are happy, isn't that J Vnd ho rr i a j rapture-!:- ki .. niven aer fair cheek. i That kiss pronoun.e? d the dc? -rn of the j Gordon fanrily sk- lelo:;. Forthwith it j b?g?n to fade inte vaia air. finally van- i i si ..ine* a. nd leaving not a wrack behind; j - ---- j y}-.\ '.'.t- vi- by Wire. [ \ ,.- ?Y*io> the brotherhood of the key are aware^ that operators often play poker over.tho wiro, lt is. never ? are s>. a ?*a"t. and the; di version is fair "\Yh--n I vas working on the Clankety-blank line a: a lillie railroad station ?a Illinois." said an ex-operator ;he other day. "business was very slack toward early m -ruing, and wc used to get up a four handei! game regularly. Tho '.?layers \\"-rv myself and three oth? er operators a: different points along thc line. We would <--d: each other up, and then ??:vvy ?.nan would deal him seli" a hand, making ids discards and ?heipin.u:' as desired; <>;' course, we had n> trust to mutual honor as to. chea ting; but i t??iai: eyc2*ybod-y: was on the square. AU play d freeze oat. ami the loser had to treed when we g t togeth? er at headquarters, which v. as about ott-f a month; J mus; confess that thc a?.rion was a ii*;! . slow, the game t was more exei.tins: titan one might imagine. Alines; .:!! :1e- ><hJ operators have played Cards hy telegraph at some time or another;*' - Chicago Chronicle. (MKV? [,C.NSO!I tn-triv Learned. "Twenty-tlw eents was th- Coup da- j lion ol' my fori uno " '.Who gave ii to you? " "Nobody. 1 tried to borrow it and j couldn't."-Chicago Record. ' \ HUMAN BRAINCELL j THEY REFUSE TO WORK UNDER T HIGH A PRESSURE. i I - ; ?'tj? <*?t Too IV?ucIi* Steam r.r.d Tin j iii nu ?c Organisms <?*<* 021 S fr i j W?ty >?e:j CO Criizy or ??<rox:i<: / ! sent minded. ? Keeping pace vy?tl? scientific thon? and progress certain problems \v!i in rho past bave be< n shelved for wt of light being thrown upon them !?: : been taken tip again one by one to ; j clergo fariner examination by thc : ! of improved science, j The newest revelation in this dir j lion tends to the science el* the mi j and includes the following problems j Why does a man act queerly wi] j he is intoxicated? I Why is a man absentminded on < ! casions? Why does a mau sometimes becoi I violently insane, often a dangeroi ! raving lunatic? Such questions as these have puzzl our immediate fathers, who have lau ly ever satisfactorily explained tin away or indeed thrown much reliai "'ghi upon them. The human brain composed of cells, and each cell is simple bit of nerve substance, fro one end of which, like an oetopi spring a number of tentacles, whi from another part arises an arm d feront from them and of great lengt The long arm is intended for tran mitting impressions from one portie of the brain system to another, it h ing made to touch the tentacles i short arms of the next one to it. tl latter in its turn effecting contact xvii a third cell, and so on. Thus a message is conveyed and tl mind gets its news. The entire brai is made up of these cells, whose nun ber is legion and whose full strong! is grouped in systems, these syst ca in turn being arranged in commun ties, the communities in dust (-rs an finally the dusters in constellation by which divisions they are known t physiologists. So long as the mind is in a health condition each little cell, or bm in <>. topus. attends to its business faithfu ly and gives no trouble, but as ma generally is an animal who usually ri fuses to live the life spanned out b nature and adopts instead the life Iai down by the modern artificial proc?s (if living, instituted forsooth by civ! libation, mental disturbances frequent ly arise through the brain bocera in abused in various ways, from cvei work and alcohol principally. Your octopuslike brain cell is a liv ing little thing, and it can endure ; great deal of abuse from you. but i you should go a little too far it rebel: and refuses to work any longer .!..: breaking contact with its companion ceils. Which it eau do by withdrawing i's long arm and getting itself out o: circuit. But this rebellion is conduct ed by whole groups of evils neting io get'nor in full harmony. Now. the object o? tiiis "strike" ii simply to avoid overwork, for cac! tiny cell has stored within its minuit space only a certain amount of energy, but if you pat. on the high pressure this is easily consumed by the opera? tion of the bmIn. and the organism breaks down from exhaustion. Now, take the Lirst <-f the problems just slated. Wlu n e person takes too much to drink, the cells iii those patches of the brain thai are responsible for the condun i of muscular movement ber come affected and the man staggers. When the dose is very large, the veils, which, although stupefied, have tried to keep their master on his logs, now cens,' working, and the man sleeps like one dead. Finally, if more than < nough cf alcoholic drink be taken, thc effect on the cells is to paralyze them, and the unfortunate man dies. There is some relation between ex? traordinary activity of the mind and insanity. Geniuses are apt io exhibit symptoms of mental alienation, and, singular to relate, their children are usually inferior t'? those of average land for example. Cromwell was a hypo? bondrafc and had visions. Dean Swift: inhi rit< d insanity and was him s k' not a little mad. Shelley was call? ed by his friends -Mad Shelley." Charles Lamb went crazy. Johnson was another hypochondriac. Coleridge was :J morbid tn ania c. Milton was of a morl id turn of mind, nearly approach? ing insanity (modern ideas of hades aro largely formed on tho description evolved by his diseased imagination), and Byron said he was visited "<? Ti.is mental alienation occurring in tko foregoing cases shows that cer? tain specific groups o:' brain ceils have come under the baneful influence of the guiding spirit called talent or genius, which lins used up ;;? the en? ergy st' rt d in each coll and each group of cells, to tho detriment of the winde, with the result that their ceasing work has bi Ought about various t ypes of insanity as depicted <?r. to phrase i* more softly, induced disturbance ci ti:;- mental equilibrium. : The remaining problem is absent- ! mindedness. This is produced by a temporary disjunction <>;' certain groups of ec'!s. A nein becomes sc absorb d in Ids st ??liv of some partic? ular subject and lends his whole ; mind to ?hoitg?i? thai the hard think-- I disorganizes the groups cf < ?.! 1 > eu J pl .. d m the process of reilootion. j i heir tentacles !>--ir:n turned all on< j way. io the detriment of mental ac j .i<.? ;euerally. and :?.> the oma with in the one direction pass?s" .-donn tin streets ly si to all observation or monta ! incept i >n and does all manner of queel things because !;*. is not conscious ot what he is doing,-ivarsoivs Maga zinc. j One good thought generously receiv? ed always attracts another. j SHAVIXG ACCIDENTS. 1 THE DABBER DISCUSSES THEW Wi TH THE MAM IN H?S CHAIR. - Chance? So ('ni TL roa ts That Aro Xot Often Taliea .*. tl-. :t:?t^:e O?-\arrow i Escapes Prora ScrZocs Mishaps-A Fatlier*s Cream. '.'Did ir over strike you.'" asked the little barber, "how easy ft would for ti:c niau tba* shaves you to kill you?" The ?nan i:? the chair sat up quickly I and looked carefully at tho barber who was fe el lng the edge of the razoi with one ?inger. Thc barber smiled to reassure his customer and said: "lt seems u queer question. I know but it is a wonder io me that there are not a number of people killed io that way every year. It would be the easiest thing in the world for the barber as be wielded Ins razor to make one sweep with it and sever the jugu lar vein, and you would be dead almost on the instant. Suppose, fer instance, that the barber should go insane. There would be nothing to prevent bis doing such a thing, and you would have no warning nor any opportunity to save yourself. "There is always a chance cf a seri? ous accident happening to the man in i thc chair. 1 have seen a number of j such accidents and have a horror of even nicking the man I am shaving. In fact, such an occurrence makes me j feel out of sorts for the rest of the day. It was only a few days ago that 1 almost had an accident that gave me a great fright and completely un? nerved me. I was shaving a young mau. and in passing from one side of the chair to the other a button of my waistcoat caught in his hair. It pulled a trifle, and he moved his head sud? denly just as 1 went to put the blade to his face. 1 came within an ace of slashing bim, and only a quick jump back saved him. The perspiration stood out on me. and 1 had to call one of the other men to h'nish shaving my customer. "But thc worst accident 1 ever saw ii? a barber shep occurred while 1 was working in a small town In the west. One cf the patrons of the place was a business man whose S-year-oId daughter was lying at the point of ?lea;ia Ihr father put in mest of his time at her bedside. One afternoon while she vas asleep he came in here to get shaved, ile was so exhausted throng:] lack of sleep that he fell asleep immediately after he had taken his scat ia the chair next to the one behind which I was at work; "He dreamed that some ene had come into thc place to tell him that his child had died. With a cry of alarm .he stalled up .lust as the barber laid the razor against his neck. Into tie.' flesh ii sank. Ile was not yet thoroughly awake, and as he imagined liar some one was holding lum hack from his child he threw out his hand to free himself, and his fingers closed over the blade of the razor. So dazed wes he that he could not realize what liad happened; but sat there in '1:Q chair, with the blood streaming from his throat and lingers. "The man who luid done the cutting was the first o act. although half crazed. Ile hurried fora doctor while wc stanched tho Hov.- of bleed the best we knew how. liven as the doctor was at work sewing up the wounds a messenger came to say that the little girl had died suddenly in the greatest agony, calling fer her father just be? fore she died., ile v.as nuder tho in? fluence of ether at the time and did not know, hut afterward;, when lie heard of the circumstances attending her death, he insisted that he had heard her call as he lay there asleep ? in the chair and that it was her cry that ??ee! caused him to make his sud? den movement. "For years after the accident he con? tinued to shave in the sanie shop where it bad occurred, and it was never mentioned, lie carried a re? minder of it for the remainder of his life. In addition io the sear on his throat, the lingers of Ins right hand were ail drawn up and useless. "Sudden movements while in tie? har? bor's chair are always apt to he attend? ed with serious results, and, 1 could re? eall dozens of instances where it has been only the merest chance that has prevented serious if not fatal mishaps; Nine times cut of ten whore the person getting shaved receives a nick and bys the blame on the barber be should thank the wielder of the razer that it was re-> worse. The probabilities are that i: was quick action by the barber that prevented a bad eut. A slight nick often would have been a ease foi' the doon>r or coroner were it net for ' the watchfulness cf the barber. Herc yesterday I happened to draw blood from a young fellow's face near his car. a; ! lu- made a great fuss about it, until I showed lum that it was only rho sudden wi; lid re. wal of tue razo;'; Which resulted in the slight nick thar j prevented him losing a g<:od pan his j oar. Then he was grateful and thank? ed me. besides promising Lo bc more careful in the future. "iAut there aro other ways -ho barber : has of getting even." continued the lit barber after relatberiug one side oil his oust? mer's faro. "There is no need of ?lis si:.s?;:?g a man. lie can inflict j injuries thal will make his victim de- ' culed ly uncomfortable, and at the same ' time the latte;- will not be aware of what is being done." What the barber . meant by this last remark his victim did not ask. -New Vork Sun. Iii? Ci>2:ipany. Mark Twain, meeting (.'liarles (?uth- , rie. a prom inca l l?ritlsh lawyer, in Vi enan, asked h'm ii' he smoked. "Some- ? times, when I am in bat! Company/' i was the reply. ! After :i pause came a seeond ques? tion: "You're a lawyer, aren't you, Mr. Guthrie?" ."I aai. .Mr ('lemons/' "A!i. i hen. Mr < luthrie, you must be , a very heavy smoker!" Iiis MoOest L.citclieoz'K. "The omeiiiig of my luncheon uso< to be a great nuisance/* said a la.vy< ! yesterday- "I would ge into a <..".:'< peih?ps pretty hungry, but t wo u ; tree minutes" study of the huge tnen? : would put a:;- in an uncertain, irrita i ble nu?:);!, and ::..> matter what I'd o.d I I wouldn't enjoy it on aecoum of ti;* i thought ii::it i mig:.: have ordere? I something different and better. It wa; j like going ine? a public library lo read j With so tua uv hooks there; ii is im j possible io s,i down and read one book I contentedly. ns yon can nt home. Bu* ! now I have an arrangement ti:::i malvew j my luncheon a joy. i said io my wc:is j er on-1 day: " 'What I ent here at noon costs me j on the average. $1225; and my average j tip to you is 20 cents. Now yon oug a j to know what a nice luncheon is bettei 1 than 1 do. s<> I maire yen tins proposal Serve me ("very day a lunch of my usual numb? r of courses, and winn ever under ?1.20 il costs you can keep.' "The waiter jumped at that. Ile brings me every day now a better meai than I would think of ordering myself, and he makes from 20 to 30 couts by keeping down the price, lt is a splen? did scheme, and I wonder why I never thought of it before."-Philadelphia Record. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The blood of live races flows in the veins of the Boer. Only ono person in every four of the inhabitants of London earns more than a pound a week. In Sweden good hotels are erected by 1 the communities in places wdiere it is thought tourists would like to tarry. Charcoal is the great Italian fuel. Naples alone consuming 40.000 tons of wood charcoal, at a cost of from $16 to $20 per ton. the national consump .tion being 700.000 tons. A large class of Mexicans, commonly called peons, wear a kind of sandal. These are called "guarociies" and con? sist ol' a simple sole of leather held to the feet reith strings which pass be? tween, the toes and are tied about the ankle. The oldest tree on earth with an au? thentic history is tire great T.hootree of Burmah. For 20 centuries it has been held sacred to Buddha and no person is allowed to touch the trunk. Wheo the leaves fail they are carried away as reli?is by pilgrims. AN io Pent Iicr:T??J SCX?N. "My experience." said the reformed confidence man who had played the races frequently in his day. "is ??.:.? ?r is hard io pick the winner, our com? paratively easy to pluck him."-Chica go Tribune. Tit;* IVronrj: T?onse. Minister's Wi ft*- Wake rp! There lire burglars in the house. John. Minister Wei! what of it: Let them find ?.;;t their mistake themselves. Wmuiu's journal. ? V- ?v. Teacher-How tin you account for the j {.heu;a.auto.! of dew*? Boy Well, you see. the earth re? volves on its axis every 24 hours, and in consequence of tels tremendous pat e j it perspires ?'-'...iv London Tit-Bits. xx CU SAN 0 ? L cures Cuts, WW? Burns. Bruises, Rheuma air ' tism and Seres. 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C. & D R R leave F!,~re-.:.r- j except 8uod?y 9 CO a ts, 3rr*'-e r*e.rli::u. ' cn t? i.' <i c , HartttvUla 0 15 a m. Cher?? 1 30 a ra, Wadeebcro 2 25 p rr?. UM !i>rer.C2 daily except Saoda; 7 55 p rn, ar i vt? r>arh"ngtoo 8 20 p ni, Bscnetrsvil-e 0 17 | Gibson 0 45 >? ra. Leave Ffqrenc : ?nd ?y ur.iy 9 30 a ra. arrive ikirlinatcs j I n"> i. ra j L? .iv-' Gibson c'?..!y except Sunday o 0C j n , Besoettstihe 7 OC a ra, arrive i.-.-.rbn/ ::i 8 00 ? DJ, leave L>*:;ikijoon 8 5( * ??, ar- , rr ??orejee P lb c r.. ?.tsv? ^iadcsboro j ?:?y t'T . f.i u day 'J CO p m, Cheraw 4 ; ,ti, ?Httsv:. ? 7 C?> ?. t?, Darli??ton 6 2^ j w, -.rr r? Florence 7 00 p ra. Lea fe Dar- ? nv tu t Se?day cr.ly ? 50 a >.n, arrjre Flor' ; cc ? 1 > a m R KEN i ?Y, JNO F DIVINE, (ic>.. I Mai Ker- Gen'l Sup'tj T V. BM6?U V.N, Traffic Manager, a ^ ICMh,Ro?^??. Viiu'l Pass. Agent O crop can growwith= ' out Potash, j livery blade of ^ \ Grass, ever}' grain jj o? Corn, all Fruits f and Vegetables I ? ii must have it. lt ? enough is supplied you can count on a full crop if too little, thc growth will be " scrubby." Send for our books telba;; ail about composition o? fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They cost you nothing. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau St., New York. Carolina ei Geonu te Knill B. R Comply. Scfaedale No 4-In effect 12 Ol a. m., Sac day, December 24, lb99. Between Camden S C , and Blacksburg, S. G. WEST. EAST 2a cl ls' cl 1st cl 2d c' *3i *33 Eastern time ?32 ?34 pm pm STATIONS. pm p rr 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 3? 8 0 1 ?5 Deka:b ll C2 4 50 9 1-0 127 Westville ll r0 4 3C 10 ?,0 i 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 ? 11 2J 2 lJ Heath ?rjriocs 1 ? 20 3 15 113'? 215 Pleasant Hill 1115 3 OC 12 30 2 35 Lane 3*er 10 55 2 35 1 0 2 0 riverside 10 40 1 OG 1 20 5 0. Spnogdell 10 30 12 4C 2 30 3 10 Catawba Jcr.ciioc 10 '?0 12 2C 2 60 3 0 L she 10 ?0 il 0C 3 1 J 3 4J Rock Bili 1 00 !. 4G 4 10 3 55 "ew Port 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 2 Tirzab 9 30 fccO 5 30 4 2? YorKv lia 9 15 7 30 6 00 4 35 Sb*rcn 9 GC 6 0 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 3 4> 6 2G 6 d? 5 CO Sm.rna 8 35 b?0 7 Q0 5 20 ?iaciiSD?rg; Slr? 5 3G pmpm a m a rr Between Biacfcpburg. S. C., and Marios. N. G WSST. EAST. 1M cl 2d cl *32 *12 2Q cl liT cl ?ll *33 Extern limo. a m 8 10 8 30 8 40 9 20 IO 00 10 10 10 25 10 50 11 15 i 35 11 45 12 05 12 25 12 50 p m West. D m 5 30 5 45 5 iO 6l0 s 20 e zs 6 33 6 5* 7 10 7 35 7 40 7 58 8 15 p ut STATIONS. . Rlackrburii Earls Patterson Suricks Sbelbv Lanimoro ttloDrcsboro He rip-r-i Forest ('irv Rutberiordten Miilvf.>cd ?')!?:?I Yah*j Tb?-rtodl City vi ^tr? ianon GafFoev Division a m 43 7 15 6 ?5 ? 8 t? 38 C 20 G 05 5 t5 5 40 ? 37 5 17 5 00 p m ? ?r. 6 2C o 12 6 CO 4 ?? 4 4 G 4 20 3 50 5 05 2 50 2 4f: 2 20 2 CC D m ?last O.MS. B?SlEfcN TIME. ? Isl Class 15 j 13 j STATIur S. j 14 j 16 ? 00 1 20 1 40 P .:: H Di 6 -50 G 0 ? 40 ii tn B!ackt?bt:r? Cb?-rokpp *; e I Is jGaffoej m 50 30 10 m? p m 3 06 2 4C 2 2G p m *Oa:!y eic cr Stinn-.j. Train No 3 ! leaving Marion, N. C, at 5 a ui, oink ?g c!<>.?s conteeion at Elrfksbu-g, & . ', wi h thc tr ou i hero's fruin No 36 for Cbar lo'te, N C. an?! J;1.! y<>i:u- East ano connecting with ibe Southern's ve.-tibuU g mg to AManta, Ga. ?md all points West, and wi'l receive pas? sengers g'tin? f?a-t fr??m tra-n l>o 10, on the C ? N W R K, ar Y?rkv Ile, S C. at S 45 ? m and connects a Camden. S <'. wah the Sou-hern'* min INO IS :rr:*itig in Charleston. 8 17 p m, '?rain N? 34 v.irh passeng r coach attached leaving B?aeksfcarg at 5 SQ a ta, ai d connec?ng a? Ruck Hill w?:h the Southern's Florida train f"r:?l! points <<>?:;h. Train No 33 ea vt; g Carr.dc:'. S f, at 12 5C p m. a'ter the arrivai of th- Southern's Char lesti"! tri a connects ar Lancaster. S C. with the h ? C l\ ci. a: Catawba Junction with the5 A h. ^..i-:^' h'-f. :<: h" k ?iv!. S C, with tho Southern's: train. >,'<. .'i-?. for < har?otte, N .jr,,-! al! o.i in- Ka r C nnecrs at York v[he. S C. wirb f ain >.' 1 !! >n th;- C fiX W K K !.>: Che.*f?-r. * C Ar h'uk hu. g wi a thc vc riKul go nc K :>r an ? the South \P :>.') L'- i ir Wesi. ?nd connecting at Marton N C with the Southern boin Kast atc West S ? MV?L ?T'Xr, President. A. TKIPP. Pai-eri wenden:. S 3.LUMPKIS. t?en'l ?v.s.-'fn-'cr Ae^nr. r?outo rn c trai C-EHD NO MONEY, j?y r.?w revised scientific .rorie creatina ou *v??ry weakness ?nd i]i*??a>?? w? . .5 V;.r to men i- jost from the pres.-*. Every man. . .?[> i^:t:ti-; v f;.it hisocrapation or position in Iii?*, v. iillind thi? work nnlxkennythiajrever.publwhed, 1 isof vital interest to th? murried or unmarried; tn t'?ts lifalthv aad ?-rroniror to the \ve.^k anti . rokriJ-down. "While the edition lasts I will s??nii :iVopr ?ecure!y;seated in it ptain wrapper, po?t ae prepaid. ?.? everyman whe writer for it. lhi** ^ihtioii 1- li a it cd ?nd those des?rinc n coj>y rao< write promptly. Address K. M. Ross, M. D.. Pub l'^U?cg ccpart.-nart D. 175 Clark ?rt.. JL'. 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