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I HIS FAMILY SPECTER "By Jove. Gordon. I don't know what to roako of yon!" exclaimed Tom fklrleigh. drawin ? ou hin gloves, with eonaiderablo show of vexation. "Amy Vepborn's happiness is clear to me. In feet I came hero tonight to tell yon that I lore her"? "To tell me I" liroko in Gordon. "Why don't yon loll her?" ?'Wait, oan't yon? Let mo finish. I (To told her and *h?> has declined me. done very Kently nnd with the teat possible regard for my feeling*, nevertheless I was ?l.?< lih.mI. Don't ink mo a fool oceans* I OOIJM here make m confession which can l?? nothing leas ti.an mortifying. I'm do? ing it for Amy's rake." "For Amy'a aakeT" echoed Gordon. "Yea; I want to aee her happy, and yon are the roan to make her so. She declined me on yoor account. Of course 1 knew long ago that you were my atftvnt bet did not know until two hours ego that yon were tho successful one. Ten aren't worthy of her and don't de her. bat don't think for a moment I believe myself more wonhy or deeei l lng.'' Pauaing suddenly. Hairleigh walked to his friend's side aaad laid a hand on hia shoulder. "I 4SI n't understand what yon mean by seating Amy to believe thai yon care nto her while all the time dividing mmx attention with Nell Forthdyko, Wemld yo" be inhuman enough to hreak a beaut aa loyal aa Amy's?" "Don't get tragic. Tom. I'm not go in* to break anybody's heart Kell ia lieh, yon know" - ?'And so are you. " sneered hairleigh. hurriedly to the door aid lay hie hand on the knob. "but. Amy la jioor Society dares yon to with peverty. If yon love Amy. yon man enough to take the dare? e into the financial condition Hepburn*, reflect upon the cause iff their downfall in fortune and then mi aae aee if yon are strong enough to map thia Braomlnical barrier of caste." With this parting shot Pairleigh quickly out of to ? room and the door behind him. Harry gave vent to a long whistle, himself back in a chair and trhtfully lighted a cigar. That was quite u jolt." he mut looking upward through tho curling wreaths of oroke. M 'How happy could I be with either were t'other dear charmer Hway!' It's as mare aa can bo that I love one and fancy flee other But who will nuravel the Gordian knot? Which is it tobe?Amy er Nell r A knock fell on the doo;. not on the enrtalde door, bnt on a door leading into a closet Parry Gordon stirred uncom? fortably in hi* chair, a vexed look Com? ing into hia eyes as be fixed them upon mm closet door. After a brief interval ef silence tho knock was repeated. ??Now. what in tho world aroused yon ?'' cried Oordon. ?'Business is business." came a hoi lew voice <rmj the other side of the chwetdoor "I'm here for a purpose, and If I do not make that purpose mauifest in owhilo yon 11 forget all about I This rema/k was followed by a clank? ing, cachinroitory outburst that seemed to grate harshly on Gord< u h car. ?"Well what do yon want?" he naked. ""1 want to come out a.:d show my self Yon ki:ov/ I i.i Ini". I.at a iittl.t Inr demonstration won t come amiss. I take it. Remember. I'm showing con atderation for yon. I might have kicked open th's do.,r and stalked out into the. mom. Bnt I didu't 1 rapped. " "Can t yon put it off 1 Co/no otit to? morrow. I've got something olae to think about now." ?'The high an 1 mighty order of fam? ily ekelet'-im are not in the habit of ajmying second fiddle or taking back seats fur anybody. I'm coming at once." "All right, then." groaned Gordon, squaring himself about in bis chair 'HVmm or The closet door flew open and a well developed skeleton strode out and drop ped with a rattle Into a I hair The cav emoua eyea w^re blankly expressive to (i-.nion \<v him ham Imvt was aometbing sarcastic iu tlx; grin d Ihi MPmit me off.'' said . I m. ' I want toaho* bte tonight." TV don an t i Oinir an 1 v. I1 ? 't ! . i w mmm to dieobiry. Picking op a fenthei dn-*. r )>? pli' -1 i: \ igona \y ab rat th ? gleaming whito hone*. I ??Ach?- ' I anaeae 1. tin>ppin \ tic < duster and falling int?' his ?-hau-. ??You i ugh*, not to n akeh-N n. I'm on*, of th.: family r hon Id be treated ??? auch Now. let's have 4 < hat " Tie i,. I i r?rsM<i ite hoaiymgaand settled lack 0 rr.f. rtaMv "Will it do ir.o ans good to ha* ? rhat \. ith fOn " M( re I t lotoV 'ii "That retrains to I ? s?m ii It ud t alo your lather gi ?-.1 Why. it was my cmrtom to visit him every night As he aat Is-f. r < t'i t '.!?!?? I'm i ?? writing I'd ameak out of that closet, nones qnl ap Im hind him ami pat an aimCJMim inglv about his neck." The skeleton huuh-d working its Ism) )ewe With auitesaiou oi ? ra> kin. | sound i thai ma?l ? i tordou shiver. 'How it used t ? at'.rti > tuni ? ii?' w >nid tiii w hito ana ehe. t aa h- looked up into my fai Ono he spr ing t . he f. ? t. in ?1. I i. tkr . and we had ? wre^tl" all ahoat the ru*<>n. overturning < h i it t,?i<li . and *i?re y thing elso t ha* < urn m-urwaj ' You sut ? (Msleil well in -I ? >: toning aty father's lif.- lettnms] Gordon gh?. mly ' V; ler your tyrant y hosank into his grave long before his time " ???o be did ??? he did. Mid lie passed awe oa to yon with *.hn rest of hin prop #>rty. *eal ami personal. It was h rieh inhe. tance. my dour hoy. even though 1 had to be drugged ut lb heels. Y't at> * t accuse mo of any res|k>nsibil?ty yon/ father a taking off Ile waa the I stein, ho built mo np, bone by bonr, nud was not Content until be had made a gigantic Bsonater ami bad breatbod into my bony breast Iba breath of life. Thin, in order that I might not afflict I his sight, hi stowed DM away in ;h:it closet, Suppose I l). r.-une tbo instru? ment of his own undoing Il it not true tint ho was nevertheless th?> author of hie own downfall f" "Your logic seems to be as merciless as it is correct," answered Gordon, with knitted brows. "Still, there are some poiuts rol.itio.'JT to your histt ry on which my mind is a triflfl obscure. What possi? my father to rail into being a errat uro of your disagreeable character T" ?*Tho almighty dollar, young man. lie created me in order that you might h.hrrit a little nioro wraith. He did not think. Iben, bow I should one day ait astr.de his shoulders like an Old Man of the Bta, nor did he think that it waa possible for me to utllict his son. For obvious reasons, my relations witb you are not ho intim a to as they were with your worthy father. I was evolved out of the wheat pit of the board of trade. Yonr father was a bull, and bo merci? lessly gored both life and fortune ont of a certain bear who was not nimble enough to get ont of his way." "And who waa this bearV" asked Gordon. 1 "A mau named Hepburn." "Amy Henburn's father V murmured the young man. rubbing his hand across his brow in an effort to remember. ??Yea. Hepburn lost every penny ho had in the world through that disas? trous wheat deal. He waa forced into bankruptcy and. unable to bear the dis? grace, took his own life. His money went to increase the storo yonr father left you. my boy. and it is now possible for you to live in luxury while Hep? burn's wife and cihldrcn must struggle on as best they can. However," and tho skeleton got up and started back to its closet, "it is not for mo to moralize. Now that I've caucrht myself deliver ing a homily. I'll just take my depart? ure. An revoir. my dear fellow!" Halting at tho closet door, the skele? ton waved its ndien and disappeared within. Gordon sat in his chair, deep in thought, while his cigar burned it 6 If out between his finders. At last he got up and shoo!: his broad shoulders as though freeing himself of a disagreeable burden. i "Society has dared me." ho mutter? ed, "bnt I know my heart, now, and I'll do as I please!" I ?????* ? ? After Harry Gordon and Amy Hep? burn had been married and had re? turned from their honeymoon Harry brought bis bride up stairs to his old bachelor's den and seated her in a chair. "My dear." bi said. "Ihavo a con? fession to make to yon. My father once did your fathe/ a grievous wrong, and 1 have made myself the happiest fellow iu the world by undoing it. However, as we are not to haw any sSCTSta from each other, you must know about this." A look of astonishment came into Am ''s blue eyes as abt watched her hush, id proceed to the closet, throw open tho door and go rummaging about iusidv "What in th-' world are von looking for, Harry V" she asked as he returned to her side. "I'm looking f?r ;-o;:i thing that dors not seem to l> ? there - the (torrton fam? ily skeleton. Amy. Pol the Oral tint| in II years it Is not to bi found in that closet." Just \\u n a clanking tread was heard in the hallway without* the! door was nn-h ? 1 slowly ftjajf and ihe skeleton limped in. supporting itself on a emtch ? -I- I taking very much the WOT 8 for weal "There|1 cti d (lordon, "Wbat'i the mutter with you, old chap! Here, sit down. I want to make you acquaint? ed with my wife." The family skeleton dropped Into I chair and shook until it rattled like a score of rastaie t "I'm done for. "it ?;roauod. "You'vo fix? d me. young man. 1 just dropped in to say goodby fofOTor Hut don't intro? duce mo to fOfll wife. We've met be? fore." ??Tiro's so, Harry." said Amy. "I know all about this family skeleton of yours. Pon't let it worry yon my dear." and she threw her soft arms ah at his in fa "Lai tbedead j>;J^t bury ita dead It' Wt RTS. happy, isn't that enough':" "I n. ;:;:!:. ycsl" And ho pressed a raptm ins kl upon her r.?ir cheek. That, l lea pronounced tho doom of tho Gordon family skeleton. Forthwith it lirgan to fade into thin air. finally van ksbin ' and ! nring not ? wrack behind. rir . Ooi r?i.fi by Wire, r'cw < utslde the brotherhood of the key nre aware thai operators often play pok< p uveribe wire, it is. nereis theirs ., n fact and the ?IIversion Is falr l ly common, I "When i waa working on the Dtankety-blunk line at a little railroad I station In Illinois,'1 >.r i< I an ex operator the other int v. '?bnslnest u as very slack toward earl) morning, and we used to get np ? four I in im tad gome regularly. The plnj era n ere mj iclf and three oth< er operators nt different points along the Ihm Wc w< uld coll each other up, and Iben ? k*crj mou would deal bim? self hand, making hla dlscarda and 'helping aa tl r il. t >T course, \ c had to trust to mutual honor as to cheating, but I iiiint. everybody waa on the square. \n played free as out. and the loser had to iron i when we b ,l togeth? at at headnuarters, which waa about once a mouth, l musi c ?;11"? -s thai the .?'.tii.n ami ,i little alow, but tbo game ana more <? citing than one might imagine. Almost all the ok! operators have played enrda by telegraph at some time or another." - Chicago ('hronii |. Bowel kaosMMi Baelf Lear nag? ?'Twenty live rents WM thr foiinda t on of my fortune ." "Who gave it ?o yowl' ".Noliody. I tried to borrow .it and couldn't."?Chicago Itecord. | HUMAN BRAIN CELLS. THEY REFUSE TO WORK UNDER TOO HIGH A PRESSURE. Tut on Too Much' Steam ami TkaaO >i i 11 ii t *? Organ latna Ga on Strike* Why Men <io Craiy or Beooma .\u aeatealndad. Keeping pnce with scientific thought and progfeM certain problems which in the past have been shelved for want Of light being thrown upon them have been taken up again one by one to un? dergo further examination by the aid of improved science. The newest revelation In this direc? tion tends to the science of the mind and Include! the following problems: Why does a man act queerly when he is intoxicated? Why Is a man absontminded on oc? casions? Why does a man sometimes become violently insane, often a dangerous, raving lunatic? Such questions as these have puzzled our Immediate fathers, who have hard? ly over satisfactorily explained thorn away or Indeed thrown much reliable *'ght upon them. The human brain is composed of cells, and each cell is a simple bit of nerve substance, from one end of which, like an octopus, spring a number of tentacles, while from another part arises an arm dif? ferent from them and of great length. The long arm Is intended for trans? mitting Impressions from one portion of the brain system to another, it be? ing made to touch the tentacles or short arms of the next one to it. the latter In Its turn effecting contact with a third cell, and so on. Thus a message Is conveyed and the mind gets Its news. Tlte entire brain is made up of these cells, whose num? ber is legion and whose full strength Is grouped In systems, these systems In turn being arranged In communi? ties, the communities In cluslers and finally the clusters in constellations, by which dlvlsious they arc known to physiologists. So long as the mind la In 0 healthy condition each Utile cell, or brain oc? topus, attends to its business faithful? ly and gives no trouble, but 01 man generally is an animal who usually re? fuses to lire the life spanned out by nature ami adopts instead the life laid down by the modem artificial process of living, instituted forsooth by civi? lization, mental disturbances frequent? ly nrise through the brain becoming I abused in various ways, from over? work and alcohol principally. Your OCtPpUallke brain cell Is a liv? ing little thing, and it can endure a great deal of abuse from you. but if you should go a little too far it rebels and refuses to work any longer ,by breaking contact with its companion celle, which it can do by withdrawing its long arm and getting Itself out of circuit. But this rebellion is conduct? ed by whole groups of cells acting to? gether in full harmony. Now. the object oi" this ??strike" is simply to avoid overwork, for each tiny cell has stored within Its minute space only a certain amount of energy, but If yon pat on the high pressure this (a easily consumed by the opera? tion of the brain, ami the organism breaks down from exhaustion. Now, take He Drat of the problems just slated. When a person takes too much to drink, the cells lu those patches of the brain that are responsible for the conduct of touacular movement be? come affected ami the man staggers. When the dose Is very large, the cells, which, although stupefied, have tried to keep tbelr master on his legs, now CCSSO working, and the man sleeps like one dead. Finally, if more than enough of alcoholic think be taken, the effect on tho cells Is to paralyze them, and the unfortunate man dies. There Is some relation between ex? traordinary activity of the mind and Insanity. Geniuses arc apt to exhibit symptoms of mental alienation, and. singular to relate, their children are Usually inferior to Heise of average men. For Instance, nol to go out of Eng? land for example, Cromwell was a bypocbondralc and had visions. Dean Bwlfl Inherited Insanity and was him If not n little mad. Shelley was call t l by his friends "Mad Shelley," Charles J.amb went crazy. Johnson was nuothcr hypochondriac, Coleridge WttB a morbid maniac. Milton was of a morbid turn of mind, nearly approach? ing insanity (modern Ideas of hades are largely formed on the description evolved by his diseased imaginati and Byron said he was visited t,. ghosts. Tula mental alienation occurring in the foregoing cases shows that cer? tain specific groups of brain cells have tome under the bam fid Influence of the guiding spirit called talent or genius, which baa used up nil the en? ergy stond in each cell and each group of eel's, to the detriment of the whole. ?with the result that their ceasing work has brought about various types of Insanity as depleted or. to phrase it more softly. Induced disturbance of the niental equilibrium. Tii" remaining problem Is absent-' mm .' In . This Is produced by a temporary disjunction of certain groups of cells, a man becomes sc absorbed In his study of some pnrtlo Ular I abject and lends his whole mind I. i though! Ihn I the hard think? ing illsorgaulxes the groups nf colls lunpl > d in the process of reflection, tbelr tentacles Itclng turned all on< way, io the detriment of mental nc tloii generally, ami sn the man with the ' i icl ? of his brain cells turned in the one direction |insses nlong ihi streets lost to nil observation or mental inception ami does all manm r of queer things oecause he is not conscious ot what he is doing.?IVaraon's Muga sine. One good thought generously receiv? ed always attracts another. SHAVING ACCIDENTS. THE CARDER DISCUSSES THEM WITH THE MAN IN HIS CHAIR. ChanccM to <'nt Throats That Art* \ot often Takes Advantage Of? \nrron KHcnprH Prora lerlooa Mishaps? v Father's Dream* "Did it ever strike you." asked the little bailer, "how easy it would he for the mail that shaves you to kill you?" The man In tho chair sat up qulckl) and looked carefully at tbe barber who was feeling the edge ol' tho ra/.oi with one linger. The barber smiled to reassure his customer and said: "It seems a queer question, I know but It is a wonder to me that there are not n number of people killed iu that way every year. It would be the easiest thing in the world for the barber as be wielded his razor to make one sweep with it and sever the jugu lar vein, and you would be dead almost on the Instant. Suppose, for Instance, that the barber should go Insane There would be nothing to prevent bis doing sueb n thing, and you would have no warning nor any opporiunlty to save yourself. "There is always a chance of a seri? ous aecldeut bappenlng to the man in the chair. 1 have seen a number of such accidents and have a horror of even nicking the man 1 am shaving. In fact, such an occurrence makes me feel out of sorts for the rest of the day. It was only a few days ago that 1 almost bad an accident that gave me a great fright and completely un? nerved me. 1 was shaving a young man. and la passing from one side of the chair to the other a button of my waistcoat caught In his hair It pulled a trifle, aud he moved bis head sud? denly just a:j I went to put the blade to his lace. 1 came within an ace of slashing him. and only a quick jump back saved him. The perspiration stood out ou me. aud 1 had to call one of the other men to finish shaving my customer. "But the worst accident 1 ever saw in a barber shop occurred while 1 was working In a small town lu the west. One of the patrons of the place was a business man whose bVy ear-old daughter was lying at the point of death. Her father put in most of his time at her bedside. One ? noon while the was asleep he ame in here to get shaved, lie W&m ?o exhausted through lack of sleep that he fell asleep Immediately after he had taken his seat In the chair next to the one behind which 1 was at work. "lie dreamed that some v?ne had come into the place to tell him that his child bad died. With a cry of alarm he started up just as the barber laid the razor against his neck. Into the lies!; it sank. He was not yet thoroughly awake, and as he Imagined that some one was holding him back from his Child he threw out his hand to free himself, and his lingers closed over the blade of the razor. So dazed waa lie that he could not realize what had happened, but sat there hi the chair, with the blood streaming from his throat and lingers. "The man who had done the cuttiug was the first to act. although half crazed. He hurried for a doctor while we stanched the flow of blood the best we knew how. Even as the doctor was at work sewing up tbe wounds a messenger came to say that the little girl had died suddenly in the greatest agony, calling for her father just be? fore she died. lie v?as under the In* lluence of ether at the time aud did not know, but afterward, when he heard of the circumstaneea attending ber death, he Instated that be had heard her call as he lay there asleep In the chair and that it was her cry that had caused him to make his sud? den movement. "Tor years i t'tcr the accident he con? tinued to shave In the same shop where it had occurred, and it was never mentioned, lie carried a re? minder of it for the remainder of his life. In addition to the scar on his throat, the lingers of his right hand were all drawn up and useless. "Sudden movements while In the bar? ber's chair are always apt to he attend* ed with serious results, and I could re? call dozens of Instances where it baa been only the merest chance that has prevented serious if not fatal mis! Nine times out of ten where the person getting shaved rccelvea a nick and lays the blame on the barber he should thank the wielder of the razor that it v.as DO worse. The probabilities are that it waa quick action by the barber that prevented a bad cut. A slight niek often would have been a case for the doctor or coroner were It not for the watchfulness of the barber. Here yesterday l happeued to draw blood front :i .voting fellow's face u ar hi ear, au 1 he made a great fuss about it, until I showed him that it was only the sudden withdrawal of the raxoi which resulted in the alight nick that prevented him losing a good part of bid ear. Tbeu he was grateful and thank? ed me. besides promising to be more careful in the future. "But there are other ways the barber has oi' getting even," continued the lit? tle barber after relatherlug otic side of his customer's face. "There Is no need of his slushing a man. He can Inflict injuries that will make his victim de? cidedly uncomfortable, and at the same, time the latter will not be aware of what Is being done." What the barber meant by this last remark his victim did not ask. -New York Bun. ills Company, Mail. Twain, meeting Charles <5nth rle, a prominent British lawyer, in Vi? enna, asked him if he smoked. "Some* time-., when I am In bad company/' was t he reply. Aller a pause came a second <iM,,s? tlon: "You're a lawyer, aren't you. Mr. <; tit brie?" "I am. Mr Clemens." "Ab then. Mr flnthrle, you must be a very heavy smoker!" Hin Modem li.iu-Ih'opii. "The otiicritig of my luncheon uao< to be a great nui.-ance," ettid Q la . y- i yesterday. "1 would go into a cafe pet haps pretty hungry, but two u tree mim.los' study of the huge mcni would put mi- in an uncertain, irrita bio mood, and no matter what I'd oid , I wouldn't enjoy it on account of th? thought that I might have ordere?! something different and better. It wa? like going Into a public library to read With so many books there, it is im possible to sit down and rend one book contentedly, as you can at home. But now I have an arrangement that makes my luncheon a Joy. I said to my wait? er one day: "'What 1 eat here at noon coats me, on the average. $1.25, and my average tip to you is 'JO cents. Now you ought to know what a nice luncheon is bet:er than l do, so 1 make you this proposal: Serve mo every day a lunch of my usual number of courses, and whatever under $1.25 it costs you can keep.' "The waiter jumped at that, lie brings me every day now a better meal than I would think of ordering myself, and he makes from 20 to "?0 cents by keeping down the price. It is a splen? did scheme, and 1 wonder why I never thought of it before."?Philadelphia Record. ITEMS OF INTEREST. The blood of live races Cows in the veins of the Boer. Only one person in every four of the Inhabitants of London earns more than a pound a week. In Sweden good hotels are erected by the communities in places where it If thought tourists would like to tarry. Charcoal is the great Italian fuel, Naples .done consuming 10.000 tons of wood charcoal, at a cost of from $10 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 "guaroches" and con? sist of a simple sole of leather held to the feet .villi strings which pass be? tween the toes and are tied about the ankle. The oldest tree on earth with an au theutie history is the great Bhootree of Burmah. For 20 centuries it has been held sacred to Buddha and no person is illowed to touch the trunk. When the leaves fall they are carried away as relics by pilgrims. As to 1'Vntln'rlna; %??Mk. **y'y experience." said the n formed confidence man who had played the races frequently In his day. "is that it Is Unrd to pick the winner. Ian com? paratively easy to pluck him."- Ci.ica go Tribune. 'flic* WronK Monsp. Minister's Wife Wake U|>! There lire burglars in the house, .lohn. Minister Well what of it; 1 ?et them find out their mistake themselves. Woman's Journal Teacher?How do you acco'int for the phenomenon of dew? Boy Well, yon see. the earth re volves on its axis every 24 hours, and in consequence of this tremendous pai 0 it perspires fwelv London Tit-Bits. ^j? CUBAN OIL cures Cuts, L Burna, Bruises, Rheuma^ tiam and Scros. Price, 25 cts S ol h. Rq K-.-n I/jor C.o ? ? ? ? ? ? tmm - von SALE. FXTH \ FINE BARREDP YMOUTHS Mao, E ?r for Hatching, 15 for |? 00 Xicely Packed in Xnc Backets JuHN A CULLOM, Ridge Spring, S. C. J*n 21 4 ATLANTIC COAST LINE *? or th-Eastern Et. R. of B ( CUNDhiN'sSD tsCU?DDLE. TU A IN ? GOING 80HTH Dated No N<?. No No. fn.. 14, 1900. :>&? :j* 53? 01* I 0) p a a u 1? \ loreaes 2 S4 v Cd 0 4 / Klugitree 8 ^f Laxes 3.8 Oil v i! It 2? kj Ucei 8 ..3 9 30 t. -if* 11 11 \r Gheriffton r> 0? lu r.j 8 .?.) 1 u TRAINS GOING NORTH. Mo No No No 78* 32?l 02* tQ* u) \) ii? H d> p tl eGbarlrstoa 0 83 4 49 7 00 I ? 1 it Ueeii 3.6 lr. ? 33 ft 3f e Lk'.c? 3 IG 0 15 5 3f Kingtftres n 32 t rTcreaoe 0 2)7 3') 7 0' ft cj p m i< ? p id ?Dolly fDaily except Sunday. No bl rant tJ?r ??.:*!) t 1 Columbia ria c?>. .d r n ot a 0 Vratnt Nos Y6 am! 3,1 tun fia.l ot D nuc "ayatteviile??S'hori Linr-und Dike o!os? mnecth a for a 11 joint' North. T; hir 1 e cn 0. A D It It leava Ploreae *xce| i Bunday 9 f.O a m,arr*ve Darling i 0 10 lb a t: , Bartavilla 9 15a m, Cheraa 1 3J ;i n, Wadeeboro 2 2S p m. r^cavi Florence daily except S;mi^;, 7 5ft p m, er? ive Darlington 8 20 p n, Beunettdvtlle 0 11 * m, Gtbtoa 9 46 u m. Leava Florence iuoday only 9 30 a m. arrive Darliogtoe II eft ?? tu b .ivr Gibson dt.ly except Sunday i,, Beuoettavitle 7 00 a m, arrive Darling* 00 8 00 n m, itavv.' Darllogton 8 61 a m, ar 'vi Florence P 16 00. I.<mvp v^odesboro ail) excnpi u day JiO p n, Oberavr449 oi, H.tttflv:. ? 100? io, Darliogtoa 6 i? m, Hrr re PloreoM 100 p at. Lea?e Dar* n^iuii Bcnday only b a0a ta, arrive Flor? iir B I ? a oi H KKNi h.Y, JN? F DIVINB, Gen 1 Mau ger. Gen'l ?up't] T K?t Ka. \ $, Traffic Manager. U -l K w b)Uoon. oeu'l Pass. Agent NO crop can grow with= out Potash. Every blade of Grass, every grain of Corn, all Fruits and Vegetables must have it. If enough is supplied you can count on a full croj if too little, the growth will be " scrubby." Send for our books telling ail about composition o? fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They cost you nothing. GERMAN KALI WORKS, <j3 Nassau St., New York. South Carolina m Gecriu Ei . R. Schedule No 4?In effect 12 01 a. m., Sun day, December 24, lb99. Between Oamdeo S C , and Blecksburg, 8. C WEST. 2? cl 1st cl *3> *33 Easitrr. time EAST 1st cl 2d c ?32 ?34 p m p m STATIONS. 8 20 12 50 Camdeu 8 0 I 10 Dekaib 9.0 1 27 Weamlle lu tO 1 40 Kerebaw 11?..? 2 1 ? Hfatb fimncj 113* 2 15 Pleasant Hill 12 30 2 18 Lane It at 1 0 2 0 R'.vemde 1 20 j 0 i Spnogdell 2 -0 3 10 Catawba Jui.ctioo 2 60 3 0 L site 3 1 j 3 4J Rock Hill 4 10 3 55 New Port 4 45 4 2 Ttrtaa f? 30 4 2? York? Uz 6 0? 4 35 Sbarou 6 25 4 50 Blckoffl Grove 6 JS 5 CO Smv rna 7 Q0 5 20 BUciieourg; p m p m p m p m 12 25 11 (.2 11 tO 11 3) 11 20 11 is 10 55 10 40 10 30 10 20 10 10 1 00 9 35 9 30 9 15 9 00 8 4 i 8 35 8 lo it m 6 3C 4 5t 4 S( 4 C< 3 16 8 0C I 3t i oc 12 4C 12 2C 11 OC 1 4G 8 2C b < c 7 31 6 0 (i 2C t> ? C 5 3C a rr Between Blackeburg. 8. C, atid Marion. N. C WhiST EAST. 2d rl ?11 la' cl ?33 Extern Uta?. Itl cl 2<lc'. *i2 *12 am o m STATIONS. a m I 8 10 5 30 (Blickeburg 7 48 8 30 5 45 Eurl* 7 32 8 40 5 50 Palermo Bpriaft 7 25 9 20 6 t o Sbalbv 7 15 10 00 1 20 Lammcro 6 B5 10 10 6 28 S!o jrtst oro 6 8 10 25 6 38 he rieua tf 38 10 50 6 l? Forest Wlj 0 20 11 15 7 10 Rjtbetford!on g 05 I 35 7 22 Miilwocd f, | 8 II 45 1 3> Oold:n Vulky 5 40 12 05 7 40 Thermal Cllj 6 37 12 25 7 51 Glenwood 5 17 12 60 8 15 Mariou 5 00 p tu p in um p tu ? 4 6 20 b 12 6 U 4 '0 4 i 4 2r 3 5C 3 25 3 05 2 50 1 41 2 20 I 0C p m West. Gaffocv Division East 15 1 13 p m nm 1 00 6 "0 1 20 8 0 1 40 6 49 p no a m BAC i EhN TIME. sTATIu. B. 1 Ut Claas | 14| 16 Blacktibr.rp Cb*rok*?e f alls |Gn0oey a rn 7 f.O 7 30 7 10 a m" p m 3 0C 2 4C 2 2G P tB ?Daily exc pi Sunday. Train No '?'? It'nving Marion, N. O , at 5 :i tu, w*\i Hg close oom ec inn at Blncksbuj-;, S wi h the boa?bara** train No .'i? for Char lo'te, N C. and all point- East an-i connecting with ?he S"Uthert.'n \ectibuh g mg to A'lantu. ?Ja. und all pcit.ts Watt- and wi'l receive pas? sengers g??lag Ha t fr< tu tri? n No 10. aa the C A N W K K, at \..rkv lie, S C, at 8 45 a m and c>aaaati a Cwadaa. S *'. with the Sou hern'.? tnin No 18 :? ri?ing im ? harlfston. 8 17 p m, I rain N" -"i ??b passong r coach attached leaving Blai'k-'biir? at 5 00 a in. hi d connecinjj, ,it Kock Hill W*th the Eiaaibera'l Plortdw ?r*ir. dr all points Koatb, Tr.iin KoSS M*<ng Caa*aaa, S r. ?t 12;. p tja, #'tar thm arrival of th" Faataara't Cbar lettou tr? a ooaacato m( Laaaaaiar sc', with the b A C It 1?. at Catawba Jaaatioa with ihm8 A h. fotnn Ba?t, :?? R? k Hill, ? r, with tlio Boatborn'a traii?. No 34, for ? harlotte, N , tad all p.>iit- Ka t t iit-ecs at Y? rk ville. S t\ ?*ilh t ain Hu 8 '*? lb* C & N W \i U lor rbaftrr, ' C. \t ?laeh aatg wi ? the South ra*e v? libul font R st an tleSouth c"<*$ irai*< No 35 L" i l' WTaai, nad connecting ;it Marion S C aitblbaSoatbern boih Kaai ;av IVaM B ? MI'VL IIT'N T, President. ?\. TKIPi'. Paiahateadent, s B. LUMPKIN. (laa'i Puaaaacar al"*nt. MEDICAL WORK FOR MEN, FREE . :nd NO momev. My n?w r*Tifed scientific worktrawt?aa oa?*faty waakawN and (iip^a*** i>? , i t..r to MM Ivio?t f ron thnj-res*. Kv??ry umn. ::.) mattet \* bai nit occupation or poaii ion lo uim. < , I ttiid thtw work wolOio anything aoor poaitohoo. I; |?of vital I utoriwl t>? t ht? ruarnnd or uunmmeiti ? o l| " beolthy nn<l Mronuor to the weak and ? roa?U down. WhilotboOolttOO InstHlwill P??n<l a< )<y ??curoty sealwd i ii a plal^ wrapper, post ..a* pre??*t<t, *" ivory man wir wntn?. tor it. I hi? xton *? liinttod aod tboso doairfa^aooM Moot writ** proiiM't !>'? Addrt?h- B.M. BoM.lt. 1?.. Pub* llatolof Department O. 175 Clark St , N L. Vor. 1 inioo. ?nicaso. UUuoi?. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK From Tborovghtoretj Prtta Wiuncrs ?1 50 FOR 15. Saffl A??tvtl tiuti anteed L. C. DAR KV, Box 12. Su .ny Bide, Ga J o Si 2m \v tin.* Irk h'd C ?nrt o' f.oii jrrt p per Ask to ept the Meat atv>ea tn pip r far 'ash \.\ r ? "i o . ?1? (< ?H Q Oat "-on t < o The Ni ? 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