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 ? 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 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
  • : 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 i i 11 ii t *? Organ latna Ga on Strike* Why Men 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 ! 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&? :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. *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 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*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'? 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 ? York World Alrrararr.nl Kncyclop?di? lor 190^ lor iale by il. ? ) - U. Ostcen ?k Co. ?f)