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By WOLCOTT LE CLEAR BEABD. ?Copyright. 1S99. by American Press Asso elation.] CHAPTER L IN WHICH SPIDER ANO THE BALLET GIRL ARE INTRODUCED. "There ain' only one thing he won't do. an that's lie," said the Ballet Girl tome. "Work? Snre he'll work, but be works ali wrong. I darsn* let 'im skin the spuds (potatoes) even. He's crkerd, that's what he is, but it ain't DO more'n natcherl, bein like he is, all laigs an arms, with jcs' ernough body for ter hoi' 'em together an no head at all. That's, why they calls him Spider. I s'pose. his bein all laigs an arms. He hasn't got no other name, not as I knows. " While speaking the Ballet Girl looked doubtfully in the direction of the cool: wagon, near which Spider was busily engaged in scouring an iron soup kettle so large that it nearly concealed him. Perhaps I would better explain that the Ballet Girl was a gray bearded man. cook for the field outfit of ' the Circle M ranch. The cowboys bad given him this name because, as one of them explain? ed, the cook had a wooden leg and was therefore unable to dance. The Ballet Girl's statement that Spider had no head was a libel. He had ? head, and. though it was small and not at all beautiful, it was a very good one and was covered with a heavy thatch of extraordinarily red hair. As Spider worked among the pots and pans he certainly was awkward. I had been watching him all the morn? ing. I had nothing else to do. It was but a very short time since I had acqnired an interest in the Circle M brand. Just before this a large num? ber of cattle bad been sold and driven away overland toward the railway, where they could be shipped to the east and I had at once been sent forward to overtake the herd in order to assume its management. Now, a herd of cattle that has to pick up its food as it goes along does not travel rapidly, and I had overtaken it without difficulty, but the horse I was riding immediately cel? ebrated that event by stepping into a badger hole, breaking bis leg and at the same time spraining one of my ankles and a wrist. In a bed made np in one of the springless wagons I had been painfully jolted for a couple of stages over the half desert plain. Then we reached the Rio Gila and stopped, for the river was full from .bank to bank with rushing, brown water, far too deep and too swift for us to attempt crossing it with the cattle. We could only wait until the river felL "What's the matter with the boy V I asked. "Can't he cook?" "You don' go for ter s'pose I'd trus* 'im ter try, do you?" replied the Ballet Girl disgustedly. "No, be can't cook, an if he could he'd be alwus tryin some er them monkey shines er his, so's you wouldn't dare eat nothin he'd touched. Why, it was only a week back that he took some salt an saleratus an stained it with coffee, so's it looked like brown sngar, an give it ter the boys ter sweeten ther slumgullion (tea) with. They said I was a-tryin ter pizen 'em, the boys did, an they said if I did it seme more they'd hang me on the tongue er my own cook wagon. " "But yen know they wonldn't have done anything of the sort," I inter? posed. "Dunno, " replied the cook dubiously. ? "Them boys, they gets mighty playful sometimes. Ccurse they oughter 'a' ? knowed I wouldn't do no such fool j thing as that. 1 -fonn' out who 'twas that done it an to?' 'em." "How did you find out?" I inquired curiously. "Asked 'im. I said he wouldn* lie. The boys, they licked him good fer that So'd I. you bet you." "What did he do then?" I asked. "Filled my boot up with m'lasses. When I got it off-an it was er mighty long time firs"-my foot looked as ! thongh I'd varnished it an the varnish hadn't dried. I kicked him with it 'fore j I took it oil. an then I hung it on the j wagon ter dreen. It's dreenin yet. i See?" He pointed as he spoke to a cowhide ! of generous proportions that hung over j the side of the mess wagon. From the ; straps that were intended to pull it on j by there slowly dripped a stringy, brown stream of molasses. "An that ain't all he done, " the cock j went on. "He took some spuds what he ? knowed I was a-gonter bake in the ashes, an he loaded 'em up with powder. ; When I put 'em in the coals, they bust- j ed in a little while an filled a mess er ! biscuit I was a-mixin plum full er burnt powder an raw pertater. Some of it ! went down my neck inside my shirt." "Did yon whip him again?" - "Nope. I couldn'. not that time. He ; cut away an didn' come back till I was j ersleep. an then he got my timber laig an a saw an said he'd saw the laig in I two if I didn' say I wouldn' do nothin to him fer them there explosive spuds. I couldn' chase 'im, so I had ter prom- i ise. But say ! I clean fergot you waa ! one er the bosses-I wouldn't 'a' tol' yer else. The boy. he ain't none so bad. He ! , don' mean nothin wrong, an he wouldn' j do a low down thing, not ter save his ; neck. I ain' got no kick comin, so you | won' have 'im fired ner nothin. will yon?" The cook stood boring his wooden teg into the ground, looking at me with genuine concern. I speedily reassured him. If he wished to retain so eccentric an assistant, it was b?*" not I. who would have to suffer. Personally I was much interested in the small "cookee." as the cook's assistant is called, and would not have had him leave if I could have help? ed it. It was tedious work. or rather idle? ness, lying cn my cot under the shade of my tent fly, watching vthe hungry . looking cattle, if they happened to be io sight, as Jbey wandered abjut looking I for something to eat. I could never see how they managed in the course of a day to gather a meal, even though they should sprint from one bunch of the hard, wiry grass to another. They did manage it somehow, though, and their ordinary gait when feeding was very far indeed from being a sprint. The cattle, however, were seldom in sight, and at the best they were not very interesting, so I took to watching the cook outfit instead, more especially that p?rt of the cook outfit where Spider happened to be. It was not at all diffi? cult to see that Spider's work was ex? tremely distasteful to him, and really it was hardly to be wondered at. Wash? ing greasy tin dishes and scouring pots and kettles are not tasks that would commend themselves to thri average boy It was through this dislike, prob? ably, that most of his awkwardness arose After hurrying through with his work he would extract from the cook wagon a bundle of leather and go to the tem? porary corral, shaded by a big cotton? wood tree, where the 13 big wagon horses were kept. He would sit there for hours, patiently stitching at the leather with awl and waxed end and all the while carrying on an animated conversation with the horses. My first efforts to get acquainted with Spider were unsuccessful. He could not forget that I was one of the people vaguely referred to as "the bosses," to whom the cook had so often t" tened to report him. Once or twice 1 called him over to me and tried to get him to talk, but his evident uneasiness during this ordeal induced me to give it up. After awhile, however. Spider so far forgot his reserve as to grin as he passed me. and then, finding that I took no official notice of bis many misdeeds, he gradually unbent and finally became quite friendly in a condescending sort of way. Little by little he got into the habit of coming to my tent instead of going to the corral, and at length, after considerable hesitation, he brought his sewing with him. "What is it that you're trying to make, Spider?" I asked him as he seated himself, tailor fashion, in the shade of the tent fly and unrolled his leather bundle. "Chaps," he replied, holding them up for inspection. Then I saw that it was a pair of chapparejos -shortened in the vernacular to "chaps"-that he had. They are leather leggings such as cowboys wear. Orig? inally this pair was made and had evi? dently been worn by a rather large man, but Spider had cut them down to fit his own diminutive legs, and with infinite patience he was stitching up the side seams. I could see no reason why a cook's assistant should have so urgent a need of a pair of cowboy leg? gings that he should go to all that trou? ble to get them. In fact, I said as much to Spider. "S'pose I'm gonter be a cookee all my life?" he replied, looking up at me with an expression of intense diggust. "Well. I ain'. I'm only cookeein now so's I can save enough money fer ter buy me an outfit-the part er the outfit I can't make, that is." "What sort of an outfit?" I inquired respectfully, cautioned by the displeas? ure in Spider's tone. "What is it that you're going to be?" "Ccw puncher. Yer see ther ain' nothin else fer me," be explained. "I ain' never had no chance ter learn. Cowboys c'n get er brand er cattle er their own birueby if they don't steer theirselves too hard 'gains' the green cloth (gamble), er don' 'dow their money in no ether way. Then after that 1 c'n see - .hat I wanter do. I c'n learn things, ??ce?" "But nobody would take you on as a cowboy, Spider, " I objected. "You're not as big as an ordinary stock saddle. You couldn' hold a steer even if yon got your r?pe on him. " "Maybe I conlan' hoi' no steer," he cried, highly offended. "Maybe I couldn' get my rope on one, neither Jus' yon look a-yer once." Running to the cook wagon. Spider produced a small bundle carefully done np in a bit ot old canvas. It contained a rawhide lariat. Returning Spider deftly coiled it in his hand and opened the loop. Then he east it and secured my water can in a manner that would have been highly satisfactory it the wa? ter can had been a steer or even if it had not upset and spilled the water over me. "I didn' think erbout the can comm over on yer that a way," said Spider contritely, as with the hollow cf bis hand he tried to scoop the water out of my canvas cot. "Yer see ther wnsn nothin else stickin np that I could r<>pe. j only yer game foot, an I thought maybe you wonldn't like that. I'll pull away this yer fly an let the sun in. Tie n i 'twon' be no time 'fore all's dry.' : After pulling aside the canvas that ' shaded me Spider sat down '.nee more to his sewing, while I steamed in the : scorching sun "Well. I c'n throw er rope all right. ' he went on, looking at me from lime j to time with a professional eye appar ently. to see how I was cooking. "1 c'n ride anything that goes on four legs, an 1 c'n pack er mule* a-; well as any mat? : er my weigbt in this yer ter'tory But j I got ter get an outfit. I ain' ben savin I long, an my wages ain' none too big. so I aili* got mach pat by, an thei a lot er things ter git. Saddle an bri an gan an spars an holster an belt a: horse. I got the rope, like yer saw, I'm makin these yer chaps. I c'n mi er holster an belt that'd do fer awhi an the bridle all brit the bit. The g an spars I can't make, ner the hors* For awhile Spider stitched on in lenee: then he looked np and sa "Meybe it's like yer say, an nobe wonldn' take on a kid like me. on' or no. But if I ain' got the tools sure won' get the job. So there ai no way outer gettin the outfit that I < see." He paused for a reply, but ] logic was so unanswerable thai I h none to make, and Spider went cn. "Cappy Lee, he give me these h< j ol' chaps what I'm cnttin down, j give me my rope too. Him an P I Hollis was scrappin ter see which 1 longed to it, an Cappy, he settled it li that Pug was dead sore, but it did do him no good, so now he tries ter ta it outer my hide every shew he ge Las' night he says how I cut the lac er his stirrup leathers, an when I saj I didn' he says I lie an he licks me. ain' got no use fer Pug Hollis." To tell the truth, I didn't have use for Pug Hollis" either. He was sullen, unpleasant sort of person, and .' abused his horses. I would have di charged him long before but for tl fact that we were short handed. He was scarce and getting scarcer; s though I disliked this man. I had to 1 him stay. When Spider's chaps were nearly fi. ished, he devoted every moment of h I leisure time to them. The whole can was made aware of this fact by the ni wonted quiet of the evenings. Ordinarily, as soon as supper wj over and Spider had finished the dishe one might hear the rush of a gallopir horse, then shouts and oaths courin from the owner of that horse, followe by what was known as "language" that is, very bad language indeed from all hands, especially the cool This language would always take th form of threats and of comment o Spider's manners, morals or personi appearance, and would always be of most uncomplimentary nature. By thes signs I would know that Spider wa practicing. "I got ter keep myridin up,"Spide exclaimed when I remonstrated wit! Irru. "I wouldn* stan no sort er ashov fer a job-a kid like me-if I couldn ride. Then I ain' got no horses er HT own." Still, as I said," for two or three even ings there was quiet, and then th< chaps were finished. Spider wore then I continually, to "limber 'em np some,' he said. Truly they needed limbering for the leather, when made into tube: of so small a diameter, was so stiff tha Spider's knees could not bend it in th< smallest degree, and he was obliged U walk in much the same manner thai one steps off distances on a map wit! a pair of compasses The report circu lated through the camp to the effeel that Spider slept in those chaps of his was without foundation, but it is cer? tain that they were never far fron him. The Ballet Girl, with a grin, confided to me that when Spider rolled himsell up in his blanket for the night he stood the chaps up against a post at his feet, so that he could see them as he first opened his eyes. Of course the men chaffed him about them continu? ally. They compared the chaps to a couple of small stovepipes, but said that of the two the stovepipes were the more flexible. Spider stood their chaff? ing good naturedly enough in the main, j but at first he resented this allusion to j the stiffness of his chaps, sc for a long time the men called him Stovepipes in? stead of Spider. But, like most pleasant things of this world. Spider's chaps were too good to last. One morning he appeared without them and went about his work very so? berly. Never before had I seen him in snch dejection. I inquired as to its cause. Without a word he brought me the blackened and shriveled remains of what were once his proudest possession and laid them before me. "It was that ther Pug Hollis what done it, " he said at last in reply to ! my repeated questionings. "He took ! the chaps when I was sleepin las' night, j an he propped 'em up with rocks like j as though they was stovepipes, what J the boys had called 'em. an th^n he . built a fire under 'em. They didn't I smell none too good when they was j a-cookin, an the smell woke me up. It I was too late then-they was like yon ! see here That's what he thinks is a j joke." j Hollis' notion of a joke did not at all i appeal to me. So thoroughly disgusted j was I that 1 expressed my intention of ! discharging him at once, much as we . needed help. I did no* care to have such j a man around. Spider, however, would i hear of no such thing. I "You wanter bounce him jus' 'canse j he burnt up them chaps er mine, an ! that's the only reason yon wanter J bounce him now, when yon want every : man yon c'n get, an more, too," said ; he. "Them chaps ain' nobody's look [ out but mine, an if I like such jokes as j them, why. them jokes goes, that's all. ; I don't ask nobody ter look after my I quar'ls fer me. You ain' gonter bounce j Pug Hollis." ; I mildly differed from this last state j ment. i "No, you ain'-you can't do nothin ; erbout it at all." persisted Spider. "I : tol* you 'bout them chaps myself, so you can't. You said yon wonldn' do nothin j 'bout nothin what I tol' you." i I had never said anything of the kind. But. nevertheless, in inviting Spider's confidence I had certainly implied a promise to make no uso of it. His posi? tion, therefore, was unassailable, and I had to retir?t from mine with \vh:it grace I could. Hollis was allowed to stay Besides, just at this time we needed men more than ever Thu river fell | somewhat, and it was decided that we | should attempt to cross it with the cat- j tie and pursue our journey toward the ? railway The water was still so high j that there was considerable danger that 3ome of the cattle would be swept away and drowned aa they crossed, bu! on the other hand the pasturage where we then were was nearly exhausted, and it was impossible to say how long we might have to remain if we neglected to avail ourselves of the opportunity this fall offered me. At that season of the year the water might rise at any moment and keep us from crossing for an in? definite time Therefore it seemed far better in every way to expose some of the cattle to this chance of drowning rather than to mn so large a risk of starving them all where we were. Before reaching the conclusion there was an earnest debate, which Spider followed most anxiously. When the de? cision was reached. Spider, knowing that every hand would bo required in the herding, begged to be allowed to form one cf the force, and. after consul? tation with the foreman and the Ballet Girl, I consented, and as a temporary measure Snider was taken on as a cow? boy. This was a season of joy to Spider. As the glad tidings reached him he be? came so exultant that be was unendur? able. At our earnest request he subsid? ed somewhat after awhile and after he had gone about from man to man try? ing to borrow the necessary equipment -horse and saddle-for the crossing on the following morning. We thought we had heard the last of him and were just about to turn in when a sputter? ing howl from Hollis was followed by a volley of bad language that was un? mistakably directed at Spider. The gist of this language seemed to be that he (Hollis) was poisoned. The investigation that immediately followed proved that this was not true. It was only that Spider had discovered in some way the hiding place of a carefully hoarded bot? tle of whisky belonging to Hollis. Emp? tying the whisky on the ground, Spider had filled the bottle with a mixture of his own invention, the nature of which did not transpire, except that kerosene was one of its more prominent features. Consoling himself in advance for the hard work that the next day would bring, Hollis had taken some swallows of this mixture before he discovered what it was that be was drinking. Then follower1 the remarks to which I have referred. To these remarks Spider made an? swer, averring that they were entirely uncalled for, as the quality of the liquor had been rather improved than other? wise, bnt that he supposed that Hollis must be incapable of judging. Hollis became annoyed at this and in? dulged in further language, which was only hushed when at last Spider was captured and expiated his crime by a frantic dance, inspired by a well plied lariat end. Then the camp was at peace for the nmbt. [TO BE CONTINUED.] SPRING MILLINERY. JTevr Ideas For Materials and Trim? mings For Hats and Bonnets. Tulle, silk net and lace compose a vast number of spring hats, with the addition of flowers, especially violets, primroses and roses. Toques entirely of flowers are seen and are of generous size, two kinds of flowers oftenest appearing in them, as forgetmenots and small pink rosebuds violets and convolvuluses. Some toques are composed of grapes and foliage, and grapes are largely used also as part of the trimming of bats and bonnets, beim: one of the most noticeable novelties of the spring. Berries, foliage of ail kinds, moss and twigs art- among the most im? portant millinery trimmings. Hats of taffeta are simple, pretty and new. They are made with bias folds or ^^^^^ i suitAH WAIST. are plaited or shirred ami aro trimmed with drapery and :i duster of Howers. Among tho daintiest of novelties is the toque of mousseline <b* soie of different colors delicately graded. Sometimes there are different shades of tin* sante color, sometimes delicate (?nts ?if differ? ent colors. Choux of the mousseline ano! flowers are tho decoration. An illustration is given which shows a bodice of cream sarah, tucked all over very closely and finely, it bas a collar of turquoise grosgrain, which forms a plastron in front, and is finished with a Idas edge of cream satin. Six crystal buttons fasten the plastron. The outer part ?if tho siervo is of turquoise gros? grain edged with satin and adorned with crystal buttons: the under part is of tucked surah. The collar is of turquoise grosgrain, trimmed like the sleeves. JCDIC Cit Ol.LET. In the time of Louis Quatorze in France food in general was placed up? on tin? table in om' huge dish, and each helped himself with his naked band. As late as the middle ot the sixteenth century one glass or goblet did duty for the whole table. The Noble Animal. Trader Don't you want to sell that horse? Farmer- Naw. 1 kee]) him extra to haul broken down automobiles back to town.-Indianapolis Journal. Sixteenth Century Apples. Apples be so divers of form and sub? stance that it were infinite to describe them all. Some consist more of aire then water, as sour puffs called Mala pulmonea; others more of water then wind, as sour Gastaras and Pome wa? ters. To be short, all apples may be sorted into three kinds, sweet, soure and unsavory. Sweet apples ease the cough, quench thirst, cure melancholly, comfort the heart and head, especially if they be fragrant and odoriferous, ? and also give a laudable nourishment. Soure apples hinder spitting, straiten the brest, gripe and hurt the stomach, ! cuerease phlegm and weaken memory. Sweet a pi ?les are to be eaten at the ! beginning cf meat, but soure and tart apples fit the latter cad. All apples are ? worst raw, and best baked or preserv- : I ed. Philip of Macedonia and Alexander, \ his son, from whome perhaps a curious | and skilful herald may derive our Lan- | ? casbire men. we^e called Philomeli ap- j ; pie lovers because they were never ! j without apples in their pockets. Yea, \ all Macedonians, his countrymen, did j so love them that having neer Babylon j surprised a fruiterer's boy they strived ? for it that many were drowned.-Dr. i Thomas Moffett in 1375. I I'lants That Intoxicate. Bumblebees, butterriies and beetles j I are habitual drunkards. In some of j i the southern states insects alight on j certain plants, drink heartily from the blossoms and fall to the ground stu? pefied. After awhile they rise and fly around, just as drunken men would do if they had the power of flying. Their I antics are especially amusing unless one does not know what is the trouble. In this case the suspicion that the in? sect world has gone crazy is upper? most. A scientist who had observed the drinking and its results collected a teaspoonful of the pollen to see if it would affect a man the same way. He swallowed it and in a few minutes found his pulse beating faster and a j rise of temperature. Then he distilled some of the blossoms and gave himself a hy:x>dermic injection in the arm. He became decidedly dizzy as a result. By further experiments be found an oil de? rived from these plants which affects human beings and animals alike.-New j York Telegram. The Rogrne Saved thc; Jndsre. A judge of the English high court was once arrested on suspicion of hav? ing burglarious designs on the house of a friend in Mayfair. The police oificer charged him in the police sta? tion with loiteringwith felonious intent and the prisoner's description of him? self as one of her majesty's judges was received with a grin of sarcastic deri? sion. At that moment an old offender was brought in who happened to catch sight of his lordship's face, which he had good reason to remember. "You here, my lord!" he exclaimed, with unfeigned astonishment. "Well, this beats cockfighting." The rogue's unsolicited corroboration of the judge's declaration saved the situation, aud his lordship was allowed to depart in peace. St:iyins: at Home. A lady residing in North Columbus meeting a girl the other day who had lately been in her service inquired: "Well, Mary, where do you live now?" "Please, ma'am, I don't live no? where." rejoined the girl. "I'm mar? ried."-Indianapolis Journal. 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EAST. 2d cl 1st cl ?35 *33 Eastern time. 1st cl 2d cl ?32 *34 pm pm STATIONS. pm pm 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30 8 50 1 15 Dekalb ll 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville 11 50 4 30 10 50 1 40 Kershaw 11 35 4 10 11 20 2 10 Heath gorings 11 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 Pleasant* Hill 11 15 3 00 12 30 2 35 L?ngster 10 55 2 35 1 00 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40 j 2 30 3 10 Catawba Jct-ction 10 20 12 20 I 2 ?0 3 20 Leslie 10 i0 1100 ! 3 10 3 43 Rock Hill 10 00 10 40 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 30 8 CO 5 30 4 20 Yorkvilie 9 15 7 30 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 50 6 25 4 50 Hickory Grove 8 45 6 20 6 35 5 CO Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 ?lacksbnrg; 8 15 5 30 pmpm a m a m Between Blacksbnrg, S. C., and Marion, N. C WEST. EAST. 2d ci ls? cl ?ll *33 E&atero rime. 1st cl 2d cl ?32 ^12 am om STATIONS. a m 8 10 5 30 Blacksburg 7 48 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 8 40 5 50 Patterson Spricgft 7 25 9 20 6 CO Sbelbv 7 15 i0 00 c 20 Latumore 6 55 10 10 6 28 Mooresboro 6 <?8 10 25 6 38 lie-., nen* 6 38 10 50 6 5f- Forest City 6 20 1115 7 10 Rutherfordter. 6 05 11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 ?5 11 45 7 35 GoMco Valley 5 40 12 C5 7 40 Thermal Cr-y 5 37 12 25 7 ?8 Glenwood 5 17 12 50 8 15 Mariot 5 00 pm p cu am p m 6 40 20 12 to to 40 20 50 25 05 2 ?0 2 45 2 20 2 00 p m Weet. Gaffoev Division. East 1st Class 15 I 13 EASTERN TIKE. STATIONS. 1st CI*8S 14 1 16 p m 1 00 I 20 1 40 p m a m 6 00 6 20 6 40 a m I Btacksburg Cherokee Falls jGaffney a m 7 50 7 30 7 10 a m p m 3 C8 2 40 2 20 p m ?Daily except Suoday Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C., at 5 a m. making close connection ut Blacksburg, S C, with the Southern's train Ko 36 for Char? lotte, N C. and all points East and connecting with the Southern's vestibule going to Atlanta, Ga. and all points West, and will receive pas? sengers going East from train No 10, on the C & N W R R, at Yorkvilie. S C. at S 45 a m. and connects at Camden. S C. with the Southern's train No 7S, arriving in Charleston, S 17 p m, Train No 34 with passenger coach attached leaving Black?burg at 5 30 a ta, and connecting at Rock Hill wiih the Southern's Florida train for all points South, Train No 33 leaving Camden, S Cat 12.50 p m. alter the arrival of the Southern's Char? leston train connects flt Lancaster, S C, with the h ? CR R, at Catawba Junction with the SAL. poing Ka.-r, at Ro<-k Hill. S C, with the Southern's traiB. No 34. for Charlotte, N C. and all points East. Connects at York? vilie. S C, with train No 9 on the C ? N W R E. for Chester. S C. At BlacksbuTg with the Southern's vestibule going East, and the South- 1 era's train No 35 goit'g Wesi. and connecting at Marion N C with the Southern both Eastland West. SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TRIPP. Superintendent. S.B. LUMPKIN, Gen'l Passenger Ag^ot.