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By WOLCOTT LE CLEAR BEARD. tCopyright. 1S99. by American Press Asso? ciation.] CHAPTER IL IN "WHICH SPIDER SAVES HIS ENEMY'S LIFE Back of the narrow fiat that bordered the river rose a cliff cf shining, black "basalt, forming the edge of iie table? land, or mesa, as it is called, which stretches away for hundreds of miles, a treeless, arid plain that reaches out of the United States nearly half way through Mexico. On the edge cf this mesa our camp hau been made, and here on the morning set for the crossing the great herd was gathered. Since long before daylight the cow? boys had been riding hard, galloping '-lp He waved his hand as he passed me. j and shenting madly .as they brought : hurrying in the stragglers that had .wandered np or down the river. Every man was trying to do the work of three tnen. Mounted on a gentle pony, and leaning hard cn ene stirrup to ease the other foot, I tried to help, bnt with an arm in a sling and an ankle incapaci? tated one does not succeed well in herding cattle. A couple of cattle had broken away from the herd, and I was trying to chase them back. I failed signally. I Gould not follow their twists and turns, on account of my ankle, whicL was hurt by the pressure against the stirrup every time ray horse suddenly changed the direction in which he was going. I ad nearly given up when Spider, his pony cn the keen jnmp. flashed by and i tcok up the pursuit He waved his hand as he passed me and tried to -shout, but his throat was filled with <inst, and the nearest he could come to his usual shrill cheer was a sort of spluttering gasp. In a very few minutes the cattle were safely reunited with the herd. I had never seen Spider work with cattle, and his ready skill surprised me. Cer? tainly he showed none of the awkward? ness of which the Ballet Girl had com? plained. I was returning to the herd, when Spider emerged from the cloud of dust that surrounded it and cantered forward to meet me. "Look a-yer!" he cried in a tone of authority as soon as he was close enough to be heard. "You ain' got no business here. You ain't no good, no? how, in the shape like you are, an you'll only do yourself up worse. Go j *up on that there little rise, where you can see everything an won't hurt ver? seif. Me'n the boys, we'll tend ter the I cattle all right." Spider's command that I should re- j tire was sc plainly prompted by a solici- j tude for my welfare that I could not j have resented his tone even had 'it not j amused me as it did. Besides, he was ! perfectly right. I was of no use what-, i ever in the herding. Evidently intend- j r?g to see that his orders were fully car- j ried cat, Spider rode by my side as I ' slowly cantered toward the rise that he | had pointed out to me. Though the stir- j rup leathers cf the borrowed saddle ! were far toe long for him, though they j were pulled up as far as they would go. j and though the saddle itself was so j large that it would have had room in it i for several boys of Spider's size, still Spider rode superbly. ? saw that when he was airer those cattle. The pony lie was riding on was one of my oven, and though Spider had han the choice of several he had chosen the most unman? ageable anim;:! of them all. Cappy Lee was the last mau who had attempted to ride the brute. He had been promptly bucked off. He told me afterward that he bad turned a somersault so (prickly that he had seen the canvas patch that decorated the bael: of his trousers. "How does the pony carry you. Spider?" I asked as we rode along to? gether. "Like a bird. Concho an me's cl fran's. Ile like some. He won' try no funny business when I'm ridin 'm." re? plied Spider, with a happy grin, as he leaned forward and patted the pony's neck. Concho generally carried bis ears pointing directly toward his tail. He roiled the whites of his eyes in ac? knowledgment cf the caress and cocked his ears for an instant: then he laid them back airain. To me his conduct was not reassuring. '.if I wer-.- in yonr place, I wouldn't try any of th<:>f- tricks of yuars," said I. I was speaking calv '.i' tricks of horsemanship, bat Spider misnnd ;rstcod me. "Yon ain't seep me doin no-tricks terday. I reckon, he said in a < ne that showed that he was ra*i:' i hurl at what I said. "Yen ain't a-goin t< r see none, neither, i'm heroin now. it'.* business, an Pia in it fer ail I'm w< rib. Yon watch*:: s< . f 1 ain't I mas' ga back now. " Wheeling around <m his hind legs, Conche bucked himseif to? ward the hera as I mounted th i rise to which I had i e< n b mud. The han. hungry iookingcattle gath? ered on the j lain ? ;re b!< nded into an indistinguishaole mass by the thin cloud ef dust that hong over them, thrown np by their hoofs as they pawed the loose sand. Here and there flashed a glint of dull light, where the sunlight that filtered through the dust was re? flected from a tossing horn. With in j tervals between them, cowboys galloped i around the herd, half of them going in one direction, half in the other. They i passed in front of the herd and then I vanished around its back, when they j could only he distinguished by the pillar j of dust, thicker than that overhanging I the herd, that followed each raan as he rode. A little to one side the foreman sat on his horse, with Spider close by him. Then, evidently directed by his chief. Spider galloped over the plain and passed into the gorge that made a pas j sage between the cliff and the river flat, j The foreman cantered up to me. j "I reckon we better get this here job ! done about as quick as we know if we're goin ter do ii." he said as he came j within speaking distance. "We'll have j ter drive 'era all ter once too. The riv I er's risin. an Iber won* be no time ter split 'em up into bunches, an then get ! 'em over one bunch at a time like we : onghter. Can't say how far the water'll rise er how long it'll stay riz. new it's started. I jus' sent the kid ter look at : a watermark I set an hour ago. Here he comes, nov.-." As he spoke Spider rode up. j "Here's y er stake, " said he, holding : the notched stick np for inspection. : "Water was a han an a half over it i when 1 gotihere. Stake was clean outer ? sight, an I had ter hunt for it. " "Ye see," said the foreman, turning j to me. "We'll sure have ter go er get : stuck here. Reckon we'd better get j things a-movin. Whatjer think?" There was but one thing to do. I j nodded assent, and, followed by Spider, the foreman galloped back to his charga Then there were shouts from the j men : the cattle moved slowly forward, ; and, like a great serpent, the herd j strung itsek* across the plain and I through the gorge that led to the river, j halting for a moment on the flat below. : j "Now string 'em out an get 'em to j runnin, so's they can't stop their selves," commanded the foreman. . j "When you're gettin 'em inter the, drink, ride on the down stream side all? j yon can, so's they can't head that way. j ; Try'n have a little sense, if yer can. '?? \ Now, then, ready? Let 'ergo!" The waiting cowboys put spurs to their horses and started. After a mc-* ment's hesitation the great mass of cat? tle moved slowly toward the river. The men behind them urged them on with shots and blows and cries. Darting to the head of the herd. Hollis wonned his way in, and with the heavy honda cr ; loop ring of his lariat flogged the lead- ; ing cattle, patriarchal old bulls that j Were accustomed to move with delibera- ; tion. Determined not be outdone by his enemy, Spider dashed forward and ar- j rived an instant later. The nimble lit- j tie cow pony slid in among the cattle and was here, there and everywhere in an instant, while his rider whipped, spurred and yelled like a madman. A sort of clumsy ripple that reminded me of the movement of logs jammed in a river passed along the length of the herd; then the cattle broke into a lum- j bering gallop. The gallop was much j faster than it seemed. First Hollis and I then Spider broke through the bead of the herd, and, riding diagonally for \ ward, tried to get to one side of the I rush. I could see that their horses were j i going at a rate that they could hardly j have bettered if their lives bad been de- j pending on their sneed. Hollis was ahead, with Spider inline- j ciately behind and trying to pass him, I and. aided by his light weight. Spider ? succeeded in passing. He reached the j outside of the path pursued by the herd, j and. wheeling his horse, swooped down i on the flank of the body of cattle, still j yelling and flogging as he urged it cn. ! Hollis also had nearly passed out of ! the danger line when his horse lurched forward and fell, throwing his rider j I some distance from him. directly in j ; line of the rushing herd that was bear- j ing down upon them. He had stepped j ? into a badger hole. The horse scram- | ' bled to his feet and galloped on. bnt I ! for a moment Hollis, apparently ?tan- j j ned. lay where he had fallen. No one could do anything to help- I i there was no time. In another instant j j Hollis rose unsteadily to his feet. There ; Covering thc foremost bull of thc herd, he Jin-I. ' was a bowlder a few feet distant, and \ he maori f<;r it in a limping run. He : drew a pistol as he knelt behind the ; rock, and hurriedly covering the fore ? most bnll of the herd, now tembly close j to him. he nreo. The bull plunged head 1< ULT against the bowlder and I.ay with I his body jammed across it. ; The cattle were not quite stamped*; d. I If they had been they would have piled ? themselves ene on top of another over : the bowlder and the dead, bull that rest? ed against it until, with their combined weight, they would have almost crushed tberocfc its? !?. As it was they turned t<? <.o" side and the other as they reached ti:-' impediment: and left a little open space around it. ;i< :J.(?':^?2 the rock were a candle and the space ? 1?" light 'i shed Another moment and tb" herd had passed, followed by a cloud of flying dust. This cloud was peopled by cow? boys who waved their bands .o Hollis as they w< nt by him and shouti ?! words of ir?.?:]i.";;l consolation <>.: counsel. One of lb" men advised him to engage Spider as a riding teacher. Hollis w;is not pleased. Ile made this olain in his repues to the rough jokes that v showered upon him. He was not at the sort of person that could enjc joke when at his own expense. The herd reached the river and ; yellow spray was flung high in the ; I Then they slowed and stopped, heav j to and fro. They were prevented fi j breaking down streani again by j cowboys, who stood ready to foil ev : such attempt, and try as they mi i they could not return-but not an ii I forward would they stir. The rivera ; rising fast, and more short banded tl ever, now that Hollis was nnhorsed was all that we conld do to hold th where they were. Far in the van cf the herd st< Hollis* pony, girth deep in the wat Hollis caught sight of bim. Retan by his cowboy boot heels, three inc high. Hollis walked laboriously thror. the deep, soft sand toward the herd tl stood bunched together, half in, h ont of the stream. Going np to 1 nearest cow. Hollis put his hands her shoulders and vaulted neatly ar.tr: of her lean back, and before the ast< ished animal had time to remonstn in any way he bad swung from ber ba to that of another which was standi next to ber. From this one he swung a third, until at last he reached a p: of the herd near the middle where t animals were so packed together tl they were almost incapable cf moy ment. Then he rose to bis feet a: started to walk, stepping from o backbonp to the next. It was a crazy thing to do. Once I fore I bad seen a man attempt to swi: from back to back, and it was a da g?rons feat enough. Such a feat Hollis was now attempting was t times as dangerous. Should he fall t tween the cattle they would close ov his head and almost certainly drov him. For some distance Hollis succeed* well enough. Each back wicced as h foot pressed it. and the head belongil to the back would toss angrily. Tl heads w?re all pointing in one dire tion, and in order to avoid them Holl passed diagonally across the herd i much the same manner that a bot heats to windward. He completed h: first tack. With one foot on the back ( a cow, the other pressing the spin; column of a vicious cream colored bul Hollis tried to turn. The bull threw n his head and attempted to plunge. H was too closely confined to succeed i this, but he unbalanced Hollis, whc withdrawing his foot from the back c. the bull, placed it on the creatnre tba Stood directly behind him, tottered fe an instant, then regained his balan c and brought his foot forward once more replacing it on the billi's back. Just a this time Spider came galloping dow; the bank. Pulling his horse almost o; to its haunches, he stared in blam amazement. He would not have bee] more astonished, he told me afterward if Hollis had appeared in the guise of ai angel flying over the herd and h "couldn' think er nothin more unlike ly'n that." Hollis saw Spider at the same mo ment. Once mere he tried to turn, ant this time he succeeded. As he did so hi: foot slipped. He made a couple cf quid ? steps to recover his balance. He mor< than recovered it. He threw it the othei way and fell backward at full lengtl between the cattle. Hollis' struggles to rise prcbabh frightened the cattle even more than hi: fall bad done. They heaved and surgec frantically to clear themselves of theil burden, and in an instant Lad opened a space between them through which Hollis dropped with a scream that 1 heard, distant as I was, far above the noise of the cattle and the shouting. Then the space closed over his head, i I\ot for a moment did I suppose that I should again see Hollis alive-not once in a thousand snell occurrences would I have bad an opportunity. As it was. by ! a miracie of good fortune, he came np ! near tho heads of the cattle between : which he bad fallen. I saw his band j clutching at a born. The head to which < the bern belonged bellowed and tossed ; in its efforts to free itself. Twice it j broke his bold, and twice Hollis reap j peared. grasping for his life at tne nearest support Spider instantly turned bis horse and spurred straight into the press of cattle, ' striking and shouting and trying to ! scatter it. Only on the edge of the herd ! did be succeed. The rest of the cattle ? were packed too closely, and there was ? not time for them to move. Still spnr ? ring. Spider snatched his lariat from i where if hung cn bis saddle, closing the j loop in order to increase its length. He . swung it and cast The rope foil fair 1 and trne across the neck of the steer tu j which Hollis was clinging Hollis grasp ! ed it instantly I The cattle heaved and pushed as they ! felt the strain of the tightened line over j their backs. Spider tried desperately to j bring the end of his lariat to the saddle ; born, where be could secure it, bat he ! was forced away by the cattle until the ! rope would not reach. Then the cattle gave back a little. Hollis tock in the slack afforded by this movement, and ; opening the loop with one hand, tried ! to get it over his bead and shoulders. "Le' nie have it!" shrieked Spider. ? "Le' me havo the' slack-- I can't get tbe rope, t' tbe li?'iii 'less yon do. I can't pull y'ont with jcs' my han' Le' lae have it- quick !" Hollis strain d th'1 rope harder than ever. Though h.* conld not get lae loo]? over his shoulders, he ?lid get one arm through, ami then, clutching the lariat in his band, he y -ked iii" lim1 danger? ously as he struggled to rise between the cattle. "Slack off till I c n fast the rope!" called Spider despairingly *'I can't h<ii' ter my saddle else. ' I The rope was strained until it sung iii;-- a barp string With a quick turn cf bis wrist S j. i c ? < ? i- wrapp< d the end of th" lariat around !:is hand and le Ll on will: all ti;" stn ngth of Li- tough lin!" body. Clinging to the horn with his P ft i baud, li" was dragged farther and far ?le r ont of his saddle Filially his hold on the born was brcken, his pony dashed ; riderless up the bank, while Spider j hung by tho rope, counterbalanced by Hollis at the other end. "Let go!" I roared to him as I posh my horses down the bank in order attempt the assistance that I knew conld not give. "Let go the line ai get ont while you can ! Don't yous they'ro closing around you ? Let go! Spider heard and shook his head. I had no intention whatever cf letti] go. Dragged upward by Hollis' superi weight, he was hanging with his fe just touching thc water. In spite of t desperate hold the lariat was slippii through Spider's hands. His face w getting white under its tan. but li teeth were set and still be held fast. "Let go! Let go. now!" I cale, again. Spider did not let go. and tin it was too late. A bunch of cattle, co fnsed by the stir, that were lumberii aimlessly about, crowded against hi: and hemmed him in. As I rode I dre my pistol and ?ired three shots in ;:ap: succession. It is a distress signal th; is universally known, and it' it w; heard it could not fail to bring the mc back to Spider's aid. For a moment no one answerei There was no time for an answer. Bi I did not realize that then. I roc?e ; the cattle and fired three mere shot this time straight into them, and tbr< of them rolled over into the muddy w; ter. I was so close that I could n< miss, and I would cheerfully have sacr ficed the whole herd just then if would have helped Spider ont. But m pistol was empty, and all I could cl was to try, with the able assistance c the littie bay mare I rode, to scatt* the cattle that held him into the herc Indeed the mare did far mere than I i the minute that followed. Seeming t realize the situation, she plunged kicked and even bit as she tried to fore her way. The press got thicker and thickei The little mare could only struggl faintly against it. I was quite close t Spider nov/, hut I might as well hav been a miie away, for I could not reac him. I caught sight of his red hea only once. The rest of the time I cou! see nothing but the strained line tha hummed between the boy and the heav; man that was trying to climb by it. cculd still yell, and I did. Three shot came hack in answer, and in anothe moment help had arrived. The cattle that held us into the hen were scattered. One of the cowboy caught my mare by the bridle and le: her. protesting against the indignity up the bank. As we went I turned m] head in time to see that Cappy Lee ha< picked Spider up bodily by his belt an; that he looked more spiderlike than evei with his legs and arms flourishing ir the air as he was lifted to a scat ir front of his rescuer. At the same tim< another man cut Spider's rope. Then, carrying the loose end to his saddh horn, he took a quick turn and gal loped away. Of course the strain or Hollis' arm must have been terrible. Nc mau could have held on, even thong! his life depended upon it, bnt Hollis had seenred the loop around his wrist and had no choice but to come. Bump? ing over the back of one cow after an? other and yelling frightfully as he came. Hollis at last dropped with a splash into the shallow water near the shore. The cowboy cast loose the rope from his saddle horn and cantered after Lee. Released from control, the cattle scattered and soon, except for the three dead ones, there was not a cow in sight. Another attempt to cross the river then was impossible We had done our best and had failed. [TO HZ CONTINTES.] Fixed thc Gas Company. 'TU fix 'em," said a Capitol II iii citi? zen when he got his gas bill a couple of months ago. "Nine dollars and eighty cents, hey, when we've been out every night with the exception of two or three for the past moni h ! I'll move, that's all. at the end of Hie month, but If I don't make that gas meter of mine work overtime between now and the day I move it'll be because I run out of matches, that's all! I'll eat up about $40 worth of gas and then let the darn? ed gas company keep the $3 I've got ou deposit!" So from that evening on as soon as twilight fell thc Capitol Hill man made a tour of the house ami lit every jet from cellar io garret. "I'll teach 'em to bunko folks!" he said t:) himself savagely as he started all tim burners a-going. Along toward the end of the month bc and his wife picked. <?ur. another house and made arrangements for mov? ing. Tho Capitol Hill man was de? lighted when the gas bill read ?2?.G0. "This is one time they won't gouge me!" he shouted exultantly as lie danc? ed around with tho bill in his hand. Three days before the day set for moving ins wife was taken ill. and of course the moving had to be declared off. Sile is only now convalescing. The Capitol Hid man paid the $20.00. and his friends nie now telling him the story about rho man who robbed his own trunk.-Washington Tost. C"an:ii!>::Ii.*:iie. Oliver Wendell il.dines enjoyed liait humor best which was ?d' his own pro? duction. On one occasion he was hold? ing forth at great length on the sub? ject ol' cannibalism, and. having wound himself up to the proper pitch, lie turned suddenly to Thomas Bailey Aldrich, who vas sitting near him. and asked: "I::.agine! What would you do if you were i<? meet a canni? bal:" "I think." Mr. Aldrich sweetly re? plied "that I should stop t'> pick an aco,ua nuance willi him." T'ds rejoinder <:i>: such a gloom over I?r. [Joimcs that during the res i of the dinner his con versai ion was limited t o monosyllables.- San Francisca Argo? naut: CooLs. Books are sweet, uu rep roaching com? panions to the m i sera.b] e. and ii' thew cannot bring us t<> enjoy life they will ' at least teach us to endure it.-"Vicar j ! of Wakefield." I I Out of Steht. An English cotton buyer in Memphis was talking with the clerk of one of the hotels the other day when a com? mercial traveler came up. "How you feeling, Bill?" said the clerk as he ex? tended his band. "Oh, Fm just out of sight." replied the drummer. After the commercial man had been assigned Iiis room the Englishman turned to the clerk and inquired what be meant by "out of sight." The clerk explained that be incant ne was feel- i ing fine, and the Englishman recorded j it in his little book. The next morning when he same down to breakfast the clerk, following ! bis nsna! custom, asked how be felt, i The Englishman thought it a good time i to trv some of bis newlv learned slang I and. with the air of one who has solv- j ed a difficult problem, replied, "Oh, i you kaun't see me at all!"- Memphis j Sei mi; ar. Motion and Color. The relations between light arri the I eye are wonderful, and tile rapidity of the vibrations of the atmosphere nec? essary ro produce color sensations are amazing. To get the sensation of red? ness our eyes .are affected 4S2.000.000 I times in a second: of yellowness. ?40,- | 000.000. and of violet, 707.000.000. So ! that the seven hued rainbow, whose : finn and subtle flame is reared out of ! drops of water that are ever shifting, j plays upon the human oyo in a manner so astounding that the strongest mind might stagger beneath the awful reve? lation.-London Opinion. Too Lo::^r to Wait. "If you wi!! get my new snit clone by Saturday." said a customer to a tailor. "I'll be forever indebted to yon." "If that's yon;- game." replied the tailor, "the clothes wiil not be done at all/'-Indianapolis Journal. Philadelphia. Baltimore and Wash? ington ave red brick cirios, red brick being the predominan?.:: building ma? terial. In Washington rhe sameness is relieved by the g:r;:;te public buildings and marble business structures. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule ia Effect Jan. 17, IfOO. Ko. ll No. \i Daily Daiiyl EASTERS TIME. I No. I) N~o.Il ?Daily.Daily ?20p TCOa'Lv... Charleston ... Ar;U 10a 815p 65Sn 7 41af M .. Summerville .. '* ^JoOat 728? 7?/v 855a " .. .Kranehville... " j i?30a tiOOp 7 5^ 9?3a? " ...Orangeburg... " 8 4?a 533p 8 45p 10 15a " .... Kingviiie...." 7 55a 4 43p 45a j Ar ..Sumter... .[ll 40a *'.Camden... "LY -LT! H Wp .250p i' aopjll ???H?! Ar... .Columbia.Lvl 7 loa; 40Qp 5 -Vp: ; 0;a Lv~ Charleston .. .Ar ?1 ??al S 15p 725pI 9i5a: " ...Bi allenville... " . 85Dal COM 740p: 9 4?a? "_Bamberg - " ! 8l/-?p; OTIU-I! "_Denmark_" j 820prl?07a " ... .Blackville." ? 8Z2p;il oea ".Aiken.M I 102w:'ll 51a Ar.Augusraun.d.Lv " 1 8 27a 5 3 ip 6 laa 5 l'.?p 8 0Ja 5U3o 7 t?n 3 55p 0 2Ja? 3 IL.1;i NoT?: In addition to tho above service trains Nos. 15 and Iii run daily between Charles? ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman Bleeping ears. No. 15 leave Charleston ll :C0 p. m. ; arrive Columbia 0:00 a. m. No. 16 leave Co? lumbia 1 :d0 a. m. ; arrive Charleston 7 :U0 a. m. BloeDing cars ready for eccupancy at 9:00 p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. These trains make close connections at Columbia with through trains between Florida points and "Washington and the east. Connection with trains Nos. 31 and 33 New York and Florida Limited between Blackville, Aiken and Au? gusta. No. SI leaves Blackville at 8:40 a. ni? Aiken 9 :29 a. m., Augusta 1? :10 a. m. No. 31 leaves Augusta 6.25 p. m.. Aiken 7.08 p. m., Blackville 7.55 p. m. Pullman Drawing Room Bleepers between Augusta, Aiken and Nevi York._ | |Ex. .Sun. ?Es. ? Sun.! only Sun. Lv. Augusta_ Ar. Sandersv?le. " Tecnille. Lv. Teunille., " bandcrsville_ Ar. Augusta. 700a 9 30a! 5 20p 100p!l243o; S32p 130n'125opj &40p 5 40a 850p| 310p 5 50a 400p| 3 23p .?,! 9?0ai 710p! S.'i?p in?? JTWN.? M?T. : Daily] Mix. P^yjDw^ Daily ExsuEria Lv. .Savannah... " Alle;idale.... " Barnwell... " Blackville . 12 05a? 12 lop 410p 6" 35a. 4tf0a? 4 02p? 7 2ja) 7 54p 4 15a! 417p|10 15a| SlUp 5 05a 615a 7 45a Ar. Bat Osburg.. .12 30pp. Ar. Columbia....! 600a GOUpj. 935pill3Ca -1-:-! TWIJTWIJ Mix. Mix. Doily ?Daily,DailyrEx ^ Ex suwcMo Lv. Columbia.!i::Ca 125a; 600aj.j 7 05a 2 lop !. Lv. Bate Ar. Blackville.- 112p 305a 10 25a- 450pl S 32a " Barnwell..-. I 127t> 32ea!1100al 915p< S -?Sa .* Allendale. .. .I lGi?p; 9Mp' i? l ia ** savannah.I 3 -Op1 5 15a!.I.?O 35a Atlanta and Beyond. Lv. Charleston... 7 o:a 52?p:. | Ar. Augusta .1151a!l020p!. ? *. Atlanta. 820p 500a?. Lv. Atlauta.II vX'pj 5 30a 400p Ar. Chattanooga.i 545a| 9 45a; ?>4i.ip Lv. Atlanta..i 5 40aj ? lop Ar. Kir min ?-ham..'li 35a lOlCp " Memphis, tvia Birmingham)... s??pj 7 15a Ar. Lexington. " Cincinnati. " Chi.-ago. 1 SOOpj 5 00s 7 3\>p| 7 45a 7 15aI 5 30p Ar. Louisville . 7 30pj 7 50a " Sc. Louis.I 7C4a! GOOp Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga).. 1 710p| 7 40a To Ashevillo-Cincittnati-Lonisvillo. Z ^. !\ol:?;yol3? _PASTERN TIME._?QailyjDafl? Lv. Augusta.j 3?i?p? S&ip " Eatesburg. . | 4 45j> 12 Uta Lv. Charleston.. . _ . j 7 00a il IKW Lv. Columbia i i'nion Depot?. Ill -tua 7 55a Ar. Spar tan burg .! olee il ~?a " Asheville .! 7 (?Op 2;i7p " Knoxville.I 4 lf-a 7 20p " Cincinnnati.I 7L:op! 7-s.'ia *' Louisville (via.Tei!ico>. 1 .|t>.r>ea To Washington e.nd the East. Lv. Augusta..FSOOpi 930p Ba esburg.j 445p!1207a " Columbia I rjnion Depot >. 555p 2 15a Ar. {'harlot to.. .! '.MO;- '?' 40a Ar. I>ai;%. i'.1 *.. I-.'51? 1 osp ArTkichmoad _' Gjila j>25g Ar. "Washington. .: 7 35a 850p " Ballimore Pa. R. R..! 9 12:? ll 25p " Philade-nhi?.ll 85a 256a " N?-w Yoil: . L'e:ip_613a Sleeping O.r Line l'Ctwe^'n Charleston and Atlanta, via A-ugi sta. making connections a? Atiau'a for a!! ?oiafs ?Cor?h ;e:.s W?>st. . Solid Trains between Charleston and Ash? ri!> ( '. .!i?^r>:?or:s at Conimbia with through trains for Washington and ih?* ??as? : also for yackson T;!!I' ?nd J:il Fiori La Points. FR A N'K S. G A S N ON, J. M. CTLP, Third V f. ,v iifn. Mgr., Traf-;.- Manager, Washington, D. C. Wasiiingtoi?,D. C GKORiii: B ALLEN, Div. ! ass. Ag?.. Charleston. S. C. W- A. TURK. S. H. li AKDWICK, Gm. Pass. Act . Asst. Gen. Pas*. Ag?., Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga, t"/^OTTON ^Culture" is the name of a valu? able illustrat? ed pamphlet ?w? T which should \&**^ be in the hands of every planter who raises Cotton. The book is sent FREE. Send name and address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. Life and Fire Insurance* Call on me, at my residence, Liberty ??reet, for both Life and Fire Insu? rance. Onty reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No 130. Ai?dreim Moses. Oct ?5-o. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS From Thoroughbred Prize Winners ?1.50 FOR 15. Safe Arrival Goaranteed. L. C. DARSEY, Box 12. Sunny Side, Ga. Jan 31 2m FOR SALE. EXTRA FINE BARRED PLYMOUTHS Also, Sggs for Hatching, 15 for $2 00. Nicely Packed in New Baskets] JOHN A. CULLOM, Ridge Spring, S. C. Jan 21 4m M Carolina and Georgia Ex? tension B. I Company. Schedule No. 4-Io effect 12.01 a. m., Sun? day, December 24, 1899. Between Camden S. C , and Blacksbarg, S. C. WEST. EAST. 2d cl 1st cl 1st cl 2d cl *35 *33 Eastern time. ?32 ?34 pm pm 8 20 12 50 8 50 115 9 20 1 27 10 50 1 40 11 20 2 10 11 35 2 15 12 30 2 35 1C0 2 ? 0 1 20 3 00 2 30 3 10 2 50 3 10 3 10 3 40 4 10 3 55 4 45 4 C2 5 30 4 20 6 00 4 35 6 25 4 50 6 35 5 00 7 00 5 20 pm pm STATIONS. Camden Dekalb Westville Kershaw Eeatb Springs Pleasent Hill Lancaster Riverside Springdell Catiwha Junction Leslie . Rock Hill New Port Tirsab Yorkvi?e Sbarco Eickcry Grcve Sisvrna Blucksbcrg; p ia pm 12 25 5 30 ll C2 4 50 ll tO 4 30 il 35 4 10 ll 20 3 15 ll 15 3 00 10 55 2 35 10 40 1 00 10 30 12 40 10 20 12 20 10 10 ll 00 10 00 10 40 9 35 8 20 9 30 8 00 9 15 7 30 9 00 6 50 8 45 6 20 8 35 6 00 8 15 5 30 am am Between Biacksbor?, S. C., and Marion. N. C WfcST. EAST. 2d cl lsv cl let cl 2d cl *l? *33 Extern time. *32 *12 D m STATIONS. am pm 5 30 Biacksburg 7 43 6 40 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 5 ?0 Patterson Sorincs 7 23 o 12 6 (0 Shelby 7 15 6 < 0 ? 20 Lf.t'.imc.-e 6 55 4 f 0 6 1-8 Mnorest'oro 6 48 4 40 6 38 Bendena 6 33 4 20 6 5K Forest (-itv 6 20 3 50 7 10 Ruthe: ford tc:: 6 05 3 25 7 22 Miilwocd 5 lb 3 05 7 35 (icldcn Valley 5 40 2 50 740 Tbe.'raai City 5 37 2 45 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 20 ? 15 llarico 5 00 2 CO pm a m p m Weet. Gaffney Division. East ls: Cisss ! EASTERN TI VE. 15 ! 13 ! STATIONS. p tn nm ! 00 6 '.-0 1 20 6 20 1 40 6 40 p a? <i tn * Blftckeburg Cherokee l ads {Gaffney . 1st Gloss j 14 I 16 am pm 7 f 0 3 00 7 30 2 40 7 i0 2 20 am pm .Dtuiy exe.pt Sandey Train No 32 leaving .Marion, N. C., at 5 a tanking cb'SC connection at Blarksbu.g, if '".wi h the Southern's train No ?,6 for Char? lotte. N C. and all points Ea.-=t and connecting v:;h tbc Souther:! % vestibule going to Adan ta, (Ja. ?md all points West, and will receive pas? sengers g'dnt; Ka.-? from tr;*.i:- No 10. on thc C ? N \X K lt. at Yorkville. S C. at S -15 a m. and connects at Camden. S C. with the Southern's tr.iin \'o TS. arriving in Charleston, S 17 pm. Train No S4 with passenger roach attached leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a tn, and connecting st Ruck Hill w?;h the Southern's Florida train for li points Soul'?, Train No 33'caving Camden, S C. at 12^0 p m. after t???- arrival of the Southern's Char !est.>:' train connects at Lancaster, S C, with the 1. ? C H K, at Catawba Junction with the S A L, ?:<-ing East, at Kook Hiil. S C, with ?he Southern's train. No ;;4, fur Charlotte. N (\ and .'.! point* Ka t. C< nneets at Y< rk ville. S C. with nain No 9 < n the C ? N \V R K. tor Chester, S li. At Bla< ksbutg wi rh tho Southern's vestibule going East, and the South? ern's train No 35 s:< it g xVe>t. ard connecting at Marten NC with the Southern bo;h East'ar. d West. SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TRIPP. Superintendent. S.B. LUMPKIN, tfeu'l Passeng r Ag?nt.