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?MAPS By WOLCOTT LS OLEAS BEARD. [Copyright. i$?9, by American Press Asso ciation.] CHAPTER IEL Di WHICH SPIDE?? MYSTERIOUSLY LEATE: CAMP. It veas in a most dismal frame cu mind that we returned to our camp, rather to the place where our camp had been. Cur reception was corresponding? ly dismal. In fact, it would he nearer the truth to say that we had no recep? tion, fer while we were trying to get the cattle over the river the Ballet Girl had packed up everything there was to pack arid had departed in search of a ford ora boat or some means of getting across without having to ferry himself ever on his timber leg, as he told ns afterward. Therefore there was no din? ner awaiting us when we arrived and no means cf getting any. When, after considerable search, we finally discovered our missing kitchen, it had succeeded in crossing, and then, in the face of the rising water, it had to return. It was quite nightfall when it reached us. The Ballet Girl was in a particularly bad humor. For this rea? son our supper, when we got it, was a ?wretched one. Still, bad as it was, it was welcome. As the men gathered about the fire their Spider was sobbing as though his heart would break. 'spirits rose amazingly, even though their wet clothes steamed more than the scalding coffee that the cook poured into the big tin cups. It was all in the jday's work-of a cowboy. We had nearly finished supper when I noticed that Spider was not there. It -was so unusual for him to absent him? self from a meal that I went in search of him, fearing that something might be wrong. It was some time before I could find him in the darkness; but, hearing an odd sound from behind my tent, I fellowed it With his arms thrown around the neck of the horse that he had ridden that day, Spider was sobbing as though his heart would break. I stood still for a moment, sur? prised. He had not heard me, and I knew that he would be terribly morti? fied should he find that I had been a witness of his weakness, so I coughed in a discreet manner to warn him of my approach. The effect was instantaneous. Spider straightened up immediately and began to hum a little tune to himself, while the horse locked around at him with an expression of mild surprise at bis sudden change of mood. I asked him why he did not come to supper. He answered that he "didn' I seem ter want none jus* nov? somehow. ' This was very startling. When I com? mended his braverv and magnanimity is doing what he had done to save the life of an enemy, he observed that "it wa?n' DO great ?hakes nohow, " and that as he intended*to square matters with Hollis sooner or later he didn't want Hollis drowned, as that obviously would prevent any snch reckoning. It was like Spider to attach the low? est possible motive to anything that he might do, but I knew better. There was no use in saying anything more. I held ont my hand. Spider winced as he took it. Then I found that his right palm had been cnt almost to the bone by the rope 1 hat had been pulled through it. I took him lack to the camp and dressed his hand as well as I was able J with the limited resources at our com- j mand, and at last he rolled up in his ! blanket and fell into the deep sleep of ! otter exhaustion. I had returned to my own tent and I sat under the fly, looking out at the i dismal landscape and feeling very blue j indeed. There was nothing, as far as ! the eye could reach, but rock, cactus i and sand. How the cattle were to live j I could not see. Something must be j done. I was about to call the foreman for a consultation when I saw him coming toward me. "Evenin." he remarked as though he bad not seen me before that day ''Thought I'd come over an see what we'd best do with them there critters while the river's goin down We can't eta y here." I didn't in the l"ast know what to do. Furthermore, the river was not going down. It w;is rising. "Yaas. so 'tis. That's what made me think that maybe, after all. we'll have ter take the herd ter ol' Lorena's range fer a bit. Can't do no better as I c n see." "Where is Lor< na's range?" I asked "Is there feed tm re?' " 'Bout 40 mile down th" river Oh. yes. there's tir;*>s there, ail right enough.'" He spoke so dubiously t??;?? I asked f??r an explanation "< m. y< -. there's grass there, ail right enough.' he repeated. "But then L irena, he's there too I don t iii.:' Lor* na ?:<::i" too well, ?io's a greaser, an there ain't 30 worse one nowhere Ee's got an ail fired bad lot aroun him. too. down th- re to Agua Calient-: Yon'!! have ?? r \ ay fer the use er the range, of course, au 1 reckon may-' v;c vrrr.'? V-? n* fron oie. Anyhow, it lucks like it's al :'n do. " I was not borrowing trouble. I that I thought we'd better start foi rena's as soon as we could get awa the morning. "I reckon.' agreed the forei "Now there's another riling I wante< say. Yon see how we was at the i this momia. We're short banded, tl what we are, an vre want more bel This fact was not news to me, a said so. "Well, we're sh or tern over no the foreman went cn. "Hollis he w ce no good fer awhile-ono of bis ;i is a loot a:; a }::;]!' a;::g<. r'n the ot an it'll take tr month ter get it 1 where it was. Now there's that ki Spicier. He dene some mighty g work yes'day in the herdin. not ter erbost that 30b he done fer Hollis man what tried ter throw him dewr. he knowed. S'pcse we take him on. "But \vb::t will the cook do':" I jected. '"He's all right. We C'D pick ti Chinaman er snnthin fer bim bime an now he says the kid'll be a si more use rou 11 the cattle than evei was with the cook outfit. I guess c'n call that settled, so fur es the Bi G url goes. Course I know the kid ca do a man's work yet. an I only rn? ter give him boy's pay fer now, till see how he does. Are yon willin?" I was perfectly willing-more tl that. I was delighted to give Spider chance, bot I did not say so. I 0: asked how Spider was to get a suita outfit-apart from the horse. If he t taken a fancy to the ugly brute he h ridden that day he might have 1 creature and welcome. "I guess that lets us cut-the hors? responded the foreman. "The boys 1 got up a sorter chip in fer the re Hollis, he'll come up with ccnsid'al of it, I reckon. He will fer the cha anyhow. He owes it. " Hollis certainly did owe the cha] but I was rather surprised from 1 knowledge of the man that he should readily acknowledge his debt. "Oh, yes, Hollis is mighty grateful reckon," replied the foreman when expressed my astonishment. "Hollis come down with the money all rigl don't you fear. " There was somethii peculiar in the foreman's tone th made me snspicious. "Does Hollis know that he's expect? to contribute?" I asked. "No, not yet. He will, though. I' a-gonter see him now. " The forent hitched his holster conveniently fo ward and departed. I shouted an ord after him to the effect that, whatev? Hollis might cr might not be willing give, there should be no coercion in tl matter. I never knew whether or n< this order was obeyed. I rather think was not I did not witness the announcemei of Spider's promotion. Long before sui rise I had started out with the forema to arrange with Lorena for the use < his pastures. The herd was to follow u: As the foreman had said, I found L( rena to be a most villainous cid Mex: can and surrounded by a most villair ons crew of followers. He knew that w were at his mercy, and therefore ovei charged us frightfully. The pasturag on his range was good, and that at leas was a comfort, but I didn't at all lik the prospects in other ways. Two day later, when the cattle arrived, w camped, as before, on the banks of th river. Our ostensible reason for camp ing there was, of course, that we wouh be on hand at the earliest possible mo ment when the river should fall enougl to allow ns to cross. But really wi chese this place, the foreman and I, ii order to be as far away as we eoult from the wicked little town of Agus Caliente, the headquarters of Loren? and his friends. At best the town wa: far nearer us than we liked. The dis tance was only 20 miles cr sc. For a week cr two after we arriver we did not seem to me to have mucl cause for alarm. In fact, I would have been rather relieved had not the fore? man kept np a continual croaking. Th* cattle were in no way interfered with. It is true that many of our men would avail themselves of every possible op? portunity to get to Agna Caliente, and would frequently stay there much longer than they ought; but this, in view of the time that had lapsed since they had seen a town of any kind at all, was no rucre than one must expect. There was little for the men TO do. In fact, for this first fortnight, the life settled back to its old monotony as far as I was concerned. To Spider the new responsibilities that he had as? sumed seemed a never failing delight. He worked indefatigably, and at night was quite ready to go to sleep without the preamble of setting the camp by the ears, according to his former habit. Apart from other reasons. I think that Spider would at this time have consid? ered such an outbreak beneath his dig? nity, unless committed for weighty and well considered reasons. Besides, bis outfit arrived, which placed him, when the first stunning shock of surprise had j subsided, on the pinnacle of all earthly I bliss. j Spider might well be pleased. The j "boys" had done their best, and Spider w ;s equipped from head to heel with i cowboy paraphernalia-saddle, bridle, j spurs and all. His chaps were resplend 1 ent. The new leather made his legs, so , the men said, look like those of a newly j hatched chicken, they were so yellow. I So taken with them was Spider that he ?was nearly thrown several hues the ; first day be wo: . them because, instead ! of looking to sec where his horse was j gr.inir. he was admiring his legs But a I glory greater even than the chaps lay in his "gnp," the heavy pistol, that j with its holster and weil filled car i fridge bei* Spid< r proudly buckled around Iii- waist He seemed to have grown two inches ta?!< r as he strutted about ti." camp The outfit would have been w<. fully incomplete without this j weapon, it' a h ru< r r ? com? s unhorsed; I ?i?." haif wild <.;(!:{.. will attack bim oft? ncr that! not and without this means of d? use he would be beJpli ss. Spider threw himself into his work i with an energy greater, if possible, than ? before. Lack of energy was at no time one nt Spider's faults, and this was most fortunate, for we needed him and every ene cn whom we could depend more and more as the days passed hy Matters in the camp were going fruin had to worse Those men who went most frequent? ly to Agna Caliente began going often? er than ever Sometimes they would leave their work in order to go there, and when they returned they would be Siled with the malignant whisky preva? lent in that region or with the still mere malignant mescal. Could we have replaced them these m: n would have been discharged at once, hut we could not replace them. For a time ? was comforted by the "''flection that as soon as their money gave out this conduct must cease It did not cease, but in? stead it became worse than ever. Some of the cowboys left. Some became so useless that, great as our need was. we had to discharge them. Of all the men who went often to Agua Caliente, Hollis alone would return sober. "An he's jus' the las' one I care about," said the foreman as for tbs hundredth time we were holding a council. "He's han' in glove with Lo? rena an the hull gaug. It's them what get the boys away-it's their reg'lar trick. They wants ter weaken ns all they can an then sneak the cattle. Been stealin cattle fer years, they have, only no one couldn't prove nothin. They j ain't takin no chances they c'n help, i but the river's goin down purty fas' now, an they know it. so I reckon they'll make ther try fer our herd in a night er two-t'night. maybe. Better get the cattle together. There ain't no use in our foolin ourselves-things don't look none too gaudy, no way you c'n see 'em. " What the foreman said was perfectly ? true. I fully realized that now, and at once gave orders to rcund up the cattle. The river had fallen considerably, and it was decided that we should move the camp and gather the cattle at the near? est ford, 12 miles below. In this way it was just possible that, if the river al? lowed us, we might get across and away before there was an opportunity for trouble. All of cur men were at supper that night, and all of them, with the excep? tion of Hollis, were trustworthy. The others had been weeded out days before. As the hasty meal was finished the fore? man stood up and made a little speech to the men. It was very short. "Boys, " he said, "I reckon yon all J knows what yen got ter do. Xcw yon i wanter saddle up an do it jus' as quick j as you know how. There'll be trouble j else at both ends er the line. Now's the j time ter start. " The boys saddled and started. In a j few minutes, except for the Ballet Girl, who was hurriedly striking camp, there was not a human being in sight. Driving the spare horses ahead of me, I went directly to our new camping place, gathering by the way what few cattle I could get. I was the first to ar? rive at the ford. I built a fire to guide the others to this point and sat down ! to keep it going until the cook could come up and relieve me. Few of the cattle had strayed far. Followed by a shouting cowboy or two. "1 reckon you all knows what you got ter ! do." small bunches soon began to come in. j These bunches would be united on the j river bank, and their herders would i gallop off after more. Then the cook wagon drew up at the fire, which was ! utilized by the Ballet Girl for the man- j ufactureand maintenance of a huge pot ! of coffee, kept for the benefit of all j comers There was no time to stop and eat. The men came and went and came again, all of them, except Spider and i Hollis. I had not seen them since sup per. I began to get very uneasy about ? Spider and made inquiries as the men came in. Cappy Lee, it seemed, was the last to see them. It was early in the evening. Spider was spurring along di- j rectly in Hollis' wake and both of j them heading for Agua Caliente. It was long past midnight when Lee in- j formed me of this. Calling the fore- j man, I hurriedly told him abont Sp: der's absence and in whose company he j Was last seen. I also told him that I ! was very much afraid that something j had happened to the hoy and that I in tended to start out at once in search of him. "Ridin jealous er Hollis, Is'pose, like be always does." said the foreman. "Well, I reckon you'd better go. " he went on. after thinking a moment "Oughtn't ter go alone, though" - "Ile won't go alone, you bet yon," Lee interrupted. "Jus' wait till I sad? dle up a fresh horse an get my rifle outer the wagon. I won't be long." "What about ver work?" asked the foreman reprovingly "Have ter get 'long, without me the best it kin. I reckon." responded 1- c as be walked away to make his preparar tiens. The foreman made a quick st rid-J aft< r bim arid then -'""M"* '? .?Lie hadn't no busim ss h r talk like that, but 1 reckon he's right He ouglft r an way* o i .i G< ;.<? i i : ? . same ii I was him. Look here. Don'tyon ^tin? ter no 1 i ! : t - e'i; ip; ll y< m dont Come back by an hour after sun np, er if tin r's anything ben done t< r t l her ki-i. I'll let the cattle go. au I'ii take very one <r the boys-1*11 head 'fin myself-an I'll burn Agna Caliente an shoot every man thor is in the place." I laughed. "Yon needn't ter laugh," cried the foreman indignantly. "You know I don't talk 'less 1 mean it. If me an the boys can live ter do it. PH do every las' thing I said. ' Attir?t I had thought that he was joking, but it was as he said He meant every word. < >f course ? would net for a moment consent to such a ??lan as that be proposed, one that might in? volve the killing of men who had not dene or intended i's any harm. 1 gave the foreman orders to sttjp where he was until the following noon, and then, if wehad not returned, to send a search party. But 1 ccr.id not see that we were in any danger. "Danger?" responded the foreman obstinately. "Well. I rock.JU maybe i know some better than you do If you ain't back when I said, vre "il all be a search party. I'm boss when yon ain't bere. I'm a-^onter hoi* all the boys as they come in an give 'em a night's rest. We c'n start work in the mornin one way er another-an hour after sun up. Hoi' on a minute. " He ran to the wagon and took out a I rifle, which he fastened to my saddle, j "Take this along. Maybe you'll want I it," he said, shoving a handful of car- I tridges into my pocket. "Here comes I Lee. " As he spoke the cowboy, freshly I mounted, came cantering up, and we ! started off. "Y'ou needn't be afraid of us hurtin no icnercent men." tho foreman called after us reassuringly. "We wouldn't do that." He waited until we were some distance away, and then, making j a speaking trumpet of his hands, he j bawled : "In-Agua Caliente there-ain u- ! no-innercent-men !" [TO BE CONTINUED.] EAGLES AND THEIR PREY. A Giant Bird "Whoso Race Has Hap? pily Become Kxtinct. There is at the present moment at the Natural History museum a model of the skull of an eagle so gigantic that the imagination can scarcely tit it into j the life of this planet at all. The whole head is larger than that of j an ox, and the beak resembles a pair : of hydraulic shears. Unlike most of j the giant beasts, this eagle, which in- ; habited Patagonia, appears from its remains to have differed little from the existing species, its size alone distinguishes it. The quills of the feathers which bore this awful raptor through the air must have been as thick as a walking stick and the webs as wide as ear blades. It would have killed and torn to pieces creatures as large as a bison and whirled up into the sky and dropped into the rocks the gigantic cai a pa ced animals of prehistoric Patagonia as easily as a modem eagle of California docs-the land tortoise on which it feeds. Even today there are few carnivo? rous animals, whether birds or beasts, which have so wide a range of prey as the eagles. Like the kinged drag? ons of old story, they can ravage earth, air and sea and feed promiscu? ously on the denizens of all three ele- j ments. From serpents on the burning j desert to seals on the everlasting ice, j from monkeys in the tropical forests I to marmots on the Alpine slopes, from dead sheep on highland hills to pea? cocks in the Indian jungles, no form of fish, flesh or fowl comes amiss to them, and the young eagle, driven by the in? exorable law of his race from thc heme ? where he was reared, finds a free breakfast table wherever he flies. Cornhi'l Magazine. Easily Settled. They fell into conversation on tho avenue street car. as nu n will to pass away the time, and when one of them happened io mention he was from j Pittsburg the other turned to him with: j '.Pittsburg, eh? Dear mc, but now j singular!" "How do you mean, sir?" was asked. "Why, I was in Pittsburg -I years ago and lost 10 cents in a street car. 1 was thinking of the incident just be? fore you spoke to me. I suppose you couldn't inform me whether the money was ever fourni, could you?*' "Why. yes: I believe I can. I fourni j a dime in a street car about 21 years ago and have been looking for the own? er ever since. Here it is. It must be? long to you." "Thanks. You are an honest man. Here's 2 cents to reward you." The Pittsburg man pocketed the re? ward as the other pocketed the dime, and then they closed tho incident. Washington Post. **?>?T* For "Of." I always say "1 bought it off Jones," and up to now, through so constantly hearing people, my late father includ? ed (he always used to pronounce cof? fee as corffoej.talk in this way, thought it was right. Still this would be only in conversation. Writing to any one. saying I had bought anything, I should put "of Jones" or "from Jones." I suppose "from Jones" would bo per fectly correct. I have heard this form of speech in many different parts of the country, but most frequently, I think, in and near Liverpool. The use of "off" for "of" and "off of" Is common in the north of England. Notes and Queries. A Dreary Thorough fa re. Of all dreary roads few have such desolate' surroundings as that leading from Jerusalem. The road winds among rocky hills which for mile's seem destitute of every living thing save occasional llocks of long black linfred goats and sheep, apparently ?t'ting pebbles ami attended by a youth? ful shepherd, 'i le- steep hillsides are dotted with numerous ludes and caves eui in tiie rock. Indianapolis News. For a linger nail to reach its full length, an average of seven-twelfths of an inch, from ll'I to I3S days of growth are necessary. Fixed thc (?as Company. 'Til fix 'em/' said a Capitol Hill citi- j zen when he got h Ls gas bill a couple of ? mouths ago. "Nine dollars and eighty j coats, hey. when we've been out every night wi?l? the exception of two <>r three for the past month! I'll move, j that's all. at the end of ruc month, hut j If I <::>:i*t make that gas meter of mine ! work overtime between now and the day I move it'll be because I run out i ci matches, that's ali: I'll eat up about j $40 worth of gas ar..! then 1< t the darn ed gas company keep thc ?o I've got (tn | deposit!" Sn from that evening on as soon as ; twilight fell thc Capitol Hill man made . a tour of thc house and lit cverv let ! . * j from ceilar to garret. 'Tu tench "em to bunko folks:" ho ! said to himself savagely as he started ' all the burners a-going. Along toward thc end of the month he and Ids wife picked ont. another ! house and made arrangements for mov- j ing. T!ie Capitol Hill man was de- i lighted when the gas hill read ?29.C0. "This is one time they won't gouge me:" he shouted exultantly as he danc? ed around with the bill in his hand. Three days before the day set for moving his wife was taken ill. and of course the moving had to he declared off. She is only now convalescing. The Capitol Hill man paid the &2i).CG. and his friends are now telling him the story about the man who robbed his own trunk.-Washington Post. limn ors of thc Lavr. In a recent bankruptcy case, in speaking of justices of the peace, they are said to be "officers by no means in? fallible, frequently innocent of law and actually sometimes known to construe the abbreviation affix designating their office, M. P.' to mear, 'judgment for plaintiff.' " A federal court, in explaining that the functions of a charge d'affaires were uot shown by the literal transla? tion of the terms, illustrated by say? ing, "To appoint a person chief builder could not be understood to invest him with the ecclesiastical functions of the pontifex maximus."-Case and Com? ment. ' SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Condensed Schedule in Effect Jan. 17, IfOO. l"o.il No. ai DailyDaih/j EA5TEHJ? TIMS. ?No."(5 Xo.lJ Daily'Dail j 6 "Op; 7 00a'Lv .. Charleston ... Arill 10a 8lop 65Sp 7 41a! " .. Summerville .. *. ,L)bOai 728r 7 25pi 8 55a; " ...Branchville... " ! 9 10a OGOp 75Sp! 9 23-i! ** ...Orangeburjr... " j 8-Ila 533p 845p 10 15ft] "... Kingvilie .... " | 7 55aj 443p 30?)p 250p .jll45a|Ar ..Sumter.Lv .111 4oa i ".Camden.Lv 930pj 1 iOOaIAr....Columbia.Lvi 710a! 400p 6 3Jpi 7 0JaLv... Charleston ... Ar 11 ldal 8 lop 7 25pi 915aj " ...Branchville... " i S50a? 600? 740p! 94Gaj " ....Bamberg.... " ; 8 27a: 533p 802p; 9 5u* '*'.... Denmark.... .* I 813W 523p 820p 10 07a " ....Blackville." I 8 00a! 5 03p fi22pillu?a ".Aiken." ; 7(tta? 3 55p 10 20p!ll51a Ar. Augusta un.d.Lv" I 6 2uai 3 lyn NG?J2: In addition to the above service tn?.us Nos. 15 and 10 run daily between Charles? ton and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman .leeping cara. No. 15 leave Charleston ll :0G p. m. ; arrive Columbia 6-rOG a. m. No. 16 leave Co? lumbia 1:30 a. m. ; arrive Charleston 7:00 a. m. Bleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9:00 p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. These trains make close connectons at Columbia with through trains between Florida points and washington and the east. Connection with trains Nea. 31 and 32 New York and Florida Limited between Blackville, Aiken and Au ?ista. No. 31 leaves Blackville at 8:40 a. m.. iken 9:29 a. m., Augusta 10:10 a.m. No. 33 leaves Augusta 6.25 p. m.. Aiken 7.08 p. m., Blackville 7.55 p. m. Pullman Drawing Boom floopers between Augusta, Aiken and New ern.__ ~;Ex'."";Sua. lEsf" ; Sun.' only,' Sun. Lv. Augusta ... Ar. Sandersville. Tennille. 7 00a; 9 30a? 5 20p 100p[1243pi S32p 130ua25?p? S40ji Lv. Tennii:?.I 5 40a H?0pi 3 10p " Sandersvil?e.| 5 50a' 4 (Mp! 3 23p Ar. Augusta.?, I 9 00a! 7 lOpi 8 30p in,.,,.1,, Mix. I Daily! Mix ; Daily Daily!Dailv;Exsu;Exsn Lv. Savannah.... :12 05a 1215p. 410p,.~ M Allendale.I. !. 6.35a. 5 05a " Barnwell.... j 4 l)0a 402p 7 25a 7 54p! <> 15a M Blackville... ' 4 l?a! i 17p!l0 15ai 3 lOpi 7 r!5a Ar. Batesbun ,'12 3Up! Ar. Columbia....| 6 00a| ?OOpj.j 935p.li3C3 L. -, L, ., i Mix. i Mix. ?Dnilj P^j^y?ExsuExsuexMi Lv. Columbia.[ll 30ai 1 25a; 6 00a. Lv. Bat os our g.... i. .!.! 215p Ar. Blackville.' 112D 305a 1015a 450p S 32a " Barnwell....! 127p 3 2ta llo0a| 915?i S4Sa " A!h-nda>.I.'. . lOOp! 943p; 912a " Savannah.1 3 -'OpI 5 15a!.1.110 3.'>a Atlanta and Bayoud. 7 05a Lv. Charleston.,. 7 00a| 520pj. Ar. Augusta.ll 5!a;I020p. " Atlanta.' s?)p 600a ...... Lv. Atlanta.jHOOpJ 5 3ua; 400p Ar. Chattanooga.' 5 45aI 9 45a| 8 40p Lv. Atlanta..I 5 4ua? 4 lop Ar. Birmincham.ll S.'kUOuOp " Memphis, (,via Birmingham)...| bOopi 7 15a Ar. Lexington. " Cincinnati. " Chicago_ ; 500p 7 30p 7 15a Ar. Louisville " Sr. Louis .. 7 30p 7 04a Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga). .1 710pl 7 40a 5 00a 7 45a 5 30p 7 50a 600p To Asheville-Cincinnati-Louisvillo. EASTEUX TIME. IN0134 KOl3? 'Daily Daily 30(ip 9 30p 445p 12 OTa 700a|ll00p ll 4?a| 7 55a 3 lOp i U 25a 7 00p 237p 415a| 7 20p 730p| 745a .1 650a Lv. Augusta-. " Batesburg. Lv. Charleston. Lv. Columbia (Union Depot;. Ar. Spart anburg . M Asheville " Knoxville.. . ** Cincinnnati. ** Louisville (via Jel!ieo) To Washington and the East. Lv. Augusta. 8?0p 930p " Batesburg. 4 45pl2 07a M Columbia (Union Depot). i>55p 216a Ar. Charlotte. 9l0p 9 40a Ar. i -"anvil lo".'".. .j lg 51a ISSp Ari Richmond . ; 6 OOaj rt 25p Ar. Washington. . 7;*5a?850p " Ba'timo7-f. Pa. K. R.I 9l2a;1125p " Philadelphia.?ll 35a| 25tfa New York .! 2u3p! 613a Bleeping Tar Linc l>etv.-een Chnrieston and Atlanta, via Angusra. r-.nkiag connections at Atlanta rorr.ll points N'orth and West. Sea.i Tiwi..-* oef *.v< pi? Charleston and Ashe ville lTcnneo*ions at Columbia with thronph trains for W.-ishmg'. :? : r..5 .!:?? Kasttalsofor Jack>on TiJIeandaii florida t'oints. >' ?A.N K >. t-? \ N < >N. -T M. CTTJP, Ihird V P v Gen. 5fgr., Trato?* MftTtagor; War' iirgton, L>. C. V?"ashingtci.,D. ? GEOKGS B A LLEN. Div. : as Ag?., t, liarleston. S. C. "W. A. TURK. s. ii. '.'A!:nwirK. Gen. FH>-. Act . Asst. e?-i:. Pass Agi., Washington, D. C. Atlantu. Ga. H O ICE Vegetables will always find a ready market-but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the ^i'eat secret how to ob? tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well balanced fertilizers. Nb fertil? izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least 8% Potash. Send for our books, which furnish full information. We send them free of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Niissa:: St., New York. Life and Fire Insurance. Call on me, at my residence. Liberty ?treet, for both Life and Fire Insu? rance. Oniy reliable Companies rep? resented. Phone No 130. Andrena Hoses. Oct 25-0. BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK EGGS From Thoroughbred Prize Winners $1.50 FOR 15. Safe Arrival Guaranteed. L. C. DARSEY, Box 12. SUD ny Side, Ga, Jan 31 2m FOR SALE. EXTRA FINE BARRED PLYM0??THS Also, Eggs for Hatching, 15 for $2 00. Nicely Packed in New Baskets j JOHN A. CULLOM, Ridge Spring, S. C. Jan 21 4m fr teil E. E. Company. -^JHH- _ Schedule No. 4-Io effect 12.01 a. m., Son' day, December 24, 1899. Between Camden S. C., and Blacksbarg, 8. C. WEST. EAST. 2d cl 1st cl ls; cl 2d ci *35 *33 Eastern time. *32 *34 pm pm STATIONS. pm pm 8 20 12 50 Camden 12 25 5 30 8 50 1 15 Dekalb II 02 4 50 9 20 1 27 Westville "11 60 4 30 10 ?0 1 40 Kershaw ll 35 4 IO 11 20 2 10 Heath Sorings 11 20 3 15 11 35 2 15 Pleasant Hill 11 15 3 00 12 30 2 35 Lancaster 10 55 2 35 1 CO 2 f 0 Riverside 10 40 1 00 1 20 3 00 Springdell 10 30 12 40 2 30 3 10 Catawba Junction 10 20 12 20 2 50 3 20 Lssiie 10 10 ll 0O 3 10 3 40 Rock Hilt 10 00 10 40 4 10 3 55 New Port 9 35 8 20 4 45 4 02 Tirzah 9 SO 8 CO 6 30 4 20 Yorkvil?e 9 15 7 SO 6 00 4 35 Sharon 9 00 6 50 6 25 4 60 Hickory Grcve 8 45 6 20 6 35 5 00 Smyrna 8 35 6 00 7 00 5 20 ?Uclisbnrg; 8 lo 5 30 pm p to am am Between Blackeburg, S. C., and Marion, N. C WEST. EAST. 2d cl 1st cl let cl 2d cl ?ll *33 Extern Mme. *S2 ?12 am om STATIONS. am pm 8 10 5 30 Blackeburg 7 48 6 40 8 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 ? 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Springs 7 25 ? 12 9 20 C CO Shelby 7 15 6 CO iG?O 5 20 Lattimore 6 55 4 !0 10 10 6 28 fcootesbcro 6 48 4 40 ?0 23 6 3S Be?rieua 6 3S 4 20 10 50 6 5f> 'Forest-City 6 20 3 50 1115 7 10 Ru?berfordton 6 05 3 25 11 35 7 22 Millwood 5 t5 3 05 11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 5 40 2 50 12 05 7 40 Thermal City 5 37 2 45 12 25 7 58 Glenwood 5 17 2 2t. 12 50 8 15 Marion 5 00 2 00 pm pm amp m West. Gaffoey Division. East ls; Class j EASTERN TIME. ?1st Clesa 15 I 13 { STATUES. I 14 J 16 praam am pm 1 00 6 00 ' Blacksburg 7 60 3 OG 1 20 6 20 Cherokee Fails 7 30 2 40 1 40 6 40 gGaffuey 7 10 2 20 pmam am pm ?Daily except Sunday Train No 32 leaving Mnrion, N. C., nt 5 a ui, making close connection at Blacksbarg, S e, with the Southern's train No 36 for Char? lotte, N C. and all points East and connecting with the Southern'?: 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 K, at York ville, SC, at S 45 a m, and connects nt Camden. S C, with the Southern's train No 7S. arriving in Charleston. S 17 p m, Train No 34 with passenger coach attached lea vin?: Blackshurg at 5 30 a ni. ar.d connecting ai Kock Hill with the Southern's Florida train for ali points South. Train No 33 leaving Camden, S C. at 12.50 ji m. after the arriva! of the Southern's Char? leston train conuccts at Lancaster. S C, with the L .?. C K K. a; Catawha Junction with ;'-'cS A L. going Ka.-t. a: Rook B?l. S C. with trie Southern's train. No 'M. for Charlotte, N V. and s'l paints Knit. C.nreers :r York? vil?e. S r. v.irh t ain No P on thc C ? N W K ll. lot Chester. > C. At I>':?< k-hurg vt rh the Southern*!! vestibule go i ?.* Kust. and the South' em's r::i!:- No 05 going West. ard connecting a! Mari* n S C with the Southern both Ka.-: and \\ est SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TRIPP. Superintendent. S.B. LUMPK1N, tion'l Piissong r Ag-ot.