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The Ring of ! the Matterhorn By John J. a'Becket "Uncle," said Miss Rodney calmly, | bat with a hot, angry patch of color in ? her healthy cheek and a glitter in her I eya, "there's no need of yonr being any ' more disagreeable than necessary. I -admit the prospect of escaping from my life here and escaping from yon makes this atrocious proposition have a force that nothing else could lend it "The Earl of Carrington can't be much more of atrial than you." sho added hotly. "That's the sensible way to look at s it, my dear. " returned Uncle Josiah. ' with brisk and unruffled cheerfulness. "But Matilda didn't know you welL Matilda was a business woman at least. Ii was so like her to leave her money to Carrington and at the same time j rope in yon as a beneficiary, thus seem- | ing to have a regard for her own fam ily. I don't know why she should have cared about that," be went on, disre garding apparently Miss Rodney's beau- j iifully undisguised look of disgust. | "She never minded us while she was alive. But people funk so when they are going to die." he observed philo- j sophically. "However, as I was observ ing, Matilda foolishly thought that you were a degenerated niece and might balk at the prospect of marrying a bag of disease and thousands of pounds of debt. So she ties up your mother's and your sister's good fortune with your consent Marry this titled blackgnard, and your mother and sister will be in dependent and comfortable for life. They won't have to live with him, you know. So there is no reason why they shouldn't be happy." "Josiah," cried Mrs. Rodney, "this is brutal. I cannot endure it. If you continue like that. I shall have to leave the room." "There's no reason why yon should aot, my dear,"he replied cheerfully. "You can cry and plead with Florence later on." "Don't be silly, mamma." said Miss Rodney prosaically. "Uncle Josiah is patting it as badly as he can, but even he cannot do more than justice to this vile, miserable scheme of my aunt. I am thankful to you for letting mamma see the thing just as it is, " she said to her ancle. "Oh, don't mention it," said the old cynic. "It is a pleasure to help you out in this trying moment. I can see you with the coronet of a countess stuck on top of your head. They wear coronets, don't they? "Bat yoa will note our dear Matil da's forethought," he went on. "I am almost proud of her. You might kick over all this debt and disease. So she hribes yoa with your mother's and sis ter's happiness. Why she should have thought that Carrington would possibly "balk at bestowing his disting-^shed self on you I don't see, unless she knew that his favorite type of woman was the chorus girl. If be refuses, you get it all. But he won't refuse, I promise yon. You refuse, and he gets it. And if he gets it, he has get to tack the name of Gardner on to his own. Oh, Matilda "was a corker for family pride. The idea of perpetuating the family name in that way ! Hitching it on to an earl's title! It was great. Why couldn't you, if you accept him and j become the mother of a little earl to be, name him Josiah, after met That is a new name in the British nobility. It would probably be the only strong, healthy thing about the poor little chap. He would surely be scrofulous as a filial compliment to his papa. " "This is a little disgusting. " said Miss Rodney, looking at her venomous eld uncle in a wav that even he felt "I decline to hear any more on the sub ject You have really in your coarse freedom of language expressed the plain "truth. I have never so agreed with you in my life. I simply refuse, without the need of another moment's deliberation, my aunt's infamous proposition. The only thing that can palliate her daring to make it is that she did the same thing herself. And she, heaven save the mark, was an American girl! Don't "let the subject be mentioned in my hearing again. ** "But, Florence,' remonstrated her mother in an injured way. "don't be rash. There is no need of any hasty conclusion You are taking all that ? your uncle says about this young man j as true. Ke may be a ven* nice young j fellow. * "Mamma!" ssid Miss Rodney ex plosively. "As if the vilene-s of the Earl of Carrington was nut known to everybody who reads even the Ameri can newspapers only ! I have heard of him again and again. Even the decent men in his own set despise him and cut him. It is hard that when this wretch- ! ed woman could have (ione her duty by I us she should have left so degrading a proof of her utter hard heartedness and unwomanly feeling. Why, mother,'" j exclaimed the girl, wrought np by the ? melancholy dissent that was visible on Mrs. Rodney's face, "yon would nwt have me degrade ?ny womanhood be- ; yond all self respect if you were to have ; millions by it. That is what thiscourse would be ? want independence as much as any one living, bur. I will not ; forfeit one bit of my self respect to se- i cure it. I would work as a shopgirl ? sooner than marry this Earl of Carring- j ton. and I hate my aunt for insulting American womanhood in this way. Yoa know me enough to feel sure that ? when I say this i>- my last word on the ; subject it is useless to think of it any j more. '* "Bravo!" said Uncle Josiah. "You ! are a credit to the family I approve of yonr sentiments. Don't mind your ; mother. I shan't live forever, and then j you'll all be independent I am no ? Aunt Matilda, countessof Carrington." j "No: yon couldn't be quite as hadas j she. I admit." said ios niece, with re freshing canu- r Uncle Ki?iah sniffed at this. Mrs. ! Rodney h< a i a si es if ht r lot was | t narjiail^h ?;:<_..Inrabie one, and s io..:., ". . little like a ?v3I:h*g La ?. r-:".-?? rose. Gut they al? telt that :'*. :? L?ce would be as good as her word At. rbis moment the servant entered with a cara Mrs. Rodney picked it S?rom tiic' tray with the air of a Xiobe gathering a farther harvest of tenrs. "Rev Artbnr Kiniball." she observed despairingly. "I did not know he was back from Europe. We nmst see hira. I suppose You can show him in, Wil liams. "This is a very appropriate time for a parson to call, when a family ia pros trated with grief over the loss of a near relative-of fortune and of title, "said ?ncle .losiah, with placid sarcasm. Rev. Arthur Kimball was a fashion able pastor, whom Mrs. Rodney respect ed as such. He was this somewhat despite himself, for he was not a half bad sort. His favorite way of spending his vacation was to go to Switzerland and clinib the most inaccessible moan tains there. He had just returned from one of these athletic outings. Between him and Miss Rodney there was a warm bond of sympathy, based on their devo tion to physical development. After some preliminary small talk and inquiry about friends Miss Rodney | said: "Well, what Alp have you conquered this year. Dr. Kimball? I suppose you will soon be driven to the Himalayas j for your vacation. Switzerland will be ? a sucked orange. " "After this summer I almost feel as if it were." replied the clergyman j cheerfully. "I did the Matterhorn this year. It still has ?he credit of being something fit for a climber to vanquish. Of course the old time glamour of its sharp crest when the guides themselves j used to wag their heads and tell weird tales about the- unseen horrors that cling to its top is done away with. Too many have shinned up this slippery needle of the Alps. But it is tug enough still to be something to boast of. As an Englishman, a member of the Alpine club, said to me this summer: 'Mont Blanc is inglorious today. Little boys and girls take a promenade to its top as kindergarten play at mountain climbing. ' But it must have been a glorious moment for Whymper when he planted the first pair of human feet on the virginal peak of the Matterhorn! The trip must have been a melancholy memory, however, for the vanquished spirit of that hitherto unsealed eyrie seemed to wreak revenge on this in trusion of man. You know four of the party were lost on that first'ascent. ! Whymper was the only one of the j climbers, except two of the guides, who | retraced his steps after the victorious climb. I am happy to state that one of this first party to reach the top was, like myself, a clergyman." "And is it really so difficult?" asked Miss Rodney eagerly. "I den't think there can be any doubt of its difficulty." said Dr. Kim ball, with a dry smile "It is a tough climb, and I have made many. The J Zinal-Rotbhorn was a corker, I thought, l although I found a gray haired woman ! at the table d'hote at Zermatt who had ? done it a few years before and was uot j very boastful about it. A man who had j never climbed attempted this peak and | did it. although the guides had to sim- ! ply transport him over the icy and sheJv- i ing parts of the rocky ledges. There are ! plenty of peaks to practice on But it j is the most glorious feeling in the : world to scratch your way. like a hardy j insect, up tue rough, haughty peaks ; that nature seems to have reared as a defiance to the passage of man " con cluded Dr. Kimball as he rose to go. "I see from your looks that you are keep ing up your own outdoor exercise. Miss Rodney That is right. " "Yes. but bicycling and even follow ing the hounds seem tame compared to scaling the Matterhorn," replied the girl, with an amusing note of regret in her voice. "Women have to admit a man's su periority in some things, don't they?' remarked Uncle Gardner, when Dr Kimball had retired. "Here's a small, not overmuscular parson who can climb the Matterhorn! Women have to shrink into their petticoats over that." "Two women have done it without 'shrinking into their petticoats,' as you so elegantly put it. " retorted his niece, slightly nettled at the old man's j gratuitous gibe. "That must make it all the harder ! for the poor women folk, who have to ! content themselves with small exploits, ? like riding a wheel or playing tennis," ! returned the determined old man. "I : should think you would want to climb j the Matterhorn. " "Oh, I dare say I may seme day, " re- ! plied Miss Rodney carelessly "I have j not a doubt that I could. " "I'll bet yon ?100,000 vou couldn't ! do it, " grunted the old man contempla- j ously. "It's not as easy, of course, as va- j gering $100,000 when you wouldn't ! really and seriously wager a penny on ? The two were alone. Mrs. Rodney ; and the subservient Rose had retired us soon as Dr. Kimball left The old man looked at her with a j cold gleam in his eye. "Look here," he said after a moment of this steadfast gaze at the resolute ; figureof hisniece "You've done a good thing in treating your Aunt Matilda's i low proposition with perf< ct contempt ; Of course you may relent later on, but j it was the spirit cf an American girl I that made yon fire up as you did at the i first Mush. It's the only spirit of the j kind in the family, and 1 think it ; should be encouraged. Yon think I am own brother to Matilda for meanness, simply because ? don't pay fur every silly extravagance of your mother and you girls: but I ain't, and I'll prove it j to yon. Uncle Gardner was a little excited, : an unusual thing for him to be. He ; went on as Miss Rodney made no re- | mark, though she was attentive enough \ now. "When I die. I hope you think I j mean to do the ft.-ir thing by you and the others. I don': believe in giving a j I kick at your relatives from your coffin, " j said the old man. "Now. if yon scale the Matterhorn within six months I'll put by stocks and things that will let you have an income of ten thousand a year. I don't believe you can do it, " he added spitefully, "and I'll show that I don't by making this offer. " "Do you mean this?" cried Miss Rod ney, springing to her feet. She was un deniably excited. "I generally mean what I say, don't I?" replied her uncle shortly. "Then write it down in so many words and let somebody witness it, and I will climb that Matterhorn if it kills me. If other women h- ? I know I can. " The old man wa3 opposed to this, but his niece worked on his pride and tem "1 will climb that Mattcrhorn if it kills mc." per until he drew up this proposition in writing, and it was duly witnessed. Miss Rodney took it with a proud air of triumph. "I don't know what can hare in duced you to make such a heavenly offer," she said, "except that you are so sure I can never do it. But I will, Uncle Josiah Gardner, and I thank you for doing it, no matter what your ob ject was. If I do succeed and get this money from you, I really believe I shall love you I" "Well, don't begin any sooner than necessary," said her caustic relative. "I shouldn't know what to do with a kissing, 'dear uncle'-ing kind of a niece." CHAPTER IL THE ASCENT OF THE ROCKY AUTOCRAT OF THE ALPS. Miss Florence Rodney, having made up her mind as strongly as she could that she would scale the Matterhorn, set about it systematically from the be ginning. Her feeling that she could do I it was based on the fact that two or j three women had done it. She was in j perfect physical condition, her heart, ( lungs, legs and arms all that a healthy woman could desire, and she was not affected with vertigo from heights. First, she bound her uncle to secrecy \ about the matter A Vassar woman : professor was going to chaperon three or four girls on a Enropean trip, and Miss Rodney arranged to go with them, She took long walks, used to go to ? some of the towering buildings in New York and walk up the wearisome flights of stairs to the very top and practiced in a gymnasium two or three hours a day with dumbbells and on a trapeze. She made a confidant of Dr Kimball, who. after one professional duty protest against it. entered into the idea enough to give her the full benefit of his ex perience and advice He suggested what guides she had best secure, which way to take up the lordly peak, where to stay and how much things would cost her Uncle Josiah gave her about the amount that he argued she would spend at home, and Miss Rodney bor rowed some more from two or three friends. When Miss Rodney got to Paris, she parted from the Vassar professor and party under the pretest that she had to meet a friend in Switzerland. The friend was the Matterhorn, but this Miss Rodney did not explain to her old teacher The young girl soon after found her self at Montreux. From there she went to Visp and remained that night. The next day she took a mule and rode to ! St. Niklaus and from therein a carriage j to Zermatt. At each advance her heart beat faster She was approaching the j rocky autocrat of the Alps, whose sharp peak. 14,000 feet in the air, seemed to await the coming of the adventurous 1 girl with silent disdain. Sometimes her heart misgave her Then she had to fall i back on such revivers of her determina tion as the thought of what Uncle ' Josiah's perennial scorn and delight in her discomfiture would be if she failed, ; She also fortified herself with the recol lection of Miss Brevoort, a New York woman, like herself, who had glorified her sex by putting the top of the Mat terhorn under her feet in ISTI, and of Felicite Carrel, the daughter of a guide, to be sure, but a girl who had scaled the soaring crest of this redoubtable Mont Cervin. If they could do it. why not she? Miss Rodney staid at the Hotel Mont Cervin in Zermatt. She secured the services of the two most celebrated and experienced guides for tue attempt she could get, paying them 100 francs for the ascent Some delay was necessary waiting for weather that would be as propitious as possible. When such a day came and the guides announced their readiness to start. Miss Rodney, al though not a professedly religions girl, fell on her knees in her room and prayed with simple earnestness that the Lord who made the mountain would help her to scale it. Then with a rapid ly beating heart she started on her at tempt to get one more petticoat victory of the Matterhorn, lier rosy cheeks were slightly blanched, but the color of her will was not. The party struck up the mountain to the right of the Gorner glacier. Before long they reached a wild and rocky Alp. from which heathery upland sprang the triangular peak of the mighty Matter ? horn ' Off at the east wa.OTonte???isa. j Miss Rodney was regaining her com ! posnre and her nerve. Her love of na ! tnre reveled in the beautiful sublimity of this mountain tossed region, When they reached the Schwarzsee, i j the lonely little lake sleeping darkly in . its mountain bowl b',000 feet above i the sea. with the rough stone chapel ? beside it, her eyes again rested on the j heaven piercing peak which had for her j a thrilling fascination. The night was passed in this spot. At 3 in the morn ing they resumed their course. Already Miss Rodney was realizing that climb ing a dizzy Alpine height was no child's play. She thought of the gray haired lady with reverence, and she also re called again Felicite Carrel, the moun tain girl, and her own townswoman, Miss Brevoort There was ever a stim ulus in the thought of these. The whole extent of the Gorner glacier stretched before her eye, whose vision extended to the Cima di Jazr toward the east. It j was a glorious view. In the afternoon the Hut was reached, and there Miss Rodney and her adju tants passed the night. The conduct of i the guides was perfectly correct and ! matter of fact. In the morning the last stage of the ascent was to be made. The Hut is some 2.01)0 feet above the ; Schwarzsee chapel, and from six to | j eight hours are necessary to pass from j j ibis point to the summit, j When Miss Rodney felt the rope tied ? ? about her which bound her to the lusty j ! guides, there was something of the j i feeling in her soul that one may experi- j j enee as the halter is adjusted to bis j : neck. But the die was cast. Go up she j j would if go up she could. There is no need to dilate on the \ hardship, the terrors, the dangers of that final stage. As one after the other j was surmounted her spirits rose. The I guides were encouraging and some i tiines complimentary, but Miss Rodney j felt that those who had climbed the Matterhorn had not told the tale too vividly. Toward the very top the last steps are comparatively easy, and it was with the strangest, most complex thrill j of her life that Florence Rodney stood j at last, a conqueror, on the absolute, j gaunt, icy and rime rifted top of the j i Matterborn. She sat down and burst I into a fit of hysterical laughter. It was ! ! done! No matter what Josiah Gardner j might do, there was a satisfaction in j her achievement that in itself repaid ! ; her. j Never had she experienced such an overwhelming sense of isolation, of lit j tleness. as when perched there, 14,000 feet in the air, on the Matterhorn, j What a nothing she seemed in the aw j ful solitude of that inaccessible world! ! The sky above her was so pure a blue. What was Miss Rodney's surprise ! after she had been about half an hour on j the top to see another human being as j cending thither! The climber in this j j case was a young Englishman, about ; 23. ruddy, clear eyed and blond. This unexpected discovery of a girl on the Matterhorn was overwhelming enough j to disturb even British phlegm. He J lifted his cap with a smile. Miss Rod ney was glad enough to see him to smile with cheerful camaraderie in re- I turn. "This is somewhat startling.' I said the young fello v.- pleasantly "It j "Let me have these set in two rings.1* is novel enough to find oneself on the ! Matterhorn for the first time, but to ! meet a youug woman there is astound ing Allow me to congratulate you. It is something to be proud of. " He lifted j ? his cap with a gesture of deference to j her prowess. "It only shows what a woman can [ : do," replied Miss Rodney "But 1 ? should not like everybody to know the ; agony of fright I have been through on j ! the way up. I am glad to see you, for ' j it may make me less frightened going \ down. The thing is not ended when one | ! has arrived. Getting back is something I too. "Yes. It was going down that Lord j 1 Douglas"? Then the young fellow ! stopped. It had occurred to him that it j ! was not the most opportune moment to j ; dwell on the horrible accident to Mr ; Hudson. Mr. Hadow, Lord Frederick ; Douglas and Croz, the guide, who were ? destroyed in making the descent ! "I understand. *' said Miss Rodney I "It's just as well to reservo that till we get to the Mont Cervin hotel. But I how did you g< t up here so soon after : I myself and without our meeting'/" "I got at the Schwarzsee after you. I : did not stop at the Lower Hut at all, ; but pushed right on. " ; "I wish you would get me a small ; ; fragment of rock from the very top if ? you can," said Miss Rodney "I want . I to have it set in a ring, as a souvenir ? ; of this little walk. " "Certainly." said the young man. ? , lie managed to knock off two pieces of < rock with his ice pick. "I'll tell you what I'll do." he said : as he approached Miss Rodney with them in his hand. "Let nn? have these set in two rings?a plain, simple set ting?and then yon have one and I'll keep the other I would like somo sou venir of a girl as plucky as you. It's a little unconventional. But, then, meet- ? ing on the Matterhorn is rather uncon* ? ventiosal too. My "name is Guy Stad ley." "And I am Miss Florence? But you are goir.a, to be at the Mont Cervin some little time, aren't you?" asked Miss Rodney, interrupting herself. "Yes; I shall be there a week." "Then yon can get the rings made there, perhaps, before I go. I don't I know, though, that you could. Of ! course there's no way when I reflect." "No: there isn't. But you can give me your address. Miss Florence, and I can send one to .von Miss Rodney was about to correct him in his misapprehension as to her name when cneof the guides suggested that it was time to begin the descent, and she concluded to let it go. She could tell him later, when tb.iy were at tbe hotel. [TO EE CONTINUED.] ? _1_ . _ CHIMNEY FIRES. Why Sr.lt la Com morii y Used to Pni Them Out. In accounts cf chimney fires it is common to read that the fire was ex tinguished by throwing sait down the ; chimney. Salt, is used because there is liberated from it when it comes into comari with the fire a gas that within an inclosed spaco like a chimney is very effective in extinguishing lire. The primary purpose in throwing salt or anything else down a burning chim ney is to dislodge the burning soot, chimney fires being caused by the igni tion cf the soot clinging to the inside of the chimney, fcalt is used for this purpose uot alone because of its pecul iar effectiveness, but also because it is something available for the purpose that can commonly be found at hand in a house. It is thrown down the chimney in such a manner that it will rattle down the sides aud by its weight knock down the soot and sparks cling ing to the chimney's insides. A bucket of saud has been put to the same use with good effect, and some times a scuttle of coal has been poured down the chimney, the coal bounding about from side to side as it dropped and so doing its work effectively. Sometimes a brick is taken from the chimney itself and. tied to a clothes line, is hauled up and down the chim ney, with the same result. At the hearth below or at the bottom of the chimney wherever the sparks may fall there is stationed a man with a pail of water to put out whatever fire may drop. Water is not played ou a chim ney fire from a hose because it is not. necessary, and the water would do more damage than the five. The damage caused by a fire in a chimney when it is confined there is nothing or next to nothing. Left alone, however, a chimney fire might work its way into a building and so prove de structive, and therefore slight as they may be in themselves or as they might be iu their consequences chimney fires are always put out and commonly iu the manner described.?Exchange. RUSSIAN POLICEMEN. Now Governor's Test For Their Alertness Was a Failure. A good story is being told in St. Pe- ! tersbarg of the Russian police which j the papers, pronounce to be exceeding- j ly characteristic. A new governor was sent to a certain town in the interior, and the inhabitants at once begau to complain that the police were badly organized, since, however much they were wanted, they would ucver come when they were sent for. The govern or determined to test this for himself, so one night he set out for the bar racks where the police and the fire brigade were quartered. He accosted the seutry: "Do you know me?" "Yes, your excellency." "If a man was being murdered close by, would you quit your post?" "Never, your excellency." "Good," said the governor. "You know your duty. Well, what would you do?" "I would blow my whistle to rouse the guard." "Good. Let us suppose some one Is being murdered here. Whistle." The soldier blew, but not a soul an swered. He blew again and again, but the same silence prevailed. "That will do," said the governor at last. "You have whistled your utmost, and nobody has come: but. at any rate, your conscience is tranquil. Now you can go to sleep. The man could have been murdered two or three times over. It is unnecessary to overdo it by trying to wake your comrades, who appear to sleep like the dead. The czar should be proud of such steady soldiers." With that the governor went off. congratulating himself that no one would be likely to accuse Ids police of having a share in the midnight mur ders of the town. I*iccingr Bank Notes. I am toid at tlie treasury department | that it is not possible for a person to defraud the government by what they ? call "piecing"?that is. by clipping off small slices of several bank notes and I fitting them together to resemble a complete note. Such offenses have j been committed, and the guilty persons j have been sent to the penitentiary, but j the treasury ucver redeems the bills, j ami the loss falls upon the persons who ; send them in for redemption. There ? are several ways of committing frauds j of this nature, and they are done so ; skillfully as to escape detection except j by experts. There is now a $500 note on exhibition at the treasury which j is made up of 10 slices of other notes so skillfully litte*! together as to es cape the notice of a number of banks and many people who handled it.?Chi cago Record. Inconsistent. "You keep me waiting so long!" com- j plained the customer. 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A Pamphlet, ** How to Obtain Patents," with? {cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries * {sent free. Address, ?C.A.SNOW&CO.; Opp. Patent Office. Washington. D. C. Sooft Carolila at? Georgia Ex tension R. B. Conpf. Schedule No 4?Io fffect 12 01 a. m., Sun day, December 24, 1899. Between Catnden S. C, and Blackebtxrg, S. C. WEST. EAST. 2d cl 1st cl *35 *33 Eastern time. 1st cl 2d ci ?32 *34 ta m STATIONS. m m 8 20 8 50 9 20 l? 50 11 20 11 35 12 30 1 10 1 20 30 ;0 10 10 45 30 00 6 25 6 35 7 00 m 12 50 1 15 1 27 1 40 2 10 2 15 2 35 2 ;o 3 0G 3 10 3 20 3 40 3 55 4 02 4 20 4 35 4 50 5 00 5 20 c m Camden Dekalo Westville Ker?baw Bfatb Sprioge Pleasant Hill Lanc.-.ster Riverside Springdell aiawoa Junction Leslie Rock Hill New Pott Tirzab Yorkville Sharon Hickory Grove Smyrna ?tacksburg 12 25 11 02 11 50 11 35 11 20 11 15 10 65 10 40 10 30 10 20 10 IO 10 00 9 35 9 30 9 15 9 00 S 45 8 35 8 15 a m 6 30 4 50 4 30 4 10 3 15 3 00 2 35 1 00 12 40 12 20 11 00 10 40 8 20 8 00 7 30 6 50 6 20 6 00 5 30 a Ci Between. Blacksbnrg, S. C, and Marioo, N. C WfciST. EAST. 2d cl *11 1er cl ' *33 Eb?lern time. let cl 2d cl * '2 *12 am STATIONS, a ta ta 8 10 5 30 Blsck?burg 7 43 6 40 S 30 5 45 Earls 7 32 6 20 8 40 5 50 Patterson Springs 7 25 b 12 9 20 6 CO Shelby 7 15 6 CO to CO 5 20 Lanimore 6 55 4 50 10 iC 6 28 Mocresboro 6 48 4 40 i0 25 6 38 Heorietta 6 38 4 20 10 50 6 5* Forest City 6 20 3 50 11 15 7 10 Rutberfordton 6 05 3 25 l? 35 7 22 Miilwood 5 55 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 20 12 50 8 15 Marion 5 00 2 m no a m m West Gaffoev Division. East lei Ciase. 15 I 13 EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. let Class 14 1 16 m am 1 00 6 00 1 20 6 20 1 40 6 40 m am Blackeburg Cherokee Falle iGaffoey a m 7 50 7 30 7 10 a m m 3 0 2 40 2 20 m Daily except Sunday. Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C, as 5 a m, making close connection at Blacksburg, S O, with the Southern'*: train No 36 for Char lotte, C, and all points East and connecting with the Southern 'p vestibule going to A'lanta, Ga. and all points West, and will receive pas sengers poing Fs.it from train No 10, on the C & W R, at Yorkviile. 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 m. Train No 34 with pn.-i-engtr coach attached leaving Blacksburg at 5 30 a m, and connecting at R<?ek Hill w>;h the Southern's Florida train f??r all joints South. Train No 33 leaving Camden, S Cat 12.50 m, alter the arrival of the Southern's Char leston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with the L ? C R, at Cataw'oa Junction with the SAL. going Kast, at Rock Bill, S C, with the Southern's trai?. No 34, for Charlotte, , and all points East. Connects at York viiie, S C with train No 9 on the C IV R R. for Chester, S C. At Blacksburg wir h the Southern's vestibule goii'C East, and ti e South ern's train No 35 going We.-i, and connecting at Marion C with the Southern both Kast and West SAMUEL HUNT, President. A. TKIPP. Superintendent. S.B. LUMPKIN. Gen'' P?sseneer A?-nt. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad U?Jipii CONDENSED SCHEDULE. Io i?'ect January 14th, SOUTH. No *35 No T57 a 02 8 45 9 25 1900. NORTE. No No t*6 05 20 40 46 4J 10 48 Lv Darlicgtou Ar 8 Lv E?ioit Ar 7 Ar Suinter Lv 6 Lv Suinter Ar Ar Crest?n Lv -15 Lv Cuesten Ar 3 5C 15 Ar Pretinilla Lv 10 00 Oranneburg Denmark 16 27 'Augusta m 02 4 28 2 30 m Daily. fLMIy except Su-day. Trains 32 ?od 35 carry through Pullman Paino BuilVr Sleeping Cars betweeu New ? York ?ni! Mncon via Augusta. M EMERSON, H M EMERSON, Traffic toarj*e<>r. Gen'I Pass. A?t. J R KENLY, Gen'I Manager.