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The Ring of the Matterhorri I By John J. a'Bocket "Uncle." said MiiM Rodney cnlualy. but with a hot. Hilary patch of cclor in her healthy check and a glitter in her eye. "there's no need of yonr belog any ?sore disagreeable than necessary. I admit the prospect of escaping from say life here and escaping from yon saakee thin at roc ions proposition have a force that nothing else conld lend it The Karl of Carrington can't be mnch more of a trial than yon." aho added Mil. "That's the sensible way to look at * it, my dear." returned Uncle Joaiah. i with brisk and unruffled cheerfnlness. * "Bat Matilda didn't know yon welL Matilda was a business woman at least It waa so like her to leave her noney to Carrington and at the same time re > in yon aa a beneficiary, thus see in ia* to have a regard for ber own fam? ily. 1 don't know why she sbonld have cared abont that." he went on. disro* j garding apparently Mies Rodney's bean tifully undisguised look of dingnst "She never minded as while ?Im was aliva Bat people fank so whet they are going to die." he observed ;ihilo aaphically. "However, as I was oltserv log, Matilda foolishly thought that you ware a degenerated niece and might balk at the prospect of marrying a bag of disease and thonsands of pounds of debt Ho she ties op yoar mother's and your sister's good fortune with yonr consent Marry this titled blackg lard. sru! yonr mother and sister will I? in dependent and comfortable for Ufa They won't have to live with him. you kaow So there is no reason why they soon Id n't be happy." "Joaiah," cried Mrs. Bodney. "this as brutaL 1 cannot endure it If yon continue like that 1 aha 11 have to leave the room." "There's no reason why you should aot. try dear." he replied cheerfully. "Too can cry and plead with Florence liter oav" "Don't be silly, mamma.' said Miss Bodney prosaically. "Uncle Josiah is petting it as badly aa 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 oaa the thing just us it is," she said to her ancle. "Oh. don't mention it" said the old cynic. "It ia a pleasui~ to help yo i out as this trying moment I can seo you with the coronet of a countess stuck on top of your bead. They wear coronets, eVm't tbey? "But you 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. S) she tribes you with your mother's ami sis? ter's happiness. Why she should have thought that Carrington would possibly talk at bestowing his distinguished self on you I don't see. unless she <new that his fsvorite type of woman was the chorus girL If he refuses, yoci get It all. But he won't refuse, I promise you. You refuse, and he gets it. And if hs gets it. be ha* got to tack: the Mine of Gardner on to his own. Oh, Matilda was a corker for family {ride. The idea of perpetuating the ftinily aame in that way! Hitching it u to an earl's title! It was great. Why couldn't you. if you accept him and hecome the mother of a little earl to be, none him Joeinli, after me? That is a new osuie 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 bis papa." "This is a little disgustiog." eaid Miss Rodney, looking at her venomous oM ancle in a way that even be felt "1 decline to bear any more on the sub? ject You have really in your coarse freedom of language expressed the plain troth I have never so agreed with you io soy life I simply refuse, withoc t the ?sod of another moment's deliberation, soy sunt 's infamous proposition The only thing thai ran palliate her daring to make it is tha* she did the same thing herself And she. heaven save the merk, wss sn American girl i Don't set the subject be mentioned in my hearing again " "But. Florence.1 remonstrated her another in an injured way. "don t be rash There is uo need of any hasty conclusion Yon are taking all that your uncle says about this young man aa true. He may bo u very uice voung fallow "Mammal* said Miss Rodney ex? plosiv?!)* "As if the vileuess of the Karl of (arriugton was not known to everybody who reads even the Ameri? can newspapers only i I have heard of him again ami ft" tin Kven the decent men iu bis own set despiso him and cut him It h bard that when this wretch? ed woman conbl have (Jone her duty by qs she * ho ii I 1 bave left so degrading a p*oof of her utter bard heartodness and unwomanly feeling Wby. mother," exclaimed the girl, wrought up by the melancholy dissent that was vi.-il lo on Mrs. Rodney's face, "yon would not have me degrade my womanhood be? yond all self respect if yon were to bave millions by it That is what this course would t>e. I want independent- as much as any one living, but 1 will not forfeit one bit of my self respect to se? cure it. I would work as a shopgirl sooner than marry this Karl of Carring? ton. and I hate my aunt for insulting American womanhood in tins way. Too know me enough to feel sure that when I say this is my last word on the subject it is useless to thiuk of it any saore." I"Bravo!" said Uncle Josiah "Yon are a credit to the family 1 approve of jour sentiments. Don't mind your mother I shan't live forever, and then you'll all be independent. I am no Ann! Matilda. roOStCM of < 'arrington. " "No; y . l couldn't 1 ? sjtlttO as bad as she. I admit gajtl bis njece, with re? freshing can b r Poets J ilah stHfl *] at this Mrs. ilo i i . haot i ai /a. ao If hct lot was v ii ii . I .i little Mm ii wilting Li , r?;*'; ? fe*e Del they all lilt that PI ..u1 would km us good us btf word At this BOJUest the servant entered with a card Mrs Rodney picked it from the* tray with the air of a Niobe gathering a farther harvest of tear*. '?Rev Arthnr Kintball." she observed despairingly "I did not know he was back from Europe We must see him, 1 suppose Vou can show him in. Wil? liam*. "This ia a very appropriate time for a parson to call, when a family is pros? trated with grief over the loss of a near relative of fortnne and of title, "said Uncle .losiah. with placid sarcasm. Rev. Arthnr Kim hull 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 bis vacation was to go to Switzerland and climb the most inaccessible moan tains there. He had just returned from one of these athletic ontings. 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 inqniry about friends Miss Rodney said ?'Well, what Alp have yon conqnered this year. Dr. Kimball? Ienppose yon will soon be driven to tho Himalayas for yonr vacation. Switzerland will be a sucked orange." "After this summer I almost feel as if it were." replied the clergyman cheerfully "I did the Matterhorn this year It still has /ho credit of being something fit for a climber to vanquish. Of coarse the old time glamour of its sharp cre.-t when the guides themselves used to wag their heads and tell weird tales about the' unseen horrors that cling to its top ia done away with. Too many have shinned up this slippery needle of the Alps. But it is tr.g 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 1 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. Vou know four of tbe party were ljst on that first'ascent Whymper was tbe only one of the 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 tbe top was, like myself, a clergyman." "And is it really so difficult?" asked Miss Rcdney eagerly. "I den't think there can be any Joubt of its difficulty." said Dr. Kim ball, with a dry smile "It is a tough climb, and I have made many The Zinal-Rotbborn we., a cocker, I thought, although I fount', a gray haired woman pt the table d'hote at Zermatt who had none it a few years before and was not very boastful about it. A man who had never climbed attempted this peak and did it. althongh the guides had to sim? ply transport him over the icy and shelv? ing parts of the rocky ledges There are plenty cf peaks to practice on But it is tho most glorious feeling in tho world to scratch yonr way. like a hardy insect, up the rough, haughty Bfftkl that nature seems to have reared as a defiance to the passage cf man " con? cluded Or. Kimbull as be rose to go "I see from your looks that you are keep? ing up yonr 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 tbe 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 Kimbull bad retired "Here's a small, not overmuscular parson whq can climb the Matterhorn I Women have to shrink into their petticoats over that' "Two women have done it without 'shrinking into their petticoats.' as you so elegantly pnt it." retorted his niece, slightly nettled at tho old man's gratuitous gibe "That mast make it all the harder for tho poor women folk, who have to content themselves with small exploits, like riding I wheel or playing tennis," returned tho determined old man "I shonld think yon would want to climb the Matterhorn." "Oh, I dare say I may somo day," ro plied Miss Rodney carelessly "I have not n doubt Mm! I could." "1 il bet you $100,000 yon couldn't do it," grunted the old man coutemi tu ously. "It's not as easy, of course, as Wt? gering $10l),00u when you wouldn't really and seriously wager u penny on it." Tho two wero alone Mrs. Rodney and the subservient Rote had retired as soon as Dr. Kimbull left. Tiie obi man looked at her with a cold gleam in his eye. "Look here, " ho said after a moment of this |%e>dfril gaze at tho resolute figure of his niece "You've done a good thing in treating your Aunt Matilda's low proposition with perfect contempt Of course you may relent later on. hut it whs the spirit of an American girl that made you tiro up as you did HI th? first flush It's the only spirit of lit* kind in the family, and I think it should be encouraged. You think 1 am own brother to Matilda for meanness, simply because I don't pay for every silly extravagance of yonr mother and you girls: bnt 1 ain't, and I'll prove it to you." 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 uow "When 1 die. I hope you think 1 mean to do tho fuir thing by you and the others I don't believe in giving a kick at your relatives from your coffin," 8nid tho old man. "Now. If yon scale the Matterhorn within six months I'll put by etocks and things that will let you have an income of ten thousand a year. I don't believe yon 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 he* feet. She was un? deniably excited. "I generally mean what I say, don't IT" 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 have, I know I can." The old man was opposed to this, but his niece worked on his pride and tem **l will climb that Matterhom 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'-iug kind of a niece." CHAPTER II. THE ASCENT OP THE ROCKY AUTOCRAT OP 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 it was based on the fact that two or three women had done it. She was in 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 European 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 np 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 pretext that ehe had to meet a friend in Switzerland. The friend was the Matterhom, but this Miss Rodney did cot 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 to Zermatt At each advance her heart beat faster She was approaching the rocky autocrat of tho Alps, whose sharp peak, 14,000 feet in the air, seemed to await the coming of the adventurous girl with silent disdain Sometimes her heart misgave her Then she had to fall back on such revivers of her determina? tion as the thought of what Uncle Josiah's perennial scorn and delight in her discomfiture would bo if she failed. Hho 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? terhom nuder her feet in 1871. and of Felicito Carrel, tho daughter of a guide, to be sure, but a girl who had scaled tho soaring crest of this redoubtable Mont Cervin. If they could do it. why not she? Miss Rodney Itaid at the Hotel Mont Cervin in Zermatt. She secured the services of the two most celebrated and experienced guides for the attempt hIiu could get. paying them 1<?() francs for tho ascent Some delay was necessary waiting for weather that would bo as propitious as possible When such a day came and tho guides announced their readiness to start. Miss Rodney, al? though not a profeasedly religious girl, fell on her kneel in ber room and pfayad With simple earnestness that, tho Lord who made tho mountain would help ber to scale it. Then with a rapid? ly beating heart she started on her at? tempt to get one more petticoat victory of tho Matterhom. Her rosy cheeks were slightly blanched, but tho color of her will was not. Tho party struck up tho mountain to tho right of tho Oorner glacier. Before long they reached a wild and rocky Alp, from which heathery upland sprang the triangular peak of the mighty Matter horn OIT at the east was^Tonto Rosa. Miss Rodney waa regaining her com? posure and her nerve. Her love of na? ture reveled in the beautiful sublimity of this mountain tossed region. When they reached the Schwarzsee, the lonely litvle lake sleeping darkly in its mountain bowl 8,000 feet above the sea. with the rough stone chapel beside it, her eyes again rested on the heaven piercing peak which had for her a thrilling fascination. The night was passed in this spot. At 8 in the morn? ing they resumed their course. Already Mis9 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 Jazi' toward the east. It 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 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 2.0U0 feet above the Schwarzsee chapel, and from six to eight hours are necessary to pass from this point to the summit. When Miss Rodney felt the rope tied about her which bound her to the lusty guides, there was something of the feeling in her soul that one may experi? ence as the halter is adjusted to his neck. But the die was cast. Go up she 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 was surmounted her spirits rose. The guides were encouraging and some? times complimentary, but Miss Rodney felt that those who had limbed the Matterhorn had not told tbe tale too vividly. Toward the very top the last steps are comparatively easy, and it was with the strangest, most complex thrill of her life that Florence Rodney stood at last, a conqueror, on the absolute, gaunt, icy and rime rifted top of the Matterhorn. She sat down and burst into a fit of hysterical laughter. It was done I No matter what Josiah Gardner might do, there was a satisfaction in her achievement that in itself repaid her. Never had she experienced such an overwhelming sense of isolation, of lit? tleness, as when perched there, 14,000 feet in the air, on the Matterborn. i What a nothing she seemed in the aw? 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 the top to see another human being as? cending thither I The climber in this case was a young Englishman, about 23, ruddy, clear eyed and blond. This unexpected Iii overy of a girl on the Matterhorn was overwhelming enough to disturb even British phlegm. He lifted his cap with a smile. Miss Rod? ney was glad enough to eee him to ; smile with cheerful camaraderie in re? turn. "This is somewhat startling,' said tho young fellow pleasantly "It "Let mc have these set in tiro rings.1* is novel enoogh to find oneself on the Matterhorn l!or tho first time, but to meet a young woman there is astound? ing Allow we to congratulate you. It is something to be proud of. " He lifted his cap with a gesture of deference to her prowess. "It only shows what a woman can do," replied Miss Rodney "But 1 should not lil:e everybody to know the agony of frig.it I have been through on the way up. I am glad to see yon, for it may make mo less frightened going down Tho thing is not. ended when one has. arrived. Getting back is something too." "Yes. It was going down that Lord Douglas"? Then the young fellow stopped. It bad occurred t^ nim that it was not tho most opportune moment to dwell on tho horrible Occident to Mr Hudson. Mr. Hadow, Lord Frederick Douglas and Cros, the guido, who were destroyed In making tho descent "1 understand." said Miss Rodney "It's just as well to reservo that till; : we get to tho Mont (Yrvin hotel. Tint bow did you get up hero so soon alter myself end without our meeting V "I got at the Scbwarssee after yon. 1 did not stop at tho Lower Hut at all. but pushed right on." "I wish you would get mo a small fragment of rock from the very top if you can," said Miss Rodney "I want to have it set in a ring, as a souvenir of this little walk. " "Certainly." said tho yonng man. He managed to knock off two pieces of rock with his ice pick. "I'll tell yon what I'll do." ho p \id ,^s he approached Miss Rodney with them in his hand. "Let mo have these si t in two rings?a plain, simple set? ting?and then you have one and I'll keep the other I would like porno sou? venir of a girl as plucky as you It's a little unconventional. But, then, meet? ing on the Matterhorn is rather uncou ventional too. My'name is Guy Stan? ley." "And I am Min Florence? But you aro going to bo at the Mont Cervin tome little time, aren't you?" asked Miss Rodney, interrupting herself. "Yes; I shall bo there a week." "Then yon can get the rings made there, perhaps, before I go. I don't know, though, that yon 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 yon Miss Rodney was about to correct him in his misapprehension as to her name when cnocf the guides suggested that it WRS time to begin the descent, and she concluded to let it go. She could tell him later, when they were at the hotel. [to BE continued.] ? -L- ._ CHIMNEY FiPiES. TVhy Snlt In Coimr.only (.Ned to Pnt TItem Out, In accounts of chimney fires it is common to read that tiie fire was ex? tinguished by throwing salt down the chimney. Salt is used because there is liberated from it when it comes into contact with the fire a gas that within au Inclosed space like a chimney is ! very effective in extinguishing lire, j The primary purpose in throwing salt or anything else down a burning chim j ney Is to dislodge the burning soot, chimney fires being caused by the igni? tion of the soot clinging to the inside of the chimney. Salt is used for this purpose not 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 n house. It is thrown down the chimney in such a manner that it will rattle down the sides and by its weight knock down the soot and sparks cling? ing to the chimney's insides. A bucket of sand 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 lire may drop. Water is not played on a chim? ney fire from a hose because it is not necessary, and the water would do more damage than the lire. The damage caused by a fire in a chimney when ?l is confined there is nothing or next to nothing. Left alone, however, a chimney tire 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 in their consequences chimney fires are always put out and commonly iu the manner described.?Exchange. RUSSIAN POLICEMEN. Now (iovcrnnr's Teat For Their AlertucMs Wn.s n Failure. A good story is being told In St. Pe? tersburg of the Russian police which the papers, pronounce to be exceeding? ly characteristic. A new governor was sent to a certain town in the interior, and the inhabitants at once began to complain that the police were badly organized, siuce, however much they were wanted, they would never 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 sentry: "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 lias 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. I 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 In? likely to accuse bis police of having a share in the midnight mur? ders of the town. _ Piecing Hanl? Note?. 1 am told at the treasury department that it is not possible for a persou lo defraud the government by what they t call "piecing" - -that is. by clipping off j small slices of several bank notes and tilting them together to resemble a complete note. Such offenses bave j been committed, and the guilty persons have been sent to the penitentiary, but i the treasury never redeems the bills, ! and the loss falls upon the persons who send them In for redemption. There j are several ways of committing frauds of this nature, and they are done so I skillfully as to escape detection except by experts. There is now a $500 note on exhibition at the treasury which is made up of 10 slices of other notes so skillfully fitted together as to es? cape the notice of a number of banks and many people who handled lt.?Chi? cago Record. IneonRlntent. "You keep me waiting so long!" com? plained the customer. 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EAST 2d cl let cl ?11 * *33 Extern i:me, in cl 2dcl *c2 ?11 am p m STATIONS. 8 10 5 30 Black*butg 8 30 5 45 Earls 8 40 5 50 Pattereon SDringt 9 20 6 CO Shelby i0 00 c, 20 Lattimore 10 10 6 28 Mocreeboro 10 25 6 38 Keotietia 10 50 6 5* Foreet City 11 15 7 10 Rutbertordton 11 35 7 22 Millwood 11 45 7 35 Golden Valley 12 05 7 40 Thermal City 12 25 7 58 Glenwood 12 50 8 15 Marion p no p in a rn 7 48 7 32 7 25 15 65 48 38 20 05 t6 40 37 17 00 a m p r. 6 40 G 20 b 12 6 (0 4 60 4 40 4 20 3 60 3 25 3 05 2 60 2 45 2 20 2 00 p m West Gaffoey Division. East I6i Class. 15 I 13 EASTERN TIME. STATIONS. let Class 14 1 16 p m 1 00 1 20 1 40 p m a m 6 00 6 20 6 40 a m Blacksburg Cherokee Falls iGaffoey a m 7 60 7 30 7 10 s m p m 3 06 2 40 2 20 p m ?Daily exctp? Sunday. Train No 32 leaving Marion, N. C, at 5 a in. making clct>a connection at Blacksburg, $ i\ with the Southern's train No 36 for Char? lotte, N C, and all points East and connecting with the Southern's vestibule going to AManta, Ga, and all points West, and will receive pas? sengers going East fn in train No 10. on the C A N W K K, at Yorkvtile, S C, at 8 45 a m. and connects at CHtnden, S (', with the Southern's train No 78, arming in Charleston, 8 17 p m. Train No 34 with pasnngtr coach attached leaving Blacktburg at 5 li a ui, and connecting si Rock Hill wuh the Southern's Florida train f<?r all joints South. Train *\o IS leaving Camden, S C. at 12.50 p m, alter the arrival of tue Southern's Char? leston train connects at Lancaster, S C, with the LA C K K, at Catawha Junction with tbe t A L, going East, at Reck Hill. S C, wiih the Southern's traiB, No 34, for charlotte, N Ct and all points East. C< nrects at York ville, S P, with train No < B (lie C * N H R It, tor Chesttr, 0. At Black&huig wi-h the SoHtbettl'l vestibule gS-itift East, and tl e South? ern's train No 35 going Wsai, and connecting at Marian N 0 with the Southern both East and \\c>t SAMUEL HI NT, President. A. THIPP. Superintendent. S.B. l.l'.MPKIN. Ucn'i Passen^ r Ar-nt Atlantic Coast Lw Company of Sattk Carolina. CONDENSED SCHEDULE. In died Jaruary 14tb, SOUTH No ?35 3 46 4 43 6 10 5 48 7 65 a m No til 8 C2 8 45 9 25 5 45 9 15 a ni Lv Darlingtou Ar Lv Ar Lv Ar Lv Ar Elliott Sumter Sumter Creston Oreston Ar Lv Ar Lv Ar 1900. NORTH. No No |56 8 05 7 20 6 40 ?.2 3 5C Prevails Lv 10 00 Orao^eburg IVnrr ark A m uets p m 6 16 6 27 6 02 4 28 2 30 p m ?Daily. "fDailv except su' day Trams 32 and 35 carry through Pullmsn PaUcs Buffet Sleeping Core betwecu New York and Macon via Augusta T M EMERSON, 11 M EMERSON, Traffic Msnaspr. Gen'l Pact. Agt. J R KEN LV, Gen'l Manager.