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ooooooooooooooooooooooo M THE CRIMEJ go BY RODRIGUES I ? Author of "An Artist In Crimo, s icl o Modern Wizard," j ^ O Copyright, 1S0C, by O. P. Pulr, ; OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Mr. Mitcuoi could una no words witu | which to express his feelings. The ut-1 ter.selfishness of such sophistry, the greed of the man who would thus! swindle his poor employees, utterly j amazed liliu. And the oddest thing' was that the girl made uo complaint, I accepting her lot as a matter of course,1 a fact beyond dispute. Yet. observe ner posmou?biic worsen ion nours per day .for her slave driving master, earning enough per week to pay the greedy landlord for her shelter, the mother and sisters, by similnr drudgery. And- j Ing the food and clothing for the family. "What is the name of your employer?" he asked presently. "Herman Polaskl." "Polaskl? Rut that Is your name. Is he a relative?" "Yes, sir; my unelc." . ? Her uncle! Comment seemed superfluous. Mr. Mltehcl paused to think, and the girl rambled on. "Uncle Herman's been very kind to us. I don't know what we would have done without his help?starved, I guess. You see. father was sick a long, long time, and all the money we had went to the doctor and for funeral expenses. Then we liad nothing, so uncle gave us all work in his shop, though he said he didn't need any more bauds and it was just taking money out of his own pocket to hire us. We dou't earn much, but anyway we've lived on our wages for over a year now." The girl's gratitude was In strange contrnst with the greed of her father's brother, who had not hesitated to benefit by tlie distress of ids relatives. Mr. Mltcbel felt a great sympaT.iy for tills poor family of women and would gladly bare opened his pockethouk iu their behalf, but he realised the magnitude of this problem of aid to the i>oor. lie had gone into but two homes. Iu one he had promised assistance, and in the other lie found the same need, inviting the same remedy. But were he to go on and visit tenement after tenement, home after home, how soon would his resources be at an end and how little would he bavo ocoompltfihoO toward Itiphimtnn the eufrertng ot* the fften t He felt the helplessness of the situation more than he luul ever done when theorizing about It. and for the moment lie decided that lie might better confine himself to his special object. "I have heard that you saw theHiaby which was taken from next door^' |iO-licgMWu riTraMPtotstar nn, criueutiy Uinwn7WJ_?t -U?s question. ^ "Tell me about It," lie asked persuasively. "Tell me nil tliat you know." V\ Bbe looked nt lilm sadly nn<V*%sug3itfully and tben, to Ills astonishment, burst into tears, exclaiming: "Ob, don't put me In prison! Please don't take me to prison! Mother*d starve If you locked me up!" "My dear girl," said Mr. Mitcbel soothingly, "what are" you saying? What linve you done? Why should you be put In prison?" She endeavored to control herself, and dually between her sobs he caught the words: "Don't ? don't ? they put ? wit-witnesses?In?In jail?" At last he understood. This girl knew something, hut was not herself guilty of any wrong. She had witnessed the crime which had been committed, and she knew enough of our laws to understand that she could he held a prisoner as a witness needed by the state, under a law which thus works great Injustice to many. "There, there!" said lie. "Don't weep. Tou have nothing to fear. I nm nnt nn officer, mill you shall not be locked up. I promise you that. Hut I wish you to tell me nil that you know. Come, Won't you trust me?" "Yes, sir?I'll?trust you." she answered timidly, wiping away her tears. Then nfter a few moments she had composed herself and 'began her story: "You see, sir, one night last week 1 had some extra work to do, and I tried hard to finish it, 'cause mother needed the money for medicine. She's got a had cough. Hut I was so tired that I couldn't sew, and about 9 o'clock 1 had to go to bed. But 1 couldn't sleep very well. Every now and then I'd hear mother cough, and I'd think of the work 1 hadn't finished, and I'd try to get up to go, at it again, but I was sp dead with sleep, too, that 1 just couldn't. Hut after a long time I heard the clock strike 12, and 1 knew that If 1 was going to get the work done I'd have to get up, sleep or no sleep. So I made a Jump and landed on the floor In ? heap. I guess I hurt myself a little, I 'onuse it wnkn m?> no rnl _ XMtr vvflll |/ICIC? 1 111*11 ' I thought I was sulTocating, the room was so hot ami stifling, ami I went to the window and stood breathing the fresh air. That's how I came to see him." ' v\Vhom did you see?" asked Mr. Mltehe! eagerly. "A man. At first 1 couldn't make out , what he was doing. lie was walking about stealthy like, and lie had a bundle In his arms. lie came pretty close to tho window, 'cause he was walking near the wall, but he had his head down when 1 first saw him, and then i afterward ho had his back to i, I OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO p ! THE CENTLhV j| i o A i > OTTOLENGUI, o | ; ? "A Conflict cf Evidence," "A ? * "Final Proof," Etc. . g IV ?~ O ,5 inni's Sons. All rights reserved. o ^k. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO $ was anri;, too, being very cioutiy. wen, be went a little way out, to the tree you see there, and he stooped down and began to fumble with the bundle. I could see he was unwrapping something. but I couldn't ma lee out what it was. cause liu laid it behind the tombstone. Then he stood up straight for a minute, and just then the cloud went away, and the moon shone out bright, and 1 could see his face Just as plain as anything." "Did you know hi in?" "No, but I'm good at remembering faces." "You mean that you would know him again?" "Anywhere. I'd pick him cut of a million. The moon shining on his face made it look like a ghost, end It's haunted me ever since. Why, In the dark of nights, if 1 shut my eyes, I see that face staring at me. Oh, yes, I'd know him again!" | "You say you saw him place the child ' behind a tombstone?" "No; I didn't see the baby then, | though I heard a baby cry, but that's j common round this neighborhood, and I didn't think aftythlng of It. But I saw him put something behind the stone, ! and when I saw the baby in the grass the next (fay 1 felt sure the man had put it there." "What did he do after you saw his face? Did lie see you In the moonlight?" "No; I don't think he was exactly I looking my way. though his face wns ! ciiV* 1 rmiilil con if i lo etnnfl I just n minute. Then he picked up something from tue grass, and he went over behind another tombstone, where I could see him. though, and lie dug a hole and put whatever he had in it. j Then he stood up and trampled down the grass with liis feet. Then he watchI od his chance, when no one was pasa! lug. and climbed over the fence, and that's the last I saw of him." "And when did you discover that he had left a baby in the grass?" "1 sat tip the rest of the morning sewing till time to go to breakfast. We had some bread and milk, I remember, and after eating I went to the window to scrape the crumbs out of the plates. whcu.l^Ucababy^cry^ jrUjs thue it nearly dropped the plate. I was so surprised and so seared to sec that little baby, without any clothes on, crawling about In the grass." "Hut why were you alarmed?" "I knew rici>t ",,u 1110 man hail ._? * and I'd seen him do it, dnd I was afraid it would be fun? i out ami I would ho am*?-* cause 1 knew about it. Au<j. you sec, we just barely r?*he enough to live ca now, n.-Kl what would motJcr do if she didn't have me to help her?" "But I heard that you throw food tc the baby," said Mr. Mltchol. "I had to. I fretted all that day thinking about what had happened I , U-U I Iw/liVi 1 Xp/'\;0) MArijfek^ - C^lf \v/^~\ V 11 j v/iA Hon ,,i!it \4MMh/Y-'? x%1 V;-^^ J .-,vk < \k ,#fv-- ^ y/v> ft H'ds i baby's blip. nnd wondering if the baby would be found nnd if the police would come and nsk nie questions, nnd that seemed sp likely, 'cause our rooms open right on the graveyard. And I knew that if they naked me what I knew I'd just blurt the whole thing out. nnd then wITere'd I be? becked up for a certainty till they found the man and made nie Identify him. Then I got another Idea that made my blood freeze In my veins. Suppose nobody found the baby. It would die! It would starve to death! And wouldn't I be held for that? Wouldn't I have help on me man to kill the baby by not telling what I knew? So, you see, it looked like I'd have to go to prison anyway, but 1 thought I'd prevent tho baby from dying, so I Just made an excuse, and I went to our rooms. Intending to throw it some food, but 1 couldn't see it anywhere, and when I thought It bad crawled away where I couldn't throw food to it it just made me sick* and weak. I was that scared I dropped In a Jienp on the floor and leaned against, the window sill and cried. Then 1 happened to look up, and my heart gave a big juiup, for there was the baby crawling from behind a tombstone. I called to tlie poor little dear, and she stopped and iffoked up nt mo and smiled. She seemed to know that 1 meant to help her. Then 1 got some bread and soaked it lu milk, and I dropped It down. You ought to have seen the little thing corno right for It, and pretty soon alio i:u*j it in tier uanos unci was sucking away for dour 11 to. Then I went back to njy work more light hearted." "And you fed the child after that did you not?" "Yes, sir. 1 think she Rot to know nie, 'cause when I'd go to the window to throw her the bread she'd he wait ing, and she always looked up au< smiled like. Oh. dear! I'd have River my life to go down and bring her ui stairs, but I didn't dare, I was tha afraid of the police. But at last I toh Mrs. (Irililn about my feeding th< baby, and she told the policeman." "Two things that you have told m< are very Important, Miss Polnslti. Yoi say, in the first place, that you saw tin man's face and that you would kuov him again?" "Auy where. I would know kill among a milllou." "Very well; I may ask you to poln Iihn out to me at some time. The otlie thing of Importance is that you say th? man buried something behind one o the tombstones. I wish you to poln out as nearly as you can the spot wher you saw him digging." She went to the window and hull cated a headstone which stood in th kIukIow nP tlin Iron nont* Itr nn#1 fnlrln the clinucc of being observed from th street. Mr. Mitcbel stepped upon tli window sill and dropped to the ground It was not long before be found wlier tbe sod bad been overturned and r< placed. Scratching away the loos earth, his lingers came upon somethin which he drew forth and held up b< fore him. It was n baby's slip, in on corner of which lie found what li hoped would he n name. Instead proved to he a tiuy flower done in en broidery silk. . Returning to tl:?? house by elimbiu through the window, he showed th to (lie girl and asked: "What flower do you call that?" Without hesitation she replied: "A lily of the volley." "A lily of the valley." murmured M Mitcbel. "And the valley was the v.i icy 01 inc snauow or ucnui, lie imis< as lie look Ills departure. CHAPTER IV. fmppkuy 8am. Mr. Mitcliol left the tenement lion with mixed feelings. He believed th he had made considerable progress the investigation and thought that his place Mr. Panics would have be? proud of himself, yet lie felt depresse Remembering his own wealth and li luxurious homo up town, such penur as lie liad just witnessed made him dl satisfied with himself. He went directly t ? a:i midertaki and gave orders for the burial of Mr (JTiffin's child, and he ? :it a plentif supply of groceries to her house. No ertheless lie could net avoid the thougl that this was hut 11 trlile ' with what tiie rich might do < & ?2*I ?? ? ?xoiio haP. ITe lie thought that he might divert I > mind, for here it was that young Mo ; claimed to have passed the night < which ids father was killed. As mind reverted to the Mora c-,t' M I Mitehel wondered i" sudiVn inte est with-'- *c l,n:' b'-hrn in JJie otlu ...ii smiled as he thought of mw litt Mr. Panics would relish his neglect i his "crime of the century." Apollo hall, situated as it in in tl very heart of the-east side slum which In the minds of those who h:;\ only read of tlie section nre inevitabl associated with degradation, dirt an crime, is a luiprise to the visitor. Tl building itself Is attractive in Its arch lecture and Inviting in its general a pcct. On llio first floor there is a ha room, from which a- wide stalrca; lends to flic hall above. This is sp: clous and prettily decorated with bun lug. which hangs front the polishc rafters. The celling Is high and tl floor waxed smooth for dancing. IIci take place the weddings, balls, soiree lectures, indignation meetings, politic; conclaves and occasional riots that ci liven the vicinity. Mr. Mitotic! looked around witli lute est, and. having read an nnnottueetnet that a professor of dancing would hi pin Ids regular season on a stated dat and that the charge, as usual, won! ho 10 cents per lesson, lie at last undo stood why it is that the children of tli street dance as well to the tunes of i!i piano organs as do the graduates c Manvlg at the debutante's hall. Leaning against the bar. he found dispenser of drinks, who was easil Induced to talk, and after a few get cral remarks by way of introducing hi topic lie asked; "Do you know this Mr. Mora wli has been accused of killing Ids father? "Never heard of liiui till 1 saw 111 I name In the paper." replied the bai I keeper, with a coJir^n "Hut 1st? claimed that lie was in thi place en that night," persisted Mi Mltehel. "Yes; I know he did. lie proved hi I alihi as neat ns wax. I guess he's tly that fellow." "Bat are you not pretty well n< I qunlntud with the people who com j here?" "Well, rather! There don't nohod, g. t In without my seeing him I keej i the floor." | "And if Mr. Morn had been her would you not have seen hiinV" The barkeeper, by way of reply winked one eye knowingly. grinnei and with a flourish slapped upon tin , bar the drink which he had been tuix | lag for his customer. "Well, then." continued Mr. Mitchel "perhaps you know the two men win swore at the Inquest that they sav Mr. Morn hereV" "Oil. yes. I knoiv thon? right enough!' "Are they reliable?" "r.e-ll-ahle?" repeated the barker per pronouncing enoh syllable separately and. accenting the last two with sig nif.cr.tit emphasis, he laughed at hi. own wit as he continued his rude joke "Well, cow, you've Just hit them it They're liable to lis and to re-Ile. <? cording to price offered. Why, for i silver quarter with a hole In It oithci ; one oi tnut i>:iir wouin swear ins moth: er was a cigar store Indian, so yon see n what, a beautiful alibi they let that t duck off on. Oh. 1 tell you this is a great town for some folks, especially p them that has the price and pays their r way." u "Then you do not believe that Mora ? I was here V" l i "Oh. 1 don't go as far as to say what s ) I believe. I'm an unbeliever, 1 nm. All j i t I say Is it ain't proved that be was 1 here. lie might have been, you know, s i under some other name, only if lie was then: fellows told the truth for once iu I ? their lives, and that wot.lt' be queer, l the both of them honest e name day. u That would he funny." He chuckled t f till Ids fat form shock like a bag of I jelly. * t i "Still. n3 you ray," pursued Mr. Mitchcl, "it Is possible, after all, that < t he was here7" i r "Oh, yes. it's possible! Anytlilug's 1 i? possible. Today might be Tuesday, f only it ain't." < t "Still, on tht? chance that, as you 1 o suggest, he has visited "this hall and Is known to you under another name, 1 I I- should like to have an opportunity of < ? see'ng him here. lie claims that he S Conies here to study the condition of I ? the poor, but I think it more probable ? that If he comes at nil there is some I ' other attraction." e "In petticoats. eh7" said the bar!* keeper, with a la up'.?. "Say, you ain't i 10 no fool yourself. Are you a detectS tve?" He asked this last question so sud10 denly and looked at Mr. Mltchel so at10 tentively while trying to seem busy polishing n glass that Mr. Mitehel In-1* staidly decided that it would he wise to disabuse his mind of that Idea if he hoped to retain his friendly aid. There'3 fore h.e said without a moment's hesitation: "Oh, no! 1 am a reporter." j "Then you're welcome any time, and I'm at vour service." A certain brightr. I . j cuing r;> or tic ::inv."s c: .iitonunce as[ I surcd Mr. Mitclicl that his answer had boon a wise ono. The follow continued: "Say. you've Rot that Mora chap dead to rights." If ho co'.nos down horo, he don't give his own name. and you can hot on that, and ho ain't visiting this so neighborhood for the good of the at neighbors. There's a girl in it. or my i!1 name ain't what it is. Say, I'll tell you what! The dancing school opens Saturday night with a swarry. You jg he down, and I'll do what 1 can to toll you who's who." f Mr. Mltehel thanked him for his s offer and, tossing hint a dollar in paymeat for his drink, bade him keep the 1 change, which he did, passing the nilver coins to his pocket with the do.v1,1 teritv of an "expert. Tui-nina to l???vo v* ohice. m- w,,? attracted lit rt picture tacked to the wall. It was ^ n crude lithograph in garish colors" ie and represented the face of a rather pretty girl, but what most Interested re him w-s t'10 'act that in the picture tis lht, girl woie a single blossom of lily ra tlie valley as a headdress, while 0** printed holow wew? the words, "Miss f Lilian Vale. 'The Lily of the Valley." " [' "Who is this girl?" asked Mr.' Mitch'' el. turning again to the bar and point' lug at the lithograph. "Say, she's a peach, she Is, the best in the business!" The barkeeper low erou ins voice to a confidential wliis10 per. "I'm stuck on the Lily myself, but there are others, anil I guess 1 ain't in it." lie shrugged his shoulders as though expressing, resignation at the thought of living without her. ' She's 10 a serlo comic and does turns in the halls on the Bowery. But she's too s" good for that sort, 'cause she's got a voice like a bird. She ought to lie on ,e Broadway, she ought. She could sing right'longslde of Lillian Itussell, and it N would be a toss up which Lillian got 1,1 the applause. I tell you she's a wonIL> der." ? "Do you know where she is singing sj nt present?" 1 "Well, it's summer now, you know, and as she ain't got called to the roof gardens up town yet I guess she's out r" of work. In fact, come to think of It, 11 | It's a long time since she's sung any i place. See the date on that hill? It's 1 j over a year old. I'onuy I never thought ' | of that before." lie seemed quite tnkr" j en aback and lost in thought for a few 0 I moments. j "Do you know her personally?" Mr. ^ | Mitchcl asked. Tlds aroused him at I once. ^ I "Do I? Well. I guess! Mau.V's the v | turn I've had with her In the mazy waltz up stairs." s "Then she comes hero sometimes?" "Oil, yes! She's around pretty rcgu" | Inr. She'll be nt the opening swarry j sure. You he here, and I'll give you a s knockdown." Considering her name and remembering the emblem worked on flic ha 3 hy's slip, Mr. Mitcliel promised himself much. Interest In meeting the young singer and assured the burkcep3 er that he would be present at the ' dance. lie had walked less than n block after leaving Apollo hall when a short man, with an eye that never met the iiu-s.v ui auoiiier, suddenly appeared bey side him. leaving a doubt as to whence I' he had come. In a sepulchral whisper the newcomer addressed him: 0 "I say. mister, can I see you a minute?" "Yes. What do you want?" said Mr. ' 1 Mltchel. Then, thinking that the man 15 must lie n beggar, lie took out a dime .1 j and offered It to him, but the fellow I declined it with a grin. . ' j "No. sir." said he; 'Tanks awfully, 3 | but dnt ain't me price. I'm no beggar." 1 "Well, then, what are you?" asked ' t Mr. Mitchel sharply. < "I'm a crook? just a plain, simple crook. Slippery Sam's my uumc t What's yours?" ( The audacity of the man attracted I ; Mr. Mltehel, and. looking upon hint for t * a moment as a curiosity, lie said: I I "You are a crook, eh? Then why t 1 might I not liand you over to the I * i police?" 1 1 "Time wasted au uothiu gained. I p me my time tor my last Join an 1'vo | ived straight ever since. So what couhl hey hold toe for, oh?" "How long hav^ you been out of risen ?" "Two w?veli3, an I ain't struck uo nouoy since I reached town, straight u* crooked. But I seen you give that , larkccp your change, an says I to my;elf, says 1, 'Sain, that man's your neat.'" "And what may that elegant cxprest!on signify?'1 "It signifies that you've got money to ! ] )urn. an I want sonic of it." "Lo you mean to get it by robbery?" "Not unless you force me Into rime." said Slippery Sam, looking at dr. Mltchel so quizzically that the later laughed outright. The fellow was evidently an original | diameter, one of those whoso destiny s to see the humorous side of life. Such as he would be the light spirit of i party, whether in clubroom or prison vll. Continuing the conversation, Mr. Hltcliel said: "1 have no wish to make you stenl, jut hof else do you expect to get mon?y from me?" "In exchange for information," was the quick response. "What information have you to clve?" "None. My Information Is for sale." "Very good. I'll buy It if It Is worth anything." "I knew ycu would. That's why I followed you. You told the bnrkeep that you are a lepoMer?" "1 did." "Too thin! Not by no means!" "IIow do you know that 1 am not a reporter'/" "Them diamonds Is too white," replied the crook. Mr. Mitchcl blushed and thought of how he would have guyed Mr. Barnes in such a predicament. That lie should have made a claim the falsity of which had been so readily discerned by a j member of that class whose Intelligence he had always held to bo so poor disturbed his vanity. Kvidently It would he necessary to he more alert If he should pursue this investigation. Turning to his companion with more respect, he said: "Well, then, if a am not a reporter, what am 1. since you are so smartV" "No offense. I'm sure." was the reply. "1 got on to you: that's all. I ain't very fly, but I ain't such a chump as that bnrkeep. Why. he asked if you was a detective, an anybody with half an eye could see you didn't belong to that set. But you ain't no reporter neither. I'll tell you what you are. You're a iri'lll ! !'!!! II HJ1M <!|* llin i-ri.il un?? V1-I...1 I - ? j i voti'rc it|> !?? i!] t!i!>* ???talo? - my busliK's* only as 1 can give you tips in excliaugo for cus'i. "Yes. but wlint information luive you to Impart which you think I would ctiv to buy';" "Well, the feet Is, 1 guess, if you're nftcr anything special I ain't In it. Ihit 1 say if you'd like to roe a sight as tvould make the old man in Mulberry street open his eyes I'm your guide." "Speak more plainly." "Say. would you mind turtiln round an walkiu the other way? That duck over there lookin so innocent into that cigar store is a detoc in plain clothes, lie ain't seven me yet, an I'd rather lie wouldn't." "1 thought you had done nothing to make you fear the police," said Mr. Mitehel, turning, however, and retracing liis steps. "Neither have I, but then, you see, by this time tomorrow I might want to l prove I was in Jersey City today. You can never tell, an it would be awkward for that cliap to swear he'd seen me down here. See? Cut about this little circus. I s'posc you know that since the I.cxow committee cleared up thiugs tliin town's been run like a Sunday school?all the gnmbliu places shut up tight, with rooms to let, cli? Well, s'posc I could take you to a i place where -there was Just the fan- | Kiuu nr a myout?raro. poker, rdulette, everything. IIow would that strike you?" "1 would not give 10 cents to visit sueli a place." "Wait a minute, mister. There's more. S'pose I was to tell you that p) gj, ^T) "Seven sharp, fool of Jau street. Good place for a crowd tike ours, ehf" the place was run on a steamboat; that \vc do a moonlight excursion down the [>ay to cover up tracks. How then?" "If your statement is true, it is interesting, of course, but I'm not oon- 1 lected with tho police, and the arrest >f such people Is nothing to me." "1 guess you're straight enough," Mild the crook in an odd tone, and it luwned upon Mr. Mitchcl that the felo\v had- been Hounding him for fear hat, after nil, he might be a detective, lis replies nail been so honestly made hut even Slippery Sam was But Is tied, 'or in lower topes he added: [TO BE CONTINUED.] ? \ SOUTHERN RAILWAr ^r^ 1 rSR- I 1 Condensed iseliwItU In CT?ot Daeamber lOlli. stations! fRJobi'7u- iCTl .? Lv. Charleston 7 IK) ft is " Sumincrville 7 *1 a a? " Branehvlllo 8 ?<5 ft n? " Orangeburg ? 20 a m " Ktngviiie 13 a in ? lv: Savannah ^ 12 C5 a ?i? " Para well 4 00 a m " lllavkville 4 16 a m cvroc": ainbla ... if US m ' ProciHjrity 12 10 n'n " Newberry 12 23 p m ? 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T*., | (Vestibule,'. Diuutod); vnuhbouud, 1:80 a. m I 4:30 p. m., 12:.'b p. m. (Vestibule! Limited) ** 1 rains 0 and 10 carry oloer.nt Pullman aleapl tug cars i Mw.'Uti bavntmufa an ! AnUuviJla o?| routo daily l >-i\v<>on Jacksonville aud Cb>?ua> i nut!. A:so ruJlmnn Drawing-room aJ??piuf I cura V.-t wton Ci'.arlojtoa and Columbia. FKaNK S.OAX.NO.V, J- M .ClnbSiar.; | A/.XC Washington, L). O. W. A. TITUS, B. H.IIAKDWICK, I Gun. I'asu. Ag't.. As't Uen. I'lisa. Ag't., WaMhington, p. C. Atlanta, Pa. South an ?w-SiE\,a:J> Southwest.rn pSg'/rn *< A CD 1 IN EFFECT NOV En BER5 th, 18 99. SOUTHBOUND. No. 4U1 No. 41 f.v. Now York, I'. It. It.. I'lliWaml* 900 |?ni I.v. Washington, P. It. It | 5 (X) |> in j 4 <10 u m l.v. It i<-li1111 > 11<I. A. ('. 1.. | ii IX) p iu | 9 95 a ni l.v. I'ortsm mill, S. A 1, j * .s 45 p m | Jll^0 a in Ar. Welilon ! II I0|>m 11 43 a ni Ar. Hornlorsoii I lti5tiam 1115 pan Ar. llalci&h I itijaml Ui.tlpJV Ar. fto. 1. hick I 4 27 ant I at. uninict .... j 5 14 n m j '7(Bfim i \ . Wilmington, S. A. I. ' iTjwTpTn Ar. Monrots s. A. i j_* 6118am |j> 9Mjqw Ar. Ch?rl?tt<u,S. A. L... |* 800a m i *1025 j> m Ar. ? lu HiT-rTP.'S'. f...,/ f* 8 10 n m I *10.55.?m Ar. Carlisle i 1MXJ a in |- 11 26 pm A r. G reenwootl ! 10 45 a m I It U a m Ar, Athens i 1 24 p in j 04?ii ni Ar. At unta | 350pm.| 0 15.ii.jii NORTHBOUND. No. 402. No. 08 I.v. A? In lit. i, S. A. I j ? 1 00 p in I * 8 501> m A r. Athens I 0 08 ji m 11 05 |> in A r. (J reenwonil | 540 pui'| I Kin in A r. Carlisle I 7 24 |> in L 0 :Ua m Ar.'Chester | 753(ini I 4 08am A r. Monroe I 0 00 p in I 5 45 n in Cv. Clmr otto. .x. A. LT~| * 830~|i m in'otfani Ar. Ihiinlot, a. A. 1, I 11 10 |i in I * 748a hi Ar. Vviiininirton. S. A. I.|* |*1205pin Ar. So. 1'iin s, S. A. L... I *12 02u ni | * 0 00 Ar. Kult'iifh j 2 00a m I IV H. -W Ar. Metitlerson I 320 a in I 12 45ji... Ar. W'eldon J 4 55 n ml 2 50pm Ar. l'''ri."inonth I 7 25h in I 5 20pni A r. It icli mow I, A. <I,.. | * 8 15a in I * 7 20 p m A r. Wa-hinirton, I*. K. It | 1201pm | 1120-iim Ar. Novv_York? ? ! Oil i> in | fl .53 a xn Dally. Nos. 403 iiinl 402.?"Tho Atlanta Special.' solid vcstibulcd T im In of >*ii I) in A n Sleepers and '<niches between WaahliiRton tinU Atlanta. ?!so I'll 11 nnin Sleepers between'Portsmouth and charlotte, N. C." Nob, 41 and 118.- '(he s. A. T#, ExpsA88.ll Solid Train, fbnc-lies and Piillinnn UltClio:p b?-t? < en Portst!!-. nth and Atlanta. Itoth trains niaka imniodi dp oaiyice"ti?n at Atlanta lor Montgomery, Mobile. New Orleans, Texan, t ulit'ornia. Mo*ico. tiliat lanootfa, Nashville, Memphis, M aeon and Florida. For tickets, Bloopers, etc., apply to (I. Mel'. 15attK, I. 1'. A., 33Tryo:i Stroe, l liarlotte, N'.c. E, .' ! . Jonx, V ico-l're*. and tien't. M'g'r. It. tv. 1$. (Ii,ovi:?. Tin!lie Manager. V*. e, McMke, Henoral Snjit. I. s. ai.i.kn, (len. Pass r. Agent. (ienoiT.l Olllccs, Portsmouth, Virginia. Hands Wanted. 50 Loopers JEU&fi KxcelMor Knitting Mill?, Union; 8. C5. Work nice in.d easy. t<Qod lupins enrn $1.25 to $1.75 Per Day. \ ExC'KI#8IOK lvNlTTlNO Ml LI#, BjT J. II. Oault, Tre.is. 111 d Manager. ^ 8-Hmo I h it C\ U> A fAr* % / Trjt*1?W8 j 3 U Krnu.diCH. Have cured Lr S i\/ 8 B mnnj th>na-vnd en ? called ho;ioh<*a In t?* itjl at least two-thirds ot nil symptoiOB r?uu??v?d Te.tlmonm:. ptnd T*3 f?ATS irc?ti?i#-n* free ox. a. a. ckJtLS'i sobs. &#? t. tiiMiu.ut v yx< . ^ / A