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There lived at Swnffhani, in Norfolk,
a hardworkiiur, Industrious man, who
followed the trade of n tinker.
Thi luan dreamed one night that if
ho look a journey to London and placed
himself on a certain part of London
bridge he should there meet with ft
person who would communicate some
thing to hiin of great importance to his
future prospects in life.
This dream made some impression on
the tinker's nriud, and he related It Tery
circumstantially to his wife in the morn
ing. She, however, half laughed and
half scolded at him for his folly in pay
ing attention to such idle fancies and
told him he had better get up and go to
work.
The next night he dreamed the same
again and likewise the third night, when
the impression was so powerful on his
mind that he determined, in spite of the
remonstrances of his wife and the ridi
cule of his neighbors, to "go to London
and see the upshot of it."
Accordingly, having made arrange
ments as to the management of his busi
ness during hU absence, he furnished
himself with a sum of money and set off
on foot for the metropolis, distant about
00 miles. He reached the end of his
journey late on the third day, and, hav
ing refreshed himself with a night's rest,
he took his station the next morning on
a part of the bridge which corresponded
with the description in his dream.
There he stood all that day without
any communication to the purpose of
his journey. The next day it was the
same and the third, so that toward night
his confidence in his dream as well as
his patience began to be considerably
shaken, and he inwardly cursed himself
for his folly in not yielding to his wife's
advice and resolved that next day he
would leave London and make the best
of his way home again.
However, he kept his station until
late in the evening, when just as he was
about to leave it a stranger who had
noticed him standing doggedly and with
anxious looks on the same spot for some
days accosted him and asked what he
was waiting there for. After some hesi
tation the tinker told him his errand,
without, however, acquainting him with
the place he came from.
The stranger smiled at his simplicity
and advised him to go home and in fu
ture pay no attention to dreams.
"I myself," said he, "if I were dis
posed to put faith in such things, might
now go 100 miles into the country upon
a similar errand. I dreamed three nights
this week that if I went to a place called
Swaffham, in Norfolk, and dug under an
apple tree in a certain garden on the
north side of the town, I should find a
box of money, but I have something else
to do than to run after such idle fancies.
No, no, my friend; go home and work
well at your calling, and you will find
there the riches you are seeking here."
The tinker was astonished. This, he
doubted not, was the information he
was seeking, but he said nothing fur
ther to the stranger than to thank him
for his advice and to declare his deter
mination to follow it. He immediately
went to his lodging and the next day
set off for home, which he reached safe.
He said but little to his wife on the
subject of his journey, but rose early
the next morning and commenced dig
ging on the spot supposed to be pointed
out by the stranger. After proceeding
in his work a few feet downward his
spade struck against a hard substance,
which, upon clearing the mold from the
top of it, proved to be an iron chest. He
quickly removed it to his house, and,
having with some difficulty broken off
the lid, to his great joy found it full of
money.
After securing this treasure he dis
covered upon the outside of the chest
an inscription, which, being no scholar,
he was unable to decipher. He therefore
hit upon the following expedient to as
certain its meaning:
There was in the town a grammar
school, several of the pupils from which
were constantly in the habit of passing
his smithy on their way to and from
school. The tinker judged that by plac
ing the chest at the door it would excite
the attention of the boys, and thus he
should be able to obtain the object in
view without exciting any suspicion
emong his neighbors.
He soon had the opportunity he sought.
A number of the boys having gathered
round, as was their custom, to witness
the operations of the forge, he took oc
casion to challenge their scholastic skill
in the translation of the inscription.
Some shook their heads; others, after
conning over it awhile, said it was not
sufficiently legible.
At length, one older than the rest,
anxious to display his superior learning,
after scraping and brushing off the rust,
gave the following solution of it:
Whero this stood
Is another twice as good.
Overjoyed at this information, the
tinker next morning resumed his labor,
and, a little below the ground already
cleared, he found a second chest double
the size of the first, and, like it, filled
with gold and sijver coin.
The account goes on to state that, be
coming thus suddenly a wealthy man, the
tinker showed his gratitude to Provi
dence by building a new chancel to the
church, the old one being out of repair.
And, whatever fiction the marvelous
taste of those ages may have mixed up
with the tale, certain it is that there is
shown at this day a monument in Swaff
ham church having an effigy in marble,
said to be that of the tinker, with his
liog at his side, and his tools and imple
ments of trade lying around him.
Mirror.
PRICES" TO CATCH THE EYE.
The Italian Fruit Seller- Shreivd
ncii In Jliurklnsr III Ware.
The Italian fruit seller shows his
shrewdness as n business man In a.
Email way by the prices which he puts
on his wares. The fruit is arranged in
tempting groups on his pushcart, and
each group is usually marked with a
ticket, so that the pedestrian may
know the prices without nsklng. Over
a pile of plums may be seen the tiny
sign, "8 for 9 cents."
Now, the average customer does not
buy eight plums, and when ho asks for
one it is 2 cents, or two for 3 cents
and, as the render sells more lots of
one than anything else, the eight for 0
cents becomes a myth, and his stock
averages nearly 2 cents apiece. Peaches'
he Easy Foofl
Easy to Buy,
Easy to Cook,
Easy to Eat,
Easy to Digest.
iraker Oats
At all groccrt
in 2-lb. pkgs.
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tlrn nfl
that are marked 12 for 25 cents If sold
in dozen lots wonld be fairly cheap,
but one peach from the same pile al
ways costs a cents, and as -"two for
0" is the popular sale in that class,
the lot which is advertised at 23 cents
usually brings more than 30. In the
orange season "8 for 25 cents" is a fa
vorite price placwl on the fruit, which
Is really sold for 4 cents apiece.
A bronzed Italian who has a regular
route, over which he bells fruit at all
times of the years, was asked, "'Why
don't you make prices for one or two,
and not for eight or a dozen?"
"Elghtee for nine uiackee yc look
den yo payee two fo' one," and he,
winked the other eye In a way that
showed that his reputation for shrewd
ness was well deserved. New York
Tribune.
Innliic Selection.
A returned missionary, giving some
account of his experiences In Jamaica,
says that he was once called upon to
act as arbitrator between a man and
his wife who had had a violent quarrel.
The couple came to the missionary's
house a short time before the hour
appointed for a prayer meeting to be
held iu the chapel in the missionary's
dooryard.
The man and his wife both began to
talk at the same time, their tongues
going fast and furious and their
temiMsrs rising until they finally came
to blows and fought until the mis
sionary was forced to use all his
strength in separating them.
He succeeded in calming thein and
induced them to remain to prayer
meeting. After a hymn had been sung
the missionary requested each person
present to give a quotation from the
Scriptures, whereupon the man who
had the difficulty with his wife got
up and said briefly:
"I have fought a good fight"
The missionary had hardly recovered
from the shock of this when an old
black woman got up and prayed that
"de niinistah" might be given strength
for "his weak body and his feeble
miud." Detroit Free Press.
The Iloj- "With the Hose.
The other evening as an open electric
car was going south on Center avenue
it passed a small youngster engaged in
sprinkling grass with a hose.
Just as the car came opposite him
he whirled and innocently sent the
stream with full force Into the crowd
of passengers.
The instantaneous uproar which
arose caused the driver to shut off
power and put on brakes instantly,
while the child stood, open mouthed
and stupefied, pouring the water Into
the car. The passengers scrambled
over each other to get out the other
side, as he seemed unable to change
the direction until the conductor did
it for him.
At this point in the proceedings the
boy seemed to recover his faculties
suddenly and bawled loudly, while the
car went on. Chicago News.
A Chicago Joke,
When the customer came to pay his
check at the restaurant counter, he ex
pressed himself as to his estimate of
the entertainment. The day had been
6wclteringly hot, and even in the even
ing there was a breathless, gasping
sultriness on the street. The customer
had a right to think comfort could be
found in the big basement restaurant.
"Everything all right, sir?" asked the
courteous cashier.
"Everything hot but the coffee," said
the man.
"That's a pretty good joke. Have a
"Will it go out?"
"No, it will not go out."
"Then I don't want It I'm going
out"
And he did. Chicago Post
FIGHT WITH AN EAGLE.
Strange Experience of a Locomotive
Fireman In Pennsylvania.
The fireman of nn Ontario and West
ern train had a battle with a bald eagle
near Susquehanna, Pa.
The eagle was on the track, and when
struck by the pilot climbed up the frame
and held fast by his great claw.
While the bird was still dazed by the
collision the fireman climbed out on the
SENSATIONAL BATTLE.
pilot the train was going 45 miles an
hour and grappled with the eagle.
. After a fierce fight, during which the
fireman lost much of his clothing, the
eagle was secured. It'measured seven
feet from tip to tip and stood four feet
high.
Itinl Menu.
"What is the matter with Bobby?"
"Well, we had blackberry roll for
ri"Iuuer, and he got along all right until
Dicky Smith came .over and said they
had had watermelon." Detroit Free
Press.
' ' No Luck In n llorneiihoe.
"Do ycr Jjolave there's luck in n
liorseshoe; Dennis?"
"Not a bit Norah hung wan over
the childer's cradle anMt fell an bruk
his jjpse." Bpston Commercial Bui
Ietln,
PFSJSSftMS " SSSSKSS
Mrs. James'
Bay Window.
Of course it was Mrs. James iu her
bay window that made all the row and
changed the face of that time honored
facade that had fronted the park for
two generation. It was not much of a
park, to say the truth, just a block
square of trees and grass, but it was a
park the park and the choice resi
dential quarter of the town. To move
down to the park was to get into society.
The row of houses,' in the middle of one
of which dwelt Mrs. James, was a solid
block, all alike from corner to corner,
three story, red brick, high stoop dwell
ings, without any frills or excrescences
to mar their respectable uniformity.
Everybody in the row knew everybody
else, and, though naturally there was
more or less gossip running along from
hou"-e to house, especially in the sum
mer, when all over town people were
sitting out evenings on the front steps,
still it was what might be called a very
friendly and neighborly neighborhood till
Mrs. James blossomed out with her bay
window.
It was a Christmas present from Mr.
James a handsome plate glass and Imi
tation brown stone abutment over the
front door. But the row disliked it from
the first It broke the harmony of the
block in more senses than one. In the
first place, it looked lonely, jutting out
all by itself from that block long flat
ness of red brick. Then, too, it made
the other houses look poor and untrim
med. And to look poor and untrimmed
is to feel so of course. However, by the
exercise of a little Christian charity this
might have been endured. What the
neighborhood couldn't stand was to feel
itself watched, as it speedily did, by
that protruding eye which raked the
street from end to end. All Mrs. James
had to do was to sit there in her ob
servatory and see everything that went
on along the entire row.
And sit there she did, morning, noon
and night All night, too, the men began
to say as she began to twit them with
their hours for coming home. She could
do that with a good face, for the whole
row knew that Mr. James was always in
bed and asleep by 10 o'clock at night.
He had his fun by day "when he might
better have been attending to business,"
as Mrs. Snipper told Mrs. James to her
face, wien they had the row, that all
came about from that prying bay win
dow. Mrs. James saw Mr. Snipper come
home one night rather later than he
ought, and, instead of keeping the matter
to herself, or, at any rate, being content
to say what she had to say about it
quietly in the next one's ear, what does
she do but hail Mr. Snipper next day
from her stoop to his in this fashion:
"Well, Mr. Snipper, it strikes me that
you keep pretty late hours for a married
man. One o'clock this morning when you
came in."
"Well, Mrs. James," said he, "you
needn't say anything. It strikes me yon
keep pretty late hours for a married
woman."
"Why, what do you mean?" she asked,
very indignant.
"Well, how the devil" and, mind you,
this was all out loud, from stoop to
stoop "how the devil can you know that
1 am up late if you aren't up late your
Eelf to see?"
It wasn't a very nice way to speak to
a lady, one must own, but the poor man
certainly did have provocation. And he
was as good a man, too, as ever stepped.
However, Mrs. James rushed off and told
Mr. James that Mr. Snipper had insulted
her. And Mr. James spoke to Mr. Snip
per, and before the row was over Mrs.
Snipper had thrown out that hint about
Mr. James, and then there was music at
the Jameses too.
And so it went, all along the row, first
one and then another, and all on account
of that spying bay window, till finally
Dan Tripper took the matter up and set
tled Mrs. James and her bay window
once for all. Everybody around the park
had known all along that Dan's broth
er Sam' dissipated more than he should.
But he wasn't a married man, and as his
brother and his brother's wife bore with
him nobody else felt called upon to
make remarks. However, it must be
said that nobody knew quite how badly
he did go on till Mrs. James saw him
from her bay window sneaking home at
5 a. m. very disheveled. Of course, it
was disgraceful, and it made such a talk
that Sam up and left his brother's house
it was half his home, too; said he
wouldn't live near any woman. That
bay window of Mrs. James' brought
cursing and swearing into the row as
well as anger and bitterness. So Sam
took rooms over Hicks', the barber's,
up town, in a business block, and the
Trippers were furious. Sam couldn't pay
his board, of course, in his brother's own
house which was half his, but he was al
ways making them lovely presents. And
Sally Tripper liked him, anyway; said if
they'd only leave Sam to her she'd bring
him around all right in time.
Well, Dan Tripper said he'd be"
hanged if he wouldn't fix that James
woman; he'd have a bay window, too,
and Mrs. Tripper should spend her life in
it keeping tab on Mrs. James. And he
did. What was more, his bay window
was round. The James' was square, so,
in a way, and, so to speak, he had the
bulge on Mrs. James. His bay window
may not have stuck out any farther, but
it seemed to. And sure enough, pretty
soon Mrs. James had to lower her shade
on the side toward the Trippers and
keep it down. Lace curtains aren't any
protection, you know, when there is an
other window right behind you.
Well, and when Mr. Snipper, on the
other side of her. saw how Dan had fix
ed her, he posted off to the same archi
tect and ordered a bay window exactly
like the Trippers. And there was Mrs.
James completely sandwiched. ,
Now all the houses in the row have
bay windows, and the old block has got
back to something like its former decent
uniformity, with nobody having the ad
vantage over anybody else. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Too Swift For I-lsrhtiilnK.
In describing a death by lightning, a
Georgia editor says:
"lie and his nephew were plowing in
the Held when the flash came. He was
Instantly killebVand his nephew would
have been but for the fact that he
saw the lightning coming and got out
of the way In the nick of time." At
lanta Constitutlortr
A Good System.
Flower How do you manage to win
at the races every day?
Block A friend of mine who knows
all about the game picks a winner for
me In each race.
Flower And you bet on his choice,
eh?
Block No; I bet against it Chicago
News. '
Ilcr Hint.
He 1 am going to take a little in
struction in boxing at the gymnasium.
She I think it will do you a world of
good. I suppose they show you how to
use your arms, don't they? Cleveland
Leader.
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Cltj- Du)' Idea.
A Gallatin county farmer hired a
boy from the city to asist him through
the summer The farmer told the kid
to go ont to the barn lot and salt tho
calf. The kid took a quart of salt and
industriously rnbbed it into the calf's
hida The colts got after the calf for
the salt and had about all the hair
licked off the animal before its condi
tion was discovered. Montgomery
(Ills.) Nws
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"You have never known the pangs of j bat before the season is over." Wash
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BiLL AND ME.
Thwe was brother BUI and me. e ss both on
us A. n.
In the tine lurk OhaUub of IN rtli AniTiUcy.
We . knon bj jll the irew (o Ioe rath other
And we nocr toM a s.tr pi- a ruujrlity lie,
not vrc.
We ttjs st.mm here oS tin? po!c. where we'd gone
10 puk i.i (-cal,
Wiicn Ui 1 was took a Mid.!":, with a wery Kd
mwn i' ;
K be i J down on In. Mtle Jnd wer .pucllj"
UllV.
fcaid the captain, "Let constat hiin to th
bottum of the Pea."
Then tli sewed hint in In, berth, and he said
puodby to earth
When they look and bote him overside our gal
Unt It t lie bark;
While I stood and ptjed my e, the ratw they
pae a cry.
For wo saw htm s'it'in; wholesale down the
mouth of a big shark.
That was more nor I could t-tand, &o, a-warin; of
my hand,
I jumied and followed William Into that hun
gry shark,
But when I pot inside I could ha sat and cried,
For I hadn't got no matches, and the place
was awful dark.
So I cuts into Bill's bed and his pockets tries in
stead. When he ups and gives a. grumble and blesses
both ray eyes;
When I told 1dm he was dead, he said he'd
punch my nead,
A-picking of his pockets and a-telling nf him
lies.
I soon found he wasn't dead, but only fruz in
stead, And the shark it thawed him quickly, for soon
he was quite well.
Then a roaring fire we lit, and we roasted shark
a bit.
And that shark he got quite hungry, so deli
cious was th smell.
When we couldn't cat no more, we thought we'd
go ashore.
So we goes and cuts a hatchway in the middle
of its back.
And a bridle then we geared, and then the shark
we steered
Down south for New York city in less nor half
a crack:
Now, this ma seem absurd, but, if ou doubt my
wrd(
Uhv, go to New York city and ak Mr. Bar
nuni there,
For he bought that shark, did he. which an enc
ma we.
And Bill and tne is always known as such a ;
truthful pair.
rick Me Up.
TITLES IN THE ARMY.
Officer, Are Cnlled "Mr." Until They
lieaeh the Itnuk of Cnptaln.
People who are not versed in matters
of army usage often ask why certain
army officers are addressed as "mister''
and not by their titles. To the men
who. enter the service from West Point
the custom is well understood, because
they know that, uo matter how much
authority they may have or how gay
their uniform may be, they are sim
ply "misters" until they wear two bars
on their shoulder straps. A recent oc
currence in "the Army building illus
trated' the matter." A man who had
been a field officer in the volunteer
service in the-war with Spain had been
appointed to a lieutenancy in the new
volunteer army and called at one of
the offices at the headquarters on a
matter of business. There the officer
in charge presented him to ji United
States army officer.
"Major Blank, allow nio to present
Mr. Smith Mr. Smith, Major Blank."
The volunteer officer hinted In n
modest way, when the major had with
drawn, that it might have been well
to- let the fact be. known that he also
wnj an army officer. "Oh, that's all
right," said the officer who had acted
as host, "everybody is mister until he
ls captain."
Kveu in service the first aud second
nontenants are addressed "mister" by
officers of higher rank. The custom is
so general that it is not unusual for
lieutenants In the regular service to
have their visiting cards engraved with
the "Mr." prefixed, thus:
"Mr. John Brown Smith, United
States Army."
The officer iu the regular service also
shows a preference for civilian's dress,
which the volunteer officer does not
always share. When not on duty, at
home on leave or on his way to post
the regular officer usually wears no
part of his uniform, and prefers to ap
pear as an ordinary citizen. New York
Tribune.
Font WnRliliiKu Ffo-iV Seldom Prac
ticed. "Old time religion seems to be dying
out. even In the south," Bald A. J.
Presley of Clayton, Ala. "I can re
member the time when 'foot washings
among the hard shell Baptists were
(juite common, but it Is rare that; one
sees anything of the kind today. I
went out into 'the country from Clay
ton last spring and saw the first one
.hnd seenince the war. .The custom
is one Tof the, most Interesting ,and
.unique that was-ever observed by any
religious body. I would have thought
uothing about the matter 30 years ago,
but when I saw the observance a few
months ago it struck me as belonging
to another generation. These people
aro among the most devout we have
in the south, yet they would be viewed
In the light of curiosities in many com
.munlties. The ceremony was the cli
max of several days of revival meet
lugs, and it was conducted with pray
ers aud singing of hymns. Yet I sup
pose the time will come when it -will
be nothing more than a memory, even
In our extreme rural districts. Wash
ington Post.
Ont ot the "Wilderness. '
Several -cargoes of lumber of con
siderable interest from nil historical
point of view have just been delivered
In Philadelphia. The lumber was ob
tained on the Wilderness battlefield,
and the bills of, lading show that the
trees were felled and the lumber
sawed on the field where1 Lee and
Grant fought so fiercely and stubborn
ly for supremacy. In" some of the'
planks the mlnie balls can be plainly
.seen, particularly where the bullets
have been cut through by the saw,
H-hldb seemed to go through the lead
ns. easily as through the" piue. The
parts of the wood touching the spots
wiiere.tho bullets were found are dis
colored and rotten, but not enough to
damage-the lumber:
A Conception.
"I think It would he n goOvA plan to
i-'ond Willie up into the country for n
month," suggested Willie's father.
"He's never been on n farm, nnO It
would be rat her a novel experience
for him."
"Xo, you don't," Interrupted Willie..
I ','l've heard all about the country, and
I m not going anywheru vliere they
have thrashing machines. It's bad
enough when it'a done by hnnd."
Onicagq, Post.
"Dimness of sight,
palpitation, shortness
of breath, black spots
or else shining lights
before my eyes, terrible headacKe, numb
ness in my arms anil hands and tonirue,
aKo ray jaws would ret numb; constipation,
prolapsus, debilitating drains, soreness
through ray bowels; in fact I was diseased
from head to
&'''
foot," writes
Carpenter, of
berland Co.,
I first wrote to
cerning my
.Ir. Mollie B
Li nana. Cum- .T,,
Term. "When W'
Dr. Pierce con
health. I was o
weak I could only
write a few words
when X would have
to rest. I could
hardly walk.
Words cannot ex
press my suffer
ings. Now I can
io my own wash
ing aud cooking.
t can take a ten
uart pail in one
hand and a six
quart pail in the
other (full of water) A
and carry both one V
fourth of a mile yn
ind never stop to
rest. I am as heavy
as I was at 19 years
!i25 lbs). I also
had dimness of
sight and impaired memory. I had spells
that when I would try to speak I couldn't
think of the words I wanted to say, but
would say something else. I have im
proved, oh, so much, and Dr. Pierce's med
icines have done the good work. It has
been about a year since I commenced to
use the medicines. My health has been
improving slowly but surely. We cannot
expect a disease that has been coming on
for years to be cured in a few days. If any
lady, suffering as I have, will write to Dr.
R. y. Pierce, at Buffalo. X. Y., and get his
advice and ne his medicines according to
directions, a cure will surely result."
Most dealers in medicine-sell Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. There is no other
medicine that is "the same" or "just as
good." Don't accept a substitute.
IV. M. WEYRIOK
ATTORKEY-AT-LAW
Office, Second floor, Palmer Block.
No. 163 S. Main st.
First stairway north of the I.O.O.F.
Temple.
The Dixon Transfer Co.
Coal, Transfer and Livery
Packing, moving and storing of
roods. Coaches, coupes and carriages
tor funerals, weddings, parties awl
railings.
73 a..J 125 Catron si. T' "
;;ss Castings
For Every Purpose.
A. Adamson,
Exchange and Water Streets.
Growers of Ws ne
Catawba Pure, Catawba A, Port,
Sweet, Ives Seedling:...
Always on hand. All orders promptly filled.
Special attention given to all mall criers.
SCHAEDLER & RHEIN,
Kelly's island, 0.
The Eilchie Coal Co. is
the place to buy your.
for the next 30 days. Prices down.
RITCHIE COAL CO.
Tel. 5oG. 110 W. Market st.
A. O. EI-L.SS
rf. , ,. g moving vans, general
r - S I a teaming and trans-
Terring, parcel and trunk delivery, feed
stable. Pompt. service, popular prices.
Office corner Canal and Cherry streets.
otaoie ziu fjnerry street.
Toi. -asy
SS3iii3iiSiiiSZS
Frank N. Fuchs, Transfer
Coal, transfer and general teaming,
rubber tire coaches for funerals,
weddings, dances, moving vans,
wagonettes, band wagons.
106 Lincoln st., Tel. 564.
J. K. WILLIAMS
VaS-ot-ilrae Shop"
General Machine Work of All Kind?
Clay WorkingMachitipry for
. StoRPWr a SppcJjiIty
CASPAR SIMTEL.
Manufacturer of all kindsof brushes.
Orders promptly attended to.
155 S. MAIN" ST. r AKRON, O.
CLAMS I LOBSTERS
AT
-THE. BANK CAFE,
The Finest Restaurant In Akron.
MEALS SERVED AT ALL HOURS.
FETE IMPORTED AJfD P05ESTIC
Ae-fc Goods & Cigars
Under Central Savings Bank,
JOHN KORCEIR. Prop
Rostock House
125 North High street'
Best of Accommodations
Ko;ytl iiy day or "week
Bates
$i per ft
$19.15 to Mackinac Island and .Return,
Including meals and berths. Kor
further inforniatioii enquire of C. D.
Honodle, Unioir-depof. Tel. 42.
Low Rales to Philadelphia Account G. A
R.
Encampment
Vin P. fc AV. ami 1J. & O. R. -JI.
tli'roiifrh car line via Harper's Kerry,
Washington and""l)iiltiniore. Dates
of sale Sept. 1 to 4 inclusive. Rate
$11 round trip, limit Sept. 12, subject
to extension until Sept. .'50 upon pay
ment of 50 cents extra. Stopflvers ift
at Cherry Run, Washington- And
Italtiinoro iiHowod'goinir, returning
Seetiro sleeper early. Kor further
information, time of trains, see
C. I). Honodle, ticket agent.
Union depot.
Summer Tourist Tickels
A
Via Great Lakes now on sale.
Kor
tiokots and full information boo C
S.'Honodlo, Union depot, agent D.
&jC. S. N. Co., C. & B. line, Anchor
line, Merchants' line, Northorn
Transit Co., Northern Steamship Co.
;
'vx
I 1
i W
f x!i
7 .'
twy
1UJXROAD TIME TABLES
t Sally; all othari dally axcept Baaday.
Ctntral Standard Tlmt.
CIJCVELAJiD, AKRON A COLUMBCB.
Union Depot, Market St.
Going North.
No.T7t
No.tS
No. 8
No. 2
Colnmbui expreis,
(lOEact
10:87 am
4:15 pm
1:68 oil!
4:pri
9:07 p.
from Mlllersbnrg only
Columbus last malL,
Going South.
Col.-Cln. fast mall
iNO. KM
To MU!rsburg only.
No. iafr Col.-Cln. express (-ft) .
ERIE RAILROAD CO.
Erie Depot, Mill it.
Time Card 1 Deo. 11, 1S83.
doing West.
ko it Express
8:33 pm
T:0S n.
8:35 ni.i
122 !:..
6:52 ri
e:n ..,.
No 15 Limited vestibule
.. AT Ajtruu oniy.
uri JUUUU VUljr.......
No is Huntington special (tt).
No if Poclflo express ,, ,
No S7 Accommodatlon..
Uolng East.
iNo Limited vestibule
No 19 Rrnma
1:29 i-n
8:3-1 hm
,12i'a p.
4:25 in..
No 4 New York sneeinl
No 19t Chautauqua expres3
fc.M WJ .-.UUAlAlliUlJU -
m wj jM.vwiimwmmii -ClX) p!
1:00 pi
days.
0 T. V. B. K.
Going North.
How. St. Union
East
Akron.
8:08 am
9:10 am
UMlpni
4:6Spm
8:17pm
8:18 bio
12:27 pi.i
5:tf7ir.
ll9-i-
R.oi) r
jjepoi.
Depot.
No KJ,
No t.
No 8 .
No 10t ,
No 8 .
No Tf .
No 8 .
S'tA mm
It :20 am
1:10 pm
KflS am
6:13 am
0:03 am
1:00 pm
A'JA Tim
S:25pm
8:15 pm
Going South,
8:42 am 8:06 am
12:01 pm 12:18 pm
4:20 pm 4:Mpia
10:51 m 11:15 pra
. 7:35 pm 7:30 pm
No B
No 6t
No Tr .
WHEELING A LAKE ERIE R'Y.
r Myrou T. Horrlck, Robert BUckensderfer,
receivers. Time card: Nov. 17, 1S33.
Nol No3 No3
am
Toledo (Union depot)Lv 7:15
Spencer 10:15
pm
1:20
4:23
4:40
4:54
5:19
5:43
pm
uoai 1 lu-Jti
Ureton
Orrvllle..
.10:49
11:1S
ant
5:50
:'
Masslllon ..
Valley Junction..
Wheeling
11:50
12:45
ArS:25
No4f
Lv 6:S0am
N08
10:00 art
12:55 psu
1:50
222
2:19
3:03
S:l!t
8:30
Wheeling .z.
Valley Junctlo
Masslllon
..8:00
suw
Orrvllle.
,. 9:20
.9:45
Creaton:
Lodl.
;00
Spencer ..,
10:15
Toledo (Union depot)Ar 1:20 pm
1. Jj. .BOOin,
General Traffic Manager.
J.F.Townsand,
Assistant General Passenger Agent.
THE NORTHERN OHIO RAILROAD.
Time Card. Dec.l9,lS93.
Depot North Mnln Street.
Depart No. 1 7:50 am
" No. 11 ; . 5 :00 pm
Arrive No. 2... 4:20 pm
" No.l2.. J2:15am
PITT8BDRG A WESTERN B. R.
Union Depot, Market street.
Leave tor the East.
t Vestibule limited 1:55 am
4t Pittsburg express . 8:10 a:n
4 Pittsburg mall 1:10 pri
10 Washington Express Irom C.
T. V. R. It. Howard st. station 4:20 pm
Arrive from the East.
No.
No,
No.
No.
No,
- Westam mail tip.ni
No. 47 Chicago expresss.
. 75 p:n
ro.
No.
6 Vestibule limited 11:09 Dm
9Clev. Express, ar. C. T.dt V.
R. Howard st. statlon 9:80 am
BALTIMORE fc OHIO.
Union Depot.
Depart West.
No. 5 VestlbuU limited . 11:15 am
No. 7 Akron-Chicago fast mall10:10 am
No. 47t Chlcato express .: 7:50 pm
Arrive from h west.
No. Vestibule llmltet 1:50 am
No.4 Pittsburg expre 0:05 am
No. t OMoago-A-Ton last mall 8:10 pm
THE NORTHERN OHIO TRACTION CO. .
The A., B.AC. Route.
Waiting Room, North Howard St.
Time Card. May27,lS0ff.
Cars leave Akron 5:30 a.m.. ,every half
hour; 0:30 a.m. untll7p.m. and'at 8, 9 and
10:30 p.m.
Leave Cleveland 5 a.m every halt' hour;
0 a.m. until 8 pan and nt 9. 10 and 11:10 p.m.
THE EMPIRE OF THE SOUTH.
Second Edition A Beautifully llluslraled Book
Full of Important Information.
The First Edition of the "Empire
of the South" havingbeen exhausted,
a Second Edition is now ready for
distribution.
It is a handsome volume of. about
200 pages descriptive of the South and
its vast resources, neautuuiiy illus
trated, and regarded by critics as the
most complete production of its kind
that has ever been published."
Persons wishing to secure this work
will please enclose to the undersigned
25 cents per copy, which amount ap
proximates the cost of delivery. Re
mittances may bo made in stamps or
otherwise.
Address all communications on this
subject to W. A. TURK, General
Passenger Agent, Southern Railway
Washington, D. C.
Southern Literature. -t-
Interesting literature regarding
the south is now being distributed
by the Southern Railway "Southern
Homes" folders, large map folders,
"Land of the Sky" booklets, 'South
ern Fields," "Minerals and MinesV
books, etc., mailed free to any ad
dress. "The Empire of. the. South,"
a very-hands'biiie vt)lnme-of about
200 "panes., proflis'ely illustrated, ,
alo issued by the Southern Railway
jmri seiit to any address upon receipt
ot r cents, wnicn amouni approxi
mates eost of delivery. Address,
WM. H TAY-LOE,
Assistant Geueral Passenger Agent,
Southern Ry., Louisville, Ky.
Buckley Post Special to Philadelphia,
Sunday, Sept 3rd, via C, A. fc C.
and Pennyslvannia lines. Train will
leave Union Depot 2:30 p. m.,, arrive
Philadelphia 5:30 a. in. No ' change
of cars. Rate $tl round trip, limit
Sept. 12, subject to extension until
Sept 30, upon payment 'of 50 cents.
Sfopdversgoingandroturningallowed
at Baltimore," Washington and one
other station eastof Pittsburg. Order
sleeping space early. For further
information see C. D. Honodle, Tkt,
Agt., Union Depot.
Low Rates to .Philadelphia, Account ol
G. A. R. Encampment.
Via P.&W. and B.&O.R.R. through
car line via Harrier's Ferry, Wash
ington and Balttebte. Datesof salo
Sept. lto 4, "inclusive. Rate $11.00
round trip. Limit Sept. 12, subject
to" extension until Sept. 30 upon pay
ment of 50 cents extra. Stop overs at
Cherry Run, Washington and Balti
more "allowed going and returning
Secure sleeper early. For
further information, timo of
train, etc., see C. D. Honodle, ticket
agelit, Union depot.
' Buckley Post Special to Philapelphia.
Sunday Sent 3rd, via C A. & C.
and Pennsylvania lines. Train will
leavo Union Depot 2:30 p. m., arrive
Philadelphia 5:30 a. m. No change.
of cars. Rate $11 round trip. LnniL
Sept 12, subject to extension until'
Sept. 30, upon payment nf -50 cents.
Stopovers going and returning
allowed at Baltimore, Washing
ton aud one other ..station
oast of Pittsburg. Ord.r sleep
ing car paco early. For.lfurther,"
information see C. D. Honodlo,- Tkt:
Agt., Union Depot.
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