^^^^^ COMPLIMENT?? OF A. B. MACKLIN, CANADIAN PASSENGER AGENT P. 0. Box 434, TORO-. :; ;a-w & ALTON R. R. Paro^v A on BV lolan^b^ D.DALZJBL editot< of t}f Cbic^cjpo J^S^J^ s ,1#l n i!^ >)/ II 111 jTTp ^ OQ^^' 4; a^ =^.^ VL ^ iiy.g '■€ A psrody: on i-o-L-a-n-c-5-e ( KcspcctfuIIy dedicated to tlic Conductors of the Chicago or A/to/i Railroad.) (By D. Dalziel, Editor of the Chica(;o Xews-Letter. ) Scene. — A fairy ghide on the Chicago c?-" A/ton Railway, at Holy Cross, Illinois. The country bears evidence of the utnuist prosperity. It is early in June, vet the fields for miles in every direction are waving with already ripened grain that is going to take first prize at the next National Exhilution. The ensuing scene occurs in the brief interval allowed for purposes of safety betiveen the trains on this road. Chorus of fairies, discovered dancing over the ivheat stocks. (Enter Rocky Mountain Fairies, led by Leila, Ceila, and FletoJ CHORUS. Tripping always, tripping ever, By each glen, each rock, each river, We must twirl and we must twine Round about the Alton line. r EILA — If you ask us how we ride. See our cars and step inside: Cars of most convenient size, Cars enchanting tourists' eyes, Pullman Palace sleeping cars. Free from dust, from noise, from jars Cars with soft reclining chairs. Where we nestle free from cares ; Cars no cynic can place fault on, Chicago, Kansas City. Alton. Spite of distance, time, or weather, See three cities .link'd together. /TKILA That is extremely true and very pretty. Moreover, it is a very noble employment, this acting in behalf of the foremost railway of the world. Still, we are not altogether hapi)y. Since our queen banished lolanthe, our life has not been a transcendent one. Y KII,.\ — Ah, lolanthe was a whole team, and, like the Alton Road, she was the only one in the crowd who carried a proper train. But according to the laws of I'airydom, she committed an unpardonable sin. The fairy who marries a mortal must die. EILA — But lolanthe is not dead. (Enter Fairy Queen.) % r\UEP^N — No, because your queen, who loved her as much as a member of the State legislature loves a railway pass, commuted her sentence to travel for life on other lines, and sooner than do it she confined herself in a pond. r IT 1,A — And she is now working out her sentence in Iowa. PjUEEN — Yes. I gave her the choice of States. I am sure I never intended that she should go and live under a culvert beneath the bank of an Iowa railway. r 1'. 1 1. A — It must be damj) there, and her chest was always delicate. PjUEEN — Yes. An Iowa railway is hardly the place to send a delicate chest. Even an iron-l)Ound trunk has no show on any other line than the Chicago cV Alton. I do not understand why she went there, yr I I, — I[,,w terrible: but, O Queen, forgive her. Qri:i:X — 1 'vc half a mind to. r I'.ll.A — Make it half and half, and wholly do it. r\\ \-.\-.\ — Well, it shall be as you wish. Arise, lolanthe. (loi.ANiHK arises.) T()I,.\NTH I". — Must I again reflect my grievous fault on 4 ^/^ V.li ■•' ir ,1./ ^:- -^^ / ' / r L_^ y/'K xi "^""^^'^'^^ ^-r^ ^^^=^^^ - j'\ -^v • ^^^^''.)(f.^ -^W'' 'l//y.^. > •■ Y^//M^ — -^^ -vru/,( '^'''^^- V/Srr?- \/// V(// '-^//'//J p\UEEN — Oh, no ; we bring you back to bliss and Alton. And now tell me : with all the world to choose from, why on earth did you go to live at the bottom of that Iowa culvert? TOLANTHE— To be near my son Strci)h<)n. pvUEEN — Your s(mi ! I didn't know you had a son. I hardly think you 'd oughter, lolanthe. TOLANTHE — He was born shortly after I left my huslnind at your royal command. r EI LA — What is he? TOLANTHE — He is an Arcadian brakesman. He is one of those extremely pure young persons who have passed a comijetitive examination of intelli- gence before they can become anything on the Alton Road. Ah, here he is. (Enter Strephon.) TREPHON — Good morrow, good mother ; I 'm to be married to-morrow. $• TOLANTHE — Then tlie Counselor has at last given his consent to your marriage with his beautiful ward Phyllis. Q TREPHON — Alas! no. He is obdurate. He wants nothing less than a General Passenger Agent. /^UEEN — But how to get round this difficulty with the Counselor. Should you like to be a General Passenger Agent ? OTREPHON — That would hardly do. You see I am half human, half fairy. My body is of the Alton Fairy kind, but my legs are of another line, and would be likely to take me on the wrong track. /^UEEN — Well, your fairyhood does n't seem to have interfered with your digestion. Q TREPHON — It is the curse of my existence. \\'hat 's the use of being half a fairy ? My body can go through the air-brake pipe, but if my legs ever get between the couplers, I 'm a goner. There is one advantage : by making myself invisible down to the waist, I have collected damages from one railway company several times, because they could n't find the rest of me after an accident. My legs, I suppose, will die some day, and then what will be the use of my bust ? I can't satisfy Phyllis with half a husband. PjUEEX — Don't let your legs distract you. They shall be our peculiar care. The Alton does nothing by halves. So farewell, attractive stranger. [Exit all. (Enter the entire corps of officers of all the railioays -west of Chicago, except the C. c^ A. They are accontf anted iy a band, in ivhich the instruments are exclusively and appropriately made of frass. The blotcwrs in this band are the employe's of the raihoay officers.) QFFICERS — Loudly let the trumpet bray. Tan-tan-ta-ra, tan-tan-ta-ra ! Proudly bang the sounding brasses, tzing, boom ! As upon its lordly way this unique procession passes. Tan-tan-ta-ra, tan-tan-ta-ra ! etc., Tzing, boom, tzing, boom ! etc. Bow, bow, ye lower trav'ling masses. Bow, bow, ye folks who ask for passes; Blow the trumpets, bang the brasses. Tan-tan-ta-ra! Tzing, boom! etc., etc. (At conclusion, enter Counselor.) OUNSELOR — The law is the true embodiment Of everything that 's excellent ; It has no kind of fault or flaw. And I, for cash, expound the law: A constitutional lawyer I, For a great railway society; A very agreeable post for me. While my railway planks down its fee; A solid occupation for A money-making counselor. % % CHORUS OF OFFICERS. OUNSELOR — And though the compliment implied Inflates me with legitimate pride, ALToK.RK rf' It nevertheless can't be denied, I feel its inconvenient side ; For she has lots of Alton stock, As good as gold, and firm as a rock. But there M be the deuce to pay, () Lord, If I jKitcli'd up a match with my wealthy ward, Which rather gets up my dander, for I 'm such a susceptible counselor. So if a director w(juUl marry my ward, He must come to me for my accord ; In the Alton office I '11 sit all day, To hear what agreeable men may say. But Phyllis declares she 's not for he. She 's not for thou, and she 's not for thee, She wont have you, and she wont have ye, Because her mind is made up for A Chicago & Alton director. (Enter Lord Beeseekew.) T ORD B. — And now- let us proceed to the business of the day. Few of us have done any business for many days. /70UNSEL0R — True. Let us proceed more rapidly than your trains. Phyllis, my ward, has so powerfully affected you that you have let all your railways go to eternal smash, and you have asked me to give her to whichever one of you I may select. It would be idle for me to deny that I, too, have been wonderfully attracted to this young woman. My affection for her is rapidly un- dermining my constitution, just^as it has undermined the constitutions of all your railways. But we shall hear what she has to say herself, for here she comes. (Enter Phyllis.) RECITATIVE. My well lov'd lord and guardian dear, You summoned me, and I am here. CHORUS OF GENERAL PASSENGER AGENTS. Oh, rapture ! how beautiful. How gentle, how dutiful ! (Ge}i. Pass. Agents make a dumb appeal to Phyllis.) SONG. pHYLLIS — I 'm very much pain'd to refuse ; My guardian you can't lay the fault on. The only young man I would choose Must be from the Chicago cS: Alton. That road so eclipses the rest, Its men are so handsome and hearty, That I know where to turn for the best, \Mien I want a particular party. (Enter Strephon, the brakeman ; Phyllis rushes to him.) It must not, cannot be, Your suits my heart has riven ; Yon jolly brakeman see, To him my heart is given. TTLL THE G. P. A.'S — Jerusalem ! OUNSELOR — And who has dared to brave our high displeasure, And thus defy our definite command ? OTREPHON— 'Tis I, young Strephon; mine, this rosy treasure; Against all lines I claim my darling's hand. (Exit all the G. P. A.'s in disgust, and with as much dignity as if they belonged to the Alton Road. Strephon and Counselor remain.) ^OUNSELOR — Now, sir, how dare you fall in love with my ward ? OTREPHON — Love knows no guardianship. We follow our inclinations. As 1 whirl along the Alton Road, all nature speaks of her love, and says " Take her." I read it on the face of the Sphinx Rock. William's Canon thunders it forth, the Snowy Range melts in sympathy witli our love, the Twin Lakes are one in wishing us joy, the Bowlder Falls leap with joy at our prospective union, and from Alton to Santa Fe every bird and bush and tree choruses our bliss ; and can you say nay ? e 1 4 Offset I ^ T <^ OUNSELOR — Duty before pleasure. I always keep my duty before my eyes. When I went to the Alton, a very young man, Said I to myself, said 1, I '11 work on a new and original [^lan, Said I to myself, said 1. I '11 never assume that a road is (). K., That it 's perfect, in fact, like the C. and the A., Till I 've tried it my own and particular way, Said I to myself, said I. I '11 never throw dust in a passenger's eyes. Said 1 to myself, said I, Recommending a road with buncombe and lies, Said I to myself, said I, Or pretend that some other roads of which we read Can equal the Alton for comfort and speed. Or supply all the luxuries travelers need, Said I to myself, said I. Ere I boast of the road, I will travel it through, Said I to myself, said I, And see that its officers do what they can do, Said I to myself, said I. So I went on the road from the first to the last, I travel'd with pleasure so safe and so fast. That I said, such a road can ne'er be surpass'd. Said I to myself, said I. On all other roads by which men may go. Said I to myself, said I, They 're none of them safe, and they 're all of them slow, Said I to myself, said I. The Chicago and Alton must still be A i. For business, for pleasure, for health, or for fun. Or it never could have such a character won, Said I to myself, said I. (This being rather a difficult song to sing, the Counselor, /// reply to the deafen- ing e?icore tvhich he receives, will hand to each person in the audience a copy of the Langtry Map, a book of the Patience Parody, a copy of the Chicago News- Letter, and a folder of the Alton Road. Exit Counselor, with a skip.) CTTREPHOX — It 's too bad to be taken from Phyllis just when she wets my own. (Enter Iolanthe.) TOLAXTHE — What, my son in tears upon his wedding-day ! QTREPHON — The Counselor, who is Phyllis's guardian, separates us forever. TOLAXTHE — Oh, if he only knew No matter. The Queen of our road and its fairies shall protect you. See, here they come. (Enter Fairies.) (Strephon enibrases Iolanthe. sobbing. Enter Phyllis. She sees Strephon embrace his mother, and starts violently.) song. QTREPHON — The little girl I love has caught me talking to another. TT LL — Oh, fie ! Strephon is a rogue. CTREPHON — But then, upon my honor, that other is my mother. chorus. Taradiddle, taradiddle, fol lol de lay. CTTREPHOX — She wont believe my statement, and declares we must be parted, Although I 'm just as true as an Alton train when started; And if she gets another hub, a brakeman, broken-hearted, I shall be, taradiddle dee, taradiddle dee. QUEEN — You cruel and heartless counselor to part them from each other; You 've done him an injustice, for this lady is his mother. (70UNSELOR — That yarn requires obesity its thinness well to cover ; I did n't see her face, but he acted like her lover. And how could she, at seventeen, be an Alton brakeman's mother ? It ^\{17) L ~j ja ij (-'jy^DJir i Ohic&cp&^l^o« t A ^. U ^-^ ' ' ' '-^-UIZ To say she is his mother is a fib as big as many. Oh fie ! Streijhon is a rogue ; He '11 next declare the Altcjn 's not the best of any. Taradiddle, taradiddle dee. /TOUNSELOR — I wouldn't say of either what would be thought injuri(nis ; But to find a mother younger than her son is ^■ery curious, Just as 't would be upon our road to drop an aught that 's spurious. Fol de ridle, fol de ridle, fol lol lay. ( Trcinulo iniisic.) Q' Q' )UEEN — When next your convention does assemble, you may tremble. Our wrath when railroad heads offend us is tremendous. They must who underrate our calling " cut rates appalling." Take down our sentence as we speak it, and he shall wreak it. Henceforth, Strephon, cast away your brakeman suit and brakeman pay ; another racket you shall play. Of the beauteous Alton Line, favorite Western road of mine, you a G. P. A. shall be. Gentlemen, what do you think of he ? TTLL — It should be him — lUEEN — I haven't time To think of my grammar ; it 's very good rhyme. And now take down my word and pleasure. Henceforth, your equal he shall be. Into your councils he shall come, in your debates he shall rule. Henceforth, it is the Alton Road you must unitate. TT LL — Have mercy ! p\UEEN — From this time forth, you will have to run your trains on the same standard of excellence which marks the Alton. (Hands every one of ihem a time-table of the C. ^ A.) TT LL — Spare us ! UEEN — You will be forced to employ none but civil officials. Q TT LL — Have mercy ! 3 /^UEEN — The comfort of your passengers must be your primary consideration. flerv solemnly.) You will also be forced to run your trains according to your advertised time-table. 'TTLL — (Shriek) — Oh, spare us ! spare us ! PjUEEN — And now depart. When next your council meets, Strephon will be one of }-ou. ( SUnu music. G. P. A.'s bow to Strephon. Business, etc. Curtain.) ACT II. ScEXE Interior of the Chicago 6^" A/to/i Haihuay at Chicago. Luxurious sur- roundings on all sides. Ticket office opens doiun to the inlaid mosaic floor. Handsome divans for passengers engaged in the purchase of tickets. At the gate, waiting for passengers as they go through in swarms, is Willis, a handsome man, like all the other servants of this road, and also, like them, he is clothed in an expensive and becoming uniform. 7TYILLIS— (Sings.) I often think it 's comical, How nature always does incline To place the best of all its boys That 's born into this world of mine In the road that only such employs — The great Chicago & Alton Line. (Enter Fairies and G. P. A.'s.) r E\hX — (]Vho has been attracted by the officers) — Charming persons, are they not ? n K I LA — They do very well, considering whom they work for. In Alton uniforms they would look very well. r ORD BEESEEKEVv — Well, we have done our best to imitate Alton, but it seems to be a foilure. Why not stop this disgusting protege of yours ? /7EILA — (Crying) — We can't stop him. The road has made too much head- way. It is harder to kill tlian a Presidential boom in Indiana. (Aside.) How beautiful they all are ! (Enter Queen, who has overheard last remark.) fi:(((i(a(cJi r>^^^— vjf^ PjUEEN — () you shameful flirts, always running after those railway men. Don't you know it 's death to marry a mortal ? /TKILA — If it were, )-ou 'd have to execute all of us ; but who would n't fall in love with a railroad man ? T EILA — Kspecially a Chicag(j c\; Alton man, and we are not all as tough as you are. PjUKEN — Am I tough ? Look at that daisy ! ( Pain tins: f^^ Willis.) Who are you, sir ? 7TVILLIS — I'icket-taker Willis of the Chicago & Alton Railroad. /^UEEN — You 're a fine fellow, sir. 7TTILLIS— Yes, mum, I belong to the Alton. pvUEEN — (Starts) — The Alton ! Ah ! I, too, am not insensible to the charms of manly beauty. Look at that man ! He is a fair specimen of the Alton employes — a perfect picture. 7TYILLIS — Yes, mum, I am generally admired, although I do not compare flivorably with my fellow-employes. The standard of beauty is very high on this road. (Modestly retires.) /^UEEN — The road has taste — (To the Fairies.) Now here is a man belong- ing to the first road in the Union, whose physical beauty eclipses Apollo's. If I yielded to a natural impulse, I should at once be mashed by that man. But I mortify this inclination ; I wrestle with it, — I subdue it, ha ! ha ! This is how I suppress my inclinations. O foolish fay. Think you, because his jacket gay My bosom thaws, I 'd disobey Our fairy laws ? Because I fly The road above, you think that I This man could love. (Aside.) Type of Chicago & Alton, This heart of mine Is truly thine. 'T is it 1 lay the fault on. (Exit Fairies, sorroivjully following Fairy Queen.) (Enter Phyllis.) OHYLLIS — I can't think why I am not in better spirits. I am engaged to one General Freight Agent and one General Passenger Agent, and could have the whole railway association if I only said the word. As for Strephon, I hate him. Xo girl would care for a young man who was considerably older than his mother — though nowadays there are a good many such floating about. (Enter Lord Beeseekew.) r ORD B.— Phyllis, my own ! ■pHYLLIS — How dare you! But perhaps you are the Freight Agent — or the General Passenger Agent. r ORD B.— I am — the latter. pHYLLIS — How did you secure the distinction ? r ORD B. — To be frank, because everybody was rushing for positions on the Alton, and they left the post uncovered. I have held the place a long time. tpHYLLIS — Because nobody else would have it ? r ORD B. — Not so much that as because now the Alton has run our business down so, there is no money to pay salaries with, and I am willing to wait for mine. The stockholders appreciate my kindness. (Enter Lord See Eyear.) r ORD S.— Dearest Phyllis ! (Embraces her.) pHYLLIS— The Freight Agent ! Well, have you settled ? Have you setded which of you it is to be ? r ORD S. — It is n't quite settled. We tossed for it, but we did it in a saloon where the dice always threw sixes. We got hold of the proprietor's private set. Suppose we leave the choice to you ? OHYLLIS — How can it possibly concern me ? You are both railway officials. You both get everything but your salaries, and I don't see where I am to choose. If one of you will throw up your share in your so-called railway, and admit the Alton to be, what it is, the first line in the world, I might perhaps take time to consider. 'r^' (^' r ORD B. — We are too jealous to admit that, although we know it. The only resort now is for one of us to give way to the other. Perhaps, on the whole, she would be hapj^er with me. r ORD S. — The chances are in your favor. The one difficulty which remains is, that if you rob me of the girl I love I must kill you. I shall give you a pass over my railroad. r ORD h.— fS/irit'ks wif/i /n^i:^/if ) — Not that ! Not that ! (Bursts into tears.) jT ORD S. — I think you are right. — the sacrifice is too great. The sacred ties of friendship will not iiermit the wanton cruelties suggesl^ed, between men who love each other as we do. ( They embrace.) (Enter Coln'sklor, rvvj sorrowful.) ' O U N SE L( ) R — (Recitative. ) Love unrequited robs me of my rest, Although the Alton Line is still victorious; But in a song to tell my woes is best, If you, kind friends, will join me in the chorius. SONG. When on some snide road, with a terrible load, and an engine not up to an Alton one. You lie ill at ease, in a berth filled with fleas, all ready to make an assault on one, With your mind in a pother on this, that, and I' other. Because, in your doubt and perplexity. You travel'd this way, while happy as play Goes the Chicago & Alton just next t' ye. Then the counterpane tickles — you feel like mixed pickles, Your pillow as hard as a bullet, And your sheet is so small it wont cover at all. No matter 't is which way you pull it ; Then you rave, and you swear, and tear out your hair. With none but yourself to lay fault on. And swear by the Heaven, if once you 're forgiven, To abjure all lines but the Alton. r ORD B. — I am much distresst to find you so sad. /70UNSEL0R — I am ; I acknowledge it. It is my double capacity which does it. I am her guardian and her suitor. In my latter capacity I am over- awed by my duty in my other capacity. It unnerves me. "T ORD S. — It is hard. Just think of having two capacities. Let us be truly thankful that we have no capacity at all. But take courage ; nothing that I ever heard of daunted a Chicago & Alton Railroad official. COUNSELOR — That is true, and I will be resigned. {Exeunt. Enter Phyllis. pHYLLIS — Strephon! OTREPHON — Phyllis! But I forgot. I suppose I should, madam let me see, — what name have you decided upon ? tpHYLLIS — I have n't quite made up my mind. You see, /have n't any mother to advise me. a TREPHON — xNo ! I have. OHYLLIS — Yes, a wexy young mother. O TREPHON — Not very — a couple of centuries or so. pHYLLIS — She wears well. Q TREPHON — Of course she does. She was born and reared on the C. & A. line. Besides, she 's a fairy. tpHYLLIS — I beg your pardon — a what ? CTTREPHON — A fairy. I 've no longer a reason to conceal the truth. tJHYLLIS — That would account for a good many things. Fairies nowadays are rather indiscreet. I suppose you are a fairy, too. C TREPHON — I 'm half a fairy and half a mortal. pHYLLIS — Not very substantial. But why did n't you tell me? CTTREPHON — I thought I might get myself disliked. There 's no use loving half a man. pHYLLIS — Better that than to love a whole man, as they go nowadays. Forgive me. OTREPHON — Think of the difficulties. My grandmother looks quite as young as my mother. So do all my aunts. ipHYLLIS — Then, if I catch you kissing the chambermaid, I shall know she 's only a relative in disguise. QTRKPHON — In that case, I will forgive you. pin'LLIS — Then we will be married at once. I will attend to the fairies after- ward. But how about your mother? TOLANTHE — (Enti'ri>i--.) — The old lady is here, and blesses you, my children, — or words to that effect. OTREPHOiSf — But how about her guardian ? TOLANTHE — There is but one thing to do. 1 have been married to him for some years now. He is Strephon's father. CTREPHON — At last ! I am a wise child. lOLANTHE — And being his wife, I will assume my domestic duties. Have you a club handy ? /70UNSEL0R — ^^;/A'n- yV//'/7^^///; — It 's settled I Victory! victory! I put the case plainly to myself, although I must confess that when 1 addressed so important a personage as the legal adviser of the Chicago & Alton Railroad, I did so with many feelings of doubt in my mind. However, I took courage and pleaded my cause well. I said to myself, with the respect with which I always address myself, you are the legal adviser of the greatest railroad m the country, and, as such, you should not hesitate to exercise your droits de seigneur and take the girl from all competitors. I was bound to admit the force of my own argu- ment, and so won my case. I shall marry the girl without delay. There is nothing to stand in the way. TOLANTHE — ^Ct;w^'j- down.)— Excepting a mere trifle. COUNSELOR — And that is — but who are you ? (Starts.) Ah ! Thou livest, lolanthe ? TOLANTHE — Never say die is the motto of the Alton Line. ( She falls into his arms.) |UEEN — ^/^Az/z/Z/e' kneels to her.) — Once more thy vows are broken. The Fates thy doom has spoken. (Enter Everybody.) Q' "P EILA — Hold! If lolanthe must die, so must we all, for we are equally guilty. QUEEN — Equally guilty ! (All kneel.) r ORD S. — Pardon them. They could not help it. The ancient traditions surrounding railway officials were too much for them, and they married us. PjUEEN — The traditions of our tribe must be imperative. They who marry mortals must die. There is no going back on the statutes. /70UNSEL0R — Hold! I haven't been helping the public to obey the law all these years for nothing. Let me give your statute a whirl. (Looks it over.) Easy enough. Make it read that every fairy who marries outside the Alton Road shall die. /^UEEN — Good idea. (Does it.) And now where 's Willis? 7TYILLIS — Tickets, please. PjUEEN — Yes, for the matrimonial line. How would you like to be a fairy ticket-taker? 7TVILLIS — On the Chicago & Alton? QUEEN — That is the statute. 7TYILLIS — It is one of the oldest traditions of this road that none of its employes can possibly be ill-bred, particularly to a lady. I am yours. QUEEN — And now the only way to save our tribe from annihilation is for all you gentlemen to obey the law. 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CORNER LAKE AND DEARBORN STS., Clxicago. lK..l.ii.Tly ..t th.- l';llln.T HoilSP.) F. M. ATKINSON, President. C. H. FERRY, Treasurer. CHICAGO TYRE I SPRING WORKS, riOI.E MANrFACTlKERS IN THE WEST OF Cast Steel Car Springs Locomotive and Car Wheel Tyres. "\Vo iiKiniit'actiDv Springs for Passenger. Freight. Baggage and Express L'ars of every ilescription, ami r>ocoiii<)tive and Tender Springs to specification. We use only the . ( BEST OBTAirJABmE CAST STEEJI<, ^ .-.?&:- " ..■^-' of uniform (luality, lliorougldy TEST every Spring before shipment, and fully GUARANTEE the same for tlie purpose intended. Capacity, twenty-five tons daily. We roll tyres, both crucihle and Siemen's Martin, from blooms es])ecially made for us in England, They are rolled trut' to s])ecification. and we give the most satisfactory assurances as to wear and mileage. l'rese)it capacity, twenty Locomotive Tyres daily. We fill all orders prtly. WORKS, MELROSE, ILL. CHICAGO OFFICE, 94 WASHINGTON ST. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK [^^iir'lllE two cities al)()V»' iiaiiitMl :ir<' tli<- ureal coiiiiiH'i-cia] cnitie's of the I'liiT* J_lL States, tlif roiiiKT containiii*;- in the vicinity of (5;")( ),()<)() inlialjitaiits, ai and the lallei' about !,.')( )(),(i(»(>. 'IMie nuiul)ei' of ])eo|)le actually in Chicago Jit any one time would doubtless I'aii.uc f:ii' above these liu'iires. as its tloatinu oi' tiansient l)oi)ulation is eiioi iiious, runidni;- \i\) into liuui-es that can hardly be civdited. The traffic ])assin,ii' between these two cities daily is veiy large, when one con- siders that they are within a fi-action of I, <»<)() miles ai)art. Boston also has a large ti'afhc with Chicago, and, to give an id(^a of the accommodations necessary to provide foi' the passeiigei' l)usiness alone between the thive cities, we may state that the J¥lic]n;c)uu ffeii:bul linltoncl; which is the principal thoronghfare l^etween the cities named, runs five express trains daily — three on Sundays — made up of hne new day coaches, smoking cars, drawing-room cars, palatial sleeping cars. The Michigan Central Railroad has always held a foremost place among the lines between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard, and the latest addition to their accommodations, in the shape of four new Dining Cars, will greatly strengthen its position. These new cars are incomparable for beauty of design and selectness of adornments, all the elegancies of art having l)een exhausted to produce the most desirable effect. That the end has been gained goes without saying, and they stand to-day as fai- in advance of other Dining Cars as the first Dining Cars were in advance of the lunch counters at wayside stations. The ctilsiiie is quite on a i^ar with the finish of the cars, and all that may minister to the nourishment of the body or ti(dvle the palate of the most dis- criminating epicures will be found therein. Other great featuivs of the Michigan Central Railroad aie that its tlu'ough trains for New York and Boston run out of Chicago along the ^lichigan Lake front, within a stone's throw of the city's costliest mansions, through South Park and the magic city of Pullman, affording an extensive survey of this marvel of a marvelous age, and later passing over the new Cantilever Bridge in full view of Niagara Falls. It is for this latter reason known to all travelers as ''The Niaaara Falls Route." m^^==========^ ■■ ===....= ...=0 21 ILLINOIS ST., CHICAGO, ILL. IvI^^ZSrxrZPjft-CTTTE.IEI?. OIF Bulletin Boards FRAMES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR ADVERTISING PURPOSES. SAMPLES WILL BE EURXISHED ON APPLICATION. ©I E.W.BLATCHFORD&CO CmCJL&O, ILI.. MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN Lead Pipe. Solder. Sheet Lead. Antimony Bar Lead. Spelter. Block Tin Pipe. Block Tin LIlsrSEEX) OIL. .^^.A. TE.ir NIAGARA FALLS ^^M-^ 44 /^1()ME. Adele ; coiue. Nellie' ; hill TV n\>. ^-^ diivctlv and the ti'ain staits directlv." Deacon FitiieN will he here The voice was that of Mi'. Trevellyan. a tlio roughly welldviiowii and liighly res2)et'ted stock l)rokei' of the City of Chicago. Mr. Trevellyan was a hard- working man, and liis various affaiis did not give him mncli opportunity of absenting himself from his business. l)Ut to-day had been laid out as a holiday for the babies, and Papa Trevellyan had made up his mind to take ])ait in it. After a good deal of family discussion [these things generally involve more or less of tliat sort of thing] it was hnally decided to make a trip to Niagara Falls and back. So a party ^vas made up which was to consist of Mr. and Mrs. Trevellyan. the two children and a good-hearted Deacon Fitney. who \\as well acquainted with the way to "do" the Falls [noperly. The day was. as I have just said, a l^right one. even foi- the month of June. and both Adele and Nellie, in antici})ation of a i»leasant time, were not long in putting on their things and repairing to the i)arlor. It was well they hurried. There was })apa. valise in hand, ready to start; mamma, too; and nothing seemed to be Avanting but the x>i'*^^t^ii<-"^ <^>i Deacon Fitue} . who had gone oft' to secure the railway tickets, and who i)romised to .A TRIl^ TO ^I^Va^VHA FALLS. retiii'ii at once witli a caiTiage and accompany tlie wliole i)arty to tlie train. The Deacon was not long in coming back. He Avas a good man in liis way. was the Deacon. He had only one fault — he was nnivasonal^ly fond of Buttons I He adorned his apparel with more luittt)ns than even tlie law reqniivs, and he wore a nice gold-headed button on his neatly -tied satin scarf. Xobody could ever lind out what pi'ompted this peculiarity. liut then nolwdy seemed to ii. in niisw.'i- !<• :iii ('ii(|iiiiiii,i:' look of :i(liiiii:iti()ii in tli.' diildivirs .-y.'s. ••ili.- -i-oiumI on wliidi stniids this most Ix-aii- tifiil citx'. wliicli is witliotit (loiihl tli.- iiioijcl city of tilt' woild. \\:is nothiiiu' hut a swainii. St'«' what it is now. S(»in<' . 'I'hfii Kalama/oo. th.' hiu^ist vida.uv in th.' woild and th<- liow.-r I).'<1 of civalion. Tht-n MaishalK IJattio ( 'iv.'k and -lacksoii. lh<- lattt-r place the centre of railwa\- industry of The Iteautifnl State of Michii^an. Then Ann Arhor. where is situated the l'ni\eisit\' of the State of Mi-iiiuan. and thy this time, of couis,'. the hal)ies liad heeii tucked in he(k The Deacon had taken them into the dinini.;- car and feasted them with all the iiiexhaust ihle luxuries for which these cars on the Miclnuan ("eiiTral H. \\. are so ramoiis. Then, the colored ]iortei- liavina' made up their heds. they weie soon fast asU'ep and drt'amiii.ii- of the treat in store for the morrow. The Deacon. Jiowever. was deternuned at least that his li-rown-ii]) friends sliould k)se none of the heauties of the trip, and so he insisted that Mr. and Mrs. 'I'revellyan should remain up until the\- had ci-ossed the famous Detroit liiver. Tlie nii^iit was a l»eautiful one. and they were amply rewarded hy witnessinu- one of the most ihorou.uhly picturesipie ])ieces of scenery in the world. Th" entire train was jilaced on one of the immense fei-i-y steamers, and the landin.i;- shortly afterwards made at Windsor, a i)ictures(pie and (piaint little towifon the Canadian side of the river. At tin's point commences tiie Canada Sonthern Division of the Miclii.uan Central l\ailroad. famous alike for tli<' ma.uniticence of its ecpiipment and smoothness of track. Here our friends, so to s]»eak. turned in. and^it was only a few nnnut*^ hefore every one on hoard was fast asleep. The next tliin.u- was the morning sun and ]S'iai>'ara Falls. Thejun had heen made from Cliicauo in the lemarkahle time of fifteen hours. ,^1 TJiir TO XIAd A h'A FAJ.LS. "Oil, how ii,-()()cl of you. Deacon Fitiiey," said little Adele a short while later, as, standinii' on the platform at Falls View Station, she wazed with rapture at the Falls in all their splendoi-. *"Tlow yood of yon to hrinii- us to sueh a nice place, and by such a delightful i-oad.*" And little Adele had ivason to so express herself, for. standini;' where she was, at Falls Mew Station, she was able to c\"s li:iiid\\ ritiiiLi'. sli.- Ii;is sciiiwlrd : ••rill'; oNi.v WAV I'o (io i;\>r kkom ( iik .\(.o {> \\\ vwv. MK IIK.A.X < KNIKAI. K. K." 'I'i;ai.\ No. |(). 1'\\-t Nkw V(»i:k Iv\I'i;i:ss. Lcjives ('liic:i,ii-o r/v-/// rA/// ai 4::{(» I'. M.. and consists of on.' First-Class Smoking- Car. oik- I'^irst ( "lass l)a\- Coach, one l)iM\(. C\K and Tiii;i:i-: Palack Si,i:i:i'i nc; Cak>. rnnnin.u- on thn follow in,u- t i lilt- Leaves C'lnca.uo 4:1.') 1-. M. Siiiid. Moiid. Turs. Weil. Tliuis. Fri.lay. Salur. Jackson ;i:.'>T 1'. M. Arrives Detroit l-i:(l.") A. M. Moiul. Tiu-s. Wed. Tliiiis. Friday. Satur. Sunday. St. Thomas o:','.", •• Toronto, via C. V. Ry. H:4(» •• " • •• •• " " * Niasai-a Falls (i:.V) ■• Buffalo ::"">(i •• Rocjiester. via N. Y. f. 11:10 '• •• " " " " Syracuse, via N. ^'. ('.. 1 ::'.ti P. M. •• '' " Utica. via N. Y. (' :!:1'2 •• •• •• V Ail.any. via X. Y. C... r):.")!) •• Troy, via N. Y. C" Cy~>r^ •' " ■ . " " •' '" " New Y'ork. via X. Y. C. 111:00 •• Horuellsville. via Erie. l-,>:00 •• Elmira. via Erie 1:40 " Binghaniton. via r^rie.. :!:l!l •• New Y'ork. via Erie. . . 10:"i') •" ■" "" '" " "" "" '' Philadelidiia. via L. V.10::i(i •• " •• •• •• •■ •■ * Boston, via B. & A. ... (i:-'.') A. M. Tues. \Ved. Tlun-s. Friday. Satur. Sunday. t * Does not arrive 0)i Sunday. r JXies not arrive on Monda.v. "I This tiain. leavinu' Cliicauo one hour later than heretofore, makes a nmch siiivr connection with Western lines. ^4 TRIJP TO ^I^VaA^RJL FA^LLS. The Smoking Car, Day Coach and one Sleeping Car run througli to Buffalo via M. C. : one Sleeping Car runs through to Toronto via M. C. and Credit Valley Kailways : one Sleeping Car runs through to XeAv York via M. C. and N. Y. C. The Dining Car serves dinner out of Chicago at .") o'clock : train niiives in Buffalo in good season for breakfast. This train has attached at Detroit a Through Sleeping Car from St. Louis to New York, via \V.. St. L. A: P.. M. C. and N. Y. C, that makes quicker through time than any other line ; and also a Sleeping Cai- from Detioit to Syracuse that is ])laced in Detroit de])ot ahout 1) V. ^\. Passengei-s can enter their l)erths any time after that hour. Conne<'ts with (Iraud Truidv ti-aius in Detroit. Connection with Pullman Cai- for New Yoik and Philadelphia, via Erie, leaving Buffalo at l):l.") a. m., and also with Buffalo. New Yoik and l'hiladel])hia, leaving at 8:2(i a. m. Connects at Albany with through sleejjer for Boston, via B. tt A., leaving at S:4(» I'. >r. No second-class i)assengei-s are cai'i'ied on this ti'ain. XOTK. — No KXT]!A CHAKCJE IS MADE oX MlCMiaAN CeXTRAL FasT EXPRESS. Adele's advice is very excellent. She says the Michigan Central is the best road in the United States, and she knows what she is talking about. m^ JLnsonia Clock Co. :ivi:^^2srxj:F^^CTXJi^E:i^s S^i Office Regulators RAILROAD TTHP T r JLli IVIili H'S, STREET AND li I (Kins e-N^^ [I Q E \fi .\iiirlli('S, MAXTIiL BRONZE Ornaments "^ '<^\ — i t ^TE^C H I C A G O -£E5~ IE MB S'lTI'ES tllLLI^Ii M llllflM Offers for Lease to Railroads, Freight Lines, Mining Companies and others Locomotive Engines, Refrigerator Cars, Box, Stock, Gondola, Dump and Flat Cars. And is prepared to build for Lease and on Contract for cash, or under the CAR TRUST SYSTEM, such Rolling Stock as may be required. __^ HECEWISCH, ILL. Capacity, Twenty Cars per Day. URBANA, OHIO. Capacity, Ten Cars per Day. General Offices, - - - 35 Broadway, New York. Chicago Offices, Calumet Building, 189 La Salle Street. A. HEGEWISCH, President, THOS. F. B. PARKER, Secretary, J. H. HOCART, Ass't Treasurer, C. BENN, Treasurer, W. H. CHADDOCK, General Agent, J. C. FORTINER, Sup't of Acc'ts, S. C H I C ^^ CB- O - Di'ij (j!()()(Is, ('/()(f/rs, ( U)sl II in(>s, STiau^/s, 3lr/t\s, \V()///r/i' s- au^frdes- for tlie Celebrated "ALEXANDRE" Kid Gloves THE BEST KID GLOVE MADE. A)td ICC iiioTxv a Xj)erUdt(/ of producing/ pri rate dt.sifjns hi Ccuj^ets, Rzigs d' ITpTioLsteT'irtg Goods, To corresptond witli (rrcltiteetu rod features "STTi^^^ pT* ^ Ti- C. SLEMIN. Jr. (of Bel ford, Clarke & Co.). Sec. and Treas. ' "^ -i > , ., M. A. DONOHUE (of Donohue AHenneberryj. Sui)eriuteiulent. Central Lithographing and Engraving Co. 315 to -Vll AVabash Avoiuie, fi. J. If. .^ ^ . s-i. #■ i|i m. cj .g r a p M_ 1 M ,gf. WOOD ENGRAVING, Printing. Binding and Electrotyping. EKTIBE :SW,1,Y 0¥Fl€I'l,. EVERY BRANCH OF THE BUSINESS UNDER ONE ROOF. Anything, from a \isiiing Card lo ilie Finest Cliromo Work. A SPECIALTY. Pine V J|ph •:• Mop^ ;#■ 1?^^^ ^lA^^'^ :^^* © ^Ijsy WoljIgI ir^Vlt® hl^e (^pecial ahhsntioQ of Railroad 6op[^or^al:ior2iim rlns.' within Ilic iiaridw limits of fact, it may hr a>s.>rt.Ml without tear of truthful (•f>t and most pcrffctlN iNiiiippcd railroad in the world, lint it is also the most ini|)ortant as to the territory it traxcrses. the uuuu-rous business centres and pleasure resorts that it reaclu's. ami the facili- ties it offers for ph'asant. speedy, safe aiul comfortahh' transit for all classes of passen.yers. It caters alike to the needs, tastes and abilities of the millioiuiire merchant jirince ; to tlu' farnu'r. with his ])lain and simple wants : and to the economical and necessitous : aiul uives to each the full \ alue of all he pays for. Its lux- uriantly finished and furnished ])alace slee])in.ii' cars and its more than luxurious drawin.n-room coaches are marvels of beauty and comfort. Its coaches are new and of the nuist jterfect models that have been adopted bv anv coiii])auv. and thev are alwavs kejjt sweet, dean and jiure. Its dininu cars are suiterb. and the meals aiid service pnivided in them arc e(|ual to that uiveu by any tirst-chiss hotel iii the countrx . WHERE IS IT? Startins from Chica-o and havin.i; various main vvii^ i i %j i i . lines nninin.ii- west, northwest ami north, it covers ,,^^.|. -,„„, nu\v:< of the best built ind best miin- about all that is desirable in \..rthern Illinois Iowa. f.,i,„.,| ;..;i,,.„.„i t,„.,.,. ;, •„, ^he count'rv. It is e.lual Wisconsin the 1 pper Michiyan Peninsula. Minue- ,„ ,.^.^,j.^. ^^ .^ j„ .,,j^. ^.,,,,,1 5,^ tlie "world, and is sota an.l ( entral and Southeastern Dakota and Relieved to f.e bett.-r than anv of its competitors. .Northeastern .Nebraska. Its lines are l)uilt of lieavv steel rail : its bridges are It IS eminently tlu- railroad of the Northwest, ami „^. ^t^.^., ;,.„„ .,„^ ,^„„,. .^,-„, .,„ j^, a|.i.oiutnierits are from its commanding location it controls the trafhc ..^ ,,,,,,,| ..^ ,,,,,,,..> ,..,,. i>in of all of the territory it traverses. ''^ - "'" •' '"' ""•' • COLORADO & CALIFORNIA. This Comiiany's line between Chicago and Coiiucil Hliilfs i Omaha 1 /.v slioiici' than any other between these points, and was the jdoneer in formin.ii conuection with the Trans-Continental rnion and ("entral Pacific Railroads. Nearly all experienced oxcrland travelers seek this line, because it is known to be the best, shortest, most comfortablJ-. and in e\cry wa\ the most desirable. To seek other more circuitous and inferior routes is acce]>ted as an evidence of inexi>erieuce or want of inforniatiou. If \ i)U are destined to or from Colorado. Xebraska. I'tah. Wyoiiiinu'. :Montana. Idaho, Xevada. California. Oreuoii. Washinutou Terrilorv. Cliina. Jajian. the Sandwich Islands. S"ew Zealand or Australia, vou should, in makiuLT the triji between Chicago and Council IJlutts (Omaha 1. in cither direction, see that your tickets read over this meat road. ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & WINNIPEG. This road. "St. Paul Line." is the short and desirable route between Chicago and Madison. ;>t. Paul and Minneaix.lis: Helena. .Montana : Portland. Oregon, and i.oints on the Northwest Pacihc coast, and the best to travel over if vou are destined to or from Cliicago and auv point north or northwest of St. Paul. AVinona and Mankato. Minn.: Frankfort. Huron. Pierre. .Vberdeen. Coliiml)ia and Watertown. Dakota: Milwaukee, Fond (In Lac. Oshkosli, Watertown and Shebovgan. Wis.: Freejiort. Eluin. Dixon and Fulton. III.: Clinton. Cedar Hai)ids. Des Moines. Webster Cit\. Algoiia. Tama and Council Bluffs. Iowa, are a few of its hundreds of prominent local stations. It reaches most of the i)leasant summer resorts of Wisconsin and .Minnesota, and is the i-oad to take for the health and scenic resorts of the Rocky Mountains, the National Yellowstone Park, and nearly all of the notable Western and Northwest resorts that are acc.'ssil)le by rail. It connects in rnion Dejiots with the Inioii Pa( ilic Railwav at Council Rlufts. and at St. Paul with the Northern Pacific St. Panl. Minneaixdis i\L' :Manitol)a. and with all roads divertiing from that ]>oint. V(»ii can iddcurc tickets over this route from nearly every couiion ticket agent in the country. AVlicn biiviug V(mr tickets read them carefiilh and l)e sure that at least one coupon reads o\er the Ciiu A(;o A- Nohtii-Wkstkkn Rv. .\sk your nearest coii].ou ticket agent for 01 f its large maps: they are FREE, and will show you all of this ('om|iany's lines as they are. Its EomhMi (Euglamh offices are 124 High Ilollx.rn. 44'.t SHaud. :{ Adelaiile street and KJ'.M'heapside. Its MaiK'hester 1 England 1 office. 1 and .". Princess street. Its Paris office. ;!o Ronlevard des Ca]nicines. Its New ^'ork office. 4()'.i Rroadwa\. Its Poston otiice, ."1 State street. Its Cliicago olhces. tiO and (VI Clark street. Palmer House, in (;rand Pacific ilolel and at its Passenger Station on the c(U'ner Wells and Kiu/.ie streets. Its St. Paul offic.'. corner Third and .lackson sfre.'ts. Its ?>Iiuncai.olis otiice. Ki Nicollet House. Its Council Plnffs offices ai-e at the Transfer I)e].of. C. tV: N.-W. R\. Depot on Hroadwax and at the corner of Hroadway and Pearl streets. Its Omaha ottices. i:^24 Farnham. coiner Fourteenth street, and at V. P. Dejiot. Its Denver office. 8 Winds., r Hotel I'.lock. Its Sail Francisco oflice. No. 2 New MontgouK'rv stn-et. in Palace Hotel. ^yy^altham 'Vy'atehes • i V^T^ITH I" [i[fi«Ai/i\i. Till-: \[i'[ssiTi iif m% wvf! iiEs tii.\t iii\[iiini in iiif Neiar System of Indicating Time ADOPTED BY SOME OF THE RAILROADS. OF Coixrixc TiiK Hi)rKs from Onh to Twi-.x-rv-FouR CoxsEcr ^IVKI.^•, ....::.;..-:;;..: THE ^ ^" AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY Of 12ya.ltlnLa.m, IVLa^ss., Aiv now ])ivi);iiv(l to furnish Watclips :is in- ("iit. THESE DIALS CAN ALSO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THOSE NOW IN USE AT A VERY SMALL EXPENSE. FOK SAX.E MT A:LI.. JETVEI/EKH. ^ ^i:il,! GRIFFIN & WELLS FOUNDRY CO. RAILROAD CAR, ENGINE AND STREET CAR WHEELS. Rates seemed and Shipments made to all parts of the West and South. Contiacts made for Yearly or other Supply. IVlileage or Time Guarantee given. All Orders and Correspondence will receive prompt attention. References furnished. PAULINA ST., SOUTH OF BLUE ISLAND AVE. OHIIO^^G-O. THOS. F. GRIFFIN & SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF CAR WHEELS AND CASTINGS COR. OF FOREST AVE. AND N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. BUFFALO, N. Y. GRIFFIISr CAR l^^IiEEL CO, RAILROAD CAR WHEELS AlfD CASTINGS. .Viiiiiial < i« i>i.« it >. lOO.OOO AVliooljs. 10,000 Toiijs Oasstiiigs. ^— -^^S: ^s^^ ^^^ Rates secured and Shipments made to all parts of the United States. Special attention given to Car and Engine Wheels for Railroad Use. IVlileage Guaranteed. Contracts made for Yearly or other Supply. Correspondence solicited. COR. FOUNDRY ST. AND MICHIGAN CENTRAL R. R, DETROIT, MICH. THZE Griffin Wheel MANUFACTURED BY Griffin Car Wheel Co. DETROIT, MICH. GRIFFIN & WELLS FODNDRY CO CHICAGO, ILL. THOS. F. GRIFFIN & SON, BUFFALO, N. Y. COMBINED DAILY CAPACITY, 800 Wheels per Day and 60 Tons Castings EXTRA HEAVY WHEELS FOR ENGINE AND PASSENGER SERVICE. ^^11 3yi:±loa;go Gr-u-a,z?a;Xi.i300ca-. >i T H IE3 t«»— < ^^^ Lake Shore & Michip Southern AND ITS CONNECTIONS FORMS THE GREAT THOROUGHFARE EAST'7nd''WHST And Experienced Travelers will tell you it is the BEST Route " by a large majority." I lll^-i T.1>1 DOUBLE TRACK RAIL^WTAY AND THE ONLY ROUTE RUNNING SOLID TRAINS fo3r all coiinec-bxons- Its equipment is iii-st-class in evpiy res])e('t — siicli as i)PiiVct Hoad-Bed, lion and Stone Bridges, Westinghonse Automatic Safety Hiakes. ^rillei- Platfoi-m Coupler and Buffer, ^ragniticent Pai'loi- Coaches foi- Day Ti-avel. Elegant Day Coaches, and the Palace Sleeping Coaches. \Vell, words are inadequate to expivss theii- Dura- bility and S])len(l()r. They are simi)ly Sujjerl). These Coaches aiv iiin daily, through, between Ciik A(;<). Nkw Youk and B«»sr<>.\. without change. ONE GREAT FEATURE IN THIS LINE IS, THAT IT IS THE ONLY ROUTE BETWEEN CHICAGO and the EAST THAT IS TOTALLY DEVOID OF TRANSFERS BY FERRY BOATS. And the traveling public should certainly appreciate this great advantage over all other lines, as transfers by ferries are very tedious and annoying to the traveler who is anxious to reach the objective point without delay. Further comments are imnecessary. All Agents sell Tickets via this popular line, and when passengers ask for them over the LAKE SHORE," they smile and say, "You are on the right track." and they know. C. ^. DE'C^JSTIESH, Western Passenger Agent, Chicago, III. -SJ^. DE=». JOUKTSSOlSr, Gen. Passenger Agent, Chicago, III. r». IE*. T7VHIC3-HT, Gen. Superintendent, Cleveland, Ohio. WEST SHORE ROUTE New York, 'West Sli(ire& Buffalo R'v THE To All Points between the EAST AND WEST THE BEST CONSTRUCTED LINE ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT. Buffet Sleeping and Parlor Cars Dot 131. E TKACXv, STEEI. RJVIl.?*}, ■ ti3:e,oxjc3-i3: th:e Mohawk Valle}^ miil Picturesque Hudson, MAKING THE SHORTEST LINE BET'WEEN GHIGAGO, NEW YORK AND BOSTON ■:}::::::::::::::::-r:^^^ BUFFALO and N1A(;ARA FALLS. Passengers going to FIlIIillEIJIllA. BALIIIRE ami \V.\S111N(.IH\ will S.WE IK.WSEEilS li) laliiig ilijs PopuJaf Route. Tickets via New York. AVest Slimc iV- IJuftalu i;ail\\ a\ aif for sale at all I'riiu'ipal Ticket Offices through- out the couutrv. and in Chicaifo at the fnllow ini; places, w here Slcciiiim-car Hcrtlis can lie secured: 103 South Clark Strcft. (7 Monroe Street. I'ainier House. (Irand I'aeilii- iiolel. Cimid rni(.M l'assen<'-er Stati(.n. I'olk Street, and at (ieiieral Otliee. 75 Sduth Clark street. HENRY MONBTT, C. K. LAMBERT, Gen'l Passenger Agent, NEW YORK. Gen'l West'n Passenger Agent. 75 Clark St., CHICAGO. Scenic Route -^ AMERICA^ A contimial Ptuiorama of Blagnificeut Scenery from the Lakes to the Seaboard. The Elegant Pullman SerTice via the Aoti its Counectious is unsurpassed by any Ilouto to or from the East. /F ON A BUSINESS TRIP, TAKE THE ERIE, IF ON A PLEASURE TRIP, TAKE THE ERIE, UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, TAKE THE ERIE, And >oa will travel over a Railway unequalled in facilities lor Comfort and Safety. JNO. N. ABBOTT, Geil'l Pa>.v. Agent, XKW YORK. W. H. HURLBUET, G.n'l Western Pass. AgLi.t, CHICAGa JONES & LAUGHLINS, Limited, 3vt-^3>a-xjiE'-A.OTXJi=i:E:ns IRON, STEEL, NAILS Cold Rolled Iron and Steel, SPIKES, BOLTS, CHAINS, La^l^e and Ca.na.1 Streets, LEHIGH VALLEY COAL COMPANY, Miners and Shippers of WYOMING AND LEHIGH R. M. CHERRIE, General Western Agent, 90 and 92 DEARBORN STREET, cs:io^^C3-o. NEW YORK. 3 Cliff Street. BOSTON. 127 Oliver Street. CHICAGO. 210 Lake Street. Mussey^ Mowe C)i \Jo,, Lilmlted^ C^^ST STEEL C. C. HUSSEY. Chairman. 'HHVUU\ Penn Avenue and 17th Street. JAMES W. BROWN. Sec' y and Treas'r. le^STj-3re anc3- ease -blxa-fc I caxi. Said I -bo m-^T-self , said I- Tlieire's oixe -way- -bo do ±t, as all -t^T-ill agaree, j^ixd -blxa-b is -bo go -v-ia ID- &; IE?.. Gr. Ux* o-v-ear' -blie xnoTj-ix-bains and do~uu^n -bo -blie sea^ Said I -bo m;y-self , said I- D. C. DODGE, General Manager, F. C. NIMS, Gen. Pass, and Ticket Agent, DENVER, COLORADO H. S. PICKANDS, / W. L. BROWN, ^ Chicago. PICKANDS, MATHER «< CO, Cleveland. PICKANDS, BROWN & CO., Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers in iPiGi- moD^ Etoisr o:ei:ei J).- i>ii:^vi«ii<>i«> !«i^±^Ki^:iou^ CHICAGO THE CHICAGO RAWHIDE MFG. CO. RAWHIDE BELTING, LACE LEATHER ROPE, LARIATS Fly Nets, Picker Leather. Whips, Washers, Hame Straps. Hame Strings, and Halters, and other Rawhide Goods of all kinds, by Krueger's Patent. i: VHT OHIO ^4^l^l^Kl:^^ oiiio^c^o IKl It is only by using the lie^t of Beltiiif? ) > MUh IS Ulll \\eii Idii^'t-t sli|. leist tl llisinit the _ie ittst iliiouiit ot |I(1\S t I tiul W 01 k with tlie tiieatest -,te Hliiiess th.it iiiRtun. n ( 111 t)e II lll/ed to Its tu" 1 ipuitN mil ( 111 liH It he,i oil Is tl dm iliilit \ rhi It til It will tl Ills 11 tilt most I own with It 1st sti nil ,111 tin 111 i( hint i\ IS the ' /i. i/n s/ n,M-h are the woils iiiaiiiifae- ireil and sold on ijuaiantee by this C'oiii|ianv, ;md used hv the Chicago & Alton Railway aiid other railroads. A. B. SPURLING, President. W. H. PREBLE, Secretary'ana Treasurer. A. C. KRUEGER. Superintendent. CORRUGATED IRON FOR ROOFING, GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES, ETC. Tlie Hashes 'Fateja.t \AMIllfh KNISELY'sTrTENT IRON LATH S] ec-ial jitteiition given to first-class work, and U: sliiiii)iiii; work knocked down, to be put to- wther and up by local mechanics. Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Prices. ^siTt--^ yii IKrCOI?,:E'OE,^^TEI3 lS64r. Steel Plate and Lithography. Railway Annuals a Specialty. m''JlR;',S'l[' 111! Ri^' BANK NOTE COMPANY, Bonds, Certificates, Drafts, Checks, Merchants' Stationery, Bankers' Supplies (CmC'ACiCK C. C. CHENEY, President. C. A. CHAPMAN, Treasurer. The Only Hotel Fronting on the beautiful Lake and Park. Five Minutes from all Railroad De/jots, Places of Business and Amusement. I- >* UJ H CQ H ^^;f^'^t^ en O ^ H ^ Q 03 AMEKICAN PLAN. WAKREN F. LELAND. Proprietor. COR. MICHIGAN AVE. BOULEVARD AND JACKSON ST. THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE JOB AND BOOK PRINTING HOUSE iisT ^^nycEE^ic^^- RAN IX McNALLY & CO. 148-154 MONROE ST., CHICAGO, ILL Fine Color Printing ENGRA\ERS, ELECTROTYPERS LFFHOGRAPHERS, BOOK BINDERS Map Engravers and Publishers ^cuicy-JTc^Vr/////-.^ Indext^d jlflas of i/ie World. ^cuid, J\I('^(illij g;- Co.'x rfjnsiness ^^//((s and S/i f /)/)('rs' niiidc of 11 to Cnited Sioh's. (Hand, Alt-y^d II u r/- Co.'s C(d<'bt'(iiod I nde^ced Qr^oclzei ADi])s of
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