THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES 44 /"VOME, MAY, come, Nellie ; hurry up. Deacon Fitney will be here \^ directly and the train starts directly." The voice was that of Mr. Trevellyan, a thoroughly well-known and highly respected stock broker of the City of Chicago. Mr. Trevellyan was a hard-working man, and his various affairs did not give him much opportunity of absenting himself fiom his business. But to-day had been laid out as a holi day for the babies, and papa Trevellyan had made up his mind to take part in it. After a good deal of family discussion [these things generally involve more or less of that sort of thing] it was finally decided to make a trip to Niagara Falls and back. So a party was made up which was to consist of Mr. and Mrs. Trevellyan, the two children and a good-hearted Deacon Fitney, who was well acquainted with the way to "do " the Falls properly. The day was, as I have just said, a bright one, even for the month of June, and both May and Nellie, in anticipation of a pleasant time, were not long in putting on their things and repairing to the parlor. It was well they hurried. There was papa, valise in hand, ready to start ; mamma, too, and nothing seemed to be wanting but the presence of Deacon Fitney, who had gone off to secure the railway tickets, and who promised to return at once with a carriage and accompany the whole party to the train. The Deacon was not long in coming back. He was a good man in his way, was the Deacon. He had only one fault he was unreasonably fond of Buttons ! A TRIP TO NIAGARA FALLS. He adorned his apparel with more buttons than even the law requires, and he wore a nice gold headed button on his neatly tied satin scarf. Nobody could ever find out what prompted this peculiarity, but then nobody seemed to care very much. However, as I said before, the Deacon came back very quickly and helped get things in the carriage. " By the way, Deacon," said Mr. Trevellyan, "what time do we start and which way do we go ? You know I have left everything of that kind to you." " Four-thirty," said the Deacon, in a cheerful sort of way, " and by the Michigan Central Railroad. It is the only way to go. But never mind about the advantages to be gained by going over this remarkable route. I will tell you all about it when we get on the train." And so they bundled into the carriage, and within a few minutes the entire party was seated in one of the magnificent palace cars which are attached to the Michigan Central Limited Express. " All aboard ! " shouted the conductor. "We re off," smiled the Deacon. The big clock in the depot struck the half after four, and the magnificent train composed of five sleepers, three coaches, a palace dining car and a couple of baggage cars, slowly pulled out of the station. May and Nellie glued their noses to the window, and their delight as they whizzed through the beautiful suburbs of South Chicago, seemed unbounded. With Lake Michigan, tranquil* and glittering with the rays of a summer sun, on one side, and a succession of lovely suburban residences on the other, the sight was a most lovely one. A few minutes later the train was flying through green fields and beautiful woods. " Here, children," suddenly cried the Deacon from the other side of the car, "come quick and see the magic city of Pullman." In a minute May was on A TRIP TO NIAGARA FALLS. one of the Deacon s knees and Nellie on the other, and the train passed rapidly by the most wonderful evidence of modern enterprise. " Three years ago," said the Deacon, in answer to an enquiring look of admiration in the children s eyes, " the ground on which stands this most beau tiful city, which is without doubt the model city of the world, was nothing but a swamp. See what it is now. Some day, when we get back home, I will bring you here and let you learn more closely what the creator of the beautiful place which bears the name of Pullman has done for his country." A minute later the train flew past Kensington, and then fairly started on its iron way for its first stopping place, Michigan City, better known as the City of Sand. Then came Niles, with its wonderful bridge and its fairy valley. Then Kalamazoo, the biggest village in the world, and the flower bed of creation. Then Marshall, Battle Creek and Jackson, the latter place the centre of railway industry of the beautiful State of Michigan. Then Ann Arbor, where is situated the University of the State of Michigan, and then, last, but not least, Detroit. By this time, of course, the babies had been tucked in bed. The Deacon had taken them into the dining car and feasted them with all the inexhaustible luxuries for which these cars on the Michigan Central R. R. are so famous. Then the colored porter having made up their beds they were soon fast asleep and dreaming of the treat in store for the morrow. i The Deacon, however, was determined at least that his grown-up friends should lose none of the beauties of the trip, and so he insisted that Mr. and Mrs. Trevellyan should remain up until they had crossed the famous Detroit River. The night was a beautiful one, and they were amply rewarded by witnessing one of the most thoroughly picturesque pieces of scenery in the world. The entire train was placed on one of the immense ferry steamers, and the landing shortly A TRIP TO NIAGARA FALLS. afterwards made at Windsor, a picturesque and quaint little town on the Canadian side of the river. At this point commences the Canada Southern Division of the Michigan Central Railroad, famous alike for the magnificence of its equipment and smoothness of track. Here our friends, so to speak, turned in, and it was only a few minutes before every one on board was fast asleep. The next thing was the morning sun and Niagara Falls. The run had been made from Chicago in the remarkable time of fifteen hours. "Oh, how good of you, Deacon Fitney," said little May a short while later, as standing on a verandah of Joe House, she gazed with rapture at the Falls in all their splendor ; " how good of you to bring us to such a. nice place and by such a delightful road." " I am glad you like it," said the Deacon, with a smile ; " but you must not credit me with too much goodness, for I could hardly have brought you by any other way. The Michigan Central road is the only direct road running to the Falls, and you could hardly expect that I could take you there by any line which is not entirely the best." Mr. and Mrs. Trevellyan heartily joined May in her expressions of thanks to the Deacon, and more than endorsed every word he had said in praise of the wonderful Michigan Central Limited Express. They spent the day at the Falls a day of merry sunshine and happiness. The Falls never looked grander and nature never smiled with more sweetness. The time passed only too quickly, and when the children stepped on the cars once more to return to Chicago it was with a twinge of regret which was only offset by the knowledge that they had another delightful trip in store for them on the Michigan Central Road. Now May ha* the following time table hung up among her pictures on the A TRIP TO NIAGARA FALLS, wall in her bed room. She says it serves to remind her of one of the happiest days of her life. Above it, in a baby s handwriting, she has scrawled : " THE ONLY WAY TO GO EAST FROM CHICAGO IS BY THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL R. R " Train No. 10. Fast New York Express. Leaves Chicago EVERY DAY at 4.30 p. m. and consists of one First Class Smoking Car, one First Class Day Coach, one Dining Car and three Palace Sleeping Cars, running on fol lowing time : Leaves Chicago 4-30 P- m. Sund. Mond. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Friday. Satur. " Jackson 10.54p.m. " Arrives Detroit 1.00 a. m. Mond. Tues. Wednes. Thurs. Friday. Satur. Sunday. St. Thomas 4.20 " " Toronto, via C.V.Ry... 9.30 * Toronto, via G.W.R... 9.30 * Niagara Falls 8.30 Buffalo 8.15 Rochester, via N. Y. C. . 1 1 . 1 Syracuse, Utica, Albany, Troy, New York, 1.30p.m. 3.00 " 5.50 " 7.00 10.00 " Hornellsville, via Ene ... 1 2.30 Elmira, 1.50 Binghamton, " 3.00 New York, " ...10.00 Philadelphia, via L. V - . 1 0.20 Boston, via B. & A 6.25 a- m - Tues. Wednes. Thurs. Friday. Satur. Sunday. *Does not arrive on Sunday. tDoes not arrive on Monday. This train, leaving Chicago one hour later than heretofore, makes a much surer connection with Western lines. The Smoking Car, Day Coach and one Sleeping Car run through to Buffalo via M. C.; one Sleeping Car runs through to Toronto via M. C. and Credit Val ley Railways ; one Sleeping Car runs through to New York via M. C. and N. Y. C. The Dining Car serves dinner out of Chicago at 5 o clock ; train arrives in Buffalo in good season for breakfast. This train has attached at Detroit a Through Sleeping Car from St. Louis to New York, via W., St. L. & P., M. C. and N. Y. C., that makes quicker through time than any other line ; and also a Sleeping Car from Detroit to Syracuse that is placed in Detroit depot about 9 p. m. Passengers can enter their berths any time after that hour. Connects with Grand Trunk trains in Detroit. Connection with Pullman Car for New York and Philadelphia, via Erie, leaving Buffalo at 9.15 a. m., and also with Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia, leaving at 8.20 a. m. ^ Connects at Albany with through sleeper for Boston via B. & A., leaving at 8.40 p. m. No second class passengers are carried on this train. NOTE. No extra charge is made on Michigan Central Fast Express. May s advice is very excellent. 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DAUZIEk, EDITOR Of JHE ChlCAQO f^WsLETTEfy - *>^--^ - DRAWN fiv PANTED l|4 COLORS Bf WEMPLE& CO^LITHO6^APHE$S, 71 -~"N \ rs f &*22*fe FOR RAILROAD CONDUCTORS "PS 3507 3} 1 734 :ff PARODY: on P-S-T-I-G-n-0-G- Respectfully dedicated to the Conductors of the Chicago 6 Alton Railroad.] (Bv D. DALZIEL, EDITOR OF THE CHICAGO NEWS LETTER.) SCENE The Exterior of a Railroad Depot. (Enter ANGELA, ELLA and SAPHIR, and a number of cesthetic young women.) Tf NGELA There is a strange magic in this love of ours. Rivals, as we all r\. are, in the affections of our Reginald, the very hopelessness of our love is a bond that binds us to one another. (All sigh?) TANK Fools, yes, fools. Know ye not that this man never can be yours ? He loves another, and that other is PATIENCE. {General misery?) 7T NGELA Patience, the young woman who milks the cow and sleeps in the stable ! Surely the gentleman s taste must be a trifle unaesthetic. TANK You must not question his motive. He is utterly transcendant in all he does. But the milkmaid, as you say, is indeed a little beneath the regard of one so truly too. 9Y LL Indeed she is. They all sigh. PATIENCE (Appears at background and looks with contempt upon the lot. She then comes down.) What is the matter, girls, are you ill ? 7T LL No, we are in love. (More misery?) "OATIENCE I know not what love is. 7T NGELA Ah, Patience, if you have never loved you have never known true happiness. All sigh?] 788271 A PARODY ON PATIENCE. pATIENCE But the truly happy seem to have so much on their mind. The truly happy never seem quite well. But I have some news for you. The Railroad Conductors Annual Picnic will be held here to-day, and the young men in their gorgeous uniforms are now on their way to this spot. 7TNGELA Contemptuously. Railroad conductors! Q APHIR I am told they are men of very full habits. /7LLA We care nothing for railroad conductors. (Exit the ladies in sorrowful procession. Enter the railroad conductors. They march round to chorus. The conductors of our land are linked in friendly tether, Upon the railroad train they make their friends together; There every mother s son prepared to make a friend is. The comrade of one, The comrade of all is, The comrade of one, The comrade of all is. Enter the Grand Commander of the Order of Conductors, COLONEL BLUE, of the Chicago & Alton Railroad.} When I first put this uniform on I said as I looked in the glass, It s one to a million, that any civilian My figure and form will surpass. Gold lace has a charm for the fair, And I ve plenty of that, and to spare. While a lover s professions, When uttered on Hessians Are eloquent ev ry where; A fact that I counted upon When I first put this uniform on. CHORUS. By a simple coincidence, few Could ever have reckoned upon, The same thing occurred to us, too, When we first put this uniform on. NOT WtyAT LOV/E IS! N I FIF\ST PUT TI?IS UNIFORM PATiENCElYOU WILL BF(EAK /v\y A PARODY ON PATIENCE. G- V- I said when I first put it on. It s plain to the veriest dunce, That every beauty Will feel it her duty To yield to the Alton at once. They will see that I m freely gold laced, In a uniform handsome and chaste, And a gentleman connected with the Chicago and Alton Should be very much to their taste; A fact that I counted upon When I first put this uniform on. CHORUS. By a simple coincidence, few Could ever have reckoned upon, The same thing occurred to us, too, When we first put this uniform on. (Enter PATIENCE.) pATIENCE How strangely handsome these conductors are, but I dare not address them. . Fair maiden, you seem alarmed at our intrusion. PATIENCE Not at all. Only awed. I am not accustomed to so much glitter. r\ {7. (Proudly.) You flatter, fair maid, but we are accustomed to it. We are conductors. That speaks for our brilliant appearance. PATIENCE And what is a conductor? /"\ fl . Do you mean it ? Listen and I will give you the recipe for a first-class Chicago and Alton conductor. (Sings.} If you want a recipe for that popular mystery Usually known as an Alton road man, Take all the remarkable people in history, Mix them all up in rhyming stewpan; A PAROD Y ON PA TIENCE. The pluck of a brakeman on board of a freight train, Genius of agents devising a plan, The humor of Jay Gould (when in a cut rate vein), Coolness of Vanderbilt leading the clan; The science of Howgate, the eminent Arctico ; Wit of Abe Lincoln, good Illinois man ; Pathos of Paddy, just out on a lark to go ; Style of the Bishop of Saskatchewan; The dash of a D Orsay divested of quackery, Narrative powers of Dickens and Thackeray. Victor Emmanuel, peak -hunting Peveril, Thomas A-qui-nas and Doctor Sa-che-verell, Tupper and Tennyson, Daniel De-Foe, Anthony Trollope and Mister Guizot. Take of these elements all that is fusible, Melt em all down in a pipkin or crucible, Set em to simmer and take off the scum, And an Alton conducter is the re-si-du-um. If you want a receipt for this railroad like Paragon, Get at the wealth of Jim Fair (if you can) ; The family pride of a Blue Blood from Lexington, Force of Mephisto pronouncing a ban, A smack of young Lorillard, reckless and rollicky, Swagger of Kearney leading his gang, The keen penetration of Paddington Pollaky ; Grace of an odalisque on a divan; The essence delightful of utter civility, Graceful and pleasant lacking servility; Flavor of Hamlet; Charles Surface, a touch of him ; Little of Romeo, but not very much of him, Beautiful dressed, all buttons and lace, Air of a nobleman, exquisite face. OU ARE H GHT PATIENCE,! AM A CHICAGO AND ALTON RAILROAD COMDUCTOR, ANDTHEY ARE ALL VERY BEAUTIFUL. "PRETTY PF\ETTV /V\a~rrv "me fair rna^ den, -from my tyeart twill ~ta\e a load! A J^ t J^EALLY LADIES, YOU /V\UST EXCUSE /*E. I NEN/EF\ CAN BE A PARODY ON PATIENCE. Take of these elements all that is fusible Melt em all down in a pipkin or crucible, Set em to simmer and take off the scum, And an Alton conductor is the residuum. (Exit CONDUCTORS.) pATIENCE Such a person as he describes must be truly interesting. But who comes here ? One of them, I declare. I must depart. Oh! I must depart. (Enter GROSVENOR, sings.} HE. Pretty, pretty maiden, look upon this breast; Hey, but I m doleful, willow, willow waly! 1 belong to the best line that s running in the West; Hey, willow waly, oh! Competition, we defy it; Let those who doubt me, try it; Hey, willow waly, oh! SHE. Judging by your words, sir, it s the Alton Road you mean; Hey, but he s doleful, willow, willow waly! I m well aware of the fact, strange as it may seem; Hey, willow waly, oh! You ve much to recommend you, If the Alton Road befriend you; Hey, willow, waly, oh! * * * r^ROSVENOR Oh, Patience, you will break my he-art. Don t you know me ? PATIENCE No, although I have seen people dressed like you before, I do not think that would entitle me to say I knew you. pROSVENOR Don t you remember your little playfellow, Archibald ? He who used to take you to excursions by the Chicago & Alton to St. Louis ? pATIENCE Can it be why, yes, it must be Archibald. I am glad to see you. The remembrance of those visits to St. Louis is still fresh in my memory. A PAROD Y ON PA TJENCE. So fresh that it is not at all necessary for me to go there again to renew them. But you are changed. /"^ROSVENOR I am somewhat taller than when I first knew you; remember that it is nigh on to thir-r-ty years since first we met by the village stream. Ah, Patience, the time has passed lightly enough on me, but with you it is very different. pATIENCE And how handsome you look. PROSVENOR You are quite right, Patience (drawing himself up}. I am a va Chicago & Alton Railroad Conductor, and they are all very beautiful. PATIENCE And that uniform, Archibald ! Sighs] Ah, that is the bane of my life. It has the curse of va fatal perfection. Since I first put it on I dare not go through the cars and collect tickets without an escort. All the women I meet fall madly in love with me. At the country depot when my train goes through, the entire female popu lation flock out to get a glimpse at me. The life is one of torment. pATIENCE Then why do you not cast it away from you, and make yourself a commonplace person like the conductors of other roads ? /"^ROSVENOR No, Patience, that would be wrong. I have a mission in life. If it be my fortune to be the handsomest conductor on the finest railroad in the World, who am I that I should withhold the contemplation of my gifts from others ? But will you love and marry me, Patience ? PATIENCE {Pointing to the sign on his hat bearing inscription Chicago & Alton conductor. Sings very much after La Mascotte. SHE. When I behold that magic sign a sweet joy agitates me. HE. Ah, Patience, you are right ; this uniform must captivate thee. SHE. When I look on those beauteous words just like a little chick I tremble. HE. The Alton is the greatest line, tis useless to dissemble. SHE. That more than other roads I love. Chicaoo & Alton o "R."R AN OLD /V\N SAT Id A RAILWAY StyOP. Itj the /\l ton F\o-ax) that takec me Ko-nie" Chicoqo o I is YOU DISCF?AF^GED FF\0/\A TtpE CHICAGO AND ALTON F^AILF^OAD CO/MPANY" % " A PARODY ON PATIENCE. HE. After that tis surely you I love. SHE. When the engine sounds its puff, puff, puff, puff, puff, puff. HE. When the whistle sounds its " WHEW ! " * * * * SHE. When I look on that braid and buttons a strange awe overcomes me. HE. Ah, Patience, tis not strange this uniform becomes me. SHE. Since I find you are an Alton man, I ll marry now instead of later. HE. If Patience did not love that road, I m sure that I should hate her. SHE. That more than other roads I love. HE. After that tis surely you I love. SHE. When the agent sweetly murmurs, Tickets, tickets, tickets. HE. When the brakeman gently gasps, How-oo-l-ng changekyarsfromummmsbry- mummumspassgersfiminitsfreshments. * -x- * /"^ROSVENOR Then you will marrry me, Patience? Ah, this is too much ! (Goes to clasp her in his arms.} PATIENCE But stop. I never thought of this. Love to be pure must be unselfish. If I marry you I shall deprive others of your beautiful presence, and the travelling public will know you no more. That would be selfish, and therefore I must not love you. /^ROSVENOR Oh, fatal perfection, again you stand in the way of my happi ness ; but you are right. Patience, you are right. (Sings.) A PAROD Y ON PA TIENCE. HE. Marry me, fair maiden, from my heart twill take a load Hey, but I m hopeful, willow, willow waly, I m the handsomest conductor on the Chicago &: Alton Road ; Hey, willow waly, oh ! My salary is modest, My intentions are quite honest ; Hey, willow waly, oh ! SHE. Gentle sir, tis true, twould be difficult to find : Hey, but he s hopeful, willow, willow waly, A personage more handsome and perfect in his mind Hey, willow waly, oh ! Still I would not marry, So, prithee do not tarry; Hey, willow waly, oh ! (Exit PATIENCE sobbing. GROSVENOR remains in an attitude of grief .} r^ROSVENOR after a pause). It must be written. The only woman I love is denied me while all others that I. do not love are showered at my head. Perhaps some of you may envy my condition. If you do, follow this little bit of advice and you may soon find youself as burdened with love as I am. (Sings?) If you re anxious for to shine in the highest railroad line as a man of genius rare, You must get up all the germs of the grandest railroad terms and plant them everywhere ; You must smile at all the ladies, and be good to all the babies in a manner that is most kind ; It really doesn t matter how much they cry and chatter or if they talk you deaf and blind. 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Rates Secured and Shipments made to all parts of the United States. Special attention given to Car and Engine Wheels for Railroad Use. Mileage Guaranteed. Contracts made for Yearly or Other Supply. Correspondence Solicited. OFFICE AND WORKS: ) Cor. Foundry St. & Michigan Central R. R. ) DETROIT, MICH. THE GRIFFIN WHEEL MANUFACTURED BY GEIFFIN CAE WHEEL CO. DETROIT, MICH. GRIFFIN & WELLS FOUNDRY CO. CHICAGO, ILL. THOS. F. GEIFFIN & SON, BUFFALO, N. Y. COMBINED DAILY CAPACITY, 800 Wheels per Day and 60 Tons Castings, EXTRA HEAVY WHEELS FOR ENGINE AND PASSENGER SERVICE. ALL MILEAGE GUARANTEED. A PAROD Y ON PA TIENCE. Be attentive to the old, don t growl and never scold, but to all be just and fair, And convince em if you can that the conductors of your road are fraught with culture rare. Take your tickets with a smile, whatever may be there to guile, and teach them all to pine For the exquisite politeness of the affable conductors of the Chicago and Alton Line. And everyone will say As you walk your mystic way, If everything connected with the Alton Road is as good as what I see, Oh, what a very cultivated sort of road this Alton Road must be ! * * * Be kind in disposition, bear in mind that your position is one in which you shine, As a man of great perfection on account of your connection with the Chicago and Alton Line Though the emigrants may jostle, you will rank as an apostle in a high aesthetic band You always must remember that you are a valued member of the railroad of the land. And everyone will say, As you walk your stately way If he s a sample of the Alton Road, the Alton Road, oh, me ! Why, what a very cultivated sort of road the Alton road must be ! (Re-enter maidens fair and numerous^) 7T NGELA This love for yon young Grosvenor is joy. (All sigh.} (GROSVENOR starts and endeavors to escape but is prevented.) /^ROSVENOR Really, ladies, you must excuse me, I have to meet a fellow. 7T LL We know, but deign us a few moments of your precious time. Let us gaze upon your beauteous exterior, if only for a brief while. /^ROSVENOR But, -ladies, to what end ? I never can be yours. Of course it is my duty to let you gaze on me as you would gaze on any other beau tiful product of nature, else why am I in this world ? But you cannot turn me from my love. Remember the story of the old man and the railroad runners. A PARODY ON PATIENCE. 7f LL But we don t know the story of the old man and the railroad runners. Don t you ? Then I ll sing it to you. Sings. An old man sat in a railroad shop, And all around was a loving crop Of runners and agents with smile sublime, Working that man for their favorite line. But for agents the old man felt no whim; Tho he charmed them they charmed not him; From agents and runners and smiles he strode, For he d set his love on the Alton Road. The Alton Road, The Alton Road. Their most aesthetic, peripatetic Fancies this way ran: If others we wheedle, why, we indeed ll Wheedle this queer old man. CHORUS : Their most aesthetic, peripatetic Fancies this way ran. If others we wheedle, why we indeed ll Wheedle this queer old man. * * * The runners and agents expressed surprise ; The conductors opened their well-drilled eyes. The runners, they felt shut up, no doubt, And the agents they found themselves cut out. But the queer old man was as solid as stone, " It s the Alton Road that takes me home " That s what he cried, that queer old boy. "And it s the only road that gives me joy." _j{ FUNNY; F\ouqi7 OLD /V\AN, ATOUQt>AND ( BLlJRFOLD/V\AN,W^OSV\/EA^S LIKE AN INJIJN AND F^UNS Tt}E ENqiNE,AC?lCAQO AND ALTON /AAN. rr Ti Dainty, (f>i"mid J J Kandl e - vo^r - \ inan Tn.an. A PAROD Y ON PA TIENCE. That queer old man, That queer old man. These most aesthetic, peripatetic , Runners skipped and ran ; For by no means ever can agent ever Corrupt that queer old man. CHORUS : These most aesthetic, peripatetic Runners skipped and ran ; For by no means ever can agent ever Corrupt that queer old man. (All off dancing except GROSVENOR, who remains seated on a trunk checked through to San Francisco via the Chicago and Alton. He is buried in reverie. Enter back the Grand Commander of the Conductors Association, COLONEL BLUE.) p. n . There he is he, a simple conductor, and yet he cut us all out. Even I, the Grand Commander, of all conductors, even I am cut out. But it must end, and end now. (Comes down to GROSVENOR.) Ah ! so we meet at last. Happy man. p. n . None of that nonsense with me, and now to business. Ever since you joined our band, things have gone wrong. Before you came the women loved me yes, sir, me, and they followed me about everywhere, and now you have come and everything is changed. It is you they run after, but I tell you it must cease. PROSVENOR Is it my fault if they all fall in love with me? You, of va course, who are not endowed with all the disadvantages of beauty, cannot know what I have to put up with. p. {7. Then change it all destroy your beauty ! pROSVENOR That would be impossible. Cut your hair, let your beard grow, get another uniform, and, in fact, make yourself a commonplace young man. {7. OS (7. A PAROD Y ON PA TIENCE. r^ROSVENOR Again I say that would be impossible. Q fl Do you know that I am a bad man when I am crossed ? If you do not do what I desire, perhaps I might curse you. (GROSVENOR starts.} Ah me. rjROSVENOR It cannot be. /"\ fl Then beware may the curse of your aunt be upon you. Ah, ha ! PROSVENOR I have no aunt. P. fl Then may the curse of your grandmother be upon you. Ah, ha ! PROSVENOR I never had a grandmother. P. {7.1 will have you expelled from our order, I will have you blackballed from every benevolent association in the land, I will lay traps to humiliate you, I will bring misery and disgrace upon your family, I will cause your financial ruin, and I will kill the girl you love. ROSVENOR (indifferently) I care not. . fl . I will have you discharged from the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. (Goes on his knees and shrieks ) Oh, say not so ! /"\ fl . Ah, ha ! but I do say so. PROSVENOR Oh, be merciful as you are strong. Beat me, ruin me, kill me, but do not let me leave the Alton. P. fj . Then do as I command you; become a commonplace young man. PROSVENOR I will, but remember that I do it on compulsion. (Sings.) A most unique young man, Who runs the car young man, Polite to the ladies And kind to the babies, A remarkably nice young man. * W *" * <! XV OF ()S Pf^ETTX ALL OF US WlTTY" rf At? PATIENCE! i A/A QLAD YOU AF\E I?EF\E. i AQAIN F^ENEW /V\Y SUIT." ,ME IP YOU CAN, AN E\/EF\Y-DAY voUNq A PARODY ON PATIENCE. Conceive me if you can, A C. and A. young man, Who is lavish in dress, And runs the express, A most unique young man. * * * A highly colored young man, A Pullman car young man, Whose name is Dalton; Who runs on the Alton, A thoro bred black-and-tan. Conceive me if you can, A button and lace young man, Who tends to yer daughters, Looks arter yer quarters, A most polite young man. * * * A grimy, rough old man, A tough and bluff old man, Who swears like an Injun, And runs the engine, A Chicago and Alton man. Conceive me if you dare, A whizzing thro the air, A puffing and blowing, Raining or snowing, And every time I m there. * * * Another grim old man, A sooty and jolly old man, A PA ROD Y ON PA TIENCE. " I tends to the boiler; Sometimes I oil her," A C. & A. stoker old man. Conceive me if you can, A spruce and clean old man ; It s only a fable, I know you re not able, I m such a sooty old man. * * * A dainty, timid young man, A handle-your-baggage young man, Who never does smash it, And never says dash it, A typical C. & A. man. Conceive me if you can, A most polite young man, Who s always urbane, And never profane, A Y. M. C. A. young man. * * * A suave and bland young man, A scented and puffed young man . Who sells you a ticket, Thro a nice little wicket, A thoroughly Alton man. Conceive me if you can, A most urbane young man. Correct in my money, Sweet as new honey, A perfectly good young man. * * * J LOVE YOU ANP A/v\ YOUf^S FO "M ALTOK TI?AT TpE SOUL OF YOU/\ A/ABITION f?AS BEEN F^EAC?ED YOU JBEC/VAE A CONDUCTOR ON TI^E C^ICAQO AND ALTON F^. A PARODY ON PATIENCE. GENERAL CHORUS. We re all of us railroad men, Genial, jolly-souled men; Some of us pretty, All of us witty, Chicago & Alton men. Conceive us if you will, Jolly old bucks, but still We re always on time, And belong to the line That s right on the top of the hill. {Exit GROSVENOR, dancing. Enter PATIENCE. /"\ C! . Ah. Patience, I am glad you are here. I will again renew my suit. t^ATIENCE I sew no more, Grand Commander; I am a dairy maid now. r\ fl . I do not mean that, fair Patience; I mean that I will again renew my request for your hand. Will you marry me ? pATIENCE Do you drink ? G- (- do - l^ATIENCE Are you a gambler? Q. (J.-.an, - t^ATIENCE Do you smoke and chew tobacco, pick your teeth with a pin, wear dirty collars, sit on saloon railings, shake dice for the drinks in base ment ginshops, and borrow money from your friends ? G- (- Ido - pATIENCE Do you write scurrilous anonymous letters about your female relatives in the newspapers ? Do you malign your friends, act the part of a professional witness in divorce cases, and systematically breed trouble in happy domestic circles ? G- - do - A PARODY ON PATIENCE. OATIENCE Then I will marry you. I cannot love you, but I will marry you. /"\ n . That makes no difference as long as you will marry me. \Enter GROSVENOR as a commonplace conductor on the Chicago & Alton Railroad, accompanied by ANGELA, SAPHIR, and others. r ROSVENOR (Sings.) va Conceive me if you can, An every-day young man, A commonplace type, With a stick and a pipe, An every-day young man. PATIENCE What is this I see, Grosvenor Archibald with his hair cut ! Oh, Archibald, is it you ? Can it be that you are indeed a common person once more ? P ROSVENOR It is. I am still connected with the Chicago & Alton Railroad, it is true, but I am once more a commonplace young man. pATIENCE Then to love you would not be selfish, Archibald, I have promised to marry the Grand Commander if I live or die; but that makes no difference, I love you and am yours forever. P. {7. This is too mujch. Then I am jilted ? pATIENCE Do not let that worry you, Grand Commander. You will find another who will be ready to appreciate the many advantages to be derived from a marriage with a man of your attainments. (ANGELA, SAPHIR, and other fair maidens together.) Yes, choose from among us. {Enter conductors each one takes a fair one under his wing.) /^ROSVENOR May you all be happy, and may you all live to learn that to be perfectly utter in your walk of life, the goal has been reached when you become a conductor on the Chicago & Alton Railroad. 7f LL We know it. (QUICK CURTAIN.) v ~ : --* , SHUMWAY, BURGESS & Co.. BOLT MAKERS. BOLT HEADING AND NUT TAPPING MACHINES FOR SALE, COR. MICHIGAN AND FRANKLIN STS,, CHICAGO. VULCAN IRON WORKS, 80 to 90 N. Clinton St., Chicago. Steam Excavators. RAILROAD CAR PILE DRIVERS Steam Derricks. FITTED UP WITH SKINNER S PATENT STEAM HAMMERS, A very effective machine, simple, automatic and durable, with recent improvements. CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD COMPANY, OFFICE OF GENERAL ROADMASTBR, BLOOMINGTON, ILL., Oct. 30, 1882. W. H. WARRINGTON, ESQ., President Vulcan Iron Works, DEAR SIR: The Skinner Pile Driver Hammer, built by your Company, has been in use on our Pile Driver Car since last April, and we are much pleased with its work. It has always given entire satisfaction, doing the work effectively and economically. Respectfully yours, W. RILEY, Gen l Roadmaster . of tl\e " STANDARD RAILWAY VARNISHES." Verdict of more than Thirty Roads now using them ; "UNECtUALED FOR RAILWAY PURPOSES." 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The two cities above named are the great commercial centers of the United States, the former containing in the vicinity of 650,000 inhabitants, and the latter about 1,500,000. The number of people actually in Chicago at any one time would doubtless range far above these figures, as its floating or transient population is enormous, running up into figures that can hardly be credited. The traffic passing between these two cities daily is very large when one considers that they are within a fraction of 1,000 miles apart. Boston also has a large traffic with Chicago, and to give an idea of the accommodations necessary to provide for the passenger business alone between the three cities, we may state that the which is the principal thoroughfare between the cities named, runs five express trains daily three on Sundays made up of fine new day coaches, smoking cars, drawing-room cars, palatial sleeping cars. 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SAVAGE FIRE-BRICK CO. WEST VIRGINIA FIRE-BRICK CO. SCIOTO FIRE-BRICK CO. PHOENIX MANUFACTURING CO. CRUCIBLES. ETC., ETC. 184 and 186 Washington Street, ED. E. AYER, TINT Railroad GFO^ Tieg, Piling, pwitscfj and Bridge Tieg, TELEGRAPH POLES, CEDAR PAVING AND FENCE POSTS, ETC. Proprietor Ayer Mills, Flagstaff, Arizona. ALL KINDS OF PINE LUMBER, SHINGLE, LATH, ETC. Office, - 234 outh Water- $tet, - (MA({0. TELEPHONE, No. 3195 NORTH PIER, AND No. 853, 234 SOUTH WATER ST. I E. BRABKOOK, erchant M 172 S. CLARK STREET, CHICAGO. Dealers in Hardware, Fine Cutlery and Mechanics Tools, % Sole agents in Chicago for the celebrated Norton Door Check and Spring. "Its work is almost human." Send for circular. We make a specialty of fine Bronze Builders Trimmings, carrying the largest stock in the city of Builders Hardware. Joseph Rodgers & Sons , Wostenholm s, and other leading brands of fine Cutlery, in great variety. O-R-& Sc Near Monroe. 184 & 186 Clark St., CHICAGO^ A. B. MEEKER. W. L. BROWN. A. B. MEEKER & CO., MANUFACTURERS, IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN 93, 95 & 97 DEABBOEN STREET, OHIIG-A.C3-O. as <sc as CHICAGO. Fine "Art Pottery," Choice Table Wares, Brilliant Cut Glass, Unique Bronze and Polished Brass Ornaments. . * Artistic Lamps. ARTICLES OF HIGH STANDARD AT REASONABLE PRICES. "2-OT7I3 CARPETS, FURNITURE, CURTAIN GOODS, Fine and Medium Grades at POPULAR PRICES, and satisfaction guaranteed to every purchaser. A large choice stock to select from. CHICAGO CARPET CO. Wabash Avenue and Monroe Street. Ellithorpe Fireproof Warehouse, 46, 48, 50 & 52 N, MORGAN STREET, CHICAGO. Largest and Most Complete Warehouse in the West. STORAGE FOR ALL KINDS OF MERCHANDISE. F. T. ELLITHORPL, ... PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER. THE BAKER HEATER IS UNIVEESALLY ACKNOWLEDGED TO BE THE It warms the floor of the car, and the feet of each passenger. It permits thorough ventila tion. The temperature can be easily regulated. It does not freeze up, and is always ready for use. It uses less fuel than any other heater. It is in use in hundreds of ordinary car. 1 -, .and in nearly all the drawing-room, dining, sleeping and special cars in the country. Address, BAKER SMITH & CO. 149 & 151 Greene Street, NEW YORK, or 81 & 83 Jackson Street, CHICAGO, ILL, DEALERS IN Hardware, Stoves, Ranges, furnaces, Gil /foves, Refrigerators, Water Coolers, Water filters, in Ware, Sranite Ware, Wooden Ware, Silver Ware, Plated Ware, Fine Brasses, Bar Goods, Bird Caps, Gins and Revolvers, Rodger s Cutlery, Wostenholm s Cutlery, TOOLS, NAILS, And House Furnishing Goods, 88 NORTH CLARK STREET, CHICAGO. PATIENCE When possible, is, undoubtedly, a gem equal in value, in some respects, to the " pearl of great price." It helped Job through some rough experiences. But it will be scarcely available to most of the good people of this country when they come to know of the Royal Arch grandeurs awaiting their enjoyment at the charming Summer Resorts in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, where they are as thick as diamonds in Golconda all along the lines of that Great Bonanza Railway, whose other name is CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL, unless they can get at them "right away quick. " Then they cannot control their IMPATIENCE . to at once view those delightful spots, " Where breezes baffle heat ; Where shaded dells and mossy coverts be; Where giant trees to heaven raise their heads; Where earth is free, and nature unconfined Fills the soul with reverence." Then Conceive me if you can In a fairy summer land, Where weary bones find rest In loose and careless dress, A jolly, contented old man. \ In plain prose: Those who wish to be enlightened as to matters so imminently con cerning their welfare, can be so far gratified, by applying (before the edition is exhausted) to A. V. H. Carpenter, General Passenger Agent, Milwaukee, Wis., for a copy of the beautifully illustrated book entitled "A Reconnaisance of the Golden Northwest, " and for a copy of " The Tourist s Guide ". HOOSAC TUNNEL ROUTE TROY & BOSTON FITCHBURG THE SHORT AND FAST LINE FOR AND ALL NEW ENGLAND POINTS. DA.I LY "4 TRAINS ALBANY, TROY AND BOSTON NOTICE! The Only Line over vrhich Are run both via Albany and Troy, to and from ST. LOTJIS, CHZZOJLO-O AND ZBOSTOUST O TJ T C TICKETS ON SALE AT ALL DEPOT AND CITY TICKET OFFICES. BE SURE AND ASK FOR TICKETS VIA TROY & BOSTON HOOSAC TUNNEL ROUTE. J>. SOSIJfSOJi, W. B. STEARJfS, Fres t and Gen l Hanager Troy & Boston R. R. f resident fitchburg JR. It. C. E. IsAMBERT, Gen l Passenger Agent Troy & Boston It. B. AND office, iss Randolph st., CHICAGO, JXi. East Bound Traffic Hoosac Tunnel Route. The jSeag Ejauge aqd Lantern Go, .115 Lake Street, MORTIMER McROBERTS, Agent, OZHUCj^O-O, ILL. Manufacture all kinds of RAILROAD AND CONDUCTOR LAHTERHS, Head Lights, Tail Lights and Bridge Lights. Owners of Patents on Numbers and Signals in Head Lights. STATION LAMPS, SWITCH LAMPS, INSPECTORS LAMPS. EXTENSION LAMPS FOR TELEGRAPH OPERATORS TABLES. Sole Owners of tae TUBULAE LAMP and LANTERN Patents and BUFFALO STEAM GAUGES. Correspondence with Railroads Solicited. THE PLUME & ATWOOD MFG. CO. 115 MORTIMER McROBERTS, Agent, OKEIO^OO, ILL Manufacture AMD BRASS RODS, BRASS AND COPPER WIRE, Copper Rivets and Burs, Brass and Iron Chain, 60PPER WIRE FOR TELEPHONE AND ELECTRIg LMT PURPOffi BURNERS FOR ALL KINDS OF RAILROAD LAMPS. Catalogues furnished on application. Office - RAILROAD TIME KEEPERS, STREET AND MANTEL CLOCKS, BRONZE ORNAMENTS. B4 WASHINETHN STREET, CHICAGO. Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. JOBBERS OF Tin Plate, Metals, Nails and Wire Fence, CUTLERY, GUNS, Fishing Tackle and Sporting Goods, 24, 26, 28, 30 & 32 LAKE STREET, CORNER WABASH AVE., ILL. A WORD TO THR WISR. LITHOGRAPHING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FOR COLORED SHOW AHD RAILROAD LITHOGRAPHIC We employ none "but the very best Artists, and our work is considered the very oest in the United States. Address all Communications to ZFIHIIIL, a-. SUPERINTEN DENT, THE JONES LITHOGRAPHING COMPANY, 167, 169 & 171 Dearborn Street, - CHICAGO. THE J. M. W. JOMRB ^f CORNER DEARBORN AND MONROE STREETS, O HI I O A- O- O, MANUFACTURERS OF The Stromberg Improved Coupon Ticket AND CONSECUTIVELY NUMBERED RAILROAD TICKETS. Blank Books and Railroad Blanks of every description made to order. LITHOGRAPHED DRAFTS, CHECKS, BONDS, ETC. DEALERS IN LIGHT RAILROAD SUPPLIES. Coupon and Local Ticket Cases, Dating Stamps, Rubber Stamps, Conductors Punches, Car Seal Punches, L, B C, 2 C and % Punches. BRASS BAGGAGE CHECKS, EYELETTING MACHINES, SEAL PRESSES, WAYBILL COPYING PRESSES, HAT BADGES, FOLDER BOXES, TARIFF PORTFOLIOS, AND PASSENGER AND TICKET SUPPLIES IN GENERAL. The J, M.JOtiS STATIONER! & PRINTING CO. 167, 169 & 171 Dearborn Street, Established 18-44. < <f Re-christened 188O "Advertising is to business what steam power is to commerce." MACAULAY. Jno, B, JeffeFiJ printing 8 Engraving 159 & 161 Dearborn St., Chicago. Formerly known as the CHICAGO * EVENING * JOURNAL Standing firmly upon an established reputation, it will continue to serve its patrons with the same zeal, fidelity and ability that have always characterized its transactions and have placed it I^AILI^OAD, OMMEI^GIAL AND SHOW ESTABLISHMENTS OF THE WORLD. Address all communications to John off. Jvffetu, >*/ ^/ // L/ Sole Proprietor and Manager. TOOTLE S OPEKA HOUSE, ST. JOSEPH, MO. The reputation this theater has made for itself, and the fact that it is known as the pioneer Opera House in the West, render it unnecessary to offer any extended description. While theaters have been erected, calculated to surpass in beauty and costli ness Tootle s Opera House, few, to-day, can legitimately claim equality, and none can surpass it in all that pertains to the arrange ment of a first-class place of amusement. The stage is 40X67, with an opening 34x35, and is furnished with a full complement of scenery. Recently the house has been thoroughly renovated, repainted inside and outside, and recarpeted; a new drop curtain hung, and the apparatus for lighting the gas by electricity placed in the building; a new steam heating apparatus and trie water works connection are also among the improvements; capacity 1,500. Tootle s Opera House is located in the very center of a city of 45.000 inhabitants. G-RAND OPERA HOUSE, TOPEKA, KAS. Formerly known as The Topeka Opera House, but. to avoid a conflict of titles, name changed to that of GRAND OPEKA HOUSE. The house was built by a stock company; 300 residents financially interested; cost $00,000; capacity 1,500; stage is 60x67 feet; the proscenium opening is 35 38 feet; eight large dressing rooms; full complement of scenery ; only ground floor Opera House in the city; can be emptied in one minute and a half; absolute safety guaranteed the patrons of the Grand; Topeka is the capital of the State, and the principal city, commercially and politically; constantly thronged with strangers; resident population about 27,000. Messrs. Wood & I pdegraff are the local managers, but all communications should be addressed to Mr. Craig, at St. Joseph, Mo. THE G-ILLIS OPERA HOUSE, KANSAS CITY, MO. This elegant theater, rapidly approaching completion, is being erected under the provisions of a will which requires that the net earnings of the house shall be applied to the maintenance of a permanent home for destitute children, and will be opened early in September, 1883. When completed, the Gillis Opera House will have cost $100,000. It is centrally located, being within four blocks of twelve hotels. Nearly every street-car line in the city passes its doors, either on Fifth or Walnut streets. It is there fore evident that the Gillis has a decided advantage of location for the resident as well as the transient population. All appoint ments of auditorium first-class; means of exit ample three entrances on ground floor, and two spacious staircases, each 20 ft. wide. The stage of the Gillis is one of the largest in the country, 42x124 ft. ; height of scenery 28 ft. ; height above scenery 32 ft. ; proscenium opening 37x46 ft. ; seventeen dressing rooms, green room, reception room and music room. First-class attractions (an safely book a week at the Gillis, and none other need apply; 109 nights already booked. Population upwards of 100,000. SPECIAL NOTICE. SPIES & SMART, 12 Union Square, N. Y., are my accredited agents,, and at all times the open time at the Gillis, Tootle s, and the Grand can be found on file at their oflice. I shall be there until June 30. CORYDOiSr F. CRAIG. RAILROAD CONNECTIONS. The average distance between these three cities is only 69 miles. Omaha, Denver and St. Louis are the other principal cities in this section. F-jr rates address: A o. DAWES, St. Joseph, Mo. W. F. WHITE, Topeka, Kas. CORYDON F. CRAIG, Business Manager, Send Printing to JOHN MULVIHILL, BILL POSTER, Kansas City and St. Joseph. ST. UOSEF- H, MO. NATHAN & DREYFUS. 2 Sz < LiToert:^ St., - - SOLE AGENTS, Patentees and Manufacturers of Friedmann s Patent Injectors and Ejectors, Patent Locomotive Oil Cups and Lubricators, Watkey s Patent Valve Seats, and other Railway Specialties The "MONITOR" Locomotive Injector. The "MONITOR" is a new Locomotive Injector of widest range, with great steadiness of action. CAST STEEL WORKS . ESSEN, GERMANY. American Office, 15 (fold f&, New REPRESENTED. . THOMAS PROSSER & SON. LOOOZMZOTZTVE TIIRIES, CRANK PINS. SPRING STEEL, ETC. STEEL FORCINGS UP TO FIFTY TONS. G. A. MARSH. A. E. BINGHAM. W. B. RANSOM. MARSH, BINGHAM & RANSOM, MANUFACTURERS OF and Cap Materials, Bridge and of^er 1 Ti PLANK, PILES, TIES, TELEGRAPH POLES AND CEDAR POSTS ALSO COMMISSION MERCHANTS, OFFICE. 252 SOUTH IHTER SI CHICAGO. MILL AND YARD, TELEPHONE Nos * FFICE 87i FOOT OF ILLINOIS ST. < MILL 3190. A. H. ANDREWS & Co. 195 and 197 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL., BANK COUNTERS, OFFICE DESKS, TABLES AND CHAIRS. FOLDING BEDS, (BURR PAT.) SEATING OF CHURCHES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. No. 43. Curtain Desk, open. Bed Open. School Desks and School Merchandise. Largest Manufacturers in the World of School l<etth.i find A ]> pa i-<i tu M, the celebrated dovetail "Triumph" desk. Centennial and Paris first awards. Also sixty kinds of Globes; fifty kinds of Blackboards; patent Dustless Erasers, Kinder garten Materials, Maps, Charts, etc. ANDREWS OPERA CHAIRS, For Opera Houses, Churches and Halls. Noiseless Folding Seat and Tilting Back, Hat, Foot, Umbrella and Cane Rest. Twenty Styles, and of the latest improvements. Te J^ntoto? pallor 1 Folding Bed? Are the only Perfect Bed of the kind in existence. All the bedding folds out of sight; occupies twenty-two inches space. Price $25 up. Thirty styles. Address for Catalogues, etc. as above. S. H. & E.Y.MOORE, 163 & 165 LAKE ST., CHICAGO. HEAVY HARDWARE AND RAILWAY SUPPLIES, ANTI-FRICTION BAGGAGE AND FREIGHT CAR DOOR HANGERS. NUTS, BOLTS, SCREWS, TRUCKS, BLOCKS, SPRINGS, ETC. MANUFACTURERS OF Ecce Sign urn . RUBBER GOODS FOR MECHANICAL PURPOSES. Rubber Belting, Hydrant Hose. Tanners Hone, Brewers Hose. Air Brake Hose. High Pressure Hose, Steam Hose, Fire Engine Hose. Wagon Springs, Packing. \VringeV it <>l l. Billiard Cushions. Pump Buckets, Etc. Alfto mould Goods of all Descriptions. Office, 179 Randolph St., CHICAGO. Factory, Grand Ave. and Rock-well St . Correspondence Solicited. IFOIR, .AISTID Dealers in USES. FISHNETS, SEINES AND TWINES, AND ALL MATERIALS, (Successors to GILBERT HUBBARD & CO.) 2O2 to 2O8 South Water St., Send for Circulars, mentioning The Courier-Journal. CHICAGO. JOHN T. WILSON. Chairman. JOHN WALKER, Sec y and Treaa. UNION FORGE AND IRON MILLS, PITTSBURGH, PA. 3VtA.lNrTJFA.OTTJR.EIlS OF A.3L.L KIKTIDS OF RAILROAD FORCINGS, IISTCLTJ IDHsTO DRIVING AND CAR AXLES of Iron or Steel, LOCOMOTIVE FRAMES, ROOK SHAFTS DRAW BARS, COUPLING LINKS AND PINS, AROH BARS. FOLLOWERS, Etc., Etc. ALSO, ALL SIZES OF UNIVERSAL MILL PLATES, ETC., ETC. / GRANNIS BUILDING, 115 CHICAGO. Real Estate and Loans. THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE JOB AND BOOK PRINTING HOUSE I2ST McNALLY & 60, 148-154 Monroe Street, - CHICAGO, ILL. FIE COLOR PRINTING. ENGRAVERS, ELECTROTYPE RS, PRINTERS, LITHOGRAPHERS, BOOK BINDERS. RAND-McNALLY S INDEXED ATLAS OF THE WORLD. Rand-McNally s Encyclopaedia of Agriculture. RAND, McNALLY & GO S BANKERS DIRECTORY. A GRAND ADVERTISING MEDIUM. Speaking to an interested Audience Every Night. GRAND OPERA MOUSE, CHICAGO, An excellent medium for Railroad and General Advertising Address, QEO. S. UTTER, Publisher, 113 Randolph St., Room 16, i, A FIRST-CLASS JOB OFFICE A.LSO OONJXriEOTEID "WITH THE ROCKFORD RAILROAD WATCH, Is especially recommended for Railroad Men, Physicians, Miners, Lumber men, Expressmen, Travelers, and others whose work demands a close timer in hard service. Factory, 498 Main St. ROCKFORD, ILL. . MAINE, February 3, 1883. ROCKFORD WATCH CO., Rockford, 111. GENTS: We have a little story to tell in regard to the running of one of your adjusted movements on the Boston and Maine R. R. We sold it and regulated it a short time before the engineer put it in his pocket, the 9th of last April, and ran it upon Cambridge time for ten months, and the total variation was only 24 seconds, and then he neglected to wind it up. Variation was less than 3 seconds when it ran down. He ran from Dover to Portland, 105 mill s a day. Yours truly, TWAMBLEY & CLEAVES. The movement referred to in this letter is still carried daily by its owner, Geo. W. Smith, on the engine Dover. The man -who did buy a Rockfcrd watch. (On board.) Tho man -who c!id not buy a Rockford watch. (He not left.) F. M. ATKINSON. President. C. H. PERRY, Treasurer. Works: MELROSE, ILLINOIS. Sole Manufacturers in the West of CAST STEEL CAR SPRINGS -A. 1ST 3D Locomotive and Car Wheel Tyres. We manufacture Springs for Passenger, Freight, Baggage and Express Cars of every description, and Locomotive and Tender Springs to specification. We use only the STEEL, of uniform quality, thoroughly TEST every Spring before shipment, and fully GUARANTEE the same for the purpose intended. Capacity twenty-five tons daily. We roll tyres, both crucible and Siemen s Martin, from blooms especially made for us in England. They are rolled true to specification, and we give the most satisfactory assurances as to wear and mileage. Present capacity, twenty Locomotive Tyres daily. We fill all orders promptly. Chicago Office, 94 Washington St. CALVIN WELLS, President and Treasurer. JAS K. VERNER, Secretary. Pittsburgh Forge and Iron Co, Office, Tenth St. near Penn Ave., PITTSBURGH, PA. OF H AIM: IS* EIRE ID AY1F<5 AAMkJ), WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF 6ur well-known brand of Railway Axles marked "Special from new won, guaranteed to be purely fibrous, and to stand the regulation drop test of the Penna. 91. 91. (Company. BAR IRON AND BOLTS, BRIDGE BOLTS, plain and upset ends, all sizes, TRACK BOLTS, SQUARE and HEXAGON HEAD BOLTS, RIVETS, WASHERS, SPLICE BARS, Etc. AND SUPPLY DIRECTORY, A Weekly Journal Devoted to Railways, Railway Supplies and the Transportation Interests. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, S erms, $4 per annum, in advance; six months, Jingle copy, ten cents. Correspondence on all topics of interest, notices .of official changes, and other items of news bearing on the passenger service, respectfully solicited. Advertising rates made known on application. All business letters and communications should, be addressed to the RAILWAY PASSENGER AGENT, No. 243 State St., CHICAGO. OFFERS TO YOU THE MOST COMFORTABLE ROUTE WHEN GOINQ RAST. The TRAINS are Elegant, all new, and were built by the PULLMAN PALACE CAR COMPANY. Go and see them at SOUTH SIDE UNION DEPOT, cor. Polk St. and Fourth Ave. CITY TICKET OFFICE, 119 Washington Street, S. W. SNOW, The Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway, IN CONNECTION WITH THE Again takes great pleasure in announcing to the public its new arrange ments of accommodations, facilities, fast time, comfort and pleasure for reaching the seaboard cities. Commencing Monday, June 25, a Fast Limited Express will be placed on this line, running between Chicago and New York and Boston, leaving Chicago daily at 3.30 P.M., arriving in New York at 9 o clock P.M . next day, and Boston the second morning. Pullman Cars will be run through without change between Chicago and New York, and Chicago and Boston; also Dining Cars will be run on this train, thus affording passengers the pleasure of " Dining on the Rail," at the customary charge of 75 cents. In addition to the above the Atlantic Express will leave Chicago at 8.30 P.M., having through Pullman Cars to Detroit, Saginaw Valley, New York and Montreal without change. Passengers going east on an excursion or business trip can find no better, quicker or more picturesque route than this for pleasure, taking in as it does the famous Niagara Falls, River St. Lawrence, Lachine Rapids, Thousand Islands, Victoria Bridge, and the Mountain Scenery and Pleasure Resorts of the New England States, the GRAND TRUNK, running as it does at the base of Mount Washington. Ask your nearest Ticket Agents for Advertising matter of this route, "The Niagara Falls flir Line." GEO. B. REEVE, S. R. CALLAWAY, Traffic Manager. General Manager^ JAS. STEPHENSON, Gen I Pass. Agent Grand Trunk Railway. UJ O LJ cr O CO O T- m o H O O m H IE m CHICAGO & ALTON R. R. NO CHANGE OF CARS OF ANY CLASS BETWEEN CHICAGO AND KANSAS CITY. CHICAGO -AND- ST. LOUIS AND ST. LOUIS. KANSAS CITY Union Depots in Chicago, East St. Louis, St. Louis and Kansas City. Between CHICAGO and KANSAS CITY, CHICAGO and ST. LOUIS, and ST. LOUIS and KANSAS CITY. Meals equal to those served in any first-class hotel, only 75 cents. The only Line running a sufficient number of Elegant and Comfortable RECLINING CHAIR CARS Free of Extra Charge, in all its Through Trains, Day and Night, Without Change, to accommodate all its patrons. PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING CARS The ? n e y 8 Uere. Safest The BEST and QUICKEST ROUTE from CHICAGO to and from MEMPHIS, MOBILE, NEW ORLEANS and All Points South via St. Louis. THE: SHORT LINE TO AND FROM MISSOURI, ARKANSAS, TEXAS, KANSAS, COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, MEXICO, ARIZONA, NEBRASKA, CALIFORNIA, OREGON, WASHINGTON TERRITORY, Etc. THE GREAT EXCURSION ROUTE BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH - -A.OST3D TO -A-lTD KANSAS LANDS, AND COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND PLEASURE RESORTS AND THE MINING DISTRICTS OF THE GREAT WEST. For Tickets and information apply at any Coupon Ticket Office in the United States and Canada, or to JAMES CHARLTON, General Passenger and Ticket Agent, 210 Dearborn Street, near corner Adams Street, Chicago. J. C. McartTLLrtf, Vice-Presidenl, Chicago. C. H. CHAP I ET.L, General Manager, Chicago. . , HOHOKUS, ERIE RAILWAY. The scenery along the entire line of the NEW YORK, LAKE ERIE AND WESTERN R. R. (formerly Erie Railway) has a world-wide reputation for beauty. The line itself possesses unequaled facilities for transit of through passengers over its steel rail double track, in Pullman Hotel, Sleeping and Drawing room Coaches, equipped with Miller Platform Buffer and Westinghouse Automatic Air Brake. It is a booming route for New Yoik and other eastern cities. Try it, w - H - HURLBURT, mr> AT eral Passen ff e,- A ff ent, Nev York. l Western linger A.ent, CMcago. MBtHwrara.... v Two Trains a Day Each Way between ST. LOUIS AND KANSAS Nebraska ^ity E.Nebraska Cy Creston - 7nai " Jfc.^2 jWto ^^3&^S$& ^IbS&tertrlRKSjq&tt^ ILLE J . .. Canton 1 T* rn ;. .Si. \ 5MrSv?aO ^X,*fsu!f.Fi<>-es<lc;<y Falls CitN^CK* 1 ;* J - : ~ 1 V^ s /JVmazonia :SVILLE ]_ MilaK & ** /Iz-^.T a3eBi H.^ TSSBirB^S^^ A^aconCity *o,; 5 i^MBfraf^K^K^fiKMK CHICAGO & ALTON R. R. PALACE RECLINING CHAIR CAR ROUTE THE PIONEER PALACE DINING CAR ROUTE. Pionesr Pullman Palace Car Route. TWO TRAINS DAILY, SUNDAYS INCLUDED, Between CHICAGO and KANSAS CITY, and between ST. LOUIS and KANSAS CITY. NIGHT EXPRESS DAILY, SUNDAYS INCLUDED. EXPRESS DAILY, Sundays exeepted, between CHICAGO and ST. LOUIS. THEtREMINGTON "STANDARD" (E. REMINGTON & SONS, MANUFACTURERS) I LION, N. Y. WYPE Highest Award AMERICAN INSTITUTE. ITER. Highest ATLANTA EXPOSITION. 20,000 IN US By the leading Railroad Companies, Business Houses and Professional Men. GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION. IF IE IR, IE 1 IE O T "WIRITIIETQ- iMI ^ C IDT IB . 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