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Do ing the week ending to-day the Treasurer
OF fhe United States received oom the pr snting
division s4f2.59o. The shipments during the
same period were ~. .079. Sf3 IN notes and si65 -
50 IN fractional currency.
he amount Of securities held by the Treasu-
rer OF the Critcd States in trust tor national
hArks reported to-day were follOws For cir
Suiaung notes, SSis - ~; for deposits OF pub
nc moneys. ~i6.iits0. Total. SlsS 9f5-S52-
q, he amount OF mutilated bark notes burned
ne week ending to-day was ~f2l COO
- 'ss. The bank currrnrr isSpSs "a, h5is
- '"se1 .1 during ne week Was - = 30. maxine
-, 4a go Ano,nt "Suci therefor - sSl5 as,
date j. Ts,tu.ps, tssi. Al us
The amount { mutls'ed bank notes rease,,.,
and destroyed during the week Wa : - - 7N
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Government securto..-
lOKk-NIR.I RnARr
stock Keport.

bs bashrs', Brosrs asd C0Bsns-etal rsl,s-a,sl
Lewis johnson Co. quote stocks and bond. an
nome and foreign markets IS iollovs
NV 1oks. Oct. First Bcsrd-n q G. ls1
ooopon, u5 a,s lsd2, coupon. ll2 be lsos cos
SSns ~, 80, lco coupon, lllAa. els Dcw, lsos
ooup iWs as, lsG, coupon, no. De, lsss' con-
Son, Io a. ~ ss, coupon. l6 =; Currency g. ms /:
6erisnd ~ OF d Western Union Telegraph. S..
Su.oksiver . Pseine N all -: Boston er Po~ ~ey
american = Enp:, I',; L. e EKp ) do, pre- a.
Sehutn aud Hudson, ~ do. do. scrip
.id michiean Central, llsS. Lake Shore
sM shd hc eesn snnthern. % Illinois Central, 1885,.
S's o. =; 90, prei d; ;, Union Pacific X r. 2s's,
and 80. Paul, ga Milwaukie End "a Paul ,r~s>a
"a, Wrbssh aud Western, 50 q, CentrI Pacific
Boncs " fortWayne, - Alton and Terra X aute
? Il d; Alton Terre aute preferred, :: Ohcsso a
Alton; II Chiesso Alton, prefd, ilB's. Ono
ana mtsslssppl Certificates, e a: Tennessee STATE
s., old, e2'4 Tennessee state ss. new, co.. ViTo
sinls state Sc. old a. North Carolina 6s, old,
~; ~; DO; nsw, Missouri Sc, 90. Gold, lis a
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LAT e r.
THE BATTLE OF TUESDAY
THE NEWS NOT BELIEVED IN LONDON.
The Paris BaIIoonist Says Nothing
About II.
He Reports 100000 Soldiers iu Paris.
MORE ABOUT THE BATTLE OF TUES.
DAY.

MORE ABOUT THE BATTLE OF TUES
DAY.
- LONDON, Oct. IA war bulletin, signed BY
Gambetta, the French Secretary OF the Interior
is published eAtensively tt's moi ming, apnor1c-
ing that the Prussiars have been routed; that
Vincennes and Versailles have been retaker
with 6,OOO prisoners, including Prussian stan
officers and much artillery; and that com NUM-
cation between Paris and Rouen has been re
stored. The dispatch Is generally thought to be
spuriou..
The French have report that on Wednc
day morning the bridge spanning the Oise at
Creil gave way under the weight Of Prussiau
cannon which were being moved across, and
that Q number Of them were pr ecipitated into
the river. 1t is reported that there was also
some loss Of life.
Fourichon has not resigned hts p,lce in the
French provisional government, as has been re-
ported.
THE ELECTION IN FRANCE.
The election for members OF q cons tuent p5-
sembly in France will occur on Monday, Oceo-
Der 10th.
BALLOON MAIL FROM PARIS.
An aronaut, with mails from Paris, d. ,cend-
ed yesterday at Dreu1. He has pushed forward
for Tours, and will probably arrive there this
afternoon.
NO FIGHTING BEFORE PARIS wEDNES-
DAY AND THURSDAY.
LONDON, Oct. The reports OF fighting be-
fore Paris on Wednesday and Thursday are
false.
THE ROMAN PLEBISCITUM.
ROME, Oct. 1.-The plebiscctum to be voted
on Sunday (to-morrow) will be thus cited: sis
o union with the kingdom OF Italy under the
constitutional rule OF Victor Emanuel and his
successors desirable?"
The King awaits the result at Florence.
ADVENTURES OF AN ERONAUr.
Tours, Oct. 1-Tissander, the aronaut, has
already arrived here from Paris, He publish %
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s1At New Orleans on Thursday there were
twelve deaths from yellow fever.
ga bachelor is not entitled to o homestead
exemption.
NFisk says he ",s:hsrged SisretEek because
he al 1ocked dow N"
~spnit Of the New Jersey press-Apple Jack
and cider.
~Colorado is fixing mp petitions to ask ths
next Congress - make . ssate Of her.
~Eugenie has taken Q 6ne house a
grounds at Chrse,hurst, County Of Kent, Eng
Iapd.
~Even in war, Paris is anxious 70 keen nm
lis reputation as . darling city. Witness the
new system Of warfsre by electric lights.
@Blank applications for divorce Are suspes-
ted a. appropriate wedding presents in Chicago.
~The Wyoming women prsttle OF aspiit
hcke's,""ecratcb'n," and "yotin esriy N OF
ten, With charming voluhility.
"a man in Oxford, Ind, was bitten by n
iattlesnake seventeen years ago and il stiIl
taxing whisky TO cure the bite.
Oln Decatur county, Indiana, Mrs q. A
crosby acn as constable. Her husband ID Juss
uce Of the Peace.
~The downfall of the Empress has carried
witt Y the chignone Of Berlin. No ladies wear
them now In that city.
~Tselve bridesmaids, twelve eroomsmen
and twelve ushers are 70 help marry couple N
New York next month, I'm o church whore tne
decorations are TO cost over $500
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PoLIT1CAL-On Thursday the election bill,
generally known as the Akerman bill with an
important amendment passed the Georgia House
Of Delegates by vote Of 6l TO s.. Yesterday
morning the fight was renewed on an effort 20
reconsider, but failed by-yeas 90, nays 81. The
bill was then sent 20 the senate and the house
amendment concurred in. The bin will un-
dogbtedly be at once signed by the governor,
and become law.
The democrats OF the third Missouri district
have nominated y. X. Mccormick for re-elec.
ton 10 Congress. The vote of that district In
ls1s was only little over nine thousand, in
which MIR. Mccormick received q majority OF
nine hundred. y. {. Nalle is the republican
test will be close and animated
The 81. Louis Republican, the leading demo-
cratic paper OF Missouri, has at the head OF liz
columns :-'For Congress, first dis,rict-Frss-
tus Wells subject TO the nomination of a demo-
cratic Convention, should one be held).v Mr.
wells Is the present democratic representative
from that district, and has been nom mated by
the labor reformeIs for reelection.
AmaS q. Cock has been nominated for ON
gro by the democrats Of the second Wisconsin
DISTRICT. lie Is one Of the leading democrats of
The Northwest, and will make a good canvass,
although hopeless Of sdccess. The republican
majority in the district j. usually over five thou
sand: George w. Hazleton is the republican
candidate.
The republicans of the eighteenth district of
New York, who are dissatisfied with the NOM
patton OF james M. Marvin for Congress- met
IN convention at Schenectady on "Wednesday
and nominated the Rev. Samuel McKeal, q
Methodist preacher, who s at present acting as
cretsry OF the State Temperance Society.
Captain IL. +. Westlake has been nominated
by the republicans OF the ninth Illinois dsirict
for Congress. The usual democratic majorltg
in this district is over two thousand, and ss the
democI' t. have nominated Thompson w.
McNally, The present representative, he will no
doubt be reelected.
The Liberal republicans OF the eighth Mjs-
souri, district have nominated James e. Blair
tor congress. The present representative, John
r. Benjamin, Is q republican. He was elected
by majority OF nearly two thousand.
The reported nonination OF EIizur III. Pnn-
Ole Ior Congress IN the nineteenth district OF
New York is incorrect. The convention has MT
been held.
Hon. \. B. Judd, Of Illinois, declines nomins-
ton to Congress.
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The Great Flood.

Teleoraphed Exclusively TO The kreniao Star.
RICHMOND, Oct. 1.-The river at Lynchburg
hPs fallen eight feet Several bridges on the
Virginia and Tennessee railroad were wash "a
away. The persons drowned at Lynchburg
were Mrs. Ransom and her, daughter and three
children OF Mr.. Whitlon, aud colored woman.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 1.-The river here rose
txenty-fiye feet last night, and this morning Is
within q foot OF the Danville railroad bridge
forr or five blocks i'm the vicinity of the old
market-the lowest point in the city-are sub
merged in iorr feet water. Thousands of per-
sons are on the river banks, waiting for the
bridge to 60. The lower portion Of Libby prison
took fire at IL O'Clock, i.Om quantity Of lime
being overfowed by the flood. The fire was
s.Spped before much damage was done. Citi-
zens are volunteering to remove the tobacco
from the warehouses on the river bank, aud the
"a ipuLs, and barrels of flour and whisky are
toa..ng down the river.
Second Dispatch.1
RICHMOND, oct. The water here is still
rising (at 100 p. n.) Three or four hundred
stores are in seven feet of water, between 18th
and 18th streets. The street cars pied till noon
when, the water coming in at the windows, they
stopped running, and ferries are now run on all
the main streets between 18th and 18Th.
just at noon the Manchester end OF Mayo's
bridge gave way, and half a mile Of the bridge
foaf ID down the stream. ....
All the wharves are tar under water; and the
Several small manufacturing establ shmen.s
along the river banks were swept on.
An day the river has been dotted over with
lmall houses and wrecks OF houses, fencing,
dead cattle, Sc, drifting down. The gas works
are submerged.
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TEE latest shooting I'm Memphis took place at
the ursea nable hour OF half-pas 3 In the
opened lively" The parties 10 the affair, which
has already been mentioned by telegraph, were
Col. j. A. Ashford, zone of the most woI ny
and substantial citizens" and Mr.. A. NJ. Boyd,
was q domestic matter of long standing. %
which mysterious but unsatisfactory alluslon Is
made, and the occasion was an attempted re-
ducing peace. when Ashford left Boyd's once
after the colloquy, the latter followed him and.
reaching over the shoulder Of a friend, shot at
fragments fiew sround, but Ashford was un-
hurt. The bvstanders immediately "lghted
out, and shford sent two shots after his re-
treating brother-in-law. each taking effect in
hts bodv. Boyd was laid on cotton sampllng
table and there was interviewed BY the
reporters.
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THR STORM IN vRGIsIA- Terrible DsstrHe-
ton az Prcperty-Loss Of Life.-A terrible aud
most destr uctive hood is reported % have oc-
CURED in several rivers in Virginia. Dispatches
trom Gordonsville state that the Rivana river
has overnown its banks i'm that vicinity. Horses,
cattle, barrels OF four, etc, were washed down
the stream yesterday. Two mills, with four hun
dred barrels OF hour floating around them, went
down the Riyanna, with dwelling house com
petey furnished, together with debris Of furui-
ture, barns and Agricultural implements, crops,
&c. The crops on the low grounds will be q
total loss. At Richmond the lower part OF the
city was Hooded by the James. In twenty mtn-
utes the river rose six feet. The Orange Hosel
and Orange & Alexandra railroad bridges az
Lynchburg, were swept away yesterday m prn-
ing. Late dispatches report tue washing away
OF number OF bridges on the line OF the Chesa-
peake and Ohio aud Orange and Alexandria
roads, and a terrible destruction Of property
aud the loss OF life along the course OF the
Riyana river. At Lynchburg the water Is re-
ported 10 be TWENTY-FIVE feet higher than ever
r. o IN before. Mrs. and Nj 5 Ransom were
drowned IN the food AZ Lynchburg Thursd
night. In the south side Of Virginia the 10 Dd
IL as bad as IL is on the north side. The Roanoke
and Stanton rivers have risen fifteen feet, doing
great damage. Much alarm has been created At
Richmond, as at tue last accounts the James
river was rising with fearful rapidity.
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BALrhoRE, uct. l.--Cotton dull bot un -hanee8
flour DE- !, but prices ST. lfy Howard street super
me, iS;do extra sea 50 :. do. family, siaSs a.
ny muis suneTtBe. saiS5 90 d.. extra. S6.sy
do family, g. 25aS9 81 " estern gu perf,ne sslsss
40, % extra, IsaeS -, do. family. 81 &Is7 as
Nhtat quiet, but steady: choice MaryIand red
sltasl6 good 20 prime, sl-SasI IS: common
10 Tar, lloasl IS: white, sltsas 70, Western
REQ. SlSaSl -. white corn. .aaa : az. yellow
sc s9oc. Osts trm st &c A50c. BYE so $50 Pork
heavy At s2ils rs 20. Ba "pn firm rib sides l5 aIfc
clear do EaaEAsc.. shoulders, hlsc hams IS.
xtsc-' Lard quiet AZ l6s4c. Whisky u0chanTSd.
BaLIInoRE. Oct. Virgins SKIES, old. as bid, =,
o'a asked; DO, $50, bid. g. ssked do. Is67. So,
Carolinas, old, 70 hid, dO.new. "a asked.
NEW YORK. Oct Flour guiet, with prices nm
char-ed. Wheat dull and unchangeA Corn onief
INV tnRk, Oct. l.-stOCks very -taady Money!
-. Gold, l3's. Elchsnge, long, o., short a.
t2 do. new, o.. North Carolina >, old, 81, DO new ,
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
PURE WINES.

have made Arrangements with one of the largest
firms in California by which am enabled 70 sell LOG
sacramental and communion purposes, the pureet
article, selected expressly for me, viz: SHERRY,
PORT, ANGELICA, CA,MuSCATELa and HOCk; also,
DRY CATAWBA, from Urbsna Wine 20: Those
Wines offer tor sale, wholesae and retal by hogs
drarght. u. gAU TIER,
Nos. 1917 and 1919 Pa. sv., Washington d. o.;
also, No. "a North Charles st., Baltimore, Md.
WHITE CATAWBA BRANDY, for Brandy
Peaches, - 50 Der gallon. se6
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GAIT. WV. n. JIPsgEs of this Gig, has been
detached from duty es a member OF the examin-
ing board at the Navy Department, and ordered
10 special duts in the Bureau OF Equipment and
Recruiting.
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FOUR COMPANIES OF artillery arrived at Fort
ress Monroe yesterday morning from NORTH
C'rolina, where they have been for the pas
two months on duty.
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HALLS VEGETABLE SICILIAN
HAIR RENEWER,

1T WILL POSITIVELY RESTORE GRA Y
HAIR To ITS ORIGINAL COLOR.
1t keeps tho hair from falling ont. 1t is the best
dressing in the world, making lifeess, stiff, brashy
hair, healthy, soft and glossy,
For sale by all druggists.
R.P. HALL CO.,
se2eolnSv Nashua, N. H., PTOpTietoTs.
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LIEUT.. RICHARD WALTACH, L. s. Marine
Corps, (son Of Paynas'er &. P. warlach, U. S.
N, OF this city) now stationed at Norfolk, has
been ordered to the Narragansett, fitting out at
Porffmouth, N. H., to go to Brazil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

PRESIDENT GRANT. Secretari Belknap and
kobeson, Postmaster General Creswell, Collec-
tor Murphy and few other distinguished per-
sons dined in New York yesterday with Ger.
Van Allen, at the Union Club House,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

THE SUPREME Court of the Urited States
meets in this city the 3ist of Oct Dber, and the
Court Of Claims on the 1st OF November.
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EVENING STAR.
Washington News and Gossip.

1HR PRESIDENT, Mrs. GI ant and General Pc.
ter, are exp, tied To arrive here to- NOR, jya
no- Hiry.
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RATlHEIOR.s HAIR DYE.

This splendid Hair Dye is the best in the world.
Al mless reliable, instantaneous, does not contain
Iced, any rtfalic poison to produce paralysis
bOastinR virtues they do not possess The genuine,
~ A. Bachelors Hair Dye has had thtrfT years
untarnished reputation to uphold its integrity as
the only perfect Hair Dye-Black or Brown. Sold
BY all Druggists. Applied at 10, Bond street, New
York. fe5-tr
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INTERNAL RRvRNUB.-The receipts to-day
from this source were sc59, ,523s2. The total re-
ceipts for September were SI?,9y ,OO3 &c, and
total since the beginning OF the present fiscal
year S51,1I6,5C6S9.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

CINCINNATI Oct. IA man named Donayan
has been arrested by New York Detective and
taken to New York, charged with the murder
Of Rogers, In 18th street, nearly two wears aeo.
He Is said to be fully identified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

RoHE, N. Y, Oct LIN the republican con-
veni on for the twentieth district, last right,
f', ision took place. Eight,en delegates nom.-
r ted Geo. A. Bsgley, OF Jefers On county, for
{ Congress, and fourteen delegates nominated G.
l.. Merriam.
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me Cincinnati Induser ertal =. .pssItIoa.

CINCINNATI, Oct 1.-Ten thousand visitors
ware st the Industrial Exposition yeIsrday.
Frank ID. Stagg ST scisl artist, is here sketching
the main features Of the exposition for certain
.ide Of success
The banquet at Pixies Hall last night in
honor OF the Green Line excursionists, was q
grand AMIR. q. w. Rowland presided.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

The MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA OYsrxR
wAR.-The ten schooners recently captured BY
arned vessels from Virginia in Maryland waters
Md, and are valued at S25, 900. Their crews
numbered some fifty men. and are still impris-
ned 1t DrpmmQpdtoMn, Va.
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Fire In Pittsburg.

PIrrsBURe, Oct. 1.-The Jones & Nimick
manufacturing company's buildings were burnt
this morning. Loss. including destruction of
machinery and stock on hand, siio,OOl. The
buildings were insured for SO 900.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

CONVERSION OF MURDERER. - Andrew
Thomp on, who was tried and convicted few
weeks ago for the murder of Mrs. Haggerty and
her three children, near McGregor, Iowa, has
made a full confession OF the crime. He smoth-
cred them with feather beds, then taking their
bodies to the river, threw under the ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

City about the manufacture of sausages. The
worst apprehensiops of timid Don rfcdats are
resliz ed. 1t is now certain that dogs, cats hor-
sage-meat In a large establishment In that sub.
urb. Justice Berney has issued orders for the
arrest Of the perpetrators or these outrages, and
names and particulars are forthcoming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

has been said Of the merits OF the Prussian field
guns, 1t will be well to quote from the letter Of
an experienced German correspondent respect
ing the superiority OF the nre on his own side,
as observed at Spicheren, Metz, and Beau.
mont, which makes no sllusion to the
br. ech-loading question proper, but as
fu. solely" On every side tho French
shells, striking often hardly ten feet from
one another, made large, deep holes in the
ground, burning the earth all round in the hol-
low, and leavirg it OF braay color. To do this
IS TIE nature OF time fuses. I have never seen
any Of these marks made by our Prussian shells;
they strike and explode at once, smashing every.
tmDg around them. In the second camp cap
cCrpses, three Of which had their heads actually
cut OIL by shell bursting, while the fourth
strnck ID the back, was altogether burned up,'
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THR NKw STAMPED EsvFLoPEe-Gen. W.
II. II. Terrell, Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral, is now in New York on business connected
with the issue Of the new stlmI cd envelopes,
which commen ., under the DC " contract,
day. AI,er the stock wi ich postmasters now
have on hand is dispo' ed of, stamped envelopes
will be old at reduced rates.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

The NAVAL ACADEMY at Annapolis was re-
opened to-day, and the studies resumed. The
examination of candidates for admission to the
Academy which has been in progress since the
10Th inst, closed yesterday, but it is probable
that the examining board will be kept in session
a few days longer by the Secretary to fill vacan-
cies caused by those who failed to pass examina-
ton,
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TWO CENTS.

In the journals an interesting narrative of his
balloon trip, and OF the situation OF affairs in
Paris at the time he left.
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CoUNTRRPEITRRs OF THE FIFTY CENT NOTES
ARRKsTKD.-Col. Whiteley, Chief Of the Trecs-
ury Secret Service, has succeeded in cap;dring
in New York a gang Of Russian counter letters,
who were engaged in courterfeitipy tie new
fity cent notes, the first Of which was recent
ly discover ed, rs noticed in The STAR of We'd
nssday. Spurious currency to the amount of
several thousands of dollars was captured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-01

The THREE PER CENT. CERTIPIcATHs-
Secretary Boutwell, yesterday announced that
on the 1st Of November, or about that time, he
will commence calling in tie three per cent.
certificates, Of which there are about S45 900 600
row on the market. He has arranged for the
calling in the first Sc 600 900 nearly In their nu-
mer cal order. There are four hundred and
twenty-six $1,000 certificates, and three hum
dred and eighty-seven $4,000 certificates, in
the &C, 900 COO to be first called in.
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CHANGES IN THE INDIAN BURp RpAU.-D. wm
+. Cady, who has been chief clerk Of the J"disu
Bureau for some time, has been appointed
Indian agent at the Grand liver rr 5ervat ion, in
Dakota Territory. Colonel Gu n, who has been
acting chief clerk of the bureau re, emily, was
appointed to the vac 1ncy ma de by Dr. Cady's
pIOmOtjOp,
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TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
THIS AFTERNOONS DISPATCHES

ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
CARE you GOING EAST q,

''Well, neighbor H. are you going East
this season ?'
Don't think shall; that trip last year
You didn't go by the Broad Gauge Erie
Railway, then, did yOu?"
mo, sir; if 1 had, I'd have been a happy
man to day."
"Why, how's that2'
HWell, in the first place, If 1 had gone by
the Erie should have reached New York
in season to meet an important engage
ment; as it was, went by another Line,
was several hours late, and lost thousands
of dollars by IL.
''You recollect my advice before you
started, don't you? %
EYES, and wish had followed it, Why.
I am told that the Erie cars are foot Wild
er than those in ordinary use, and that a
man can live IN them both day and night
just as comfortably as he can at the Sher-
man or Gait House."
'fYes, and get just as good and regular
meals at the Company's hotels along the
s'That's an item, for always get hungrS
in travelling. But where do you connect
with these Erie coaches? 1 might take a
notion to run on East before long, for they
say 1t is worth the price of a ticket to see
the DraWing-Ro Cars
''They run four Daily Express Trains,
starting from Cincinnati, from Cleveland,
from Dunkirk, from Buffalo and from
Rochester, and running through without
change to New York. You can take the
Broad Gauge at either of these points, and
in either case will have view OF such
scenery as you never saw before in your
life, unless you've been to Switzerland"
New York by the Erie Railway the first
week can spare, and shall take my whole
family along. Where do you buy the tick
ets?"
"Oh, anywhere! All the principal ticket
agents throughout the West and South
have them for sale. Our agent here says he
"Does he? Well, ri hurry over to the
depot. I reckon and invest right away
G"Na1ay, SIR