Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-05-24

summer. the expanding blossoms ot May
time aora, the gentle breezes, laden with
the delicate fragrance of fbudding swectsand
the delicious laugu0r of balmy atmosphere,
comes picturesque b. az o. with rs new
schedule. rs faster time and general batch
If good things from is regular simmer
budgct. Il Is lit and apropos th8t SO rare q
Hpeofheauty as the B. x @. should announce
its summer programme when nature IS u
tired I'm its loylicst gGrb Of al the year.
Ordinarily railroads are humdrum subjects,
good enough and certainly Indispensable in
their way. but hardly topic 70 base
poetic idyi upon, particularly when under
the exquisite inlueaces OF adreany day in
Nav. Nevertheless there is much IN tnc
B. * O. hot incougruous with tie royal
splcndOr of ca-ly summer time when the
bloom upon the rose, the apple blossoms
and the peach. the emerald sWard aud the
daisy III vie tie enc with the other IN
forming parts Of matchiess picture painted
l,- The rn.stc7-hand Of nature. The noun
tiirs girdCl hy the g.tteFiug bands ol
s;ecl. the tosmcrcsted wsters spalHed
bv b-i-h. cleaning ribbons OF the
metal and .he fields where the daisies grow
the bili-sid from which the blossoms send
heaysuwarl thcir fragrance and the yelyety
carpet Of the yall,y,-all "a truly beioAeln
tbc presence Of TIA. agency without winch
SD glorious panorama would aili as ol
wore. be confined % Che selfish glare OF
The sun by day aud 20 tie antocratic cold
STAKE 81 tse stars by night.
Had no. tle Baltimore and Obio been
constructed as il Was, through the very
garden of tha c3atiaent-watered ty the
Potomac. 'tho Shenandoah and the 1ouC-
L.oyleny. onward and upward, until the
crcsts Of the Blue Ridge and the noble old
tlieghanies almost Kiss the clouds, then
plunging down through canon, Ger chasm
and beneath towering masses % the broad,
omen shores of the Ohi0-had net the hand
ofthe p. & 0. man done ali this, what q
Journey would have been lost % all men
Who. then. can say that thoughts Of the
rare and uuequalcd beautiCs lining every
foot Of the b. < 9. way, from the Ohio to
the sen. arc not in keeping with the spell
thrown over us by thc witChcry ofthe seasou7
No railroad in the world compares With II
f,r picturesque l0relincss and mountain
grandeur and the points relative to change
Of tine On the B. d o., tO new trains ana
t9 the IA. haze an interest not dreamed OF
in connection with other -Oads. Thus
IL Incomes Go many a matter Of personal
qualification that the old iaTcute Daisy
train atill shows her dainty heels TO would
bee rivals 20 tie troubling time OF seven
hours 20 Washington, and 2 corresponding
activity To- all Eastern cities OF, IN other
wo-,ls this ma.chless train making the
fastest long run known for years, leaves -.
Louis In the morning Cincinnati In the
evening. and reaches Washington next day
co- dinner. whole meal ahead OF all other
trains-the others not putting IN ~ Sp-
pearance until supper time. 10 baltlnore
he time saved is over four hours, and Phli-
ade!ohia aud New York arc reached IA
time for supper. The corresponding tram
from lhc Eas, 10 the West should also nave
an appropriate name, and If the one Is q
Daisy thc other is q Darling, sure enough.
Leaving NeW York q. seven n the evening.
and passing through Philadelphia, baiti-
more and Washington On roale Clncihnan
+, reached carly the next evening IN ample
time U- the connection South and South
west ON the old schedule the time was
some tvo hours Longer, and tEat much
later getting into Cincinnati. \ similar
change I'm thc order of things is gained at
~. louis. ss the train, with It's through
SLEEPER from 1cw Ycyk rcachc5 the
" Future Graa" carly the sccon1 morning,
in eu abundance Of time'to make al the
connections fr The West ard South, and
which connections are made IT. Union Depot
wherein al the through trains Of tie b. q
O.ran. They pass from larkershurg to
Cincinnati ever The old Marietta and Gin
c'anai line. now greatly improved in every
way. and known 90 the world as The Gin
.irnaf. Washington and Baltimore R2i.-
road IttsG model road IN all It's details,
anl managed right Up 20 the max. From
Cincinnati 20 s. Louis tne y. %. t-ains
rass ever The noted Western short linc, the
Ohio and Mississippi With track as
solid a tie Rock of Gibraltar and motive
power celebrated .h70ugh0u, railway circles
,9r is efficiency, tlc .. d u. has set the
-pcvs very high i]- rival lines in the way OF
,est time. The beauty ct l. Is that tie road
e. so smooth and th- line 3 level that tic
ras,enca- r.5.y Ai- without rcoo ,nzing
ic is going o. hardly amy thing more 'aan %
rather lively jog.
With it, dir-c. iate-changing iicci, sGch
rat.e-rs " Ta..rsy management Is no
ir--'e Go account 8, tLc superiority OF thc
b. so. C~ar au other through routes be-
tWeen Sew York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
and Washington and Cincinnati and ~.
Louis. While occupying en- incompatible
position as regards lhc cities named. deb.
K %. en'ovs 7usl distinction az Chicago
line. it owning. controlling and operating
ever, f0a. Of the ro1tc from the Atlantic b.
Lake Michigan AID Lake Er.e. j. IS the
only line running is trains through itom
Ne1 York o. Chicago and CAic2go % Sew
Yarl With nj scluteiy no chang. Of cars
vletoger. ami it wa5 the p. IL q. that
or,gretli the torn solid' trains and
;ns-,l-atsd ;lc system How successful Il
has proved Is indicated by the imiiaioFs.
The Chicago solid" o. this train hss
become known, has recently Lad added a
superb ncw dining ca7, which in rcomy aP-
qnintmcuis and novelties in the way o.
tables. seats, etc., il unquestO1ably TIE
sge.l dinner of the pefi1f. Like the
now anl magnificent slsepers, the dining
Lal.s on tie line and everything else PER
tanning 90 tie road, the ole company owns
and manages its oTn dinihg-car line; con
seggoatly thcys are no outside corporations
70 live upon passengers, 21d the latter deal
in every single instance VIII lie 2. G y.
The olao.. passenger railway IN the world,
tie 3. F. %. can sh0ea record f0E speed, foT
safety. for prompt employment Of ever rev
feature, and for satisfying the public wholly
unparalleled. L. The Language Of a. eatAu-
siast.e Western admiTeT - Is the b9ss
road, and don't you forget i u
C4TiRRH or TIE BLADDER