The daily gazette., 1883-09-13
RRoAl 3 STREET Station.
Hsw 1t strAk as : Funny Man who DOesn't
Like Noise.

lake Noise.
rTexas Strings. Ia,
Through aiaTge areAed opening, and this
ia the ladies' waiting room. IL is palattai.
Colored servants fitting about, luxurious
Turkey rugs, plenty OF easy rocking chairs,
and always hlted with ladies', too. The
esanaeious flreplace is a wonder. See the fat
woman studying the exquisite porcelain IL
Illustrations o1 Scott,s Bovela which frame 1t
in Sbe ewes ssIyanhoe" with distrust, and
saws albud. uThem pitchers Is unnatural"
II Il worthy bf remark that large percent
ape al the men who enter the depot stroll
into the ladies room as though by accident,
and hurry away as soon as they havewalked
aronnd the Apartment once or twice and
neered into the faces OF all the pretty girls.
Now and then an ''old rounder," who 10
mostly a Young dude, will wander In, look
at the ladies expectantly, as much as to say,
StWbere can nv mother or sister beP' and
then walk out with an air Of dismay, tnten-
sifiei II his presence has been ignored.
turn through the door-asd the vista
is astonishing. Raised to level with the
second story OF the houses, one looks out
through long, gracefully ly-trussed shed into
The clear day and sky beyond. as through Il
vast tunnel. Upon It's live tracks more than
;, hundred Trains arrive and depart daily.
Loading and unloading day in aud tine
wear out-lbading aud unloading human
| lrelyht Ard where do they all come from
| is not half sp perplexing question as where
| do all these millions go tus
| Suddenly low, tremulous sound, like
| the rumbhnK of distant thunder, shakes the
| hagging; increasing, increasing, louder and
| louder. The eye is riveted at the opening
of the shed, when flash and roar; In rushes
che "Chicaao Limited" This is regarded
as the finest, swiftest train in the world
Such spirit, too, as the Limited" has
Thrice, without warning has she bOomeo
along into the depot, leaped the bumper
and gone crashing thr ugh the bureau o
information"
But see the tumult at the other end. Wa
there ever such hubbub I
4tPassengers for Harrisburg, Pittsburl
and the West"
"This way for Baltimore, Washington ant
the South.
"AIl aboard for New ork and the kust.
This is bdwlderIng. Tie three announce
ments are shouted in rapid succession; thre
ron gates, with open mouths, are drnkin
ID three tulbalent streams OF human beings
uut confused traveller, borne along on on
| of the currents, is in doubt as to which c
/. the three cardinal points he is being foate
| to, until the impatient gateman comes
his rescue, with the remark:
"Warrenl Take the Northern Mali
a quarter df an hour. Get out oi line"
The diu Is nov deatening. Confined an
concentrated within the shed, all the vi
roarious ndises OF dozen painting, putiiu
ngiues swell and eclipse the cries ot u
trainmen. Hofrorl what WAS thatf I'll
ear-splitting yell OF demon would
! sottest music TO it. Only Number 9u
blowing its sbrll whistle like the bloo'
4 freezing sereeen OF ten thousand files.
p godsl wha powerful lung. Bells ringin
steam escaping; boiler works are whispe
,, ing gallt.rles 70 this. The acute delicacy
/ the ear is blunted in little while; an ho
n here and ones sensipility TO sound is dea
ened.
# Hear thu marvellous rapidity with whit
j. this gateman calls out the stopping points
II "local":
ssAll ABOARD for Trenton! Powe-ww-elt
n Avenue Germantown junction kensingt
4 rranxtord Bridesburg Tacony Holmes6u
y Junction Eddington TorTesdale Cornwall
= Schenck's s Bristol Iullytown Morrisvi
south Trenton and Trentonw
T. A drunken man and little girl. He
a. very drunk; she 10 very little. You mi
Ip stay here, he says, "Pll getch tckett
4 she looked so lonely and frightened tina
Al straightway made friends with her. III
man ner papas No, indeed, he isn't; an'
IN zig tear is let loose. suddenly the -spe'
Id officer approaches US. Hello, Lily"
m, says, with surprise; you heres"
'.She wandered oi," he explained to |
~ '.and her mother is nearly frantic in
Waiting-Ipom.
OF "Who is the drunken mans" ''Idunn
Ill lisps Lily; "he wath goin' to take me
for mamma 1T HarrithDurg,"
cor While the officer carries little Lilly to
mother, up staggeTs her tlpsy protector.
W searches everywhere in vail, scratching
'he nead With a dazed look.
II lvi' Ter heIe; know | lei 'er hel
ne he soIllog gulzes. ,Saay, you teller" acc
H.. iug me It'll maudnn plubb r, 'd'y
=; little girI! Gune TO harrisburg
OIL nash Iole me Pitchburg, an got itch
ma Guesh she put JOB up'n int, eh But
by look lkt TOOL, d Zhere's ticket; i
mai won't go 10 .Pitchburg, you au' NEIL
-. Pitchbutg, eh You're worse'n little
itiy A@ riglL, you 60 to thunder, zhen, III
nal 10 Pitehpufg"
tier And lie did.
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