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STREETS.
In Effect january 6, 1896
1890 A. NJ, pENNS YLVANIA LINZ
IrED.-Pul,tnan Sleeping, Dining, Smok-
ing and Observation Cars, Harrisburg
to Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, st.
Louis, Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet
Parlor Car to Harrisburg.
1880 A. NJ. FAST LINE.-P ullman
Biiies fari9r or Gar TO hhrrlspurgi ~ Z; Psr.or
$40 p. M. CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS
EXFRESS.-Pullnan Buffet Parlor Car
TO Harrisburg. Sleeping and Dining Cars
Harrisburg TO st. Louis, Cincinnati, Louis
ITO p. M. WESTERN EXPRESS
Puiiiaan Sleeping Car to Chicago, and
Harrisburg TO Cleveland. Dining Car TO
TO p. M. SOUTHWESTERN EX-
PKESS.-Pulhnan Sleeping and Gining
Cars to ST. Louis, and Sleeping Car,
lo.4O r. NJ. PACIFIC EXPRESS
Fai.nan Sleeping Car to Pittsburg.
76o A. sd M iarafa i1r hanf Fais Hianddnfagaa djir
1870 A. ri. for Elmira and Renova,
daily, except sunday. For Williamspori
ITO p. III, for Williamsport, Rochester.
Birfaio anu Niagara Falls, daily, except
Saturday, with Sleeping Car Washington
1910 P; n Nj Tor, Tor Ere, II Cappanndaigga ma
Sleeping Car Washington TO Einira.
For Philadelphia. New York and the
East.
400 f ,sIv n; coSGsEssI9SAL sii PaISST n
with Dining Car from Baltimore. Regu-
lar at 7.O5 Dining Carr, 7.20, 900, 10 90
lDining;, Z, Car Carr, and 100 Dining Car
4.20, $40, 10 90, and IL .35 P. NJ.
on Sunday, 7.O5 dining Carr, 7.2O, 900.
1905 Dining Carl, II 90 dining Car
40, $40, 1000, and 11-$5 P. NJ For
Philadelphia only, Fast Express, 7.5O
A. NJ. weekdays. Express, 1915 week
aSl Inant ana cSa1re Sa1 "a aay ~ wep Fer
days, and 3.15 T. NJ. daily.
For baltimore, 6.25, .05, 20, 80, 900.
1000, 1890, 100, and l1.50 A. NJ.
Limitedl, -4.2O, 4.36, $40. sos, $40.
IN q o. S sandSy,s4 K .e5' 20, 200, s.9s' s.
2.0i, 3.15, $40, 400 Lfmitedj, 4.2O,
$40, S:o5, SO ITO, 1000. 10.40.
For Pope's Creek Line, 7.20 a. m. and 4.36
D. H. daily, except Sunday.
4.20 p. m. daily, except Sunday. Sum
days, 90 o,a a. NJ iaa and 4.se p,ids p; M sn.o,ar
' for Jacksonville and st. Augustine, q. .4s
Pm. weekdays; Express for Richmond,
$40 P NJ, daily. Richmond only, IO57
A. NJ. weekdays.
A Accommodation for Quantico, 745 a. m.
daily, and 4.25 p. M; weekdays.
For Alexandria, 4.3O, 6.35, 7.45, $40.
$50, 4.25, 500. 5.37, 6.15, s.O2, 1910:
and IL SO p. NJ. On Sunday at4.3O, Z As,
9.45 a. NJ, 2.45, els, S.02 and 1910
Leave Alexandria for Washington, 6.O6,
6.43, Z .O5, 500. 8 10, 1O.15, iO.28 a. M,
LOO, 2.15, 800, 3,23, 500, .s.3O. 6.1S.
on Sunday at 6.43, 80, 1928 a. m.
2.15. $50, 100, 7-2O, $40 and 1862
p. M.
Ticket offices, corner Fifteenth and G
streets and at the station, Sixth and Il
streets, where orders can be left for the
checking of baggage to destination from
hotels and residences.
s. NJ PROVOST, J.R. WOOD,
Gen. Manager. Gen. Passenger Agent
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FRENCH HERMIT's LONELY HUT.
NickaeI Merkel Reads Nothing Later
Than 1870 and Lives in n Forest
Now Ynrk World,

Than 1870 and Lives in n Forest.
New York World.
Many people think that Michael Merkei
is the victim of misdirected PATRIOTISM
and that the Franco-PruSsian war. winch
lost Alsace his native country, to the
French. soured his life. He lives in &C.
uuestered retreat on the edge of Lake Os-
born. not far from Lantana, where MS nut
is frequently visited by winter visitors TO
Florida The hut, which he built himself,
is about ten feet in height. and 1t Is SIX
teen feet from corner to corner. 1t Is Oullt
of palmetto logs and thatched with pai-
metto leaves.
The interior of the hut is scantfly
furnished. No chair is visible. The guest
sits on the ground aud leans against the
wall His host crouches up in an opposite
corner of the hut. In one corner are deer.
otter and coon skins, stretched AT Iuii
length on The ground. The hermits bed
is thus provided.
There is not a table or a lamp or any
furniture in the hut. No cooking utensils
are there, and only a gun and a hunting
knife are visible.
Against the wall are pile of well-worn
newspapers. They are French journals
of dates prior TO 1870. Merkel speaks
English fairly well. He is well-edu Gated
Frenchman. His hair is worn rather long
His beard is shaved, and he wears only
mustache. His eyes are bright and plerc-
ing and his face isa handsome one-
For eighteen years Merkel has not worn
shoes. His clothes are made of canvas and
were rudely fashioned and put together
NV himself He cuts his own hair, shaves
his beard and does his own cooking and
laundry work. He cooks in the open air IN
front of his hut. In the rear OF the nut
is q rack on which are placed to dry the
skins of different kinds of game. HIS food
is composed of Indian cornmeal and fish
and game. Once every three years he
goes to the nearest village and exchanges
a bundle OF skins for Indian meal.
Merkels retirement from the world is not
due, he says, to any dislike for society.
He is an entertaining conyersationalist,
but does not keep informed. He has not
read paper of later date than 1870,
and his only literature is his Old French
papers which he reads over and over a again.
Michael Merkel was born in Alsace in
1899. When young man he LETT france
with his mother and brother and went to
Chicago. His mother was an invalid, andhe
spent six years in the same house with her
without going outside the door. Ihus he pc
came Injured to a solitary life. When his
mother died he went South and settled at
his present abode. For three years he lived
on nothing but fish that he caught from the
lake He used salt water in which to
cook his fish, and had no salt, pepper or
other condiments.
Tourists are frequently visitors TO the
hut of Michael Merkel, and in winter MS
life is made less solitary by the occa-
sionai appearance at his home or hun
ter. He receives all visitors cordially,
and he speaks fluently in English, French
and German.
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For Night Fishing.

An electric genius has come to the
aid OF night fishermen. Men who catch
eels and other fresh water fish for the
market sometimes set as many as
dozen lines. These must be taken up from
time to time for examination. The new
device is an arrangement by which, when
the fish or eel is hooked. the first pull
closes an electric circuit-a fine wire
running alongside the line-and tiny bell
at the shore end sounds the alarm. A small
storage battery is part Of the equipment
as matter of course.
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Give 1t to Him Next Year.

A unique Christmas present received by
one OF that difficult class to provide for
the men Of ones family or friendly circle
was of cloth for the card table. A square
of smooth finished green cloth was deco
rated in each corner with a fac slmile group
of cards, five cards composing each, which
were painted ON white satin and the satin
then neatly apphqued with fine stitches on
the cloth. Along the sides ran suitable
notices, as When In doubt lead trumps,"
traced In fine gold cord. The cloth was
pinked on the edges a. q finish.
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DIR. LEON.
461 Missouri Avenue. dell 3m

PERSONALLY Washington. D. C., Oct.
%, 1895 ! have used Crupp's Tonic
for Indigestion and Constipation and have
been greatly benefited. Within two months
gained over 25 pounds In flesh MYkON
II. PARKER.
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FOR RENT-ROOMS.
80

FOR -RENT-Large room with alcove
On2d floor; bath alta ched; electric light;
steam heat; electric bells; terms mod
crate. Apply 1912 18th st. ja4-3t.em
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FOR RENT-.5l5 11th st. NV; cen
trail location; rooms, suitable for Of
fices or light business;l $50 per month.
ARTHUR E. II. MIDDLETON, 63I F st.
NV ia4-3t-em
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FOR RENT-Fur room newly papered.
633 N. j. ave. NV; SO per month.
1a4-3t-em - t
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FOR SALE-A most desirable, nearly
new 3-stOry, 12-room and cellar press
brick, bay-window house; % It. front; all
IN. L., with 2-story stable in the rear; must
sell at once: no reasonable offer refused.
2017 II st. NV. Ja6-7t
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FOR SALE-HOUSES.

FOR SALE-S25 per month, including
interest, will buy a nice Groom house;
bath and cellar; concrete st.
$3.50 per month, including interest, will
buy a nice little frame of rooms; close
to car line. Inquire 8. CARR, 1885 Md
ave. lie. ja7-3t
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FOR RENT-Two3dsto Sd story front trooms.
facing south, with or without board.
1 1413 ct. NV. VIZ ja3-7t
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EDUCATIONAL.

SHORTH A ND-Ben Pitman' System
thoroughly taught; private or i'll classes:
day or evening; by practical writer OF
long experience at the Capitol; special
attention given to each student; Remington
typewriters. Apply to INSTRUCTOR, 943
/ st. NV, jan5!Tt
pTA MO. Organ Vocal Music and theory
taught by J. F. GERMUILLER, GIL /
st. nw.; terms moderate. de1S-1mo
st. NV, beginning November Short
hand, dictatiou and sypewriting, Mrs Bald
win, Of Business High School; bookkeeping.
etc. ADA L. SMITH Supt
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FOR RENT-Elegant, large rooms.
nicely furnished; southern exposure;
parlor floor, heat, gas, bath and closets;
suitable for NJ. c.; also comfortable room
for gentleman for SO per mo-, 2l1 E ST. INV
jan4-3tem
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wANTED-By young lady OF expert
ence situation as day governesS iD
English family; best refs Address 1910
S st. NV. 1t
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Pennsylvania Railroad to Baltimore
and Return.

Saturday and Sunday. January and 8,
valid for return passage until Monday, the
oth. Rate S1.25. Good on any train.
la y
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FOR RENT-Ones bay window, front
parlor; newly papered and painted;
81 per month. MRS. S. KEESE, 40 X st.
ne 1t
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WA NTED-Lady, 25 years of age,
position as stenOgrapher,- typewriter,
clerk or copyist, will accept SO per week;
work all day. Address Mrs. e. A. This office.
f,n5-2t
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FOR RENT-Ronns, FUR. orunfur., With
or without board with privileges; within
2 blocks of the Smithsonian Apply or ad-
dress p2f 1Oth st sy fie ia4-3tem
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SITUATIONS wANTED-FEMAI
Help Wanted and Situations Wanted
20 Words for 10c.
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FOR RENT-714 18th st. NV, large
handsomely furnished rooms, I'd floor;
en- suite or single; near all Departments.
ja4.7t, ,em
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WANTED as first-class
IauIidrrss, as cook or rgeperaIhousework;
In small family; good wages. Please call
46l q St NV. 1t
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FOR RENT-one Iuruisbed room, sait-
able for two gentlemen. also ball room
G20 o st. NV. lao-3t
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FOR s. SALE-Chelp, one plate-gIass
snow case, IA feet Tong, l high show
case 8 feet by 10; glass front; nice for dis
playing any kind OF goods; millinery
counters; 800 feet OF shelving. Address RE-
TIRING this office. Jab-3t
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RAILROADS.
Pennsylvania
RAILROAD.
In Effect January 6, 1890.

STATION CORNER OF SIXTH AND B
STREETS.
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LOST-A beautiful watch by not aving
''Kis-Me" gum wrappers. Four more
to be given away during January and
February. See watch in window. 437
18th st. NV. 5a6-7t
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LOST-In basement of McGill building
January 6, about 2:3 0 p. M, two enve-
lopes, dark and red color, containing papers
of value to A. H. Seth. If returned to
Room 8, McGiIl building, reward will be
paid. 1t
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LOSTZFrom 26O4 P st. Dw., fox ter
rier dog; black head, black collar, with
name J. Vanderfole. Reward If returned
to SCHMID'S bird store, 7l2 18TH st. NV.
ia5-3t
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grocery store; will sell very low, store
rent cheap; good stand. Apply corner 9th
and L stS. Sc. Item
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DIR. TAYLOR. 9o8 F st. NV, makes
full sets of teeth for $5, satisfaction
guaranteed; teeth extracted without pain;
gold filling, 81; amalgam. 60c. sei-tf
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FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR SALE-Cigars store, stock of cigars
and tobacco, ETC., awning and poles,
show window, -four Welsbach lights, three
large show cases, nickle plated; counters.
stove. all for $50. 226 IL Pa. ave.
Item
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LOST-White setter bitch, named Sallie;
orange on head. Reward at NEW YORK
CHOP HOUSE, 62S G st. NV. 1a7-3t
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w NTED - BY refined young lady.
place as seamstress in family, or sew
ing to do at home for ladies and chill
dren; charges low. MISS Z. l., SI4 o
st. NV 1t
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J.T. WALKER SONS. 204 10thst
NV, carpet lining, felts, fire brick, and
clay. asbestos. paints. brushes, lime. cement
Two and three-ply roofing material. ap2l-t TT
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W. ANTED-By res pecta bic white girl
a place as first-class cook; best OF city
reference given. SIG st. ne. 1t
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wANTED-BoARDERs.

WILL board lady who is willing TO room
with nice. refined lady for SIS per
month. S25 21st st. NV. ja7-2t
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w wANTED-Place as day companion
Tor lady; nursery governess or day at
tendant, on lady Invalid; will assist with
general housework, cannot stay at night:
will be satisfied with very small salary.
Address ATTENTIVE. tits Office. la -3t
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WANTED-By settled woman as
piaIn cook. Can for days. 1850 18th
ST. NV. 1t
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WA NTED-Rooms to clean, lady's
wash, WORK by day, or small !atniiy's
wash. 4Ig Washington st. 1t
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A LADY can find board, with pleasant
and agreeable surroundings, by address
ing CHEERFUL, this office. 1t
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ORG MS. $26 UP.
S1 DOWN. 81 WEEK.

81 down aud 81 week for any
organ In stock. Greatly reduced
prices. Organs from S25 up. Best
standard makes.
n - SNEVTH l2S5 Pa. ave NV
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w A NTED-Employm by young
lawyer as stenographer and typewriter
after 4 D. m.. Address EXPERT, this
office dol-7tetn
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FOR SALE-Best make of lncubators.
broOders and fresh green bone, call
and see the incubators in working order.
Schmid's Bird and Pet Animal Stores, T12
18th ct. NV. and 122i Pa. ave.
oe5-tf.
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PRIVATE family would take few
tOar1erS or roOmers; home COM
forts; pleasant surroundings: convenient to
departments; herdics pass door; reasona.
BILE rates. 2lO0 g st. NV. 5a2'7t cm
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FOUND.

FOUND-Female greyhound; white
breast broken tail; owner can have
same by paying expense. 732 9Th st. ne.
Item
Evening journal., 1896-05-19
NnrrowIr Eseaped wreck.

NEwBuRG, ~ Y. May 9.-The St.
Louis express, south bound, on the West
Shore railroad, struck a keg Of gunpowder
a short distance north of Tompkns Cove.
The train was being drawn by engine No.
1, with William Morse, engineer, at the
throttle
As the engine rounded curve at fast
rate of speed the engineer saw an open
keg standing on end between tho rails
ahead of him. There was no time to stop
the train, and no effort was made to do So
The pilot of the engine hit the obstruc-
tion, and at that instant a sheet Of flane
and smoke shot upward 80 feet or more
from where the keg had stood.
Morse, the engineer, was looking out OF
the cab window at the time, and the blaze
enyeloped his face and burned his mus
taohe and eyebrows Off. At the same time
the paint on the engineers side OF the
engine was scorched as was also that on
ono side Of two or three of the head cars.
1t is supposed that the kog of powder was
placed on the track by would be train
wreckers. The matter is Icing investi-
gated. IL is said that two or three sus-
pioious looking men were seen near the
spot about an hour before the train came
along.
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summer Cottnaes nurned.

NAHANT, Mnsa., May i9.--An inoipient
blaze from painter lamp at the old sum-
mer cottage once occupied by the poet
Longfellow on Willow road was tho be.
ginning Of fierce FIRE. which, famed by
a strong southwest gale, deyoured five
handsome summer residences and con-
tents, entalling loss Of 500, 600, The
timely arrival Of two engines from Lynn
prevented the destruction Of other build
ings In the vicinity.
Within few moments after the fro
started tho entire Longfellow cottage was
a mass Of flames. The cottage owned by
Mrs. Henry g. Duncan OF Boston, across
the street, soon was a roaring furnace
The FIRE then reorossed tho steet to the cot
tage Of Mrs. Frederick Cunningham Of
Brookline The gale seemed to increase at
this point, and the cottages Of Charles r.
Greene OF New York, several hundred feet
away, caught fire from cinders. This and
a cottage owned by the Samuel Russell os.
tate Of Boston were destroyed.
The burned cottages were unoccupied,
but all contained much valuable furni-
ture. The longfellow cottage was quite
old, but was in the best OF condition. II
was In this cottage the famous poet wrote
''The Rells of Lynn" 1t was owned 10y
his daughter, Miss Alice w. Longfellow
of Cambridge. The residence Of United
Statos Senator Henry Cabot Lodge is sit
mated near the scene of the fire. but es
capod damage
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suit Against sheriff Tamsen.

KINGSTON, n. Y, May 10.-suit for
$40, 900 has been entered against Sheriff
Tamsen of New York by Mrs. Jennie
Williams Of Mount Pleasant in the Cats
kills, for iajuries she claims to have re-
ceiyod whilo imprisoned in the Ludlow
street jail last winter. She was arrested
by Anthony Comstook on the charge OF
sending improper letters through the
mail. She alleges that during somo sport:
among her fellow prisoners In the iai
Keeper Bennett threw a hammer, which
glanced from the mark and hit her In thI
abdomen. She was subsequently released
on nominal bail
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unI,nnun Men Killed.

NEWARK, n Y, May 19.-The West
Shore local freight, Engineer Richard Pet
niger, struck and instantly killed two men
at tho Blue cut, three miles east OF New
ark. The bodies were brought here and
put In the charge of an undertaken. One
Of the men was about SO years OF age. the
other "a. Neither has boon identified In
a pocket OF the elder was found hn envel-
ope upon which is written Joseph Nj.
Fisher. Boonville, n. y" A mark had
been drawn through each word, but on
the lett side Of the envelope is written
"Joo Fisher 1873 Spring street, Buffalo,
care of Mr.. MoGregor Hurlburt House
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Men HAD Narrow Escapes.

ROCHESTER, May 19.--At the Yates coal
chutes in Charlotte a workman released
five loaded cars to throw them on the
chute, not noticing that the brakes on 30
other cars were not set. The cars came
down with a crash, carrying about SOC
feet of the chute into the river, together
with ten OF the loaded cars, and piling the
remainder upon the ground below. There
were over 100 men working on the chute
and all escaped, but two jumped into the
river, a distance OF nearly 100 feet Owing
to the wreokago on the dock and at Tho
landing vessels will be unable 10 load foi
several days The loss will foot up about
S2O,O ,OO0
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Schedule in effect March Is, 1896.
TRAINS LEAVE Della
WARE AVENUE, EAST-BoUND.
All All y trainS raj Illuminated with PintscA
N NSEIw YORK, week days. .sOs. .71S
81 ,0sS +lr26 am; II u, = y 3 t-53s.I ~.
III u. m. Sundays, '3.0S '9.4S, 'll25 a. M;
'aSS IS,,I I5s2 2,I Ts In al p. cnn,EsrN11r ST
STATION, week days, 'SOs, s.55,, $40.
m; '1221 ,'l240 '2.29, go, 80. AZ e9.
$50 '9.4s .l1.25 a. m; 1870. ESQ. 'S.2S. 4.55'
'5.S2. 6.3O '7.39. SIS. TO- IL p. m.
NfH tlLADtdplA %eeE days sds SHa5 .7i5 !ss I a. M;
Z cHEEsTER, week days. 's.oS. SIS. SO
: S s5o sle 455 So So sse So s5 81 s g 10 o lip. p
m Sundays, s3.0S 730. $50. slips a. m;
1920. $50. 'S.2S. ass, '5.s2, $50. T.ss. S25'
~ ATLRRNTiic III x NRTriic CITY, week days, '7.15 a.
m. '12.21, '2.2s p. m. Sundays, fSO a. m;
20 CAPE MAY. week da-s '7l5am.:ss2s 20
D. m. SUNDAYS. Z 30 a m.
WEST-BOUND.
BALTIMORE d AND NJ .s WAslHIdlNGTQN. 81 q
.. AIS m 1So Sundays, lays $40 i0S, ss.4s a. m;
'i25S fsoRA 2g5 2Ss AS ZNb & wy 's5S grET1oNs
daily, 7.02 a. m; 2.54 p. m. oo
NEWARK, Delaware. week days. .422O.
1O2 %6.4S ~ll.O0 a. m. ~llJos l.o4, t.Vos
ASS, 7.05, IS, '9.l5, u.12 ?. m. sundays
.i.2O, 7O2, '8.4S a. m; 'l255, 254, '45S, 1.Oo'
PI5TrtTTsBURG, week days. 's4s a. M;
s6.1S p. m. Sundays 'S.4S a. M .4;5S pm.
CHICAGO, daily, sS4S a. m; abs pm.
CINCINNATI AND ST. LOUIS, daily,
1926 and F9.15 d. m.
NnW OkLEANS AND MEMPHIS via
Bristol and Chattenooga. 800 p. m. daily.
Through sleepers Washington TO Memphis
asI assIINGERI,Y ACCOMMODATION, week
days. 7O2 a. m; 2.54, 705, 11l2 y. m. Sun
days. 7O2 a. M; 2.54, 7.05 p. m
LANDENBERG ACCOMMODAT1ON,
week days, 7O2 1927 a; m. z.54, 45s p. m
LEAVE MARKET ST STATION.
NEW YORK, week days, $3.50 a. m.
PHILADELPHIA, week days, $50 a.
nj BAITfMoRE. III Il week days. $50 a. M:
IkNDiENBERG and WAY STATIONS,
week days, $50, 1920 a. m; 2.50, $40 d. m.
Sundays, 9.55 a. M; go p. m.
IEAVE PHILADELPHIA, CHEST
NIT ST STATION, FOR WIIMINC-
TON week days, $40, 500 s625, 71O.
ISIS. $50, 1903, 11.30 a. M. 'l22O, sIs6,
1.5O 2.45, $3.50, '4.20, 430. ISIS, s5H, 6. $50,
6, ISIS. .. 11S0 a. m; 1920, '1.S6, l5O, sl2O,
PHILADELPHIA, READING TER
MINAI., week days, '32O '7.55 a. m; $40
p. m. Sundays. 1920, '755 a. m.
Telephone No. 193
Rates to Western points lower than via
c. o. SCuLL General Passenger Agent.
w NJ. GREENE, General Manager.
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waretown's Close Can.

Tons RIVER, n. j., May l9.--The for
est fires swept down on the little village
OF Werotown and for hours threatened to
wipe it out of existence. Men, women
and children turned out to fight the flames,
and assistance from other places was sent
10 the threatened village and the place
was saved Tho Central Railroad Of New
dorsey sent a force Of its men 20 the vii
lago TO rellove those who had been fighting
the flames.
The village did not escape entirely. Tho
famous Hopkins House. summer hotel
and sportsmens gathering place, kept by
Charles Martin, was totally destroyed
with about everything it contained.
The FIRE started near Wells Mills, six
miles from tho village. It was small
thing at first, but famed by the wind it
spread ont fan shaped until when IL reach
cd the outskirts of the village it had a
front OF almost three miles. The village
was not far from the center.
The second fire started to the south Of
tho village. IL is supposed that the dry
grass was flrod by sparks from tho noon
freight on the Central railroad. While the
residents wero spending their energies on
this Gre that from the south swept up be-
fore It's presence was oven known to the
fire fighters. The Hopkins House stood a
little outside Of tho village, and 10 was
soon in flames. The news spread along
the line and every one rushed for the vii.
lago to protect as we'll rs they might their
own homes.
Help was tolegraphed for to Toms River
aud Manchester The Central railroad at
once made up special train, and party
of volunteers started for the village At
Toms Rivor more volunteers were taken
on With the aid of those the fro was
beaten back. Tho air was black with
smoke, and tho heat was so great that It
was almost impossible to breathe. As the
men fought the flames It was frequently
necessary for them TO jump into the brooks
Co keep from burning. Many men were
caught behind the flames and had narrow
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Evening journal., 1896-05-19
Bermudn Forms n Trocha.

PHILADELPHIA, May 19.-John d. Hart,
managing owner OF the steamer Bermuda,
says the Bermuda is in Truxillo bay, up
a little river A Spanish man-of-war Is
in the bay. says Captain Hart, and has
thrown herself across the outlet OF this
river, forming trocha. as Weyler calls It.
Tho Bermuda draws only feet Of wa
tor, while the Spanish man -of-war draws
"a feet The Bermuda can therefore sc
up the river good way, the river being
about Is feet deop On the other hand,
the Spanish cruiser, with her "a feet, can
not enter the river and there you are
He says the Bermuda will remain ther,
until tho cruiser leaves the bay.