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directly support three times that number
1t has been admitted that over 10 600 miles
of railroad are managed by them, that the
practical mastery of over 10000 miles of
road is theirs, and that the capitalization
of these roads is nearly equal TO the ma
tonal debt of the United States
The AstOr Riches
The Aston riches owe their existence to
the ability Of one man and the natural de-
velopment of the country. John Jacob
Astor was the only man in four genera
tons who possessed the wealth-getting
genius. He was real money maker. This
money as he made it was invested in New
York city real estate. The growth of the
city changed his modest fortune of the last
century into one of the greatest fortunes
of the present century. He quit work in his
fathers butcher shop in Waldorf about one
hundred and fourteen years ago and set
his face toward the new world. On the
ship that bore him thither was fur trader
who gave him an insight into the tricks of
his trade. Perhaps it was the number of
tricks in this trade that induced the young
emigrant TO take it up. AT any rate, he
became dealer in furs and prospered
Then he married Sarah Todd, thrifty
young woman, and this energetic couple
had quarter of a million dollars fifteen
years later A fortunate deal in United
States bonds made it half a million, every
cent of which went into land on Manhat-
tan Island. John Jacob died in 1919 ard
his son doubled his inheritance by letting
it alone. and his eldest son. who got the
bulk of the fortune, kept to the family
policy to be always a buyer of New York
real estate rather than a seller.
The aggregate riches of the Astors are
now said to be in the neighborhood of half
billion dollars.
Plenty of Sugar.
The genius of the Havemeyer family was
Frederick C. Havemeyer, whose father was
Junior partner in the firm of W. s. F. C.
Hayemeyer, sugar refiners in Nandam
street. When he entered his fathers shop
| to master the trade of sugarmaking the
| firm was producing about 1,otO000 pounds
of sugar a year, and employing only eight
or nine men. The entire product was sold
at retail and the Havemeyers, father and
son. waited on customers and helped in re-
| timing. They were at the shirtsieeve stage
OF the game. Frederick c., however,
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PARSONS At SEA.
The Feelings Of shippers at HHyEnr
Clerical Passeagers


From the Church Gazette
have observed that merchant shippers.
almost without exception. have q great dis
like 20 having parsons aboard. Navy men,
owing to their respect for the queens regu-
lations. co not care to talk on the subject.
The commanders of big liners are also
rather shy about discussing the subject.
/ once wished one pleasant voyage.
Pleasant VOYAGE" he retorted. savagely.
That's likely. amt it, when there's three
parsons shipped and one Of them a bish-
OPP Here his feelings became too much
for him and he called TO the steward to
refill the glasses. l was not surprised to
hear that a cylinder cover b'ew of in the
bay Sitting in my club one night a skip
per came in. | shook him by the hand and
hoped he had had a good voyage. ''Noy-
age" he replied, in heartrendng tones.
Don't call il that. I've never had such A
dogs time in my life. Got two parsons
aboard at Sydney and another at King
Georges sound, and, blame me. if two mis-
sionaries did not join at Colombo, Sooner
than sail with five parsons again III break
an arm or a leg ana get put ashore
But 10 see the prejudice in all its glory
one must talk TO the masters of ocean
tramps. ! have known of one case in which
a skipper feigned serious illness sooner than
take command when he found that five
missionaries were booked as passengers.
IL
the ship had particularly bad voyage, and
the unlucky missionaries had more than
one very near squeak for their lives. Once
a case WAS quoted to me as showing great
presence of mind and seamanship on the
part of the skipper The ship had a couple
of parsons aboard, and. as the crew ax-
pected, the voyage was disastrous The
misfortunes eliminated in the decks being
swept and three men washed overheard
One was parson, who ought to have been
below. After this the weather suddenly
abated and the ship came safe To land
remarked that the parson ought 10 have
been under the matches. All replied the
old seadog who told me. ''Cap'n s is a
good man. He talked il over with the
mates and there seemed nothing else TO
be done. So they got him up on purpose.
Better one man than whole company. and
the parson ought to have been prepared,
while ii warnt in reason that the whole
crew should be-
/ have noticed that it was among the Off
GERS of boats trading 10 the West African
coast that the prejudice against parsonic
passengers is strongest. / was ON "A ship
down this coast. and one night, when chat
ting with the skipper he said that his YES
sci had never had serious mishap. This
is how he accounted for il: The ship is a
beauty he said. and soon as she was
launched 1 foresaw the necessity of her
getting d bad name among parsons and
such like. As luck would have it, on her
first voyage a missionary shipped. All the
other passengers left at the Cauartcs. or
course. We had bad weather and he had a
bad voyage. l mentioned it To the chief
officer and he tipped a wink to the stew
ard, who. fancy. said word to the cook
When We put him ashore he WAS as thin
as a herring and he made lot of COM
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greater luck. He vas sent to New York to
settle up the Rothschilds' business. for the
firm had suspended during the panic Soon
afterward he opened a bank of his own.
and il was not long until he was counted a
rich man. The present head of the house
is his son.
With the exception of the Standard OIL
fortunes, the most recent great accumula-
tons were made by little group of San
Francisco millionaires. The ablest man in
this group was the late Leland Stanford
who left a fortune variously disposed of
some s30,O00,G00.
Born Trader.
The man next him in point of ability is
C. P. Huntington, born trader. The anec-
dotes of his early skill in sizing up the
merits of a bargain are on a par with sim
liar tales of Jay Gculds precocious ability
for getting the best of his fellows He
pushed out for California in 1912 and his
increase in wealth came rapidly. In part
nership with Mark Hopkins, he went into
the hardware business, making feature
of supplies for miners. Then came the
building of the Pacific railway. His firm
handled much of the material required in
the construction. This, together with his
interest in the road itself, gave him a for
tune estimated at s40000,o0o.
Russell Sage, who in the matter of
thrift sCrpasses even Hetty Green, is an
other financial giant. 1t is said that he con-
trolls more ready morey than any other one
of the city since 1863. Like Morgan, Hunt
ington and Gould, he comes of sturdy New
England stock When twelve years of age
Sage began life as an errand boy in his
brothers store in Troy, but he kept his
eye on the main chance. By his ingenuity
in bargaining he soon gained capital of his
own sufficient to start him in business. With
another brother he opened grocery store.
At first they Were only in the retail trade
Later they branched out as wholesale mer-
chants, soon becoming one of the best
known firms in upper New York. In 1861
he moved to the city and began to operate
in Wall street. 1t is believed that only on
one occasion. and this was when the fail
ure of Grant & Ward was announced has
Sage met with considerable loss. That
failure is reported to have cost him first
and last about $1,000, 900.
Another New York state man who has
gathered in the millions is Philip d. Ar
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BALT:MoRE AND OHIO RAILROAD.

Leave Washington from station corner of New
Jersey LSeDu- and st.
For Chicago and Northwest, Vestibuled Limited
'r Fdr C II 20 IL 20 m sos pm
Express I2:o5 night
For Pittsburg and Cleveland, Express daily IL :o5
a. m. and 40 pm. tpittsburg only. Ii 80 pm.
For Columbus Toledo and Detroit 1905 night.
=. For Winchester and way stations 1900 an,
Fer New orleans. Memphis, Birmingham, Chat
anG' Gay hH s15sSs sst Fro end Roanoke
Fer baltimore Teet days 300 e;ao KOS
s 2 s53o II "a Hs sSa s sa
aiys Ai iSS 1 3 $50 zsoe
xsoo 1000 1870 XII SO m Ia ZOO night t''
. For annapolis, i:1o and $40 a m. 12:i5 and
Fet sgaa'y wce ss dass 900 80 sda
For I Gssl pm sundays vs. goo IN l:I5 PA
Fer Boyd aud way points week days. 900 a m ,
~: ~ 30 1908 pm Sundays. 500 am. lis,
$50 am. 1870, s:l5. ABB. 5:35. 7:o5 II rs
p m Sundays. 900 m. f:15. ABB. T:o5. 1918
For Washington Junction and way points. 900
a H. $50; $50 m, week days. 800 Am, 1:l5
For Upper Marlboro, $3.50 am. 1870 and .4:s5
ROYAL GLUE LINE FOR NEW YORK AND
PHILADELPHIA.
For Phiiadeiphia New York Boston SH and the
East week days. 1906. SOC. 1000 an, 1905,
i:l3 .. m tIil Dining Cars. 600 ROYAL Linz
lied, Exclusive Pullman Train. Dining Car). t5:o5
Dining CAP; 500 GOO night, Sleeping Car open
at 1000 o'eiock). Sundays. 05, 900 .. m. 12:05
noon l:l5 Dining Carr. 300 Is 05 Dining Carr.
~. Z W night Sleeping Car open 1000 o'clock.
Parlor Cars Oh all day trains
For Atlantic City, 1000 am, 1905 noon aud
i;Io p:n-. week da5 12:05 Sundays.
F0r cape May I2:05 noon.
Except Sunday. xExpress trains
Baggage called for and checked from hotels and
residences by Uni n Transfer Co. on orders left
~ ticket offices. 6l3 Pennsylvania avenue FORTH
west, New York avenue and 18th street and Mt
depot. $1,000 " ="
r. ID UNDERWOOD, D. B. MARTIN
General Manager. Mgr Pass Trsaic
s. B. HEfIE. Geni Agt Pass. Dept
Washington. o. c.
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RAILROADS.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD,
1850 An WEEK DAYS. fiT 1 a EXPRESS.
LParior and Dining Cars Harrisburg to Pitts
1880 AM PENNSYLVANIA LIMITED.-rulIman
Sleeping Dining Smoking and osseT Tyasni
spois ST. louis e oleseaSd and f Toiedo Buffet
-. Parios Car to Harrishgrg- n~o. p,.,o-
Car to Harrisburg. Buffet Parlor Car Harris
$3.50 PM 10 6 cfiisD AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS;
Sleeping and Dining Cars Harrisburg to Indian,
apolis, st Louis, Nashville via CincinnatiI and
100 PM WESTERN ExPREss.-Pullman Sleep
lug Car to rittsburg and Chicago Dining Ger
- man sieeriHs tafs Waidastou to Pitis5arg and
Harrisburg TO ST. Louis. Cleveland and Gincln-
natl. Dining Car. Connects for Louisville via
Io:4o PM Pacific ExPREss.-Pullman Sleep
$50 AN. for Kane, Canandaigua. Rochester and
Niagara Falls daily, except Sunday.
,o Sunday For WilIIamspOrt daily, $50 P NJ;
1920 PM fos Wiiiiamsport. Rochester Erie. Buff
70. ", mth Steering Car washington to Rochester;
faio and niagara FAILS daiis puilm: ss' Sleeping Ping
Car Washington to Rochester Saturdays only.
FOR PHILADELPHIf k,s SEW YORK AND THE
400 Pm ."CoNGREssIoNAL LIMITED" daily.
regular at 100 "t Dining Carr. f a2d.
1I mo &c. rd l0oS mnng CAR and LOO pin
40 DINING Car ' from Baitnopei, $50 800
and II 80 p. NJ. On Sunday. 700 Dining Carr
100 300: 100 dining Car from Wiiningtorj
go 100 and 3snf iF f For F Fali;
2:OI and $50 PM. daily 1a' g.
For Boston, Without change, $50 AN. week days
and APO PM. daily.
io:5o, 1900 AN. i2:i5 i2:45. 1853, 2oi
3:15. $50 $500 Linited) APO, 4:3S $40 els
$50, 40. 1890. 1910 11:l5 and II 30 p NJ
on Sunday. TOO. I:20. 900. 9:05. 1850 IL 90
An, 1915, lbs, 2:01, 3:15. $3.50 a 100 Limit.
ed 10 54q. 6:l5, $50. 1920. 1000, lo:40
For PoPe's Creek Line. $50 AN. AMI 4:ss PM.
For Annapolis, ZOO 900 AN. 12:15 and $40
pd . daily :, except Sunday. Sundays 900 A. NJ
For Old Point Comfort via boswell and Chesa peake
and Ohio Railway, 40 AN. week days. with
through Pullman Buffet Parlor Car.
FLORIDA Special for Jacksonville St Angus Inc
and Port Tampa, $40 PM week days; Ex-
Line 4:30 AN. 3:46 PM. daily; Richmond
only, 1:t5 AN. week days; Atlanta Special
via Richmond and Seaboard Air Line 800
PM, daily. Accommodation for Quantico. 7:45
AN daily and 1928 PM. week days
SEASHORE CONNECTIONS.
For Atlantic City (v!a Delaware River Bridge. all
rail- routel. 3:15 (4:00 Congressional Limted'')
PM. daily. Via Market Street Wharf 10: 90
and lee An. i2:ia PM week days. 1850
For Cape May. 1I:oo AN. week days. 80 PM.
oaiiy
Ticket Offices corner Fifteenth and G streets.
and at the station. Sixth and Streets where
orders can be left for the checking OF baggage to
destina tiOn from hotels and residences.
Telephone call "1441'' for Pennsylvania Railroad
Cab Service.
]. r. HUTCHINSON j. r. WOOD
General Manager. General Passenger Agent.
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mour. His father was a fairly well-to-do
man; In fact, while many OF our multi
nliiiniohalres began life with the traditional
shilling, they one and all com. of good
stock
Young Armour went west in 1851, when
the gold excitement was al its height and
spent iiNe years In California as miner
While his luck was nothing phenomenal
IL was. on the whole rather above the
average, Tor when he driftcd back east he
had the money 10 start a commission bust
ness in Milwaukee
IN ISES he formed a partnership with
John Plankenton and established his first
slaughter house. There were eventually
i've of the Armour brothers associated With
nm In the various branches OF the bust
ness which, ten years after the start was
made, was moved 10 Chicago.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.


Schedule in effect January 16. 1890.
All trains arrive at AID leave from Pennsylvania
Sol AMI aily-Local for DanviIle Charlotte
and way stations. Connects at Manassas for stras-
witt the Norfolk ' and western daily, and With T.
and Q. R-R. for Natural Bridge daily, aud Lezing-
III AM.@paIIs"1 UNITED STATES
FAST MAIL. Pullman sieepers, New York and
Vile and Hot springs i. G.: knoxviile. Chatts-
Sleeper fer augusta Sleeper New YORK to New
Orleans uniting at Charlotte with Sleeper Cor At
without change Dining Car service. Sunset Per-
FEa6 6i wnSg5 ehap FaDt Rov,, sr,snr
Harrisonbuls, daily, except sunday.
AZ fN-P9,T for G G9arI9ttssyiIls
Pullmans latest Drawing Room, Compartment,
,n Leay and 5nHF cEs f0E Jasson
for A9fPsn Th cogRGsqHs fqE AkeI
wRSTEN LrR6 A eoS SoeIa Of
nbs 'sst6asd Sleepsrs Dining Cars ard Day
via AsIeyille, Knoxville and Chattanooga New
YORK to Tampa via Charlotte Columbia, savqnnah
Orleans Atlanta and Montsomsry 0 Tesfibned
Day Coach Washington to Atlanta. Southern Rail-
way pIRiss o Gar 10
sion " Wnshnsan 5c AN9 aa 2Hi and
pm. daily, except Sunday. and 6:25 p. m. Sundays
only for Round Hil; 4:35 pm. daily, except Sun
day Tor Leesburg, and SIS pm. daily for Herndon,
Returning; arrive at Washington s:26 am. daily.
and so p IN. Sunday only. and 2:45 p daily. ex-
etpt Sunday. from Round HUI; 1906 am, daily,
except Sunday. from Herndon and S:34 an. daily,
EXCEPT Sunday, from Leeshurg.
Through trains from the south arrive at Wash
ington GO an. 9:i5 m. and 2:2o m: and 9:o5
pm daily. HGrrisonb9rg 1900 daily. except
Sunday. and S:o5 pm daily and $3.50 am. daily
from Charlottesville.
Tickets, sleeping car reservations and other IN
formation furnished. and baggage called for and
checked from Hotel" and Residences by Union
Transfer Company. on orders left at Ticket Offices,
IO5 Fifteenth st. NV, oil Pennsylvania avenue
NV. ana at Pennsylvania Passenger Station.
Telephone call l441 for Pennsylvania Railroad Cab
service.
FRANK s CANNON. I'd Vice Prest. & Gen. Mgr.
]. NJ CUP. Traffic Manager.
W A TURK. Gen. Pass. Agent.
L. S. BROWN. General Agent. ja3O
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plants and threatened to write 10 the own
ers. All l said was that ] hoped he would
do his duty TO the poor heather as well as
/ had done mine TO my owners, But he
talked ashore. and he wrote to his society.
and my ships been avoided like the plague
by parsons ever since. and that's how it is
| have been so lucky"
On the return voyage, however. as il
happened. at one port he had TO take on
board lady missionary whose health had
broken down. The weather was very nasty
indeed. Still the vessel arrived i'm the
Thames without any serious disaster.
ODDLY enough. he was compelled to take
voyage, and the snip got ashore and be-
came total wreck. no lives however, be-
ing lost.
Shippers have told me that danger apart.
parsons are not desirable passengers They
interfere so much. One told me hat the
wife of one clerical gentleman insisted ON
holding little religious conversations with
the stewards and the crew and giving them
tracts till they nearly had a mutiny At
iength he found her trying to improve the
moral condition of the steersman When he
threatened that IL he caught her abaft the
tunnel again he would pun her i'm irons
after which she subsidized / have often
had ludicrous stories of parsonic interfer-
ence told me. One man graVely remou-
strated with the skipper for working on
Sundays, and wanted him to send ALI the
men aft for a service. The skipper told
him he was quite welcome to hold the SER
vice and that the sailors who We're not in
their hunks or otherwise engaged might
go. did they?" / asked. I'D liked to
have seen them he replied grfrnlv. II
kept them too laundering busy. The par
son waited an hour and a half and as no
one went he gave it up and never tried
again.
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NE OF THE MOST
strongly N a r K G d
characteristics of our
aristocracy of dollars
is the desire to found
q family and to re-
flute the oft-quoted
assertion that it is
but three generations
from shirtsleeves to
shirtsleeYeS here in
America.
7 h e millionaire
class is said to num-
Der about 1000. OF
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WASHINGTON, ALEXANDRIA AND MOUNT
VERNON RAILROAD.

VERNON RAILROAD.
From station 1874 street End Pennsylvania ave-
In effect November J. 1898
For Alexandria. week days--6:30, I:o4 x7:s5
500, $50 $3.50. 9:25, 1000. Il:00. II AS an
"A Is. 40. sos. x5:2o, $40, x6:e4, $3.50, 100
'i;3o 500. 900. 10 co. II 30 and II so pm
Sundays-I:45, 9:0). 9:45. 1890, II:I5 an
Zoo noon. 12:45 30, 2:15. 3:co 3:45 4:30 BIS
500. 6:45 1880 Sis. 500. 1o:0o II 20 and II 5i
pm. ~
For Mount Vernon week days-8:3o 500 100
II 100 am. 1905 liza. 2:04. 2:4O $50 7:O6 ant
900 pm. Jew Ne
and Q 90 pm. ' 49, "'''
For Arlington and Aqueduct bridge (week days,-
500. SOB. 1000. IL 90 am. f12:O5 1920 IA
2;oi. 2:io. t3:25. AIS. $40 6:04 7:o6 and 500
pm Nv
Sundays-7;45. 500. e:45, 1880. 11:15 am
1900 noon 12:45- 80, BIS, 500. 3:45 $50 BIS
Goo. 6:45. 80 and Sis D m ' "-A
Parcels carried on all Trains Baggage checked
xExpress. -fssUs to Payne sfa.to, 81.
G. E ARROTT. + rorvrv
ftesIueht- tnofi Superint endeut
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PRINTING BY X-RAYS.
A Process That is Apparently Des-
tined to Re Success.

From the Bost IN Transcript
r,ao,o I.an,h.ra cbo hoe boan .xnar,
:" nv -'' - -.
lheil,iiis III rams Win 'lle 1'oei'seii rays
IN the nope OF adapting them TO CONNER
cial use in the printing industry, announces
that he has succeeded in producing a ma
,;, e.. th ,,.,,, n ,oa.o,,oa .bo+
VIM" ioi NhS poi poSe' nc iSi'oiieo 'ii"'
II the H-rays would penetrate oaken logs
they ought to penetrate piles of paper, and
that as photographs could be taken with
- - :, ,. NJ, 7....,,,,
- e4'' ~ 'o p'7"-' ~ "a
picture OF printing through every Sheel
of a Pile of paper. The invention is SO far
matured that NJ IZambard is able to ex-
nose u rjIa NJ ra,ar hat,caar two crookes
-
'u'es a't pr ootil sioes vi ali INC eiiee's
in the pile at the same time. He can also
place a series of piles of paper around a
Crookes tube maxine usa of the Xravs by
,z;.;eu 81, c -. r. -, Co.,
800 - .,eii iloiii d cet ~ - ~ i1;
% - rts 800 as &c o -
Vi VIC lut"lc "ouiu oe uoiie py . icity,
opea NOT on slIlsle SHEETS, uut Oh an
sitee.s u d plle at tiie SAINT t1ill.
l,ouo MENTIONS nav iif'ue 1oine o.p
pio'eii 20 9oiuIioh VI the olo en ooN
i,ohe VI it'll mas peeii succeo9iui IL pio-
poN,ns oat'Siac'"fS pfihtiiS: W i~s'hi
paiu iirst success was ontaiIito oy sen
,'''a.s 'i,e papet, on 'iie siue me- "ao ~
oo ~ WIN Seif1tiiio vi oiii'e eii ,
SION Iuch as Is commonly useu III Piio-
tosraphy. pie or biock oil paper mus
pitpareu WAS paced III postum Oh ca
posture TO the Arrays. On top OF the paper
"ss p,aceu d copy OF the lnihs 70 ne PRINT
eo' nus copy pelng PROOF 10 the A-fays'
III d oice .he tnlng was doie, anu on ue-
veioping the pile of paper the inventor
FOUND a copy clearly printed on each sheet
10 PRINT III thls manner IL IS necessary mat
the copy or original shall be nearly I'M
perVlous TO the Roentgen rays, ana that 1t
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ADVERTISED LETTERS

The following Is list Of advertised Letters ~
manning In the Washington o. c. Post Office Sat
urfay. February 49, 1889
To obtain any Of these letters the applicant should
call for Advertised Letters
IL not called for within two t2) weeks they will BE-
sent TO the Dead Letter Office.
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RAILROADS.

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.
IHLpIGA THE GKANDESr SCENERY Oh
AMERICA, ALL TRAINS NESTlBCLEO.
ELECTRIC LIGHTED. STEAM HEATED.
ALL MEANS SERVED IN DINING CARS.
sTA1lCN. SIXTH AND Il STREETS
Schedule IN effect Dec. g. 1898.
I'D Pm bAiLY-Cincinnati and ST. Louis Spe-
cIat-Solif train for Cincinnati, Pullman Sieepers
To Cincinnati. Lexington, Louisville. India na polls
and ST. Louis Without change. Connects at Cow
iHgion, Va for Virginia Hot Springs Parlor
Car Cincinnati TO Chicago
il:lo I'm DAlLl-F. +. V. I1mited-Soiid train
for Cincinnati. Pullman SleepeTs TO Cincinnati
Lexington aud Louisville without change: epes for
oerGpahey n 9:cO D. m Pullman Sleeping Car
Springs. Va. daily. without change. Tuesdays,
Chirugn and st. Louis.
20 PM DAILY-For Gordonsville Charlottes.
Sunday.
lssTeryltioa and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
thlcrs, oiS and '121 Pennsylvania ayenre. and ut
The station Telephone call 1871 for Pennsyiy ania
h.hroad cab service Fl. W. FULLER
Se'-Sd General Passenger Agent.
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The house surgeon of London hospital
was attending to the injuries of Door
woman whose arm had been severely Bit
ten As he was dressing the wound, he
said:
II cannot make out what sort of crea-
ture bit you. This is too small for a
horses bite and too large for dogs
"Oh, SIR" replied the patient, lit wasn't
an animal: it was another lydy."
In the fourteenth century a merchant
was able TO quadruple his fortune by one
round trip of his ship. taking sugar from
the orient to London. exchanging it for
wool, and selling ne wool in Flanders.
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The Italians in London are sufficient Of
themselves to form large town. Thers
are as many as l4.o00 of them: 1000 of
these are ice-cream vendors and 1850 or
gan grinders. The other 1900 are chiefly
engaged as plaster bust sellers artists
models, cooks, Wallets, teachers, artists, res
taurant and hotel keepers, anc so on.
Ii is the sagacious remark of a keen OBJ
server of tourists, and he offers IL to the
travelling public. that you can generally tell
newly-marricd couple at the dinner table
by the indignation of the husband when q
ily alights on the wifes butter.-PeaTson's
Weekly.