Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1880, Page 6

‘The whole affair sounds like the wilaést_ ro- Mance. Granted. It is not for me togo into ‘the question of its probability; I simply record @ertain facts which have come under my no- were is a young fellow, like ce of Caries | Just enough property to live on al We him of the spurtoexertion. A barrister, briefless, dabbling in art, literature and | music, and doing nothing with either. Amongst | ‘Other tastes he has one for quaint jewelry—not for its own adornment, but i Ee = | many curious mens, anc! Tnodern. I know. hla sery well, and he has | Often shown me these treasures. One day call | and on him, after a long vacation, and find him throwing off slip after slip of manuscript. “Excuse me five minutes,” he says, “and I shall have finished. I have made a wonderful Addition to my collection, and in tge oddest manner. Jam writing a story about it, and— there—that’s the en e first part.” He has Deen scribbling away Speaking, and now down his pen. “You shall read for your- "he goes on, Gathering up hts manuscript, ow it came about, and you will understand why Iam rather excited at recalling this, the Barrow escane and the strangest adventure I ever had ip my life.” Then, lighting a clgar, and giving me another, he settles me in an easy chair by the fire, and while I reac! as follows: Tleft-Kiny’s Cross by the night millon the 36th of last. August. I was out of health, tired, and wanted to sleep; so, Seat to my satisfaction’ I suddenly remembered that I had nothing to read, and I called the pens to the window,tMat he might get mea . Returning in a minute, he put into my hands Bulwer's “Strange Story;” and as I gave him the money, he sald, “Now we're off in one minute, sir; I hope you'll like my choice.” Let- surely turn! €, over the leaves by the light of the carriage la P: I very soon found that th work my iriend had selected was utterly dis tasteful to me, and I regretted having wasted my money upon it. It was astory, as most peo- ple know, treating of spiritual intluences, a sub ject on which I was thoroughly sceptical. I Soon got tired of it; but it served its purpose, and sent me to sleep, and sound asieep I re- | mained till the train stopped at Peterborough, Only partly awake, I remember letting dowa the window, and that several persons in the crowd on the platform trled to get into the car- \ riage; one fellow, just as we were starting, thrust his head so far In that I thought be was \ going to make a harlequin’s leap tor it. Drowslly \ congratulating myself on having had the door ‘locked, I was dropping off to sl¢ep again when \I suddenly discovered I was not alone. Who jwas that seated in the opposite corner of the ge? A young lady, assuredly. The dim \ “cht from the lamp enabled me to discern that & wasinevening dress, with the hood of her +cloak over her head. She appeared to be - ¥ fastening her earring {nto her left ear. “How odd,” I thought. “that I should not have seen her get in!” Here were my legs still Stretched across the seat with my rug over them, and surely I must have known if she had passed me; and the door had certainly never m opened. Very angry and puzzled, I de- termined to remonstrate with the giard/at the next station. What an odd costume, too, for * trayelling,I thought; I couldm% make it out. , ‘The young lady was very quiet and still, and, as she appeared not to notice me, 1 hardly liked to begin any conversation, so | sat watel- ing her till sleep again overtook me. lat once the Slackening of speed and the shrill, horrible, hollow er whistle of th engine again disturbed my comfortable nap, and lazily looking out, I found to my surprise we were hot stopping at any station, and outside nothing could be seen. might be felt Was all that met the eye when turned to the oper window, whilst the fresi damp atr announced that we'were in the midst of country, and the sighing of the night breeze told of woods not far off. Nether station, lights nor dwellings were to discerned tn the utte: gloom. A furtive glance across the carria showed the young lady still quietly sittlag th: fdgeting with her earring, and not the least alarmed at this interruption to our journey. I called to the guard as he ran by the momeat we stopped, and, putting my head out of the win- yw, inquired what was the matt “Nothing, sir,” he said cheertly; ‘no danger; mnily the line’s blocked, and we are waiting tll they signal us to goon. I pect Us a goods that’s being shunted. It'll be all right, sir, in a few minutes.” + then said, in a low tone, “What you to place this young lady in my carriage, when I so especially joined pach itempty?” “I never let anybody in,” protested the man, with surpri A young lady, do you ” Springing on the Step as I drew my head ba Jooked into the ve, and exclaimed, “Why, there’s no lady there sir!” and imagine my confuston—she was 2 “This passes my understanding,” said I, though I'll swear she was there before I spoke to you, there ts certainly nobody there now; she Inust have got out.” I crossed to the further door, and tried it; it was locked sure enough. I letdown the glass and looked oui, but Im the darkness, of course, could see no.n- ing. “Why, you’ve been dreaming, id a the guard, as I, looking somewnat small, re- sumed my seat. “Don’t tell me,” cried I, indignantly, and di gusted at the absurdity of the postition; perfeculy convinced Unit she was in un ria, ‘Why, here is positive proo! as I perceived, and immediately gold earring from the floor betv and mine. “Amazement, mingled ; and distrust, was plainly depicted on i guard's handsome countenance, as, regan me with a puzzled, half comical express Well, sir, if you reall: Tshould'advise’ your cuang- soz” | demanded, in surprise, “Be 3 Well to be on the safe side, sir, for I've Feard something of this kind before.” Young Jadies are dangerous customers in trains some- times, sir,” he added, with the twt into his eye again. As I drew myself up some what indignantly he continued: “They say an accident is almost certain to ovcur when an ap- parition has been seen. So, opening the door, he began to collect my bags and traps, while I, perplexed. without some ‘feeling of alarm, alli sollowed him hastily along t dd “ You might have seen son men, all dressed for a party, g partment in front of yours at ough,” resumed the man, as he steered me by the light of his lantern over the rough ground; “and fine and merry they we he ing toa ballat Grantham. I fancy have been dreaming, sir, for certainly none ot them got into your Carriage, though one did try; and as to apparition, well He did not finish the sentence, for just then we found an empty compartment at the rear of the trata, and the engine’s whistle at the s cing the line clear, with but few more ‘Was very soon agaia locked in and left to m: self. My first act when the train one motion was to examine carefully the ear-ring 80 ubaccountably found. The slape struck me ascurious. It Wasa Wheel suspended from a bird’s claw, which turned when touched. Sure- ly, as I told the = et Wasa proof that Thad not been deceived or dreaming; at least this was not the apparition of an ear-ring, atany rate. W. could it mean? The more [ thought of it, the more I Pp finally I put tt away in my porten With a mind wearied with puzzling he strange occurrence, I at length fell asleep once more—but not for long. Suddenly I was rude ly awakened by a terriile crash and a shock which threw me violeally forward, while the carriage lurched over and nearly capsized. T knew at once an accident had happened— the accident hair prophe: by the guard Ss Soon as I could collect my scattered senses and found myself unburt, I clambered out of the carriage and ran down the line to the front of the train, to ascertain the extent of the catas- trophe. It was dificult to make one’s way In the darkness and confusion; but what were my feelings of horror and amazement, joined to intense thankfulness, when I discovered, atter some Nght had been obtained from a hastily kindled bonfire, that the carriage 1 had pre- viously occupied was lying a compiete wre I knew it by its®color and the number, which I had remari 411 visible on the battered el. ‘Then I learned t everal passengers In the other compartments of it had suffered fearfully, and I was so overcome that I felt quite dizzy. Here was a wonderful and miraculous escape tmdeed. All the events ef the last half-hour Tushed through my tror_ ed brain. On that more in smashed and splintered + vat x had sat; and but for the presence of my mysveriqus companion, there I should be lying—crushed, maimed, per- haps dead. Horrible! The bead broke out on my brow as I thought of it. When my nerves had recovered a little, I sought out te guard, who, rae and grave, was endeavoring to reas- sure the La ny pe ssengers assembled on the bank. He was comforting them wiih the intelligence that a specl. train would arrive shortly from Grantham, and take them trom the scene of the disaster. “My fellow,” said I, “you must explain yOu meant respecting that young the apparition, I mean, as you chose to it, You said an accident—” “Lor bless sir,” he interrupted sadly, ‘‘’twas only my . Inever heard anything about a young Jady; Dut I thought as you seemed a bit it would make your mind easter like, and that’s — shirted you. I can’t give reason why such @ fancy came into my ; Dut it’s well it did, sir, for it just saved your life, saved it by ‘the ghost of a chance,’ a8 one may say;” and there was a faint return of the old humorous ‘inkle in the man’s eye made @ play upon the words. you were in that suffered — many a true word spoken in jest,” returned I. ‘Are there many hurt?” ee sere ne a and far or ln ‘e don’ cause at present and don’t ‘arp But what perplexed ideas whirled in rapid suc- cession through my mind as we were hurried along. Tere was I, saved from dreadful and untimely death by—what? Not a dream, certainly; but, whatever it was, by a most marvellous inter- tion, or, perhaps, as the guard said, “by he ghost of a chance.” How could I call it a | dream or entertain the notion of ghostly influ- ence, when the earring picked up by my own hand was now safe in my pocket? Was it safe? Tlooked. Yes, safe, enough, the wheel Suspended from the bird’s claw. A wheel of fortune it had indeed proved to me. b. “And do you mean to tell me this is a fact?’ Tasked ironically, as I finished my friend’s man- uscript. “Every” word of if, as I am a living man,” he answered. “See, here is the earring,” he handed me the trinket. ~Well,” I con- Unued, after examining ft, “What are you going to do? How are you going to finish your story?” “Oh, I don’t know. Can you give me a notion?” He knows I have an eye for dramfatic situations. “Not I, indeed; you will have to invent that, [ suspect.” And we talked a good deal more, of course, about the strange affair before I left him; and equally of course, at the end of two years the story was not finished. My friend is only a dabbler, and seldom brings any of his efforts in art or literature to a fruitful issue. I Utule thought that it would devolve on me to up the thread of Uals one, and finish it for him. Before parting. however, I asked, “Did you see the y ‘Not very clearly. The light was dim. I could not distinguish her features precisely, nor the color of her eyes, nor any details exactly, you understand; yt there was a look”—he went on after a pause— “which reminded me of somebody, or I thoaght it did, I could not tell whom, that I had seen before. It Was a mere impression, quite un- formed, vague to a degree. I had’ forgotten, even, that anything of the kind crossed my mind until you asked the question.” “Would you know her again?” neon 1"—he hesitated—“T hardly know. I think I should if she were similarly dress +d and posed.” Then he said good-by; and for two years Ido not think we have mentioned the subject above twice; once, when I inquired if he had finished the sto ind once later on, when, if I did not clear it up, Tat least threw a weird light upon the mystery; the light by which I am enabled to make a sort of second part to the first which I found him Hine. My friend’s rooms again; looking much as usual, save that ne ts at his easel insvead of at his desk. Again, as usual, keen for being upon what he ts doing, he does not ris when I enter, and I stand talking to him for awhile behind his chair. We have not seen each other lately, and he rallies me good- humoredly about dropping the acquaintance ot careless Duchelors Uke himself since my mar- rlage—for that momentous event has happened within the last six months. He was abroad at the time, and does not know my wife yet. Soon we passed from this Interesting topic, ana! said something about the water-color draving he was working at, as I still stood watching ts ress over his shoulder. It was a small study, done the previous evening at a. lite- School, as he told me, from what artists call the bee a model—a rustic figure of a girl seated on a stile, “But stay,” he cried, “you should see {t under a white mount. Ihave one here cut out to the size. Wait, let me get it.” He rose and went to the other end ot the room. An idea struc! me; and taking from my pocket a certain cabi- net-sized photograph, which I had brought to show him, I stood it on the easel in front of his picture, which it exactly covered. Returning with the mount, and talking volubly about what he was going to do in painting, lie auto- matically put the hollow center of ‘the white cardboard just over the photograph, but with- out, fora moment, noticing the nge I had made. Suddenly he saw ft, and, with an exela- mation of wonder, started back. “ How came that here?” he went on, pale and agitated, as he looked Inquiringly from the pic- ture tome. “Did you put tthe know the lady?” “You recognize it? certainiy. I haven't seen her for now; but I should know that Ukene: where.” He bit his lip and pau added,“‘I didn’t know uu knew hi Tauswered, “2nd I never knew that such a pe son had ever lived till yesterday.” ‘hen, hoy do you come by her pc 3 you bring it to me?’ ‘o ascertain if it really was the Same person.” “Same person as who?— what? I don’t understand & iy, Whether, by any strange coincidence, this lady—my Wite’s old friend and school tel- low—might happen to be the lady you once— well, shall I say once knew under very pesuliar circumstances?” ile looked at me now some- what angrily as he sald, “See here, old fellow, there are matters sometimes in a man’s life that he doesn’t care about having raked up again. Itell you honestly this 1s one of them. and I don’t quite like this kind of joke.” “No joke, on my word,” I continued; “and if I_am touch- ing oh anything unpleasant, please forgive me; for I have a purpose. Not that I imagined you were so sensitive on the subject, especially as you contemplated turning 1t to literary’ ac- count.” “12—literary account? What do you mean?” he asked indignantly. “I should as liet think of Sake | cannibal as of turning anything con- nected with that young lady to’accoant, as you call it.” Iwasa little puzzled now; so I sat “Well, but who do you say the young lady is?” | “Her name—it you mean that—was Miss | Nanghton, Rose Naughton when I knew her; but I confess I don’t see that because she hap- | pens to be a friend of your wife’s you are war- | ranted in sea) thus abruptly to my ac- quaintance with her.” “My dear fellow,” I | cried, “I had no idea of this, believe me. Ihadn’t j a notion that you knew her name, aad we are | evidently a little at cross-purposes. But bear with me a minute longer. Admitting that this is a portrait of the Miss Rose Naughton whom you seem to have known, though I never could have guessed that, just look at it carefully again, and see if 1t does not remind you of some one else—some one whom you once saw, I re- peat, under very peculiar circumstances.” He bends forward to examine the photograph, and pean says “No.” Then I say, “Wi. this help your memory?” and while he’ts still looking ai tae portrait, I put down on the ledge of the easel, Just under hi: “Good God!* ‘he cries, “I have not been near the cabinet, if y mean the place where you keep your jewels. en what on earth—” He hesitates, and, taking up the earring, walks with it across thé | room to his treasure Store. I cannot help, wit! my dramatic instincts, watehiag him ea‘erl: and it is as good as a play to see his surpri: and wonder When, openlug the cabinet, he takes forth the earring he picked up in the rail- way carriage, and finds that he has the fellow to it in his other hand. Yes; there they are, clearly the pair—two birds’ claws, each holding a revolving whee! “Now look at the portrait again,” I say, wi he had stood for a minute, regarding me with blank amazement. “I don’t say that you will, because It is mere speculation, but do’ you not } see in the portrait of Miss Naughton something to remind you of the young lady, your myster ous traveling companion?” He 1s examining: photograph again. | «Well, it is very absurd, but really, now you put it to me, there inighe be something of the same look In it, and—’ He ponders. “Was it she, then—Rose—afie all, that] ina measure was reminded of that night? On my honor I seem to think it mus’ have been.” Then, turaing to me, he asks: But what fs the meaning of all tats? Way d> you want to Know whether I can see any resem- blance in this photograph to that girl, where, above all, did you get this otis from? Explain yourself, for God's sake?” “ Because, as I say,” 1 replied, “it seems to me just possible that, If there be such a thing as ghostly influence, or'spizitualtsm, or clairvoy- ance, or whatever one may choose to call such mysteries—because, I say, {€ such things exist, you may have received the warning your seat as you did through the mysterious influence of Miss Naughton herself, for she was in that railway train that same night, and those earrings belonged to her.” Again the wonder tn his face would have been amusing had it not been mingled with an expression of pain. “Incredible, preposterous!” he said at length. ‘*You say that Miss Naughton is a friend of your wife's?” “Yes; and I will explain how Fcame upon the fact forthwith. Yesterday, as my wife was dressing, she asked me to fetch her a brooch from the drawer in her dressing case. On open- ing it, the first thing which caught my eye, amongst a lot of little trinkets, was that ear- ring, and a moment’s examination showed tt to be the counterpart of the one you had so mysie- riously come ue The device was not easily to be forgotten. You may judge of my surprise, and how it led to my telling her about your strange adventure. Then we went into the mat- ter, and she on her part told me how the earring had belonged to a school fellow of hers, Rose Naugnton by name, who had lately gone abroa‘ and how, two years ago, she had been in a feal ful railway accident one evening, while on her. way from Peterborough to a bal! at Grantham— how two of her party had been killed whtle sit- ting beside her; howshe escaped, by a mira uninjured; and how, amongst the triling even connected with the terrible circumstance, had lost one of her earrings—one of a pair whl had been given to her that night by the maa ‘o Monee was engaged, and who was bims>.( My friend’s face, with a strange pervers! seemed for a moment to lose its a pened expres sion as I uttered these last wor Lresumed: “When Miss Naughton went abroad she gayo my wife her photograph—that on the easel—and. amongst other souvenirs that odd earring; for it appears the ical accident brought aboutoas good result for her—it cut short an engagemeat. enurely distasteful to her, and into which she had been forced—well, I didn’t hear exactly how; at any rate, she never loved the man—disitk: him and 80 had no compunc- nodoubt. I was bound to come and tell you; and I hope, my dear fellow, you will ait ms now of an idle intrusion upon your affairs. I and in sh: mine evinced more eae. than I ever given credit for. 2 — course, old man,” he said, “I fou didn’t mean anything; only I was surprise, as well I might be, for I wa3 tremendously fond of Rose Naughton once—am | so still, for the matter of that—and the sight of | her face rather took me aback. We were halt | engaged once only her old mother broke it off; | and L was angry and hasty, and—and I dro| | them, and have been sorry ever since; and then T was too proud, and, in short, have made an | ass of myself, Do you know where she is now? , Do you know where she is gone?” “No; but I can find out.” “1 wish you would; for after all you tell me, I have a strong inclina- tion to follow her, and try my luck again_—y | if fortune will turn her wheel for my benefit.” | “Most certainly do so: you would be flying in | her face if you did not; for really this ts the , most bree irae thing, on the whole, that ever | happened toa fellow. There must have been some mysterious agency at work when you were thrown so close together that night with- | out either of you knowing it. Say that the ap- | eet was but a vapor of the brain, part ue to ill health and uneasy sleep, still its aspect. and nature are clearly traceable to Miss Naugh- ton’s presence hard by; and mere coincidence is ot sufficient to account for all that happened.” “Very marvellous, truly.” said he; ‘and we can only call It. as the guard did, ‘the ghost of achance.’ Still, whatever it was, it hardly ac- counts for the earring being in my compart- ment; that, as I originally wrote, was not the ghost of an earring; how do we get over that?” “Ah,” I answered, “we are as far off in the sola- ton of thatasever. Never mind; be thankful that things are as they are. I will ascertain from my wife Miss Naughton’s present address, and 0 you go and see if she can explata the mystery.” He followea my advice, and he finally mar- Tied Rose Naughton, of course; but still 1t was a long time before any light was thrown on the earring side of the mystery, This eventually came, however, thus wise: in the course of the whirligig of society in which my friend and his wife move, there has turned up a young man, Who was one of the ball party on that fatal night, and he thus explains the enigma: He Says he was late, and was hurrying SiOne the platform at Peterborough when Miss Naughton and her friends were trying to find seats. They were a little ahead of him, and in the confusion she must have dropped one of her earrings, for he picked it up, and fearing to be lett behtnd— for the whistle was sounding—he made a dash at the nearest carriage. The window was open, but the door was locked; and on precipitatély thrus head to see if there was room, his against the edge of the door, and the blow jerked the trinket out of his hand to the fur- ther side of the carriage, and across the legs of a recumbent passenger halt asleep. S no time to arouse the passenger or call gure, the train belng actually {n motion; and It was only by jumping into the next compart- ment that he managed to save himself from being left behind. Of course he concluded that he should recover the earring when they stopped at Grantham; but then came the acci- dent, and the loss of ‘the earring was held of little aeccount—all ‘aS a potent factor in saving my friend’: e 8 How to be Co A writer in La Vie Parisienne relates bow a Parisian belle keeps warm in the winter sed rn and he warms the reader a trifle too, per- ApS: “An hour before you get up your matd will light your fire, and then screen It with a silver framework Uned with rose silk, which will tem- per the heat and give to the Whole room a sort Of rosy morning light, that. warms while it fllu- mines. ‘Then she will bring you on asilver plate-warmer your cup of chocolate, hot and foaming, which you will drink from the warmer itself, munching the while your Tusks, served On a Hille gold-toast rack, kept hot in tts turn by a little live charcoal, sprinkled with ‘vanilla to per- | fume the air. After you have taken your chocolate you will snooze agata for a couple of hours. Then you wilt put on a deshavile of pink satia iined with swansdown, enveloping the whole body trom head to foot. ‘The waistband and the fastening of the neck of this garment must be in velvet, so as to be warm to the touch. You may now pass {ato the bath-room, the atmosphere of which will b: kept at an agreeable temperature by little gusts of rose-scented vapor pumped through an aperture in the wall. ‘The next part of our sub- Ject is a delicate one; but hon soit qui met y Dense, It is now time to draw on the stockings, Uned with warm flossy silk, long and perfumed. and gartered with Russian sables clasped with cav’s eye stones set in diamonds. The boots are to be lined with swansdown, and trimmed with Russian sables as well. “Our precious product of high civilization 1s now in her dressing-room. This ts to be made comfortable by means of an immense foot- warmer, some two metres square, which 1s to form a kind of second flooring all about the dressing table. The blinds may be colored to represent ‘the ardent rays of the sun,’ and the padding to keep out the draught 1s to be trim- med with natural flowers. This will make the place look and feel like a summer bower in the depth of winter. The maid may now ‘fumigate the nape of the neck’ with a little burnt be zoin, tomake it suppie—a most characteristic pi vision, for without a supple neck how couid a French person possibly get through the duces of politeness for the day? We must not forg the ‘hands. These mi holding in them two enamel filled with warm water, and shaped liked apples—rather in bad tasté in Unis direction, as tending to remtad our Part ne frivolity of taste by which her sex first ‘The promised advantage of this ent 1s, the of the day the Paristenne simply continues all these precautions by avold- ing. as though it were laden with the breath of pestilence, evew® touch of cold air. The rusks that 1orm her morning meal might be baked in her drawing-room, and the carriage in witch she takes her drives is hermetically closed. She may realize winter by seeing the street-sweepers blowing on their fingers—through the windows. “It ts bedtime, and we are once more in the hands of our guide; he, however, stands dis- creetly in the background, until his interesting atroness has assumed the refement ordinaire. de unen comes forward to recommend a second garment—a sort of ulster of white plush, trimmed with ostrich feathers at the neck wrists—which 1s tobe wornas an oyerall. The nightcap, of white satin, should be trimmed with feathers of the same bird, and, for addi Uonal warmth, a little turtle dove may be fasi- ened above the left ear. The very hands are to have their nightcap—gioves of pink kid, lined with plush, and fastened by elastics (In pink chenille), so as not to check the circulation. The bed ts to be heated by the fumes of burnt lime, flowers, and violets. These agreeable and calming emanation replace advantageously the old-fashioned warming-pan. Enjin, you w 1 drink, just before going to sleep, alight even de Sabaition, nice and hot, made with two fresh ceES and a small glass of Madeira. By carefuliy following thelr directions one may hope not tu suffer too much in the winter time.” THE MARKED GRAV Bowie's rangers. out on the trail, Hud galloped from early dawn But the prairie road was cool aud sweet And green as a garden lawn, And the strong air stirced the blood like wine— ‘The strong air, scented with flowers aud piue. Silent and stern and readv to fight, ‘They follower the Indiun foe, Til Bowie cried: ‘*Let the bridiea fall, For the sun is sinking low We must feed and rest or we shall fail, ‘Though fifty miles on the Lipan trail.” They had reached the grove of mighty oaks, Into the shadows they went; ‘The eaddies were loosened, and beasts and mea Were glad of their leafy tent. aid Bowie: ‘‘Just take your rifle, H: And see how the land around us lay: ‘The youth went forward with head-up step ; Caine back with » quicker tread. “Captain, I found beneath yon oak, A man that is ——" “Dead?” ‘Quite dead. Bis saddle and whip beside him lay, reckon his horse has strayed away.” Yes, dead he lay in the blowing srass, Lay tleeping like any child, One arm was under bis cur'y head, His lipe stil faintly siniled- Booted and spurred he had gone to rast, But looked like a man that death had blessed. ‘There was not a wound, or mark, or stain ‘There was not a line to tell From whence he came, or what was his name, Nor where he was wont to dwell. ** Well, no matter,” said Bowie, ‘‘because Where we know nothing at all God knows!” They dog him a fee, beneath the oak, And Bow enwt a hunting-knife, Cut deep in its living bark tne date ‘When the ped from life: Then, glancing down, eat a solemi pause, Cut under the date two words: **God ki —lillie E. Barr, in the Independent. Hands Off. Olive: got mad the other day and got off the folloy “Awol safeguard 13 to keep a man’s hands off her. If you need his assistance in walking, take his arm instead of him taking yours. Just tell him in plain English to ‘hands off.’ He may not like it at firat, but he will re- spect you in future tenfold more. Men will bo and do just what the wome« allow them to do. Men will not do to trust. Give a man your and you will find him very confident and “he will take a great Ne he would not ‘take it he were not permitted to do opportunity of dolug, and the ‘opporvanity 1 o unity oF 5. y 13 fuse what be is ater A few more wor. of ad- vice and close: Keep young girls off the street, except when they have business. Teach them It is unnecessary to go to the postoioe every time they go ou! “your girls can waik along es as your well boys. Don’t aliow ir girls, 17 they must have a beau, to go with boys much older than themselves. If possible, instill iato their nature that they are safer to their own hank than they are in the hands; of any man—preachers not accepted. | proper seasons and appropriately to the cir- LIFE IN THE ANIMAL WORLD. ON. ¥. Sun.J In the course of a recent icy the horse of A. J. Harriman, of Belfast, Me., slipped his —— and went ue the blacksmith alone to have its shoes sharpe! ‘The Rural cemetery at Albany has been se- lected by a wild deer as a place of resort. It has frustrated every effort to capture it thus far, and when alarmed it takes to the densely wooded Tavines. ‘An English bishop has a parrot which, at cumstances, says, “Let us pray,” sometimes devoutly and with ue solemnity, but again sarcastically or tronically. A Middleburg, Pa., mouse tunneled an ear of corn, built her nest in it, and was living on the in on the outside. The ear was 8% inches in length and 93¢ inches in circumference, and it contained 1,600 grains of corn. A drunken sparrow was recently seen on the | Streets of Easton, Pa., and was picked up and cared for by a peanut vender untli it became sober. Some one had dropped a flask of whisky on the sidewalk, and the bird drank the liquor untilit staggered and fell. Monkeys are caught in Africa by means of fermented beer. It is placed by the natives Within reach, and as soon as one monkey tastes it he screams with joy, and many answer his call. They soon get too drunk to realize the approach of a person, and are easily captured. . T. Willams, late of Richmond, Va., had a dog that would take a basket to the woodplle, have it filied with chips, and bring it in his mouth to the house. Four pounds of borrowed flour was sent by the dog toaneighbor. On reaching the house he found it locked and the folks away; so he took it under the house and ae by it untfl their return and then delivered A Yankee boy named Oliver, while passing through a wood in Matne, thrust bis axe into the hollow trunk of a tree, and a large black bear’s head made its appearance. As he at- tempted to come out Oliver cut off three of his toes. ‘Then the bear sprang for the lad, and he brought a well directed biow upon hits head, spicing it_open from the base of the brain to the nose. The bear weighed 450 pounds, and measured nine feet from his nose to the hind paws. A missionary ee among the Dutch Boers of Natal says that a hunting party came upon alarge herd of elephants. and as they tired at the leader the entire herd fled. They were in a val'ey, and in trying to escape they ran around in « circle three hundred yards in diameter, and re shot down. After awhile a new leader broke out of the beaten track, and led off the remainder of the herd in safety. Ninety ele- phants lay dead in the valley, and each man’s phate of the valuable tusksof ivory was consid- erable. _Jet was a fatthful dog living in a family in the Navesink Highlands. Master Willie would per- sist in annoying the animal. One afternoon last summer, while Jet was lying on the front piazza Willie assaulted bim with a carriage whip. The dog tried to attract the nurses attention, and, failing, latd the child on the floor, carefully took a good grip in his frock, lifted him aud gave him athorough shaking. ‘Then he too's up the whip, trotted off to the barn with it, came back, soecbed himself out in the shade, and finished is nap. Russian wolves show great sagacity in the capture of wild horses. ‘They roll and frisk about until the unsuspecting victim fs coiu- pletely put off his guard. One wolf then ap- proaches the horse’s head, and another his tail. Both wolves then spring’at their victim at the same instant—one at the throat, and the other at the flanks—and they do not let go until the horse ts disabled. The horse turns round and round, without attempting a defence, and ts soon On its side, and the victory is won. Ata signal the pack close in, but the small fry walt until thelr superiors are gorged. A traveller in the forest ot Brazil saw a hairy | spider with a body two inches long, and eight legs, measuring : Was On a tree trunk beneath a deep crevice, across which | Was stretched a dense white web. The lower | of the web was broken, and two small Tinches were entangled in the pieces. One was | SUIll alive, but died soon after its rescue. Tne | hairs of ‘these crab spiders come off when touched and cause a maddening irritation. He | says that he saw the children of an Indlan tam- ily with one of these monsters secured by a cord and leading it about the house like a dog. Old Jake is a one-eyed pointer dog of Sardis, Miss. On a cold, rainy day he made a call on an old sportsman and spent the aiternoon by the fire. When bed time came he wasdriven out andthe door thumb bolted on the inside. In the course of the night he was awakened by a cold wind blowing on him. Hearing a slight noise at the tire, he looked, and there sat old Jake. The tire had nearly died out, and the dog was put- ting the chunks together with his paws, and actually blowing the dying embers. The man get out of bed, aes on more wood, made a pallet oe hear the fire, closed the door and again retire When Henry Lascar, of Lafayette Corners, Pa., returned from a day’s hunt, he looked as though he had been put through a threshing machine. He went to a panther’s den, crawle: ‘4p. and, drawing a bead on the animal, tired. When he recovered consctousness the panther was tossing him about like a cat does a mouse, and with one stroke of her jd she sent him headlong outside the cave. Early in the fight Lascar’s rifle was made useless by breaking the nipple. The animai tore his face in shreds. With a hundred wounds on his body and his clothing torn to ribbons, the old man was well- nigh exhausted, when, by an almost supe human effort, he reached his hunting knife, and, by a well-directed blow, quieted the beast. When ‘old man Sheldo: of BushXill, Pa. reached his lonely cave A forest, where tie lives. he was amazed to see a large black bear crouching in one corner. He had no wearon Save a knife, which was an old fle rabbad down sharp on a stone. He attempted to retvea", out the bear sprang upon hiss and dealt hin a hard blow upon the shoulder. Sheldon drew hls knife and struck bruin in the neck, but the wound only infuriated the beast. Ile'again at- tempted to retreat. but the bear renewed the at- tack. The hermit then endeavored to deal him another blow in the neck with the knife, but the weapor glanced and severed one of the aniinal’s paws. Sheldon succeeded in getting out of the cave, where the struggle was renewed, the bear getting him in his embrace and nearly hugging the breath out of him; but the old men’ was pees, and drove the Knife into the mons‘¢er’s heart, killing him instantly. As. the bear fell dead Sheldon fainted, and was found unson- sclous several hours later, out from the village to visit hi In Americus, Ga., a cat attacked a rattlesnake inagarden. When the cat was ten feet away the snake suddenly coiled up, faced the cat, and darted out its forked tonyile. ‘The cat elrcled around the snake so rapldiy that the eye could hardly follow her. Suddenly she darted toward the enemy, but went high above the snaki which also struck at the cat. The cat went far, and by the time it had turned to face Its foe the reptile was again coiled and ready for the attack. The same method was adopted ana carried on for four or five times, occupyin: least half an hour. ‘The cat wished to Shake, but seemed aware that {f it mis neck it would be certain death. At the sixtn assault they met, and instantly the snake was wrapped in several folds around the body of the cat, which used its sharp claws with deadly effect. The cat had been bitten on the head and neck several times, and both continued to fight. The snake was torn nearly to shreds, but did not unloose its coll around its victim: The poison was swift, but before the cat died it caught the snake’s head in its mouth and crushed it, and fighting they died, the snake enwrapping the cat in its coils. ‘The snake measured tour feet eight inches and had thir- teen rattles. Kossuth’s History. {London Truth.] The historical work which the eminent Hun- garian patriot, M. Kossuth, 1s about to publish, will consist of a correspondence that will throw much light upon the connection of Napoleon IIT., Prince Napoleon, Count Cavour, Prince Couz#, Prince Napoleon Ricasoll, and other European statesmen with the Hungarian movemeni in 1859 and 1866. Many moyeson the European chess-board which are as yet secret will be made (public: In 1859 there was a specific treaty drawn between Kossuth, Napoleon Ii. and Cavour, by which it was agreed that Ine tain eventualities the corps a” armee of Prin Napoleon that entered Tuscany should cross the Adriatic, and march on Hungary, while in- dependence was to be proclaimed. In 186 there were negotiations between Kossuth and Rica- soll for the same object. ‘The work will be pub- ed in successive volumes, and the first will appear in about two months. It will bein Hun- garian, but a German translation Is already ar- ranged, and no doubt both French and English translations will follow. M. Kossuth resides at Ais villa in Collegno, a village near Turin, where he has lived for nearly ten years. He ts now 73 years old, but does not look more than 60. His Ume is devoted to astronomy, botany, andre pl 7- ing to the numerous letters which lie rac tv + irom townships and corporations in Hungrr in which he is wi to return to his country. He ts, however, determined not to go back Unt | Hurgary 1s severed from all connection wit Austria,although he does not object to tue sam: sovereign reigning over both countries. nt ie Exactness. There 13 i eaeore like exactness. An officer having to pi on duty from one station 1) another, in making out his claim for traveliny expenses ee down the item, ‘Porter. 61.” ai {tem struck out by the War office. Not b tis inclined to be defrauded of his sixpence, the officer informed the authorities that the porter had conveyed his baggage from one station [0 auother, and that had he not employed he must have taken acab, which would have cost 18d, Tn. ey ame an official notification that hisciatn would be allowed. put instructing him that he ought to have used the term “percerage” instead of “porter.” He was determined, however, to have the last word, and wrote back that he wes unable to find any procedeat for ustug the word “4 ” but for the future would do s9, ant rode Ae oas eo aown es (ay it be ete cal when he means “cab.’ Chainbers's ore = ba ee P. A. Sawyer, ex-seerstary of s'ace of e, Wednesday refused to tes'ity bef re tie legislative comunittee on the state seal, a24 W.3 CCHLitcd ior contempt. “DEAD BIVEBS.” Untold Bonanzas of Gold Among Their Depths. Mining Engineer Bell writes to the Chicago Mining Review: In these active times, when it is said “Carbonate is King,” may it notbe well for our active operators to keep in mind that pa mining ts only in its infancy? It hasonly afew years since hydraulic mining has been reduced to science, and some of the large hydraulic properties of the country are man- those who know but precious little about that peculiar kind of mining industry. I have written before of my belief (based on actual personal examination) of the existence of a system of what is called on the Pacific “dead rivers,” extending through portions of Montana, Wyoming, western Colorado, passing out through the region of San Miguel into New Mexico, a region but little explored in very few places, even by boring, to find the lower, or main old channel; so, in this article, I will Speak of the infancy of hydraulic mining tn Cal- ore which, so far, is the “boss in hydraulic mining.” There is both the white and blue gravel. The blue lead, the main body (so far as discovered and worked), isnot over twenty-five to thiriy miles, traced, as it has been defialtely, from Little Grizzly to Forest Hill, running through Nevada and Placer counties, having five or six branches, larger or smaller, making sixty to seventy miles of branches of this wonderful “dead river.” In many places the old channel 4s covered with lava, so that there may be hid- den deposits yet In the old blue lead that will Surprise the most sanguine. It ts already estimated that among those dead rivers, lying Up 7,0) to $,000 feet above the se there lies a treasure of more than $300,000,000, the annual product being uniformly’ about $8,000,000. In one little spot in Nevada county there has been taken out about $100,000,000. Some of these dead rivers have a fall of 80 feet toa mile, affording good opportunities for drainage, undercurrents, and various modern appliances or saving fine gold. In some of thoze old rivers the gravel 1s whit- shand the goid quite evenly distributed, so that very exact estimates can be made as to the probable amount of gold. It ts easily washed out, While the blue gravel is mixed more with a tenacious clay, givihg much troubie often in getting out the gold, but it ts always riche! than the other, especially near the bed rock. There has been some wonderfully rich spec! mens taken out of the blue lead. I noticed one at Dutch Flat, the finest I have ever seen, was an immense boulder studded with gold nuggets, which were worn smooth on the surface. Twas told afterwards it was valued at #300, It was surely a grand boulder. it is no uncommon tng lead diggings fine specimens of rock-carrying nuggets of gold, which, to the inquiring mind, naturally brings up the thought trom whence came these wondrous stones, and the same question will, perhaps, bother the brains of any sclenufle men, while the practical miner will be studying equally hard to find out how to get the known deposits out. No doubt other “dead rivers” will be found in various parts of the mountains, and at different altitudes, one class of men speculating as to how {t came. so, clical class getting out the precious With $100,000,000 from Nevada, $9,000,000 from the little county of Placer, what may be expected when the whole I fic slope has been put in thorough working order? In the matter hydraulic mining, surely this class of mintag promises as good returns for the outlay as any opening up, even “carbonates” not excepted. No class of mining requires more economy and sound judgment than does hydraulle mtn- ing, and there ts no better field for the practiced en, fee than some of those deep gravel mines afford. While the exposed western portion of this auriferous gold field has been washed and ero ed away, the upper, or Sierra portion is pra: cally unexplored, and we need not be surprised to hear of great wealth belng uncovered yet In the Sierras, that portion lying adjacent to the great gravel deposits now Known and worked in the dead river system of California, When I have stood by the exposed margi those ancient rivers and examined those auriferous boulders and rich pieces of quartz, filled with gold in varous forms, the thought would arise from whence came they, and im- agination would climb up the Sierra to mother lodes of rich quartz not yet di out of which some future day may p treasures of the precious metal that formed Callfornia into one of the grandest of states, while yet comparatively an iatant among the states. Death Raw Pork. Notwithstanding frequent well-attested cases of death from trichina, both here and abroa many persons, mainly of the uneducated clas seem to think trichina,as a source of tatal dist 5 to pick up in biue an invention of physicians, Every few weeks we observe the records of a fatal case in the west, usually in tke country. Recently two deaths, those of a Mrs. Harris and ber daughter, have been reported at the villazeof West Sonora, Ohio, They informed their physician that a week or so before their illness, they had eaten freely of raw pork; that they experienced almost. immediately exceeding nausea, and were com- pelled to go to bed, from which they never arose. All thelr ‘symptoms were those generally attendant upon the disorder, and there is no reasonable doubt that they owe their death to the raw pork. ‘richina, or richina spiralis, 1s the name of a pecultar nematold worm, which, in its sexual imma- turity, inhabits the muscles, generally of the pig. "It was discovered tn’ Woraald, then Demonstrator of Anatomy at St. Barthoto- mew’s Hospital, London, giving to Richard Owen, the celebrated naturalist, tour inicro- scopte specimens of specked muscle from a ject. then. in the dissecting-rooms. has usually received credit for the commuticated, soon after, to the Zoo! Society a de: plion of a microscopic ei! infesting the muscles of Une human body medical student named Paget had also arri independently, at similar results at the sa Ulme, and reada paper to the Abernethian So- clety a week before Owen had presented his. Ever since then, the trichina has been actively discussed on both sides of the sea in all medical and scientitic associations. Varlous theories were advanced, but it was not till 1360 that Virchow and Leuckhart arrived sep- arately, by feeding animals on flesh contat trichina, at the conclusion that the pareai the encysted trichina are small thread. worms, hever before revealed to hart’s ‘experiments being made flesh occupied by these parasites, Young tric as scenin the muscie3, look like spi- rally-cciled worms in the interlor of small globular oval cysts, and are barely perceptible to the naked eye. These tysts are externally covered with calcareous matter, more_or less, according to the time they have remaitied fixed, and the degree cf degeneration of their walls. The worm measures 1-18 of aninch long and 1-30 broad: The cysts are sometimes wholly absent, and hence must be regarded as abaor- mal—the result of local inflammation caused by presence of the worm, which, in this larval state, is very much smaller. An enormous number of these larvic may exist simultaneously in the muscles of a single per- son. Leuckhart estimated that one olnce of flesh of a cat contained 325,000 trichina. If all the voluntary muscles of a man of ordinary size were similarly affectea, the worms would exceed 1,950,000,000. Some’ physicians assert that a single sufferer may vied Dy 20,000,- 00, How the pig acquires its tricaina ts un- known; but the larval worms, no doubt, get Into Its body from putrid flesh. “The adult tra- china may inhabit the intestinal canal of all animals in which the larvie have been found in the muscles, and the animals include man, dog, cat, mouse, rabbit, mole, rat, hedgehog, and badger.—N. ¥. Tintes, Value of Hat and Coat Checks. Of late, says the Alla California, various societies giving public balls have adopted the | ete of posting notices near the hat room isclaiming any responsibility for the loss of | ea deposited there. A case was recently ought ty W. Clough against W. H. Bod- fish et al., committee, to recover $50 and costs, for the loss of an overcoat at the Knights of Pythias ball, in the Pavilion, and a judg ment was given for the plaintiff for $75. A similar ‘suit is now pending before Justice of the Peace Connolly. Atthe Caledonian ball, at Union Hall, on the 16th of January, Mr. Sam Sample hired the privilege of the bar, hat, and cloak rooms. William C. Lee deposited his overcoat in the cloak room, paying twenty-five cents, and receiving a che Upon the termination of the ball, the crowd broke into the room, overpowered the attendants, and helped them- Selves promiscuously to hats and overcoats. Lee presented his check, but his overcoat was not to be found, and he has brought suit for the sum Of $25 and costs. It would be well to have the question settled as to whether these Ball Committees can sub-let the hat room, and hire irresponsible persons to take care of them, and simply by posting a notice disburden themselves of any responsibility when the 800ds of their patrons are lost or stolen. The €raze for Old Furniture. The New York correspondent of the Louls- ville Courier-Journal writes: Of course it is well known that there is a great e here for old- fashioned furniture. An old s! ard is almost as valuable as an “old master.” A very quaint old one, with hideous brass ornaments, stands in Wm. Beard’s studio, a tate vented he picked up years ago among some old stranded furnt- “ee eee Movccs of 2 $10 bill. A few days since gentleman from Syracuse, perhaps “‘Antepho- lous,” offered the artist a $50 bill for it. “I am hot dealing in old furniture,” was the gentle William's notice of the offer, “but it I were I should hardly take $50 from you when I refused $150 for It last week.” The merchant of Syra- cuse ied deeply, and Fel Said: “When you make, =. your mind to part with it let me know the price.” See the power of this fanta3- tle witl, termed fashion. This coveted article, only a few years , Was literally kc! @ecent soctety. conve WHEN a young !ady tripped into a music s! the cther: day and asked tae bash‘ul clerk inae lendance for “Two Kisses.” he jammed on his hat and rushed out of the back dor. ‘The clers, never having heard of tho plecs of music, thought he Was the victim of a leap-ye: Ppo-al, and his salary was so: large eno: Support two.—Vurristown Herald. Owen, dlise 3V ce, Lent ith human A Worderfal Place. (Oorrespondencs of the Springfield Republican.) People here never weary of saying, “‘Lead- Ville is a wonderful place.” And, indeed, it is a prodigy difficult to compass with full compre ension. We have to go around it and look at it from different points of view. For example— two years ago, nothing; now a city of 30,000 in- habitants, more voters than Denver can boast, Ss theatres, four datly papers, gas- ights, water-works, palatial stores, noodlums. and other metropolitan paraphernalia. Or, the impression is perhaps more satisfactory and filling as one enters the city through its Darren and unpromising approaches. You leave Den- ver, the sup) jumping-off place of civiliza- tion at night, and travel all night by rail, through mountain passes, through a country which, being asleep, youdo not learn much about, but which, presumably, is sparsely, if at all Inhabited. Next morning—to describe the journey made to weeks ago by your corres- pondent—you take stage at the terminus of the railroad and ride fifty-fve miles through a country which, it would appear, might have been left out of the world without loss. You seem to be travelling towards “the end of no- where.” There ts a shanty in sight here and there, and sometimes a small cluster of them. There are mule trains of freighters which sometimes block the road ineonventently. There are, at too short intervals, dead horses and mules lying by the roadside. At Holmes ranch—place never to be forgotten—you stop for “dinner; and in a miserable hovel you try to eat a most miserable counterfeit of a dinner, for which you pay 75 cents in solid coin. Ali through the day you go on through a drea wasie. and suddenly at night you are ina cit You are among gaslighted and crowded street: In this nowhere towards which you have so la- boriously tolled you find yourself ‘in crowded haunts of men.” On the§ whole, I think that one who wishes to “dilate with the right emo- Uon” over the wonders of this locality will be in the most proper mood of amazement aad ad- miration as he permits himself to know where he ts at the moment of his advent DO Nor Saw THE Arr too uch with your Mouth, thus; but use all gentiy; For in the very torrent, tempest, and (as I may fa} Whi riwind of your passion you must Acquire and beget a temperance ‘That may give it smoothness. Oh, it offends me to the soul To hear 4 robustious, periwix-pated fellow Tear a telephone to tatters, to very Rays ; to split the ears of the boys Al the central office, who for the most part Are capable of nothing but inexplicable Durib show and noise—especially noise. 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M. | até Single fare to Norfolk (first-clars), $1; round trip (first-clars), $1 Tickets, rates, ‘taformation, Biate-roorns. ete., furnish our agente, ‘B. W. KEED SONS, 1216 F street northweat. HUME, CLEARY &'00., 807 Market Space. M. 8° ROOSE, 1233 ivania avenue. Cigar Stands at Principal hotele. RAILROAW OFFICE, 6th st reet enue northwest. POTOMAC STEAMBOAT 9 h-street wharf, and on board the steamer r. for Norfolk, D. F. KEELING. matin: Agent for Washington, B.F. DODD. OR NORFOLK, FORTRESS MONRO F THE SOUTH. en AND Steamer Lapr oF THE Laxey leaves hart on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at 5 p.m., stopping at Piney, Point and Point Lookout, conn Boston steamers, ‘Ro. Leaves Norfolk alte : 1. -class fai ;_Round Trip, Second-class fare, @1-60; Round Trip, 82. FOR POTOMAO RIVER LANDINGS. Beamer Jon W. Tnompeow leaves, 6th_ street wharf lon an nrsday, ma S anc Saturday for Leonardtown, stopping jomint at principal landings going and returning. NEW YORH-ROTTERDAM. ‘The first class steamers of this ling, “‘W. A SGHOL- TEN,” “P.CALAND," "“M. : and 'ROTTERDAM," leave alternate Wednesdsy “and Saturd: ovidence, ant ‘woods received and landed spor Tull iaformation apply to J. H. JOHNSON & fall info He 90., 1202 F strect northwest, and 12th ‘atreet Washington, D. 0.; WILLIAM P. CLYDE, & 00. General Mansgers, 12 South Wharves, Philadel- phis. mara RTH GERMAN LLOYD_smucur UTHAMPTON AND BREMEN. ‘The steamers of this company will eail every Bat- wrday from Bremen Flor, foot of $a strost, Hoboken. : From’ New wre, Lon lon, Bontiampton and Bremen, first cabiny 8108; SecGnd esbin, #60; Rtceraxe, (B30; prepaid sleerage SELES G00, Some ec Kowteork . va : W.G. METZERO?T & 00. O28 Pavey Acute for Washington. aepl0 Goras LINE | Ez. the view of diminishing’ the chances of ool- lon, the Stsumere of this line takes speclhe oonrae “On ths cuter passage from Queenstown to New york or Boston crossing the meridia of OO at 48 lat, oF nothin to the north of 43. ew crossing the meridian of GO at 42 iat. oF nothing to tbe nocth of 42° THE OUNARD 8TEAI AMSHIP COMPANY LIM- Between New York and Liverpool, Calle at Cork Harbor, FROM FIER 40, N. R.. NEW YORK. ris.....Wed. Mar.17 | Gallle...... We Hecla. Wed. Mar.24| Bothn: Mar. 31! Aleria y this. RATES OF PASSAGE. ati, S20 ana $100 gold, according to sccommo! Ticket to Pa: ot additional. oes a at very low rates. Steerage tickets from and and all other parts Europe, af lowe rata bills of laden given for Belfast, Glasgow, Havre, Antwerp and other ports on the tinent, And for Me@tsrranean porta, For freight and. apply at the Company's No. 4 Bor both steerage gana, OTIS BIGELOW, 68 7th strest, Washing- jan28- "CHAS. G. FRANOKLYN, Agent, N.¥- ee RAILROADS. JRALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILEOAD. THE GREAT DOUBLE TRAOK. National Route and Short Line to the North, Northwest, West, uth west. To take effect sunday, November 16, 1878, at 1:20 a. mi. LEAVE WASHINGTON. 18:00 P-m.—Baitimore, “Hllicott City and Way Bts- 06 a.m.—tNew York, Philadelphia and Boston On _Bundaya.to Baltimore only.. Break- Belay Bagon inven Winer We and way. (Pied -—t Baltimore and Express. Point of Hecke, Palmore ‘Serasbure, ey ter, Haxerstown $4 mn. — Ni Philadel, Boston and re ‘reas Parlor oar i Mow Week sod —t8t. Louis, Oolurabas and except Sunday, car 10 Cars to Cincinnati, Graf- Sandusky, daily, exoept Saturda : “TBalimore ‘Anuapods and Way. ction. i .m.—tPoint of Hagers- ira, lechcerudvay Batons, On dandy Yo 7.1 ft Baltimore, ‘Annapolis and Way Sts ons. 6:30 p.m.1 PHILADELP] BALTEIORE EXPRESS. rfc a day. Norfolk passengers taken at Canton. Stops at Bladensburg and Laurel. “eo pm ‘oint of Rocks and Way S 7:20 (Pittsburgh Sunday. 240. Pe peomee ORE, PHILADELPHIA AND ‘TIMORE E- . Btope at Bladens- al iceying car to Phulsaciphia, "Sore SDS leeping car p.m.-TSt. Louis and Cincinnati Express. PuDally. tsunday only. Other trains daily, except for further tutormation iy st for W. M. OLEMENTS, Master of Transportation. Gio: 8 BOON TE General Anta my? 1880 in jaa ~=1880 » AND SOUTHWEST. Macmozst Equiewanz. In Effect Jana 1680. WASHINGTON, a eee boca a.m. tal, exenge For_ Canan< ven, and st 16am except Sun: od For New York and the East, 8:10 s:m., and i-a "express p.m. dally, qpoept Runday, pan Parlor Oars, 9:30 a.m. daily, =. .