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will ruin FACTS.

Sensational Charges Made Against
the British War Office.

3 .ISPI AGAIN CALLED Olin

Di Reduni and Zanardclli Having: Failed
to For“) a Cabinet. Crispi is
Asked to Act — The Irish

Complication.

Loxnox, Feb. 5.—The sensation of the
day in town is the scandal in the war of-
fice. The matter is not new. Some weeks
ago attention was called to alleged defects
in the magazine gun. The statements
were denied from the war office. The at-
tack was kept up. The govermnent would
have liked to make a. stand, but did not
dare, against Col. Hanbury‘s amendment
.for a committee to investigate the war 0f~

fice. The charge. that an officer was inter- i

ested in the magazine gun was enough to
determine the issue in favor Of investiga-
tion. There has been a. feeling for a long
time past, not confined to the Liberals,

that the war oflicc needed overhauling. but 3

no one suggested corruption in its deal—
ings until now.

A majority of parliament is understood
to be anxious for the retirement of the

Duke of Cambridge from command in:
The duke will be. 72 .

chief of the army.
years Old next month, and is thoroughly
fossilized. The general opinion is that the
best interests of the army demand his
withdrawal. It is understood that but for
the influence Of Queen Victoria he would
be removed or requested to resign.

“’aldcrsec’s Pill Gilded.
BERLIN, Feb. 5.—The emperor’s cabinet
order to Count von \Valderseo relieving

him as chief of the general staff is a very .
In it the emperor ,

flattering document.
says that in the event of war he intends to
give him the command of an army corps,
and that, therefore, as the count has been
long withdrawn from service with the
troops, he appoints him to the command
of the Ninth corps. It is reported that
the emperor intends to be his own chief of
staff, thus reducing the importance that
the position attained under Count vou
Moltke to the level of the commandership
of a corps. '

t is stated_that Count von VValdcrsee at ‘
first declined to accept the inferior posi- '

tion, but that he will be compelled to ac-
quiesce, now that the emperor gilds the
pill. The headquarters of the Ninth corps
are at Altona, near Hamburg. Thus Count
von \‘l'aldcrsee and Prince Bismarck will
become neighbors.

The Irish Conflict.
LONDON, Feb. 5.-—The Times says: “Mr.

Parnell went to Boulognc on lVIonday,E
conferred with Messrs. Dillon and O’Brien 1

and returned to London last

yesterday
arrival he

night. Immediately on his

drove to the parliament building, where.

he had a conference with his supporters.
Mr. Parnell has decided to address no more
meetings in Ireland for the present; he
also declines to go to America.

“Rumors of a. hitch in the negotiations
looking to a settlement of differences have

emanated from both factions of the Irish .

party. The Parnellites declare that the
Healyites insisted on Mr. Parnell’s retire—
ment, while the Healyites assert that Mr.

Parnell declined to accept any Gladstonian -

assurances unless they were put in writ-

ing, a condition to which the Gladstonians i

would not assent.“

The Dublin Express asserts that Mo:
Cartliy has been compelled by Parnell to ‘

adopt the attitude which the latter vainly
urged him to assume in November. The
paper also says that the signs multiply
that Parnell has forced the Liberals’ hand,
and that the Liberals intend to “stand or
fall by a drastic, sweeping home rule
scheme. Mr. Morley was the first to suc-
cumb. then Mr. Labouchere, and after de-
claring Parnell insane iudorsed the “mad-
man's " demand. while The Daily News
exhausts its vocabulary to, commend Mr.
McCarthy’s statesmanlike speech.

 

Had .to Fall Back on Crispi.

PARIS. Feb. 5.—The Figaro publishes a
dispatch from Home which says: Signor
Zarnarxl'dli, minister of justice under Pre-
mier Crispi, who was summoned yesterday
by the king to organize a cabinetafter Di
Hiduni’s failure, has advised that Signor
Crispi be invited to attempt the formation
of a. new ministry. In doing so Signor
Zarnardelli stated that he could not con—
sent to form a cabinet until Signor Crispi
had positively declined to essay the task.
Later on the king is reported to have re-
quested Signor (.‘rispi to reconsider his
resignation. Here the matter now rests,
Signor Crispi being undecided as to his ac-
tion on the king’s request.

The Czar Morosc and Religious.

ST. PE'rEnsnL'no, Feb. 5.—The czar is said
to be growing more morose and religious
than ever. All the proceedings against the
Stundists, Mennonites, Roman Catholics,
Jews, Moslems and others are prompted
by the czar in person, and he is deter—
mined to establish the Orthodox Greek as
the sole religion of Russia. From remote
parts of the country terrible atrocities are
reported as inflicted on the helpless Stun-
dists who persist in clinging to their sect.

A Sharp (:hinaman's Clever Swindle.

SAN Faxxasco, Feb. 5.—A scheme has
just been discovered by which a sharp
Chinainan succeeded in swindling the gov-
ernment out of about $30,000 revenue.
\Vhen goods are imported here it is the
custom to take 10 per cent. of the goods to
the appraiser's store from which the total
dutyis to be calculated. The custom house
broker has to file a bond of $100 for the
payment of the duty, and the owner is
then allowed to take the other nine-tenths
to his place of business. On Jan. 1, this
year, a Chinaman went through this rou-
tine, leaving 10 per cent. of a large ship-
ment of opium with the appraiser. Now
that he is wanted to pay the duty he can-
not be found. The duty .on the full
ammmt of the opium be imported will be
about $35,000 and the 10 per cent. left by
him is only worth $3,500. He thus makes
a clear profit of over $30,000.

 

Kicked to Death by His Horses.

Svn.\crsi-:, N. Y., Feb. 5.——Patrick Ryan,
a Lafayette farmer, left here for home in
the evening. In the morning his team and
wagon were found in a wreck on the rocks
at a stone quarry, where they had tumbled
over a ledge. The horses were kicking
furiously to disentangle themselves, while
doubled up in the wreck was Ryan’s dead
body. The horses had almost battered the
head into a shapclcss mass and were still
kicking it. liyau is supposed to have been
too much intoxicated to control his team.

THE NEWCASTLE EXPLOSION.

 

- A Startling and Perilous Sequel to the
Colorado Mine Disaster.

NEW YORK, Feb. 5.—A special from
Denver to The Evening World says:
“There is astartling and perilous sequel
to the coal mine explosion at Newcastle.
Hundreds of families are fleeing for their
lives, as mile after mile of coal is on fire.

“The tcrril.)lc heal. and smoke are almost
. suffocatingr thOse residing within miles of

the conflagration. The people are rapidly
. moving their household effects, and horses
3 and cattle are stampeding in all directions.
5 The railroads are running trains convey-
l ing passengers to places of safety.
i “The Colorado Midland railway people
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are the leading owners of the coal moun— =

talus, and are heavy losers.”

No Lives Were Lost.
. NEWCASTLE, 0010., Feb. 5.-—It has been
; definitely ascertained no lives were lost in
l the explosion at the Grand river coal mine
on Monday night. The mine has now been
scaled up, and the fire, it is thought, will
be smothered in a few weeks.

 

 

It Caused a Sensation.
HALIFAX, N. 8., Feb. 5.——The bishop of
. Antigonish recently issued a circular
i which caused a sensation recommending
1 Sir John Thompson, minister of justice, to
ithe electors as a fit person to represent
them in the house of commons, and the
Liberals threatened to appeal to Home
3 against his interference in politics. Arch-
bishop O’Brien has indorrsed the bishop’s
position in a letter in which occurs the fol—
, lowing: “\Vere he a traitor to his country
i and to its social interests he would be unfit
to minister at God's altar. Hence should
a candidate for parliament advocate, say,
unrestricted reciprocity, and should a
prelate conscientiously believe that to be
the first step toward annexation, should he
have good reason to believe that its pro-
moters had that result in vicw—viz., to de-
stroy our candidate’s nationality and to
make of this country the battling ground
of carpet buggers and traitors—should not

he advise, exhort, entreat, argue, command ,

his people, who naturally could not see as
far as he, to vote against such candidate?”

Denver’s Corrupt Lobby.

DENVER,COlO. ,Feb. 5.—The house received
the report of the bribery investigating com-
mittee. There was a majority report
handed in by Mr. Secor and a minority re-
port by Mr. Coombs. The majority were
of the opinion that the house had been as-
sailed by as corrupt a lobby as ever at-
tempted to manipulate a legislature, and
recommended that the testimony taken be
submitted to the grand jury of Arapahoe
county. Mr. Coombs’ minority report was
to the effect that he had been unable to
Sign the report, as Messrs. Mitchell, Thorn-

' ton and Chapman had refused to name the . . , .
= a. necess1ty, it is cheaper to have all meals

. prepared at home.

persons offerin g the bribes. The majority

report was adopted.

How Conductors Steal Tickets.

BUFFALO, Feb. 5.—Louis Hirschfield, a
railroad ticket broker, has been arrested on
an indictment charging him with buying
tickets stolen by conductors. He gave
bonds in $1,000 to appear for trial. Aprom-
inent official of the Central railroad stated
that the practice of stealing tickets is being
carried on to a greater extent than most
people realize. The method of operation is
for the conductor to take up a ticket, pocket
it without punching it, sell it to the broker,

from the regular rates.

Engineer and Fireman Killed.
CLEVELAND, Feb. 5.——The Chagrin Falls
accommodation train on the Cleveland,
Canton and Southern railroad was wrecked

Oscar Greenwald and Fireman Edward
Hillman were almost instantly killed.

rolled down an embankment about ten
feet high and dragged a. combination and
coach after it. The passengers were badly
shaken up, but none of them sustained se-
vere injuries.

Attenlpted l\Iurder and Suicide.

SMITHTOH, Ills., Feb. 5.—Henry Brehtold,
a farmer living near Smithton, discharged
the contents of a shotgun at his sister—1‘11-
law, striking her in the leg. When he saw
that the shot had not produced fatal
wounds he struck her on the head with
the butt end, inflicting fatal injuries.
After reloading the weapon he placed the
muzzle under his chin and pulled the
trigger. The entire charge took effect in
his head, killing him instantly. N 0 cause
is known for the tragedy.

Tried to Make Him Confess.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo, Feb. 5,—A mob of
masked men went to a house on the out-
skirts of this place and took John Moore,
colored, to the woods, tied a rope around
his neck and swung him to the limb of a
tree. He was drawn up several times in
an effort to extort a confession as to the
whereabouts of some stolen property.
Moore protested his innocence, and the
mob finally released him. He could not
identify any of the party.

John L. “'ill Back Patsy Kerrigan.

CHICAGO, Ills, Feb. 5.—John L. Sullivan
has always had a great regard for Patsy
Kerrigan, the Boston light weight. Yes—
terday he announced that he would match
Kerrigan against the winner of the Ryan-
Needham fight for $2,500 a side. He will
issue a formal challenge in a few days.
Kerrigan and Needham fought their fa-
mous 106-round draw in California a year
ago the 7th of this month.

Smallpox Raging in Texas.

DALLAS, Tex., Feb. 5.—Smallpox is epi-
demic in the town of Rusk and surround-
ing territory. Schools and churches have
been closed and a rigid quarantine estab-
lished. A fine of $100 will be imposed on
every person who refuses to be vaccinated.
At Overton thirteen new cases are report-
ed. The county judge of Smith county
ofifers $10 a day for nurses to take charge
of the patients.

The Favorite ‘Vas Beaten.

RIDGWAY, Pa, Feb. 5.—“Hite” Peck-
ham, of Buffalo, and “Jack” Williams, of
VVilkcsbarre, fought a. finish glove con-
test near here for $500 a side. Peckham
won in eleven rounds. Both men were in
good condition and \Villiams was the
favorite in the betting. Peckham will
novvl challenge any welter weight for 951,0“
a. 51 c.

It Scares the Doctors.
HUNTINGDON, Pa, Feb. 5.—~Five deaths
have occurred here thus far this week
among women through puerperal fever,
and other deaths are momentarily expect-
ed. The disease llas reached the form of a
contagion. Several physicians have re
fused to further attend obstetrical cases. '

 

Bis Business Troubles Too lVIany.
DAXBURY, Conn, Feb. 5.—Thomas M
King, a prominent merchant, committee
suicide here this morning by shooting him-
self in 3: 10 head.
suicide.

 

 

Business troubles led to ,

 

LIVING IN A , BIG. CITY.

LIGHT HOUSEKEEPING; WHAT IT
MEANS AND HOW IT IS DONE.

 

 

It Is Not Bad for Young Married Folks.
Would Be Good for Bachelors—Also for
Groups of Girls, if Only They Could Be

l’crsuaded to Try It.

Light housekeeping has become almost a
scandalous term, because of its abuse here
and elsewhere; but, nevertheless, there is a
great deal of such housekeeping in New
York that is eminently respectable. Some-
times the partners are man and wife; some—
times they arc bachelors, and sometimes,
though more rarely perhaps, young women
engaged, as the census says, in “gainful oc-
cupations"—dressmaking, shop tending,
literary work, or what not. Most families
of this sort breakfast at home and dine at
restaurants. Nobody believes, of course,
that dining at restaurants is any cheaper
than dining at home. '

In fact, it is vastly dearer, unless the res—
taurants be of the fifteen cents a meal va-
riety. But light housekeeping dispenses
with maid servant, hospitality and a good
deal of rent. It is peculiarly well adapted
to those families of two, in which both hus-
band and wife help to earn a living. As
the wife is out all day, she cannot attend to
household duties of a very exacting char-
acter, and as economy is the object the
family cannot employ a maid servant.

CHEAP LIVING.

So two rooms, or at furthest three, are
rented instead of four, five or six; at gas
stove is used only for an hour in the morn-
ing; the “house” is heated by steam, shared
in common with other tenants, and thus
what is lost in the cost of restaurant din—
ners is saved in rent, fuel and wages. Un-
furnished apartments of two or three rooms
in respectable parts of the city may be
rented at from $8 to $25 a month.

If a young couple chooses to occupy apart
ments in one of the great sanitary tene-
ments put up for the respectable poor, the
rent will fall considerably below the smaller
of these figures. The cost of breakfast is
a mere trifle, and really poor folk, that are
willing to put up with such an apology for
a home, may live almost as cheaply in the
heart of New York as in the country. A
clever woman can make even such Quarters
as these cozy and attractive, and the possi—
bility of such a mode of life has hastened
many a marriage.

Bachelors living in this fashion manage
very comfortably, though, of course, at
greater expense, because few men are con-

. tent to get their own breakfasts and attend

who in turn resells it at a small discount ;

a few miles south of this city, and Engineer ,

i not endure.
The train was runuiu g about thirty miles ;
an hour, and the engine jumped the track, ‘

 

‘sary to the maintaining of a home.

that never meet except at dinner.

to their own apartments. The homeless
habit prevents mOst bachelor housekeeping
from going beyond the “light” stage,
though when once a. maid servant becomes

Few young men, how-
ever, are content to forego the glitter and

hum of the cheerful restaurant, with its ,

motley company and varied bills of fare.
Better and more wholesome dinners could
be prepared at home for less than half the

money, but the charm of contact with the 1

world is lost, and there is always the danger
that the absence of one partner may leave
the other to dine alone.

wnv WOMEN DON’T CLUB.

Women seem to find it difficult to keep
house together. Perhaps they are less
adaptable than men, or perhaps the strain
of constant contact, from which men may
escape by going out into the world, makes
friction inevitable. At any rate, there are
thousands of women living lonely lives in
boarding houses, when “all the comforts
of a. home” are within their reach if only
they choose to form a housekeeping part-
nership. The drearincss of boarding house
life for women is a thing that men would
In some of the poorer but
still respectable boarding houses the par—
lor is rented to a physician, so that there is
no common room where lodgers may re-
ceive visitors. ,

All the ugliness of human life shows it-
self at such places, yet women of delicate
sensibilities endure it, because they fancy
that they could not undertake the task of
housekeeping with other women. “I don’t
know any girl with whom I’d dare trysuch
an experiment.” said an art student, when
this idea was suggested to her. Another
woman, who had established a little home
of her own, confessed that she was very
well pleased that a friend living in like
manner as herself had not taken apart-
ments in the same house. For the $5, $6
or $8 a week that each of four women pays
for the discomforts of a boarding house all
could have a cozy little home in common.
But in this whole city there are probably
only a few score such homes.

Some charitable women in Brooklyn dis-
covered that nearly a. dozen shop girls were
lodging in one moderate sized room, where
they prepared their breakfasts in the morn-
ing and sat at night unless the streets
proved more attractive. Such women earn
from $3 to $7 a week.

PROJECTED WORK.

They must present a decent outward ap-
pearance; but it has been discovered that
in the case of the poorest the one visible
garment is almost the only scrap of cloth—
ing they possess. For the most part, these
girls have almost no skill as needlewomen
and little knowledge of the housekeeping
art. They simply manage to exist, and
that by constant hard work and rigid, if
not always intelligent, economy. It is a
cherished plan of the Young VVomen’s
Christian Association of Brooklyn to build
a large lodging house, where these women
may. live and carry on a species of light
housekeeping. The price of lodging will
be placed within the reach of the poorest
girls, but each will pay something for the
comforts she receives. At the same time
the association’s classes in needlework and
general domestic economy will give the
girls an opportunity to learn the arts neces-
It is
said that already the instruction imparted
in the classes of this :issociation has pro-
moted many marriages. Light housekeep-
ing for single women ought also to be pro-
motive of matrimony.

Light housekeeping in New York as-
sumes many curious forms. The city is so
large that there is room for an indulgence
of all sorts of tastes. There are families
There
are others that are together only at break-
fast. There are probably very few, rich or
poor, that take .three meals per day to-
gether. One anxious woman is the en-
thusiastic advocate of cooking in common,
or, more broadly, co-operative housekeep‘
ing. All sorts of ingenious devices have
been invented for promoting this idea-—
New York Star.

Remarkable .Agc and Name.

At San Martin, near Atacapotzal, Mex-
ico, there resides a pure Indian woman
who is believed to be 115,years of age. Her
descendants are numerous, and count
among they number great-great~grand-
children. She owns documents proving
that she carried on lawsuits with Viceroy
Vinegas while Spa-in still held dominion in
Mexico. The name by which she is known
is Torres, but her true name is Ixcabuaxo-
chitl.—-Exchangc.

 

 

THE MILL OR THE STORE.

Ono Girl’s Story of Why She Prefers the
City with Less Pay and Freedom.

“Here, Cash N0. 17!” The writer had
just entered one of the large dry goods
stores of Boston during the holiday sales,
when he heard the above cry, and turning
to look at the speaker, a young lady of 19
years, the recognition was mutual. Less
than a year before she was sewing in o
wo'olen mill in one of the many mill towns
of New England, in which the writer had
been employed. She was a good sewer and
was paid $1.25 per day, and although she
was an orphan she had a good home, and
paid but $2.50 per week for board, which
left her $5 every week clear.

Now the question came to my mind,
How came she here? And having a. desire
to hear her story, and there being no chance
to hold a. long conversation with her at
that time, she made a date with me for the
next afternoon, which was Sunday, to call
at the house Where she was rooming. I
called, and met there two other girls, whom
she introduced to me as her “chums.”

After conversing for some time upon dif-
ferent subjects I asked her how it was that
I found her workiughcre in a store in Bos-
ton, or if she liked it, and if she got more
pay than she. got in the mill. She told me
the following story, and I have no doubt
that it is the story of hundreds of store
girls in all the large cities. She had visited
the city a short time after I had left the
mill, and while in one of the large stores
she got the idea she would like to be asales-
lady, the work seemed to be so easy and
they all dressed so nice.

SO, after going back to the mill, she could
not keep her mind on her work. Her mind
was in the city as a. saleslady, and at last
she could stand it no longer. So she left
her position in the mill, left her nice home,
and came into the city. She applied for a.
position as salalady, and was ofiered $4
per week.

\Vhy, how was she going to live on that?
She could not get any kind of board for
less than $3.50 a week. \Vhere were cloth—
in g and shoes and other things necessary
for her to have coming from? Not out of
the other fifty cents that was left. Oh,
that was none of their business, and if she
proved competent after three months they
would give her % per week. She had a
little money saved, and had enough of cloth-
ing for the present, so she would take it
rather than go back to the mill.

To the question of which was the harder
work, the mill or the store, her answer left
no doubt in my mind which was the harder.
In the mill she was treated respectfully,
while in the store she had to put up with
all kinds of “cheap talk” from many cus-
tomers, some of whom were those cheap
kind of “dudes.” To the question of why
she did not go back to the mill, she said she
could not, she had got so used to the city
that the quiet life of the mill would not do
for her now, but she wished that she had
remained in the mill, where she was happy,
instead of coming to the city, and her ad-
vice to all mill girls who thought that the
mill life was hard, if they wished for a.
harder one, come to the city as a saleslady.
—Tourist.

Recording Earth Tremors by Photography

The utility of the microphone for ob-
servation of earth tremors and noises was
soon recognized, and Italy has for some
time held a foremost place among the na-
tions which have taken advantage of the
special adaptability of this instrument. It
is now found that photography possesses
admirable capabilities in the way of sup-
plementing the work of the microphone in
making these delicate records. Sig. Ba-
ratta, finding some defects in a method of
mechanical registration of the motion of a
seismic-microphone, had recourse to the
following device.

A telephone wire is connected with a
subterranean microphone. Before the tel-
cphonc diaphragm, and connected with its
center with a. fine aluminum wire, is a
short slip of the same metal. fixed below,
and having a curved piece at the top,
which rests against a small mirror, mova-
ble about a horizontal axis. This mirror
reflects the light from a lamp and lens to
photographic paper on a rotated drum.
The light is momentarily shut off every
quarter of an hour by a shutter arrange-
ment, worked electro-magnetically by the
clockwork which moves the drum.——New
York Commercial Advertiser.

 

 

Fanciful Derivations.

The San Angelo (Tex.) Enterprise says:
“The term ‘greaser,’ as applied to Mexi-
cans of the lower class, was not started, as
many suppose, as a signification of disre.
spect, but was applied by a witty war corre-
spondent in 1846, just after the battle of
Pala Alto, to those Mexicans who had
forsworn allegiance to their own country
and in preference to fighting taken the
task of loading and unloading provision
trains, which then consisted mostly of
bacon. In this way they gained the name
of the ‘greaser brigade.’ ’7 Whatever the
term implies, it is much older than The
Enterprise supposes. It was known to the
United States volunteers who came to
what is now the Indian territory in 1831,
at the end of the Black Hawk war. The
story that the name Maverick, applied to
yearling cattle. was given on account of
the head of the San Antonio family of
that name is equally fabulous. It was in
use in Louisiana before that state was a
part of the United States—Dallas N eWs. «

A. Negro Turning ‘Vhite.

Green Howell, an old colored man from
Midville, is only partly colored, though a
full blooded negro, his skin being as much
white as it is black. He has white circles
around his eyes and mouth, and his neck
is almost entirely white. The forehead and
top of his head are so white that it gives
him the appearance of being bald headed.
In reply to questions Green said that he
had been turning white for five or six
years. The skin on his body and legs now
is almost entirely white. He said there is
no feeling in the change and no pain about
it, except that when he is in the sun the
white skin blisters.

Green is over 50 years old. The white
skin exposed to viewis as clear and healthy
looking as that of a Caucasian—Savan-
nah News.

 

From Two Standpoints.

A prominent politician was blown up in
a boiler explosion in one of the western
states of America, but escaped with ashak-
ing. Interviewed by a. reporter the same
night, and describing his sensations at the
time of the accident, he remarked that all
the bad deeds in his whole life seemed to
pass through his mind While he was in the
air. A local paper of opposition politics
commented upon the statement next day,
and presumed that the fortunate survivor
must have been up about six weeks.—
All the Year Round.

She Took film at His Word.

He (11:45 p. m.)—Why, I’d do anything
in the world for you! ,

She (yawning) ——You will? ’Z‘hen for
heaven’s sake sneak home. I’m sleepy.—
Texns Siftimzs.

 

A Grand Excursion.

The Georgia-Alabama Investment &
Development Company has inaugu-
rated, and will conduct under its own
management and auspices, a. ten days
excursion to Washington, D. C., Talla-
poosa, Ga, and Birmingham, Ala.
The train will leave Boston on the
evening of Tuesday, February '17, and
New York TWednesday morning. It
will be a special Pullman vestibule
train, consisting of four sleeper
coaches, one dining car, one parlor
smoking car. with barber shop, bath
rooms, library, etc., and run over the
New York A; New England, Pennsylva-
nia, and Piedmont Air Line roads.
This is the quickest, safest and most in-
teresting route for the tourist. The
trip will last ten days and all expenses
will be settled by the company and cov-
ered by $75 from Boston and $70 from
New York. The company has been led
to offer this rare excursion because of
receiving so many applications from
people who desire to visit and inspect
its properties, as an investment.

The route will be by the N. Y. A: N.
E., Pennsylvania and Piedmont Air
Line railroads, through the picturesque
Piedmont region of the South, in sight
of the great battlefields and by way of
the national capitol.

Ample opportunity will be afforded
in \Vashington for the excursionists to
inspect the city, visit Congress, etc.,
and for sight seeing in Atlanta, Bir-
mingham, and Anniston.

The train will be an exact counter-
part of' the New York and Chicago
“Limited,” run on the Pennsylvania
and New York Central railroads, and
will be in charge of reln'esentatives of
each of the three lines of roads over
which the train will pass.

The number of excursionists will be
limited to one hundred, and applica-
tions for sleeper accommodations will
be booked in the order received. The
special train will be the finest equipped
and most magnificent that can be pro-
cured in America, and it is intended to
make the excursion one select in every
particular, and no expense will be
spared to make the trip a delightful
one to all who shall accompany it.

The rate for this excursion has been
made at $75 per passenger, which in-
cludes railroad fare, sleeping car, car-
ringe drives, meals, and every expense
for the entire trip. Tickets will be is-
sued to the excursionists on leaving
Boston, with proper coupons entitling
them to all expense during the ten
days. I

The rate from New York city will be
$5 less than from Boston, or $70, and
passengers can join excursion at any
of the points named in the itinerary.

Those who desire to accompany this
excursion should write or call at the
Boston office of this company (u‘ once,
where diagrams are on file and sleep-
ing accommodations can be secured.

As the number that can be accommo-
dated on this trip is confined to one
hundred. a deposit of $15 will be re-
quired at-the time of the application
and the assignment of berths. The
balance payable at the time of leaving
Boston or New York when tickets with
coupons attached, covering the entire
expense of the trip, will be delivered to
each of the excursionists.

Ladies are especially invited, and a
considerable number have already sig-
nified their intention of going.

Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, president
of the company, will accompany the
excursion, it being his first visit south
of Richmond since the war, and many
of the other officers and directors of
the company will be among the num—
ber. Hon. James IV. Hyatt, Treasurer

of the company, also expects to go.

It is intended to make the excursion

‘a select and delightful one in every

particular, and no pains or expense will
be spared by the company to make it a
trip long to be remembered by those
who accompany it, and it will afford the
best opportunity of the year for seeing
the growth of the new South, in a way
that will not be fatiguing, but a con-
tinual round of pleasant surprises from
time of leaving until the return, com-
pleting a trip of nearly 4,000 miles
through the heart of the New South in
a palatial train, at an expense of $7 per
day, per passenger.

Applications for sleeping accommo-
dations should be made, enclosing $15,
as soon as possible to the Boston office
of the company," as the number will
probably be filled in a very short time,
and under the terms by which the spec—
ial limited train is chartered, the num-
ber must be confined strictly to one
hundred.

GEORGIA-ALABAMA INVESTMENT & DE-
VELOPMENT 00., rooms 8 and 9 Globe
Buildmg, Boston, Mass. adv z‘f

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