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New York’s Filly Parks.
BREATHING SPOTS WHICH DOT THE
ISLAND AND ANNEXED DISTRICT.
■■Aral Park Is Best Known and Has
Been Made the Most Attractive So Far.
Over 5,000 Acres Devoted to the Peo
ple** Pleasure—nistorle Spots.
LETTER BQ
Drib Atnn-Judy and Cousins: Here I am-
It has been no long since I paid tbe L. B. a visit
that I fear some of the cousins hare forgotten
me Well, auntie, let me stay a few minutes
anyway, and I'll promise to be real sweet (?) and
not stay long. Oh, it has been so cold today! 1
do not enjo7 cold weather very much.
I rode horseback for the mail yesterday, and
enjoyed the ride hugely, but would have en
joyed It much more had I an entertaining com-
pamou with me. 5
1 helped my ■ big sis" make her a dress last
week, and she thinks it is perfectly lovelv be
cause it m all laced up with cord.
My friend, of B , who has been vfsiting
me siuce the last of August, returned home a
>ew weeks ago We certainly had a magnificent
time while she was here and I and some one
else mihs her so much.
I'm reading Robert Elsmere now and thi k
it very interesting.
Dixie La .shiv will you tell me which State you
reside in?
Max. I was very glad to see another letter
from you. Do write again
Claire, where are you?
By the way, the tire needs replenishing and
every one m the*house has retired, so I’ll take
my departure, ’cause I'm ‘ afraid.’ Dr 1 don't
Jike to sit up atone. With love from
Country Tack.
Dkak Lett..:; Boxers: I have often thought
of seeking ad mittance into your charming circle,
but never could summon courage enough.
However I am going to try aguiu. Will some
one welcome me? Thank you, I was sure you
Would.
Did l hear some one say that my face was red?
I don't dispute your word, for I've just had a
ringing, sti ging slip from my big sis, for dis
turbing h*.r repose. She had gone into her
room for an afternoon nap and by mistake left
the door open. I soon discovered that fact: but
thought shv was sleeping too sweetly lor me to
disturb her The thought struck me all of a
sudden th.it *he might be 'possuiniug just to
keep me out. Of course that wouldn’t co, sol 1
commenced to describe her personal charmv
whereupon she gave me a slap that caused me
to think her slapping abilities greater than her
person i.1 charms, i suppose she slept the sleep
of the just After that I have come to seek con
solation of the cousins.
1 expect some of you thought my face red
from embarrassment. Oh, no! that is not it; for
since l have made up my miud to pay you all
a visit, 1 Sad you so nice and entertaining that
J fee', quite at home.
Way are so many of you absent? What have
you do.ie with yourselves?
For the benefit of those who are not here, I
will give a definition of ray common place fea
tures: One nose, of a rather inquiring disposi
tion one month, which mamma says is like an
overseer's wages—from year to year; two brown
eyes, not so bad, right presentable; two ears, on
the name nlan of the generality of ear*; hair,
brown, quite independent—every hair standing
to itneif, and somebody told me not long ago
they would hate to come in contact with it for
fear of getting stuck. How do you like me?
Please forgive me if I have wearied you.
Aunt Judy, kiudly preseut my high regards to
Uuele P men. by whom with yourself and the
Cousins, I have to be regarded as a friend.
Con atnore, Bei,i,e.
to get the machine in running’order he told us
his own experience as a Letter Boxer.
I was like Claire I had been a reader of the
Letter Box some time before I conceived the
idea of being a cousin, but there w as a feeling of
cor geniality about their letters that made^me
,,r ant to be one o ’em, and I wrote a short letter
to the Box, hardly daring to hope that it would
find a place among them. 1 was all eagerness
for the next paper to come, it did not appear in
that issue or the next, but the next one. Oh,
e?stacy: Oh! delight! I could scarcely believe
my eves I couldn’t read it, the w ords would all
run together: I looked down at the bottom of the
piece, and there I saw in plain English, my own
name, “Snarling.” There was no mistake about
it. I had beea admitted to the “chaKned circle,”
that encouraged me and I became a regu'ar con
tributor, and in r!1 truthfulness aud sincerity, I
can say that the Sunny South has brought more
sunshine and happiness into my life than almost
anything else. It has gotten to be so much a
part of myself that Idou’tknow whether I could
exist without it.
May the Letter Box continue iu motion,
And its pages each week lie unfurl’d,
Till the beetle has drunk up the ocean,
And a tortoise has crawled round the world.
P S.:—Please, Aunt Judy, can’t I add this
little postscript, a mischievous afterthought you
know.
Hassie Earl, you perhaps put, too much con
fidence in what i told you last summer about a
certain • tooth carpenter.'' I only gave you ray
opinion about the matter. He has just gotten
back from your house, and this is the message
he sent me. * You have played havoc with my
plans, and there is one of the two thiugs you
have got to stop, you have got to quit telling
talcs out of school, or make the people lose
some confidence in what you siy. I just talk, d
and|pleaded a%bard as I could for two days, and
the only answer I could get was a very decided
no! and I believe you are to blame for every bit
of it.” Now seriously, Hassie, I didu’t think
that he was a “matrimonial game,” but he de
clares that he is; that show’s that I couldn’t sec
straight. There now! I have adjusted my*glasses
and I won’t look crooked any more. S.
‘ rfwee'.joys there are, though they be few,
Brig'll Isles that dot sad sorrow’s sea.
Sad tli.nights come still liking falling dew;
An i friends our friends no longer be.”
H )W forcibly these lines come home to me.
ha increlible tint I C3nid bo soon be so |
utterly forgotten. It appears that my duplicity I
04" so sh »’xe l some of our bright contributors
a«. to cause them v> abandon our Household. ’
For this i am trut> sorry. I doubt not I am de- I
► pise l, by many of tnc membirs But with
Mavwaroi I exclaim—“Ay, do despise me! I’m j
the ponder for it! I likes to be despised.’ ’ (In
a horn j
Wi .l Bysshe, let me grasp your hand. Your
letters to the L. B. have evoked a desire to
know yon The sentiments expressed by yon
Mru k kin ire l chords :n my breast. Bui come
close to me, my friend, in 1 let me whisper a
word of warning. If you have ever quaffed the
contents of the bitter cup a id would tain hear
w v:ds of consolation, go el*ewhere for them.
Though perhaps the L. B., is different from the
H H. tne trouble is you are a boy. you know.
J sneak from experience
Haii all ye Texas brothers and sisters! You
will surely 'trike hands with me iuw that 1 am
h Text an * And by the way, how come we did
no*mee at the Dallas fair, Bobo answers why.
I was there two or three days, and should have
been more than glad to see auy one belonging
:o our band. Wnile iu I) I was with two old
time friends. Two young men I attended col
lege with, at Keachre, La. I wonder if there
are ii >t ot *rs of this band who attended that
institution! if so, I would be glad to know
who they
italic your last letter was read with much
pleasure ani interest. Don’t understand that I
Min looking oHt for a partner. I’m a boy.
you know Bat 1 take an interest in watching
other people A few evenings ago an elderly
adv Crttn- in the store, aud wnile 1 was waiting
on her, we became engaged iu pleasant con
verse one tol l me she was the wife of the min
uter of one of the finest churches here. .She
-not- ve"*' kindlv to me, and invited me to their
•qurch arid Bnuday School, in our conversi-
• >3 s q e went on to say that it was the women
•i0 made society what it is—whether good or
bad Aud mat the life of many a boy is shaped
nto t .at of e1 her a good or bad man by a wo
man's influence. 1 know that latterclause to be
true. i>■> you remember what I wrote you once
on this subject Earnest Willie? This evening
as I sit here wrapped in thought, my mind goes
’oack through dim corridors of years. An » in
r Aiicy i see—g istening through tne mi^ts ot
♦hos-* yearn—a new-mad ; grave iu a quiet coun-
ry chur b yard. Over the grove bends a boyish
form, with tearful eyes fixed on tbe slab at the
head ”lu mem Dry oi my mother,” are the words
that hold bis gaze. Faithfully, ZlRIIN£
Ft. Worth, Tex.
at. Lbtter Boxers:
Long time has passed
Since I wrote to y. u last,
And various have been the reasons.
But with a loving heart
Aud a brand-new pen.
I uove maze my obeisance.
»m‘ Now really, cousins, .that* my own
and for me l thiux it’s sira;>;y wouder-
» \ never could make words jmgle iu my
in i bow those lines happened to enter my
urn is something that 1 can t understand.
^ onlv spring. 1 should dub ra\self
n^DOeV'arm I'd write poetry for the corn-
IF-a’ik Leslie’s Popular Monthly! but re-
: thpii niect. Yes, a long time has
d^-unce 1 have been with you all, but I
read vour letters every week, and so many
• dear cousins have kindly remembered me
vanted to know why so long ij®£/ C ouM
1 hvSe”bit‘space YorSids and
'mi’how much 1 appr’eciate P your thoughtful
to me for W be called back again is
littinu iu sunshine calm and sweet; serene
r, t l t fe?lin4 bud and bloom under the ray.
” e ho» unfortunate that remark you
: ‘Vve had'a 0 sTmiUr experience' myaMf.
once upon a time .that means a longtime
C J 3a ‘ i h a -i > ^L t me ll0 raHvav3 had lots of curi-
£d , guessing things and one
inWmo^howevei:
“iu ? ty P o7f n rb?ide.wMwritten n UP M .nd
i commented on. ju^as^ | uown
^‘“ftbeV^erecopied the announcement
the livening Journal besides mule-
^aXmTgh’SdrbuUheUt^jtfuresme
more ‘orce ian any other mwniug^ ^
ry^u^^^^rjea&ymo^^ f
is the elocution teacher in tncrraui.ii
In Sit summer •^^Pfher^il one
o tbe postoftice for the e o
dette, in sackcloth and ashes I beg fmgive-
f.Ymv seeming indifference. I did not
,25 treat rour last long letter in this way;
ed I did not I have had so little time this
mer that I could give to letter writing-a
“re I love so well Asa token of forg.ve-
, please accept my love, and ere long I nope
nd you a great big Ion? letter,
lire iugge-sted a r;o" . wtf n ^Mission
s last letter. I• ,u8 ' ,
t take to ir r.it" ;
otherc- exp ' <■ J
MystifXcra of Science.
How arc we to bring down our specula
tions ami researches to the level of popular
comprehension? some will probably «A
Nobody wants you, we reply, to bring
down to popular comprehension that
which cannot possibly be popularly com
pretended, but we do want you to ham,
and show that you have, an interest in tbe
general advancement of knowledge, and
that you regard your specialty, whatever
it may be. as simply a higher development
of forms of knowledge that are within the
popular grasp, and .as being, if remotely,
still vitally, connected with the practical
concerns of life.
If such is not the case, if, on the con
trary, you are soaring in a region in which
practical views have no place and no pos
sible relevancy, then we make bold to say
that your so called science is merely a la
borious and pretentious idleness. It is one
thing to wander far afield in search of that
which may at some time or another, if not
immediately, prove of value to the human
race. It is another and very different one
to wander far afield for the acknowledged
purpose of getting not only beyond gen
eral comprehension, but beyond the sphere
of all possible utility.
The only condition on which science can
claim the reverence of mankind is that it
devote itself to human service, and it rests
with the serious students of science to
make good this claim. In order that the
relations lx-tween science and the age may
be what they ought to be, the world at
large must be made to feel that science ia
in the fullest sense a ministry of good to
all, not the private possession and luxury
of a few; that it is the best expression of
human intelligence and not the abraca
dabra of a school, that it is a guiding light
and not a dazzling fog.—Popular Scienca.
CTjurrli Service by Telephone.
The attempt made at Christ church, Bir
mingham, England, to transmit the church
service by telephone to London, Manches
ter and other distant points has been at
tended with very fair success. Some of
the difficulties which have to be overcoma
before people cpn listen in comfort at their
own fireside to the voice of their favorite
minister may be gathered from the follow
ing description of the experiment by on*
who took part in it:
When the morning service commenced
there was what appeared to be an unseem
ly clamor to hear the services.
The opening prayer was interrupted by
cries of “Hello there!” “Are you there?"
“Put me on to Christ church. ” “No, I
don’t want the church,” etc. Put present
ly quiet obtained, and by the time tbs
Psalms were reached we got almost un
broken connection, and could follow tbs
course of the services. We could hear Ht-
tle of the prayers—probably from the fact
that the oifici.it ing minister was not within
voice reach of the transmitter. The organ
had a faint far away sonnd, bu the sing
ing and the sermon were a distinct
—London Letter.
Preservation of Fabrics.
A Belgian chemist is said to have de
vised a method of rendering fabrics proof
against tbe ravages of decay for an indefi
nite period. Noting the fact that rosin
played an important part in the woDderfnl
preservation of Egyptian mummies, ha
made numerous experiments with sub
stances extracted from birch bark, te
which the peculiar aroma of Russia leather
is due. lie found that the green tar which
is left over after the oil used in tanning
has been extracted from the white bark of
the hirch tree yields neither add nor alka
loid, and that in solution with alcohol it
forms a liquid of remarkable fluidity,
which has the power of resisting when dry
the action cf even alcohoh It is claimed'
that this preservation possesses the prop
erty of uniting with the most delicate and
brilliant colors, and rendering them ap
parently i m perishable. —New York Tele
gram.
Mod Slinging Sfcnold Bn Diacoereged.
“It is true that I was convicted of bur
glary ten years ago," said the candidate ia
a low voice. “U is true, as my opponents
Charge, that I bad to leave the state hur
riedly and with bat little baggage because
I thoughtlessly signed another man’s name
to a check and didn't notice it tiU Pd
cashed it. But, gentlemen,” and he raised
his voice and held np both hands, “I appeal
to you to show your disapproval of tbs
mad slinging methods of the opposition.
It is getting to be the fashion in politics
more and more to deal in personalities, to
dreg in details about the candidate’s Kfs
that should not be mentioned, and I trust
you will rebuke this tendency by elect
ing me to the high office to which ! ' ““
—Pittsburg Dispatch.
J. H. Page, of Fort Kent, Aroostook
county. Me., must lie about the maddest
man in the United States. It is said that
long before the king of stallions, Nelson,
attracted any attention by his speed, that
new famous horse was offered to Page for
$500, but tbe Aroostook man refused. Now
Mr. Page and all his neighbors are kicking
themselves for letting such a bonanza gel
by them.
I prescribe Simmon* Liver Regulator,
and it deserve* all the praise it receives.—
D D. W. Atkinson, SUosm Springs, Ark.
Among tlie many characteristics for
which New York claims eminence among
the great cities of the world none jnstiSes
the claim more completely than the lib
erality with which public parks are
founded and maintained.
Thirty years ago this claim could not
have been substantiated. There were,
it is true, a number of small parks or
rather open squares in the lower part of
the city, hut they were not many, nor
were they maintained in any way to re
flect credit npon the city. They were
valuable, of course, as breathing places;
^ _ s.
xne comparative importance or OB-
tral park and of the entire park system
may be understood, partially at leaat, by
a comparison of fignxea. Central park
cost in the first place for the acquisition
of the land alone about six millions of
dollars. The purchase of other and newer
parks has cost more money, although the
ground was acquired before it grew so
valuable as that of Central park was.
The purchase of the new parks in tho
annexed district, so-called, or tho
ground above the Harlem river, in
volved an expenditure of five millions of
dollars. This last acquisition of the city
was made only two years ago and in
cludes fl.O-lo acres, or more than four
and a half times as much ground as is
included in Central park. It is fairly to
be called a permanent feature of the
city, as it includes all the ground that
will be really needed for parks in the
new territory, no matter what the
growth of tbe city may be.
In addition to this other millions have
been spent for other land—notably the
Riverside and Morningside parks and
about a million dollars a year—a little
less than that—is spent for the main
tenance of all ths parks. It is a difficult
thing to say just what New York has
spent for parks. The appropriations are
spread over so many years, and the rec
ords are so involved, that even the em
ployes of the. park department have
given np trying to learn exactly, but it
is not less than $50,000,000 in round
numbers.
The parks, big and little, are, as was
said, about fifty in number. From tbe
Battery, which is at the very point of
A LOVERS’ nook, central tare.
even the smallest are priceless treasures
in a crowded city, but in proportion to
the necessities of New York they were
of little account.
In 18.17 the city began the conversion
of a great space in the middle of Man
hattan island into a park that should lie
worthy of the name. It was a great un
dertaking, for the ground was not spe
cially adapted by nature, excepting in a
few places, for park purposes, and it wa*
several years before an;,'thing worthy of
the name of park appeared. Constant
care and work, and the expenditure of
millions npon millions of money, hare
transformed the rongh and rocky ground
into one of the famous parks of tbs
world. It is not to be contended that
the Central park is entitled to rank
among the very finest of parks, :ilthongh
New Yorkers are fond of thinking
and saying that it is. The fact is, how
ever, that it will take many years and
some millions more of money to bring it
to anything like a state of completion.
Beautiful as it is, and highly finished as
it is in p;irts, Central Park is still rather
an indication of what is to be expected
than a finished pleasure ground.
It contains within its 840 acres of
ground many attractions which are
really known to only a few, compara
tively, of the people of the city. One of
the. marvelous things about city life is
that so few’citizens realize what they
are getting for the money they spend
directly or indirectly in taxes. In ths
Central park there are miles of ca-riage
drives and bridle paths as fine as may be
found on earth. There are foot paths
through which the solitary strolle.- or
the engaged couple looking for society
in solitude may saunter for hours almost
undisturbed save by the birds and the
squirrels. There are great “commons,"
so called because the people may walk
or lie on the grass—a thing that is per
force denied elsewhere—where games of
ball, croquet, tennis, curling and the
like go on, and where picnic parties may
enjoy a whole day undisturbed. There
is a menagerie, where strange beasts and j
birds may be seen almost in a state of
nature. There are swings, merry-go-
rounds aud playgrounds for the chil- J
dren. There are concerts for every-!
body. j
There is even in one part of the park a
sheep fold, with a flock of pure South- j
dowi sheep cared for faithfully in tra- j
ditional fashion by a shepherd and his 1
little collies. Hardly anything in the 1
whole park delights the children so much '
as the sight of the lambs at play. j
All these are maintained in Central
park alone by the city. Nearly a mill-!
A GLIMPSE OF THE SHEEP.
ion dollars a year is spent by New York
for the maintenance of her parks, of
which Central park is the best known.
Thousands, and sometimes, of a pleasant
day, tens of thousands, of people visit it,
yet there are scores of thousands of citi
zens who know nothing about it.
The Central park has served, however,
several purposes outside of its particular
use by the people for riding, walking
and the enjoyment of games, concerts,
etc. It stimulated local pride to such s
degree that several desirable results have
followed. First, it aroused public opin
ion as to the value of parks generally.
The encroachments npon public reserves
had begun. As land became more valu
able down town covetous eyes were cast
on zne nvuo pars*, erne—st. jotmi
park—was sacrificed to corporate needs,
and sold to the Hudson River Railroad
company. Others had been neglected,
as, for instance, Tompkins square. There
was danger of the city losing its valua
ble preserves, but the newly aroused sen
timent was sufficiently strong to give
rise to the formation of a society for the
preservation of public parks.
This society has done much. By work
ing npon public sentiment it has fairly
established a feeling in the community
that is so strong that it is safe to say
no more parks will be sold, and none
will hereafter he diverted from its le
gitimate purpose. But, far more than
that, the education of the public, largely
accomplished by this society, has led to
the establisliment of the entire park sys
tem of which New York is justlyprond.
Outside of the city it is generally imag
ined that Central park is the principal
pleasure ground of the metropolis. New
Yorkers, or some of them, know better.
Central park has 840 acres. The total
acreage of the parks of the city is 5,158.
Central park is one. New York has
fifty parks, big and little.
THE OLD BLOCK HOUSE.
entrance to the city, to the extreme
northern boundary of the great metrop
olis parks are on every hand. Many of
them are on liistoric ground. From the
Battery itself, with pre-Revolntionarv
traditions, and Bowling Green near by,
with a story of a riot in 1770, in which
the statue of George IV was cast to the
ground, to the upper end of Central
park, where the old Block House stands,
and the old battle grounds on Riverside
and Morningside parks, there are few of
the public pleasure grounds that have
not traditional interests a century or
more old.
For it is to be remembered that New
York is hiking rank among old cities.
It was well established among the cities
of the world more than a century ago,
and when the struggle of the Revolution
began it was the most important point
in the New World as it is today. The
old Block House that still stands on the
line of the aqueduct, inside the limits of
Central pari; marks the site of the bat
tle of Harlem Plains or Harlem Heights
—antiquaries are now quarreling about
the real name of the fight. British for
tifications still stand, anrJJ 1 Washington's
Headquarters” are still pointed out in
New York parks.
It is of the new parks, however, that
New Yorkera will have most to say in
the next century. In the vast territory
that was acquired by annexation there
was a great space especially available
for parks, and this was bonght and set
aside for the purpose. A chain of pleas
ure grounds was established. It con
sists of the Van Cortlandt, the Bronx,
the Crotona, the Pelham Bay, the Clare
mont and the St. Mary’s parks, and three
parkways, so called, which are connect
ing strips between those named, and are
really parks of themselves. These are
the Bronx and Pelham, the Mosholu and
the Crotona parkways.
It is in these parks, indeed, that the
city has its best chance to establish
pleasure grounds that shall he worthy of
the name. They are laid out on ground
that has never been diverted from rural
purposes, and has therefore retained its
natural beauty. As the steady expendi
ture of money on Central park has con
verted it into a garden of great beauty,
and as the constant accumulation of
treasures of art has enriched the effect!
produced by skillful gardening, so, it ia
almost certain, the progress of two or
three generations will transform the;
rougher beauty of the new paries into a
finished attractiveness that will vie suc
cessfully with any of the great pleasure
grounds of the world.
David A. Certis.
HOW TO TRAVEL.
It is often hard to decide what,.Route
to take when starting on atrip. In order
to travel with ease, comfort, in style and
safety, always take the Famods Cincin
nati, Hamilton and Dayton R. R. They
have the finest road bed in the world.
Run 4S Passenger trains a day between
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Chicago, Day-
ton and Toledo and Detroit. The Pull
man Velvet Vestibule Line, Parlor and
Dining cars on day trains and elegant
first class coaches and Pallman sleepers
on night trains. Ask any Agent for tick
ets by the C. H. & D. R. R. or write to,
Wii. A. Wiggins,
Southern Pass. Agent,
P. O. Box 436. Chattanooga, Tenn.
Tlie first edition of Michael Davitt’s new
paper was 150,000 copies, and the paper bid*
fair to keep to that point.
The craze for collecting sometimes takes
very curious forms. An old New York
merchant has a fancy for collecting trusses
of ail
Give your pet dogs or cats Simmons
Liver Regulator, when siek—it will cure
them.
Pensions are paid by the government to
the widows of three presidents, eighteen
generals, one colonel and two rear admi
rals.
Among recent inventions is “floating
rope," with a center consisting of a core ot
■mall round corks placed end to end, and
surrounded by a network of twine.
“Look here,” arid the lecturer to a boy
who was disturbing him by a constant
ooughing, “here's 25 cents to gets bottle
of Dr BuU’s Cough Syrnp.”
No remedy equals Salvation Oil^ for
cure of bruises, cuts, burns, frostbites,
and chilblains.
A NEW DEPARTURE.
nr Haile, an old and experienced physician
solicits correspondence from persons snfferlni
tom chronic diseases of whatever nsme or
character especially such as heretofore have been
cJmlSleTed fceurable. All letters will receive
htoSSSlnl reSderation, an honeet and candid
ODlSon given in every case. No pay lor servlcea
SSScuSd-yo” pay on* taj
nlfihed each mouth. He guarantee* a cure in all
SSSfunderUken or receive* no pay for Miser-
and sddiem TSBonlerard, Atlanta, da.
lUnUon;thli"p«P«r. 7«-tt
l Itane TreatmeQi.
i&HBgg/i
5 v ’V, CONSUMPTION
v a; BRONCHITIS
hay FEVER V
Medicated Oxygen
INHALATIONS
FOR
Head, Threat and Langs Only.
Quiets Cough, Softens Tubercles,
and Heals the Lungs, Purify
ing the Blood.
BY MEANS OF SPRAY BULB SEPARATE
SPECIFICS USED FOR CATARRH
AND HAY FEVER.
What People Say About Specific Oxygen*
Romf.,Ga., Oct. 2S, 1889.
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NO. 27 WEST-DAILY.
Leave Augusta 745 s
Leave Washington 7 20 a
Leave Athens 8 2S a
Leave Gainesville 5 55 a
Arrive Atlanta ... 1 » a
No. 28 EAST-DAILY.
Leave Atlanta 145 p a
Leave Gainesville \ 6 56 a a
Arrive Athens 7 05 p ■
Arrive Washington 7 20 p a
Arrive Augusta 816 p ■
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Ar Athens 515 p m
Ar Washington.2 30 pm
Ar Augusta 3 15 p m
Lv August*.... 11 06
Lv Washington 1110 am
Lv Athens 8 40 *■
Ar Gainesville. .8 25 pa
Ar Atlanta 5 45 pa
NO. 4 EAST-DAILY. I NO. 3 WEST-DAILY.
Lv Atlanta....1115 p m Lv Augusta....11 00 pm
Ar Augusta. ...6 35&m|Ar Atlanta 6 30am
DECATUR TRAIN—Dally except Sunday.
Lv Atlanta 8 55 amiLv Decatur 9 45 am
Ar Decatur 9 23 am Ar Atlanta 10 15 av
Lv Atlanta 3 25 pm Lv Clarkston... 410 pi
Ar Decatur 3 40 pm|Lv Decatur 4 25 pi
Ar Clarkston 4 05 pm Ar Atlanta 4 50 pi
COVINGTON ACCOM N—Daily except Sunday
;.v Atlanta 6 20 pm Lv Covington...5 40 an
Lv Decatur 6 56 pm Lv Decatur 7 25 *0
Ar Covington... 8 35 pm Ar Atlanta 7 55 an
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HOME SEEKER3’ RATES.
* Only One FareTor Ronnd Trip *
From all points North. East and West. Tickets
on sale Sept. 9th. 23d and Oct. 14th •
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IMMIGRANT RATES
ONE AND ONE-HALF CENT PER.MILB
Tickets on sale Sept. 9th ; 23d and 30th, also
Nov. 11th and 25th and Dec. 2d. Tickets will be
sold from all principal points in the territory of
the Trunk Line. Central Traffic, Western States
and Southern Passenger Association, at one and
a half cents per mile. Tickets limited to con
tinuous passage to any point iu Florida reached
via the Florida Central & Peninsular system.
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in< In addition to its old and popular conn*!
lion.
The Louisville & Nashville K. B.,
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connection the
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Pisco, Leon, Suwannee Nassaw, Leroy, Orange,
Hillsboro, Wakulla, Columbia, Clav, Marion,
Polk, Manatee, Madison, Baker, Bradford, Sum
ter, Hernando and DeSoto—in their richest, par
tions. It runs through the
Middle Florida Region of Hill Country,
s hare are the fine old
Farming Lands.
and the new
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(reached by no other line) soma of them con
ducted on a largo scale. Here are Quincy, Ta;
lahassee, the capital, Mouticello, Madison and
other towns, from whose comfortable, amp!*
dwellings, reposing in a fertile country, is com
ing a renewed energy to employ the resourcal
lavished about them. Stretching down through
The Peach Country
of Baker Bradford, Alachua and Levy count!**,
through the prosperous
Strawberry Farms
of Ltw’.ey Starke aud Waldo—perhaps superior
in profit to the orange grove—it goes throigh
the heart of the State, penetrating soma of its
finest groves, one body being
70,000 Full bearing Orange Trees,
passing nearly a mile between them—making 1*A
wiy Southward to the Gulf, and to the more
tr epical sections of the State-
in all portions of the State It reaches point* ot
Scenic Interest.
Wakulla Springs in the West, the Suwanne*
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Silver Springs, in the lake region, and th*
Lakes
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Regular Mixed Farming, Stock or Dairy
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MACON NIGHT EXPRESS—DAILY.
NO. 31 WESTWARD | NO. 32 EA8TWAKD.
^JNCOX POINT & IVHITK PL ATS'} R. B
Leave Union Point *10 10 am * 5 40 pas
Arrive at Silourn 10 35 am 6 05 pa
u at W T hite Plains 1110 am 6 40 pa
Leave White Plains *8 00 am *3 30 pa
“ Siloam 8 35 am 6 05 pa
Arrive at Union Point 9 00 am 4 30 pa
♦Daily except Sunday.
No connection for Gainesville on Sunday.
Sleeping car to Charleston on Trains No 4
Trains Nos. 2,1, 4 and 3 will, if signalled atop
at any regular schedule flag station.
Trains Nos. 27 and 28 will stop and recelvt
passengers to and from the following station
only; Grovetown, Harlem, Dearing,Thompson,
Norwood, Barnett, Crawfordville, union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge. Social droll
Covington, Conyers, Lithonia, Stone Mountslll
and Decatur. 27 makes close connections tor all
points north and northwest.
Trains 1 and 2, dinner at Union Point.
Train No. 28, supper at Harlem.
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cars between Atlanta and Memphis (in couneo-
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through between Birmingham and Kansas City,
This is many miles the shortest and by far th*
best equipped Passenger Line between point*
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points iu Arkansas, Texas and the West and
Northwest. Everything new aud flrst-eias*.
Through tickets via this line on sale at all
through ticket offices.
For any desired information, for larg* rat?
aDd time table folder, address.
H. D. ELLIS, J. E. LOCKWOOD,
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339 Main st Kansas City.
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