Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 28, Number 26, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 25 December 1897 — Page 7

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A CHRISTMAS STOBT BT G. X. FEBIU8. r-'fp [Copyright. 1897. by the Author.] Frustrated hope throw its blight on the cheery old (ace as -Mrs. Martin read the letter from her son Paul. Ho had been a wanderer for eight years and now wrote from South Africa. The same feeling haunted Kate Lockwood's fine eyes, though she bit her Up at the conscious revelation. But Mrs. Martin did not see. Her eyes were blurred And murmuring. "What could have happened to change his mind?" as if it were the presage of some greater blow, she went on with the rending: "I'd give a few 'sparklers' to be with you on Christmas, as I had planned Hut a fellow can't always fulfill his own wishes It's better to have everything wound up before leaving. South Africa has treated me pretty well up here in its diamond fields, so 1 shouldn't kick if it keeps me in its clutch a little longer. 1 shan't be sorry to leave this furnace behind. When my letter reaches, Jack Frost will be abroad with you in Vermont, clod in ice and snow, but here a man will bo baking at 96 in the shade, I'm burned as black as any Kaffir in the mines, so that you and Kate would scarcely know my swarthy phiz By the woy, you may tell that young woman from me that I don't half lAe her goings on with tho Swinton man. Didn't she promise to wait for me? 1 shall have a word to say to her about her faithlessness And so Paul's letter rambled on In a semichufling tone Kate's face had darkened anury scarlet when Mrs. Mar tin looked up and Bald: "Why, myd^r, you mustn tako Paul's jokes so hard You know what a 'tease' ho was from a boy

That wiw precisely the trouble. Paul bad always latin joking. Kato feared. A distant cousin and reared in tho family, ever since she had emerged into womanhood a more tumultuous sweetness had mingled with tho calm affcctlon she had once felt for Paul even as she bad for his elder brother Will. When he had gone away, she was only 17. and keenly she bad quivered with the pang of parting Year after year hrnl slid by, and the rolling stone found no rest and tho girl's soro heart had ccrtnlnly found no balm in the absent Pi

Ail's Jocose phrases, Yot sho had

sometimes fancied a thrill of sentiment and tenderness quIckcnlng his sportive allusions At all events suitors had lacked fuel for their fire, and her friends rallied tho young schoolteacher that tho only men folk flho Ilktxl were the lads, with whom sho could bo "jolly good follow" In a most fuscinatlng way lior latest admirer, the head of a prosperous factory and much liked by the Mnrtlns, had no better luck than predecessors "There was at! mo," tho old lady con tinned in reminiscent mood as sho laid down tho letter, "whon I hoped you and Paul would come together somo day but, lackaday, that's all dono with. I can't understand tho girls nowadays. I s'pose you ain't afeared of beln left an old maid, for, you know, you're good lookln"—and Mrs. Martin peered quizzically at Kato ovor her glasses—"but still you might never have such a good offer as Mr. Swinton—plenty of money, not too old, and as good as golrt. As for Paul's stayin away another year"— "What's that about Paul's not comin home?" Mr. Martin's jolly rod face, now boginnlng to pucker with years and care, was filled with dismay as he suddenly entered tho room. "That Bcapegraco of ourn oughter bo thrashed of he's a-goln to disappoint us ag'in." So Mrs. Martin again read the letter aloud, while Knte, amid the varied" comment of tho old couple, escaped for a hearty cry.

Farmer Martin's gloom had a deeper root than ordinary miscarriage of hope. "I'd ruther looked to Paul's help of the wust comes," suid he his wife, "for Will's got all ho can shoulder. Tho mortgage on the place has never been easy to meet—what with poor crops and low prices. 1 met Squint Barber Jes' now, and I told him we expected Paul. 'Fer sure,' %\ld he, and laughed with his*Ho, ho!' like some danged olo hyeny, and thon he said he hoped there wouldn't bo any delay this year 'bout tho mortgage money or somcthin nil'/ht, turn up, and then he outs with another snicker Confound his hide, It's as heartless tuf his sheepskin books, fer I hod alius reckoned him a friend afore."

Though Christmas did not promise any appetizing sauce for its turkey and mince

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I pr )il«, active proration went on usual. for Will and his children would be there, Hfid their hearts must be gladdened with k^hrlstums sunshine Arllngford bad in|deed always kept the day with more fervor lihan Is the wont with most New Kngland ]J country towns It was the day before

Christmas and the farmer was returnftig from the woods, whither he had gone to •elect the Christmas tree The crispy sweet air was musical with skMghbells, for the earth was sheathed in dazzling white. As he turned into the main street, his bobsled almost collided with a fast cutter spinning .homeward from Chester It was Squiro ^Barber returning from the county seat, some eight miles distant, where his law office was located

Merry Christmas* If it isn't too early!' shouted the lawyer, pulling up "What have you got there? Holly, and as live mistletoe too 1 haven't seen any before for an age" "Yes.' said Mr Martin, "Itcomes and goes in a curious way I hain't found it growtn fer ten years till 1 got tills from a half rotten apple tree in the upper orchard And he held upa sprig of It with it* yellow leaves and whitish berries shinlnj* I ike crushed silver in the winter sparkle .of the ran, "The old legend says it brings good Tack." answered the lawyer "I*U drop in this evening ami see it banging, for the of Irkeinf pretty (Late tuyfar thej

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mistletoe, unless Swinton gets ahead of me." And he chuckled heartily to himself as be drove on.

The Martins bad attended the early service in the church and were now gathered in the big parlor where the ChrtHlnas tree was set loaded with presents and the children were all agog with eagerness. Mr. Swinton was a guest of the occasion, though not much to Kate's pleasure. The tree had been almost stripped of its burden amid the jubilation of the youngsters, and even Paul's absence couldn't quite quench the heartsome glow of the old folk. "Ow I "ood like to see fcSanty Cans hissef 'cn be comes down the chimley tonight!" said little May Martin, her mouth gorged with dripping sweets.

Just then a tremendous clashing of bells rantc out as if a whole caravan of sleighs were coining up the road. Louder a&d louder chimed the silvery music till it stopped before the door amid the pawing of horses' hoofs. "Who can it be?" they all said to each other. "Perhaps it is Santa Claus," wbis pered Kate to little'May The ohild caught

BOW THE OLD MOTHER CRIED AlfD HUGGED HIM at the entrancing thought and rushed to the front door They heard a scream of terror, and May darted back, gasping and white, to hido her face in her father's lap

Santa Claus indeed had come to the child's Invocation. Framed in the doorway and seeming almost to fill it stood great, fur clad figure, looking like a gigantic bear on its hind legs. A fur helmet covered tho wholo face, with goggles in the eyelet holes, and on tho furry arm hung a big basket with bulging contents Amid tho breathless silence and wonder tho uncouth figure stalked to the Christmas tree and crowded Its empty boughs with such a largess of parcels as to bend them low. As tho pantomime went on Mr. Martin nodded to bis wife and Kate and then toward their guest as if to say, "This littlo comedy Is tho pleasant surprise of a rich man's wooing." But Swinton's eyes were bent on Santa Claus with a queer look of dread and expectancy, could they have gauged his thought

Not a word was uttered till the fur clad intake had closed his task, whon a hoarse, rumbling voice, as if it had been made raucous by shouting against polar blasts, issued from under the fur hood, calling them by name and summoning them to receive their gifts. The children's turn came first The trembling youngsters wcro loaded with such gorgeous and wonderful toys as they hod never dreamed could exist Will Martin got a box containing a sealskin cap and gloves. The wonderful fur cloak which Santa Claus throw around Mrs. Martin was fit for t*e shoulders of a queon, as she stood there quivoring with curiosity and a dumb presagot. that feared to namo itself and stammering thanks that choked in the throat In tho furmer's hands was placed a large sealed onvelope, and ho blinked and peered as if ho would unravel somo clew to the impassive mystery which fuccd him. He itched to tear open the envelope, but waited.

Kate Lockwood's namo was called, and hor trembling limbs could scarcely carry her forward. A little box was snapped open and a. superb diamond ring blazed like a star. She ^row dizzy, for a blinding flash of Intelligence came oven before that furry mask was torn off with a swift gesturo and tho bronzed face of Paul, twitching with emotions of joy and tenderness, appeared to them. How the old mother cried and hugged him till her arms were weary how tho men folk wrung his hand and overwhelmed him with broken, eager questioning, and how the children made shy acquaintance with tho unknown uncle Santa Claus need not bo recounted. "And has my Kate no greeting?" Paul said. She came forward with checks of flame from whero sho had sttxxl aloof, bewildered with a rush of feelings. He gazed at her shining eyes, and her hoart leaped at the lover's deep look Then he happened to notice the (wisted vine of leaf and berry that swayed over her head, the time honored symbol of a thousand sweet mysteries "Under tho mistletoe, too," ho laughed. He was tho same old teasing Paul. That is as it should be." And b»# took his privilege then and there, drawing her sweet face to his and kissing her on tho lips before them all "Look," he whispered, "at the 'inner circle of the ring," and there Kate saw engraved, "From Paul to the woman he loves," and that was Paul's proposal, answered to his satisfaction by one Bashing glance, veiled as quickly by the modest eyelashes. "I've been ringing and hammering at the outer door for five minutes, and no one came, so 1 walked In," said a new voice as Squire Barber entered. "I suppose you've got everything fixed to your wishes now, and that the mistletoe brought good luck."

You old fox, you knew sill about it," burst forth the farmer, and with a sudden thought he opened the envelope and saw it was a "mortgage satisfaction" paper. "So it was Paul and you that put up this Christmas joke "Yea, dad," said Paul without a bit of remorse "I think we did tt in pretty good style too I started from South Africa at the same time I posted that letter as a blind and landed more than a fortnight since. The rest was easily fixed, and I determined to shake you all up with a big surprise. And 1 have proved such a successful Santa Claus that a certain young woman has concluded to let me play Santa Claus to her for life "Where's Mr. Swinton?" said the farm-

BOOM aay that crw t»imt that Wherein ear Bartow's birth fa celebrated. Tho bird cf dtxwnlag sta«*th all Bight And Uwa, tbmy aa?, no spirit dareasttr abased Ifes eights art wbo—onu tbsa ao r'*"T** strike Ho fairy takes er witch hath power to Ao Inilowd IMMI MIte iJ&t tfnn

TEBBE HAUTE SATURDAY EVENING

er, with a keen recollection of incivility, for in the agitation of the scene all had the completion of the road and tramway forgotten hX Love ta som«ln** very before Jan. 16, the date set In the oonselfish. Their guest of the early evening tracts when the property is to be turned had unobtrusively slipped away. Be knew over in working order to the Chilkat he was one too many.

NEW KLONDIKE ROUTE.

Wfcat Is Expected of the BallraU and Tramway. [Special Correspondence.]

TACOMA, Dec. 15.—Transportation if the most important factor in gathering the harvest of untold millions from the placers of the Klondike and Alaska. From Tacoma to Dawson City the distance is: Via the mountain passes 1,482 miles Via St. Michael's and the Yukon....4,500 miles

The time required by the two routes, beginning with the season^)f 1898, will be as follows Via the mountain passes. 15 days Via St. Michael's and the Yukon SO days

In many cases the journey can be made in less time by either of the routes, but as a rale the number of days indicated will be required. •(••u Next is the question of expense. With a year's supply of provisions and min-

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ing and cooking utensils, clothing, tent and what conies under the general head of "an outfit," together with the fare paid for one person, via St. Michael'* and the Yukon river, a rate of $000 has been quoted. With the same outfit, fares paid and with the opportunity of getting to the diggings two or three months earlier, the journey can be made overland for $300.

Such has been the course pursued in the past in seeking gold in Alaska, but the season of 1898 will record a change. The miners will rush into the Alaska and Klondike placers from 30 to 60 days earlier next year than heretofore, and in so doing will beat a path over the ice long before the Yukon is releas ed from the frosty grip of winter.

This transformation in Alaskan travel is the direct result of transportation facilities that have been provided by the introduction of the American railroad and the American aerial tramway into the monntain passes, a company having been organized at Tacoma. The company was incorporated Oot. 11 last as the Cbilkat Railroad and Transport company, but had previously completed surveys for its lines and filed its rights of way maps with the government at Washington and also at Sitku, Alaska.

The railroad and tramway will be completed and in operation by Jan. 15 next, when 120 tons of freight and supplies and 200 passengers can be handled daily

With tho introduction of the railroad and tramway on the passes the daya of high packing prices will disappear forever.

While the Indians made use of the Cbilkat puss almost exclusively in carrying miners' supplies to the headwaters of the Yukon, the Yankees are contemplating the' introduction of steam on several other "routes and passes. The Chilkat pass affords the shortest route, however, and that fact may in part explain why the aborigines made use of it. They desired, first of all, to earn their packing money in the easiest possible way, and by traveling 27 miles on tho Chilkat pass they were able to earn just as much as if they had tramped 150 miles on the Stikeen route or 46 miles on the bkagguay pass. When the white man began trying to get to Klondike by way of the Skagguay or White pass, the Indian grunted derisively and branded him "heap big fool."

With the railroad and tramway, however, the mountain climb will be avoided, and also as the time to prospect in the new diggings is during the winter time advantage will be taken of the new transportation facilities at the beginning of the new year.

The railroad is building from the landing at Dyea to the head of the can yon, a distance of eight miles up the Chilkat trail. At the head of the .can yon the first span of the aerial tramway begins, and with a five-eighth inch steel cable stretched on iron poles set 100 feet apart will carry the Klon dikers' outfit to Sheep Camp, a distance of four miles. At Sheep Camp tbe second section of the elevated railroad in the mountains will whisk tbe miner four miles over the summit to the headwaters of the Yukon at Crater lake.

Twenty hours after arriving at Dyea the gold hunters will be in the great Yukon basin, and after the river breaks up in April next the Klondiker can travel from New York, Boston or Philadelphia to Klondike in from 18 to 20 days.

Nearly all of tbe material for tbe Chilkat railroad and aerial tramway has been sent to Dyea. Tbe cars for the railroad left tne carsbops at Tacoma NOT 1, and every indication points to

Railroad and Transport company. Interest centers largely in the aerial tram way and the means of operating it A 60 horsepower engine is located at 8heepCamp and will furnish the power for operating the two four mile spans. Wood cut from the forest about Sheep I Gamp will be used for fuel, and the tramway will be operated day and night.

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3 Some Predictions. The author of the "Vision of Piers Plowman," a work written in the reign of Edward III, predicted with great distinctness the fall of the religious houses in England. As every one knows, the event took place in the reign of Henry Vill, about 300 years later.

Sir Walter Raleigh foresaw and predicted the spread of nonconformity in England. His weighty and memorable words were: "Time will even bring it to pass, if it be not resisted, that God will be turned out of churches into bams, and from thence again into the fields and mountains and under hedges. All order of discipline and church government will be left to newness of opinion and men's fancies, and as many kinds of religion spring up as there are parish churches in England."

In a work written 500 years before the event took place Tacitus foresaw and predicted the evils and disorders which were so long to desolate Europe on the fall of the Roman empire.

His words are worthy of repetition: "When the Romans shall be hunted out from these countries which they have conquered, what will then hap pen? The revolted people,' freed from their master oppressor, will not be able to subsist without destroying their neighbors, &nd the most cruel wars will exist among all these nations."

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Tbe burs and "stickers" that cling so persistently to our clothes are but a part of the same great effort. It is the only way sweet cicely, desmodium, the buz marigold and their kin have of travel ing through the woods, and so on from forest to forest, from swamp tangle to swamp tangle. They live their lives as truly as a man lives his, with equally as good a purpose that is equally as well attained. Each embodies those essential qualities of living that the Great Teach er discerned when he bade men "consid er the lilies of the field."—Professor S. Trotte- is Popular Science Monthly.

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PROHIBITING ANY RAILROAD COM PANY FROM LAYING ANY TRACK OR TRACKS. SWITCH OR SWITCHES, OR

SPURS ON OR ACROSS ANY STREET OF THE CITY WITHOUT FIRST OB TAINIXG THE

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MON COUNCIL. Be it ordained by the common council of the city of Terre Haute, Indiana.

SECTION 1. That It shall be unlawful for any railroad company owning or operating, or having tho control and management of any such railroad having tracks within tho city of Torre Haute, and using and operating the sanfe for the hauling or carrying of freight or passengers, to Say or cause to be laid any additional track or tracks, switch or spur on or across any of tho public streets of tne city of Terre Haute, without first obtaining permission so to do from the common council of the city of Terre Haute, which said permission or grant can only be given upon a petition or application in writing, filed witn the common council, specifying the street to be crossed by said track, switch or spur, or upon which said track, switch or spur is to be laid, and such petition or application shall state the point of commencing of said track, switch or spur and the termination of the same, giving the total length of same and what streets will be crosscd or occupied by the said track, switch or spur, provided, that each day said track remains, shall be an additional offense.

Provided further, that nothing in this ordinance shall apply to the Terre Huute Electric Railway.

SKC. 2. Any person or persons violating any of tho provisions of tliis ordinance, shall, upfn conviction before the Mayor, be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars (325.00), and not more than one hundred and fifty dollars ($150 00.)

SEC. 3. Whereas an emergency exists for the immediate passage of this ordinance, therefore tho same shall be In full force and effect from and after its passage and due publication.

Adoptod by the common council of the city of Terre Haute. Ind., at a regular meeting thereof, hdld on tho 7th day of December. 1897. CHAS. II. GOODWIN.

JgLECTION NOTICE.

City Clerk.

TERRE HAUTE & INDIANAPOLIS I RAILROAD COMPANY. I SECRETARY'S OFFICE. TERRE HADTE, IND.. Dec., IS, 1897. The annual meeting of tho stockholders of this company will bo held at tbe company's office, room No. 4, Union Passenger Station, In the city of Terre Haute, Indiana, on Wednesday, January 12. 1898, between tho hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and IS o'clock noon, for the election of seven (7) directors and the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the meeting.

GEORGE E. FARRINGTON, II Secretary.

JGLECTION NOTICE. TERRE HAUTE & LOGANSPORT RAILROAD,COMPANY.

SECRETARY'S OFFICE.

TERRE HAUTE, IND.. Dec. 15,1897.

The annual meeting of the stockholders of this company will beheld at tbe company's office, room No. 4. Union Passenger Station, in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana, on Wednesday, January 12, 1898, betwoen the hours of 12 o'clock noon and 8 o'clock p. m., for the election of five (5)directors and for the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the meeting.

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VANDALIA LINE. MAIN LINK.

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7 West. Ex*. 1.30 am 16 Mall & Ac* 9.40 am 5 St. L. Lim* 10.10 am 21 St. L. Ex*.. £.35 pin 3 Eff. Ac 6.S0 11 Fast Mail*. 8.53

6 N. Y. Ex*.. 3.20am 4 Ind. Ac.... 7.05 am 20 Atl'c Ex*.. 12.31 pm

B.Fast Line*. 1.45 2 N. Y. Llm*. 5.11

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SECRETARY'S OFFICE

TERRE HAUTE, IND.. Dec. 15,

The annual meeting of the stockholders of this company will be held at tho company's office, room No. 4, Union Passenger Station, In tho city of Terre Huute. Indiana, on Wednesday, January 12, 1898, betwoen the hours of 12 o'c.ock noon and 3 o'clock p. m., for the election of live (5) directors, and for tho transaction of such other business as may be brought before tho meeting.

Leave for the West.

7 West. Ex*. 1.40 a fi St. L. Llm*.19.15 am 81 St. L. Ex*.. 2.40 pm 3 Eff. Ac 6.45 11 Fast Mail*. 9.00

Arrive from the West.

Leavo for the East. 6 N. Y. Ex*.. 3.25 am 4 Ind. Ac 7.30 a ra 12 Ind Llm'd*11.25 am 20 Atl'c Ex*. .12.35 8 Fast Line* 1.50 Dnujt 5 N. Y. Llm* 5.15 ID

MICHIGAN DIVISION.

Leave for the North. Ar. from the North

6 St Joe Mall.ft.17 a 8S. Bend Ex.4.20

21 T. H. Ex...11.20am 3 T. H. ACC. .6.40

PEORIA DIVISION.

Leave for Northwest. Ar. from Northwest.

7 N-W Ex....7.10 am 21 Decatur Ex 3.35

12 Atltc Ex ..11.10am 6 East'n Ex. 7.00

EVANSVILLE & TERRE HAUTE. NASHVILLE LINE. Leave for the South. 5 & N Llm*.12.40 am 3 & Ev Ex*. 5.38 a 1 Ev I Mail. 2.45 7 NO&FlaSpl* 5.45

Arrive from South. 6 & N Llm* 3.55 a 2 Hi&E Ex* 11.00 a ra 8 N 0& FSpl* 3.26 4 & Iud Ex*11.10

EVANSVILLE & INDIANAPOLIS. Leave for South. 33 Mall & Ex. .9.00 am 49 Worth. Mix.3.50

Arrive from South.

48 Mixod.10.10 a ro 32 Mail & Ex. 3.05

CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS. Leave for North, 6 N Llm* 4.00 a 10 I.M.S.&TH. 6.30 am 2 T11 & 0 Ex.11.20 am 8 NO&FSpl* 3.30 pm 4 E & Ex*. 11.15

Arrive from North.

S A N 1 2 3 5 a 3 0 & E Ex*., ft.30 am 1 O & Ev Ex...2.301) 91 M.S.&T H. 5.15 7 NO&FSpl*.. 5.40pm

C. C. C. & I.—BIG FOUR.

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36 N Y&ClnEx*1.55 a 4 In&CldEx. 8.00 a 8 Day Ex*... 2.46 pm 18 Ivnlckb'r*. 4.31

Going West.

35StL Ex*... 1.33am 9 Ex & Mat 1*10.00 am 11 S-W Llm*.. 1.37 pm 5 Matt.'n Ac. 7-00

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Railroad.

Evansvlllo ft Indianapolis Railroad. Kvansvillo & Terre Haute Railroad. Flndlay. Ft. Wayne & Western Railway Flint & Pore Marquette Railroad. Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway. Indiana, Decatur & Western Railway. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. Louisville & Nashville Railroad, (liotweon

Louisville and Cincinnati and betwoen St. Louis and Evansvlllo.) Loulsvlllo. Evansvlllo & St. Louis Consolidated Railroad. Louisville. I louder.son & St. Louis Railway. Manistee & Northeastern Railroad. Michigan Central Railroad. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad. Ohio Central Lines. Pennsylvania Lines west of Pittsburgh. Peoria. Decatur & Evansvlllo Railway. Plttshurnh & Lake Erie Railroad. Pittsburgh &. Western Railway. Pittsburgh, Lisbon & Western Railway. Toledo. St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad. Vundalla Line. Wabash Railroad. Zanesvlllo & Ohio River Railway. These books sell for 130.00, and are not transferable. If the ticket Is used In Its entirety and exclusively by the original purchaser a rebate of TEN DOLLARS will b0 paid, provided the cover is properly certified and returred within eighteen months from the date of its issue.

E. E. SOUTH. General Agent. E. O. MCCORMICK, Pass. Traffic Mgr. WARREN J. LYNCH,

OHIO. INDIANA and ILLINOIS Also to

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A. M. BIGGINS*

Lawyer

Telephone 32L

Over McKeen's Rank

PITTT8BURG. PA.. LOUISVILLE, KY. and ST. LOUIS. MO. Further information cheerfullv furnished on application at city ticket office, flft* Wabash ave.. Telephone 47 or Union station.

THE CALIFORNIA SUNSET LIMITED VIA

Vandalia Line and St. Louis.

On Tuesdays and Saturdays of each week this elegant train of Pullman sleeping and dining cars, barber shop and bathroom, library and observation cars will run through via Texarkana and ElPaso, to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Maids In attendance. All tbe comforts of borne while enroute. Only one change of cars from Terre Haute and tbat in the palatial passengor station at St. Louis. Sleeping car reservations cheerfully made on application to the undersigned.

Further In formation cheerfully furnished on application at City Ticket Office, 694 Wabash ave., Telephone 37, or Union Station.

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The VANDALIA-PENN9YLVANIA loins the Mall In wishing all It's patrons A MERRY CHRISTMAS ana announces its Holiday rates to a multitude of points in

GEO. E. FA RRINGTON, G»*n»ral A iron t.

HOLIDAY EXCURSIONS to all tbe Central States. December 24th.:

oints in 5th and

31st. January tat UK All tickets good reuntil January 4tb. im. Inclusive, our Ticket Office, Terre Haute House,

turning Big

and Sixth Street Depot. E. EL SOUTH. General Agent.