Part 3

The conductor then called "all aboard," and the train again started on its way, and very shortly crossed the Niagara River over the magnificent steel Cantilever bridge which the Michigan Central people have just erected at this point.

"This is the great Cantilever bridge you have heard so much about," said the Deacon to little May. "It is the greatest scientific engineering effort of the age, and it is well worth visiting Niagara, if only to see it. With Niagara Falls and the Cantilever bridge the Michigan Central people are able to show their passengers the greatest work of nature and of man to be found in the country."

From the bridge the train glided along to Niagara Falls station, on the American side. Here our little party alighted, and, after driving about the village, they soon found themselves in the comfortable parlors of the Clifton House, enjoying one of Mr. George Colburn's justly famous repasts.

Then they spent the day at the Falls--a day of merry sunshine and happiness. The Falls never looked grander, and nature never smiled with more sweetness. The time passed only too quickly, and when the children stepped on the cars once more to return to Chicago, it was with a twinge of regret which was only offset by the knowledge that they had another delightful trip in store for them on the Michigan Central road.

Now Adele has the following time table hung up among her pictures on the wall in her bed room. She says it serves to remind her of one of the happiest days of her life. Above it, in a baby's handwriting, she has scrawled:

"THE ONLY WAY TO GO EAST FROM CHICAGO IS BY THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL R. R."

TRAIN No. 10.--FAST NEW YORK EXPRESS,--Leaves Chicago _every day_ at 4:30 P. M., and consists of one First-Class Smoking Car, one First-Class Day Coach, one DINING CAR and THREE PALACE SLEEPING CARS, running on the following time:

Leaves Chicago............4:15 PM Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. " Jackson............9:57 PM " " " " " " " Arrives Detroit...........12:05 AM Mon. Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. " St. Thomas..............3:25 " " " " " " " " " Toronto, via CVRy.......9:40 " " " " " " " [A] " Niagara Falls...........6:55 " " " " " " " " " Buffalo.................7:50 " " " " " " " " " Rochester, via NYC.....11:10 " " " " " " " " " Syracuse, via NYC.......1:30 PM " " " " " " " " Utica, via NYC..........3:12 " " " " " " " " " Albany, via NYC.........5:50 " " " " " " " " " Troy, via NYC...........6:55 " " " " " " " " " New York, via NYC......10:00 " " " " " " " " " Hornellsville,via Erie 12:00 " " " " " " " " " Elmira, via Erie........1:40 " " " " " " " " " Binghamton, via Erie....3:19 " " " " " " " " " New York, via Erie.....10:25 " " " " " " " " " Philadelphia, via LV...10:30 " " " " " " " [A] " Boston, via B&A.........6:25 AM Tues. Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun.[B]

[A] Does not arrive on Sunday. [B] Does not arrive on Monday. ======================================================================

This train, leaving Chicago one hour later than heretofore, makes a much surer connection with Western lines.

The Smoking Car, Day Coach and one Sleeping Car run through to Buffalo via M. C.; one Sleeping Car runs through to Toronto via M. C. and Credit Valley Railways; one Sleeping Car runs through to New York via M. C. and N. Y. C. The Dining Car serves dinner out of Chicago at 5 o'clock; train arrives in Buffalo in good season for breakfast.

This train has attached at Detroit a Through Sleeping Car from St. Louis to New York, via W., St. L. & P., M. C. and N. Y. C., that makes quicker through time than any other line; and also a Sleeping Car from Detroit to Syracuse that is placed in Detroit depot about 9 P. M. Passengers can enter their berths any time after that hour.

Connects with Grand Trunk trains in Detroit.

Connection with Pullman Car for New York and Philadelphia, via Erie, leaving Buffalo at 9:15 A. M., and also with Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia, leaving at 8:20 A. M.

Connects at Albany with through sleeper for Boston, via B. & A., leaving at 8:40 P. M.

No second-class passengers are carried on this train.

NOTE.--NO EXTRA CHARGE IS MADE ON MICHIGAN CENTRAL FAST EXPRESS.

Adele's advice is very excellent. She says the Michigan Central is the best road in the United States, and she knows what she is talking about.

Ansonia Clock Co.

MANUFACTURERS

Office Regulators, Nickel Novelties, RAILROAD MANTEL TIME KEEPERS, CLOCKS, STREET AND BRONZE TOWN CLOCKS Ornaments

OFFICES:

64 WASHINGTON STREET,

CHICAGO

The United States Rolling Stock Company

Offers for Lease to

Railroads, Freight Lines, Mining Companies and others

Locomotive Engines, Refrigerator Cars, Box, Stock, Gondola, Dump and Flat Cars,

And is prepared to build for Lease and on Contract for cash, or under the CAR TRUST SYSTEM, such Rolling Stock as may be required.

WORKS:

HEGEWISCH, ILL. Capacity, Twenty Cars per Day. URBAN, OHIO. Capacity, Ten Cars per Day.

General Offices, 35 Broadway, New York. Chicago Offices, Calumet Building, 189 La Salle Street.

A. HEGEWISCH, President, C. BENN, Treasurer, THOS. F. B. PARKER, Secretary, W. H. CHADDOCK, General Agent, J. H. HOCART, Ass't Treasurer, J. C. FORTINER, Sup't of Acc'ts, NEW YORK. CHICAGO. JOHN L. STAGG, Sup't of Shops.

MARSHALL FIELD & Co.

WHOLESALE, RETAIL, Madison and Market Sts. State and Washington Sts. CHICAGO.

_Dry Goods, Cloaks, Costumes, Shawls,_ _Furs, Woolens, Notions,_ _Men's, Women's and Children's_ _Furnishing Goods, Carpetings,_ _Curtain Materials,_ _Tapestries, Furniture Coverings,_ _And goods for_ _"Home Art Decorations."_

_Largest and Most Complete Lines._

_We are Sole Agents for United States for the_ _Celebrated "ALEXANDRE" Kid Gloves_ THE BEST KID GLOVE MADE. _And we make a Specialty of producing private designs in_ _Carpets, Rugs & Upholstering Goods,_ _To correspond with architectural features of rooms, and of_ _Furnishing Churches, Theatres,_ _Hotels and Homes._

CHICAGO VISITORS CORDIALLY INVITED TO CALL.

THE MERIDEN SILVER PLATE CO.

NO. 64 WASHINGTON STREET, CHICAGO, ILL.

MANUFACTURERS OF THE

FINEST QUALITY QUADRUPLE PLATED WARE

SPECIAL AND RICH DESIGNS IN

Hotel and Dining Car SERVICE.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS Mailed on application.

Factories: MERIDEN, CONN.

New York Office: 30 EAST 14th STREET.

ESTABLISHED 1870.

The largest, most complete, and only Strictly First-Class Gentlemen's and Ladies' Oyster House west of New York City.

_STEAKS and CHOPS added to Bill of Fare after January first._

_A. BELFORD (of Belford, Clarke & Co.), President._ _C. SLEMIN, Jr. (of Belford, Clarke & Co.), Sec. and Treas._ _M. A. DONOHUE (of Donohue & Henneberry)._

R. NEVERS, Jr., Superintendent.

The Central Lithographing and Engraving Co.

315 to 321 Wabash Avenue,

CHICAGO.

Lithographing,

WOOD ENGRAVING,

Printing, Binding and Electrotyping.

ENTIRE NEW OFFICE.

EVERY BRANCH OF THE BUSINESS UNDER ONE ROOF.

Anything, from a Visiting Card to the Finest Chromo Work.

Railroad and Show Printing

A SPECIALTY.

SEND FOR ESTIMATES.

Fine Art Work

A Specialty.

The Lakeside press.

R. R. Donnelley & Sons,

(LATE DONNELLEY GASBETTE & LOYD.)

Printers.

140-146 Monroe St. CHICAGO

TELEPHONE No. 610.

TAKE ELEVATOR.

They would invite the special attention of Railroad Corporations, Manufacturers, Merchants, and Publishers to their Fine Illustrated Work, pronounced unequalled by the press of Europe and America.

THE BEST EQUIPPED RAILROAD IN THE WORLD.

Without exaggerating, and keeping close within the narrow limits of fact, it may be asserted without fear of truthful contradiction, that the

CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY

Is not only the best and most perfectly equipped railroad in the world, but it is also the most important as to the territory it traverses, the numerous business centres and pleasure resorts that it reaches, and the facilities it offers for pleasant, speedy, safe and comfortable transit for all classes of passengers. It caters alike to the needs, tastes and abilities of the millionaire merchant prince; to the farmer, with his plain and simple wants; and to the economical and necessitous; and gives to each the full value of all he pays for. Its luxuriantly finished and furnished palace sleeping cars and its more than luxurious drawing-room coaches are marvels of beauty and comfort. Its coaches are new and of the most perfect models that have been adopted by any company, and they are always kept sweet, clean and pure. Its dining cars are superb, and the meals and service provided in them are equal to that given by any first-class hotel in the country.

WHERE IS IT?

Starting from Chicago and having various main lines running west, northwest and north, it covers about all that is desirable in Northern Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, the Upper Michigan Peninsula, Minnesota and Central and Southeastern Dakota and Northeastern Nebraska.

It is eminently _the_ railroad of the Northwest, and from its commanding location it controls the traffic of all of the territory it traverses.

WHAT IS IT?

Over 5,000 miles of the best built and best maintained railroad there is in the country. It is equal in every respect to any road in the world, and is believed to be better than any of its competitors. Its lines are built of heavy steel rail; its bridges are of steel, iron and stone, and all its appointments are as good as money can buy.

COLORADO & CALIFORNIA.

This Company's line between Chicago and Council Bluffs (Omaha) _is shorter_ than any other between these points, and was the pioneer in forming connection with the Trans-Continental Union and Central Pacific Railroads. Nearly all experienced overland travelers seek this line, because it is known to be the best, shortest, most comfortable, and in every way the most desirable. To seek other more circuitous and inferior routes is accepted as an evidence of inexperience or want of information.

If you are destined to or from Colorado, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington Territory, China, Japan, the Sandwich Islands, New Zealand or Australia, you should, in making the trip between Chicago and Council Bluffs (Omaha), in either direction, see that your tickets read over this great road.

ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & WINNIPEG.

This road, "St. Paul Line," is the short and desirable route between Chicago and Madison, St. Paul and Minneapolis; Helena, Montana; Portland, Oregon, and points on the Northwest Pacific coast, and the best to travel over if you are destined to or from Chicago and any point north or northwest of St. Paul. Winona and Mankato, Minn.; Frankfort, Huron, Pierre, Aberdeen, Columbia and Watertown, Dakota; Milwaukee, Fond du Lac, Oshkosh, Watertown and Sheboygan, Wis.; Freeport, Elgin, Dixon and Fulton, Ill.; Clinton, Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Webster City, Algona, Tama and Council Bluffs, Iowa, are a few of its hundreds of prominent local stations. It reaches most of the pleasant summer resorts of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and is the road to take for the health and scenic resorts of the Rocky Mountains, the National Yellowstone Park, and nearly all of the notable Western and Northwest resorts that are accessible by rail.

It connects in Union Depots with the Union Pacific Railway at Council Bluffs, and at St. Paul with the Northern Pacific St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba, and with all roads diverging from that point.

You can procure tickets over this route from nearly every coupon ticket agent in the country. When buying your tickets read them carefully and be sure that at least one coupon reads over the CHICAGO & NORTH-WESTERN RY. Ask your nearest coupon ticket agent for one of its large maps; they are FREE, and will show you all of this Company's lines as they are.

Its London (England) offices are 124 High Holborn, 449 Strand, 3 Adelaide street and 139 Cheapside. Its Manchester (England) office, 1 and 3 Princess street. Its Paris office, 35 Boulevard des Capucines. Its New York office, 409 Broadway. Its Boston office, 5 State street. Its Chicago offices, 60 and 62 Clark street, Palmer House, in Grand Pacific Hotel and at its Passenger Station on the corner Wells and Kinzie streets. Its St. Paul office, corner Third and Jackson streets. Its Minneapolis office, 13 Nicollet House. Its Council Bluffs offices are at the Transfer Depot, C. & N.-W. Ry. Depot on Broadway and at the corner of Broadway and Pearl streets. Its Omaha offices, 1324 Farnham, corner Fourteenth street, and at U. P. Depot. Its Denver office, 8 Windsor Hotel Block. Its San Francisco office, No. 2 New Montgomery street, in Palace Hotel.

Waltham Watches

WITH TWENTY-FOUR HOUR DIVISION DIALS

RECOGNIZING THE NECESSITY OF HAVING WATCHES THAT CONFORM TO THE

New System of Indicating Time

ADOPTED BY SOME OF THE RAILROADS, OF

COUNTING THE HOURS FROM ONE TO TWENTY-FOUR CONSECUTIVELY,

THE AMERICAN WATCH COMPANY

Of Waltham, Mass.,

Are now prepared to furnish Watches as indicated by the above Cut.

THESE DIALS CAN ALSO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THOSE NOW IN USE AT A VERY SMALL EXPENSE.

FOR SALE BY ALL JEWELERS.

THE PALMER, CHICAGO.

WILLIS HOWE, Managing Partner.

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN PLAN. ENTIRELY FIRE-PROOF. 750 ROOMS.

_GRIFFIN & WELLS FOUNDRY CO._

RAILROAD CAR, ENGINE AND STREET CAR WHEELS.

ANNUAL CAPACITY, 50,000 WHEELS.

Rates secured and Shipments made to all parts of the West and South. Contracts made for Yearly or other Supply. Mileage or Time Guarantee given. All Orders and Correspondence will receive prompt attention. References furnished.

OFFICE AND WORKS:

PAULINA ST., SOUTH OF BLUE ISLAND AVE. CHICAGO.

THOS. F. GRIFFIN & SONS,

MANUFACTURERS OF

CAR WHEELS AND CASTINGS

OFFICE AND WORKS:

COR. OF FOREST AVE. AND N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. BUFFALO, N. Y.

GRIFFIN CAR WHEEL CO.

RAILROAD CAR WHEELS AND CASTINGS.

Annual Capacity, 100,000 Wheels. 10,000 Tons Castings.

Rates secured and Shipments made to all parts of the United States. Special attention given to Car and Engine Wheels for Railroad Use. Mileage Guaranteed. Contracts made for Yearly or other Supply. Correspondence solicited.

OFFICE AND WORKS:

COR. FOUNDRY ST. AND MICHIGAN CENTRAL R. R. DETROIT, MICH.

THE Griffin Wheel

MANUFACTURED BY

GRIFFIN CAR WHEEL CO.

DETROIT, MICH.

GRIFFIN & WELLS FOUNDRY CO.

CHICAGO, ILL.

_THOS. F. GRIFFIN & SON_,

BUFFALO, N. Y.

COMBINED DAILY CAPACITY,

800 Wheels per Day and 60 Tons Castings

EXTRA HEAVY WHEELS FOR ENGINE AND

PASSENGER SERVICE.

All Mileage Guaranteed.

THE Lake Shore & Michigan Southern RAILWAY

AND ITS CONNECTIONS

FORMS THE GREAT THOROUGHFARE

BETWEEN THE

EAST and WEST

And Experienced Travelers will tell you it is the BEST Route

"by a large majority."

THIS LINE IS A

DOUBLE TRACK RAILWAY

_AND THE ONLY ROUTE RUNNING SOLID TRAINS_

Between CHICAGO and BUFFALO, through Union Depots, for all connections.

Its equipment is first-class in every respect--such as perfect Road-Bed, Iron and Stone Bridges, Westinghouse Automatic Safety Brakes, Miller Platform Coupler and Buffer, Magnificent Parlor Coaches for Day Travel, Elegant Day Coaches, and the Palace Sleeping Coaches. Well, words are inadequate to express their Durability and Splendor. They are simply Superb. These Coaches are run daily, through, between CHICAGO, NEW YORK and BOSTON, without change.

ONE GREAT FEATURE IN THIS LINE IS, THAT IT IS THE

ONLY ROUTE BETWEEN CHICAGO and the EAST

THAT IS TOTALLY DEVOID OF TRANSFERS BY FERRY BOATS.

And the traveling public should certainly appreciate this great advantage over all other lines, as transfers by ferries are very tedious and annoying to the traveler who is anxious to reach the objective point without delay. Further comments are unnecessary.

All Agents sell Tickets via this popular line, and when passengers ask for them over the "LAKE SHORE," they smile and say, "You are on the right track," and they know.

=C. B. FOSTER=, Western Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. =W. P. JOHNSON=, Gen. Passenger Agent, Chicago, Ill. =P. P. WRIGHT=, Gen. Superintendent, Cleveland, Ohio.

WEST SHORE ROUTE

New York, West Shore & Buffalo R'y

THE NEW SHORT LINE

To All Points between the

EAST AND WEST

_THE BEST CONSTRUCTED LINE ON THE AMERICAN CONTINENT._

NEW PULLMAN

BUFFET SLEEPING AND PARLOR CARS

DOUBLE TRACK, STEEL RAILS, and BEAUTIFUL SCENERY

THROUGH THE Mohawk Valley and Picturesque Hudson,

MAKING THE SHORTEST LINE BETWEEN

CHICAGO, NEW YORK AND BOSTON

VIA BUFFALO and NIAGARA FALLS.

Passengers going to PHILADELPHIA, BALTIMORE and WASHINGTON

will SAVE TRANSFERS by taking this Popular Route.

Tickets via New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railway are for sale at all Principal Ticket Offices throughout the country, and in Chicago at the following places, where Sleeping-car Berths can be secured: 103 South Clark Street, 47 Monroe Street, Palmer House, Grand Pacific Hotel, Grand Union Passenger Station, Polk Street, and at General Office, 75 South Clark Street.

HENRY MONETT, Gen'l Passenger Agent, NEW YORK.

C. E. LAMBERT, Gen'l West'n Passenger Agent, 75 Clark St., CHICAGO.

ERIE RY.

THE Scenic Route OF AMERICA

A continual Panorama of Magnificent Scenery from the Lakes to the Seaboard. The Elegant Pullman Service via the

ERIE RAILWAY

And its Connections is unsurpassed by any Route to or from the EAST.

_IF ON A BUSINESS TRIP, TAKE THE ERIE_, _IF ON A PLEASURE TRIP, TAKE THE ERIE_, _UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, TAKE THE ERIE_,

And you will travel over a Railway unequalled in facilities for Comfort and Safety.

JNO. N. ABBOTT, Gen'l Pass. Agent, NEW YORK.

W. H. HURLBURT, Gen'l Western Pass. Agent, CHICAGO.

_JONES & LAUGHLINS, Limited_,

MANUFACTURERS

IRON, STEEL, NAILS

Cold Rolled Iron and Steel,

SPIKES, BOLTS, CHAINS,

Railway Supplies

HEAVY HARDWARE,

Lake and Canal Streets,

CHICAGO.

LEHIGH VALLEY COAL COMPANY,

Miners and Shippers of

WYOMING AND LEHIGH

COALS

_R. M. CHERRIE, General Western Agent_,

90 and 92 DEARBORN STREET,

CHICAGO.

_NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO,_ _3 Cliff Street. 127 Oliver Street. 210 Lake Street._

Hussey, Howe & Co., Limited,

CAST STEEL,

PITTSBURGH, PA.

_C. C. HUSSEY, Penn Avenue JAMES W. BROWN,_ _Chairman. and 17th Street. Sec'y and Treas'r._

LORD & THOMAS,

We prepare Advertisements, and contract to insert them in any number of newspapers desired. Our facilities in our line are unequaled.

The large amount of business we control enables us to secure from the Best Mediums the Lowest Rates obtainable, for the benefit of our patrons.

NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING, CHICAGO, ILL.

Steam Heating and Ventilating.

Low Pressure Steam Warming And Ventilating APPARATUS.

Simplified and adapted to warming _DWELLINGS_, _CHURCHES_, _BANKS_ and _PUBLIC BUILDINGS._

Send for descriptive pamphlet.

BAKER'S PATENT

Hot Water

CAR WARMER.

Adopted by nearly all Railroads as the

STANDARD HEATER.

Prices Greatly Reduced.

BAKER, SMITH & CO.,

81 and 83 Jackson Street, Chicago.

THE SCENIC LINE OF THE WORLD.

Denver & Rio Grande R'y

THE MID-CONTINENTAL ROUTE

TO Salt Lake and the Golden Gate.

_THIS LINE PENETRATES THE MOST PICTURESQUE PARTS OF COLORADO, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH, AND IS THE FAVORITE ROUTE FOR BUSINESS OR PLEASURE._

=IN COLORADO= the traveler beholds scenery excelling in variety, beauty and grandeur that of Switzerland. He traverses canons fifteen miles in length, with perpendicular walls more than half a mile in height. He crosses the Rocky Range at an elevation of over 11,000 feet, and from this lofty pass gazes upward 3,000 feet to the summits of the snow-crowded peaks. _En route_ to the Pacific Coast he passes through innumerable places of interest, among which are the Royal Gorge, Grand Canon of the Arkansas, Poncho Pass, Marshall Pass, the valleys of the Uncompahgre, Gunnison and Grand, Black Canon, Castle Gate, Wasatch Summit and Salt Lake City.

=IN NEW MEXICO= he finds ruins more ancient than those of the Parthenon or Colosseum--the crumbling habitations of the pre-historic Cliff-Dwellers; he beholds the quaint architecture of the Spanish-Mexicans or the pueblos of the descendants of the Montezumas.

=IN UTAH= he can bathe in the Great Salt Lake, and inspect the wonders of the City of the Saints.

THESE MARVELS OF NATURE AND ART

CAN BE REACHED IN

Pullman Palace Buffet Cars

VIA THE

DENVER & RIO GRANDE R'Y,

THE ONLY LINE

Passing through Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Salida, Gunnison, Grand Junction and Salt Lake City.

When I go to the coast I'll lay out my plan, Said I to myself, said I, To have all the pleasure and ease that I can, Said I to myself, said I. There's one way to do it, as all will agree, And that is to go via D. & R. G.-- Up over the mountains and down to the sea, Said I to myself, said I.

D.C. DODGE, General Manager, F.C. NIMS, Gen. Pass. and Ticket Agent, DENVER, COLORADO

H. S. PICKANDS,} PICKANDS, MATHER & CO. }-Chicago Cleveland. W. L. BROWN, }

PICKANDS, BROWN & CO.,

Manufacturers, Importers and Dealers in

PIG IRON

AND IRON ORE

95 DEARBORN STREET,

CHICAGO.

THE CHICAGO RAWHIDE MFG. CO.

MANUFACTURERS OF

RAWHIDE BELTING, LACE LEATHER ROPE, LARIATS

Fly Nets, Picker Leather, Whips, Washers, Hame Straps, Hame Strings, and Halters, and other Rawhide Goods of all kinds, by Krueger's Patent.

75 and 77 EAST OHIO STREET, CHICAGO

It is only by using the best of Belting, _i.e._, such as will wear longest, slip least, transmit the greatest amount of power and work with the greatest steadiness, that machinery can be utilized to its full capacity, and can be relied on as to durability. The belt that will transmit the most power with least strain on the machinery is the _cheapest and the best_. Such are the goods manufactured and sold on guarantee by this Company, and used by the Chicago & Alton Railway and other railroads.

A. B. SPURLING, President. W. H. PREBLE, Secretary and Treasurer. A. C. KRUEGER, Superintendent.

68 to 74 W. MONROE STREET, CHICAGO,

Slate, Tin and Iron

ROOFERS

MANUFACTURERS OF

CORRUGATED IRON FOR ROOFING,

GALVANIZED IRON CORNICES, ETC.

The Hayes Patent

SKYLIGHTS

(UNDER LICENSE),