. Book of the Royal blue . much the same as horses. The ratecharged by the stage lines from Baltimoreto Wheeling was §!.), while the ratenow by railway train with all the comfortsof modern travel is but § When the Baltimore & Ohio began its extension tothe territory covered by the Pike, it wasmet with tireless opposition by the friendsof the National Road. Data was furnishedCongress telling of the vast army of menwho obtained employment on tile road, andstatistics were given of the immense con-sumption of grain and hay by mules andhorses, of its impetus to the coach andwagon trade, a
. Book of the Royal blue . much the same as horses. The ratecharged by the stage lines from Baltimoreto Wheeling was §!.), while the ratenow by railway train with all the comfortsof modern travel is but § When the Baltimore & Ohio began its extension tothe territory covered by the Pike, it wasmet with tireless opposition by the friendsof the National Road. Data was furnishedCongress telling of the vast army of menwho obtained employment on tile road, andstatistics were given of the immense con-sumption of grain and hay by mules andhorses, of its impetus to the coach andwagon trade, and that in course of timehow it would better serve the peopleswants than would the railroad. The transition from the pike to the rail-road was gradual but most consistent andgradually the old road lost its prestige. Itis now merely a picturesque souvenir of itsformer greatness and should the Govern-ment regain interest in the road, what amarvelous contrast there would be in theclass of vehicles between then and now!. ter<r w^^ CliUSS l:il\ CIN llll. IIkl IN I l;l IM UllK \M H THE LAZY AGE. HV STRICKLAND W. ( Whats the artisan devising as he corrugates his brow?Whats the genius improvising at his toiling, moiling nowrWhats the workman busy making with his hammer and his saw?Whats the shrewd inventor scheming with his head upon his paw?Hush ! Theyre all engaged in planning things to help the i)ampered shirk-Things to help tlie man with money he would rather spend than work. Take your grip and start to enter any modern hostelry—Forty Hunkeys grab your burden ere the clerk has found your beside you stands the carriage that will hoist you to your stall—If it didnt, you would never patroni/e the place at you have to wait a minute for the lift in coming berate the horrid service and you prance about and compelled to use the stairway for a Hight or may be two,Youre as mad as March-time rabbits and the air is black and b
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