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We shall have billiard-rooms, card-rooms, music-rooms, bowling-alleys and  
many spacious theaters and free libraries; and on the main deck we  
propose to have a driving park, with upward of 100,000 miles of roadway  
in it. We shall publish daily newspapers also.  
DEPARTURE OF THE COMET  
The comet will leave New York at 10 P.M. on the 20th inst., and  
therefore it will be desirable that the passengers be on board by eight  
at the latest, to avoid confusion in getting under way. It is not known  
whether passports will be necessary or not, but it is deemed best that  
passengers provide them, and so guard against all contingencies. No dogs  
will be allowed on board. This rule has been made in deference to the  
existing state of feeling regarding these animals, and will be strictly  
adhered to. The safety of the passengers will in all ways be jealously  
looked to. A substantial iron railing will be put up all around the  
comet, and no one will be allowed to go to the edge and look over unless  
accompanied by either my partner or myself.  
THE POSTAL SERVICE  
will be of the completest character. Of course the telegraph, and the  
telegraph only, will be employed; consequently friends occupying  
state-rooms 20,000,000 and even 30,000,000 miles apart will be able to  
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