Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1870-05-27

the sanity of the lady He fnally managed
to say, Am | not in the rght?" to which
she replied, mo, you're not; colored per.
sons ride in E special car to-day, and this
car is for white persons" The affrighed
man now regained his cnnposnre. and said,
"Madam, | am resident OF Charleston,
South Carolina, aud can boast of as good
family, perhaps as you can, and perhaps if
you knew my name you would be more
careful in future how you fud fant with
persons whose CON plexion is shade darker
than yours" The lady called upon the
conductor to stop the car, and acquitted ii
with feelings experienced by person who
has committed mean action and been ex-
posed.
Several Of the conductors when they had
been informed that their cars had been set
apart for the accommodation of co1ord
persons, refused to take charge of then,
and resigned their positions. Their situa-
tions did not remain idle many minutes. as
there are plenty Of men on hand who are
happy to get an opportunity of earning $2l
per week, and WHO did not object to collect
fare from a man becal se his complexion
did not resemble Parian marble.
A Pneumatic Tube Four Hundred
Miles Long.
Thr following extract from a letter re-
ceivcd by one Of our friends describes the
operation OF pneumatic tube between
Glasg low and London. Probably few of
our readers aware of the existence of
the process By which messages and pack
ages are almos, instantaneously ira snitted
between these two cities:
IL had occasion TO send telegram 10
London the other day, AID in a few minutes
received reply which led me to suppose
that serious error had been conmited Ey
my agents, involving many thousand
pounds. | Immediately went to the tele-
graph Office and asked to see my mes age.
The clerk said, We can't show it to yon, as
we have sent i; to London Bat | re-
piled, 'vou must have my original paper
here; | wish to see that He again said ::
NO. wesaave not got j: it is in the Post
Office al London What do yoH mean?' l
ASKED pray let me see the paper | left
here half an hour ago. Well said he, 'if
you must see it, we viii get it back in few
minutes, but it is now in London He
.ng bell, and i'll five minutes or SO pro-
duced my message, rolled up in paste.
board.
1t seems that for some months there has
exis ID a pneumatic telegraph betwix.
Glasgow and London and betwxt London
and the other principal cities of the king
dom, which consists Of an iron tube, into
which the messages are thrown and sent to
their destinatol !. inquired if mi .ht see
message sent. 'Oh yes. come round here
lie slipped number OF messages into the
pastel oard scroll, popped it into TIE tube
and made signal. | pat my ear to the
tube and heard a slight rumbling noise for
seventeen seconds, when bell rang beside
me, indicating that the scroll had arrived at
the General Postotiice, four hundred miles
off. 1t almost took ny breath away to
think Of it. If | could only go TO Boston
with the same relative speed, YOU might
count On my passing an evening every week
at No. l24, Beacon street. and returning
home to sleep. Who knows but we may be
conveyed in this marvellous manner before
many years?
Perhaps you are aware that there has
been large tube between the general post
| Office in London and the station in Eustice
square in operation for number of years.
The mail bags for the north are all sent BY
this conveyance, so that the post off ce re-
ceives letters up TO few minutes before
the train leaves. three miles off. The tran
sit takes less than two seconds. Surely this
is an age of wonders