The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-11-07
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a man Of seEse." We call the asten>
sion Of all such to the following letter,
which is simpIy straight forward an
swer by the Chief Engineer of the Cairo
and St Louis narrow gauge road to a
letter ofinquiry from the Vice Presi-
dent of the Evansville and Louisville
narrow gauge company:
ST LOUIS, Mo, October 10, 1878.
Geo H. Priest, Esq Vice President Of
| the ErdI.sriIje and Louisville NarrOtC
| Gauge Railroad Co., Evansville Ind :
/ DEAR IR:-Nour favor Of she 18th
/ inst, making inquiry concerning the
/ Cairo and So. Louis Railroad, is at hand
and | take pleasure il giving you my
! views
! have been engaged as engineer Or
! the Cairo and st. Louis Railroad, from
/ It's location to the present time Was
/ before that engaged always on broad
| gauge roads, and, consequently, the nara
row gauge system was, to my mind, an
/ innovation Of questionable utility. But
now, having had a full experience, and
an opportunity TO investigate it in all it's
features, | am most smPhstically a mar
row gauge advocate.
! Is furnishes railroad development at
a smaller first cost, lighter operating ez
peRses, 1cith equal capacity az business
and comfort to passengers, with the usual
broad gauge roads.
The cost OF keeping up road bed ia
less In proportion.
| We have now ninety-two miles in OPP
GRAFTON, and my opinion is based ON
actual experience in operating the same.
| Our engines principally Baldwin en-
| gineS) work we'll.
We average about two tons freight to
one ton dead weight, or weight of car.
We run our passenger trains with per
feet safety at rate of twenty miles per
hour, including stops.
On an excursion a few days since,
when a number of broad gauge railroad
ofdoiIls were inspecting the road, We ran
nine miles in ten minutes, and all express
ed themselves that the train was Ss
steady and safe az a broad gauge road
at the same speed
Our passenger cars are as cApacious
and comfortable TO the passenger as any
broad gauge railroad.
! consider that on the question OF
/ break of gauge, the narrow gauge has
superior advantages, for the reason that
/ the cara remaining on the road, the in>
/ terSst account on capital expended, the
investments on surplus rolling stock be-
( ing so much less for stock running over
/ other roads, and less expense for en-
! PlOYees looking after and running same,
enables the narrow gauge to pay expense
of transfer and save at least twenty-five
/ per cent at same rates.
believe the capital judiciously inN
vested IN narrow gauge railroads will in
all cases pay dividends on she invest
ment, and the subject is we'll worth the
investigation of any community who
desire to secure railroad developments.
Truly yours, a. G. FERGUSON,
Chief Engineer Cairo and st. Louis L. K
SBNsIBLE-Mrs. Elizabeth Cady StaE>
ton often says many things wise and
otherwise concerning the habits and
follieS of the sexes. Recently, in lec>
ture on the Girl Of the Future, she WAS
uncommoniy close and to the point. Her
ideal girl is TO differ from the girl Of to-
day in that she will be healthy, wealthy
and wise. Whsn nins~tenths of the
wives are invalids, and the number of
girls sent to lunatic asylums increases
every year, it is time to look after the
causes of this condition; for when the
human current sets towards the hospital
and the lunatic asylum, We may well say,
! What are ne coming to7
In looking at the paintings and statu-
airy of the Old World, she had wondered
whence came our idea of the woman
form. 1t is certainly like nothing in
heaven above or the Garth beneath or the
waters under the earth, for the tradi'
tional mermaid was vOuchsafed more
breathing power than to the woman o
today. When We remember that deer
breathing is essential to deep thinking
we see the relationship between scholar
ship and clothes. The cadets ut Yves
Point once threw aside their susPsnder
and fastened their garments around tn,
waist la few weeks a disease brok,
out which was unaccountable. When /
Was suggested that she waist band haC
somewhat to do with it, the suSpender
we're resumed, and soon the disease dis
appeared.
Artists turn away from the daughters O
Adams and Hancock to copy the Yenu
and Nadonnas which we're taken iron
living models of past age Women af
feet to dislike small waists, always de
cIaring when attacked that their clothing
is loose that they are small naturally
. which means that God, by way Of maxim
} variety in the human sT ecies, Tapped tn
ribs of the American women. The tigh
waist prevents free action of the blood
heart and lungs, and paralyzss a belt o
the nerves and muscles at least s.
3 inches in width Mrs stanton believe
the time will come when we shall be a
much ashamed Of headach, dyspepsia
l scrofula and pneumonia ss we now ar
. of committing perjury, theft, burglary
? or arson. So long as clergymen preac
- that sickness is dispensation of Divin
t Providence, so long will not our girl
s feel that sickness ia something allied t
! guilt
1t is q curious historical fact that tn
= progress of civilization in the West ha
- caused the power Of one Indian natior
J to increase. The Sioux, if not more nu
merous than they ever were, have Ger
tainly extended their conquests and con
& troll larger extent of territory than be
$ fore. The Poncas, Pawnees and Rec
are unable to Withstand them, though a
the dates of Catlin journeyIngs on til
upper Missouri there were several tribe
on that river, that we're rival of the Siouz
The Sioux nation numbers about fort
thousand souls, and can send tire
/ thnusandwarrinrs ON the war rath For