Smyrna times., 1882-11-01
The Travelled Lady.

of two ladies in the seat fornist our
own. across the aisle and abaft the bin
icle. The variety of their intelligence
and vast fund of general information
attracted our attention. and we just
sat there and drank it all in like cold
truth from living spring.
Do you suppose they have air
brakes on this train=' inquired the
one next the window with a bronze
green plume on her hat.
Oh. yes, they all run en- now on
all trains.
What are they for?"
oh, they are to ventilate the car
and give en- more fresh air. | heard .
they intended to put EN- on cattle cars
so the poor animals could get plenty Of
oxygen
"InCeed. This is a wonderful age.
Did you ever ride in a chair car:
'Oh. yes. they are Just the incest
kind o. cars. some of en- are real
easy. too: have rockers on EN-. But l
like a sleeper the best"
They are more homelike and com
Portable. If any accident happens
they unhOok the sleeper and leave il
At the last station.
W ny. my How nice
Yes, and the sleeper is much more
comfortable to ride in because it don't
90 as fast a the rest of the train.
1t don't =
oh, no. Charles says the Pullman
Company wont allow the railroads to
haul the sleepeYs near 80 fast a. the
balanc" Of the cars
"Wly. how strange"
G.. very.
What do you suppose makes the
cars sway 50. back and torth?"
@. heard the company had been
experimenting lately with rockers on
the cas-. Its something TO do with
+ conclusion and rctraction of the eXpan-
. sivc compression. or something of that
kind"
What 4 wonderful age "
" 1t is. really. And these accident
insurance companies are a great i'm
provcment over the old style of travel
ing. Charles says all tirst-class roads
carry one nowadays. and ii makes one
so much more secure to know that
they are on the same train with one OF
them. They are worked by electricity.
and must cost awful high. don't you
think sO?"
Yes. they must that
\ Coop NAN.-The peach-.tone
ceased rattling around the hall. the
windows went down. the munching Of
peanut; was hushed. and Brother
Gardner had firm hold of the platform
with his toes as he arose and began:
\ resident Of my naburhud died de
odder cay. an dis cbenin' de committee
'pinted to write an culoey on his
character war showing me a draft OF
what Cey had prepar'd. De eulogy
am in Sccl,shuns. an l will quote il II
you:
He was man who did not glib t,
dc poor wild one han an steal from d,
taxpayers wild de odder"
He ncbber gin dollar to de heather
in Africa. but he ailus paid his debts il
: America.
While he did not purfess to be ;
perfeck Christian. he remembered da
only cne seat belonged to him when h
trabblel"
He made no great adoo bout hi
honesty an yit he remembered wheI
an whar' he borrowed 4 hoe or ;
: shovel"
! He did not call hisself better dan
his fellow-man an yit he had a kin,
word fur boy wild 4 sore toe an tol
: of coal fur naybur wild broken leg.
5 e He felt dat he had duty to do by d
d church, and yit he entered circus b,
dc irot doah. an de SCUM OF fiddl
put new sperit into his feet
:. If he did not sing his hymns iron
II de houSetOps, neither did de world h 4
II what lie said when he arrove home al
foun' his wife sick abed, de hired ca
i gone an de baby howlin wild a pape
:. of pins in his mouf.
PERPETUAL MoTIoN.-In Septembe
last a new perpetual clock was put Il
4 at the Care du Nord. Brussels. in sue
W a position as TO be fully exposed to til
Ii influence of wind and weather: an
although it has not since been tOuche
it has continued to keep good tin
&c ever since The weight is kept col
n stantly wound up by a fan placed
W the chimney. As soon as it apprOcht
OF the extreme hight OF its course.
actuates a break, which stops the far
and the greater the tendency of II
y fan to revOlve. so much the mo-
~ strongly does the brake act to prevel
"a it, \ simple pawI arrangement pr
~" vents Il down draught from exertir
any effect There is no necessity for
sh fire. as the natural draught of Il
Is chimney or pipe is sufficient; and
<. the clock Is placed out of doors all tn
ns. is required IS to place it above piI
he sixteen or twenty feet high. T.
L l.
hours after being wound up, so as
ed provide for any temporary stoppag
he bnt by the addition of a wheel or "
nd it may be made to go for eight da
it after cessation of winding The
ed ventor. NJ. Auguste Dardenne. a natl
to of Belgium, showed his original MOD
at the Paris Exhibition of 1878: b
:. has since considerably improved up
III it.-JOUraGl Of the Society Of 4rts.
ear THREE CARD MoNTE.-Joel Woo
'ed ward, a farmer who lives near Newa
'ed learned some points about three ca
pa monte at Wilmington on Tuesd
week. He learned about $500 wort
of Mr.. Woodward is a Lice, quiet sort
,or person who don't read the newspapt
Of very closely and is not posted on
/ ~ the snares set for the unwary in t
~ wicked world He was on his way
o,b the Bi-Centennial celebration Il
." while waiting for Il train at the "
mingtOn station, Il well-,iressed YOU
of man with an innocent look in his
,m- eye and 4 seven-inch smile across
of cOuntenance accosted the farmer, r.
au resented himself to be a Philadelpl
on drummer, and said he wanted to Sc
of some samples down to Newark. J
vet Woodward went with him to n nei;
i'm boring cigar store to get the sampl
when stranger No. > appeared 4
introduced his little game of three c.
'ers monte, Mr.. Woodward at first bet
ent and lost. He was then induced to
Ugh $500, which the monte men grabl
ink and made off with. Mr.. WOodw;
OF then realized that things are seld
lere what they SEEM" He had the yOI
ark man who was in charge of the eli
lum store arrested as an accOmplice of
monte men, and he was held for COZ