Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-09-17
The MIseries OF mixed Train travel.

IrdueJeTS' Magazine. On some OF the
Western roads they attach a passenger car
TO a freight train and call it linked" 1t
isn't in the order of things that such trains
should travel very rapidly, aud sometimes
there ia considerable growing among the
"trafic"
"We'll get there on time" replied the con-
ductor, stolidiy.
Half an hour later the nervous man APP
preached him again.
81 guess she's dead now," said he, mourn
fully, shut I'd give you a little something
extra if you could manage TO catch up with
the funeral. Maybe she WON'T be so decom-
posed but what l could recognize her."
The conductor growled at him, and the
man subsidized
'Conductorp said he, after an hours
silence; conductor, if the wind Isn't dead
ahead, l wish you would put on some steam.
I'D like 10 see where my wife is buried before
the tombstone crumbles to pieces! Put
yourself in my place for momentp
The conductor shook him off, aud the nan
relapsed into profound melancholy.
81 say, conductor" said he, after long
pause; "I've got note coming due 10 three
months. Can't you fix it so as TO rattle along
a littIe?"
"If you come near me again I'll knock
you down" shouted The conductor, saxSgelv;
The nervous man regards.I hin sadly, and
went TO his seat. Two hours later the con-
ductor saw him chatting gaily and laughing
heartily with brother victim, and aP-
preached him.
"Don't feel 50 badly about your .wife's
death?n
Time heals all wounds" sighed the ner-
vous man.
"And you are not 80 particular about the
noteT sneered the conductor.
"Not now. That's all right. Don't worry.
I've been figuring up, and find that the
note h "a ont n we'd sinea I ankle n Won last ~
An Important New InveHtIOu.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle con-
tains an interesting article descriptive of
trial of a recently invented contrivance
called compresse4 air bumper. The bumper,
it is calculated, will prevent all telesceping
of cars, no matter how great the force APP
piled; and, after being tested in every con-
ceivsble manner in the presence OF railroad
officials, master mechanics and car-builders,
was pronounced a success. The Democrat de-
scribes il as follows: THE Crouch COM
pressed air bumper consists Of combination
of an air Hinder and piston fitting within
the cylinder aud connecting with draWbar,
and arranged 10 move within the cylinder,
SO that the elasticity of the compressed air
on one side of tue piston, and the force or
effect of the partial vacuum on the opposite
side, are both utilized to take up the coucus-
sion of the cars coming together. The cylIn-
Ter Is provided with email passage through
which the air Gao slowly pass from one side
Oh the piston TO the other, but so small
as TO have no appreciable effect upon
the compression OF the air, whereby a sud-
den notion of the piston is caused to COM
press he air, but a very slow and gradual
movement Is permitted without COMPRISING
il. Tin causes a double action, taking the
coneussioa in starting as well as in stopping.
A collar ia applied to the rod of the piston
and arranged to come in contact with stops
outside Of the cylinder, whereby the piston
the cylinder heads" The inventor is
Wesley Crouch, proprietor OF the Whitcomb
House, OF HDchester The appliance will do
away with all Stacks. A bumper with
ten-inch cylinder will withstand shock OF
1880 pounds, and one with ffteen-inch
cylinder will Withstand a shock of 42,4I0
pounds