The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-13
ECCENTRIC TRAVELLERS.
The Traits of Prominent Persons,

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side of passenger, and the two soon
became engaged in conversation. After
few words the conductor said:
"Do you see that woman sitting at
the other end of the car on the left?"
The passenger nodded.
"Well,' continued the conductor
"she's one of kind that make Pullman
conductors grow gray and old before
their time. She's made il point 10 be
always wanting something ever since
she left Chicago. She wants the win
dow up and then she wants it down.
Then she wants drink Of water and
asks me to get it for her OF course |
have to get it. because she is travelling
alone Thank God. said the gentle
man in brass buttons and blue cloth, as
he heaved sigh, ''her husband is TO
join her at Pittsburg.
"Why, do you know" continued the
conductor as he stroked his mustache,
II have heard a party OF ladies travel
ing together recount all the horrible
railroad accidents they ever heard or
read of, and every little while there
would be q chorus of oh, dear, just
think of it. Suppose il would happen
to orr train That the way they would
entertain each other for hours.
II had a better traveller the other
day. He was q young fellow, well
dressed, and looked and scted as If he
had always been very rich, He came
into the car, and, pointing to the draw
ing-room at the other end of the car,
said, Anybody in there9' p"
"'No, sir, said l."
How much2' said he. y
Eight dollars said |, -
HE handed me S., gave me 81 for
myself and the best cigar ever smoked
He walked into the drawing-room, and.
as he closed the sliding doors, said, 4
don't want to be bothered until we get
to Philadelphia. -
Roscoe Conkling generally gets one
seat in drawing-room, and he gets all
the papers he can buy, reads them, and
throws them all over the drawing-room
in mass, besides, he always has a port
manteau full of law papers, which he
strews all over every seat in the draw
ing-room. Conkling is very vain tray
eler, and wants everybody in the car TO
look at him. Now, there's Blaine, he's
just the opposite; he always buys the
whole drawing-room and shuts himself
up, and is a very modest, retiring trav-
eler; but Grant is queer old fellow.
When he was President of the United
States he nearly always travelled in a
special car, but now, since he has be-
come a private citizen, he travels Just
about the same as ordinary folks. You
can always find Grant in the rear end OF
the car in the smoking apartment, with
a cigar in his mouth, and there he sits
with hand on either arm of his chair,
and smokes and smokes, thoroughly OBJ
livioas Of everybody in the ear. He
never looks at anyone. Sometimes he
will look out of the window for hours,
when he's not doing that mes glancing
over newspaper. Hes indifferent to
everything that's going on Why, If the
train he is in stops on the road in the
open country for some minutes lie never
moves, never inquiries what the mat
ter, but sits and smokes stolidly until
the train starts, while all the other pas
sengers put their heads out of the win
dows or get off to see what's gone
wrong.
81 remember a trip TO Chicago Gran,
made in my car some time ago. His
seat was directly behind lady who was
travelling alone--and who, by-the-by,
knew very little about travelling She
had her window up for some time and
it was pretty chilly. besides the black
smoke poured into the car watched
Grant for a little while, and | saw lie
was ANNOYED as the smoke and chilly
breeze blew right over him Presently
he got up, and leaning over the ladyis
shoulder pat his hand on the catch and
let the window sash down. The little
woman cave an involuntary start and
turned round tiercely, but Grant never
noticed her and dropped back into his
chair After little while the little lady
hoisted the window again and some Of
the passengers who had seen the affair
smiled at one another, Then the little
woman beckoned to me and said, Con
ductor, who is that hog back Of me?' 4"
"'Thats General Grant, said |.
con, said the little woman, and she
dropped the window Immediately.
Grant heard the question but never let
on, and went on reading his paper as ii
nothing had happened
"But Oscar Wilde took the cake"
said the conductor, warming up as he
saw the reporter was highly entertained.
Oscar Wilde was more bother than all
the women who ever rode on q railroad
car He had an idea that he was the
greatest man that America had ever
seen and he put on more airs than ii he
had been the Car Of Russia, the Prince
of Spain and the Emperor Of Germany
all in one. Would YOU believe it, he
paid the porter Of the sleeping car to
tell people at the stations along the line
wherever the train stopped that Oscar
Wilde was in the car he was the vain
est, most conceited mule | ever saw.
He wouldn't drink water out OF the
glass at the cooler, but slipped II out Of
silver and gold mug he carried with
him, and he'd sit with the tips Of his
fingers pressed together and look up at
the roof Of the car as II he was about 70
offer up prayer.
Herbert Spencer was the most rest.
less traveller | ever saw, and Bob Inger,
soil is the best, When Ingersoll enters
q car TO 20 on journey the first thing