The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-10-16
Health In C0r-TrayelInE.

tlon, 4 bright-looking little woman walk
GU brlskly to u seat in the car, bestow-
ing just perceptible smile upon the
bralcman-a middle-aged, genial look:
ing pelson--as she passed him.
THAT lady doesn't look much like an
invalid" said the brakeman, "but
when She began to ride Oh my train.
about the middle Of last June, she was
quite thin and pale. l had to help her
into the car on her first trip, when she
explained that she was sorry to trouble
me, but coming up the stairs to the
platform had tired her vcry much. She
rode to the end Of the route, and no.
tlced tho air seemed to brace her up
somewhat. did not see her again for
some days, but when she reappeared I
was pleased to notice that she looked
much improved. You see, she is one
OF those well-mannered little ladies that
you can not help remembering after you
have once spoken to them. I suppose
she noticed my pleased look, for she
spoke TO me, and asked if she did not
appear better than on tho day when
helped her to seat in the car Then
she told me she had not been able to 20
INTO the country this summer, but her
doctor had directed her to ride to the
day all through the season. She has
followed the prescription faithfully, and
you see the reSult.'
"llave you met other people who
use the road as Il slnative nt,sure?n
"There are twenty or more men and
women on my train alone who have
told me that they did 80, and there arc
many more who ride regularly to the
END OF the route for no other purpose
That can think of. Men working on
this road and also Oh the surface roads
have remarked the same thing. One
lady told me that before she took to car
riding she had made several efforts to
prepare Tor going into tho country, but
always became tired before getting
ready. She said also That the very
thought OF the amount OF dressing she
would have to do for herself and chill
dren If she went away discouraged her.
The railroad, she said, seemed To bring
the country air right to her own homo,
where she could have real comfort and
take good care Of her husband besides.
whom she used to he obliged to leave in
the city when She went away. Her
method is to take our road four days in
the week and give two to the surface
roads, for the sake of variety.
almost all the people have talked
with, both men and women, seemed to
have Il nervous fear that if they travel
ed regularly they would be sure, sooner
or Later, tc get caught in some great
| collision. They said they never thought
OF the matter when they used to ma ko
an occasional "trip, but the idea Of nd
ing every day VAS what made them ner-
yous. One man tt lis me that he takes
the surface roads once or twice week
on this account. by doing 80, no said
L break up The regularity of the thing
and greatly reduce the DANGER ex-
planned that the way wo brakemen look
Ell at it was that Il collision on the ele-
waited might be a much more dangerous
matter for the people underneath than
for us. He sald he took Il surface road
that did not run under the elevated.
The nervous feeling, however, soon
wore away with most of my invalids. 1t
was the fear of falling rather than the
collision itself which seemed to affect
them most.
what has surprised me most in the
invalid passengers is the rapidity with
which they would brighten up. Three
or four days would make surprising
difference i'll their looks and livcliness,
though it was only after two or three
weeks OF riding that they seemed to feel
the full benefit Of their journeys. a
man who had been troubled with maia.
ria said lately that his trips OH the road
had given him Il better summer than he
had passed for four years. lie made
two round trips daily. L think he was
too poor to take his family to the coun-
try, and did not like to go without
them. lie stopped making his trips Il
day III two ago, and shook hands with
me quite ceremoniously, as though l
had had anything to do with it.
"A young man who says he is clerk
down town, spends his dinner hour in
making round trip. lie has not miss
ca day, except Sunday, since the
Fourth OF July. lie spends good part
of Sunday III the Park. When l first
began to observe him he always put his
hand over his heart after coming up the
stairs, but he got over the trouble.
'Do feel in better health since be-
gan to work Oh the road? Yes, am
stronger, though think that am per-
llaps getting too much of good thing.
! was formerly troubled with All obsti-
nate dyspepsia, which has completely
left me. 1 suppose that the benefit
| which have myself received from car
riding, has given me All interest in the
health of my invalid passengers"
suooessiIi sonson.
"Dear mo, said one Brooklyn young