The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-07-17

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window and says. "All right. sir; third
van You inteud to pay him a six
pence. but IN your hurry cannot mud
one. and in desperation pay HIM the
only coin you can find in your pocket
two shillings. He knows you don
mean TO nav so much. and gives you a
wicked little look. which sticks like a
nrick under the nail. You get hungry
bar can get nothing 10 eat. The tram
,tops ONLY five minutes. you can. now.
ever. order a lunch basket on some OF
the linesl. You have perhaps three
comranions (you may have six or ninel.
/ all of whom look stolld or sulky. You
attempt to open conversation. 10 ask
something about the country. Dnt Se'
ONLY surly replies. so give u up. on
/ change cars and take the train across the
platform. and you are aslonished 10
/ find how many things come cut OF tha1
van before your trunk Is reached.
Boxes. baskets Of fish. joints of meat.
Ie,ervthing- again a porter has 10 be
naid. and so on 10 the end OF the CHAP
/ ter have seen a regular mob around
+ the luggage on the arrival or 2
train. men and women pushing ana
,,eflipo to get at the doors 20 identity
/ baggage l remember seeing once III
/ Edinburgh apeffect melee in the station.
+ ~ which women had their clothes torn
men lost their hats. ami one OLD lady
was thrown down.
One wonders thai they stand 1t, bul
/ love of changes is not am English chlr'
acfar,stic. The superintendent az ore
of the great lines told me that be had
.ant Overland Investigated The American
baggage system fully. but decided that
io inaugurate it would necessitate Sd
many changes that 10 would not pay.
Just before reaching city the tlain
st8ps and collectors ' come along out
side and take up the tickets through ihe
windows. Although there Is an ac'
+ limiting third class fare TO a penny u
cents "a mile. the comparative cost oil
railway travel here is much higher
than with us. think that third-ciass
here is about as high as the fare in ou'
ordinary cars. and ,ecOnd-ciass about
eoual to the cost of travelling IN Pun.
man car: bun 10 must be borne ln mind
that the purchasing power OF money
here is greater than with us. except a.
to food. and except on the fuilmans
there are none of The comforts incident
to railway travel with as, such as
saloons. etc.
Yet. as already stated. the English
system has some advantages over ours.
The trains generally arrive al their DIES
tiuation on time. and accidents ar,
much rarer than with Us though the
recent accident at Afmaugh Island
I where eighty lives We're lost. shows
what a British railway can do when n
/ has an accident. The system OF tnpin 81
which Is universal. Is no where better
/ illustrated than on "a railway. The
quad ON train by which we Travelled
I was one of the Oldest men in the SER
vice of Che company. yet his salary.
learned. WAS only forty @hulines, ol
about -1Oa week. He. however. mad,
bv "lps" a- much as teu or fifteen -hil
lncs day. H. some instances. on tut
continent tho employee about the sra
tious actually receive n0 salary ANA de-
pend entirely ON tine tips received from
travellers. One result Is that they ar'
exceedingly prompt and polite. Dnt ar
other must be the deDasiug of then
manhood. find them much more
cheefilv polite than men holding tn.
same positions are in America bat
ms. the sturdy. sell-re,roc.ing loci
which is $50 universal there.
For "a shilling extra You can get q
guard tO lock your door and pat zen
.a.el on sour compartments whci
uIu ensure you privacy. though lhi
trains may Dee crowded. This could
hardly horp n America. but is.
flluk. a-Iesitimate consequence of q
universal habit of taking tips. or ser
v4nfuurseif. However small the tip II
D.. always accepted. and what is not less
r.mal hable b. accepted with politeuess
have seen "a waiter ln hotel in New
York look az % uulfter winch had been
gwen him rs VI uc bad half a.mlld %
ling 30 in else dolof S face he nevel
mad 70 ~ hole iniDl. have seen mar
here dressed iua uniform which daz
z.ei tine eyes. and with the ulagniiioen
manners Of field MARSHAL. accept ;
penny with cordial expression al
. thanks. 4 friend %. mime uIed ih'
experiment with "a BALI penny ON ti'
superb gentleman who shows tine Roya
Rooms at Windsor. aud received
courteous bow.
Speaking otIa'lway charges. have
learned thlt railways charge shilling
per mile fer conveying dead l.. ny
and then they are usually transported
n -hofse boxes, "A little clean straw
being ,pead ON the floor. The habits
of me living here are not more dl
feront from OUTS than are the customs
attending the iutermeht OF the "e'"'
ln most of the older cemeteries tht
only monuments erected are 7imll
slabs which are almost black from lht
smoke. in the newer cemeteries.
however. there is more variety AMI
greater display though nothing Ike
one sees I'D an American cemetery
Ino shafts which are so com
mon with Us are never seen here
/ buI crosses are very common. IL is not
i. ll.-ual 10 find inscribed oua slab lying
+ ,n ihe ground Family Grave of s..
and BID. This will be- just what &c purp0rt-
F C. b. "a family grave all the cOiilr-
f btiug put one on toy of the other pa the
same grave. We went out "a y on
tnO since 70 see kensal Green. where
le Sidney Smith. Ihdcker3y. Tom
Hood. John Leech. Charlie, Readc
Maynr Reed. Leigh Hunt. and many
Others better known 10 rs than Che
lckes and prigc,-sos, whose heavy
monuments about the chapel are sup
ported by royal lcyies. Mot of ths
monument. are perfectly uupretendit &
Iuackeray is q simple. fiat slab, Vii
iue names Of himself and his vito. au,
the dates. bat "a hand-rail around d
BE- covered With rich ivy. Hood IS is Lh'
well known monument which va
erected with penny subscriptions from
sewing women. and contains the IA
nous eptaph. He Sang the Song o
he Shiit. Thus the wittiest aud the
most humorous of all the Eng.sh p1et
nls found bis abiding fame his Patio.
/, and BOT il bis fun.
Whilst we were hunting for the
graves. "a young man. walking very
rapidly. passed as. and told as that j
se would wait haif-hour he woul,
show us around. bat that just then be
had Two funerals Oh. As W. ha,
never seen Two funerals on. vi
followed him. and found not two bu