The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-11-28
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Passengers WIZ Travel IN order to secuse
che Salvage.
A well-dressed woman got into n
Fridge car yesterday, carrying gold
beaded umbrella A moment later n
fairly we'll attired man came in, wallt-
ing carelessly, and sat down beside her.
Hsd careful observer noticed him
when he entered he would have seen
him throw quicls glance at the UNI
brell@ before sitting down
The train rumbleil across. The lady
guzeG at the rivep,, and, watching a
swiftly moving craft, fell into a dreamy
state ct observation When the guard
called EAST st. Lo1is adj outr' the
lady got up with a far-away look still
imher eyes and walked out, leaving the
umbrella The man beside her had rid
den across with his eyes closed as If
fatigued! When she had got out his
haad fell quickly on the umbrella and
he was making off with it when the
guud collared him. Tho fellow looked
surprised at finding the umbrella in his
hand, mTuttered something about ''pick-
ing it up, unconsciously," shook off the
guards. hand and plunged into the
crowd
That is the fifth time'iip month
have caught that fellow taking lost
articliss," said the con duotor to re-
porter. ''The bridge cars are para
disc for such as he. There is more
miscellaneous collection off lost articles
gathered in these trains than in any
other place in America, I'liwarrant."
The number of missingr articles be-
came so, numerous and so many claims
were made by pretended owners that
several years ago system of checks
was put into use Now anything found
in the'o@rs is taken to the office, where
a report is made of the article, giving
the time of the car onlWhich it was
found, and other details This is en-
tered on book of blanks having stubs.
The trainman then getsia receipt for
what he has turned in. When the caller
comes for what he has, lost he must
thoroughly identify the article before
he cam get it. The stub, of the train
mans receipt keeps thus a perpetual
record of everything found.
These stub books are fled away and
are.never destroyed. Aglance through
them reveals a bewildering variety of
lost goods. The stubs, of 1889 are es-
pecially prolific in ourious cases. Here
are. some of the things, recorded: Pum-
ice. stone, diagram, two boxes of cigars,
apocket-book containing fifty-two dol
lars, white apron, spool of cotton, pair
of rubbers, a picture, waistcoat, n
bracelet, some sureingles, several rem
nants, piece of sheetiron, three sauce
dishes and horsewhip.
One Saturday the record forwariety
was eclipsed. That day the tnainmen
gathered up these. things:
Three pairs, Of stockings, lift by a
drunken mani: a lady's veil, a roll of
sheet music, "a teaspoon, a bottle Of
wine, gentleman's kid gloves, eye
glasses, porter's badge, a lunch a gos-
samer, a cranberry mold
In one streteh, from September 12' to
November'2e, two hundred articles were
reported That was the rainy season,
and forgotten umbrellas swelled the
list. But taking the year around au-
brellas have the questionable distinction
of being the oftenest overlooked.
Pocket-boolss, however, singular tNsay,
are not so far behind A count of fifty
six stubs Sc lected at random ga.xe this
tally:
Umbrellas 90; pocket books, ~ pack
ages, 7; canes, 2; keys, 81 walters
jacket, I.
On an average three articlesare found
q day. This makes nearly a hundred a
month. Some sneaks have long age
found this out, and travel across often
each day and run the chance of picking
up something of value. Even if they
fail the low car-fare does not leave
them much out of poclet.-St. Loui:
| Globe-Democrat.