Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-06-12
ORIENTAL SLEEPERS.
4A STORY OF LUXURIOUS TRAVELLING
NJ ON Al INDIAN RAILWAY.
An American Foand Muc!l That Was New
i and Undesirable - Deliberateness, the
Dominant Characteristic, Practiced to :
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" and Undesirable - Deliberateness, the
B dominant Characteristic, Practiced to :
4 RaiDful Degree.
"a sleeping car On an oriental railway is
death to aristocratic airs. The early I,.orn-
Ing the tourist joyfully rises with the
su,l-f1nds his meekness only exceeded by
his shabbiness; and during the long, long
nirht how often does he wish that hU was
sleeping amid the jungles through which
he is passing instead of tossing up and
down, round and round, over and over, In
this wabbling, rattling, snorting, oreak-
ing thing that IL carrying him 10 or 10
miles an houri
I am sure that the Indian sleeping car
possesses patent Of it's own, and that 1t
has never been duplicated Is a blessing to
that part Of humanity that does not enjoy
the nightmare hilc taking nocturnal trips
through this country ISL
The car itself Is q wonder IN tnconven-
lent workmanship When 1t remains still
long enough to be measured, you find that
ID measures about 10 by 8 feet, contains
four understandable affairs called beds-two
stationary and two hanging In q threaten
ding manner from above by leather covered
ropes is lighted by asingle Pickering light
that Is too dim to read by and too bright
ITO sleep by and is entered by the tourist
through q side door, which Is often too
marrow for the bundle OF bedclOthes that
the railroad kindly allows him to furnish.
Having as my companion during the
first night out on my way to the noun
tains Of India q bright, congenial fellow
from the City OF Brotherly Love, the trip
4 was crowded with incidents, some Of
which were very lnughable several days
after they happened.
Far in the dark night 1t turned sudden
~ very chilly, and we were aroused to find
everything In "a stiff gale, and fearing that
the monkeys In the jungles would have the
{ 10y Of appearing next day In some OF our
N garments we arose to seize them In the
midst Of their wild career MS they danced
y in the whirlwind, and to our surprise we
found that our door was swinging wide
open, and from the mountains the cold air
was sweeping through the car from door
Il tOwindow and window to door. 81 35 s
These sleeping cars encourage domestic
4 economy In that they require you to carry
i about with you all the bedclotling that
II you use and make up your own bed when
q you desire to use it,. AS my good natured
4 friend possesses q passion for such art and
/ as it Is my creed That every one should be
u sUnoonrag ed IN developing Ills talent IN any
u given direction. I allowed him to practice
4 on my bed, but when the time came to
1 blow up my newly patented air pillow then
came tho tug Of war. We blew into that
4 perversely empty pillow by turns until onl
heads grew dizzy and we seemed to b.
II blowing cur brains out, but as we held y
y up after every windstorm 1t resembled II
4 diameter Il pancake rather than q pillow
AT last my companion, thinking perhaps
3 that 1t was not worth while to put on air.
4 while try ing to put in air, assumed an at
\ titude Of strength rather than Of grace
u and, turning himself into q yeritable bel
lows, Inflated the pillow to an enormous
n size and uncomfortable tightness, which
ho now handed to me with an air Of trt
n umph. 5s{| yiat3
In the. morning we expected a scene q
Il iesOlation to greet us, MS we would be II
4 the mountains, but, as we looked through
-the windows, everything was green. No
y only the trees and grass, but our eye.
GOULD not rest upon anything that was moi
Il green green birds, green cows, greer
h pigs, green goats, green ducks, green skies
and, stranger still Ia sight which we lool
L Tor ii vain In our country green mon ani
q women. d * l
What kind Of country is this, anyhow
i In mute wonder we gazed upon the greer
panorama, fearing to speak lest we expos
ed our greenness
In q few moments the window pane wa,