Railway Traveling

Itev. Chas. II. Brigliam, in tho Hwald of Baalth, saye : Uiiless we atagnato at homo, and dry ux and rust OHt in tho routine of villago Bfe, vc must. make ase oí these fatal railv:iy.-. Tiiey have Uk' rihl of eminent domain; aad tlio ven oapitalist who -.iv.-; thét ba ill Bot travel by thema bas toaell his land to them, and to heai the iiu.s whistle, Boroaming ten times in tho diiy iis the h&tefu] train shoots tlirough his -ganlcii, and senda its dust intu lis óhambers. A man who in oir time undertakea t" filit with the.railwnys is in i wprse plight tlian Don Uuixote in lii.s fight with toe windmiUfl. Muoh as we may complain there is no bettor way: in fact, thcvr is pracüoally no óther way. Aini, in view of these facts, it may nol be out of placo to givü Bosae rules for oouifortablc railway traveling. Be ['ii:i(-tu:,l. lt is ncvcr saft! to cuuut upoii dolays, tboigh they so often ow ar. Provokiníí as it is to wait half au houi 01" an hour in bohío dreary station, it is more provoking to roach the station half ft minute too late, md soc tho train gontly gliding away. One may bc luto aiiywlieio ' Ne with more reasim. There is no need of beine half an hour too oarly, and it is a piuable weafcncasto hurry broaktast on :t culi', winter moraingí tornea thcre isa goocl liour t.) .-paro. Yet itis a still inore melaaokoly weakness wbich brings ono red in the I out of breath tojnmp u]m the platform day aftci" day when thc (rain is in nioti'on, at imincnt risk ot' thrown onder the whóels. A railway station is an excellont position for thc study ot' human folly. lt is :i good vul'' to be at tho station lon; i'iiougli beforo tho train loavcs to make wise choioo of a place in it, if it is alroady tíiero, or at ony rato, to got the mina oomposed and the neives qxuoted. In thc choice of a scat gct ono as noarly :s possiblo in tho middlo of thc car. - Perhaps a seal Doarer the door may be safer in caso of accident, and ono may &úñ escape, lint that advantage is more t!i:u juct by sraoothoi' inotioii, ;itl the inoro comfortable air in the centra] part of' thc car. There are fewer cold dranghts in that part and in most tors the red-hot stove is less a nnisanoe bere. A place over the wheela is not ;ood for tho lirain ; a prudent man will ivoid it if ho can. Bomebody nrnst sit here of coursc. Lct it be thc penalty vhich Uie lato comerá p;iy. Tlie material of tlie seat is of much lesa importancè in ong railway joumies than '!■(■ place of ho seat. Á velvet arm'Ohair, with the vind blowing upon it, or the jerk of tho vheol vibratmg in it, is not so safo and íot so comfortable ;is a hard board bench n .a botter placo. Do not git near the ;he stove or over the wlieels. Tlun, wlien there ave several cara in be train, clioose a placo ín one oí tliü íiddle car No plaoe in a train is vholly safe, and it has no more been doided wliicli is the aafest place in a railray train than whereis Ule best pía ly to nave a boil. Other things )oing equal, tho middle cir La safer than lic front or rear car, in case of collission, nd it has certainly an easier and more motíon. it. is .i mistaken idea hat the rear car is t-lu; least exposed, - 'horc aro traína that follow as well m min (hot encounter, an I Borne ot' th vorst railway accidenta on record havo orno Lrom tlüse following trains. Avoid, t any cate, tl-e temptation to uso tho aggage car orthe emigrant oa : u thosi' "smoking" is permitted. Tbc uxuiy of a oigar is poorly purahased at be risk of rraotured liiubs, or in the polution of fiml air. Dr. Holmes, in ono of bis b jat the model fellow-travel ir in a rail■ay car is ono who sits by you with his ïouth shut, and asks no queetions. May ■'.' nol infer trom this remark, (iiaf. much onversatiou is not good, and shonld be voided ? A dead silence is embarras )ut a perpetual stream oí' tulk, when lere is tliis background of mr and rumie, making it an effort to listen, is t'ear'nlly wearisoine. It trios not only the ar of the hearer, but it tries the voice of ie Bpeaker. It is not veil to talk müch n a railway car when talking is feit to o au eiï'oit, and the voice iias to bo xained. There is no graater nuisanoe i a railway car than a toad deolaimer, -ho makes his aflFairs or liis fancy public' jroperty. Shall 'a read in the Oafs? Judicious ooulistssay that it is nol safe. But whai - a lone man to do, it' be may not cat nd talk ? Must he B])end all of his time u thinking, or in looking out oí' the ■indow, or in dozing'r Boms railiii nis' sejrtainly be allo wed ; and the profm of the book business on the train luw that the warning of the oeculists s not very piously hceded. The best adico is not to read vcry inucli or very teadily in railway care, not to read anyiin that requirea close attention or lose study, or that is printed in fine )Hnt. Newapaper or magazine si re about as much as the brain ougbet to te tried within this journeying. lf one ;udie8, it Bhould be in tlie guide book ithcr than in Herbert Spencer. lïathmatioal problems and theologioal disussions aro not to be handled in railway ourneys, and a wise tourist will not boose the game of ohess for liis reereaion when he is in an express traia. Another rulo of railway travc!, differnt froni thoso thus far given, which are 11 in a sense sanitary, is to be very chary f making new acquniutances.