A Toy Railway

-A uuiiu ai jiCUiiuun, fa., w rites: Few of the visitera to tlie great Cornwall km estáte, in this country, receive invitations to inspect the workroom of the young ïnilliomiaire, Robert Coleman. Mr. Coleman deetroyed a palace half buüt when his young bridedied, ayear ago, and lier embalmed body was brought from Paris to be entombed in a mausoleum here, in the shape of au Episcopal cathedral, that cosí a quarter ol a million. siiicc the deatb of the yoimg bride, the grief-stricken widower has pa mach attention to uoachinery and guiociiug. uo iiau uuuoing erecta containing a single larga room, wit) liigli ceiliug and frescued wa'.ls. , circular roadway, with a doublé line of ut cc] tracks, extends around the rooni. Patent saiöty Bwitchej, electiic cxos. ing signáis, safoty frogs, and the lal est tnethods of fastening rails are in use on thls playhotise railway. Thu total lengtli of track is about 150 (Vet, doublé track and fcwn si.limr a t „ end is ;i roiradhouse, with turn tables that opérate aiitouiatically. Three miniature locomotivea are emplojed. Every piece of mechanisin, every rod holt, ecrew; lever, spring, tire, oock, pipe and pump are on these loeomo ttves. The boiler-jacketa, roda and 'inv.-rs are nickel plated. The cato ure of Boiid walnut, and the boilers proper and the lire-boxes are of wrought steel. The tenders are ef oopper, and their water supply is taken bj 'acomia trom vats on the roadwav while the locomotives are in motion ' The locomotives are about four feet In length, inelnding the tender and are raodela of beauty. Thev are of üngiisfl design, so lar as high driving wheeta are conoeraed; otherwise thev are advanced American mechanica Meas, and have many original appliinces oí Mr. Colemaia invention. Che locomotives are flred up and set n motion. Around the tracks thev so [hile the millionnaire owner watí-lTes' ie movenieiits rrf ti.a „„í _. c-hmery. Hoüra aro thus passed' all rts of experimenta are hiitta p?ed and iow .s1eed are compáred to itión"16 U'e t'oml)anitive t}'t of To develop hi.s rtólway ideas, Mr oleman has detennined to Imild and quip a road exteiiding lrom the Cornal estáte to the Ponnsylvania -"- . louuiue 01 rtoout twenty milesIn all probftbfflty this rond, for itesize will be one of the best equipped in the theComwall ftirnaces to market over a shoiter route than is novv ia use.