Show OX THE RAILS how they fit up trains east of he the capital editor ol 01 THE I 1 wrote yon from omaha and thinking fiat a letter from the might be acceptable to your readers I 1 send yon now a ew items on my courcey jour cey ami ill follow ewe other maiter aa points unsent theine ehe it la to eee such strides as have been in railroading even bince 1887 especially in what ia tailed here the west I 1 believe clial all the luiea are trying to compete ia ahe nutter of elegance and ap pp el aliey awe been largely attim in tins direction by the example of aba inn j ivan a com pany gives us a limited beati amle espre a tiala from new boik in twenty alve houra a distance of about miles and on which I 1 travelis trav elid this train leaves chicago at 5 p in every day central time and arices in new york at 7 p m abern tima dext day and ii tilled up in the most elegant style aothia tian 1 found not only imn sleeping berths but a deiy enily furnished parlor with libraty and alei ks tor v ou the journey I 1 wrote aliree or more letters with c eabe the car is pa ticul arly nice aad is 0 o arranged that an excellent view of aba scenery on this roote can be obtained the smokers are a car fined up superbly at the front end of the train and which is supplied with barber shop br room and a I 1 the ol 01 a farat cliss lion in this car aleo we find a library and and the is lit up at night with incandescent lamps these are al 0 turned oo 00 in the daytime by ehg porter jost before going through a tunnel and ag they are operated from behind alo scenes by aneina of a lestr the is very beant ful and the advantage advAnt aga of such lieh tio instead of the old methods quite apparent the conductor simply sya s ya and the whole train is lib by a single movement of the porters hand fr TO his rom and the lights ae turned out the same way as soon aa we emerge from the tunnel bo that you laa continue reading or writing without atia interrupt on if you des re ahen tha train ia vestibule il together which admits of no bumping or jerking by imperfect couplers or any ota at kind the whole tram moves and the cars and lines aro so well built that you scarcely know you are haveling unless you ar going at about forty miles an hour no noial no diesl and very little motion e en at that speed I 1 consider hiis tiis the bait in railroading railroad ine eickel anywhere up to date of course there aie other limited trains in alff ardnt p but n na I 1 have yet ridden upon ha ante come up to this line A brani h of the ii daily runs between and blarr asburg BO tat M find a train waiting for them in which their seats are by lumbers these cars are fitted up with elegantly elee antly up bolski red c a lra cushions for the feet aad a bullet f r the culinary nie oi passengers gerB in place 01 the alining aar which accompanies eairy tran from chicago to ne boik id excellent ideala at 1 1 s ais a flusch at an incident in this car it stat b bilay morning A w acted a little stimulant or liis vt lid who was rather delicate aid lie w nt viry well himself bat the cat retold him it was and it was im puss i ie to ferva him the plead like a lawyer for his ee y cne in a while he int rejected ind im quite ill myself bat the cat could do nothing for h m I 1 dout even a doctors would have librn I 1 aft learned ahat a flae ot ati imposed on hie aiice mart juat lately and tie was ibid ait oit tor a tor night fur felling oas drick of vaisly to a cn k man and I 1 hat he lind b eai cautioned cauti ined by tace company bot to do it again or a he expressed it it would windup tha business 80 the is better kept in a pullman dining on the limit d train than in auy cuy in the anoa awit excepts ogden in regard to intoxicants As they eay here the pravate door week days ia the pubic dor gundaya Sun daya and like luany other luxuries it isi reir as a necessary evil and largely a inked at by thice who know all about it alie colored race ia in ascendant in the eat ea t abut ab ut one laird of population are olor td people and they ania from the negro atho la EO black that charcoal goold make an lute mark on him to the sixteenth tri whom to look six or eight timea you can tell be haa colored blood I 1 baw adaily the alir ay nhom I 1 nestr bould hae of being colored if flie bail rot been in company nith another lady aomen hat dirker alian herself ft kiich attracted my attention to her and on looking more bosely I 1 eliat she had a flight taint they frequently dress well bcd some hae quite a refined ap peir aoe two colored class have lately been elected in colleges both washington men and I 1 lure been some creditable examples of persistent study as well as intelligence aniobi ani that race since my adral at my pla e thera are tuomala and ona female waiters all colored one is suly ing in the medical colleda here for a and ia about graduating he invited me pany him to the defecting room and his manipulation of the atu dents table ha earns his college money and b ard and dair ini vacation by ft ailing on table aal will soon be able to hia surgeons on conoe high toned this city the oilier mite waiter is now taking a course and studies quite carefully the pirl haa bean five years at a good school and has school tor soma time herself but when not in educational employment she waits on table and earns a living A areat miny colored peaple here are and I 1 cruet buy excel hie whites here ia eliat art w aak why and I 1 say c alred man in willit 1 w stork cheap and ahns atie price of hia pae faced competitor alie barb M charge 10 for a felias 0 aid 5 centa for acot blan ingin the shop the hit baraf sya it la too litte but I 1 wont get innus patronage unless I 1 in prices I 1 ill cua gat e saina I 1 abis world for a dime als hut whala the colored man thanks y u foi your custom at antt I 1 rice arid takes pains with year feeling himself well that amount tho white barber burly his customer and feela that im should liaw a quarter to h more clenca the cu boea where he caff cn ff the best time for liis money and the colored ician rejoices washington D C oct SO |