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Show GEORGE FBAXCIS "tRAlX. Tke lNjchological riitnomtnon Talks in a Car. On Friday narblng Uie excur-sionlU excur-sionlU bound from Salt lake City for the capital of Idaho, among whom was the writer, observed in chinking cars-.t rocattllo a large streamer tacked on the side of n baggage car of the O. 8. I, train, which announced, in characteristic phraseology, that George Francis Train was on board. That celebrated cele-brated individual wa, in fact, on the train, rearing the home stretch of thcjtfnrny round the world ou which he started from Taroma, Washington, early on the morning of March lSth. The send-ofl given him by the Inhabitants of that town will be remembered by newspaper reader". In exactly sixty dya from the hour of his departure from Tacoma Citisen Train landed at Xew York, from Litre, barring improbable accidents, ac-cidents, he might easily have traveled trav-eled to Tacoma In four and three-juarier three-juarier die)-. Hut he purpcely 'pent over a day in New York City, that lie might prejare an account of hijournej for publication in the ew 'Vork Suit. Of the isuo in which the account appears, May lt ( ituen Train procured 50,000 copies w hich he ha eauted to be distributed as hi journey from New ork uutnard h progressed. Learnlus that a number of -salt Lake newspaper men were ou boird the train, he invited Severn" of them i to breakfast with hltn. After the1 meal these g-ttts, with a number of tho txeuNonlsts and othtr Isengen, gatliered iuto Uie JeeialcarocciinieiI bv the eccen tric orator and his jarty tJ Tor over t o hours list-cJ to one of the most rema'tible entertainments manyci them had cer witnc&nl. Accomianying Mr. Train were his private 'ccretarj, S. U. Wall of the Tacoma ledger, who had started with him, U. V. Kellogg and W A. Ha of Uie slatt" of the New York ic, and W. IC. Beard of the ew York Ceutnl Itailroad, the It t three of whom joined him at New York. The entertainment referred to, which took place in the special car occupied bj this party, battled adequate ade-quate descrij tion. It wa aconvtr salion, lecture, 'tump sjiecth and oration combined, passing in'tan I ttueoutlj from the nature of I one to that of tho other. ' Whether Mr Train was pleased or I aunojed at the throni-iiiir of his. car with curious and nttclitive Ii-tcners Ii-tcners was at firtt a matter of tome doubt, but na the bursts ofeloqueuce or eulhu'ia'm wiUi whleh he interspersed inter-spersed his converaUou w iUi ladies and gentlemen present were met bv applause, he teemed pleased with liia audience and continued to entertain en-tertain them for two or three hours. As the writer entered the car he was remarking to a group near him Yes. I've been iu fifteen jail", shot at, pronounced insaue; et here I am, in ro-esslon of the key to im niortaht I shall never 1II1 " Asthcrcp"esenfliv-orihe!FUS was introduced to him, hu spoke Ilh genaiae enthusiasm, and in a Uudly wax, of JJrigham Ycung, W. II. Hooper and other prominent "Mormons-' with whom ho ha J become be-come acquainted when in Utah about twe uty j ears ago. " Yh,"' said he, "L tab, the only county I was e-er in, where-!! the people owned their era llome, where Uiere wrc no jaits, no n-ylum no alis lioutes, and no d foo'-J" He spoke of the L tah of twenty J ears ago. "Xexl Octolier I start round Hie world agnin, nud I'll make the trip In fifty dijs" he exclaimed with great entiiutiasm. "1 Iot ten days on the Pacific Ocean. I asnt't uiame lur sailing In n tub. The vessel ought to have made the irlp to Hoag Kong in ten ilajs Ie. 5ii itdid. anli fat vessel could do it " He read a Ejtcech delivered by lilm in Oiiaha at the breaking of ground for Uie V V Railroad, Dec 23 IStR an reported by Uie Omaha Herat. It was a remarkable address, ad-dress, and contained many prognostications prog-nostications which cliilkngctf credulity cre-dulity it the time, but Ineince lieen igually fulfilled, in regard to tho devtlipme'it of America, and Uie commerce of tho world. He intcrjered the reading with comments, humorous, siliric-il and oratorical, nnny of ills Iniproiiiitu utterances display iug remarkable intellectual qualities. Part of Uie tisie he sat upon his scat Uien he would stand, and again lie would crouch upon the cushion, w ith both feet on it. and then leap upon it like a beast of prey. Ineoherenci, invincible logic, scintillations of w it, biting sarcasm, wild and Impracticable ideas, touches of pathos and flashes of eloquence elo-quence rapidl) succeed each other. t freipient intervals lie would jiause and demand of hb li-tencrstoknou if thty wanted him to continue. beeral times he sharpie rebuked I arsons In hisiudi-euce hisiudi-euce for uhNjteriug while he was talking, and once when he asked if he should go on. one mau in Uie crowd saW. "Xo " "That man's from Seattle," said Tralu,"tnd I'm booming Ttcoma." Tlie ero d caught Uie joke, Uie gist of whleh was the rivalry of the tvt o ton. ' I like to have a negative, in order to be more positive," added Train In his speech of C3 the-e were occasional references to God. At each of these Train w ould apologize, withj some remark the efiect of ubich was that at that time he knew no better than to believe in a God In one of the sudden trinsitiona from one line of thought to another, which occurred every few moments, Train exelalmed rheytiikalout Uie devil, uhj he's the fiuest fellow fel-low I ever saw; he don't weara white neckUe." "When did you sec him?" asked too curious man in the audience. "I see him now," said Train, deliberate!,, nud looking nt his interrogator. in-terrogator. A prolonged burst of laughter, at the expense- of the quest-lone quest-lone r, followed. At frequent intervals Train proclaimed pro-claimed himself the chief of anarchists, anar-chists, and uttered dire threats against the government. At such times his voice, language and facial expression were tp!cal of what one w ould exivl to w itness in an anarchist of the most pronounced and.fanatical description. Among his auditors were ladies and gentlemen of intelligence and education. Laughter, wonderment, incredulity uud twe were in turn portrayed upon their countenances as Uiey listened to him. "Is lie insane" was an oft repeated inquiry, in-quiry, hut there was so much meUiod in his madness that Uiey could scarcely doubt his mental soundness. Tnin himself talked freely of the popular suspicion of his lunacy. His grammar, even when his utterance was most rapid and his ideas most lacking in coherency, was perfect Heclaimcdtobi able to speak twenty languages. His sentences were terse and strong and his antithesis of the most original orig-inal and striking character. Reckless Reck-less and lurid lu many of his expressions, ex-pressions, lie was wonderfully eloquent elo-quent In oUier. In short, he was the chological pheuomtnon ttat has bailled expert", defied literary criticism, astonished the Intelligent and delighted the multitude, of which no satisfactory exihnatlon has ever been made. |