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Show 1 . "ii-H ivtin iMin itnim. A "W HshinRton cort'CBp.Jitdcn t of the Phlla-J Phlla-J dolpbin Tolesr.iph wan recontly looking at sorno model, in tho Natlonul Muioura of , ' curioua cars usod in tho early day of rail roading in this country when Mr. "Watkius, , tho curator, iointed out ono particular ono i that bad a must and sail. Experiments with auqta car woro mado on tho Ualtunoro & i Ohio road ami on tho South Carolina road. v It waatheu a serious quotitlon whether tho raotlvo power on railroads would bo sail, i;oro or ateara. Tho steam locomotive ,' waB stlil loolcod upon aa an exporlmont. Sail cars arouncd to-day on a guano rail--oad on tho island of Maiden, in tho south ' Pacific. Thoy are, in fact, used ueiu-or homo than that, for railroadmen at Bar-uogat Bar-uogat buach, when tho wind la favorablo, froimuuily ride ovor tho road on con struction orira- loop-rigf?ed. ''Tho wind Iihr a good deal to do with raUroadhiR ovon loday," Mr. Watkius saW. If you go to tho burc.u ' f i i. c .it tUu K'iuI street static , l ' 'I . vlioi'i"! imni train, say from Now Yoi U, U llkly to bo oa time, you may be informed thatltisllkaly tolxi four or five mituittw late, beoausa tbera is a strou'w tint from tho west. Wines -wakoconsidorahlo diffaraaqa i Ma' ri' -Blag tiuioof tw' -. - " I I |