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Show I . tm jvnn ivitn h.iii. I A,"V'ttliliiKton corroRpondcntof therhila- . " 1 delpbia Telegraph wai recently looking I I at sotnu modolb In tho NUonal Mucoum of 1 curious curs used in the early days of rail- i I roadinj In this country, vtion Mr. Watklns, I the curator, pointed out ono particular ono I that had ft mast and sad. Experiments with such oars were mado on the Baltimore A: ' Ohio road and on the South Carolina road. It was then a serious question whether tho , motive power on railroads would be sail, j ;orso or steam. The steam locomotive Was still looked upon as an experiment, Sail cars aroused to-day on a guano rail--osd on tho island of Maiden, in tho south j Pacific. Thoy aro, In fuot, used nouror i homo thau that, for railroad meu at Bar- negat beach, when tho wind is favorablo, frequently rhio ovor tho rocd on con atructioii car's sloop-rigRed. "Tho wind ) bus a pood ileal to do with railroading oven , tfl-dm," M- V; i ins n.u ' If you en to the bui'f uu of mi" i , i a' 'lio Broad street iMlution, Philadolphiu, and mTc whother soma tralu, say from New York, is llksly to bo on tinie, you may bo informed tbat It is likely to be four or five inuto late, booauss there in a strone; wind from the wast. TTin4s Miakeoomidorablo differsnos in tfaa rua- ulur tiina ot bvwin. -,s " . .' f"'m " i . a-. i ' |