Acrldeute aud How to Avoid Them—How to
Travel Comfortably—lnatructioni for Minding
One’s Owh Business.
It is greatly to be regretted that
tho wandering Jew never put him
self in the hands of a publisher and
gave tho world au account of his
traveled experience. It would prove
invaluable, particularly this season
of the year, when seven-eigths of
the people are abroad; beside, it
would have saved your correspond
ent. the labor of preparing this article.
Having been a constant traveler
for twenty years, I think I have re
duced traveling to a science, and
believe myself competent to instruct
and direct others of less experience.
Considering the frequency of railway
accidents, lot me offer the following
rules for tho careful consideration of
the traveler:
1 When you feel the car off the
track, grasp the inside arm of the
seat tightly, raise your feet from the
floor and remain quiet. If the car
turns over, throw yourself into the
aisle and hold fast.
The majority of accidents happen
to people by being thrown violently
forward or backward or sideways
against the woodwork of the car.—
Another class of accidents is where
the trucks break loose and come
crushing through the floor of the
car. If your feet are on the seat,
you are certain to escape damage
from this cause. This rule will hold
good in every case except where cars
“telescope,” or run one into and
through another. To protect one
against danger from “telescoping,”
observe
2. Take your seat nearest the
end of the car that “couples” higher
than the one before or behind. Near
ly all the express trains show this
difference.
