EXCELSIOR. When, with the progress of life, we find our condition continually improv- ing, progress appears to become a law, and from habit a necessity; and when we advance imperceptibly from a less to a more luxurious style of living, as has been the case with all travelers by rail- roads in the United States, but particu- larly with those who have enjoyed the luxuries of a Pullman palace car, or as in our case, so perfect a train as the one we now travel in, it is a noteworthy fact that we become gradually more ex- acting in our demands, and are scarcely brought to realize the excellence at- tained, and the skill to which we are indebted for our comfort, until when, on some subsequent trip, we are reminded by hard experience of the primitive style to which we were accustomed, and long in vain for the luxuries of travel, which we asa party now enjoy. Let us all be duly thankful to Pullman, and through him to all those co-laborers and officers or employees, whose skill, genius and forethought have ministered to our substantial comfort. ——_____