Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-08-18

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"A eorrsspondsot Of the Boston Clos
writes: The cab Of locomotive is the
best place to ride in on the train. ior
sAres rsasonA Flint. there 10 70 Plees
like it to study the human nature Of q
locomotive. and there IL lots Of human
nature IN one. Iassrse yos. under cir
cunstaacss calling Tor sueh demoustfa-
tions an engine will ost-scold. out-grovl,
out-laueh, out-grumble, butcher any
man or woman .ou can lind. Oh, how
the poor thing pansed and quiversd when
it started up the steep grade; bu: how
erandly it bsnt itself to its task, and
when il had got under good Roadway. to
see how it enjoyed its triumph. to hear
it seem to ask, There didn't DO that
nicely 2" or when it would come to fear
fuf curves. to see it seemingly grow eau
tious. slacken up little. just as though
1t was saying. Now, l must be careful
not to frighten those good people back
there; they are of for pleasure, and I
wouldn't mar their happiness for the
world! To see all this. for the life Of
one, one could not help getting the i'm
preston that the engine really il . thing
Of life. and knows all about what il going
on. Again, the cab is . FIRST clasr place
to mOralize upon the ignorance Of peo-
pie ~ regards what is ahead Of them,
and Of their thouGhtlessness about the
forces and powers that control their
aud push or pull them for
ward, - well as how much depends upon
one mans faithful, efficient discharge OF
his regular daily duty. For instance.
how little the tourists on that train knew
Of the sharp t;.rns they were going to
make to avoid the walls OF water. of hill.
Of forest that barred their path. They
would not see the long reach of smiling
valley ahead Of them or the mountains
that surrnounted its farther end, along
whose side they were to circle. How
little thought they put upon the quiet
man in soiled garments. who, with black
ened hands. sat there with his grasp
eternally on the lever. now looking
up the track ahead. not an OBJ
ject. even AS tiny As bird or leaf, es-
eapinS him; now glancine Mt the steam
gauge, and anon sending g quick look
back at the hurryinS cars behind. Yet
be had the lives of all Of them in that
grasp of his upon the lever. lis he that
makes the engine speak and act like .
thing of thought and life. verify be-
lieve that no set of men are SO little
Ihought Of and SO heavily burdened with
as the locomotive engineer. |
But they are equal to the responsibility. |
men than they are beneath their |
oronzed features, their soiled, rough |
clothes and blaekened hands, you cannot |
ind. Always temperate. never off duty |
IN vacation. ever sslf-contsined. utterly |
regardless Of this thought or lack of it in |
he public mind abeut them and their
york, they stand quiet and steady at |
heir post. thorough gentlemen every
nch of them. Traveller, if you ever take
IL your hat to any one A. . token Of
our respectful consideration of their
cal worth. doff it when you stand in the
'resence Of the engineer who guides the
rain you travel on. Once more. the cab
J uDequaled as . spot to view the pass
lg scenery.
SHOT BY A CHINAMAN.-D. H. Haskell,
tho arrived in town this morning, in
ormed US that q dispatch was received
t Wadsworth last night that the wife OF
x-Senator Hill, of Churchill county,
las shot at her residence last evening
y a Chinaman, who afterwards shot
nd killed himself. The extent of Mrs
ILLS injuries were not known to our
but they were supposed to be
a serions character, as Drs. Bishop
nd Bergman of Reno were called to at
md her.-Silrer State, 18th.