The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-03-29

luhul on llei-t lfaln 30. Jimmy Elley's
outo oft lie Ju., got cut IN two up in The
yuri The train was comm ia purity lively,
az the cars was icy Oh top. The engineer
Wlis-.cl Tor brakes an Jimmy started 10 run
ever tie t19 o. Tie train. lie slipped an fell
bcivlNt tNo cars. He bit on the bumper an
gI9boci o. save himself but he couldn't
kfl uo,hu ana dropped on TO the rail.
Both TRUCKS went over hin. BE an another
I,lef seas there aui We started for here as
ia.i %, wc could GET 70 ask for Jimmy's
place 1 rot here first, an' Ia Like tho Job
first rate. il you could give It TO me, siri7
Ila railroad Official promised to hold tho
application for consideration, and the man
sen. .lt evidently well pleased
There ls DID calling. said tho official when
the man had gone, $50 besct with danger and
Llri,hp- as that OF "a railroad brakeman,
especially GA long freight trains. and set. if
there should be- twenty irakcmou killed on
this or amy other road to-day there would be
as many applicants for each mans place as
soon a- ll- news of lbs death became known.
The man who WIS just here was an eye wit
ucss n Riley llrhtlul DEATH and vet what
ever impression il made upon him was lost in
appreciation Of the fact that tho dead man
bad left place TO be filled by some one else.
This prompted him to act at once, and he lost
ny second in securing all the advantage
priority Of application might give HIM.
mo DEAD MEMS SHOES.
Every railroad las hanging about it,
yards and stations small army Of these
4uNlod- "plaleHii'' LOT chances TO step INTO
dead mems SHOES lhey are chiefly men who
have followed rlIlrladluu all their lives and
"ho have lost their jobs for some cause.
hallro1dins is "a Gooi deal like politics. u u
man gets into 10 once DE isn't worth a snap
for anything else And So if be gets out of
10 ho Is constantly ou the lookout fol the OPP
portunty that BE- believes must come 10 Let
him ia again There isn't one among this
class Of men refer e. who does not feel gen
nine sorrow when @ railroad man Is killed,
and not one Of them would hesitate to- risk
his own life 10 save that of any trainman IN
danger, although ho might be sure tBat tho
death of that man would give him long
hoped for place ON zinc road Yet they haunt
the tracks and the station yards day after
day' watching lIe switching ana coming and
gong Oh "1l'i'' ""'" ''a 'u'' sooner OF iaier
some QUE ~ 'l' aus" Ul ''io'. 'Iil"S IS o'"id
L" be- Ailir' OF 'ii'''''ed INTO "eIPiessI'aa. IL
seems 'u'l '"e'o "''v Only TWO Vi these men
near 10 "''i''S '"v sil'c@lhs @cath oil hney
'o''y anu "''.' ",lv'7 "'", o' IL ana mat
"i' alll''"'''i ,'' H.',} p 'i"'0 "a5 pun III
"' noun ~ ""''''' WI '''''i .,''l WIN "',iio"n
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i"' car "i@' IT. Is w no means iiNc'N ,na'
lAe l'uns Hln" WHO Wis yuS0 mere VIII De
h4Ie', W.nou-" Jul, hi'l' il uv ian give"
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,I.' o,. IN. o,tbo,itv tbereo
f..,Il..,l tIronrb tLo railroad vo,d and f.
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TUE TOP NoIOh OF DANUhH'
This has been a hard winter on en-, SAID
1Ae s"l'chnsn. jimmy makes iour ,nis
"ee@ 50 lar 4hfes Oh en- was 'ooh JusV IKE
i'lii'i ana o1hel ul was i"',en'd WIN Tue
Jumpers WINE nc was ooup''H V0ulun
IS" u" no" Ii'""y ''a' Oe'' O'.''l' "-c"e
LIS ans ""' nc IN ii''''-' .N'' '.--i 4"
goa many su'neo VI ~. r@' 'e" oii 'giio 'ne
!. JAMS iii'' CONES d" nv ,V4'O"S ii
'Niev s,hss Uono 'l"' Go" NIV~'
i~'yN4 Iau 'AG He'i' ~ SS'' "iiv' ''.o 1''
A''.ls are ioi lVso "a nc '1i' 'i,ae nus
.i'e i-u ueeu hi,oc','u on ms "a =. - ~,
81. .lA' o''0 NJ ''''s'e,' " s'l' So '--
o"Al~.'' T." '.'.,' ~ l.''" . "
! On the roof me 'liiinS yl'' 'o" an - O-.
AZ may Oe, enough. viS' ''''i' =. '-0'-' '''
caly laid up with lew myers on or an arm
twisted out OF inc socket OF 1901 run over
AM smashed OF some ulIlo thihg Ike that'
hoi 50. ANYHOW.
hat makes orahih 50 dangerous
s0oi many things. LOT instance, theros
>oupln. That's always at the top notch OF
l-n. sIous nom one Ne" ears 10 announcer
every day IN the year, year IN an year out
Ju.i nov the ice on sn'" on lno cars Is Gan
serous II isn aa easy thlhs LOT man 10
run along the tops OF cars gong twenty
miles an hour, oven "hch theio Is 10 ico 0"
Tie boards an. tho WIND is ilehr bu, "nen
; on ''Ae u i'Kc u mas pec'' iOi " W." VI -
With ffn Car TOOls llEo flihs anu lut kluu /