New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-17

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all good nature and smiles. some one mad amused
| the people and they were content.
story overheard ran something like this Il was
sitting in box at theatre evening when ono OF
the men present said Il always look around in a
theatre for the easiest way OF escape in Of fire,
for way in which could reach the stage If any
| accident TO occur there. Now suppose that
actresses gown should take fire would step on that
garland there, steadylng myself by the r with tho
arm which held my overcast. reach my foot across to
that cze in high relief and spring thence to tho stage
In thiry-iive seconds should have reached her ana
have tho flames smOthercd with my coat | laughed
az him. Well. a. 1t happened, that very actiess
| gown did catch fire and she piercing scream
| that almost threw the house into "A panic. what ava
lose his head like the rest Not one bit of it. lie
did just exactly what he said he would do His coat
was around the woman in less time than 1t took me
10 wonder at his activity, aud the audience was cheer
ing him. 1t was sort Of discipline, with him. you you
see" Repeated in print for the benefit OF tl0'e WHO
may have chance to play the hero sometime
II often have strong desire" said' a ferryboat
traveller 10 pick up of those lifeprescrverS
under the seats and hold it up by of the strings
Just to see if it wouldn't fall to pieces from its own
| weight. They look rotten, and believe they arc
| rotten. The never seem TO change positions. Tho
dust IS always an inch thick them and so assume
That thcv are never examined. Fancy the despair OF
| a man who seized one Of them to assist him in saving
hi, life and when lie tried 10 tic the straps around nm
found them falling apart like WORKOUT shocstfIS'
You will find many Oldtimc railroad engineers hold
ing the throttle of the elevated dummies. After get
ting smashed up two three times, experiencing hair
breadth escape, and having their nerves worn - a
fine edge by the constant strain and anxiety OF guild
ing q locomotives dashlng uphill and down,
around curves and over bridges they find The scat in
| an elevated cab "A comparatively comfortable berth,
something like pa->iOnesS and quiet ola age aief
stormy youth. There little excitement IN ms l1ter
! life Of theirs and the short rams are extremely
monotonouS. but they are almost Wholly lree from inc
| possibility of broken ncchs or crushed limbs.
! II left my engine on great railroad" said an
! elevated engineer. because lost my nerve l ran
for years one Of the fastest trains on the road From
the tmc We pulled ont from jersey City until M run
was ended we went like streak Of flame. ] did not
| mind it at first, but one night when We were out
racing the wind to make up time, had just time 10
! see the binding flash OF headlight before waf
smashed through my cab. That one Of the worst
| wrecks that ever occurred on the road. Eoth ih1
engineer and brakeman of the other engine were killed
| instantly and my own fireman badly cat U
piece, that he did not live to reach the hospital. !
was little more than alive myself but pulled around
after awhile and went back 10 II throttle. was thaly
for some wcclSs. but gradually got back my nerve 50
! that | could drive fast express without trembling.
Well | got into another wreck IN the course Of time
| That shook my nerves again. once ] was arrested
charged with causing the death Of lot Of people
tod knows had more to DO with it than YOU,
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division superintendent stood close NJ my side ana kept
| encouraging ne 10 let her ont. We dashed around "a
| curve clear through freight train. The superlh-
rndcn himself had cleared The track but forgotten tins
train. II. WAS killed and my fireman cut in two:
course Was acanttcd. was Simply running on
order. But | left the road after that iried
another one, but could not trust orders; signal, or
S %, ncry w. "a imam switch in the dead
u,ti vi "rIhc ~ :" tnnp',,7 p,t ~ ~ ,d MI
take yOu sure 10 be in terrible wreck. lou nave
got To have absolute confidence in all the machinery
| Of H.
Trick at AL running one Of these dummies. Just chO
play, but It's safe as the Bank Of England
Says a wcll-lnown scholar and author In a private
letter. referring to manuscript written by himself
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# an Instance II heteroGraphy-f one nay coin
q word akin t. Grant Whites hccUphcmy.' Well,
why not such word would answer good purpose
and really seems to lie needed few days after the
writer 1t i'm the letter Just quoted, he had o.
ca,ion to be painfully reminded that there ~a, such
a thing a. ieterormplN the writing o. one iluns
! whric another intcuded-tOr In brief
! article he mixed up the names Of tWO men. using
first one and then the other. ln the most amazing ana
uc.mpchcn.ale manner. II is easy to dispose If 800"
matter hy .aying that IN WITS 20 case Of hciorogriphy.
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hetoro-raphi'al expand on new noun into the ap-
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