New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-25
THE PASSING THRONG.

1T saw a story in Tho Tribune" said Allen Rob
erts OF Philadelphia, q the Hotel Imperial yester.
day. "tbout the danger TO tram,.
TRAMPS NOT that h;tl come with the picking IN
THE ONLY Of water for the engine when IN.
SUFFERERS. trains were running at speed ThA
tramps the only one,
however who wero injured and even killed by ,bi.
particular invention. as the number OF hraNen who
met death or dissblement from this cause bear,
ample testimony. The scoop I'm the bottom OF IN.
tender which takes up the water from the long
narrow tanks In let down at a certain point ana
raised at another one. signs at the eide OF The
track advertising the proper point at which m.
hrcmen should act. The letting down OF the scoon
Is OF course an Independent action on the par, =,
the fireman but the raising Of the SCOOP Will.
supposedly the duty OF the fireman az well and "A
called for in the orders governing the taking O,
water at speed. is also done automatically shoun
the fireman neglect his duty the inclined end N
the tank throws the scoop into place. where Il 4.
held by catch. The scoop Is ltt down or raised
mp by hand by means OF an iron lever which Is m
the forward part OF the tender AS you will ap-
preciate. the hremen soon discovered that N.
consequence, when they had once let the scoon
down they did not bother about raising , ~
when the tender had been filled with water but
let the end OF the tank attend TO that part Of Their
duties. But 1t was this very thing that led 70 m.
up BY contact with the slopng end Of the tank the
lever was thrown over with great violence and
shOuid tge fireman be In the way, nunbey
times occurred, he received a terrific and soma.
times fatal blow from that flying iron arm I Pa
member fireman OF mine on one OF our Northern
roads, when this method OF taking water was frs,
introduced. who was terribly injured The very
end Of the lever caught him just above the lei
eye. crushed IN the bones above and below ana
totally destroyed the ey eball Itself The bioS,
knocked him insensible and threw him across the
cab and against the boiler: but dragged him
away in time TO save him from burning He " rS
covered and is to-day running engineer. but
had he been an inch nearer he would have been
killed as sure as fate
LIS. Catlett. Of st. Paul, is European huv.,
for large drygoods house in Chicago He =.
turned from trip 10 Europe n,
ENGLISH Saturday the ST. Paul In
FEELING speaking Of the present stat. a,
OVER public opinion I'm rngl,na A.,
THE WAR. Catlett said yesterday at the Wal
dorf-Astoria: when first arrives
I'm London the English were very arrorant m, "a
say conceted. about the length Of time the wa,
would last. In the Alhambra or one Of the otb.,
big music halls they then had a large man a,
South Africa at one side of the stage which showed
the Cape Colony. Orange Free State Natal m.
Transyaal Rhodesia. etc. Dutch flags were placed
upon 1t 10 show the position OF the Boer force,
and Union Jacks 10 designate that OF the British
Every night typical Tommy Atkins would wall
out from tho wings. with his little round can
cooked over one eye and a tremendous swagger
ana after surveying the maps with a supercilous
gaze for moment would pull out a Boer aas
MIN wlth dlsdainfu ar and throwing II on the stage
supposed TO indicate tho progress OF the British
used simply 70 set tho audience wild. | must cav
that while / sympatEize with the British the i'm.
pertinent air of the soldier who manipulated the
iiags grated on my nerves. 1t IL perhaps need
less TO say that in that music hall this particular
II stayed while IN London at the Hotel Ceci
and one OF my fellow guests was D. J. Erasmus q
Of years. his private secretary Ii is said he IL
the only native born Bosr IN London at this time,
same position that Or. Leyds officially does on
tho Continent. More than six feet tall and built
humanity got to know him suite Quite w Sefc aSd =.
tod me that he had got the slightest doubt q
the disappearance Of the Br.ush from South
A AT, he was then taking seriously Of visiting
him turn up here in the near future"
when we were at Camp Merritt. in San Fran.
cisco. last summer said I. r. Weles, late OF the
5lst Iowa, at the Hoffman House
TOO MUCH yesterday. there were a number
OF Of amusing occurrences You know
SALUTE. among the first things taught tho
recruits is to salute all officers II
the soldier is unarnled AZ the time Of meeting the
officer, he brings his hand to his hat at six PAGES
If armed and doing sentry duty say. he brings HIS
rifle TO a present until the officer has passed. To
understand thoroughly my story, you must also
bear In mind that when the grade Of general Is
reached the form OF the field uniform differs from
that of the officers Of inferior rank. The cut OF
coat and collar is different and there are mora
buttons. In this particular case an exceptionally
raw recruit was doing sentry duty when brga-
der general came along. From his uniform the
newly enlisted felt he must BE- Of high rank.
and for that reason something exceptional IN the
way of salute his due. So first he stood
stfly, with his rife at present but as the general
drew nearer he evidently felt that II was no ordi-
nary occasion. and that he must make more
ceremonious salute. Rapidly shifting his rifle 70
his right shoulder the general opposite
him. with his left hand he almost swept the earth
itself with his cap. so low was his bow. The gen
era who thoroughly good fellow said moth
ing 10 him personally, but next day noticed that
a general order issued in that brigade that
none but experienced and trained soldiers should
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