V
A QUEER EXPLOSION.
HOW. A MpUKTAIfi LOCOMOTIVE
CAME TO AN UNTIMELY END.
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titer W Neither Flri Ta Be Fw'
. mi Nor Water la Iler Boiler, a
' Yet She Haamredl to Blow Vp la tae
- Moat Approved Style.
Mr. Henry Alqnlst, a prominent rail
toad man. relates the story of a curl
j ous wreck, the facts In which he will
, vouch for. ?r
"It Is such a remarkable thing," said
Mr. Alqulst to a reporter, "that I fear
many will, be Inclined, to brand It as
plpe. I " have been railroading now
for over 20 years, and never in all my
varied experience have I seen such
unique and complete wreck as the one
I speak of that of engine 1,129 of the
Rio Grande Western. - Railroad men
will tell you that locomotives seldom
explode nowadays, but 1,129 did and
In a verj peculiar way.
"At the time this wreck occurred 1
was holding down the job of train dls
"patcher at Soldier Summit, Utah, and
a tough old Job It. was. ; Never been
' there, I suppose? Well, Soldier Sum
m it Is a station on the top of one of
y the Wasatch divides,, a bleaktand lone
ly place,; where the Rio. Grande west
"era has a roundhouse' and coal chute
' located. , At the : summit are long
snowsheds covering the tracks. These
. sheds protect the line from the win
- ter. And It is only due to this method
that a train ever gets over the' moun-
"On both sides of the mountain the
line winds down In a succession' of
winding curves to lessen the grade.
Running off from the railway f. are
:'; switches. which, v diverging from the
grade, run up into the hills and grad
ually come to a dead level. These
switchbacks, as they are called, are so
constructed that they can be thrown
from any point on the grade." And if
a train .breaks in two while ascending
'the steep grade the runaway cars can
be switched on to one of these spurs,
where the breakaway finally stops aft
cr It has run up the spur as far as the
momentum attained in its descent will
take It. - - ..",. :. n-
":-, All heavy trains have an extra h
comotlve before the grade Is tackled.
These are called helper engines and
are kept. In roundhouses, at each' side
of the mountain with steam up. .
"One night 1 got word from Clear
Creek, a town In the western valley,
that the 0:20 freight would be 30 mh
utes late on'account of having to pull
out a crippled engine, 1,129V She had
burned out her flues and had to be
hauled to Grand Junction for repairs.
"That night about 10 o'clock, after 1
had passed down the Salt Lake ex
press, I heard the freight coughing up
the long grade from Clear Creek. There
was a snowstorm raging, and the wind
howled around the station like the
mischief. When the overdue 950 pull
ed Into the shelter of the big snow-
sheds on the wind swept summit, the"
first thing I asked was, 'Where's the
dead engine T- ' -
".'Behind the doghouse!' shouted the
con.' But as I held my lamp above
my head I failed to see It , I was just
about to call his attention to It when,
during a lull. In the storm, wo plainly
heard the familiar rattle of . the rails
as the runaway engine flew at light
nlng speed down the mountain. No.
1,120 had broken loose and was tear
Ing down the grade to destruction.
"I Jumped and pulled the lever which
opened the spur switches. This I
knew would prevent a smashup, as the
engine would run up on the switchback
and come to a stop. But 1 was too
lite. Almost -at the same instant 1
threw the lever a terrific explosion was
heard from far down ' the mountain.
The runaway had exploded."
"I thought you said a moment ago,
Ilr. Alqulst," interrupted The Scimi
tar man, "that the locomotive was a
Mead one?' " If "she had no fire under
Lor boiler, how could she explode?" :
"That was the only thing 1 couldn't
understand myself," the railroad man
worked up a pressure of" nearly 600
pounds to the square Inch, which came
in faster than It could escape by the
safety; valve, and before the old ma
chine reached Clear Creek her boiler
lot go." Memphis Scimitar. .
'.'-'' ; 'A Matt.tr l Temperature V.f
The . little one's - mother had said,
"Now, doctor. if there Is any rise of
temperature" "she was great on tem
perature, by the way-"! will send for
you at once. As you know, I have a
clinical thermometer and can take the
temperature myself without troubling
you to come In for the purpose." ; Just
as I was going to bed t was startled
by a violent ring at the bell and, has
tenlng to the doer, saw a terrified do-
sir, do come round at oncef Miss Mar- Our Brick Yard is located at Clark's
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jory Is worse. ; Missus said I was to
tell you her temperature Is 108 and Is
risin fast
Scarcely waiting to put on my hat, I
rushed round to the house of my little
patient and discovered the whole fam
Hy assembled In the sickroom awaiting
the end of poor little Marlorv. the
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j wecxpecno jceeppiemyoi.uriCKon
mother wringing her hands In agony hand anf in inston'for all ourooses.
and crying dreadfully.
"What's the temperature now?" I al
most shouted In my agitation.'
"Oh," sobbed the mother,?"! haven't
dared to look since! My poor darling!
It was 108. and they say that 105 Is al
ways fatal. And she broke down
completely.
without wasting any more time , I
turned down the blanket ; and found
that the thermometer had been thrust
between the child's side and arm and
the bulb imbedded in a freshly applied
hot poultice! Chambers' Journal.
and will deliver them anywhere in Kins-
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, We thank the public for, past patron
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same.
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aSTOrders received at either Kinston
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' On the itf can In Chile. - .
For several ' days I noticed the word
"panqueque" upon the bill of fare at
the hotel and did not know what It
was. -There is a brand of wine from
one of the Chilian vineyards with that
name, and I supposed It was perhaps
the same thing referred to, although
it was difficult to understand why It
should appear among the desserts on
the" menu at the dinner, table and on
the bills of tare for breakfast .The
best way to find iput about such things
s to try themr and the next morning.
nemg in an experimental mood. 1 or
dered a "panqueque," which, to our
amazement was an ordinary grlddle-
cake. Then It dawned upon my dull
perceptions that "panqueque" spelled
pancake. I called the attention of the
head waiter to the discovery,, and he
seemed quite astonished. He could
speak English well and claimed to be
familiar with the cuisine of America.
Therefore he djd not see anything un
usual In my discovery, and I rather
think he wrote the bill of fare himself.
for he remarked in a surprised tone:
"What do you call a pancake in
America?" Cor. Chicago Record. '
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BAKER & VAUGHN,
' KINSTON, N. C.
rcrlled. "I couIJ easily
how the
!:ad engine cou!3 break loose on that
raJe, and 1 ' could understand not
.caring Its descent during such a
owl'::? blizzard, but the explosion
"cored-rao. The only theory which la
-y way solved the mystery was that
c- c!d kettle was blown up by com
.1 r.:r.
'Tea tee. when the engine ' broke
fro!n tte frL!'j.t and started
a V o tnouztain tie I'zvi In the
. .' . '-ri I -:".3 to act r j c!r com
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. She Did Die Quick.
Miss Jennie Lee, the famous English
actress, was once playing "Jo" In Scot
land. She was in the midst of the long i
and harrowing death scene of poor Jo.
v- Plage nais um&icucu, auu iuv AiuitJ-
igbt illuminated the pale features of
the death stricken boy. People were i
sobbing all over the house.
Suddenly, to her consternation. Miss
Lee heard the limelight man address
ing her in a brawny Scotch whisper.
audible to half the house. .
liiA nillt " KftcSl Tort' Ana nn!r l
he roared softly. "The limelight's gin
Bhe did die quick, but It was for the
purpose of: making a speech to that
limelight, man which he said he would
never forget.
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Tbe Dntl-r Dlble., .
' One of -'the Interestlug articles that
each governor of .Massachusetts trans
mits to his successor Is, the Butler Bi
ble, the history of which tieneral. But
ler wrote ou the fly leaf as follows:
'. ' Jan. 1. 1S34. .
- When 1 came Into the executive chamber 1 year
Bgo, 1 could not find a copy of the Uoly Scrip
tures. I suppose each governor took bis away
with him. A friend gave me this. 1 leave it as a
needed transinittentiura to my successor in odce,
to be read by him and bis successor, each in
turn, Bknjakis F. Butter, Governor.
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