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Show COIN SOUVENIRS OF TRAIN. M.BvJnl.jr' Funeral Car Rons Over Gold I'Im la r.nn.rlvanla. Tha dealre for aouvenlra upon tha part of tho large crowd lined along tha railroad tracka at every point waa a distinctive feature of the McKluley funeral train, says tho Pittsburg Post The most popular of ail the method adopted waa the placing of coin on tha track ao that tha train might pas over them, (mashing flat tha ptecea of money aa a mark of Identification In year to come. Till practice waa not confined to any particular point or crowd, but wa Indulged In generally all along the route. The mutilated coin were afterward gathered up by their owner and displayed with much pride. At ome station, according to tha train conductor, so many colna were placed on the rail that It caused alight Jar to the car aa they passed over them. Coin of different denomt-natlona denomt-natlona aggregating at least several hundred dollar were strewn along tha track at Union atatlon. Even these rellc-huntera seemed to appreciate the occasion and surroundings, and, In-atvad In-atvad of making a rush for their prop-arty prop-arty an aoon a the train had passed, waited until It wa out of sight before picking up tho crushed coins, and by common mute content each wa allowed al-lowed to have hi or her own without tne least quibbling among them. At Koup atatlon a prominent and wealthy realdent of the Bhadyside district placed a flO gold piece upon the rail. Tba approach of tha train atarted to hake It off, but It managed to remain long enough to have Just a small portion por-tion of It nipped off aa If dona by knife. The owner I quite a collector of aouvenlra and oddities, and when he picked up bl coin be atatud It would occupy the moat prominent and conspicuous place In hi large collection. |