Evening Star Newspaper, May 5, 1894, Page 20

ENING ST. ‘WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY HOW ARD FIELDING. (Copyright, 1891, by Bacheller, Johnson & Bacheller.) CHAPTER Ut. ARRY BANGS went to his club and bought the largest cigar on sale there. This was a sign that he intended to con- sume an unusually large amount of brain tissue in thought. He devoted all of it to Paddy O'Toole, and at the end of an hour he summed up the result in the words: = “He's a wonder.” 0 completely had he given himself to the Bubject on hand that he was oblivious of the presence of other men by the window where he sat smoking; and he pronounced the words aloud. “Who's a wonder? asked an ex-Harvard ase ball player of some note who sat near. “We won't mention any names,” re- sponded Bangs, “but I don’t mind telling you that the person to whom I refer is destined to give a lot of trouble to the pu- j pills of Dr. Eliot's school for boys out on the banks of the Charles.” “I know who it is,” said the Harvard man, “it's your brother. Am I right?” But Bangs was not ready to give any in- formation about Paddy. He simply winked and said nothing. The remark, however, had touched him on the raw. “I wish it was my brother,” he remarked as he turned away. “When that Irishman gets to-Yale he will make a name for him- self that will live a hundred years. And Lawrence will never be heard of.” ‘This last reflection put Bangs in very bad temper, and he went home and lay awake two hours thinking of his brother. He was at his bachelor quarters early mext morning, prepared for an important interview with Paddy O'Toole. He found that young man in sweet dream of peace. “Come, turn out!” called Bangs, cheerily. It’s time for breakfast.” “Breakfast?” cried Paddy, awake in a moment. “Say, do I get some? Is that straight?” “Of course it is. As soon as you've had your bath——* “Me bath? An’ me that was washed only yesterday? Say, do I wash every day? Am 2 a Chinese laundry?” “You're a civilized Christian now,” re- Joined Bangs, “and the sooner you begin %o act like one the better. Perhaps I didn’t make you understand yesterday just what has happened to you. The case stands this way: You've got the making of a great ball player in you. Now, I'm a Yale man.” “What's that. Dem fellies what Plays foot ball, and slugs der heads off’n each ether?” “Well, that’s part of it. Yale ts a college ’m New Haven, and those of us who have , been there are bound to see Yale win every time. You've got to go to Yale and play ,@m the nine. I don’t want to give you a | Dig head, but it’s a fact that you handle ® base ball better than any other fellow I | @ver saw, and I've seen many a good one. Now, rich men give money to colleges. I'm ; Milling to do that, but I want to be sure ; that the money is spent in a way that will | do the college some good. Therefore I'm going to spend it myself. I'm going to spend it sending you there. It's a great epportunity for you, but you'll have to earn it _by hard study, and you'll have to begin Fight now.”* “I can’t,” said Patsy complacently, “the schools is all closed. I heard a kid say #0.” Bangs laughed. ou won't go to school yet. I'll be your feacher for the present. Heavens knows 2 don’t like the job, but I'll do it for thé sake of the college. Now get up and eat your breakfast, for you've gota nard day’s work before you.” went out into the parlor and pres- ently Paddy appeared, wearing the suit of elothes which Bangs had purchased cn the previous day, and carrying his shirt collar in his hand. “Bad luck to i exclaimed Paddy, throw- img it on the floor. “It cuts me troat.” Bangs ordered him to put it on. Paddy @emurred. He said he was willing to wear it on Sundays but he thought that seven @ays a week of it was “crowdin’ der limit.” “No coliar, no breakfast,” said Bangs at last, and that carried the polat. It is only fair to say that Paddy, prop- erly dressed, and with his mouth closed, was a good looking youth. His skin was wnusually white despite his out of coor » and his face was thin to match his figure, which was like a littie maa on stilts. But his features were strong and his eyes bright and steady. Altogether he had a good head for a student, if there had been anything in it. His great strength lent a certain grace to his movements, though one would have expected him to be as awk- ward as a young calf. It 1s impossible within the limits of this marrative to describe the educational pro- cess to which Paddy was subjected. Natur- ally he did not learn much on the first day, but Harry Bangs did. Those of us who Ihave had the advantages of early training. do not realize what its total absence im- Bangs had never been a student. He studied just enough to get an idea of the vast number of things which one can Paddy Studies Brown. know. He had a general notion that some- body knew them all, but he had never con- ‘sidered the possibility of the existence of a Person who did not know any of them. We forget sometimes that infinity is just as long one way as it is the other. It is as hhard to grasp the real meaning of nothing as it is to understand everything. That was what was the matter with the education of Paddy O'Toole. It was impos- sible to get back to the place where it ought to begin. It is all very well to talk about beginning a child's education with that of his grandfather, but what are you Boing to do if the old gentlema In the course of a week found anything to teach Paddy, because there was always something Which he ought to learn before that. And so, at ran- dom, he started him on English grammar. Now a-merciful providence wh nds the mumps and things of that kind to us at an age when we are unable to comprehend the horror of them, has wisely made the same provision in regard to the advent of gram- mar into our lives. There are exceptions of course, and everybody must have an idea how very bad an adult case of mumps would be. Imagine grammar, then, at the age of seventeen—an age when most of us have had it and forgotten all about it. Paddy O'Toole tho that he was going to die of it. He contracted it from a man named Brown. They say that Brown in private life was not worse than his neigh- bors. It is only when we tackle his gram- mar that we pezceive how much of the old Satan was in him. Paddy could read in a y. though he had no recollec- tion of having learned. An account of a base ball game in a newspaper was mod- erately clear to him. But Brown was not nearly so lucid as a modern sporting writer. “Just read the first part of this till you get an idea of what he’s talking about,” said Bangs, laying the book before his pupil, “and when I get back you can tell Mme about it.” And Paddy honestly tried to do it. He worked his shirt collar off in the fizst ten minutes, and his coat and waistcoat soon followed. “Zll take a fall out o’ dis gillie,” he said, =—=p=sastsvassscenoensiginsiesestesesesl ela ipsbenssentrsenessoaeiapeisleseseniibaaeesnnassistesassneseenesseslioisvitianies apostrephizing Brown, “if it breaks me back.” At the end of an hour the dryness of the subject had imparted a thirst to him which water couldn’t quench. And ‘there was nothing else to be had. Bangs was liberal in every other way, but he would not hear of mixed ale or any other deletezious beverages. He had given his man James strict orders to deny Paddy all such things. Paddy had not suffered from this abstin- ence until he encountered Brown. He was quickly convinced that he would never understand Brown, ‘but he believed that with the aid of a pint of beer he might be able to endure him. He had some money in his pocket, but he dared not go. out, for fear that James would tell Bangs. “I've got to rush der growler,” he said to himself. “T'll die if I don’t.” In desperate emergencies such as_ this there is always a means of salvation if on will only seek it. Paddy sought and found. There was a large ball of cord in the room and an ordinary,’ small coffee pot which had once been used when Bangs was sick in his rooms. This had been. thrown into a cupbeard, where it had sustained serious injury. But it was still water-tight. Paddy put Some money in it and lowered it out of the window at the end of the cord. By and by a boy came along. Paddy stuck his head far out of the window, so that James could not hear, and bawled his errand to the boy. The experiment worked well, and Brown's introductory remarks seemed somewhat more lucid afterward. There- after Paddy mixed Lrown and beer in the proportion of a pint to a page, and when Bangs returned the beer at least had found its way to Paddy’s head. He was asleep, with Brown for a pillow, and the empty tin beside him. CHAPTER IV. It was evident that Paddy O'Toole, who had been accustomed to an active life, would not thrive without exercise. There- fore Bangs was in the habit of playing ball with him on a vacant lot in the Back Bay district for two hours every day in the week, ‘The result of this practice more than con- firmed Bangs’ original opinion. Paddy, as a pitcher, was certainly a wonder. How he had learned the art was a mystery to Bangs, and no less to Paddy himself. He said that he had “picked it up.” Well, genius is always a mystery. How did Shakespeare learn all he knew or Archibald vering Gunfer write “Mr. Barnes of New York?” Paddy had the speed of-a cannon ball, and curves and shoots that would have made a boomerang thrower abandon his Weapoa in disgust. it was near the close of the fourth week of Paddy’s new life. Bangs and his pro- tege were taking their customary practice in the vacant lot. The young man from Yale was catching Paddy's remarkable curves. He stood with his back to the street, and he was a very busy man. To face Paddy in such a pastime required about all the attention that any one man could give. Suddenly Bangs heard his rame called from the street. He turned and saw a handsome carriage beside the curb, and in it were Mrs. Lorne and her daughter. It was Florence who was calling. Bangs jumped over the low fence, and went to the side of the carriage. “I couldn't help calling to you,” cried the girl, “you can understand how delighted I am to see you—" She paused as if trying to select an ap- propriate phrase. “Me, I hope,” said Bangs, laughing. ee ‘Take Of Your Ha “Don’t hesitate to say it. I am too old to mind flattery. And 1 am very glad to see you. I did not know you were in Boston.” “We are here for a few days,” said Mrs. Lorne. “We came up from Newport, where we are spending the summer. I have just mailed a card to you. We are staying at the Ashton's, and hope to see yor “Yes, indeed,” said Florence. “I have a great deal to say to you. You know I met your brother in Newport. “Yes; Lawrence wrote me about it im- mediately.” “Indeed,” said Florence, and she gave a peculiar look right over the top of Bangs’ head. Bangs turned, and saw open mouthed at the carriage. In half a minute he began to advance toward it. reat Caesar!” muttered Bangs. “I can’t let him get within speaking distance.” But Paddy steadily advanced. Bangs had the ball in his hand, and in desperation he threw it with tremendous force and high over Paddy's head. “He'll have to chase it to the other end of the lot,” thought Bangs, as he turned has- tily toward the carriage. “Splendid, splendid!” cried Florence, clap- ping her hands. Bangs wheeled around. Paddy had soar- ed into the air like a bird, and had captur- ed the ball with one hand. “That's all my doing,” said Florence, proudly. “I talked to him. “You talked to him,” repeated Harry, in amazement. “Yes, I gave it to him good, I tell you. I told him that he was just simply throwing himself away, and breaking all your hearts. I said that he ought to do something for the university. Of course, I oughtn’t to have done it, but I told you that I was going to. He didn’t like it much. I thought that he was seriously offended. But it seems that it did him good.” Bangs gasped. He wondered what could be the matter with his head. He couldn't make the least sense of what the girl was saying. “We had quite a quarrel,” the girl con- tinued. “He said that so far as he had been able to learn the best ball player in the country was an ignorant Irishman;. and I said, ‘He can’t be so very ignorant, because he can teach the learned Lawrence Bangs something. He can teach him how to play ball.’ ” “Whom are you talking about? My brother?” “Why, of course. There; he’s coming at last.” Bangs heard the sound of Paddy’s feet on the sidewalk as he came down from his leap over the fence. Another second and “the wonder” was beside him. A Dead Ringer for Me. “Take off your hat, you monkey,” whis- pered Bangs, in Paddy's ear, and Paddy pulled it off, as if it wag nailed to a wall and he was tearing it down. “So you didn’t remember me,” said Flor- RDAY, MAY 5, 1894—TWENTY PAGES ence, archly, “but it seems that you remem- bered what I said to you.” “Remember you!” cried Paddy, in his rich- est brogue. “An’ who could forgit the loikes av yez?” “Good, splendid!” cried Florence, laugh- ing heartily. “I see you’ve taken more than one lesson from the Irishman you spoke of. Come, mother; we musn’t interrupt the good work.” She nodded cheerily to Bangs and Paddy. The carriage moved away. Bangs rubbed his head with the left hand catcher’s glove, which is the size of a ham; but it did not produce friction enough to stimulate his mind in the proper degree. “Paddy,” he said; “let's go home. I want to think this thing over quietly.” “What's der matter?” asked Paddy, sym- pathetically. “Did she t'row yer down?” Bangs said never a word. He led the way to the rooms. As they entered a young man rose from a chair and advanced to- ward them. He was very tall, and his legs were inordinately long. “Brother Harry,” said he, extending his hand. “Don't you know me?” “Lawrence! Well, upon my word you have grown a yard since I saw you last. And you've changed—changed every way. “Your brudder?” said Paddy. ‘Well, say, I'm t'inkin he ought to be mine. If he ain't a dead ringer for me den I don't know me own mug.” Lawrence was staring hard at Paddy, and the elder Bangs gazed upon them as they stood facing each other. “There certainly is a remarkable resem- blance between us,” said Lawrence, “and it I am not mistaken that was what you intended to imply.” “Say, if you'd get your hair cut,” re- sponded Paddy, “I wouldn’t be dead sure o’ meself any of the time. I'd be t'inkin’ it_might be you.” Harry Bangs sank into a chair, and press- ed his hands to his head. He did more thinking in the next two minutes than he had done in any month of his life. “What is it, Harry?” asked Lawrence. “You seem to be struggling with some peehe problem. Can i help you? What “I was thinking,” said Bangs, “what a man for Yale you two would make if you could be rolled into one. By Jove,” and he slapped his thigh, “I believe you can bel” What do you mean?” “Can you play base ball?” Lawrence stared hard. “I never tried,” he said. “It seems to me that the prominence now being given to athletic sports is deleterious to the—” “Can yeu play foot ball?” . “No, indeed.’” iene you pull an oar?” ‘No.”” “Are you good for any single thing on earth? Will you be of the least use to Yale? Will anybody except the professors know that you are there or remember you ten minutes after you leave?” “This is unkind,” said Lawrence. “We have not seen each other in years, and now you load me with reproaches.” “You mustn't take it that way, Larry,” said his brother kindly. “I am only pav- ing the way. I am going to show you how you can do something for the university. Never in the line osports, I am afraid.” ‘Yes, you can. See here. This young man is Patrick O'Toole. He is going to be the finest ball player that this country ever saw. I have offered to send him to Yale. But his education has been totally neglect: ed. It would take seventeen years to fit him for a primary school. But his resem- blance to you solves the whole problem. You can be the student; he the athlete. I tell you that that dual personality could be carried on for four years—yes, sir, for four hundred years, and no mortal human being ever suspect it. Lawrence, will you do this? Will you make this sacrifice for the good of the university?” “I would do anything for Yale,” replied Lawrence, “and certainly I would do any- thing to please you and father. But is this honest? I am imperfectly acquainted with po ae of sport. Is such a thing permit- ted?” “Say, what is this yer givin’ us?” in- quired Paddy. “Do youse mean that I’m to be a ringer to your brother?” “That's it exactly.” “But is it honest?” repeated Lawrence. “Honest?” said Paddy. “I. don’t know much about that, but it’s. more common than jags on the Fourt’ o’ July. Why, there ain't a amachoor scrapping tourna- ment in the country that don’t have half a dozen ringers in it.” “I am glad to know that it is permitted by the rules,” said Lawrence, “but I dis- like the deception. I suppose the ringer, as Mr. O'Toole ¢alls him, must be intro- duced secretly into the game, and canbe if detected. The truth is only justifiable when successful, lke so many others in this world. Am I right?” “Dead right,” said Paddy, who did not understand a word. “But would it not be discovered?” ‘There's no danger at all,” said Harry. ‘Miss Lorne just mistook Patsy for you, and she was not undeceived even when he spoke to her.” “It I could fully reconcile it with my con- ice began. science,” Lawren \~ “Reconcile it with your duty,” exclaimed Harry; “your duty to the university and to your father, He will never know that Pad dy is not you, and he will be proud of you: And, oh,” he added, raising his hand aloft like an inspired prophet, “I tell you that with Paddy in the box Harvard simply won't be in it. Think of that, Larry; thiuk of that!” (To be continued.) ———-+e+_____ A Happy Man. From Life. Ab, life looks very bright to me, Since I bave heard her say, With sweet, becoming modesty, She'll marry me some day- If I will give up smoking; If I will go to church; If I will cut the club and leave My best friends in the lure! It I will never stay out late, But hasten home at 9; If1 will let ber have her way— + She's promised to be mine! If I will move to Brooklyn; And never touch a card; {If I will buckle down to And labor I oa bard bonnets, { And gowns, and. lots of gloves, | ‘Then I'may be that bappy man, : ‘The lucky man she loves! If I'll be always pleasant, And never, never scold; And never make ber nurse me And always stay good-looking — She can't stand ugly men— 1 It I come up to ber ideal, Why, be married, then! ‘That's why I am so happy, And why I often seem Unconscious and abstracted— } I'm living in a dream! ! She is so sweet and pretty, t And 80 unselfish, too! | I Wonder how I won her love— i I can't believe it’s true! —_+e+___ School House Flags. From Demorest's Magazine. During a recent trip to this country the ; Earl of Meath was so impressed with the display of the stars and stripes on many of our school houses that he has donated fifty pounds to the London school board for the purchase of flags for their school houses. The earl was an observing man, not a mere enthusiast, for he noticed, while in this country, that some school boards wish- ed to inculcate a divided patriotism by fly- ing various flags along with the stars and stripes; so the condition of the earl’s gift was that no flag save the union jack should be used. The school board so heartily ap- proved the patriotic purpose as to appropri- ate additional money for flags, all agreeing that patriotic sentiments were of real value to the national defense, Of course, those who read the history of Queen Elizabeth's reign cannot avoid admitting the value of sentiment; but not many are aware that the great Bismarck, only a few years ago, de- clared the strength of America was, not in its marvelous wealth, but in the vivid en- thusiasm of the people for their country. It is also a curious piece of European his- tory that the forced union between Norway and Sweden, in 1815, was made possible, in part, by Norway’s receiving a national flag. During the many preceding centuries the Norsk flag was merely the Danish red with a white cross; and although the Swedish yellow was mingied with the blue of the new flag, the people had a flag, a symbol of brotherhood with other nations. Now they think the yellow should be struck out, even if by bloodshed; and some day a Euro- pean war may follow over a color in the Norwegian flag. — 400 Lord Hanne Advice. From the London Globe. To the younger members of the bar his courtesy and kindness were proverbial. Once, on the occasion of a “call night,” he had been dining in the Middle Temple Hall, and the newly bewigged barristers naturally declined to let him off without a speech. He gave a delightful little allocution, full of hope and encouragement, and ended with a little advice as to what to do with the first brief. ‘Read it," he said, “read it carefully. Then forget all about it as quick- ly as you can, for it's sure to be all wrong. Tell the court a plain, straightforward story, and when you've lost your case go back to your client and tell him !t was all the fault of that old fool of a judge.’t RAILROAD TIE-UPS How Railroad Employes Are Managed in the East and West. WHERE THE PUBLIC SUFFERS ROE AES Vay Pleading for the Appointment of Legal Arbitrators. SAGE OF MISSOURI AVENUE HE “SAGE OF MIS- sourl Avenue” held the floor for fully an hour one night re- cently at a social ses- sion of the “Rail and Tie Club.” The sub- ject under discussion was the spring strikes, both railroad and miners, and the “Sage” appeared to have the details at his tongue’s end when a reporter of The Even- ing Star dropped in. He was bitterly com- menting on the fact that a telegraph oper- ator, through a breach of trust, a trust im- plied since the origin of the telegraph bus- iness—that of betraying to outsiders what is passing over the wires—had precipitated the great strike on the Great Northern railroad this spring. The “Sage”, said: “No matter if he was a member of the railway union, it was a clear steal, in my opinion, and a strike depending upon such a man deserves to fail. You know, boys, that I have been all through the west as an employe of railroads and when I make an assertion in connection with that district it can be depended upon. The people out west have been educated up to the idea that everything that is evil is represented in railroad corporations and any legislation that could be placed on thestatute books that would act as a handicap to them met with unanimous favor. As a consequence,in the race for state legislators promises were made with a liberality that was simply idiotic. The western railroad situation now is that it is almost an impossibility for any of the corporations to earn dividends and a majority of them would be satisfied to earn current expenses. Under these circumstances to precipitate a strike means @ failure on the part of the strikers,as they are striving for something that is not in existence—money enough to pay big wages. The strikers have only one satisfaction, and {t {s the satisfaction of Samson, when they fail the roads generally fail with them, the west being strewn with wrecked lines of this description. Difference in Management. “In the matter of railroad management the managers of the eastern roads are heads and shoulders above their western brothers. When the time comes for re- trenchment the heads of the western roads look around, and with a lack of sagacity pick out the organized labor on their pay rolls as the branch to be reduced. A strike and general demoralization follows. Under the same circumstances in the east the shrewd managers, after deciding that a cut in wages is necessary, pick out the track- men, the clerks and even higher offi- clals as the ones to suffer. The track- men, for the most part, live in the coun- try, are unorganized, and generally- take a cut in wages as a necessary evil, The clerks are likewise unorganized, and repre- sent a class of labor that can be easily filled, and they, too, take the reduction with a wry face, but no definite action. Then, there are hundreds of higher officials that are really necessary in times of great prosperity, but when business slacks up figure as luxuries. This class is not re- duced on the pay rolls, they are beheaded, figuratively speaking. “After taking these steps it will be found that a saving of hundreds of thousands of dollars has been brought about, and the business continues to move along in perfect harmony. If still greater economy is neces- sary, the managers will depend upon the selfishness of humanity generally, and a general reduction in the train forces will be made. Those that have been discharged are told they will be taken back when busi- ness regains a solid footing, and their pro- tests to organized labor headquarters are generally useless. Those that remain are enabled to make their usual monthly sul- perity even more, are satisfied, if not pleased, and the essential part of the rail- road business is substantially secured and derment that the labor troubles in their sec- tion do not materialize in the east. “Sometime since there was a report cur- rent in financial circles that a general re- duction in wages of all employes of eastern railroads would be made the Ist of May, but this was promptly denied by both Presi- dents Roberts and Depew, two of the shrewdest railroad men that have ever Leen at the head of the great corporation. The latter gentleman, when told of the rumor, sald that such a move would not be con- sidered for a moment. Even aside from considerations of liberality or fairness, his conservative judgment ‘admonishes him that such a course might arouse a counter demonstration, which would greatly over- balance in cost any contemplated saving by the reduction of wages. The Situation in the West. “Many people here in the east cannot com- prehend the railroad situation in the west as it now stands. A majority of the roads are in the hands of receivers and conse- quently come directly undcr the guiding hand of the courts of law. The present | strike on the Great Northern, and threat- ened strikes on other western roads, with the various judicial decisions lately \ren- dered affecting the relations of railroad employes to the employing corporations, suggest, to my mind, that there is here a problem demanding solution by some au- thority higher than the corporations or labor organizations. Mind you, I am with the boys in every case and under all cir- cumstances, but considerable reading and a little philosophy takes one out of the rut puppets. The corporations and labor organizations are not the only parties in interest. The railroad business js in effect a public service which the corporations are chartered to perform, not only in order that they may make money or that their work- men may earn a living, but in order that transportation may be provided for the traveling public. “With the granting of charters the cor- porations are compelled by law to keep the railroads in regular and continuous opera- tion, to provide transportation at fair and reasonable rates without discrimination and to submit to regulation by public authority. Their rights as to employing and discharg- ing workingmen are subordinate to their legal obligation to serve the public, Mr. Coxey to the contrary notwithstanding, They cannot order a lock-out and stop operations until workmen come to their terms, nor can their managers act in an arbitrary way in diminishing their working force or reduc- ing wages or increasing hours, if the result will interfere with an adequate accommo- dation. of the public. The courts will only allow the managers to reduce the force and wages if it can be shown that the opera- tions of their roads 1s not crippled thereby. “While the obligations of the raliroads and their officers and agents are pretty clearly marked out and will be carried out by the courts, there has not, as far as I have been able to learn, any clear defini- tion of a like obligation on the part of the trainmen or laborers. If they can step work whenever they are dissatisfied with the terms and conditions of their employ- ment, and by that means alone,or by bring- ing force into play, can block the opera- tions of any railroad line, the public suf- fers the same wrong that it would suffer if the railroads refused to fulfill their iegal obligations. All the railroads of the country are bound by their charters to carry on the business of a common carrier, and the country at large is dependent upon them for transportation. The officers and man- agers cannot refuse or neglect to afford the service regularly and without interruption, whatever they may think the rights and in- terests of their roads demand. Can the trainmen in the freight and passenger serv- ice and at the stations put a stop to the operations of the roads with impunity, to enforce some demand of their own? This places the shoe upon the other foot and creates a situation that the brainy railroad man of the future will have to consider in ary, and under slight indications of pros- | the menagers in the west look on in won- | ts fullest possibilities before tying up a road or rather assisting to do 80. Rights of the Traveling Public. “It strikes me as being very plain that the third party in interest, the .traveling and trading public, hes rights to be carried out in connection with labor difficulties on railroads and in coal mining. In the la! ter case when the miners strike up goes the price of coal, the general public is made to pay the fiddlers in the matter of fuel for warmth, and the manufacturer for power purposes. It doesn’t take a blind man to clearly seo that a;combination could. easily be arranged’ betwéen the labor leaders and mine owners wherein these two parties would be -richly rewarded and even the strikers gain what they struck for when the time came to grant the same. In the mean- time the general public suffers. Consider- ation of the question from this standpoint is a new one to the jaboring class, but the one generally taken by the intelligent thinkers of the country. As a rule the workingman will put forward his claim and with a dogged perseverance will see no other side to the question, “The same might be said of the Coxeyites. You know how many the industrial army represents of our population, What right has the government to give this class work any more than it has a well-dressed clerk who comes to Washington and ¢emands a thousand-dollar position? Boys. this coun- try is big and at present Is suifering from the chills and fever, but will soon right it- self and move along bettcr as a result of the sickness; but wo musn’t lose sight of the fact that there is a big general public outside of the working people as a class. “Taking a correct interpretation of the word justice, it is not right that railroad corporations should be required to submit to any exactions, however arbitrary and unreasonable, which the workmen might unite to extort, in order to fulfill their legal obligations. that the workmen should submit to any conditions that may be imposed, however unjust, without resorting to a united effort for self-defense, because the only weapon at their command will injure an innocent public. The railroads ayd other corpora- tions should be required to do justice to the men in their employ, and the men. should have the means of securing justice, but neither party has any moral or legal rignt to interrupt the operations of railroads and interfere with an important public service in settling their disputes. The sensible con- clusion is that there should be some other authority to determine such contests, to whose decisions both parties would have to submit in the fulfillment of obligations to the public which are inherent in the rail business. The action recently taken by the western courts would indicate that there is a light breaking ahead and that the workingmen will in the future be given a new deal in the matter of justice and that crooked combinations between la- bor leaders and corporations be a thing of the past. A Good Thing to Do. “About the best thing the railroad men of the country can do is to organize. Not as labor organizations, mind you, but as working bodies in politics. This idea is not my own, but comes from President Chaun- cey Depew of the New York Central road. All of you know what a power the railroad men have in small country towns in local politics, but rarely, if ever, heard from in a state contest. Why shouldn't they elect state senators and assemblymen as well as burgesses? Let their candidates he pledged to stand by the railroads in the states they represent, and instead of driv- ing them into the hands of receivers through adverse legislation, pass laws that will permit them to make money and pay better wages to their employes. “The politicians all over the country have been going hither and thither, telling every- body that the railway managers are sharks, and giving the people glowing accounts of railWay earnings. But they never tell about railway outputs. They have to pay state taxes, local taxes, expend money on re- pairs, new rails, new ties, new cars and new locomotives. Then comes the salaries, from the president down to trackman. If we add up what they pay out and what they earn we can see exactly what they have to pay on interest charges and the stockholders in the way of dividends, and it will be found to be not a very large amount. They earn that money by charg- ing 3 cents a mile for passenger fare and 1 cent a mile a ton for freight. In several of the western states this rate has been re- duced through legislation, and as a conse- quence the railroad hands pay the bill in reduced wages. They can’t cut down ex- penses on state taxes nor on local taxes, nor on repairs, and very little on new equip- ment, but they can in wages. “There are as many railroad men who are voters in the United States as there are voters in nine of the states of the Union; that is, the total vote in these nine states, which are New Hampshire, Vermont, Rh; Island, Delaware, Florida, North and Sow Dakota, Colorado and Washington; and these states have eighteen Senators. There are 75,000 railroad men who vote in New York state, 60,000 in Pennsylvania, 10,000 In Connecticut, 12,000 in New Jersey and 35,000 in Indiana, all, with the exception of Pennsylvania, being classed as doubtful states in national elections. Now, two and two make four, and it can just as easily be arrived at what an organization in either of the states named could do if their de- mands were ignored. “Anarchism and socialism may be all right in the old country, but it won't do here. The poor man has almost as good a chance to come out on top in the United | States as his more wealthy brother if he will only take the right way to go about it. Organize to work together in politics, ham- mer down the prejudice against railroads, secure the supreme courts of the different states as arbitrators to settle differences between corporations and organized labor, and the chances are we will be wearing Giamonds inside of five years.” pa ee OS el Singing for His Life, From the Burlington (lowa) Gazette. John Abell, a celebrated singer and mu- sician who lived in the reign of Charles II, had a very great notion of himself, and would not perform unless he pleased, There is a funny story told of how he was once mede to sing against his will. While traveling abroad for pleasure he came into the town of Warsaw. News was brought to the palace of the famous singer's arrival, and Frederick Augustus, the king of Pcland, immediately sent word that he desired Abell to appear before him. “Tell his majesty.” replied Joha, curtly, “thet it suits me not. Back went the court messenger with a wry face; he knew his master’s temper too well. “Tell Master Abell,” thundered the king, “that I will have him come! And take you, boy, three stout feliows with you." The imesscnger cnd the three stout fellows between them managed to carry out the royal wish, and precently marched triumph- ly up to the palace with their unwilling captive, ‘The king was awaiting them in the great hall, where he had seated himself in a bal- cony that ran all ‘round the sides, Above him an immense chair hung from the roof by a rope. “Now, then, into the chair and up with him,” cried Frederick Augustus, with a chuckle; “we'll soon see if our song-bird won't sing in his cage. Up with him, my merry men a And up in the air swung Abell, who still refused to open his mouth. When he gave a glance downward, however, he changed his mind. Into the hall hencath him a aad of wild bears had been turned loose. “Sing, sirrah!" the king shouted, “or down you go to play with my brown babies!” One look at those “brown babies," growl- ing and snarling below fn a very unbaby- like manner, was sufficient to convince the stubborn John. Sing he did, and he often used to declare in after days that he never sang so well in his life as when he was hanging there, a hundred feet high above the flerce beasts. a Not Much. From Life. Coxeyite—"No; I don’t work. The World owes me a livin, Industrian—"Yes; but you'll get left if you expect others to collect it for you.” —_—_—_+o2—___— Courting Terms. Trom Life, 4 “Getting soiid with the old man.” Neither is it to be expected ) HIGH SCHOOL NEWS The Ooming Oompstitive Drill of the Regiment of Cadets. Probably a Field Day of Instractions —The Annual May Entertainment at the Central. At present the High School puplis have much outside of the regular echooi routire to occupy their attention. No doubt the feature of greatest interest and the one attracting the attention of the branch Schools, as well as the Central, is the azn- nual competitive drill of the regiment of cadets. This event will occupy two afternoons, May 24 and 25, the drill beginning at 4 o'clock each day. A lute hour was de- cided upon in créer that the fathers and those friends of the young soldiers who are engage’ in business or otherwise employed may be able to attecd the competition. ‘Through the inficencoe of President N. H. Young of the National Base Ball League end Mr. J. Merl Wagner of the Washing- ton club, tho ball park at the head of 7th etreet hes becn aecurei yor the scene of the strife for glory ard honor. ‘The fact that no music is to be in gtiendanco may prove diseppoiming to some but the services of a band of the necczsary size would entail an expenditure of about $100 per day. Raising a fond to meet this ovtizy would rob the affair of its complimentary feature, which it Is intended shall prove one of the — attractive points of the entcrtain- meni A number of officers of the regular army heve cxpressec_ themselves as being highly pleased that the competition this year is to be an outdoor affair, instead of a theater drill. They are of the opinion that the set- up of @ compe:y and the foot raovements are the cniy tests upon which superiority can be judged. The old friend of the cadets, Captain Chase, Lieutenznt French, who had much to do with the preparation 07 the revised tactics. and anotier officer, whom thess two shall naine, ure expected to act as judges of the coming drill, though nothing official has been done in that direction yet. The full program of movements to be executed by each com- ony. has heretofore been published in The tar. Should the weather be favorable on the 24th and 25th instarts, as large a crowd as ever rooted at a ball game will undoubt- edly occupy the grand stand and bleachers at National Park, and those present are surely going to make themselves heard when their favorite company appears on the field. A Field Day of Instruction. While speaking of the cadets, it may be well to announce that Dr. Lane and Major Ross are at present arranging for a field day of instruction for the regiment, a la the outing of the District of Columbia National Guard a year ago last fall. An effort will be made to induce Superintend- ent Powell to grant the boys a-half holi- day in the near future, when a march is to be taken to some point on the outskirts of the city. Lunches will be carried by the boys, but the affair is not to be a junket- ing trip by any means, as much hard work is on the program. Loading and firing with blank car! in preparation for the competitive drill and annual exhibition on the White Lot, will constitute a large part of the doings on the field day. The May Entertainment. Next in importance is the annual May en- tertainment at the Central School, which is booked to take place on the evening of May 18. The program will include selections by feature of the evening; however, is to be Mazie ham; Miss Phillips; Dave Hardy, a Carolinian, Mr. Test; Es! a man of Jeisure, Mr. Julian; “Jack d, an American artist in Paris, Mr. Altschu; Nora and Kate Desmond, his sisters, Misses Lightfoot and Young; “Marquis” de Mon- tessin, a French adventurer, Mr. Chandlee; Geo American speculator, Mr. to ®ecure standing room in the hall half. an hour before tne advertised hour for begin- ning the entertainments, and the same ftate of affairs is likely to prevail at the coming presentation. Owing to the number of other attractions now being contemplated, the highly success- ful musical afternoons will not be repeated this school year. ‘The Tennis Tournament. The tennis tournament for the champion- ship of the High School will open Monday, May 14. The following, or similar, prizes are offered: First prize singles, sweater; second prize singles, “Sears” racket; co! solation prizes, singles, pair of tennis shoes; first prize, doubles, rackets. A sec- ond prize in doubles will be offered if the number of entries warrant. Fifty cents 4s the entrance fee for the singles and one dollar for the doubles. Eutries, which close at noon on the day of the tournament, will be received by Messrs. ils or The A: ak, A number of young gentlemen connected with the Review, after duly considering the matter, have decided to publish for the year 1893-1894 “The Annual,” a publication to be devoted to the interests of the Washington Central High School. The publishers an- mounce that it will be a book of about ninety pages, nicely bound, and printed on fine book paper. It will have an ornamen- tal cover of dark bluc and silver. Some of its good things will be: A history of the school and its several Gepartments; a his- tory of cach of the several classes, with the names and addresses of its members; a lst of the faculty; a history of the High School regiment, with portraits of the officers, through the captains, at the Central School, and other matters of general interest to the pupils of the school. The book will be Il- lustrated with cuts of prominent features of the Central School, and it is claimed that it wan eres. a Ge to every ool pupil, It will appear about the 20th of May. Notes. The promoters of the work add a timely remerk to the effect that they are not rich capitalists, and therefore ask the earnest support of the school in aiding them to } make “The Annual” a success, The Franzonian Club of the Central has issued cards for a dance, to be held at Lin. thicum Hall, Georgetown, on even: ine, May 11. last The coming of Coxey on caused trouble among a certain num! of ccung gentlemen. In other High Sckool a hundred of the beys | words, about “played hookey” in order to witnces the parade of the commonwealers. Each one was ccught, however, and faced discipline from the powers that be the day followiag. —_——— Earth’s Lyric. From Harper's Barar. April. You bearken, my fellow, Old slumberer down in my heart? ‘There's a whooping of ico in the rivers; ‘The sap feels a start; ‘The anow-melted tezrents are brawling; ‘Tue hills, orange-taisted and blue, Are touche: with the voice of the rain-bird, Unstullied end new. ‘The houses cf frost are deserted, ‘Thetr slutaber ts broken and done, And empty and pole are the portals Expectiag the sua. Dra ar ae Parlor Cet “ 3:15 P.M. ‘AGO AND ST. LOUIS EXPRESS. Potimw Rarrtabarg. Sleep: Rafter Par" ing and Dining) Cur, Garicvuss 110 "T WASTES EXPRESS. Pullen ‘Cars to Cn! ot Harrisburg to noe Car to Chi tio PM SOUT Se. 5, Cincinuatl, §. 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