Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 8, 1894, Page 11

Pr—— \'\’A\S MADE FOR THE MASSES Bome Facts About the Life and Work of Judge Caldwell, PLACED ON THE BENCH BY ABE LINCOLN Hard Dlows He Has Given to Shams in and Out o o t Speeches — s Characterls Extracts from Publie Since the days when Lord Mansfield elded that James Somersett, a negro not be held in slavery in England, has been no decision vital in its far feaching character as that promulgated by Judge Henry Caldwell of the Eighth United States circult court, sitting at Omaha in the now famous wage case wherein the recelvers of the Unlon Pacific and the eni- ployes of the system were the opposing par- ties. The decision must be re g down new principles rights of Jabor and capital And the man who has leaped over the bar rlers of traditional law both in England and America is no less interesting a personality than the strong enunciations found in his opinion, which will be the subject of count- less dissertations during the next few years or until the court of last resort finally lays @own the law whether labor may organize for the express purpose of maintaining or increasing wages. Hen'y Clay Caldwell sprang from sturdy yeomanry, his father having been a tiller of the soll, as his father was before him Born in the state which prides itself on being the “mother of presidents,” Septem- ber 6, 1832, In Marshall county, the Cald- well family removed from Virginia to Van Buren lowa, when Henry but 4 year age, and that accounts for the pride Towans have for this able Jurist who is yet, as tlen, part of the common pe There are no frills on Caldwell, his sturdy purpose and bl record being largely traceable to the farm life which he led until ho commenced the study of the law with Wright & Knapp in Keozauqua, the leading lawyers of that part of the state in the Wright having held a position on the su- preme beneh and later a United States sena torship for many years. But the young Umb of the law was not destined to prac- tice his chosen profession for any great length of time, President Lincoln’s call for voluntecrs bringing out the latent en- thusiasm of Caldwell, who at once began the organization of a cavalry company, en- listing in the service of the country and Jolning the Third lowa cavalry with the title of major. Later he was promoted to a lieutenant coloneley and finally just before tho storming of Little Rock, Ark., was made a colonel, his regiment having the honor to lead the advance, and it was the Third Towa's colors that first floated over the state house in that beleaguered city. APPOINTED JUDGE BY LINCOL Tncidents followed rapidly for the man of 30 in tho da, for scarcely had he washed the Arkansas mud from his cav- alry boots and removed the dust of hard campaigning from his faded coat of blue when President Lincoln appointed him United States district judge for the district of Arkunsas, his appointment dating from June 4, 1564, but a matter of days after the capture of Little Rock. It was a rapid transition from cavalry saddle to the er- mine, but the man was ready, and President Lincoln moved rapidly in those days of “storm and stress,’ as Carlyle puts it. Judge Caldwell immediately resigned his commission in the army and at once took up the judicial carcs, which he continued for upwards of twenty-six years, when President Harrison _appointed him_to the judgeship of the REighth United States clrcuit, the position he now holds, and which he has @ignified by many important decisions, There 1s a little bit of history connected with Judge Caldwell's appointment by Presi- dent) Lincoln that shows how near he came to being plain Henry Clay Caldwell, without the lonorable to his name, Several over zealous friends of Judge Caldwell, in recommending him for the place on the district bench, wrote his name “C. Henry Caldwell,” which came mighty moar Aosing the place to the captor of Little Rock. Lincoln's known aversion to anything that savored of afoppishness or dandyism, like parting the hair in the mid- dle, was as strongly shown in his disposi- tion to statesmen who parted their names in the middle, and the president began cast- ng about for some other available man when it was brought to his attention that Caldwell was as pronounced a hater of any- thing forelgn as the chief executive, and his appointment followed, When he was appointed to the circuit bench by President Harrison it was only after the most persuasive eloquence on the part of ex-Senator Wilson of lowa that Judge Caldwell was induced to accept the place, the appointment being made without oven consulting the judge. Twice before bad his name been suggsted for the circuit bench, but on both occasions Judge Cald- well peremptorily refused to accept the cares incidental to so large a circuit as the Eightli, which Includes ten states and four territories, and which does four times the business of the Sixth, Seventh or Ninth, When President Harrison decided to pr niote one of the district Judges to the cir- cuit bench he sent for the late Justice Millor and asked him who, among the judges of his circuit would grace the higher cour and the Wrilllant jurist at once replie My old friend, Caldwell,” “But T understand he will not under any conslideration accept the place,” replied the president, While this conversation was going on Senator Wilson came in, and, learning the arift of the talk, volunteered to secure Judge Cdalwell's consent to accept the office if the president would appoint him, and the appointment and acceptance followed. Judge Caldwell was intent upon signing the orders made in the Union Pacific wage case when a representative of The Bee called upon him in chambers. ~ While he fs the sdeal judge on the bench, he is easily ap- proachable, a man of simple tastes and kindly *disposition, although the stranger, seeing Judge Caldwell for the first time. might, with entire propriety, regard him cold and austere in character, his face be- tng Indicative of strong determination and bulldog tenacity when once his mind is made up on any legal proposition. He has strong features and s plcturesque in dress, his eccentricity showing itself in the style of hat which he wears, being of the vintage of 1840, a styls which is universally followed by the Menonites and Shakers. But he s a8 broad in his ldeas as his hat brim,” one of his friends remarked recently. -, His eyes are round and dark brown, his hair s brownish and is growing gray rap- fdly, combed to the right with the large teeth of the comb. His forehead is ex- pansive and square, while his head takes a % hat Heavy eyebrows and a reddish cast of beard cover almost the whole of his face, giving him the appearance of a di- rect descendant of the blue law makers of Connecticut TALKS ABOUT HIS DECISION, Speaking of the decision which has brought him to the forefront, he said: It probably lays down some new principles relative to labor and capital which the courts haye ne yet touched ‘upon, except very guardedly, vapping with his pen on the table. I have nothing to say as to its merits, That Is left with the people to decide, Judge Riner, however, had quite as much to do With, the stand taken as myself. We endeavored to free it from all legal verbiage and make It 5o plain that the section hand would understand Its import quite as well as the most learned lawyer." Have you any one ambition In life?" “None whatever,” turning round and fac- Ing the questioner. “My only ambition in life is to do my dwty well.” *“How about "political preferment?” asked the reporte “Politis,” 1ifting his hand at present sabre, “is the curse of the nation. It has become too much of a business in the race for advancement. In politics 1 am a re- bublican, but differ witk the leaders of W | de- could there arded as lay regarding the county, was THE _OMAHA _DAILY the sily e r question. 1 for two metal financial conduct party on lever in silver sary for the safe government Wil The Bee declsion a new man, Selzing the pen which during the talk he wrote "VL"—HMQ»\/( / am a wre 1y of the for the readers of from your recent as establishing the newspaper not Indicate one thought you regard 7" asked which prineiple had been as follows dropped “You are regarded as an anti-monopolist,” guardedly, on the part of the reporter. AS AN EPIGRAMATIST. Laughing in a quict way, the judge sald he had mado several speeclies which might put him in that category, recalling one speech in particular made before the Arkan- sas State Bar assoclation in 1886, upon *“The Relation of the Debtor and Creditor,” which had the effect of revising the laws of Ar- kansas relative to these two classes. Among other things then he said: “The law of imprisonment for debt pro- ceeded on the idea that all creditors were honest and all debtors dishonest, an assump- tion the converse of which would probably be nearer the truth. “Diligence in good works is a_virtue to be encouraged, but diligence in bad works is a device to be suppressed. “Legal coercion of an honest debtor does not. increase his stock of honesty or add to his moral sense of obligation to pay, but diminishes both. “No man was ever made honest by statute, but many honest men have had a great strain pul upon their honesty by bad laws. ““It is the honest man who expects to pay his debts and conceals nothing, who is success- fully attacked and ruined by mortgages, at- tachments and executions, “Let us stop punishing honest men and their families in the vain hope that we may some time catch a rogue. The true policy Is to let the family of every man possess, in peace and sccurity, ample exemptions, and punish criminally the man who, by fraudulent means, or fraudulent purposes, obtains the money or property of another. “Desolation and sorrow follow in the wake of foreign capital, that takes the shape of mortgages on homesteads, drawing a rate of interest in excess of any possible profit that can_be made out of its use. “The capital that makes a prosperous com- MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. The latest musical prodigy in Germany is a girl violinist, 13 years old, named Josephine Gerwing. Another phenomenal pianist, a Warsaw artist, Is “‘preparing” to come to America— from which it is to be inferred that he Is letting his hair grow. Henry C. Miner will a Third avenue, near 3 New York, to be run on the combination plan, and he expects to have it ready to open mext fall. The new house will have a roof gard; Henry theater ixth stre in in Boston on Satur- American tour of the In twenty play-goers have paid him, an average of | about §3,000 for every Irving closed day night the fourth London’ Lyceum pla: weeks American 350 to see $21,274 a k, or performance. we “The Green Goods Man,” the latest farce comedy, which will be sent out on tour next | season, and which satirizes the green goods game and the bunko steerer, is the most talked about new production of the profe sion. It promlses to be the biggest kind of a hit, To say that James J. Corbett, the fighter, Will act next season in tragedies as- sociated with the names of Forrest and M Cullough, such as “Samson,” “Virginiu and “The Gladiator,” sounds like a Jjoke, but it is a fact, according to his manager's positive assertion. In the meantime he will go to London to fill an engagement at the Drury Lane Augustus Pitou has purc Kidder a half interest in Sans Gene," the American are owned by Miss Kidd They will be- come equal partners in the production of the play, which will have a very rich stag- ing. Miss Kidder will play the title role, but’ will not be starred or featured in any way. *“Macon" McCormick tells this one: During Wilson Barrett's recent tour through Tex he played “The Stranger in San Antonio Oddly ‘enough among the auditors were a New York gentleman and | They were man and wife, though they were estranged and had not met for a y Nelther was aware of the other's presence in the ocity The lady was traveling with a party of friends who were on thelr way to the City of Mexico, and the gentleman, who is prom- inent in railway circles, was' on bhis way from Galveston to New York and merely stopped over a day in Alamo City on busi- ness. Both were very much affected by tue great story of domeatic woe told by thy prize ed of Kathryn ardou’s ‘M rights to which SUNDAY, APRIL 8. 1 monwealth, {8 the eapital--whether | money or muscle—that « permanently invested in productive pursuit tivating farms, bullding tories, or raflroad SOME LEGAL PI of his public utterances that are hy of more than a single thought are A lawsult may be likened to a labyrinth industrial ¢ iing and cul mills, fac- such houses )WVERBS Some wor! fnto which the parties enter full of hope and confidence, but from which they are likely to emerge weary and broken in spirit and ‘estate. The Spartans’ prayer to their gods concluded with this supplication: ‘Grant us the fortitude to support in- Justice.” If you will go to law, then I ad- vise you to conclude your prayers as the Spartans did_theirs, for your Christian for- titude s likely to be sorely tried before the struggle is over. “A perfect judge would exhibit none of the passions which are the necessary adjuncts of human nature, but until man’s nature is changed and he is endowed with something of the wisdom and virtue of his Divino Maker, the perfect judge will be unknown. “Where the law is supreme and justice independent the good are protected and the bad punished, and as the court house is the symbol of the law and the abode of its ofii- cers, it ought to impart a feeling of se- curity and protection to the innocent, and terrify and appall the guilty. In some states and localities it does not have this effect to the extent that it ought to. When a court once engages in this hair- splitting and_refining method of reasoning, there fs no limit to the process of at- tenuation, and it ends in vitiating all that it touches; the English language is not equal to the task of constructing an indictment or record that can survive such an ordeal. “The notion that juries are answerable for the miscarriage of justice in criminal cases is not well founded. They are an in- dispensable, and the best part of the judicial machinery in criminal cases. They possess common sense, which is the most valuable talent the judge and jury can possess.” 1t is particularly interesting at this time to note that Justice Field and Judge Cald- well are the only two judges on the bench appointed to office by Abraham Lincoln. grand play, and when it was over they left the theater chastened In spirit and charitable in mind. There were tears In the lady's eyes and a suspicious moisture in the gen- tleman's. _They met in the lobby of the theater. ch ‘unconsciously uttered an e: clamation of surprise. Then the gentleman, yielding to an uncontrollable impulse, caught his wife in his arms and pillowed her head on his brea She nearly fainted with joy. In a moment they reached the street, and the gentleman, hailing a carriage, soon drove away, accompanied by his wife, who smiling througn her tears, the happiest woman in Texas. The Goulds are beginning to play 0, with Mr. Charles Frohman's actors, says the New York Sun. It was a part of the manager's plan to make young Harry Woodruff and Miss Odette Tyler play the Juvenile roles In the stock company at the Empire theater next year. Mr. Woodruff is a handsome, boyish looking and clever young man, who fell in love with Miss ould, and Miss Tyler is a skillful actress with ‘whom Howard Gould has fallen in love, Mr. Woodruff is studylng law vigorously and preparing for a course at Yale, after which he s to marry Miss Gould. Despite the den| all’ hands it is understood that M d Gould and Miss Tyler will be married fn the early sum- mor. She is a widow and has been on the stage six years, and plays comedy or emo- tional roles with equal facility. Several times she has walked into her manager's office and announced abruptly that she was going away and might not come back. Her manager usually nodded his head, put an understudy in Miss Tyler's role and waited with more or less interest until another whim brought her back to work again. When she made up her mind to return there was never any preliminary corre- spondence, but she usually strolled in the same way and announced her intention of resuming her stage work. She has made a hit in every role she has played during the past four or five years, and people with abilities of that kind are not held to & very strict line of discipline. - - is announced of of Juy Gould, and Miss Bessle Kirtland, known on the stage as Miss Odette Tyler. Miss Tyler belongs to a good Tennessee family and was born in that state. She Is about Howard Gould's age, Her father is General W. W. Kirtland, a member of the Southern soclety in New York, and she is the granddaughter of General Hardes, the author of Hardee's “Military Tactic and formerly a member of the confederate army. havoe, The engagement Gould, third son Howard Dewlitt's Witch Hazel salve cw pilea AMONG, THE IN§URANCE YEY! Fraternal Asseesments Compared to Old Line Life Policies, CONSIDERATION OF CONTRACTS AND COST Stringent Times Have M Interest—Credit Insu Underwriting — Eve Week In Haz Origin of ts of the « Clreles, The absorbing topie of interest in fnsur- ance circles present is the between old line life companies ternal benefit assoclation It is that the fraternal socletivs are cheaper, but that a man to win. The finan and Industrial stagnation throughout the country has, it is claimed, caused lin panics suffer by withdrawal of holders, who had been paying premiums for a period less than two years, while on the other side ft Is asserted that many of the members of mutual latlons are wage- carners labor is their capital, and tdleness has caused many of them to allow thelr assessments to go by default, In this issue of The Bee the sentiment of F. E. Hartigan is presented upon a subject of interest not only to underwriters but to policy-holders, “In this intensely practical ness transactions and sidered from the standpoint return—from expenditure to celved. Life insuranco ranks greatest economic and financial of our time” sald Frank E. Hartigan yes- terday. “Where protection is absolutely necessary and the cost is scomingly great a man will naturally seck substitute which costs less money. This he imagines lie finds in assessment associations. for the sake of argument 1 will assossment assoclations as being | nent, but I will prove later that th short lived, and the protection offered by them is but temporary. Take the case of two men at the age of 30 who take $5,000 each. One takes asscssment cortificates, the other takes a twenty payment lite policy in an old line company. During the period of twenty years the holder of assessment certificates pays on an average of $13 per 1,000, or $65 per year, or $1,300. At the end of this time he has nothing to show for the money le has paid out. If he is (o have protection during the remaining years of his life L must p constantly increasing assessment to a con- cern whose expectation in years is much less than the holder of the certificate. The holder of the twenty-payment policy in an old line company pays on an average « $22.80 per thousand, after an annual div dend is deducted, $114 per year, or §: during the twenty years, At't time his policy is worth in cash as muc its net cost—he has saved o much mon It he desires protection during the next twenty years it will not cost him a cent— it is paid for. Should he, in his declining years, need the money cnirusted to the company more than protection, the sav of the productive period of his life is re turned to him, when in ninety-seven cases in a hundred he will need it “Protection in the’ old line company has cost the interest on the premiums paid, or tho interest on money which, in the ma- Jority of cases, woulll not have been saved were it not paid to fhe msurance company. In the assessment association it has cost $1,300, together with the interest on his an- nual assessments. Now as to the perma- nency of assessmentigm. It is not pern nent’ because it lacks that element which alone makes life insurance permanent— namely, a cost based on the law of morality which™ is the foundation of insurance s tem; a which is yot influenced b ‘new by ‘fraternnl feeling,’ or by ‘no expense,’ ete. One thousand men at the age of 30 years will live on an average of 34.43 years. All standard companies coll an annual premium bdsed on this ex pectancy, which premium'is sufficient to pay expenses, to contribute to current death claims, and to create a rescrve, which, with interest accumulations, will amount to the face of the policies of those who live to the end of their expectancy. A half century's experience in America has proven that the premiums of old line companies are not too great. The advocates of as- sessmentism say they can furnish permanent insurance for half the cost required by old line companies. Their attempts to prove this assertion have thu far proved dismal failurcs, because they are trying to perform a mathematical impos-i- bility. During the past fifteen years over 1,500 assessment associations have met their death in attempting to perform this difi- cult undertaking, leaving 4,000,000 certificate holders without protection and to mourn the loss of their contributions. The experience of the past is a rellable guide for the future. “‘Assessment associations reason in this way, that the increase in membership will keep the death rate level, that the fraternal feeling of the members make failure impos- sible, but such has not been the experience of the past,” concluded Mr. Hartigan. *The mathematical impessibilities are the For illustration T will consider the average age of the members of assessment assoclations to be 35 years, the average expectancy will be thirty years. During that time the advo- cate of assessment says the cost will aver- age $13 per §1,000. On that basis each mem- ber during the remainder of his life will pay into the association $390, while each one i3 to die and receive $1,000. There is no gain by interest accumulating or lapse. The “new blood_ided® s another delusion. At the age of 35 years 9.20 die out of 1,000, from 2,000 twice that number, from 3,000 three times, 4,000 four times, and so on indefi- nitely. The law of mortality knows no change. Only 20 per cent of the members of assessment assoclations die the first twenty years, and the association is an e ception which lasts twenty years. The mem- bers who died got ‘cheap insurance,’ the surviving 80 per cent have expensive ex- perience. They have nothing to show for money paid, they are older, the cost of good insurance has materially ‘increascd, and in many cases cannot be obtained at all. The only thing to be said in favor of ass ment insurance is that it protects families where expensive insurance would be impossi- ble. But this is always done a# the expense of some one else.” at competition and fra claimed has to die com to olioy- whose age all busi contracts are con- of outlay to benefits re- among the Institutions some reco mia- are Credit Insurance. “The latest addition to the Insuran. family is that of credit protection,” sald S. W. Schatz of St. Louis at the Murray the other day. “Although it is yet but an in- fant, still it is certainly a’ vigorous one. The plan in general embraces a contract between the indemnified and the insur ance company under which the indemnified agrees to bear rtain percentage of loss on his or their sales, and the company agrees to reimburse him for any losses sus- tained in excess of this a amount This form of Insurance has at least been productive of great peace of mind to credit men, as by purchusing it at a nominal cost they are guaranteed ‘against the possibility of a grievous loss any 'year. The business men of Omaha are largely interested in this new insurance,’ Origin of Insurance, “Probably the first application of the principle of Insurance wus during the Punie wars, when the government of Rome guar- anteed its contractors against loss of boats by storm or by the enemy,” said H. A Wagner yesterday. “This is now termed marine insurance. The motive in this case was not one of profit to the promoters, however. It was a resource to mect an extraordinary occasion and lacked the es sential feature of organization, Spain and Portugal each lay claim to the credit of having originated” the scheme of insurance as a business Sometime during the thirteenth century the question of providing indemnity for loss sustained at sea and for death began to be agitat Before the year 1400 the idea of marine and life insurance was well estab- lished, Fire insurance was uext upon the scene, but was not thought of until about the year 1609, Littye or nothing was a complished in this line up to 1666, whe the city corporation of London undertook to Insure the houses of the city. The plan was soon abandoned. In the United' States there had been organized prior to 1800 thirty-two marine companies. Nineteen fire compunles Weis In Upcration at tuls time. 894 TWENTY PAGES, b regular life business was tranacted u 1812, and in 1860 twenty-two o doing business.” ipanies were Insurance 1tems Goetz has accepted a positi the Northwéstern company. B. F. Stouffer, an Insurance man from Fremont, was In’ the city during the week W. H. Carr, an adjuster from Atchison, is in the city, Sam with SR S— THE THEATERS. The weekly Sunday afternoon rehearsals of the Elk minstrcls will be called more fr quently hereafter, and the burnt cork artists will be drilled two or three times cach week During the final week rehearsals will take place every evening in the lodge rooms, and on Sunday, April 29, foronoon and afternoon, stage and orchestra full dress rehearsals will be called at Boyd's thoate It is the Intention of the management to give as near a flawless entertainment as possible, Only a few outsiders have far witnessed the rehearsals, and the unanimous verdict has been that it will entirely eclipse all previo local entertainments that have ever taken place in Omaha » minstrel company that ever came to Omaha has ever offered such a_complete value for the money in the box office as will be furnished by th lively Elk minstrels. It will be an ent tainment never to be forgotten. The vance sale of tickets by the members commence during the coming week ad will Yankee comedy ny of twenty appear at the their return and Saturday in Si Lewis alente the comp will Farmer T. C. king, and his first-class star artist Fifteenth Str theater on engagement for thres nights matinee, “commencing Thursday, April 12 that laughable Yankee comedy drama Plunkard,” the only Yankee comedy founded on rural life away down east. Since the great “Si Plunkard” (which is the original Yankee fa comedy) there has been a number of so-called Yankee farmer pieces put out, of similar character, to try and mislead the public by trying to copy the street parade, but there is only one Yankee whistler, one Yankee comedy, one Yankee farmer's parade, and that Is Farmer J. C Lewis' “Si Plunkard” company. AT Palice “Tho reot m Pearson’s big scenic surprise Patrol,” comes to the Fifteenth theater for four nights and Wednesday inee, commencing with matinee today. is without a doubt the perfection of realism Many plays introducing wonderful = scenic effects meet with more or less success, but this production has been produced in all the larger cities and the press is unanimous in its praise. It is filled with gen intorest, power, naturalness and pathos. The story on which the play Is founded is, bricfly this: A henevolent old gentleman, in help. ing a nephew out of financial difficulty, gives a check for §30, which the ungrateful young man 0. Upon the discovery of this crime an interview of a stormy charac- ter passes between the two. The old gen- tleman, in order, if possible, to bring his relative to a realization of his position, holds the forged check over his head as an in- strument to him to lead lite. The millionaire’s mansioh is that n entered by burglars and a fruitless attempt made to blow open the safe. The noise arouses the occupants of the house, and with_revolver in hand the uncle rises the burglars and discovers in one his un- grateful relative. Three shots are ex- changed and the millionaire dies in defense of his property. The play hinges on this er, and in Its varions acts illustrates the methods used by the Chicago department of police in tracing out a crime of this char- acter, Realism is prominent throughout the entire production, adding greatly to the powerful situations of the pla In one act the interior of a police patrol barn is shown, with the horses standing in their stalls, the wagon in place and every thing in readiness m. When the bells sound the horses dash under the swinging harness, ave hitched and off the stage in less than five secc In the fol- lowing act, Haymarket Chicago, is a scene showing the polic: monu- ment _marking the spot where, on that fatal May day narel cast_the bomb which cost the lives of 5o many brave offl- cers. In this scenc the officer has sted r, who, with the assistance of s, the confederate, however, i secured by the quick arrival of the patrol wagon in answer to tiie call from the street box. The play is made up of such exciting and realistic scenes as those mentioned, and in realily unfolds a tale of murder which some years ago completely baffled the police departments of the entire country. . for the alar A Favorite for Coughs and Colds. “Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the best medicine for coughs and colds we have ever sold Keel & Son of Coal Run, Ky. It is a favorite because it can always be depended upon. It loosens a cold, relieves the lungs and effects a permanent cure, Whooping cough is not dangerous when this remedy is freely given, as it liquifies the tough mucus and makes it easier to expec- torate. 25 and G0-cent bottles for sale by druggists. e SUPPOSING ISN'T RAILROADING A Short but For ture by a Railroad The recent accident on the road recalls an incident in the life of William F. Hallstead, tha present general manager of the Dela ware, Lackawanna & Western system of railroads, A brakeman on the road is cred- ited with laving caused that disaster by “supposing”’ that another train from the one which really passed would come along next. Mr. Hallstead, at the time referred to, says the New York Tribune, was the super- intendent of the Buffalo division of the Lack- awanna system. One day some trifling ac dent had occurred, and Superintendent Hall- stead had summoned the train men to his office to explain how it happened. One of the trainmen began to explain by saying that he had “supposed such and such was the case.” Mr. Hallstead interrupted him, how- ever, as soon as the word “supposed” came out, and with a string of words with large D's, for which hie was famous, he suid: “You blank, blanked fidiot T want yon to understand supposing is not railroading.' This short and forcible lecture was more far-reaching, probably, than Mr. Hallstead ever expected it would be when he gave it birth. The writer was connected with the Lackawanna railroad at that period, and he has heard the employes repeat it many times in connection with their work, In fact became an extremely familiar sentence about one of the largest siations on the Buffalo di vision, and unlucky the man who gave as an excuse for doing something incorrectly that he “supposed” something or other. Rvery man within the sound of his volce, if con- nected with the railroad in any way, would quote Mr. Hallstead's lecture to him. Such a condition of affairs involuntarily made the men careful and caused them to think before doing anything on the “supposition” that it was all right, Another incldent in connection with Mr. Hallstead, while hie was superintendent of the Bulalo division, Is worth relating. There was an old track foreman, a Mr. C., whose abilities were highly appreciated by Mr Hallstead dnd who was just about as abrupt in his speech as the superintendent himself One day Mr. Hallstead was watching a gang of men at work under the superintendence of Mr. C. Observing a number of new railroad ties lying in a ditch alongside the track, Mr. Halstead called the track foreman's attens tion to them In this way ‘C., what in the blank a down there In that water? Mr. C. turned around deliberately, looked “Well, Bill, I've been looking at those ties oft and on for a week past, and Il be at the ties, and then turning to Mr. Hall- stead sald slowly: blanked if I've seen them do anything yet.” OCLOSED ON THE DUCK'S BILL, 0w an Oyster Resented Tmpertinent osity In Chesupeake By, The meek and lowly oyster can sometimes become a revengeful as well us a dangerous antagonist, as an unwary duck found to his cost & day O 50 ago over on the eastern shore, says the Baltimore American. This careless duck, belonging to the tribe known as “fishermen,’’ was swimming about in search of food off the shore fear Clai- borne, when he espled an oyster—a nice, fat, Julcy eyster he was—with shell widely parted, feeding, doubtless, on the simple and rather Intangible diet upon which an oyster is supposed to feed. 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