THE DAILY HERALD, rLATTSMOUTIl. NEBRASKA, THURSDAY. 3 NOVEMBER t 1SS7.
TENDER THOUGHTS.
I liwir tm wind, I hear I ho ruin,
I w tlw lightning's fliTy chain,
Tli" Klorjri lt witllinjr tlirouifli the trcefl.
Tin; wavi n grc ronrloif on tin- ncfui;
1 l-ur th'- aw fill tliiimlrr cranh
'J'liut folIowMnii tho lixbtnliin (lash
I 'ill thou,. !i all thinif" in trmjirst U,
I t in. ii' t think of might but tlif .
Tlioiui-t wooil flower' fnltit porfume.
Tin- Io-ih tliut on tlwlr burthen hluuni.
Tin-n i i t .IVilinu mc-lotty
Himx n-illly hy the wind kl.wil tn-r;
The mim toiii-hcil cIdU'Im, unfnt liom-l skli'3.
Tin' l.uU li.nl, hiiiirif. Mlliwanl Iliirs
All lnv.-ly IhiiiKH I lu-rir r nit
h'i-uk ! n. y In-ill t of tln-e- lint lint.
I'hilip Uucoltt.
JIA:!) CAR 112, C. .
For tin' l.-!:-t hour Urn const ruction train
hail li-n t r:iv flin slowly; fur it wliolu liour
it li.-ul i-uii! i:ily Muinlili.iJ over the lmsc:ic(l
Ji'.hpl.iti-.s wiih 11 monotonous ciiu;;-ty chit;.?,
cbuiikct y c'niiiik tlnit h:nl loii ou.jI to
uwuIh-ii miy lutcn-ht, Kyuiicit hc-tie or otlicr
M im-, in our iirowsy miii'Ls. Finally it kIhjc1
nit. i-1 Iii r u lth a ji-rk, as if it hml KUiMoiiIy
lmt con -In.. ivdy realized tlm vanity if any
furt in r cll'orl. Tlio o.sto;iishol cars pullc 1 at
tlicir I'ins ;'!nl jrfunill tlieir birircru u-s if in
annry i-xm illation at this frouk of tho loe
motivc, nn.il sorno of the men ofTeni! ener
getic inlvieij d tho Dc-ity as to what ultimato
courso to pnriiio with tho management of tho
roml in f;ei..(-jil ami tho I"i freight links la
purlieu In r. "(Vin't help it, cv.n't help it!"
huiit the l.n-L. mini as he enmo along the top
of tiie l.ux cfir itljeal. ''Thu rails havcspreail,
1111 it'll I- two hours, may!) three, before
we start h:-r up again."
... - - - - I . , ...a... I- ' . . : . oun . . ( . 1 L ' ,
ftjlil Vt'l l'J r.lll to irrillfil.ll' KfjlllH V u-rin.li.rin'r
I?ut tin- lua- pa-sMcJ. tho tram still waltoj.
' J " - o
why, iii Mm name of various places and
thitijcs, they chose to dully in such a dismal,
godi'ors'ikcii :ipot. It wiw raining ist Ilat
Crossing; i;i fai it hail lioen raining slowly,
steadily, for two days with a certain dif-pcr-ulo
pcrlinai ity. Thrro had loc:i no provious
G"oii;;!.l to render such an uljimdauce of
wilier dcMi-iMc; in tho country through
whii'h v.c parsed we ha I noticed no fields of
Jiarchc'l wh--.it, no withering trt, no droo
veil.".l l' s, no thirsty cuttle, no traveled
f oads on w liii li the dust required laying. )u
tho contrary, tho lakcj wero ull full to over
flowing, tho rivors swollen, tho ravines
drowned, tho swamps soaked and tho tanks
so full that the relief pipes ourcd forth a
continuous itroiuu of chattering expostula
tion. Wot withstaiiiling this lavish extras of water
jno tir ki-iiiiiI no fresher thun before tho
storn' wno" therinometor In tho calwoso
... ''.., ' i7 degs. on the shady side of tho
j ogitei e. ... . i.ii -i
4 , i , lront and wdo doors were wido
track, ij.tl.. , , ,
open, arid son. " of tlw ,n a v,n wl:
deavor to pn.lu Png nsation of
frcoh.i-ss siit down .'a.th'' I;uddl
covered will, u lll.no clinler ami daxiSll
their legs in tlw iMiur out f,,t V no V-
pos..; the air was d.- ul. t ho Wfr Vttru au1
we coiitinm-'! l stiile and gro.
Tho view iro:n tho car was not uireresMng.
To tho loft, as far as we could seo th'ouK tno
vudless, inu'oiding curtain of rain, a "mal
muskeg s-.vas.ip stretched away to tho so,it!
tf the track, brokon only by rare clumps -rtggil
tain.iv.ick. J5oth slojies of tho Iwnk
were covered by long beds of pink iirewced
varied with ik-hos of soggy pigeon grass,
mid to the north lay tlw desolate waste of
Lrulo through which we had been traveling
for interminable hours. Here and there
among thq si any black poles of the burnt
trevs little bum hen of "popples" rustled their
I.mjsc leaves with a nervous activity tliat
filmed out of place in tho dead quiet of their
surroundings and their silly, feoblo flutter
ing, like the barking of a frightened cur, -was
to exasiRsrating tha -we could scarcely re
frain from thr.iwing a stone at tho shivering
things and calling out: "Oh, thut up!"
Tho under'i.vus'u -was thin, and the ridges
of pink jrv.ei-i.-.. banded with black, thrust
their bare, s:aooth surfaces through tho
mottled mo-,.; like great pockmarked
.shoulder.- of giants protruding from
their tattered shirts; in tho gnlliej
lietweon them the water gurgled dismally
, below tho tangle of deail trees, a;il ran away
under gloAV,- pigeon berry leaves, on to which
- th grotos-pie pitcher plants, icning v.ide
Hwir liils. ijt-nu-ed their turplus water. Save
by the patter of the rain on the car top aid
Uhe pishpishiug of the engine blowing ofi'
Tta. the silence was absolute, and rendered
only more pre.our.d by the booming crash of
a. falling tron. Nothing moved but the crazy
poplar trees, and once more we marveled at
the recklossiiL-s:? of tho men who had buil a
: railroad through tho dead, barren wiidemess
where there was nothing but rock, water and
'..burnt timber.
Ber-iiles our party of engineers, detailed on
a-ome-arciroment work, there were two stran
gers in the car; they had blank passes from
tlio chief and were going west; as they kept
to themselves, talking together most of the
tims and net socming to enre for our com
pany, we had paid r.o especial attention to
thesi. Kvcry man of us, however, turned
nuidenly as the younger of the two, speaking
escii-edly m a iouo, swaggering vouo, muru-
.;:.,. 1 n rtrrmir tu117. iaid to his CODl-
. DIUVl. J O V
paaion:
"I tall yon, Morton, that man Jilatt ilur-
phy was the biggert coward that over walked
:. tns earth ; now djn't you forget itP
Tho iutonaiion of th man's voice was so
- vicious, so mean, that wo all .felt convinced
that the statement was false, and although
: utterly ignorant of tho facts each of an felt
; a:i instinctive desira to contradict him. But
i before anyone could think of what to say a
i deep voice from the end of th car condensed
. our feelings in tha energetic and laconic an-
wer:
. "That's n lie!"
The speaker, Jack Gollina, was the quietest
jnaii on the staff and had acquired a certain
reputation for minding nobody's bu-sinessbut
.his own. Jack wm somewhat of an enigma
to us all; wa did not understand, but we all
liked him, for he had way of doing small
charities and helping tb boys in a pinch that
showed a truly good nature and a warm
heart. AVhat hi exact work was noiio
of us knew; he had the nania of being a
good locator an.l explorer, especially asnong
the older men, with whom ha usually osso
. cuited; his reports never passed through
. our oCice, and no complaints were ever made
: about the irregularity of his work; he al-
ways went v:l lioforo office hours with his
. compass and notes book, but the men not in
frequently fouud him lying in a secluded cor
ner reading or sleeping with his book bo--.side
him. lie was a large, powerful fellow,
with a heavy beard that concealed half his
rfoce, of which the only remarkable fijatiirvs
were a strong, determined mouth and loupr.
slanting black eyes that kept moving slowly
round from left to right and suddenly jumped
iiack to their starting point. Sometimes,
when we pressed him very hard, he tol l us a
story or some a 1 venture which had happened
lo him, and it was only then that his eyes
t-ere at rest, void cf expression, as if he were
reading from some far away book. lie spoke
lowly, but well, in a low, even voice that
commanded the attention of his hearers; we
ntver questioned tho truth of his stories, and
whenever any statement seemed a trifle ex
travagant wo acknowledged that it must oa
ur fault if we could not understand tho cir
comffSaooM. ...
For a moment aftxr his n.nmlly emphathj
denial no one rjKike; tho Ktrunger had risen
at once, but seeing that Jack did not move
ho Kut down again, filled a fresh pi', and
waited. Jack wu.-t sitting on the lloor at tho
end of tho car looking down ijcri:;ivcly ut the
revolver that hung from his belt; after u
short pause In loikel up at the ceiling, and
lii hi.-i usual k!ow way ho told us the tttory of
Matt Murphy's last work on the rood.
It had happened two years bef ore; Murphy
was then road master at Carnpljell's I'oint,
and far from In-ing thought u coward, ho was
lookiil upon as the only man on the line who
had phick enough to run a. snow jtlow at tho
head of live engines into a c!n iked cut, and
htand linn when every plank fairly quivered
under the strain. One. day, while ho was
dozing in his ollico, for Mutt was lazy when
he had nothing to do, tho door opened with
a bang, and tho operator, in h state of breath
less excitement, ran into tho room.
"Tin-re's a bush lire Ik-Iow tho long, bridge,
Mr. Murphy," he called out; "the wind is
this way, mid the 1'aeilic Kmigraut is duo in
nn hour. What tho devil Khali wo do 5"
Matt startled in Ids chair and. repented tho
man's words in a dazed sort of way. "Hush
fire and they are due in an hour. My od!"'
Then ho got uja, staggered ucross tho room
und leaned against tho wall. The baggage
master, who ha 1 overheard, stcpied in from
tho adjoining office, mid the operator, with a
shrug of his shoulders, turned to him and
said in a ix-rplexed way:
"Murphy's drunk as usual what's to be
doiief
"Drunk, you blamed idiot!" cried Nolan
indignantly; "his wife and kids are on that
train. ct out of here, you scented squirrel,
and blamed quick, too, or I'll make your
empty head so blessed soro you couldn't seo
daylight through a ladder! May, Matt, old
man" Ho did not finish his sentence, for
the next moment Murphy pushed him aside
and sprang out on tho platform where tho
men wore collecting to hear tho news.
"Hoys," ho t ried in a voice that seemed to
rasp in his throut, "loys, look a-herc! 1 want
three g'.xd men to go to hell with rnel Haul
up a pun ii t ti eatth a hold there; now
heave away so! Drop her on tho track
that's ill Slap on tho oil, you fello ws. Two
hundred lives! My God!" he continued, as if
thinking aloud. "Quick, blanio you! oir with
your shirts aul hurry! all alKM.rd! That's tho
style; now come along, boys, ar.d work!"
Ho was the first on the car and took tho
rrar handle behind the brake; Lng Miko the
J'inlander, Jim Itceves and "Dumb Dick"
jumped on after him, an oil can, a monkey
wrench &nd an ax wero thrown on; tho men
gn vo t!ie;ii n shove to start, and away they
went down tho long grade, fifteen miles an
hour.
Instinctively for tiicy merely know that
there was a firo below the bridge and that
the train was soon duo instinctively Mur
phy's three companions had understood what
they had before them. They wero old hands
and knew that this vva3 a desperate venture,
a forlorn hojie, and that their only chance of
success lay in their working well togother,
each man doing his duty absolutely, regard
less of what might happen. But all thisthey
felt rather than reasoned, for men of action
rclluct slowly, and the pace was so severe
that they had no time for reflection.
Matt leaned over and slipped tho key of
the switch to Jim Reeves, who was in front.
" If we haven't time to unlock her. Jim."
k.i said so quietly that it hurt tho men to hear
him ''jump on the lever and break tho
chain. Now, feliows, heave away for all
you're- worth."
The first six miles passed quickly; to right
and left the load and the trees flew back
wards, and nothing was heard but tho short,
quick panting of tho men, the burr of the
cogs, and the clickety-click, clickety-elick of
the wheels over tho fish plate-i. On the half
milo up grade to Bass' Falls they bad to
slacken uo a little and hang on tho handles,
while the sweat ran off their smooth backs
down over thoir muscular arms to tho cross
bar and driped off on to tho platform; but
with their heads down and every muscle
braced, they worked on steadily, panting
hoarsely through their closed teeth. They
uo1 but one idea in common, and that was.
as Jiiu Heeves tersely expressed it, that they
must reach that qualified switch or bust. At
regular intervals Murphy, who seemed to
hava renounced his customary profanity, re
peated his short, earnest exhortation, more, as
a prayer than as a command: "Steady,
bovs, steady 1 for God's sake!"
The top of th grade was reached; then
came a level run of two miles before tho
curve to the bridge. Ahead of them on each
side of the track tho workmen, apprehending
some disaster from the enormous volume of
smoke that was blowing toward them in pur
plish clouds rimmed with golden sunlight,
had assembled before tho Falls station: and
as Murphy's gang camo along, up and down,
up and down, every man in that crowd felt
his eyes grow moist and his throat dry. With
one accord English and Yankee, French Ca
nadians and Italians, Swedes and Fiulandc-rs,
gave on solitary ringing cheer, and stood si
fent again, as if uu.ldcnly awed by the simple
heroism of these four men, appai'i-btjy push
ing consciously, determinedly to certain
,ii, on. i is-nrkinir ficrcelv as if they were
IlLaut) - e -
escaping from somo great danger instead of
hunting into it. Not a man spekeasthey
flashed "past. A few pushed their hats back
and stopped as" if aatmuvd of tho movement,
watching the hand car grow aimiljer ,md
sturdier above the converging lines of the
Sweaflnjr Dan Dunn, tho walmng boss,
stepped out into the middle of tho track be
tween his men, threw mvTO his pick, and
wiped his wet forehead on the tsitve of his
shirt.
-Boys," he said, "that gangs a-gom' to
ever lastin" destruction as plucky as any fel
lows I ever see, every blamed man of them,
and I'll bet a barrel of highwiues to a cup of
tea they known it, too. Matt Murphy knows
it, sure,"
Then, turning suddenly and pointing down
the track, ho cried in his usual bullying tone:
"Give them a yell there, blarno you ail
together now, and yell till you bust or I'll
break the son of a tadger's head that hangs
nre!"
For once, Although they had their custoni
arv effect of insuring prompt compliance with
his orders, Dan's threats sujwrfluous;
for onco his wishes coincided wiih the w lakes
of bi3 men, and from those 500 throats there
burst such a cry that the flames ahead seemed
to halt for a moment in their forward rush.
On the hot, pulsating sir it floated away
across the muskeg, over the heads of ths fv
voted crew, and re-echoed with a booming
roll from the slate walls of the rock cut
through which they pushed their car. But
Humeri. thi exnression of their comrades'
sympathy cheered and helped them it told
each man only too plainly that this was hi
last job on the track.
"That's goodbv fur tho Jong contract,"
said Reeves, and "Mike in his biokeu Eagliiji
repeated:
"Yas; koot bye, pyes koot bye," but both
relajtsed into silence at the sound of Murphy's
remonstrance
Steady, boys, steady, and mind the brake,
Jiiu; wi'e right on the down grade."
At the end of tho level was the grade to tho
bridge and the fire; beyond the fii o tlis bridge,
the switch, and the fated train with its ir.v
man cargo hurrying to destruction, for the
wjnd was high, and the engineer would natur
ally th'nlt tho fire far away until he was in
tho vcTy mid of It. Thon tjp struggle Iwv
pan. The smote: Tun along th embankment
toward thern hi great llylug gust's denso
they could liarely see tho platform of tho car;
the hunt lieeumo intense, but they inner
wavered. I'erhujw it was iKK-au' wonv-u
were few in tho dismal country which hud
liecomo their home, mid that, as is usual in
purely malocomnuinitii-s, every man invested
tho gentler kex collectively with a romantic
halo, in exact inverso proportion to the pro
fane skeptical contempt w hich he prof -swiil
for them individually; perhaps it was 1m--cause
some lingering bpark of chivulry, driven
into tho west by the bin-era of a higher civili
zation, had fhuned up suddenly in the ln-nrts
of these rough journeymen ; or jierhaps it, was
merely the humane hoj of saving the wives
und children of men v. ho had slept under tho
same blanket, worked i:i the same ditch, and
shared tho same biscuit; but, whatever tho
cause, it was sufficient to silence selfish con
nideratioii and make I hem look upon the sacri
fice of their lives as ny more than the fulfill
ment of a necessary duty.
All a rou. id them the trees wero falling in
rows; broad flashes of flame, quenched for a
moment in the bla k smoke, burst up end
flared in tho wind like shreds of sonio vast
tattered canopy. Along tho ground th?)
brush wilted away, burning' with a sharp
crackle like that of a musket ry discharge;
and up through the hollow tamaracks tho
liro swept with a noiso like tho bellow of a
filling sail, (treat trunks tottered und fell
with a booming crash like tho sound of dis
tant cannon. Tho hot uir quivered around
them and they gasped spasmodically as
they shook off the burning sparks and
laughed hysterically lietween short howls of
pain. Ahead all was red and bluck a sea
of fire. Murphy called out onco more,
"Stead-, boys, steady!"' and they plunged
into it resolutely with the desperation of a
wounded bull charging on tho espaiia's blade.
"Steady, my men! Up and down, up and
down! Stick to her, lads; it'll soon bo over
now !"
Then tho flames closed upon them, and as
they lowered their heads lieforo tho whirl
wind of firo anil smoko that was hurled at
them they shivered ut tho crisp crepitation of
their hair and beard and felt the hot grip of
tho fire fasten o:i them as thoy writhed in
pain. Something struck the car and it
reeled for a moment.
. "Stand by her, boys; steady there!" Thcj
grasped the handles again and struggled on;
by tho hollow sound of tho wheels they lniew
that they wero on the bridge at last, and it
lent them fresh strength. Then something
struck thorn again. "Hard, hard at work
there! Jim, Mike, Dick, all of you pump
away, for God's sake, boys! wo are nearly
there. Try again! tho switch, boy.-?, mind
tho switch! all together now, heavo!" But
strain as they might and they strained with
a fierce, desperate energy, for there was
something in Murphy's tono that went to
their hearts tho car was fast and would not
move. Then they heard a wild cry above
tho thundering crash of tho bridge as it fell
from under them ; the car was suddenly shot
ahead and sprang away easily over tho debris
that lay across the iron. The trestle was
passed; but at tho rear handle Mike stood
alone; his partner, Mutt Murphy, was gone;
that last failing brace had struck him square
ly across tho amis, and when ho saw that ho
could no longer pull his w eight, he jumped
oir and put ail his remaining strength in that
last push that sent them through into tho
comparative quiet beyond.
"Steady, boys, and God be with you!" camo
onco more from out the chaos of flames be
hind them, and that was all. On the other
sii!t, beyond tha clay cut, they heard tho hel
lo whig whistle of the engine; a few more
strokes and they reached the switch.
' "Jump, Jim; for God's sake jump quick!"
The next moment the train swept round the
curve over tho frog and giided smoothly down
the siding, where it stopped; but the handcar
had disappeared.
When thoy camo back they found Jim
Reeves' body ii by tho broken lover of tlio
switch; Long Mike, too, they picked upbesidu
him, with a shattered leg and an ugly gash
across the forehead, while on the other side
of tho track "Dumb Dick" was clutching tho
broken handle of tho hand car and sobbing
like a child. Strong men liftctl their crashed
bodies with tender care, and side by side they
laid them on a bed of fragrant balsam
boughs; a woman's light hand wiped away
tho blood from Mike's rough face and held
moist linen to his bleeding brow. Soon he
opened his e3-es and locked solemnly, with a
puzzled expression, into tho anxious faces of
the women and children that stood around
him, silently watching for his recovery. Then
he remembered all ; for a moment a bright
smile lit up his plain features, and died away
slowly as he caught sight of his companions
stretched beside him. Coming through the
distant smoke tho rays of the red evening sun
touched their pale faces with a ruddy glow
and wove a soft golden halo around thoir
passive heads. With a slight quiver Long
Mike passed away in the sunset silence to join
his comrades."
When Jack finished there was a pause;
then wo all looked up at him with the same
question on t.ur lips. Ha rose slowly from
tho corner in which' he had been sitting.
"You want to know where I heard all this:"
he asked. "Oh! I am 'Dumb Dick.' Toba
frank with you, boys, I havo been a special
detective on the C. P. R. for several years,
and if I tell you so now it iti because my con
tract is, up as soon as I have handcuffed Mr.
James Bowles over thero. Don:t you move!"
he called out, covering him with his revolver.
"I suppose," he continued, addressing tho
man he had called Bow les, "that it would
have been more correct to chain you first and
tall my story afterwards; but I knew you
could not giv'irie tb ulip. That man, boys,
was Murphy's partner in a contract on this
road and tried to get him to swindle the com
pany. Matt wouldn't do it and threatened to
ehow him up and now that he's dead, this
fellow takes his revenge out in attacking his
character. Hwaver, he's so badly wanted
at headquarters just now that he will keep
his Jnouth shut about Murphy for the next
ten years," John Heard, Jr., in Tho Century.
They Prefer Chinese Huf.l.-ands.
Now you will be surprised when I tell
you that the ambition of every Hawaiian
girl is to beconto 15 years old and marry a
( Hiinaman. The islands are full of Mongo
lians. Tlujy d'"i n thriving business in opium,
and are considered eligible m evtiy -ay.
But the American teachers are trying to put
a stop to this, and the only w;;y they can do
it is to provide other husbands to take the
placa of t-he Chinaraer:. for if a Hawaiian
girl is not married very early in life she soon
goes to destruction. So the American teach
ers, particularly those from the boarding
schools for girls, take occasion when their
young ladies are nearteg womanhood to call
at the schools for boys and arrange mar
riages lietwecn native you-tg men and women.
T.'hfs sounds harsh, but it is really salvation
to tho girls, as tli marriage u sually tvn
out v.-elL The girls who have been educate!
in the industrial schools make good house
wives, and have pretty little cottage homes
set down amidst the most luxuriant foliage,
Denver Republican.
Death to rf-.larla,
A decidodlv hard frost always put an end.
for that season, tq the ilanger of espusui-.e to
malarial influence in the region where it on-con.
A DESPAIR STRUCK CHILD.
A I-lttle Iioy'n Flrnt Tonte of I.lfc'a Bit-term-!
Ilutf o Awukriiluif.
Everywhere tho gloomy truth of Schopen
hauer's summary of life is felt and seen, but
It remained for a Detroit small loy aged ;J
years to work out tho last analysis of thi
mockery and tho miw ry of this orlrtonco.
His fond lilauimn was gone down town.
Tho small ly sat on oi.e of tho U-m to his
palatial Hvenuo horn in impatient waiting
for that fond mamma's return. The mo
ments hjx1 and she cano not. To tho un
tutored soul of that small loy seconds ::
paml.xl into ages nay, aims of time. The
intervale lietween horso cars (fin one of
which tho l.M iked for mother was to conn )
fulfilled tho child's conception of unlimited
duration by which phruso tho ohf urithme
ticians defined eternity. Cur after car
passed motherless, involving half a scoro at
leust of eternities, but at last, at last, oh,
joy unspeakable! tho eager, peering eyea
caught sight of tho figure for which their
owner had stayixl so long in agony. Ecstasy
chased away the settled, dumb det-pair that
brooded over tho soul of the waiting small
boy. His every dream of earthly bliss was
now to have immediate realization. With
ono wild whoop and three mad leaj ho wa.'i
at tho curbstone. Laughter and shouts of
delight wero his welcome to tho comer.
What, is this she holds in her liiuulf
Ah, joy again! It is the coveted ball th
ball for which that tender soul had yearned
unsjieakably and which is now almost within
his graMp. Here indeed is the one earthly
gliinp:-io of heaven which, so the legend tells
us, favored mortals sometimes catch. Ho
seizes it with feverish hand. The mother's
faco glows and grows lieautiful in sympathy
with her darling's happiest dream come true.
Ho was at tho track side. Ho is on the side
walk, IAU in hand. With ono all concerted
effort he dashes it to tho ground and bursts
into tears!
"Oh, mamma." moans the despair struck
chiiii, "it don't bounce!"
Tho i:m:sl! boy's idol was broken. He had
tasted life's bittcraen;, had seen tho unirder
of his rosiest hojie. His ball, on which h
had set incomputable value, ai:d on w hoso
ngi!e performance he bad counted w ith never
a black intruding doubt- his ball, which to
liii; overwrought imagination was tho one
thing that made life worth living, refused to
bounce. Detroit Free Press.
Overpressure In tlio Schools.
3 Passing to tho main question, overpressure
in the schools is a fact to tho samo degree
that overpressure in other departments of
American life is a fact. Here I seo no
reason to throw aside or modify tho conclu
sion that I came to three or four years ago, of
which this is tho substance: Our inherited
Saxon push, our natioial environment, our
boundless opportunities, find our free institu
tions, in lt.sjiocfc to courage, audacity, enter
prise, and m;"y forms of achievement, make
us a ieoplo by ourselves. It would tie hard
to name a field of life in which our energj-,
impatience and nervousness do not show
themselves. It is notorious that the average
American does more work, whether physical
or mental, than any other average man in
tho world; hence it is that America is tho
gauge for measuring the most energetic com
munities of the old world, as w hen Lanca
shire, England, is called "America and
water."
The words in which Mr. Herbert Spencer
spoke of the injury done by our high pressure
life, at the dinner given him in New York
four or five ye irs ago, will not soon Ikj for
gotten. History ha:; charged a good deal to
the American spirit, and credited it with
much more. Its worst effects, unfortunately,
are seen in tho higher fields of elfort sci
ence, literature, education and jut where
timo is an all important factor. Tho tension
of tho public schools is too high in
tho sense that tho tension of our
but.ines3 and social life is too high;
in other words, the schools partake
cf the national gonius. Dr. Stanley Hall,
some years ago, said ho had seen a file of ono
hundred and fifty siuoll German boys just as
the;" inarched out of the r.ehool house at noon
n quarter of a mile away ; also that he had ob
served that tho little girls at the Victoria
school, Berlin, did not ru:i a step at recess, or
do anything that an equal number of ladies
might not do. But t uch things as these, it
hardly need be said, cannot be found in the
typical American school. B, A. Hinsdale in
Science,
Journalism Is for the Young'.
Tho prominent figures here at the heads of
tho great mel rcpoiitaii journals aj-c, almost
V.-;thout- exception, men in their prime. Ben
nett is very little, if any. more than 40. Pu
litzer hasn't a gray hai-r in hits l.e::d. White
law Iteid i-i in about the smiuc lurtcr with
both of these. Dana is old, but Amos Cuni
mings, who edits The Evening Sun and is
really the moving spirit there, is still a young
man. Georgo Jones is not yet past his prinie,,
John Cockerill is still young, and. Eggleston,
who edits Tho Commercial Advertiser, is
gri7-zled about the temples, but still on the
right sido'of the hill, and his staff are all very
young men. Tho editor of the new Evening
World, which sprang into such instant popu
larity, is a young fellow who was scribbling
at tho reporter's desk three years ago and is
not yet GO. The same may be said of the
magazines. The clever new Scribner has. an
entire staff of young men. The Century has
not an old man connected with it, and Alden
is the only "elderly person who is in power on
Harper's. Journalism is for tho young and
not for the bid. The genius cf the profession
requires it. New York Cor. Brooklyn Eagle,
Things Asked of Actors.
John Drew was Ehown a letter in which
the authorship of . "The Taming of the
Shrew" is attributed to Augustin Daly. Mr.
Drew said he was not very much surprised.
"Why, the other day in New York," con
tinued the comedian, "a real estate broker to
whom I was introduced said .
". ;If I could talk as well in my business as
you do in yours, Mr. Drew, I w ould be a
rich man. ' I can't understand how you
manage to think of all those funny things
just on the spur of the moment.7 "
Tho ignorant questions actors ure subjected
to is not half as appalling as their lack of
tact ar.d their impertinence, A member of
Mr. Joseph Jefferson's family once said she
had cfteu bsn asked if it did not pain her
very much to see her father making an exhi
bition of himself for money. And this of
tho most graceful of comedians. Philadel
phia Press.
A Long Wait.
The Philadelphia North American says
that "Insurance Agent Adams has been wait
ing for fifteen years for a letter which has
just reached him." he sender must have
inadvertently put one of the immediate de
livery stamps on thf letter; but it doesn't
soeru fifteen ean since such stamps were in
troduced. Ncrristown Herald.
Consumption of Railroad Spikes.
There are 200,000 miles of railroad in the
United States and it takes five kegs of rail
road spikes per mile to keep up repairs,
which makes an annual coiuruuiption of
1,000,000 kegs. To thismusite added three
and a half tons per mile for the 12,000 miles
of new road which is built annually. Chicaxro
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