Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1886 — Page 2

■l, - An hour before the spoke of Vh»njt 'TO>a j g»mwy-to j tlw%llM' ; MBpC'* , :‘ And hissed me ell the while; Then, after some sweet parting words, (be erented among her flowers and birds, , GnMl she fell asleep. Twee summer then, ’tit autumn now, The crimson leases fall off the trough, * And strew the gravel swoop. I wandor down the garden » alk, , And ra»*f bn all tlv l:a;>iy. talk ' - We hwt benrath the limes; And. res‘.in <on th» garden ssat, I Her old Newfoundland at injr fJ't, I think of other times: ■ • Of golden eers, when she and I . Sat watching bora the flushing sky, Or hoard the children hi tire lanes. Following home the liar rest wains, —.And, shouting In ijratLelggBrit when the daylight dies »w»t, And shl|>t grow dusky in tho bay, These recollections cobs * And. in the stillness of the mglit, 'L . . Bright thoughts that er d in dreams as bright Communicate thrir peace. I wake ahd seo tho morning sta“. And hoar tho breaker:; on tho bar. . The Vbteea xmAJejIIJSS: !' And then, with tours. 1 long to be Aero*« n dim, tiHiShhudfOlt a, " . : With liov forevermore. •» a-Dwkeac' Hou*el>oUl H'onlii.

MOONLIGHT FLIGHT.

BY HARRY BALDWIN.

Poverty is no disgrace, it is said, lint I can aver from personal expert* nee t hat it is. one of the most unpleasant ami inconvenient things in the world. I have lieeu there.! , i I have been so poor that I had not a cent to my, name, was out of a job, owed five or six weeks hoard, ami had no immediate prospects of getting anything at all to do. • If that was'hot being poor, then I would like to inquire what poverty ■ > It was in the winter of lsTfi. and I was living at Newark, N. J, “Living” there, did I say? I had keen living there, but along towards the, last I only stayed, hung on like grim death to the very ragged edge of existence —as it were. I had Ik en working there, but along toward the end of '7a I lost my place, and it being the very worst season of the year to find employment, I did not get., another place for some tiim . While my money lasted, I was all right; bat, as soon as that WAS gone, I can tell vou 1 began to feel the bitter truth pretty keenly. Like Miofiwber. I could only wait patently for something to turn up—in the meantime subsisting on hope, and one or two meals a day. I had several anchors out to the windward, in the form of applications, and re. plies from two or . three of them gave me hopes that the clouds would soon rise. Had it not been for that. I believe I would have given up the struggle and allowed the gaunt wolf to mangle me as it would. My landlady, during the first and second we?ks after my funds had given out, sympathized with me in no small.degree,but when it had massed the third week, and was dragging along well into the fourth, then her manner began to change.. But my landlady's daughter, bless her little heart! She was my friend to the very last. She was about seventeen years of age. had a pretty face, and a shapely head with a wealth of black, curling huir. Yes. she was my friend: and, an more occasions than one. my banker, too. Many a little loan did she advance to carry me to New York and back again, or to some other city or town, in search of something to do; and. proud 1 am to say it.' every cent of it was afterward repaid, and with interest. ~ « Yes, I looked for work every day. I was not so particular what it was, either, so long as it would support me until I eonld again catch on at my regular calling. Bnt no work could I find. It is rather amusing, as I look back at it now, to recall the numerous positions in life which I essayed to fill. I tried to find work in almost every field, from driving a street ear to becoming a sailor; but luck was entirely against me. Generally, the first question would be: “Well, vonng man, what have vou been doing?” And my answer was: “I am a newspaper reporter by profession, sir, and was last on the staff of the Scrraming Amerimn - Eagh; but siuce that paper ran Aground some weeks ago. and had to be sbaft'lfflTed. } bttyo . nnt nf on'ipW. ment.” “A reporter, eh? Well. I am sorry for you, sir. but you would be sadly out of your element in this business.” And so, with slight variations, it was at everyplace I applied to. I almost ran my legs off in answering advertisements, and I advertised mvself; but all to no purpose. I could not find a market for my willing services anywhere] iTuTtny “Triends 1 * to. the practical test. I tried.to borrow from two or three of them a sufficient sum to bridge over the dismal chasm, but not a cent could I get! And those “friends,” too, were the very ones I would have backed against long odds as being the true article. Such is life! -•

The only trne friend I ever had was NeMie, my landlady's daughter. If this -were a tale of fiction, how nice it would be to goon and explain how Nellie secured a good position for the hero, how he afterward married Nellie, and then how happily they lived ever after.—the mother-in-law included!- But-it isn't fictionVit is the real essence of grim fact. .* As long as my landlady pitied my condi- • tion, and sympathized with me, I did not feel my troubles so hard to bear; but, when she began to pull a long face over the matter. then I began to grow despondent. And. as long and longer grew her face, the more and more despondent and morose grew I. One morning as I was about leaving house to begin that, upvcr-eriding search again, my landlady intercepted me in lEe~ hhll, and said: —— 1 - “See here, Mr. Scribe, do you not think it is about time I saw the color of your money again?" “Madam,” I answered, “I do. I fully realize that yon should have seen it weeks ago. Bat, yon know how I am situated. As soon as I can find ” “Yes, as soon as yon can find! I have heard lhatcry too long, sir! You must find—a way to pay me. Do yon suppose that I am running this house upon the free-lunch-and-charitv plan? Not much! Your fair promises will not pay thfe butcher nor the baker.’ I mast have money, hoxet, sir!” . : “Well, madam, as soon as I can find—*" “But, why don’t yon find?” —- “I am trying to, madam, I can assure yon; and—” . “Yes, yes; it will be just like Mr. Bohemian’s case was, I know it will. I can feel it in my bones.” Mr. Bohemian's case : —for I had heard . about it severed times already—was simply this: > Mr. Bohemian, too, it seems, was ascribe. He was a young man, and sported a diamond stud and a Saratoga trank. He had boarded at Mr*. Landlady’s for several weeks about three years previously to my advent there, and had at last cleared out X ---2 - rt—r— 1 : - f* •

suddenly, leaving his board-bill about six weeks in arrears. : j He also left his Saratoga; btft when the lan Jl ady nnmytfroT^ti''* t r~ntt~*h~ fonud - were a pair of old suspenders ahd a paper collar. ' i She whs thunderstruck. The trank had .•seated ;to be womyirfully Ugavy. arid Bohemian had more than once hinted that it contained books to (he value of two hundred dollars or upuje. Further ifivestigwtion. though, disclosed the fact that the rssciil had actually set®weld the bottom of the trjrhk to the floor. . And f for mv landlady to.think that I would, or rou'l l. be guilty of such a thing! It was 100 much, too much. Besides, l had no .Saratoga trunks.—l could trim-port all my worldly possession* in a valise, very comfortably. / —"MAflflm.T’TiTirsweri'd her, “if my lire -is spared 1 most solemnly swear that you shall notioHe'one cent of what 1 owe you.” A . . “ Thus by promises must fair. ■ and—oy iriy little friend Nellie's intercession in mv behalf. ’the fatal day was staved off for another week. Ntill I looked for work, but looked in vain; and that week, too, soon passed away. After tea. on that last day of grace, niy landlady came to me and said —or in wi.rds to the same effect: " Well, Mr. Scribe, what have you to say?”,, - ■ ■ . : “Madam.” I answered. “I am still looking ’’ ' _ -Yes. I hnve no doubt you are. tomorrow morning, though, you must look ; for a new place to hoard. I can keep you j ho longer, I shall retain your few hooks and your valise as security—though I don't suppose they're worth one week’s board, and tb-moirow morning yon must go!” Ami with that she left me. I was utterly, wholly and teetotally crushed. ■ V _ As I said before, poverty mav not bo anything to be ashamed of, but for-incon-venience it does just take the cake. I went out into the street and wandered about aimlessly. Presently I came to the river. Should l" tumble iu and end it all? 1 thought the matter over in all earnestness. and came to the conclusion that I would ••• not. —====== Truth crushed to earth will rise again, I thought, and so will weeds in a garden; and so-woftld I. ; •• ? Besides, the great Centennial Exhibition was coming on, the Brooklyn Bridge was growing, and 1 wanted- to B,ee both, ere I .surrendered -my ghost. Moreover, the water, I knew, must be fearfully cold, and—But I simply wouldn’t do it. Come what might, live or die, sink or swim, I would see my dilemma to the end. I went back to my boarding-house. Mrs. Landlady met me iu the*hall, and said; “Mr. .Scribe, here is a telegram for you. It came a few moments ago. I ilo hope-it is good news!” “And so do I!" I exclaimed. And with beating heart and trembling hands I took the envelope nnd tore it open. -Leonid have jumped for joy: but I didn’t. X even drew a longer fai'e than usual, if that were possible. It was a call for me to go to Philadelphia at once, to fill a position. “Bad news?” my landlady queried. “Only an uncle dead,” I replied, heart- “ Will you allow me to have breakfast before I leave your house in the morning?” “Yes,” was the answer,' “you may.” I went to my room, and there 1 1 Lb light my position over carefully. Two things were positive: - I must be at Philadelphia at !> o’clock next day, and I must have my valise wilh me-. Should I explain all to my landlady, and ask her if she would allow me to take my effects with me? I reasoned mot. Her recollection of Mr. Bohemian's ease would come before her, and she would no doubt answer me “nay.” More than that, she would be Very watchful to see that I did not steal away during the night. In fact, it was not really necessary for me to'spend much thought on the question, for my plan of action had suggested itself to me the moment I read the telegram. Hence the little piece of fiction I had given my landlady, and also my inquiry concerning breakfast. I meant to steal away like a thief in the night. I could not help laughing to myself as I imagined what my landlady's consternation would be when she found I had flown. I could see her, in my mind's, eye. exactly as she would appear, and almost bear her.exclaim: . ■ ' „ •‘There! what did I' tell you? I knew it would be just like Mr. Bohemian's ease; I could feel it in my bones,” Such, as I afterward learned, was what she actually did say. The question now arose —liow was I to get my valise out, of that house without being seen? • r It watt Bid. tin cany one to nnswor.—:—_ Mrs Landlady was as watchful as a hawk all night,, and if I attempted to steal my way down stairs with it, the chances were tkatshe would discover me in the a“t. In such an event, no excuse I could offer would be of any use. It would be' plain proof that I was a second Mr. Bohemian. 7 No. that valise must go out the window.

There was no other course open. But how?. X • ‘ A plan soon suggested itself. Be it understood, before I go any farther, that I fully intended to pay Mrs. Landlady every cent I owed her, just as soon as I was able to do so. Therefore, when I took a sheet right off the bed and tore it into ribbons to make a rope with which to lower my valise to the street from that third-story window, I fully intended to pay for that, too. That was just what 1 did. In a short time all was ready, and then I only waited for time. .Along in the small-hours of the morning I cautiously raised the window and looked out. The policeman of that beat was just

parsing. I waited until he was some distance away, and then I swung my valise out oyer the sill and lowered it down, down, until it rested upon the ground. ", ■ So far, all was well. I next opened my door and peered out into the hall. All was still. Cautiously, exceedingly Cautiously. I descended the stairs, opened the front door, passed ont, and then as carefully closed "thettoor behind, me. . Then I hastened around to the other side of the house—it was a corner house—picked -Up my valise* untied the rope, and “skipped by the light of the moon.” : I hied me at once to the Pennsylvania station, boarded the first-battle train that came along westward bound, and thus rode out of the cityvas poor as— Well, I was about as poor as a fellow well cau be; but I - ’wailmpnyy - Two mouths later I returned and squared ■ my,..tecbunt with Mrs. Lan ilady rand also with little Nellie, mib.rosa); and a happier ‘woman I never saw ia my, life. She actually cried for .“joy, and-deefcired that it did her heart good to know that all young men were not like-Mr. Bohemian- . I was foTgiven, freely and fully; and had I asked it, 1 am sure that I coaid have had

credit there for throe months, and perhaps longer. " Moß'A'fc?- • “Irnwstv twttiwtrflßt polica" man " I should any “policy.” ■>

Uncertainty of Literature.

'Why' is it that voting writers harp so persistently on minor,chords? Where there is one poem on homo and sunshine and happy life, tlie-re are a dozen which moan over blasted hopes lot 2‘2), twilight by the moaning sea, withered leavgs, and other subjects of a more or less melancholy nature. * Very few wholesome, cheery', religion* verses are offered, nearly all expressing the writer’s praiseworthy resignation under radntmties whirh never happmed, and his extretmr anxiety to turn his back upon the earth, whielf he designates a* a "valo” or "desert.” The same is apt to be true of prose offerings, n- - -- -- All editors will unite in saving that the rarest and most difficult short sketch to procure is a racy, well-written Thanksgiving or Christmas story; ddiilo the themes of hopeless love and early death are dwelt upon with avidity, By far the most numerous class of short stories offered to magazines and weeklies is that of juvenile sketches. It is a popular fallacy that while it takes a genius to write a society novel, anyhodv can tell stories to children. While this delusion, for such it certainly is, has been productive of a great deal of good juvenile work, by drawing efforts of writers to that field, it also overloads tho mail-bags with a vast amount of inanity intended to nourish the youthful imagination and appeasq its pangs for intellectual entertainment. Try to read one of these stories aloud to half a dozen .mischievous boys and girls and see whether it holds them. There’s the real test. At the bottom of all, the real fact is that the literary market is overcrowded, the surplusage being largely composed of those who, as Holmes say’s, misiake laziness for inspiration. Half a century ago the ease was different. In the first place, literary work was then poorly paid, as may be seen by the $5 checks Hawthorne and Longfellow received ion some of their finest productions, and secondly, the natural' 'consequence - was that thero was but little really good writing. Again, many of the fiehbvsbhat were then oped* to writers have been since trampled over until their flowers are all plucked, andiheir turf plowed up ..for corn and beans. Altogether literature is, as has been well said, a most uncertain staff. While, however, there is much in tlie present condition of things to discourage those who are preparing themselves for this work, it is to be remembered that there is a constant demand, even in the editorial offices of our largest magazines and papers, for bright, wholesome, earnest articles, stories and poems on subjects that tend to cheer and amuse as well as elevate. Of such the market is never full. _ ' ' ■ - . __ ..

The Morality Market.

Let us no moro contend nor blame Each other, blamed enough elsswhero, but strive In offices of love, how we may lighten Each other’s burthen, in our share of woe. —Milton. AYe wonder bow it really would work if every one were to make a positive resolve that he would each and every day of his life djo one act of, practical kindness tojsome oner Why, there would he so much kindness in the market that-we should soon hear a howl of “overproduction_!” and men would be scooting along the streets to find some one to he kind to. Smith would rush up to Brown and exclaim with great agitation: “My dear boy, can't I do you some kindness?” “No, niy dejtr fellow. I am long- on kindness myself—dieen hunting for fife' last two hours to find some one to serve.” —.“Dear! dear!' how very . vexatious; don’t know what I'shall do. Can’t xve swap acts of benevolence?” “Well, I really don’t see how it would be practicable,'tiPPanse if we exchange there will be no benevolence. ” “That’s true—but, upon my life, I don’t see our way out of the difficulty; and I have solemnly pledged myself to one disinterested kindly deed per day.” —Texas Sifting*.

A Horrible Example.

I— ilrolls five cods a backidgeL Greatest tliig id' the world for a gold id the’ed ! Odelv five cods a backidge!” A red-nosed, watery-eyed man, with a flannel muffler around his neck, stood on the corner of Eighth and Chestnut streets this morning offering cough drops for sale. “Why don’t you take some yourself?” asked the News man. “You seem to be prettv well stopped up in the head.” “The bad I worg for wode led be,” was the reply,'

“Wttat, Won’t let you take the medicine you sell to others ?” “Doe. sir. He pays be eggstra dot to dake adv. ’’ ‘-‘What for?” “Ok,” was the answer, with a sniffle, “so I cad stad oud here as a horrible eggsable \”—ThiladelphM Neiks.

Dire Punishment.

First Pauper—Humph! That’s a fine way to freak one’s father. Here comes a letter from my son who refuses to send me $5, when he’s just rolling in money. ’ ; - ; Second Pauper—Yes, that’s the way of the world! First Pauper—l’ll be blessed if I don’t discipline that fellow. Yes, sir, my mind's made up. 11l cut him off without a shilling. - The origin of the phrase “That’s a feather in vonr cap” is thus explained; Among barbarians it is .the custom to add a new feather to the headgear for every enemy slain. The Caftirs of~Gabui stick a feather in their turban whenever they kill a Mussulman. In Scotland tlye sportsman wears a feather in his cap—a feather from a woodcock shot by him. The phrase belongs to no writer. - “Biddy,” said a lady to her servant, “I wish you would step over and see .how old Mrs. Jones is this morning.” In a few minutes Biddy returned with the information that Mrs. Jones was 72 years 7 mon'hs and 28 days old.

Books.

' 'Most great men ate lovers of hooka. Feuelon said: “If all the crowns of the Atflgdrffiim'rtr Ettropft nyera latd st my feet in exchange for ray bookß, I would ipurn them all.” -'Macaulay Baid of his aooks: “These are old friends that are sever seen with new faces, who are the lame in wealth and in poverty, in glory xml obsciirity. Plato is never sullen; 'lervantes is never petulant. Demos•lieries never comes unseasonably. i)ante never stays too long. No differtnce of political opinion can ever alienite Cicero.’’- ! . “The late Mark .I’attison, Rector of Lincoln,” says the New York Tribune, “had a human fondness for his books. Nothing annoyed-him so much as to hear one of them fall; and dusting thCm. which he reduced to a science, peemed to give him real pleasure. In his illness the sight of his favorites de-. pressed him greatly. ‘Ah,’ he would bay," ‘I am to leave my hooks,’ and sometimes, ‘They have been moye to me than my friends.’ He would ask for Them one after another, till he was literally covered almost to his shoulders as »le lay, and the floor around him was strewn with them. He used to say the tight of the books was necessary.to him at his work; and once reading how Kcliiller always kept ‘rotten apples’ in liis study because their scent, was beneficial to-liim, lie pointed to some shelves above his Kept his oldest and'inost prized editions, and said, ‘They are my rotten apples.’ It should be the ambition of every voting nian and woman to l ave a good library. For youthful readers who are beginning the collection of books a few rules may not be amiss: I. Set apart a regular weekly or monthly sum for books, and spend that and that only. .2. Devote a portion of your money to books of reference."" * 3. Never purchase a worthless book, nor an infidel w ork, nor a poor edition. 4. Buy the best. Plutarch said: “We ought to regard books as we do sweet meats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest, ” 5. Where there is a choice, buy small books rather than large ones. “ Books that you can carry to the fire and hold readily in the hand are the most useful after all, ” was the conclusion of Samuel Johnson. 6. Do not buy too many books of one class. 7. Do not buy sets of an author until you have a fair library, and plenty of money . ..t.-vKvvv'w** 8. Take one monthly magazine and one or two weekly religious papers. . .9. Make a catalogue of your books. TO. In each book write your name, the date of the purchase, and the price paid. " '"x~ " "77, T 11. Have a blank-book in which to put all particulars in reference to loans. T 2. "Read xvhat you buy, and buy only what you will read. ” " - -

She Clasped.

“I want to ask your advice about a novel I am writing,” she confidentially remarked to a Woodward avenue bookseller. “The hero of my. story is wpundedby Indians and Comes home with his arm iu a sling.” ~ "That’s good. ” “My heroine meets him with great joy, and he clasps her in his arms.” * ■ '“Perfectly proper. I’d do it myself. ” “Yes, but don’t you see one of his arms is in a sling? How could he clasp?” “That’s so. And yet he must come home wounded ?”• "He must.” “And she must be clasped?” “Blie ought, to be.” ; “Yes, that’s so. but you must look out for the critics. How would it do to have her clasp him ?” • ._ “Wouldn’t it look immodest ?”_, “Not under the circumstances, and you can add a foot-note that the joy of seeing him carried her off her balance for, a moment. Yes, let her clasp and take the consequences. If you get the right kind of covers on a book you needn’t care much about what is inside.” “A erv weß&'mv heroine shall clasp; I thank you; good day.” — Detroit Free Press.

He Understood English.

~_.Cnstome.r fin Chinese laundry)—“Can you understand EhglishrJohn ? " John —“Y’ep. ” Customer—“lTT leave some collars and cuffs to be done up, when can I get them?” ’ John—“Alleyite. ” Customer—“i want to know when I shall come for them ?” * John—“ Yep.” Customer—“l must have them not later than Friday afternoon.” John—“ You takee checker?” Customer —“Y’ou pig-tailed linen destroyer, I thought you said you could understand English?” John—“ Yep.” Customer—“ Then why in thunder don’t, you answer my question?” John—“Me undstlan English; no speaker. You leave, washee.” — Life.

Soldering Fluids.

Some of the soldering fluids used are Tujurious to tools and also to parts that have been laid on the bench where such fluids have been used. The following recipe will do the work as Well, and will mot rust and tarnish any more than water would. 'Take two ounces alcohol and put it into a bottle, and add about a teaspoon fill of chloride of zinc and shake until dissolved. 1 .Use it in the same manner as the muriate of zinc, or muriatic acid and zinc. It has no bad. smell. , , ■ j ~ „ - , • ’ “H,bw no you like me now?” asked* Indie of hgj spouse, as she sailed into the room with a sweeping train of - muslin following her. “Well,” said he, “to tell yon the truth, it is impossible for iiie to like you any longer.” A cpEiiOTSiAN meeting an inebriated neighbor, exclaimed, “Drunk again, Wilkins!”—to winch Wilkins, in a semieoufidential tone, responded, “Sho am I, parson]” ■ Wejlß vour learning, like your watch, in a private pocket;-do not pull it out, and strike it merely to show that you have it . k

POWDERLY AND GOULD.

The Former Reviews the Latter’s Course Throughout the Preeeat Stride. Who .Railroad King Replies Defiantly— Interesting Correspond* TL--.. eaee. Posrdcrtjr ts Uoald. The following manifesto was written by General Master Workman Powderly on the 11th Inst.: “Scrvnton, Pa., April 11, 1886. “To Jay Gould, Esq., President Missouri l’acifio 1 Railway, New York: “DBAH fttnr Theerents es the pAet forty-eight hours must have demonstrated to you the absolute necessity of bringing this terrible struggle in tbe Southwest to sr speedy termination. You have the power, thq authority and tho moans to bring the strike to an end. I have done every*tliing in m.lt power end the strike. The gentlemen associated with me on the General Executive Board of tho Knights of Labor have done the game. Everything consistent with honor and manhood lias pegji done in the interest of pi ace. No fulse notionof irrtde or dignity has swayed us in our dealings with you pr the gentleman associated with you. In the conference with you on Sunday, March 28, I understood you to mean t at arbitration would be agreed to. Tho oulv method of arbitration that was discussed was in lino with that suggested in tho letter which I sent to you in the name of our board the day previous. There was nothing particularly agreed upon, as you well know. Y'ou said that In arbitrating tho matter tho damages sustained by the company during the strike ought to receive consideration. I said to you tlfat it would not be the part of wisdom to bring that, quostiou up in the ‘ settlement of the strike. When I called on you that evening you had prepared as the result of your understanding of the morning's intervie w a letter which you intended to give me. That letter included a telegram tf> be sent to Mr. Hoxie, and in that telegram you said that the damages sustained by the company would be a proper subject forthe Arbitration Board to discuss. This latter part of the letter or telegram you agreed to strike off. After we had talked the matter ' oyer for some time, I left you as you were about to go«to your room to rewrita the letter, which you afterword placed iu tho hands of Mr. McDowell to be given to me, for I had to leavo at that time in order to keep an appointmi nt at the hotel where I Stopped. The statement which you have since then made, to the effect that you had prepared that letter before I called, is not quite correct, or, if you did have it prepared, you changed it after we had talked the matter over for some time. This, I believe, vou will admit to be true. In the conference held between the members of our Executive Board and the directors of the’Missottri Pacific Company on March 30, you said you understood me to sav that the men along your lines would be ordered back to work at cnee. I then reiterated the statement which I made to you. and I now repeat it: ‘The men out along the lines of your railways can be order'd back to work, but if they are given to understand that they are deserted, that we do not take any interest in them, it will not in any way mend matters ; on tho contrary, it will make things worse. There ore all along the roads out thero a great many men who have no regard for organization or law ; men of hardy spirit, energy, and daring. Such men as have left the East and have taken up their homeß out in a wild country, will not submit so quietly as the men they'have left behind in the East. They are apt to do rasher things than they would do elsewhere, and I have no doubt we have some of them in onr order.’ “Both you and Mr. Hopkins heard me make that statement, and I believe the latter agreed that was his experience also. "The danger of the strike spreading was also discussed, and 1 said to you that it would not spread; that an effort had been made to have the men of the Union Pacific take a part in it, but that the Knights of Labor on Hint road had a standing agreement with the management of the road that there was to be no trouble or strike until the last effort to effect a settlement had failed, and not then until, the court of last rosort had been reached. ' “It was my firm belief when I left you that night that you meant to have the entire affair submitted to arbitration at tbe first possible moment. That belief is shared in by Mr. McDowell, who was present during the entire interview. When you sent the telegram to Mr. Hoxie, you sent it as President of the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company. You sent it »as the chief sends bis message to an inferior officer, and it meant as much to a sensible man as the most imperative order could possibly mean. When I, as-the chief officer of the Knights of Labor, send a message Such as that, it is understood to be my wishes, and those wishes are respected by the subordinate officer to whom they are sent. It is not his place to put a different construction on them and give them his own interpretation. His duty is to obey the spirit of the instructions. The man in power need not bo an autocrat in order to have his wishes respected. “I would like to see it done.’ comes with as great a force from the man in authority as ‘I must have it done.’

“You can settle this strike. Its longer continuance rests with you, and you alone. Every act of violence, every drop of blood that may be shed from this time forth must be laid at your door. The Knights of Labor were not founded to promote or shie’d wrong-doing, and to-day the ordpr of the Knights of Labor stands between your property and ruin. We are willing to absolve the men along your railways from their allegiance to our order ;we leave that to themselves. Wo will not allow any claims which the order may have on them to stand between them and their restoration to their former positions. The order of the Knights of Labor asks of no man to remain a ipember if it is not to his interest to do so. You may deal with them as citizens if you will. We will surrender our right to claim these men as members if they wish, hut we will not suirender our right to see this affair thoroughly investigated. You* have-said that the order of the Knights of Labor was a conspiracy, a secret menace, etc. I am willing, as its chief officer, to lay .everything connected with our order bare to the world if you will, on the other hand, lay -open to the public the means and methods whereby you have piled up the wealth which you control, and. allow the tribunal of public opinion to pass judgment on the "two —and- say which is tjhe conspiracy. Do you accept the challenge? You have instructed your legal adviser to proceed against every man connected with the Knights of Labor for the damages sustained since the strike began®- Two weeks ago I said: ‘Do not do thisto-day I say begin at once; lay claims for damages in every court within whose jurisdiction a knight exists. Proceed at once, and in everv State where you can recover damages do so if tne law sustain yon in it. It is just and right that it should be so. We are willing to face yoa before the luw; we will fight you with no other weapon. 44 There are people who say that thi3 straggle is the beginning of the wax between capital and labor. That statement is false. This certainly means war, but it is a war between legitimate capital, honest enterprise and honest-tabor on the ono hand and illegitimate wealth QU the other hand. This is a war in which we court the fullest investigation of onr acts. Do you dare to do tho same? This war means no further strike, no shedding of blood. It is a war mi winch every business man, every Commercial man, every every workingman will he invited to enlist. It will not he a war- upon the innocent, and - the battlefield upon which it will be fought out will be* before the. courts of law, and that wlfich makes law, public opinion. There will be no mobs in this supreme hour to'silence any man’s opinion. No converts will be made by physical force. ‘That flag which floats over press or mansion at the bidding of a mob, disgraces both victor and victim,’ and under such a flag as that we will not wage the battle ; but this battle of the people against monopoly may as well be fought, out now as ten years from now, and what field bo eminently proper in which to fight it out as before the courts? Let us know whether laws were made to be obeyed or not, and if they- were not so framed then thev people must make laws that will be obeyed. No man, whether he be rich or whether he be the poorest of the poor, shall in future shftk the reaponsibilitv of his acts and shield himself behind the courts. It was to see that the laws were obeyed that the drder of the Knights of Labor was founded, and if the dev has come to make the trial, so let it be. “You have been wafned that your life is in "danger. Par no attention to snob talk - net man who has the interest or his country at heart would harm a bain in your head, but the system which reaches out on all sides, gathering in millions of dollar* of treasure and keeping them out of -the legitimate channels of trade avd commerce must die, and the men whose money is invested in. tho enterprises which stock gambling hais throttled muat uiake comnion cause with those who have been denied the to earn enough to provide the merest necessaries of life for home and family. ‘When I say to you that we will meet you in the courts I do not speak rashly or ill-advisedlv. I have taken counsel from the best legal minds at the tTnited States. We are prepared to face you before the courts, and now await your action in the matter. This is no threat. I play no game of bluff or chance. I speak for 600,090 organized

men, who ore ready to pay oai the last farthing in order that justice mav prevail. You have it in your power to make friends of these men by acting the port of the man - by taking tins matter in your own hands. Willyou dp so, And end*’ thW strife th the ihWfloift tis h'iinaHTty iniT our # common country ? It is your duty to brush aside every obstacle, assent your authority, and take this matter in your own hands, settle every grievance, restore every man to his place except those who have been engaged in tbe destruction of propertv, or who have broken the laws. Will you do this? Aina can then make rules ahd agreements with your men which will forever preclude the possibility of another such disastrous conflict os this one has proved Itself to be. I remain, very truly, yours, t j “T. V. Powdkblx, G. M. W. K. of L.*

Gould to Powderly.

Following is Mr. Gould’s reply “Nkw York, April 14.. . “T. V. Powderly, Esq., G. M. W., K. of L.177~' Dear Bib—At 12 o'clock to-day I received from Mr. William <>. McDowell, whom you Drought with vou to ourr.Jcent conference, a letter iu whiph ho savs: ‘By yesterday’" mail I received a lette? written Dy.- Mr. Powderly addressed to yon. inch fed InA lotter addressod to Trie. With this I hand you the letter addressed to you by Mrr l’pwderly, and a copy of Mr. Powderly's lotter to me inclosing the some.' “Tho following is a copy of the lettir Mr. McDowell: sent npi as coming from you : “ ‘Gknekai. Assembly, Order of Knights of] Labor of America, Office of Gf.neral > Masts-u Workman, Scranton. Pa., April 13. j “My Dear Mr. McDowell—l inclose you a letter which you are to lead and doliver to the man for whom it is intendod. I do not care whethor you deliver it in person or through the medium of another; I only ask that it be placed iu his , hands. If you havD succeeded in effecting a settlement with him do not give it to him. If yori think there is a prospect for an immediate settlement do not give it to him ; but it such is not the case, then I want it placed in his hands. Allow him to either consent or make a reply. If he consents to an honorable settlement, then the lttier will never soe the light of day; but if he does not so act, -1 hen it will be published to the world, and from the time he opens up the ball in a legal way wo will continue to wage tho battle with him. His w’ealth cannot save him if this fight is begun. Lit no one know of the existence of this letter until after 5 o’clock of the day you deliver it; then if he makes no reply let it go to the world. Let him know the limit of time allowed. I sincerely hope that there wifi be nq mare necessity for Its publicity. Hoping for the best, I remain, very truly yours, , “ ‘T. V. Powderly. “ .‘To W. O. McDowell, Esq., New York.’ “I-thus received your letter to me dated ‘Scranton, Pa., April XI, 1886,’ at the same time and by the same agency that I received your foregoing letter of instructions to Mr. McDowell. “The animus and purpose of your letter to me cannot be fully understood without knowing the contents of that one. I was peremptorily notified at the same time that I must answer your letter by 5 o'clock to-day and I was graciously given until that hotir to respond. “Your letter to me.embraces two subjects, one relating to me personally and the other to the relation of tha Kilfghts "of Labor to a railroad company of which I am the President, and in some degree the representative of its public and private duties. I shall refer to the first subject very briefly. The circumstances above given iimier whieh your letter was delivered, as well—as its tenor and spirit, place its purpose iu writing it beyond any fair doubt. It would sesm to be an official declaration that the Knights of Labor had determined to pursue me personally unless the Missouri Pacific Company should yield to its'demands in what you call the strike on that road. “In answer to these personal threats, I beg to say that lam yet a free American citizen. lam past 49 years Of age. and was bonpat Roxbury, Delaware County, in this State. I began life in a lowly way, and by industry, temperance, and attention to my own business have been successful, perhaps, beyond the measure of my deserts. If, as you say, I am now to be destroyed by the Knights of Labor unless I will sinkimy manhood, so be it. Fortunately I have retained my early habits of Industry. My friends, neighbors, and business associates know me well, and I am quite content to leave my personal record in their hands. If any of them have aught to complain .of, I will be only too glad to submit to any arbitration. If sueli parties, or any of them, wish to appoint the Knights of Labor or you as their attorney, such appointment is quite agreeablo to me, but, until such an election is made, it w-ill naturally occur to you that any interference on your part in my personal affairs is, to say the least, quite gratuitous. “Since I was nineteen years of ago I have been in tho habit of employing in my various enterpri es large numbers of persons, probably at times as high as 50,000, distributing often three or four million dollars per month in different pay rolls. It would seem a little strange that during all these years the difficulty with tbe Knights of Labor should be my first. Any attempt to connect me personally with the late strike on the Southwestern roads or any responsibility therefor is equally gratuitous, ai you well know. It Is true law the President of the Missouri Pacific, but when, the strike occurred I was far awaytentbe ocean and beyond the reach of telegrams. I went away relying on your promise made to me last August tnat there would be no strike on that load, and that if any difficulties should arise vqu would come frankly to me with them. Mr Hopkins, the Vico President of this company, who was present and cognizant of this arrangement with you in my absence, sect you promptly when the present strike broke out the following telegrams: “ ‘New York, March 6, 1886'.—To T. V. Powdebly, Scranton, Pa.: Mr. Hoxie telegraphs that Knights of Labor on our road have struck and refuse to allow any freight trains to run, saying they have no grievances, but are only striking because ordered to dd so. If there an* anv grievances we would like to talk them over with you. We understood you to promise that no strike woulcLbs ordered w’ithout consultation. ' “ ‘A. L. Hopkins.’

Then follows a ser es of dispatches between Messrs. Gould, Hopkins, and Powderly. Mr. Gould continues: “When, in spite of all this correspondence, you desired to see me personally, I cordially met you, and, having put myself in communication with Mr. Hoxie, arranged for arbitration. Ever since then Mr. Hoxie has stood ready to receive any and all persons in the actual employ of this compauy, as a committee or otherwise, and confer upon or arbitrate any matter of difference or complaint either between the companv and themselves, or between tho company antpits late employes, and for that matter between the company and anybody else. No such committee or individual employe has, so far as known to me, ever mode such application. In this connection it will be remembered that they left, not because of any complaint whatever of this company’s treatment of themselves* ..but only because of the company’s refusal to comply with their demand that this company refuse to do what the law requires in the way of interchange of business with another company with which some of jrqjix order had a quarrel. “In the meantime this company has of necessity gone on extend emplpymeht to Such of those persons who recently, and without even alleged provocation, left its service, as saw fit to return. These returning employes have been very many, and in this way its roils are already, if not quite, as full us its shops and equipment, crippled by acts of violence attendant upon* recent action of your order, can employ. Mr. Hoxie advises me that every such person ajfc plvipg to bo received hack has been employed unless believed to have taken part in recent acts of violence. This company still stands ready .to make good, in the fullest sense, its agreement as expressly set forth. In the face of all this you notify me that unless by 5 o’clock I personally consent to something—precisely what I do not see—then personal consequences of a sort vaguely expressed, but not hard to understand, will at the hand of your order be visited upon me. Let pie again remind yon that it is an American citizen whom you and your order thus propose to : destroy. The contest Is not between your order and me, but between your order and the laws of tho land. Your order has already defied those laws in preventing by violonce this company from operating its road. You held then that this company should not operate its road under conditions prescribed by law, but only under conditions prescribed by you. You qow declare, in effect, that I hold my individual property and rigl.ts, not as other men hold theirs, but oulv at the peril of your letting loose irrevocably, after 5 o'clock, your order upon me. If this is true of this company, and of me, it is true of all other men and complies. If so, you and vonr secret order are the lnrtv, and an American citizen is such only in name. “Already forweeks your ordoT has", in your a,ttack upon this company, not hesitated to disable it by violence from rendering its duty to the public., a«J from givrii'g work and paying wagee to men at least three times your own number, who. working as they wore by 1 your Side, were at leisl deserving of your , sympathy. Havina pusheff this violence beyOHd even the ~ great forbearance of the public, und found in this direction cause to hesitate, yon nojv turn upon me and propose that tho wrongs you have hitherto inflicted on the public shall now culminant in an attack upon an individual. In this, as I have said, the real issue is between you and the laws of the land. It may be? before you are through, that those laws will 'efficiently ' advise vou thatoven I, as an individual citizen, am not beyond their care. Very respectfully, “ “Jay Gould.”

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